JPH11232326A - Purchase information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a purchase information processor capable of easily performing order operation even by a customer purchasing the same merchandise every shopping time. SOLUTION: This purchase information processor 1 is provided with an input means 11, a customer information database(DB) 22 for storing identification information of the customer corresponding to an identifier, a in-basket information DB 24 for storing order information of the customer as in-shopping basket information, a history information DB 22 for storing purchase history information of the customer, a customer management means 27 that has an identification function 27a to identify the customer from the customer's identifier, a read-out function 27b to read out the identified purchase history information of the customer, and a storage means control function 27c to store the read out purchase history information in the in-basket information DB 24 as the in-shopping basket information, and a shopping basket processing means 29 fort rewriting the in-shopping basket information of the in-basket information DB 24 in accordance with the order information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a purchase information processing apparatus, and more particularly to a purchase information processing apparatus used in a shopping system for shopping using a communication network such as the Internet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, as this kind of purchase information processing apparatus, one having a shopping basket processing function is known. The shopping basket processing function is 1
This is a function of realizing a shopping basket in a supermarket in the real world by a shopping system using the Internet so that a plurality of products can be purchased simultaneously at the time of ordering.

[0003] Such a purchase information processing apparatus is, for example,
Input means for inputting order information to add a product to the shopping basket, and in-basket information storage means for storing information such as a product list (order list) in the shopping basket (hereinafter referred to as shopping basket information). Product information storage means for storing product information of a product for sale, display means for displaying information in a shopping basket, shopping basket processing means having a shopping basket processing function, and product information processing for managing product information and the like Means. The display means displays the shopping basket information and the product information on separate pages. When the shopping is started, the purchase information processing device performs the operation shown in the flowchart of FIG.

[0004] That is, when shopping is started,
In step (hereinafter, referred to as S) 101, the merchandise information processing means displays merchandise information on the display means, and makes the customer refer to the merchandise information. Next, the shopping basket processing means determines whether or not an order information signal for ordering the product has been input from the input means, that is, whether or not the customer has ordered the displayed product (S102). At this time, the input operation of the customer is performed by pressing the "add a product to the shopping basket" button provided on the input means.

If it is determined that the customer has ordered the displayed product, the customer's order information is stored in the basket information storage means as shopping basket information (S103). At this time, the product information of the product ordered from the product information storage means via the product information processing means is stored in the in-basket information storage means. As a result, the ordered product is added to the empty shopping basket. Then, the product information of the ordered product, for example, the product code, the number, the unit price, the subtotal / total amount, and the like are displayed in a list on the shopping basket information display page of the display means (S104).

After the display, the shopping basket processing means confirms whether or not a signal indicating whether or not the number of orders has been changed has been input (S105). The information in the shopping basket stored in the storage means is rewritten, and the process returns to S104 to display the rewritten information in the shopping basket. When it is confirmed that a signal indicating that the number of orders has not been changed has been input, a display prompting the customer to determine whether or not to continue shopping is output to the display means (S106). If a signal indicating that shopping is not to be continued is input from the customer and it is determined that the product list in the shopping basket information has been confirmed, a purchase process is performed (S107), and the shopping ends.

On the other hand, when the shopping basket processing means determines that the signal of the order information has not been input for the product displayed in S102, it also determines in S106 that the signal for continuing the shopping has been input. Upon confirmation, the product processing means continues to display the product information on the display means, and shopping is continued.

[0008]

However, in the above-described conventional purchase information processing apparatus, the shopping basket is always set to be empty at the start of shopping, so that the basket information storage means is empty. Is stored in the shopping basket. Therefore, even if a customer performs shopping many times to purchase the same product, it is necessary to refer to the product information of the same product and add an order to the shopping basket every time shopping is performed. There is a disadvantage that the order operation becomes more troublesome as the score increases.

[0009] For example, as described above, in order to add a product to be purchased to the shopping basket, the customer displays a page for listing the product and then presses the "add product to shopping basket" button. Do. Therefore, a customer who purchases the same 100 types of products every time shopping has to display 100 types of product information in each shopping and perform an ordering operation for adding to the shopping basket, which is very troublesome. It is. In addition, when many kinds of products are purchased in the same manner each time, it takes time to finally check the product list in the shopping basket every time shopping is performed, and an order error easily occurs.

