WO2018223584A1 - Newly-added-commodity price determination method and device, and vending machine server - Google Patents

Abstract

A newly-added-commodity price determination method and device, and a vending machine server. The method comprises: obtaining types of newly-added commodities and region positions of the newly-added commodities in a vending machine (210); searching for region positions of commodities of the same type as that of the newly-added commodities in the vending machine and prices of the commodities of the same type (220); determining a first price coefficient of the newly-added commodities relative to the commodities of the same according to the found region positions of the newly-added commodities in the vending machine and a price level of the region positions of the similar commodities in the vending machine (230); and determining prices of the newly-added commodities according to the first price coefficient and the prices of the commodities of the same type (240). By means of the method, the prices of the newly-added commodities can be quickly defined, and management of commodity prices is facilitated.

Description

Method, device and vending machine server for determining new commodity price

Cross-reference to related applications

This application claims the priority of the Chinese patent application filed on June 06, 2017, the Chinese Patent Office, the application number is 201710418672.8, and the invention name is "a method for determining the price of a new commodity, a device, and a vending machine server". This is incorporated herein by reference.

Technical field

The embodiment of the present invention relates to the field of unmanned sales technology, and in particular, to a method, a device, and a vending machine server for determining a new commodity price.

Background technique

Unmanned vending is a new type of retail business that sells goods through vending machines. It has no need for manual supervision, high technical content, novel sales methods, genuine goods, unrestricted working hours and working places, fast and convenient, etc. It is widely accepted by people and has broad development prospects. At present, in order to adapt to the consumption level of different regions, the price of goods sold by vending machines will also fluctuate according to the location of the vending machine and the surrounding business environment.

In the process of implementing the present application, the inventors have found that the related art has at least the following problem: when a new item is added to the vending machine and the item is not previously entered at the price of the vending machine, the price of the newly added item needs to be manually defined. However, the manual definition of new products is less efficient and is not convenient for the management of commodity prices.

Summary of the invention

The embodiment of the present application provides a method, a device, and a vending machine server for determining a new product price, which can solve the problem that the price of the manually defined new product is low, and the management of the commodity price is inconvenient.

In a first aspect, the embodiment of the present application provides a method for determining an additional commodity price, including:

Obtaining the type of the newly added product and the regional location of the vending machine where the new product is located;

Searching for the regional location of the vending machine in which the same type of the same item as the new product type is located and the price of the same item;

Determining, according to a price level of the regional location of the vending machine where the new product is located, and a price level of the regional location of the vending machine where the similar product is located, determining a first price coefficient of the new product relative to the same commodity;

Determining the price of the newly added item according to the first price coefficient and the price of the similar item.

Wherein, the regional location of the vending machine in which the similar commodity is located includes the same regional type or different regional type as the regional location of the vending machine in which the newly added commodity is located, and the similar commodity includes the same brand or different from the newly added commodity. Brand.

The first price coefficient of the new product relative to the similar product according to the price level of the regional location of the vending machine where the new product is located and the regional location of the vending machine where the similar product is located, including:

If the regional location of the vending machine in which the similar product is located belongs to the same regional type as the regional location of the vending machine in which the new product is located, and the similar commodity and the newly added commodity belong to different brands, acquiring the newly added product belongs to The brand coefficient of the brand and the brand to which the similar product belongs is used as the first price coefficient of the new product relative to the similar product; or

If the regional location of the vending machine in which the similar product is located and the regional location of the vending machine in which the new product is located belong to a different regional type, and the similar commodity belongs to the same brand as the newly added commodity, the new commodity is obtained. a regional coefficient of the location of the vending machine and the regional location of the vending machine in which the similar product is located as the first price coefficient of the new product relative to the same commodity; or

If the regional location of the vending machine in which the similar product is located and the regional location of the vending machine in which the new product is located belong to different regional types, and the similar commodity and the newly added commodity belong to different brands, the new commodity is obtained. a regional coefficient of the regional location of the vending machine and a regional location of the vending machine in which the similar merchandise is located, and a brand coefficient of the brand to which the new product belongs and the brand to which the similar merchandise belongs, and determined according to the regional coefficient and the brand coefficient The first price coefficient of the newly added item.

The method further includes:

If the regional location of the vending machine in which the same type of the same product as the new product type is located and the price of the similar product are not searched, searching for the regional location and location of the vending machine where the similar product is similar to the new product type Describe the price of the commodity;

Determining, according to a price level of the area of the vending machine where the new product is located, and a price level of the area location of the vending machine where the approximate item is located, determining a second price coefficient of the added item relative to the approximate item;

The price of the newly added item is determined according to the second coefficient of the price and the price of the approximate item.

In a second aspect, the embodiment of the present application provides an apparatus for determining a new commodity price, including:

An obtaining unit, configured to obtain a type of the newly added item and an area location of the vending machine where the newly added item is located;

a first search unit, configured to search for an area location of the vending machine in which the same type of the same item as the new item type is located, and a price of the similar item;

a first price coefficient determining unit, configured to determine, according to a price level of a regional location of the vending machine where the newly added commodity is located and a regional location of the vending machine where the similar commodity is located, the first item of the new product relative to the same type of commodity Price coefficient

a first pricing unit, configured to determine a price of the newly added item according to the first price coefficient and a price of the same item.

Wherein, the regional location of the vending machine in which the similar commodity is located includes the same regional type or different regional type as the regional location of the vending machine in which the newly added commodity is located, and the similar commodity includes the same brand or different from the newly added commodity. Brand.

