WO2015194519A1 - Selling price calculation device and selling price calculation system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention pertains to a selling price calculation device and a selling price calculation system with which it is possible to calculate a selling price that is perceived as being low by consumers and is appropriate for dealers. A price collection unit (22) collects the selling prices of a product in brick-and-mortar stores or a product in virtual stores on a network (3), and a lowest value identification unit (24) identifies a reference price for that product from the selling prices collected for that product by the price collection unit (22). A selling price determination unit (25) identifies a price change parameter value from a dealer for the product for which the selling prices have been collected, and changes the selling price from the reference price identified by the lowest value identification unit (24) to a value which is obtained by means of a prescribed calculation using the identified price change parameter value, and is then set as the selling price when the dealer sells the product.

Description

Sales price calculation device and sales price calculation system

The present invention relates to a sales price calculation device and a sales price calculation system.

In recent years, there are many online virtual stores on the Internet that sell various products by mail order. In addition, a website displaying sales prices of a plurality of virtual Internet stores for a specific product is operated on the Internet.

Also, in a certain system, price negotiations are supported by collecting selling prices of a plurality of virtual Internet stores and presenting them to consumers (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

By using the website and system described above, consumers can purchase a desired product at a relatively low price.

JP 2013-97765 A

The above-mentioned technology is mainly intended to provide price information to consumers, and when a seller wants to increase the number of sales, there is only a method of reducing the sales price at an online virtual store. However, if the selling price is lowered, price information can be obtained from competing stores as well as consumers, resulting in price competition with competing stores, and it is not possible to maintain an appropriate selling price that provides appropriate profits. There is.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and is a sales price calculation device and a sales price calculation system that calculate a sales price that is recognized as low for consumers and that is appropriate for the seller. The purpose is to obtain.

The sales price calculation device according to the present invention includes a price collection unit that collects the sales price of at least one of a virtual store product and a real store product on a network, and the product from the sale price of the product collected by the price collection unit. The base price specification part that specifies the base price of the product, and the value of the variable parameter by the target seller for the product for which the sales price has been collected, and the variable amount specified from the base price specified by the base price specification part A sales price determination unit that uses a value obtained by a predetermined calculation using the parameter value as a sales price when the target seller sells the product.

A sales price calculation system according to the present invention is connected to a network and is connected to a network and a sales price calculation server that calculates a sales price when one or a plurality of target sellers sell products. A mobile terminal device that displays a sales price calculated by a sales price calculation server for a product operated by a user and designated by a consumer user. The sales price calculation server collects the sales price of at least one of the virtual store product and the actual store product on the network, and the standard of the product from the sales price of the product collected by the price collection unit. For the product for which the selling price is collected, the base price specifying unit that specifies the price, the value of the variable parameter by the target seller is specified, and the specified variable parameter is determined from the base price specified by the base price specifying unit. The value obtained by the predetermined calculation used is used as the sales price when the target seller sells the product, and the sales price is determined by sending the price information of the sales price when the target seller sells the product to the mobile terminal device. A part. On the other hand, the mobile terminal device receives the price information and displays the sales price indicated by the received price information.

According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a sales price calculation device and a sales price calculation system that calculate a sales price that is recognized as low for consumers and that is appropriate for the seller.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a sales price calculation system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the sales price calculation server 1 in FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the database server 2 in FIG. FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram for explaining the processing of the sales support service in the first embodiment (1/2). FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram for explaining the processing of the sales support service in the first embodiment (2/2). FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the process of determining the sales price of the participating trader by the sales price calculation server 1 according to the first embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a screen showing the selling price of the participating trader displayed by the mobile terminal device 4 in the first embodiment. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen showing a map-format store list displayed by the mobile terminal device 4 according to the first embodiment. FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram illustrating part of the sales support service process according to the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the process of determining the sales price of the participant by the sales price calculation server 1 according to the third embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a screen showing a map-format store list displayed by the mobile terminal device 4 according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Embodiment 1 FIG.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a sales price calculation system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In the system shown in FIG. 1, a sales price calculation server 1 and a database server 2 are connected to a network 3 such as the Internet. In addition, a mobile terminal device 4 carried by a consumer user can be connected to a network 3 such as the Internet by wireless communication such as a public wireless LAN (Local Area Network) or a mobile phone network. In addition, the network 3 is connected to the Internet virtual store server 101 of the Internet mail order business. In FIG. 1, only one portable terminal device 4 is depicted, but when there are a plurality of users, the plurality of users carry the portable terminal device 4 respectively.

