JP7116879B2 - Lunch provision system and lunch provision method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a lunch providing system and a lunch providing method.

According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, etc., the relationship between rising social security costs and eating habits has become clear. That is, lifestyle-related diseases are one of the major reasons why social security costs increase year by year, and most of these lifestyle-related diseases are caused by daily eating habits. Focusing on the lunch of working people in analyzing their daily eating habits, many working people have lunch at a restaurant near their workplace during their lunch break. The choice of restaurant may be the restaurant that provides the meal that you want to eat or the one closest to your workplace. If we can improve our daily eating habits, we will be able to reduce the risk of lifestyle-related diseases and curb increases in social security costs. Conventionally, a nutritional management system disclosed in Patent Document 1 is known as a system for improving the nutritional value of lunch.

JP-A-2005-135238

However, the reality is that it is quite difficult for us to improve our daily eating habits. In other words, we are not so conscious of eating habits on a daily basis, or we are not able to realize appropriate eating habits because we cannot control our impulses. Regarding lunch for working people, many working people have lunch at about the same time, so even if they go to a restaurant, they may not be able to enter because it is crowded, and they will have lunch at a restaurant near their workplace. There is a tendency to choose one's favorite dishes without considering the aspect of food habits and improvement of eating habits.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of such problems, and its object is to improve eating habits by using lunch and to reduce congestion in restaurants. To provide a providing system and a lunch providing method.

In order to solve the above problems, according to the first aspect of the present invention, an operator terminal used by a system operator, a nutrition manager terminal used by a nutrition manager who manages lunch nutrition, and lunch are provided. and a restaurant terminal used by a restaurant that provides lunch, wherein the operator terminal (100) A lunch use plan presentation processing unit (110) that presents a lunch use plan including information on the lunch use date to the user terminal, and a lunch use plan presentation processing unit (110) that presents the lunch use plan to the lunch user terminal according to the lunch use plan selected by the lunch user terminal a billing processing unit (130) for transmitting billing information; and a menu creation request processing unit (140) for requesting the nutrition manager terminal to create a menu according to the lunch user information on the lunch user and the lunch usage plan. , a schedule transmission adjustment processing unit (160) that transmits a request for providing lunch to the restaurant terminal according to the restaurant information, the lunch usage plan, the lunch user information, and the lunch usage plan; A service provision instruction processing unit (170) that transmits lunch provision information for receiving lunch provision to the lunch user terminal, and the nutrition manager terminal (200) provides the operator terminal with the The lunch user terminal (300) is provided with a menu creation processing unit (210) that provides the lunch user information and the menu according to the lunch usage plan, and the lunch user terminal (300) provides the operator terminal with the lunch usage related to the lunch user. A lunch user information provision processing unit (310) that transmits user information, a plan selection processing unit (320) that transmits the selected lunch usage plan to the operator terminal, and a plan selection processing unit (320) that transmits to the operator terminal according to the charge and a payment processing unit (350) for making payment at the restaurant terminal (400), and the restaurant terminal (400) includes a restaurant information provision processing unit (410) for transmitting the restaurant information related to the restaurant to the operator terminal. There is provided a lunch providing system characterized by: The numbers in parentheses above correspond to the embodiments described later, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

According to this system, the lunch time and menu are scheduled and transmitted to the restaurant, so if lunch users go to the restaurant at the designated time, they can sit at the prepared seat without waiting. You will be guided and provided with meals that take into consideration your health status. For this reason, the meal is served without waiting for a seat order or choosing what to eat and where to eat, and after the meal, the payment has already been made, so you can leave the store without the hassle of paying. Even at a business trip destination, meals can be provided in the same way as usual at the business trip destination based on information such as a calendar. In this way, lunch can be used to improve eating habits and reduce congestion in restaurants.

Various applications are possible for the present invention. For example, the lunch user terminal may include, in the manager terminal, a shared dining request processing unit that requests shared dining for a plurality of lunch customers to receive lunch together. Therefore, if lunch users go to the restaurant at the designated time, they will be guided to the prepared seats without waiting, and they will be served a meal that takes their health into consideration. In this way, eating together can be done smoothly, so "eating together" encourages communication between employees, and proper meals prevent obesity and sleepiness, leading to improved productivity.

