JP4966570B2 - Information provision system, terminal, information acquisition and provision server, information provision method and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information providing system that provides information to a terminal via a network, a terminal, an information acquisition and provision server, an information provision method, and a program.

Conventionally, when a terminal acquires information, as shown in an example in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2005-228354 (Patent Document 1), a pull method based on an acquisition method in which a terminal user acquires necessary information from a server. (PULL) type service is mainstream. According to the pull type service, the user of the terminal can acquire necessary information from the server by designating a keyword.
JP 2005-228354 A

However, as a problem of the pull-type service, for example, when information is collected using a keyword specified by the user, there is a problem that it takes time to find necessary information depending on how the keyword is specified.
In this conventional acquisition method, since the server distributes information, the information distributed to the user may include a lot of unupdated information. There is a problem that information may be acquired.

(the purpose)
The present invention solves the above-described problems, and provides an information providing system, a terminal, an information acquisition server, an information providing server, an information providing method, and a program in which a user of a terminal does not acquire old information or inaccurate information regarding information requested by the terminal I will provide a.

The information providing system of the present invention includes a terminal and an information providing server that provides predetermined information to the terminal via the network, and the terminal transmits user information that is predetermined information related to the user of the own terminal via the network. Publishing means for publishing to the information providing server, and the information providing server collects user information published by the terminal and a predetermined information retrieval request from the computer device used by the information provider. A response means for returning extracted information obtained by extracting predetermined information of the terminal relating to the user information including the keyword related to the request, and a mailing list issuance request for the predetermined terminal selected based on the extracted information are received from the computer device. A mailing list issuing means for issuing a mailing list for the selected predetermined terminal Mail sent from the computer apparatus on the basis of the list, and transmitting means for transmitting to the predetermined terminal.

  The present invention has the following effects.

  The first effect is that the user information about the user of the terminal is acquired at a predetermined timing via the network, so that the user can save the time and effort of searching and can acquire information that matches his / her request.

  The second effect is that the user can save the search effort and acquire information that is more suitable for his / her request, so communication by accessing via the network to obtain more detailed information based on the acquired information. The carrier can expect an increase in costs.

  The third effect is that since the information provider can provide information more suitable for the user's request, customer satisfaction is improved, and effective advertising and information provision are possible.

  With reference to FIGS. 1-9, the push-type service provision system by embodiment of this invention is demonstrated.

(Configuration of this embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a push type service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the push type service providing system according to the present invention is carried by a user who receives a service. A terminal 10, a carrier 20 that is an information providing server, and an information provider 30 are connected via a network 40.

  The mobile terminal 10 includes a function of a general mobile phone capable of network communication, position information 14 indicating the location of the mobile terminal 10, and user information registered in the mobile terminal 10 by the user 11 of the mobile terminal 10. 12 and the like to the carrier 20.

  Further, the mobile terminal 10 has a Web server function, and allows the carrier 20 to access the user information 12 and the like via the network 40 using HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) technology.

  Here, the user information 12 is an e-mail address addressed to the mobile terminal 10, information unique to the user 11 itself, request information 13 including information related to a field for which the user 11 requests information, and position information 14 indicating the position of the mobile terminal 10. And information indicating whether or not the user information 12 can be disclosed.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining an example of a user information input screen for inputting user information 12 on the mobile terminal 10, which is an image of a liquid crystal screen at the time of user information input on the mobile terminal 10. The configuration is shown.

  The mobile terminal 10 has a dedicated application 15 for inputting user information 12. When the application 15 is executed, the user information input screen is displayed on the liquid crystal screen of the mobile terminal 10.

  Referring to FIG. 2, as user information 12, whether or not the request information 13 is disclosed, a field (category) in which the user 11 requests information, a keyword indicating the preference of the user 11 in the field, a setting of a disclosure level, and the like are input.

  Among these, as the setting of the disclosure level, whether or not the location information 14 of the mobile terminal 10 can be disclosed, the setting of the disclosure destination (the disclosure target level) of the location information 14 and the request information 13, and the maximum number of emails that the mobile terminal 10 receives per day You can set the number of cases (maximum number of received emails).

