Product sales device, product sales method, and product sales program

Abstract

To provide a supply sales device, a supply sales method, and a supply sales program allowing each of a plurality of store stores specified by a school to sell supplies while reducing the burden on the school, students, and the stores.SOLUTION: A supply sales device 10 for selling a supply specified by a school 4 includes: store registration means for registering a store 2 specified by the school 4; user registration means for registering information of a user 3 who purchases a supply for a student attending the school 4 in association with information of the school 4 and the grade of the student; supply registration means for registering the supply specified by the school 4 and sold by the store 2, in association with information on the school 4 specifying the supply and the grade; supply information transmission means for transmitting supply information associated with the user 3 through the information of the school 4 and the grade information to a user terminal owned by the user 3; and purchase acceptance means for accepting purchase of the supply by the user 3.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to an equipment sales device, an equipment sales method, and an equipment sales program for selling equipment designated by a school. [Background technology]

[0002] Some school supplies are designated by the school. Many of these are purchased by students (and their guardians) from retailers designated by the school, and in such cases, the school may coordinate purchases by students. When the school coordinates purchases, the school must manage the period during which orders are accepted, coordinate order forms, and collect payments, and students may feel uneasy about bringing cash to school. Retailers must also entrust large amounts of cash to the school, which exposes them to the risk of collection.

[0003] On the other hand, a system is known that sells school-designated supplies over the Internet (see Patent Document 1). Using the system disclosed in Patent Document 1, students can purchase supplies over the Internet and make payments over the Internet.

[0004] However, in the system disclosed in Patent Document 1, there is only one entity that supplies the supplies. The supplies designated by the school are handled by different retailers depending on the type of supplies. Therefore, there are usually multiple retailers designated by the school, and this is ingrained among the school and its students. In such a situation, if a school were to newly adopt the system disclosed in Patent Document 1, it would be necessary to organize the retailers designated by the school, which could cause confusion. In addition, the system disclosed in Patent Document 1 had the problem that it was not clear whether the supplies would be purchased within the period required by the school or retailer. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0005] [Patent Document 1] JP 2022-101974 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0006] In consideration of the above problems, the present invention aims to provide an equipment sales device, an equipment sales method, and an equipment sales program that allow multiple retailers designated by a school to each sell equipment, while reducing the burden on the school, students, and retailers. [Means for solving the problem]

[0007] The supplies sales device of the present invention is an supplies sales device that sells supplies designated by a school, and is characterized in that it comprises a user registration means for registering information about the school and grade that the student attends in association with the information, a supplies registration means for registering supplies designated by the school and sold by a retailer designated by the school in association with information about the school and grade that specifies the supplies, a supplies information transmission means for transmitting information about the supplies associated with the user via the information about the school and grade to a user terminal held by the user, and a purchase acceptance means for accepting purchases of the supplies by the user.

[0008] According to this invention, the user can purchase supplies from a store designated by the school.

[0009] Another product sales device of the present invention is characterized in that the product registration means registers a sales period for the product in association with the product, and the product information transmission means transmits information about the product to the user terminal at a time determined in accordance with the sales period associated with the product.

[0010] According to this invention, the user can recognize the sales period of the product.

[0011] Another supplies sales device of the present invention is characterized in that the supply registration means has a means for registering a flyer containing information about the supply in association with information about the school and grade specifying the supply, and a means for associating the supply selected from pre-registered supplies with the flyer, and the supply information transmission means transmits the flyer to the user terminal.

[0012] According to this invention, a retail store can manage the sales of products on a flyer-by-fly basis.

[0013] Another goods sales device of the present invention is characterized in that the user registration means accepts input by the user of an authentication code distributed to the student at the school, and allows registration of the user's information if the input authentication code is correct.

[0014] According to this invention, sales of supplies can be strictly limited to those related to students attending the school.

[0015] Another goods sales device according to the present invention is characterized in that the purchase acceptance means presents the user with a plurality of options regarding the delivery method of the purchased goods and accepts the user's selection of one from the options.

[0016] According to the present invention, the user can select a method for delivering the product.

[0017] Another product sales device of the present invention further comprises a quantity counting means for counting the quantity of the product sold, and a proportion calculation means for calculating the proportion of the quantity sold of one of the products to the total sales quantity of the same type of product as the one of the products, and is characterized in that the product information transmission means transmits the proportion to the user terminal along with information about the product.

