JP2006209178A - Information providing system, information providing server, etc. - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information providing system, an information providing server, etc. which proactively obtain information from a wide-ranging consumers, conduct a quick, inexpensive and precise survey on consumers' behavior, and provide the results thereof. <P>SOLUTION: The information providing system is equipped with: a first terminal used by a product purchaser; and an information providing server to which the first terminal can be connected through a network. The first terminal comprises: an information reading means for reading information of a receipt issued at the time when a product is sold in a store; an information acquiring means for acquiring at least the information on the selling price of each product from the information of a receipt; and an information transmitting means for transmitting the information on the selling price to the information providing server. The information providing server comprises: a means for receiving the information on the selling price of the product transmitted from the first terminal; a sales amount calculation means for calculating the sales amount for each product by summing up the received selling price of each product; and an information providing means for generating information on the sales amount for each product calculated, and providing it to a second terminal requesting provision of the information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a technical field such as an information providing system and method including a first terminal used by a purchaser of goods and an information providing server to which the first terminal can be connected via a network.

  Conventional general market surveys can only grasp the consumption trends by specific stores and chain stores, and segmented tiers and individual consumption trend surveys have required enormous effort and expenses.

In addition, for example, in Patent Document 1, in view of the fact that there is a time interval between the market research period and the product development / sales period, the sales of products do not increase as expected, and so on. Consumer information is acquired through market research, the acquired consumer information is collected from a plurality of retail stores and stored in a server, and the consumer information stored in the server is classified for each type of information. In response to a request from the manufacturer client, the server distributes all or part of the classified consumer information to the manufacturer client via a network. An ordering method is disclosed.
JP 2003-296543 A

  However, in any of the conventional market research methods, the consumer does not necessarily actively respond to the market research, and even if it responds, specific information such as what product has been purchased and how much is purchased It was difficult to obtain from, and moreover, it was limited to obtaining information from a limited range of consumers.

  In addition, in a known POS (Point Of Sales) system, product sales information (POS information) at a plurality of stores can be obtained, but only information on the best-selling products of a specific store and a specific chain store can be obtained. Therefore, it was impossible to grasp what was being sold at other stores not participating in the POS system.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, actively obtaining information from a wider variety of consumers, conducting cheaper, quicker and accurate consumer trend surveys (market research), It is an object to provide an information providing system, an information providing server, and the like that can provide the result.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 1 is an information including a first terminal used by a purchaser of goods and an information providing server to which the first terminal can be connected via a network. In the providing system, the first terminal indicates information reading means for reading receipt information described on a receipt issued at the time of sale of the product in the store, and indicates a sales price for at least each product from the read receipt information. Information acquisition means for acquiring product sales price information; and information transmission means for transmitting the acquired product sales price information to the information providing server via the network, wherein the information providing server includes the first information providing server. Information receiving means for receiving the product sales price information transmitted from the terminal, and the received product sales price information from the plurality of first terminals. The sales price for each product is aggregated, and the calculation means for calculating the sales amount for each product and the sales amount information indicating the calculated sales amount for each product are generated, and this is requested in advance. And an information providing means for providing to the second terminal registered as the terminal to be operated.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the information providing system according to the first aspect, the information acquisition unit acquires store information indicating a store that has issued the receipt in association with product sales price information from the receipt information. The information transmitting means transmits the acquired product sales price information and the store information to the information providing server via the network, and the information receiving means is transmitted from the first terminal. The product sales price information and the store information are received, and the calculation means indicates the sales price for each product indicated in the product sales price information from the plurality of first terminals by the product and the store information. The sales amount information for each product and the store is calculated by calculating the sales amount information indicating the calculated sales amount for each product and each store. And providing for the two terminals.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the information providing system according to the second aspect, the information acquisition means is installed at a store that has issued the store information and the receipt in association with product sales price information from the receipt information. Region information indicating a region to be processed is acquired, and the information transmission unit transmits the acquired product sales price information, the store information, and the region information to the information providing server via the network, and the information The receiving means receives the product sales price information, the store information, and the region information transmitted from the first terminal, and the calculation means is indicated in the product sales price information from the plurality of first terminals. The sales price for each product is aggregated for each product, each store, and each region indicated in the region information, and the sales amount for each product, each store, and each region is calculated. Out, the information providing unit, the sales amount information indicating the product type and store-by-store and of sales amount area the calculated, and providing to the second terminal.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the information providing system according to any one of the first to third aspects, the first terminal further includes storage means for storing age information indicating at least the age of the purchaser. The information acquisition unit acquires the age information from the storage unit, and the information transmission unit associates the acquired product sales price information with the acquired age information in the information providing server. And the information receiving means receives the product sales price information and the age information transmitted from the first terminal, and the calculating means is indicated in the product sales price information from the plurality of first terminals. The sales price for each product is totaled to calculate the sales amount for each product and for each age group within a predetermined range, and the information providing means displays the sales for each product and for each age group calculated. Forehead information And providing to the terminal.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the information providing system according to the second aspect, the information providing server relates to a predetermined product based on the sales amount for each product and each store calculated by the calculation means. , Further comprising comparison information generating means for generating product comparison information relating to the store with the highest sales amount and the store with the lowest sales amount, wherein the information providing means sends the comparison information of the generated product to the second terminal. It is characterized by providing for.

