JP2002073449A - Shopping assistance code conversion portable telephone system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem that when a consumer buys his/her shopping, commodity information and pertinent information are hardly conveyed only by conventional notification methods to the consumer, and it spends time and efforts to draw lots or obtain images of TV program or musical information which the consumer takes notice. SOLUTION: A portable telephone 100 with a code reader is connected to the Internet 303 and further to a code conversion server 401 having a code database 411. Subsequently, code information is read from a commodity code 201 of a commodity related to information that the consumer desires to know, using the portable telephone 100 with a code reader. The code conversion server 401 converts the read code information into a network address 731 for a dealer who is an actual producer or a distribution source of the commodity corresponding to the commodity code 201, and then transfers the connection with the consumer to the dealer. The dealer provides the consumer with information through a home page or various information providing pages.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention utilizes a wireless communication function of a portable telephone including a PHS and a code information reading function of a code reader to enable a consumer to convert a product with a code such as a bar code or a two-dimensional code. The present invention relates to a shopping support code conversion mobile phone system that obtains various information and uses the obtained information for shopping.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when purchasing a product at a convenience store, a supermarket, or another store, for example, when purchasing a product that requires specialized knowledge, such as wine, local sake, and electric appliances, the product Look at the store POP with the label and brief description of it, or ask the clerk for an explanation and purchase it. When purchasing ingredients, use this ingredient to make a menu, how to cook, what kind of seasoning I was wondering if I needed a fee, and at this time I was reminding me of my memory and calling out to the clerk.

[0003] In addition, there are times when it is necessary to know whether the obtained product has a prize or a discount, whether a prize or a questionnaire has been applied, or whether the product is on sale. I obtained it from posters, etc., and when I needed to apply, I filled out the application form and postcard, and put it in the application box or post.

In addition, when watching a TV commercial (TV commercial) or a TV program, there are times when one wants information about music playing in the background, new talents appearing on the screen, the background scenery, and the like. At times like this, viewers may want to obtain images and images as recording media such as CDs, photographs, and posters. In such a case, for example, the viewer obtains information by calling the corresponding sponsor's CIC (Consumer Information Center). Or
In some cases, he obtained recording media such as CDs, photographs, and posters.

[0005]

However, in the above-described description by the conventional label or store POP, the amount of information that can be entered in the space is limited, and even if the store clerk asks a person who has abundant experience and deep knowledge. The reality is that there are not many people, and when you are confused when purchasing ingredients or selecting seasonings, your memory is awful, and even if you consult with a clerk, recently, the number of part-time clerks of high school students and college students has increased. We may give up if we do not need to consult about menus and cooking methods, and we will not provide information such as pamphlets, store POPs, posters etc. that inform you if there is a prize, discount, sweepstakes, questionnaire application, special sale, etc. Often it was not possible to get it, and those who needed to apply after getting the information took time to know the results.

In addition, when watching a TV commercial or a program, if you want information about music playing in the background, new talents appearing on the screen, landscape behind, etc.
If you want to get a recording medium such as a CD, photos, posters, etc. related to this, as an example, sponsor C
After checking the IC's lightning tale number, I contacted CIC to obtain information, record media such as CDs, photos and posters, and record media, photos and posters such as CDs. It usually took days to get them.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems. The purpose of the present invention is to provide convenience stores, supermarkets, and other stores with product knowledge or menus. When you want to know how to cook, or when you want to know information such as prizes, discounts, prizes, questionnaire applications, and special sales, the code reader section reads the product code attached to the product you are looking for. Display the information you want to know on the phone display, or apply for a sweepstakes or questionnaire, and immediately apply with a mobile phone with a code reader to find the lottery result immediately. Display the information you want to know on the display of the mobile phone with a code reader by reading the product code of the product with the code reader Printers that store product knowledge tables and menus, recipes, premium exchange tickets, discount tickets, sweepstakes application forms, questionnaire application forms, bargain sales flyers, photos, posters, etc. And print using digital multifunction devices and multimedia terminals with copy, fax, and printer functions, and TVC using personal computers and multimedia terminals at stores.
An object of the present invention is to provide a shopping support code conversion mobile phone system which is useful for shopping by downloading information of M and programs to a recording medium.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a shopping support code conversion portable telephone system according to the present invention connects a portable telephone with a code reader to the Internet through a mobile network and a provider, and further comprises code data. Connect to a transcoding server that has a base. The code information is read from the product code of the product related to the information that the user wants to know with a mobile phone equipped with a code reader, and based on the read code information, the code conversion server uses the code of the manufacturer or seller of the product corresponding to the product code. Translates to a network address and then forwards the consumer connection to the business. The relevant company provides information to consumers through a homepage and various information providing pages. The key operation and the reading of the product code may be stored in the memory and then connected, the product code may be manually input using a dial key or the like, the code conversion server and the code database may be stored on the Internet or It may be in the consumer's device or outside the Internet. The code reader may be external to the mobile phone. When a product code is manually input using a dial key or the like, key input is complicated if the number of digits is large, so that only the manufacturer identifier code may be input. At this time, a merchandise code column and a corresponding network address column of the code database table are newly added.

