JP2007011524A - Method for forming electronic gift catalog - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for forming an electronic gift catalog, in which the value as a gift can be enhanced by surely transferring a gift-sender's thought to a gift-receiver. <P>SOLUTION: The method for forming an electronic gift catalog in a server 1 connected to a gift-sender's terminal 4 comprises listed commodity selection step of selecting, based on listed commodity selection information received from the terminal 4, two or more pieces of commodity information from a commodity DB 11; recommend commodity selection step of associating, based on recommend commodity selection information received from the terminal 4, part of the selected two or more pieces of commodity information with recommend information; and catalog formation step of extracting commodity image information contained in the selected two or more pieces of commodity information from the commodity DB, and adding recommend image information to commodity image information corresponding to commodity information associated with recommend information to form the electronic gift catalog. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic catalog gift creation method.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a catalog gift in which a giver can select a catalog according to a budget and the like, and a gift recipient can select a favorite item from a plurality of products described in the catalog. Recently, electronic catalog gifts that allow creation and browsing of such catalog gifts via a network such as the Internet are also known.

For example, Patent Literature 1 discloses an electronic catalog creation device that creates an electronic catalog based on a plurality of products selected by a giver according to a budget, a gift theme, or the like. The created electronic catalog is sent to the terminal of the gift recipient as attached data of the email, or can be browsed by access from the recipient based on the URL of the web page described in the email.
JP 2002-175475 A

  The electronic catalog creation device described in Patent Document 1 can create a unique electronic catalog gift according to the individuality of the giver, but the conventional electronic catalog gift is simply a product lined up. For this reason, there has been a problem that it is difficult to convey the feelings of the giver included in the selected product to the recipients who browse this.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic catalog gift creation method that can increase the value of a gift by surely telling the giver's wishes to the recipient.

  The object of the present invention is a method of creating an electronic catalog gift in a server connected to a gift giver terminal, wherein a plurality of product information is obtained from a product information database based on posted product selection information received from the gift giver terminal. Selecting a posted product to be selected; recommending product selecting step for associating recommendation information with a part of the plurality of selected product information based on the recommended product selection information received from the giver terminal; Catalog creation for extracting product image information included in product information from the product information database and adding recommended image information to the product image information corresponding to the product information associated with the recommendation information to create an electronic catalog gift And an electronic catalog gift making method comprising the steps of:

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the electronic catalog gift preparation method which can raise the value as a gift can be provided by telling a giver's thought to a give destination reliably.

  Hereinafter, actual forms of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a server (hereinafter simply referred to as “server”) that implements an electronic catalog gift creation method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  The server 1 is a web server and is connected to the gift giver terminal 4 and the gift destination terminal 6 via a network 2 such as the Internet. Each of the gift giver terminal 4 and the gift destination terminal 6 has a web page browsing function and an e-mail transmission / reception function.

  The server 1 includes a product information database (product DB) 11, a giver information database (gifter DB) 12, a giftee information database (giftee DB) 13, an order information database (order DB) 14, and a recommendation information database (recommendation DB). ) 15 and an electronic catalog gift information database (catalog DB) 16.

  The merchandise DB 11 stores merchandise information such as merchandise codes, merchandise names, image information, and explanation information of merchandise that can be posted on the electronic catalog gift. The giver DB 12 stores giver information such as the name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address of the giver of the electronic catalog gift. The gift recipient DB 13 stores gift recipient information such as the name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address of the recipient who receives the electronic catalog gift. The order DB 14 includes order information such as an order code from an electronic catalog gift giver, order date and time, order contents (for example, a giver, a recipient, a course (budget), a settlement method), and an order status from the recipient. Stored. The recommendation DB 15 stores recommendation image information for displaying the gifted product recommended by the giver in the electronic catalog gift. The catalog DB 16 stores catalog information such as product codes of products posted on the electronic catalog gift and recommended information indicating recommended products.

  Next, the electronic catalog gift creation process in the server 1 described above will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. When the web page of the server 1 is accessed from the gift giver terminal 4, the server 1 displays an electronic catalog gift order screen on the gift giver terminal 4 based on an input operation on the gift giver terminal 4 side (step S1). ).

  On the order screen, in addition to the name and address of the gift giver and gift recipient, the e-mail address, etc., the budget for the electronic catalog gift to be ordered and the settlement method can be entered in a predetermined format. When the giver inputs and transmits these items at the giver terminal 4, the server 1 stores various types of information in the giver DB 12, the gift destination DB 13, and the order DB 14, respectively.

  Thus, when the budget of the electronic catalog gift is determined, the server 1 extracts a plurality of product information that matches the budget from the product DB 11, and selects a product for which a product name, product description, product image, etc. are displayed for each product. A screen is displayed on the gift giver terminal 4 (step S2). In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the product information includes a plurality of categories (for example, “fashion & accessories”, “interior”, “kitchen & tableware”, “toy & hobby”, “sports & outdoor”). , “Gourmet” etc.), and a list of products is displayed for each category.

  In the product selection screen shown in FIG. 3, in addition to the posted product check column C1 for selecting a product desired to be listed on the electronic catalog gift, a recommended product check column C2 for selecting a recommended product from the gift giver. Is displayed, and in the initial stage, the recommended product check column C2 is all lightly displayed. The giver selects a predetermined number of products, clicks the corresponding posted product check column C1, and inputs a check mark. In response to this, the server 1 can switch the recommended product check column C2 corresponding to the product for which the check mark is input from the light color display to the normal display, and can check only the recommended product check column C2 corresponding to the selected product. To. In this way, the posted product is selected at the giver terminal 4.