The sales price calculation server 1 determines a product sales price of a seller participating in the service (hereinafter referred to as a participant) as a sales support service, and presents it to the consumer user. Here, the participating company has an actual store, and the sales price calculation server 1 provides a sales support service using the actual store. The database server 2 stores various types of information on participating companies used for the sales support service provided by the sales price calculation server 1.

The sales price calculation server 1 acquires information on participating companies from the database server 2 as necessary. Further, the sales price calculation server 1 acquires the inventory information of the products in the store from the POS (Point of Sale) system 201 of the participating traders.

Note that the communication between the sales price calculation server 1 and the database server 2 and the communication between the sales price calculation server 1 and the POS database server 2 may be performed via the network 3, a dedicated line, a LAN. Etc. may be performed.

Note that the database server 2 may be a server of a participating supplier or may be operated together with the sales price calculation server 1. The database server 2 may be provided in the same device as the sales price calculation server 1.

The portable terminal device 4 is a small portable terminal device such as a tablet PC (Personal Computer) or a smartphone. The mobile terminal device 4 communicates with the sales price calculation server 1 using a web browser or an application for the service.

Here, the configuration of each device in the system will be described.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the sales price calculation server 1 in FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the database server 2 in FIG.

The sales price calculation server 1 shown in FIG. 2 is a sales price calculation device that calculates a sales price when one or a plurality of participating companies sell products. The sales price calculation server 1 includes a storage device 11, a network interface 12, and an arithmetic processing device 13.

The storage device 11 is a device that stores programs and data. As the storage device 11, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory, a hard disk drive, or the like is used.

The network interface 12 is connected to the network 3 and performs data communication with other devices connected to the network 3 (for example, the network virtual store server 101, the database server 2, the portable terminal device 4, etc.).

The arithmetic processing unit 13 includes a computer having, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like. In the arithmetic processing unit 13, the CPU loads various programs stored in the ROM or the storage device 11 to the RAM and executes them, thereby realizing various processing units. In this arithmetic processing unit 13, a user interface processing unit 21, a price collection unit 22, a product specification unit 23, a lowest price specification unit 24, a sales price determination unit 25, a store inventory management unit 26, a store list generation unit 27, and a store selection The unit 28 is realized.

Further, the database server 2 shown in FIG. 3 stores the related information of the participating companies so that it can be read out by the sales price calculation server 1.

The database server 2 includes a storage device 31, a network interface 32, and an arithmetic processing device 33.

The storage device 31 is a device that stores programs and data. As the storage device 31, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory, a hard disk drive, or the like is used.

In the storage device 31, for example, participant data 41 is stored as data in a database. Participating trader data 41 is provided separately for each participating trader, and includes trader attribute data 41a, price condition data 41b, store data 41c, and the like.

The supplier attribute data 41a includes a supplier ID, a supplier name, and the like.

The price condition data 41b includes the lower limit value of the sales price specified by the participating contractor. Note that the lower limit value of the selling price may be set for each product, or may be a value obtained by adding a profit margin to the purchase price of the product. In this case, the price condition data 41b may include a purchase price and profit margin information indicating a profit margin. The price condition data 41b includes profit margin information, and the purchase price is included in the POS system 201. It may be. The profit margin information may be a fixed value set for a product, a category of the product, or the like, or may be a predetermined ratio with respect to the purchase value.

The store data 41c includes the store ID, store name, location (address, latitude / longitude, etc.), contact information, etc. of the participating supplier's store (store used for product delivery).

The network interface 32 is connected to the network 3 and performs data communication with other devices connected to the network 3 (for example, the sales price calculation server 1).

The arithmetic processing unit 33 includes a computer having, for example, a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like. In the arithmetic processing unit 33, the CPU loads various programs stored in the ROM or the storage device 31 to the RAM and executes them, thereby realizing various processing units. In the arithmetic processing device 33, a service execution unit 51 is realized. In response to a request from the sales price calculation server 1, the service execution unit 51 performs a database operation (addition, search, reading, etc.) on the participant data 41 in the storage device 31. For example, when the service execution unit 51 receives a request for reading the price condition data 41 b from the sales price calculation server 1 using the network interface 32, the service execution unit 51 reads the price condition data 41 b from the storage device 31 and transmits it to the sales price calculation server 1. To do.

Each processing unit in the sales price calculation server 1 has the following functions.

