Product information provision system and service information provision system

Abstract

To enhance consumer confidence in food products and allow consumers to comfortably choose products.SOLUTION: A product information provision system is provided, comprising: food product provider information recording means 6 configured to record food product provider information sent from a food product provider terminal 20; and information provider information recording means 8 configured to record information provider information sent from information provider terminals 3.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a product information providing system and a service information providing system, and more particularly to a product information providing system and a service information providing system that enable consumers to select products and services with peace of mind. [Background technology]

[0002] Traditionally, consumers have focused on the safety of products, especially food, and when selecting a product, they have come to be interested in the product itself and what its ingredients are.

[0003] Therefore, product providers provide their products by recording information about the products they offer, such as the ingredients and origin of the product's raw materials, and the date of manufacture, on labels affixed to the product's packaging or by recording it on an IC tag.

[0004] However, simply providing written or recorded information attached to products makes it easy to tamper with or falsify that information, and in fact, falsification and falsification of information has actually been done, resulting in low trust among consumers and making it difficult for them to select products with confidence.

[0005] Therefore, the inventors of the present invention have proposed a technology in which, rather than simply attaching written or recorded information to food, food is provided by attaching a sample of raw material powder made from the food's ingredients (see Patent Document 1). [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0006] [Patent Document 1] JP 2009-5656 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0007] The quality of various products, including food, and the quality of various services are strongly influenced by various factors in the process until the product or service is provided to the consumer.

[0008] Therefore, although food ingredient powder samples are a factor in obtaining information about the quality of food, they are only one factor, and the technology described in Patent Document 1, in which food is provided with ingredient powder samples attached, may not be sufficient to achieve the goal of allowing consumers to select products and services with confidence.

[0009] The present invention has been devised in consideration of the above points, and aims to provide a product information provision system and a service information provision system that enable consumers to select products and services with even greater peace of mind. [Means for solving the problem]

[0010] In order to achieve the above object, the product information providing system of the present invention includes a product provider information recording means for recording information transmitted from a terminal of a product provider as product provider information, an information provider information recording means for recording information transmitted from a terminal of an information provider different from the product provider as information provider information, an information output means for outputting the product provider information and the information provider information to a terminal of a consumer different from the product provider and the information provider, and a reference information generating means for generating reference information for the information provider information based on selection criterion information transmitted from the terminal of the consumer, the selection criterion information being used to select an output target of the information output means. a product information provision system comprising: a product information generation means for generating information about a product to be output by the information output means, and an information selection means for selecting, from the information provider information recorded in the information provider information recording means, selected information provider information which is the information provider information to be output by the information output means, based on the reference information generated by the reference information generation means, wherein the product provider information has first information for understanding the quality of the product, and the information provider information has second information for understanding the quality of the product provided by the product provider, the second information being identical to the first information, and the information output means outputs the selected information provider information selected by the information selection means.

[0011] In addition, the product information provision system of the present invention comprises a product provider information recording means for recording information transmitted from a terminal of a product provider as product provider information, an information provider information recording means for recording information transmitted from a terminal of an information provider other than the product provider as information provider information, an information output means for outputting the product provider information and the information provider information to a terminal of a consumer other than the product provider and the information provider, and an information selection means for selecting, from the information provider information recorded in the information provider information recording means, selected information provider information which is the information provider information to be output by the information output means, based on reference information transmitted from the consumer's terminal, the reference information for selecting an output target of the information output means, wherein the product provider information has first information for understanding the quality of the product, and the information provider information has second information for understanding the quality of the product provided by the product provider, the second information being the same as the first information, and the information output means outputs the selected information provider information selected by the information selection means.

[0012] Here, by recording the "first information" as the product provider information in the product provider information recording means, the quality of the product provided by the product provider can be specified.

[0013] Furthermore, by recording the "second information" as information provider information in the information provider information recording means, the quality of the product provided by the product provider can be specified from the standpoint of the information provider.