The first price coefficient determining unit is specifically configured to:

If the regional location of the vending machine in which the similar product is located belongs to the same regional type as the regional location of the vending machine in which the new product is located, and the similar commodity and the newly added commodity belong to different brands, acquiring the newly added product belongs to The brand coefficient of the brand and the brand to which the similar product belongs is used as the first price coefficient of the new product relative to the similar product; or

If the regional location of the vending machine in which the similar product is located and the regional location of the vending machine in which the new product is located belong to a different regional type, and the similar commodity belongs to the same brand as the newly added commodity, the new commodity is obtained. a regional coefficient of the location of the vending machine and the regional location of the vending machine in which the similar product is located as the first price coefficient of the new product relative to the same commodity; or

If the regional location of the vending machine in which the similar product is located and the regional location of the vending machine in which the new product is located belong to different regional types, and the similar commodity and the newly added commodity belong to different brands, the new commodity is obtained. a regional coefficient of the regional location of the vending machine and a regional location of the vending machine in which the similar merchandise is located, and a brand coefficient of the brand to which the new product belongs and the brand to which the similar merchandise belongs, and determined according to the regional coefficient and the brand coefficient The first price coefficient of the newly added item.

Wherein, the device further comprises:

a second search unit, if the same type of goods that are the same as the new product type are not searched In the regional location of the vending machine and the price of the similar commodity, searching for the approximate location of the vending machine in which the similar merchandise is located and the price of the approximate merchandise;

a second price coefficient determining unit, configured to determine, according to a price level of the area of the vending machine where the new product is located, and a price level of the area location of the vending machine where the approximate item is located, determining the second item relative to the second item of the approximate item Price coefficient

a second pricing unit, configured to determine a price of the newly added item according to the second price coefficient and the price of the approximate item.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a vending machine server, including:

At least one processor; and,

a memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processor; wherein

The memory stores instructions executable by the at least one processor, the instructions being executed by the at least one processor to enable the at least one processor to perform the new item price determination method as described above.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, where the non-transitory computer readable storage medium stores computer executable instructions for causing a computer to execute the above The method for determining the price of new goods mentioned.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a computer program product, where the computer program product includes a calculation program stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, the computer program includes program instructions, when the program instruction is used by a computer When executed, the computer is caused to perform the new item price determination method as described above.

The beneficial effects of the embodiments of the present application are: different from the prior art, the method, device, and vending machine server for determining the new product price provided by the embodiment of the present application, by acquiring the type of the newly added product and the new product The regional location of the vending machine; searching for the regional location of the vending machine in which the same type of the same product is located and the price of the same type of merchandise; according to the regional location of the vending machine where the newly added merchandise is located and the same merchandise a price level of the regional location of the vending machine, determining a first price coefficient of the new product relative to the same commodity; determining a price of the new product according to the first price coefficient and a price of the same commodity, Quickly define the price of new items to facilitate the management of commodity prices.

DRAWINGS

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings to be used in the embodiments of the present application will be briefly described below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present application, and other drawings may be obtained from those skilled in the art without departing from the drawings.

1 is a schematic structural diagram of an implementation environment involved in various embodiments of the present application;

2 is a schematic flowchart of a method for determining a new commodity price according to an embodiment of the present application;

3 is a schematic flowchart of another method for determining a new commodity price provided by an embodiment of the present application;

4 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for determining a new commodity price according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of hardware of a vending machine server according to an embodiment of the present application.

detailed description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions, and advantages of the present application more comprehensible, the present application will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It is understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the application and are not intended to be limiting.

It should be noted that, if there is no conflict, the various features in the embodiments of the present application may be combined with each other, and are all within the protection scope of the present application. In addition, although the functional module partitioning is performed in the device schematic, the logical sequence is shown in the flowchart, but in some cases, the illustrated may be performed in a different manner from the modules in the device, or in the order in the flowchart. Or the steps described.

The method for determining the new product price provided by the embodiment of the present application is a method for intelligently defining the selling price of the newly added goods in a vending machine, and can be applied to any vending machine server. In the embodiment of the present application, the “added goods” refers to a newly added unpriced price in a particular vending machine.

The embodiments of the present application are further described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

1 is a schematic structural view of an implementation environment involved in various embodiments of the present application. Referring to FIG. 1 , the implementation environment includes a vending machine 10 , a vending machine 20 , a vending machine 30 , a vending machine server 40 , and a feeder 50 . The vending machine 10, the vending machine 20, and the vending machine 30 are respectively communicably connected to the vending machine server 40 via a wired or wireless network.

Among them, the vending machine 10, the vending machine 20, and the vending machine 30 may be any type of unmanned vending machine. The inside of the machine can hold any type of merchandise, for example, the vending machine 10 holds a drink, the vending machine 20 contains snacks, and the vending machine 30 holds drinks and snacks at the same time. In practical applications, the vending machine 10, the vending machine 20, and the vending machine 30 may be distributed in different regional locations, and the regional types to which the three regional locations belong may be the same or different, for example, in this embodiment. The regional location of the vending machine 10 and the regional location of the vending machine 20 are all tourist attractions, and the regional location of the vending machine 30 belongs to the school. The goods sold in the vending machine 10, the vending machine 20, and the vending machine 30 may be the same or similar, may be different, or may be partially identical, and are not specifically limited in the embodiment of the present application.

The vending machine server 40 is a data control center of the vending machine 10, the vending machine 20, and the vending machine 30, which may be any suitable platform established based on one or more servers or electronic computing devices, such as a cloud server. The vending machine server 40 can be coupled to one or more databases and in data communication with the vending machine 10, the vending machine 20, and the vending machine 30, and can be responsive to the vending machine 10, the vending machine 20, or the vending machine server 40 when it is running. The feedback signal returned by the cargo machine 30, invoking data or program instructions in the database, controls the vending machine 10, the vending machine 20, and the vending machine 30 to implement one or more functions, respectively. The database may store all data related to the vending machine 10, the vending machine 20, and the vending machine 30, such as inventory data, transaction data, and commodity price data for sale.

Here, the feeder 50 is a natural person who supplements/adds goods to the vending machine 10, the vending machine 20, and the vending machine 30. When it is judged by the inventory data fed back from the vending machine server 40 that the vending machine 10, the vending machine 20, or the vending machine 30 needs to replenish the merchandise, or when the merchandise placement policy is adjusted, it is required to be sold at the vending machine 10, the vending machine 20, or the like. When a new item is placed in the cargo plane 30, the feeder 50 replenishes/adds a new item to the designated vending machine.

