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- the present invention relates to customer service via the Web and the like. Background art
- An information retrieval system called the Web which retrieves information on the Internet using hypertext, is known.
- contents are registered on a Web server having an Internet Protocol (IP) address, and the contents registered on the Web server are searched for from a terminal connected to the Internet using a browsing program. .
- IP Internet Protocol
- the location where content is registered is called a website.
- content containing unique information is prepared on a website, and this website is searched to provide information to people who use the content, while information is also obtained from those who receive the information. It is possible.
- the inventor thought that a new customer service could be constructed by providing content for posting product information, collecting information from the content and collecting information from a person who purchased the product into the content. Disclosure of the invention
- the present invention provides a method of providing an electronic shop that performs customer service, a method of searching for a site that performs customer service, and a method of providing an electronic bulletin board that performs customer service.
- the method for providing an electronic shop manages inventory of commodities according to information indicating selection of commodities transmitted from a user.
- information indicating the selection of commodities is transmitted.
- the stock does not run out during operation of the terminal for payment Can provide an electronic shop for purchasers.
- the information indicating the product selection may be transmitted when the product is put into the electronic shopping cart.
- the electronic shop provision method further monitors whether or not the stock quantity of the product is equal to or less than a second predetermined value that is smaller than the first predetermined value, and each time the stock quantity becomes equal to or less than the second predetermined value. Then, the product manager may be notified.
- the administrator may be notified by e-mail.
- the electronic shop may be an electronic shop on the Web.
- the method of providing an electronic shop records the number of changes in stock for each product in association with product identification information prepared for each product, and sequentially responds to information indicating the selection of a product transmitted from a purchaser.
- the number of stocks of the commodity that changes is counted, and the number of increase / decrease in stock and the number of stocks are displayed.
- the above method it is possible to know how much the stock was increased or decreased from the initial stock by the number of stock changes, and it is possible to know whether the stock is sufficient or insufficient according to the stock.Therefore, it is possible to provide an e-shop manager with a stock management electronic shop. .
- the product identification information may differ depending on at least the presence or absence of rubbing.
- the above-mentioned electronic shop provision method further records information on the product for each product identification information, monitors whether the stock quantity becomes 0 or less, and (1) if the stock quantity is not 0 or less, In response to the information request for the transmitted product information, the information of the relevant product is read and transmitted to the purchaser. (2) When the stock quantity is 0 or less, transmission of the relevant product information may be stopped. .
- the electronic shop providing method there are a plurality of actions to be taken when the stock quantity of a product reaches a predetermined value, and which of the plurality of actions is performed for each product is set.
- the predetermined value is reached, the treatment set for the predetermined product is detected and the set treatment is executed.
- actions can be taken according to the product, such as posting out-of-stock for a product that takes a long time to arrive next time and posting a sold-out display for a limited quantity of product.
- the above treatment may be to stop providing the product information.
- the action may be to provide out-of-stock information along with product information.
- the above-mentioned treatment may be excluded from the product search.
- the method for providing an electronic shop manages products by using product identification information assigned to each product type, and performs a predetermined process for products of the same type. Different product identification information is assigned depending on the presence or absence of the product, and the product is managed based on the assigned product identification information.
- the above-mentioned predetermined treatment may be wrapping of a product.
- the predetermined treatment may be to put characters on the product.
- the method for providing an electronic shop uses an information signal indicating a user's intention to purchase a product, confirming the stock status of the product, and using the information for planning a product reservation when the product is not in stock. To the person.
- the user can easily make a reservation even if the product to be purchased is out of stock, so that an easy-to-use electronic shop can be provided.
- the method of providing an electronic shop described above may further transmit information on an estimated date on which the product can be purchased.
- the method of providing an electronic shop includes transmitting lottery information to a purchaser of a product, performing a lottery in accordance with information indicating a selection transmitted from the purchaser, and providing a purchaser who has won a prize in the lottery. It requests the delivery destination instruction for the product and the prize, and when the purchaser sends information indicating the instruction to send the product and the prize to the same destination, gives an instruction to bundle the product and the prize.
- the delivery fee can be reduced as compared with the case of separately delivering.
- the method for providing an electronic shop requires a purchaser who purchases both an in-stock item and an out-of-stock item to request a delivery instruction as to whether or not to send both items together.
- a delivery instruction as to whether or not to send both items together.
- the delivery fee can be reduced as compared with the case of separately delivering.
- the method of providing an electronic shop according to the present invention requires a purchaser who purchases both an in-stock item and an out-of-stock item to request a first settlement instruction as to whether or not to settle both items separately. Requesting a second payment instruction as to whether or not to make a credit card payment when the information indicating the instruction for split payment is transmitted from the customer, and when the information indicating the instruction for credit card payment is transmitted from the buyer Then, a credit instruction is issued for the second and subsequent settlements.
- the method for providing an electronic shop according to the present invention includes first polygon image data photographing a first product and second polygon image data photographing a second product attached to the first product.
- the first polygon image data and the second polygon image data are stored according to the information indicating the selection of the first product and the information indicating the selection of the second product transmitted from the buyer.
- the first and second polygon image data read out and read, respectively, are joined and integrated so as to correspond to the respective mounting portions of the first and second products, and integrated. Send the processed image data to the buyer.
- the purchaser can check, for example, an image in which accessories are attached to the camera body before purchasing the product.
- e-shop sellers can save the trouble of preparing images with accessories attached.
- the electronic shop providing method may further perform a rotation process on the image data after the integration process according to the information of the rotation instruction transmitted from the purchaser, and transmit the image data after the rotation process to the purchaser. .
- the method of providing an electronic shop records information on related products prepared for each product, and is transmitted from the purchaser at least including information on the product already owned by the purchaser and the purchaser's authentication information. Record the registration information, read the information of the product owned by the purchaser from the registration information corresponding to the authentication information transmitted from the purchaser, further read the information of the related product corresponding to the read product, and transmit the information to the purchaser I do.
- E-shops can be provided.
- the electronic shop providing method may further include, in response to information indicating a selection of a product transmitted from the purchaser, reading information on a related product corresponding to the product and transmitting the information to the purchaser.
- the site search method searches a plurality of contents registered in a site.
- the search character or search character string transmitted from the client is searched for each of the plurality of contents, and the search is performed.
- the information indicating the registered character or registered location where the character string is registered is classified for each content. Sort the information classified for each content, and
- a predetermined number of pieces of information are extracted from the top of the information classified for each content, and the extracted information is transmitted to the client.
- the predetermined number may be determined for each content.
- the site search method searches for a plurality of contents registered in a site, and includes characters or characters related to a content provider in information for generating a page screen to be transmitted to a client.
- a character string is included, the character or character string is used as a search character or search character string, and the search character or search character string is searched for a plurality of contents according to information indicating a search instruction transmitted from the client.
- the information indicating the registered location where the character or character string hit by the search is registered is classified for each content, the information classified for each content is rearranged, and the information is classified for each content after rearrangement For each piece of information, a predetermined number of pieces of information are extracted from the top for each content, and the extracted Send to Ianto.
- the client does not need to input the search character or the search character string, so that a site search that is easy for the client to use can be provided.
- a site search method searches a plurality of contents registered in a site, and includes information of a search character or a search character string in advance in information for generating a page screen to be transmitted to a client.
- the search character or the search character string is searched for each of a plurality of contents, and the information indicating the registered location where the character or the character string hit by the search is registered.
- the information categorized for each content is sorted, and the information is sorted for each content after sorting
- the information of the search character or the search character string may be generated in relation to the content of the page screen, or may be included in the information for generating the page screen.
- the site search method searches a plurality of contents registered in a site, and searches a search character or a search character string transmitted from a user for each of a plurality of contents. Information indicating the location where the hit character or character string is registered is classified for each content, and the classified information is transmitted to the user.
- search results are classified for each content, so that it is easier to understand than when no classification is performed.
- the site search method may further extract a predetermined number of pieces of information for each content and send the information to the user.
- the site search method may further select a content to be searched from a plurality of contents.
- the site search method may further determine a predetermined number according to the number of selected contents to be searched, extract a predetermined number of information for each selected content, and transmit the extracted information to the user.
- the site search method searches for a plurality of pages, includes arranging start means for starting a search on a predetermined page, receiving a signal indicating that the start means has been operated by a user, and receiving the signal. In response, a page related to the specified page is searched, and the search result is transmitted to the user.
- a character or a character string serving as a search keyword may be set in a predetermined page in advance.
- the page in this case may be given a predetermined description so that the character or character string serving as the search keyword can be specified.
- This page may be described in HTML, and a character or a character string serving as a search key may be sandwiched between predetermined tags.
- the above site search method searches for a predetermined location within a predetermined page.
- the search may be performed as a word.
- the predetermined location may be a title in a predetermined page.
- the predetermined page may be described in HTML, or may be a character or a character string sandwiched between predetermined tags.
- a method for providing an electronic bulletin board includes posting a question transmitted from a questioner and posting an answer transmitted from the respondent.
- the image data of the category corresponding to the question is read.
- it when reading out the image data after classification, it generates the information necessary for posting the questions of the category corresponding to the image data.
- the user when the user wants to know the image of the electronic album, the user can quickly find the bulletin board on which the question corresponding to the image is posted, so that a convenient electronic bulletin board can be provided. .
- the above category may classify questions and image data for each area on the map.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of a Web site in which Web site contents are registered.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a site map.
- Figure 3 is a diagram showing the screen of the top page of the Web.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a screen of the top page of the category of new arrival information.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a screen of the top page of the category of the community.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a screen for inputting product information.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a screen for inputting customer information (customer information).
- FIG. 8 shows a screen for answering the questionnaire.
- FIG. 9 is a flowchart explaining the flow of the question processing.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a prize selection screen.
- FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of a prize selection screen creation process.
- FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a screen for introducing a booklet.
- FIG. 13A shows a screen for notifying the destination.
- FIG. 13 (b) is a diagram showing a screen for notifying the point addition.
- FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of a member registration guidance screen creation process.
- FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a screen for displaying a notice of acceptance of a prize order and a message for guiding a user to register as a member.
- FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a screen for member authentication.
- FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of a registered content update process.
- FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a screen for updating customer information (customer information).
- FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a screen for customer authentication.
- Figure 21 is a diagram showing the screen of the top page of the online shop category.
- FIG. 22 is a diagram showing an item selection screen.
- FIG. 23 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of polygon image processing.
- FIG. 24 is a diagram showing a joined image of the camera body and the interchangeable lens.
- Figure 25 is a diagram showing an introduction screen for recommended products.
- FIG. 26 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of the recommended product proposal process.
- FIG. 27 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of the recommended product proposal process.
- FIG. 28 is a diagram showing a product information management screen.
- FIG. 29 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of the inventory notification process.
- FIG. 30 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of the posting switching process.
- FIG. 31 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of the product delivery instruction process.
- FIG. 32 (a) is a diagram showing a lottery screen.
- FIG. 32 (b) is a diagram showing a display screen of a camera winning notification and a delivery destination selection button.
- FIG. 33 is a diagram showing a delivery destination confirmation screen of the winning product.
- FIG. 34 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of the product delivery instruction process.
- FIG. 35 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of the reservation process.
- FIG. 36 is a diagram showing a reservation screen.
- FIG. 37 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of the option settlement process.
- FIG. 38 is a diagram showing a delivery method selection screen.
- Figure 39 is a diagram showing the page screen of the statement.
- FIG. 40 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of a process for determining a shipping fee.
- Figure 41 is a flowchart explaining the flow of the batch payment process.
- FIG. 42 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of the split settlement process.
- FIG. 43 is a diagram showing a screen in which the user logs in to the online album category.
- FIG. 44 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of the album erasing process.
- FIG. 45 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of the album erasing process.
- FIG. 46 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of the album erasing process.
- FIG. 47 is a diagram showing an album management screen.
- FIG. 48 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of the album list creation process.
- FIG. 49 (a) is a diagram showing a thumbnail image display.
- FIG. 49 (b) is a diagram showing an image display larger than a thumbnail image.
- FIG. 51 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of the file name determination process.
- FIG. 52 is a diagram showing a screen where a user logs in to a community category.
- FIG. 53 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of the thumbnail image posting process.
- FIG. 54 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of the thumbnail image posting process.
- FIG. 55 is a diagram showing a screen notifying that the selected image cannot be posted.
- FIG. 56 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of the thumbnail image posting process.
- FIG. 57 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of the thumbnail image posting process.
- FIG. 58 (a) is a diagram showing a display screen of a question classified on the bulletin board as “photographing information” — “Hokkaido”.
- Fig. 58 (b) is a diagram showing a display screen of images classified as "landscape"-"Hokkaido" in the album.
- FIG. 59 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of the search process.
- FIG. 60 is a diagram showing a search screen.
- FIG. 61 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of the search process.
- FIG. 62 (a) is a diagram showing a display screen of a search result of a plurality of contents.
- FIG. 62 (b) is a diagram showing a display screen of a search result of one content.
- Figure 63 shows the expert introduction screen.
- FIG. 64 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of the search process.
- Figure 65 shows the product information introduction screen.
- FIG. 66 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of the search process.
- FIG. 67 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of the search process. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of a Web site in which Web site contents are registered.
- the service provider places a server in the data center, and the service user connects to the Internet from a terminal and searches for a Web site.
- the service user specifies the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the website server from a terminal that can access the Internet
- the content of the content stored on the server is read out. And sent to the service user's terminal.
- a camera is taken as an example of a product, and information and services related to the camera and the camera are provided to service users.
- the contents according to the present invention are classified into the following seven categories as shown in the site map of FIG.
- the What's New 2 is a page for introducing service users to information such as newly registered content on the website.
- Product information 3 is a page that introduces products such as cameras to service users.
- Service 'Support 4' is a page for introducing service users' questions and the answers to those questions to service users.
- Online Album 5 is a page that provides service users with electronic image data. For example, in online album 5, image data shot by service users can be stored free of charge up to a predetermined capacity, or image data selected by service users from the stored image data can be stored in high detail. Providing services such as printout and delivery.
