Patent ID: 8429087

Claim:
An electronic commerce (e-commerce) system, comprising: a server comprising one or more processors, one or more memory devices, and a plurality of units stored on the one or more memory devices and executable by the one or more processors, the plurality of units including: a webpage information collection processing unit that collects a plurality of items corresponding to a first product on a webpage in each of a plurality of time sections, the plurality of items including information of one or more users who have visited the webpage in each time section and one or more orders of the first product placed in each time section; a time section value score calculation unit that calculates a respective value score for each of the plurality of time sections by using an algorithm based on a respective number of occurrences of one or more items in the plurality of items in each time section and a respective weight of each of the one or more items; a product launch/withdrawal optimal time determination unit that determines an optimal time to launch or withdraw the first product from the plurality of time sections based on the respective value score for each of the plurality of time sections; and a product launch/withdrawal processing unit that renders a product launch or withdrawal of the first product in the optimal time.