  The mobile terminal 10 may register the input user information 12 and notify the carrier 20 of the user information 12 at regular intervals. When the user information 12 changes due to the input of the user information 12, The carrier information may be notified to the carrier 20 that the user information 12 has changed, or the location information 14 has changed due to the movement of the location of the mobile terminal 10 when the GPS has a Global Positioning System (GPS) function. In this case, the carrier information may be notified of the change of the position information 14 and the changed content, or the user information 12 may be notified to the carrier 20 based on a predetermined timing.

  The carrier 20 has a database 21, a function of a server, a function of collecting location information 14, user information 12, and the like from the mobile terminal 10 at a predetermined timing, and the collected location information 14, user information 12, etc. And the function of constructing and managing the database 21 and the function of issuing the mailing list 22 based on the issue request from the information provider 30.

  Here, the carrier 20 may collect the position information 14 and the request information 13 from the mobile terminal 10 at regular intervals, or may collect based on an arbitrary predetermined timing.

  Further, the carrier 20 may be collected by notifying the location information 14 from the mobile terminal 10 or may be collected from the carrier 20 side using a technique such as a broadcast radio control channel.

  The carrier 20 can collect the rough position information 14 of the mobile terminal 10 and can detect a change in the rough position information 14 by using a technique such as a broadcast radio control channel.

  The carrier 20 issues a mailing list 22 to notify that a large amount of provision information 31 that is not desired by the user 11 is notified from the information provider 30 or that the provision information 31 is illegally notified from the information provider 30. It is preferable to suppress it by making a charge.

  The mailing list 22 is issued by the carrier 20 in order to efficiently distribute information to a plurality of users 11. In this case, in order to prevent unauthorized use of the mail address of the user 11, the user 11 The e-mail address is preferably hidden from the information provider 30 and issued.

  The mailing list 22 is effective only once for the user 11 to whom the information provider 30 notifies the provided information 31 in order to prevent the mail address of the user 11 from being used illegally. It is preferable that it becomes invalid after use.

  Further, the carrier 20 has a function of a Web server and publishes the location information 14 and the request information 13 stored in the database 21 on the WEB so that the information provider 30 can use them as search targets. .

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration related to the information collection method of the carrier 20.

  Referring to FIG. 3, the carrier 20 detects a change in the position information 14 of the mobile terminal 10 using the broadcast radio control channel technique, and the user information 12 in the mobile terminal 10 using the HTTP technique. And a function of detecting a change in.

  Further, the carrier 20 may detect a change in the user information 12 by being notified from the mobile terminal 10.

  Further, the carrier 20 has a function of updating the database 21 when a change in the user information 12 including the position information 14 or the request information 13 is detected.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a record configuration related to the database 21.

  Referring to FIG. 4, the database 21 includes an ID (IDentifier) number for identifying a user, whether the location information 14 and the request information 1313 can be disclosed, the disclosure target level of the location information 14 and the request information 13, an e-mail address addressed to the mobile terminal 10, It consists of information indicating a field (category) for which the user 11 requests information, a keyword indicating the preference of the user 11 in the field, and the like.

  Here, the hardware configuration of the carrier 20 will be described.

  FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the carrier 20 of the push type service providing system according to the present invention.

  Referring to FIG. 5, the carrier 20 according to the present invention can be realized by a hardware configuration similar to that of a general computer processing apparatus, and main memory such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 501 and a RAM (Random Access Memory). A main storage unit 502 used for a data work area and a temporary data save area, a communication control unit 503 for transmitting and receiving data via the network 40, a display unit 504 such as a liquid crystal display, a printer and a speaker, a keyboard, The hard disk device includes an input unit 505 such as a mouse, an interface unit 506 that transmits and receives data by connecting to a peripheral device, a ROM (Read Only Memory), a magnetic disk, and a nonvolatile memory such as a semiconductor memory. Auxiliary storage unit 507 (database 21), and a system bus 508 for connecting the above components of the information processing apparatus to each other.

