Recommendation system, method, apparatus and program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020013107-A1
Application number	US-201816495140-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 29, 2018
Priority date	Mar 30, 2017
Publication date	Jan 9, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present invention enables recommendation of a network product suitably introduced to a system of a user. A simulation on performance of a system on which a network product not yet purchased by a user is assumed to be installed and/or performance of the network product is performed, and recommendation information is presented based on a result of the simulation.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A recommendation apparatus, comprising:
a processor; and a memory storing program instructions executable by the processor, wherein the processor is configured to perform a simulation on performance of a system on which a network product not yet purchased by a user is assumed to be installed and/or the network product, and present recommendation information based on a result of the simulation.

2 . The recommendation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, when the result of the simulation satisfies a predetermined requirement, the processor outputs information about the network product or the result of the simulation and information on the network product as the recommendation information.

3 . The recommendation system apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor displays and outputs the recommendation information to a user interface.

4 . The recommendation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor performs the simulation based on network configuration information, traffic information, or a performance requirement about the system on which the network product not yet purchased by the user is assumed to be installed.

5 . The recommendation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, based on at least one of resource information, failure information, and traffic information about the system including a network product already purchased by the user,
the processor performs the simulation on at least one of cases including: switching to an alternative product; addition of a new product; and increase or decrease of the number of the network products already purchased by the user.

6 . The recommendation apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the processor displays the network product as a product exhibited on a marketplace screen accessed by a terminal of the user and displays the recommendation information on a corresponding product screen on the marketplace screen.

7 . The recommendation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the network product includes a VNF (Virtualized Network Function); and
wherein the processor executes a simulator that is configured to acquire, from an NFV (Network Functions Virtualization)-MANO (Management and Orchestration), resource information, failure information, traffic information about a network system including a VNF product already purchased by the user, perform a simulation based on configuration information, the traffic information, or a performance requirement about the network system on which a VNF product purchased by the user is installed, and derive a predetermined performance index.

8 . (canceled)

9 . A recommendation method for recommending a product to a user, the method comprising:
performing simulation on a system on which a network product not yet purchased by a user is assumed to be installed and/or performance of the network product; and presenting recommendation information based on a result of the simulation.

10 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute processing comprising:
performing simulation on a system on which a network product not yet purchased by a user is assumed to be installed and/or performance of the network product; and presenting recommendation information based on a result of the simulation.

11 . The recommendation method according to claim 9 , comprising:
performing the simulation based on network configuration information, traffic information, or a performance requirement about the system on which the network product not yet purchased by the user is assumed to be installed.

12 . The recommendation method according to claim 9 , comprising:
based on at least one of resource information, failure information, and traffic information about the system including a network product already purchased by the user, performs the simulation on at least one of cases including: switching to an alternative product; addition of a new product; and increase or decrease of the number of the network products already purchased by the user.

13 . The recommendation method according to claim 9 , comprising:
displaying the network product as a product exhibited on a marketplace screen accessed by a terminal of the user and displaying the recommendation information on a corresponding product screen on the marketplace screen.

14 . The recommendation method according to claim 9 , wherein the network product includes a VNF (Virtualized Network Function); and
wherein a simulator that acquires, from an NFV (Network Functions Virtualization)-MANO (Management and Orchestration), resource information, failure information, traffic information about a network system including a VNF product already purchased by the user, performs a simulation based on configuration information, the traffic information, or a performance requirement about the network system on which a VNF product purchased by the user is installed, and derives a predetermined performance index.

15 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 10 , wherein the program causes the computer to execute processing comprising:
performing the simulation based on network configuration information, traffic information, or a performance requirement about the system on which the network product not yet purchased by the user is assumed to be installed.

16 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 10 , wherein the program causes the computer to execute processing comprising:
based on at least one of resource information, failure information, and traffic information about the system including a network product already purchased by the user, performs the simulation on at least one of cases including: switching to an alternative product; addition of a new product; and increase or decrease of the number of the network products already purchased by the user.

17 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 10 , wherein the program causes the computer to execute processing comprising:
displaying the network product as a product exhibited on a marketplace screen accessed by a terminal of the user and displaying the recommendation information on a corresponding product screen on the marketplace screen.

18 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 10 , wherein the network product includes a VNF (Virtualized Network Function), wherein the program causes the computer to execute processing comprising:
executing a simulator that acquires, from an NFV (Network Functions Virtualization)-MANO (Management and Orchestration), resource information, failure information, traffic information about a network system including a VNF product already purchased by the user, performs a simulation based on configuration information, the traffic information, or a performance requirement about the network system on which a VNF product purchased by the user is installed, and derives a predetermined performance index.

Assignees

• Nec Corp

Inventors

• Kusano Hideyuki

Classifications

• G06N5/04

  Inference or reasoning models · CPC title

• G06Q30/0631 Primary

  Recommending goods or services · CPC title

• G06F30/20

  Design optimisation, verification or simulation (optimisation, verification or simulation of circuit designs G06F30/30) · CPC title

• G06Q30/06

  Buying, selling or leasing transactions · CPC title

• G06F11/34

  Recording or statistical evaluation of computer activity, e.g. of down time, of input/output operation {; Recording or statistical evaluation of user activity, e.g. usability assessment} · CPC title