[0010]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a purchase information processing apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention comprises:
Input means for inputting a customer identifier and order information, and a customer information storage means for storing customer identification information corresponding to the identifier, which is used in a system for shopping using a communication network. And in-basket information storage means for storing the customer's order information input to the input means as shopping basket information, and purchase history information when the customer has purchased a product using the communication network in the past. History information storage means for storing for each customer, an identification function for identifying a customer by reading identification information corresponding to the identifier from the customer information storage means when an identifier of the customer is input from the input means; It is determined whether or not the purchase history information is stored in the history information storage means. If it is determined that the purchase history information is stored, A customer management unit having a reading function of reading purchase history information from the storage unit, a storage unit control function of storing the purchase history information read by the reading function as shopping basket information in a basket information storage unit, Shopping basket processing means for rewriting the shopping basket information in the basket information storage means in accordance with the order information.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when a customer identifier is input from the input means, the identification function of the customer management means reads the identification information corresponding to the identifier from the customer information storage means to identify the customer, and identifies the customer. When the customer's purchase history information is stored in the history information storage means, the reading function reads the purchase history information from the history information storage means, and stores the read purchase history information in the customer's order information. Is stored in the basket information storage means as shopping basket information. Then, the shopping basket processing means rewrites the shopping basket information in the basket information storage means according to the order information input from the input means. Therefore, when a customer who has performed shopping using the communication network in the past starts shopping, the past purchase history information automatically becomes information in the shopping basket, that is,
Since products that have been purchased in the past are added to the shopping basket, when ordering the same product repeatedly, the operation of referring to the product information and adding the product to the shopping basket is omitted. It becomes possible to do. Further, since the shopping basket processing means is provided, conventional shopping basket processing such as deleting a product in the shopping basket and adding a product to the shopping basket can be performed as it is.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a purchase information processing apparatus, wherein a first information processing unit on a customer side performing shopping and order information from the first information processing unit are transmitted to a first information processing unit on a seller side using a communication network. (2) The first information processing unit includes an input unit for inputting customer order information and a shopping start signal; History information storage means for storing purchase information at the time of purchase as purchase history information, and when purchase history information is stored in the history information storage means when a shopping start signal is input from the input means, Transmission processing means for transmitting purchase history information to the second information processing unit, wherein the second information processing unit stores in-basket information storing order information input from the input means as in-shop basket information And a shopping basket processing means for rewriting the shopping basket information stored in the basket information storage means in accordance with the order information from the input means. A configuration having a history information processing function of determining whether or not purchase history information has been transmitted and, when determining that purchase history information has been transmitted, storing the purchase history information as shopping basket information in the basket information storage means. It has become.

In the invention of claim 5, when the shopping start signal is inputted from the input means, if the purchase history information is stored in the history information storage means, the transmission processing means transmits the purchase history information to the second information. Send to processing unit. When the purchase history information is sent from the first information processing section, the history information processing function of the shopping basket processing means stores the purchase history information in the basket information storage means as shopping basket information. The shopping basket processing means rewrites the shopping basket information stored in the basket information storage means according to the order from the customer. Therefore, when a customer who has performed shopping using the communication network in the past starts shopping, the past purchase history information automatically becomes information in the shopping basket. It is possible to omit the operation of referring to the product information and adding a product to the shopping basket. Further, since the shopping basket processing means is provided, conventional shopping basket processing such as deleting a product from the shopping basket and adding a product to the shopping basket can be performed as it is.

[0014]

Next, an embodiment of a purchase information processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a purchase information processing apparatus according to a first embodiment, and shows an example in which the invention of claim 1 is applied to a shopping system for shopping using a communication network. is there.

