Patent Application for Store Derivation Device

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Published September 7th, 2023

Detected March 27th, 2026

Summary

The USPTO has published a new patent application (US20260087538A1) from NTT DOCOMO, INC. for a store derivation device. The application describes a system designed to derive appropriate recommendation targets for efficient recommendations based on user visit history.

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This document is a publication of a patent application for a "Store Derivation Device" filed by NTT DOCOMO, INC. The application details a system that uses user visit history to determine a user's familiarity with stores and derive a recommended visit candidate store. The technology aims to improve the efficiency of recommendation systems.

As this is a patent application, it does not impose direct compliance obligations on regulated entities. However, companies operating in the retail technology, e-commerce, or recommendation system sectors may wish to review the application for potential intellectual property considerations or to understand emerging technological trends in personalized marketing and customer engagement.

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STORE DERIVATION DEVICE

Application US20260087538A1 Kind: A1 Mar 26, 2026

Assignee

NTT DOCOMO, INC.

Inventors

Yukiko YOSHIKAWA, Tetsuya YAMAGUCHI

Abstract

An object is to provide a store derivation device that derives an appropriate recommendation target to enable efficient recommendation. A recommendation system 100 that functions as a store derivation device of the present disclosure includes a visit history storage unit 106 configured to store visit history information of a store as an action history of a user. Further, a store acquisition unit 101 acquires a familiar store (degree of familiarity) of the user with respect to the store on the basis of the visit history information. The store acquisition unit 101 derives a visit candidate store fx1 that the user is recommended to visit, on the basis of the familiar store (degree of familiarity).