Information provision device, information provision method, information provision program, and computer-readable storage medium for storing said program

An information provision method executed by an information provision device, comprising:

• a first receiving step of receiving identifying information from a user terminal having a function of acquiring identifying information for identifying a product;
• an identifying step of analyzing identifying information received in the first receiving step and identifying one or a plurality of products from the identifying information;
• a retrieval step of reading one or a plurality of product sales information corresponding to one or a plurality of products identified in the identifying step from a product database that stores product sales information related to sales of products;
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• an output step of storing one or a plurality of product sales information read in the retrieval step as a retrieval history into a retrieval history database and transmitting the one or plurality of product sales information to the user terminal to be displayed as candidate product information on the user terminal.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for storing an information provision program causing a computer to function as:

• a first receiving unit for receiving identifying information from a user terminal having a function of acquiring identifying information for identifying a product;
• an identifying unit for analyzing identifying information received by the first receiving unit and identifying one or a plurality of products from the identifying information;
• a retrieval unit for reading one or a plurality of product sales information corresponding to one or a plurality of products identified by the identifying unit from a product database that stores product sales information related to sales of products;
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• an output unit for storing one or a plurality of product sales information read by the retrieval unit as a retrieval history into a retrieval history database and transmitting the one or plurality of product sales information to the user terminal to be displayed as candidate product information on the user terminal.