Purchase information utilization system, purchase information utilization method, and program

Abstract

A purchase information utilization system according to the present invention includes a system provided with a reception unit that receives purchase information including identification information capable of identifying a product and support information which supports that the product is purchased from a terminal device of a consumer, a purchase information storage unit that stores the purchase information received by the reception unit, and a determination unit that determines whether or not the consumer has purchased the product using the support information included in the purchase information received by the reception unit.

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         15 . A purchase information utilization system comprising:
 a reception unit that receives, from a terminal device of a consumer, purchase information including a product code, being product identification information read by the terminal device, and a receipt image photographed by the terminal device;   a purchase information storage unit that stores the purchase information received by the reception unit;   a content storage unit that stores product identification information and content related to the product in correspondence;   a determination unit that determines that, when the reception unit receives, as the purchase information, information including a product code and a receipt image, the consumer has purchased the product corresponding to the product code; and   a content provision unit that, when the determination unit determines that the consumer has purchased the product, refers to the content storage unit, and allows the content to be transmitted to the terminal device in the case that content corresponding to the product is registered.   
     
     
         16 . The purchase information utilization system according to  claim 15 ,
 wherein the content storage unit further stores an issuance condition including a condition of the consumer to be an issuance target for the content and an issuance timing corresponding to the product, and   wherein the content provision unit refers to the condition of the consumer from the issuance condition registered in linkage with the content in the content storage unit, and, in the case that a consumer who has transmitted the product code is pertinent to the issuance condition, transmits the content to the terminal device, based on the issuance timing.   
     
     
         17 . The purchase information utilization system according to  claim 15 , wherein the purchase information includes a photographed image of the product. 
     
     
         18 . The purchase information utilization system according to  claim 16 , wherein the condition of the consumer includes one of an age of the consumer, an occupation thereof, an address thereof, and the purchase information stored in the purchase information storage unit. 
     
     
         19 . The purchase information utilization system according to  claim 16 , wherein the issuance timing includes one of a time when the reception unit receives the product code, a time when the reception unit receives an image of the product, and a time after a lapse of predetermined days from either of the foregoing times. 
     
     
         20 . The purchase information utilization system according to  claim 15 , further comprising:
 addition means that, when the reception unit receives information such as an image related to the product, a comment on the product, or an evaluation of the product from the terminal device of the consumer, adds the received information to the purchase information of the product by the consumer stored in the purchase information storage unit, and stores the received information.   
     
     
         21 . The purchase information utilization system according to  claim 15 , wherein the content provision unit receives the identification information from the terminal device of the consumer, and provides the terminal device of the consumer with sales promotion information corresponding to the received identification information. 
     
     
         22 . The purchase information utilization system according to  claim 21 , wherein the sales promotion information is prepared based on information stored in the purchase information storage unit. 
     
     
         23 . A purchase information utilization method executed by a computer, the method comprising:
 a step of receiving, from a terminal device of a consumer, purchase information including a product code, being product identification information read by the terminal device, and a receipt image photographed by the terminal device;   a step of storing the purchase information received by the receiving step;   a step of storing product identification information and content related to the product in correspondence;   a step of determining that, when information including a product code and a receipt image is received as the purchase information in the receiving step, the consumer has purchased the product corresponding to the product code; and   a step of allowing, when it is determined in the determining step that the consumer has purchased the product, the content to be transmitted to the terminal device in the case that content corresponding to the product is registered.   
     
     
         24 . A program that makes a computer function as:
 means for receiving, from a terminal device of a consumer, purchase information including a product code, being product identification information read by the terminal device, and a receipt image photographed by the terminal device;   purchase information storing means for storing the purchase information received by the receiving means;   means for storing product identification information and content related to the product in correspondence;   means for determining that, when information including a product code and a receipt image is received as the purchase information in the receiving means, the consumer has purchased the product corresponding to the product code; and   means for allowing, when it is determined in the determining means that the consumer has purchased the product, the content to be transmitted to the terminal device in the case that content corresponding to the product is registered.   
     
     
         25 . The purchase information utilization system according to  claim 15 , further comprising:
 a purchase history management unit that calculates a total money amount of the product purchased by the consumer at least on a daily basis, a weekly basis, a monthly basis or a yearly basis based on the purchase information stored in the purchase information storage unit and displays the total money amount on a calendar.   
     
     
         26 . The purchase information utilization system according to  claim 25 , wherein the purchase history management unit receives a product name as a retrieval condition from the consumer, retrieves a record including the product name from the purchase information stored in the purchase information storage unit, and transmits a date and time of purchase and the purchase information included in the retrieved record to a terminal of the consumer. 
     
     
         27 . The purchase information utilization system according to  claim 21 , wherein the sales promotion information is prepared based on an evaluation of the product from a consumer who has not purchased the product. 
     
     
         28 . The purchase information utilization system according to  claim 16 ,
 wherein the condition of the consumer further comprises a level that varies