Patent application EP16202965A (EP), filed 2016-12-08
Publication number: EP3249595A1
Title: PROGRAM, PRODUCT RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM, AND PRODUCT RECOMMENDATION METHOD
Abstract: A program causes a computer to execute a process including: determining a recommendation index that indicates a recommendation degree for each product based on a relationship between a number of purchase and a number of purchaser for each product in a sales history of products; and recommending a product in a case where the recommendation index determined for the product satisfies a predetermined condition.
IPC codes: G06Q  30/    02            A I
G06Q  30/    06            A I
Claims: number: 1
text: A program causing a computer to execute a process comprising:
number: 2
text: The program according to Claim 1,
wherein the recommendation index is an index that is used to recommend the product of which the number of purchaser is relatively large but of which the number of purchase is relatively small.
number: 3
text: The program according to Claim 1 or 2,
wherein the determining comprises, in a case where each product is classified into any of classification groups, determining the recommendation index for one product based on the number of purchase and the number of purchaser for a product that is classified into a classification group into which the one product is classified.
number: 4
text: The program according to Claim 3,
wherein the determining comprises, in the case where each product is classified into any of classification groups, determining a recommendation index based on the number of purchase and the number of purchaser for a product that is classified into a classification group into which the one product is classified as the recommendation index for the one product.
number: 5
text: The program according to Claim 1 or 2,
wherein the recommending comprising, in a case where each product is classified into any of classification groups, recommending one product instead of other product, the one product being classified into a classification group into which the other product is classified, a recommendation index of the one product satisfying the predetermined condition.
number: 6
text: A program causing a computer to execute a process comprising:
number: 7
text: The program according to Claim 6,
wherein the consumer recognition degree of a product is a number of time that the product is exposed for sale.
number: 8
text: A product recommendation system comprising:
number: 9
text: The product recommendation system according to Claim 8,
wherein, in a case where the recommendation index determined for the product satisfies the predetermined condition, the recommendation unit recommends the product by forming an image of the product on a recording material as an output.
number: 10
text: A product recommendation method comprising:
number: 11
text: The product recommendation method according to Claim 10,
wherein the recommendation index is a value that is determined by dividing the number of purchaser by the number of purchase per purchaser, and
the recommending includes recommending a product the recommendation index of which is relatively high among the products.
Office action: search_report, dated 2017-11-29
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Final disposition: pending (2017-11-29)