  The carrier 20 according to the present invention operates in a hardware manner by mounting a circuit component made of a hardware component such as an LSI (Large Scale Integration) in which a program for realizing such a function is incorporated in the carrier 20. As a matter of course, it can be realized by software by executing a program for providing each function of each component described above by the CPU 501 on the computer processing apparatus.

  That is, the CPU 501 loads the program stored in the auxiliary storage unit 507 to the main storage unit 502 and executes it, and controls the operation of the carrier 20 to realize each function described above in software.

  In addition, since the portable terminal 10 mentioned above and the information provider 30 mentioned later have the hardware constitutions similar to the carrier 20, description is abbreviate | omitted.

  The information provider 30 includes a function of a general information processing terminal (such as a PC terminal) capable of network communication, a function of storing the provided information 31 provided by the user, and a user who is a target of notification of the provided information 31. 11 based on the position information 11 and the request information 13 stored in the database 21.

  Further, when the information provider 30 detects the target user 11, the information provider 30 requests the carrier 20 to issue the mailing list 22, and notifies the target user 11 of the provision information 31 using the mailing list 22. It has a function.

  That is, the information provider 30 may be, for example, a general retail store or a public institution, but information that the user 11 needs based on the position information 11 and the request information 13 stored in the database 21. Can be provided to the user.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a search method for the user 11 to be notified of the provision information 31 by the information provider 30.

  The information provider 30 can make a contract with the carrier 20 in advance and access the database 21 of the carrier 20.

  The information provider 30 uses the browser software to search the database 21 for the user 11 to be notified of the provided information 31 using an arbitrary keyword.

  When the information provider 30 detects the user 11 to be notified of the provision information 31, the information provider 30 requests the carrier 20 to issue the mailing list 22.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining a mailing list issuance method. Referring to FIG. 7, when the information provider 30 requests the carrier 20 to issue the mailing list 22, the carrier 20 dynamically issues the mailing list 22.

  The information provider 30 transmits the provision information 31 to the target user 11 using the issued mailing list 22.

(Operation of this embodiment)
Next, an operation example of the push type service providing system according to the present invention will be described with reference to a sequence chart shown in FIG. 8 and a flowchart shown in FIG.

  Hereinafter, an operation example in the case where the information provider 30 is a tourism association and the user 11 of the mobile terminal 10 wants to obtain tourist information of a tourist destination during a sightseeing trip will be described.

  (1) First, the mobile terminal 10 registers tourism information as a field (category) in which the user 11 requests information from the request information 13 (step S101). In addition, the mobile terminal 10 can obtain tourist information in the vicinity of the position of the mobile terminal 10 as the provision information 31 by disclosing the position information 14.

  Next, the carrier 20 periodically detects the position information 14 and the request information 13 of the mobile terminal 10 (step S102).

  That is, the carrier 20 periodically detects the location information 14 based on the ID number stored in the database 21 using the broadcast radio control channel technique (2) (3), and the mobile terminal 10 is a Web server. The user information 12 including the position information 14 to be disclosed using the above function is periodically detected using HTTP technology (4) (5).

  (6) The carrier 20 updates the database 21 when the position information 14 and the request information 13 detected in step S102 are different from the position information 14 and the request information 13 stored in the database 21 (step S103). ).

  Next, the tourism association as the information provider 30 narrows down the users 11 to be notified of the provision information 31 based on the user information in the database 21 (step S104).

  In other words, the tourist association as the information provider 30 uses the tourist area as its service providing area as a keyword as the position information 14 to be searched for, and uses the tourist information as the keyword as user information 12 to search for the carrier 20 in the database 21. A search is requested (7) and a search result notification is received (8).

  Next, the tourism association as the information provider 30 acquires the mailing list 22 (step S105).

  That is, when the tourism association narrows down the users 11 who satisfy the conditions that can provide the provision information 31 in step S104, the tourism association requests the carrier 20 to issue the mailing list 22 (9). Is created based on the mail address in the user information 12 corresponding to the user 11 narrowed down (10), and the created mailing list 22 is issued to the tourism association (11).

