Reward system and apparatus used therefor
First Claim
1. A reward system that gives a point to a customer who has purchased an item, said reward system comprising:
- a revision point setting module that, in the case of a predetermined revision of an item, sets a variation in balance between a commercial value and a price of the item before and after the predetermined revision, as a revision point; and
a point calculation module that calculates a point to be given to a customer who has purchased the item, based on the item purchased within a time period of predetermined days prior to a date of the predetermined revision and the revision point set by said revision point setting module.
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Abstract
The system of the present invention calculates a variation in balance between a commercial value and a price of an item before and after a predetermined revision and accumulates the calculated point in a Web server. When a customer who has purchased the item within a predetermined time period prior to a price revision or a functional revision of the item requires the Web server to output a customer'"'"'s page allocated to the customer, the Web server displays the accumulated point in the customer'"'"'s page. The Web server also displays specification of an available service corresponding to the accumulated point, for example, a discount on price of the item corresponding to the accumulated point. This arrangement of the system effectively wipes out the customer'"'"'s feeling of loss due to the price revision or the functional revision of the item.
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1. A reward system that gives a point to a customer who has purchased an item, said reward system comprising:
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a revision point setting module that, in the case of a predetermined revision of an item, sets a variation in balance between a commercial value and a price of the item before and after the predetermined revision, as a revision point; and
a point calculation module that calculates a point to be given to a customer who has purchased the item, based on the item purchased within a time period of predetermined days prior to a date of the predetermined revision and the revision point set by said revision point setting module. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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14. A point calculation apparatus that calculates a point to be given to a customer who has purchased an item, said point calculation apparatus comprising:
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a revision point input module that inputs a revision point, which is set corresponding to a variation in balance between a commercial value and a price of an item before and after a predetermined revision of the item; and
a point calculation module that calculates a point to be given to a customer who has purchased the item, based on the revision point input by said revision point input module and the item purchased within a time period of predetermined days prior to a date of the predetermined revision.
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21. A point calculation apparatus that calculates a point to be given to a customer who has purchased an item, said point calculation apparatus comprising:
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an information storage module that maps an item, a buy date of the item, and a purchase price of the item to customer information and stores the mapping;
an estimated price computation module that computes an estimated price of an item after a predetermined revision, corresponding to a difference in commercial value of the item before and after the predetermined revision;
a customer information extraction module that retrieves said information storage module and extracts customer information of a customer who has purchased the item within a time period of predetermined days prior to a date of the predetermined revision; and
a point calculation module that calculates a point to be given to the customer, based on a price difference between the purchase price of the item mapped to the extracted customer information and the estimated price of the corresponding item computed by said estimated price computation module. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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