[0009] Depending on the request from the mobile phone with a code reader, the code conversion server may be a product knowledge server other than the trader corresponding to the product code, a menu, a cooking method, a prize, a discount, a sweepstakes, a questionnaire application, a special sale, and other servers. Translates to a network address and forwards the consumer connection.
In other words, the code item of the trader corresponding to the product code in the code database has the network address of the server, the product knowledge other than the trader and the trader, the cooking method, prizes, discounts, sweepstakes, questionnaire application, bargain sale, and other servers .

[0010] For example, when a consumer wants to know the locality and characteristics of wine at a sales floor, the consumer accesses the code conversion server from a mobile phone with a code reader using dial keys, function keys, and other operation units of the telephone. Then, let the code reader read the product code of wine. Then, the display section of the mobile phone displays the website of the trader corresponding to the product code of the wine, the product knowledge of the wine,
Menus, cooking methods, prizes, discounts, prizes, questionnaire applications, bargains, and other menus are displayed. Therefore, the necessary items are selected. Here, assuming that the product knowledge item is selected, the network connection to the product knowledge server is provided in the product knowledge item, so that the consumer connection is transferred to the product knowledge server. Since the product knowledge corresponding to the product code of the wine is written in the product knowledge server,
Product knowledge about the wine is displayed in characters and images on the display of the mobile phone.

[0011] Information taken into a mobile phone with a code reader can be output to an output device such as a printer in a store, a digital multifunction peripheral, or a multimedia terminal to be useful for shopping. If the information is larger than the memory of the mobile phone with a code reader, only the connection information such as the network address is imported into the mobile phone with a code reader, and the mobile phone with the code reader is connected to a network device such as a large-capacity personal computer or multimedia terminal at a store. And may obtain and output information from the desired server. Of course, you can output from devices other than the store as long as you have the equipment, but the information is immediately useful for shopping at the store. In addition, the connection between the mobile phone with a code reader and the network connection device or output device may be a cable connection, a wireless connection, or storing information in a memory card, and setting the memory card in the output device to store the information. May be output. Of course, it is a matter of course that the connection between the code reader-equipped mobile phone and the output device allows both to transfer data to each other. If not, you need an adapter.

If it is necessary to apply for lottery or application based on the obtained prizes, discounts, sweepstakes, and questionnaire application information, immediately enter the information into a mobile phone with a code reader, and promptly obtain a winning ticket, a voucher, a discount coupon, etc. You can get prizes and prizes by outputting it to a printer and sending it to a cash register. Even if you do not have prizes or prizes at the store, at least you can see the result immediately. If a code that can be read by a cash register is added to a ticket output by an output device such as a printer, the cash register operation can be performed quickly.

[0013] Of course, even if not at the store, when watching a TV commercial or program, if you see a prize, a discount, or other desired information, the code reader unit reads the product code of the sponsor's product that provides the CM or program. By reading the information on the display, the information that you want to know is displayed on the display of the mobile thunder talk with a code reader or captured in the memory, and the captured information is printed out at a store or home printer, or from a mobile phone with a code reader to a CD, etc. The order of the recording medium and the poster and the purchase procedure can be performed immediately, or the commodity code of the seasoning, such as miso or soy sauce, which has been reduced in the kitchen at home, may be read by the code reader section to obtain the special sale information. Further, as a sales promotion means at the store side, it is also possible to read out the product code by the code reader unit and take out the materials for the in-store POP.