[0014] Furthermore, by recording information that should be identical (information for understanding the quality of a product) from both the party that provides it (the product provider) and the party that receives it (the information provider), it is possible to prevent the falsification or counterfeiting of information.

[0015] Furthermore, when "the second information contains information that corresponds to the first information," in other words, when "the second information contains information that does not correspond to the first information," it can be expected that the information provider will provide information of the same or higher quality as the product provider.

[0016] Furthermore, when "information on a specific product" is recorded in the product provider information recording means as the product provider information, the product provided by the product provider can be specified.

[0017] Furthermore, when "information on the product provided by the product provider" is recorded in the information provider information recording means as the information provider information, the product provided by the product provider can be specified from the perspective of the information provider.

[0018] Furthermore, by recording information (product information) that should be identical from both the party providing it (product provider) and the party receiving it (information provider), it is possible to prevent tampering or counterfeiting of information.

[0019] In addition, when the reference information generating means generates reference information (reference information for "information provider information") based on selection criteria information, information to be referenced when selecting an output target for the information output means can be obtained from the "information provider information recorded in the information provider information recording means."

[0020] Furthermore, by the information selection means selecting the "output target of the information output means" based on reference information ("reference information generated by the reference information generation means" or "reference information transmitted from the consumer's terminal"), it becomes possible to select the "output target of the information output means" based on the information transmitted by the consumer ("selection criteria information" or "reference information") without the consumer having to select specific information. The "output target of the information output means" selected by the information selection means may be either one or multiple.

[0021] Here, when a consumer sends selection criteria information as the "criteria for information to be selected," the reference information generated based on the selection criteria information (criteria for information to be selected) can be regarded as "model information to be output by the information output means (i.e., the information the consumer wants to select)." Therefore, when selection criteria information is transmitted as the "criteria for information to be selected," the "information provider information" that has a high similarity to the reference information (model information) will be selected.

[0022] Similarly, when a consumer submits reference information as "reference information for information to be selected," the consumer will select "information provider information" that is highly similar to the reference information (model information).

[0023] On the other hand, when a consumer sends selection criteria information as a "criteria for information that the consumer does not want to select," the reference information generated based on the selection criteria information (criteria for information that the consumer does not want to select) can be regarded as "bad example information as an output target for the information output means (i.e., information that the consumer does not want to select)." Therefore, when selection criteria information is transmitted as "criteria for information not to be selected," "information provider information" that has a low similarity to the reference information (bad example information) will be selected.

[0024] Similarly, when a consumer submits reference information as "reference information for information that the consumer does not want to select," the consumer will select "information provider information" that has a low similarity to the reference information (bad example information).

[0025] In addition, compared to sending "criteria for information you do not want to select" as selection criteria information, sending "criteria for information you want to select" as selection criteria information allows consumers to more directly identify the information they want to select, so in terms of fully reflecting the consumer's wishes, sending "criteria for information you want to select" as selection criteria information is preferable.

[0026] Similarly, in order to more directly specify the information that the consumer wants to select and fully reflect the consumer's wishes, it is preferable to transmit "reference information for the information to be selected" as the reference information.

[0027] In order to achieve the above object, the service information providing system of the present invention includes a service provider information recording means for recording information transmitted from a terminal of a service provider as service provider information, an information provider information recording means for recording information transmitted from a terminal of an information provider different from the service provider as information provider information, an information output means for outputting the service provider information and the information provider information to a terminal of a consumer different from the service provider and the information provider, and a reference information generating means for generating reference information for the information provider information based on selection criterion information transmitted from the terminal of the consumer, the selection criterion information being used to select an output target of the information output means. A service information providing system comprising: an information generating means; and an information selecting means for selecting selected information provider information, which is the information provider information to be output by the information output means, from the information provider information recorded in the information provider information recording means based on the reference information generated by the reference information generating means, wherein the service provider information has first information for understanding the quality of the service, and the information provider information has second information for understanding the quality of the service provided by the service provider, the second information being identical to the first information, and the information output means outputs the selected information provider information selected by the information selection means.