As shown in FIG. 1, this purchase information processing apparatus 1
Is a first information processing unit 10 on the customer side who performs shopping.
And a second information processing unit 20 on the seller side. The first information processing unit 10 includes an input unit 11 and a display unit 12, and the second information processing unit 20
A product information database (hereinafter, referred to as a database) 21, a customer information DB 22, a history information DB 23, an in-basket information DB 24, a WWW server processing unit 25, a product information processing unit 26, a customer management unit 27, a purchase information processing unit 28, The shopping basket processing means 29 is provided.

The first information processing unit 10 is connected to a client and the second information processing unit 20 is connected to each other as a shopping server via a communication network 30 such as the Internet or an intranet.
Thus, a shopping system in which order information is transmitted from the first information processing unit 10 to the second information processing unit 20 using the communication network 30 is constructed.

The first information processing section 10 comprises an input means 11 and a display means 12 as described above, and comprises, for example, a personal computer having a browser. The browser referred to here is the second information processing unit 2
It refers to the function of executing a program for accessing 0. The input means 11 is used to input a shopping start / end signal, a customer identifier such as a customer ID and a password, order information of a product, and the like, and includes, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, and a touch panel. In addition, the display unit 12 displays the later-described shopping basket information stored in the basket information DB 24 of the second information processing unit 20.

Product information DB 21 of second information processing unit 20
Is a product information storage means for storing product information such as a product identifier and a product price. The product identifiers mentioned above are:
For example, the information includes a product name, a product code assigned to the product, and the like, and the product information is previously input to the product information DB 21 by the seller. Customer information DB2
Reference numeral 2 denotes customer information storage means for storing customer identification information corresponding to the customer identifier, for example, customer ID, password, name, address, and the like. These identification information is registered in advance by a shopping system administrator or the like. ing.

The history information DB 23 is history information storage means for storing, for each customer, purchase information when a customer has purchased a product using the shopping system in the past as purchase history information. Customer I
D, date of purchase, product identifier, number, product price, and the like. In addition, purchase history information includes last shopping, last week shopping, last month shopping,
It stores purchase history information of various purchase periods depending on settings such as shopping in the previous year.

Further, the in-basket information DB 24 stores the first
In-basket information storage for storing customer order information input from input means 11 of information processing section 10 as information in a shopping basket (hereinafter referred to as shopping basket information) until immediately before purchase of the ordered product is confirmed. It consists of means. Information D in the basket
B24 stores the purchase history information sent from the customer management means 27 as shopping basket information as described later.

The WWW server processing means 25 has a function of transferring information such as product information retrieved based on a signal such as order information from the first information processing section 10 to the first information processing section 10. It is. The product information processing means 26
When order information is sent from the first information processing unit 10, the product information of the ordered product is read from the product information DB 21 and stored in the basket information DB 24.

The customer management means 27 includes an identification function 27a,
It has a read function 27b and a storage means control function 27c. The identification function 27a has a function of, when a customer identifier is input from the input means 10 of the first information processing unit 10, reading the identification information corresponding to the identifier from the customer information DB 22 and identifying the customer. The read function 27b determines whether or not the purchase history information of the customer identified by the identification function 27a is stored in the history information DB 23. The purchase history information is read from the DB 23. Further, storage means control function 27c
Stores the purchase history information read by the reading function 27b in the basket information DB 24 as shopping basket information.

The shopping basket processing means 29 comprises:
The shopping basket information in the basket information DB 24 is rewritten according to the order information from the input means 11, for example, order information such as adding a product to the shopping basket, deleting a product, and changing the number of ordered products. Shopping basket processing means 2
Reference numeral 9 has a display means control function 29a for displaying the rewritten information in the shopping basket on the display means 12 every time the information in the shopping basket in the information DB 24 in the basket is rewritten.

Next, the operation of the purchase information processing apparatus 1 configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In the purchase information processing apparatus 1, first, the first information processing unit 10
When a shopping start signal is input from the input means 11 and the user accesses the shopping page of the second information processing section 20, shopping is started. When shopping is started, a display instructing the customer to input an identifier such as a customer ID or a password is displayed on the first information processing unit 1.
0 is output to the display means 12. Input means 1 by customer
When the identifier is input from the client 1 and sent to the customer management means 27 via the communication network 30, the identification function 27a of the customer management means 27 is changed to the customer information DB as shown in S1 of FIG.
A so-called log-on process for identifying (specifying) the customer by reading the identification information corresponding to the identifier from 22 is performed.

