Home delivery medicine management system

Abstract

To provide a home delivery medicine management system that enables home delivery medicine consumers to settle their purchases of home delivery medicines without requiring a home delivery medicine seller to visit the consumer and collect payment.SOLUTION: A home delivery medicine management system is provided with a memory unit 12 for storing the remaining amount of non-purchased home delivery medicine as consumer-side home delivery medicine information, a display processing unit 17 for executing a home delivery medicine information display process that displays the consumer-side home delivery medicine information stored in the memory unit 12 on the display unit of the consumer terminal 2, a purchase processing unit 18 for executing a home delivery medicine purchase process that allows the consumer terminal 2 to electronically pay for the home delivery medicine selected from the consumer-side home delivery medicine information, and an update processing unit 21 for updating the consumer-side home delivery medicine information stored in the memory unit 12 when a purchase process is performed by the purchase processing unit 18.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention includes: a storage unit that stores the remaining amount of unpurchased medicines placed on the consumer side as consumer-side placed medicine information; The present invention relates to a placement medicine management system that includes a display processing unit capable of executing placement medicine information display processing that displays the consumer-side placement medicine information stored in the memory unit on the display unit of the consumer terminal used by the placement medicine consumer. [Background technology]

[0002] A drug sales model is in place where unpurchased drugs are left at the consumer's home or other location, and the consumer can purchase and use the drugs when needed. In this type of drug sales model, a door-to-door settlement is used, in which the door-to-door drug seller visits the consumer's home and collects payment for the drugs purchased by the consumer. This door-to-door settlement method can result in unnecessary sales expenses for the door-to-door drug seller when the consumer is not at home, and can be annoying for the door-to-door drug seller, or for the consumer, who may feel annoyed by a sudden visit or be visited when they have not yet purchased the drugs, so improvements were desired for both parties.

[0003] Incidentally, Patent Document 1 discloses a system for managing dispensed medicines used in the above-described drug sales format, which includes a memory unit (main memory device 104) that stores the remaining amount of unpurchased dispensed medicines on the consumer's side as consumer-side dispensed medicine information, and a display processing unit (control unit 114, etc.) that can execute dispensed medicine information display processing to display the consumer-side dispensed medicine information stored in the memory unit on the display unit of the consumer terminal (communication terminal 122) used by the dispensed medicine consumer (customer 121). [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0004] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2017-010177 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] This home delivery medicine management system allows home delivery medicine consumers to input the home delivery medicines they have consumed into the display unit while referring to the consumer's home delivery medicine information displayed on the consumer's terminal, allowing the home delivery medicine seller to check the product usage status on a communication terminal, etc., but still requires the aforementioned in-person settlement.

[0006] In view of this situation, the main objective of the present invention is to provide a home delivery drug management system that allows home delivery drug consumers to settle payments for the home delivery drugs they have purchased without the need for an in-home settlement in which the home delivery drug seller visits the consumer to receive payment. [Means for solving the problem]

[0007] The first characteristic configuration of the present invention is a storage unit that stores the remaining amount of unpurchased medicines that are placed on the consumer side as consumer side medicine information; A display processing unit capable of executing a placement medicine information display process for displaying the consumer-side placement medicine information stored in the storage unit on a display unit of a consumer terminal used by the placement medicine consumer; a purchase processing unit capable of executing a purchase process for disposing of medicines selected from the consumer-side disposing of medicine information at the consumer terminal by electronic payment; An update processing unit that updates the consumer-side medicine information stored in the storage unit when a purchase process is performed by the purchase processing unit.

[0008] According to this configuration, the consumer of the home-delivery medicine can check the remaining amount of unpurchased home-delivery medicine that is located at the consumer's side (for example, the consumer's home) using the consumer-side home-delivery medicine information displayed on the display unit of the consumer terminal, and can purchase the medicine by selecting it from the displayed consumer-side home-delivery medicine information and making an electronic payment. This allows the consumer of the home-delivery medicine to settle the payment for the home-delivery medicine they have purchased without the need for an in-home settlement in which the home-delivery medicine seller visits the consumer and collects the payment.

[0009] A second characteristic feature of the present invention is that it includes a notification processing unit that notifies a seller terminal used by a seller of a home delivery medicine when the home delivery medicine purchase process is executed by the purchase processing unit.

[0010] According to this configuration, when the purchase processing unit executes the placement medicine purchase process, the fact that the purchase process has been carried out is left on the seller's terminal, so that the placement medicine consumer can know that the placement medicine has been purchased by electronic payment.