  The invention according to claim 6 is the information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the first terminal manages household account book data based on the acquired commodity sales price information. It further comprises book management means.

  The invention according to claim 7 is an information providing server included in the information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the information receiving unit, the calculating unit, and the information providing unit are provided. It is characterized by providing.

  According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, a computer is caused to function as the information providing server according to the seventh aspect.

  A ninth aspect of the present invention is the first terminal included in the information providing system according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, wherein the information reading unit, the information acquisition unit, and the information transmission unit It is characterized by providing.

  According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, a computer is caused to function as the first terminal according to the ninth aspect.

  The invention according to claim 11 is an information providing method in an information providing system comprising: a first terminal used by a purchaser of goods; and an information providing server to which the first terminal can be connected via a network. The first terminal reads receipt information described on a receipt issued at the time of product sales in the store, acquires product sales price information indicating at least a sales price for each product from the receipt information, and sells the product Transmitting price information to the information providing server via the network; and the information providing server receives the product sales price information transmitted from the first terminal, and the received plurality of the first information The sales price for each product indicated in the product sales price information from one terminal is calculated, the sales amount for each product is calculated, and the sales amount for each product is shown. It generates information, which is characterized in that it comprises the steps of providing to the second terminal registered as a terminal which desires to advance information provided.

  According to the above invention, the two-dimensional code described (printed) on receipts issued at the time of product sales at various stores is read by the first terminal, product sales price information, etc. is acquired and transmitted to the information providing server. Since the information providing server generates sales amount information and the like based on the product sales price information and provides it to the second terminal, for example, the seller of the product uses the provided sales amount information and the like. It is possible to easily find out consumer trends, and for example, it is possible to grasp which stores are currently selling such products in the area where their stores are installed. Moreover, since the information source is a medium called a receipt, the above-mentioned information regarding products sold in a very wide variety of stores can be actively obtained from an extremely large number of consumers (purchasers of products). Conduct accurate consumer trend surveys (market surveys) and provide the results.

  Hereinafter, the best embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

(1. Information providing system configuration, etc.)
First, with reference to FIG. 1 etc., the structure and function of the information provision system concerning one Embodiment of this invention are demonstrated.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the information providing system according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the information providing system S includes purchaser terminals K1, K2, K3 as a plurality of first terminals, seller terminals H1, H2, H3 as a plurality of second terminals, and a network NT. And an information providing server SA that provides information through the network.

  The purchaser terminals K1 to K3 and the seller terminals H1 to H3 can be connected to the information providing server SA via the network NT.

  In the present embodiment, the network NT is a global network constructed by, for example, the Internet, a mobile communication network (including a wireless base station).

  In actuality, FIG. 1 shows three purchaser terminals and three seller terminals, but there are actually many more buyer terminals and seller terminals. .

(1-1. Configuration and function of purchaser terminal)
The purchaser terminals K1 to K3 are terminal devices used by the purchaser (consumer) of the product. For example, a portable personal computer (PC), a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a mobile phone, or the like is applied. Can do.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration example of the purchaser terminal K1 (the same applies to K2 and K3).