Next, the reading function 2 of the customer management means 27
7b, the purchase history information of the identified customer is stored in the customer information DB.
22 is determined (S2). Then, when it is determined that the purchase history information is stored,
Read purchase history information from the customer information DB 22 (S
3). Further, the storage means control function 27 of the customer management means 27
c causes the in-basket information DB 24 to store the purchase history information read by the read function 27b as shopping basket information (S4). That is, an empty shopping basket is prepared at the start of shopping, and if there is purchase history information of the customer, the product included in the purchase history information is added to the empty shopping basket.

The purchase history information handled in S2 to S4 is
The information for the previous shopping, the shopping for the previous week, the shopping for the previous month, the shopping for the previous year, and the like are determined in advance by the setting of the second information processing unit 20 side.

When the purchase history information is stored in the in-basket information DB 24 as the in-basket information DB 24, the empty shopping basket information is rewritten.
The display means control function 29a of the display means 1 displays the information in the shopping basket, for example, the identifier of the product, the number, the unit price and the like.
2 is displayed as a list (S5). Thereafter, the shopping basket processing means 29 and the product information processing means 26
Perform normal shopping basket processing.

That is, after the information in the shopping basket is displayed, the shopping basket processing means 29 confirms whether or not a signal indicating whether or not the number of orders has been changed is input for the product in the information in the shopping basket (S).
6). After confirming that the changed signal has been input,
The information in the shopping basket stored in the in-basket information DB 24 is rewritten, and the process returns to S5 to display the rewritten information in the shopping basket.

When it is confirmed that a signal indicating that the number of orders has not been changed has been input, the shopping basket processing means 29
Causes the display means 12 to output a display prompting the customer to determine whether or not to continue shopping (S7). A signal from the customer that shopping is not to be continued is input means 11
When the information is input from the shopping basket, the information in the shopping basket is displayed on the display means 12 again as a list, and a display prompting confirmation of the displayed list is output on the display means 12.

When a confirmation signal is input from the input means 11, the shopping basket processing means 29 determines that the purchase of the ordered product has been confirmed and performs the purchase processing (S
8). In addition, the purchase information processing means 28 stores information D in the basket.
The information in the shopping basket stored in B24 is used as the purchase history information of the customer who has purchased the history information DB2.
Output to 3. Then, the shopping ends.

On the other hand, when it is confirmed in S7 that a signal indicating that shopping is to be continued has been input, the product information processing means 26 displays the product information on the display means 12 from the product information DB 21 (S9). Refer to information. Next, the shopping basket processing means 29 determines whether or not a signal of order information for ordering a product has been input from the input means 12, that is, whether or not the customer has ordered the displayed product (S10).

If it is determined that the customer has ordered the displayed product, the customer's order information is stored in the basket information DB 24 as shopping basket information (S11). At this time, the product information of the product ordered from the product information DB 21 via the product information processing means 26 is sent to the in-basket information DB 24 and stored as information in the shopping basket. Then, the shopping basket processing means 29 proceeds to S5 where the information in the shopping basket is displayed in a list on the display means 12.

As described above, according to the purchase information processing apparatus 1,
The customer's past purchase information is history information D as purchase history information.
When the customer starts shopping at B23, the past purchase history information stored in the history information DB 23 becomes the information in the shopping basket by the customer management means 27, that is, the products that have been purchased in the past are displayed. It is automatically set to the state added in the shopping basket. For this reason, when the customer repeatedly orders the same product, it is possible to omit the order operation of referring to the product information and adding the product to the shopping basket and rewriting the shopping basket information.

In addition, since a product that has been purchased in the past is automatically set in a state of being added to the shopping basket, if the same product is purchased every time shopping is performed, a check operation for the product is performed. Can be omitted. Therefore, when purchasing a variety of products in the same manner each time, it is possible to reduce the time required for finally checking the product list in the shopping basket and also prevent an order error.

