US 12,346,947 B2
Product purchase system, server, first communication terminal and second communication terminal
Hiroyuki Chida, Tokyo (JP); Takahito Inoh, Tokyo (JP); Yosuke Ohtomo, Tokyo (JP); Mitsuo Aoki, Tokyo (JP); Hiroyuki Suzuki, Tokyo (JP); Kazunori Ozaki, Tokyo (JP); and Kazuya Tachimoto, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/849,977.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-111921 (JP), filed on Jul. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0008631 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/0251 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0272 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0625 (2013.01) [G06Q 30/0261 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0272 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A product purchase system comprising:
a first communication terminal configured to be carried by an advertising user, the advertising user serving as a human billboard that advertises a product worn or held by the advertising user;
a second communication terminal provided to be movable with a vehicle and comprising at least one of an internal-environment imaging device configured to capture an image of an interior of the vehicle or a microphone configured to capture audio within the vehicle; and
a server,
the first communication terminal, the second communication terminal, and the server being capable of coupling to each other via a network so as to communicate with each other, wherein
the first communication terminal is configured to
send first position information, first time information, and advertisement product information to the server, the first position information indicating a position of the advertising user while the advertising user is moving around, the first time information indicating a clock time when the advertising user is located at the position, the advertisement product information indicating the product,
the server is configured to
receive the first position information, the first time information, and the advertisement product information from the first communication terminal, and
store, in a database, the first position information, the first time information, and the advertisement product information received from the first communication terminal while relating the first position information, the first time information, and the advertisement product information to each other,
the second communication terminal is configured to
detect, via the at least one of the internal-environment imaging device or the microphone, specific actions performed by an occupant in the vehicle while the vehicle is moving, each of the specific actions representing an intention of the occupant to purchase the product worn or held by the advertising user located around the vehicle, each of the specific actions comprising one of a specific remark that is captured by the microphone, a specific gesture that is captured by the internal-environment imaging device, or a specific motion of a line of sight of the occupant that is captured by the internal-environment imaging device,
record specific action information pieces each including second position information and second time information while relating the second position information and the second time information to each other, the second position information indicating a position of the vehicle when a corresponding one of the specific actions is detected, the second time information indicating a clock time when the corresponding one of the specific actions is detected, each of the specific action information pieces being recorded for the corresponding one of the specific actions, and
generate and send a product search request to the server in response to the occupant selecting at least one of the recorded specific action information pieces, the product search request including the second position information and the second time information corresponding to the selected at least one of the specific action information pieces,
the server is configured to
receive the product search request from the second communication terminal,
based on the second position information and the second time information included in the product search request, search the advertisement product information stored in the database and extract, from the advertisement product information, candidate product information indicating one or more candidate products corresponding to the second position information and the second time information, and
send the extracted candidate product information to the second communication terminal, and
the second communication terminal is configured to
receive the candidate product information from the server, and
display the received candidate product information on a display.