PRODUCT INFORMATION PROVIDER SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A product information provider system that offers information about a plurality of products through wireless communications with a wireless communication tag attached to each of the products and stored with an identifier assigned each of the products, the system comprising:
- a reader that reads the identifiers of the products through wireless communications with the wireless communications tags attached to the products being disposed at a product space;
event detection means for detecting whether any of the products is taken out from the product space in accordance with a reading result of the reader;
related information storage means being stored with a plurality pieces of related product information each including a combination of a plurality of product types that are considered preferable to purchase together and/or advertise together;
related information extraction means for extracting, when a take-out event is detected for any of the products by the event detection means, any of the related product information stored in the related information storage means including the product types for the product;
advertisement information creation means for creating advertisement information for the product types found in the related product information extracted by the related information extraction means using previously-stored advertisement data; and
advertisement output means for outputting the advertisement information created by the advertisement information creation means.
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Abstract
A shelf reader reads a product unique ID of an IC tag attached to a product on a shelf. In accordance with the reading result, a shelf terminal detects whether the product is taken out from the shelf or not, and forwards the detection result to a product information management server together with the product unique ID. In the product information management server, a related product information extraction section refers to a related product information database, and extracts any related product information including the type of the product taken out from the shelf. This related product information indicates a combination of a plurality of products that are considered preferable to purchase together. An advertisement information creation section creates advertisement information based on thus extracted related product information. The resulting advertisement information is forwarded to the shelf terminal, and then is displayed by an output section of the shelf terminal.
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1. A product information provider system that offers information about a plurality of products through wireless communications with a wireless communication tag attached to each of the products and stored with an identifier assigned each of the products, the system comprising:
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a reader that reads the identifiers of the products through wireless communications with the wireless communications tags attached to the products being disposed at a product space; event detection means for detecting whether any of the products is taken out from the product space in accordance with a reading result of the reader; related information storage means being stored with a plurality pieces of related product information each including a combination of a plurality of product types that are considered preferable to purchase together and/or advertise together; related information extraction means for extracting, when a take-out event is detected for any of the products by the event detection means, any of the related product information stored in the related information storage means including the product types for the product; advertisement information creation means for creating advertisement information for the product types found in the related product information extracted by the related information extraction means using previously-stored advertisement data; and advertisement output means for outputting the advertisement information created by the advertisement information creation means. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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2. A product information provider system that offers information about a plurality of products through wireless communications with a wireless communication tag attached to each of the products and stored with an identifier assigned each of the products, the system comprising:
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a reader that reads the identifier of any of the products being carried around on a shopping floor through wireless communications with the wireless communications tag attached to the product; event detection means for detecting a product type of the product being carried around in accordance with a reading result of the reader; related information storage means being stored with a plurality pieces of related product information each including a combination of a plurality of product types that are considered preferable to purchase together and/or advertise together; related information extraction means for extracting, when a carry-around event is detected for the product by the event detection means, any of the related product information stored in the related information storage means including the product type for the product; advertisement information creation means for creating advertisement information for the product types found in the related product information extracted by the related information extraction means using previously-stored advertisement data; and advertisement output means for outputting the advertisement information created by the advertisement information creation means. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4)
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10. A product information provider method of offering information about a plurality of products through wireless communications with a wireless communication tag attached to each of the products and stored with an identifier assigned each of the products, the method comprising:
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a read step of reading, using a reader, the identifiers of the products through wireless communications with the wireless communications tags attached to the products being disposed at a product space; an event detection step of detecting whether any of the products is taken out from the product space in accordance with a reading result of the reader; a related information extraction step of extracting, when a take-out event is detected for any of the products in the event detection step, from a related information storage area storing therein a plurality of pieces of related product information each including a combination of a plurality of product types that are considered preferable to purchase together and/or advertise together, any of the related product information including a product type of the product; an advertisement information creation step of creating advertisement information for the product types found in the related product information extracted in the related information extraction step using previously-stored advertisement data; and an advertisement output step of outputting the advertisement information created in the advertisement information creation step in the vicinity of a place where the take-out event is occurred. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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11. A product information provider method of offering information about a plurality of products through wireless communications with a wireless communication tag attached to each of the products and stored with an identifier assigned each of the products, the method comprising:
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a read step of reading, using a reader, the identifier of any of the products being carried around on a shopping floor through wireless communications with the wireless communications tag attached to the product; an event detection step of detecting a product type of the product being carried around in accordance with a reading result of the reader; a related information extraction step of extracting, when a carry-around event is detected for the product in the event detection step, from a related information storage area storing therein a plurality pieces of related product information each including a combination of a plurality of product types that are considered preferable to purchase together and/or advertise together, any of the related product information including the product type of the product; an advertisement information creation step of creating advertisement information for the product types found in the related product information extracted in the related information extraction step using previously-stored advertisement data; and an advertisement output step of outputting, by output means, the advertisement information created in the advertisement information creation step in the vicinity of a place where the carry-around event is occurred. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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