[0028] Further, the service information providing system of the present invention comprises a service provider information recording means for recording information transmitted from a terminal of a service provider as service provider information, an information provider information recording means for recording information transmitted from a terminal of an information provider other than the service provider as information provider information, an information output means for outputting the service provider information and the information provider information to a terminal of a consumer other than the service provider and the information provider, and an information selection means for selecting selected information provider information which is the information provider information to be output by the information output means from the information provider information recorded in the information provider information recording means based on reference information transmitted from the terminal of the consumer, the reference information being for selecting an output target of the information output means, wherein the service provider information has first information for understanding the quality of the service, and the information provider information has second information for understanding the quality of the service provided by the service provider, the second information being the same as the first information, and the information output means outputs the selected information provider information selected by the information selection means.

[0029] Here, by recording the "first information" as the service provider information in the service provider information recording means, the quality of the service provided by the service provider can be specified.

[0030] Furthermore, by recording the "second information" as information provider information in the information provider information recording means, the quality of the service provided by the service provider can be specified from the standpoint of the information provider.

[0031] Furthermore, by recording information that should be identical (information for understanding the quality of a service) from both the party that provides it (the service provider) and the party that receives it (the information provider), it is possible to prevent tampering or forgery of information.

[0032] In addition, when "the second information contains information corresponding to the first information," in other words, when "the second information contains information that does not correspond to the first information," it can be expected that the information provider will provide information of the same or higher quality as the service provider.

[0033] Furthermore, when "information on a specific service" is recorded in the service provider information recording means as the service provider information, the service provided by the service provider can be specified.

[0034] Furthermore, when "information on services provided by a service provider" is recorded in the information provider information recording means as information provider information, the services provided by the service provider can be specified from the perspective of the information provider.

[0035] Furthermore, by recording information (service information) that should be identical from both the party providing it (service provider) and the party receiving it (information provider), it is possible to prevent tampering or counterfeiting of information.

[0036] In addition, when the reference information generation means generates reference information (reference information for "information provider information") based on the selection criteria information, information to be referenced when selecting an output target for the information output means can be obtained from the "information provider information recorded in the information provider information recording means."

[0037] Furthermore, by the information selection means selecting the "output target of the information output means" based on reference information ("reference information generated by the reference information generation means" or "reference information transmitted from the consumer's terminal"), it becomes possible to select the "output target of the information output means" based on the information transmitted by the consumer ("selection criteria information" or "reference information") without the consumer having to select specific information. The "output target of the information output means" selected by the information selection means may be either one or multiple.

[0038] Here, when a consumer sends selection criteria information as the "criteria for information to be selected," the reference information generated based on the selection criteria information (criteria for information to be selected) can be regarded as "model information to be output by the information output means (i.e., the information the consumer wants to select)." Therefore, when selection criteria information is transmitted as the "criteria for information to be selected," the "information provider information" that has a high similarity to the reference information (model information) will be selected.

[0039] Similarly, when a consumer submits reference information as "reference information for information to be selected," the consumer will select "information provider information" that is highly similar to the reference information (model information).

[0040] On the other hand, when a consumer sends selection criteria information as a "criteria for information that the consumer does not want to select," the reference information generated based on the selection criteria information (criteria for information that the consumer does not want to select) can be regarded as "bad example information as an output target for the information output means (i.e., information that the consumer does not want to select)." Therefore, when selection criteria information is transmitted as "criteria for information not to be selected," "information provider information" that has a low similarity to the reference information (bad example information) will be selected.

[0041] Similarly, when a consumer submits reference information as "reference information for information that the consumer does not want to select," the consumer will select "information provider information" that has a low similarity to the reference information (bad example information).

