JP4049514B2 - Server system and information distribution system - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a server and an information distribution system. In particular, the present invention relates to a server system that registers information about a user, transmits / receives the registered user information via a communication network, and an information distribution system that communicates with such a server system.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, an information exchange mediating apparatus that electronically mediates information exchange between users is known. For example, JP-A-10 -2328 No. 93 discloses an apparatus that mediates information exchange between users as a WWW server on the Internet.
[0003]
In recent years, mobile phones have rapidly spread and are used by a wide range of users as business tools and communication tools.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, when exchanging information, it is important to provide information that matches the user's desire, and it is desired to provide information that meets the desire. In addition, leakage of personal information due to information disclosure has been a problem.
[0005]
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an imaging system, a server system, and a communication system that can solve the above-described problems. This object is achieved by a combination of features described in the independent claims. The dependent claims define further advantageous specific examples of the present invention.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
That is, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a server system is provided that transmits information about a user to a communication system via a communication network. The server system can recognize the simple information, an input unit that inputs information about the user, a simple information designation unit that receives information about the user, and designates predetermined information as simple information among the information about the user. A user information holding unit that holds the user information as user information of a registered user, a first communication unit that transmits the simple information to a first communication system, and the user information that is the first communication. A second communication unit that transmits to a second communication system different from the system.
[0007]
In the server system, the first communication system is preferably a mobile phone. Moreover, it is preferable that the said simple information designation | designated part designates the area information which shows the area where the said user belongs to the said simple information. Furthermore, it is preferable that the simple information designating unit designates information indicating a location where the registered user has registered the user information as the regional information.
[0008]
The server system includes a position information acquisition unit that acquires position information indicating which region the mobile phone is located when the first communication unit communicates with the mobile phone; A second communication system search unit for searching for the second communication system disposed in a region close to the region indicated by the position information based on the position information acquired by the information acquisition unit; The communication unit preferably transmits information on the location of the second communication system searched by the second communication system search unit to the mobile phone.
[0009]
The server system further includes a public information designating unit that designates public information to be disclosed through the communication network among the user information, and the second communication unit transmits the public information to the second information. It is preferable to transmit to the communication system.
[0010]
The user information includes a mobile phone number of the user, and the second communication unit indicates that the user information is transmitted when the user information of the registered user is transmitted to the second system. It is preferable to notify the mobile phone of the registered user corresponding to the user information.
[0011]
The second communication unit includes means for receiving identification information for identifying a user who uses the second communication system from the second communication system, and the first communication unit includes the second communication unit. And a means for transmitting the user information of the user to the first system when the communication unit receives the identification information, and the user information holding unit corresponds to the identification information. When the user information is also stored, the first communication unit preferably transmits the user information of the user to the registered user's mobile phone.
[0012]
The server system includes: a statistical information creating unit that creates user statistical information related to the registered user from the user information registered in the user information holding unit; and an advertiser that delivers an advertisement to the registered user. It may be further provided with an advertiser communication part which transmits information.
[0013]
In this case, when at least one of the first communication unit and the second communication unit transmits the advertisement, distribution user statistical information on the user who transmitted the advertisement is associated with the advertisement. It is preferable to further include a distribution statistics creation unit to create, wherein the advertiser communication unit transmits the distribution user statistical information to the advertiser.
[0014]
According to the 2nd form of this invention, the information delivery system which hold | maintains the user information regarding a registered user, and can communicate with the server system which can transmit / receive the said user information via a communication network is provided. The information distribution system includes: an identification information input unit that inputs identification information that can recognize a user, and the user of any registered user from the server system when the identification information input unit receives the identification information. A user specifying unit that receives designation indicating whether to receive information, a receiving unit that receives the registered user profile and the registered user image from the server system as the specified user information, and the received registered user And a printing unit for printing the profile and the image.
[0015]
In this case, the user information includes the user's mobile phone number, and the user's mobile phone corresponding to the printed information via the server system when the printing unit prints the profile and the image. In addition, it is preferable to further include a transmission unit that transmits the printed information.
[0016]
The information distribution system further includes a reply information input unit that receives input of reply information to be transmitted from the user to the registered user to the mobile phone, and the transmission unit sends the reply information to the mobile phone. It is preferable to transmit information indicating that transmission is to be performed to the server system.
[0017]
In addition, when the user requesting the user to send a reply to the registered user, the information distribution system stores the user information of the user who is stored in the server system in advance on the mobile phone of the registered user. It is preferable to transmit information indicating that transmission is to be performed to the server system.
[0018]
Furthermore, the information distribution system selects information to be transmitted to the registered user from the user information of the user, and sends information indicating that the information is to be transmitted to the mobile phone of the registered user to the server system. It is preferable to transmit.
[0019]
The above summary of the invention does not enumerate all the necessary features of the present invention, and sub-combinations of these feature groups can also be the invention.
[0020]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, the present invention will be described through embodiments of the invention. However, the following embodiments do not limit the claimed invention, and all combinations of features described in the embodiments are the solution of the invention. It is not always essential to the means.
[0021]
(First embodiment)
First, a first embodiment of a communication system according to the present invention will be described.
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a communication system according to the present embodiment. The communication system includes one or more imaging systems 100 and a server system 200 that can communicate with each other via a communication network 300.
