Providing a customer with target product information on an online shop

An information providing method performed by a computer, the information providing method comprising:

• controlling a camera to capture an image of a customer standing still at a location in a real shop;
• determining, by digitally processing the image, the location, in the real shop, of the customer standing still;
• storing, in a storage medium, first customer information comprising:
• at least one of a first purchase history, which is a purchase history of the customer at the real shop;
• and
• an action history of the customer in the real shop, the action history comprising information on the determined location in the real shop of the customer standing still;
• generating, in response to the first customer information, online shop information, which is information to be provided to the customer in relation to an online shop;
• and
• transmitting the online shop information to a customer terminal operated by the customer and the action history,
• wherein the first customer information includes the first purchase history, and
• wherein the information providing method further comprises:
• selecting, as a first target product, a product whose size or weight meets a criterion or a product requiring refrigerated storage out of one or more products included in the first purchase history and one or more products in a line-of-sight of the customer when the customer is captured as standing still at the location;
• and
• including information about the first target product at the online shop into the online shop information.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• controlling a camera to capture an image of a customer standing still at a location in a real shop;
• determining, by digitally processing the image, the location, in the real shop, of the customer standing still;
• storing, in a storage medium, first customer information comprising:
• a first purchase history, which is a purchase history of the customer at the real shop;
• and
• an action history of the customer in the real shop, the action history comprising information on the determined location in the real shop of the customer standing still;
• generating, in response to the first customer information, online shop information, which is information to be provided to the customer in relation to an online shop;
• and
• transmitting the online shop information to a customer terminal operated by the customer,
• wherein the first customer information includes the first purchase history and the action history, and
• wherein the operations further comprise:
• selecting, as a first target product, a product whose size or weight meets a criterion or a product requiring refrigerated storage out of one or more products included in the first purchase history and one or more products in a line-of-sight of the customer when the customer is captured as standing still at the location;
• and
• including information about the first target product at the online shop into the online shop information.