Method and system for providing secondhand article information
First Claim
1. A method performed by a computer system for providing secondhand article information, comprising:
- a usage data collection step in which, when an article has been used, usage data showing the facts relating to the usage of that said article are collected;
a usage history storage step in which the collected usage data are stored as usage history in a data base; and
a usage history provision step in which, while said article is being put up for sale as a secondhand article, the usage history of said article stored in said data base, is provided to a customer via a network.
2 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
The present invention relates to the provision of highly reliable article information to customers in relationship to the electronic transaction of secondhand articles. Taking trading in secondhand construction machines as an example, when a construction machine 80 is used, the current location and cumulative operating hours of that machine 80 are monitored regularly or as required and stored as usage history on a data base 31. Also, photographs of the construction machine are taken as required while it is in use, and stored as usage history on a data base 31. Furthermore, history of the service (maintenance, repairs, and inspections) of the construction machine 80 is also stored on a data base 31. When the construction machine 80 in use is sold as a secondhand article, the current state (for example, the current cumulative operating hours), usage history, and service history of the construction machine 80 stored in the data base 31 is provided to a customer'"'"'s terminal 60 from the sales server 32 via the Internet. The current state of the construction machine 80 is updated as it is used.
20 Citations
20 Claims
-
1. A method performed by a computer system for providing secondhand article information, comprising:
-
a usage data collection step in which, when an article has been used, usage data showing the facts relating to the usage of that said article are collected;
a usage history storage step in which the collected usage data are stored as usage history in a data base; and
a usage history provision step in which, while said article is being put up for sale as a secondhand article, the usage history of said article stored in said data base, is provided to a customer via a network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
-
-
8. A method performed by a computer system for providing secondhand article information, comprising:
-
a current state data collecting step in which, while said article is being put up for sale as a secondhand article, current state data that shows the current state of an article are collected at intervals;
a current state data storage step in which the collected current state data are stored in said data base; and
a current state data provision step in which, while said article is being put up for sale as a secondhand article, the current state data for said article stored in said data base, are provided to a customer via a network. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
-
-
11. A method performed by a computer system for providing secondhand article information comprising:
-
a usage data collection step in which, when an article has been used, usage data showing the facts relating to the usage of that said article are collected;
a usage history storage step in which the collected usage data are stored as usage history in a data base;
a current state data collecting step in which, while said article is being put up for sale as a secondhand article, current state data that shows the current state of said article are collected at intervals;
a current state data storage step in which the collected current state data are stored in said data base;
a current state data provision step in which, while said article is being put up for sale as a secondhand article, the current state data for said article stored in said data base, is provided to a customer via a network; and
a usage history provision step in which, while said article is being put up for sale as a secondhand article, the usage history of said article stored in said data base, is provided to a customer via a network. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20)
-
-
19. A computer system for providing information about secondhand articles, comprising:
-
usage data collection means that, when said article has been used, collects usage data that shows the facts relating the usage of the article;
a data base;
usage history storage means that stores the collected usage data as usage history on said data base; and
usage history provision means that, while said article is being put up for sale as a secondhand article, provides the usage history for said article stored in said data base, to a customer via a network.
-
Specification