JP2006323542A - Method for selecting chemicals - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a foreigner to select and purchase a target commodity accurately even if he or she cannot communicate with a druggist or a salesperson by language when purchasing medical supplies, health food, cosmetics, or the like at the store of a pharmacy, a drugstore, a convenience store, and a supermarket. <P>SOLUTION: When a homepage for selecting chemicals managed by a server 11 is accessed by a PC terminal 12 arranged at the store of a pharmacy, a drugstore, a convenience store, a supermarket, or the like, and a language to be used is selected; the purpose, use, symptoms, functions, properties, effect, or the like of each commodity for selecting the chemicals, health food, cosmetics, or the like is displayed in that language. Thus, the foreigner can select and purchase the chemicals, health food, cosmetics, or the like accurately by using a language that he or she can understand, such as the selected mother tongue. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for selecting chemicals, and in particular, a method for selecting chemicals on the Internet home page based on at least one of the purpose, application, function, property, and efficacy. About.

  In general, when purchasing pharmaceuticals, health foods, cosmetics, etc. at stores such as pharmacies, drug stores, convenience stores, supermarkets, etc., if the purpose or use is special, the products that are definitely intended by the customer It is not always possible to select. Therefore, a pharmacist or store clerk with a wealth of product knowledge is asked, and a product is selected according to the advice of the pharmacist or store clerk. This makes it possible to select and purchase a more appropriate product.

  However, if you are a foreigner and do not speak Japanese, and the pharmacist or store clerk cannot understand the language used by the foreigner, you can select the target product with the advice of the pharmacist or store clerk. Can not. In particular, there may be inconvenience when foreign workers who come to work from abroad or foreign tourists select medicines, health foods, cosmetics, etc. at Japanese pharmacies, convenience stores, supermarkets, etc. is there.

  In particular, the decline in the labor force accompanying the aging of Japan's declining birthrate and aging population will eventually lead to the acceptance of a large number of foreign workers, and it is predicted that the number of foreign tourists coming to Japan will increase due to tourism-oriented policies. Therefore, in order for many foreigners to come to Japan in the future, it is necessary to improve the living environment of these foreigners who have come to Japan. In particular, environmental improvement in terms of health is important. As a part of such environmental maintenance, it becomes necessary to purchase medicines, health foods, cosmetics, etc. in Japan as necessary.

In Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-197207, a language used by a customer at a terminal is recognized by voice recognition or reference of setting information at a request language recognition unit, and based on this, connection is switched to a compatible operator. Or a multilingual device that distributes content in which a supported language is used is disclosed. However, such an apparatus is not directly used so as to be suitable for sales of pharmaceuticals, health foods, cosmetics and the like, and cannot solve the above-mentioned problems of the present application.
JP 2001-197207 A

  The subject of this invention is providing the selection method of the chemical | medical agent which enabled the foreigner to purchase chemicals easily in the country.

  Another subject of the present invention is to provide a method for selecting chemicals that enables a foreigner to accurately select a desired product at the store even when the store clerk cannot understand the language used by the foreigner. It is to be.

  Still another object of the present invention is to provide a method for selecting medicines that allows foreigners who do not understand Japanese to accurately select medicines that suit their symptoms.

  Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a method for selecting chemicals that allows a foreigner who cannot understand Japanese to select an accurate health food according to the purpose or function of intake.

  Still another object of the present invention is to provide a method for selecting chemicals that allows foreigners who cannot understand Japanese to accurately select cosmetics according to the application or properties.

  The above-described problems and other problems of the present invention will be clarified by the technical idea of the present invention described below and the embodiments thereof.

The main invention of the present application is to select a drug on the Internet homepage based on at least one of the purpose, application, symptom, function, property, and efficacy.
When the language to be used when selecting chemicals is specified on the homepage, the purpose, application, symptom, function, property, or efficacy is displayed according to the specified language, and display in the specified language It is related with the selection method of the chemical | drug | medical agent characterized by performing selection by. In the present application, chemicals refer to pharmaceuticals, health foods, and cosmetics.

  Here, the selected chemicals may be pharmaceuticals, health foods, or cosmetics. Further, a terminal used for selection of chemicals may be installed at the store front. The language may include three or more languages of Japanese, English, Spanish, Chinese, French, and Korean. When selecting a medicine, a symptom or function may be displayed in a designated language, and a product may be selected according to the symptom or function. When selecting health food, the purpose or function of ingestion is displayed in a designated language, and a product may be selected according to the purpose or function of ingestion. When selecting cosmetics, the use or property may be displayed in a designated language, and the product may be selected according to the use or property. In addition, the selected chemicals may be ordered by subsequently performing order processing.