In the present embodiment, when the vending machine server 40 detects that the feeder 50 has added a new item to a vending machine, the selling price of the added item in the vending machine is at the vending machine and the vending machine server. When there is no record in 40, the new product price determination method provided by the embodiment of the present application can be used to price the new product, that is, the vending machine server 40 first obtains the type of the newly added product and the new product is sold. The regional location of the cargo plane, and then searching for the regional location of the vending machine in which the same type of the same product as the new product type is located, and the price of the similar merchandise, and according to the regional location of the vending machine where the new merchandise is located and the same commodity a price level of an area location of the vending machine, determining a first price coefficient of the new item relative to the same item; and finally according to the first price coefficient and the The price of the same item determines the price of the new item. Wherein, the "price of newly added goods" refers to the price of the newly added goods in the vending machine in which it is located; the "price of the same kind of goods" refers to the price of the same type of goods in the vending machine in which it is located.

For example, it is assumed that the vending machine 10 is distributed in the tourist attraction A, and the vending machine 30 is distributed in the school B, and the "pulse of orange flavor" is being sold in the vending machine 30, and the price is 4 yuan. At some point, the feeder 50 adds a sports drink that has not been sold before the vending machine 10 to the vending machine 10: the pulsation of the lime flavor, at this time, the vending machine 10 will detect the "added" The signal of the pulsation of lime flavor is fed back to the vending machine server 40 through the network, and the vending machine server 40 does not search for the selling price of the "pulsation of lime flavor" in the vending machine 10 in the database, and first acquires the newly added product. The type of "pulsation of lime flavor" (sports drink) and the regional location of the vending machine 10 (tourist attraction A), and then search for the location of the vending machine in the same type as the "pulse of the lime flavor" and the location of the vending machine For the price of the same kind of goods, the search result obtained may be: the similar product "pulse of orange flavor" is located in the area of the vending machine 30 for the school B and the "pulse of the orange flavor" is sold in the vending machine 30 at 4 yuan; Based on the price level of the regional location of the vending machine 10 (tourist attraction A) and the regional location of the vending machine 30 (school B), it is determined that the price of "pulsation of lime flavor" in the vending machine 10 is relative to the "pulsation of orange flavor". in The first price coefficient of the price in the cargo machine 30 is a; finally, the "pulse of the lime flavor" is determined based on the price of the first price coefficient a and the "pulse of the orange flavor" in the vending machine 30 (4 yuan). The price in the cargo plane 10 is 4a or 4+a.

It should be noted that the method for determining the new commodity price provided by the embodiment of the present application may be further extended to other suitable application environments, and is not limited to the application environment shown in FIG. 1 . Although only three vending machines (the vending machine 10, the vending machine 20, and the vending machine 30), one vending machine server 40, and one feeder 50 are shown in FIG. 1, those skilled in the art will understand that in practice The application environment may also include any number of vending machines, vending machine servers, and feeders during the application process.

Specifically, FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a method for determining a new commodity price provided by an embodiment of the present application. Referring to FIG. 2, the method includes:

210. Obtain a type of the newly added product and a regional location of the vending machine where the newly added product is located.

In the present embodiment, the "added goods" refers to a newly added unentered price in a particular vending machine, that is, the newly added goods are never in a particular vending machine. A merchandise sold, and the merchandise price of such merchandise in the particular vending machine has never been entered into the vending machine or vending machine server. For example, the vending machine 10 shown in FIG. 1 has never sold the "pulsation of lime flavor", and "green" "The pulsation of the lemon flavor" is not previously recorded in the vending machine 10 or the vending machine server 40, and for the vending machine 10, the "pulse of the lime flavor" is "additional merchandise". The type of new item refers to the category to which the new item belongs, and the classification strategy of the item can be determined according to different actual application situations. For example, the item can be classified according to the attribute of the item (for example, the beverage is classified according to the attribute of the beverage) For: pure water, carbonated drinks, sports drinks, coffee, milk tea, juice, milk, etc.; or, can also be classified according to the cost price of the goods (eg, the goods with a cost price of 0.1 to 2 yuan are classified as primary products) A product with a cost price of 2 to 4 yuan is classified as a secondary product, and a product having a cost price of 4 to 6 yuan is classified as a tertiary product, etc., because in the general case, a similar product having the same attribute The price is not much different. Therefore, in order to improve the efficiency of determining the price of the newly added product, in the present embodiment, the classification is performed according to the attribute of the product. The "regional location of the vending machine where the new product is located" Refers to the distribution of the particular area of the vending machine, such as: distributed within vending machine 10 tourist attractions A, i.e. the position of its area attractions A.

In this embodiment, when the vending machine server receives an instruction to price a new item, first obtain the type of the newly added item and the area location of the vending machine where the new item is located. In this embodiment, the specific implementation manner of acquiring the type of the newly added product may be: identifying the attribute information of the newly added item, and then determining the type of the added item according to the attribute information. For example, if the new product is “pulsation of lime flavor”, it can be judged according to its attribute as sports drink. If the new product is “Yibao pure water”, it can be judged as pure water according to its attribute. If the new item is "Assam Milk Tea", it can be judged according to its attributes as milk tea and so on. The location of the vending machine where the new product is located may be determined by the positioning signal returned by the vending machine where the new product is located, or may be determined by querying the vending machine and the regional location correspondence table stored in the database.

220. Search for the regional location of the vending machine in which the same type of the same type of goods as the new product is located and the price of the similar product.

