IP Library Granted Patent US 10,019,752
Granted Patent B2
US 10,019,752 · App. 14/784,065 · Granted Jul 10, 2018

Shopping mall system, terminal, method, and medium for estimating that warning information has been read

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Patent No.
US 10,019,752
App. No.
14/784,065
Granted
Jul 10, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display ( 1203 ) displays product information acquired from a server in a scrollable manner. An estimator ( 1204 ) estimates whether or not a user has read warning information included in the product information. If it is estimated that the warning information has been read, and an order object included in the product information is operated by the user, a notifier ( 1205 ) notifies an electronic shopping mall server ( 10 ) of a purchase order by the user for the product related to the product information. The display ( 1203 ) displays a first object superimposed onto the product information while it is estimated that the warning information has not been read, and if the first object is operated by the user, the display ( 1203 ) scrolls the product information so that the warning information is displayed. The display ( 1203 ) displays a second object superimposed onto the product information after it is estimated that the warning information has been read, and if the second object is operated by the user, the display ( 1203 ) scrolls the product information so that the order object is displayed.

Claims (49)

1. An electronic shopping mall system comprising:

at least one server in communication with a display, an estimator, and a notifier;

a display configured to, on the basis of a request from a user, display product information acquired from the server on a screen in a scrollable manner;

an estimator configured to estimate whether or not the user had read warning information included in the product information displayed on the screen; and

a notifier configured to, when it is estimated that the warning information has been read, and in addition, an order object included in the product information displayed on the screen is operated by the user, notify the server of a purchase order by the user for a product related to the product information;

wherein

the display is further configured to display a first object superimposed onto the product information displayed on the screen while it is estimated that the warning information has not been read, and if the first object displayed on the screen is operated by the user, the display scrolls the product information so that the warning information is displayed on the screen, and

the display is further configured to display a second object superimposed onto the product information displayed on the screen while it is estimated that the warning information has not been read, and if the second object displayed on the screen is operated by the user, the display scrolls the product information so that the order object is displayed on the screen.

2. The electronic shopping mall system according to claim 1 , wherein

the display is further configured to display the first object and the second object at a fixed position relative to the screen.

3. The electronic shopping mall system according to claim 1 , wherein

the display is further configured to scroll the product information so that the warning information is displayed on the screen and removes the first object if the first object is operated by the user.

4. The electronic shopping mall system according to claim 3 , wherein

the display, after removing the first object, is further configured to display the second object on the screen.

5. The electronic shopping mall system according to claim 1 , wherein

the display is further configured to remove the first object and display the second object at the same position as a position where the first object had been displayed if it is estimated that the user had read the warning information.

6. The electronic shopping mall system according to claim 1 , wherein

the display does not display the second object while the order object is being displayed, and is further configured to display the second object while the order object is not being displayed.

7. The shopping mall system according to claim 1 , wherein

if the user operated the order object while it is estimated that the warning information has not been read, the display is further configured to scroll the product information so that the warning information is displayed on the screen.

8. The electronic shopping mall system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

purchase history storage that is configured to store a history of a product indicated by the product information and purchased by the user;

the estimator is further configured to:

on the basis of the history, calculate a length of time elapsing since a time when the product was last purchased;

if the calculated length of time is equal to or greater than a predetermined length, estimate that the user has not read the warning information;

if the calculated length of time is less than the predetermined length estimate that the user has read the warning information.

9. The electronic shopping mall system according to claim 1 , wherein

the estimator is further configured to estimate that the user has not read the warning information if the warning information is updated.

10. A terminal comprising:

a display configured to, on the basis of a request from a user, display product information acquired from a server on a screen in a scrollable manner;

an estimator configured to estimate whether or not the user has read warning information included in the product information displayed on the screen; and

a notifier configured to, when it is estimated that the warning information has been read, and in addition, an order object included in the product information displayed on the screen is operated by the user, notify the server of a purchase order by the user for a product related to the product information;

wherein

the display is further configured to display a first object superimposed onto the product information displayed on the screen while it is estimated that the warning information has not beer read, and if the first object displayed on the screen is operated by a user, the display scrolls the product information so that the warning information is displayed on the screen, and

the display is further configured to display a second object superimposed onto the product information displayed on the screen after it is estimated that the warning information has been read, and if the second object is operated by the user, the display scrolls the product information so that the order object is displayed on the screen.

11. A display control method comprising:

displaying, by a display, on the basis of a request from a user, product information acquired from a server on a screen in a scrollable manner;

estimating, by an estimator, whether or not the user has read warning information included in the product information displayed on the screen; and

notifying, by a notifier, in response to the estimator estimating that the warning information has been read, and in addition, in further response to detecting that an order object included in the product information displayed on the screen is operated by the user, the server of a purchase order by the user for a product related to the product information;

wherein

in response to estimating that the user has not read the warning information, displaying on the screen a first object superimposed onto the product information displayed on the screen while it is estimated that the warning information has not been read, and responsive to a detection that the first object displayed on the screen is operated by the user, the displaying scrolls the product information so that the warning information is displayed on the screen, and

in response to estimating that the user had read the warning information, displaying on the screen a second object superimposed onto the product information displayed on the screen and responsive to a detection that the second object displayed on the screen is operated by the user, the displaying scrolls the product information so that the order object is displayed on the screen.

12. A non-transitory recording medium storing a computer-executable program configured to cause one or more computers to perform the functions comprising:

display, on the basis of a request from a user, product information acquired from a server on a screen in a scrollable manner;

estimate whether or not the user has read warning information included in the product information displayed on the screen; and

notify the server of a purchase order by the user for a product related to the product information when it is estimated that the warning information has been read and an order object included in the product information displayed on the screen is operated by the user;

wherein

in response to estimating that the user has not read the warning information, displaying on the screen a first object superimposed onto the product information displayed on the screen while it is estimated that the warning information has not been read, and responsive to a detection that the first object displayed on the screen is operated by the user, the display scrolls the product information so that the warning information is displayed on the screen, and

in response to estimating that the user had read the warning information, displaying on the screen a second object superimposed onto the product information displayed on the screen, and responsive to a detection that the second object displayed on the screen is operated by the user, the display scrolls the product information so that the order object is displayed on the screen.

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CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE REMOVE PATENT NUMBERS 10342096;10671117; 10716375; 10716376;10795407;10795408; AND 10827591 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 58314 FRAME: 657. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Feb 29, 2024
From: RAKUTEN, INC.
To: RAKUTEN GROUP, INC.
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CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 6, 2021
From: RAKUTEN, INC.
To: RAKUTEN GROUP, INC.
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CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 3, 2016
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 13, 2015
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