IP Library Patent Application 15738780
Patent Application
App. No. 15/738,780

Information Management Apparatus and Information Management Method

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App. No.
15/738,780
Abstract

An information management technique for analyzing users based on the users' purchase histories to assist extraction of delivery targets is provided. The present information management apparatus includes: history recording means ( 138 ) for recording history information; collection means ( 131 ) for collecting the history information from a shop terminal ( 20 ) or a user terminal ( 30 ) and storing the history information in the history recording means; analysis means ( 132 ) for, in response to a request from the shop terminal, extracting history information for the shop corresponding to the shop terminal from the history recording means, dividing users who visited the shop into a plurality of groups and displaying the plurality of groups on the shop terminal; and delivery means ( 133 ) for, in response to selection of one group by the shop terminal, delivering predetermined data to a user belonging to the selected group.

Claims (15)

1 . An information management apparatus comprising:

history recording module programmed to record history information including a user ID for identifying a user, information relating to a date of a visit to a shop and information relating to an amount of purchase made by the user at the shop;

collection module programmed to collect the history information from a shop terminal used in the shop or a user terminal used by the user and store the history information in the history record module;

analysis module programmed to, in response to a request from the shop terminal, extract history information for the shop corresponding to the shop terminal from the history record module, divide users who visited the shop within a predetermined period of time into a plurality of groups and display the plurality of groups on the shop terminal in such a manner that the plurality of groups are distinguishable from each other; and

delivery module programmed to, in response to selection of one group by the shop terminal, delivering predetermined data to a user belonging to the selected group.

2 . The information management apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the collection module acquires the user ID included in the history information based on a name, a phone number or a login ID of a user, the name, the phone number or the login ID being acquired when the user makes a reservation with the shop.

3 . The information management apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the collection module acquires the user ID included in the history information from the user terminal that has received a beacon transmitted from a transmitter installed at the shop.

4 . The information management apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the collection module acquires the user ID included in the history information by the shop terminal reading the user ID from an image displayed on the user terminal.

5 . The information management apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the analysis module divides the users into the plurality of groups based on a number of visits to the shop and a cumulative purchase amount in the predetermined period of time, the number of visits and the cumulative purchase amount being aggregated for each user, and information relating to a date of a latest visit or a date of a latest purchase.

6 . The information management apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined data includes data relating to a coupon.

7 . An information management method comprising causing a processor of a computer capable of using a history record module programmed to record history information including a user ID for identifying a user, information relating to a date of a visit to a shop and information relating to an amount of purchase made by the user at the shop, to execute:

collecting the history information from a shop terminal used in the shop or a user terminal used by the user and storing the history information in the history recording module;

in response to a request from the shop terminal, extracting history information for the shop corresponding to the shop terminal from the history record module, dividing users who visited the shop within a predetermined period of time into a plurality of groups and display the plurality of groups on the shop terminal in such a manner that the plurality of groups are distinguishable from each other; and

in response to selection of one group by the shop terminal, delivering predetermined data to a user belonging to the selected group.

8 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform the information management method according to claim 7 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 3, 2018
From: RECRUIT HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
To: RECRUIT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 047050/0032 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 4, 2018
From: FUKUMOTO, TAKAHIKO; NAKAYASU, AKIKAZU; KATAYAMA, TERUHIKO
To: RECRUIT HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 045432/0300 →