JP2008269185A - Merchandise purchase system and merchandise purchase management server - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an environment in which a user can comfortably do shopping in a store. <P>SOLUTION: In this merchandise purchasing system, a customer ID is read from an IC card 1 by terminal equipment 2, and the terminal equipment 2 transmits purchase designation information composed of the read customer ID and a merchandise ID and purchase quantity input by a customer to a merchandise purchase management server 3, and the merchandise purchase management server 3 equipped with a merchandise DB storing merchandise information prepares and manages the purchase information of each customer based on the purchase designation information transmitted from the terminal equipment 2, and an accounting device 4 transmits the customer ID read from the IC card 1 to the merchandise purchase management server 3, and the merchandise purchase management server 3 prepares accounting information based on the purchase information corresponding to the received customer ID, and transmits it to the accounting device 4, and the accounting device 4 presents the received accounting information to the customer. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a product purchase system and a product purchase management server.

  Generally, when a product is purchased at a store such as a discount store, the customer needs to put the desired product into a shopping cart or a shopping basket, and always carry it around when moving in the store. In this case, if there are many, large, or heavy items to be purchased, the movement becomes very inconvenient and annoying.

  On the other hand, in recent years, various techniques relating to so-called online shopping have been proposed (for example, Patent Document 1) in which a product is purchased via the Internet or the like using, for example, a personal computer at home.

JP 2003-281453 A

  However, in online shopping, since it is impossible to directly see or touch actual products, it can be said that it is not suitable for purchasing products in which confirmation of the actual product is important.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a product purchase system and a product purchase management server that provide customers with an environment in which they can shop comfortably.

  A product purchase system according to a first aspect of the present invention is a product purchase system comprising a product purchase management server and a terminal device connected to the product purchase management server via a predetermined network, wherein the terminal The apparatus includes a reading unit that reads the customer information from an information holding body including customer information including identification information that can uniquely identify a customer, and transmits purchase designation information including at least the read customer information to the product purchase management server. The product purchase management server is configured to store each product based on a product database that stores product information on products to be sold, the purchase designation information from the terminal device, and product information stored in the product database. Corresponding to the read customer information, management means for managing the purchase information, reading means for reading the customer information from the information holding body Based on the purchase information that includes the settlement information presenting means for presenting the payment information to the customer, and is characterized in that.

  A product purchase system according to a second aspect of the present invention includes a product purchase management server, a terminal device connected to the product purchase management server via a predetermined network, and the product purchase via a predetermined network. A product purchase system comprising: a payment device connected to a management server, wherein the terminal device comprises reading means for reading the customer information from an information holding body having customer information including identification information capable of uniquely identifying the customer. And purchasing specification information including at least read customer information to the product purchase management server, wherein the product purchase management server stores a product database for storing product information related to products to be sold, and the purchase specification from the terminal device. Management means for managing purchase information for each customer based on information and product information stored in the product database; In accordance with a request for settlement information for a specific customer from the settlement apparatus, settlement information is provided based on purchase information corresponding to the customer and transmitted to the settlement apparatus. The apparatus includes a reading unit that reads the customer information from the information holding body, a payment information request unit that transmits the read customer information to the product purchase management server and requests settlement information for the customer, and the product purchase management. And a settlement information presenting means for presenting settlement information sent from the server to the customer.

  A product purchase management server according to a third aspect of the present invention corresponds to a product information database that stores product information related to products to be sold, a terminal device connected via a predetermined network, and the terminal device. Purchase including at least a relation table in which products are associated, customer information including identification information for uniquely identifying a customer, and terminal identification information for uniquely identifying the terminal device, sent from the terminal device Based on the designation information, the product information stored in the product database, and the related table, the management means for managing purchase information for each customer, and the customer information from the information holding body having the customer information Reading means for reading, and payment information presentation means for presenting payment information to the customer based on purchase information corresponding to the read customer information And features.

  A merchandise purchase management server according to a fourth aspect of the present invention corresponds to a merchandise information database that stores merchandise information about merchandise to be sold, a terminal device connected via a predetermined network, and the terminal device. Purchase including at least a relation table in which products are associated, customer information including identification information for uniquely identifying a customer, and terminal identification information for uniquely identifying the terminal device, sent from the terminal device Based on the designation information, the merchandise information stored in the merchandise database, and the related table, the management means for managing the purchase information for each customer, and transmitted from the settlement apparatus connected via a predetermined network When the received customer information is received, the settlement information is provided based on the purchase information corresponding to the customer information, and is transmitted to the settlement apparatus. Characterized in that it comprises a and.

