JP2002203150A - How to provide product information - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] An object of the present invention is to provide a product information providing method for providing information on a product for manufacturing clothing at low cost and in a short time according to consumer's preference. A reference numeral 1 denotes a server computer, 2 denotes a computer device dedicated to a material maker connected to the server computer 1 via the Internet N, 3 denotes a computer device dedicated to an apparel maker, 4 denotes a computer device dedicated to a processing maker, and 5 denotes a computer device dedicated to a processing maker. Computer equipment dedicated to wholesalers,
Reference numeral 6 denotes a general user client computer.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a product information providing method for providing product information on a product on a net.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the textile industry, the mainstream is divided into specific business categories, such as manufacturing, wholesale, retail, etc., and there are various types of business from production to sale of goods. In general, consumers buy finished ready-made clothing from retailers who operate retail businesses.When choosing this clothing, each consumer must make comprehensive decisions on materials, designs, prices, etc. To purchase.

[0003] In addition to the above, there is also a method of purchasing individual clothing items in order to broaden a range of choices of consumers. In this case, consumers can create their own clothing by combining their favorite materials and designs.

[0004]

However, as described above, when purchasing ready-made clothing at each store, the range of selecting clothing according to the consumer's preference becomes narrow. Specifically, clothing, which is a commodity, exists as a comprehensive combination of material types, colors, accessory types, designs, etc., but clothing that satisfies all of these depending on consumer preference. Goods are rare.

[0005] In order to purchase clothing that satisfies all of these conditions, consumers can purchase clothing by customization or the like. There is a problem that the production period and the like become long because the production is performed by order. In addition, the effort on the consumer side related to customization, that is, the distance and time required for ordering, or
There is a problem that the burden of selecting materials and designs is large.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and has merchandise information for providing information on merchandise for producing inexpensive and short-term clothing according to consumer's preference. The purpose is to provide a provision method.

[0007]

According to one aspect of the present invention, a server computer connected to a plurality of client computers via a network provides information on products to each client computer. In the method for providing product information, the server computer stores in advance product component information for each component constituting the product as information on the product, and a general user can use his / her own information. Combining, via a client computer, an information selection procedure for selecting the product component information stored in the server computer and the product component information selected in the information selection procedure, creates image information of a completed product. Image information creation procedure and the image information created in the above image information creation procedure Is displayed on the client computer of the general user who has selected the product component information, and the product component information selected by the general user in the information selection procedure is used as product order information, and the product order information is used as each product component. And an information provision procedure for providing the information to the client computer of each trader user who provided the information.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, a method for providing product information according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings showing an embodiment. In the following description, a case where information on clothing is provided, particularly in the textile industry, will be described.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a server computer,
Reference numeral 2 denotes a computer device dedicated to a material maker connected to the server computer 1 via the Internet N, 3 denotes a computer device dedicated to an apparel maker connected to the server computer 1 via the Internet N, and 4 denotes a server via the Internet N A computer device dedicated to the processing maker connected to the computer 1, 5 is a computer device dedicated to the wholesaler connected to the server computer 1 via the Internet N, and 6 is a general user connected to the server computer 1 via the Internet N Client computer.

The server computer 1 is a server computer managed and operated by a server operator, and a website used for the method of the present invention is registered in the server computer.
This website is linked to various manufacturers such as material maker, apparel maker, processing maker and wholesaler related to the textile industry, and provides each product component information on various selection screens accessed by general users. At the same time, it finally receives, as product order information, product information of a finished product, which is composed of a combination of component information selected by a general user, for each product component.

Here, the material maker refers to a fabric maker, an accessory maker, and the like, and the processing maker refers to various factories such as a processing factory, a sewing factory, and a dyeing factory.
Wholesalers refer to intermediaries such as cloth wholesalers, other wholesalers, and general trading companies. A general user refers to a school, a company, another organization, an individual, or the like.

Next, the website will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 shows an index page of this website. This index page 10
Is a title part T indicating the title of this website,
An advertisement section Bn for posting a banner advertisement and selection icons B1 to B5 for selecting various clothes are provided.

[0013] As the selection icons B1 to B5,
In the present embodiment, uniforms, clothes, kimonos, T-shirts,
Five types of special wear icons are provided.
For example, when the icon of the "uniform" B1 is clicked, a lower page linked to the icon is displayed, and on this lower page, product component information that can be provided by each trader is posted. And stored in the server computer 1. Here, the product component information is stored in a server computer by each company that can provide each product component. Further, instead of these traders, a server administrator may store the product component information in the server computer.