[0018] According to this invention, the user can select an item to purchase by referring to the rate at which the item is purchased.

[0019] The supplies sales method of the present invention is a supplies sales method in which a computer executes the sale of supplies designated by a school, and is characterized in that it includes a user registration step of registering information about a user who purchases supplies for a student attending the school and information about the school and grade the student attends in association with each other, a supplies registration step of registering supplies designated by the school and sold by a retailer designated by the school in association with information about the school and grade specifying the supplies, a supplies information transmission step of transmitting information about the supplies associated with the user via the information about the school and the grade to a user terminal held by the user, and a purchase acceptance step of accepting the purchase of the supplies by the user.

[0020] The supplies sales program of the present invention is a supplies sales program that sells supplies designated by a school, and is characterized in that the supplies sales program causes a computer to execute a user registration step of registering information about a user who purchases supplies for a student attending the school and information about the school and grade that the student attends in association with each other, a supplies registration step of registering supplies designated by the school and sold by a retailer designated by the school in association with information about the school and grade that specifies the supplies, a supplies information transmission step of transmitting information about the supplies associated with the user via the information about the school and the grade to a user terminal held by the user, and a purchase acceptance step of accepting the purchase of the supplies by the user. Effect of the Invention

[0021] According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an equipment sales device, an equipment sales method, and an equipment sales program that enable a user to purchase equipment from a store designated by a school. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0022] [Figure 1] 1 is a diagram showing a schematic diagram of a goods sales network provided by a goods sales device according to the present invention. [Diagram 2] 1 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration of a goods sales system including a goods sales device according to the present invention. [Diagram 3] 1 is a diagram showing a functional configuration of a goods sales device according to the present invention; [Figure 4] 4 is a diagram showing an example of a data structure of a user table recorded in a storage unit of the goods sales device according to the present invention; FIG. [Diagram 5] 1A and 1B are diagrams showing tables stored in a storage unit of a product sales device according to the present invention, in which (a) shows an example of the data structure of a flyer table, and (b) shows an example of the data structure of a flyer-product table. [Figure 6] 4 is a diagram showing an example of a data structure of a product master table recorded in a storage unit of the product sales device according to the present invention; FIG. [Figure 7] Figures showing screens displayed on a user terminal when executing the user registration function of the supplies sales device of the present invention, where (a) is the input screen for user and student information, and (b) is the screen displayed after the user and student information has been registered. [Figure 8] FIG. 13 shows screens displayed on a retailer terminal when executing the product registration function of the product sales device of the present invention, where (a) is the screen when registering a flyer, and (b) is the screen when registering a product in association with a flyer. [Figure 9] FIG. 13 shows screens displayed on a user terminal when executing the product information transmission function of the product sales device of the present invention, where (a) is the screen when one flyer is displayed, (b) is the screen when another flyer is displayed, and (c) is the screen for selecting a product that is displayed after a flyer has been selected. [Figure 10] A figure explaining a push notification sent to a user terminal by the transaction management device of the present invention, where (a) is the screen displayed when the user terminal receives a push notification, and (b) is the screen displayed after the user selects the push notification. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0023] Next, an embodiment of a product selling device, a product selling method, and a product selling program to which the present invention is applied will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the embodiments described below are preferred embodiments of the present invention, and therefore various technically preferable limitations are applied, but the scope of the present invention is not limited to these aspects unless otherwise specified in the following description to the effect that the present invention is limited.

