Management device, management method, and program

Abstract

The present invention provides a management device, management method, and program that enable more suitable management of bookmarks. [Solution] From bookmarks registered at the user's request, inactive bookmarks, which are bookmarks corresponding to items not currently sold in the electronic market, are extracted. The resale rate, which indicates the likelihood that the items corresponding to the extracted inactive bookmarks will be sold again in the electronic market, is calculated. Then, bookmarks corresponding to items whose calculated resale rate is lower than a predetermined standard are extracted as bookmarks recommended for deletion, and the extracted bookmarks recommended for deletion are notified to the user as a deletion recommendation notice encouraging them to delete the bookmarks.

Claims

1. A dormant bookmark extraction unit extracts dormant bookmarks, which are bookmarks corresponding to items that are not currently sold in the electronic market, from bookmarks registered at the user's request. A resale rate calculation unit calculates the resale rate indicating the likelihood that the item corresponding to the paused bookmark extracted by the paused bookmark extraction unit will be sold again in the electronic market, A bookmark extraction unit for recommended deletion extracts bookmarks corresponding to items whose resale rate, calculated by the resale rate calculation unit, is lower than a predetermined standard, as bookmarks recommended for deletion. A deletion recommendation bookmark notification unit notifies the user of the deletion recommendation bookmarks extracted by the deletion recommendation bookmark extraction unit, prompting the user to delete the bookmarks from their bookmarks. A control device equipped with the following features.

2. The bookmark deletion unit deletes the bookmarks that were extracted by the bookmark deletion recommendation extraction unit from the bookmarks. The management device according to claim 1, further comprising:

3. The system further includes a determination unit that determines whether the item indicated by the bookmarks recommended for deletion extracted by the bookmark extraction unit is being sold at a store other than the store identified by the bookmarks recommended for deletion. The deletion recommendation bookmark notification unit notifies the user of the deletion recommendation bookmarks that correspond to the items that the determination unit has determined are not currently being sold at retailers other than the retailer identified by the deletion recommendation bookmarks, which have been extracted by the deletion recommendation bookmark extraction unit and which the determination unit has determined are not currently being sold at retailers other than the retailer identified by the deletion recommendation bookmarks. The control device according to claim 1 or 2.

4. The system further includes a timing determination unit that determines the timing for notifying the deletion recommendation notice by the deletion recommendation bookmark notification unit, The timing determination unit, The timing for sending the deletion recommendation notification is determined according to the number of bookmarks registered in the aforementioned bookmarks. The more bookmarks registered in the aforementioned bookmarks, the higher the probability that the notification of the recommendation to delete the bookmarks will be issued. The control device according to claim 1 or 2.

5. The aforementioned bookmark deletion recommendation extraction unit extracts more bookmarks that are recommended for deletion the larger the number of bookmarks registered in the bookmarks. The control device according to claim 1 or 2.

6. A management method using a management device, A dormant bookmark extraction step extracts dormant bookmarks, which are bookmarks corresponding to items that are not currently sold in the electronic marketplace, from bookmarks registered at the user's request. A resale rate calculation step which calculates the resale rate indicating the likelihood that the item corresponding to the paused bookmark extracted in the paused bookmark extraction step will be sold again in the electronic market, A step to extract bookmarks recommended for deletion, in which the resale rate calculated in the resale rate calculation step is determined to be lower than a predetermined standard, and bookmarks corresponding to the item are extracted as bookmarks recommended for deletion. A deletion recommendation bookmark notification step involves notifying the user of the deletion recommendation bookmarks extracted in the deletion recommendation bookmark extraction step, as a deletion recommendation notice prompting the user to delete the bookmarks from their bookmarks. A management method that includes the following features.

7. Computers, A dormant bookmark extraction unit extracts dormant bookmarks, which are bookmarks corresponding to items that are not currently sold in the electronic market, from bookmarks registered at the user's request. A resale rate calculation unit calculates the resale rate indicating the likelihood that the item corresponding to the paused bookmark extracted by the paused bookmark extraction unit will be sold again in the electronic market. A bookmark extraction unit for recommended deletion extracts bookmarks corresponding to items whose resale rate, calculated by the resale rate calculation unit, is lower than a predetermined standard, as bookmarks recommended for deletion. A deletion recommendation bookmark notification unit notifies the user of the deletion recommendation bookmarks extracted by the deletion recommendation bookmark extraction unit, prompting the user to delete the bookmarks from their bookmarks. A program that makes it function as such.

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