  The product purchase management server of the product purchase system according to the first aspect, the payment apparatus of the product purchase system according to the second aspect, and the product purchase management server according to the third aspect are paid by the customer for the product purchase price. You may further provide the payment reception means to receive.

  In the product purchase system according to the first and second aspects, the purchase designation information may include product identification information that can uniquely identify a product.

  In the product purchase system according to the first and second aspects, it is preferable that the terminal device is installed in the vicinity of the product to be displayed in order to facilitate the purchase designation of the product by the customer.

  In the product purchase system according to the first and second aspects, the terminal device may further include user interface means for accepting input of information related to a product purchase designation by a customer.

  In the product purchase system according to the first and second aspects and the product purchase management server according to the third and fourth aspects, the customer information includes information indicating a delivery destination of the product purchased by the customer. It may be.

  As described above, the present invention can provide a customer with an environment in which shopping can be performed comfortably.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a commodity purchase system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically illustrating a configuration example of a product purchase system according to the present embodiment. The product purchase system of this embodiment is installed in a store that sells products, and includes an information holding body 1, a terminal device 2, a product purchase management server 3, and a checkout device 4, as shown in the figure.

  The information holding body 1 is a small and lightweight object that is held by a customer who purchases a product at the store and holds information (customer information) about the customer in a predetermined manner. In this embodiment, the information holding body 1 is a non-contact type IC card in which an IC chip is embedded in a card substrate, and stores customer information in a semiconductor memory in the built-in IC chip.

  The customer information includes identification information that can uniquely identify the customer (for example, a code composed of numerical values, alphabets, etc., hereinafter referred to as “customer ID”) and the delivery destination of the purchased product. Information (delivery destination information). The delivery destination information includes, for example, the customer's name, address, telephone number, and the like. When the customer uses the store for the first time, the information holding body 1 is created on the store side and provided to the customer by declaring necessary information such as delivery destination information to the store side.

  The terminal device 2 is a device serving as an interface for informing the store side of a customer's intention to purchase a product, and is installed for each display shelf on which one or a plurality of products are displayed. The display shelf is divided into a plurality according to the type of product, for example. Therefore, the same number of terminal devices 2 as the number of display shelves are installed in the store.

  The terminal device 2 includes a reading device (in this embodiment, an IC card reader) that reads customer information stored in the information holding body 1. Specifically, the IC card reader of the terminal device 2 transmits a carrier and supplies power to the information holding body 1 (that is, the IC card) by electromagnetic induction. Then, data communication is performed by carrier modulation, and customer information is read from the information holding body 1.

  In addition, the terminal device 2 includes a user interface unit (not shown) for accepting input of information related to purchase designation of a product by a customer. Although the user interface unit is not shown, an input unit (for example, a keyboard or a mouse) that receives input of information from a customer, a display unit (for example, a liquid crystal monitor) for displaying an input result, etc. It has. Note that the display unit may be configured as a touch panel so that information can be input using a customer's finger, a dedicated input pen, or the like.

  Via such a user interface unit, the customer designates a product desired to be purchased. Specifically, the customer inputs information (product identification information) for identifying a product desired to be purchased and the number of purchases to the terminal device 2. The product identification information is information for uniquely identifying a product, and is assigned to each product. The product identification information is, for example, a code composed of numerical values, alphabets, and the like, and is displayed on a product tag, a display shelf, or the like. Hereinafter, this product identification information is referred to as “product ID”. Moreover, the information which combined the customer information read from the information holding body 1 and the information (product ID, the number of purchases) input by the customer is referred to as purchase designation information.

  The terminal device 2 transmits this purchase designation information to the product purchase management server 3 connected via the communication cable 10 such as a LAN cable.

  The product purchase management server 3 is installed in a management room or the like in the store, and performs processing for creating and managing purchase information for each customer based on purchase designation information sent from each terminal device 2. As shown in FIG. 2, the merchandise purchase management server 3 includes a control unit 31, a communication unit 32, and a storage unit 33.