- Online shop 6 is a page that sells products to service users.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a screen of the top page 10 of the Web displayed on the display of the terminal of the service user. This screen is displayed on the display of the terminal of the user of the service by a browsing program provided on the terminal of the user based on the URU stored in the URU specified by the terminal of the person using the Web service. You. In FIG. 3, the link destination buttons 21 to 27 to the above-described seven category pages are displayed. In addition, button 28 to link to the page of "article 1", button 29 to link to the page of "article 2", and button 30 to link to the page of "article 3" will be described later. The link button 31 to the "Search” page is displayed.
- the Web service When a user of the Web service operates a pointing device (not shown) provided on the terminal and clicks a link button, the information of the link attached to each link button, that is, IffiL Is specified. As a result, the data stored in the URL is transmitted to the terminal, and a screen based on the data is displayed on the display of the terminal. For example, Web service users When the user clicks the link button 21 of "What's New", the top page screen of the category of What's New 2 shown in Figure 4 is displayed on the terminal display.
- Fig. 4 the screen of the category page of What's New 2 shows "Notice”, “New Product Information 'News'”, “Services' Sabot Information”, and "Site Update” described in the site map of Fig. 2.
- Information is displayed.
- a link button may be provided in the page screen shown in FIG. 4 and displayed on a page screen of a different link destination from the page screen shown in FIG.
- the screen shown in Fig. 4 further includes link destination buttons 21 to 26 for jumping to other category pages.
- the link button 31 to the "Search” page and the link button 3 2 for "j to return to the top page” are also displayed. Clicking on each of these link buttons will bring up the page corresponding to each button. If the link button 21 to the “What's New” category page is clicked while the page screen shown in Fig. 4 is displayed, the page screen shown in Fig. 4 will be displayed. It remains displayed.
- FIG. 3 when the link button 26 of “Community” is clicked, the top page screen of the category of the community 7 shown in FIG. 5 is displayed.
- the screen of the category page of the community 7 displays buttons 28, 29, 30, and 30 for the link to the page corresponding to the article described in the site map in Fig. 2.
- a link button 7 2 to the page for downloading the image, a button 7 2 to the page to download the image data, and a button 2 7 to the page for “member registration” are displayed. These display contents may be displayed in the page shown in FIG. 5 without providing a link destination button.
- link buttons 21 to 26 for jumping to other category pages similarly to the screen of FIG. 4 described above, link buttons 21 to 26 for jumping to other category pages, a link button 31 for a “search” page, A link button 32 for "return to the top page” is also displayed. If the link button 26 for the category page of “Community” is clicked while the page screen shown in FIG. 5 is displayed, the page screen shown in FIG. 5 remains displayed.
- link destination buttons common to each page such as click buttons 21 to 26.
- link destination button commonly provided on a predetermined page, such as the link destination buttons 28 to 30.
- a Web-based service provider asks registered service users to register their service names in order to provide services to service users registered in advance.
- the member registration page is also used for customer registration, in which a user who has purchased a product sold by a service provider registers customer information and the like, in addition to member registration for service use via the Web.
- customer registration instead of the user writing and returning customer information on a postcard called a customer registration card, the customer information is transmitted online using the member registration page.
- a selection screen (not shown) for member registration is displayed on the terminal display. This selection screen
- a Web site server generally has multiple servers, such as a Web server, a content management server, a mail server, a bulletin board server, and a shop server.
- the web server stores web screen data
- the content management server manages the content.
- the mail server stores mail data
- the bulletin board server stores data written on the bulletin board
- the shop server stores shop data.
- these servers are collectively referred to as server-1.
- the service user When the screen for inputting product information is displayed on the terminal display, the service user writes the registered content in the frame of the display screen according to the displayed content.
- a pull-down menu is prepared for the frame in which a downward triangle is displayed. The service user selects the corresponding item from the menu pre-written by the service provider.
- the service user clicks the pull-down menu button 6A displayed in the product name frame
- the product name is displayed as product 1, product 2, product 3,....
- the service user selects the product name he / she purchased from the menu of the product name. If there is no corresponding product name in the pull-down menu, or in a frame where no pull-down menu is provided, the service user operates the terminal key (not shown) to write the registration details.
- the service user clicks the OK button 6B the registration information of the product information is sent to the server of the service provider.
- the server of the service provider Upon receiving the registration information of the product information sent from the service user, the server of the service provider sends a display message to the service user terminal and displays the customer information (custom information) shown in FIG. Information) input screen is displayed on the terminal display.
- the service user writes the registered contents in the frame of the display screen according to the contents displayed on the display.
- a service user inputs a password in a password box 7 ⁇ . If the service user changes the registered contents later, the user must enter this passcode and make the change. Path input from the screen for entering customer information
- the password is also used as a common password when registering for the use of the service via the Web, which will be described later.
- the above-mentioned pull-down menu is prepared in the frame in which the downward triangle is displayed.
- the service user operates a terminal key (not shown) to write the registered contents.
- the password in the password box 7A is displayed as * * * * ... without displaying the password input by the service user as it is.
- OK button 7B after writing the registration details, the registration data of the customer information is transmitted to the server of the service provider.
- FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of a question process performed by a service provider's supervisor. The process according to FIG. 9 starts when the registration data of the customer information is received.
- step S201 the server reads information on the product name registered by the service user from a predetermined database in the server from the product information input screen, and proceeds to step S202.
- step S202 the server selects a question according to the registered product name, and proceeds to step S203.
- questions are prepared for each product in advance, and these questions are recorded in the database in the server.
- Each question recorded in the database is managed so that questions common to multiple products and questions specific to a certain product can be determined.
- the server selects a question corresponding to the product by the registered product name. When the service user purchases multiple products, the questions corresponding to these multiple products are selected. If there is a common question among the selected questions, the server deletes one duplicate question so as not to send the same question to the service user terminal.
- step S203 the server creates a page view for displaying the questionnaire input screen in FIG. Proceed to 4.
- step S204 the server transmits data necessary for displaying the created questionnaire input screen to the terminal of the service user, and ends the processing in FIG.
- questions 1 to 5 in FIG. 8 show questions common to product 1 and product 2, respectively.
- Question 6 shows the question about product 1
- Question 7 shows the question about product 2.
- Service users can answer questions for multiple products in a single questionnaire input screen even if they have purchased multiple products.
- Fig. 10 (a) is an example of a page screen when an individual registers
- Fig. 10 (b) is an example of a page screen when a corporation registers.
- FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of a prize selection screen creation process performed on the server of the service provider.
- the process shown in Fig. 11 starts when the registration data of the questionnaire is received.
- the server sends the product name, purchase category (individual or corporate), and purchase quantity entered from the product information input screen shown in FIG. 6 and the customer information input screen shown in FIG.
- the input information such as the name and address of the purchaser is read from a predetermined database in the server 1, and the flow advances to step S102.
- step S102 the server determines whether the purchase category is a corporation.
- step S102 the server 1 makes an affirmative decision in step S102 and proceeds to step S104, and in the case of an individual, makes a negative decision in step S102 and proceeds to step S103.
- step 103 the server prepares data for a page screen for individuals as shown in FIG. 10 (a).
- Figure 10 (a) shows a prize for a person who has purchased a single SLR camera.
- the booklet contains information on shooting, a camera strap, or a point that can be used with the web service. It is a screen to select. This Here, the points are prizes prepared for individuals, not for corporations.
- the server creates the data for the page screen it proceeds to step S105.
- the points can be used when shopping at the online shop 6 in Fig. 2, and the price of the product can be discounted according to these points.
- the storage capacity of image data can be increased more than usual according to points, and a printout service can be received free of charge.
- community 7 there is also a usage method in which a service user who posted a question gives points as a reward to a service user who posted an answer.
- step S104 the server prepares data for a corporate page screen as shown in FIG. 10 (b).
- Figure 10 (b) shows prizes for corporations that have purchased a total of three SLR cameras and compact cameras.
- the booklet contains information on shooting, a camera strap, and a compact camera case. This screen is used to select up to three points. Points are not prepared as prizes for corporations, unlike individuals.
- a case is prepared as a prize corresponding to the purchased product, here a compact camera.
- step S105 the server sends data to the terminal of the service user, and ends the processing in FIG.
- the screen shown in FIG. 10 (a) or FIG. 10 (b) is displayed on the display of the service user terminal.
- the service user checks the desired prize on one of the screens shown in FIGS. 10 (a) and 10 (b), and clicks the OK button 10B.
- a quantity frame 10C is displayed.
- the service user opens the pull-down menu and selects the desired quantity.
- a description of the prize is displayed beside the prize image 10A.
- Image 1 OA doubles as a link destination button, and when a service user clicks on this button, new data is sent from the server to the terminal, and a page for the service user is displayed in detail. Displayed on the terminal display.
- Figure 12 is an example of a screen that introduces a booklet.
- the service user clicks the OK button 10B the selection data is transmitted to the server of the service provider.
- the server of the service provider Upon receiving the selection data transmitted from the service user, the server of the service provider transmits data of a page screen corresponding to the prize to the terminal of the service user.
- a screen notifying the destination is displayed on the service user terminal display as shown in Fig. 13 (a).
- a screen notifying of point addition is displayed on the display of the service user's terminal as shown in Fig. 13 (b).
- FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of a member registration guidance screen creation process performed by the service provider server.
- the process shown in Fig. 14 starts when customer registration is completed.
- step S301 the server determines whether the purchase category is a corporation. In the case of a corporation, the server makes an affirmative decision in step S301 and proceeds to step S304. In the case of an individual, the server makes a negative decision in step S301 and proceeds to step S302.
- step S302 the server determines whether the service user is a registered member. If the member is a registered member, the server makes an affirmative decision in step S302 and proceeds to step S304. If the server is a non-member, the server makes a negative decision in step S302 and proceeds to step S303.
- the information as to whether the registered customer is a member of the service using the Web is transmitted to the server by the link button clicked when the customer registration is started.
- the button “Click the button to” Newly register customers who do not use the Web service to register as a service user, "is regarded as a non-member. Register. "If the button is clicked, it is regarded as a member.
- step S303 the server creates data for displaying a page screen as shown in FIG. Figure 15 shows the notification of the prize order indicating the end of customer registration and a message to guide the user to the web-based service registration page. It is an example of a screen to be displayed.
- the server prepares the data for the page screen, the process proceeds to step S305.
- step S305 the server sends a message to the terminal of the service user and ends the processing in FIG. As a result, the screen of FIG. 15 described above is displayed on the display of the terminal of the service user.
- the service user clicks the link destination button 15 A for member registration of the service using the Web the server sends the data necessary for displaying the member registration screen to the terminal of the service user.
- the server sends the necessary data for displaying the top page 10 in FIG. 3 described above to the service user. Send to terminal.
- the server does not recommend Web service membership registration when proceeding to step S304. This is to avoid recruiting corporations to service members and to prevent duplicate registration of members who have already registered.
- step S304 the server displays a prize order acceptance notification, creates page screen data indicating the end of customer registration, and proceeds to step S305. As a result, a screen (not shown) of the end of the customer registration is displayed on the display of the service user terminal.
- the server sends to the service user terminal the data necessary for displaying the above-described top page 10 in FIG.
- the service user clicks a link destination button (not shown) corresponding to ⁇ A person who has already registered as a member of the service using the Web will register a new customer. '' When clicked, the service provider's server sends the display data to the service user's terminal, and displays the Web service member authentication screen shown in Figure 16 on the terminal display. The service user enters the login name and password registered at the time of member registration, and clicks the OK button 16A. This sends the login name and password to the service provider's server.
- FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of a registered content update process performed by the server of the service provider. The process shown in Fig. 17 starts when the login name and password sent from the service user match the contents of the database on the server side.
- step S401 the server reads, from the data base, the data of items common to the data registration of the customer from the data registration data of the web registration already registered, and reads the data from the data base. Go to 0 2.
- step S402 the server prepares page data for displaying the product information input screen shown in FIG. 6 described above, and transmits the page data to the terminal.
- the service user writes the registered contents in the frame of the display screen according to the contents displayed on the display in the same manner as in the case where the non-member of the service using the Web registers the customer as described above.
- OK button 6 B a registration message is sent to the server of the service provider.
- the server of the service provider Upon receiving the registration information of the product information transmitted from the service user, the server of the service provider prepares a page for displaying a screen for updating customer information (customer information) and transmits it to the terminal. Proceed to step S403.
- the page screen shown in Fig. 18 is displayed on the display of the service user's terminal.
- the contents at the time of Web member registration are displayed in a frame of items common to Web member registration and customer registration.
- the service user only needs to check the contents displayed on the display and write only the parts that have changed. If the service user clicks OK button 18B after writing the changes, a change message is sent to the service provider's server.
- step S403 the server determines whether or not the change data has been received.
- the server makes an affirmative decision in step S403 when the change data is received and proceeds to step S404, and makes a negative decision in step S403 when no change data is received.
- step S404 the server compares the received data with the data at the time of Web membership registration, and determines whether there is any change. judge. If a change has been made, the server makes an affirmative decision in step S404 and proceeds to step S405, and if no change has been made, the server makes a negative decision in step S404 and makes a negative decision in step S404. Go to 08.
- step S405 the supervisor changes the page screen of FIG. 18 to the content based on the change data transmitted from the service user, and creates a page screen (not shown).
- the server further sends the created screen image to the service user terminal, for example, together with the data of the message "Are you sure you want to overwrite this?" Proceed to 06.
- step S406 the server determines whether to change the database. When the service user clicks the OK button (not shown) on the terminal display, a change instruction is sent from the terminal to the server. If the server receives the change instruction, the server makes an affirmative decision in step S406 and proceeds to step S407.If the server does not receive the change instruction, it makes a negative decision in step S406 and returns to step S406. Proceed to S408.
- step S 407 the supervisor overwrites the contents of the database with the change data and proceeds to step S 408.