In this embodiment, the “similar product” refers to a product of the same type as the newly added product, and if classified according to the attribute of the product, the same product has the same attribute as the newly added product; For the cost price classification, the same product is the same level as the new product. Wherein, the similar goods may belong to the same brand or different brands as the newly added goods. The "sales machine in which the same goods are located" refers to a vending machine that is selling the same type of goods. The “regional location of the vending machine where the similar goods are located” includes the same regional type or different regional type as the regional location of the vending machine where the newly added goods are located, for example, the regional location of the vending machine where the newly added goods is located is the tourist attraction A, Belong to tourist attractions, if If the regional location of the vending machine is the tourist attraction C, it belongs to the same regional type as the regional location of the vending machine where the new product is located; if the regional location of the vending machine is the school B, it belongs to the school, then it is new The location of the vending machine where the goods are added belongs to different regional types. The "price of the same kind of goods" refers to the selling price of the same kind of goods at the vending machine where the same goods are located, and the selling price is related to the location of the area of the vending machine in which it is located, that is, the same same type of goods in the vending machines of different regional locations. The selling price may be different.

In this embodiment, after obtaining the type of the newly added product and the regional location of the vending machine where the newly added product is located, searching for the regional location of the vending machine in which the same type of the same product as the new product is located and the same type The price of the item. Specifically, in this embodiment, the vending machine that is selling the similar product may be searched according to a preset search rule, and when the vending machine is searched, the regional location and location of the vending machine where the similar product is located may be obtained. The price of the same kind of goods.

In order to improve the speed of the search and the efficiency of the pricing, the preset search rule may be: according to the degree of correlation with the regional location of the vending machine where the new product is located, the search from the largest to the small is being sold and the new A vending machine of the same type of goods with the same type of goods. For example, if the new item is “Yibao Mineral Water” and the location of the vending machine is School B, you can first search for similar products that are selling “Yibao Mineral Water” in the vending machine belonging to the school. : vending machines of Yibao Mineral Water, Jingtian Mineral Water, Nongfu Spring Mineral Water, etc., if there is no vending machine of the same type that is selling "Yibao Mineral Water" under the area type, in the regional location Among the vending machines belonging to the community, search for vending machines of the same type of products that are selling "Yibao Mineral Water", and so on.

Alternatively, in order to improve the accuracy of the pricing of the newly added goods, the preset search rule may also be: first, prioritize the similar products to be searched according to the degree of relevance to the newly added goods, and then according to the priority The level is searched step by step for the vending machine that is selling the similar item to be searched. For example, if the new product is “pulsation of lime flavor”, you can first search for a vending machine that is selling “pulsation of lime flavor”. If you do not search for a vending machine that is selling “pulse of lime flavor”, search A vending machine that sells "pulsation of lychee", and so on.

230. Determine a first price coefficient of the new product relative to the similar product according to a price level of the regional location of the vending machine where the new product is located and a regional location of the vending machine where the similar product is located.

In this embodiment, the “first price coefficient” represents a difference between the selling price of the newly added commodity in the vending machine in which it is located and the selling price of the similar commodity in the vending machine in which it is located, which may be a new product. The ratio of the selling price in the vending machine to the selling price of the similar product at the vending machine in which it is located may also be the selling price of the new product in the vending machine in which it is located and the vending machine in which the similar product is located. The difference in the selling price. Generally, the price levels between vending machines located in different regional locations may vary (ie, the same merchandise may have different selling prices in vending machines located in different regional locations), therefore, the The first price coefficient is related to the price position of the vending machine where the new product is located and the price level of the regional location of the vending machine where the similar product is located, wherein, for convenience of description, in the present embodiment, the "area coefficient" is used. Represents the difference in price levels between vending machines of different regional types.

In this embodiment, the classification is performed according to the attribute of the commodity (that is, the similar commodity of the newly added commodity has the same attribute), and the similar commodity of the newly added commodity may also be different from the newly added commodity. Branded goods. The prices of different brands of products may also be different. Therefore, in order to improve the accuracy of the determined price, in the present embodiment, the "first price coefficient" is also related to whether the brand of the newly added product and its similar product is Consistent. Similarly, for convenience of description, in this embodiment, the "brand coefficient" indicates the difference in price levels between different brands.

In this embodiment, the regional location of the vending machine in which the similar product is located includes the same regional type or a different regional type as the regional location of the vending machine in which the newly added commodity is located, and the similar commodity includes the newly added product. Belong to the same brand or different brands. Therefore, for different situations, the “determining the price of the new product relative to the similar product according to the price level of the regional location of the vending machine where the new product is located and the regional location of the vending machine where the similar product is located The specific implementation of a price coefficient is also different:

If the regional location of the vending machine in which the similar product is located belongs to the same regional type as the regional location of the vending machine in which the new product is located, and the similar commodity belongs to the same brand as the newly added commodity, the new addition may be directly determined. The first price coefficient of the commodity relative to the same commodity is 1 (when the first price coefficient is a proportional value) or 0 (when the first price coefficient is a difference). For example, the new product is “Pulsation of Lime Flavor”, and the location of the vending machine is the tourist attraction A. The similar product found is “Pulsation of Litchi Flavor”, and the tourist attraction C in the regional location of the vending machine The tourist attraction A and the tourist attraction C are both tourist attractions, and the “pulsation of lime flavor” and the “pulsation of lychee flavor” belong to the pulsating brand. In this case, the price of “pulse of lime flavor” can be considered as The price of "pulsation of lychee" is quite high.