  The control unit 31 includes therein a microcomputer, a ROM that stores a program for causing the system to function, and a RAM (none of which is shown) used as a work area for arithmetic processing. And the entire product purchase management server 3 is controlled. The communication unit 32 includes a device for communicating with other devices via the communication cable 10 and a device for communicating with devices such as other servers via a network (not shown) such as the Internet. The storage unit 33 is composed of, for example, a storage device such as a hard disk, and stores a product DB 33a and a purchase DB 33b.

  The product information DB 33a is a database in which information (product information) for each product is recorded. As shown in FIG. 3, the merchandise information includes data items including a merchandise ID, a merchandise name, a unit price (for example, in units of yen), an inventory quantity, supplier information, and the like.

  The purchase DB 33b is a database in which information (purchase information) related to purchase for each customer is recorded. As shown in FIG. 4, the purchase information includes data items including customer information, a charge amount, purchase details information (1 to n), and the like. The purchase details information is information indicating the purchase status by the customer in detail, and is classified for each product (that is, for each product ID) and stores (1 to n) data. The purchase details information includes data items including a product ID, a product name, a unit price, a purchase quantity, an amount (unit price × purchase quantity), and the like. The sum of the “amount” of each purchase detail information is the amount indicated by the stored data of “billing amount”.

  The checkout device 4 is installed near the exit of a store, and a customer who has finished shopping at the store (specifically, has finished specifying a product desired to be purchased) for payment, that is, for settlement of product purchase. Device. As with the terminal device 2, the checkout device 4 includes a reading device (in this embodiment, an IC card reader) that reads customer information stored in the information holding body 1.

  When the customer information is read from the information holding body 1 possessed by the customer who wants to pay, the checkout device 4 transmits the customer information to the product purchase management server 3 connected via the communication cable 10. The merchandise purchase management server 3 that has received the customer information from the settlement apparatus 4 searches the purchase DB 33b to obtain customer purchase information corresponding to the customer information, creates settlement information based on the acquired purchase information, It transmits to the settlement apparatus 4. The settlement apparatus 4 displays the received settlement information via a display unit (not shown) (for example, a liquid crystal monitor).

  The settlement information is information corresponding to the contents displayed on the so-called receipt. Specifically, the details (product name, number (not displayed in case of 1), price (number) X unit price)) and the total price. Then, the customer who confirms the settlement information pays the displayed total amount, thereby completing the settlement (settlement).

  Specifically, the customer pays by inserting money (banknotes and / or coins) into a money slot (not shown) provided in the settlement apparatus 4. The checkout device 4 checks the inserted money (banknotes and / or coins), and when it detects that the total amount of money has been inserted, displays a message indicating that the payment is completed via the display unit. , Output a receipt. In addition, the settlement apparatus 4 notifies the merchandise purchase management server 3 that the payment by the customer has been completed substantially in synchronization therewith.

  Upon receiving such notification, the merchandise purchase management server 3 creates delivery information based on the purchase information corresponding to the customer, and delivers the delivery information via a predetermined network (for example, the Internet) (not shown), for example. Send to department management server (not shown). The delivery information includes information on the product to be delivered (for example, product ID, product name, number of (same product), etc.) and delivery destination information (eg, customer name, address, telephone number, etc.). The product purchased by the customer is delivered by the delivery department and delivered to the customer's residence or the like.

  Further, the merchandise purchase management server 3 updates the merchandise information DB 33a substantially in synchronization with the transmission of the delivery information. Specifically, product information corresponding to the purchased product is searched from the product information DB 33a, and the storage data of “stock quantity” is changed (the number of items purchased this time is subtracted).

  Further, the merchandise purchase management server 3 performs merchandise ordering processing to replenish the merchandise. Specifically, when the number of stored data of the “stock quantity” after the change has decreased to a predetermined number, order information (information including product name, quantity, etc.) is created and sent to e-mail etc. For example, it is transmitted to the business partner via the Internet or the like. At that time, information obtained from the “customer information” of the product information is used as the destination information such as the mail address of the business partner.

