Medium evaluation method
First Claim
1. A medium evaluation method for evaluating a commodity information provision medium that commodity consumers expect to use as an acquisition unit of commodity information provided by a commodity provider at each step of a purchase process relating to commodity purchase, wherein:
- expectation information is associated with kinds of commodity information provision media that commodity consumers expect to use at each step of the purchase process, andaccess information is used to access the consumers from whom the expectation information is acquired, the method comprising;
in response to specifying a certain commodity information provision medium at a certain step of the purchase process in the expectation information, specifying access information of a consumer who expects to use the specified commodity information provision medium at the specified step of the purchase process from the access information; and
enabling to provide the commodity information by the specified commodity information provision medium at the specified step of the purchase process, based on the specified access information of the consumer.
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Abstract
A medium evaluation method for evaluating a commodity information provision medium that commodity consumers expect to use as an acquisition unit of commodity information provided by a commodity provider at each step of a purchase process wherein: expectation information is associated with kinds of commodity information provision media that commodity consumers expect to use at each step of the purchase process, and access information is used to access the consumers from whom the expectation information is acquired, the method includes: in response to specifying a certain commodity information provision medium at a certain step of the purchase process in the expectation information, specifying access information of a consumer who expects to use the specified commodity information provision medium at the specified step of the purchase process from the access information.
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1. A medium evaluation method for evaluating a commodity information provision medium that commodity consumers expect to use as an acquisition unit of commodity information provided by a commodity provider at each step of a purchase process relating to commodity purchase, wherein:
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expectation information is associated with kinds of commodity information provision media that commodity consumers expect to use at each step of the purchase process, and access information is used to access the consumers from whom the expectation information is acquired, the method comprising; in response to specifying a certain commodity information provision medium at a certain step of the purchase process in the expectation information, specifying access information of a consumer who expects to use the specified commodity information provision medium at the specified step of the purchase process from the access information; and enabling to provide the commodity information by the specified commodity information provision medium at the specified step of the purchase process, based on the specified access information of the consumer.
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2. A medium evaluation method for evaluating a commodity information provision medium that commodity consumers expect to use as an acquisition unit of commodity information provided by a commodity provider at each step of a purchase process relating to commodity purchase, wherein:
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expectation information is associated with kinds of commodity information provision media that commodity consumers expect to use at each step of the purchase process, and access information is used to access the consumers from whom the expectation information is acquired, the method comprising; in response to specifying a certain commodity information provision medium at a certain step of the purchase process in the expectation information, specifying a consumer who expects to use the specified commodity information provision medium at the specified step of the purchase process from the access information; specifying a cluster to which the specified user belongs, based on user information; specifying access information of the specified user and access information of another user who belongs to the cluster to which the user belongs, based on the access information; and enabling to provide the commodity information by the specified commodity information provision medium at the specified step of the purchase process, based on the access information of the specified consumer.
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3. A computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for evaluating a commodity information provision medium that commodity consumers expect to use as an acquisition unit of commodity information provided by a commodity provider at each step of a purchase process relating to commodity purchase, wherein:
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expectation information is associated with kinds of commodity information provision media that commodity consumers expect to use at each step of the purchase process, and access information is used to access the consumers from whom the expectation information is acquired, the process comprising; in response to specifying a certain commodity information provision medium at a certain step of the purchase process in the expectation information, specifying access information of a consumer who expects to use the specified commodity information provision medium at the specified step of the purchase process from the access information, to thereby enable to provide the commodity information by the specified commodity information provision medium at the specified step of the purchase process based on the specified access information of the consumer. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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5. A computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for evaluating a commodity information provision medium that commodity consumers expect to use as an acquisition unit of commodity information provided by a commodity provider at each step of a purchase process relating to commodity purchase, wherein:
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expectation information is associated with kinds of commodity information provision media that commodity consumers expect to use at each step of the purchase process, and access information is used to access the consumers from whom the expectation information is acquired, the process comprising; in response to specifying a certain commodity information provision medium at a certain step of the purchase process in the expectation information, specifying a consumer who expects to use the specified commodity information provision medium at the specified step of the purchase process from the access information; specifying a cluster to which the specified user belongs, based on user information; and specifying access information of the specified user and access information of another user who belongs to the cluster to which the user belongs, based on the access information, to thereby enable to provide the commodity information by the specified commodity information provision medium at the specified step of the purchase process based on the access information of the specified consumer. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. A medium evaluation apparatus for evaluating a commodity information provision medium that commodity consumers expect to use as an acquisition unit of commodity information provided by a commodity provider at each step of a purchase process relating to commodity purchase, the apparatus comprising:
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a storage unit that stores expectation information is associated with kinds of commodity information provision media that commodity consumers expect to use at each step of the purchase process, and access information is used to access the consumers from whom the expectation information is acquired; and a control section that in response to specifying a certain commodity information provision medium at a certain step of the purchase process in the expectation information, specifying access information of a consumer who expects to use the specified commodity information provision medium at the specified step of the purchase process from the access information, to thereby enable to provide the commodity information by the specified commodity information provision medium at the specified step of the purchase process based on the specified access information of the consumer. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A medium evaluation apparatus for evaluating a commodity information provision medium that commodity consumers expect to use as an acquisition unit of commodity information provided by a commodity provider at each step of a purchase process relating to commodity purchase, the apparatus comprising:
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a storage unit that stores expectation information is associated with kinds of commodity information provision media that commodity consumers expect to use at each step of the purchase process, and access information is used to access the consumers from whom the expectation information is acquired, a control section that in response to specifying a certain commodity information provision medium at a certain step of the purchase process in the expectation information, specifies a consumer who expects to use the specified commodity information provision medium at the specified step of the purchase process from the access information, specifies a cluster to which the specified user belongs, based on user information, and specifies access information of the specified user and access information of another user who belongs to the cluster to which the user belongs, based on the access information, to thereby enable to provide the commodity information by the specified commodity information provision medium at the specified step of the purchase process based on the access information of the specified consumer. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave for enabling a computer to perform a process for evaluating a commodity information provision medium that commodity consumers expect to use as an acquisition unit of commodity information provided by a commodity provider at each step of a purchase process relating to commodity purchase, wherein:
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expectation information is associated with kinds of commodity information provision media that commodity consumers expect to use at each step of the purchase process, and access information is used to access the consumers from whom the expectation information is acquired, the process comprising; in response to specifying a certain commodity information provision medium at a certain step of the purchase process in the expectation information, specifying access information of a consumer who expects to use the specified commodity information provision medium at the specified step of the purchase process from the access information, to thereby enable to provide the commodity information by the specified commodity information provision medium at the specified step of the purchase process based on the specified access information of the consumer. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave for enabling a computer to perform a process for evaluating a commodity information provision medium that commodity consumers expect to use as an acquisition unit of commodity information provided by a commodity provider at each step of a purchase process relating to commodity purchase, wherein:
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expectation information is associated with kinds of commodity information provision media that commodity consumers expect to use at each step of the purchase process, and access information is used to access the consumers from whom the expectation information is acquired, the process comprising; in response to specifying a certain commodity information provision medium at a certain step of the purchase process in the expectation information, specifying a consumer who expects to use the specified commodity information provision medium at the specified step of the purchase process from the access information; specifying a cluster to which the specified user belongs, based on user information; and specifying access information of the specified user and access information of another user who belongs to the cluster to which the user belongs, based on the access information, to thereby enable to provide the commodity information by the specified commodity information provision medium at the specified step of the purchase process based on the access information of the specified consumer. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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