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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2019
Softbank Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Kazuma Tomimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Miyashita, Tokyo, JP;
Manabu Mikami, Tokyo, JP;
Ryo Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Yoshino, Tokyo, JP;
SoftBank Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A relay device is provided that is provided on a first network hierarchy level and relays communications via a network hierarchy level higher than the first level, between a plurality of nodes subordinate to the relay device and a sales broker website, and includes: an application storage unit storing a sales broker application; and an application execution unit executing the sales broker application to cause the relay device to function as: an order data reception unit receiving order data including a plurality of contents; a first order data transmission unit transmitting the order data to the sales broker website; and a second order data transmission unit transmitting, when an order receiver node receiving an order for the product is any of the plurality of nodes, at least a part of the plurality of contents to the order receiver node without involving a level higher than the first level.