  Next, in the product purchase system configured as described above, the procedure of each process executed by the terminal device 2, the product purchase management server 3, and the checkout device 4 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a procedure of processes executed by the terminal device 2 and the product purchase management server 3 when a product is designated by a customer. The customer designates the product via the terminal device 2 installed corresponding to the shelf on which the desired product is displayed. Specifically, first, the customer brings the information holding body 1 (that is, the IC card) close to the IC card reader of the terminal device 2 so as to approach it. Then, electric power is supplied to the information holding body 1 by electromagnetic induction, and data communication is started between the information holding body 1 and the IC card reader of the terminal device 2. And the terminal device 2 reads customer information from the information holding body 1 via an IC card reader (step S501).

  Next, the terminal device 2 displays an input screen for allowing the customer to input information via the display unit (step S502). FIG. 6 is an example of the input screen displayed. The customer uses the input unit of the terminal device 2 to input the product ID (displayed on the product tag, display shelf, etc.) of the product desired to be purchased in the input field 60 and enter the quantity desired to be purchased. Input in the input field 61.

  When the product designation information is input by the customer and the enter button is pressed, the input is confirmed (YES in step S503), and the terminal device 2 reads the read customer information and the information (product ID, Purchase designation information including the number of purchases) is transmitted to the product purchase management server 3 (step S504).

  The product purchase management server 3 creates or updates purchase information corresponding to the customer based on the received purchase designation information and the product information stored in the product DB 33a (step S505).

  Specifically, the control unit 31 of the product purchase management server 3 extracts the customer ID from the customer information included in the purchase designation information, searches the purchase DB 33b using the extracted customer ID as a key, and performs the corresponding purchase. Check for information. Before and after this, the product DB 33a is searched using the product ID included in the purchase designation information as a key, and the corresponding product information is acquired.

  When the corresponding purchase information does not exist, the control unit 31 creates purchase information corresponding to the customer based on the acquired product information and the customer information and the number of purchases included in the purchase designation information, It adds to purchase DB33b.

  On the other hand, when the corresponding purchase information exists, the control unit 31 creates new purchase details information based on the acquired product information and the number of purchases included in the purchase designation information, and the purchase information Add to

  The above processing is executed by the terminal device 2 and the product purchase management server 3 when the product is designated by the customer.

  Next, a procedure of processing executed by the settlement apparatus 4 and the product purchase management server 3 at the time of settlement will be described along the flowchart of FIG. When the customer approaches the IC card reader of the settlement apparatus 4 while holding the information holding body 1, the settlement apparatus 4 reads customer information from the information holding body 1 via the IC card reader (step S701). The settlement apparatus 4 transmits the read customer information to the product purchase management server 3 (step S702).

  The control unit 31 of the merchandise purchase management server 3 that has received the customer information from the settlement apparatus 4 extracts the customer ID from the customer information, searches the purchase DB 33b using the extracted customer ID as a key, and the corresponding purchase information. Is acquired (step S703). And the control part 31 produces payment information based on this acquired purchase information (step S704), and transmits to the payment apparatus 4 (step S705).

  The payment apparatus 4 that has received the payment information from the product purchase management server 3 displays the payment information via the display unit (step S706). At the same time, a message prompting the insertion of money is displayed via the display unit. Thereafter, when the money for the total amount is inserted by the customer (YES in step S707), the settlement apparatus 4 displays a message indicating that the settlement is completed via the display unit (step S708). The document is output (step S709). Further, the settlement apparatus 4 notifies the merchandise purchase management server 3 that the settlement has been completed (step S710).

  Upon receiving such notification, the merchandise purchase management server 3 creates delivery information based on the purchase information corresponding to the customer and transmits it to the management server of the delivery department (step S711). Further, the merchandise purchase management server 3 updates the merchandise information DB 33a as described above substantially in synchronization with the transmission of the delivery information (step S712). In addition, as described above, a product ordering process is performed as necessary (step S713).

  As described above, according to the product purchase system of the present embodiment, the customer is freed from the trouble of continuing shopping with the product, and the checkout (settlement) procedure can be performed quickly.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, Of course, the various change in the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention is possible.

