Medium evaluation method

• US 20070250376A1
• Filed: 04/06/2007
• Published: 10/25/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Ozawa, Kazushi, Kawamoto, Koushi, Shibuta, Kazuo, Andoh, Yutaka, Hirose, Yoshitsugu
• Granted Patent: US 7,913,904 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/10
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions

Abstract

A medium evaluation method for evaluating a commodity information provision medium that commodity consumers expect to use as an acquisition unit of commodity information provided by a commodity provider at each step of a purchase process wherein: expectation information is associated with kinds of commodity information provision media that commodity consumers expect to use at each step of the purchase process, and access information is used to access the consumers from whom the expectation information is acquired, the method includes: in response to specifying a certain commodity information provision medium at a certain step of the purchase process in the expectation information, specifying access information of a consumer who expects to use the specified commodity information provision medium at the specified step of the purchase process from the access information.

Claims

1. A medium evaluation method for evaluating a commodity information provision medium that commodity consumers expect to use as an acquisition unit of commodity information provided by a commodity provider at each step of a purchase process relating to commodity purchase, wherein:

expectation information is associated with kinds of commodity information provision media that commodity consumers expect to use at each step of the purchase process, and

access information is used to access the consumers from whom the expectation information is acquired, the method comprising;

in response to specifying a certain commodity information provision medium at a certain step of the purchase process in the expectation information, specifying access information of a consumer who expects to use the specified commodity information provision medium at the specified step of the purchase process from the access information; and

enabling to provide the commodity information by the specified commodity information provision medium at the specified step of the purchase process, based on the specified access information of the consumer.

2. A medium evaluation method for evaluating a commodity information provision medium that commodity consumers expect to use as an acquisition unit of commodity information provided by a commodity provider at each step of a purchase process relating to commodity purchase, wherein:

expectation information is associated with kinds of commodity information provision media that commodity consumers expect to use at each step of the purchase process, and

access information is used to access the consumers from whom the expectation information is acquired, the method comprising;

in response to specifying a certain commodity information provision medium at a certain step of the purchase process in the expectation information, specifying a consumer who expects to use the specified commodity information provision medium at the specified step of the purchase process from the access information;

specifying a cluster to which the specified user belongs, based on user information;

specifying access information of the specified user and access information of another user who belongs to the cluster to which the user belongs, based on the access information; and

enabling to provide the commodity information by the specified commodity information provision medium at the specified step of the purchase process, based on the access information of the specified consumer.

3. A computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for evaluating a commodity information provision medium that commodity consumers expect to use as an acquisition unit of commodity information provided by a commodity provider at each step of a purchase process relating to commodity purchase, wherein:

expectation information is associated with kinds of commodity information provision media that commodity consumers expect to use at each step of the purchase process, and

access information is used to access the consumers from whom the expectation information is acquired,

the process comprising;

in response to specifying a certain commodity information provision medium at a certain step of the purchase process in the expectation information, specifying access information of a consumer who expects to use the specified commodity information provision medium at the specified step of the purchase process from the access information, to thereby enable to provide the commodity information by the specified commodity information provision medium at the specified step of the purchase process based on the specified access information of the consumer.

4. The computer readable medium according to claim 3, wherein the process further comprising:

displaying on a screen the expectation information in a matrix format of kinds of the commodity information provision media and the respective steps of the purchase process; and

receiving the specifying of the certain commodity information provision medium at the certain step of the purchase process in the expectation information by an operator'"'"'s operation.

5. A computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for evaluating a commodity information provision medium that commodity consumers expect to use as an acquisition unit of commodity information provided by a commodity provider at each step of a purchase process relating to commodity purchase, wherein:

expectation information is associated with kinds of commodity information provision media that commodity consumers expect to use at each step of the purchase process, and

access information is used to access the consumers from whom the expectation information is acquired, the process comprising;

in response to specifying a certain commodity information provision medium at a certain step of the purchase process in the expectation information, specifying a consumer who expects to use the specified commodity information provision medium at the specified step of the purchase process from the access information;

specifying a cluster to which the specified user belongs, based on user information; and

specifying access information of the specified user and access information of another user who belongs to the cluster to which the user belongs, based on the access information, to thereby enable to provide the commodity information by the specified commodity information provision medium at the specified step of the purchase process based on the access information of the specified consumer.

6. The computer readable medium according to claim 5, wherein the process further comprising:

displaying on a screen the expectation information in a matrix format of kinds of the commodity information provision media and the respective steps of the purchase process; and

receiving the specifying of the certain commodity information provision medium at the certain step of the purchase process in the expectation information by an operator'"'"'s operation.