  As shown in FIG. 2, the purchaser terminals K1 to K3 include a control unit 11 having a CPU, a RAM, and a ROM, and a storage unit (for example, a hard disk and a nonvolatile memory) that stores various programs and data as storage means. ) 12, wireless communication unit (for example, communication card and antenna) 13, display unit (for example, display) 14, audio output unit (for example, speaker, amplifier, etc.) 15, microphone 16, user (product purchaser) ), An operation unit 17 having an operation button for receiving an operation instruction from the apparatus, a two-dimensional code reading unit (two-dimensional code reader) 18 as information reading means, and the like.

  The two-dimensional code reading unit 18 reads a known two-dimensional code as receipt information described (printed) on a receipt (also referred to as a receipt) issued at the time of product sales in a store (the two-dimensional code reading unit 18). Is output to the control unit 11 by being brought close to the two-dimensional code printed on the receipt).

  This two-dimensional code is generated by a purchaser of a product (for example, food, clothes, books, etc.) at the cashier terminal installed in the store and printed on the receipt when the product is purchased (at the time of payment at the cashier terminal). Is done. In addition, various information acquired by the cash register terminal can be included in the two-dimensional code. For example, a product extracted from the bar code data read by the bar code reader provided in the cash register terminal of the store. Product information indicating product information (for example, product name (general name or unique name), JAN code, product type, and product characteristics and images) and sales price for each product Price information, product sales number information indicating the number of products sold at the cash register terminal, store information (for example, store name or seller name) indicating the store stored in advance in the cash register terminal, and a store are installed. Area information (for example, area names such as the area around A chome, area around B station, or C shopping street area) and industry information (eg, supermarket, Part, convenience store, hotel, tavern, men's clothing, beauty salon, can be included in the information of the industry name) such as museums, such as the two-dimensional code.

  The control unit 11 performs overall control of the entire purchaser terminal by reading and executing a program (including an information acquisition processing program) stored in the ROM or the storage unit 12 by the CPU, for example, and an information acquisition unit and an information transmission unit And so on. The control unit 11 has a browser function for exchanging information with the information providing server SA. The information acquisition processing program or the like may be downloaded from a predetermined server on the network 8, for example, or recorded on a recording medium such as a CD-ROM and read via a drive such as a CD-ROM. You may do it.

  The control unit 11 as information acquisition means has a two-dimensional code analysis function, receives the two-dimensional code from the two-dimensional code reading unit 18, and converts the two-dimensional code into characters, symbols, numbers, and the like. Thus, product information, product sales price information, product sales quantity information, store information, regional information, and industry information are acquired from the two-dimensional code. Alternatively, the control unit 11 as information acquisition means transmits the two-dimensional code to the two-dimensional code conversion server (which may be the information providing server SA) connected to the network NT via the wireless communication unit 13. The two-dimensional code conversion server may convert the two-dimensional code into characters, symbols, numbers, and the like, and transmit the product information, product sales price information, and the like.

  And the control part 11 as an information transmission means is all or a part of information (hereinafter referred to as “acquisition”) of the acquired product information, product sales price information, product sales quantity information, store information, regional information, and industry information. Information ”) is transmitted to the information providing server SA via the wireless communication unit 13 and the network 8.

  Further, the storage unit 12 includes a user ID for identifying each user (a purchaser of the product) of the purchaser terminals K1 to K3, age information indicating the user's age, gender information indicating the user's gender, and a user. User information including preference information indicating the user's preference is stored, the control unit 11 as an information acquisition unit acquires the user information from the storage unit 12, and the control unit 11 as an information transmission unit acquires the acquisition The information and the user information are associated with each other and transmitted to the information providing server.

  The storage unit 12 stores a household account book program (household account book software), and the control unit 11 functions as a household account book management unit when the CPU reads and executes the household account book program. Yes.

  More specifically, the control unit 11 serving as a household account book management unit accumulates and manages household account book data based on the acquired product sales price information for each product in the storage unit 12. In such household account book data, the consumption amount (cumulative product purchase amount) is sorted, for example, by month and by item (for example, by product type), and a target consumption amount is set. Is displayed on the display unit 14 in accordance with an instruction via. As a result, the user can compare the current consumption amount with the target consumption amount, and can grasp the items and the remaining consumable amount at a glance after overuse. In addition, the control unit 11 determines whether or not it has been used more than the monthly planned amount or is about to be used (close to the planned amount), and has been used or is likely to be overused. In such a case, it may be configured to sound a warning sound, activate a vibration, or display an animation image that the character beats.

