INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20130138523A1
• Filed: 11/15/2012
• Published: 05/30/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: HAGIWARA, Takehiro, KAMIMAEDA, Naoki, TSUNODA, Tomohiro, MATSUYAMA, Shinako, ISHIOKA, Takuya, SAZUKA, Naoya, TSUBOI, Naoto, OHTO, Yasunori
• Application Number:
  US13/677,655
• Publication Number:
  US 20130138523A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]

Abstract

There is provided an information processing apparatus including a condition acquisition unit that acquires a task condition of a shopping task, a cost calculation unit that calculates a cost of a candidate of a purchase behavior for executing the shopping task by a participating member participating in the shopping task based on a characteristic of an item purchased through the purchase behavior, and a determination unit that determines the purchase behavior of the participating member based on the cost.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a condition acquisition unit that acquires a task condition of a shopping task;

a cost calculation unit that calculates a cost of a candidate of a purchase behavior for executing the shopping task by a participating member participating in the shopping task based on a characteristic of an item purchased through the purchase behavior; and

a determination unit that determines the purchase behavior of the participating member based on the cost.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the cost calculation unit calculates the cost further based on a characteristic of the participating member.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the cost calculation unit calculates the cost based on preference information of the participating member.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the determination unit determines the purchase behavior based on an allowable value of the cost for each participating member.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the determination unit determines the purchase behavior such that a difference in a ratio between the allowable value and the cost decreases between the participating members.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the determination unit determines the purchase behavior such that a sum value of the cost of each participating member decreases.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the candidate of the purchase behavior is specified by combination of the participating member executing the purchase behavior, a purchase store at which the item is purchased, and the item.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a notification unit that notifies the participating member of the purchase behavior determined by the determination unit.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein a first notification screen on which the notification unit performs notification of the purchase behavior includes a first feedback portion in which the participating member responds to whether to accept the execution of the purchase behavior.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9,

wherein the notification unit provides a second notification screen on which the notification unit performs notification of information on a plurality of the purchase behaviors, and

wherein the second notification screen includes a second feedback portion in which the participating member gives a notification of a progress status of the purchase behavior.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising:

a feedback control unit that updates the task condition based on the notification of the progress status given via the second feedback portion.

12. An information processing method comprising:

acquiring a task condition of a shopping task;

calculating a cost of a candidate of a purchase behavior for executing the shopping task by a participating member participating in the shopping task based on a characteristic of an item purchased through the purchase behavior; and

determining the purchase behavior of the participating member based on the cost.

13. A program for causing a computer to function as an information processing apparatus including:

a condition acquisition unit that acquires a task condition of a shopping task;

a cost calculation unit that calculates a cost of a candidate of a purchase behavior for executing the shopping task by a participating member participating in the shopping task based on a characteristic of an item purchased through the purchase behavior; and

a determination unit that determines the purchase behavior of the participating member based on the cost.