[0024] The transaction management device according to the present invention will be described with reference to Figs. 1 to 10. Fig. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic diagram of a product sales network provided by the product sales device according to the present invention. Fig. 2 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration of a product sales system including the product sales device according to the present invention. Fig. 3 is a diagram showing a functional configuration of the product sales device according to the present invention. Fig. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a data structure of a user table recorded in a storage unit of the product sales device according to the present invention. Fig. 5 is a diagram showing tables stored in a storage unit of the transaction management device according to the present invention, in which (a) shows an example of a data structure of a flyer table and (b) shows an example of a data structure of a flyer-product table. Fig. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a data structure of a product master table recorded in a storage unit of the product sales device according to the present invention. Fig. 7 is a diagram showing a screen displayed on a user terminal when executing a user registration function of the transaction management device according to the present invention, in which (a) is an input screen for user and student information, and (b) is a screen displayed after the information of the user and student is registered. Fig. 8 is a diagram showing a screen displayed on a store terminal when executing a product registration function of the transaction management device according to the present invention, in which (a) is a screen when registering a flyer, and (b) is a screen when registering a product in association with a flyer. Fig. 9 shows screens displayed on a user terminal when executing the product information transmission function of the transaction management device according to the present invention, where (a) is the screen when one flyer is displayed, and (b) is the screen when another flyer is displayed. Fig. 10 is a diagram explaining a push notification sent to a user terminal by the transaction management device according to the present invention, where (a) is the screen displayed when the user terminal receives the push notification, and (b) is the screen displayed after the user selects the push notification.

[0025] <Summary of product sales network> First, with reference to FIG. 1, a goods sales network S including a goods sales device 10 according to the present invention will be described. The goods sales network S is a network including a goods sales device 10, a school 4, a store 2 designated by the school 4, and a user 3 who purchases goods for students attending the school 4. In this specification, "school" refers to educational facilities in general, including nursery schools, kindergartens, elementary schools, junior high schools, high schools, vocational schools, universities, and graduate schools. In this specification, "student" refers to a general term for those who attend school, and is not limited to students in the narrow sense, but includes kindergarteners, children, and students. In this specification, "goods" refers to items that students use at school. Usually, goods are designated for each grade. Therefore, usually, all students who have newly advanced to that grade purchase the designated goods all at once.

[0026] The store 2 is designated by the school 4 and sells the goods designated by the school 4. The user 3 is a person who purchases goods for a student attending the school 4, and is typically a guardian of the student, but may also be the student himself / herself. The user 3 purchases goods designated by the school 4 attended by the student from the store 2 designated by the school 4. In other words, the user 3 purchases goods from the store 2 connected via the school 4. This connection is managed by the goods sales device 10 by the store 2 and the user 3 registering with the store 2. The provision of information on goods from the store 2 to the user 3 and the expression of intent to purchase shown by the user 3 to the store 2 are all mediated by the goods sales device 10. The goods sales device 10 is a server device, and is connected to a user terminal owned by the user 3 and a terminal owned by the store 2 via a communication network, as described later.

[0027] In the goods sales network S, it is the school 4, which is the entity that specifies the goods, that connects the user 3 and the store 2. In order to clarify the connection between the school 4 and the user 3, the goods sales device 10 can be configured to issue a unique authentication code to each school 4 and have the school 4 distribute the code to students. This will be described in detail later.

[0028] <Hardware configuration of the product sales system> In the goods sales network S, a system that actually transmits and receives information between a plurality of hardware devices is the goods sales system 1. The hardware configuration of the goods sales system 1 will be described with reference to FIG. 2. The goods sales device 10, a store terminal 20 owned by a store, and a user terminal 30 owned by a user are connected to a communication network N. Here, the communication network N is a network for computers to communicate, whether wired or wireless, and includes the Internet, an intranet, and the like. The store terminal 20 and the user terminal 30 are terminal devices for communicating with devices connected to the communication network N, and include computers such as desktop PCs, laptop PCs, tablet terminals, and smartphones. Hereafter, the description will proceed assuming that the store terminal 20 is a desktop PC and that the user terminal is a smartphone.

[0029] In the goods sales system 1 according to this embodiment, a messenger application server 90 is connected to the communication network N. The messenger application server 90 provides its clients with a messenger application, which enables the clients to send and receive messages in a predetermined format. The goods sales system 1 according to this embodiment is configured so that communication is possible between the goods sales device 10 and the user terminal 30 in the messenger application format provided by the messenger application server 90. An example of a messenger application is LINE (registered trademark).

[0030] The goods sales device 10 includes a calculation unit 11, a storage unit 12, and a communication unit 13 as main hardware components. The calculation unit 11 executes a program 126 recorded in the storage unit 12 to control the operation of the goods sales device 10 as a whole and execute the functions of the goods sales device 10. The functions executed by the calculation unit 11 will be described later. The calculation unit 11 reads data recorded in the storage unit 12, performs calculations, and extracts and aggregates data under specific conditions to create new data. The storage unit 12 is composed of memory and storage, and records programs and data required for the functions executed by the calculation unit 11. The storage unit 12 also records new data generated by the calculation unit 11 executing the functions. Details of the data recorded in the storage unit 12 will be described later. The communication unit 13 is an interface for communicating with devices connected to the communication network N. The goods sales device 10 is not limited to a device consisting of one housing, and may be multiple devices using so-called cloud or distributed computing.

