Patent ID: 7979325
Filing Date: 2011-07-12
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. An online merchandising system for merchandising items in response to request from user terminals connected via a telecommunications network, comprising: a server configured with: an estimation request acceptor for accepting a request for generating an estimate for arbitrary items designated by the user terminal; an estimation generator for generating information of an estimate of the designated items based on the request accepted by said estimation request acceptor; an estimation storage for storing the estimate information generated by said estimation generator; a reference request acceptor for accepting a request for making reference to the prepared estimate information, the request being given from an other user terminal; an inventory status retriever for retrieving information of inventory status of the items indicated by the estimate information stored in said estimation storage, the retrieving being performed when the reference request acceptor receives the request for making reference; an estimation updater for updating the estimate information in said estimation storage based on the inventory status information retrieved by said inventory status retriever; and an estimation presenter for presenting the estimate information updated by said estimation updater to the other user terminal from which the request for making reference is received.