Further, the operator terminal may include a cost assistance processing unit that posts an advertisement on the lunch user terminal and applies part of the advertisement cost to the billing when the lunch user browses the advertisement. Therefore, lunch users can reduce the burden by subsidizing the cost. In addition, if the target of using the cost assistance processing unit is an insurance company, employees can receive benefits by leading a healthy life. Also, if the target of using the cost assistance processing unit is a company that wants to have a connection with an individual employee, the company and the individual employee can be connected.

Further, the nutrition manager terminal may include a nutrition guidance processing unit that provides information on nutrition guidance to the lunch user terminal. Lunch users can reflect the nutrition guidance in their daily menus, so that they can further improve their eating habits.

Further, according to the second aspect of the present invention, an operator terminal used by a system operator, a nutrition manager terminal used by a nutrition manager who manages lunch nutrition, and a lunch user who is provided with lunch use A lunch providing method including a lunch user terminal and a restaurant terminal used by a restaurant that provides lunch, wherein a lunch user related to the lunch user is sent from the lunch user terminal to the operator terminal a step of transmitting information (S100); a step of transmitting restaurant information related to the restaurant from the restaurant terminal to the operator terminal (S200); a step of presenting a lunch usage plan including information (S300); a step of transmitting the selected lunch usage plan from the lunch user terminal to the operator terminal (S400); and the operator terminal and the lunch user. a step (S800, S900) in which charging and payment are performed according to the lunch use plan selected between the terminal and the lunch user information and the lunch use plan from the operator terminal to the nutrition manager terminal; a step (S1000) of requesting menu creation according to the above; a step of providing a menu according to the lunch user information and the lunch usage plan from the nutrition manager terminal to the operator terminal (S1100); (S1300) a step of transmitting the restaurant information, the lunch usage plan, and a request for providing lunch according to the menu from the operator terminal to the restaurant terminal; and providing lunch from the operator terminal to the lunch user terminal. and (S1500) transmitting lunch offering information for receiving. The numbers in parentheses above correspond to the embodiments described later, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the lunch provision system which can support realization of an appropriate eating habit with less burden on individuals can be provided. Other effects of the present invention will also be described in the mode for carrying out the invention, which will be described later.

1 is a block diagram of a lunch providing system 10 of this embodiment; FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the flow of operations of the lunch providing system 10. FIG.

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the present specification and drawings, constituent elements having substantially the same functional configuration are denoted by the same reference numerals, thereby omitting redundant description.

First, the lunch providing system of this embodiment will be outlined. The lunch providing system of the present embodiment provides working adults (employees/salarymen) with lunches with nutritional guidance that does not increase the risk of lifestyle-related diseases. In this system, nutrition administrators and restaurants cooperate with each other. A nutrition manager creates a menu for each lunch user in cooperation with restaurants for a period such as one month. In addition to meal information, the menu includes restaurants where the meal is served (for example, within a 10-minute walk of the lunch user), the lunch serving time, and the like. In addition, lunch users pay monthly in advance for the cost of this program. Therefore, the lunch user only has to go to the designated place on the designated date and time according to the menu and eat the served meal. You can have a delicious, fun, and healthy diet. In addition, by collaborating with the employer's company, it is possible to reduce the food expenses borne by each lunch user. In this manner, the lunch providing system of the present embodiment is a system that provides suitable meals for lunch users through mutual exchange between the IT system on the management side and the IT system on the user side. A detailed description will be given below.

As shown in FIG. 1, the lunch providing system 10 includes an operator terminal 100 used by a system operator, a nutrition manager terminal 200 used by a nutrition manager who manages lunch nutrition, and a lunch use terminal 200 used by lunch users. It mainly includes a user terminal 300 and a restaurant terminal 400 used by a restaurant that provides lunch. Each terminal is interconnected via an electric communication line such as the Internet. In the following explanation, when data is transmitted and received between terminals, data may be exchanged directly between terminals, or data may be exchanged indirectly via another terminal or storage medium. good. Each component of the lunch providing system 10 will be described in detail below.