[0031] <Functions of the product sales device> Next, functions executed by the product sales device 10 will be described with reference to Fig. 3. As shown in Fig. 3, the functions executed by the product sales device 10 include a store registration function 101, a user registration function 102, a product registration function 103, a product information transmission function 104, a purchase reception function 105, an authentication code issuing function 106, a quantity counting function 107, a ratio calculation function 108, and a product master registration function 109.

[0032] The store registration function 101 is a function for registering the store 2 designated by the school 4 in Fig. 1. By executing the store registration function 101, a store table 121 is recorded in the storage unit 12 shown in Fig. 2.

[0033] The user registration function 102 is a function for registering information on a user 3 who purchases supplies for a student attending a school 4 in FIG. 1. The information on the user 3 is registered in association with the school 4 and the grade that the student attends. By executing the user registration function 102, a user table 122 is recorded in the storage unit 12 shown in FIG. 2. Here, the data structure of the user table 122 will be described with reference to FIG. 4 showing an example. The user table 122 has a column for the user's name, a column for the name of the student who purchases the supplies from the user, and columns for the school, grade, and class that the student attends. With this format, the user is associated with the school and grade through the student. Note that the user table 122 shown in FIG. 4 has a column for a user ID that the supplies sales device 10 assigns to each user 3. If the user 3 can be identified by another field, the column for the user ID can be omitted.

[0034] In the example shown in FIG. 4, user "Yamada Taro" is the guardian of two brothers, "Yamada Ichiro" and "Yamada Jiro," and is the user who purchases products for these two. "Yamada Ichiro" is a sixth grader at A Elementary School, and "Yamada Jiro" is a fourth grader at A Elementary School. Therefore, there are two records for "Yamada Taro," one associated with the sixth grade at A Elementary School, and the other associated with the fourth grade at A Elementary School. The communication between the product sales device 10 and the user terminal 30 when executing the user registration function 102 will be described later.

[0035] Next, the product registration function 103 in Fig. 3 will be described. The product registration function 103 is a function that registers products designated by the school 4 in Fig. 1 and sold by the retailer 2 in association with the designated school and school year. In this embodiment, the product registration function 103 is divided into a flyer registration function 1031 that registers a flyer containing information about the product in association with information about the school and school year that designates the product, and a flyer-product association function 1032 that registers a product selected from the products registered as master data in association with the flyer. The master data for products will be described later.

[0036] When the flyer registration function 1031 is executed, a flyer table 123 is recorded in the storage unit 12 shown in Fig. 2. The data structure of the flyer table 123 will now be described with reference to Fig. 5(a) which shows an example. The flyer table 123 has columns for a name for identifying the flyer, an image of the flyer, a store selling the goods listed in the flyer, a school and grade level specifying the goods listed in the flyer, and a sales start date and an end date for the goods. Each flyer has a record, and one record associates the flyer with the school and grade level, as well as with the sales period.

[0037] Next, the flyer-goods association function 1032 in FIG. 3 will be described. When the flyer-goods association function 1032 is executed, the flyer-goods table 124 is stored in the memory unit 12 shown in FIG. 2. Here, the data structure of the flyer-goods table 124 will be described with reference to FIG. 5(b) showing an example. The flyer-goods table 124 has a column of flyers in which the goods are listed, a column of goods, and a column of the goods price. Note that the example shown in FIG. 5(b) shows that a plurality of goods are listed in one flyer. With such a data structure, goods and flyers are associated with each other in one record of the flyer-goods table 124.

[0038] By referring to the flyer-goods table 124 in which goods and flyers are associated, and the flyer table 123 in which flyers are associated with schools and grades and flyers are associated with sales periods for goods, goods are associated with schools and grades, and goods are associated with their sales periods. Therefore, by executing the flyer registration function 1031 and the flyer-goods association function 1032, goods are registered in association with information on schools and grades, which is equivalent to executing the goods registration function 103. Also, by executing the flyer registration function 1031 and the flyer-goods association function 1032, goods are associated with sales periods for goods.