- step S408 the server registers the data of the item that is not common to the data at the time of the Web membership registration on a data basis. The server further sends the data of the message notifying that the registration has been completed to the service user terminal, and ends the processing in FIG. Note that if the change data is blank data, that is, if the service user sends the change data with the box blank, the server does not overwrite the data with blank data. In this case, the server creates message data notifying that no changes have been entered and sends it to the service user terminal.
- the server sends the display data to the service user's terminal, and displays the questionnaire response screen shown in FIG. 7 on the terminal display.
- the subsequent steps are the same as those described above when a non-member who uses the Web-based service to register a customer is omitted. However, it is not recommended to register as a member of the service using the Web at the end of customer registration.
- the server determines that the service user is already a member of the Web. Is determined to be affirmative. As a result, only a screen (not shown) notifying the end of the membership registration is displayed on the display of the terminal of the service user, and the membership registration on the Web is not recommended.
- the service user clicks the link button (not shown) corresponding to ⁇ Register the member for service use by Wel '' to provide the service.
- the server of the user transmits display data to the terminal of the service user, and displays a screen (not shown) describing a membership rule for using the service on the Web on the display of the terminal.
- the server of the service provider receives the data indicating the consent transmitted from the service user, the server transmits the display data to the terminal of the service user, and inputs the login name, the password, and the nickname.
- the illustrated screen is displayed on the terminal display.
- the service user writes the registered contents in the frame of the display screen according to the display contents on the display.
- the login name is the user name that the service user registers to receive the service.
- the passcode is used for authentication.
- the nickname is required when using the bulletin board included in the category of the community.
- Registration data is sent to the bar.
- the server of the service provider Upon receiving the registration data transmitted from the service user, the server of the service provider transmits the display data to the terminal of the service user, and inputs the membership information on the Web as in FIG. 7 described above. Is displayed on the terminal display. The service user has selected the content displayed on the display. Then, the registered contents are written in the frame of the display screen. However, the password is omitted because it has already been sent as described above.
- the service user clicks on K button 7B after writing the registration details the registration data of the member information is transmitted to the server of the service provider.
- the server of the service provider Upon receiving the registration data of the Web membership information transmitted from the service user, the server of the service provider transmits display data to the terminal of the service user. As a result, a message notifying the completion of Web membership registration is displayed on the service user's terminal display.
- the server displays the customer authentication screen shown in FIG. 19 on the terminal display.
- the service user enters the ID and password registered when registering the customer information, and clicks OK button 19A. This sends the ID and password to the service provider's server.
- the service provider's supervisor performs the following processing.
- the new contents will be overwritten (updated). This means that when a Web member described above registers a customer, the information common to the information registered at the time of Web member registration and the information registered at the time of customer registration is overwritten (updated) to the latest contents. ).
- the service provider's server updates the membership information on the Web as shown in Figure 18 above.
- a page screen similar to that shown in Fig. 18 is displayed on the display of the service user's terminal, and the data at the time of customer registration is displayed in the frame of items common to those at the time of customer registration.
- the service user only needs to check the contents displayed on the display and write only the parts that have changed. Service user writes changes
- the OK button 18B is clicked later, a change message is sent to the service provider's supervisor. In this way, if only information that is different from the information registered at the time of customer registration is written, membership registration using the Web can be performed without writing the same contents as at the time of customer registration.
- the service user clicks a link button (not shown) corresponding to "A person who has completed customer registration (member registration) changes the registration details." Then, the server of the service provider transmits display data to the terminal of the service user, and the screen for customer member authentication shown in FIG. 19 is displayed on the terminal display.
- the Web member authentication screen shown in Fig. 16 is displayed on the terminal display.
- the service user who has already registered the customer enters the password and ID registered at the time of customer registration, and clicks OK button 19A. This sends the ID and password to the service provider's server.
- a service user who has already registered as a Web member enters the password and login name registered at the time of member registration, and clicks ⁇ K button 16 ⁇ . This sends the login name and password to the service provider's server.
- the service provider's server prepares page data to display a customer information update screen when the transmitted ID and password match the ones recorded in the server's database, and stores it on the terminal. Send.
- the service provider's server displays a web page for updating the membership information on the server.
- a page screen similar to that of FIG. 18 described above is displayed on the display of the service user terminal.
- the data at the time of registration is displayed in the registration item frame.
- the service user only needs to check the contents displayed on the display and write only the parts that have changed.
- the service user clicks the OK button 18B after writing the changes the change data is sent to the service provider's server. Subsequent processes are the same as those in step S403 and subsequent steps in FIG. You. In other words, the server overwrites only the changed data sent from the service user out of the registered data registered in the database.
- the server has been described as using the password for customer registration and the password for web membership registration in common, and the service user registers both passwords the same.
- service users may register different passwords for customer registration and Web membership registration.
- customer registration and Web membership registration are performed independently. That is, even if there is an item common to the registration data between the customer registration and the Web member registration, the data at the time of one registration is not used at the time of the other registration.
- the service provider will have a longer warranty period for the product than when registering the customer using a postcard or the like. Give extra benefits.
- the warranty period is extended when the customer purchases the product through the online shop described below and registers the customer online for the product.
- FIG. 20 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of the warranty period extension process performed by the server of the service provider.
- the process shown in FIG. 20 starts when customer registration is completed.
- step S801 the server determines from the data registered with the customer whether or not the product is purchased at an online shop.
- the server makes an affirmative decision in step S801 when the product is purchased through the online shop and proceeds to step S802, and makes a negative determination in step S8001 when the product is not purchased through the online shop.
- the processing according to FIG. 20 ends. In this case, the warranty period will not be extended.
- step S802 the server accesses a predetermined database associated with the customer information, reads out the sabot information such as the warranty period of the product, and proceeds to step S803.
- step S803 the server extends the warranty period of the read support information, for example, by six months, and changes the data in the database.
- step S804. the server performs processing for enabling the warranty card with the extended warranty period to be sent to the purchaser, and ends the processing in FIG.
- an example of extending the warranty period has been described as a privilege of registering customers online using the Web service, for example, points that can be used for the Web service may be given.
- the link image is used as the prize image 10A, and the service user displays image 9A.
- the page screen (Fig. 12) that introduces the prize in detail is further displayed. Therefore, the service user can obtain detailed information of the prize without having to search the introduction page screen for the prize.
- the service provider extends the warranty period of the product. This has the effect of encouraging the purchaser to register online with less burden on the service provider than when registering using a tag.
- a gift such as a booklet or a strap
- Online shops are also called electronic shops. While the screen of the top page 10 in Fig. 3 described above is displayed on the terminal display, the Web-based service user operates a pointing device (not shown) provided on the terminal to link to the "online shop". When you click 5, the top page screen of the category of online shop 6 shown in Fig. 21 is displayed on the terminal display. As described above, the service use of the online shop 6 is to be performed after the service user who has registered as a member of the service using the Web enters the login name and pass password and logs in.
- products A to F are introduced as recommended products by an image (not shown) and a description.
- Link information is pasted at the display position of each of the products A to F.
- a pointing device By operating a pointing device (not shown), one of the images of “Product A” to “Product F” is displayed. If you click, a page screen that describes the product in detail will be displayed. In this way, the place where the link destination information is pasted is indicated by underlining.
- product group 1, product group 2, product group 3, ... are displayed.
- Product group 1 For example, a film camera, and product group 2 is an accessory for a single-lens reflex camera. In this case, clicking on the underlined “Product Group 1” will bring up a further page screen that introduces the film camera in detail. Clicking on the underlined “Product Group 2” will bring up an additional page screen detailing the accessories for SLR cameras.
- the Top Sellers ranking introduces the names of products that sell well in online shops, along with the first, second, third, and so on. Link information is also pasted on these rank displays or product names. Therefore, by clicking on the order in which the underline is drawn or the character of the product name, a page screen that further explains the product in detail is displayed. At the top of the screen in Fig. 21, a link destination button for jumping to the current category page and another power category page is provided like the top page of other categories.
- the service provider provides the service user with a service as described below.
- the user of the Web service will be called the purchaser.
- the actual shop operation may be performed by a service provider, or the service provider may entrust a third party.
- the service provider has a camera Prepare a polygon image of the main unit and a polygon image of each accessory such as an interchangeable lens and a flash device. These polygon images are composed of images of the camera body and each accessory according to the size ratio of the actual device. For this reason, when the images of the camera body and the accessory are joined together, the image looks the same as when the camera body and the interchangeable lens or the camera body and the flash device are mounted on an actual device.
- the spliced image obtained by joining the image of the camera body and the image of the accessory can be integrally rotated and moved in the display screen.
- Such polygon images are stored in advance in a predetermined database on the server of the service provider.
- the server of the service provider transmits display data to the purchaser's terminal.
- the item selection screen is displayed on the display of the terminal, the purchaser writes the selected contents in the frame of the display screen according to the displayed contents.
- a pull-down menu is prepared for the frame with a downward-pointing triangle, and the purchaser selects the desired item from the menu.
- the example in Fig. 22 shows a screen for selecting a replacement lens to be combined with the camera body, F ⁇ .
- FIG. 23 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of polygon image processing performed by the server of the service provider.
- the process shown in Fig. 23 starts when the server receives the data of the selected item.
- the server reads a polygon image corresponding to the selected item from the database and information associated with the polygon image, and proceeds to step S502.
- the server determines whether images of the selected item can be joined.
- “joinable” means that the accessory can be attached to the camera body. If joining is possible, the server makes an affirmative decision in step S502 and proceeds to step S503.
- step S503 the server joins the images of the selected items together and proceeds to step S504.
- the image joining shows the actual attachment of the accessory. That is, when the selected item is an interchangeable lens, image synthesis is performed so that the mount section of the camera body and the mount section of the interchangeable lens are aligned, and an integrated image as shown in FIG. 24 is obtained.
- step S504 the server transmits the data of the joined polygon image (FIG. 24) to the terminal of the purchaser, and ends the processing in FIG.
- a pointing device not shown
- the purchaser can rotate the joint image to an image viewed from an arbitrary angle.
- step S505 the server transmits data of a message notifying that the selected item is not a joinable combination to the terminal of the purchaser, and proceeds to step S506.
- step S506 the server transmits the display data to the terminal of the purchaser, and ends the processing in FIG.
- the item selection screen shown in Fig. 22 is displayed again on the buyer's terminal, prompting the buyer to reconsider the item selection.
- Buyers can receive new product suggestions based on the products they own.
- the service provider prepares recommended products for each product. For example, an interchangeable lens a a a, a flash device b b b, a knot pack c c c, and a case d d d are prepared for the camera body, and priorities are set for these.
- the data of such recommended products is stored in advance in a predetermined database of the service provider's helper.
- the service provider's server sends display data to the buyer's terminal. Send it and display the recommended product introduction screen shown in Figure 25 on the terminal display.
- Figure 25 is an example of a screen that introduces the image, specifications, and purchase benefits of the flash device b b b. If a buyer buys a recommended product,
- FIG. 26 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of a recommended product proposal process performed by the server of the service provider.
- the process shown in Fig. 26 starts when the purchaser's terminal clicks the "Check recommended products" button (not shown).
- step S601 the server determines whether or not the user has logged in. If the server is logged in, the server makes an affirmative decision in step S601 and proceeds to step S602.If the server is not logged in, the server makes a negative decision in step S601 and returns to step S600. Proceed to 6.
- step S602 the server accesses the database in which the customer registration information of the logged-in purchaser is stored, and obtains a model such as a camera or the like already purchased and owned by the purchaser from the registered data.
- the information is read, and the flow advances to step S603.
- step S603 the server extracts recommended products from the read model information, and proceeds to step S604. For example, when the purchaser owns a camera, the recommended products are extracted in the order of priority from the interchangeable lens a a a, the flash device b b b, the battery pack c c c, and the case d d d for the camera.
- the owned model can be arbitrarily additionally registered on the customer information update page screen in addition to the above-described customer registration.
- step S604 the server creates page data necessary for displaying the screen of FIG. 25 introducing the extracted recommended products, and proceeds to step S604.
- step S605 the server transmits the created page data to the terminal of the purchaser, and ends the processing in FIG.
- step S606 the server sends a display message to the buyer's terminal Then, the same model input screen as in FIG. 22 described above is displayed on the terminal display.
- the purchaser writes his / her own model and accessories in the frame of the display screen according to the displayed contents.
- OK button 2 2 B the data of the owned model is transmitted to the server of the service provider.
- step S607 the server determines whether or not data of the owned model has been received.
- the server makes an affirmative decision in step S607, proceeds to step S603, and repeats the decision processing when no data has been received.
- Buyers can receive new product suggestions based on the products in the shopping cart. As described above, the service provider prepares recommended products for each product, sets priorities, and stores them in the database.
- FIG. 27 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of a recommended product proposal process performed by the server of the service provider.
- the process shown in Fig. 27 is activated when the purchaser's terminal clicks the unillustrated "Add Product to Cart" button.
- step S701 the server determines whether or not the purchaser has logged in. If the server has logged in, the server S 1 makes an affirmative decision in step S 7 01 and proceeds to step S 7 02, and if not, the server 1 makes a negative decision in step S 7 01 and makes a step S 7 0 3 Proceed to.
- step S702 the supervisor accesses a database that stores the member registration information of the logged-in purchaser's Web, and the purchaser has already purchased and owned from the registered data.
- the model information of the camera or the like is read, and the flow advances to step S703.
- step S703 the server extracts recommended products from the product name put in the shopping cart and the model information owned by the purchaser, and proceeds to step S704.
- the server extracts recommended products from the product name put in the shopping cart and the model information owned by the purchaser, and proceeds to step S704.
- the purchaser owns the camera, and the one put in the shopping cart extracts the interchangeable lens aaa for the camera in the case of the flash device bbb.
- step S701 If a negative determination is made in step S701 (the user is not logged in), recommended products are extracted from the product names put in the shopping cart, and the process proceeds to step S704.
- step S704 the server creates page data necessary for displaying the screen of FIG. 25 introducing the extracted recommended products, and proceeds to step S705.