  A preferred embodiment of the present invention is that a personal computer terminal is installed in a store such as a pharmacy, convenience store, supermarket, etc., and the Internet is connected from the personal computer terminal of this store to a server having information on pharmaceuticals, health foods, cosmetics and a multilingual translation function. Connect through. A foreigner who has come to the store and is difficult to communicate with a pharmacist or a clerk in a language selects a native language from the display on the PC terminal and inputs symptoms and the like. Drugs according to symptoms, health foods according to the purpose of intake, cosmetic candidates according to use or properties are displayed, and explanations such as prescription methods and precautions are displayed in the native language, which is the selected language. . Accordingly, the foreigner selects one or more of the displayed merchandise candidates and indicates it to the store clerk, or prints the selected product with a printer and passes it to the store clerk, thereby delivering the target pharmaceutical product. Health foods, cosmetics, etc. can be purchased accurately.

  Instead of a personal computer terminal installed at the store, you can access the homepage of a pharmacy, drugstore, convenience store, supermarket, or directly on the server that sells medicines and cosmetics with your home personal computer. The same search can be used to select medicines, health foods, and cosmetics. In this case, it is possible to purchase the printed matter output from the printer by bringing it to the store or by applying for mail order.

  In any of the above cases, the display language can be displayed in a plurality of languages, and information can be shared between people with different native languages, such as foreigners and Japanese pharmacists. . As languages to be used, it is preferable to prepare Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, French and the like. It is a system that makes it possible to obtain appropriate products, such as over-the-counter drugs, health foods, and cosmetics, even if the language is not understood. Here, in addition to displaying the price in US dollars and Japanese yen, it is preferable to display the converted price based on the exchange rate of the home country corresponding to the language used.

  The main invention of the present application is that a drug is selected on the homepage of the Internet in a method of selecting a drug on the Internet homepage based on at least one of the purpose, application, symptom, function, property, and efficacy. When the language to be used for selecting the chemicals is specified, the purpose, application, symptom, function, property, or efficacy is displayed according to the specified language, and the selection is made according to the display in the specified language. It was something like that.

  Therefore, according to the selection method of such chemicals, the purpose, use, function, property, or efficacy is displayed in the specified language. Therefore, the target product is displayed by the display in the specified language. It becomes possible to select accurately. Therefore, for example, even at a store, even foreigners who are unable to communicate in language with pharmacists and shop assistants can use the above website to select and purchase drugs accurately. Become.

  The present invention will be described below with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a system capable of implementing a method for selecting chemicals according to the present embodiment. Here, a server 11 is connected to the Internet 10, and the selection of chemicals operated by the server 11 is shown. Using the homepage, it is possible to select chemicals in various languages. In other words, the PC terminal 12 installed in a store such as a convenience store, drug store, or supermarket can access a home page on the server 11 via the Internet 10 to select a drug. Similarly, a homepage operated by the server 11 is also accessed from the PC terminal 12 at home via the Internet 10 to enable selection of chemicals.

  FIG. 2 shows an outline of an operation of accessing a homepage on the server 11 by using a PC terminal 12 installed in a store such as a pharmacy, drug store, convenience store, supermarket, etc., and selecting and purchasing a product by this. . The terminal 12 connects to the homepage site operated by the server 11 and selects the language to be used thereafter. Then, the symptom selection page is displayed according to the selected language, and the symptom is selected from the display of the selection page. By repeating this operation, the target product can be selected and displayed. Then, the displayed product is output and an order is instructed. Then, product information is output on the homepage.

  FIG. 3 shows an operation of accessing a homepage for selecting medicines operated by the server 11 using the PC terminal 12 at home, and thereby ordering medicines. Also here, first, a homepage for selecting chemicals is accessed from the PC terminal 12 at home, and the language is designated. Then, since the symptom and the like are displayed in the designated language, the symptom is selected from the display. By repeating this operation, the selection operation is performed and the selected product is displayed. Then, when the order form button for the selected product is pressed, the order form is displayed on the home page. Therefore, an order operation is performed by inputting necessary items in the order form. Then, the server 11 confirms the order details and transmits the order details to the homepage of the retail store, and the homepage of the retail store transmits a notification of the order acceptance content to the user's PC terminal 12. That is, here, only the communication of the last order acceptance content is transmitted to the user from the homepage of the retail store.

  FIG. 4 shows the overall operation of selecting a product using the PC terminal 12 at the store or at home. Here, first, the main language and the sub-language are selected on the home page. When these are selected, the display in the main language is performed in principle thereafter. The first process of selection in the main language is a group selection step, which is to select any one of pharmaceuticals, health foods, and cosmetics. If selection is made based on a subroutine for each of pharmaceuticals, health foods, and cosmetics, then the corresponding product candidates are displayed and a selection operation is performed. If it is selected, it is then determined whether or not to move to the ordering operation. When the ordering operation is performed, the process proceeds to an order processing subroutine. Then, if necessary, the product selected by the printer is printed.

  FIG. 5 shows a subroutine when a commercially available drug (medicine) is selected in the group selection shown in FIG. 4. Here, a symptom group is displayed according to the language used. Therefore, the symptom is selected from such a display. If the selection is appropriate, a table of conditions (questions) corresponding to the symptoms is set, and the conditions are selected in response to these conditions (questions). Then, products are narrowed down according to such selection. Thereafter, the process proceeds to the corresponding product candidate display step shown in FIG.

