Shopping support computing device

US10872324B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA · JP

Inventors

• Keiichi Hasegawa · Gifu, JP
• Mahina Nakamura · Musashino, JP
• Maki Sato · Yamato, JP
• Yumiko Okuma · Tokyo, JP
• Yasutsugu Sasaki · Kawasaki, JP
• Tsuyoshi GOTANDA · Oshima, JP
• Mina Kodama · Tokyo, JP

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 5, 2018
• Grant date: Dec 22, 2020
• Expiry date: Jun 16, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/06
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A computing device includes an operation unit configured to receive a first user input about an item to be purchased, a display unit configured to display a name of the item and an interface based on which a user can make a second user input about the user's preference of the item through the operation unit, and a communication unit configured to transmit data corresponding to the first and second user inputs to an external device configured to store information about items for sale and information about user preferences of the items.