If the regional location of the vending machine in which the similar product is located belongs to the same regional type as the regional location of the vending machine in which the new product is located, and the similar commodity and the newly added commodity belong to different brands, acquiring the newly added product belongs to The brand coefficient of the brand and the brand to which the similar product belongs is used as the first price coefficient of the new product relative to the similar product. The specific implementation manner of obtaining the brand coefficient of the brand to which the newly added product belongs and the brand to which the similar product belongs may be: first determining the brand to which the newly added product belongs and the brand to which the similar product belongs; and then retrieving from the database The preset brand name of the brand to which the newly added product belongs and the brand to which the similar product belongs. For example, a comparison table of brand coefficients between different brands is established in the database in advance, wherein the brand coefficient of Pulsation and Pocari is 0.8, when the new product is “pulse of lime flavor”, the similar product is “treasure” When the mineral water special electrolyte supplement beverage is used, the brand coefficient of pulsation and precious mineral power can be obtained from the comparison table as 0.8, and then the "pulse of the lime flavor" is determined relative to the "precious oil special electrolyte supplement beverage" A price coefficient is 0.8. Alternatively, in a case where the brand coefficient between the brands is not pre-stored in the database, the specific implementation manner of obtaining the brand coefficient of the brand to which the new product belongs and the brand to which the similar product belongs may also be: acquiring the newly added product The cost price and the cost price of the similar commodity; determining the brand coefficient of the brand to which the new product belongs and the brand to which the similar product belongs according to the cost price of the newly added product and the cost price of the similar product. Further, the determined brand coefficient can also be saved in the database to improve the efficiency of obtaining the brand coefficient between the two brands next time.

If the regional location of the vending machine in which the similar product is located and the regional location of the vending machine in which the new product is located belong to a different regional type, and the similar commodity belongs to the same brand as the newly added commodity, the new commodity is obtained. The area coefficient of the area location of the vending machine and the area location of the vending machine in which the similar item is located is used as the first price coefficient of the new item relative to the same item. The specific implementation manner of obtaining the regional coefficient of the location of the vending machine in which the new product is located and the regional location of the vending machine in which the similar product is located may be: first determining the location of the regional location of the vending machine where the new product is located The type of area and the type of area to which the location of the vending machine in which the similar item is located belongs; then the area coefficients of the two types of areas are retrieved from the database. For example, a comparison table of regional coefficients between different regional types is established in the database in advance, wherein the regional coefficient between the tourist attraction and the school is 2, and the regional type to which the regional location of the vending machine is located is When the area type of the vending machine where the similar goods are located belongs to the school, the regional coefficient of the tourist attraction and the school can be obtained from the comparison table, and the first price of the new product relative to the same product is determined. The coefficient is 2. Alternatively, in a case where the area coefficient between the area types is not pre-stored in the database, the specific implementation manner of obtaining the area coefficient of the area location of the vending machine where the new product is located and the area position of the vending machine where the similar item is located is The method may be: first obtaining the selling price of the same product in the area where the new product is located and the selling price in the area where the similar product is located; and then determining the regional location of the vending machine where the new product is located according to the two selling prices. The area factor of the location of the area of the vending machine in which the similar item is located. Further, the determined region coefficient may also be saved in the database to improve the efficiency of acquiring the region coefficient between the two region types for the next time. For example, the area of the vending machine where the new product is located is a tourist attraction, the area of the vending machine where the similar goods are located is the school, and the selling price of the vending machine of the commercial Jingtian mineral water in the tourist attraction is 4 yuan, which is sold in the school. If the selling price of the freighter is 2 yuan, it can be determined that the regional coefficient between the tourist attraction and the school is 4/2=2, and then the first price coefficient of the new product relative to the same commodity can be determined as a ratio, and The value is 2.

If the regional location of the vending machine in which the similar product is located and the regional location of the vending machine in which the new product is located belong to different regional types, and the similar commodity and the newly added commodity belong to different brands, the new commodity is obtained. a regional coefficient of the regional location of the vending machine and a regional location of the vending machine in which the similar merchandise is located, and a brand coefficient of the brand to which the new product belongs and the brand to which the similar merchandise belongs, and determined according to the regional coefficient and the brand coefficient The first price coefficient of the newly added item. Wherein, the regional coefficient of the location of the vending machine in which the new product is located and the regional location of the vending machine in which the similar product is located, and the brand coefficient of the brand to which the new product belongs and the brand to which the similar product belongs are the same as the above embodiment The same, will not be described here. And determining the specific implementation manner of the first price coefficient of the newly added product according to the area coefficient and the brand coefficient may be determined by the nature of the area coefficient and the brand coefficient. For example, if the area coefficient and the brand coefficient are both a ratio, the first price coefficient may be a product or a weighted average of the area coefficient and the brand coefficient; if the area coefficient and the brand coefficient are both a difference, the first price The coefficient can be the sum of the region coefficient and the brand coefficient.

240. Determine a price of the newly added item according to the first price coefficient and a price of the similar item.

In this embodiment, the price of the newly added item is determined according to the first price coefficient and the price of the similar item. When the first price coefficient is a ratio of a selling price of the newly added commodity in the vending machine in which it is located and a selling price of the similar commodity at the vending machine in which the same commodity is located, the price of the newly added commodity may be determined as the number a product of a price coefficient and the price of the same commodity; when the first price system The number is the difference between the selling price of the new product in the vending machine and the selling price of the similar product at the vending machine in which it is located, and the price of the new product may be determined as the first price coefficient and the The sum of the prices of similar goods.

According to the above technical solution, the beneficial effects of the embodiment of the present application are as follows: obtaining the type of the newly added product and the regional location of the vending machine where the newly added product is located; searching for the vending machine of the same type as the newly added product. The location of the area and the price of the similar item; determining the new item relative to the same item based on the location of the location of the vending machine in which the new item is located and the price level of the area of the vending machine in which the similar item is located The first price coefficient; determining the price of the newly added product according to the first price coefficient and the price of the similar commodity, and can quickly define the price of the newly added commodity, thereby facilitating the management of the commodity price.

In addition, in the actual application process, there may be a case in which it is impossible to search for the same type of goods as the new product type. Based on this, the embodiment of the present application further provides another method for determining the price of the newly added goods, as shown in the figure. As shown in 3, the method includes:

310. Obtain a type of the newly added product and a regional location of the vending machine where the newly added product is located.

320. Search for the regional location of the vending machine in which the same type of the same type of the new product is located and the price of the similar product.