Further, since the purchase information processing apparatus 1 includes the shopping basket processing means 29, the information in the conventional shopping basket is deleted by deleting a product from the shopping basket, adding a product to the shopping basket, or changing the number of orders. Rewriting processing (shopping basket processing) can be performed as it is. Therefore, it is possible to flexibly respond to the customer's order, and it is possible to smoothly introduce the purchase information processing by the purchase information processing device 1 without giving the customer an uncomfortable feeling.

Next, a modification of the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The difference of this modification from the first embodiment is that, as shown in FIG. 3, the customer management means 27 includes a selection instruction function 27d in addition to the identification function 27a, the read function 27b, and the storage means control function 27c. Is to be.

The selection instructing function 27d displays the purchase history information read from the history information DB 23 by the read function 27b of the customer management means 27 on the display means 12, and displays the purchase history information in the shopping basket among the displayed purchase history information. The display means 12 displays an instruction for the customer to select information to be used as information by the input means 12. Then, the storage means control function 27c stores information selected by the customer through the input means 12 among the displayed purchase history information in the basket information DB 24 as shopping basket information.

In the purchase information processing apparatus 1 provided with such customer management means 27, even if the product list desired to be purchased in this shopping is slightly different from the purchase history information, an order is requested from the purchase history information. Since the product information of the product can be selected, it is possible to flexibly respond to customer orders. Moreover, by using the purchase history information, it is possible to omit the order operation of referring to the product information and adding it to the shopping basket for the product information selected by the customer among the purchase history information.
Complicated order operation can be eliminated as compared with the related art.

Next, a second embodiment of the purchase information processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 4, the same components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a purchase information processing apparatus according to the second embodiment, and shows an example in which the invention of claim 5 is applied to a shopping system for shopping using a communication network. It is a thing. As shown in FIG. 4, in the purchase information processing device 2, the difference from the purchase information processing device 1 of the first embodiment is that the second information processing unit 50 does not include the customer management unit and the first information That is, the purchase history information is accumulated in the processing unit 40.

That is, the purchase information processing apparatus 2 is provided with a first information processing section 40 on the customer side for shopping and a second information processing section 50 on the seller side. First
The information processing unit 40 includes an input unit 41, a purchase item list file 42, a transmission processing unit 43, and the display unit 12. The second information processing unit 50 includes a product information DB 21,
Purchase information DB51, basket information DB24, WWW
Server processing means 25, product information processing means 26, purchase information processing means 52, and shopping basket processing means 5
3 is provided.

The first information processing unit 40 is connected to each other as a client, and the second information processing unit 50 is connected to each other as a shopping server via the communication network 30. Order information is transmitted from the first information processing unit 40 to the communication network 30. A shopping system that is sent to the second information processing unit 50 by utilizing is constructed.

The first information processing section 40 is constituted by, for example, a personal computer having a browser. The input means 41 of the first information processing section 40 is for inputting a shopping start / end signal, product order information, and the like, and includes, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, and a touch panel. The purchase item list file 42 is a history information storage unit that stores purchase information when a customer has purchased a product using the shopping system in the past as purchase history information. As the purchase history information, for example, the date of purchase, the identifier of the product, the number, and the like are stored.
Further, as the purchase history information, the purchase history information at various purchase times according to settings such as the previous shopping, the previous week's shopping, the previous month's shopping, the previous year's shopping, and the like is stored.

When a shopping start signal is input from the input means 41, the transmission processing means 43, if the purchase history information is stored in the purchase item list file 42, transmits the purchase history information to the second information processing section. 50. Further, as will be described later, it also has a reception processing function 43a for receiving the purchase information transmitted from the second information processing unit 50 and transmitting it to the purchase item list file 42. The display unit 12 displays the information in the shopping basket of the in-basket information DB 4 of the second information processing unit 50, as in the first embodiment.

The merchandise information DB 21 and the in-basket information DB 24 of the second information processing section 50 are configured in the same manner as in the first embodiment. In addition, the purchase information DB 51
A first embodiment in which, when the purchase of a product ordered by a customer is confirmed, the shopping basket information stored in the basket information DB 24 is temporarily stored as purchase information, and the purchase information is stored as history information. Is different from the history information DB23.