The user interface processing unit 21 communicates with the mobile terminal device 4 using the network interface 12, transmits various information displayed on the mobile terminal device 4, receives operation information of user operations on the mobile terminal device 4, and the like. Do.

The price collection unit 22 uses the network interface 12 from the network virtual store server 101, the server of the website where the products of the actual store are posted, etc. Collect at least one of the sales prices of the products in the physical store that are open to the public. The price collection unit 22 does not collect the sales price directly from the net virtual store server 101, but collects the sales price of the product at the virtual store on the network 3 from the search result of the price comparison site or the search engine. Also good.

The product specifying unit 23 specifies the product specified by the consumer user. Here, the product specifying unit 23 uses the user interface processing unit 21 to acquire product identification information specified in the mobile terminal device 4 by the consumer user, and specified by the consumer user based on the identification information. Identify the products that have been released. Note that a product ID, a product name, or the like is used as the product identification information.

For example, a consumer user selects a product listed on a web page on the network 3 and designates the product. Thereby, the portable terminal device 4 acquires the identification information of the goods designated by the consumer user.

A pair of a product photo and a visible code (bar code, two-dimensional code, etc.) as a product ID is posted on a street poster or magazine, and the consumer user uses the portable terminal device 4. By photographing the visible code of the desired product, the mobile terminal device 4 may decode the visible code and acquire the product ID of the product designated by the consumer user.

The lowest price specifying unit 24 specifies the standard price (for example, the lowest price) of each product from the sales price of the product collected by the price collecting unit 22. The reference price is not limited to the lowest price, and may be an average price.

The sales price determination unit 25 specifies (a) the value of the variable parameter by the participating company for the product (each of one or more products) for which the sales price has been collected by the price collection unit 22, and (b) the lowest price. A value obtained by a predetermined calculation using the value of the specified variable parameter from the reference price specified by the specifying unit 24 is set as a selling price when the participating supplier sells the product. Here, the sales price determination unit 25 specifies (a) a reduction value by the participating company for the product whose sales price is collected by the price collection unit 22, and (b) the lowest price specified by the lowest price specification unit 24. Then, the value obtained by subtracting the specified reduction value is set as the selling price when the participating trader sells the product. Note that the value of the variable parameter and the predetermined calculation are not limited to the reduction value and the subtraction, and the variable parameter may be a discount rate, and the predetermined calculation may be a multiplication of (1-discount rate). Further, addition or division may be used as the predetermined calculation.

In addition, the sales price determination unit 25 determines the sales price when the participating company sells the product in this way, and displays price information indicating the sales price determined for the product designated by the consumer user. Transmit to device 4. The mobile terminal device 4 receives the price information and displays the sales price indicated by the received price information.

Based on preset conditions, the sales price determination unit 25 determines the value of the variable parameter (in this case, the reduced value), the consumer user attributes (age, gender, location, purchase history, etc.) and the product. May be changed according to at least one of the attributes (product category, lowest price, etc.). Further, for example, the value of the variable amount parameter may be changed according to the distance from the consumer user to the nearest store. In addition, as a result of changing the value of the variable parameter, the selling price when the participating company sells the product may be the same as the lowest price or may be higher than the lowest price.

For example, you can set target consumer attribute conditions for each product, and increase or decrease the reduction value depending on the difference between the target consumer attribute and the current consumer user attribute. . For example, if the target consumer attribute is 40's, when the reduction value is 100 yen for a consumer user in their 40s, the reduction value is 110 yen for a consumer user other than 40's. Is done.

In addition, the reduction value may be changed according to the period (date, day of the week, time zone, etc.) to which the timing of calculating the sales price when the participating company sells the product belongs. Thereby, a time sale can be realized. Moreover, you may make it limit the quantity of the goods which change a reduction value.

Furthermore, in the first embodiment, when there is one participant, the sales price determination unit 25 accesses the database server 2 using the network interface 12 and reads and reads the price condition data 41b of the participant. On the basis of the price condition data 41b, the lower limit value of the sales price of the participant for each product for which the sales price is collected is specified. When the value obtained by subtracting the above-mentioned reduction value from the above-mentioned lowest price is less than the lower limit value, the selling price determination unit 25 sets the lower limit value to this participation regardless of the lowest price, the reduced value, etc. The selling price when the merchant sells the product.

The store inventory management unit 26 periodically accesses the POS system 201 to acquire and hold the inventory quantity of each product in each store, or accesses the POS system 201 when a consumer user purchases the product, The inventory quantity in each store for the merchandise obtained is acquired.

