IP Library Patent Application 18010938
Patent Application
App. No. 18/010,938

INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

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App. No.
18/010,938
Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention is an information processing system including: a user terminal carried by a user; and an information processing device being able to communicate with the user terminal. The information processing device has: a storage storing product information of a product to be reduced in price in a store, condition information showing a condition of the product, and offered price information of the product, in association with one another; and a payment processor configured to perform a payment process of the product based on a payment request of the product corresponding to the product information acquired from the user terminal. The user terminal has a display controller that acquires the condition information and the offered price information corresponding to the product information of the product selected by the user, from the information processing device, and to cause a display to show the acquired information.

Claims (48)

1 . An information processing system comprising:

a user terminal configured to be carried by a user; and

an information processing device being able to communicate with the user terminal, the information processing device comprising:

a storage configured to store product information of a product to be reduced in price in a store, condition information showing a condition of the product, and offered price information of the product, in association with one another; and

a processor configured to perform a payment process of the product based on a payment request of the product corresponding to the product information acquired from the user terminal,

the user terminal comprising:

a processor configured to acquire the condition information and the offered price information corresponding to the product information of the product selected by the user, from the information processing device, and to cause a display to show the acquired condition information and the offered price information.

2 . The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the product information is associated with expiration information related to an expiration date of the product, and the processor of the user terminal is configured to cause the display to show the expiration information of the product selected by the user, together with the condition information.

3 . The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the storage of the information processing device is configured to store individual identification information of the product in association with the condition information,

the processor of the user terminal is configured to acquire condition information corresponding to the individual identification information of the product selected by the user, from the information processing device, and to cause the display to show the acquired condition information, and

the processor of the information processing device is configured to perform the payment process of the product based on a payment request of the product corresponding to the individual identification information acquired from the user terminal.

4 . The information processing system according to claim 3 , further comprising a printer configured to print the individual identification information on a print medium to be attached to a product corresponding to the individual identification information.

5 . The information processing system according to claim 4 , wherein the printer is configured to print code information that contains the individual identification information, on the print medium.

6 . The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the condition information of the product stored in the storage of the information processing device is updated at least once during a predetermined period.

7 . The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the condition information includes information indicating a condition of the product, which is estimated from a result of analyzing an image of the product.

8 . The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the condition information includes control information indicating a controlled state while the product is preserved.

9 . The information processing system according to claim 1 , further comprising a store terminal that is able to communicate with the information processing device,

the condition information including image information of the product,

the individual identification information being feature information that is extracted from image information associated with the individual identification information,

the store terminal comprising a processor configured to check feature information that is extracted from image information of a product for which a payment process has been performed by the information processing device, against feature information that is extracted from image information of a product in the store.

10 . An information processing method that is performed between a user terminal configured to be carried by a user and an information processing device being able to communicate with the user terminal, the method comprising:

recording, by the information processing device, product information of a product to be reduced in price in a store, condition information showing a condition of the product, and offered price information of the product, in association with one another,

acquiring, by the user terminal, the condition information and the offered price information of the product, corresponding to the product information of the product selected by the user, from the information processing device,

displaying, by the user terminal, the acquired condition information and the offered price information, and

performing, by the information processing device, a payment process of the product based on a payment request of the product corresponding to the product information acquired from the user terminal.

11 . A non-transitory computer readable medium including a program configured to cause a computer to execute a predetermined method in a server being able to communicate with a user terminal that is configured to be carried by a user, the method comprising:

recording product information of a product to be reduced in price in a store, condition information showing a condition of the product, and offered price information of the product, in association with one another;

providing the user terminal with the condition information and the offered price information of the product, corresponding to the product information of the product selected by the user; and

performing a payment process of the product based on a payment request of the product corresponding to the product information acquired from the user terminal.

12 . The information processing system according to claim 2 , wherein the storage of the information processing device is configured to store individual identification information of the product in association with the condition information,

the processor of the user terminal is configured to acquire condition information corresponding to the individual identification information of the product selected by the user, from the information processing device, and to cause the display to show the acquired condition information, and

the processor of the information processing device is configured to perform the payment process of the product based on a payment request of the product corresponding to the individual identification information acquired from the user terminal.

13 . The information processing method according to claim 10 , wherein the product information is associated with expiration information related to an expiration date of the product,

the method further comprising displaying, by the user terminal, the expiration information of the product selected by the user, together with the condition information.

14 . The information processing method according to claim 10 , the method further comprising recording, by the information processing device, individual identification information of the product in association with the condition information,

wherein the acquiring by the user terminal includes acquiring condition information corresponding to the individual identification information of the product selected by the user, from the information processing device, and

the performing by the information processing device includes performing the payment process of the product based on a payment request of the product corresponding to the individual identification information acquired from the user terminal.

15 . The information processing method according to claim 13 , the method further comprising recording, by the information processing device, individual identification information of the product in association with the condition information,

wherein the acquiring by the user terminal includes acquiring condition information corresponding to the individual identification information of the product selected by the user, from the information processing device, and

the performing by the information processing device includes performing the payment process of the product based on a payment request of the product corresponding to the individual identification information acquired from the user terminal.

16 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 11 , the method further comprising

providing the user terminal with expiration information of the product selected by the user, together with the condition information, the expiration information being associated with expiration information related to an expiration date of the product.

17 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 11 ,

wherein, in the providing, the condition information is provided that is associated with individual identification information of the product selected by the user, and

the performing includes performing the payment process of the product based on the payment request of the product corresponding to the individual identification information acquired from the user terminal.

18 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 16 ,

wherein, in the providing, the condition information is provided that is associated with individual identification information of the product selected by the user, and

the performing includes performing the payment process of the product based on the payment request of the product corresponding to the individual identification information acquired from the user terminal.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 1, 2025
From: SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: SATO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072085/0034 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2022
From: OGUCHI, KENTARO
To: SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 062131/0279 →