The WWW server processing means 25 and the commodity information processing means 26 are configured in the same manner as in the first embodiment. The purchase information processing means 52 includes information D in the basket.
The information in the shopping basket stored in B24 is output to the purchase information DB 51 as purchase information of the customer, and is also transmitted to the first information processing unit 40.

The shopping basket processing means 53
The information in the shopping basket in the basket information DB 24 is rewritten according to the order information from the input means 41, for example, order information such as adding a product to the shopping basket, deleting a product, and changing the number of ordered products. Shopping basket processing means 5
3 is a history information processing function 53a and a display means control function 53
b.

The history information processing function 53a is a function for storing the purchase history information in the basket information DB 24 as the information in the shopping basket when it is determined that the purchase history information has been sent from the first information processing section 40. . The display means control function 53b is a function of displaying the rewritten information in the shopping basket on the display means 12 every time the information in the shopping basket in the information in basket 24 is rewritten.

Next, the operation of the purchase information processing apparatus 2 configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In the purchase information processing device 2, first, the first information processing unit 40
When a shopping start signal is input from the input means 11 and the user accesses the shopping page of the second information processing unit 50, shopping is started. When shopping is started, the transmission processing unit 43 determines whether purchase history information is stored in the purchase item list file 42 (S21), and the purchase history information is stored in the purchase item list file 42. Then, the purchase history information is transmitted to the second information processing unit 50 (S22).

Next, shopping basket processing means 5
When the purchase history information is transmitted from the first information processing unit 40, the history information processing function 53a stores the purchase history information in the basket information DB 24 as information in the shopping basket (S23). That is, when an empty shopping basket is prepared by the start of shopping and the purchase history information is accumulated in the first information processing unit 40, the product included in the purchase history information is added to the empty shopping basket. Will be.

The purchase history information handled in S21 to S23 is the first information processing section such as the one at the time of the previous shopping, the one at the time of the previous week's shopping, the one at the time of the previous month's shopping, the one at the previous year's shopping, and the like. It is determined by the setting on the 40 side.

When the purchase history information is stored in the in-basket information DB 24 as the information in the shopping basket, the information in the empty shopping basket is rewritten.
The display means control function 53b displays the shopping basket information on the display means 12 as a list (S24). Thereafter, normal shopping basket processing by the shopping basket processing means 53 and the commodity information processing means 26 is performed.

That is, after the information in the shopping basket is displayed, the shopping basket processing means 53 checks whether or not a signal indicating whether or not the number of orders has been changed has been input for the information in the shopping basket (S).
25). When it is confirmed that the signal indicating the change has been input, the information in the shopping basket stored in the in-basket information DB 24 is rewritten, and at S24
Then, the rewritten shopping basket information is displayed. Upon confirming that the signal indicating that the number of orders has not been changed has been input, the display unit 12 outputs a display prompting the customer to determine whether to continue shopping (S
26). When a signal indicating that shopping is not to be continued is input from the input unit 11 from the customer, the shopping basket processing unit 53 causes the display unit 12 to output a display prompting confirmation of the product list of the information in the shopping basket.

When the confirmation signal is input from the input means 11, the shopping basket processing means 53 determines that the purchase of the ordered product is confirmed and performs the purchase processing (S2).
7). Next, the purchase information DB 51 uses the information in the shopping basket stored in the in-basket information DB 24 as the purchase information of the customer who has purchased.
Is output to the first information processing unit 40 (S28). Reception processing function 43a of transmission processing means 43 of first information processing unit 40
Receives the purchase information transmitted from the second information processing unit 50 and outputs it to the purchase item list file 42, and the purchase item list file 42 stores the purchase information as purchase history information. Then, the shopping ends.

