Patent ID: 7149705

Claim:
A computer implemented management system, which manages registration of computer-related products, including hardware and software products, comprising: user information general management means for generally managing user registration information, about users of hardware and software products, and using status information thereof transmitted from the user; user registration/reference means that interfaces with the users, for notifying said user information general management means of the user registration information and the using status information at a request of the user and the using status information; and vendor registration/reference means for receiving the user registration information and the using status information from said user information general management means and for providing new information about computer-related products to said user information general management means, wherein the user registration information includes personal information about each user containing an identification number of each user and registration information containing a type of information which is requested by the users with regard to the computer-related products, said type of information can include information about products which can be used in combination with products that are used by the users and available from a plurality of vendors, and said type of information further signifies a difference in vendor of said products that can be used in combination with products that are used by the user, in terms of whether the vendor is the same as the vendor of the products that are used by the user, and the new information provided from said vendor registration/reference means about the computer-related products from a vendor side of the computer-related products is extracted, depending on information extraction condition containing a requested information type in the registration information, and is transmitted to said user registration/reference means from said user information general management means to provide the new information, and the user registration information and the using status information, including a number of times a particular software product is used by the user, is transmitted from the user information general management means to the vendor registration/reference means of a vendor of the particular software product and to another vendor that sells products that may be of interest to users of the particular software product.