(Operator terminal 100)
The operator terminal 100 is a terminal used by the operator of the system, and as shown in FIG. It mainly includes a processing unit 140 , a scheduling processing unit 150 , a schedule transmission adjustment processing unit 160 and a service provision instruction processing unit 170 .

The lunch usage plan presentation processing unit 110 is a functional unit that performs processing for presenting a lunch usage plan. The lunch use plan includes information on the day on which lunch is used. More specifically, information on the period of using lunch and the frequency of using lunch is included. For example, the period of use is composed of two weeks, one month, or the like. Further, the usage frequency is composed of the number of times in a week, the day of the week, and the like. Lunch users can select a lunch usage plan based on the usage period and frequency of use, etc., make a contract according to the lunch usage plan, and pay the management side with a payment method such as monthly lump sum payment, advance payment, or flat rate system. .

The shared meal processing unit 120 uses information from the company (particularly the personnel department), registration information of lunch users, calendar information, and action history to automatically arrange a table with a plurality of people instead of one and eat the same thing. This is a functional unit that performs scheduling processing. These pieces of information are received from the lunch user terminal 300, which will be described later. In addition, depending on the content of the contract, the company or employees can request to eat together. A request for eating together (request information) from the company includes information on the lunch user who wants to eat together, the date and time, and the like. The eating together processing unit 120 can prevent an employee from eating alone (this eating (eating alone/eating alone)).

The billing processing unit 130 is a functional unit that performs billing processing based on the contract details at that time. The content of the contract includes an option menu selected by the lunch user from the prepared option menus and the content scheduled by the shared meal processing unit 120 . The content of the contract is the conditions agreed between the company and the plan selected by the lunch usage plan presentation processing unit 110 . If there is a need to promote communication between employees, the above-mentioned function of eating together should be included in the contract. In addition, if there is a need to grasp the degree of usage, a monthly report will be included. If there is a need to continuously grasp the health status of employees, it is also possible to combine health care information and meal information into data, add advice from doctors and create reports. .

The option menu is a service for employees. The option menu is a menu of services that the employee wants to use without receiving assistance from the company. In the option menu, for example, in the basic plan, the service is used three days a week, and if the employee wishes to use the service five days a week, the employee pays for the two days and uses the service. In addition, the restaurant may be used not only for lunch but also for dinner or privately with family members on holidays. The option menu shall be paid by the employee as an individual regardless of the company.

The menu creation request processing unit 140 is a functional unit that performs processing for transmitting a menu creation request to the nutrition manager terminal 200, which will be described later, according to the lunch use plan and the option menu. Information for requesting menu creation includes information such as the name, age, place of work, health information, date and time of lunch, and eating together for each employee.

The scheduling processing unit 150 is a functional unit that combines various types of information and performs processing for scheduling restaurants that receive meals during the lunch use period, time, and details of the meals to be provided. Here, the various information includes the number of seats and vacancies of the store registered in the operator terminal 100, popularity and unpopularity information, health management information and registration information of lunch users, current location information of lunch users and calendar Information on the plan selected by the lunch user, such as location information of the registered schedule, weather forecast information, etc., information from the employer of the lunch user, information scheduled by the dining processing unit 120, and other information By combining , the management side can schedule the restaurant that will receive the meal during the period, the time, and the content of the meal to be provided.

After the scheduling by the scheduling processing unit 150 is completed, the schedule communication adjustment processing unit 160, for each date and time, the lunch user's ID, belonging organization, group, or a symbol for recognizing them, the number of visitors, the number of groups, and the number of lunches to be provided. It is a functional unit that transmits information about contents and lunches to restaurants and the like, and performs processing for confirming matching between lunch users and restaurants. Restaurants (restaurant terminal 400) can provide lunch such as securing seats and material purchase (realization of JIT purchase (abbreviation of Just In Time, meaning purchase of appropriate amount at the right time) and reduction of surplus inventory) along with payment of expenses. to request and instruct. Confirmation of matching between the lunch user and the restaurant is, for example, one to two weeks before the date of use.

The service provision instruction processing unit 170 is a functional unit that performs processing for sending reminders to restaurants and processing for sending lunch provision information to lunch users. The service provision instruction processing unit 170 sends a reminder to the restaurant one week to three days before the date of use. The reminder includes reminder information such as date and time, number of people to be served, service, content and procedure. The lunch provision information includes the date and time when the service is provided, restaurant location information, menu information, and the like.

