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E-commerce system and method

  • US 7,024,380 B2
  • Filed: 11/06/2001
  • Issued: 04/04/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An e-commerce system, comprising:

  • a merchandise information distribution unit comprising a merchandise information storage section that stores merchandise information provided from a seller, and a merchandise information server that distributes the merchandise information from said merchandise information storage section to a consumer;

    a plurality of consumer terminals, each comprising a storage section that stores a personal profile in which various keywords contained in the merchandise information and evaluation values corresponding to the keywords are registered, the evaluation values being learned in advance based on a preference of a consumer, and an information filtering section that ranks the merchandise information distributed from said merchandise information server to match the preference of the consumer, based on the personal profile; and

    a clearing unit that withdraws a charge of merchandise from an account designated by the consumer to pay to the seller when receiving an order for merchandise from either of said consumer terminals,a first consumer terminal of said plurality of consumer terminals being configured to transfer distributed merchandise information to an information filtering section of a second consumer terminal of said plurality of consumer terminals, the information filtering section of the second consumer terminal ranking the transferred distributed merchandise information based on a personal profile stored in a storage section of the second consumer terminal, the first consumer terminal being configured to place an order for merchandise using the merchandise information ranked by the second consumer terminal.

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