[0011] A third characteristic configuration of the present invention is that when the placement medicine purchase process is executed by the purchase processing unit, a discount processing unit is provided that applies a discount rate set by the seller to the placement medicine purchase process.

[0012] According to this configuration, by purchasing medicines via electronic payment, the medicines can be purchased at a discounted price compared to when cash is handed over to a visiting medicine seller, thereby promoting the purchase of medicines via electronic payment.

[0013] A fourth characteristic configuration of the present invention is that it is provided with a point awarding unit that awards points set by the seller for the placement medicine purchase process when the placement medicine purchase process is executed by the purchase processing unit.

[0014] According to this configuration, points are awarded when a customer purchases a medicine via electronic payment, so by not awarding points when the customer purchases a medicine via electronic payment after completing the necessary procedures with a visiting medicine seller, it is possible to encourage the purchase of medicine via electronic payment. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0015] [Figure 1] Overall schematic diagram of the medicine placement management system [Figure 2] Diagram showing consumer device when medication history icon is tapped [Figure 3] Diagram showing consumer device when refill icon is tapped [Figure 4]Diagram showing consumer device when tapping on the My Page icon [Figure 5] Diagram showing merchant terminal [Figure 6] Flowchart of the medicine distribution management system DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0016] An embodiment of a medicine placement management system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in Fig. 1, the home delivery medicine management system 1 includes a consumer terminal 2 used by a home delivery medicine consumer who consumes the home delivery medicine, a seller terminal 3 used by a home delivery medicine seller who sells the home delivery medicine, and a company terminal 4 which is a terminal of the company to which the home delivery medicine seller belongs. As shown in Fig. 1, the consumer terminal 2, seller terminal 3, and company terminal 4 are configured to be able to send and receive various information to and from a management server 5 via a communication network N such as the Internet line.

[0017] In this embodiment, consumer application software (hereinafter referred to as consumer application 7) is installed on the consumer terminal 2 to realize various functions. Furthermore, seller application software (hereinafter referred to as seller application 8) is installed on the seller terminal 3 to realize various functions. Furthermore, company application software (hereinafter referred to as company application 9) is installed on the company terminal 4 to realize various functions. Furthermore, management server application software (hereinafter referred to as server application 10) and an electronic payment application (hereinafter referred to as electronic payment application 11) are installed on the management server 5 to realize various functions. In this embodiment, as shown in Figures 2 to 4, a smartphone is used as the consumer terminal 2, and as shown in Figure 5, a tablet terminal is used as the seller terminal 3. Although not shown, a personal computer is used as the company terminal 4.

[0018] The seller terminal 3 is configured to allow input of consumer information such as the address of the consumer (e.g., the home of the consumer of the home-delivery medicine) and information about the home-delivery medicine for the consumer. Specifically, when the home-delivery medicine seller delivers medicines such as pharmaceuticals to the consumer in a medicine box, the seller terminal 3 allows the seller to input consumer information such as the address of the consumer through the seller app 8 by operating the seller operation unit 15 (see FIG. 5; seller display unit 16 configured as a touch panel in this embodiment) of the seller terminal 3. The consumer information and home-delivery medicine information, which is information about the home-delivery medicine installed on the consumer's side, are transmitted to the management server 5 and stored in the memory unit 12 of the management server 5. The home-delivery medicine information includes information about the type of home-delivery medicine delivered to the consumer (e.g., pharmaceuticals, quasi-drugs, health foods, etc.), the remaining quantity, the price, and other information.

[0019] The company terminal 4 is configured to be able to obtain consumer information for multiple household drug consumers, information on household drug dispensers, sales information for multiple household drug dispensers, etc. from the management server 5, and is configured to be able to manage consumer information for multiple household drug consumers, information on household drug dispensers, sales information for multiple household drug dispensers, etc.

[0020] In this way, the home delivery medicine management system 1 is provided with a memory unit 12 that stores the remaining amount of unpurchased home delivery medicines placed on the consumer's side as consumer-side home delivery medicine information, and the memory unit 12 is provided in the management server 5. The memory unit 12 also stores point information, which is information on points earned by home delivery medicine consumers, and visit date and time information, which is information on the date and time when the home delivery medicine seller visited the consumer's side or the date and time when the seller is scheduled to visit.

