JP2001249982A - Information providing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information providing device for emphatically displaying prescribed information. SOLUTION: This information providing device is provided with an information storage part 102 for storing the information, a selection part 122 for selecting the information to be provided from the information storage part 102, an emphatic display instruction part 126 for specifying the emphatic display of the selected information by a prescribed emphasis kind, a display information generation part 124 for generating display information for displaying the selected information by the specified emphasis kind and an information output part 120 for outputting the display information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to an information providing apparatus for providing information. In particular, the present invention relates to an information providing device for highlighting information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Investment trust products, one of the financial products, are:
Offered by multiple mutual fund companies. Investors can purchase investment trust products at financial institutions such as securities companies and banks. Investors can obtain information on investment trust products and information on financial institutions that deal with them from a homepage on the Internet.

[0003]

However, information on investment trust products that can be obtained from the homepage is very small, and in order to obtain detailed information, a user needs to invest to know the types of investment trust products. I had to get catalogs from trust companies and financial institutions. Also, it took a lot of effort to select the investment trust product that he / she wanted to purchase from many investment trust products.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an information providing device capable of solving the above-mentioned problems.
This object is achieved by a combination of features described in the independent claims. The dependent claims define further advantageous embodiments of the present invention.

[0005]

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information providing apparatus for providing information to a user terminal, comprising: an information storage unit for storing information; A request input unit for inputting request information specifying the user terminal in association with the user terminal, a selection unit for selecting information to be provided from the information storage unit based on the request information, and a selected emphasis type for the selected information. A highlighting instruction unit for designating highlighting; a display information generating unit for generating display information for displaying selected information on the user terminal in an emphasized type; and an information output for outputting display information to the user terminal. And an information providing device comprising:

[0006] The information storage unit may further include an information collection unit that collects information to be stored in the information storage unit via a network and stores the information in the information storage unit. Further, the information storage unit further includes concealment information that specifies not to display the information, and the display information generation unit does not display the information specified by the concealment information among the information selected by the selection unit. Good.

[0007] The above summary of the present invention does not enumerate all of the necessary features of the present invention, and sub-combinations of these features may also constitute the present invention.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described through embodiments of the present invention. However, the following embodiments do not limit the claimed invention and have the features described in the embodiments. Not all combinations are essential to the solution of the invention. In the present embodiment, an investment trust information providing device that provides investment trust information will be described as an example of an information providing device.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of an embodiment of an investment trust information providing system 500 for providing investment trust information. The investment trust information providing system 500 includes an investment trust company information providing device 10, a dealer information providing device 12,
User terminal 14, Internet 16, investment trust information providing device 100, dedicated line 18, and securities information providing device 20
Is provided. The investment trust company information providing device 10 provides investment trust products including stock investment trusts and public and corporate bond trusts, and provides information such as investment trust products handled by investment trust companies that manage funds collected from investors. For example, the investment trust company information providing device 10 may be a server provided on the Internet 16, and may provide information to a requester when requested to provide information. For example, the investment trust company information providing device 10 may provide information based on the http protocol.

[0010] The store information providing device 12 provides information on the investment trust products handled by the store handling the investment trust products. For example, dealers are securities companies, investment trust companies, banks, life and non-life insurance companies, shinkin banks, agricultural cooperatives, and the like. For example, the store information providing device 12 may be a server provided on the Internet 16, and may provide information to a requester when the provision of information is requested. For example, the store information providing apparatus 12 may provide information based on an http protocol.

[0011] The securities information providing device 20 provides securities information which is updated as needed by securities transactions. For example, the securities information providing device 20 distributes the value of securities traded on a stock exchange together with a securities code.

