Information providing system for providing information about parts

• US 20010042030A1
• Filed: 02/12/2001
• Published: 11/15/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Tanaka, Makoto, Nakamura, Shin, Hirai, Nobuyuki, Nakayama, Yoshihito, Uetake, Toshio, Okada, Kinya, Hirano, Reiji, Matsunaga, Kiyotaka, Nagoshi, Tsutomu, Ijichi, Norio, Ito, SadAo, Yoshiya, Itsuro, Sawabe, Masaaki, Terada, Mutsuo, Kabuto, Yasutaka, Tsuneto, Yasuji, Matsuzaki, Isao, Nakano, Takashi, Takahashi, Toshiaki, Suita, Mitsuo, Ito, Naka, Matsunawa, Atsushi
• Application Number:
  US09/781,886
• Publication Number:
  US 20010042030A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/27
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces

Abstract

To provide an information providing system which can easily and quickly provide information about parts.

The system includes a database storing information about parts and their unit prices, amount of money, products, and environment linked with each other, and a database storing materials and their unit prices, amount of money, products, and environment. By inputting a condition, information satisfying the condition can be retrieved from each database and provided.

Claims

1. An information providing system, comprising:

a database storing price information about objects at a plurality of bases; and

display control means for displaying price information about the objects at said plurality of bases stored in said database on display means.

2. The system according to

claim 1

, wherein

said display control means displays unit price information about the objects at said plurality of bases.

3. The system according to

claim 2

, wherein

said display control means displays the unit price information about the objects at the plurality of bases, and a total quantity and/or a total amount of money.

4. The system according to

claim 2

, wherein

said display control means displays an amount of money based on a present currency of the bases.

5. The system according to

claim 4

, wherein

said display control means further displays an exchange rate.

6. The system according to

claim 2

, wherein

said display control means displays a difference in unit price among said plurality of bases.

7. The system according to

claim 1

, wherein

said display control means further displays cost cutting information.

8. An information providing system, comprising:

a database storing parts information;

specifying means for specifying parts; and

control means for displaying the parts information corresponding to the parts specified by said specifying means after searching said database for the information.

9. The system according to

claim 8

, wherein

said database stores electronic parts information and/or mechanical parts information.

10. The system according to

claim 8

, wherein

said database stores at least one of catalog image information, specification information, quality approval information, and unit price information about the parts.

11. The system according to

claim 8

, wherein

said database stores information about substitutable parts.

12. The system according to

claim 8

, wherein

said database stores product and parts information;

and

said control means displays information about a product for which the parts specified by said specifying means are used after searching said database for the information.

13. The system according to

claim 8

, wherein

said database stores information about environment of parts.

14. An information providing system, comprising:

a database storing material information;

specifying means for specifying material; and

control means for displaying material information corresponding to the material specified by said specifying means after searching said database for the information.

15. The system according to

claim 14

, wherein

said database stores resin material information and/or a mechanical parts material.

16. The system according to

claim 14

, wherein

said database stores amount-of-money information and/or unit price information about materials.

17. The system according to

claim 16

, wherein

said amount-of-money information and/or unit price information are stored for each base.

18. The system according to

claim 14

, wherein

said database stores weight information about materials.

19. The system according to

claim 14

, wherein

said database stores material information and products;

and

said control means displays information about the products in which the materials specified by said specifying means are used after searching said database for the information.

20. The system according to

claim 14

, wherein

said database stores at least one of specification information, approved color information, and environment information about materials.

21. An information providing method, comprising:

the step of storing price information about objects at a plurality of bases in a database; and

the display controlling step of displaying price information about the objects at said plurality of bases stored in said database on display means.

22. The method according to

claim 21

, wherein

said display controlling step displays unit price information about the objects at the plurality of bases.

23. The method according to

claim 22

, wherein

said display controlling step displays the unit price information about the objects at the plurality of bases, and a total quantity and/or a total amount of money.

24. The method according to

claim 22

, wherein

said display controlling step displays an amount of money based on a present currency of the bases.

25. The method according to

claim 24

, wherein

said display controlling step further displays an exchange rate.

26. The method according to

claim 22

, wherein

said display controlling step displays a difference in unit price among said plurality of bases.

27. The method according to

claim 21

, wherein

said display controlling step further displays cost cutting information.

28. An information providing method, comprising:

the step of storing parts information in a database;

the specifying step of specifying parts; and

the controlling step of displaying the parts information corresponding to the parts specified in said specifying step after searching said database for the information.

29. The method according to

claim 28

, wherein

said database stores electronic parts information and/or mechanical parts information.

30. The method according to

claim 28

, wherein

said database stores at least one of catalog image information, specification information, quality approval information, and unit price information about the parts.

31. The method according to

claim 28

, wherein

said database stores information about substitutable parts.

32. The method according to

claim 28

, wherein

said database stores product and parts information;

and

said controlling step displays information about a product for which the parts specified in said specifying step are used after searching said database for the information.

33. The method according to

claim 28

, wherein

said database stores information about environment of parts.

34. An information providing method, comprising:

the step of storing material information in a database;

the specifying step of specifying material; and

the controlling step of displaying material information corresponding to the material specified in said specifying step after searching said database for the information.

35. The method according to

claim 34

, wherein

said database stores resin material information and/or a mechanical parts material.

36. The method according to

claim 34

, wherein

said database stores amount-of-money information and/or unit price information about materials.

37. The method according to

claim 36

, wherein

said amount-of-money information and/or unit price information are stored for each base.

38. The method according to

claim 34

, wherein

said database stores weight information about materials.

39. The method according to

claim 34

, wherein

said database stores material information and products;

and

said controlling step displays information about the products in which the materials specified in said specifying step are used after searching said database for the information.

40. The method according to

claim 34

, wherein

said database stores at least one of specification information, approved color information, and environment information about materials.

41. A computer-readable medium storing:

the step of storing price information about objects at a plurality of bases in a database; and

the display controlling step of displaying price information about the objects at said plurality of bases stored in said database on display means.

42. The medium according to

claim 41

, wherein

said display controlling step displays unit price information about the objects at said plurality of bases.

43. The medium according to

claim 42

, wherein

said display controlling step displays the unit price information about the objects at said plurality of bases, and a total quantity and/or a total amount of money.

44. A computer-readable medium storing:

the step of storing parts information in a database;

the specifying step of specifying parts; and

the controlling step of displaying the parts information corresponding to the parts specified in said specifying step after searching said database for the information.

45. The medium according to

claim 44

, wherein

said database stores product and parts information;

and

said controlling step displays information about a product for which the parts specified in said specifying step are used after searching said database for the information.

46. A computer-readable medium storing:

the step of storing material information in a database;

the specifying step of specifying material; and

the controlling step of displaying material information corresponding to the material specified in said specifying step after searching said database for the information.

47. The medium according to

claim 46

, wherein

said database stores material information and products;

and

said controlling step displays information about the products in which the materials specified in said specifying step are used after searching said database for the information.