[0021] As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the consumer terminal 2 is configured to display a medication history icon A1, a refill icon A2, and a My Page icon A3 on the consumer display unit 13 (an example of a display unit) using the functions of the consumer app 7, and is also configured to display various information in the information display area A4. The consumer display unit 13 of the consumer terminal 2 is configured as a touch panel and also functions as a consumer operation unit 14 operated by the home delivery medicine consumer. The consumer terminal 2 is configured so that, by tapping the medication history icon A1, information such as the name, classification, and expiration date of unpurchased medications included in the consumer's home delivery medicine information is displayed in the information display area A4 as shown in FIG. 2; by tapping the refill icon A2, information such as the name, classification, and price (electronic payment price) of unpurchased medications included in the consumer's home delivery medicine information is displayed in the information display area A4 as shown in FIG. 3; and by tapping the My Page icon A3, point information and visit information are displayed in the information display area A4 as shown in FIG. 4.

[0022] [Display processing section] The home delivery medicine management system 1 is provided with a display processing unit 17 capable of executing a home delivery medicine information display process that displays consumer-side home delivery medicine information stored in the memory unit 12 on the consumer display unit 13 of the consumer terminal 2 used by the home delivery medicine consumer. In this embodiment, the display processing unit 17 is composed of a consumer application 7 of the consumer terminal 2 and a server application 10 of the management server 5.

[0023] The consumer app 7 is configured to transmit request information to the management server 5 when an operation to display the consumer-side medicine information is performed on the consumer terminal 2. In this embodiment, the consumer app 7 is configured to transmit request information to the management server 5 when an operation to display the consumer-side medicine information (such as tapping the medicine history icon A1 or tapping the refill icon A2) is performed. The server application 10 of the management server 5 is configured to transmit consumer-side medicine information to the consumer terminal 2 in response to request information from the consumer terminal 2.

[0024] When the consumer app 7 of the consumer terminal 2 taps the medication history icon A1 as an operation to display the consumer's medication information, the consumer app 7 is configured to, in response to receiving the consumer's medication information from the management server 5, display information on the remaining amount of unpurchased medication contained in the consumer's medication information in the information display area A4 of the consumer display unit 13, as shown in Figure 2. When consumer-side medication information is displayed as shown in Figure 2, the name, classification, and part of the expiration date of unpurchased medications are displayed, but by swiping up and down (moving your finger while touching the consumer display unit 13), it is possible to display unpurchased medications that are not displayed in Figure 2, and by swiping left and right, it is possible to display the expiration date and remaining amount of unpurchased medications.

[0025] In addition, when the refill icon A2 is tapped as an operation to display the consumer's medication information, the consumer app 7 of the consumer terminal 2 is configured to, in response to receiving the consumer's medication information from the management server 5, display information about unpurchased medications included in the consumer's medication information in the information display area A4 of the consumer display unit 13, as shown in Figure 3. When consumer-side medication information is displayed as shown in Figure 3, the name, category, and price (electronic payment price) of unpurchased medications are displayed, along with a selection button that can be tapped to select the medication to purchase. By swiping up or down, it is possible to display unpurchased medications that are not shown in Figure 3.

[0026] [Purchase Processing Department] The home delivery medicine management system 1 is provided with a purchase processing unit 18 that can execute a home delivery medicine purchase process that allows payment for medicines selected from the consumer's home delivery medicine information to be made by electronic payment on the consumer's terminal 2. In this embodiment, the purchase processing unit 18 is composed of a consumer application 7 on the consumer's terminal 2 and an electronic payment application 11 on the management server 5.

[0027] The consumer app 7 is configured to transmit a payment request to the management server 5 when an operation to purchase a placement medicine is performed on the consumer terminal 2. In this embodiment, the consumer app 7 is configured to transmit a payment request to the management server 5 to purchase the selected placement medicine when a predetermined operation, such as tapping the selection button 24 displayed for the placement medicine to be purchased, is performed while information about unpurchased placement medicines is displayed in the information display area A4 as shown in FIG. 3 . The electronic payment app 11 is configured to perform electronic payment, such as credit card payment or electronic money payment, in response to the payment request from the consumer terminal 2.

[0028] [Discount Processing Section] The home delivery medicine management system 1 is provided with a discount processing unit 19 that applies a discount rate set by the seller to the home delivery medicine purchase process when the purchase processing unit 18 executes the home delivery medicine purchase process. In this embodiment, the discount processing unit 19 is configured by a server application 10 provided in the management server 5.

[0029] The storage unit 12 of the management server 5 stores price information for the home-delivery medicines. The price information for the home-delivery medicines includes information on the home-visit price, which is the price when the cost of the home-delivery medicine is paid in cash to a visiting home-delivery medicine seller, and information on the electronic payment price, which is the price when the cost of the home-delivery medicine is paid by electronic payment using the consumer terminal 2. The electronic payment price is a price to which a discount rate has been applied to the home-visit price, and for example, the electronic payment price is set to a price 10% lower than the home-visit price. The home-visit price and the electronic payment price are configured to be freely set on the seller terminal or the company terminal. The server application 10 is configured to apply the electronic payment price as information on the price of the medicine contained in the consumer-side medicine information when the medicine purchase process is executed by the purchase processing unit 18. Therefore, when a medicine consumer purchases a medicine by electronic payment using the consumer terminal 2, the medicine can be purchased at the electronic payment price to which the discount rate has been applied.

