Granted Patent B2

US 12,468,775 · App. 17/868,616 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Inventors: Kazuyoshi Nakazato (Shibuya-ku, JP); Hisashi Arakaki (Shibuya-ku, JP)

Assignee: zig-zag, Inc.

G06F16/958G06Q10/08G06Q30/06

Abstract

Claims (28)

1 . A method for assisting provision of EC abroad, comprising:

determining a country of a user who accessed a first webpage of an EC site, wherein the first webpage is for sales of a certain article, and

causing a button to be displayed for forwarding a web-browser of a user terminal of the user from the first webpage to a second webpage of a second website provided by a second server different from a first server operated by a first operator providing the EC site, the second server operated by a second operator assisting proxy purchase of one or more articles of the EC site and the second website being the same regardless of the determined country,

wherein the second webpage is a page for settling the purchase of the certain article, and

wherein the button is displayed on the first webpage when delivery to the determined country by the second operator is available.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the forwarding is performed in response to a click or tap by the user of the button.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the user terminal is a mobile terminal.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determination is performed based on an IP address assigned to the user terminal.

5 . A non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to perform a method for assisting provision of EC abroad, the method comprising:

determining a country of a user who accessed a first webpage of an EC site, wherein the first webpage is for sales of a certain article, and

causing a button to be displayed for forwarding a web-browser of a user terminal of the user from the first webpage to a second webpage of a second website provided by a second server different from a first server operated by a first operator providing the EC site, the second server operated by a second operator assisting proxy purchase of one or more articles of the EC site and the second website being the same regardless of the determined country,

wherein the second webpage is a page for settling the purchase of the certain article, and

wherein the button is displayed on the first webpage when delivery to the determined country by the second operator is available.

6 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 5 , wherein the determination is performed based on an IP address assigned to the user terminal.

7 . A server assisting provision of EC abroad, configured to:

determine a country of a user who accessed a first webpage of an EC site, wherein the first webpage is for sales of a certain article, and

cause a button to be displayed for forwarding a web-browser of a user terminal of the user from the first webpage to a second webpage of a second website provided by a second server different from a first server operated by a first operator providing the EC site, the second server operated by a second operator assisting proxy purchase of one or more articles of the EC site and the second website being the same regardless of the determined country,

wherein the second webpage is a page for settling the purchase of the certain article, and

wherein the button is displayed on the first webpage when delivery to the determined country by the second operator is available.

8 . The server according to claim 7 , wherein the determination is performed based on an IP address assigned to the user terminal.

9 . An apparatus for assisting provision of EC abroad, comprising a first server and a second server,

the first server operated by a first operator and configured to send display information for displaying a first webpage that is for sales of a certain article, the first webpage being a webpage of an EC site, and

the second server configured to:

determine a country of a user who accessed the first webpage, and

cause a button to be displayed for forwarding a web-browser of a user terminal of the user from the first webpage to a second webpage of a second website provided by a server different from the first server, the server operated by a second operator assisting proxy purchase of one or more articles of the EC site and the second website being the same regardless of the determined country,

wherein the second webpage is a page for settling the purchase of the certain article, and

wherein the button is displayed on the first webpage when delivery to the determined country by the second operator is available.

10 . The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the determination is performed based on an IP address assigned to the user terminal.

Priority Claims (1)

Continuity (3)

References Cited (34)