- step S705 the server sends the created display page data to the terminal of the purchaser, and ends the processing in FIG.
- Service providers manage product inventories in relative numbers rather than absolute numbers.
- the stock quantity decreases according to the quantity of the product when the purchaser puts the product in the shopping cart, and increases according to the quantity of the product when the purchaser removes the product from the shopping cart.
- the service provider manages inventory (referred to as “valid inventory” in this description) based on the relative increase / decrease number based on the initial absolute number of inventory and the number of inventory that changes in real time.
- FIG. 28 is a diagram showing an example of a management page screen for managing product information.
- the management page screen is prepared by the service provider for each product handled by the online shopping service. Even for the same product, the wrapped product and the product with the name given to the product are assigned as a different product ID from the normal product and managed as separate products.
- the server sends a screen of the management page screen to the administrator's terminal and sends the diagram to the administrator's terminal.
- the management screen of 8 is displayed.
- the outline of the product is entered in the box 28 A of the explanation 1.
- Description 2 box 28B contains a detailed description of the product.
- the keyword for the product is entered in the search keyword box 28C.
- the search keyword box 28C For example, if the product is a flash device, a flash, speedlight, lighting, etc. will be entered.
- Key words should preferably be words that are not entered in the boxes described in Explanations 1 and 2. The reason for this is that in the search function described later, the words entered in the boxes of the explanations 1 and 2 are also referred to in addition to the keywords.
- the period of posting period 28D indicates the period for posting the product on the online shop page screen. Publishing is the online show shown in Figure 21 above. This means that it is displayed as a shop menu or recommended product on the homepage page.
- the server will post the product in the online shop within the period specified in the posting period box 28D. If the administrator unchecks the display on the right side of the posting period frame 28D to remove the posting, the posting of the product on the online shop page will be stopped even during the posting period. That is, the display of the shop menu and the recommended product is stopped.
- the sales acceptance period box 28 E the period during which the order for the product is received by the online shop is entered. The server will accept the order for the item within the time period specified. If the administrator unchecks the display on the right side of the sales acceptance period frame 28 E, order acceptance of the product will be stopped even during the acceptance period.
- the product ID of another product related to the product is entered.
- the recommended product entered in box 28 F when the buyer puts the product in the shopping cart Is proposed.
- the Out-of-stock processing column 28 G the processing to be performed by the server when the product is out of stock is checked. In the example shown in Figure 28, it is checked to post a stockout indication and stop selling. In this case, when the product is out of stock, an out-of-stock display will appear on the shop menu or recommended product page screen at the product. At this time, if the expected storage date is entered in the 28 G of out-of-stock processing column, the expected storage date will be posted on the page screen.
- Inventory increase / decrease box 28H indicates the relative increase / decrease based on the initial inventory.
- the administrator enters +1 0 to add 10 units to the initial stock number, and 15 to decrease 5 units. Therefore, the manager can see how much the number in box 28H has increased or decreased from the initial inventory.
- the current inventory count box 28 I displays the real-time inventory count depending on whether the purchaser has placed the item in the shopping cart.
- Virtual inventory manages inventory based on changes in inventory and current inventory levels.
- registration data is transmitted from the administrator's terminal to the server.
- the server is When the registration data is received, the database is changed and reflected on the online shop page. As described above, the manager can change the description in each of the above-mentioned frames except for the current inventory number of the frame 28 I.
- the server sends an e-mail to the administrator to warn when the current stock quantity of the product is less than the specified quantity. Also, the server notifies the buyer that there is no stock if the current stock quantity of the product is 0 or negative when the purchaser puts the product in the shopping cart.
- FIG. 29 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of the inventory notification process performed by the server of the service provider.
- the processing in Fig. 29 is always executed when the online shop service is provided.
- the server 1 determines whether or not X items (X is an integer of 1 or more) are placed in a shopping cart.
- the server makes an affirmative decision in step S1801 and proceeds to step S1802.
- the server proceeds to step S18. Decision is made for 01, and the process proceeds to step S1803.
- step S1805 the server determines whether the stock number n is equal to or less than a predetermined value Z.
- Z is a quantity considered to be out of stock and is a value determined for each product (product ID).
- the server makes an affirmative decision in step S1805 when n ⁇ Z holds and proceeds to step S1806, and makes a negative decision in step S1805 when n> Z holds. Proceed to step S1808.
- step S1806 the server determines whether the affirmative determination in step S1805 is the first time counted from a predetermined time.
- the predetermined time is, for example, midnight, or the time when the virtual stock is increased or decreased.
- the server makes an affirmative decision in step S 1806 when the determination is the first time counting from the predetermined time and proceeds to step S 1807, and when not the first determination, proceeds to step S 1806. Is negative, and the process proceeds to step S1808.
- step S 1807 the server sends an e-mail notifying the administrator managing the virtual inventory that the stock is running low. Transmit and go to step S 1808. As a result, only when the number of stocks n becomes equal to or less than the predetermined value Z for the first time after the predetermined time, a mail notifying of the stock reduction is sent to the administrator.
- step S ⁇ b> 1808 the server determines whether the current stock number n of the virtual stock is 0 or less. The server makes an affirmative decision in step S 1808 when n ⁇ 0 is satisfied, proceeds to step S 189, and proceeds with step S 188 when n> 0 is satisfied. A negative determination is made and the process returns to step S1801.
- step S 1809 the server sends an e-mail notifying the manager who manages the virtual inventory that the inventory has become 0, and proceeds to step S 1810. As a result, every time the stock number n becomes 0 or less, an e-mail is sent to the administrator notifying that the stock is out of stock.
- step S1810 the server sends display data to the purchaser's terminal that puts product A in the cart, and sends a message notifying that the product is out of stock to the purchaser's terminal. Display on the display.
- the server sends the display data to the purchaser's terminal the server returns to step S1801.
- step S1803 to which the server proceeds after making a negative determination in step S1801 described above, the server determines whether or not the product A has been issued from the Y shopping cart (Y is an integer of 1 or more). Is determined.
- the server 1 makes an affirmative decision in step S1803 when the product A is removed from the cart, proceeds to step S1804, and proceeds to step S1804 when the product A is not removed from the cart.
- a negative determination is made at 3 and the procedure returns to step S18001.
- the current inventory number n of the virtual inventory calculated by the processing in FIG. 29 described above is linked with the display content of the management screen of FIG. 28 for the manager described above.
- the value of n is displayed in the current stock quantity frame 28 I in FIG.
- sales are stopped when the current stock number n becomes 0.
- the check in the column 28G for processing when the stock is out of stock is removed and displayed when the sales are stopped. In this case, if the number of stocks n increases and sales resume, a check is displayed at the original position in the out-of-stock process column 28G.
- Products that continue to sell even when the number of stocks n becomes 0 or less are products whose production volume is sufficiently secured and products can be supplied stably.
- the out-of-stock status is displayed, and sales are suspended until the stock is replenished. This means products whose production volume is small relative to orders and requires a long time to supply.
- sold-out is displayed and sales after that are stopped.
- the display of the product is deleted and the sale after that is stopped, it corresponds to the discontinued (discontinued) product.
- Such classification of the products a to d is performed for each product (product ID) in the management screen of FIG. 28 by the administrator.
- FIG. 30 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of a posting switching process performed by the server of the service provider. The processing in FIG. 30 is always executed when the online shop service is provided.
- step S1661 the server determines whether or not the virtual inventory quantity n ⁇ 0. The server determines affirmatively in step S1601 when n ⁇ 0 and proceeds to step S1662, and negatively determines step S1661 when n> 0. Repeat the judgment process.
- step S 1602 the server accesses the database and determines whether or not the product whose stock number n is 0 or less is a product classified as d. The server makes an affirmative decision in step S1602 if the product is classified as d and proceeds to step S1663, and makes a negative determination in step S1662 if the product is not classified as d. To step S1605.
- step S1663 the server excludes the product from display and proceeds to step S1664.
- step S164 the server excludes the product from the search target and ends the process in FIG.
- step S 1605 the server 1 determines whether or not the product whose stock number n has become 0 is a product classified as c. The server judges affirmatively in step S1665 when the product is classified as c and proceeds to step S1666, and denies step S1665 when the product is not classified as c. Judge and proceed to step S166.
- step S166 the server instructs the product to be sold out and ends the process in FIG. As a result, the sold-out display is posted on the shop menu and the recommended product page screen at the product. In addition, posting a sold-out display does not exclude it from the online shop search process.
- step S1667 the server determines whether or not the product whose stock number n has become 0 is a product classified as b above. An affirmative determination is made in S16607, and the flow advances to step S16608.
- step S 168 the server instructs the display of out-of-stock for the product and ends the processing in FIG. As a result, an out-of-stock display will appear on the shop menu or recommended product page screen at the product.
- step S1667 the server makes a negative decision in step S1667 and ends the processing in FIG.
- the out-of-stock indication is not posted even if the product becomes out of stock. Also, do not exclude from the search process of online shop.
- the product is excluded from the search processing of the online shop only when the product classified in the above d is out of stock (step S 1604). If a product that is classified as “out of stock” becomes out of stock, the product may be excluded from the search processing of the online shop. In this case, the process may proceed to step S1664 after the processing in step S166 described above.
- FIG. 31 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of the product delivery instruction process performed by the server of the service provider. The process shown in Fig. 31 starts when the purchase process of the product by the online shop ends. In step S901, the server determines whether or not the purchase price P of the product is equal to or more than a predetermined price Q.
- step S901 If P ⁇ Q holds, the server makes an affirmative decision in step S901 and proceeds to step S902, and if P ⁇ Q holds, the server makes a negative decision in step S901 to make a decision as shown in FIG.
- the processing by 1 ends.
- buyers whose purchase amount P is Q or more are given the opportunity of lottery.
- step S902 the server transmits a display message to the terminal of the purchaser, and displays the lottery page screen shown in FIG. 32 (a) on the display of the terminal.
- FIG. 32 (a) when the lottery page screen is displayed on the terminal display, the purchaser performs a lottery according to the displayed content.
- the buyer clicks on the handle of the lottery device displayed on the screen data indicating that the lottery should be started is transmitted to the service provider's server.
- step S903 the server determines whether or not data for starting a lottery has been received. The server makes an affirmative decision in step S903 when receiving the start of the lottery, performs predetermined lottery processing, and proceeds to step S904. When the server does not receive the data of the lottery start, the server repeats the determination processing.
- step S904 the server determines whether the purchaser's address is the same as the delivery address of the purchased product.
- the buyer's address and the shipping address were entered during the online shop purchase process. If the purchaser and the delivery address are the same, the server makes an affirmative decision in step S904 and proceeds to step S905, and if the purchaser and the delivery address are different, step S900 A negative determination is made at 4, and the process proceeds to step S906.
- step S906 the server transmits display data to the terminal of the purchaser, and proceeds to step S907.
- the page screen shown in FIG. 32 (b) is displayed on the terminal display.
- a red ball appears to notify that the camera has been won, and a button for selecting the delivery destination of the winning product is displayed.
- the select button data indicating the information of the selected delivery address is sent from the buyer's terminal to the supermarket.
- step S905 the supervisor transmits display data to the terminal of the purchaser, and proceeds to step S907.
- the delivery destination of the purchased product is the same as the purchaser's address
- the delivery destination of the winning product is also regarded as the purchaser's address. Therefore, a page screen (not shown) in which the delivery destination selection button is omitted from the screen shown in Fig. 32 (b) is displayed on the display of the buyer's terminal. In other words, only the red ball comes out and the camera is won.
- a confirmation button (not shown)
- data indicating the address information of the purchaser is sent from the terminal of the purchaser to the server.
- the server determines whether or not information on the delivery address has been received.
- the server makes an affirmative decision in step S907 when receiving the delivery address data overnight, and proceeds to step S908, and repeats the determination processing when not receiving the delivery address data.
- step S908 the server determines whether the delivery address of the purchased product is the same as the delivery address of the winning product. If the delivery address is the same, the server makes an affirmative decision in step S908 and proceeds to step S909, and if the delivery address is different, makes a negative decision in step S908. Proceed to step S910.
- step S909 the server sends display data to the buyer's terminal, and causes the terminal to display a screen for confirming the delivery destination of the winning product shown in FIG. 33.
- the server performs processing to bundle the purchased goods and the winning goods so that they can be sent to the purchaser, and ends the processing in FIG.
- step S910 the server transmits display data to the purchaser's terminal, and causes the terminal to display a delivery destination confirmation screen for the winning product shown in FIG. 33.
- the server performs a process of separately packing the purchased product and the winning product so that they can be sent to their respective destinations, and ends the process shown in FIG.
- Fig. 3-4 illustrates the flow of the product delivery instruction process performed by the service provider's server. It is a flowchart to clarify.
- the process shown in Fig. 34 starts when the buyer's terminal performs a login process on the online shop page.
- step S1001 the server determines whether or not an instruction to put a product into a shopping cart has been sent from the purchaser's terminal. This instruction is sent when the purchaser clicks the “Add to cart” button (not shown) on the display screen of the terminal.
- the server receives the data indicating the instruction to put in the cart, the server makes an affirmative decision in step S1001 and proceeds to step S1002.
- the server proceeds to step S100.
- a negative determination is made at 1 and the routine proceeds to step S1005.
- step S 1002 the server determines whether or not the product instructed to be put into the cart is out of stock. If the server is out of stock, the server makes an affirmative decision in step S1002 and proceeds to step S1004. If the server is not out of stock, the server makes a negative decision in step S1002 and makes a negative decision in step S1003 Proceed to.
- step S1003 the server transmits display data to the terminal of the buyer who transmitted the instruction to put the product into the cart, and a page screen (not shown) indicating that the product has been put into the cart. Is displayed on the display of the buyer's terminal. After transmitting the display data, the server proceeds to step S1005.
- step S1004 the server performs a reservation process for out-of-stock products, and proceeds to step S1005 after the reservation process.
- the reservation processing will be described later.
