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Purchase support server, purchase support method, purchase support program, and computer-readable recording medium for recording said program

  • US 9,898,757 B2
  • Filed: 02/01/2012
  • Issued: 02/20/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A purchase support server comprising:

  • a non-transitory memory operable to store program code; and

    a processor operable to read the program code, and operate as instructed by the program code to;

    receive visited store information for identifying a visited store that a user physically visits;

    retrieve, from at least one image of at least one item photographed by the user using at least one camera of a mobile terminal, item-related information for identifying an item that is recognized by the user at the visited store;

    generate, in response to retrieving the at least one image, a webpage indicating an online store selling the item and the visited store, indicating times until the item is shipped respectively from the online store and the visited store and is acquired by the user, and indicating points to be obtained by the user for purchasing the item respectively from the online store and the visited store, by searching a database for the generated webpage based on the received visited store information and the received item-related information;

    transmit the generated webpage to the mobile terminal, the generated webpage comprising links to access sites for purchasing the item respectively from the online store and the visited store, and item-selling store information for identifying the online store and the visited store being embedded in the respective links, wherein the mobile terminal displays the transmitted webpage, on a screen;

    receive the item-selling store information embedded in a link, among the links, from the mobile terminal, in response to the link included in the transmitted webpage that is displayed on the mobile terminal being designated by the user;

    determine whether the visited store and a store that is identified by the received item-selling store information match;

    generate service information indicating a service that is offered by the visited store to the user that purchases the item at the visited store instead of the store identified by the received item-selling store information; and

    transmit the generated service information to the mobile terminal, in response to the determination that the visited store and the store identified by the received item-selling store information do not match, wherein the mobile terminal display the transmitted service information as a pop-up window, on the screen.

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