[0039] Next, the product information transmission function 104 in FIG. 3 will be described. When the product information transmission function 104 is executed, product information is transmitted to the user 3 shown in FIG. 1. Specifically, product information designated by the school and grade attended by the student for whom the user 3 purchases the product is transmitted to the user terminal 30 (see FIG. 2) held by the user 3. Product information associated with the user 3 can be obtained from the user table 122 shown in FIG. 4, the flyer table 123 shown in FIG. 5(a), and the flyer-product table 124 shown in FIG. 5(b) via the school and grade, and further via the flyer information. This product information is transmitted to the user terminal 30. Note that, since the sales period associated with each product can be obtained from the flyer table 123 and the flyer-product table 124, it is preferable to transmit product information to the user terminal 30 at a time determined according to this sales period. In addition, since information on flyers associated with user 3 can be obtained from user table 122 shown in FIG. 4 and flyer table 123 shown in FIG. 5(a), it is also preferable to send this flyer to user terminal 30 together with information on the product to user terminal 30.

[0040] Next, the purchase reception function 105 in Fig. 3 will be described. When the purchase reception function 105 is executed, a purchase of a product by the user 3 is accepted based on the product information transmitted to the user 3. The operation of the user terminal 30 (see Fig. 2) when this function is executed will be described later in detail.

[0041] Next, the authentication code issuing function 106 will be described. This is executed when constructing the supplies sales network S shown in Fig. 1. Specifically, when the authentication code issuing function 106 is executed, the supplies sales device 10 issues a unique authentication code for each school 4 shown in Fig. 1. The authentication code can be in any form, such as a character string, a symbol, a one-dimensional barcode, a two-dimensional barcode, or an image.

[0042] Next, a method of using this authentication code will be explained. The school 4 that has received the authentication code will make copies or distribute them to the students. The students who have received the code will then pass it on to the user 3. When the goods sales device 10 executes the user registration function 102, the information of the user 3 is registered in association with the school 4 and the grade. If the user 3 is required to present the authentication code during this registration, it is possible to prevent a person unrelated to the school 4 from registering while posing as a related person. Note that the authentication code can be unique for each school 4, and can also be unique for each grade or class. The authentication code can also be unique for each student.

[0043] Next, the quantity counting function 107 and the ratio calculation function 108 in Fig. 3 will be described. The quantity counting function 107 is a function for counting the amount of each product sold, and is configured so that the calculation unit 11 tally up the sales quantities of products under various conditions based on the sales log (not shown) recorded in the storage unit 12 in Fig. 2. The ratio calculation function 108 is a function for calculating a ratio based on the sales quantities of products obtained by the quantity counting function 107. Specifically, for the same type of product, the ratio of the sales quantities of each of multiple products sold at different stores to the total sales quantity of the same type of product is calculated. Note that the target for which the ratio is calculated can be selected arbitrarily. The calculated ratio can be transmitted to the user terminal 30 together with the product information by the product information transmission function 104.

[0044] Next, the product master registration function 109 in Fig. 3 will be described. As described above, when executing the leaflet-product association function 1032 of the product registration function 103, the product to be associated with the leaflet is selected from the master data. The product master registration function 109 is a function for registering master data of a product, and when the product master registration function 109 is executed, a product master table 125 is recorded in the storage unit 12 shown in Fig. 2. An example of the data structure of the product master table 125 is as shown in Fig. 6. The product master registration function 109 is executed when registering master data for the first time or when updating master data.

[0045] In addition, columns not required for association can be omitted from the various tables mentioned above, and columns can be added to add information to records. Also, one table can be divided into multiple tables with further normalization.

[0046] <Product sales process> Next, a process of selling products to a user using the product sales device 10 according to this embodiment will be described with reference to the screens displayed on the user terminal 30 and the store terminal 20 shown in Figures 7 to 9. The product sales process includes a store registration step, a user registration step, a product registration step, a product information transmission step, and a purchase acceptance step.