[0042] In addition, compared to sending "criteria for information you do not want to select" as selection criteria information, sending "criteria for information you want to select" as selection criteria information allows consumers to more directly identify the information they want to select, so in terms of fully reflecting the consumer's wishes, sending "criteria for information you want to select" as selection criteria information is preferable.

[0043] Similarly, in order to more directly specify the information that the consumer wants to select and fully reflect the consumer's wishes, it is preferable to transmit "reference information for the information to be selected" as the reference information.

[0044] By the way, the term "goods" here includes food. Also, "goods" includes both primary and secondary products, and both tangible and intangible objects.

[0045] In addition, "service" here refers to various kinds of assistance provided to customers and efforts made for others, regardless of whether such assistance is provided for a fee or not. Effect of the Invention

[0046] The product information providing system and service information providing system of the present invention allow consumers to select products and services with even greater peace of mind, thereby improving the reliability of products and services. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0047] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram for explaining an example of a configuration example of a food information providing system of the present invention. [Diagram 2] FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a method of using the food information providing system of the present invention. [Diagram 3] FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram for explaining a modified example of the food information providing system of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0048] Hereinafter, a mode for carrying out the invention (hereinafter, referred to as an "embodiment") will be described.

[0049] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram for explaining an example of a configuration example of a food information providing system to which the product information providing system of the present invention is applied. The food information providing system 1 shown in Figure 1 is configured to be able to exchange various types of information with a food provider terminal 2 used by food providers, information provider terminals 3 (3A, 3B, 3C, 3D, 3E) used by information providers, a generating AI 4, and a consumer terminal 5 via the Internet 6. Further, the consumer terminal 5 here does not limit the subject of use, but does not include the food provider terminal 2 or the information provider terminal 3.

[0050] The information providers who use the information provider terminal 3 include, but are not limited to, (1) persons who have received food from a food provider via a route other than the food provider, (2) customers (existing customers) who have received food from a food provider in the past, and (3) research companies and evaluation companies whose occupations are researching and evaluating various foods. In addition, there may be cases where all of the information providers are persons who have received food via a different route, where all of the information providers are existing customers, where all of the information providers are research companies or evaluation companies, or where some of the information providers are persons who have received food via a different route and the other some are research companies or evaluation companies, and there may also be an appropriate combination of (1) to (3), such as cases where all of the information providers are persons who have received food from a different route and the other some are research companies or evaluation companies. In this embodiment, the information provider is described as "(2) a customer (existing customer) who has received food from the food provider in the past."

[0051] Furthermore, the food information providing system 1 includes a food provider information recording means 7 that records the food provider information transmitted from the food provider terminal 2.

[0052] Here, food provider information recording means 7 is configured to be able to record at least information 7a of food provided by food providers to consumers, information (text information) 7b on the quality of such food, and information provider information 7c.

[0053] Furthermore, the food information provision system 1 has food provider information transmission means 9 linked to the food provider information recording means 7. When food provider information is recorded in the food provider information recording means 7, the food provider information transmission means 9 transmits a message to the information provider terminal 3 indicating that the food provider information has been recorded.

[0054] In addition, the content to be sent to the information provider terminal 3 does not have to be just "the food provider information has been recorded" but may be part or all of the "food provider information" recorded in the food provider information recording means 7.

[0055] In addition, the food information providing system 1 has an information provider information recording means 8A that records information provider information A transmitted from the information provider terminal 3A, an information provider information recording means 8B that records information provider information B transmitted from the information provider terminal 3B, an information provider information recording means 8C that records information provider information C transmitted from the information provider terminal 3C, an information provider information recording means 8D that records information provider information D transmitted from the information provider terminal 3D, and an information provider information recording means 8E that records information provider information E transmitted from the information provider terminal 3E.

[0056] In addition, the information provider information recording means 8A is configured to record at least information 8Aa about food provided by the food provider to the information provider, information (text information) 8Ab about the quality of such food, and “other information 8Ac” different from the “food quality information 8Ab.”