(Nutrition manager terminal 200)
The nutrition manager terminal 200 is a terminal used by a nutrition manager such as a nutritionist, and mainly includes a menu creation processing unit 210 and a nutrition guidance processing unit 220 . Note that lunch nutritional management can also be performed by the system operator. In this case, the nutrition manager terminal 200 can be a terminal installed at a position close to the operator terminal 100 or can be the same terminal as the operator terminal 100 .

The menu creation processing unit 210 is a functional unit that creates, displays, and distributes menus and recipes for a specific date and time or period based on various types of information. Here, various types of information include employee health conditions, preferences, allergy information, eating history, employee location information (including scheduled location information using calendars, etc.), restaurant candidates based on location information, It includes information such as restaurant capacity, available lunch menus, ingredients normally purchased, specialty dishes, recipes, guidance information such as nutrition administrators. The lunch menu is usually created by the nutrition manager, but may be created by the nutrition manager in cooperation with the restaurant.

The nutritional guidance processing unit 220 has a function of creating nutritional guidance information for employees based on the health information, physical information, eating history, regular health checkup result information, etc. of lunch users (each employee). Department. Nutritional guidance information can be reflected in daily menus by operators, systems, or lunch users. Nutritional guidance information may be created not only by a nutrition manager, but also by doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and the like.

(Lunch user terminal 300)
The lunch user terminal 300 is a terminal used by lunch users. In this embodiment, the lunch user is a person (employee, etc.) to whom lunch is provided, as well as an organization to which the person to whom lunch is provided (commercial organizations such as companies, non-profit organizations such as circles, etc.) also included). In the present embodiment, the case where lunch users are an employee and a company will be described. The lunch user terminal 300 may be a smartphone or the like especially as a terminal used by an individual. The lunch user terminal 300 includes, as shown in FIG. It mainly includes a unit 350 , a ticket display processing unit 360 and a feedback processing unit 370 .

The lunch user information provision processing unit 310 is a functional unit that performs processing for transmitting the name, age, place of work, health information, etc. of the lunch user to the manager terminal 100 .

The plan selection processing unit 320 is a functional unit that performs processing for selecting a lunch usage plan provided by the operator. A lunch usage plan consisting of a period and usage frequency is set. A lunch user can select a lunch usage plan based on a usage period such as two weeks or one month, and a usage frequency including the number of times in a week and the day of the week. Fees can be paid to the system management side by monthly lump sum payment, advance payment, or flat rate system according to the lunch usage plan. The payment may be made by the individual employee or may be paid from the welfare expenses of the company.

As a lunch usage plan, for example, as a basic lunch usage plan, lunch may be provided three days a week, and a portion of the original meal cost may be subsidized from the company's welfare expenses. Therefore, the burden on employees is reduced. In addition, the payment method may be alternative payment by performing services set by the management such as introduction of other lunch users, cash, or the like.

The dining together request processing unit 330 is a functional unit that performs processing for transmitting request information for dining together to the manager terminal 100 . The request information for eating together includes information on each employee who wants to eat together, the date and time, and the like. Note that the request for eating together may be made available according to the contents of the contract for the lunch use plan. Requests for eating together can prevent employees from eating alone (koshoku (single meals/single meals)) and promote communication between employees.

The option menu selection processing unit 340 is a functional unit that performs a process of selecting an option menu from prepared option menus and transmitting the selected option menu to the operator terminal 100 . The option menu is a service for employees. The option menu is a menu of non-contractual services that the user wants to use without receiving assistance from the company. That is, it is a service that an employee personally pays for and receives. In the option menu, for example, if the basic plan is to be used 3 days a week, the employee can use the service for 5 days a week and pay for the service for 2 days. can. In addition, you may use it not only for lunch but also for dinner, and privately with your family on holidays. The option menu is paid by the employee as an individual regardless of the company.

The payment processing unit 350 is a functional unit that performs processing such as making a contract according to the lunch usage plan, paying the fee in advance, or paying the management side on a flat rate basis. A lunch usage plan consisting of a period and usage frequency is set. Lunch users can select a plan based on the period and frequency of use, such as for two weeks or one month.