In the present embodiment, the product component information is information on components constituting clothing which is a product, and specifically, information on materials, information on designs, and information on accessories. , Information on the production period and information on the price. Similarly, the icon B2 of “clothes”, the icon B3 of “Japanese clothes”,
The “T-shirt” icon B4 and the “special wear” icon B5 are linked to the lower-level pages in which information on the components of the corresponding products is posted.

Next, a specific procedure when a general user accesses the website configured as described above and orders clothing will be described with reference to FIGS. First, as shown in FIG. 3, in step 1, a general user starts a browser of a client computer, and in step 2
The index page 10 of the website shown in FIG.
Is displayed on its own computer device.

Next, in step 2 above, the user selects the desired clothing icons B1 to B1 on the index page 10.
When any one of the items 5 is selected, a selection screen for selecting the product component information of the clothing item is displayed in step 3, and each product component information is selected, and finally the product component information selected by the user is displayed. It is displayed in step 4 as image information of the combination and the finished product. Here, the procedure in which the user selects the product component information corresponds to the information selection procedure, and the procedure in which the product component information selected by each user is combined to create image information of the completed product is image information creation. The procedure of displaying the image information on the screen of the client computer for the user corresponds to the procedure of displaying a product. Hereinafter, the information selection procedure will be specifically described with reference to FIG. It is assumed that the user has selected the “uniform” icon B1 in step 2 described above.

The information selection procedure includes steps 301 and 302 for selecting a design, step 303 for selecting a material, and step 304 for selecting accessories. Here, as described above, the index page 1 displayed in step 2
When the icon B1 of No. 0 is selected and clicked, the type selection screen shown in FIG. 6 linked to the icon B1 in step 301 is displayed.

The above-mentioned type selection screen is a screen for selecting the type of the upper garment and the lower garment of the uniform.
Icon C3 is prepared. In addition, as the lower garment, an icon D1 of “slacks”,
Icon D2 and a "Culotte" icon D3. Then, for example, if a general user selects the “blazer” icon C1, step 3
At 02, a design selection screen shown in FIG. 7 is displayed.

The design selection screen is a screen for selecting a uniform design.
1, "double" icon E2, lower garment "one-tack"
, An icon F2 of “two-tack”, and an icon F3 of “box pleats” are provided. Here, it is assumed that the user has selected the icon E1 of "single" as the upper garment and the icon F2 of "two tack" as the lower garment.

Next, when the selection of the design is completed in step 302, a material selection screen shown in FIG. 8 is displayed in step 303. The material selection screen shown in the figure is a screen for selecting the material of the uniform, the icon G1 of "color sample" which is information on the color of the material, the icon G2 of "swatch sample" which is information on the pattern of the material, An icon G3 of “material”, which is information on the material, is prepared. Here, the user selects the “color sample” icon G1
Click on the button to select the color of the material of the uniform, and similarly click the icons of "pattern sample" and "material" to select a desired pattern and material. In addition to the above, on the material selection screen, the texture of the material cloth,
It is also possible to provide an icon or the like relating to the thickness and feel of the surface, and to select these according to preference.

When the user selects a material in step 303, the user proceeds to step 304, which is a procedure for selecting accessories, and an accessory selection screen shown in FIG. 9 is displayed. The accessory selection screen is a screen for determining the presence / absence of a lining of a uniform and other accessories. And a “thread” icon J2 are provided, and these accessories can be arranged as desired by the user.

When all the product component information has been input in step 304, the process proceeds to step 4 which is an image information creation procedure and a product display procedure. As shown in FIG. Display an image of the uniform based on the screen. Specifically, the above procedure is realized by a JAVA (registered trademark) script, a CGI script, a C language, or the like, and based on product component information selected by a general user, a display screen of a general user's client computer in real time. Is configured to display image information. As a result, the combination of the product component information selected by the general user is displayed on the display screen, so that the selected user can visually compare the image with the image drawn by the user. effective.