  Next, the tourism association which is the information provider 30 provides appropriate tourist information as the provision information 31 to the target user 11 by mail based on the mailing list 22 (step S106).

  That is, the tourism association distributes the provided information 31 by email to the carrier 20 based on the mailing list 22 (12), and the carrier 20 relays the email from the tourism association to the target user 11. The provision information 31 is distributed by the mail (13), and the portable terminal 10 receives provision information 31 that matches the user information 12 including its own position information 14.

(Effect of this embodiment)
As described above, the present invention has the following effects.

  The first effect is that when the user 11 is notified of the provision information 31, the carrier 11 accesses the Web to obtain more detailed information, and therefore the carrier 20 can expect an increase in communication cost.

  The second effect is that the carrier 20 always manages the latest location information 14 and the request information 13 of the user 11, so that the user 11 can recognize the region information that matches the latest location information 14 of the user 11 and the latest information of the user 11. The information that matches the request information 13 is provided as the provision information 31 from the information provider 30 and is freed from the trouble of searching for necessary information by inputting a keyword by itself.

  The third effect is that since the carrier 20 always manages the latest location information 14 and request information 13 of the user 11, the information provider 30 designates the user 11 to be notified of the provision information 31 as the database 21. Therefore, it is possible to efficiently and effectively promote and provide information.

  Although the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments, the present invention is not necessarily limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the technical idea. .

  For example, in the present embodiment, the mobile terminal 10 registers the location information 14 and the request information 13 in the mobile terminal 10 and publishes the information using the function of the Web server, so that the carrier 20 uses HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol). ), The user information 12 and the like can be accessed via the network 40. However, when the user information 12 is input to the mobile terminal 10, the input user information 12 is transmitted to the carrier 20 each time. Or the user information 12 input to the mobile terminal 10 is different from the user information 12 registered in the mobile terminal 10, the input user information 12 is transferred to the carrier 20. You may be notified.

  In this case, since the network communication load between the mobile terminal 10 and the carrier 20 is reduced, especially when there are a large number of mobile terminals 10 that communicate with one carrier 20, the reduction of the network communication load becomes significant.

  In this case, since the mobile terminal 10 communicates with the carrier 20 when the user information 12 is input to the mobile terminal 10, the update of the user information 12 is performed rather than the carrier 20 accessing the mobile terminal 10 at a predetermined timing. Is performed in real time, the mobile terminal 10 can receive the provision information 31 that is more suitable for the request of the user 11.

It is a figure explaining the structural example of the push type | mold service provision system by embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining an example of the user information input screen which inputs the user information 12 in the portable terminal 10 of the push type | mold service provision system by embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the structure regarding the information collection method of the carrier 20 of the push type | mold service provision system by embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the record structure regarding the database 21 of the push type | mold service provision system by embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of the carrier 20 of the push type | mold service provision system by embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the search method of the user 11 used as the notification object of the provision information 31 by the information provider 30 by embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the mailing list issuing method of the push type | mold service provision system by embodiment of this invention. It is a sequence chart which shows the operation example of the push type | mold service provision system by embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation example of the push type | mold service provision system by embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

10: Mobile terminal 11: User 12: User information 13: Request information 14: Location information 15: Application 20: Carrier 21: Database 22: Mailing list 30: Information provider 31: Provided information 40: Network 501: CPU
502: Main storage unit 503: Communication control unit 504: Presentation unit 505: Input unit 506: Interface unit 507: Auxiliary storage unit 508: System bus

Claims (20)