If the lunch user has the right to use on the day of use (if the management side/system can confirm the settlement/payment for that day), the meal ticket display processing unit 360 displays the meal ticket, which is a certificate with the right It is a functional unit that performs processing to display . The meal ticket may be displayed on the lunch user terminal 300 or printed on paper. The employee can receive a meal by showing the meal ticket to the restaurant side or scanning it with the restaurant terminal 400, which will be described later.

As mentioned above, the lunch usage plan is scheduled and communicated to restaurants, etc., so if lunch customers go to the restaurant at the specified time, they will be able to sit in the prepared seats without waiting, together with their colleagues. Meals are served without waiting for seating or choosing what to eat, where to eat, or who to eat with. Since the payment has already been made after the meal, you can leave the restaurant without the hassle of paying for lunch. Even at a business trip destination, meals can be provided in the same way as usual at the business trip destination based on information such as a calendar.

The feedback processing unit 370 is a functional unit that performs processing for transmitting a report and feedback such as a questionnaire to the operator terminal 100 when the lunch user has finished eating. Feedback such as questionnaires can be provided by simple operations such as selecting the number of stars. Feedback from the feedback processing unit 370 can be used when the scheduling processing unit 150 of the operator terminal 100 performs scheduling.

(Restaurant terminal 400)
The restaurant terminal 400 is a terminal used in restaurants, and mainly includes a restaurant information provision processing unit 410 .

The restaurant information provision processing unit 410 is a functional unit that performs processing for transmitting restaurant information including the location of the restaurant, the contents of the food that can be served, and the date and time that the restaurant can be served to the operator terminal 100 . The restaurant information is used when determining the restaurant where lunch is provided to the lunch user.

The restaurant terminal 400 may also include a meal ticket reading processing unit that reads the meal ticket printed or displayed by the meal ticket display processing unit 360 of the lunch user terminal 300 described above.

The configuration of the lunch providing system 10 has been described above. Each processing unit described above can be realized by a computer program executable on each terminal. Such a computer program can be installed in each terminal, for example, via various storage media or via a network. Alternatively, each terminal may be a dedicated device that performs each process.

Next, a lunch providing method using the lunch providing system 10 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the flow of a lunch usage method using the lunch providing system 10. As shown in FIG.

The lunch user terminal 300 uses the lunch user information provision processing unit 310 to transmit lunch user information such as the name, age, place of work, and health information of each employee to the manager terminal 100 (step S100). ). Information about the lunch user's name, age, health, etc. is used when the nutrition manager decides the contents of the lunch in step S1100, which will be described later. The information about the place of work is used when determining restaurants where lunch is served in step S1200, which will be described later.

The restaurant terminal 400 uses the restaurant information provision processing unit 410 to transmit restaurant information regarding the restaurant, including the location of the restaurant, the content of the food that can be served, and the date and time that the restaurant can be served, to the operator terminal 100. (step S200). The information about the content of the dishes that can be provided is used for determining whether the restaurant corresponds to the content of the lunch decided by the nutrition manager in step S1200, which will be described later. Also, the information on the location of the restaurant and the date and time when it can be served is used to determine whether the restaurant is available to the lunch customers based on the lunch customer information transmitted in step S100.

The operator terminal 100 uses the lunch usage plan presentation processing unit 110 to transmit the lunch usage plan including the lunch usage period and usage frequency to the lunch user terminal 300 (step S300). The lunch use plan is used for billing information in step S800, which will be described later.

The lunch user terminal 300 selects and transmits a lunch usage plan provided by the operator to the operator terminal 100 by the plan selection processing unit 320 (step S400).

The lunch user terminal 300 uses the dining request processing unit 330 to transmit request information for eating together, including information on each employee who wishes to eat together and the date and time, to the manager terminal 100 (step S500). ).

The manager terminal 100 automatically schedules a meal together based on the lunch user's registration information, calendar information, and action history by the meal-dining processing unit 120 (step S600).

The lunch user terminal 300 uses the option menu selection processing unit 340 to select and transmit an option menu from the prepared option menus to the manager terminal 100 (step S700).