[0022]
The imaging system 100 acquires user's image information, voice information, and character information related to the user's profile (hereinafter, this information is referred to as “user information”). In addition, the imaging system 100 displays and prints the acquired user information. Furthermore, the imaging system 100 transmits the acquired user information to the server system 200 via the communication network 300.
[0023]
The server system 200 stores the user information transmitted by the imaging system 100 in a database. In this specification, a user whose user information is stored in the server system 200 is referred to as a “registered user”.
[0024]
The server system 200 receives a search condition from the imaging system 100 and searches for user information that matches the search condition. Further, the server system transmits to the imaging system 100 public information that can be disclosed to a third party among user information obtained as a search result. In this case, the imaging system 100 displays the transmitted public information on a monitor or prints it with a printer.
[0025]
Server system 200 communicates with a mobile phone and accepts search conditions for searching for user information from the mobile phone. In this case, the server system 200 transmits a part of user information that matches the search condition to the mobile phone as simple information. Further, the server system 200 specifies the nearest imaging system 100 viewed from the mobile phone and notifies the mobile phone of the position. This is for the convenience of a user who wishes to view detailed user information on the imaging system 100 by looking at the simple information.
[0026]
FIG. 2 is a schematic functional block diagram of the imaging system 100. The imaging system 100 includes cellular phone outlets 104a, 104b, 104c, an operation unit 110, a cellular phone communication unit 112, a personal authentication data memory 114, a control unit 116, an imaging unit 120, an image memory 122, an audio data memory 124, and a profile. A memory 126, a public content memory 128, a search condition memory 130, a public information memory 132, a server communication unit 134, an LCD monitor 102, and a printer 106 are provided.
[0027]
The mobile phone communication unit 112 communicates with the mobile phone 400 via the mobile phone port 104, acquires the phone number, and stores it in the personal authentication memory 120. In the present embodiment, the telephone number of the mobile phone is personal authentication data for authenticating a user who uses the communication system.
[0028]
The imaging unit 120 captures an image of the user and converts it into digital data. Image data acquired by the imaging unit 120 is stored in the image memory 122.
The microphone 108 acquires the user's voice. The acquired audio data is stored in the audio data memory 124.
[0029]
The control unit 116 controls operations of the mobile phone communication unit 112, the imaging unit 120, and the microphone 122. In addition, the control unit 116 accepts input of character information related to the user's profile via the operation unit 110 and stores it in the profile memory 126. The control unit 116 also accepts input of instructions from the user via the operation unit 110.
The control unit 116 communicates with the server system 200 via the server communication unit 134. The control unit 116 receives the public information of the user information from the server system 200 through communication via the server communication unit 134. The received public information is stored in the public information memory 132.
[0030]
The control unit 116 causes the LCD monitor 102 to display each of the public information stored in the public information memory 132, the image information stored in the image memory 122, and the information stored in the profile memory. Further, the control unit 116 causes the printer 106 to print the information.
The control unit 116 transmits the image information acquired by the imaging unit 120 and stored in the image memory to the mobile phone via the mobile phone communication unit 112. In this case, the control unit 116 transmits the image information in a form that can be used as the wallpaper of the mobile phone.
[0031]
FIG. 3 is an external view of the imaging system 100. The imaging system 100 includes a monitor 102, a microphone 108, an operation unit 110, and an imaging unit 120 on the front surface thereof. When registering user information, the user can input his / her own image, input sound, an instruction, etc. while confirming the display on the monitor 102.
[0032]
The photographing system 100 also includes a mobile phone insertion port 104 on the front surface thereof. The mobile phone insertion port 104 has a shape that can hold the inserted mobile phone. Therefore, the user can release the hand completely from the mobile phone and take a free pose to take a picture with the imaging unit 102.
[0033]
FIG. 4 is a schematic functional block diagram of the server system 200. The server system 200 includes an imaging system communication unit 202, a server system control unit 204, a user information database 206, a profile database 208, an image database 210, an audio database 212, a location database 216, a disclosure content file 218, a disclosure desired item file 220, a simple An information item file 222 and a mobile phone communication unit 214 are provided.
[0034]
The server system control unit 204 communicates with the imaging system 100 via the imaging system communication unit 202 to transmit / receive user information and the like. The server system control unit 204 communicates with the mobile phone 400 via the mobile phone communication unit 214, and transmits and receives user information search conditions, simple information including a part of user information, and the like.
[0035]
The public content file 218 stores public content designation information acquired by the server system control unit 204 through communication with the imaging system 100. In the public content file 218, the public content designation information is stored in association with the mobile phone number, which is personal authentication data.
[0036]
The desired disclosure item file 220 stores desired disclosure items that the operator of the communication system wishes to disclose to a third party in the registered user information. An item to be disclosed is input to the server system 200 via an input unit (not shown) by an operator of the system, for example.
[0037]
The simple information item file 222 stores, for example, simple information items that the operator of the communication system desires to include in the simple information in the user information. This simple information item is composed of a part of the desired disclosure item. The simple information item is input to the server system 200 by an operator of the system via an input unit (not shown).
[0038]
The profile DB 208 stores profiles among users. The image DB 210 stores image data of user information. The image DB 210 stores the image data in association with the telephone number of the user's mobile phone. The voice DB 212 stores voice messages among user information. The voice DB 212 stores voice data in association with the telephone number of the user's mobile phone. The user information DB 206 stores file names and mobile phone numbers stored in the profile DB, image DB, and voice DB. The location DB 216 stores information regarding the location of the imaging system 100. The information regarding the location of the imaging system 100 refers to information that can be used by the user to go to the imaging system.
