Information processing apparatus and information processing method
First Claim
1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
- an order acceptance unit for accepting an order from a customer terminal;
a duplicate order checking unit for checking if an order of an identical type has been placed from the customer terminal in addition to the order;
an order acceptance notifying unit for controlling to notify the customer terminal of the checking result of said duplicate order checking unit; and
an information holding unit for holding information of an order which is determined to be acceptable.
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Abstract
This invention has as its object to check duplicate orders of a customer terminal of an identical customer in an on-line sales system which deals with customer terminals connected via a network. To this end, this invention has an order acceptance unit for accepting an order from a customer terminal, a duplicate order checking unit for checking if an order of an identical type has been placed from the customer terminal in addition to the order, an order acceptance notifying unit for controlling to notify the customer terminal of the checking result of the duplicate order checking unit, and an information holding unit for holding information of an order which is determined to be acceptable.
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16 Claims
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1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
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an order acceptance unit for accepting an order from a customer terminal;
a duplicate order checking unit for checking if an order of an identical type has been placed from the customer terminal in addition to the order;
an order acceptance notifying unit for controlling to notify the customer terminal of the checking result of said duplicate order checking unit; and
an information holding unit for holding information of an order which is determined to be acceptable. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer program product including a recording medium that records a computer program, said computer program comprising:
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a code of an order acceptance step of accepting an order from a customer terminal;
a code of a duplicate order checking step of checking if an order of an identical type has been placed from the customer terminal in addition to the order;
a code of an order acceptance notifying step of controlling to notify the customer terminal of the checking result of the duplicate order checking step; and
a code of an information holding step of holding information of an order which is determined to be acceptable. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An information processing method comprising:
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an order acceptance step of accepting an order from a customer;
a duplicate order checking step of checking if the customer has placed an order of an identical type in addition to the order;
an order acceptance notifying step of controlling to notify a customer terminal of the checking result of the duplicate order checking step; and
an information holding step of holding information of an order which is determined to be acceptable in an information holding unit.
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16. An information processing apparatus comprising:
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a communication interface used to connect a customer terminal;
a storage for storing a program, and a processor for executing the program stored in said storage, and wherein the program comprises;
a code of an order acceptance step of accepting an order from a customer terminal;
a code of a duplicate order checking step of checking if an order of an identical type has been placed from the customer terminal in addition to the order;
a code of an order acceptance notifying step of controlling to notify the customer terminal of the checking result of the duplicate order checking step; and
a code of an information holding step of holding information of an order which is determined to be acceptable.
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