[0047] First, the dealer registration step will be described. In this step, the dealer 2 designated by the school 4 shown in FIG. 1 is registered in the goods sales device 10. The registered data is recorded as a dealer table 121 in the memory unit 12 of the goods sales device 10 shown in FIG. 2. This registration can be performed by inputting data using an input device (not shown) included in the goods sales device 10, but can also be performed by the dealer 2 using a dealer terminal 20 connected via the communication network N. Only dealers 2 designated by the school 4 are registered in this step.

[0048] Next, a user registration step for registering user information will be described. In this embodiment, as described above, the messenger application server 90 is connected to the communication network N (see FIG. 2), and the goods sales device 10 is configured to communicate with the user terminal 30 in the form of a messenger application provided by the messenger application server 90. The communication between the user terminal 30 and the goods sales device 10 using this messenger application is enabled when the user 3 first starts the messenger application of the user terminal 30 and makes a follow request to the manager of the goods sales device 10, and the manager of the goods sales device 10 approves the request. At this stage, the information of the user 3 is not registered in the goods sales device 10, but messages can be sent and received. The user 3 then transmits an indication of intention to register as a member according to the screen displayed on the user terminal 30. Then, the user terminal 30 displays a screen shown in FIG. 7(a), and is in a state of waiting for an input by the user 3.

[0049] The screen shown in FIG. 7(a) has fields for inputting the user's name as information about the user 3, and the student's name, school, grade, and class as information about the student. There is also an "identification code" input field at the bottom. This identification code is an authentication code unique to the school issued by the authentication code issuing function 106 (see FIG. 3) of the supplies sales device 10 described above, and is copied at the school and distributed to the students. The user 3 inputs all of the information in these input fields, presses "register" and transmits. If the input identification code is correct, the supplies sales device 10 registers it as user information and records it as one record in the user table 122 (see FIG. 2 and FIG. 4) of the storage unit 12. This associates the user information with the information about the school and grade that the student attends. At this time, the screen shown in FIG. 7(b) is displayed on the user terminal 30. The supplies to be purchased can be displayed from this screen, and the purchase procedure can be started. If the input identification code is incorrect, the input user information is not registered. By using the identification code, it is possible to prevent unauthorized persons from purchasing supplies.

[0050] Next, the product registration step of registering the product in association with the school and the grade will be described. The product registration step according to this embodiment starts with the store 2 shown in FIG. 1 registering a flyer on which the product information is posted. This flyer can be created by the store 2 to appeal to users. The flyer is registered through the store terminal 20 shown in FIG. 2. When registering the flyer, a screen shown in FIG. 8(a) is displayed on the store terminal 20. From this screen, the store 2 inputs information for identifying the flyer (flyer name), the school and grade specifying the product to be posted on the flyer, the flyer validity period which is the sales period of the product, and an image file of the flyer, and presses "Next" to transmit. Then, the product sales device 10 records this information as one record in the flyer table 123 (see FIG. 2 and FIG. 5) of the storage unit 12. As a result, the flyer on which the product information is posted is associated with the school and grade specifying the product.

[0051] Subsequently, the retailer 2 associates the product with the registered flyer. The screen shown in FIG. 8(b) has an input field for specifying the product to be associated with the flyer. In this field, the product listed on the flyer is selected and input from the product master table 125 (see FIG. 2 and FIG. 6) that has been registered beforehand as described above. Then, when "register flyer" is pressed and transmitted, the product sales device 10 records this information as a record in the flyer-product table 124 (see FIG. 2 and FIG. 5) in the storage unit 12. Note that, since two products are listed per flyer on the screen shown in FIG. 8(b), when this information is registered, two records are added to the flyer-product table 124. This associates the flyer with the product listed on the flyer.

[0052] By registering a flyer in association with a school and a grade, and then registering the flyer in association with a product, the product is ultimately associated with the school and grade for which the product is specified. At the same time, the product is also associated with its sales period.

[0053] Through the user registration step and the goods registration step, the user is associated with the school and grade the student attends, and the goods are also associated with the specified school and grade. Therefore, the user and the goods are associated via the school and grade information.