7. A medium evaluation apparatus for evaluating a commodity information provision medium that commodity consumers expect to use as an acquisition unit of commodity information provided by a commodity provider at each step of a purchase process relating to commodity purchase, the apparatus comprising:

a storage unit that stores

expectation information is associated with kinds of commodity information provision media that commodity consumers expect to use at each step of the purchase process, and

access information is used to access the consumers from whom the expectation information is acquired; and

a control section that in response to specifying a certain commodity information provision medium at a certain step of the purchase process in the expectation information, specifying access information of a consumer who expects to use the specified commodity information provision medium at the specified step of the purchase process from the access information, to thereby enable to provide the commodity information by the specified commodity information provision medium at the specified step of the purchase process based on the specified access information of the consumer.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising:

a display unit that displays on a screen the expectation information in a matrix format of kinds of the commodity information provision media and the respective steps of the purchase process; and

a receiving unit that receives the specifying of the certain commodity information provision medium at the certain step of the purchase process in the expectation information by an operator'"'"'s operation.

9. A medium evaluation apparatus for evaluating a commodity information provision medium that commodity consumers expect to use as an acquisition unit of commodity information provided by a commodity provider at each step of a purchase process relating to commodity purchase, the apparatus comprising:

a storage unit that stores

expectation information is associated with kinds of commodity information provision media that commodity consumers expect to use at each step of the purchase process, and

access information is used to access the consumers from whom the expectation information is acquired,

a control section that

in response to specifying a certain commodity information provision medium at a certain step of the purchase process in the expectation information, specifies a consumer who expects to use the specified commodity information provision medium at the specified step of the purchase process from the access information,

specifies a cluster to which the specified user belongs, based on user information, and

specifies access information of the specified user and access information of another user who belongs to the cluster to which the user belongs, based on the access information, to thereby enable to provide the commodity information by the specified commodity information provision medium at the specified step of the purchase process based on the access information of the specified consumer.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising:

a display unit that displays on a screen the expectation information in a matrix format of kinds of the commodity information provision media and the respective steps of the purchase process; and

a receiving unit that receives the specifying of the certain commodity information provision medium at the certain step of the purchase process in the expectation information by an operator'"'"'s operation.

11. A computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave for enabling a computer to perform a process for evaluating a commodity information provision medium that commodity consumers expect to use as an acquisition unit of commodity information provided by a commodity provider at each step of a purchase process relating to commodity purchase, wherein:

expectation information is associated with kinds of commodity information provision media that commodity consumers expect to use at each step of the purchase process, and

access information is used to access the consumers from whom the expectation information is acquired,

the process comprising;

in response to specifying a certain commodity information provision medium at a certain step of the purchase process in the expectation information, specifying access information of a consumer who expects to use the specified commodity information provision medium at the specified step of the purchase process from the access information, to thereby enable to provide the commodity information by the specified commodity information provision medium at the specified step of the purchase process based on the specified access information of the consumer.

12. The computer data signal according to claim 11, wherein the process further comprising:

displaying on a screen the expectation information in a matrix format of kinds of the commodity information provision media and the respective steps of the purchase process; and

receiving the specifying of the certain commodity information provision medium at the certain step of the purchase process in the expectation information by an operator'"'"'s operation.

13. A computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave for enabling a computer to perform a process for evaluating a commodity information provision medium that commodity consumers expect to use as an acquisition unit of commodity information provided by a commodity provider at each step of a purchase process relating to commodity purchase, wherein:

expectation information is associated with kinds of commodity information provision media that commodity consumers expect to use at each step of the purchase process, and

access information is used to access the consumers from whom the expectation information is acquired, the process comprising;

in response to specifying a certain commodity information provision medium at a certain step of the purchase process in the expectation information, specifying a consumer who expects to use the specified commodity information provision medium at the specified step of the purchase process from the access information;

specifying a cluster to which the specified user belongs, based on user information; and

specifying access information of the specified user and access information of another user who belongs to the cluster to which the user belongs, based on the access information, to thereby enable to provide the commodity information by the specified commodity information provision medium at the specified step of the purchase process based on the access information of the specified consumer.

14. The computer data signal according to claim 13, wherein the process further comprising:

displaying on a screen the expectation information in a matrix format of kinds of the commodity information provision media and the respective steps of the purchase process; and

receiving the specifying of the certain commodity information provision medium at the certain step of the purchase process in the expectation information by an operator'"'"'s operation.