The billing processing unit 130 of the operator terminal 100 transmits to the lunch user terminal 300 the contract details transmitted in step S300, the request for eating together transmitted from the lunch user terminal 300 in step S500, and Billing information is transmitted based on the option menu selected in step S700 (step S800).

The lunch user terminal 300 uses the payment processing unit 350 to pay the operator terminal 100 based on the billing information transmitted in step S800 (step S900).

The operator terminal 100 uses the menu creation request processing unit 140 to transmit the lunch user information transmitted in step S100, the lunch usage plan transmitted in step S400, and the lunch usage plan transmitted in step S400 to the nutrition manager terminal 200. A request for creating a menu is transmitted according to the information on the meal together scheduled in S600 and the option menu selected in step S700 (step S1000).

The nutrition manager terminal 200 uses the menu creation processing unit 210 to send the administrator terminal 100 a specific date and time or during a period according to the lunch user information, the lunch usage plan, the information on the dining together, and the option menu. menu information and recipe information are created and transmitted (step S1100).

The operator terminal 100 uses the scheduling processing unit 150 to schedule the date and time, number of people to be served, services, meal details, procedures, restaurants, etc., based on the menu information and recipe information transmitted in step S1100. When scheduling is performed by the scheduling processing unit 150, it is possible to consider eating together among lunch users, for example, so that a plurality of lunch users sit around a table and eat the same food (step S1200).

Then, the operator terminal 100 causes the schedule transmission and adjustment processing unit 160 to send the restaurant terminal 400 to the restaurant terminal 400 based on the scheduling created in step S1200 above, based on the payment of the cost and material purchase (realization of JIT purchase, surplus 1 to 2 weeks before the date of use (step S1300).

The operator terminal 100 causes the service provision instruction processing unit 170 to send a reminder to the restaurant terminal 400 one week to three days before the date of use, based on the seat reservation request information transmitted in step S1300. is transmitted (step S1400).

The operator terminal 100 uses the service provision instruction processing unit 170 to provide the lunch user terminal 300 with information such as the date and time when the service is provided, the location information of the restaurant, the menu, etc., based on the scheduling created in step S1200. Lunch offer information is transmitted (step S1500). Since the lunch offer information is also transmitted to the restaurant (restaurant terminal 400), if the employee goes to the restaurant at the designated time, he/she will be guided to the prepared seat together with his/her colleagues without waiting, and the seating order will be determined. Meals are served without waiting or choosing what to eat, where to eat, or who to eat with. Since the payment has already been made after the meal, you can leave the restaurant without the hassle of paying for lunch. Even at a business trip destination, meals can be provided in the same way as usual at the business trip destination based on information such as a calendar.

The employee presents the lunch user terminal 300 on which the meal ticket is displayed to the restaurant based on the lunch use information transmitted in step S1500 by the meal ticket display processing unit 360 of the lunch user terminal 300 (step S1600). ). In a restaurant, the restaurant terminal 400 may be used to read the meal ticket.

The feedback processor 370 of the lunch user terminal 300 feeds back the lunch user's finished meal report and questionnaire to the manager terminal 100 (step S1700).

The nutrition manager terminal 200 provides the lunch user terminal 300 with the nutrition guidance processing unit 220 based on the lunch user's (each employee's) health information, physical information, eating history, regular health checkup result information, etc. Nutrition guidance information is created and transmitted (step S1800). Note that the created nutritional guidance information may also be transmitted to the operator terminal 100 .

(Effect of this embodiment)
As described above, according to the present embodiment, the user of the operator terminal 100 on the side of the operator of the lunch providing system 10 and the user of the nutrition manager terminal 200 use the lunch providing system 10 as a business. can be operated. Further, the user (employee, etc.) of the lunch user terminal 300 and the user (restaurant) of the restaurant terminal 400, who are the users of the lunch providing system 10, have the following effects.

(Effect of Person Using Lunch User Terminal 300)
For employees who use lunch, the following effects are obtained.
・You can control your diet for your health.
・Since seats are already reserved at the restaurant, you can enter without waiting.
・ You can challenge new restaurants and menus.
・You can easily get a freshly made lunch without delivery or storage.