  Subsequently, the gift giver selects the recommended product by selecting the first recommended product from the selected products at the gift giver terminal 4 and inputting it in the recommended product check column C2. In this way, after inputting in the posted product check column C1 and the recommended product check column C2 for each category, the input content is transmitted to the server 1 by clicking the transmission button. It should be noted that the check in the recommended product check column C2 may be made not only one but also a plurality of checks. The posted product check column C1 and the recommended product check column C2 are not necessarily displayed on the same screen, and the recommended product may be selected on another screen after selecting the product.

  In addition to this, the giver terminal 4 can appropriately select and input music, messages, and the like attached to the electronic catalog gift. These pieces of input information are transmitted to the server 1.

  The server 1 receives an input from the giver terminal 4 and generates a new catalog ID, and a plurality of products in the product DB 11 based on the selection information of the posted product in which a check mark is input in the posted product check column C1. Information is selected (step S3). Then, among the selected product information, the recommendation information is associated with the product information for which a check mark is input in the recommended product check column C2 (step S4). In this way, catalog information for creating an electronic catalog gift is generated. This catalog information is stored in the catalog DB 16.

  After performing the settlement process, the server 1 transmits an e-mail for guidance to the gift destination terminal 6 based on the e-mail address of the gift destination designated by the giver. This e-mail includes a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) that contains a gift from the gift giver, an access destination to the web page of the server 1 and a catalog ID, a password for access, a message from the gift recipient, etc. Is described. When this URL is accessed from the gift destination terminal 6, the server 1 prompts the gift destination terminal 6 to enter an access password and performs authentication, and then searches the catalog DB 16 to search for an electronic device corresponding to the catalog ID. A catalog gift is created and displayed on the recipient terminal 6. The access authentication from the gift destination terminal 6 can be performed using the e-mail address of the gift destination terminal 6 instead of the access ID.

  The server 1 searches the catalog information stored in the catalog DB 16, extracts catalog information corresponding to the catalog ID, and creates an electronic catalog gift based on the catalog information (step S5). That is, the product image information corresponding to the product code included in the catalog information is extracted from the product DB 11, and the product image information is displayed for each category on the destination terminal 6 as shown in FIG. In the present embodiment, along with the display of the product image information, other product information such as a product name and a product description is also displayed. Then, the server 1 searches the catalog information for the product code associated with the recommendation information, adds the recommended image information stored in the recommendation DB 15 to the product image information corresponding to the corresponding product code, 6 is displayed. In FIG. 4, recommended image information including a crown mark is added in the vicinity of the product image information of the product “watch”, so that the recipient can immediately recognize the recommended product of the giver. . The recommended image information is not particularly limited as long as it indicates that the product is recommended by the giver, and can be in various forms, such as wording indicating that the product is recommended by the giver, the reason for recommendation, etc. Text information may be added. Furthermore, the electronic catalog gift ordering screen on the gift giver terminal 4 can be configured to allow the gift giver to select a desired image from a plurality of recommended image information. When the giver inputs a message or selects music when ordering an electronic catalog gift, the presenter displays a message on the electronic catalog gift display screen shown in FIG. Can be delivered.

  On the display screen of the electronic catalog gift shown in FIG. 4, when the product image information of the product desired by the recipient is clicked, the server 1 receives this, and as shown in FIG. An explanation screen is displayed on the gift destination terminal 6. The gift recipient clicks the “Order” button if he / she wishes to purchase this product by browsing the detailed explanation screen. In response to this, the server 1 stores in the order DB 14 that the order from the gift recipient has been completed, and also extracts the address, telephone number, etc. of the gift recipient from the gift recipient DB 13 and ships together with the ordered product information. Output to a processing server (not shown). Further, the giver terminal 4 is notified that an order for a product has been received from the gift destination terminal 6. Thereafter, the desired product is delivered to the gift recipient.

  As described above, the electronic catalog gift created by the electronic catalog gift creation method of the present embodiment not only displays the product image information of the product selected by the gift recipient, but also recommends the recommended product selected by the giver. Since it is displayed as image information, the gift recipient can grasp the gifted person's feelings included in the electronic catalog gift through the displayed image. As a result, the value of the electronic catalog gift as a gift can be increased.

  As described above, the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail. However, guidance to the electronic catalog gift for the gift destination terminal 6 is performed on a paper medium such as an actual catalog in addition to the notification by e-mail as in the present embodiment. Also good. By describing the catalog ID and password corresponding to the catalog information on the paper medium, an electronic catalog gift can be created in the same manner as in this embodiment, and the wishes of the giver are displayed on the destination terminal 6. be able to.

It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the server which implements the electronic catalog gift preparation method concerning one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the process sequence of the server shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the goods selection screen displayed on the presenter terminal shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of the electronic catalog gift displayed on the gift destination terminal shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the detailed description screen of the goods displayed on the gift destination terminal shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

1 Server 4 Gifter terminal 6 Giftee terminal 11 Product DB
12 Giver DB
13 Gift DB
14 Order DB
15 Recommended DB
16 Catalog DB

Claims (1)

A method of creating an electronic catalog gift on a server connected to a giver terminal,
A posted product selection step for selecting a plurality of product information from the product information database based on the posted product selection information received from the giver terminal;
Based on the recommended product selection information received from the giver terminal, a recommended product selection step for associating the recommended information with a part of the plurality of selected product information;
The product image information included in the selected plurality of product information is extracted from the product information database, and the recommended image information is added to the product image information corresponding to the product information associated with the recommendation information, and the electronic catalog An electronic catalog gift creation method comprising a catalog creation step for creating a gift.