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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2000
Applicant:
Yuji Shimizu, Nagoya, JP;
Inventor:
Yuji Shimizu, Nagoya, JP;
Assignees:
Ricoh Elemex Corporation, Nagoya-shi, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06Q 30/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The merchandise planning and development system includes a WWW serverfor informing many and unspecified customerstoof merchandise planning and development information about planning and/or development of new merchandise through the Internet, and a news serverfor collecting the opinion information of the customerstolooking up the merchandise planning information through the Internet. The WWW serverinforms the customerstoof the merchandise information suited to the needs of the customers on the basis of the opinion information by way of the Internet