Product purchase/product development support method and product purchase/product development support apparatus

• US 20030167201A1
• Filed: 03/26/2003
• Published: 09/04/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Yamano, Masahiko
• Application Number:
  US10/396,471
• Publication Number:
  US 20030167201A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/10
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]

Abstract

There is disclosed a product purchase/product development support method of providing various information to a consumers who purchases a textile product and a textile maker which desires to participate in purchase and development of the textile product by a service providing server via Internet to perform various supports, the method comprising a step of reading background information from a background database disposed in, fashion information from a fashion database, and consumers information from a consumers information database and synthesizing these image information to output consumers simulated fitting image information to the information terminal by synthesized image calculation means disposed in.

Claims

1. A product purchase/product development support method of providing various information to a consumers who purchases a textile product and a textile maker which desires to participate in purchase and development of the textile product by a service providing server via a network to perform various supports, the method comprising:

a step of suggesting to store consumers information to data base including at least body shape and size information and appearance image information of the consumers who uses an information terminal of the consumers to be stored into a consumers information database disposed in the service providing server via the consumers information terminal connected to the network;

a step of suggesting fashion information of a product of the textile maker to be stored in a fashion database disposed in the service providing server via a textile maker'"'"'s information terminal connected to the network;

a step of reading background information from a background database, fashion information from the fashion database, and consumers information from the consumers information database disposed in the service providing server and synthesizing this image information to prepare consumers simulated fitting image information by synthesized image calculation means disposed in the service providing server, when a simulated fitting request is inputted into the service providing server from the consumers information terminal;

a step of transmitting the consumers simulated fitting image information to the consumers information terminal by the service providing server; and

a step of receiving payment of an information listing charge by a service provider which owns the service providing server from the textile maker whose fashion information is registered in the fashion database.

2. The product purchase/product development support method according to claim 1, further comprising:

a step of suggesting interest or taste of the consumers who uses the consumers information terminal as consumers information to be stored in a consumers information database disposed in the service providing server via the consumers information terminal;

a step of reading the consumers information from the consumers information database, performing a trend analysis of a fashion field based on the information, and storing an analysis result into an analysis database disposed in the service providing server by trend analysis means disposed in the service providing server;

a step of transmitting the analysis data of the analysis database to the textile maker information terminal; and

a step of receiving payment of an analysis information providing fee from the textile maker by a service provider which owns the service providing server.

3. The product purchase/product development support method according to claim 1, further comprising:

a step of accepting an order request for the product by the service provider which owns the service providing server from the consumers via the consumers information terminal based on the consumers simulated fitting image information;

a step of instructing the textile maker information terminal corresponding to the order request to ship the product; and

a step of receiving payment of an intermediary fee by the service provider which owns the service providing server from the textile maker which has received the shipment instruction corresponding to the order request.

4. A product purchase/product development support method of providing various information to a consumers who purchases a textile product and a textile maker which desires to participate in purchase and development of the textile product by a service providing server via a network to perform various supports, the method comprising:

a step of suggesting a consumers fashion design which is inputted via a consumers information terminal connected to the network and which is prepared by the consumers to be stored into a consumers fashion database disposed in the service providing server;

a step of transmitting the consumers fashion design stored in the consumers fashion database to a textile maker'"'"'s information terminal connected to the network to advertise for a textile maker which commercializes the consumers fashion design by fashion design processing means disposed in the service providing server, determining the textile maker for commercialization from textile makers which have responded to the advertisement, and storing sewing information of a pattern necessary for the commercialization into the fashion database disposed in the service providing server from the determined textile maker;

a step of suggesting consumers information including at least body shape and size information and appearance image information of the consumers who uses the consumers information terminal to be stored into a consumers information database disposed in the service providing server via the consumers information terminal;

a step of reading background information from a background database, fashion information from the fashion database, and consumers information from the consumers information database disposed in the service providing server by the service providing server, and synthesizing this image information to prepare consumers simulated fitting image information by synthesized image calculation means disposed in the service providing server, when a simulated fitting request is inputted into the service providing server from the consumers information terminal;

a step of transmitting the consumers simulated fitting image information to the consumers information terminal by the service providing server; and

a step of paying a design use fee to the consumers who has prepared the consumers fashion design directly from the textile maker or via a service provider, when the consumers fashion design stored in the consumers fashion database is stored in the fashion database and opened to the public via the consumers information terminal and the opened fashion is used.

5. The product purchase/product development support method according to claim 4, further comprising:

a step of suggesting interest or taste of the consumers who uses the consumers information terminal as consumers information to be stored in a consumers information database disposed in the service providing server via the consumers information terminal;

a step of reading the consumers information from the consumers information database, performing a trend analysis of a fashion field based on the information, and storing an analysis result into an analysis database disposed in the service providing server by trend analysis means disposed in the service providing server;

a step of transmitting the analysis data of the analysis database to the textile maker information terminal; and

a step of receiving payment of an analysis information providing fee from the textile maker by a service provider which owns the service providing server.