The store list generation unit 27 uses the user interface processing unit 21 to specify a store having a stock of the specified product among the stores of the participating companies based on the inventory information acquired by the store inventory management unit 26. Then, the specified store list is transmitted to the mobile terminal device 4. The mobile terminal device 4 receives this list and displays the received list. At that time, the list of stores may be displayed in a text format, or may be displayed as a map showing the position of each store.

The consumer user performs an operation of designating a store that receives the product designated by the user from the store list displayed on the mobile terminal device 4. When receiving the operation, the mobile terminal device 4 transmits the operation information (that is, information indicating the store designated by the consumer user) to the sales price calculation server 1. The store selection unit 28 receives the information using the user interface processing unit 21, selects a store designated by the consumer user from the list based on the received information, and selects the store selected Then, a product securing request for the identified product is transmitted. The store selection unit 28 may read the store data 41c from the database server 2 and specify the destination of the product securing request based on the store data 41c.

Next, processing of the sales support service in the above system will be described. 4 and 5 are sequence diagrams for explaining the processing of the sales support service in the first embodiment. FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the process of determining the sales price of the participating trader by the sales price calculation server 1 according to the first embodiment.

In the first embodiment, the price collection unit 22 periodically collects the sales price of at least one of the products of the online virtual store and the products of the actual store disclosed on the network 3 for all the products sold by the participating companies. (Step S1), the sales price determination unit 25 requests the database server 2 to read the price condition data 41b (Step S2), acquires the price condition data 41b from the database server 2 (Step S3), and collects it. Based on the lowest price specified by the lowest price specifying unit 24 from the sold sales price, and considering the lower limit value by the price condition data 41b, the sales price of the participant for each product is determined (step S4). The sales price data indicating the sales price is stored in the sales price calculation server 1 or the database server 2 and is updated every time the sales price is determined periodically and repeatedly. Sales price data of each product is stored in association with product identification information.

In step S4, as shown in FIG. 6, the cheapest price specifying unit 24 and the selling price determining unit 25 execute the following processing for each product. The lowest price specifying unit 24 first specifies the lowest price in the online virtual store (step S31), and then the selling price determining unit 25 determines the reduction value in consideration of the above-described conditions (step S32). ), It is determined whether or not the value obtained by subtracting the reduced value from the lowest price is lower than the lower limit value specified in the price condition data 41b (step S33). If the value obtained by subtracting the reduced value from the lowest price is not lower than the lower limit value specified in the price condition data 41b, the selling price determination unit 25 participates in the value obtained by subtracting the reduced value from the lowest price. If the value obtained by subtracting the reduced value from the lowest price is lower than the lower limit value specified in the price condition data 41b, the sales price determining unit 25 sets the lower limit value as the sales price of the trader (step S34). The selling price of the participating company is set (step S35).

In the first embodiment, the selling prices of participating companies are regularly determined in this way.

Then, the consumer user operates the mobile terminal device 4 to activate the application for the service, or accesses a predetermined web page with a web browser, and wants to know the price of the service with the application or web browser When a product is designated, the mobile terminal device 4 accepts the operation (step S5), and transmits a price information request and product identification information of the designated product to the sales price calculation server 1 (step S6).

In the sales price calculation server 1, when the user interface processing unit 21 receives the price information request and the product identification information using the network interface 12, the product specifying unit 23 selects the product specified by the received product identification information. The sales price determination unit 25 identifies the sales price of the identified product in the sales price data currently stored (step S7), and uses the network interface 12 and the user interface processing unit 21 to The price information indicating the specified selling price is transmitted to the portable terminal device 4 as a response to the above-described price information request together with the product identification information (step S8).

When the mobile terminal device 4 receives the price information and the product identification information, the mobile terminal device 4 displays the attribute information such as the product name for the designated product and the price indicated by the price information (step S9).

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a screen showing the selling price of the participating trader displayed by the mobile terminal device 4 in the first embodiment. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, in the mobile terminal device 4, the display device 61 displays the price 73 indicated by the attribute information (product name 71, the above-described lowest price 72, etc.) and price information about the specified product on one screen. Is displayed.

Further, a “Purchase” key 74 and a “Cancel” key 75 as soft keys are displayed on the screen. When purchasing this product, the consumer user operates the touch panel 62a or the hard key 62b and presses the “Purchase” key 74. When not purchasing this product, the consumer user presses the touch panel 62a or the hard key 62b. Operate and press the “Cancel” key 75.

