Product purchasing trend analyzing system

• US 20050154629A1
• Filed: 01/07/2005
• Published: 07/14/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Matsuda, Shuichi, Ookawara, Tsuneji, Sato, Miyuki, Shimada, Yoshiharu
• Application Number:
  US11/030,316
• Publication Number:
  US 20050154629A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/10
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0204 Market segmentation

Abstract

A system for analyzing purchasing trends of products which manufacturers sell in stores, characterized by being provided with a server 1 communicably connected with first terminals 3 provided at manufacturers and second terminals 3 provided in stores, the server 1 provided with entry means enabling input of product information of products from the first terminals 3, product information display means for sending product information to and displaying it at the second terminals 2, and acquiring means for acquiring histories by which product information is accessed by the second terminals 2.

Claims

1. A product purchasing trend analyzing system for analyzing purchasing trends of products which manufacturers sell in stores,

said product purchasing trend analyzing system characterized by being provided with a server communicably connected with first terminals provided at said manufacturers and second terminals provided in said stores,

said server provided with

entry means enabling input of product information of said products from said first terminals,

product information display means for sending said product information to and displaying it at said second terminals, and

acquiring means for acquiring histories by which said product information is accessed by said second terminals.

2. A product purchasing trend analyzing system as set forth in claim 1, wherein

said system is provided with a customer purchasing trend database for storing information giving a first history as to what products'"'"' product information said customers access, a second history as to which products said customers have purchased, and a third history as to which items among a plurality of items showing specifications of said products said customers access, and

said server counts the number of times customers access predetermined product categories in said product information in product category units, stores the counted values in said customer purchasing trend database, reads from said customer purchasing trend database if said customers have purchased products and reads what items among the plurality of items showing specifications of said products said customers accessed, and displays purchasing trends of products so as to analyze the reasons why said customers selected the manufacturers whose products said customers have purchased, from among a plurality of manufacturers providing product information of said products which said customers access, by provision of first display means.

3. A product purchasing trend analyzing system as set forth in claim 1, wherein

said system is provided with a customer purchasing trend database for storing information giving a first history as to what products'"'"' product information said customers access, a second history as to which products said customers have purchased, and a third history as to which items among a plurality of items showing specifications of said products said customers access, and

said server counts the number of times customers access predetermined product categories in said product information in product category units, stores the counted values in said customer purchasing trend database, reads from said customer purchasing trend database if said customers have purchased products of said product category, and displays a list comparing for each product category the manufacturers for which customers view said product categories or purchase from, from among a plurality of manufacturers providing product information of products of said product categories accessed by said customers, by provision of second display means.

4. A product purchasing trend analyzing system as set forth in claim 1, wherein

said system is provided with a customer purchasing trend database for storing information giving a first history as to what products'"'"' product information said customers access, a second history as to which products said customers have purchased, and a third history as to which items among a plurality of items showing specifications of said products said customers access, and

said server counts the number of times customers access predetermined product categories in said product information in product category units, stores the counted values in said customer purchasing trend database, reads from said customer purchasing trend database if said customers have purchased products of said product categories and reads which items among a plurality of items showing specifications of said products said customers have accessed, and displays a list comparing, for each product category, the number of times said customers have accessed a plurality of items showing specifications of said products of manufacturers compared with a specific manufacturer among a plurality of manufacturers providing product information of products of said product category which said customer accesses with said specific manufacturer for each manufacturer by provision of a third display means.

5. A product purchasing trend analyzing system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the system is provided with a second server separate from said server provided with said acquiring means, and said second server stores information giving a first history as to what products'"'"' product information said customers access, a second history as to which products said customers have purchased, and a third history as to which items among a plurality of items showing specifications of said products said customers access and sets the restocking quantities and prices of the products.