Furthermore, there are the following effects for employers who use lunch.
・It is possible to provide welfare services with high satisfaction to employees.
・Attractive job postings that promote health management can be posted.
・It is said that eating together promotes communication among employees, and proper meals prevent obesity and sleepiness, leading to improved productivity.
・Contribute to the permanence of social security.

(Effect of restaurant using restaurant terminal 400)
For restaurants, it has the following effects.
・It will lead to the resolution of problems such as labor shortages, rising labor and food costs, and attracting customers.
・By knowing when and how many customers will come and what they will eat, it is possible to streamline employee shifts and food procurement.
・By distributing customer visits to business hours rather than one time slot, it is not necessary to hire employees for peak hours.
・By providing nutritional guidance, you can get hints for improving the menu and developing new menus, which will lead to attracting new customers.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to such examples. It is obvious that a person skilled in the art can conceive of various modifications or modifications within the scope described in the claims, and these also belong to the technical scope of the present invention. Understood.

For example, not all of the components and steps described in the above embodiments are essential. For example, the eating together processing unit 120 of the operator terminal 100, the nutrition guidance processing unit 220 of the nutrition manager terminal 200, the eating together request processing unit 330 of the lunch user terminal 300, the option menu selection processing unit 340, and the meal ticket display processing unit 360 , the feedback processing unit 370 may be of any configuration (option).

Also, the timing of dining together scheduling and lunch scheduling (restaurant allocation, etc.) is not limited to the timing described in the above embodiment, and may change depending on the situation. Basically, scheduling can be performed at the timing when the following information is collected.
・Information on the lunch usage plan used by users (employees, etc.) (3 days a week or 1 day)
・User's schedule (free time, location information, etc.)
・Information about eating together (information such as belonging group)
・Restaurant schedule (date and time, capacity, vacant seat information, etc.)
Examples of cases that do not correspond to the above are, for example, the case of having meals on a business trip, or the case of personal use, and in such cases, scheduling can be arbitrarily performed. Since the location information and eating together information will change depending on whether you are on a business trip or using it as an individual (for example, there may not be dining together on a business trip alone), it is not necessary to schedule dining together and scheduling lunch at the same time. .

Also, the lunch user terminal may include a cost assistance processing unit in addition to the processing unit of the above embodiment. The expense subsidy processing department usually needs to bear the full cost of eating, but if the company and the management side make a contract, a part of the revenue received by the management side can be used as a discount or cashback for the user. It is a functional part that performs processing that can be performed. The target of using the cost assistance processing unit is not limited to companies, but may be companies such as insurance companies that benefit from having their employees live a healthy life. Alternatively, companies that want connections with individual employees can be targeted, and those companies and individual employees can be linked.

As a means of connecting companies and lunch customers, for example, advertising fees may be collected from companies to post company advertisements. A portion of the advertising expenses may be appropriated for eating and drinking to reduce or eliminate the eating and drinking charges. Advertisers who pay advertising expenses to operators are companies such as manufacturers that want to expose and recognize some kind of product or service to lunch users through the lunch providing system. Advertisements are posted on the lunch provision system, and lunch users view the advertisements in the form of video or still images on the lunch user terminal, which reduces the cost of eating and drinking.

Also, payment for food and drink may be made from advertising expenses. Here, the advertising expense is a mechanism for allocating the advertising income obtained by the operator to the eating and drinking expenses of the lunch customers to reduce or eliminate the eating and drinking expenses of the lunch customers. Advertisers who pay advertising expenses to operators are assumed to be companies such as manufacturers who want to expose and recognize some kind of product or service to lunch users through the lunch providing system. An advertisement is posted on the lunch provision system, and when the lunch user sees the advertisement, the food and drink fee is reduced. The operator terminal may take into account advertising costs when billing.

The embodiments, application examples, modifications, and the like described above can be implemented in appropriate combinations.

