| 摘要 |
PURPOSE: To provide a sales promotion system and method permitting rational business activities by grasping the service conditions of sold computer peripheral devices. CONSTITUTION: The computer peripheral device or a computer which serves as its host device is provided with a service condition detecting means for detecting the service condition of the peripheral device and a customer product information storage means for renewing and storing the specification information of the peripheral device and the service condition. Sales promotion terminals 10 to 30 for reading the specification information and the service condition by accessing the customer product information storage means are arranged on a network in which the peripheral device or the computer participates. The specification information and the service condition of the sold peripheral device are checked by way of the terminals 10 to 30 and examined through comparison to propose a plan of purchase such as extending or upgrading the device or increasing functions, thus allowing rational business activities without losses.
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