Device for distributing information

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD [Detailed description of the invention]

【0001】

[Technical field to which the invention belongs]

The present invention relates to an information distribution device, and more particularly to an information distribution device that distributes information at low cost and receives an order from an information terminal device that has received this information.

【0002】

[Conventional technology]

For example, retail stores set up in the suburbs have the problem that sales cannot be increased unless people in the vicinity know the existence of their own stores. Therefore, using information devices that have been remarkably developed in recent years, advertising information such as product special price information and menu information of the own store is transmitted by wireless radio waves to the nearby area where the store is installed, and is used for car navigation systems such as automobiles and mobile phones. When an order is placed from a car navigation system, mobile phone, etc. that receives this advertising information by push technology, the store is notified of this, and the store waits for the time when the orderer's car arrives at the store. It would be convenient if we could build an information distribution device that could finish the ordered products.

【0003】

However, none of the devices developed conventionally satisfy all of the above requirements. For example, the wireless order-taking device described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-265488 is applied to a drive-through type store, but the store, the base station, and the information terminal device are each one-to-one-to-one wireless. It only connects by a method and notifies the clerk in the store away from the customer of the order from the customer who visited outside the store.

【0004】

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]

The above-mentioned conventional technique is merely a technique for notifying the clerk in the store of an order from a customer who has visited outside the store, and can only deal with the customers who come one after another one by one. That is, it is difficult to deal with a large number of customers at the same time, and it is also difficult to distribute information to people other than those who plan to purchase.

【0005】

An object of the present invention is to distribute product advertisement information and the like to a wide area outside the store by connecting the store, the base station, and the information terminal device by many-to-many-to-many wireless communication, and to distribute the product advertisement information from outside the store. The purpose is to provide a low-cost information distribution device capable of accepting orders.

【0006】

[Means for solving problems]

The above object includes a distribution device that transmits product information of its own store through a public line, and a base station that transmits the product information received through the public line to an information terminal device by short-range wireless communication. This is achieved when an order is placed from the information terminal device that has received the information, and the base station receives the order information and transmits the order information to the distribution device of the ordering party via a public line.

【0007】

Preferably, in the above, the order information is added with the position information indicating the transmission position of the information terminal device of the ordering source, and the distribution device receiving the order information is based on the distance between the position information and the own store position. It is characterized by providing a means for predicting the arrival time of the ordering party at its own store.

【0008】

More preferably, in the above, when a plurality of distribution devices are present, the base station transmits the order information only to the corresponding distribution device, and a plurality of the base stations are provided at each base. The station is characterized in that it is provided in each of a plurality of store signboards installed at arbitrary distances from the store in which the distribution device is installed.

【0009】

For example, a signboard advertising the location of a store is used as a base station, and product information is transmitted from the store to a base station several hundred meters to several kilometers away via a public line and stored in the storage device of the base station. .. When information terminal devices such as mobile phones, mobile terminals, and car navigation systems enter within a range of several tens of meters around the base station, push technology, etc., to push the product information stored in the base station to the information terminal devices, etc. Delivered by short-range wireless communication such as Bluetooth.

【0010】

The customer places an order by looking at the information displayed on the information terminal device, and this information is transmitted from the car navigation system or the like to a nearby base station, and the order is transmitted from the base station to the store via a public line. As a result, the ordered information can be obtained at the store, and the product menu can be distributed not only to the drive-through visitors but also to distant customers near the base station, which makes the customers motivated to purchase. It will be possible to improve and improve sales on the store side. As described above, according to the present invention, the configuration that enables many-to-many-to-many information distribution between the store, the base station, and the information terminal and one-to-one purchase between the customer and the store makes it more convenient to use. It is possible to provide an information distribution device.

【0011】

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

【0012】

FIG. 1 is a functional configuration diagram of an information distribution device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The information distribution device according to the present embodiment is composed of a distribution device 100 installed on the store side and a base station 200 wirelessly connected to the distribution device 100, and the base station 200 is installed in an automobile or the like. Sends store special sale information and menu information to information terminals 300 such as car navigation systems or passengers' mobile phones and portable information terminal devices by push technology, and also receives orders sent from information terminal 300. , Has a function of transmitting to the distribution device 100.

【0013】

Since the information terminal 300 is equipped with GPS if it is a car navigation system, it knows its own longitude and latitude information by receiving radio waves from GPS satellites. Therefore, the base station 200 acquires this longitude / latitude information and sends it to the distribution device 100, and when the store receives an order for, for example, "3 cups of udon", the orderer's car is currently running. Therefore, it is possible to predict how many minutes it will take to arrive at the store with the arrival time prediction program 110 of a personal computer or the like, and it will be possible to serve the freshly made udon noodles to the orderer.

【0014】

If the information terminal 300 is a mobile phone with a GPS function, the information terminal 300 has its own longitude / latitude information in the same manner as described above. Further, in the case of a PHS terminal of a personal handyphone system, the personal handyphone system can determine the position of the PHS terminal, so that the distribution device 100 also knows the terminal position when an order is placed. it can. Even if the information terminal 300 is a terminal that does not know its own location information, the approximate location can be known depending on which base station 200 receives the order, and the arrival time prediction program 110 of the distribution device 100 is approximate. It is possible to calculate the arrival time.

【0015】

When multiple stores are set up in the suburbs and such information distribution devices are operated jointly, the advertising information transmitted from the base station 200 to the information terminal 300 has a signal that identifies the store. It is added, and when the order is sent from the information terminal 300, it is possible to identify which store the order is for. The base station 200 that has received this order identifies which store the order is for, selects the destination by the selection means 210, and places an order with the personal computers constituting the distribution device 100 installed in each store. Send information.