[0030] [Points Assignment Department] The home delivery medicine management system 1 is provided with a point processing unit 20 that awards points set by a seller for a home delivery medicine purchase process when the purchase processing unit 18 executes the home delivery medicine purchase process. In this embodiment, the point processing unit 20 is configured by a server application 10 provided in the management server 5.

[0031] The server application 10 is configured to award points that are a set percentage (for example, 10%) of the price of the purchased placement medicine when the placement medicine purchase process is executed by the purchase processing unit 18. The awarded points can be allocated to part or all of the price of the placement medicine by performing an operation to use the points when performing an operation to purchase the placement medicine on the consumer terminal 2.

[0032] The consumer app 7 is configured to display points on the consumer display unit 13 of the consumer terminal 2 when an operation to check points is performed on the consumer terminal 2. To further explain, the consumer app 7 is configured to send request information requesting point information to the management server 5 when an operation to check points (tapping the My Page icon A3) is performed on the consumer terminal 2.

[0033] The server app 10 of the management server 5 is configured to transmit point information to the consumer terminal 2 in response to request information requesting point information from the consumer terminal 2, and the consumer app 7 of the consumer terminal 2 is configured to display the current points in the information display area A4 of the consumer display unit 13 in response to receiving the point information from the management server 5, as shown in FIG. 4. In this embodiment, when the My Page icon A3 is tapped, the consumer app 7 is configured to display the current point value and information on the point acquisition history in the information display area A4. The server app 10 is also configured to transmit visit information along with the point information, and the consumer app 7 is configured to display information on the next scheduled visit of the household medicine seller and information on the previous visit in response to the visit information from the management server 5.

[0034] [Update Processing Section] The dispensed medicine management system 1 is provided with an update processing unit 21 that updates the consumer-side dispensed medicine information stored in the memory unit 12 when a purchase process is performed by the purchase processing unit 18. In this embodiment, the update processing unit 21 is configured by the server application 10 of the management server 5. When a purchase process is performed in a purchase processing unit 18, the server application 10 updates the consumer's side placement medicine information by subtracting the number of placement medicines purchased in this purchase process from the remaining amount of unpurchased placement medicines included in the consumer's side placement medicine information. Therefore, when an operation to display the consumer's placed medication information is performed on the consumer terminal 2, the consumer's placed medication information displayed in the information display area A4 of the consumer display unit 13 is configured to display the updated remaining amount of unpurchased placed medication.

[0035] [Notification processing section] The home delivery medicine management system 1 is provided with a notification processing unit 22 that notifies the seller terminal 3 used by the home delivery medicine seller when the purchase processing unit 18 executes the home delivery medicine purchase processing. In this embodiment, the notification processing unit 22 is configured by a seller application 8 in the seller terminal 3 and a server application 10 in the management server 5. The server application 10 is configured to transmit consumer purchase information indicating that a placement medicine consumer has purchased a placement medicine to the seller terminal 3 when a placement medicine purchase process is executed by the purchase processing unit 18. The seller app 8 is configured to, in response to receiving consumer purchase information from the management server 5, display on the seller display unit 16 to the consumer of the medicine that the medicine has been purchased.

[0036] Furthermore, when an operation to display the consumer's placed medicine information (tapping the customer information icon A5) is performed on the consumer's terminal 2, the seller app 8 is configured to obtain information on the remaining amount of unpurchased placed medicine included in the consumer's placed medicine information from the management server 5 and display it on the seller display unit 16, just as when an operation to display the consumer's placed medicine information is performed on the consumer's terminal 2. The placed medicine seller can know the remaining amount of unpurchased placed medicine on the consumer's side from the information displayed on the seller display unit 16.

[0037] Furthermore, the seller app 8 is configured to be able to display the health information of the home delivery medicine consumer in addition to the consumer's home delivery medicine information when the customer information icon A5 is tapped. This health information is provided so that the home delivery medicine consumer can input their own physical condition by operating the consumer app 7 on the consumer terminal 2, and this input health information is transmitted to the management server 5 by the consumer app 7 and stored in the storage unit 12 of the management server 5. When an operation to display the health condition is performed on the consumer terminal 2, the seller app 8 receives the physical condition information from the management server 5. The information is acquired and displayed on the seller display unit 16.