  The control unit 11 as the household account book management means may be configured to generate and acquire the household account book data by sorting the product sales price information etc., for example, by month and by item, or as the household account book management means The control unit 11 transmits product sales price information and the like to the household account book server (which may be the information providing server SA) connected to the network NT via the wireless communication unit 13, and the household account book server uses the household account book. You may comprise so that the said household account book data may be acquired by producing | generating and transmitting data.

(1-2. Configuration and function of information providing server)
FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the information providing server SA.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the information providing server SA includes a control unit 21 having a CPU, a RAM, and a ROM, a storage unit (for example, a hard disk) 22 for storing various programs and data, a computer having a communication unit 23, and the like. Consists of.

  Then, the control unit 21 performs overall control of the entire information providing server SA by reading and executing a program (including an information providing processing program) stored in the ROM or the storage unit 22, for example, and an information receiving unit, It functions as a calculating means, an information providing means, a comparison information generating means, and the like. The information provision processing program may be downloaded from another server on the network NT, for example, or may be recorded on a recording medium such as a CD-ROM and read via a drive such as a CD-ROM. It may be.

  The control unit 21 as information receiving means receives the acquired information and user information transmitted from the purchaser terminals K1 to K3, respectively, and stores them in the storage unit 22. And the control part 21 as a calculation means uses the sales price for every product shown in the product sales price information included in the acquisition information from the plurality of purchaser terminals K1 to K3 for each product and the acquired information. Calculate the sales amount by product, by region, and by store, by calculating the sales amount by store indicated in the store information included and by region indicated in the region information included in the acquired information. The sales amount information shown (for example, a sales order list) is generated.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a sales order list by product, region, and store.

  In the example of FIG. 4, the order of sales amount for each product can be known (in this example, the product with the largest sales amount is “meat”). Furthermore, in the example of FIG. 4, the order of sales amount by product and region can be known (in this example, the region where “sales” of “meat” is the largest is “A region”). Furthermore, in the example of FIG. 4, the order of sales amount by product, region, and store can be known (in this example, the store with the largest sales amount in the region where the sales amount of “meat” is the largest). Is “ABC”).

  In the example of FIG. 4, a list of sales ranks by product, region, and store is shown, but a sales order list by region, store, and product may be used. The sales amount information is not limited to this, and can be processed into various formats. For example, the control unit 21 is configured to generate sales amount information indicating the sales amount only for each product, the sales amount only for each product and each store, or the sales amount only for each product and each region. May be. In the example of FIG. 4, the product general name is taken as an example for each product. However, the product unique name or product type (food, clothing, etc.) may be used.

  Further, the control unit 21 calculates the sales price for each product and for each industry by calculating the sales price for each product and for each industry indicated in the industry information. The sales amount information indicating the sales amount may be generated.

  Furthermore, the control unit 21 counts the sales price for each product, and further determines the age indicated in the age information included in the user information by age group within a predetermined range (for example, an age group of 20 to 25 years old). (For example, 25 to 30 years old age group), and calculate the sales amount by product and by age group (in addition to this, region and store may be considered) The sales amount information shown may be generated.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a sales order list by product, by age group, and by store.

  In the example of FIG. 5, the order of sales amount by product and by age group is known (in this example, the age group with the largest sales amount of “meat” is “20 to 25 years old”. ).

  And the control part 21 as an information provision means provides the sales amount information produced | generated as mentioned above with respect to the seller terminals H1-H3 previously registered as a terminal which wants to provide information, for example, the said sales An electronic mail with amount information attached is transmitted to the seller terminals H1 to H3 via the network 8.

  Here, in the present embodiment, the seller terminals H1 to H3 are terminal devices used by merchandise sellers (administrators, managers, etc.) in the store. For example, general-purpose personal computers and portable personal computers are used. A computer, PDA, mobile phone, or the like can be applied. The information providing server SA registers the name of the seller who uses the seller terminals H1 to H3, the e-mail address, and the like as a terminal that desires to provide the information by storing in the storage unit 12 in advance. Will do.

  Thus, the seller terminals H1 to H3 that have received the sales amount information display the sales amount information (for example, the list shown in FIG. 4 or 5) on the display screen of the display unit. As a result, the seller can compare the sales of his / her own store with that of another person's store, and can easily conduct market research.