6. The product purchase/product development support method according to claim 4, further comprising:

a step of accepting an order request for the product by the service provider which owns the service providing server from the consumers via the consumers information terminal based on the consumers simulated fitting image information;

a step of instructing the textile maker information terminal corresponding to the order request to ship the product; and

a step of receiving payment of an intermediary fee by the service provider which owns the service providing server from the textile maker which has received the shipment instruction corresponding to the order request.

7. A product purchase/product development support apparatus comprising:

a service providing server to provide various information to a consumers who purchases a textile product and a textile maker which desires to participate in purchase and development of the textile product via a network, so that various supports are performed,

the service providing server comprising;

a consumers information database;

a fashion database;

a background database; and

synthesized image calculation means,

wherein the consumers information database stores consumers information inputted from the consumers information terminal and comprising at least body shape size information and appearance image information of the consumers who uses the consumers information terminal,

the service providing server suggests fashion information of a product of the textile maker, which is inputted from a textile maker'"'"'s information terminal connected to the network, to be stored into the fashion database,

the service providing server stores background information into the background database, and the synthesized image calculation means reads the background information from the background database, fashion information from the fashion database, and consumers information from the consumers information database and synthesizes these image information to prepare consumers simulated fitting image information, when receiving a simulated fitting request from the consumers information terminal.

8. The product purchase/product development support apparatus according to claim 7,

wherein the service providing server further comprises:

trend analysis means; and

an analysis database,

the service providing server suggests the consumers information comprising the body shape and size information and appearance image information of the consumers who uses the consumers information terminal to be stored in the consumers information database via the consumers information terminal, and additionally suggests interest or taste of the consumers who uses the consumers information terminal as the consumers information to be stored, and

the trend analysis means reads the consumers interest or taste from the consumers information stored in the consumers information database, performs a trend analysis of a fashion field based on the information, stores a trend analysis result into an analysis database, and transmits the analysis result to the textile maker information terminal.

9. The product purchase/product development support apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the service providing server further comprises:

order acceptance processing means, and

the order acceptance processing means accepts an order request of the product from the consumers information terminal with respect to a service provider which owns the service providing server, and transmits a shipment instruction of the product to the textile maker information terminal corresponding to the order request.

10. A product purchase/product development support apparatus comprising:

a service providing server to provide various information to a consumers who purchases a textile product and a textile maker which desires to participate in purchase and development of the textile product via a network, so that various supports are performed,

the service providing server comprising;

a consumers fashion database;

fashion design processing means;

a fashion database;

a consumers information database;

a background database;

synthesized image calculation means; and

order acceptance processing means,

wherein the service providing server suggests a consumers fashion design which is inputted from a consumers information terminal connected to the network and which is prepared by the consumers to be stored in the consumers fashion database,

the fashion design processing means transmits the consumers fashion design stored in the consumers fashion database to a textile maker'"'"'s information terminal connected to the network to advertise for a textile maker which commercializes the consumers fashion design, determines the textile maker for commercialization from textile makers which have responded to the advertisement, and suggests sewing information of a pattern necessary for the commercialization to be stored into the fashion database from the determined textile maker,

the consumers information database suggests consumers information comprising at least body shape and size information and appearance image information of the consumers who uses the consumers information terminal to be stored via the consumers information terminal,

the synthesized image calculation means reads background information from the background database, fashion information from the fashion database, and consumers information from the consumers information database, synthesizes this image information to prepare consumers simulated fitting image information, and transmits the consumers simulated fitting image information to the consumers information terminal, when a simulated fitting request is inputted into the service providing server from the consumers information terminal, and

the order acceptance processing means accepts an order for a product from the consumers information terminal, after the consumers simulated fitting image information is received in the consumers information terminal, and instructs the information terminal of the textile maker which has commercialized the consumers fashion design to ship the product.

11. The product purchase/product development support apparatus according to claim 10,

wherein the service providing server further comprises:

trend analysis means; and

an analysis database,

the service providing server suggests the consumers information comprising the body shape size information and appearance image information of the consumers who uses the consumers information terminal to be stored in the consumers information database via the consumers information terminal, and additionally suggests interest or taste of the consumers who uses the consumers information terminal as the consumers information to be stored, and

the trend analysis means reads the consumers interest or taste from the consumers information stored in the consumers information database, performs a trend analysis of a fashion field based on the information, stores a trend analysis result into an analysis database, and transmits the analysis result to the textile maker information terminal.

12. The product purchase/product development support apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the service providing server further comprises:

order acceptance processing means, and

the order acceptance processing means accepts an order request of the product from the consumers information terminal with respect to a service provider which owns the service providing server, and transmits a shipment instruction of the product to the textile maker information terminal corresponding to the order request.

13. A product purchase/product development support method of providing various information to a consumers who purchases a food product and a food product maker which desires to participate in purchase and development of the food product by a service providing server via a network to perform various supports, the method comprising:

a step of suggesting a content of check of an eating habit including a personal health condition of the consumers by a nutrition management adviser who has contracted with a service provider owning the service providing server to be stored in a consumers information database disposed in the service providing server via the service providing server;

a step of analyzing a content stored in the consumers information database to prepare food product manufacturing/developing information for manufacturing/developing the food product fit for consumers needs by analysis processing means disposed in the service providing server;

a step of suggesting an existing food product list from a food product maker'"'"'s information terminal connected to the network and a new food product list newly developed based on the food product manufacturing/developing information stored in an analysis database to be stored in a food product database disposed in the service providing server; and

a step of searching the consumers information database, a menu database in which all menus are stored, a recipe database in which a recipe corresponding to the menu is stored, and the food product database, and supplying a menu for each consumers, food products necessary for the menu, and recipe of the food products to a consumers information terminal connected to the network by menu preparation means disposed in the service providing server.