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 10 lunch providing system 100 manager terminal 110 lunch usage plan presentation processing unit 120 eating together processing unit 130 billing processing unit 140 menu creation request processing unit 150 scheduling processing unit 160 schedule communication adjustment processing unit 170 service provision instruction processing unit 200 nutrition manager Terminal 210 Menu creation processing unit 220 Nutrition guidance processing unit 300 Lunch user terminal 310 Lunch user information provision processing unit 320 Plan selection processing unit 330 Eating together request processing unit 340 Option menu selection processing unit 350 Payment processing unit 360 Meal ticket display processing unit 370 Feedback processing unit 400 Restaurant terminal 410 Restaurant information provision processing unit

Claims (8)

an operator terminal used by the system operator;
a nutrition manager terminal used by a nutrition manager who manages lunch nutrition;
a lunch user terminal used by a lunch user to whom lunch is provided;
a restaurant terminal used by a restaurant that provides lunch;
A lunch providing system comprising
The operator terminal is
A lunch usage plan presentation processing unit that presents a lunch usage plan including information on the lunch usage date to the lunch user terminal;
a billing processing unit that transmits billing information to the lunch user terminal according to the lunch use plan selected by the lunch user terminal;
A menu creation request processing unit that requests the nutrition manager terminal to create a menu according to the lunch user information about the lunch user and the lunch usage plan;
a schedule transmission adjustment processing unit that transmits a request for providing lunch to the restaurant terminal in accordance with restaurant information about the restaurant, the lunch usage plan, the lunch user information, and the lunch usage plan;
a service provision instruction processing unit that transmits lunch provision information for receiving provision of lunch to the lunch user terminal;
with
The nutrition manager terminal
The operator terminal includes a menu creation processing unit that provides the menu according to the lunch user information and the lunch usage plan,
The lunch user terminal is
a lunch user information provision processing unit that transmits the lunch user information related to the lunch user to the operator terminal;
A plan selection processing unit that transmits the selected lunch usage plan to the operator terminal;
a payment processing unit that pays according to the billing to the operator terminal;
with
The restaurant terminal is
A lunch providing system, wherein the operator terminal includes a restaurant information provision processing unit that transmits the restaurant information relating to the restaurant. The lunch user terminal is
2. The lunch providing system according to claim 1, wherein said manager terminal includes a shared dining request processing unit for requesting shared dining for a plurality of lunch users to receive lunch together. . The operator terminal is
Claim 1 or 2, characterized by comprising a cost assistance processing unit for posting an advertisement on the lunch user terminal and allocating part of the advertisement cost to the billing when the lunch user browses the advertisement. The lunch serving system described in . The nutrition manager terminal
4. The lunch providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein said lunch user terminal includes a nutritional guidance processing unit for providing information on nutritional guidance. an operator terminal used by the system operator;
a nutrition manager terminal used by a nutrition manager who manages lunch nutrition;
a lunch user terminal used by a lunch user to whom lunch is provided;
a restaurant terminal used by a restaurant that provides lunch;
A lunch providing method comprising:
a step of transmitting lunch user information about the lunch user from the lunch user terminal to the operator terminal;
a step of transmitting restaurant information about the restaurant from the restaurant terminal to the operator terminal;
a step of presenting a lunch usage plan including information on a lunch usage date from the operator terminal to the lunch user terminal;
a step of transmitting the selected lunch usage plan from the lunch user terminal to the operator terminal;
billing and payment are performed according to the lunch usage plan selected between the operator terminal and the lunch user terminal;
a step of requesting the nutrition manager terminal from the operator terminal to create a menu according to the lunch user information and the lunch usage plan;
A step of providing a menu according to the lunch user information and the lunch usage plan from the nutrition manager terminal to the operator terminal;
a step of transmitting from the operator terminal to the restaurant terminal the restaurant information, the lunch usage plan, and a request for providing lunch according to the menu;
a step of transmitting lunch provision information for receiving lunch provision from the operator terminal to the lunch user terminal;
A method for providing lunch, comprising: 6. The lunch according to claim 5, further comprising the step of requesting from said lunch user terminal to said manager terminal a shared meal for a plurality of lunch users to receive lunch together. delivery method. The operator terminal may include a cost subsidy processing step of posting an advertisement on the lunch user terminal and allocating part of the advertising cost to the billing when the lunch user browses the advertisement. , The method of providing lunch according to claim 5 or 6. 8. The lunch providing method according to any one of claims 5 to 7, further comprising a nutritional guidance processing step of providing nutritional guidance from said nutrition manager terminal to said lunch user terminal.

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