| US 7,483,844 B2 | ||
| Computer system for retrieving a product that meets characteristics of a customer | ||
| Keiji Takakura, Tokyo (Japan); and Michitada Kameoka, Wako (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 15, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/342,320. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2002-042862 (JP), filed on Feb. 20, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2003/0158793 A1, Aug. 21, 2003 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06Q 30/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 705—26 [705/26; 705/37] | 10 Claims |
| 1. A computer system for providing a list of one or more products that meet characteristics of a customer, comprising:
a first server including a main agent, a customer table encoded on a computer-readable medium being provided in the main agent,
the customer table storing customer characteristic codes, each of the characteristic codes representing characteristics of
each of customers; and
a second server including a supplier agent connected to the main agent through a network, a product database encoded on a
computer-readable medium being provided in the supplier agent, the product database storing products provided by a supplier
of the supplier agent,
wherein each of the products in the product database is assigned a customer characteristic code in accordance with characteristics
of the product;
wherein the main agent is programmed to:
identify a customer based on a product search request received from the customer;
extract a customer characteristic code from the customer table based on the identified customer; and
write the product search request and the extracted customer characteristic code in a parameter table;
wherein the supplier agent is programmed to:
read out the product search request and the customer characteristic code from the parameter table;
extract from the product database one or more products that meet the product search request and that are assigned the customer
characteristic code; and
write the extracted products in a search result table;
wherein the main agent is further programmed to:
read out the extracted products from the search result table; and
provide the list by editing the extracted products into a search result screen.
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