[0039]
The server system server system control unit 204 writes, reads, and erases data in the memories 218, 220, and 222 and the databases 206, 208, 210, 212, and 216 described above.
[0040]
FIG. 5 shows the configuration of the profile DB 208. The profile DB 208 stores each user's profile such as gender, date of birth, address, hobby, favorite music, message, etc. in association with the user's telephone number. The profile DB 208 has two areas 208a and 208b for flagging each item. The area 208a is an area for designating corresponding item information as public information (hereinafter referred to as “public flag area”). The public information refers to information disclosed to a third party when the third party requests browsing. A flag is set in the public flag area 208a when information of a corresponding item is designated as public information.
[0041]
The area 208b is an area for designating corresponding item information as simple information (hereinafter referred to as a “simple flag area”). A flag is set in the simple flag area 208b when the corresponding item information is designated as simple information.
[0042]
FIG. 6 shows the configuration of the user information DB 206. The user information DB 206 is composed of an ID number of user information, a telephone number of a mobile phone, and a file name of user image data, a file name of a profile, and a file name of a voice message related to the telephone number.
[0043]
FIG. 7 shows the configuration of the location DB. The first item of the location DB is identification information for identifying each imaging system 100. In this embodiment, an identification number assigned to each imaging system is used as identification information of the imaging system 100. The second item of the location DB is an address where the imaging system specified by the identification information of the first item is installed. The third item is the nearest transportation of the imaging system. Here, for example, railroad track names and station names, or bus route names and bus stop names are stored. The fourth item is a name, a common name, or the like of a mark near the imaging system. Here, for example, names of well-known buildings near the imaging system are stored. The fifth item is a map around the location where the imaging system is located.
[0044]
Next, the operation of this embodiment when registering user information (hereinafter referred to as “user registration”) will be described. When performing user registration in the present embodiment, the user inputs user information to the imaging system 100. The imaging system 100 transmits the input user information to the server system 200. The server system 200 stores the transmitted user information in an associated database.
[0045]
FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the imaging system 100 when performing user registration. User registration is enabled when the user inserts the mobile phone 400 into the mobile phone port 104 of the imaging system 100. When the user inserts the mobile phone 400 into the mobile phone port 104, the mobile phone communication unit 112 establishes communication with the mobile phone (S100). When the communication is established, the mobile phone communication unit 112 acquires the phone number of the mobile phone 400 and stores it in the personal authentication data memory 114 (S102). Next, the imaging unit 120 captures an image of the user in front of the imaging system 100 and stores the acquired image data in the image memory 122 (S104).
[0046]
Next, the control unit 116 displays a message on whether or not to perform user registration on the monitor 102, and inquires of the user whether or not to perform user registration (S106). Here, when the user inputs user registration to the operation unit 110, user information input processing is performed (S106: Yes, S108). Specifically, the control unit 116 causes the monitor 102 to display a screen shown in FIG. 9A (hereinafter referred to as “input screen”). At the same time, the control unit 116 causes the monitor 102 to display a message indicating that each item on the profile input screen, such as name, sex, etc., should be input. When these items are input, the control unit 116 stores the input information in the profile memory 126. Next, the control unit 116 causes the monitor 102 to display a message indicating that a voice message should be input. The voice message is acquired by the microphone 108 and stored in the voice data memory 124.
[0047]
Next, the control unit 116 receives specification of public contents from the user (S110). Specifically, for each item on the input screen that the user accepts to be disclosed to a third party, the control unit 116 displays on the monitor 102 that the check box for that item should be checked. FIG. 9B shows a screen example after the user has checked the check box. In the example shown in FIG. 9B, the user checks the check boxes for the date of birth, hobby, favorite food, music, and voice message. That is, the user allows the information such as the date of birth to be disclosed to a third party. When the specification of the public content is completed, the control unit 116 stores the checked item name in the public content memory 128 as the public content designation information.
[0048]
Next, the control unit 116 transmits user information to the server system 200 via the server communication unit 134 (S112). That is, the control unit 116 transmits information stored in the personal authentication data memory 114, the image memory 122, the audio data memory 124, the profile memory 126, and the public content memory 128 to the server system 200. At this time, each piece of information is transmitted in association with the telephone number stored in the personal authentication data memory 114.
Note that when the user inputs that user registration is not performed in S106, the above-described processing of S108 to S112 is not executed (S106: No).
[0049]
Next, the control unit 116 sends the image data stored in the image memory 122 to the printer 106 for printing (S114). FIG. 10A shows an example of a printed matter printed from the printer 106 at this time. In this embodiment, a seal 410 is printed.
[0050]
Next, the control unit 116 transmits the image data to the mobile phone 400 via the mobile phone communication unit 112 (S116). At this time, the image data is transmitted in a form that can be used as wallpaper of the mobile phone 400. FIG. 10B shows an example in which the image transmitted at this time is displayed on the display unit of the mobile phone as wallpaper.
When the transmission of the image data to the mobile phone ends, the imaging system 100 ends the user registration process.
[0051]
Next, the operation of the server system 200 will be described. FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the operation of the server system 200 during user registration.