【0016】

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing a specific example of the above-mentioned information distribution device. Specifically, as the distribution device 100, a personal computer 130 installed in each store is used. Each personal computer 130 is connected to a public telephone base station 150 via a wired public line 120.

【0017】

For example, the base station 200 is installed for each signboard for store promotion installed at the intersection of a circle with a radius of 2 km from the store location and the road, and each base station 200 and the base station 150 are connected by a public wireless line 220. Be connected. In this way, since the network of the communication carrier such as the public wired line 120 and the public wireless line 220 is used, it is possible to cover a wide range of areas. Needless to say, the wired line 120 may be a wireless line, and the wireless line 220 may be a wired line.

【0018】

Short-range wireless communication technology such as Bluetooth is applied to the communication between each base station 200 and the information terminal 300. That is, each base station 200 transmits promotional information such as store menu information and special price information via its own line 320 by short-range wireless communication. By using the own line 320, the system configuration does not incur communication costs. In addition, since the promotional information is broadcast by the own line 320, the information can be distributed to a large number of customers.

【0019】

Each store creates its own store's advertising information on its own personal computer 130, stores it on a hard disk or the like, adds a store identification code to this advertising information, and transmits it to the base station 150. The base station 150 transmits the received advertisement information for each store to each base station 200, each base station 200 stores the received information in a storage device, and the information terminal 300 enters its own communication area. When advertising information of each store is broadcast by short-range wireless communication.

【0020】

People in cars are displayed on the screen of information terminal devices 300 such as car navigation systems and mobile phones. "Handmade udon noodles from the XX family 2km away Tsukimi udon 550 yen Wild vegetable udon 650 yen ...... " Look at the menu information, and decide whether or not to place an order.

【0021】

When ordering, move the cursor to the ordered product on the screen of the information terminal 300 to select it. As a result, for example, the location information of the longitude and latitude of the information terminal 300, the customer number, the store number indicating " house", etc. are automatically added to the order information of "Tsukimi Udon Iccho" and transmitted to the base station 200. To.

【0022】

When the base station 200 receives this information, it extracts the store number from the information and decides where to send the information, and the distribution device 100 of the " house" via the public telephone line network. Send to.

【0023】

The distribution device (personal computer 130) of the " house" that received the order information etc. calculates the estimated arrival time to the own store from the distance between the current position of the ordered car and the own store, and displays it on the monitor screen. Display with the ordered information. By seeing this, the clerk of the " family" can boil the udon at the time when the car arrives, and the orderer can eat the udon immediately after it is completed without waiting.

【0024】

In the above configuration, the base station 200 that transmits advertising information to the information terminal 300 and the base station 200 that receives the order ordered from the information terminal 300 do not necessarily have to be the same, and the information terminal 300 does not necessarily have to be the same. It is also possible to place an order independently for the base station 200 capable of data communication.

【0025】

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the above-mentioned information distribution device. First, in step S1, the distribution device 100 transmits the advertising information, the store number, and the like to the base station 200. In the next step S2, the base station 200 stores the received information such as the advertisement information and the store number in the storage device in the base station 200.

【0026】

In step S3, each of the base stations 200 detects whether or not the information terminal 300 is within its own distribution area (radio wave range of short-range wireless communication) (step S4). If it is detected that the information terminal 300 exists in the deliverable area, the process proceeds to step S5, and if not, the process of FIG. 3 ends.

【0027】

In step S5, the promotional information, the store number, and the like distributed from the distribution device are transmitted to the information terminal 300 that can be distributed. When the information terminal 300 receives the information transmitted from the base station 200 (step S6), the information terminal 300 displays the received information on the display screen.

【0028】

The customer who sees this promotional information decides whether or not to place an order in step S7. In the next step S8, the information terminal 300 determines whether or not there has been an order from the customer, proceeds to step S9 if there is an order, and ends the process of FIG. 3 if there is no order.

【0029】

In step S9, the information terminal 300 acquires its own longitude / latitude information from the radio waves received from GPS satellites, and in the next step S10, the information terminal 300 adds order information and location information to the store number, and the base station. Send to 200. The base station 200 receives these information in the next step S11, and in the next step S12, the base station 200 determines which store's distribution device should be transmitted from the store number information in the received information. Select.

【0030】

In the next step S13, the base station 200 transmits the store number, order information, and location information to the selected distribution device. In the next step S14, the distribution device receives these information, and in the next step S15, the distribution device calculates the current location of the ordering party's information terminal 300 from the latitude / longitude information of the received position information, and from the distribution device. The arrival time to the own store is predicted from the distance of, and displayed together with the order information on the map information system or the like.

【0031】

As described above, the information distribution device according to the present embodiment enables many-to-many-to-many communication using a public line and a private line, so that information can be distributed to a large number of customers at low cost and at the same time. Orders can be accepted. In addition, since the position of the information terminal that placed the order is specified and the arrival time of the orderer is predicted from the distance from the own store, the product immediately after completion can be delivered to the orderer, and the service can be improved. It becomes.

【0032】

[Effect of the invention]

According to the present invention, many-to-many-to-many information distribution between a store, a base station, and an information terminal and one-to-one purchase between a customer and a store become possible, and the store can do business with a large number of customers. This makes it possible to popularize this information distribution device.

[Simple explanation of drawings]

[Figure 1]

It is a functional diagram which shows the outline of the information distribution apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention.

[Figure 2]

It is a figure which shows the specific example of the information distribution apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention.

[Fig. 3]

It is a flowchart which shows the processing procedure of the information distribution apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

100 distribution device 110 Arrival time prediction means 120 public wired line 130 personal computer 150,200 base station 210 Destination selection method 220 public wifi 300 Information terminal 310 Position acquisition means 320 own wireless line