- step S1000 the server determines whether or not an instruction to end shopping has been sent from the purchaser's terminal. This instruction is sent when the purchaser clicks a “quit shopping” button (not shown) on the display screen of the terminal. Upon receiving the data indicating the shopping end instruction, the server makes an affirmative decision in step S1005, and proceeds to step S1006. If the server does not receive the data indicating the shopping end instruction, step S100 A negative determination is made for 0 5 and the process returns to step S 1 0 0 1.
- step S106 the server determines whether or not a product is in the shopping cart. If there is an item in the cart, the server makes an affirmative decision in step S 1 0 6 and proceeds to step S 1 0 7, and if there is no item in the cart, In this case, a negative determination is made in step S1006, and the processing in FIG. 34 ends.
- step S107 the server determines whether there is a reserved product among the products in the shopping cart. If there is a reserved product, the server makes an affirmative decision in step S 1 0 7 and proceeds to step S 1 0 8. If there is no reserved product, the server makes a negative decision in step S 1 0 7 and makes a negative decision in step S 1. Go to 0 0 9
- step S108 the server performs a payment process called option payment, and ends the process in FIG. 34 after the payment process.
- the server performs a settlement process called normal settlement, and ends the process in FIG. 34 after the settlement process.
- the normal settlement process and the option settlement process will be described later.
- FIG. 35 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of a reservation process performed on the server of the service provider.
- the process according to FIG. 35 is started when the server 1 makes a positive determination in step S1002 in FIG. 34 described above.
- the server accesses the database to read out the product information of the out-of-stock product, obtains information on the expected arrival date of the product, and obtains information in step S1. Proceed to 102.
- the server creates display data for a reservation page screen described later, and proceeds to step S1103.
- step S1103 the server transmits display page data to the terminal of the purchaser, and proceeds to step S1104.
- the reservation page screen shown in Fig. 36 is displayed on the display of the buyer's terminal.
- the expected arrival date of the product is displayed.
- step S111 the server determines whether or not an instruction for product reservation has been sent from the terminal of the purchaser. Upon receiving the reservation instruction data, the server makes an affirmative decision in step S111 and proceeds to step S1107, and when not receiving the reservation instruction data, makes a negative decision in step S1104. And proceed to step S1105. In step S117, the server adds the product to the shopping power, and proceeds to step S1108.
- step S111 the supervisor The display page data is sent to the buyer's terminal that has sent the instruction to put the product in the cart, and the page screen indicating that the product has been added to the cart, that is, that the product has been reserved, is displayed on the buyer's terminal. Display on the display.
- the server sends the display page data the server ends the reservation process shown in FIG. 35.
- step S1105 the server determines whether or not an instruction not to reserve a product has been sent from the terminal of the purchaser.
- the instruction to not make a reservation is sent to the server by clicking the “do not make reservation” button 36 C on the screen shown in Fig. 36.
- the server Upon receiving the data indicating the non-reservation instruction, the server makes an affirmative decision in step S111 and proceeds to step S1106. If the server does not receive the data indicating the non-reservation instruction, it proceeds to step S1105. A negative determination is made and the process returns to step S111.
- step S1106 the server sends display page data to the terminal of the purchaser who has transmitted the instruction to put the product into force, and displays the page screen indicating that the product is not to be reserved on the purchaser's terminal. Display on the terminal display.
- the reservation process shown in FIG. 35 ends.
- FIG. 37 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of an option settlement process performed by a server of a service provider.
- the process shown in FIG. 37 starts when the server 1 makes a positive determination in step S1007 of FIG. 34 described above.
- step S12201 in FIG. 37 the server 1 determines whether there is any product other than the reserved product in the products in the shopping cart.
- the server makes an affirmative decision in step S1221 if there is a product other than the reserved product, proceeds to step S1222, and denies step S1221 if there is no product other than the reserved product
- the determination is made and the process proceeds to step S 1 204.
- step S122 the server transmits display page data to the terminal of the purchaser, and proceeds to step S123.
- the delivery method selection page screen shown in Fig. 38 is displayed on the buyer's terminal display.
- Fig. 38 the estimated delivery date of the reserved product is displayed.
- step S123 the server determines whether or not the same transmission instruction has been transmitted from the terminal of the purchaser. Upon receiving the data indicating the same transmission instruction, the server makes an affirmative decision in step S1203 and proceeds to step S1204. If the server does not receive the data indicating the same transmission instruction, it proceeds to step S122. A negative decision is made on 0 3 and the process proceeds to step S 1 205.
- step S124 the server performs calculation for preparing a statement, and proceeds to step S126. In this case, only one delivery of the product is required, so the shipping cost and the price of the product are included.
- step S125 the server performs a calculation for preparing a statement and proceeds to step S122. In this case, the delivery of the product is divided into multiple times, so the shipping cost and the price of the product are included for each delivery.
- step S122 the server transmits display page data to the terminal of the purchaser, and proceeds to step S127. As a result, the screen of the calculator page shown in Fig. 39 is displayed on the display of the buyer's terminal.
- step S127 the server determines whether or not a payment instruction has been sent from the purchaser's terminal.
- the server upon receiving the data indicating the settlement instruction, makes an affirmative decision in step S 1207 and proceeds to step S 1 208, and repeats the judgment processing if it does not receive any data indicating the settlement instruction.
- step S128, the server performs the payment processing, and then ends the option payment processing shown in FIG. 37.
- the normal settlement processing described above will be described.
- the processing from step S1201 to step S1203 and the processing in step S125 in the option settlement processing shown in FIG. 37 are omitted.
- the normal settlement processing is performed when the server makes a negative determination in step S1007 of FIG. 34 described above, that is, when there is no reserved product. In this case, since all the items in the cart are stored, only one delivery is required, so the statement should be prepared by including the postage for one time and the price of the item. . Therefore, the process is started from the process in step S122.
- FIG. 40 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of processing for determining a shipping fee according to a delivery method and a settlement method, which is performed instead of the option settlement processing in FIG. 37.
- the server creates a page screen for selecting a delivery method and a settlement method, and proceeds to step S1302.
- For the delivery method selection select whether to send the reserved product and other products together or to deliver them separately.
- the settlement method selection selects whether to settle the booked product and other products collectively or to settle separately.
- the server transmits the created page screen data to the terminal of the purchaser, and proceeds to step S1303.
- a page screen having a delivery method selection check column (not shown) and a settlement method selection check column (not shown) is displayed on the display of the purchaser's terminal.
- step S1303 the server determines whether or not a delivery and settlement instruction has been sent from the purchaser's terminal.
- the server makes an affirmative decision in step S1303 and proceeds to step S1304.
- the server proceeds to step S133. A negative determination is made on 03, and the determination process is repeated.
- step S1304 the server detects the number of deliveries D, and proceeds to step S1305.
- D 1 when the goods are sent together.
- the reserved product is delivered separately, D ⁇ 2.
- the value of D varies depending on the presence or absence of reserved products and the scheduled arrival date of each reserved product.
- step S135, the supervisor determines whether or not to perform collective settlement. If data indicating an instruction for collective settlement is sent from the buyer's terminal, the server makes an affirmative decision in step S 13 05 and proceeds to step S 13 06 to indicate the instruction for split settlement If data has been sent, a negative determination is made in step S 13 05 and the process proceeds to step S 13 07.
- Step S 1 3 0 6 In, the server performs the settlement processing of the collective settlement, and after the settlement processing, ends the processing in FIG.
- step S 13 07 the server performs the settlement processing of the split settlement, and ends the processing in FIG.
- FIG. 41 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of the collective settlement process performed by the server of the service provider.
- the server determines whether the purchased product and the reserved product in the shopping cart have been purchased. Calculate the total amount E and proceed to step S1402.
- the server calculates the number of delivery times G for which a fee is charged, and proceeds to step S1403.
- step S1403 the server determines whether G ⁇ 0 holds.
- the server makes an affirmative decision in step S1403 when G ⁇ 0 holds, proceeds to step S1405, and makes a negative decision in step S1403 when G> 0 holds. And proceed to step S1404.
- step S 1405 the server sets the shipping fee to 0, creates a calculation statement, and proceeds to step S 144.
- step S144 the server creates a calculation including the delivery charges for G times, and proceeds to step S1406.
- step S1406 the server transmits the page data for displaying the calculation statement to the terminal of the purchaser, and proceeds to step S1407.
- a page screen of the calculation sheet similar to that of FIG. 39 described above is displayed on the display of the buyer's terminal.
- the server determines whether or not a payment instruction has been sent from the purchaser's terminal.
- the server receives the data indicating the settlement instruction, it makes an affirmative decision in step S1407 and proceeds to step S1408, and when not receiving the data indicating the settlement instruction, repeats the determination processing.
- step S 148 the server determines whether payment by credit card Detect whether or not.
- the payment method is a method selected by the purchaser from, for example, a credit card debit, COD upon delivery, and the like.
- the server makes an affirmative decision in step S 1408 and proceeds to step S 1 09, and when the payment is not by credit card, makes a negative decision in step S 1408. Proceed to step S1410.
- step S 1 4 0 mono-bar, to the credit card company the buyer has a contract, c server to perform a credit for the amount of payment for the credit card, the step S 1 4 1 and perform the credit processing Go to 0.
- step S 1410 the server performs the settlement process when the credit is accepted, and ends the collective settlement process shown in FIG. 41.
- the server performs non-settlement processing if the credit is not passed and ends the processing in FIG. In this case, the sale is not established.
- FIG. 42 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of the split settlement process performed by the server of the service provider.
- the server calculates the total amount H to be settled this time among the purchased items and reserved items in the shopping cart, and proceeds to step S1502.
- the server calculates the number of deliveries J at which free service can be performed, and proceeds to step S1503.
- step S1506 the server sets the shipping fee to 0, creates a calculation report, and proceeds to step S1507.
- step S1504 Then, the server creates a statement including the shipping fee, and proceeds to step S 1507.
- step S 1507 the supervisor transmits the created display page for the calculation statement to the purchaser's terminal, and proceeds to step S 1508.
- a page screen of the calculation sheet similar to that of FIG. 39 described above is displayed on the display of the purchaser's terminal.
- the server determines whether or not a payment instruction has been sent from the purchaser's terminal.
- the server receives the data indicating the payment instruction, it makes an affirmative determination in step S1508 and proceeds to step S1509, and repeats the determination processing when receiving no data indicating the payment instruction. .
- step S1509 the server detects whether or not the payment is by credit card. In the case of payment by credit card, the server makes an affirmative decision in step S1509 and proceeds to step S15010, and when the payment is not by credit card, makes a negative decision in step S15009 and makes a negative decision in step S1509. Proceed to 1 5 13.
- step S1510 the server credits the credit card company with which the buyer has contracted the amount to be settled for the credit card at this time. After performing the credit processing, the server proceeds to step S 1511.
- step S1511 the server performs settlement processing when the credit is accepted, and proceeds to step S1512. At this point, the settlement of the reserved product is not performed. If the credit is not passed, the server performs a non-settlement process and proceeds to step S1512. In the case of non-settlement processing, trading is not completed.
- step S1512 the server gives credit for the amount of the reserved product excluding the current settlement amount. After performing the credit processing, the server proceeds to step S1513.
- step S1513 the server ends the divisional settlement process shown in Fig. 42 when the credit is accepted. If the credit is not passed, the server performs settlement processing using a settlement method other than the credit card. End the process.
- the service provider has prepared a polygon image of the camera body and a polygon image of each accessory such as an interchangeable lens, so that these polygon images can be joined together. This allows the purchaser to check the image with each accessory attached to the camera body before purchasing the product. On the other hand, the service provider does not need to take many shots with the accessories actually attached to the camera body according to the number of combinations of the camera body and each accessory, thus reducing the trouble of shooting. Can be.
- Inventory (virtual inventory) based on the relative increase / decrease number based on the initial absolute number of items in stock and the number n of items that change in real time depending on whether the purchaser puts the item in the shopping cart or not. Since the management was implemented, the manager can see how much the number in the inventory increase / decrease has been increased / decreased from the initial inventory quantity, and the current inventory quantity Sufficient / shortage is indicated by the number of stocks n displayed in.
- step S 1002 If the number n of the items in the cart that the buyer has put in the cart is 0 (step S 1002), the reservation button is notified by notifying the buyer's terminal of the out-of-stock and scheduled arrival date. It is now possible to make reservations with 36 B. This allows the purchaser to easily make a purchase reservation.
- step S 90 A lottery is conducted online to the purchaser who purchased the product at the online shop, and if the destination of the winning prize and the purchased product are the same, the bundled instruction is given (step S 90). 9) I did it. As a result, the shipping fee can be reduced as compared with the case where the delivery is performed separately.
- step S1 203 When the purchaser purchases an in-stock item and an out-of-stock item, it is checked whether or not the in-stock item and the reserved item are to be delivered at the same time (step S1 203). Therefore, the buyer has two options: one is to have the pre-ordered items arrive and then be delivered together with the in-stock items, or the other is to have the in-stock items delivered first and the pre-ordered items separately later. You can choose.
- step S 13 0 When the buyer purchases an in-stock item and an out-of-stock item, it is checked whether or not the in-stock item and the out-of-stock reserved item are settled together (step S 13 0) 5).
- step S13 0 Upon receiving an instruction to settle the payment in a divided manner and further receiving an instruction to settle the payment by card (affirmative determination in step S1509), credit is applied to the price of the reserved product separately from the current payment amount (step S1). 5 1 2) As a result, it can be confirmed that the reserved product can be purchased, so that the credibility of the reservation is enhanced.
- One Album 'Print Service-Online Album 5' Online albums are also called electronic albums. While the screen of the top page 10 in Fig. 3 above is displayed on the display of the terminal, the Web service user operates a pointing device (not shown) provided on the terminal to link the "online album". Clicking on the previous page 24 displays the top page screen of the category of the online album 5 (not shown) on the terminal display. When the service user logs in on the top page screen, the page screen shown in Fig. 43 is displayed on the terminal display. As described above, the service use of the online album 5 is received by the service user who has registered as a Web member after logging in by entering a login name and password.