When the portable terminal device 4 accepts, for example, pressing of the “Purchase” key 74 as a purchase operation (step S11), the portable terminal device 4 transmits a purchase acceptance notification to the sales price calculation server 1 together with the product identification information (step S12).

In the sales price calculation server 1, when the user interface processing unit 21 receives the purchase acceptance notification and the product identification information using the network interface 12, the store list generation unit 27 uses the store inventory management unit 26 to participate. A store having the stock of the product specified by the product identification information is searched from the stores of the trader (step S13), and a list of stores found by the search is generated (step S14). This store list includes the store ID, store name, location, and the like of each store. Information included in this store list may be acquired from the POS system 201 or may be acquired from the store data 41c in the database server 2.

For example, the mobile terminal device 4 transmits current position information based on GPS (Global Positioning System) together with the purchase acceptance notification, and the store list generation unit 27 is within a predetermined range including the position indicated by the current position information ( For example, only stores within a predetermined distance range with the position as a base point may be set as search targets.

Then, the store list generation unit 27 transmits the generated store list to the mobile terminal device 4 (step S15). When the portable terminal device 4 receives the store list, it displays it in a text format or a map format (step S16).

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a screen showing a map-format store list displayed by the mobile terminal device 4 in the first embodiment. For example, as shown in FIG. 8, a mark 82 indicating the current position of the mobile terminal device 4 (that is, the consumer user) and marks 83 and 84 indicating stores in the store list are displayed on the map 81.

And a consumer user operates the portable terminal device 4, and selects the store which wants to receive the goods which he purchased from the displayed store list. For example, in the case of a map-type store list, the consumer user may select a store by pressing the mark 83 indicating the desired store.

When the mobile terminal device 4 accepts such a store selection operation (step S17), the mobile terminal device 4 transmits the selected store information to the sales price calculation server 1 (step S18). The selected store information includes information for specifying the selected store (for example, store ID).

In the sales price calculation server 1, when the user interface processing unit 21 receives the selected store information using the network interface 12, the store selection unit 28 selects the contact information (message of the store) specified by the received selected store information. Network identification information and e-mail address of the terminal device to be sent) is specified based on the store data 41c, purchase ID indicating the current purchase, product identification information of the purchased product, user identification information of the consumer user, etc. A merchandise securing request including "" is transmitted to the contact information (step S19). Then, the sales price calculation server 1 performs a settlement process for the current purchase (step S20).

At the store that received the product securing request, the employee secures the specified product from the inventory, and when the consumer visits the store, the employee is based on the information contained in the product securing request. After confirming the identity of the user and confirming the delivered product, deliver the secured product.

In addition, after delivery, in association with the product securing request or purchase ID, delivery completion information indicating delivery is registered in the terminal device of the store, etc., and for the product securing request or purchase ID in which the delivery completion information is registered, It may be possible to prevent the product from being delivered again by mistake.

As described above, according to the first embodiment, the price collection unit 22 collects the sales price of at least one of the product in the virtual store on the network 3 and the product in the actual store disclosed on the network 3. The lowest price specifying unit 24 specifies the reference price of the product from the sales price of the product collected by the price collecting unit 22, and the sales price determining unit 25 changes the product for which the sales price has been collected by the participant. The value of the amount parameter is specified, and the value obtained by the predetermined calculation using the value of the specified variable parameter from the reference price specified by the lowest price specifying unit 24 when the participant sells the product. The selling price.

Thus, the sales price is recognized as low for the consumer user, and the appropriate sales price is calculated for the participating traders without price competition with the online virtual store.

Therefore, the consumer user can purchase the product at a price lower than the sales price at the net virtual store using the mobile terminal device 4 and can receive the product at the actual store (for example, the nearest actual store). . Therefore, the participating traders can increase the sales amount by using the actual store, increasing the opportunity for selling the product to the consumer user who has purchased the product at the online virtual store.

Further, according to the first embodiment, the selling price determination unit 25 changes the above-described reduction value according to at least one of the consumer user attribute and the product attribute.

This will make the selling price of the participating contractor a price that is easy for consumers to purchase and increase the sales amount.

In addition, according to the first embodiment, the sales price determination unit 25 identifies the lower limit value of the sales price of the participant for the product for which the sales price has been collected, and uses the value of the variable parameter from the reference price. When the value obtained by the predetermined calculation is less than the lower limit value, the lower limit value is set as the selling price when the participating trader sells the product.

This will ensure the minimum profit margin for participating companies.

Embodiment 2. FIG.

FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram illustrating part of the sales support service process according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

In the sales price calculation system according to the second embodiment, when the sales price calculation server 1 receives a price information request for a product from the mobile terminal device 4 of the consumer user, the sales price calculation server 1 determines the sales price of the participant for the product. is doing.

Specifically, as in the first embodiment, when the consumer user operates the mobile terminal device 4 and specifies a product whose price is to be known, the mobile terminal device 4 accepts the operation (step S101), The price information request and the product identification information of the designated product are transmitted to the sales price calculation server 1 (step S102). In the sales price calculation server 1, when the user interface processing unit 21 receives the price information request and the product identification information using the network interface 12, the product specifying unit 23 is the product designated by the received product identification information. The price collection unit 22 collects the sales price at the online virtual store for the specified product (step S103), and the sales price determination unit 25 reads the price condition data 41b from the database server 2. (Step S104), the price condition data 41b is acquired (step S105), and the lower limit value based on the price condition data 41b is considered based on the lowest price specified by the lowest price specifying unit 24 from the collected sales price. To determine the selling price of the participant for the identified product (step 106).

Then, the sales price determination unit 25 uses the network interface 12 and the user interface processing unit 21 to display price information indicating the determined sales price of the product together with the product identification information as a response to the above-described price information request. It transmits to the apparatus 4 (step S107).

When the mobile terminal device 4 receives the price information and the product identification information, the mobile terminal device 4 displays the attribute information such as the product name for the specified product and the price indicated by the price information as shown in FIG. 7, for example (step S108). .

Note that the basic configuration and other operations of each device in the sales price calculation system according to the second embodiment are the same as those in the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

Embodiment 3 FIG.

In the sales price calculation system according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention, the sales price calculation server 1 determines a single sales price for a plurality of participating companies. Usually, since the purchase price is different for each participant, the lower limit value of the sale price is also different for each participant. In the third embodiment, a single sale price is used to eliminate price competition among a plurality of participants. Is determined.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the process of determining the selling price of the participant by the selling price calculation server 1 according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

In the third embodiment, as shown in FIG. 10, for one product, the selling price determination unit 25 specifies a reduction value for each of a plurality of participating companies, and sets the minimum value of the specified reduction values to a single value. After the reduction value is set (step S201), the lower limit value of each of the plurality of participating companies for each product for which the selling price is collected is specified, and the maximum value among the lower limit values for the plurality of participating companies is determined. If the value obtained by subtracting the reduced value from the lowest price is less than the maximum value (step S203), and the value obtained by subtracting the reduced value from the lowest price is less than the maximum value. Uses the maximum value as a single sales price when a plurality of participating companies sell products (step S204), and if the value obtained by subtracting the reduced value from the lowest price is not less than the maximum value, the lowest price Subtract decrement from The values, multiple participants skilled in the art to a single selling price when selling goods (step S34). When using a variable parameter other than the reduction value, identify the variable parameter value for each of the participating companies, and use the specified variable parameter value to obtain the maximum sales price that can be obtained by a given calculation. If a value is specified and the maximum value of the sales price is less than the maximum value of the lower limit value described above, the maximum value of the lower limit value is set as a single sales price when multiple participants sell the product. If the maximum value of the sales price is not less than the maximum value of the lower limit value, the maximum value of the sales price may be a single sales price when a plurality of participating companies sell the product.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a screen showing a map-format store list displayed by the mobile terminal device 4 according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention. When there are a plurality of participating companies as described above, for example, as illustrated in FIG. 11, the store list includes stores of a plurality of participating companies, so that options for a consumer user to select a store increase. For example, as shown in FIG. 11, in the store list displayed on the mobile terminal device 3, in addition to marks 83 and 84 indicating a store of a certain participating company, marks 85 and 86 indicating stores of another participating company are displayed. .

Note that the basic configuration and other operations of each device in the sales price calculation system according to the third embodiment are the same as those in the first or second embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

As described above, according to the third embodiment, the sales price determination unit 25 specifies the lower limit value of the sales price for the specified product for each of the plurality of participating companies, and If the maximum value of the lower limits is identified and the value obtained by subtracting the reduction value from the lowest price is less than the maximum value, the maximum value is used as a single sale when multiple participants sell the product. Price.

As a result, price competition among a plurality of participating companies can be avoided, and the participating company in which the store is selected can obtain an appropriate profit regardless of which participating company's store is selected by the consumer user. .

Embodiment 4 FIG.

