Merchandising method and merchandising device
First Claim
1. A marketing method for promoting to users on a network sales of product groups including a first product group that a first provider provides and a second product group that a second provider provides, the marketing method including:
- a product-storage step of storing product information including first product information relating to the first products included in the first product group, and second product information relating to the second products included in the second product group;
a product-selection acceptance step of accepting selection of a product in which a user takes an interest;
an intention storage step if the user has selected any first product, of assigning a correspondence between and storing the first product information relating to said first product, and a first user identifier by which the first provider identifies the user;
a product reworking step, based on the first product information relating to said first product and the second product information, of reworking the first product information relating to said first product, into second product information relating to any second product having relevancy to said first product; and
a first provision step of providing the second product information on said second product, obtained in said product reworking step, to the user identified with the first user identifier.
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Abstract
In on-line shopping in which ASPs are employed, merchandising method and device designed for promotion of product sales by sharing user use logs between product providers while protecting the users'"'"' privacy. If a user U1 has registered a CD for example in a shopping cart, merchandise relevant to the CD, e.g., tickets to a concert to be performed by the same artist, is suggested to the user. User U1'"'"'s user ID is converted into an anonymous ID for an anonymous user A1. Merchandise name “CD” is converted into merchandise information associated with CDs, e.g., artist name or merchandise name “concert tickets.” This converted data is provided to a concert-ticket provider.
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19 Claims
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1. A marketing method for promoting to users on a network sales of product groups including a first product group that a first provider provides and a second product group that a second provider provides, the marketing method including:
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a product-storage step of storing product information including first product information relating to the first products included in the first product group, and second product information relating to the second products included in the second product group;
a product-selection acceptance step of accepting selection of a product in which a user takes an interest;
an intention storage step if the user has selected any first product, of assigning a correspondence between and storing the first product information relating to said first product, and a first user identifier by which the first provider identifies the user;
a product reworking step, based on the first product information relating to said first product and the second product information, of reworking the first product information relating to said first product, into second product information relating to any second product having relevancy to said first product; and
a first provision step of providing the second product information on said second product, obtained in said product reworking step, to the user identified with the first user identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 19)
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14. A marketing method for promoting on a network sales of product groups including a first product group that a first provider provides and a second product group that a second provider provides, the marketing method including:
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a product-storage step of storing product information including first product information relating to the first products included in the first product group, and second product information relating to the second products included in the second product group;
a product-selection acceptance step of accepting selection of a product in which a user takes an interest;
an intention storage step if the user has selected any first product, of assigning a correspondence between and storing the first product information relating to the selected first product, and a first user identifier identifying the user;
a first user-reworking step of reworking the first user identifier into a second user identifier by which the second provider identifies the user; and
a second provision step of providing to the second provider the first product information relating to said first product, and the second user identifier.
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15. A marketing device for promoting on a network sales of product groups including a first product group that a first provider provides and a second product group that a second provider provides, the marketing device including:
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product storage means for storing product information including first product information relating to the first products included in the first product group, and second product information relating to the second products included in the second product group;
product-selection acceptance means for accepting selection of a product in which a user takes an interest;
intention storage means for, if the user has selected any first product, assigning a correspondence between and storing the first product information relating to the selected first product, and a first user identifier identifying the user;
product reworking means, based on the first product information relating to said first product and the second product information, for reworking the first product information relating to said first product, into second product information relating to any second product having relevancy to said first product; and
first provision means for providing the second product information, obtained by said product reworking means, to the user identified with the first user identifier. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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16. A computer product for making a computer function as a marketing device for promoting on a network sales of product groups including a first product group that a first provider provides and a second product group that a second provider provides, the computer product for making the computer function as:
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product storage means for storing product information including first product information relating to the first products included in the first product group, and second product information relating to the second products included in the second product group;
product-selection acceptance means for accepting selection of a product in which a user takes an interest;
intention storage means for, if the user has selected any first product, assigning a correspondence between and storing the first product information relating to the selected first product, and a first user identifier identifying the user;
product reworking means, based on the first product information relating to said first product and the second product information, for reworking the first product information relating to said first product, into that second product information which relates to any second product having relevancy to said first product; and
first provision means for providing the second product information, obtained by said product reworking means, to the user identified with the first user identifier.
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17. A computer-readable recording medium on which is recorded a marketing program for promoting to users on a network sales of product groups including a first product group that a first provider provides and a second product group that a second provider provides, the computer-readable recording medium on which is recorded a marketing program for executing:
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a product-storage step of storing product information including first product information relating to the first products included in the first product group, and second product information relating to the second products included in the second product group;
a product-selection acceptance step of accepting selection of a product in which a user takes an interest;
an intention storage step if the user has selected any first product, of assigning a correspondence between and storing the first product information relating to said first product, and a first user identifier by which the first provider identifies the user;
a product reworking step, based on the first product information relating to said first product and the second product information, of reworking the first product information relating to said first product, into second product information relating to any second product having relevancy to said first product; and
a first provision step of providing the second product information on said second product, obtained in said product reworking step, to the user identified with the first user identifier. As recording media herein, flexible disks, hard disks, semiconductor memory, CD-ROMs, DVDs, magneto-optical disks (MOs) and others that a computer can read may be cited.
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