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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2004
Takahiro Hasegawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Tomohisa Misawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Takahiro Hasegawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Tomohisa Misawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A commodity information provision method for detecting a customer in a store who is in trouble and for providing such a customer with information about an appropriate commodity. A position detection device which the customer carries when shopping transmits position information indicative of current position, and customer position information acquiring unit periodically acquires the position information from the position detection device. Stop judging unit judges whether the customer has stopped or not in accordance with the position information. When the customer is at a stop, message determining unit determines a guidance message to be presented to the customer in accordance with a commodity displayed on a rack near the stop position, and message transmitting unit transmits the determined guidance message to the position detection device.