A terminal, and an information providing server that provides predetermined information to the terminal via a network,
The terminal is
Comprising public means for publicizing user information, which is predetermined information relating to the user of the terminal, to the information providing server via a network;
The information providing server is
User information collection means for collecting the user information published by the terminal;
In response to a predetermined information retrieval request from a computer device used by the information provider, a response means for returning extracted information obtained by extracting predetermined information of the terminal related to the user information including a keyword related to the request;
A mailing list issuing means for issuing a mailing list for the selected predetermined terminal when a request for issuing a mailing list for the predetermined terminal selected based on the extracted information is received from the computer device;
An information providing system comprising: a transmission unit configured to transmit a mail transmitted from the computer device based on the mailing list to a predetermined terminal. The information providing server is
A database for storing the user information;
The user information collecting means is
The information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the user information is periodically collected, and the user information in the database is updated when the user information is updated. The user information is
The information providing system according to claim 1, further comprising position information indicating a position of the terminal. The user information is
The information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising request information indicating information requested by the user. The user information collecting means is
4. The information providing system according to claim 3, wherein the position information is acquired at a predetermined timing using a broadcast radio control channel. An information providing server for providing predetermined information to a terminal via a network, user information collecting means for collecting user information that is disclosed by the terminal and that is predetermined information regarding a user of the terminal;
In response to a predetermined information retrieval request from a computer device used by the information provider, a response means for returning extracted information obtained by extracting predetermined information of the terminal related to the user information including a keyword related to the request;
A mailing list issuing means for issuing a mailing list for the selected predetermined terminal when a request for issuing a mailing list for the predetermined terminal selected based on the extracted information is received from the computer device;
An information providing server comprising: a transmission unit configured to transmit a mail transmitted from the computer device based on the mailing list to a predetermined terminal. A database for storing the user information;
The user information collecting means is
The information providing server according to claim 6 , wherein the user information is periodically collected, and the user information in the database is updated when the user information is updated. The user information is
Information providing server according to claim 6 or claim 7, characterized in that it comprises a position information indicating a position of the terminal. The user information is
The information providing server according to claims 6 to any one of claims 8, characterized in that it comprises a request information indicating information in which the user requests. The user information collecting means is
9. The information providing system according to claim 8 , wherein the position information is acquired at a predetermined timing using a broadcast radio control channel. An information providing method by an information providing server for providing predetermined information to a terminal via a network,
A user information collecting step for collecting user information that is predetermined information related to a user of the terminal, which is disclosed by the terminal;
In response to a predetermined information search request from a computer device used by the information provider, a response step of returning extracted information obtained by extracting predetermined information of the terminal related to the user information including a keyword related to the request;
A mailing list issuance step for issuing a mailing list for the selected predetermined terminal when a request for issuing a mailing list for the predetermined terminal selected based on the extracted information is received from the computer device;
An information providing method comprising: a transmission step of transmitting an email transmitted from the computer device based on the mailing list to a predetermined terminal. In the user information collecting step,
The information providing server according to claim 11 , wherein the user information is periodically collected, and when the user information is updated, the user information in a database storing the user information is updated. Wherein the user information, the information providing method according to claim 11 or claim 12, characterized in that characterized in that it comprises a position information indicating a position of the terminal to be acquired by the user information acquisition step. In the user information collecting step,
14. The information providing method according to claim 13 , wherein the position information is acquired at a predetermined timing using a broadcast radio control channel. The information providing method according to any one of claims 11 to 14 , wherein the user information acquired in the user information collecting step includes request information indicating information requested by the user. A program that operates on a computer constituting an information providing server that provides predetermined information to a terminal via a network,
In the computer,
A user information collection process for collecting user information, which is predetermined information related to a user of the terminal, published by the terminal;
In response to a predetermined information search request from a computer device used by the information provider, a response process for returning extracted information obtained by extracting predetermined information of the terminal related to the user information including a keyword related to the request;
A mailing list issuance process for issuing a mailing list for the selected predetermined terminal when a mailing list issuance request for the predetermined terminal selected based on the extracted information is received from the computer device; and based on the mailing list A program for causing a mail transmitted from the computer device to be transmitted to a predetermined terminal. In the user information collection process,
The program according to claim 16 , wherein the user information is collected periodically, and when the user information is updated, the user information in a database storing the user information is updated. The program according to claim 16 or 17 , wherein the user information acquired by the user information collection process includes request information indicating information requested by the user. The program according to any one of claims 16 to 18 , wherein the user information acquired by the user information collection process includes position information indicating a position of the terminal. In the user information collection process,
20. The information providing method according to claim 19 , wherein the position information is acquired at a predetermined timing using a broadcast radio control channel.

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