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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2020
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Ryosuke Kobayashi, Nagakute, JP;
Ayana Takeshita, Kasugai, JP;
Naoki Yamamuro, Nagoya, JP;
Takuya Maekawa, Nagoya, JP;
Yugo Sakurai, Tokyo-to, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A server apparatus and the like that improve operation efficiency of a marketplace for trading products are provided. The server apparatus includes a communication interface, and a controller configured to transmit and receive information to and from another apparatus via the communication interface. The controller calculates a time required until sale of a product at a display position based on a temporal change in captured images of the display position where the product is displayed until the product is sold, determines an exhibition fee for the display position based on the time required, informs a terminal apparatus of an exhibitor of the exhibition fee, and urges the exhibitor to exhibit the product for sale at the display position.