[0038] In other words, in the dispensed medicine management system, as shown in Figure 6, when a display request is sent from the consumer terminal 2 to the management server 5 (#1: Yes), the management server 5 sends consumer-side dispensed medicine information to the consumer terminal 2, and then, when an operation to display the consumer-side dispensed medicine information is performed on the consumer terminal 2, a display process is executed to display information on the remaining amount of unpurchased dispensed medicine on the consumer terminal 2 based on the consumer-side dispensed medicine information (#2). Then, when a purchase operation is performed on the consumer terminal 2 (#3: Yes), the management server 5 executes a purchase process (#4) to purchase the placement medicine at the electronic payment price (the price to which the discount rate has been applied through the discount process), executes a point awarding process to award points equal to the set percentage of the price of the purchased placement medicine (#5), the management server 5 executes a notification process to send the consumer purchase information to the seller terminal 3 and display on the seller terminal 3 to the placement medicine consumer that the placement medicine has been purchased (#6), and executes an update process to update the consumer's placement medicine information according to the purchased placement medicine (#7).

[0039] As described above, in the placement medicine management system 1, placement medicine consumers can check the remaining amount of unpurchased placement medicines placed on the consumer's side using the consumer's placement medicine information displayed on the consumer display unit 13 of the consumer terminal 2, and can select placement medicines from the displayed consumer's placement medicine information and purchase them by making an electronic payment, allowing the placement medicine consumer to settle the payment for the placement medicine they have purchased without having to make an in-home settlement in which the placement medicine seller visits the consumer and receives the payment.

[0040] [Another embodiment] Other embodiments of the present invention will be described below. Note that the configurations of the embodiments described below are not limited to being applied independently, but can also be applied in combination with the configurations of other embodiments.

[0041] (1) In the above embodiment, the server application 10 and the electronic payment application 11 are installed on a single server. However, the server application 10 and the electronic payment application 11 may be installed on separate servers.

[0042] (2) In the above embodiment, an example was described in which a configuration was provided with a discount processing unit 19 that applies a discount rate and a point processing unit 20 that awards points. However, the configuration may be such that it includes only one of the discount processing unit 19 and the point processing unit 20, or that it does not include both the discount processing unit 19 and the point processing unit 20.

[0043] (3) In the above embodiment, an example was described in which 10% of the purchase amount made through electronic payment is awarded as points, but the percentage of points awarded may be changed as appropriate, and the conditions for awarding points may be set as appropriate, such as awarding a set number of points for purchases of a set amount or more.

[0044] (4) In the above embodiment, an example has been described in which the display processing unit 17 is configured with the consumer application 7 and the server application 8. However, the display processing unit 17 may be configured with only the server application 8, for example, by displaying information on the remaining amount of unpurchased medicines on a browser on the consumer terminal 2 based on a web service provided by the server application 8. Similarly, the notification processing unit 22 may be configured with only the server application 8, and the purchase processing unit 18 may be configured with only the electronic payment application 11. [Explanation of symbols]

[0045] 1. Medicine distribution management system 2. Consumer Devices 12 Storage section 13 Consumer display section (display section) 17 Display processing section 18 Purchase Processing Department 19 Discount Processing Section 20 Points Awarding Department 21 Update processing section 22 Notification processing section

Claims

1. a storage unit that stores the remaining amount of unpurchased medicines placed on the consumer side as consumer side medicine information; A display processing unit capable of executing a placement medicine information display process for displaying the consumer-side placement medicine information stored in the storage unit on a display unit of a consumer terminal used by the placement medicine consumer; a purchase processing unit capable of executing a purchase process for disposing of medicines selected from the consumer-side disposing of medicine information at the consumer terminal by electronic payment; A drug placement management system comprising: an update processing unit that updates the consumer-side drug placement information stored in the memory unit when a purchase process is performed by the purchase processing unit.

2. 2. The home delivery medicine management system according to claim 1, further comprising a notification processing unit that notifies a seller terminal used by a home delivery medicine seller when the home delivery medicine purchase processing is executed by the purchase processing unit.

3. 3. The medicine placement management system according to claim 1, further comprising a discount processing unit that applies a discount rate set by a seller to the medicine placement purchase process when the medicine placement purchase process is executed by the purchase processing unit.

4. 3. The home delivery medicine management system according to claim 1, further comprising a points granting unit that, when the home delivery medicine purchase process is executed by the purchase processing unit, grants points set by a seller for the home delivery medicine purchase process.

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