On the other hand, when it is confirmed in S26 that a signal indicating that shopping is to be continued is input, the commodity information processing means 26 displays the commodity information on the display means 12 from the commodity information DB 21 (S29), and the customer receives the commodity. Refer to information. Next, the shopping basket processing means 53 determines whether or not a signal of order information for ordering a product has been input from the input means 12, that is, whether or not the customer has ordered the displayed product (S30). If it is determined that the displayed product is ordered by the customer, the customer's order information is used as shopping basket information as the basket information DB2.
4 (S31). At this time, the product information DB 21
Is sent to the in-basket information DB 24 and stored as in-shop basket information. Then, the process proceeds to S24 in which the information in the shopping basket is displayed as a list on the display unit 12.

As described above, according to the purchase information processing apparatus 2,
The customer's past purchase information is stored in the purchase item list file 42 as purchase history information. When the customer starts shopping, the past purchase history information stored in the purchase item list file 42 is transmitted to the transmission processing unit 43 by the transmission processing unit 43. 2
The information is transmitted to the information processing unit 50 and becomes the information in the shopping basket. That is, the information is automatically set to a state in which a product that has been purchased in the past is added to the shopping basket. For this reason, according to the second embodiment,
When a customer repeatedly orders the same product, an effect is obtained that an order operation of referring to the product information and rewriting information in the shopping basket to add a product to the shopping basket can be omitted.

Further, since a product that has been purchased in the past is automatically set in a state of being added to the shopping basket, a final order is required when purchasing a variety of products in the same manner each time. The time required for checking the list can be reduced, and an order error can be prevented. In addition, the purchase information processing device 2 also includes the shopping basket processing means 53 that can perform the conventional rewriting process of the information in the shopping basket as it is, so that it is possible to flexibly respond to the customer's order and smoothly without giving the customer a sense of discomfort. The purchase information processing by the purchase information processing device 2 can be introduced into the system.

Next, a modification of the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. This modification differs from the second embodiment in that the shopping basket processing means 53 has a selection instruction function 53c in addition to the history information processing function 53a and the display means control function 53b as shown in FIG. It is in.

When the purchase history information is sent from the first information processing section 40, the selection instructing function 53c displays the purchase history information on the display means 12, and displays the shopping history information among the displayed purchase history information. An instruction to allow the customer to select information to be used as basket information by the input means 12 is displayed on the display means 12. The history information processing function 53a stores information selected by the customer through the input means 12 among the displayed purchase history information in the basket information DB 24 as shopping basket information.

In the purchase information processing apparatus 2 provided with the shopping basket processing means 53, the list of the commodity information desired to be purchased in the current shopping is slightly different from the purchase history information, as in the modification of the first embodiment. Even if they are different, since the product information of the product desired to be ordered can be selected from the purchase history information, the same effect as the modification of the first embodiment can be obtained, such as being able to respond more flexibly to customer orders.

Note that the shopping in the present invention means from the purchase of a product performed by an individual to the purchase (ordering) of a product performed by an organization such as a company. Therefore, the first
In the embodiment and the second embodiment, the purchase information processing apparatus in which the second information processing unit is a shopping server on a network has been described. However, the second information processing unit is provided to an order receiving side such as an ordering system (order entry system). By substituting, the present invention can be applied to an ordering system using a network.

[0062]

As described above, according to the purchase information processing apparatus of the first aspect of the present invention, the purchase history information of the customer is stored in the history information storage means. The management means uses the above-mentioned purchase history information as information in the shopping basket and automatically sets products that have been purchased in the past in the shopping basket, so that the same product is repeatedly ordered. In such a case, the operation of referring to the product information and adding a product to the shopping basket can be omitted. In addition, when purchasing various kinds of products in the same manner each time, it is possible to reduce the time required for confirming the final order list and prevent an order mistake. In addition, since the shopping basket processing means that can perform the conventional processing of rewriting the information in the shopping basket as it is is provided, it is possible to flexibly respond to customer orders.