- the memory size (storage capacity) of the data storage area for albums is, for example, 50 MB per user, and the validity period (use period) is one year.
- the memory size and the validity period as described above, preferential measures are taken for the service user who has registered the customer so that the memory size is larger than usual and the validity period is longer than usual.
- the image data stored in the electronic album registered by the service user is read out from the data storage area by the service user to the terminal in principle, and the image based on the image data is viewed by the service user. Is done. If a service user wants another service user to view the above album or allows another service user to view it, the service provider can be notified and released. .
- the released album will be listed as a public album on the screen in Figure 43. In the example of Fig. 43, descriptions of album 1, album 2, and album 3 are displayed together with the representative images in each album. If the service user clicks on any of these images and the underlined 7 rubum characters, the image data stored in each album will be saved from the storage area of the data to the service user's Sent to the terminal. As a result, the service user can view the sent image on the terminal screen.
- the album If the album is not made public, it will be kept private and only the service user who created the album will be able to view it, and other service users will not be able to view it.
- the public / private setting is determined by the service user who created the album for each image registered in the album.
- the server makes it possible for anyone to read the image data in case of unconditional publication, and in the case of publication with a password, only the service user who entered the password can read the image data. I do.
- the public album will be featured on the screen shown in Fig. 43 with a representative image posted on it. It is introduced by being classified according to the category of the system. For example, if the service user clicks the underlined “Category 1” letter, a page that introduces the public albums classified into Category 1 along with the representative images in each album will be displayed. Is displayed. In this way, the public albums are classified and introduced in each category.
- a print service page screen is further displayed.
- the print service is a service that prints out the images registered in the electronic album in high detail on the service provider side, and makes it possible to send out to service users.
- the print itself may be performed by the service provider, or the service provider may entrust a third party.
- the print service flow is
- the service user checks the payment amount, payment method and delivery destination of the print
- Photo mail is a mail service to which information on the link destination of an image registered in the electronic album described above can be attached.
- the person receiving the photo mail can read and view the image data registered in the electronic album by specifying the link destination information described in the e-mail, for example, the URL.
- a page screen that introduces how to use the online album service is further displayed.
- the user of the service obtains information such as how to use the above-mentioned electronic album by referring to the introduction screen.
- the service provider provides the following services to the service user.
- the online album service lends a data storage area for storing images to service users, and therefore requires more data storage area than mail services. For this reason, after a certain period of non-use of the service, the data is stored in the data storage area lent to the user so that the data storage area does not continue to be reserved for those who no longer use the service. Erase the data that has been deleted. As a result, the data storage area can be lent to other service users.
- FIG. 44 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of the album erasing process performed by the server of the service provider.
- the processing according to Fig. 44 is performed, for example, periodically once a month.
- the server accesses the database to search for a login date recorded for each service user, and proceeds to step S2002.
- the server determines whether there is a service user who has not recorded a log-in during the first predetermined period or more.
- the first predetermined period is, for example, one year.
- step S 2 0 2 If there is a user who has no login record, the server makes an affirmative decision in step S 2 0 2 and proceeds to step S 2 0 3 . If there is no user who has no login record, the server 1 proceeds to step S 2 0 0 A negative determination is made at 2, and the process proceeds to step S2006.
- step S2003 the server determines whether the service user has an album. If the service user has registered the album, the server makes an affirmative decision in step S203 and proceeds to step S204, and if the album has not been registered, the server proceeds to step S200. A negative determination is made in 3 and the processing in FIG. If a negative determination is made in step S2003, the album is not deleted.
- step S2004 the server deletes all the albums registered by the service user and proceeds to step S205.
- step S205 the server deletes the album because there is no mouth for more than the first predetermined period. An e-mail is sent to the service user notifying that the request has been made, and the processing in FIG. 44 ends.
- step S2006 the server determines whether or not there is a service user who has not logged in for at least a second predetermined period shorter than the first predetermined period.
- the second predetermined period is, for example, 11 months. If there is a user who has no login record, the server makes an affirmative decision in step S206 and proceeds to step S2007. If there is no user who has no login record, the server proceeds to step S200. A negative determination is made in step 6, and the processing in FIG. If a negative determination is made in step S2006, the album is not deleted.
- step S207 the server determines whether the service user has an album. If the service user has registered the album, the server makes an affirmative decision in step S207 and proceeds to step S208, and if the album has not been registered, the server proceeds to step S200. A negative determination is made in 7 and the processing in FIG. If a negative determination is made in step S207, the album is not deleted.
- step S208 the server sends a warning mail to the service user that the album will be deleted if the user is not queried for the first predetermined period or more, and ends the processing in FIG. 44. .
- a warning e-mail is sent to the service user who has not used the service for the second predetermined period before deleting the album.
- FIG. 45 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of the album erasing process performed on the server of the service provider. The processing according to Fig. 45 is performed regularly, for example, once a month.
- step S2101 the server accesses the database to search for login data recorded for each service user, and in step S2101, Proceed to.
- step S2102 the server determines whether there is a service user for whom there is no login record for a first predetermined period or more. The server makes an affirmative decision in step S2102 if there is a user without a login record and proceeds to step S2103, and proceeds to step S2102 if there is no user with a login record. And the process proceeds to step S210.
- step S2103 the server determines whether the service user has an album. If the service user has registered the album, the server makes an affirmative decision in step S210 and proceeds to step S210, and if the album has not been registered, the server proceeds to step S210. A negative determination is made in 3 and the processing in FIG. 45 ends. If a negative decision is made in step S2103, the album is not deleted.
- step S210 the supervisor accesses the database to search for data indicating the access status of each album registered by the service user, and proceeds to step S210.
- step S2105 the server determines whether there is any album that has not been accessed for a first predetermined period or more. If there is an album that has not been accessed, the server makes an affirmative decision in step S2105 and proceeds to step S2106. If there is no album that has not been accessed, the server proceeds to step S210. A negative determination is made at 5, and the process proceeds to step S2111.
- step S210 the server deletes the album that has not been accessed among the albums registered by the service user, and proceeds to step S2107.
- step S2107 the server sends an e-mail to the service user notifying that the album that has not been logged in and has not been accessed for the first predetermined period or longer is sent to the service user. To end.
- step S2108 the server determines whether there is a service user who has not recorded a log-in for at least a second predetermined period shorter than the first predetermined period.
- the server makes an affirmative decision in step S210 if there is a user without a login record and proceeds to step S210, and if there is no user with a login record, proceeds to step S210.
- a negative determination is made and the processing in FIG. If a negative determination is made in step S210, the album is not deleted.
- step S2109 the server determines whether the service user has an album. If the service user has registered an album, the server makes an affirmative decision in step S2109 and proceeds to step S2110. If the album has not been registered, the server proceeds to step S211. A negative determination is made on 09, and the processing in FIG. 45 ends. If a negative determination is made in step S2109, the album is not deleted.
- step S2112 the server sends a warning e-mail to the service user indicating that the album is to be deleted for a first predetermined period or longer and the album is deleted if the server is not accessed.
- the process ends.
- a warning e-mail will be sent to service users who have not used the service for more than the second predetermined period before deleting the inaccessible album.
- FIG. 46 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of the album erasing process performed by the server of the service provider.
- the process shown in Fig. 46 is performed when the procedure for unsubscribing a Web member ends.
- step S2301 the server determines whether the withdrawn member has an album. If the unsubscribed member has registered an album, the server makes an affirmative decision in step S2301 and proceeds to step S2302, and if the album has not been registered, step S230. A negative determination is made at 1 and the routine proceeds to step S2303.
- the server deletes the album registered by the withdrawn member and proceeds to step S2303. At this time, the server The contents that the unsubscribed member wrote on the bulletin board before the unsubscribe and the data of the reduced-sized image (for example, thumbnail image) attached to this post are not deleted. The thumbnail image will be described later.
- step S2303 the server retrieves the data indicating the nickname and the photo mail address used by the unsubscribed member when using the bulletin board from the temporary storage area of the database for storing the registered member information on the Web. Move to the evening area where the information of the withdrawn member is stored, and proceed to step S2304.
- the server stores the information of the withdrawn member so that future registered members will not be given the same nickname and photo mail address as the withdrawn member.
- step S2304 the server determines whether or not the unsubscribed member is registered as a customer (customer). The server makes an affirmative decision in step S2304 when the unsubscribed member has registered a customer and proceeds to step S2305, and makes a negative decision in step S2304 when it has not registered a customer. To step S230.
- step S2305 the server deletes data that is not required for customer registration data from the data registered by the unsubscribed member when registering on the Web, and ends the processing in FIG.
- step S2306 the server deletes all the data registered by the unsubscribed member at the time of registration of the Web, and ends the processing in FIG.
- the service provider classifies and manages the albums registered by the service users by category, and makes it possible to list the registered image data by category. Generally, images that are offensive to public order and morals are considered to be registered in a specific category. Therefore, the service provider manages the album so that it can be easily monitored for each category.
- FIG. 47 is a diagram showing an example of a management page screen for managing albums.
- the management page screen is prepared by the service provider for each registered album category.
- the server sends the management data to the administrator's terminal and sends it to the administrator's terminal as shown in FIG.
- the management screen is displayed.
- the administrator Check the “Sort” column of the first priority, select “Power category” from the pull-down menu 47 A, and click the Execute button 47 E. As a result, a list of albums belonging to “power category” is displayed.
- a list of albums belonging to “Category” – “Scenery” is displayed.
- the user ID of the service user who has registered the album the category name (in this case, the scenery), the album name (if the album name is registered), and the registered image And the registered date and time (up date and time) are displayed as a list.
- pull-down menus 47 C and 47 D for rearranging and extracting as the second priority are provided, and the conditions for the second priority are further added to the conditions for the first priority.
- An extraction can be performed.
- the selected contents of the selected pull-down menus 47A to 47D are displayed continuously while the list is displayed.Therefore, the albums displayed in the list must be further sorted or extracted again. Is easy.
- Fig. 47 for example, if you select "Camera used" in the pull-down menu 47A and rearrange it, the model name of the camera used will be displayed instead of the category, and shooting with the camera of the model name will be performed. A list of albums with the registered images is displayed.
- FIG. 48 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of an album list creation process performed by the server of the service provider.
- the processing shown in FIG. 48 is performed when the above-mentioned execution button 47 E is clicked by the administrator.
- the server executes rearrangement and extraction in accordance with the conditions of the selection pull-down menu, and proceeds to step S2402.
- the server First, it is determined whether or not the rearrangement and extraction processing has been completed. If the processing has been completed, the server makes an affirmative decision in step S2402 and proceeds to step S2403.If the processing has not been completed, the server makes a negative decision in step S2402 and makes a decision again. Perform processing.
- step S2403 the server creates a page screen for displaying the album list, and proceeds to step S2404.
- step S2404 the server sends the data of the page screen to the administrator's terminal, and ends the processing in FIG. As a result, the management screen shown in Fig. 47 is displayed on the administrator's terminal.
- Fig. 49 (a) is a diagram showing thumbnail images based on image data stored in the album "Mt. Fuji”.
- 10 images stored in the album that is, 6 images 1 to 6 of the image data of image 1 to image 10 are thumbnails 1 to 10. It is displayed as thumbnail 6. Below each thumbnail image, the title of each image is displayed if the image has a title.
- the image shown in Fig. 49 (a) is displayed, for example, when the administrator clicks on the thumbnail 1 image, as shown in Fig. 49 (b), the image Is larger than the thumbnail image and is displayed on the display of the administrator's terminal.
- shooting conditions such as the working power, aperture value, shutter speed, presence / absence of a flash device, exposure compensation value, and the relevant image will be described later.
- Information on whether the message is posted on the bulletin board is displayed with the image.
- the shooting conditions of the images registered in the album and the information on whether or not the images are posted on the bulletin board are displayed on the management screen for the administrator, and are not transmitted to the terminal of the service user. Absent. In other words, the service user can only view the published image and the title attached to the image. Memory size for albums for service users who have registered with one customer.
- the server for albums is performed by a server that performs other services and another server. Therefore, the album service server also holds member information required for the album service, such as information such as a login name, a photo mail address, a service flag, and an additional service flag.
- the service flag is a flag that is ON when the member has registered as a customer.
- FIG. 50 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of preferential processing performed by the server of the service provider. The process in Fig. 50 is activated when the service user logs in on the top page screen of online album 5.
- step S2501 in FIG. 50 the server accesses the database in the album service server, retrieves the member information, and proceeds to step S2502.
- step S2502 the server determines whether there is information of the logged-in member. If there is member information, the server makes an affirmative decision in step S2502 and proceeds to step S2504. If there is no member information, the server makes a negative decision in step S2502 and makes a step S25 Go to 0 3.
- step S2503 the server registers the member information in the database in the album service server 1 and proceeds to step S2504.
- step S2504 the server determines whether or not data indicating that the user is a service user registered as a customer has been received at the time of login to the album 'print service. If the server receives the data indicating that the customer is registered, the server makes an affirmative decision in step S2504 and proceeds to step S2505 to receive the data indicating that the customer is registered. If not, a negative determination is made in step S250 and the process proceeds to step S2507.
- step S2505 the server determines whether the service flag in the member information is ON. If the service flag is ON, the server makes an affirmative decision in step S2505 and proceeds to step S2507, and if the service flag is not ON, the server makes a negative decision in step S2505 and returns to step S2505.
- step S2506 the server turns on the service flag and proceeds to step S2507.
- the server increases the memory size for albums from, for example, normal 50 MB to 100 MB for service users with the service flag set to ON, and sets the expiration date to normal. Prefer to change indefinitely from one year.
- step S2507 the server 1 determines whether or not data indicating the point information has been received when logging in to the album / print service.
- the point information is information of points to be added when a point is selected on the premium selection page screen after the customer registration described above. This point will also be added if you post your answer on the bulletin board described below. If the server has received the data indicating the point information, the server makes an affirmative decision in step S2507 and proceeds to step S2508. If the server has not received the data indicating the point information, the server proceeds to step S250. A negative determination is made on 07, and the processing in FIG. 50 ends.