[0054] Next, a product information transmission step for transmitting information on products to a user terminal owned by a user will be described. As described above, since a user and a product are associated with each other through information on a school and a grade, the product sales device 10 can transmit information on products associated with the user to the user. The user terminal 30 that receives information from the product sales device 10 operates as follows. That is, when a user presses "search for products" and transmits from the display of the user terminal 30 in a state in which the user registration step is completed as shown in FIG. 7(b), information on products associated with the user is transmitted from the product sales device 10 to the user terminal 30, and a screen as shown in FIG. 9(a) is displayed on the user terminal 30. On this screen, one of the images of a flyer associated with the user is displayed in the center. A plurality of flyers associated with the user have been transmitted to the user terminal 30, and the user can switch the displayed flyer by performing a predetermined operation (for example, swiping). FIG. 9(b) shows a state after switching the flyer from the state shown in FIG. 9(a). When the user switches the displayed flyer and finds a product that he or she wishes to purchase, he or she selects the flyer. When a flyer is selected, information on the product listed in the flyer, i.e., the associated product, is transmitted from the product selling device 10 to the user terminal 30, and a screen such as that shown in FIG. 9(c) is displayed on the user terminal 30.

[0055] The screen shown in Fig. 9(c) displays detailed information about the product associated with the flyer, as well as information indicating the sales ratio of that product among products of the same type. This ratio is calculated by the product selling device 10 executing the ratio calculation function 108 (see Fig. 3) described above. The user can use this ratio as a reference when purchasing a product. Note that it is also possible to omit sending this ratio.

[0056] As mentioned above, information on the sales period is associated with each product. Therefore, it is possible to configure the system so that the product and a flyer in which the product is listed is sent to the user terminal 30 only during the sales period, and not sent outside the sales period. It is also possible to configure the system so that information on the product is sent at an arbitrary time determined according to the sales period.

[0057] Next, a purchase acceptance step for accepting purchases of products by the user will be described. In the product information transmission step described above, when the user selects and transmits the product he or she wishes to purchase from a screen (see FIG. 9(c)) that displays a list of products on the user terminal 30, the order is accepted by the product selling device 10. After this, the user selects an appropriate payment method and the sale is completed.

[0058] The supplies according to this embodiment are supplies used at school. Therefore, the user may not necessarily wish to receive the purchased supplies at home, but may wish for the student to receive them at school. Therefore, the supplies sales device 10 may be configured to transmit a plurality of options for the delivery method of the purchased supplies to the user terminal 30, and the user may select a desired delivery method from the options and transmit the method from the user terminal 30 to the supplies sales device 10. The options may be appropriately set to delivery to the user's home, delivery to the school and pick up by the student, or pick up by the user or student at the store.

[0059] <Push notification> Next, the push notification will be described. In order for the user to check whether there is a product that needs to be purchased, the user just needs to display the screen shown in FIG. 7(b) on the user terminal 30 and press "Search for product". Then, if there is a product that needs to be purchased, the product or a flyer is displayed. As a method for checking whether there is another product that needs to be purchased, the product sales device 10 can appropriately adopt a method of transmitting a push notification to the user terminal 30. Specifically, the push notification is transmitted by the following procedure. As described above, a sales period is associated with a product. Therefore, at a predetermined time when the start of sales of the product approaches, a push notification of a screen as shown in FIG. 10(a) is transmitted to the user terminal 30 of the user associated with the product. Note that the push notification is a function of a messenger application, and the product sales device 10 transmits a push notification to the user terminal 30 of the associated user via the messenger application server 90 at a time when a push notification to the user is required. The user who receives this push notification can know that there is a product that needs to be purchased.

[0060] <Modification> As a modification of the above-described embodiment, it is also possible to add a review function by the user. That is, it is also possible to configure so that a user who purchases a product through the product selling device 10 transmits a review on the product to the product selling device 10 and associates the review with the product and records it in the storage unit 12. It is also possible to configure so that the review associated with the product is transmitted to the user by the above-described product information transmitting function 104 or product information transmitting step.

[0061] In the above-described embodiment, the product sales system 1 uses a messenger application. However, it is also possible to configure the product sales device 10 and the user terminal 30 to communicate with each other without using a messenger application.

[0062] In the above-described embodiment, the product registration function 103 or the product registration step associates the product with the school and the grade through a flyer, but instead, it is possible to configure the product to be directly associated with the school and the grade. In the above-described embodiment, the store terminal 20 is used to register the product to be associated with the school and the grade, but it is also possible to configure the product sales device 10 to register the product to be associated with the school and the grade without using the store terminal 20.

