Shopping system based on information retrieval

• US 20020026389A1
• Filed: 08/21/2001
• Published: 02/28/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Suzuki, Isamu
• Application Number:
  US09/932,894
• Publication Number:
  US 20020026389A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/27
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0605 Supply or demand aggregation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a shopping system which allows a user to designate a retrieval priority item and allows a retrieval information service terminal to narrow down information, thereby easily retrieving a target commodity at the time of providing the user a retrieval information list. The present invention is characterized in that latest commodity information is obtained through an information communication network, and a retrieval information list is constituted on a retrieval service terminal so that a user side terminal can acquire the retrieval information list; and based on an information retrieval request relating to a commodity selected from the retrieval information list by the user, the retrieval service terminal collates the commodity information provided by the dealer with the information retrieval request, and refers shopping information narrowed down and thereby specified to the user side terminal.

Claims

1. A shopping system which comprises:

a plurality of dealer terminals for supplying commodity information through a network;

an information retrieval service terminal for gathering said commodity information through said network; and

a plurality of user terminals for asking for information retrieval of said commodity information through said network,

wherein a retrieval information list is constituted on said information retrieval service terminal so that said user terminal acquires said retrieval information list, and based on an information retrieval request by said user terminal relating to a commodity selected from said retrieval information list, said information retrieval service terminal collates said commodity information with said information retrieval request, and refers shopping information narrowed down and thereby specified to said user terminal.

2. The shopping system according to claim 1, wherein said information retrieval service terminal refers to said dealer terminal in response to said information retrieval request of said user terminal based on said shopping information, and mediates a purchase of commodity.

3. The shopping system according to claim 1, wherein said information retrieval service terminal shows a menu for designating a priority retrieval item when offering said retrieval information list to said user terminal, and specifies a content of said retrieval information list in accordance with said priority retrieval item designated by said user terminal.

4. The shopping system according to claim 1, wherein when said user terminal accesses said information retrieval service terminal through said network, said retrieval service terminal specifies a transmission range of said user terminal, selects dealers selling a target commodity, makes a list for a required number of the dealers and offers said list to said user terminal.