First, the control unit 204 of the server system receives user information from the imaging system 100 via the imaging system communication unit 202 (S200).
Next, the server system control unit 204 checks whether or not the user related to the received user information is a registered user (S202). This confirmation is performed by searching the telephone number stored in the user information DB 206 using the received telephone number as a search key.
[0052]
If no telephone number that matches the search key is found as a result of the search, the server system control unit 204 determines that the received user information is information related to an unregistered user (S202: No). In this case, the server system control unit 204 gives a new ID number to the user information (S204). On the other hand, if a telephone number that matches the search key is found in S202, the server system control unit 204 determines that the received user information is information relating to a registered user that has already been registered (S202: Yes). In this case, the process of S204 is not executed.
[0053]
Next, the server system control unit 204 stores the received data in each storage unit (S206). That is, the server system control unit 204 stores the profile in the profile DB 208, the image data in the image DB 210, and the voice data in the voice DB 212 together with the telephone number and the ID number. Further, the server system control unit 204 stores the file names of the profile, the image data, and the sound data in the user information DB 208 together with the telephone number. Furthermore, the server system control unit 204 stores the public content designation information in the public content file 218 together with the telephone number. When a new ID number is assigned, each information is stored in a new area of each database. If a new ID number has not been assigned, the area associated with the same telephone number is overwritten.
[0054]
Next, the server system control unit 204 designates public information to be disclosed through the communication network 300 among the stored user information (S208). Specifically, first, the desired release item is read from the desired release item file 220. Next, the read desired disclosure item is compared with the received disclosure content designation information, and duplicate items existing in both are extracted. Finally, the profile DB 208 is accessed, and a flag is set in the public flag area 208a of the item that matches the duplicate item in the information associated with the received telephone number. The flag is set only for the duplicate item because it is not appropriate to designate the information that the registered user does not permit to be disclosed as the public information and publish it.
[0055]
Next, the server system control unit 204 designates part of the user information as simple information (S210). Specifically, first, a simple information item is read from the simple information item file 222. Next, the read simple information item is compared with the received public content designation information, and duplicate items existing in both are extracted. Finally, the profile DB 208 is accessed, and a flag is set in the simple information flag area 208b of an item that matches the duplicate item in the information associated with the received telephone number. As described above, the simple information item is constituted by a part of the desired disclosure item. Therefore, the item specified in the simple information is also composed of a part of the items specified in the public information. That is, the simple information is information obtained by extracting a part of the public information.
After designating the simple information, the server system control unit 204 ends the user registration process.
[0056]
Next, the operation of the present embodiment when searching and browsing registered user information will be described. In the present embodiment, user information registered in the server system 200 can be searched and browsed from either the mobile phone 400 or the imaging system 100.
[0057]
When searching and browsing using a mobile phone, the user must first call the server system 200 from the mobile phone to establish communication. After establishing communication, the user transmits a search condition for user information to be browsed to the server system 200. As a search condition, any item in the profile DB 208 can be used. For example, “male” can be specified in the item “sex”, and “dance” can be specified in the item “hobby”. Furthermore, the ID number of user information can be specified as a search condition.
[0058]
FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the operation of the server system 200 after the user has transmitted the search condition.
First, the control unit 204 of the server system receives a search condition via the mobile phone communication unit 214 (S302).
[0059]
Next, the server system control unit 204 searches the profile DB 208 and identifies user information that matches the search condition (S304). For example, when “address” = “Tokyo” is specified as the search condition, user information in which “Tokyo” is described in the item “address” is searched. Even when “address” = “Tokyo” is specified as a search condition, not only user information with “Tokyo” in the item “address” but also “Chiba” or “Kanagawa” adjacent to Tokyo The user information of users who live in "" may be included in the search results. Similarly, when “age” = “20” is designated as a search condition, user information related to a registered user whose age is 19 years old or older and 21 years old or younger may be included in the search result. In this case, there is an effect that it is difficult to specify personal information from the search result. Further, the search may be performed only on information for which a flag is set in the public information flag area 208a of the profile DB 208. In this case, it is possible to prevent information that the registered user does not permit to be disclosed to a third party by a combination of search conditions.
[0060]
Next, the server system control unit 204 extracts simple information from the specified user information (S306). Specifically, the server system control unit 204 extracts the ID number of the specified user information. Next, the server system control unit 204 refers to the simple information flag area 208b of the specified user information, and extracts only the information of the items for which the flag is set. Finally, the extraction of the simple information is completed by associating the extracted information with the previously extracted ID number.
[0061]
Next, the server system control unit 204 transmits the simple information with the extracted ID number to the mobile phone (S308). In this case, only one piece of simple information may be transmitted, or two or more pieces of simple information obtained by the search may be transmitted. Here, not all of the user information but only simple information that is a part thereof is transmitted, so that an excessive communication load is not given to the mobile phone. In addition, transmitting only simple information reduces the consumption of memory resources of the mobile phone. In addition, when image information is included in simple information, it is preferable to transmit an image as a thumbnail image.
[0062]
Next, the server system control unit 204 specifies the position of the mobile phone in communication (S310). This is performed by, for example, acquiring information from a telephone company that operates the communication system of the mobile phone.