Some prizes, discounts, prizes, and questionnaire applications require some stickers to be attached to the product. In this case, information obtained from a mobile phone with a code reader is used. The application form can be output and used with an output device such as a printer. In addition, if the lottery is to be performed at a later date, it is only necessary to apply on a mobile phone with a code reader and have the result sent back by e-mail or postcard.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a shopping support code conversion mobile phone system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The system of the present invention includes a mobile phone 100 with a code reader, a code conversion server 401,
It comprises a code database 411 and an output device 500.
The output device 500 is installed in a store or a home, and depending on the information, a consumer has a mobile printer.
The mobile phone 100 with a code reader is connected to the Internet 303 through the mobile network 301 and the provider 302, and further connected to a code conversion server 401 having a code database 411. Then, the code information is read from the product code 201 of the product related to the information to be known by the code reader unit 103 of the mobile phone 100 with a code reader, and based on the read code information, the code conversion server 401 determines the manufacturer Or, it is converted to the network address 731 of the distributor,
Thereafter, the consumer connection is transferred to the corresponding company server 701. The corresponding trader server 701 provides information to the consumer's mobile phone 100 with a code reader through a trader's homepage and various information providing pages. Also, the relevant trader server 701 may transfer the consumer connection to an information providing server other than the relevant trader.

[0016] This is because the connection of the consumer is made by the corresponding company server 7.
01 in addition to providing the stored information in the trader server 701 and trader database 711 to the consumer,
By transferring the consumer connection to an information providing server other than the trader server 701, information is provided to the consumer from another information providing server and a database belonging to this server. In the example of FIG. 712, 7
Servers and databases 03, 713, 704, 714, 705, and 715 correspond to this.

Consumer's mobile phone with code reader 100
Is displayed on the display unit 101. If necessary, the information taken into the mobile phone 100 with a code reader and connection information such as a network address are stored in the memory or the code reader of the mobile phone 100 with a code reader. And stored in a memory card such as a compact flash (registered trademark) or an SD memory card which can be inserted into the mobile phone 100, and output equipment 500 such as a store or home.
In this case, a wired or wireless communication such as IrDA or Bluetooth standard or a memory card is inserted into the output device 500 and connected to output information captured in the mobile phone 100 with a code reader, and to output connection information such as a network address to the personal computer 501 or the like. The data is read by a multimedia terminal or the like, and the Internet 303 and the provider 30 are read.
4. The product information or the like is taken into the personal computer 501 or the multimedia terminal or the like through the public network 305 or the high-speed network satellite 306, and the product information or the like is transferred to the printer 50.
2 or an output device 500 such as a multimedia terminal. Some information may be output to a mobile printer that can be easily connected to the mobile phone 100 with a code reader.

The key operation of the mobile phone 100 with a code reader and the reading of the product code 201 may be stored in a memory and then connected to the Internet 303.
The product code 201 may be manually input using a dial key, a function key, or the like, or the code conversion server 401 and the code database 411 may be located in the Internet 303, in a consumer device, or outside the Internet 303. Good. The code reader unit 103 may be external to a mobile phone. When a product code is manually input using a dial key or the like, key input is complicated if the number of digits is large, so that only the manufacturer identifier code may be input. At this time, a merchandise code column and a corresponding network address column of the code database table are newly added.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a database table. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the display screen of the display unit 101 of the portable telephone 100 with a code reader. FIG. 2A is a code database table A421. (B) is a trader database table 721, FIG. 2 (c) is a dish type database table 722, FIG. 2 (d) is a dish database table 723, and FIG.
In the table of the code database A421, merchandise codes of many vendors and network addresses 731 of the vendors are stored.

Here, when the consumer selects shopping support from the menu screen of the display unit 101 of the mobile phone 100 with a code reader, the consumer is connected to the code conversion server 401, and then the product code 201 which is 111111 in this example is converted to the code reader unit. Upon reading in 103, the code conversion server 401 sees the sent product code 201, refers to the code database table A 421, obtains the network address AAAAA, and transfers the consumer connection to the corresponding trader server 701. Then, the trader menu shown in FIG. 3B is displayed on the display unit of the mobile phone 100 with a code reader.
After obtaining FFFF, menus are displayed one after another as in the above example, and when the last menu, steamed food, is selected, a desired cooking method is displayed. Save the cooking method obtained here to a memory card such as a memory, compact flash, SD memory card, or save the connection information,
It is displayed on a screen later, and output by an output device 500 such as a printer 502 or a multimedia terminal. Note that the menu tree may be stored in the mobile phone with code reader 100, or the product code 201 read by the code reader unit 103 may be stored.

FIG. 4 shows a code database table B42.
In the example shown in FIG. 2, when shopping support is selected from the menu screen and the code reader unit 103 reads the product code 201 of 111111, the network address AAA is displayed.
AA is obtained, and the consumer connection is transferred to the corresponding trader server 701. Select shopping support from the menu screen, set items such as knowledge and cooking in the submenu, select knowledge this time, and select the code reader section. When the product code 201 of 111111 is read in 103, the network address EEEEX is obtained, and a network address other than the corresponding trader can be obtained, and the consumer connection is transferred to a server other than the corresponding trader. Of course, the relevant company can prepare a plurality of servers and transfer the consumer connection within the relevant company. As described above, the consumer connection can be promptly transferred to the server such as the bargain information or the prize information, which can be useful for shopping. Note that information to be transmitted to a limited area such as bargain sale information and store opening information may be extracted by a local information server 603 that collects local information.