The investment trust information providing apparatus 100 collects investment trust information and provides the collected investment trust information in response to a user request. The investment trust information providing device 100 is connected to the investment trust company information providing device 10 via the Internet 16.
And, the investment trust information is collected from the store information providing device 12. For example, the investment trust information providing apparatus 100
Investment trust information may be collected from the investment trust company information providing device 10 and the dealer information providing device 12 based on the protocol. For example, advice on sales methods and purchases,
Information such as fees for handling investment trust products and risks of investment trust products may be collected from the investment trust company information providing device 10 and the dealer information providing device 12. In addition, the investment trust information providing apparatus 100 transmits, based on the securities information provided from the securities information providing apparatus 20 via the dedicated line 18, information that is constantly updated, such as the current base value of the collected investment trust product, to the investment Store it in association with the trust product. Therefore,
The investment trust information providing apparatus 100 can store investment trust products handled by an investment trust company, a securities company, a bank, a life and non-life insurance company, a credit union, an agricultural cooperative, and the like, in association with a current base price. The investment trust information providing apparatus 100 distributes the collected investment trust information to the user terminal 14 when the investment trust information is requested from the user terminal 14.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of one embodiment of the investment trust information providing apparatus 100. The investment trust information providing apparatus 100 includes an information storage unit 102, an investment trust information collection unit 114, a request input unit 118, an information output unit 120, a selection unit 122, a display information generation unit 124, and an emphasis instruction unit 12.
6, an update detection unit 128, a security information input unit 130, a setting information input unit 132, an administrator display information generation unit 134, and a display unit 136. The information storage unit 102 includes a user information database 104, a product information database 106, a setting information database 108, and a sales company database 11
0 and an update information database 112. The investment trust information collection unit 114 has a comparison unit 116.

The user information database 104 stores information of users who use the investment trust information providing apparatus 100. For example, the user information database 104 stores a user ID for specifying a user and a password associated with the user ID. Product information database 106
Stores information on investment trust products collected from the investment trust company information providing device 10 and the store information providing device 12 via the Internet 16. For example, the merchandise information database 106 stores information on investment trust products, sales companies that handle the investment trust products, and the current trading base price of the investment trust products.

The sales company database 110 stores information on sales companies handling the investment trust information stored in the product information database 106. Setting information database 1
08 stores setting information used when providing information on investment trust products. For example, the setting information database 108
Stores setting information related to highlighting, such as the investment trust product to be highlighted and the type of highlighting. The update information database 112 includes a user information database 104, a product information database 106, a setting information database 108, and a sales company database 1 included in the information storage unit 102.
When the information stored in No. 10 has been updated, update information indicating that the information has been updated is stored. For example, when the trading base price stored in the product information database 106 is updated based on the trading base price of the investment trust product provided from the securities information providing device 20 via the dedicated line 18, the security information input unit 130 causes the update date and time to be stored in the update information database 112.

The investment trust information collecting unit 114 collects investment trust information from the investment trust company information providing device 10 and the dealer information providing device 12 provided on the Internet 16 and stores the collected investment trust information in the product information database 10.
6 and the sales company database 110. For example, the investment trust information collecting unit 114 performs the merchandise information database 106 and the sales company database based on predetermined characters included in an HTML file provided from the investment trust company information providing device 10 and the store information providing device 12. The information to be stored in 110 is extracted. For example, the investment trust information collection unit 114 is a device for providing the investment trust company information
0 and the address of the store information providing device 12, and the investment trust company information providing device 10 specified by the address.
The information to be stored may be extracted based on an HTML format file provided from the store information providing device 12.

[0017] The comparing unit 116 determines whether the newly extracted information is
By comparing the information already stored in the product information database 106 and the sales company database 110, it is determined whether or not the information needs to be updated. If it is determined that the information needs to be updated, the investment trust information collection unit 11
4 is to store the newly extracted information in the product information database 10
6 or the sales company database 110. For example, the comparison unit 116 determines whether or not the extracted investment trust product is a new investment trust product. If the comparison unit 116 determines that the extracted investment trust product is a new investment trust product, the investment trust information collection unit 114 newly adds the product to the product information database 106. Store investment trust products. Further, the investment trust information collecting unit 114 stores the investment trust products stored in the product information database 106 and the dealers in association with each other. Further, the investment trust information collecting unit 114 causes the update information database 112 to store the information stored in the product information database 106 and the sales company database 110. For example, the investment trust information collection unit 114 causes the update information database 112 to store the update date, update time, and update content at which the information was stored. Therefore, the investment trust information collecting unit 114 can collect the investment trust information from the investment trust company information providing device 10 and the store information providing device 12 and store it in the product information database 106 and the sales company database 110. Since the investment trust information collecting unit 114 automatically collects the investment trust information via the Internet 16, the latest investment trust information can always be stored in the product information database 106 and the sales company database 110.