  For example, the installation mode of the terminal device 2 is various, and the installation location is arbitrary as long as the customer can visually recognize the desired product and can operate the terminal device 2 without any trouble. Moreover, you may install the terminal device 2 so that it may respond to every goods. In this case, since the corresponding product can be specified, it is not necessary to input information for specifying the product such as the product ID by the customer.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the non-contact-type IC card is illustrated as the information holding body 1, it is not limited to this. For example, contact-type IC cards, card-like substrates with IC tags attached, magnetic recording cards, card-like substrates with bar codes or two-dimensional codes displayed, etc. The apparatus can be employed by providing a reading apparatus corresponding to these.

  In the above embodiment, settlement (settlement) is performed by inserting money into the settlement apparatus 4, but settlement may be performed using a credit card, prepaid card, or the like.

  In addition, the purchased product may not be delivered, but may be received after the payment and taken home. In this case, it is desirable that, after settlement, the customer should be transported from the warehouse in which the product is stored to the receiving place immediately after the product designation is confirmed in order to avoid waiting time for the customer as much as possible. At that time, it is possible to adopt a transport mechanism that automatically transports the product using existing technology, etc., and immediately after the product designation is confirmed, the person in charge of the store is notified and the person in charge The product may be transported to the receiving place.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, after customer information was read from the information holding body 1 by the terminal device 2, the customer showed the example (refer FIG. 6) which designates one (one type) goods, Of course, it is also possible to configure so that a plurality of products can be specified.

  Moreover, you may enable it to select delivery or take-out for every purchase goods. For example, after reading the customer information from the information holding body 1, the terminal device 2 displays an input screen as shown in FIG. 8 and allows the customer to input the product ID and the number of purchases, and selects delivery or take-out. You may make it make it. In the input screen of FIG. 8, the button 80 and the button 81 are so-called radio buttons of the same group, and when one is selected, the other is not selected. Therefore, the customer may select the button 80 when desiring delivery and the button 81 when desiring to take home.

  Further, the terminal device 2 includes a product database corresponding to the product DB 33a instead of the product purchase management server 3, and after the product designation by the customer is confirmed, purchase designation information directly including product information about the product designated by the customer. You may make it the structure of transmitting to the goods purchase management server 3. FIG. In this case, the product database of the terminal device 2 does not need to store product information about all products sold by the store, and stores product information about one or more products to which the terminal device 2 corresponds. It only has to be.

  Moreover, although the product purchase system of the said embodiment is provided with the adjustment apparatus 4, the function for which the product purchase management server 3 makes a customer settle a product purchase without providing a single adjustment apparatus in this way. (Settlement function) may be provided.

  Further, the product purchase management server 3 may be configured to include an association table associating the terminal device 2 and the product ID corresponding to the terminal device 2 as shown in FIG. The terminal ID shown in FIG. 9 is information (terminal identification information) that can uniquely identify the terminal device 2. “No.” is a management number (for example, indicated by a natural number of 1 to N) for distinguishing products corresponding to the terminal device 2 specified by the terminal ID. If this association table is used, the product ID can be acquired from the terminal ID and the management number (that is, the product can be specified).

  With the above configuration, when a customer specifies purchase of a product via the terminal device 2, the customer can specify the product by inputting the management number of the product corresponding to the terminal device 2 instead of the product ID. it can. Since such a management number is considered to be represented by a natural number of about two digits, the customer's input operation is facilitated and convenience is improved.

  Also, securities (cash voucher) information that can be used in the store may be registered in the information holding body, and payment may be made using the information holding body at the time of settlement.

  Further, at the time of payment, a configuration in which payment information, information about products, etc. can be written to the information holding body from a terminal device or a payment device (a product purchase management server when the product purchase management server has a payment function) may be used. In this case, the information holding body is preferably a portable information terminal equipped with an IC chip storing customer information. In this way, since the information written in the IC chip can be confirmed using the function of the portable information terminal without using a dedicated reader, the convenience is enhanced.

  Moreover, each process in the flowchart demonstrated by the said embodiment is not limited to the order, In the range which does not deviate from the meaning of this invention, an order can be changed arbitrarily.