- step S2508 the server determines whether the additional service flag in the member information is ON. If the additional service flag is ON, the server makes an affirmative decision in step S2508 and ends the processing in FIG. 50. If the additional service flag is not ON, the server makes a negative decision in step S2508 Then go to step S2509. In step S2509, the server turns on the additional service flag and ends the processing in FIG. 50.
- the server preferentially increases the memory size for the album by adding, for example, 50 MB to the service user for whom the additional service flag is ON.
- the additional service flag is unconditionally turned ON for the service user having points, that is, the memory size for the album is further increased by 50 MB.
- the number of points possessed by the service user may be reduced in exchange for turning on the additional service flag.
- the print job service may be made free. . Irregular file names of image data registered in one album
- Fig. 51 is a flowchart explaining the flow of file name determination processing performed by the service provider's server. The process shown in Fig. 51 is started when the upload of the registered image is started by the service user.
- step S221 the server determines whether or not uploading of data of one image file has been completed. When the upload is completed, the server makes an affirmative decision in step S221 and proceeds to step S222, and when the upload is not completed, the server makes a negative decision in step S221 and upload is performed. Repeat the judgment process until completed. In step S2202, the server determines the file name of the uploaded image data file at random, and proceeds to step S2203.
- the file name is determined using the well-known one-time password technique.
- the server generates the file name using, for example, the time at which the image file was uploaded as a parameter. For this reason, even when image data files are continuously uploaded, since the upload time of each image data file is different, completely different file names are generated for these image data files. As a result, an at random file name that cannot be inferred from the file names of other images registered in the album is determined.
- step S223 the server moves the uploaded image data file with the random file name to a predetermined folder according to the service user, and ends the processing in FIG. 51.
- the data stored in the album data storage area lent to the user is deleted when the service user who has registered the album does not use the service for a predetermined period.
- the data storage area can be lent to other service users, and the data storage area can be used effectively.
- the service provider categorizes the albums registered by the service users by category, and lists the registered image data by category. As a result, it is possible to focus on specific categories where images that are offensive to public order and morals are likely to concentrate.
- sorting / extracting is performed for each album. If images are registered in units of image data without using the concept of albums, sorting and extraction may be performed in image units. — Bulletin board
- the service user clicks the link button 7 1 to the “bulletin board” page while the category page screen of community 7 in Fig. 5 is displayed the top page screen of the bulletin board (not shown) is displayed on the terminal display. Is displayed.
- the page screen shown in Fig. 52 is displayed on the terminal display.
- the service user of the bulletin board receives a service user who has registered as a member of the service using the Web after logging in by entering a login name and a password.
- This bulletin board is also called an electronic bulletin board.
- the experts read the questions posted and write the answers on the bulletin board, and the points move when the questioner reads the answers posted on the bulletin board. Points are used as rewards for answers. For this point, the point described above as a gift at the time of customer registration can be used.
- the server can read the contents of the bulletin board to an unspecified person. If so, make it public, and if you want a specific person to see it, let the specific person enter the password and read it.
- the expert's nickname is posted along with the earned points. Experts with the most points earned are answering many questions. Click on the underlined “Category 1”, “Category 2”, “Category 3”,..., and the experts corresponding to the questions belonging to each category will be listed in the order of earned points. That is, expert nicknames are classified and managed for each question category. If you click on the underlined expert's nickname letter “ ⁇ ”, a page screen (for example, Figure 63) introducing the expert is displayed on the terminal display. The person posting the question can determine the question destination expert by referring to the expert information shown in Figure 63.
- Posting an image on a bulletin board may make it easier to understand the contents of the post than posting only the text.
- the question poster clicks the word "image posting" with an underline
- the question poster registers in the album registered by the question poster (service user). Images can be attached to questions and posted. However, images that have been made public will be posted, and images that have not been made public will not be posted. The image posted with the question is the same as the image registered by the question poster. Alternatively, an image registered by another service user that has been made public may be used.
- the bulletin board service according to the present embodiment, a thumbnail image whose data size is reduced as compared with the original image data in the registered album is created, and this thumbnail image is posted on the bulletin board.
- FIGS. 53 and 54 are flowcharts illustrating the flow of the thumbnail image posting process performed by the server of the service provider.
- the process shown in Fig. 53 and Fig. 54 starts when the question poster (service user) clicks the word "image posted" on the screen shown in Fig. 52 described above.
- the supervisor determines whether or not the logged-in service user has an album. If the service user has registered the album, the server makes an affirmative decision in step S1701 and proceeds to step S1702.If the service user has not registered the album, the server proceeds to step S1702. A negative determination is made for S1.701, and the flow advances to step S1.707.
- step S1702 the server reads the image data of the album (referred to as “my album”) registered by the service user and creates a top page screen image (not shown). Then, the process proceeds to step S1773.
- the created top page screen data is sent to the service user terminal, and the My Album top page screen is displayed on the service user terminal display.
- This top page screen displays, for example, thumbnail images and titles based on image data in My Album as shown in FIG. 49 (a). The service user clicks on the thumbnail image to be posted on the bulletin board.
- step S1703 the server determines whether an image in My Album has been selected. When the thumbnail image is clicked, the server makes an affirmative decision in step S1703, and proceeds to step S1711, and when the thumbnail image is not clicked, makes a negative decision in step S1703. The determination process is repeated.
- step S1771 the server determines whether the selected image is set to be private. If the selected image is set to private, Step S 1 7 1 1 is affirmatively determined and the process proceeds to step S 1 7 1 2 in FIG. 54.If it is set to open, step S 1 7 1 1 is negatively determined and step S 1 7 0 4 Proceed to.
- step S 174 the server creates the thumbnail image data selected by the click operation and the medium image data having a larger data size than the thumbnail image data, and generates the thumbnail image data in the bulletin board server.
- the image folder in which the thumbnail image data and the middle image data are stored is a storage area for storing data to be written on the bulletin board, and an album for storing image data of the My Album (original data). It is provided separately from the data storage area.
- step S 175 the server creates a bulletin board page screen on which the information of the link of the selected image data (information indicating the storage position in the image folder) is pasted, and in step S 1 Go to '7 06.
- the link information the question and the selected thumbnail image are displayed at any time in the question writing frame 52B in FIG.
- the server further pastes the link information so that when the thumbnail image displayed in the question writing frame 52B is clicked, the image based on the medium image is displayed.
- the link information is pasted so that the image based on the image data (original data) in My Album is displayed. wear.
- step S1766 the server transmits the bulletin board page screen data to which the link information has been pasted, as described above, to the terminal of the service user, and ends the processing in FIG. 53.
- the screen shown in Fig. 52 with the thumbnail image is displayed on the display of the service user's terminal.
- the question poster clicks the underlined “Ask a question”
- the question data is sent from the terminal of the question poster (service user) to the server. Is done.
- the information of the link to the thumbnail image data described above is included in the evening of the question.
- the thumbnail image is displayed on the terminal screen. Click the thumbnail image on the terminal screen to display the image based on the medium image data, and click the image based on the medium image data to display the image based on the image data (original data) in My Album.
- step S1777 the server notifies the service user that the album has not been registered, and creates page screen data including a message urging the user to register the album. Send it to the terminal and go to step S1708.
- step S 178 the server determines whether an instruction to create an album has been received. Upon receiving the data indicating the instruction to register the image of the album, the server makes an affirmative decision in step S1708 and proceeds to step S1709 to receive the data indicating the instruction to register the album image. If not, a negative determination is made in step S1708, and the flow advances to step S17010.
- step S1799 the server applies the registered image data from the service user to perform the album registration process, and proceeds to step S1773 described above.
- step S1710 the server creates page screen data notifying that the image cannot be posted on the bulletin board, transmits the page screen data to the terminal of the service user, and ends the processing in FIG.
- step S1772 in Fig. 54 the server creates page screen data including a message notifying that the selected image cannot be posted because it has been set to private, and the service user And the process proceeds to step S1713.
- the page screen shown in Fig. 55 is displayed on the display of the service user's terminal. The service user can select the following three processes.
- step S1773 the server determines whether or not the "make public" button 55A is clicked. When the button 5 5 A is clicked, the server makes an affirmative decision in step S 1 7 1 3 and proceeds to step S 1 7 1 4. If A is not clicked, a negative decision is made in step S 1 7 13 and the process proceeds to step S 17 15. In step S1774, the server sets the selected image to public, and proceeds to step S1774 in FIG.
- step S1715 the server determines whether or not the "other selection" button 55B has been clicked.
- the server makes an affirmative decision in step S 1 7 15 when button 5 5 B is clicked, returns to step S 1 7 0 2 in FIG. 5 3, and returns to step S 1 7 when button 5 5 B is not clicked.
- a negative determination is made for 1 5 and the process proceeds to step S 17 16.
- step S17716 the server determines whether the "stop" button 55C has been clicked. When the button 55C is clicked, the server makes an affirmative decision in step S1716 to end the processing in FIGS.53 and 54, and when the button 55C is not clicked. A negative determination is made in step S17716 and the process returns to step S17713.
- the images registered in the album can be posted on the bulletin board.
- a thumbnail image data whose size is smaller than that of the original image is created, and the thumbnail image data is different from the bulletin board server and album data storage device. Saved in a folder and pasted the information of the link to the folder where thumbnail images are stored in the question written on the bulletin board.
- the load on the server can be reduced.
- the thumbnail image is stored in the storage area for the image data for the bulletin board and the image folder different from the data storage area for the album, and the thumbnail image is stored in the question written on the bulletin board.
- the thumbnail image data may be stored in the storage area of the bulletin board write data together with the question.
- the burden on the bulletin board server can be reduced as compared with the case where the original image data is copied and stored in the storage area for the bulletin board writing data.
- only the information of the link to the original image in the album is pasted into the question to be written on the bulletin board, and the thumbnail image data is not created initially, but the thumbnail image data is created when the original image is deleted. After saving the thumbnail image data in an image folder different from the bulletin board write data storage area and album data storage area, rewrite the link information pasted in the question above to link to the image folder. Is also good.
- FIG. 56 and FIG. 57 are flowcharts illustrating the flow of the above-described processing performed by the server of the service provider.
- step S1704B of the processing in FIG. 53 described above is changed to step S1744B, and therefore only step S1704B will be described.
- step S 1704 B in FIG. 56 the server adds information indicating that the information is posted on the bulletin board to the image data (original data) of My Album corresponding to the thumbnail image data selected by the click operation. Then, the process proceeds to step S 175.
- the information to be added may be added to the header section in the original image data, or may be held in My Album in association with the original image data.
- step S1901 in FIG. 57 the server detects whether the image data to be deleted is posted on the bulletin board, and proceeds to step S1902.
- step S1902 the server determines whether the image data is posted on a bulletin board. If information indicating publication is added to the image data, the server makes an affirmative decision in step S1902 and proceeds to step S1903, where the information indicating publication is included in the image data. If it has not been added, a negative determination is made in step S1902, and the process according to FIG. 57 ends.
- step S 1903 the server creates thumbnail image data whose data size is reduced and medium image data whose data size is larger than that of the thumbnail image data, and performs predetermined processing together with the image data.
- the server transmits the information of the link destination of the image data that is pasted on the Change the information indicating the link to Bum (original data) to the information indicating the link to the image folder (thumbnail image data, medium image data), and end the processing in FIG. 57.
- the server transmits the information of the link destination of the image data that is pasted on the Change the information indicating the link to Bum (original data) to the information indicating the link to the image folder (thumbnail image data, medium image data), and end the processing in FIG. 57.
- the category displayed on the page screen of the online album 5 shown in FIG. 43 matches the category displayed on the page screen of the bulletin board shown in FIG.
- the album category has categories such as “landscape”, “night view”, “portrait”,.
- the category of “landscape” is further classified into subcategories such as “Hokkaido”, “Tohoku”, “Kanto”,.
- the bulletin board categories are classified into, for example, a category of “photographing information” and subcategories such as “Hokkaido”, “Tohoku”, “Kanto”,.
- Fig. 58 (a) is an example of a page screen that displays a question classified as "Shooting information"-"Hokkaido" on a bulletin board.
- Fig. 58 (a) the category “Shooting information” and the sub-categories “Hokkaido”, “Tohoku”, “Kanto”, ... are displayed on the left side of the screen.
- questions classified as "Hokkaido” are posted in order.
- the number of answers is displayed on the right side of the screen according to the number of answers.
- information on the link to the top page of online album 5 information on the link to the album category "landscape” page, and information on the link to the album subcategory "Hokkaido” are displayed. Each is pasted.
- FIG. 58 (b) is an example of a page screen displaying an image based on image data registered in an album classified as “landscape”-“Hokkaido” in the online album 5.
- the category “landscape” and the subcategories “Hokkaido”, “Tohoku”, “Kanto”, ... are displayed at the left of the screen.
- images based on image data classified as "Hokkaido” are displayed in order.
- information on the link to the top page of the bulletin board, information on the link to the page of the bulletin board category “Shooting information”, and information on the link to the page of the bulletin board subcategory “Hokkaido” are displayed. Each is pasted.
- the service user clicks the underlined “bulletin board” the top page of the bulletin board is displayed on the display of the service user terminal. Also, when the service user clicks the underlined “Shooting information” text, a page screen of the bulletin board category “Shooting information” is displayed on the display of the service user's terminal. Furthermore, when the service user clicks the word "Hokkaido” with an underline, the page screen of the bulletin board sub-category "Hokkaido" is displayed on the display of the terminal of the service user.
- the service user browses the images displayed on the “Hokkaido” page of the album and finds a favorite field image, the image is stored in a specific location in Hokkaido, when and under what shooting conditions. Suppose you want to know if the photo was taken. At this time, since the category of the question on the bulletin board matches the category of the album, and the link information is pasted, the service user gets lost in the page of the bulletin board on which the corresponding question is posted. You can easily see without.
- Figure 59 is a flowchart explaining the flow of search processing performed on the server of the service provider.