In this embodiment, if in this step, the regional location of the vending machine of the same type of the same product as the new product type and the price of the similar product (ie, there is a search result) are searched, step 330~ 340. If the regional location of the vending machine and the price of the similar product (ie, no search result) of the same type of the same product as the new product type are not found in this step, steps 350-370 are performed.

330. Determine a first price coefficient of the new product relative to the similar product according to a price level of the regional location of the vending machine where the new product is located and a regional location of the vending machine where the similar product is located.

340. Determine a price of the newly added item according to the first price coefficient and a price of the similar item.

350. Search for an approximate location of the vending machine where the similar item is similar to the new item type and a price of the approximate item.

In the present embodiment, the "approximate product" refers to a product that is similar in type to the newly added product, and may be the same category as the newly added product. For example, the new product is “pulsation of lime flavor”, which belongs to For sports drinks, the approximate products may be juice-type beverages, such as: fruit orange, Huiyuan juice, coconut juice, and the like.

360. Determine a second price coefficient of the newly added product relative to the approximate item according to a price level of the area of the vending machine where the new product is located and a price level of the area location of the vending machine where the approximate item is located.

370. Determine a price of the newly added product according to the second coefficient of the price and the price of the approximate commodity.

In this embodiment, the steps 310 to 340 have the same technical features as the steps 210 to 240 in the foregoing method embodiments, and the specific embodiments may refer to the description in the foregoing method embodiment, and no longer Narration. Steps 350-370 respectively have similar technical features to steps 220-240 in the foregoing method embodiment, and the only difference is that in steps 220-240, the same type of goods as the new product type are used as reference products. In the steps 350-370, the approximate product similar to the newly added product type is used as a reference product. For the specific embodiment, reference may be made to the description in the above method embodiment, and details are not described herein again.

Further, since the price difference between the approximate commodities may be large, the determined price may not be accurate enough or even lower than the cost price, and therefore, in order to ensure that the selling price of the newly added goods is higher than the cost price, in other embodiments The method for determining the price of the newly added product further includes: determining whether the determined price of the newly added product is higher than the cost price of the newly added product, and if so, using the determined price of the newly added product as the selling price; Then, the selling price is re-determined according to the cost price of the newly added product and the price level of the regional location of the vending machine. Wherein, the price level of the regional location of the vending machine where the new product is located may be determined by obtaining the profit rate of one or more commodities being sold in the vending machine.

According to the above technical solution, the beneficial effects of the embodiment of the present application are: searching and speaking by not searching for the regional location of the vending machine in which the same type of the same product as the new product type is located and the price of the similar commodity Adding an approximate location of the similar merchandise in the area of the vending machine and the price of the approximate merchandise; determining the price level of the vending machine where the new merchandise is located and the price level of the regional location of the vending machine where the similar merchandise is located a second price coefficient of the newly added product relative to the approximate product; determining a price of the newly added product according to the second coefficient of the price and the price of the approximate product, and being able to adapt to the situation of the newly added product type, convenient and intelligent Determine the selling price of the new item at the vending machine where it is located.

4 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for determining a new commodity price provided by an embodiment of the present application, Referring to Figure 4, the apparatus 40 includes:

An obtaining unit 41, configured to acquire a type of the newly added item and an area location of the vending machine where the newly added item is located;

The first searching unit 42 is configured to search for the regional location of the vending machine where the same type of the same product as the new product type is located and the price of the similar product;

The first price coefficient determining unit 43 is configured to determine, according to a price level of the regional location of the vending machine where the newly added product is located and a regional location of the vending machine where the similar commodity is located, a price coefficient;

The first pricing unit 44 is configured to determine the price of the newly added item according to the first price coefficient and the price of the similar item.

In this embodiment, the type of the newly added item and the area location of the vending machine where the newly added item is located are first acquired by the obtaining unit 41; then, the first search unit 42 is used to search for the same item of the same type as the newly added item. The regional location of the vending machine and the price of the same-type item; the first price coefficient determining unit 43 determines the price level of the vending machine in which the new product is located and the price level of the regional location of the vending machine in which the similar product is located. The first price coefficient of the newly added commodity relative to the same commodity; finally, the price of the newly added commodity is determined by the first pricing unit 44 according to the first price coefficient and the price of the similar commodity.

Wherein, in this embodiment, the regional location of the vending machine in which the similar product is located includes the same regional type or a different regional type as the regional location of the vending machine in which the newly added commodity is located, and the similar commodity includes the added Products belong to the same brand or different brands. Then, for different search results, the first price coefficient determining unit 43 is specifically configured to:

If the regional location of the vending machine in which the similar product is located belongs to the same regional type as the regional location of the vending machine in which the new product is located, and the similar commodity belongs to the same brand as the newly added commodity, the new addition may be directly determined. The first price coefficient of the commodity relative to the same commodity is 1 (when the first price coefficient is a proportional value) or 0 (when the first price coefficient is a difference); or

If the regional location of the vending machine in which the similar product is located belongs to the same regional type as the regional location of the vending machine in which the new product is located, and the similar commodity and the newly added commodity belong to different brands, acquiring the newly added product belongs to The brand coefficient of the brand and the brand to which the similar product belongs is used as the first price coefficient of the new product relative to the similar product; or

If the regional location of the vending machine in which the similar product is located and the regional location of the vending machine in which the new product is located belong to a different regional type, and the similar commodity belongs to the same brand as the newly added commodity, the new commodity is obtained. a regional coefficient of the location of the vending machine and the regional location of the vending machine in which the similar product is located as the first price coefficient of the new product relative to the same commodity; or

If the regional location of the vending machine in which the similar product is located and the regional location of the vending machine in which the new product is located belong to different regional types, and the similar commodity and the newly added commodity belong to different brands, the new commodity is obtained. a regional coefficient of the regional location of the vending machine and a regional location of the vending machine in which the similar merchandise is located, and a brand coefficient of the brand to which the new product belongs and the brand to which the similar merchandise belongs, and determined according to the regional coefficient and the brand coefficient The first price coefficient of the newly added item.

