Web server, information providing method, and information providing system
First Claim
1. A web server comprising:
- a memory that stores therein an identifier of an electronic coupon which is provided to a member of a membership site when accessing a shopping mall site through the membership site, a name of the shopping mall site, a URL of the shopping mall site, a content of the electronic coupon, date and time when the member of the membership site accesses the shopping mall site to use the electronic coupon, and a registered attribute of the member in an associated manner, and further stores a different electronic coupon in association with a number of times of usage of electronic coupons at the shopping mall site, and a number of times of usage of electronic coupons at the shopping mall site by the member in a past, the membership site being provided by the web server and the shopping mall site being provided by another server different from the web server; and
a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor executes a process comprising;
generating, referring to the memory, a list in which an electronic coupon for which the number of accesses to the shopping mall site where the electronic coupon is used in a specified time period is larger than a predetermined reference value is associated with an attribute of a member who accessed the shopping mall site to use the electronic coupon more times than a predetermined reference value;
estimating, when the web server has accepted access to the membership site from a user who is registered as a member of the membership site but whose attribute is not registered in the memory, an attribute of the user from at least one of a time of the access to the membership site and a site that the user accessed before the access to the membership site; and
extracting an electronic coupon associated with the attribute estimated at the estimating from the list generated by the generating, and notifying the user of the extracted electronic coupon and at least one of the name of the shopping mall site and the URL of the shopping mall site associated with the extracted electronic coupon in the memory, wherein the extracting extracts a different electronic coupon according to the number of times of usage of electronic coupons at the shopping mall site by the member in the past, the electronic coupon offering a higher discount to the member who used the electronic coupons more times in the past.
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Abstract
A server device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor executes generating a list in which a privilege of which the number of accesses in a specified time period is larger than a predetermined reference value is associated with an attribute of a member who accessed the privilege more times than the predetermined reference value by reference to the memory. The processor executes estimating, when the server device has accepted access to a membership site from a user, an attribute of the user from a time of the access to the membership site or a site that the user accessed before the access to the membership site. The processor executes extracting a privilege associated with the attribute, and notifying the user of the extracted privilege.
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4 Claims
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1. A web server comprising:
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a memory that stores therein an identifier of an electronic coupon which is provided to a member of a membership site when accessing a shopping mall site through the membership site, a name of the shopping mall site, a URL of the shopping mall site, a content of the electronic coupon, date and time when the member of the membership site accesses the shopping mall site to use the electronic coupon, and a registered attribute of the member in an associated manner, and further stores a different electronic coupon in association with a number of times of usage of electronic coupons at the shopping mall site, and a number of times of usage of electronic coupons at the shopping mall site by the member in a past, the membership site being provided by the web server and the shopping mall site being provided by another server different from the web server; and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor executes a process comprising; generating, referring to the memory, a list in which an electronic coupon for which the number of accesses to the shopping mall site where the electronic coupon is used in a specified time period is larger than a predetermined reference value is associated with an attribute of a member who accessed the shopping mall site to use the electronic coupon more times than a predetermined reference value; estimating, when the web server has accepted access to the membership site from a user who is registered as a member of the membership site but whose attribute is not registered in the memory, an attribute of the user from at least one of a time of the access to the membership site and a site that the user accessed before the access to the membership site; and extracting an electronic coupon associated with the attribute estimated at the estimating from the list generated by the generating, and notifying the user of the extracted electronic coupon and at least one of the name of the shopping mall site and the URL of the shopping mall site associated with the extracted electronic coupon in the memory, wherein the extracting extracts a different electronic coupon according to the number of times of usage of electronic coupons at the shopping mall site by the member in the past, the electronic coupon offering a higher discount to the member who used the electronic coupons more times in the past. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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2. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored therein a program for causing a computer to execute an information providing process comprising:
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generating a list in which an electronic coupon for which the number of accesses to a shopping mall site where the electronic coupon is used in a specified time period is larger than a predetermined reference value is associated with an attribute of a member of a membership site who accessed the shopping mall site to use the electronic coupon more times than a predetermined reference value by reference to a memory that stores therein an identifier of the electronic coupon which is provided to the member of the membership site when accessing the shopping mall site through the membership site, a name of the shopping mall site, a URL of the shopping mall site, a content of the electronic coupon, date and time when the member of the membership site accesses the shopping mall site to use the electronic coupon, and a registered attribute of the member in an associated manner, and further stores a different electronic coupon in association with a number of times of usage of electronic coupons at the shopping mall site, and a number of times of usage of electronic coupons at the shopping mall site by the member in a past, the membership site being provided by the web server and the shopping mall site being provided by another server different from the web server; estimating, when having accepted access to the membership site from a user who is registered as a member of the membership site but whose attribute is not registered in the memory, an attribute of the user from at least one of a time of the access to the membership site and a site that the user accessed before the access to the membership site; and extracting an electronic coupon associated with the estimated attribute from the generated list and notifying the user of the extracted electronic coupon and at least one of the name of the shopping mall site and the URL of the shopping mall site associated with the extracted electronic coupon in the memory, wherein the extracting extracts a different electronic coupon according to the number of times of usage of electronic coupons at the shopping mall site by the member in the past, the electronic coupon offering a higher discount to the member who used the electronic coupons more times in the past.
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3. An information providing system comprising:
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an information processing apparatus; and a web server that is connected to the information processing apparatus via a network, wherein the web server comprises; a first memory that stores therein an identifier of an electronic coupon which is provided to a member of a membership site when accessing a shopping mall site through the membership site, a name of the shopping mall site, a URL of the shopping mall site, a content of the electronic coupon, date and time when the member of the membership site accesses the shopping mall site to use the electronic coupon, and a registered attribute of the member in an associated manner, and further stores a different electronic coupon in association with a number of times of usage of electronic coupons at the shopping mall site, and a number of times of usage of electronic coupons at the shopping mall site by the member in a past, the membership site being provided by the web server and the shopping mall site being provided by another server different from the web server; and a first processor coupled to the first memory, wherein the first processor executes a process comprising; generating, referring to the memory, a list in which an electronic coupon for which the number of accesses to the shopping mall site where the electronic coupon is used in a specified time period is larger than a predetermined reference value is associated with an attribute of a member who accessed the shopping mall site to use the electronic coupon more times than a predetermined reference value; and transmitting the list generated by the generating to the information processing apparatus, and the information processing apparatus comprises; a second memory; and a second processor coupled to the second memory, wherein the second processor executes a process comprising; receiving the list from the web server; estimating, when having accepted access to the membership site from a user who is registered as a member of the membership site but whose attribute is not registered in the memory, an attribute of the user from at least one of a time of the access to the membership site and a site that the user accessed before the access to the membership site; and extracting an electronic coupon associated with the attribute estimated at the estimating from the list generated at the generating, and notifying the user of the extracted electronic coupon and at least one of the name of the shopping mall site and the URL of the shopping mall site associated with the extracted electronic coupon in the first memory, wherein the extracting extracts a different electronic coupon according to the number of times of usage of electronic coupons at the shopping mall site by the member in the past, the electronic coupon offering a higher discount to the member who used the electronic coupons more times in the past.
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