[0057] Similarly, the information provider information recording means 8B is configured to record at least information 8Ba of food provided by the food provider to the information provider, information (text information) 8Bb on the quality of such food, and "other information 8Bc" different from the "food quality information 8Bb."

[0058] Similarly, the information provider information recording means 8C is configured to record at least information 8Ca about food provided by the food provider to the information provider, information (text information) 8Cb about the quality of such food, and “other information 8Cc” different from the “food quality information 8Cb.”

[0059] Similarly, the information provider information recording means 8D is configured to record at least information 8Da about food provided by the food provider to the information provider, information (text information) 8Db about the quality of such food, and "other information 8Dc" different from the "food quality information 8Db."

[0060] Similarly, the information provider information recording means 8E is configured to record at least information 8Ea about food provided by the food provider to the information provider, information (text information) 8Eb about the quality of such food, and “other information 8Ec” different from the “food quality information 8Eb.”

[0061] Furthermore, the food information providing system 1 has an information provider information transmitting means 10 linked to the information provider information recording means 8 (8A-8E). When the information provider information is recorded in the information provider information recording means 8 (8A-8E), the information provider information transmitting means 10 transmits a message to the food provider terminal 2 indicating that the information provider information has been recorded.

[0062] In addition, the content to be sent to the food provider terminal 2 need not be limited to "information provider information has been recorded," but may be part or all of the "information provider information" recorded in the information provider information recording means 8 (8A-8E).

[0063] In addition, the food information providing system 1 has a selection criteria information recording means 11 that records the "selection criteria information for selecting food quality information 8Ab to 8Eb (hereinafter simply referred to as "selection criteria information")" transmitted from a consumer terminal 5 used by a consumer who is a new customer (prospective customer). In this embodiment, the selection criteria information recording means 11 records, as the selection criteria information, "criteria for information on the quality of food products that the consumer wants to select."

[0064] The food information providing system 1 also includes model information generating means (an example of a reference information generating means) 12 that generates "model information of food quality information" (hereinafter simply referred to as "model information").

[0065] Here, when the selection criteria information is recorded in the selection criteria information recording means 11, the model information generating means 12 generates model information by inputting the "selection criteria information" to a general-purpose generative AI (generation AI) 4 and obtaining an output result from the generation AI 4. When new model information is generated, it is registered in place of (overwrites) the previous model information.

[0066] For example, the selection criteria information may include (1) Explanations are given in simple terms, without using technical terms. (2) Explanations are given using concrete data (3) The testimonial must include a testimonial about the use of the food. (4) It does not contain any expressions that may offend others. If the above information is recorded, the contents of (1) to (4) are input into the generation AI to generate model information.

[0067] Furthermore, the food information providing system 1 has an information selecting means 13 that selects "food quality information (ie, selected information provider information)" to be output from "food quality information 8Ab to 8Eb" based on the model information.

[0068] Here, when the selection criteria information is recorded, the information selection means 13 selects, from the "food quality information 8Ab to 8Eb", the "food quality information" that has the highest similarity to the "model information" as the selected information provider information.

[0069] In other words, when the "selection criteria information" is recorded, model information is generated by the model information generation means 12, and then the information selection means 13 selects the "food quality information" that has the highest similarity to the model information as the output target.

[0070] Furthermore, the food information providing system 1 has an information output means 14 that outputs the information selected by the information selection means 13 when a consumer who is a new customer (prospective customer) requests information.

[0071] FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a method of using the above-mentioned food information providing system. In the following, the explanation will be given on the assumption that the consumer 50 (new customer) has collected information when considering whether or not to receive food from the food provider 20.

[0072] [1. Recording of various information] In one example of a method of using the food information providing system of the present invention, in order for consumer 50 to obtain information, various information needs to be recorded in food information providing system 1. For this purpose, the recording of various information in food information providing system 1 will be described.