- the process shown in FIG. 59 is started when a search button 52 F is clicked on the bulletin board page screen shown in FIG.
- the service user writes a search character in the search character writing frame 52E, and then clicks the search button 52F.
- step S2601 of FIG. 59 the server has written in the bulletin board. For all writings, search for a character that matches the search character, and go to step S2602. In step S2602, the server determines whether there is any writing that matches the search character. The server makes an affirmative decision in step S2602 if there is a write in which the search character hits, proceeds to step S2667, and proceeds to step S2662 if there is no write in which the hit occurs. A negative determination is made and the process proceeds to step S2603.
- step S 2603 the server searches for a keyword registered in advance in the server that matches the search character, and proceeds to step S 2604. Keywords are registered according to the bulletin board category. For example, the keywords "Tokyo Yuichi", “National Diet Building”, “Shibuya”, and "Yokohama Port” are associated with the bulletin board category "Kanto". Registered. Also,
- step S2644 the server determines whether there is a keyword that matches the search character.
- the server makes an affirmative decision in step S2664 if there is a keyword that matches the search character, proceeds to step S2666, and proceeds to step S2664 if there is no keyword to be hit.
- a negative determination is made and the process proceeds to step S2605.
- step S266 the server jumps to a page of a category associated with the hit keyword in the bulletin board. For example, if the search character is "Shibuya”, jump to the bulletin board page of the category "Kanto" associated with the keyword “Shibuya”.
- the server displays the bulletin board page of the category "Kanto" on the terminal of the service user, the processing in FIG. 59 ends.
- step S2607 the server creates a page screen (not shown) in which the writing of the bulletin board in which the search characters have been hit is extracted, and proceeds to step S2608.
- step S2608 the server uses the created page screen data for service use. The data is transmitted to the user terminal, and the processing in FIG. 59 ends.
- thumbnail image data with a smaller data size than the original image is created from the original images registered in the album, and the thumbnail image data is transferred to the bulletin board server and album data. After saving it in a folder different from the storage device, paste the link information to the folder containing the thumbnail images in the question written on the bulletin board. As a result, since the image data is not stored on the bulletin board server, the load on the server can be reduced, and even if the original image in the album is deleted, the image can be continued to be posted on the bulletin board using the thumbnail image data. Will be possible.
- step S1711 If the thumbnail image clicked by the question poster (service user) to post on the bulletin board is a private image (affirmative judgment in step S1711), the selected image is To notify service users that they cannot be posted. For this reason, it is possible to prevent a private image from being posted on a bulletin board by mistake.
- the category of the question on the bulletin board is matched with the category of the album, and link information is pasted on each page of the bulletin board and the album. Therefore, for example, if you browse the images displayed on the “Hokkaido” page of the album and find an image that you like, then that image is specifically captured where, when, and under what photography conditions in Hokkaido When you do not want to know, you can easily see the bulletin board page that contains the corresponding question without hesitation.
- Site search is performed on the screen of the top page 10 of the Web shown in Fig. 3 and the top page of each category of Web site content shown in Fig. 4, Fig. 5, Fig. 21 and Fig. 43.
- the server sends display page data to the service user's terminal, and displays the search page screen shown in FIG. 60 on the terminal display.
- a search document box 6OA a search character writing frame 60B, a search range check box 60C, and a search button 60D are provided.
- FIG. 61 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of a search process performed on the server of the service provider. The process shown in FIG. 61 is activated when the search button 60D is clicked.
- step S2701 in FIG. 61 the server determines whether or not a natural sentence search is performed.
- the server regards it as a natural sentence search, and makes an affirmative decision in step S2701, and proceeds to step S2702.
- the server regards it as a character search, and makes a negative determination in step S 2701. Proceed to step S2703.
- step S2702 the server analyzes the search sentence and proceeds to step S2703.
- the analysis is a pre-process for performing a well-known sentence search using a search sentence.
- step S2703 the server searches for characters included in the page screen registered in the content in the content specified by the search range check box 60C, and in step S2703 Proceed to 4.
- step S2704 the server determines whether the search for the specified search range has been completed. I do. When the search is completed, the server makes an affirmative decision in step S2704 and proceeds to step S2705. On the other hand, if the search is not completed, the server makes a negative determination in step S2704, returns to step S2703, and continues the search processing.
- step S2705 the server determines whether or not the searched content has a plurality of categories.
- step S2706 the server sorts the hits as a result of the search by search range (contents), creates a search result page screen that displays the search results for each content, and creates a search result page screen in step S2706. Proceed to 7 08.
- step S2708 the server transmits the data of the search result page screen to the terminal of the service user, and ends the processing in FIG. As a result, the search result screen shown in FIG. 62 (a) is displayed on the terminal display.
- the number of hits for each content is displayed.
- the top five items with the highest similarity to the search string and sentence are displayed.
- all hits are displayed in the column of contents where the number of hits is less than 5, and if the number of hits is 0, a message (not shown) notifying that no hit is displayed is displayed. Is done.
- step S2707 the server sends the data of the search result page screen to the service user terminal, and ends the processing in FIG.
- the search result screen shown in FIG. 62 (b) is displayed on the terminal display.
- the number of hits in the specified content is displayed. Of these, the top 20 items with the highest similarity between the search string and the sentence are displayed. If the number of hits is less than 20, the number of all hits is displayed. If the number of hits is 0, a message (not shown) notifying that no hit is displayed is displayed. It is.
- the search range for the number of hits for each content is up to the top 5 per content. Is a single content category (negative determination in step S2755), the top 20 items of the relevant content are set.
- the upper limit of the number of displayed items may be changed for each content category, or may be changed according to the number of content categories spanning the search range.
- the number of checks is 1, the upper limit of the number of displayed items is 20.
- the upper limit of the number of displayed items is 10 per content.
- the number of checks is 3, the upper limit of the displayed items. To 7 per content.
- the website content according to the present embodiment provides a camera and information and services related to the camera. Therefore, for example, when the model name of the camera is displayed on the page screen of the bulletin board, the search processing is performed by regarding the model name as a search character.
- Figure 63 is an example of a page screen that introduces the expert mentioned above. In this, the model name is introduced as “owned camera”. In the example of Fig. 63, the model names "F ⁇ " and "F Exit" are listed. The display data is configured so that the characters of these model names can be clicked.
- FIG. 64 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of the search process performed by the server of the service provider.
- the process shown in Fig. 64 starts when one of the characters "FA" or "F" in the model name is clicked and the server receives the data indicating the click.
- the server accesses the database, searches whether the model name indicated by the clicked character is registered in the database, and proceeds to step S2802.
- a service relating to a camera is provided, and data relating to a camera in which the service provider is involved in production and sales are registered in a database by the service provider.
- the server determines whether or not the clicked model name is registered. If the model name is registered in the database, the server proceeds to step S28. A positive determination is made for 02, and the process proceeds to step S2803. If the information is not registered, a negative determination is made for step S2802, and the process proceeds to step S2806.
- step S2803 the server searches for the clicked model name as a search character for all content categories such as new information, product information, service support, online shops, communities, and bulletin boards. Go to 804.
- step S2804 the server determines whether or not the search of the search range has been completed. When the search is completed, the server makes an affirmative decision in step S2804, and proceeds to step S2805. On the other hand, if the search is not completed, the server makes a negative determination in step S2804, returns to step S2803, and continues the search processing.
- step S 2805 the server sorts hits as a result of the search by search range (by content), creates a search result page screen that displays search results for each content, and creates a search result page screen. Go to 09.
- step S2809 the server sends the search result page screen image to the service user terminal, and ends the processing in FIG. As a result, a search result screen similar to the screen shown in FIG. 62 (a) is displayed on the terminal display.
- the search result page screen displays the number of hits for each content, and the top 5 items with the highest similarity to the model name clicked in each content column Are displayed.
- the number of all hits is displayed in the content column where the number of hits is less than 5. If the number of hits is 0, a message notifying that there is no hit is displayed.
- a “display all” button 62 A that displays all hits in the content column with 6 or more hits.
- step S2806 the server searches for the clicked model name as a search character for the content category of the community and the bulletin board, and proceeds to step S2807. If a negative determination is made in step S2802, it can be considered that the model name is not a camera for which the service provider is engaged in production and sales. In this case, even if you search the latest information, product information, services, support, and online shops, you will not find any hits.
- Steps In S2807 the server determines whether or not the search of the search range has been completed. When the search is completed, the server makes an affirmative decision in step S2807, and proceeds to step S2808. On the other hand, if the search has not been completed, the server makes a negative determination in step S2807, returns to step S2806, and continues the search processing.
- step S2808 the server sorts the hits as a result of the search by search range (contents) and creates a search result page screen that displays the search results for each content. Proceed to 8 09. In this case, since the content to be searched is small, the search results are displayed such that the top 10 items per content are displayed in descending order of similarity with the clicked model name. For the page viewed by the service user, character strings and sentences described in HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) for the Web are extracted in advance for the page screen, and the extracted character strings and sentences are extracted. Search within each content. For example, a case where a service user is looking at a page screen introducing product information shown in Fig. 65 will be described as an example. In Fig.
- HTML Hyper Text Markup Language
- a “Related Search” button 65 A is provided at the bottom right of the page screen.
- the title string between the title tags (TITLE> ⁇ / TITLE>) is the search string Is extracted as
- a character string or text sandwiched between specially provided search tags (for example, Ku! SEARCH CONTEXT- -X! --SE ARCH CONTEXT-->) may be described.
- Character strings or sentences between search tags are extracted as search character strings or sentences.
- the HTML tag is excluded from the search characters.
- Fig. 66 is a flowchart explaining the flow of search processing performed by the service provider's server. It is a low chart.
- the process shown in Fig. 66 is activated when the "Related Search" button 65A is clicked on the page screen shown in Fig. 65.
- the server extracts a character string or a sentence represented by the above-described tag or the like on the displayed page screen, and proceeds to step S2902.
- the server 1 searches each content using the extracted character string or sentence as a search character string. At this time, the displayed page screen is not searched.
- the server determines whether the search has been completed.
- step S2904 proceeds to step S2904 with an affirmative decision in step S2903 when the search for all contents is completed, and proceeds to step S290 when the search for contents is not completed.
- a negative decision is made on 0 3 and the process returns to step S 29 02 to continue the search.
- step S2904 the server sorts hits as a result of the search for each content, creates a search result page screen that displays search results for each content, and proceeds to step S2905 .
- step S2905 the server transmits the data of the search result page screen to the terminal of the service user, and ends the processing in FIG. 66.
- a search result screen similar to the screen shown in FIG. 62 (a) is displayed on the terminal display.
- the search result page screen displays the number of hits for each content, and the top five items with the highest similarity between the search character string and the sentence are displayed in each content column. Are displayed. In the column of contents with less than 5 hits, all hits are displayed. If the number of hits is 0, a message notifying that there is no hit is displayed. In addition, there is a “display all” button 62 A that displays all hits in the content column where the number of hits is 6 or more.
- "Related expert search” button 63A is provided at the bottom of the page screen.
- HTML that describes this page screen, in addition to the description for locating the “Related Expert Search” button 63 A, it is also described in the field of expertise of the expert and the model name of the camera owned. The description may be sandwiched between specially provided search tags so that the character string in question is used as a search character string.
- Fig. 67 is a flowchart explaining the flow of search processing performed on the server of the service provider.
- the process in FIG. 67 is activated when the “Related Expert Search” button 63 A is clicked on the page screen in FIG. 63.
- the server extracts a character string or a sentence represented by the above-described tag or the like on the displayed page screen, and proceeds to step S3002. Steps
- the server uses the extracted character string or text as a search character string to search a database in which expert information is stored. At this time, the page screen being displayed is not searched.
- step S3003 the server determines whether the search has been completed. If the search for all expert information has been completed, the server makes an affirmative decision in step S 3 0 3 and proceeds to step S 3 0 4. If the search has not been completed, step S 3 A negative determination is made for 0 0 3 and the process returns to step S 3 0 2 to continue the search.
- step S 304 the server sorts the experts hit as a result of the search in the order of rating, creates a search result page screen that displays the search results in the order of rating, and proceeds to step S 3005.
- step S3005 the server transmits the data of the search result page screen to the terminal of the service user, and ends the processing in FIG. 67. As a result, the search result screen is displayed on the terminal display.
- a rating is such that a person who has many points and has a good reputation from the question poster is ranked high, and a person who has low points and has a bad reputation from the question poster is ranked low.
- Search text box 6 Search text written in OA or search text writing frame 60B Hits within the range of the content checked in search range check box 60C for search characters written in B Find what you want.
- search for each content column The top 5 items with the highest similarity between the character string and the sentence are displayed, and the button for "Display all" 6 2 A is clicked, and there are 6 or more hits All hits are displayed in the content column.
- the service user can check the hits of each content without scrolling the display screen.
- this model name of a camera is displayed on the bulletin board page screen (Fig. 63)
- this model name is regarded as a search character and search processing is performed. Since the website content according to the present embodiment provides a camera and information / service related to the camera, a better search service can be provided to the service user.
- the service provider On the page screen that introduces product information (Fig. 65), the service provider describes in advance the search character string related to the description on the page screen in HTML, and sets the related The search can now be started without having to enter a search string by simply clicking on the "Search" button 65A. As a result, the service user can quickly perform a search related to the currently viewed (displayed) page screen.
- a method of sandwiching a sentence with body characters (B0DYX / B0DY ») or a method of searching for all characters in an HTML page may be used for describing a search character string in HTML. If all characters in the page are to be searched, it is expected that the search results will increase noise (hit more than necessary).
- the description of the search character string may be changed for each page. For example, on a page with content describing "product information”, the character string between title tags is searched, and on a page with "article”, the character string between title tags is searched. And sentences sandwiched between body tags are searched.
- the service provider provides the e-shop service, site search service, and electronic bulletin board service via the Web, and the service user receives the above services using terminals that can connect to the Internet.
- Service users use mobile phones, PDAs (portable information terminals), etc. as terminals in addition to personal convenience stores.
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