  Furthermore, as a comparison information generation unit, the control unit 21 uses the calculated sales amount for each product and for each store as to the product of the store with the largest sales amount and the store with the smallest sales amount for the predetermined product. Comparison information (for example, in the example of FIG. 4, the sales price of the product of the store “ABC” and the product price of the product of the store “OOS” and product characteristics (specifications, images, etc.) is generated, The comparison information may be configured to be transmitted to the seller terminals H1 to H3 together with the sales amount information.

(2. Operation of information providing system S)
Next, the operation of the information providing system S will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing in the control unit 11 of the purchaser terminal, and FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing in the control unit 21 of the information providing server SA.

  First, for example, a user of the purchaser terminal K1 (a purchaser of a product) purchases a product at a certain store (for example, a supermarket) and receives a receipt issued thereby (a receipt on which the above-described two-dimensional code is printed). . When the user brings the two-dimensional code reading unit 18 of the purchaser terminal K1 close to the receipt and operates the operation unit 17 to input a reading instruction, the two-dimensional code reading unit 18 reads the two-dimensional code. Is output to the control unit 11. In the process of FIG. 6, when the control unit 11 of the purchaser terminal K1 receives the two-dimensional code output from the two-dimensional code reading unit 18 (step S1), as described above, based on the two-dimensional code, the control unit 11 described above. The acquired information is acquired (step S2) and stored in the storage unit 12.

  Next, the control unit 11 determines whether or not an acquisition information transmission instruction has been issued (step S3). If there is an acquisition information (step S3: Y), that is, the user operates the operation unit 17 to issue a transmission instruction. When input, the control unit 11 reads all or part of the acquired information and the user information from the storage unit 12, and these pieces of information are read out according to the preset IP address of the information providing server SA. The information is transmitted to the information providing server SA via the network 8 (step S4), and the process is terminated.

  On the other hand, in the process of FIG. 7, the control unit 21 of the information providing server SA receives the acquired information and user information transmitted from the purchaser terminal K1, and stores them in the storage unit 22 (step S11). Thus, the control unit 21 of the information providing server SA receives the acquisition information from the plurality of purchaser terminals until a predetermined period (for example, one month) elapses, and for example, acquires corresponding to each user information. Information is accumulated in the storage unit 11.

  If the predetermined period has elapsed (step S12: Y), the control unit 21 performs sales amount information generation processing (step S13). For example, in the sales amount information generation process when generating sales amount information as shown in FIG. 4, the control unit 21 stores all acquired information and user information received and stored within a predetermined period. 22, for example, first, the sales amount is integrated for each product to calculate the total sales, and the total sales rank for each product is determined. Next, the control unit 21 calculates the total sales amount by adding the sales amount for each product for each region, and determines the sales amount ranking for each product and for each region (this process is performed for all products). Next, the control unit 21 calculates the total sales amount by adding the sales amount for each region for a certain product and determines the sales amount ranking for each product, each region, and each store (this processing is performed for all regions). Done about). Then, the control unit 21 generates the above-described sales amount information by organizing the total sales amount, the sales amount rank, and the like thus calculated. As described above, the sales amount information may be generated by integrating the sales amount by industry and by age range within a predetermined range, calculating the total sales amount, determining the sales amount rank.

  Next, the control unit 21 of the information providing server SA acquires, for example, the mail addresses of the seller terminals H1 to H3 registered in advance as terminals that desire information provision from the storage unit 22, and uses the generated sales amount information. It is attached to the e-mail and transmitted to the seller terminals H1 to H3 via the network 8 (step S14), and the process ends. The sales amount information transmitted in this way is displayed on the display screen in the display unit of the seller terminals H1 to H3.

  As described above, according to the embodiment, the two-dimensional code written (printed) on the receipt issued at the time of product sales in various stores is read by the purchaser terminal K1 or the like to acquire the acquisition information and the like. Since the information providing server SA generates sales amount information and the like based on the acquired information and provides the information to the seller terminals H1 to H3, the merchandise seller Can easily find out consumer trends by looking at the sales information provided. For example, in the area where your store is installed, you can find out which store currently sells such products. can do.

