Method and device for promoting book recycling and their program and recording medium

• US 20030115097A1
• Filed: 03/27/2002
• Published: 06/19/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Sokei, Satsuki, Tamura, Hiroyuki
• Granted Patent: US 7,395,247 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0273 Determination of fees for advertising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0283 Price estimation or determination
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]

Abstract

A book recycling promotion device registers in advance a book purchased information of a customer and an electronic mail address of the customer, calculates a current buying price of the book based on a current sales information on the book included in the book purchased information, and sends an electronic mail including the buying price and a message to promote selling-off of the book to the electronic mail address corresponding to the book purchased information.

Claims

1. A book recycling promotion method comprising:

registering a book purchased information of a customer and an electronic mail address of the customer, the book purchased information being connected with a book;

calculating a current buying price of the book based on a current sales information on the book included in the book purchased information; and

sending an electronic mail including the buying price and a message to promote selling-off of the book to the electronic mail address corresponding to the book purchased information.

2. A book recycling promotion method according to claim 1 further comprising:

identifying a genre in which one customer has purchased many books, the genre being identified based on a plurality of book purchased information which are connected with the one customer; and

identifying a highly ranked book in the identified genre,

wherein the electronic mails further includes a message to request selling-off of the identified book.

3. A book recycling promotion method according to claim 2 further comprising:

eliminating a book purchased information for a predetermined genre from a plurality of book purchased information which are connected with the one customer; and

identifying a genre in which one customer has purchased many books, the genre being identified based on the plurality of book purchased information which are connected with the one customer and eliminated the book purchased information for the predetermined genre.

4. A book recycling promotion method according to claim 3 further comprising:

comparing the book targeted by the message to promote selling-off with the book targeted by the message to request selling-off; and

identifying a next highly ranked book after the same book within the identified genre, in a case that both are the same,

wherein the electronic mail further includes a message to request selling-off of the next highly ranked book.

5. A book recycling promotion method according to claim 1,

wherein the sales information is a ranking of sold number of copies of the book within the genre to which the book belongs, and

wherein the buying price changes in accordance with changes in the ranking.

6. A book recycling promotion method according to claim 1,

wherein the sales information is a ranking of sold number of copies of the book within a genre to which the book belongs, and

wherein the buying price comprises a basic portion and an added portion, the basic portion being set differently according to the ranking determined for each book genre, and set higher for a higher ranking, the added portion being added only in a case that the ranking of the book is higher than a predetermined rank.

7. A book recycling promotion method according to claim 6, wherein the added portion of the buying price is added by a predetermined value only in a case that a stocked number of copies of the book is below a threshold.

8. A book recycling promotion method according to claim 6, wherein the threshold and the added value are set in advance for each book, each genre, or each ranking in each genre.

9. A book recycling promotion method according to claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a response to the electronic mail from the customer;

appending a management information to the book purchased information for the customer based on the response, the management information indicating a processing policy for the book purchased information; and

managing the book purchased information for the customer by use of the management information.

10. A book recycling promotion method according to claim 9 further comprising:

excluding the book purchased information of the customer from a target for the message to promote selling-off, in a case that the appended management information indicates that the book has already been recycled.

11. A book recycling promotion method according to claim 9 further comprising:

including the book purchased information of the customer in a target for the message to promote selling-off, in a case that aid appended management information indicates that the book has not been recycled yet.

12. A book recycling promotion method according to claim 9 further comprising:

excluding the book purchased information of the customer from a target for the message to promote selling-off, in a case that the appended management information indicates that the book will not be recycled.

13. A book recycling promotion method according to claim 9 further comprising:

including the book purchased information of the customer in a target for the message to promote selling-off after the predetermined number of days have passed since the purchase of the book, in a case that the appended management information indicates that a predetermined number of days are necessary for the customer to finish the book.

14. A book recycling promotion method according to claim 9 further comprising:

including the book purchased information of the customer in a target for the message to promote selling-off according to the changing of a sales information, the sales information being a ranking of sold number of copies for the book, in a case that the appended management information indicates that there is a possibility for the book to be recycled.

15. A book recycling promotion device comprising:

means for registering to register a book purchased information of a customer and an electronic mail address of the customer, the book purchased information being connected with a book;

means for calculating to calculate a current buying price of the book based on a current sales information on the book included in the book purchased information; and

means for sending to send an electronic mail including the buying price and a message to promote selling-off of the book to the electronic mail address corresponding to the book purchased information.

16. A book recycling promotion system comprising:

a client used by a customer;

a recycling promotion device to send an electronic mail to promote selling-off of a book to the customer; and

a network to connect the client and the recycling promotion device,

wherein the recycling promotion device further comprises;

means for registering to register a book purchased information of the customer and an electronic mail address of the client owned by the customer, the book purchased information being connected with a book;

means for calculating to calculate a current buying price of the book based on a current sales information on the book included in the book purchased information,; and

means for sending to send an electronic mail including the buying price and a message to promote selling-off of the book to the client at the electronic mail address corresponding to the book purchased information.

17. A program for implementing a book recycling promotion device, wherein the program causes a computer to execute:

registering a book purchased information for a customer and an electronic mail address of the customer, the book purchased information being connected with a book;

calculating a current buying price of the book based on a current sales information on a book included in the book purchased information; and

sending an electronic mail including the buying price and a message to promote selling-off of the book to the electronic mail address corresponding to the book purchased information.

18. A computer-readable program recording medium recording a program for implementing a book recycling promotion device, wherein the program causes a computer to execute:

registering a book purchased information of a customer and an electronic mail address of the customer, the book purchased information being connected with a book;

calculating a current buying price of the book based on a current sales information on the book included in the book purchased information; and

sending an electronic mail including the buying price and a message to promote selling-off of the book to the electronic mail address corresponding to the book purchased information.