In addition, in some embodiments, the device 40 further includes:

The second searching unit 45 is configured to search for an approximate product similar to the newly added product type if the regional location of the vending machine in which the same type of the same product as the new product type is located is not searched and the price of the similar product is not found. The location of the vending machine and the price of the approximate item;

The second price coefficient determining unit 46 is configured to determine, according to a price level of the regional location of the vending machine where the newly added product is located, and a price level of the regional location of the vending machine where the approximate commodity is located, Two price factors; and,

The second pricing unit 47 is configured to determine the price of the newly added item according to the second price coefficient and the price of the approximate item.

In this embodiment, if the location of the vending machine of the same type of the same item as the new item type and the price of the same item are not found in the first search unit 42, the second search unit 45 searches for An approximate location of the vending machine in which the merchandise is located and a price of the approximate merchandise; and then in the second price coefficient determining unit 46, according to the regional location of the vending machine in which the new merchandise is located Comparing a price level of an area location of the vending machine at which the merchandise is located, determining a second price coefficient of the new item relative to the approximate item; finally, by the second pricing unit 47, according to the second price coefficient and the price of the approximate item Determine the price of the new item.

In still other embodiments, the apparatus 40 further includes:

The verification unit 48 is configured to determine whether the determined price of the newly added product is higher than the cost price of the newly added product, and if yes, adopt the determined price of the newly added product as the selling price; if not, according to the Re-determine the selling price of the new item’s cost price and the price level of the vending machine’s regional location grid.

It should be noted that, since the new product price determining device and the new product price determining method in the foregoing method embodiment are based on the same inventive concept, the corresponding content in the foregoing method embodiment is also applicable to the device embodiment. It will not be detailed here.

According to the foregoing technical solution, the beneficial effect of the embodiment of the present application is that after acquiring the type of the newly added product and the regional location of the vending machine where the newly added product is located by using the obtaining unit, searching and adding the new search unit The regional location of the vending machine in which the same type of merchandise is located and the price of the similar merchandise, and then in the first price coefficient determining unit, according to the regional location of the vending machine in which the new merchandise is located and the vending machine in which the similar merchandise is located a price level of the regional location, determining a first price coefficient of the new product relative to the same commodity, and finally determining, by the first pricing unit, the new product according to the first price coefficient and a price of the same commodity The price can quickly define the price of new products and facilitate the management of commodity prices.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing the hardware structure of a vending machine server according to an embodiment of the present application. Referring to FIG. 5, the vending machine server 50 includes:

One or more processors 51 and a memory 52 are exemplified by a processor 51 in FIG.

The processor 51 and the memory 52 can be connected by a bus or other means, as exemplified by a bus connection in FIG.

The memory 52 is used as a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, and can be used for storing a non-volatile software program, a non-volatile computer executable program, and a module, as in the new commodity price determining method in the embodiment of the present application. Program instruction/module (for example, acquisition unit 41, first search unit 42, first price coefficient determination unit 43, first pricing unit 44, second search unit 45, second price coefficient determination unit shown in FIG. 46. Second pricing unit 47 and verification unit 48). The processor 51 executes various functional applications and data processing of the vending machine server by executing non-volatile software programs, instructions, and modules stored in the memory 52, that is, implementing the new commodity price determining method of the above method embodiment.

The memory 52 may include a storage program area and a storage data area, wherein the storage program area may store an operating system, an application required for at least one function; the storage data area may store data created by determining the use of the device according to the newly added commodity price, and the like. . Further, the memory 52 may include a high speed random access memory, and may also include a nonvolatile memory such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, a flash memory device, Or other non-volatile solid-state storage devices. In some embodiments, memory 52 may optionally include memory remotely located relative to processor 51, which may be connected to the new item price determining device via a network. Examples of such networks include, but are not limited to, the Internet, intranets, local area networks, mobile communication networks, and combinations thereof.

The one or more modules are stored in the memory 52, and when executed by the one or more processors 51, perform a new item price determination method in any of the above method embodiments, for example, performing the above description The method steps 210 to 240 in FIG. 2, the method steps 310 to 370 in FIG. 3, implement the functions of the units 41-48 in FIG.

The above products can perform the methods provided by the embodiments of the present application, and have the corresponding functional modules and beneficial effects of the execution method. For technical details that are not described in detail in this embodiment, reference may be made to the method provided by the embodiments of the present application.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, where the non-transitory computer readable storage medium stores computer executable instructions, which are executed by a computer in any of the foregoing method embodiments. The new item price determining method, for example, performs the method steps 210 to 240 in FIG. 2 described above, and the method steps 310 to 370 in FIG. 3 implements the functions of the units 41-48 in FIG.

An embodiment of the present application provides a computer program product, including a computing program stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, the computer program comprising program instructions, when the program instructions are executed by a computer, causing the computer Performing the new commodity price determination method in any of the above method embodiments, for example, performing the method steps 210 to 240 in FIG. 2 described above, and the method steps 310 to 370 in FIG. 3, implementing the unit 41 in FIG. -48 features.

The device embodiments described above are merely illustrative, wherein the units described as separate components may or may not be physically separate, and the components displayed as units may or may not be physical units, ie may be located A place, or it can be distributed to multiple network units. Some or all of the modules may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.

Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the various embodiments can be implemented by means of software plus a general hardware platform, and of course, by hardware. A person skilled in the art can understand that all or part of the process of implementing the above embodiments can be completed by a computer program to instruct related hardware, and the program can be stored in a computer readable memory. In the storage medium, the program, when executed, may include the flow of an embodiment of the methods as described above. The storage medium may be a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a read-only memory (ROM), or a random access memory (RAM).

Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present application, and are not limited thereto; in the idea of the present application, the technical features in the above embodiments or different embodiments may also be combined. The steps may be carried out in any order, and there are many other variations of the various aspects of the present application as described above, which are not provided in the details for the sake of brevity; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, The skilled person should understand that the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may be modified, or some of the technical features may be equivalently replaced; and the modifications or substitutions do not deviate from the embodiments of the present application. The scope of the technical solution.

