Information collecting apparatus and information collecting method
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTomonori Ikumi, Naoki Watanabe, Masami Takahata
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, an information collecting apparatus outputs a question asking for an answer with a commodity to an output device of a user terminal. The information collecting apparatus detects a commodity which is input as an answer to the question from an input device of the user terminal. The information collecting apparatus acquires information on the detected commodity in association with information specifying a user of the user terminal.
Claims20
An information collecting apparatus comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor configured to execute components stored on the memory, the components comprising:
- output means for outputting a question asking for an answer with a commodity to an output device of a user terminal;
- detection means for detecting a commodity which is input as an answer to the question from an input device of the user terminal;
- and
- acquiring means for acquiring information on the commodity detected by the detection means in association with information specifying a user of the user terminal.
An information collecting method implemented by a computer comprising an interface with a user terminal, the method comprising:
- outputting a question asking for an answer with a commodity to an output device of the user terminal;
- detecting a commodity which is input as an answer to the question from an input device of the user terminal;
- and
- acquiring information on the detected commodity in association with information specifying a user of the user terminal.
An information collecting system, comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor configured to execute components stored on the memory, the components comprising:
- an output component for outputting a question asking for an answer with a commodity to an output device of a user terminal;
- a detector for detecting a commodity which is input as an answer to the question from an input device of the user terminal;
- and
- an acquiring component for acquiring information on the commodity detected by the detector in association with information specifying a user of the user terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.