FIG. 5 is a drawing showing a list of winning numbers and prizes, and shows an example in which a lottery is performed by the lottery server 705. When the consumer connection is transferred to the lottery server 705, the lottery server 7
05 generates a random number and assigns it to a general consumer connection. If the last digit of the random number is 5, the scoring of 4 mag will be won. Similarly, if the last 4 digits of 5,000 will be won, the overseas trip will be 1 mag. Until it comes, the lottery server 705 counts the number of prizes and the lottery is continued. The result of each lottery is displayed on the mobile phone 100 with a code reader, and the lottery result can be understood in a short time. If a winning ticket or a redemption ticket is output by the output device 500 such as the printer 502, and a code that can be read at the cash register is printed on the ticket, the post-lottery process can be performed quickly at the cash register. Depending on the prize, the prize provider will ship the prize to a designated location at a later date. In addition, in order to avoid troubles caused by the lottery, it may be specified to input the consumer's ID or personal identification number, or the number of connections to the same application from the same applicant by counting the ID by the lottery server 705. You may.

[0023]

As described above, the shopping support code conversion portable telephone system according to the present invention reads the commodity code 201 of the commodity by the code reader section 103 of the portable telephone 100 with a code reader, thereby obtaining the commodity information and related information. Information can be obtained, and based on the obtained information, it can be easily printed out or downloaded to a recording medium at a store or at home, and a lottery can be used in a short time to understand the result and to use for shopping. In addition, since the product code 201 can be input manually, the system can be established without the code reader unit 103, so that the cost is low at this time.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a shopping support code conversion mobile phone system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a database table of the shopping support code conversion mobile phone system of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a view showing the configuration of a display screen of a mobile phone display unit with a code reader in the shopping support code conversion mobile phone system of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a code database table B of the shopping support code conversion mobile phone system of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a winning number and a prize list of the shopping support code conversion mobile phone system of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 100 Mobile phone with code reader 101 Display unit 102 Key unit 201 Product code 301 Mobile network 302 Provider 303 Internet 304 Provider 305 Public network 306 High-speed Internet satellite 401 Code conversion server 411 Code database 421 Code database table A 422 Code database table B 500 Output Equipment 501 Personal computer 502 Printer 601 WWW server 602 Search server 603 Local information server 701 Trader server 702 Cooking type server 703 Cooking method server 704 Product knowledge server 705 Lottery server 711 Trader database 712 Cooking type database 713 Cooking method database 714 Product knowledge database 715 Lottery Database 721 Trader data Base table 722 Cooking type database table 723 Cooking method database table

Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ Identification symbol FI Theme coat II (Reference) G06F 17/60 506 G06F 17/60 506 H04M 1/00 H04M 1/00 R 11/00 302 11/00 302

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A code reader unit is added to a mobile phone including a PHS, a read product code is converted into a network address by a code conversion server, and the information is obtained by connecting to a desired information providing server. A code conversion mobile phone system for shopping support, which is compatible with the Internet and is also displayed or output by an output device. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the code reader section is eliminated.
A shopping support code conversion mobile phone system characterized by inputting a product code using a dial key or a function key. 3. The mobile phone system according to claim 1, wherein the code reader unit is externally connected to a mobile phone including a PHS by a wired or wireless connection. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the obtained information and connection information are stored in a storage medium such as a memory card, the storage medium is set in an output device, and information is output by connecting to the Internet depending on the information. The shopping support code conversion mobile phone system according to claim 1. 5. After connection from the consumer to a prize result determination server such as a lottery server, a random number is generated and if there is a prize that matches a predetermined winning number or a correct answer and there is still a prize, connection is made from the consumer. 3. The code conversion portable telephone system for shopping support according to claim 2, wherein the winning is determined immediately after the presence of the code. 6. The shopping assistance code conversion according to claim 1, wherein a winning ticket, a voucher, and the like obtained from the obtained information are output from an output device and processed at a cash register at a store. Mobile phone system. 7. The shopping assistance code conversion mobile phone according to claim 2, wherein a code is imprinted on a winning ticket, a voucher, or the like obtained from the obtained information so as to be easily processed at a cash register. Phone system.