JP4833191B2 - Store list generation server and network system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention receives a store information on a store used by a user from a user terminal device, generates a use store list according to the store information, and transmits the list to the user terminal device, and the user terminal and store The present invention relates to a network system including a list generation server.

  Generally, a user terminal device such as a personal computer or a mobile phone has a mail transmission / reception function, and various mails may be sent from the user terminal device to family members, friends, and the like. Such mail includes mail that informs the user's action, and for example, mail may be transmitted regarding a store that the user has performed.

  The mail sent by the user is accumulated in the user user terminal device, but it is extremely convenient for the user if the mail can be classified according to the type of mail. For example, if a list of store information related to stores used (used) by the user can be generated based on an email transmitted by the user, it is very convenient for the user to grasp information related to the stores used at a glance. .

On the other hand, when store information is transmitted to a user member, a technique is known in which store information is transmitted to the user member in association with map data. The store where the sales information exists and the store where the sales promotion information does not exist are identified and displayed on the map data. Distribution is made at regular intervals only within the period (see Patent Document 1).
Japanese Patent Application No. 2000-332862

  By the way, in Patent Document 1, store information is sent to user members registered in advance in association with map data within the usage period, but only information related to stores used by the user is sent as a list. Does not go.

  In addition, it is extremely troublesome for the user himself to classify the store used by the user and create the list, and if such a list can be generated and displayed without bothering the user, Very convenient for the user.

  In any case, it is impossible to generate a list of stores used by a conventional user based on an email sent by the user, and there is a problem that a large burden is imposed on the user if an attempt is made to generate a list of used stores. .

  An object of the present invention is to provide a store list generation server and a network system that can easily generate a list of used stores from mail transmitted by a user without imposing a burden on the user.

  (1) The present invention is a store list generation server that generates a store list according to store information transmitted from a user terminal device, and the user terminal device receives an e-mail when the user uses a store. When a mail including at least store information related to the store is transmitted by the transmission / reception function, a store information extracting unit that extracts the store information from the mail and a data transmission unit that transmits the store information via a network are provided. Data receiving means for receiving the store information, data extracting means for extracting store data indicating the characteristics of the store from the store database according to the store information, and the user using the store data according to the store data. It has a store list generating means for generating a list of stores.

  In the store list generation server described in (1), when the user terminal device transmits an email including at least store information regarding the store when the user uses the store, the store information extracted from the email is stored in the network. Store data indicating store characteristics according to store information is extracted from the store database, and a list of stores used by the user is generated according to store data. In addition, the list of stores used by the user can be easily generated without imposing a burden on the user.

  (2) The present invention provides the store list generation server according to (1), further including list list transmission means for transmitting the store list to the user terminal device, and the user terminal device includes the store list table. Is provided with a list receiving means for receiving and displaying.

  In the store list generation server described in (2), since the store list is transmitted to the user terminal device and the store list is displayed on the user terminal device, the user easily uses the store list table. You can browse the list of stores.

  (3) The present invention provides the store list generation server according to (1) or (2), wherein the store information extraction unit uses the store use date and the store name described in the mail as the store information. It is characterized by being extracted.

  In the store list generation server described in (3), the store information extraction unit extracts the use date and time of the store and the store name described in the mail as the store information. The date and time of use of the store can be posted.

  (4) The present invention is the store list generation server according to (3), in which at least a store use date, the store name, the store photo, and the store URL are posted in the store list. It is characterized by that.

  In the store list generation server described in (4), since at least the store use date and time, the store name, the store photo, and the store URL are posted in the store list, the user can store the store used by himself / herself. Not only can the features be understood, but the URL can be used to easily access the store's home page.

  (5) According to the present invention, in the store list generation server according to any one of (1) to (4), the store list generation unit updates the store list every time new store information is received. It is characterized by that.

  Since the store list generation server described in (5) updates the store list every time it receives new store information, the user can always browse the latest store list.

  (6) In the present invention, a plurality of user terminal devices and the store list generation server described in any of (1) to (5) above are connected via a network, and each of the user terminal devices includes: When a user uses a store to send an email including at least store information related to the store using a mail transmission / reception function, the store information extracting means for extracting the store information from the email and the store information via the network And a data transmission means for transmitting the data.