[0073] In one example of a method of using the food information provision system of the present invention, first, the food provider 20 provides a predetermined food 200 to the information provider 30A. Here, the predetermined food 200 may be a primary product or a secondary product.

[0074] In addition, in conjunction with providing the specified food 200, the food provider 20 uses the food provider terminal 2 (not shown in Figure 2) to transmit food provider information (information 7a of the specified food 200, information 7b on the quality of the specified food 200, and information 7c of the information provider 30A) to the food information providing system 1 (step indicated by symbol (1) in Figure 2). It should be noted that the "information 7b on the quality of the specified food product 200" here is an example of the "first information for understanding the quality of the product."

[0075] Here, when the food provider information is recorded in the food provider information recording means 7, a message to that effect is sent to the information provider terminal 3A (not shown in FIG. 2) based on the information 7c of the information provider 30A (step indicated by the symbol (2) in FIG. 2).

[0076] Next, the information provider 30A who has been provided with the specified food 200 uses the information provider terminal 3A (not shown in Figure 2) to transmit information 8Aa about the specified food 200 provided by the food provider 20, information 8Ab about the quality of the specified food 200, and other information 8Ac to the food information providing system 1 (step indicated by the symbol (3) in Figure 2). It should be noted that the "information 8Ab on the quality of the specified food product 200" here is an example of the "second information for understanding the quality of the product."

[0077] Furthermore, since a message to that effect has been sent in step (2) above, the information provider 30A can access the food provider information recording means 7 and check the "information 7a of the specified food 200" and the "information 7b of the quality of the specified food 200" to confirm any differences or similarities with the specified food 200 that was actually provided (actual item).

[0078] When the information provider information is recorded in the information provider information recording means 8A, a message to that effect is transmitted to the food provider terminal 2 (not shown in FIG. 2) (step indicated by reference symbol (4) in FIG. 2).

[0079] Here, the explanation is given using an example where information provider 30A records "information 8Aa of the specified food 200," "information 8Ab of the quality of the specified food 200," and "other information 8Ac," but information providers 30B, 30C, 30D, and 30E also record in a similar manner. It should be noted that the information providers 30A to 30E do not record at the same time, but sequentially.

[0080] After the various information is recorded as described above, it becomes possible to provide the various information to the consumer 50.

[0081] Note that, here, we have only explained the case where the information provider 30 records various information about the food 200 provided by the food provider 20, but the information recorded in the food information provision system 1 does not only relate to "the food 200 provided by the food provider 20," but also to "food other than the food 200 provided by the food provider 20" and "food provided by a food provider other than the food provider 20." That is, in this embodiment, an example will be described in which a consumer 50 obtains information about food 200 provided by a food provider 20 (described later), but the food information providing system 1 can also provide information about "food other than the food 200 provided by the food provider 20" or "food provided by a food provider other than the food provider 20."

[0082] [2. Provision of various information] A consumer 50 who wishes to receive various information related to the food 200 provided by the food provider 20 uses a consumer terminal 5 to access the food information providing system 1 via the Internet 6 (step indicated by the symbol (5) in Figure 2).

[0083] When the consumer accesses the food information provision system 1, a list of food providers who can provide information is displayed on the consumer terminal 5, and the consumer 50 selects "food provider 20" from the displayed list. Furthermore, when the consumer selects "food provider 20", a list of foods provided by the food provider 20 is displayed, and the consumer 50 selects "food 200" from the displayed list.

[0084] Then, after selecting “food 200 from food provider 20” from consumer terminal 5, consumer terminal 5 transmits “selection criteria information” to food information providing system 1.

[0085] When the "selection criteria information" transmitted to the food information providing system 1 is recorded in the selection criteria information recording means 11, the model information generating means 12 generates model information, and the information selecting means 13 selects the information to be output (for example, "information 8Bb on the quality of food 200").

[0086] Next, when the information selection means 13 selects the output target, the information output means 14 outputs ``information 7a of food 200'' and ``information 7b of the quality of food 200'' recorded in the food provider information recording means 7 (the information is displayed on the consumer terminal 5).