In the fourth embodiment of the present invention, delivery options are included in the store list described above. Thereby, the consumer user can select delivery instead of a store from a store list as needed, and can deliver the purchased goods to desired places, such as a home.

Each embodiment described above is a preferred example of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited to these, and various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. It is.

For example, in the first to fourth embodiments, the store inventory management unit 26 periodically acquires and stores the inventory information of each store of participating companies, and based on the latest inventory information stored, You may make it search the store with stock.

In the first to fourth embodiments, when searching for a store for creating a store list, the home or work place of the consumer user may be used as a base point instead of the current location. In addition, what is necessary is just to acquire the information of a consumer user's home or work place as a part of consumer user's attribute.

Furthermore, in Embodiments 1 to 4, the consumer user inputs a store that the user wants to select as a search key to the mobile terminal device 4, and the mobile terminal device 4 searches the store list for the search key. The store selected by the user may be specified and notified to the sales price calculation server 1.

Further, in the first to fourth embodiments, the price collection unit 22 obtains the selling price of the online virtual store from the online virtual store server 101, the server of the website that lists the selling price of the actual store, and the like. The web page data may be obtained by analyzing the web page data by using the server API if the server API (Application Programming Interface) of the Internet virtual store is open. May be. In addition, the operator manually crawls the online virtual store, the above-mentioned website, etc., extracts the sales price and registers it in the database, and the price collection unit 22 extracts the online virtual store, the above-described website from the database. You may make it acquire the sales price in the. The sales price may be registered in the database by the seller.

Further, in the first to fourth embodiments described above, the sales price calculation server 1 sends a list of sales prices of at least one of the products of the net virtual store and the products of the actual store disclosed on the network 3 to the mobile terminal device 4. You may make it transmit and display on the portable terminal device 4. FIG.

Furthermore, in the first to fourth embodiments, a terminal device connected to the network 3 is installed in each store, and the store selection unit 28 transmits a product securing request to the terminal device of the selected store. The terminal device of the store displays a list of unsecured product securing requests, receives the product securing request, adds it to the unsecured product securing request list, and once the employee secures the product, A product securing request for which product securing has been completed may be deleted from the list based on an operation of a member.

Further, in the first to fourth embodiments, (a) after the settlement is completed, the sales price calculation server 1 transmits the purchase ID described above to the mobile terminal device 4 as a visible code, for example, and the mobile terminal device 4 When the purchase ID is received, the purchase ID is stored. (B) When the consumer user visits the selected store, the mobile terminal device 4 displays the purchase ID based on the operation of the consumer user, and (c) the store The terminal device reads the purchase ID with a reader, inquires of the read purchase ID to the sales price calculation server 1, and only when the purchase price calculation server 1 determines that the purchase ID is valid. You may make it deliver goods.

Furthermore, in the first embodiment, the process in step S1 and the processes in steps S2 and S3 may be performed in the reverse order or in parallel. In the second embodiment, the process in step S103 and the processes in steps S104 and S105 may be performed in the reverse order or in parallel.

Further, in the above-described first to fourth embodiments, regarding the consumer user attributes, the mobile terminal device 4 stores the user information stored in or input to the mobile terminal device 4 and the sales price calculation server 1 together with the price information request. The selling price calculation server 1 may receive the user information and use the received user information as an attribute of the consumer user. Alternatively, consumer user registration information may be stored in advance in the sales price calculation server 1 or the database server 2 and the attributes of the consumer user may be specified based on the registration information.

Further, in Embodiments 1 to 4 above, an upper limit value and a lower limit value (for example, 2% and 1% of the lowest price) allowed as a reduction value are specified, and the selling price and the lower limit value in the case of the upper limit value are specified. If a value that results in a sales price that does not have a fraction of a given digit is selected as a reduction value, and there is no value that results in a sales price that does not have such a fraction of a given digit, the reduction value May be selected as the reduction value. For example, if the lowest price is 500 yen, the upper limit of the reduction value is 10 yen, and the lower limit of the reduction value is 5 yen, the sales price range is 490 yen to 495 yen, 10 yen corresponding to the sales price of 490 yen without a fraction is selected as the reduction value. In addition, for example, when the lowest price is 98 yen, the upper limit of the reduction value is 2 yen, and the lower limit of the reduction value is 1 yen, the sales price range is 96 to 97 yen, Since there is no selling price without a fractional digit, the lower limit of 1 yen is selected as the reduction value.

