Data processing methods and apparatus for supporting analysis/judgement

• US 6,578,023 B1
• Filed: 03/14/2001
• Issued: 06/10/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Kagami, Akira, Kosaka, Michitaka, Oyama, Hiroaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Davis, George B.
• Application Number:
  US09/805,106
• Time in Patent Office: 818 Days
• Field of Search: 706/54, 707/104.1
• US Class Current: 706/54
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/583 using metadata automatically derived from the content
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/00 2D [Two Dimensional] image generation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99948 Application of database or data structure, e.g. distributed, multimedia, or image
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 715/977 Dynamic icon, e.g. animated or live action

Abstract

An object to be appraised is input and divided into structural elements which are stored in a storage unit. Information is input which indicates an appraisal for the object to be appraised and a combination of elements constituting the object to be appraised is corresponded to the appraisal. The correspondence is classified into criteria which are stored and an arbitrary criterion is selected. A combination of structural elements is obtained on the basis of the selected criterion and appraisal information is inputted for the obtained combination of structural elements.

Claims

1. A data processing method for supporting analysis/judgement, comprising the steps of:

inputting tastes of plural users related to plural goods information;

displaying a pattern related to at least one of said plural goods information based on said inputted tastes of said plural users;

inputting a taste of an arbitral user for said displayed pattern;

selecting and displaying one of said plural goods information based on said taste of said arbitral user and said tastes of said plural users; and

updating said plural goods information by using learning according to said selected goods information and said taste of said arbitral user.

2. A program stored on a computer readable storage medium, for executing data processing method for supporting analysis/judgement, said method comprising the steps of:

inputting tastes of plural users related to plural goods information;

displaying a pattern related to at least one of said plural goods information based on said inputted tastes of said plural users;

inputting a taste of an arbitral user for said displayed pattern;

selecting and displaying one of said plural goods information based on said taste of said arbitral user and said tastes of said plural users; and

updating said plural goods information by using learning according to said selected goods information and said taste of said arbitral user.

3. A data processing method for recommending goods to a user, comprising the steps of;

storing tastes of plural users related to plural goods information collected in advance;

displaying at least one of said plural goods information being stored;

accepting an input of a taste of an arbitral user related to said displayed goods information;

selecting one of said stored plural goods information according to said taste of said arbitral user based on said taste of said arbitral user and said tastes of said plural users;

updating said plural goods information by using learning according to said selected goods information and said taste of said arbitral user; and

proposing said selected goods information.

4. A data processing method according to claim 3, wherein said taste of said arbitral user includes information of said arbitral user relating to like or dislike with respect to said displayed goods information.

5. A data processing method according to claim 3, further comprising the steps of:

accepting designation by said arbitral user relating to one of elements of said proposed goods information;

changing said designed element of said elements of said proposed goods information; and

proposing said goods information having said designated element thus changed as new goods information.

6. A data processing apparatus for recommending goods to a user, comprising:

a display unit which displays at least one of plural goods information stored in advance; and

an input unit which accepts an input of a taste of an arbitral user related to said displayed goods information, wherein

said display unit displays one of said plural goods information selected by a processing unit which selects said selected goods information according to said taste of said arbitral user from said plural goods information based on said taste of said arbitral user and tastes of plural users collected and stored in advance,

updating said plural goods information by using learning according to said selected goods information and said stored taste of said arbitral user,

the processing unit that updates said plural goods information by using learning according to said selected goods information and said stored tastes of said arbitral user.

7. A goods recommendation method for recommending goods to a user desiring goods, comprising the steps of:

a) storing plural goods information and appraisal information of plural users related to the plural goods information collected in advance;

b) displaying the stored plural goods information to a user desiring the goods;

c) accepting an input of an appraisal of like or dislike from the user desiring the goods with respect to each of the plural goods information thus displayed;

d) extracting goods information according to the user desiring the goods from the stored plural goods information based on the stored appraisal information of the plural users and the inputted appraisal of like or dislike from the user desiring the goods; and

e) displaying the extracted goods information to the user desiring the goods.

8. A goods recommendation method according to claim 7, wherein the step b) includes a substep of displaying a button for selecting like or dislike by the user desiring the goods.

9. A goods recommendation method according to claim 7, wherein the step d) includes a substep of comparing the stored appraisal information of the plural users with the inputted appraisal of like or dislike from the user desiring the goods thereby to determine the appraisal information of the user desiring the goods as an arbitral user.

10. A goods recommendation system for recommending goods to a user desiring goods, comprising:

a first unit which stores, in a storage device, plural goods information and appraisal information of plural users related to the plural goods information collected in advance;

a second unit which displays the plural goods information stored in the storage device to a user desiring the goods;

a third unit which accepts an input of an appraisal of like or dislike from the user desiring the goods with respect to each of the plural goods information thus displayed;

a fourth unit which extracts goods information according to the user desiring the goods from the plural goods information stored in the storage device based on the appraisal information of the plural users stored in the storage device and the inputted appraisal of like or dislike from the user desiring the goods; and

a fifth unit which displays the extracted goods information to the user desiring the goods.

11. A goods recommendation system according to claim 10, wherein the second unit displays a button for selecting like or dislike by the user desiring the goods.

12. A goods recommendation system according to claim 10, wherein the fourth unit compares the appraisal information of the plural users stored in the storage device with the inputted appraisal of like or dislike from the user desiring the goods thereby to determine the appraisal information of the user desiring the goods as an arbitral user.