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Method-and-apparatus-for-providing-relative-evaluations-of-commodities-to-user-by-using-commodity-comparison-map

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Details

Inventors: Hatakama, Hiroshi; Misue, Kazuo; Watanabe, Isamu; Kato, Hiromi; Wako, Junichi;
Assignee: Fujitsu Limited (Kawasaki, JP)
Primary Examiner: Fadok; Mark
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Staas & Halsey LLP

In a method for providing information on commodities to a user by using a computer, commodity-comparison information indicating at least one result of at least one comparison between the commodities is acquired and stored. Next, a commodity-comparison map which visually indicates at least one relationship between the commodities is produced by using the commodity-comparison information stored above, in such a manner that at least one coordinate axis of the commodity-comparison map corresponds to at least one evaluation criterion used in evaluation of the commodities, respectively. Then, relative-evaluation information which indicates at least one relative evaluation of the commodities is produced by using the commodity-comparison map. Finally, the relative-evaluation information is provided to the user.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION An object of the present invention is to provide a method for providing commodity information to a user by using a computer so that the user can easily obtain information on relative evaluations of commodities.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for providing commodity information to a user by using a computer so that the user can easily obtain information on relative evaluations of commodities.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a method for utilizing commodity information by using a computer so that the user can easily acquire information on relative evaluations of commodities.
A further object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for utilizing commodity information by using a computer so that the user can easily acquire information on relative evaluations of commodities.
(1) According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing information on commodities to a user by using a computer, comprising the steps of: (a) acquiring commodity-comparison information indicating at least one result of at least one comparison between the commodities; (b) storing the commodity-comparison information acquired in step (a); (c) producing a commodity-comparison map which visually indicates at least one relationship between the commodities by using the commodity-comparison information stored in step (b) in such a manner that at least one coordinate axis of the commodity-comparison map corresponds to at least one evaluation criterion used in evaluation of the commodities, respectively; (d) producing relative-evaluation information which indicates at least one relative evaluation of the commodities by using the commodity-comparison map; and (e) providing the relative-evaluation information to the user.
In the first aspect of the present invention, commodity-comparison information which indicates at least one result of at least one comparison between commodities is acquired and stored

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