[0063] In the above-described embodiment, the goods sales device 10 has a store registration function 101 (FIG. 3), but it is also possible to configure the goods sales device 10 without the store registration function 101. In that case, the store may be registered in advance by a device other than the goods sales device 10. For example, a separate server device may be connected to the communication network N in FIG. 2, the store may be registered by the server device, and the goods sales device 10 may be configured to read out the store table recorded in the server device. [Explanation of symbols]

[0064] 1. Product sales system 2. Retailers 3 Users 4 school 10. Goods sales device 11 Arithmetic section 12 Storage section 13. Communications Department 101 Dealer registration function 102 User registration function 103 Product registration function 1031 flyer registration function 1032 Flyer-related functions 104 Product information transmission function 105 Purchase reception function 106 Authentication code issuing function 107 Quantity counting function 108 Percentage calculation function 109 Product master registration function 121 Dealer Table 122 User Table 123 Flyer Table 124 Flyer-Table Supplies 125 Product Master Table 126 Programs 20 Dealer terminal 30 User terminals 90 Messenger App Server

Claims

1. A supplies vending device that sells supplies designated by a school, A dealer registration means for registering dealers designated by the school; A user registration means for registering information of a user who purchases supplies for a student attending the school and information of the school and the grade that the student attends in association with each other; a product registration means for registering products designated by the school and sold by the retailer in association with information on the school and grade for which the product is designated; a product information transmission means for transmitting information about the product associated with the user via information about the school and the grade to a user terminal held by the user; a purchase acceptance means for accepting purchases of the product by the user, The product registration means A means for registering a flyer containing information about the product in association with information about the store selling the product and information about the school and grade level for which the product is designated; a means for associating the product selected from preregistered products with the flyer; The product information transmission means transmits the flyer to the user terminal. A goods sales device comprising:

2. The product registration means registers a sales period of the product in association with the product, The product information transmission means transmits information about the product to the user terminal at a time determined according to the sales period associated with the product.

2. The goods sales device according to claim 1.

3. The user registration means accepts input of an authentication code distributed to the student at the school by the user, and permits registration of information of the user if the input authentication code is correct.

3. The goods sales device according to claim 1 or 2.

4. The purchase acceptance means presents a plurality of options regarding a delivery method for the purchased item to the user and accepts the user's selection of one of the options.

3. The goods sales device according to claim 1 or 2.

5. A quantity counting means for counting the quantity of the product sold; a ratio calculation means for calculating a ratio of a sold quantity of one of the products to a total sold quantity of the products of the same type as the one of the products; The product information transmitting means transmits the ratio to the user terminal together with the product information.

3. The goods sales device according to claim 1 or 2.

6. A method for selling goods, in which a computer executes the sale of goods designated by a school, comprising the steps of: a dealer registration step of registering a dealer designated by the school; a user registration step of registering information of a user who purchases supplies for a student attending the school and information of the school and the grade that the student attends in association with each other; a product registration step of registering the product designated by the school and sold by the retailer in association with information on the school and the grade for which the product is designated; a product information transmission step of transmitting information about the product associated with the user via information about the school and the grade to a user terminal held by the user; a purchase acceptance step of accepting a purchase of the product by the user, The product registration step includes: registering a flyer containing information about the product in association with information about the store selling the product and information about the school and grade level for which the product is designated; and associating the product selected from preregistered products with the flyer; In the product information transmission step, the flyer is transmitted to the user terminal. A method for selling goods, comprising:

7. A goods sales program for selling goods designated by a school, the goods sales program being installed in a computer. a dealer registration step of registering a dealer designated by the school; a user registration step of registering information of a user who purchases supplies for a student attending the school and information of the school and the grade that the student attends in association with each other; a product registration step of registering the product designated by the school and sold by the retailer in association with information on the school and the grade for which the product is designated; a product information transmission step of transmitting information about the product associated with the user via information about the school and the grade to a user terminal held by the user; a purchase acceptance step of accepting a purchase of the product by the user; The product registration step includes: registering a flyer containing information about the product in association with information about the store selling the product and information about the school and grade level for which the product is designated; and associating the product selected from preregistered products with the flyer; In the product information transmission step, the flyer is transmitted to the user terminal. The product sales program is characterized by:

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