ADVERTISEMENT SYSTEM AND COMMODITY SALES SYSTEM

• US 20090055275A1
• Filed: 03/14/2007
• Published: 02/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Kogure, Yuki
• Application Number:
  US12/282,987
• Publication Number:
  US 20090055275A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.730
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0603 Catalogue ordering

Abstract

A commodity sales system (100) includes an advertisement-data creation device that extracts, upon receiving an advertisement transmission request specifying a commodity via the network from a mobile phone (103), advertisement data of the commodity specified by the transmission request from an advertisement database storing therein a commodity, advertisement data of the commodity and privilege information in association, to create advertisement data; a registration device that registers information specifying the mobile phone (103) that transmitted the transmission request, the commodity corresponding to the extracted advertisement data, and the privilege information in a client-information database in association with one another; and a privilege-information extraction device that extracts, when the mobile phone (103) issues a commodity purchase request, a privilege to be offered to the terminal unit (103) that transmitted the commodity purchase request with reference to the client-information database.

Claims

1. An advertisement system for advertising a commodity via a communication network, comprising:

an advertisement-data creation device that extracts, upon receiving an advertisement transmission request identifying a commodity via the communication network from a terminal unit, advertisement data of the commodity specified by the transmission request from an advertisement database storing therein a commodity and advertisement data of commodities;

a transmission device that transmits said extracted advertisement data via the communication network, after attaching privilege information thereto, to the terminal unit that transmitted the transmission request;

a client-information registration device that registers in a client-information database information identifying said terminal unit that transmitted said advertisement transmission request, a commodity corresponding to said extracted advertisement data, and said privilege information in association with one another; and

a privilege-information extraction device that extracts, upon receiving information showing that a commodity purchase request is received from a terminal unit, a privilege to be offered to said terminal unit that transmitted said commodity purchase request, with reference to said client-information database.

2. The advertisement system according to claim 1, wherein said advertisement database stores therein a commodity, corresponding commodity advertisement data and said privilege information in association with one another.

3. The advertisement system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a broadcasting unit that transmits a digital broadcasting including information of the commodity;

to said terminal unit that transmitted said advertisement transmission request.

4. The advertisement system according to claim 3, wherein said broadcasting unit transmits said digital broadcasting to said terminal unit via a radio base station.

5. An advertisement method using a server connected to a terminal unit via a communication network, for advertising a commodity through said sever, said method comprising:

extracting, upon receiving an advertisement transmission request specifying a commodity via the communication network from a terminal unit advertisement data of the commodity specified by the transmission request from an advertisement database storing therein a advertisement data of commodities;

transmitting the extracted advertisement data via the communication network, after attaching privilege information thereto, to the terminal unit that transmitted the transmission request;

registering in a client-information database information specifying the terminal unit to which the privilege information is transmitted, a commodity corresponding to the extracted advertisement data, and the privilege information in association with one another; and

extracting upon receiving a commodity purchase request from a terminal unit, a privilege to be offered to the terminal unit that transmitted the commodity purchase requests. with reference to the client-information database.

6. The advertisement method according to claim 5, wherein said advertisement database stores therein a commodity, corresponding commodity advertisement data and said privilege information in association with one another.

7. The method according to claim 5, further comprising:

transmitting a digital broadcasting including information of the commodity to said terminal unit.

8. A computer-readable medium encoded with a program for an advertisement system including a server said program causing said server to;

extract, upon receiving an advertisement transmission request specifying a commodity via the communication network from a terminal unit advertisement data of the commodity specified by the transmission request from an advertisement database storing therein advertisement data of commodities;

transmit the extracted advertisement data via the communication network, after attaching privilege information thereto, to the terminal unit that transmitted the transmission request;

register in a client-information database information specifying the terminal unit to which the privilege information is transmitted, a commodity corresponding to the extracted advertisement data, and the privilege information in association with one another; and

extract upon receiving a commodity purchase request from a terminal unit, a privilege to be offered to the terminal unit that transmitted the commodity purchase request, with reference to the client-information database.

9. The computer-readable medium according to claim 8, wherein said program further causes said server to transmit information of the commodity to a broadcasting unit;

before transmission of said advertisement transmission request from said terminal.