Next, the server system control unit 204 identifies an imaging system nearest to the mobile phone (S312). This is performed, for example, by specifying the address closest to the location of the mobile phone specified in S310 among the addresses stored in the location DB 216.
[0063]
Finally, the server system control unit 204 transmits information related to the location of the nearest imaging system to the mobile phone (S314). This is done by extracting the address and other items of the imaging system identified in S300 from the location DB 216 and transmitting it to the mobile phone. Note that at least one item to be transmitted is sufficient.
When the information regarding the location of the imaging system is transmitted, the server system 200 ends the process.
[0064]
The user who has received the simple information can view the contents on the display unit of the mobile phone or listen to a voice message from the speaker of the mobile phone. Since the simple information is received by the portable communication system, the user can view it at a favorite time and place. If some of the received simple information is of interest and you want to know more detailed user information, the user information can be acquired, viewed or printed by the imaging system. In order to quickly go to the imaging system, “information on the location of the nearest imaging system” transmitted from the server system to the mobile phone can be used.
[0065]
Next, the operation of the present embodiment when the user goes to the imaging system 100 after receiving simple information and acquires more detailed user information will be described.
First, the operation of the imaging system will be described. FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the imaging system 100 when a user searches and browses user information.
[0066]
In order to search for user information in the imaging system 100, the user must first insert his / her mobile phone into the mobile phone port.
When the mobile phone is plugged in, the imaging system 100 acquires the phone number of the mobile phone (S402). Specifically, the mobile phone number of the imaging system is stored in the personal authentication data memory 114 via the mobile phone communication unit.
[0067]
Next, the control unit 116 of the imaging system 100 receives an input of search conditions via the operation unit 110 (S404). Also in the imaging system 100, the user can use all items of the profile DB 208 as search conditions. Here, as an example, an ID number included in the simple information is input as a search condition. The input search condition is stored in the search condition memory 130.
[0068]
Next, the control unit 116 transmits to the server system 200 an instruction to search for user conditions (S406). The search condition stored in the search condition memory 130 is added to this instruction as a parameter.
When the search result is returned from the server system, the control unit 116 stores the search result in the public information memory 132 and displays the content stored in the public information memory on the monitor 102 (S408).
[0069]
Next, the control unit 116 displays a message asking whether to print the displayed information on the monitor 102 (S410). On the other hand, when the user selects printing, the control unit 116 causes the printer 106 to print the search result stored in the public information memory 132 (S410: Yes, S412). On the other hand, if the user selects not to print, the process of S410 is not executed (S410: No).
[0070]
Next, the control unit 116 displays a message on the monitor 102 asking whether or not the user wants to transmit his / her information to the user related to the simplified information (hereinafter referred to as “the other party”) (S414). On the other hand, when the user selects not to transmit, the control unit 116 transmits an instruction to the server system to “notify only the other party that the public information has been printed” (S414: No, S416). ). After transmitting the instruction, the imaging system 100 ends the process.
[0071]
When the user selects to transmit his / her information to the other party in S414, the control unit 116 inquires of the server system 200 whether or not the using user is a registered user together with the telephone number acquired in S402 (S414). : Yes, S418).
[0072]
As a result of the inquiry, if the user is not a registered user, user information is registered (S418: No, S420). Specifically, the same processing as S104 to S116 in FIG. 8 is performed. As a result of the inquiry in S418, if the user is a registered user, the process in S420 is not executed.
Next, the control unit 116 instructs the server system 200 to transmit the public information of the user to the other party (S422). After the instruction, the imaging system 100 ends the process.
[0073]
FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the operation of the server system 200 when the user searches and browses user information. Hereinafter, the operation of the server system 200 in searching for user information and the like will be described with reference to FIG.
[0074]
First, the control unit 204 of the server system 200 receives the search condition transmitted from the imaging system 100 in S406 of FIG. 13, and searches for user information based on the search condition (S502). In this embodiment, the ID number of the user information is transmitted as the search condition in S406. The server system control unit 204 searches the user information DB 206 using this ID number as a search key, and specifies the other party's telephone number. Further, the server system control unit 204 searches the profile DB 208 or the like using the specified telephone number as a search key, and specifies information associated with the telephone number.
Next, the server system control unit 204 extracts public information from the specified information and transmits it to the imaging system (S504).
[0075]
Next, the server system determines whether or not to transmit the user information to the other party (S506). Specifically, when receiving an instruction from the imaging system 100 to “notify only the other party that the public information has been printed” (see S416 in FIG. 13), it is determined not to transmit the user information to the other party. (S506: No). In this case, the server system control unit 204 simply transmits a notification that “public information has been browsed and printed” to the other party's mobile phone, and ends the process (S508). Thereby, the other party can immediately know that his / her user information has been viewed and printed by others. Also, the other party can know the frequency with which his / her user information is browsed from the number of notifications.
[0076]
On the other hand, in S506, when receiving an instruction from the imaging system 100 to “send the public information of the user to the other party” (see S422 in FIG. 13), the server system control unit 204 next selects the user's user. A telephone number is acquired (S506: No, S510). The telephone number acquired here is the telephone number transmitted from the imaging system 100 in S418 of FIG.
[0077]
The server system control unit 204 that has acquired the telephone number checks whether or not the user information of the user is registered (S512). Specifically, the user DB 206 is searched using the acquired telephone number as a search key.