According to the purchase information processing apparatus of the present invention, the purchase history information of the customer is stored in the history information storage means of the first information processing section on the customer side, and the customer starts shopping. Then, the above-mentioned purchase history information is sent to the second information processing section on the seller side by the transmission processing means and is made into information in the shopping basket. It is automatically set to the state added in the shopping basket. The present invention also includes a shopping basket processing means capable of directly performing the conventional rewriting process of the information in the shopping basket. Therefore, the same effect as the first aspect can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a first embodiment of a purchase information processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the purchase information processing apparatus according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a main part showing a modification of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a purchase information processing apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the purchase information processing apparatus according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a main part showing a modification of the second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of a conventional purchase information processing apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 2 Purchase information processing device 10, 40 First information processing unit 11, 41 Input means 12 Display means 20, 50 Second information processing unit 22 Customer information DB 23 History information DB 24 Information in basket 27 Customer management means 27a Identification Function 27b Readout function 27c Storage means control function 27d, 53c Selection instruction function 28, 52 Purchase information processing means 29, 53 Shopping basket processing means
Reference Signs List 30 communication line network 42 purchase item list file 43 transmission processing means 43a reception processing function 53a history information processing function

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A purchase information processing apparatus used in a system for shopping using a communication line network, comprising: input means for inputting a customer identifier and order information; Customer information storage means for storing identification information; in-basket information storage means for storing customer order information input to the input means as shopping basket information; History information storage means for storing purchase information at the time of purchase as purchase history information for each customer; when a customer identifier is input from the input means, identification information corresponding to an identification signal is read from the customer information storage means And determining whether the purchase history information of the identified customer is stored in the history information storage means. When it is determined that the information is stored, a reading function for reading the purchase history information from the history information storage means, and the purchase history information read by the reading function are stored in the basket information storage means as shopping basket information. Purchase information processing, comprising: customer management means having a storage means control function; and shopping basket processing means for rewriting shopping basket information in the basket information storage means in accordance with order information from the input means. apparatus. 2. A purchase information processing means for outputting the shopping basket information stored in the basket information storage means to the history information storage means as purchase history information of a purchaser. The purchase information processing device according to claim 1. 3. A display means for displaying the purchase history information, wherein the customer management means displays the purchase history information read by the read function on the display means, and displays the purchase history information. The display means has a selection instruction function for displaying an instruction for the customer to select information to be information in the shopping basket by the input means. 3. The purchase information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information selected by the input unit is stored in a basket information storage unit as shopping basket information. 4. A first information processing unit on the customer side for shopping, and a second information processing unit on the seller side to which order information is sent from the first information processing unit using the communication network. The customer information storage unit, the in-basket information storage unit, the history information storage unit, the customer management unit, and the shopping basket processing unit are provided in the second information processing unit. The purchase information processing apparatus according to 1, 2, or 3. 5. A purchase comprising a first information processing section on the customer side for shopping and a second information processing section on the seller side to which order information is transmitted from the first information processing section using a communication network. An information processing apparatus, wherein the first information processing unit comprises: input means for inputting customer order information and a shopping start signal; and when the customer has purchased a product using a communication network in the past. History information storage means for storing purchase information as purchase history information; and when a purchase start signal is input from the input means, the purchase history information is stored in the history information storage means. Transmission processing means for transmitting information to the second information processing unit, wherein the second information processing unit stores the order information input from the input means as shopping basket information. Information storage means; and shopping basket processing means for rewriting the shopping basket information stored in the basket information storage means in accordance with the order information from the input means. A purchase information processing device having a history information processing function of storing the purchase history information as shopping basket information in a basket information storage means when the purchase history information is sent from a section. 6. The second information processing section includes a purchase information processing section for transmitting the shopping basket information stored in the basket information storage section to the first information processing section as customer purchase information. 6. The purchase according to claim 5, wherein the transmission processing means has a reception processing function of receiving the purchase information transmitted from the purchase information processing means and outputting the purchase information to the history information storage means. Information processing device. 7. A display means for displaying the purchase history information, wherein the shopping basket processing means displays the purchase history information when the purchase history information is sent from the first information processing section. And a selection instruction function for displaying, on the display means, an instruction for allowing the customer to select information to be used as information in the shopping basket among the displayed purchase history information by the input means, and the history information processing function. 7. The purchase according to claim 5, wherein, among the displayed purchase history information, information selected by the customer through the input means is stored in the basket information storage means as shopping basket information. Information processing device.