Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and non-transitory computer readable medium

A information processing method comprising:

• associating information concerning a customer entering a store through an entrance and exit with information related a line of flow of the customer from a photographed image of an inside of the store;
• associating information concerning a line of flow of the customer extending from a cashier area to the entrance and exit with information concerning purchasing in the store;
• associating information concerning a customer having entered the store through the entrance and exit with information concerning a customer having left the store through the entrance and exit;
• and
• associating the information concerning the purchasing with information concerning the line of flow of the customer in the store using information associated by the first through third associating units.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for processing information, the process comprising:

• associating information concerning a customer entering a store through an entrance and exit with information related a line of flow of the customer from a photographed image of an inside of the store;
• associating information concerning a line of flow of the customer extending from a cashier area to the entrance and exit with information concerning purchasing in the store;
• associating information concerning a customer having entered the store through the entrance and exit with information concerning a customer having left the store through the entrance and exit;
• and
• associating the information concerning the purchasing with information concerning the line of flow of the customer in the store using information associated by the first through third associating units.