[0078]
As a result of the search, if a telephone number matching the search key is not found, it is determined that the user is not a registered user (S512: No). In this case, the server system control unit 204 executes a process for user registration (S514). That is, the server system control unit 204 replies to the imaging system 100 that the user is not a registered user. After the reply, the server system control unit 204 performs the same process as described in FIG. 12 and performs user registration.
[0079]
If a telephone number that matches the search key is found as a result of the search in S512, the user is determined to be a registered user (S512: Yes). In this case, the process of S514 is not executed.
Next, the server system control unit 204 extracts public information from the user information of the user. The extracted public information is transmitted to the other party's mobile phone (S516). After the transmission, the server system 200 ends the process.
[0080]
By the above process, the other party can know two things: the fact that his / her public information has been browsed and the public information of the user who has browsed. If there is a plurality of received public information, the other party can search and browse only the necessary public information using the search function of the mobile phone.
[0081]
(Second Embodiment)
Next, a second embodiment according to the present invention will be described.
In the present embodiment, a function for handling advertisements is further added to the communication system of the first embodiment. The server system 200 of this embodiment takes statistics by age, gender, etc. for registered users, and transmits the results (hereinafter referred to as “user statistical information”) to the advertiser. In addition, the server system 200 receives advertisement information including an advertisement content and conditions of an advertisement target person to whom the advertisement should be sent from the advertiser. The server system 200 distributes the received advertisement to the mobile phone of the registered user corresponding to the advertisement target person. Further, when distributing the advertisement, the server system 200 takes the statistics of the transmission destination and transmits the result (hereinafter referred to as “distributed user statistical information”) to the advertiser.
[0082]
FIG. 15 shows an example of the configuration of advertisement information transmitted from the advertiser. The advertisement information includes advertiser identification information, advertisement contents, and advertisement targets. The advertiser identification information is information that identifies the advertiser, such as the name, name, e-mail address, and address of the advertiser. In this embodiment, the advertiser's telephone number is adopted as the advertiser identification number. The advertisement content is specific content of the advertisement to be distributed. The advertisement content is composed of text data, image data, audio data, or the like. The distribution target is a condition of a target for distributing the advertisement. For example, in the advertising information 1, the advertising target is a man who is 20 to 40 years old, lives in Tokyo or Kanagawa Prefecture, and has a hobby of driving.
[0083]
FIG. 16 is a schematic functional block diagram of the server system 200 used in the present embodiment. The server system 200 of the present embodiment is different from the server system of the first embodiment in that it includes a user statistical information file 224, a distribution user statistical information file 226, and an advertisement DB 228.
[0084]
FIG. 17 shows a configuration example of user statistical information stored in the user statistical information file 224. The user statistical information file 224 stores the male and female statistical results for each item of user information. In the example shown in the figure, the user statistical information is statistics on “age”, “address” and “hobby” among items stored in the profile database 208, and each is stored as a separate file. In the file “age”, the number of registered users is recorded by age and gender. In the file “address”, the number of registered users is recorded for each prefecture and gender. In addition, the file “Hobby” records the number of users according to hobby contents and gender, such as karaoke and driving.
[0085]
FIG. 18 shows the configuration of an advertisement database stored in the advertisement DB 228. The advertisement database stores the advertiser identification information, the advertisement content, and the distribution target transmitted as the advertisement information from the advertiser in association with the reference number assigned to each advertisement information.
[0086]
FIG. 19 shows a configuration example of the distribution user statistical information stored in the distribution user statistical information file 226. FIG. 19 shows two distribution user statistical information corresponding to the two pieces of advertisement information shown in FIG. The distribution user statistical information has a reference number of the distributed advertisement. The distribution user statistical information includes statistical information regarding the registered user who distributed the advertisement. In the illustrated example, the distribution user statistical information 1 is information related to the advertisement with the reference number 1525, and it is indicated that there are 20 persons living in Tokyo among registered users to whom this advertisement is distributed.
[0087]
Next, collection of user statistical information, advertisement distribution, collection of distribution user statistical information, and the like in this embodiment will be described.
[0088]
FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing the operation of the server system in this embodiment.
[0089]
In the present embodiment, first, the control unit 204 of the server system creates user statistical information (S802).
[0090]
After creating the user statistical information, the server system control unit 204 transmits the contents of the user statistical information to a predetermined advertiser (S804). The user statistical information to be transmitted is the contents of all files stored as user statistical information. However, only the contents of a specific file may be transmitted for each transmission partner in consideration of the characteristics of the transmission partner. For example, if the advertiser to be transmitted is a real estate related company, only the file “address” and “age” may be transmitted. In the present embodiment, the user statistical information registered in this way is transmitted to the advertiser, thereby providing the advertiser with materials for estimating the effect when the advertisement is requested.
[0091]
Next, the server system control unit 204 receives advertisement information from the advertiser (S806). The server system control unit 204 assigns a reference number to the received advertisement information, and stores the reference number and the advertisement information in the advertisement database (S808).
Next, the server system control unit 204 creates distribution user statistical information based on the distribution target item of the advertisement information, and stores it in the distribution user statistical information file 226 (S810).
[0092]
Next, the server system control unit 204 distributes the advertisement (S812). Specifically, the server system control unit 204 extracts user information that matches the distribution target of advertisement information, and transmits an advertisement only to the extracted user information. Further, the server system control unit 204 adds 1 to the corresponding portion of the distribution user statistical information after the advertisement is transmitted.
