Product information supplying method, product information acquiring method, product information registering method and recording medium
First Claim
1. A product information supply method for supplying a terminal of a user who desires to purchase a product via a network with information about a related product that could be bought together with said product, said method comprising the steps of:
- receiving combination information about combinations of products from a terminal of a person who has bought the products, and making registration of said combination information with a database, so that the combination information can be accumulated; and
searching the database in response to inquiry information about the combination information from the terminal of the user to supply the terminal of the user with corresponding combination information extracted from the database on the basis of the inquiry information.
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Abstract
There is provided a product information supply method for supplying a user who desires to purchase a product with proper information about a related product that could be bought in combination with the product, so that the user is assisted in purchasing products. Registration of combination information to be supplied to the user is made with a database managed by a service provider server by a person who has bought the above product by means of a registration page so that a lot of combination information is accumulated in the database. The registered information includes not only information specifying a combinable product but also information about the effects of the combination and the ways of using products in combination. The database is searched in response to inquiry information from the user who makes reference to a page of products. Thus, corresponding combination information is extracted from the database and is sent to the user.
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21 Claims
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1. A product information supply method for supplying a terminal of a user who desires to purchase a product via a network with information about a related product that could be bought together with said product, said method comprising the steps of:
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receiving combination information about combinations of products from a terminal of a person who has bought the products, and making registration of said combination information with a database, so that the combination information can be accumulated; and
searching the database in response to inquiry information about the combination information from the terminal of the user to supply the terminal of the user with corresponding combination information extracted from the database on the basis of the inquiry information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19)
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13. A product information acquiring method for acquiring information about a related product that could be bought together with a product bought by a user who operates a terminal via a network, said method comprising the steps of:
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sending inquiry information about combination information concerning a combination of the product and the related product to a server that manages a database storing the combination information that has been registered by a person who has bought the product; and
outputting, from the server, corresponding combination information extracted from the database by search of the database based on the inquiry information.
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18. A product information registering method for making registration of information about a related product that could be bought together with a product bought by a user who operates a terminal via a network, said method comprising the steps of:
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entering given items of combination information by the terminal of the user by means of an e-mail or access to a Web page for making registration of combination information; and
sending the given items of combination information to a server that manages a database for storing the combination information.
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20. A computer readable recording medium storing a program for supplying a user who operates a terminal to purchases a product via a network, said program causing a computer to function as:
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a database storing combination information about a product and a related product that could be bought together with said product;
registration making means for making registration of combination information that has been supplied by a person who has bought the product;
information outputting means for searching the database on the basis of inquiry information about the combination from the user and sending corresponding combination information extracted therefrom to the terminal of the user; and
reward storing means for storing a value indicating a reward based on a number of times a purchase of a related product has been made or a number of times reference has been made to a Web page that introduces related products, when reference is made by another user to the combination information that has been registered by said user that purchases at least one of the related products or reference is made to the Web page described in the combination information as link information.
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21. A product information supply apparatus supplying a user who operates a terminal to purchases a product via a network, said apparatus comprises:
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a database storing combination information about a product and a related product that could be bought together with said product;
registration making means for making registration of combination information that has been supplied by a person who has bought the product;
information outputting means for searching the database on the basis of inquiry information about the combination from the user and sending corresponding combination information extracted therefrom to the terminal of the user; and
reward storing means for storing a value indicating a reward based on a number of times a purchase of a related product has been made or a number of times reference has been made to a Web page that introduces related products, when reference is made by another user to the combination information that has been registered by said user that purchases at least one of the related products or reference is made to the Web page described in the combination information as link information.
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