Patent ID: 11915193
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. An article recommendation method comprising:
storing, by a processor, a plurality of threshold values as an index;
acquiring, by the processor, a first article of a different company based on evaluations of a plurality of numbers in relation to the plurality of threshold values indicating that each number is greater than a corresponding threshold value, wherein the plurality of numbers comprises at least one of:
a first number of descriptions on a social networking service that include a name of the first article, wherein the descriptions are posts on the social networking service;
a second number of the descriptions on the social networking service that include the name of the first article and that include favorable comments regarding the article;
a third number of times that a social button was pressed for the descriptions on the social networking service that include the name of the first article;
a fourth number of times that a specific term or keyword was used in the descriptions on the social networking service that include the name of the first article;
a fifth number of times that the descriptions on the social networking service that include the name of the first article were made by particular persons;
a sixth number of times that each of a number of phrases were included in the descriptions on the social networking service that include the name of the first article, and assign a corresponding weight to the sixth number for each phrase;
a seventh number of times that the descriptions on the social networking service that include the name of the first article were made by a particular group;

upon acquiring the first article, retrieving, by the processor and from a storage device, at least one of a category that includes the acquired first article and a feature of the first article;
identifying, by the processor, a second article of the company and that is related to the at least one of the category and the feature that have been acquired; and
displaying, by the processor, the second article that has been acquired, as a recommended article on a display device of the company, wherein
the feature of the first article includes at least one of a shape, a size, a weight, a color, a tactile sensation, a taste, a raw material, and a packaging of the first article.