Method of providing store information and store information server
First Claim
1. A method of providing a mobile-telephone terminal with store-information, said method comrpising:
- setting said at least one mobile-telephone terminal to display a commodity selection menu, on which a user of said mobile-telephone terminal selects a commodity from a plurality of commodities;
receiving commodity information regarding the commodity selected by t user;
searching a store-information database storing the commodity information and store summary information including a name, an address and a phone of one or more stores dealing the commodity specified in the commodity information, based on the commodity information and positional information representing a position of the mobile-telephone terminal, and determining one store located closest to the position of the mobile-telephone terminal among any other stores dealing the specified commodity;
accessing stock information representing a stock of commodities dealt by the determined store, and acquiring the stock information; and
sending the store summary information regarding the determined store which is located closest to the position of the mobile-telephone terminal and the acquired stock information to the mobile-telephone terminal, and setting the mobile-telephone terminal to display the sent information.
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Abstract
A mobile-telephone terminal displays a commodity-selection menu for selecting a desired commodity, and sends commodity information regarding the selected commodity to a store-information server connected to a mobile-telephone network. A controller of the store-information server having received the commodity information searches a store-information database storing the commodity information and positional information representing a position of a store dealing the selected commodity, based on the commodity information and the positional information representing a position of the mobile-telephone terminal, and determines one store which is located closest to the mobile-telephone terminal and deals the selected commodity. The controller accesses a store terminal managing stock information representing the stock of the closest store, acquires the stock information of the selected commodity, and sends the acquired stock information together with information regarding the closest store to the mobile-telephoned terminal which will then display the store-information with the acquired stock information
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1. A method of providing a mobile-telephone terminal with store-information, said method comrpising:
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setting said at least one mobile-telephone terminal to display a commodity selection menu, on which a user of said mobile-telephone terminal selects a commodity from a plurality of commodities;
receiving commodity information regarding the commodity selected by t user;
searching a store-information database storing the commodity information and store summary information including a name, an address and a phone of one or more stores dealing the commodity specified in the commodity information, based on the commodity information and positional information representing a position of the mobile-telephone terminal, and determining one store located closest to the position of the mobile-telephone terminal among any other stores dealing the specified commodity;
accessing stock information representing a stock of commodities dealt by the determined store, and acquiring the stock information; and
sending the store summary information regarding the determined store which is located closest to the position of the mobile-telephone terminal and the acquired stock information to the mobile-telephone terminal, and setting the mobile-telephone terminal to display the sent information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of providing a mobile-telephone terminal with store-information, said method comprising:
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setting said mobile-telephone terminal to display a commodity selection menu for selecting one commodity from a plurality or commodities, on said mobile-telephone terminal;
sending commodity information regarding the commodity selected by a user of said mobile-telephone terminal on the commodity selection menu, to a store-information server connected to a mobile-telephone network;
searching a store-information database storing the commodity information and store summary information including a name, an address and a phone number or one or more store dealing the commodity specified in the commodity information, based on the commodity information and positional information representing a position or the mobile-telephone terminal, in said store-information server having received the commodity information, and determining one store located closest to the position of the mobile-telephone terminal among any other stores dealing the commodity specified in the commodity information, on said store-information server having received the commodity information;
accessing stock information representing a stock of commodities dealt by the determined store, and acquiring the stock information; and
sending the store summary information regarding the determined store which is located closest to the position of the mobile-telephone terminal and the acquired stock information to the mobile-telephone terminal, ad setting the mobile-telephone terminal to display the sent information. - View Dependent Claims (11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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12. A store-information server coupled to a mobile-telephone network through a communication line and comprising:
- a processor, a storage unit;
an input/output unit performing data communications with said mobile-telephone network through the communication line;
a communication unit coupled to a store-terminal managing stock information of commodities dealt by each of a plurality of stores, through a network; and
a store-information database storing commodity information regarding each of the commodities and store summary information including a name, an address and a phone number of each of the stores dealing the commodities specified in the commodity information,wherein said processor receives the commodity information regarding a commodity selected by a user of said mobile-telephone terminal, from said mobile-telephone terminal through said input/output unit, searches said store-information database for one store located closest to a position of said mobile-telephone terminal among any other stores dealing the user-selected specified commodity, based on the commodity information regarding the user-selected commodity and positional information representing the position of said mobile-telephone terminal, accessing a store terminal managing stock information of the determined store closest to the position of said mobile-telephone terminal, and acquiring the stock information of the selected commodity; and
sending the store summary information regarding the determined store closest to the position or said mobile-telephone terminal and the acquired stock information to said mobile-telephone terminal and setting said mobile-telephone terminal to display the sent information thereon.
- a processor, a storage unit;
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20. A program for controlling a computer to execute:
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setting a mobile-telephone terminal to display a commodity selection menu for selecting a commodity from a plurality of commodities;
receiving commodity information regarding the commodity selected by a user of said mobile-telephone terminal on said commodity selection menu;
searching a store-information database storing the commodity information and store summary information including a name, an address and a phone number of a store dealing the commodity specified in the commodity information, based on the commodity information and positional information representing a position of the mobile-telephone terminal, and determining one store located closest to the position of the mobile-telephone terminal among any other stores dealing the commodity specified in the commodity information accessing stock information representing a stock of commodities dealt by the determined closest store, and acquiring the stock information; and
sending the store summary information regarding the determined store which is located closest to the position or of mobile-telephone terminal and the acquired stock information to the mobile-telephone terminal and setting the mobile-telephone terminal to display the sent information.
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