[0087] Additionally, the information output means 14 outputs the information selected by the information selection means 13 (the information is displayed on the consumer terminal 5). Specifically, when the information selection means 13 selects "information 8Bb on the quality of food 200", it outputs "information 8Bb on the quality of food 200" and "information 8Ba on food 200".

[0088] Thereafter, when the consumer 50 receives the food 200 from the food provider 20 (when purchasing the food 200 from the food provider 20), the food provider 20 provides the food 200 to the consumer 50.

[0089] [effect] In the food information providing system 1 of the present invention described above, the quality of the food 200 of the food provider 20 can be known from the "information 8Bb on the quality of the food 200." Furthermore, by checking the "information 8Bb on the quality of food 200" before receiving food 200, consumer 50 can ascertain the quality of food 200, thereby obtaining information to decide whether or not to accept food 200 from food provider 20 (whether or not to purchase food 200).

[0090] In addition, both "information 7b on the quality of food 200" and "information 8Bb on the quality of food 200" are output, and by identifying "information on the quality of food 200" based on information from both the party providing the food (food provider 20) and the other party (information provider 30B), it is possible to prevent tampering or counterfeiting of information.

[0091] Similarly, both "Food 200 information 7a" and "Food 200 information 8Ba" are output, and "Food 200" is identified based on information from both the party providing the food (food provider 20) and the other party (information provider 30B), thereby preventing tampering or counterfeiting of information.

[0092] Furthermore, since the consumer 50 simply transmits the "selection criteria information" and the information selection means 13 selects the "food quality information" that is most similar to the "food quality information that the consumer 50 wants to select," there is no need for the consumer to select specific information from the information provider information, "food quality information 8Ab to 8Eb." Furthermore, since the information selection means 13 can select the most appropriate (i.e., in line with the selection intention of the consumer 50) "food quality information," even if the consumer 50 does not have sufficient knowledge about the "food contents" or "food quality" (in other words, if it is difficult for the consumer 50 to make a selection based on his or her own knowledge alone), it is possible to output information that is in line with the selection criteria information (the criteria for the "food quality information" that the consumer 50 wants to select).

[0093] [Variation 1] In this embodiment, the example is explained using the case where "food quality information 8Bb" is output, but since it is sufficient for consumer 50 to be able to confirm "food quality information 8Bb", it is also possible to output identification information (an identifier such as a two-dimensional barcode or color code) that allows access to "food quality information 8Bb". In this case, the identification information is used to access a website or the like on which the "food quality information 8Bb" is posted on the consumer terminal 5, and the "food quality information 8Bb" is confirmed.

[0094] [Variation 2] In addition, in the present embodiment, the "food quality information 7b" and the "food quality information 8Ab-8Eb" are described as text information, but it is sufficient if the quality of the food can be specified, and the information does not necessarily have to be text information. For example, the "food quality information 7b" and the "food quality information 8Ab-8Eb" may include image information (image information only, or text information and image information).

[0095] [Variation 3] In addition, in this embodiment, an example is given in which "selection criteria information" is transmitted from the consumer terminal 50 and the model information generation means 12 generates model information, but the "model information" may also be transmitted from the consumer terminal 50. In this case, as shown in Figure 3, a "model information recording means 15" is provided instead of the "selection criteria information recording means 11 and model information generating means 12", and the "model information" transmitted from the consumer terminal 50 is recorded in the model information recording means 15, and the information selection means 13 selects selected information provider information based on the "model information" recorded in the model information recording means 15.