Next, in steps 3 and 4, when the information selection procedure, the image information creation procedure and the product display procedure are completed, in steps 5 to 9, the sample is actually sampled based on the product component information selected by the general user. A sample is created, and the user checks the sample sample, and then orders clothing from the dealer. Here, the procedure for providing the commodity component information selected by the general user to the trader as the commodity order information corresponds to the information provision processing procedure. Hereinafter, the information providing processing procedure will be specifically described with reference to FIGS.

In step 5, when the display of the image is completed in step 4, the sample creation screen shown in FIG. 11 is displayed, and the user confirms the price and delivery date for the sample creation and determines whether or not to create the sample. Make a decision. Specifically, the sample creation screen above shows “fabric price”, “accessory price”, “sewing price”, “total price”
"Delivery date" display columns K1 to K5, sample creation "YE
S ”icon K6 and“ NO ”icon K7. The user confirms the amount displayed in each display column, and then selects one of the“ YES ”icon K6 and the“ NO ”icon K7. Click the icon to decide on sample creation. The calculation of the price is automatically calculated based on the product component selected by the user.

When the user clicks the sample creation "YES" icon in step 5, the sample is actually ordered in step 6. Here, in creating the sample, the information of the finished product comprising the combination of the product component information selected by the general user is centrally managed by the server administrator, and the information providing process is executed. Place a sample order. Specifically, when the server administrator receives the product component information selected by the general user, it provides the information to each trader user as product order information. At this time, the server administrator obtains a commission from each trader user as the mediation fee, and each trader user creates a sample product based on the information provided by the server manager.

Next, when the clothing ordered in step 6 arrives at a general user who is the orderer, in step 7, the user satisfies the desired items for ordering based on the clothing. A check is made using the sample check screen shown in FIG. The sample check screen includes a description field L1 for a correction part, a request description field L2, a description field L3 for a size check, a description field L4 for a name, and a display field L5 for a delivery date display. Then, the user examines the sample of the clothing item that has actually arrived, writes a request in a corresponding portion of the screen, and transmits the request to each trader via the server administrator. In response to this, each vendor corrects the sample again, and sends the corrected sample to the orderer.

When the sample check is completed in step 7, the final order is confirmed in step 8. This final confirmation is performed on the final confirmation screen shown in FIG. 13. When the final confirmation is completed, the user clicks the ordering icon in step 8 to place an order with the trader.

The final order confirmation screen includes an icon M1 for size, an icon M2 for quantity, an icon M3 for unit price, an icon M4 for delivery date, and icons N1 and N2 for order. I have. Then, the user enters necessary items on the screen of each icon, confirms the described contents, and places an order by clicking on the ordering icon.

More specifically, similarly to the procedure performed in step 7, when the server administrator receives the information on the order for which the final confirmation has been made from a general user, the server administrator makes the product order information, The merchandise providing the element information is provided with the merchandise order information to order the merchandise. If the customer does not order clothing, the process returns to step 6,
The same procedure described above is repeated from the order of the sample again.

In steps 9 and 10, after the payment from the user is confirmed, the merchandise is actually dispatched and delivered to the orderer. Then, after the completion of the delivery, in step 11, as the after-follow of the user who is the purchaser, the product information and the maintenance information are posted on the after-follow screen shown in FIG. After-sales of
In addition, on this screen, a reception screen for the next order is displayed, and a series of procedures is ended.

Specifically, the after-following screen includes an icon P1 for product information for introducing a new product, an icon P2 for maintenance, and an icon R1 for receiving the next order. And the user
By clicking each of the above icons, a desired after-follow can be received.

As described above, according to the method for providing product information of the present invention, product component information for each product component constituting each company's product is stored in the server computer,
Based on the product component information, a combination of the product component information selected by the general user is displayed as image information. For the general user, the displayed image is checked and the clothing according to the user's preference is checked. Goods can be purchased. In addition, as described above, since it is possible to place an order for clothing via a network, it is possible to reduce the time, distance, or economic burden on the purchaser as compared with the case of custom-made clothing, Further, for the user, there is an effect that it is possible to obtain the product according to the user's preference by selecting the product component information until the user is satisfied.

In addition, each trader can obtain, as product order information, product components relating to products required by the user, so that a new sales channel can be obtained. Furthermore, the server administrator can obtain a brokerage fee for the transaction between the trader user and the general user,
By obtaining the product component information selected by general users and accumulating such information, it is possible to grasp the needs of general users in a timely manner and use the stored product component information for new product development. There is.

