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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2005
Kimiko Tsurumaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuji Maekawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Kotaro Jinushi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirokazu Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Kimiko Tsurumaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuji Maekawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Kotaro Jinushi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirokazu Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A preference-information gathering system is capable of gathering information on every commodity and/or every service, which are each of interest to a user, as user's preference information. The preference-information gathering system includes a user portable terminal () capable of storing a user identifier uniquely identifying the user, an information searching apparatus () and a preference-information management apparatus () for managing the information on preferences with the user. The information searching apparatus () has a search-information inputting unit () for requesting a user to enter search information to be used in a process to search for information desired by the user and a user-identifier acquisition unit () for acquiring a user identifier. The information searching apparatus () transmits information found in a search process requested by the user as the desired information on a commodity and/or a service and the user identifier to the preference-information management apparatus by associating the information and the identifier with each other.