US 11,915,193 B2
Article recommendation device, article recommendation method, and recording medium
Masaaki Kimura, Tokyo (JP); and Takahiro Matsui, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/422,409
Filed by NEC Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Feb. 19, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/006581
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 12, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/189165, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-053718 (JP), filed on Mar. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0122028 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/02 (2023.01); G06Q 10/06 (2023.01); G06Q 30/06 (2023.01); G06K 9/62 (2022.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0202 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0282 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 10/087 (2013.01) [G06Q 30/0202 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0282 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article recommendation device of a company, comprising:
at least one processor; and
a memory storing program code executable by the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
storing a plurality of threshold values as an index;
acquiring a first article of a different company based on evaluations of a plurality of numbers in relation to the plurality of threshold values indicating that each number is greater than a corresponding threshold value, wherein the plurality of numbers comprises at least one of:
a first number of descriptions on a social networking service that include a name of the first article, wherein the descriptions are posts on the social networking service;
a second number of the descriptions on the social networking service that include the name of the first article and that include favorable comments regarding the article;
a third number of times that a social button was pressed for the descriptions on the social networking service that include the name of the first article;
a fourth number of times that a specific term or keyword was used in the descriptions on the social networking service that include the name of the first article;
a fifth number of times that the descriptions on the social networking service that include the name of the first article were made by particular persons;
a sixth number of times that each of a number of phrases were included in the descriptions on the social networking service that include the name of the first article, and assign a corresponding weight to the sixth number for each phrase;
a seventh number of times that the descriptions on the social networking service that include the name of the first article were made by a particular group;
upon acquiring the first article, retrieving, from a storage device, at least one of a category that includes the acquired first article and a feature of the first article;
identifying a second article of the company and that is related to the at least one of the category and the feature that have been acquired; and
displaying the second article that has been acquired, as a recommended article on a display device of the company, wherein
the feature of the first article includes at least one of a shape, a size, a weight, a color, a tactile sensation, a taste, a raw material, and a packaging of the first article.