Still further, for example, a configuration may be adopted in which a student as the above-mentioned user orders uniforms via a client computer. In this case, the students have the opportunity to create their own uniforms of their choice, which gives each student many opportunities to touch the computer. As a result, the student is provided with an opportunity to naturally touch the computer without forcing the student, and can provide a very useful result for the student to learn the operation of the computer.

As described above, one embodiment of the present invention has been described. However, the method of providing product information of the present invention can be variously modified within the scope described in the claims. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the method of providing product information in the textile industry has been described. However, for example, the method of providing product information of the present invention can be implemented in the food industry.

In this case, the menu is stored as product information on the finished product, and various ingredients provided by each ingredient manufacturer are stored on the server as product component information.
Then, when a general user orders ingredients according to a favorite menu, such information is provided to each ingredient maker via a server administrator as product order information. As a result, similar to the above-described embodiment, a general user can select a favorite food according to a favorite menu,
There is an effect that each foodstuff manufacturer can acquire a new sales channel.

The order of the above-mentioned ingredients can be used for delivery of ingredients for home use or business use.
As food delivery to homes, it is also possible to order these foods in units of 3 days to 1 week according to the menu of your choice. In addition, as a delivery of business-use ingredients, an arrangement can be made in which an order is placed for menu items that are preferred for group meals in an employee cafeteria, a hospital, a school, or the like.

In addition, in addition to the above, each trader stores product component information constituting a product in a server computer.
As long as each user selects each component information according to his / her preference and places an order based on the product component information, the method for providing product information of the present invention can be applied to any product. is there. For example, furniture, home, interior, bicycle, motorcycle, car, machinery, personal computer, bag,
It is also possible to place an order for shoes, electric appliances, etc.

[0039]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a product information providing method configured to provide information on a product to each client computer by a server computer connected to a plurality of client computers via a network. In the server computer, as the information on the product, product component information for each component constituting the product is stored in advance, and the general user
Through its own client computer, the information selection procedure for selecting the product component information stored in the server computer and the product component information selected in the information selection procedure are combined, and the image information of the completed product is combined. An image information creating procedure to be created, a product display procedure for displaying the image information created in the image information creating procedure on a client computer of a general user who has selected the product component information, and a product selected by the general user in the information selecting procedure Information providing processing procedure for providing component information as product order information and providing the product order information to a client computer of each trader user who has provided each product component information, the product configuration stored in the server computer. Combination of product component information selected by general users based on element information Display the Align as image information,
This allows a general user to check the displayed image and purchase a product according to his / her preference. Further, as described above, since it is possible to place an order for a product via a network, it is possible to reduce the time, distance, or economic burden on the purchaser as compared with the case of custom-made, and furthermore, For the user, there is an effect that the user can select the product component information and obtain a product according to his / her preference until the user is satisfied. In addition, for each trader, a product component concerning a product required by the user can be obtained as product order information, so that a new sales channel can be obtained. There is an effect that an intermediary fee with the user can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a configuration of a product information providing method of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view showing a display example of an index page of a website used in the method for providing product information of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a general user.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a general user.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a detailed processing procedure of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a view showing a display example of a page of a website used in the method for providing product information of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display example of a page of a website used for the method for providing product information of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display example of a page of a website used in the method for providing product information of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a display example of a page of a website used in the method for providing product information of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a display example of a page of a website used in the method for providing product information of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a display example of a page of a website used in the method for providing product information of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a display example of a page of a website used in the method for providing product information of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a display example of a page of a website used in the method for providing product information of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a display example of a page of a website used in the method for providing product information of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Server computer 2 Computer device for material maker 3 Computer device for apparel maker 4 Computer device for processing maker 5 Computer device for wholesaler 6 Client computer device for general users

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A method for providing product information to a client computer by a server computer connected to a plurality of client computers via a network, the server computer comprising: As the information on the product, product component information for each component constituting the product is stored in advance, and a general user selects the product component information stored in the server computer via his / her client computer. An information selection procedure to create the image information of the completed product by combining the component information of the product selected in the information selection procedure described above, and the image information created in the above-described image information creation procedure. The general user's client A product display procedure to be displayed on a computer; and product component information selected by a general user in the information selection procedure as product order information, and the product order information is provided to a client computer of each trader user who provided each product component information. A product information providing procedure comprising: