ASSET MANAGEMENT SERVER, ASSET MANAGING METHOD, AND ASSET MANAGEMENT SERVER PROGRAM

• US 20150310561A1
• Filed: 12/24/2014
• Published: 10/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Optim LLC
• Original Assignee: Optim LLC
• Inventors: SUGAYA, Shunji
• Application Number:
  US14/582,419
• Publication Number:
  US 20150310561A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/12 Accounting

Abstract

An asset management server 200 has an asset database 250 and an accounting information database 251, and performs an asset management of a user. The asset management server 200 receives purchase information of a product that is purchased by the user, acquires product information included in the purchase information, registers the product as an asset of the user in the asset database 250 based on the received purchase information and the acquired product information, specifies an accounting title of the product based on the acquired product information, and registers the received purchase information and the specified accounting title as accounting information in the accounting information database, the received purchase information and the specified accounting title being associated with each other.

Claims

1. An asset management server for performing an asset management of a user, the asset management server comprising:

an asset database;

an accounting information database;

a purchase information reception module configured to receive purchase information of a product that is purchased by the user;

a product information acquisition module configured to acquire product information included in the purchase information;

an asset registration module configured to register the product as an asset of the user in the asset database, based on the received purchase information and the acquired product information;

an accounting title specification module configured to specify an accounting title of the product based on the acquired product information; and

an accounting information registration module configured to register the received purchase information and the specified accounting title as accounting information in the accounting information database, the received purchase information and the specified accounting title being associated with each other.

2. The asset management server of claim 1, further comprising an optical character recognition module configured to receive an image as the purchase information and to recognize a text from the image,

wherein the product information acquisition module acquires the product information by extracting the product information from the recognized text.

3. The asset management server of claim 1, wherein the product information acquisition module acquires the product information by extracting the product information from an email that is received as the purchase information.

4. The asset management server of claim 1, wherein the product information acquisition module acquires information about a manual and a warranty of the product when acquiring the product information, and

the asset registration module further registers the acquired information as the asset in the asset database.

5. A method of managing an asset by an asset management server including an asset database and an accounting information database, the method comprising:

acquiring purchase information of a product that is purchased by a user;

registering the product as an asset of the user in the asset database;

acquiring product information of the asset;

specifying an accounting title of the product based on the acquired product information; and

registering the acquired purchase information and the specified accounting title as accounting information in the accounting information database, the acquired purchase information and the specified accounting title being associated with each other.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising receiving an image as the purchase information and recognizing a text from the image,

wherein acquiring the product information comprises acquiring the product information by extracting the product information from the recognized text.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein acquiring the product information comprises acquiring the product information by extracting the product information from an email that is received as the purchase information.

8. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

acquiring information about a manual and a warranty of the product when acquiring the product information; and

registering the acquired information as the asset in the asset database.

9. A recording medium that stores a program for executing an asset managing method on an asset management server including an asset database and an accounting information database, the asset managing method comprising:

acquiring purchase information of a product that is purchased by a user;

registering the product as an asset of the user in the asset database;

acquiring product information of the asset;

specifying an accounting title of the product based on the acquired product information; and

registering the acquired purchase information and the specified accounting title as accounting information in the accounting information database, the acquired purchase information and the specified accounting title being associated with each other.

10. The recording medium of claim 9, wherein the asset managing method further comprises receiving an image as the purchase information and recognizing a text from the image, and

wherein acquiring the product information comprises acquiring the product information by extracting the product information from the recognized text.

11. The recording medium of claim 9, wherein acquiring the product information comprises acquiring the product information by extracting the product information from an email that is received as the purchase information.

12. The recording medium of claim 9, wherein the asset managing method further comprises:

acquiring information about a manual and a warranty of the product when acquiring the product information; and

registering the acquired information as the asset in the asset database.