14. The product purchase/product development support method according to claim 13, further comprising:

a step of receiving an order/delivery request for the food product necessary for the menu suitable for the consumers obtained from the menu preparation means by the service providing server from the consumers information terminal to transmit the request to the food product maker information terminal; and

a step of delivering the food product corresponding to the request to a place designated by the consumers who has requested order/delivery of the food product on a side of the food product maker which has received the request for the order/delivery of the food product.

15. The product purchase/product development support method according to claim 13, further comprising:

a step of accepting a request for cooking the menu suitable for the consumers obtained from the menu preparation means from the consumers information terminal; and

a step of transmitting the request to a cooking company terminal connected to the network other than the consumers side, after accepting the request for cooking the menu by the service providing server, and cooking the menu by the corresponding cooking company.

16. A product purchase/product development support apparatus comprising:

a service providing server to provide various information to a consumers who purchases a food product and a food product maker which desires to participate in purchase and development of the food product via a network, so that various supports are performed,

the service providing server comprising;

a consumers information database;

a menu database;

a recipe database;

an analysis database;

a food product database;

eating habit check result input means;

analysis processing means; and

menu preparation means,

wherein the eating habit check result input means suggests a content of check of an eating habit including a personal health condition of the consumers by a nutrition management adviser who has contracted with a service provider owning the service providing server to be stored in the consumers information database;

the analysis processing means analyzes the content stored in the consumers information database to prepare food product manufacturing/developing information for manufacturing/developing the food product fit for consumers needs;

the analysis processing means suggests the food product manufacturing/developing information prepared by the analysis processing means to be stored in the analysis database, and transmits the stored food product manufacturing/developing information to a food product maker'"'"'s information terminal connected to the network, and

suggests an existing food product list from the food product maker information terminal and/or a new food product list newly developed based on the food product manufacturing/developing information stored in the analysis database to be stored in the food product database,

the menu database stores all menus,

the recipe database registers a recipe for each menu, and

the menu preparation means transmits the menu for each consumers, food products necessary for the menu, and recipe of the food products to a consumers information terminal connected to the network based on the consumers information database, menu database, recipe database, and food product database.

17. The product purchase/product development support apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the service providing server further comprises order acceptance processing means for instructing the food product maker information terminal to order/deliver the food product necessary for the menu for each consumers obtained from the consumers terminal.

18. The product purchase/product development support apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the service providing server further comprises order acceptance processing means for supplying the menu for each consumers obtained from the consumers terminal to a cooking company terminal connected to the network to issue an instruction for cooking the menu.

19. A product purchase/product development support method of providing various information to a consumers who purchases an interior associated product and an interior associated product maker which desires to participate in purchase and development of the interior associated product by a service providing server via a network to perform various supports, the method comprising:

a step of suggesting product information of each interior associated product maker from an information terminal of the interior associated product maker connected to the network to be stored into a product database disposed in the service providing server;

a step of suggesting an information terminal of the consumers connected to the network to input a search condition for searching the interior associated product, selecting a product satisfying the search condition from the products stored in the product database, when the search condition is inputted, and suggesting image information of the selected product to be stored in a personal product database disposed in the service providing server;

a step of suggesting the consumers information terminal to store the image information concerning a house into a house information database disposed in the service providing server by the service providing server;

a step of suggesting the consumers information terminal to store personal house information inputted from the consumers information terminal as the image information into a personal house information database disposed in the service providing server by the service providing server;

a step of synthesizing the image information stored in the personal product database and image information stored in the personal house information database to prepare consumers simulated use image information by image processing means disposed in the service providing server; and

a step of transmitting the consumers simulated use image information synthesized by the image processing means to the consumers information terminal.

20. A product purchase/product development support apparatus comprising:

a service providing server to provide various information to a consumers who purchases an interior associated product and an interior associated product maker which desires to participate in purchase and development of the interior associated product via a network, so that various supports are performed,

the service providing server comprising;

a product database;

product search means;

a personal product database;

a personal house information database; and

image processing means,

wherein the service providing server suggests product information of each interior associated product maker from information terminals of a plurality of interior associated companies connected to the network to be stored into the product database,

the product search means selects a product satisfying a search condition from the product database, when the search condition for searching the interior associated product is inputted from an information terminal of the consumers connected to the network, and stores image information of the selected product into the personal product database,

the service providing server suggests the consumers information terminal to store personal house information as the image information into the personal house information database, and

the image processing means synthesizes the image information stored in the personal product database and image information stored in the personal house information database to prepare consumers simulated use image information, and transmits the prepared consumers simulated use image information to the consumers information terminal.