US 12,299,721 B2
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program, and computer-readable recording medium
Hideki Tachinami, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/780,628
Filed by SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Nov. 9, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/041691
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 27, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/106531, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 3, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-217535 (JP), filed on Nov. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0360095 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/00 (2023.01); G06Q 30/06 (2023.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01)
CPC G06Q 30/06 (2013.01) [H04W 4/02 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing apparatus configured to associate flow line information of a purchaser and product sales information,
a region in an area where products are placed being set per category of products,
the information processing apparatus comprising a processor configured to:
acquire the flow line information of the purchaser from a communication device that moves together with the corresponding purchaser in the area, the flow line information of the purchaser containing position information showing positions in the area of the communication device with the lapse of time;
acquire the product sales information that contains sales times of products and categories of the products purchased at the sales times;
identify the categories of the products that are associated with the flow line information of the purchaser, from the flow line information of the purchaser and from the category information of the products placed in the area;
acquire a degree of association of the flow line information of the purchaser with the product sales information, based on the categories of the products contained in the product sales information and based on the identified categories; and
associate the flow line information of the purchaser with the product sales information based on the degree of association;
wherein the processor is further configured to:
calculate a number of repetitions of entering and leaving each of the regions in the area set per category of the products, from the flow line information of the purchaser, and
adjust the degree of association by using the number of repetitions.