Information providing device, method, and system

An information providing method, the method comprising employing a processing circuit included in an information providing device, the information providing device also including a storage device, to execute a program stored in the storage device in order to cause the processing circuit to perform a process including:

• obtaining a possessed product information indicating the possessed product of a user and a usage status of the possessed product based on a request received from a user device operated by the user;
• obtaining a first product information corresponding to the obtained possessed product information and a second product information of a comparison target product as a target of the comparison of the possessed product, the first product information and the second product information including product details of the possessed product and product details of the comparison target product, respectively, described in first and second lists of product details items, respectively;
• extracting, using the processing circuit, a product detail item from each of the first and second lists of product detail items of the first product information and second product information, respectively, based on the obtained usage status information;
• and
• transmitting comparison content corresponding to the extracted product detail items to the user device.

An information providing system, comprising:

• a user device;
• and
• an information providing device,
• the user device configured to transmit a request to the information providing device based on an operation of a user,
• the information providing device configured to execute a process, the process including:
• receiving the request,
• obtaining a possessed product information indicating a possessed product of a user and a usage status information indicating a usage status of the possessed product based on the request,
• obtaining a first product information corresponding to the obtained usage product information and a second product information as a comparison target product of the possessed product, the first product information and the second product information including product details of the possessed product and product details of the comparison target product, respectively, described in first and second lists of product details items, respectively,
• extracting a product detail item from each of the first and second lists of product detail items of the first product information and second product information, respectively, based on the obtained usage status information, and
• transmitting comparison content corresponding to the extracted product detail items to the user device.