  Moreover, the information source is a medium called receipts, and the above information on products sold in a wide variety of stores can be obtained from a large number of consumers (purchasers of products), so it is cheaper, quicker and more accurate. Surveys (in this embodiment, generation of sales amount information) and the results can be provided.

  In addition, since the household account book data based on the merchandise sales price information obtained from the two-dimensional code read from the receipt can be stored and managed by the purchaser terminal K1 or the like, the consumer can receive the receipt. It is possible to give an incentive to actively read (make habits) the printed two-dimensional code, so that the information providing server SA can collect information on the product from more consumers. Therefore, it becomes possible to conduct a consumer trend survey (market survey) that is cheaper, quicker and more accurate.

  Further, the information providing server SA gives points to the consumer who transmitted the acquired information from the purchaser terminal K1 or the like (for example, one point per receipt, stored in association with the user information) If it is configured to accumulate points and if the accumulated points exceed a certain level, the user will be rewarded (for example, discounted call charges, gifts, etc.) Still further, it is possible to give an incentive to actively read (habit) the two-dimensional code printed on the receipt.

  Furthermore, in the above embodiment, in addition to the age information and gender information, the user is allowed to input information indicating the user's family structure, income, disposable income, occupation, hobby, creed, etc. on the purchaser terminal, and Information is sent to the information providing server SA, and the information providing server SA calculates the total sales amount by, for example, integrating the sales amount by family structure, income, disposable income, occupation, hobby, and belief. The amount ranking may be determined and the sales amount information may be generated. By configuring in this way, it is possible to easily investigate (determine) and provide what products are sold according to abundant personal attributes other than age etc. (for example, POS information has not been known in the past, According to this embodiment, it is possible to know what characteristics the consumer has purchased the product).

  Furthermore, in the above embodiment, for example, when a user purchases a product, the purchaser terminal acquires information such as weather, temperature, and humidity (for example, information such as weather, temperature, and humidity is managed by an apparatus installed in the store) The information providing server SA calculates the total sales amount by, for example, integrating the sales amount by weather, temperature, and humidity. The sales amount ranking may be determined and the sales amount information may be generated. With this configuration, it is possible to easily investigate (determine) and provide information such as the order of what products are sold or eaten or eaten in a specific temperature range, weather, or humidity range. In addition, when the temperature difference of the previous day is significant, consumers can easily investigate and provide information indicating what they spent money on.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although it comprised so that the sales amount order | rank according to area | region etc. might be calculated, for example, according to area | region etc., for example, clothes, food, jewelry, furniture, household goods, household appliances, etc. You may comprise so that shopping item ranking, such as a product, may be calculated. Moreover, you may comprise so that eating-out item order | ranks, such as sushi, curry, pasta, yakiniku, etc. by area may be calculated. Furthermore, it may be configured to calculate the structure ranking and the number of repeats of the culture and entertainment expenses for each region. In addition, the order of consumption structure, such as ranking of books, movies, esthetics, sports center, theme park admission, etc., clothing expenses, eating and drinking expenses, education and entertainment expenses, education expenses, etc. by region, etc. You may comprise so that it may calculate. According to such a configuration, the sales order of a specific material in a certain region can be acquired beyond the industry. In addition, for example, the order in which meat is sold at a specific time in a certain area (for example, the order of yakiniku, supermarket, butcher, restaurant, convenience store, coffee chain, tavern, etc.) can be known. . Also, for example, the order of selling fish at a specific time in a certain area (for example, the order of sushi restaurants, supermarkets, fish stores, restaurants, convenience stores, carousel sushi, pubs, etc.) can be known. .

  In the above embodiment, an example is shown in which a seller terminal mainly used by a seller of a product is registered as a terminal that desires to provide the information. However, the present invention is not limited to this example. A terminal used by a manufacturer (manufacturer) or a consumer may be registered as a terminal that desires to provide information.

