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Automatic apparatus, information server, robotic apparatus and commercial transaction method for performing an action based on information
Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 2003-07-09
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Granted: 2006-06-27
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Expires: 2023-07-09
Abstract
Abstract The robotic apparatus is designed to act in a wider variety of manners, which will motivate the user of the robotic apparatus to purchase more products to the robotic apparatus. More specifically, a robotic apparatus ( 1 ) which acts autonomously recognizes a bar code (BC) or the like appended to a canned juice ( 100 a ) and acts in a predetermined manner. This is only enabled under a predetermined contract made between a product manufacturer and robotic apparatus manufacturer. The contract coverage is that the product manufacturer shall append the bar code (BC) to a specific product while the robotic apparatus manufacturer shall provide a robotic apparatus ( 1 ) which can act in a predetermined manner when having recognized the bar code (BC).
Inventors
- 👤 Tsunetaro Matsuoka
- 👤 Tadashi Otsuki
- 👤 Tetsuya Konishi
- 👤 Tomoaki Kasuga
- 👤 Kunio Takemoto
- 👤 Ayako Okita
- 👤 Yaeko Fujita
- 👤 Toshiya Ogura
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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2026-10-25 21:17
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06K; G06K17/00; G06Q; G06Q20/00; G06Q20/08; G06Q20/10; G06Q20/102; G06Q20/30; G06Q20/36; G06Q20/367; G06Q20/3674; G06Q50/00; G06Q50/10; G06Q50/18; G06Q50/188
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
113 words
A commercial transaction system comprising: a robot apparatus manager that manages a robot apparatus so that the robot apparatus performs a predetermined action when it detects predetermined information; a product distributor that acquires the predetermined information relating to a contract made between the robot apparatus manager and the product distributor and appended to a product for sale to a user of the robot apparatus; and robot apparatus which detects the predetermined information appended to the product purchased by the user and performs a predetermined action based on the detected predetermined information, wherein the product is selected from a group consisting of a personal computer, a mobile telephone, a CD case or consumable goods.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
113 words
A commercial transaction system comprising: a robot apparatus manager that manages a robot apparatus so that the robot apparatus performs a predetermined action when it detects predetermined information; a product distributor that acquires the predetermined information relating to a contract made between the robot apparatus manager and the product distributor and appended to a product for sale to a user of the robot apparatus; and robot apparatus which detects the predetermined information appended to the product purchased by the user and performs a predetermined action based on the detected predetermined information, wherein the product is selected from a group consisting of a personal computer, a mobile telephone, a CD case or consumable goods.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
The system according to claim 1 , wherein the robot apparatus acts autonomously based on an external and/or internal factor.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
51 words
The system according to claim 1 , wherein: the robot apparatus manager is a manufacturer or distributor of the robot apparatus which manages the robot apparatus so that the robot apparatus performs the predetermined action based on the detected predetermined information acquired and sold under the contract with the product distributor.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
80 words
The system according to claim 3 , wherein: the robot apparatus is adapted to perform the predetermined action based on action information stored in a storage unit provided therein; wherein the manufacturer or distributor stores, into the storage unit, predetermined action information according to the contract with the product distributor; and wherein the robot apparatus performs the predetermined action based on the predetermined action information read from the storage unit upon detection of the predetermined information appended to the product.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
91 words
The system according to claim 1 , wherein: the robot apparatus has a memory for storing information on the contract made between the manufacturer or distributor and the product distributor; and the robot apparatus reads information stored on the product which includes at least information on a supply source of the product, such that the robot apparatus performs the predetermined action when the supply source, based on the contract-related information stored in the memory, is found to have made a predetermined contract with the manufacturer or distributor and the product distributor.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
57 words
The system according to claim 1 , wherein: the predetermined information includes at least two pieces of information on the attribute of a product available from the product distributor; and the robot apparatus detects at least one of the two pieces of information appended to the product and performs the predetermined action based on the detected information.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
116 words
A robot apparatus having a plurality of movable parts comprising: a memory which stores information relating to a contract between a manufacturer or distributor of the robot apparatus and a third party; and reading means for reading information stored on a product and which concerns at least a supply source of the product; wherein the robot apparatus performs a predetermined action when the information read by the reading means regarding the supply source of the product is detected from the contract-related information as having made a predetermined contract with the manufacturer or distributor, and wherein the product is selected from a group consisting of a personal computer, a mobile telephone, a CD case or consumable goods.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
116 words
A robot apparatus having a plurality of movable parts comprising: a memory which stores information relating to a contract between a manufacturer or distributor of the robot apparatus and a third party; and reading means for reading information stored on a product and which concerns at least a supply source of the product; wherein the robot apparatus performs a predetermined action when the information read by the reading means regarding the supply source of the product is detected from the contract-related information as having made a predetermined contract with the manufacturer or distributor, and wherein the product is selected from a group consisting of a personal computer, a mobile telephone, a CD case or consumable goods.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
21 words
The robot apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the information regarding the supply source is provided by a bar code.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
21 words
The robot apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the information regarding the supply source is provided by a cyber code.
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