  In the network system according to (6), when a user uses a store to transmit an email including at least store information regarding the store when the user uses the store, the store list generation server extracts store information extracted from the email. The list of stores used by the user can be easily generated without bothering the user and without burdening the user. A table can be generated.

  As described above, according to the present invention, when a user transmits a mail including at least store information related to the store when the user uses the store, the store information extracted from the mail is stored in the store list. Since the generation server receives via the network, extracts store data indicating the characteristics of the store according to the store information from the store database, and generates a list of stores used by the user according to the store data, There is an effect that a list of stores used by the user can be easily generated without imposing a burden on the user.

  Hereinafter, an example of a network system having a user terminal device and a store list generation server according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  Referring to FIG. 1, the store list generation server 10 is connected to a network 11 such as the Internet, and a plurality of personal computers (PCs) 12-1 to 12 -M (M is an integer of 2 or more). Further, a plurality of mobile phones 14-1 to 14 -N (N is an integer of 2 or more) are connected via the mobile phone communication system 13. Hereinafter, the PCs 12-1 to 12-M and the mobile phones 14-1 to 14-N may be collectively referred to as user terminal devices. As the user terminal device, various terminals having a communication function can be used in addition to the PC and the mobile phone.

  The store list generation server 10 is, for example, a computer installed in an operating company (website operating company) that receives various requests from a large number of businesses (various stores, etc.) and operates various websites related to the businesses. This store list generation server 10 is connected to a store database (store DB) 15 in which store data related to stores is registered (the store list generation server 10 is connected to a website operating company). It does not have to be installed, and various operation modes are possible).

  The store data includes at least a store name, a store location, a store photo, and a store URL as store data in association with the store code. The user is registered as a member of the website management company, and the store list generation server 10 can be used by this member registration.

  Referring to FIG. 2, the user terminal device includes a mail transmission / reception unit 16a, a mail date / time extraction unit 16b, a store name extraction unit 16c, a date / store name combination unit 16d, and a data transmission / reception unit 16e. The generation server 10 includes a data transmission / reception unit 10a, a store data search unit 10b, a store data extraction unit 10c, and a list generation unit 10d.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 3, it is assumed that the user who is currently registered as a member emails a friend using the PC 12-1. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, it is assumed that this e-mail is an e-mail notifying that the user has gone to the pub ABC (the transmission date and time when the store is used is displayed in the e-mail body). This mail is transmitted to the user terminal device (for example, mobile phone 14-1) used by the friend by the mail transmitting / receiving unit 16a.

  Thus, when the user wants to add this store to the use store list when sending an email notifying that the store (in this case, pub ABC) is used, for example, the user terminal device Press a specific key (list generation key: not shown) provided in (Step S1). Thereby, in the user terminal device, the mail date and time extraction unit 16b extracts the date and time described in the mail (December 29, 2007 in the example shown in FIG. 4) (step S2). The extraction of the date and time may be a mode of extracting the character (December 29, 2007) after the noun “date and time”. The transmission time may be the date and time. In the latter case, since there is a time difference between the email transmission date and time and the store use date and time, in the case of the email transmission date and time, a display showing the email transmission time is added to the date and time of the store list. Also good.

  Subsequently, the store name extraction unit 16c scans the mail text and extracts a store name in the mail text (step S3). The store name may be extracted by extracting the word “place” in the mail text and extracting the noun after the word “place” to obtain the store name. In the case where there is no description of “place”, a fixed phrase such as “I went” or “set in” may be extracted, and a noun preceding this fixed sentence may be extracted. In addition, when the store location is described in the mail text, it is desirable to extract the store location. This is for identifying a branch of a chain store.

  The date / store name combination unit 16d combines the date / time and the store name extracted as described above to obtain store information (step S4). When the store location is extracted, the date / store name combination unit 16d includes the store location in the store information.

  Then, the data transmitter / receiver 16e transmits the store information as transmission data to the store list generation server 10 via the network 11 (step S5: The transmission data naturally includes the mail address of the user terminal). )

  In the store list generation server 10, the data transmission / reception unit 10a receives transmission data from the user terminal device (step S6). And this transmission data is given to the shop data search part 10b. In the store data search unit 10b, the store DB 15 is searched according to the store name (and location) in the transmission data, and a store name (and location) matching the store name (and location) exists in the store DB 15 or not. (Step S7).

