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Goods sales management system

  • US 6,470,323 B1
  • Filed: 06/27/1996
  • Issued: 10/22/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/08/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A goods sales management apparatus for realizing goods sales management through communication lines, comprising:

  • customer utilization history memory means for storing utilization history information and customer information, the utilization history information including information indicating a request transaction carried out by a customer using said goods sales management apparatus over a communication line;

    customer extraction means for selecting customers to whom a merchandising notice for promoting a purchase of the goods is to be sent based on the utilization history information of said customer utilization history memory means; and

    merchandising notice sending means for sending the merchandising notice to the selected customers over corresponding communication lines which are not under the control of said goods sales management apparatus, when a purchasing period, based on a purchase history for each customer, has elapsed, said purchasing period being based on the last date the goods were purchased and a consumption period of those goods.

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