[0093]
When the advertisement distribution is completed, the server system control unit 204 transmits each distribution user statistical information stored in the distribution user statistical information file 226 to the corresponding advertiser (S816). When the transmission of the distribution user statistical information ends, the server system 200 ends the process.
[0094]
As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated using embodiment, the technical scope of this invention is not limited to the range as described in the said embodiment. Various modifications or improvements can be added to the above embodiment. It is apparent from the description of the scope of claims that embodiments with such changes or improvements can be included in the technical scope of the present invention.
[0095]
For example, in S414 to S422 in FIG. 13, when the user transmits his / her information to the other party after browsing the public information of the other person in the photographing system 100, the user may select the information to be transmitted. . In this case, the imaging system 100 causes the user to select an item to be transmitted to the other party from the user information before executing S422 in FIG. Next, in S422, the imaging system 100 instructs the server system 200 to transmit only the item selected by the user to the other party.
[0096]
As an example, the user can select his / her mobile phone number as information to be transmitted to the other party. As a result, the user can immediately inform the other party of his / her telephone number. If the telephone number of the user is not specified in the public information, there is a benefit that the telephone number can be known only to the other party selected by the user. On the other hand, the other party has the benefit of being able to contact the user immediately using the notified telephone number.
[0097]
In S414 to S422 in FIG. 13, when the user transmits his / her information to the other party after browsing the public information of the other person in the photographing system 100, he / she newly inputs his / her message to the imaging system 100. You may send this. In this case, the imaging system 100 receives a message to be transmitted to the other party from the user before executing S422 in FIG. Next, the imaging system 100 instructs the server system 200 to transmit the message input in S422 to the other party.
[0098]
Further, in the process of S504 of FIG. 14, information indicating whether or not the information of each item is designated as simple information may be included in the public information. In this case, in the imaging system 100, the information displayed on the monitor 102 is limited to the information specified as the simple information, and the entire public information can be output only by the printer 106.
[0099]
In S516 in FIG. 15, the public information of the user is transmitted to the mobile phone of the other party. Instead, the ID number of the user information related to the user may be transmitted. Thereby, the other party can search and browse the public information of the browsed user based on the received ID number.
[0100]
Further, in the configuration of the profile DB 208 of the server system 200, the item “address” is divided into an area for storing a prefecture name, an area for storing a group city name, and an area for storing a town name address. A simple information flag area may be provided. Thereby, it becomes possible to designate an address as public information or simple information in units of prefecture name, group city ward name, and town name address.
[0101]
Further, when the user information is transmitted from the imaging system 100 to the server system 200 in order to register the user information, information for identifying the imaging system 100 is also transmitted, and the server system is associated with the identification information in association with the user information. It may be stored in 200 databases. When the identification information of the imaging system 100 that has been registered in this way is stored in association with the user information, the imaging system in which the user information is registered can be immediately identified. If the identification information of the imaging system 100 is referred to together with the address of the imaging system 100 stored in the location DB 216, the location of the imaging system can be immediately specified. It is convenient to include the location of the imaging system specified in this way in the simple information or public information as the location where the user registration has been made and to disclose it to the user. This is because the location where the user is registered gives meaningful information about the user in that it is considered a place where the user stops.
[0102]
In the second embodiment, the advertisement may be transmitted not to the mobile phone but to the imaging system. More specifically, every time the server system 200 receives the user's telephone number from the imaging system 100, the user user searches the advertisement DB for an advertisement to be distributed and transmits it to the imaging system 100. In the imaging system 100, an advertisement may be displayed together with the user information displayed on the monitor 102. In addition, when the printer 106 prints a sticker, the imaging system 100 may print an advertisement on the margin of the sticker.
[0103]
Moreover, although the imaging system 100 and the mobile phone 400 communicated via the mobile phone insertion ports 104a, 104b, and 104c, instead of this, communication using Bluetooth may be performed.
[0104]
【The invention's effect】
As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, information exchange between users can be mediated and information matching the user's wishes can be provided to each user.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of an entire communication system.
2 is a schematic functional block diagram of the imaging system 100. FIG.
FIG. 3 is an external view of the imaging system 100. FIG.
4 is a schematic functional block diagram of a server system 200. FIG.
FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration of data held in a profile database 208. FIG.
6 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration of data held in a user information database 206. FIG.
FIG. 7 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration of data held in a location DB 206. FIG.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the imaging system 100 when performing user registration.
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed on the monitor.
10 is a diagram showing a seal 410 output from the printer 106 and a wallpaper 404 displayed on the mobile phone 400. FIG.
FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the operation of the server system 200 when performing user registration.
FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing an operation of the server system when a user condition is searched and browsed using the mobile phone 400;
FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing an operation of the imaging system 100 when searching and browsing user information.
FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the operation of the server system 200 when a user searches for and browses user information.
FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of advertisement information transmitted from an advertiser.
FIG. 16 is a schematic functional block diagram of a server system 200 in the second embodiment.
FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of user statistical information.
FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a configuration of an advertisement database.
FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of distribution user statistical information.
FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing the operation of the server system 200 in the second embodiment.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Imaging system 102 ... LCD monitor 104 ... Cell-phone socket
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 106 ... Printer 108 ... Microphone 110 ... Operation part 112 ... Cell-phone communication part 114 ... Personal authentication data memory 116 ... Control part 120 ... Imaging unit 122 ... Image memory 124 ... Sound data memory 126 ... Profile memory 128 ... Public content memory 130 ... Search condition memory
132 ... Public information memory 134 ... Server communication unit 140 ... Imaging unit 200 ... Server system 202 ... Imaging system communication unit 204 ... Server system control unit 206 ... User information database 208 ... Profile database 208a ... Public flag region 208b ... Simple information flag region 210 ... Image database 212 ... Audio database 214 ... Mobile phone communication unit 216 ... Location DB 218 ... Publication content file 220 ... Publication desired item file 222 ... Simple information item file 224 ... User statistical information file 226 ... Distributed user statistical information file 300 ... Communication network 400 ... mobile phone 402 ... mobile phone display 404 ... wallpaper 410 ... image sticker

Claims (10)

A server system that transmits information about a user to a communication system via a communication network,
A user information holding unit for holding information about the user as user information of a registered user;
A simple information designating unit that receives the user information and designates simple information configured by a part of the user information designated by an operator of the server system;
A first communication unit for transmitting the simple information to a mobile phone ;
A second communication unit that transmits the user information to a second communication system different from the mobile phone ;
A location information acquisition unit that acquires location information indicating in which region the mobile phone is located when the first communication unit communicates with the mobile phone;
A second communication system search unit for searching for the second communication system disposed in an area close to the area indicated by the position information based on the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit;
With
The first communication unit is a server system that transmits information about the location of the second communication system searched by the second communication system search unit to the mobile phone . The user information includes a mobile phone number of the user,
When the second communication unit transmits the user information of the registered user to the second communication system, the registered user's mobile phone corresponding to the user information indicates that the user information has been transmitted. The server system according to claim 1, wherein the server system is notified. A server system that transmits information about a user to a communication system via a communication network,
A user information holding unit for holding information about the user as user information of a registered user;
A simple information designating unit that receives the user information and designates simple information configured by a part of the user information designated by an operator of the server system;
A first communication unit for transmitting the simple information to a mobile phone;
A second communication unit that transmits the user information to a second communication system different from the mobile phone;
With
The user information includes a mobile phone number of the user,
When the second communication unit transmits the user information of the registered user to the second communication system, the registered user's mobile phone corresponding to the user information indicates that the user information has been transmitted. Server system to notify. The second communication unit has means for receiving identification information for identifying a user who uses the second communication system from the second communication system,
The first communication unit is configured such that when the second communication unit receives the identification information and the user information of the registered user is provided to the user from the second communication system, the user The server system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising means for transmitting the user information of the registered user to the mobile phone of the registered user. A server system that transmits information about a user to a communication system via a communication network,
A user information holding unit for holding information about the user as user information of a registered user;
A simple information designation unit that receives the user information and designates simple information configured by a part of the user information designated by an operator of the server system;
A first communication unit for transmitting the simple information to a mobile phone;
A second communication unit that transmits the user information to a second communication system different from the mobile phone;
With
The second communication unit has means for receiving identification information for identifying a user who uses the second communication system from the second communication system,
The first communication unit is configured such that when the second communication unit receives the identification information and the user information of the registered user is provided to the user from the second communication system, the user A server system comprising means for transmitting the user information of the registered user to the mobile phone of the registered user. The user information holding unit holds a date of birth, an address, or a hobby as the user information,
From the user information held by the user information holding unit, taking statistics about age, address, or hobby, and creating statistical information creating unit for creating user statistical information about the registered user,
Means for receiving from the advertiser the content of the advertisement and the conditions of the advertising target to which the advertisement is to be transmitted;
Means for distributing the advertisement to the mobile phone of the registered user corresponding to the advertisement target;
An advertiser communication unit for transmitting the user statistical information to the advertiser;
The server system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising: A server system that transmits information about a user to a communication system via a communication network,
A user information holding unit for holding information about the user as user information of a registered user;
A simple information designation unit that receives the user information and designates simple information configured by a part of the user information designated by an operator of the server system;
A first communication unit for transmitting the simple information to a mobile phone;
A second communication unit that transmits the user information to a second communication system different from the mobile phone;
With
The user information holding unit holds a date of birth, an address, or a hobby as the user information,
From the user information held by the user information holding unit, taking statistics about age, address, or hobby, and creating statistical information creating unit for creating user statistical information about the registered user,
Means for receiving from the advertiser the content of the advertisement and the conditions of the advertising target to which the advertisement is to be transmitted;
Means for distributing the advertisement to the mobile phone of the registered user corresponding to the advertisement target;
An advertiser communication unit for transmitting the user statistical information to the advertiser;
A server system further comprising: When the first communication unit transmits the advertisement, the first communication unit further includes a distribution statistics creation unit that creates distribution user statistical information related to the user who transmitted the advertisement in association with the advertisement,
The server system according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the advertiser communication unit transmits the distribution user statistical information to the advertiser. The simple information designating unit is a region information indicating a place where the registered user has registered the user information. 9. The server system according to claim 1, wherein information is designated as the simple information. A public information designating unit for designating public information to be disclosed via the communication network among the user information;
The server system according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the second communication unit transmits the public information to the second communication system.

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