  If there is a matching store name (and location), the store data search unit 10b reads the store code of the store name (and location) (step S8), and gives this store code to the store data extraction unit 10c. On the other hand, if the matching store name (and location) does not exist in the store DB 15, the store data search unit 10b notifies the user terminal device to that effect by the data transmission / reception unit 10a (transmits data indicating that store data does not exist). (Step S9).

  When the store code is received, the store data extraction unit 10c reads store data corresponding to the store code from the store DB 15 (step S10). For example, a store name, a store photo, and a store URL are read from the store DB 15 as store data. And this shop data is given to the list production | generation part 10d.

  A list DB 17 in which a store list is stored is connected to the list generation unit 10d for each user member (for example, for each user email address (user code)). When a new store list is generated in the list DB 17, the store list is registered, and when new store data is added to the store list, the store list is updated.

  The list generator 10d searches the list DB 17 according to the user code, and checks whether there is a store list corresponding to the user code (step S11). If the store list exists, the list generation unit 10d adds the store data to the store list and updates the list DB 17 (step S12).

  On the other hand, if the store list does not exist, the list generation unit 10d newly generates a store list and registers the store list in the list DB 17 in association with the user code (step S13).

  Furthermore, the list creation unit 10d transmits the store list updated in this way or the newly created store list to the user terminal device by the data transmission / reception unit 10a (step S14). As a result, a store list is displayed on the screen of the user terminal device as shown in FIG.

  In the above description, a mode has been described in which a store list is created in response to a key press operation (step S1) from a user when mail transmission or reception is received. The creation of the table may be a mode in which a pressing operation from the user is received and executed after several days or months after mail transmission and reception. In this case, each mail stored in the mailer of the user terminal device is scanned to extract a mail describing the store information. That is, for example, when there are words such as “Year-end party” and “New Year party” in the subject of the mail, it is determined that the mail describes the store, and these mails are extracted. And the aspect performed by the process after step S2 with respect to each extracted mail may be sufficient. In this case, the user can periodically create and update a store list, which is useful for checking the stores used by the user for each period.

  The example shown in FIG. 5 is an example in which a store list is newly generated, and the use date and time of the store, the subject of the email, the store name (here, Izakaya ABC), the store photo, and the store URL are posted. .

  In this way, when the user sends an email about the store to be used to a family member, friend or acquaintance, the user terminal device extracts information about the store to be used (store information) on the email, so that the user can use it. It is possible to automatically obtain information about the store that has been opened.

  And since this store information was sent to the list production | generation server 10, the store list was created based on the store data in store DB15, and it was made to display on a user terminal device, Therefore There is no burden on a user at all. The user can acquire a desired use store list.

  That is, the user can easily obtain a list of used stores without burdening a list of stores used by the user in the past.

  Here, the hardware configuration of the store list generation server 10 and the user terminal device as described above will be described. Referring to FIG. 6, the store list generation server 10 includes a central processing unit (CPU) 1010 (a plurality of CPUs such as a CPU 1012 may be added in a multiprocessor configuration), a bus line 1005, and a communication. An I / F 1040, a main memory 1050, a basic input output system (BIOS) 1060, a USB port 1090, an I / O controller 1070, an input unit such as a keyboard and a mouse 1100, and a display device 1022 are provided.

  Storage means such as a tape drive 1072, a hard disk 1074, an optical disk drive 1076, and a semiconductor memory 1078 can be connected to the I / O controller 1070.

  The BIOS 1060 stores a boot program executed by the CPU 1010 when the operating company server system 15 is activated, a program depending on the hardware of the store list generation server 10, and the like.

  The hard disk 1074 constituting the storage unit 107 stores various programs for functioning as a server and programs for executing the functions of the present invention, and various databases (for example, store DB, list DB) as necessary. Can be configured.

  As the optical disc drive 1076, for example, a DVD-ROM drive, a CD-ROM drive, a DVD-RAM drive, or a CD-RAM drive can be used. In this case, the optical disk 1077 corresponding to each drive is used. A program or data can be read from the optical disk 1077 by the optical disk drive 1076 and provided to the main memory 1050 or the hard disk 1074 via the I / O controller 1070.

  The program provided to the store list generation server 10 is provided by being stored in a recording medium such as the hard disk 1074, the optical disk 1077, or a memory card. This program may be read from a recording medium via the I / O controller 1070 or downloaded via the communication I / F 1040 to be installed and executed in the store list generation server 10.