Claims (11)

1. A method for determining a new commodity price, which is characterized by comprising:

   Obtaining the type of the newly added product and the regional location of the vending machine where the new product is located;

   Searching for the regional location of the vending machine in which the same type of the same item as the new product type is located and the price of the same item;

   Determining, according to a price level of the regional location of the vending machine where the new product is located, and a price level of the regional location of the vending machine where the similar product is located, determining a first price coefficient of the new product relative to the same commodity;

   Determining the price of the newly added item according to the first price coefficient and the price of the similar item.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the area location of the vending machine in which the similar item is located comprises the same area type or a different area type as the area position of the vending machine in which the new item is located, and the same type of goods includes It belongs to the same brand or different brand as the new product.
3. The method according to claim 2, wherein said determining the new product relative to the location level of the vending machine in which the new product is located and the price level of the regional location of the vending machine in which the similar product is located The first price factor for a similar commodity, including:

   If the regional location of the vending machine in which the similar product is located belongs to the same regional type as the regional location of the vending machine in which the new product is located, and the similar commodity and the newly added commodity belong to different brands, acquiring the newly added product belongs to The brand coefficient of the brand and the brand to which the similar product belongs is used as the first price coefficient of the new product relative to the similar product; or

   If the regional location of the vending machine in which the similar product is located and the regional location of the vending machine in which the new product is located belong to a different regional type, and the similar commodity belongs to the same brand as the newly added commodity, the new commodity is obtained. a regional coefficient of the location of the vending machine and the regional location of the vending machine in which the similar product is located as the first price coefficient of the new product relative to the same commodity; or

   If the regional location of the vending machine in which the similar product is located and the regional location of the vending machine in which the new product is located belong to different regional types, and the similar commodity and the newly added commodity belong to different brands, the new commodity is obtained. a regional coefficient of the regional location of the vending machine and a regional location of the vending machine in which the similar merchandise is located, and a brand coefficient of the brand to which the new product belongs and the brand to which the similar merchandise belongs, and determined according to the regional coefficient and the brand coefficient The first price coefficient of the newly added item.
4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the method further comprises:

   If the regional location of the vending machine in which the same type of the same product as the new product type is located and the price of the similar product are not searched, searching for the regional location and location of the vending machine where the similar product is similar to the new product type Describe the price of the commodity;

   Determining, according to a price level of the area of the vending machine where the new product is located, and a price level of the area location of the vending machine where the approximate item is located, determining a second price coefficient of the added item relative to the approximate item;

   The price of the newly added item is determined according to the second coefficient of the price and the price of the approximate item.
5. A new commodity price determining device, comprising:

   An obtaining unit, configured to obtain a type of the newly added item and an area location of the vending machine where the newly added item is located;

   a first search unit, configured to search for an area location of the vending machine in which the same type of the same item as the new item type is located, and a price of the similar item;

   a first price coefficient determining unit, configured to determine, according to a price level of a regional location of the vending machine where the newly added commodity is located and a regional location of the vending machine where the similar commodity is located, the first item of the new product relative to the same type of commodity Price coefficient

   a first pricing unit, configured to determine a price of the newly added item according to the first price coefficient and a price of the same item.
6. The device according to claim 5, wherein the regional location of the vending machine in which the similar goods are located includes the same regional type or a different regional type as the regional location of the vending machine in which the newly added commodity is located, and the same type of goods includes It belongs to the same brand or different brand as the new product.
7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the first price coefficient determining unit is specifically configured to:

   If the regional location of the vending machine in which the similar product is located belongs to the same regional type as the regional location of the vending machine in which the new product is located, and the similar commodity and the newly added commodity belong to different brands, acquiring the newly added product belongs to The brand coefficient of the brand and the brand to which the similar product belongs is used as the first price coefficient of the new product relative to the similar product; or

   If the regional location of the vending machine in which the similar product is located and the regional location of the vending machine in which the new product is located belong to a different regional type, and the similar commodity belongs to the same brand as the newly added commodity, the new commodity is obtained. a regional coefficient of the location of the vending machine and the regional location of the vending machine in which the similar product is located as the first price coefficient of the new product relative to the same commodity; or

   If the regional location of the vending machine in which the similar product is located and the regional location of the vending machine in which the new product is located belong to different regional types, and the similar commodity and the newly added commodity belong to different brands, the new commodity is obtained. a regional coefficient of the regional location of the vending machine and a regional location of the vending machine in which the similar merchandise is located, and a brand coefficient of the brand to which the new product belongs and the brand to which the similar merchandise belongs, and determined according to the regional coefficient and the brand coefficient The first price coefficient of the newly added item.
8. The device according to any one of claims 5-7, wherein the device further comprises:

   a second search unit, if the location of the vending machine in which the same type of the same product as the new product type is located is not found, and the price of the similar product, searching for an approximate product similar to the new product type The location of the vending machine and the price of the approximate item;

   a second price coefficient determining unit, configured to determine, according to a price level of the area of the vending machine where the new product is located, and a price level of the area location of the vending machine where the approximate item is located, determining the second item relative to the second item of the approximate item Price coefficient

   a second pricing unit, configured to determine a price of the newly added item according to the second price coefficient and the price of the approximate item.
9. A vending machine server, comprising:

   At least one processor; and,

   a memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processor; wherein

   The memory stores instructions executable by the at least one processor, the instructions being executed by the at least one processor to enable the at least one processor to perform the method of any of claims 1-4 Methods.
10. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, characterized in that the non-transitory computer readable storage medium stores computer executable instructions for causing a computer to perform any of claims 1-4 One of the methods described.
11. A computer program product, comprising: a computing program stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, the computer program comprising program instructions, when the program instructions are executed by a computer, causing the computer to perform A method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 4.

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