COUPON SELECTION SUPPORT APPARATUS, COUPON SELECTION SUPPORT SYSTEM, COUPON SELECTION SUPPORT METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20120101889A1
• Filed: 05/13/2011
• Published: 04/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: KURATA, Yoshinori, Nakayama, Hiroshi, Doi, Shouichi, Morita, Masahiro, Tsuji, Junichiro
• Application Number:
  US13/107,468
• Publication Number:
  US 20120101889A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.25
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0224 based on user history

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a coupon selection support apparatus including: a commercial product information acquisition block configured to acquire commercial product information associated with a commercial product subject to a coupon; a commercial product analysis block configured to analyze a commercial product subject to a coupon; a usage log acquisition block configured to acquire a coupon usage log of each user; a log analysis block configured to analyze a purchase timing of a commercial product purchased by each user in the past; and a selection support block configured to predict a next purchase timing of the commercial product to preferentially present, at the next purchase timing, a coupon for the commercial product and coupons related with the coupon by the commercial product analysis block.

Claims

1. A coupon selection support apparatus comprising:

a commercial product information acquisition block configured to acquire commercial product information associated with a commercial product subject to a coupon;

a commercial product analysis block configured to analyze a commercial product subject to a coupon on the basis of the commercial product information acquired by said commercial product information acquisition block to relate coupons of subject commercial products having associated commercial product information with each other;

a usage log acquisition block configured to acquire a coupon usage log of each user;

a log analysis block configured to analyze a purchase timing of a commercial product purchased by each user in the past on the basis of a usage log acquired by said usage log acquisition block; and

a selection support block configured to predict a next purchase timing of said commercial product from a result of the analysis executed by said log analysis block for each user to preferentially present, at said next purchase timing, a coupon for said commercial product and coupons related with said coupon by said commercial product analysis block.

2. The coupon selection support apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said commercial product analysis block detects a group of commercial products including substantially a same expression in said commercial product information to relate a plurality of coupons corresponding to said group of commercial products with each other.

3. The coupon selection support apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said commercial product analysis block detects a first group of commercial products including substantially a same expression in said commercial product information and a second group of commercial products belonging to substantially a same price zone from among said first group of commercial products to relate a plurality of coupons corresponding to said second group of commercial products with each other.

4. The coupon selection support apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said log analysis block analyzes a purchase timing with which each user purchased a commercial product in the past to detect a purchase cycle of a commercial product belonging to said group of commercial products, thereby predicting a next purchase timing of the commercial product belonging to said group of commercial products.

5. The coupon selection support apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said log analysis block analyzes a purchase timing with which each user purchased a commercial product in the past to detect a purchase cycle of a commercial product belonging to said group of commercial products, thereby predicting a next purchase timing of the commercial product belonging to said group of commercial products.

6. A coupon selection support system comprising:

a server apparatus; and

a client apparatus;

said server apparatus having

a commercial product information acquisition block configured to acquire commercial product information associated with a commercial product subject to a coupon,

a commercial product analysis block configured to analyze a commercial product subject to a coupon on the basis of the commercial product information acquired by said commercial product information acquisition block to relate coupons of subject commercial products having associated commercial product information with each other, and

a transmission block configured to transmit information about the coupons related with each other by said commercial product analysis block and commercial product information associated with a commercial product subject to a coupon to a client apparatus; and

said client apparatus having

a reception block configured to receive information about the coupons related with each other by said commercial product analysis block and commercial product information associated with a commercial product subject to a coupon from said server apparatus,

a usage log acquisition block configured to acquire a coupon usage log of each user,

a log analysis block configured to analyze a purchase timing of a commercial product purchased by each user in the past on the basis of a usage log acquired by said usage log acquisition block, and

a selection support block configured to predict a next purchase timing of said commercial product from a result of the analysis executed by said log analysis block for each user to preferentially present, at said next purchase timing, a coupon for said commercial product and coupons related with said coupon by said commercial product analysis block.

7. A coupon selection support method comprising the steps of:

acquiring commercial product information associated with a commercial product subject to a coupon;

analyzing a commercial product subject to a coupon on the basis of the commercial product information acquired at the commercial product information acquisition step to relate coupons of subject commercial products having associated commercial product information with each other;

acquiring a coupon usage log of each user;

analyzing a purchase timing of a commercial product purchased by each user in the past on the basis of a usage log acquired at the usage log acquisition step; and

predicting a next purchase timing of said commercial product from a result of the analysis executed at the log analysis step for each user to preferentially present, at said next purchase timing, a coupon for said commercial product and coupons related with said coupon at the commercial product analysis step.

8. A program for making a computer realize the functions of:

acquiring commercial product information associated with a commercial product subject to a coupon;

analyzing a commercial product subject to a coupon on the basis of the commercial product information acquired by said commercial product information acquisition function to relate coupons of subject commercial products having associated commercial product information with each other;

acquiring a coupon usage log of each user;

analyzing a purchase timing of a commercial product purchased by each user in the past on the basis of a usage log acquired by said usage log acquisition function; and

predicting a next purchase timing of said commercial product from a result of the analysis executed by said log analysis function for each user to preferentially present, at said next purchase timing, a coupon for said commercial product and coupons related with said coupon by said commercial product analysis function.