Information distribution system, information distribution apparatus, and information distribution method
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorJunya JIMBO
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Abstract
An information distribution system in which an electronic device and an information distribution apparatus are connected to each other via a network, includes a device usage information collecting unit configured to collect device usage information of the electronic device; a distribution information generating unit configured to generate, as distribution information, information of an alternative product or an additional product with respect to the electronic device, based on the device usage information; and a distributing unit configured to distribute the distribution information to the electronic device.
Claims6
An information distribution system in which an electronic device and an information distribution apparatus are connected to each other via a network, the information distribution system comprising:
- a device usage information collecting unit configured to collect device usage information of the electronic device;
- a distribution information generating unit configured to generate, as distribution information, information of an alternative product or an additional product with respect to the electronic device, based on the device usage information;
- and
- a distributing unit configured to distribute the distribution information to the electronic device.
An information distribution apparatus connected to an electronic device via a network, the information distribution apparatus comprising:
- a device usage information collecting unit configured to collect device usage information of the electronic device;
- a distribution information generating unit configured to generate, as distribution information, information of an alternative product or an additional product with respect to the electronic device, based on the device usage information;
- and
- a distributing unit configured to distribute the distribution information to the electronic device.
An information distribution method executed by an electronic device and an information distribution apparatus in an information distribution system in which the electronic device and the information distribution apparatus are connected to each other via a network, the information distribution method comprising:
- collecting device usage information of the electronic device;
- generating, as distribution information, information of an alternative product or an additional product with respect to the electronic device, based on the device usage information;
- and
- distributing the distribution information to the electronic device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.