It is a figure which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of the information provision system concerning this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a schematic structure of the purchaser terminals K1-K3. It is a functional block diagram which shows schematic structure of information provision server SA. It is a figure which shows the example of the sales order list according to goods, area, and store. It is a figure which shows the example of the sales order list according to goods, age groups, and stores. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the process in the control part 11 of a purchaser terminal. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the process in the control part 21 of information provision server SA.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Control part 12 Memory | storage part 13 Wireless communication part 14 Display part 15 Audio | voice output part 16 Microphone 17 Operation part 18 Two-dimensional code reading part 21 Control part 22 Storage part 23 Communication part K1-K3 Buyer terminal H1-H3 Seller terminal SA Information providing server NT network S Information providing system

Claims (11)

An information providing system comprising: a first terminal used by a purchaser of a product; and an information providing server to which the first terminal is connectable via a network,
The first terminal is
Information reading means for reading the receipt information described on the receipt issued at the time of product sales in the store;
Information acquisition means for acquiring product sales price information indicating at least the sales price of each product from the read receipt information;
Information transmitting means for transmitting the acquired product sales price information to the information providing server via the network,
The information providing server includes:
Information receiving means for receiving product sales price information transmitted from the first terminal;
Calculating means for calculating the sales amount for each product by aggregating the sales price for each product indicated in the received product sales price information from the plurality of first terminals;
Information providing means for providing sales amount information indicating the calculated sales amount for each product to a second terminal registered in advance as a terminal for which information is desired;
An information providing system comprising: In the information provision system of Claim 1,
The information acquisition means acquires store information indicating a store that issued the receipt in association with product sales price information from the receipt information,
The information transmitting means transmits the acquired product sales price information and the store information to the information providing server via the network,
The information receiving means receives the product sales price information and the store information transmitted from the first terminal,
The calculation means totals the sales price for each product indicated in the product sales price information from the plurality of first terminals for each product and for each store indicated by the store information, and for each product and Calculate the sales amount by store,
The information providing system provides the second terminal with sales amount information indicating the calculated sales amount for each product and each store. In the information provision system of Claim 2,
The information acquisition means acquires area information indicating an area where the store that issued the receipt and the store information is associated with product sales price information from the receipt information,
The information transmitting means transmits the acquired product sales price information, the store information, and the regional information to the information providing server via the network,
The information receiving means receives the product sales price information, the store information, and the region information transmitted from the first terminal,
The calculation means aggregates the sales price for each product indicated in the product sales price information from the plurality of first terminals, for each product, for each store, and for each region indicated in the region information, and Calculate sales by product, by store and by region,
The information providing system provides the second terminal with sales amount information indicating the calculated sales amount for each product, each store, and each region. In the information provision system according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The first terminal further comprises storage means for storing age information indicating at least the age of the purchaser,
The information acquisition means acquires the age information from the storage means,
The information transmitting means associates the acquired product sales price information with the acquired age information and transmits the information to the information providing server,
The information receiving means receives product sales price information and age information transmitted from the first terminal,
The calculating means totals the sales prices for each product indicated in the product sales price information from the plurality of first terminals, calculates the sales amount for each product and for each age group within a predetermined range,
The information providing system provides the second terminal with sales amount information indicating the calculated sales amount by product and by age group. In the information provision system of Claim 2,
The information providing server, based on the sales amount for each product and each store calculated by the calculation means, for a predetermined product, the comparison information of the product for the store with the highest sales amount and the store with the smallest sales amount. It further comprises comparison information generating means for generating,
The information providing system provides the second terminal with comparison information of the generated product. The information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
The information providing system, wherein the first terminal further comprises household account book management means for managing household account book data based on the acquired commodity sales price information.   An information providing server included in the information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, comprising the information receiving unit, the calculating unit, and the information providing unit. .   An information provision processing program for causing a computer to function as the information provision server according to claim 7.   The first terminal included in the information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the first terminal includes the information reading unit, the information acquiring unit, and the information transmitting unit. Terminal.   An information acquisition program for causing a computer to function as the first terminal according to claim 9. An information providing method in an information providing system comprising: a first terminal used by a purchaser of a product; and an information providing server to which the first terminal is connectable via a network,
The first terminal reads receipt information described on a receipt issued at the time of product sales in a store, acquires product sales price information indicating at least a sales price for each product from the receipt information, and stores the product sales price information. Transmitting the information to the information providing server via the network;
The information providing server receives the product sales price information transmitted from the first terminal, and obtains the sales price for each product indicated in the received product sales price information from the plurality of first terminals. Calculating the sales amount for each product and providing the sales amount information indicating the sales amount for each product to a second terminal registered in advance as a terminal for which information is desired;
An information providing method comprising:

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