It is a figure showing typically an example of composition of a goods purchase system concerning one embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the goods purchase management server of FIG. It is a figure which shows the structure of merchandise information. It is a figure which shows the structure of purchase information. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the process performed by a terminal device and a goods purchase management server in the case of goods specification by a customer. It is an example of the screen for input which a terminal device displays. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the process performed by the payment apparatus and the goods purchase management server in the case of payment. In another embodiment, it is an example of the screen for input which a terminal device displays. In other embodiment, it is a figure which shows the structure of the related table with which a goods purchase management server is provided.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Information holding body 2 Terminal apparatus 3 Merchandise purchase management server 4 Checking apparatus 10 Communication cable 31 Control part 32 Communication part 33 Storage part 33a Commodity DB
33b Purchase DB
60 Input field (for product ID)
61 Input field (for quantity)
80 radio button (for delivery)
81 Radio button (for takeaway)

Claims (12)

A product purchase system comprising a product purchase management server and a terminal device connected to the product purchase management server via a predetermined network,
The terminal device
Comprising reading means for reading the customer information from an information holding body having customer information including identification information capable of uniquely identifying the customer;
Sending purchase designation information including at least the read customer information to the product purchase management server;
The product purchase management server includes:
A product database that stores product information about products to be sold;
Management means for managing purchase information for each customer based on the purchase designation information from the terminal device and the product information stored in the product database;
Reading means for reading the customer information from the information holding body;
Payment information presenting means for presenting payment information to the customer based on the purchase information corresponding to the read customer information,
A product purchase system characterized by this. A product purchase system comprising: a product purchase management server; a terminal device connected to the product purchase management server via a predetermined network; and a settlement device connected to the product purchase management server via a predetermined network. There,
The terminal device
Comprising reading means for reading the customer information from an information holding body having customer information including identification information capable of uniquely identifying the customer;
Sending purchase designation information including at least the read customer information to the product purchase management server;
The product purchase management server includes:
A product database that stores product information about products to be sold;
Management means for managing purchase information for each customer based on the purchase designation information from the terminal device and the product information stored in the product database;
In response to a request for settlement information for a specific customer from the settlement apparatus, the settlement information is provided based on purchase information corresponding to the customer, and is provided to the settlement information providing means for transmitting to the settlement apparatus.
The settlement apparatus is
Reading means for reading the customer information from the information holding body;
Payment information request means for transmitting the read customer information to the product purchase management server and requesting payment information for the customer;
Payment information presenting means for presenting the payment information sent from the product purchase management server to the customer;
A product purchase system characterized by this. The product purchase management server further comprises payment accepting means for accepting payment of a product purchase price by a customer.
The merchandise purchase system according to claim 1, wherein: The settlement apparatus further includes a payment accepting unit that accepts payment of a product purchase price by a customer.
The product purchase system according to claim 2, wherein: The purchase designation information includes product identification information that can uniquely identify a product.
The product purchase system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein The terminal device is installed in the vicinity of a commodity to be displayed,
The product purchase system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein: The terminal device further includes user interface means for accepting input of information relating to purchase designation of a product by a customer,
The product purchasing system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein The customer information includes information indicating the delivery destination of the product purchased by the customer.
The product purchasing system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein A product information database for storing product information about products to be sold;
An association table associating terminal devices connected via a predetermined network with products corresponding to the terminal devices;
Purchase information sent from the terminal device including customer identification information that can uniquely identify the customer and terminal identification information that can uniquely identify the terminal device, and purchase designation information that is stored in the product database Management means for managing purchase information for each customer based on the product information and the related table;
Reading means for reading the customer information from the information holding body having the customer information;
Based on the purchase information corresponding to the read customer information, settlement information presenting means for presenting settlement information to the customer,
A product purchase management server comprising: A product information database for storing product information about products to be sold;
An association table associating terminal devices connected via a predetermined network with products corresponding to the terminal devices;
Purchase information sent from the terminal device including customer identification information that can uniquely identify the customer and terminal identification information that can uniquely identify the terminal device, and purchase designation information that is stored in the product database Management means for managing purchase information for each customer based on the product information and the related table;
When the customer information transmitted from the payment apparatus connected via a predetermined network is received, payment information is provided based on the purchase information corresponding to the customer information, and is sent to the payment apparatus. ,
A product purchase management server comprising: A payment acceptance means for accepting payment of a product purchase price by the customer;
The product purchase management server according to claim 9. The customer information includes information indicating the delivery destination of the product purchased by the customer.
The product purchase management server according to any one of claims 9 to 11, wherein

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