[0096] [Variation 4] In addition, in this embodiment, the explanation is given using the example of the case where the handled items are "food", but the handled items do not necessarily have to be "food" and may be "products other than food" or "services (work)". [Explanation of symbols]

[0097] 1. Food information system 2 Food provider terminal 3. Information provider terminal 4 Generation AI 5. Consumer Devices 6. Internet 7. Food provider information recording means 8. Means of recording information provided by informants 9. Means of transmitting food provider information 10 Means of transmitting information provided by the information provider 11. Means of recording selection criteria information 12 Model information generation means 13 Information Selection Methods 14 Information output means 15. Model Information Recording Method 20 Food provider 30 Information provider 50 consumers

Claims

1. a product provider information recording means for recording information transmitted from the product provider's terminal as product provider information; an information provider information recording means for recording information transmitted from a terminal of an information provider different from the product provider as information provider information; an information output means for outputting the product provider information and the information provider information to a terminal of a consumer different from the product provider and the information provider; a reference information generating means for generating reference information for the information provider information based on selection criteria information transmitted from the consumer terminal for selecting an output target of the information output means; an information selection means for selecting, from the information provider information recorded in the information provider information recording means, selected information provider information which is the information provider information to be output by the information output means, based on the reference information generated by the reference information generation means; The product provider information is A first piece of information for understanding the quality of the product is provided, The information provider information is A product information providing system having second information for understanding the quality of the product provided by the product provider, the second information being the same as the first information, The information output means outputs the selected information provider information selected by the information selection means. Product information provision system.

2. a product provider information recording means for recording information transmitted from the product provider's terminal as product provider information; an information provider information recording means for recording information transmitted from a terminal of an information provider different from the product provider as information provider information; an information output means for outputting the product provider information and the information provider information to a terminal of a consumer different from the product provider and the information provider; an information selection means for selecting selected information provider information, which is the information provider information to be output by the information output means, from the information provider information recorded in the information provider information recording means, based on reference information transmitted from the consumer terminal, the reference information being for selecting an output target of the information output means; The product provider information is A first piece of information for understanding the quality of the product is provided, The information provider information is A product information providing system having second information for understanding the quality of the product provided by the product provider, the second information being the same as the first information, The information output means outputs the selected information provider information selected by the information selection means. Product information provision system.

3. The information selection means selects the information provider information having a high similarity to the reference information from the information provider information recorded in the information provider information recording means.

3. The product information providing system according to claim 1 or 2.

4. a service provider information recording means for recording information transmitted from the service provider terminal as service provider information; an information provider information recording means for recording information transmitted from a terminal of an information provider different from the service provider as information provider information; an information output means for outputting the service provider information and the information provider information to a terminal of a consumer different from the service provider and the information provider; a reference information generating means for generating reference information for the information provider information based on selection criteria information transmitted from the consumer terminal for selecting an output target of the information output means; an information selection means for selecting, from the information provider information recorded in the information provider information recording means, selected information provider information which is the information provider information to be output by the information output means, based on the reference information generated by the reference information generation means; The service provider information is A first piece of information for understanding the quality of the service is provided; The information provider information is A service information providing system having second information for understanding the quality of the service provided by the service provider, the second information being the same as the first information, The information output means outputs the selected information provider information selected by the information selection means. Service information provision system.

5. a service provider information recording means for recording information transmitted from the service provider terminal as service provider information; an information provider information recording means for recording information transmitted from a terminal of an information provider different from the service provider as information provider information; an information output means for outputting the service provider information and the information provider information to a terminal of a consumer different from the service provider and the information provider; an information selection means for selecting selected information provider information, which is the information provider information to be output by the information output means, from the information provider information recorded in the information provider information recording means, based on reference information transmitted from the consumer terminal, the reference information being for selecting an output target of the information output means; The service provider information is A first piece of information for understanding the quality of the service is provided; The information provider information is A service information providing system having second information for understanding the quality of the service provided by the service provider, the second information being the same as the first information, The information output means outputs the selected information provider information selected by the information selection means. Service information provision system.

6. The information selection means selects the information provider information having a high similarity to the reference information from the information provider information recorded in the information provider information recording means.

6. The service information providing system according to claim 4 or 5.

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