Purchase support apparatus, purchase support terminal, and purchase support system
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorShigeharu SAKAYORI
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Abstract
Provided is a purchase support apparatus, a purchase support terminal, and a purchase support system by which a user can make a purchase at a timing when wishing to make a purchase. The purchase support apparatus includes: a price determination unit that compares a requested purchase price of an article registered by a user with a selling price at a shop of the article and determines whether or not the selling price is lower than or equal to the requested purchase price; and a notification unit that, when it is determined by the price determination unit that the selling price is lower than or equal to the requested purchase price, notifies the user of information regarding the selling price and the shop.
Claims17
A purchase support apparatus comprising:
- at least one memory configured to store instructions;
- and
- at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to:
- compare a requested purchase price of an article registered by a user with a selling price at a shop of the article and determines whether or not the selling price is lower than or equal to the requested purchase price;
- and
- when it is determined that the selling price is lower than or equal to the requested purchase price, notify the user of information regarding the selling price and the shop.
A purchase support terminal configured to be able to communicate with a purchase support apparatus comprising:
- at least one first memory configured to store instructions;
- and at least one first processor configured to execute the instructions to:
- compare a requested purchase price of a registered article with a selling price at a shop of the article;
- determine whether or not the selling price is lower than or equal to the requested purchase price;
- and when it is determined that the selling price is lower than or equal to the requested purchase price, perform notification of information regarding the selling price and the shop, the purchase support terminal comprising:
- at least one second memory configured to store instructions;
- and
- at least one second processor configured to execute the instructions to:
- register the requested purchase price of the article that a user wishes to purchase;
- and
- cause a display unit to display the information regarding the selling price and the shop notified by the at least one first processor.
A method comprising:
- comparing a requested purchase price of an article registered by a user with a selling price at a shop of the article and determining whether or not the selling price is lower than or equal to the requested purchase price;
- and
- when it is determined that the selling price is lower than or equal to the requested purchase price, notifying the user of information regarding the selling price and the shop.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.