Shopping support server and program
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasami Takahata, Naoki Watanabe, Tomonori Ikumi
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a shopping support server includes a merchandise list unit that lists merchandise a shopper plans to purchase; a merchandise evaluation unit that identifies merchandise listed by the merchandise list unit upon which the shopper has performed a health evaluation; a calculation unit that calculates a ratio between the merchandise listed by the merchandise list unit and merchandise identified by the merchandise evaluation unit; and a notification unit that notifies the shopper of the ratio.
Claims15
A shopping support server comprising:
- a communication interface;
- a storage unit;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- control the storage unit to store a plurality of member IDs and one or more health criteria in association with each member ID,
- control the communication interface to receive, from a user terminal, a merchandise ID and a member ID,
- generate a merchandise list including one or more merchandise items corresponding to the one or more received merchandise IDs,
- determine whether each merchandise item included in the merchandise list corresponds to the one or more health criteria stored in association with the received member ID,
- calculate a ratio between the merchandise items included in the merchandise list and the merchandise items determined to correspond to the one or more health criteria stored in association with the received member ID, and
- control the communication interface to transmit the ratio to the user terminal.
A shopping support system, comprising:
- a user terminal with an input device and a display device;
- a network connecting the shopping support server and the user terminal;
- and
- a shopping support server, comprising:
- a communication interface,
- a storage unit, and
- a processor configured to:
- control the storage unit to store a plurality of member IDs and one or more health criteria in association with each member ID,
- control the communication interface to receive, from the user terminal, a merchandise ID and a member ID,
- generate a merchandise list including one or more merchandise items corresponding to the one or more received merchandise IDs,
- determine whether each merchandise item included in the merchandise list corresponds to the one or more health criteria stored in association with the received member ID,
- calculate a ratio between the merchandise items included in the merchandise list and the merchandise items determined to correspond to the one or more health criteria stored in association with the received member ID, and
- control the communication interface to transmit the ratio to the user terminal.
A shopping support program that causes a computer, connected through a network to a user terminal including an input device for identifying merchandise and a display device, to perform functions of:
- storing a plurality of member IDs and one or more health criteria in association with each member ID,
- receiving, from a user terminal, a merchandise ID and a member ID,
- generating a merchandise list including one or more merchandise items, corresponding to one or more received merchandise IDs, a shopper plans to purchase based on the information acquired using the input device;
- determining whether or not each merchandise item included in the merchandise list corresponds to the one or more health criteria stored in a association with the received member ID;
- calculating a ratio of merchandise items included in the merchandise list to the merchandise items determined to correspond to the one or more health criteria stored in association with the received member ID;
- and
- transmitting image information for displaying an image which illustrates the ratio to the display device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.