  The aforementioned program may be stored in an internal or external storage medium. Here, as a storage medium constituting the storage unit 107, in addition to the hard disk 1074, the optical disk 1077, or the memory card, a magneto-optical recording medium such as an MD or a tape medium can be used. Further, a storage device such as a hard disk 1074 or an optical disk library provided in the store list generation server 10 connected to a dedicated communication line or the Internet is used as a recording medium, and the program is stored in the store list generation server 15 via the communication line. May be provided.

  Here, the display device 1022 displays a screen for accepting data input to the user or displays a calculation processing result screen by the store list generation server 10, and includes a cathode ray tube display device (CRT), a liquid crystal display, and the like. A display device such as a display device (LCD) is included.

  Here, the input means accepts input by the user, and may be configured by a keyboard, a mouse 1100, and the like.

  The communication I / F 1040 is a network adapter that enables the store list generation server 10 to be connected to a terminal via a dedicated network or a public network. The communication I / F 1040 may include a modem, a cable modem, and an Ethernet (registered trademark) adapter.

  Although the above example demonstrated the store list production | generation server 10, the function demonstrated above can also be implement | achieved by installing a program in a computer and making the computer operate | move as a server apparatus. Therefore, the functions realized by the server described as an embodiment in the present invention can be realized by executing the above-described method by the computer, or by introducing the above-mentioned program into the computer and executing it. It is.

  The PCs 12-1 to 12 -M have the same configuration as the store list generation server 10 described above. Further, the mobile phones 14-1 to 14N can have the same configuration, and in addition to a terminal device such as a PC and a mobile phone, for example, a PDA (Personal Data Assistant) has a communication function. You may make it use as.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not restricted to embodiment mentioned above. The effects described in the embodiments of the present invention are only the most preferable effects resulting from the present invention, and the effects of the present invention are limited to those described in the embodiments of the present invention. is not.

It is a block diagram which shows an example of the network system to which the user terminal device and store list production | generation server by embodiment of this invention were connected. It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of the user terminal device and store list production | generation server which are shown in FIG. It is a flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement of the user terminal device and shop list production | generation server shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the mail transmitted from a user terminal device. It is a figure which shows an example of the shop list displayed on a user terminal device. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of the shop list production | generation server shown in FIG. 1, and a user terminal device.

Explanation of symbols

10 store list generation server 11 network 12-1 to 12-M personal computer (PC)
13 mobile phone communication system 14-1 to 14-N mobile phone 15 store database 16a mail transmission / reception unit 16b mail date extraction unit 16c store name extraction unit 16d date / store name combination unit 16e data transmission / reception unit 10a data transmission / reception unit 10b pavement data search Part 10c Store data extraction part 10d List generation part 17 List database (list DB)

Claims (5)

A network system that generates a store list that is a list of stores used by a user based on an email sent by a user to an acquaintance,
The user terminal device used for the user and the store list generation server are configured to be communicably connected via a network,
The user terminal,
An extraction instruction receiving means for receiving an instruction to extract the store information based on a specific key operation by the user when the user transmits a mail including at least the store information related to the store by the mail transmission / reception function when the user uses the store ; ,
Store information extraction means for extracting the store information from the mail on condition that the extraction instruction is received;
Anda data transmitting means for transmitting to said store list generation server via the shop information extracting means and the network the shop information extracted is,
The store list generation server is
Data receiving means for receiving the store information;
Store data search means for determining whether or not store data indicating store characteristics corresponding to the received store information exists in a store database storing store data for a plurality of stores;
Data extraction means for extracting store information indicating the characteristics of the store from the store database according to the received store information, on condition that the store data search means is present in the store database;
Having a shop list generating means for generating a list of the store used by the user in response to the store data,
A network system characterized by this. The store list generation server has a list transmission means for transmitting the store list to the user terminal device,
The network system according to claim 1 , wherein the user terminal device includes a list receiving unit that receives and displays the store list. The said store information extraction means of the said store list production | generation server extracted the use date and time of a store, and the store name described in the said mail as said store information, The claim 1 or 2 characterized by the above-mentioned. Network system . The network system according to claim 3, wherein at least the use date and time of the store, the store name, the photograph of the store, and the URL of the store are posted in the store list. 5. The network system according to claim 1 , wherein the store list generation unit of the store list generation server updates the store list every time new store information is received. .

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