Patent ID: 6988097
Filing Date: 2006-01-17
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A server for storing exhibition information provided from a terminal of an exhibitor over a network and searching said exhibition information based on a first set of search criteria specified from a terminal of a customer via said network, comprising: a search execution module for searching exhibition information based on said first set of search criteria specified on said terminal of said customer to retrieve the exhibition information meeting said first set of search criteria and for outputting, responsive to said searching, one or more items of said exhibition information meeting said first set of search criteria to one or more display areas in a one-to-one correspondence, said one or more display areas displayed on said terminal of said customer in response to a retrieval of said exhibition information meeting said first set of search criteria, said searching and said outputting being performed during a first session between said server and said terminal of said customer; a data receiving module for receiving additional information provided concerning said one or more items from said terminal of said customer and for associating and storing said additional information with information for identifying said customer; and an information output module for outputting said additional information to said terminal of said exhibitor in response to said server being accessed from said terminal of said exhibitor after said data receiving module receives said additional information, wherein said additional information comprises: wherein said search execution module is for excluding said second item indicated by said indicator from being output to said terminal of said customer in response to said search execution module searching said exhibition information based on a second set of search criteria during a second session between said server and said terminal of said customer, said second set of search criteria being identical to said first set of search criteria, and said second session being subsequent to said first session.