  FIG. 6 shows a subroutine when the health food is selected in the group selection step in the flowchart shown in FIG. 4, and the ingestion purpose group is displayed in the designated language, and when the purpose selection is appropriate. A table of conditions according to the purpose of intake is set. When conditions are selected in such a way as to answer such conditions (questions), products are narrowed down accordingly. Thereafter, the process proceeds to the step of displaying the corresponding candidate product in the flowchart shown in FIG.

  FIG. 7 shows a subroutine when a cosmetic product is selected in the group selection step shown in FIG. 4, and the product group is selected from the display of the desired product group in the cosmetic product. Then, conditions (questions) regarding the desired product group are set. Therefore, by selecting the conditions in response to such a condition (question) display, the products are narrowed down, and then the products selected by the corresponding product candidate display shown in FIG. 4 are displayed.

  FIG. 8 shows a subroutine of order processing when the order (Yes) is selected at the time of order determination in the step shown in FIG. 4. Here, when the order processing is performed, an order form is displayed. Therefore, when content is entered in such an order form, an order is established. After this, an order confirmation message is output. Thereafter, the process proceeds to the printing step shown in FIG.

  FIG. 9 shows a display operation when a subroutine of a commercially available drug (medicine) is selected in the step shown in FIG. 4, and shows a screen display corresponding to the flowcharts of FIG. 4 and FIG. Here, a language to be used is first selected, and then a medicine is selected from a product group selection menu in the selected language. After this, the symptom is selected a plurality of times, after which questions such as usage conditions are issued, and the selected product list is displayed. Therefore, ordering and printing are performed based on such a product list.

  FIG. 10 particularly shows the contents of the condition (question) table corresponding to the symptoms of the subroutine for selecting a commercially available drug (medicine) shown in FIG. Here, the display in Japanese is performed, but the display in each language is performed according to the designated language.

  FIG. 11 shows a condition (question) table according to the purpose of intake in the health food selection subroutine shown in FIG. 6. By selecting according to such a question, the products are narrowed down and the purpose is selected. The product to be selected is selected.

  FIG. 12 shows the contents of a condition (question) table relating to a desired product group in the cosmetic selection subroutine shown in FIG. The product is selected.

  According to such a configuration, foreigners visiting Japan or residing in Japan seek over-the-counter medicines that are effective for colds and poor physical condition, health foods (including supplements) for health maintenance and health improvement, and cosmetics. In this case, even if the foreigner cannot communicate with the store clerk or pharmacist in the store in the language, the symptom, the purpose of ingestion, It is possible to search for and display appropriate products that match your symptoms, that is, over-the-counter medicines, health foods, and cosmetics candidates from the input of usage, properties, etc., and also to order or purchase on the spot. become.

  Although the present invention has been described above with reference to the illustrated embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible within the scope of the technical idea of the invention included in the present application. For example, regarding the question format as shown in FIGS. 10 to 12 for narrowing down products in the above embodiment, various changes can be made according to the type of product.

  The present invention can be used for selection of optimal products when selling medicines, health foods, cosmetics and the like to foreigners in stores such as pharmacies, drug stores, convenience stores, supermarkets and the like.

It is a block diagram which shows the system configuration | structure for selection of a pharmaceutical etc. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement for selection of a chemical | medical agent etc. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement of selection of the goods using a home PC terminal. It is a flowchart which shows the whole operation | movement of selection of goods. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement of narrowing down the goods for selection of a marketed medicine. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement of narrowing down the goods for selection of health food. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement of narrowing down the goods for selection of cosmetics. It is a flowchart which shows the processing operation of an order. It is a front view of the structural example of the screen corresponding to the flowchart shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. It is a condition (question) table according to the symptom of a pharmaceutical. It is a condition (question) table according to the intake purpose of health food. It is a condition (question) table regarding a desired product group of cosmetics.

Explanation of symbols

10 Internet 11 Server 12 PC terminal

Claims (8)

In the method of selecting drugs on the Internet home page, the drug is selected based on at least one of the purpose, application, symptom, function, property, and efficacy.
When the language to be used when selecting chemicals is specified on the homepage, the purpose, application, symptom, function, property, or efficacy is displayed according to the specified language, and display in the specified language A method of selecting chemicals, characterized in that selection is performed by   The method for selecting a drug according to claim 1, wherein the selected drug is a pharmaceutical, a health food, or a cosmetic.   The method for selecting chemicals according to claim 1, wherein a terminal used for selecting chemicals is installed at a store.   The method according to claim 1, wherein the language includes three or more languages of Japanese, English, Spanish, Chinese, French, and Korean.   The method for selecting a medicine according to claim 1, wherein when selecting a medicine, a symptom or function is displayed in a specified language, and a product is selected according to the symptom or function.   2. When selecting health foods, the purpose of intake or function is displayed in a designated language, and a product is selected according to the purpose or function of intake. Selection method.   2. The method for selecting chemicals according to claim 1, wherein when selecting cosmetics, a use or property is displayed in a designated language, and a product is selected according to the use or property. 2. The method for selecting chemicals according to claim 1, wherein the selected chemicals are ordered by subsequently performing order processing.