Further, in the first to fourth embodiments, a condition for at least one of a product, a period, and a consumer user attribute is set in advance, and when the set condition is met, the reduction value is set to a predetermined range. You may make it set at random. In this way, when a consumer user searches for a product having a large price difference from the lowest price and finds such a product, the consumer user is more likely to purchase a product that is not usually purchased.

Further, in the first to fourth embodiments, a store where the specified product is in stock is identified among the stores of the participating vendors, and the participant (such as the vendor name) of the identified stores is notified to the mobile terminal device 4. The sales price calculation server 1 may be provided with a seller notification unit that displays information on participating companies (such as a company name) on the mobile terminal device 4. In that case, the seller notification unit is realized in the arithmetic processing unit 13 in the same manner as the price collection unit 22 and the like.

Further, in Embodiments 1 to 4 above, the value of the variable parameter for each participant is included in the price condition data 41b, and the sales price calculation server 1 sends the value of the variable parameter from the database server 2 as necessary. You may make it read.

The present invention is applicable to, for example, a system that provides a sales support service for a seller.

1. Sales price calculation server (an example of a sales price calculation device)
3 Network 4 Mobile terminal device 22 Price collection unit 23 Product identification unit 24 Lowest price identification unit (an example of a reference price identification unit)
25 Sales Price Determination Unit 27 Store List Generation Unit 28 Store Selection Unit

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In a sales price calculation device that calculates a sales price when one or more target sellers sell a product,
A price collection unit that collects the sales price of at least one of the virtual store product and the physical store product on the network;
A reference price specifying unit for specifying a reference price of the product from the sales price of the product collected by the price collection unit;
For a product for which the selling price is collected, a variable parameter value by the target seller is specified, and a predetermined value using the variable parameter value specified from the reference price specified by the reference price specifying unit is used. A sales price determination unit that uses the value obtained by the calculation of the sales price when the target seller sells the product,
A sales price calculation device comprising: The selling price determination unit specifies a lower limit value of the selling price of the one target seller for the product for which the selling price is collected, and performs a predetermined calculation using the value of the variable parameter from the reference price. 2. The selling price according to claim 1, wherein when the value obtained by the above is less than the lower limit value, the lower limit value is a selling price when the one target seller sells the product. Calculation device. The selling price determination unit specifies a lower limit value of each selling price of the plurality of target sellers for the product for which the selling price is collected, and is a maximum of the lower limit values for the plurality of target sellers When the value is specified and the maximum value of the value obtained by a predetermined calculation using the value of the variable amount parameter for the plurality of target sellers from the reference price is less than the maximum value of the lower limit value 2. The sales price calculation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a maximum value of the lower limit value is a single sales price when the plurality of target sellers sell the product. A product specifying unit for specifying a product specified by a consumer user and a store where the specified product is in stock among stores of the target seller are specified, and the target seller of the specified store is a mobile terminal The sales price according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a seller notification unit that notifies a device and displays information on the target seller on the mobile terminal device. Calculation device. A product specifying unit for specifying a product specified by a consumer user and a store where the specified product is in stock among stores of the target seller are specified, and a list of the specified stores is transmitted to the mobile terminal device The sales price calculation device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a store list generation unit that displays the list of stores on the mobile terminal device. Based on the operation of the consumer user with respect to the mobile terminal device for specifying the store that receives the specified product, the store specified by the consumer user is selected from the list of stores, and the selected The sales price calculation device according to claim 5, further comprising a store selection unit that transmits a product securing request for the specified product to the store. The sales price determination unit changes the value of the variable parameter according to at least one of an attribute of a consumer user who purchases the product and an attribute of the product. The sales price calculation device according to any one of the above. A sales price calculation server that is connected to a network and calculates a sales price when one or more target sellers sell products,
A mobile terminal device that is connectable to the network and displays a sales price calculated by the sales price calculation server for a product operated by a consumer user and designated by the consumer user;
The sales price calculation server
A price collection unit that collects a sales price of at least one of a product in a virtual store and a product in a real store on the network;
A reference price specifying unit for specifying a reference price of the product from the sales price of the product collected by the price collection unit;
For each product for which the selling price has been collected, the value of the variable parameter by the target seller is specified, and the predetermined price using the specified variable parameter is determined from the reference price specified by the reference price specifying unit. The sales obtained when the target seller sells the product as a value obtained by the calculation, and the price information indicating the sales price when the target seller sells the product is sent to the mobile terminal device A price determination unit,
The mobile terminal device receives the price information, and displays a sales price indicated by the received price information;
Sales price calculation system characterized by.

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