The securities information input unit 130 inputs the securities information provided from the securities information providing device 20 via the dedicated line 18 and extracts information on investment trust products stored in the product information database 106. Security information input section 1
30 stores the extracted information in association with the investment trust information stored in the product information database 106. For example, the securities information input unit 130 extracts the trading base price of the investment trust product, and stores the extracted trading base price in the product information database 106 in association with the investment trust product. In addition, when information is newly stored in the product information database 106, the securities information input unit 130 causes the update information database 112 to store the update information. Therefore,
Based on the information provided from time to time by the security information providing device 20, the security information input unit 130 stores the product information database 10
6 can be updated. In addition, the securities information input unit 130 notifies the update information database 11 that the information stored in the product information database 106 has been updated.
2 can be stored.

The manager display information generation unit 134 generates display information for a manager who manages the investment trust information providing apparatus 100. The administrator display information generation unit 134 outputs the generated administrator display information to the display unit 136. Display 1
36 displays predetermined information based on the manager display information. For example, the display information for the administrator may be display information used for storing the setting information in the setting information database 108. The setting information input unit 132 inputs setting information to be stored in the setting information database 108. For example, the setting information input unit 132 is an input device such as a keyboard, a mouse, and a touch panel. The administrator who manages the investment trust information providing apparatus 100 inputs setting information from the setting information input unit 132. In another embodiment, the manager display information generating unit 134 provides the manager display information to the manager display unit via the network, and sets the setting information input unit 1.
32 may input setting information via a network.

The request input unit 118 is connected to the Internet 16
The request information from the user terminal 14 is input via the. The request input unit 118 outputs the input request information to the selection unit 122. When the user requests to provide information on the investment trust product, the user uses the user terminal 14 to send request information requesting to provide information on the investment trust product to the investment trust information providing apparatus 100. Output.
For example, the user may specify a sales company and request provision of information on investment trust products handled by the specified sales company. For example, a user may specify an investment trust product and request provision of information on a sales company that handles the specified investment trust product. For example, the user may specify the type of investment trust product and request provision of information on the specified type of investment trust product.

The selection unit 122 is based on the request information supplied from the request input unit 118, and
06 or the investment trust information from the sales company database 110 is selected. The selection unit 122 outputs the selected investment trust information to the display information generation unit 124 and the emphasis instruction unit 126. The emphasis instructing unit 126 determines whether to highlight the investment trust information selected by the selection unit 122 based on the investment trust information supplied from the selection unit 122 and the setting information stored in the setting information database 108. Is output to the display information generating unit 124. For example, when the setting information database 108 stores information designating highlighting of the investment trust products handled by the sales company A, the emphasis instructing unit 126 outputs the investment trust information supplied from the selection unit 122. Of the investment trust products handled by the sales company A are designated to the display information generation unit 124 to be displayed in an emphasized manner.

The emphasis instructing section 126 designates emphasis display based on the setting information stored in the setting information database 108, so that the administrator can arbitrarily set conditions for emphasis display. The highlighting also makes it easier for users to find investment trust products. For example, by storing information for specifying a notable investment trust product in the setting information database 108, the manager can highlight the notable investment trust product.
Notable investment trust products are highlighted, making it easier for users to find them. Since the investment trust information providing apparatus 100 can not only search and display investment trust products but also highlight and display specific products, the administrator can add recommended investment trust products and add advice and the like. Information can be provided. By providing such additional information, the user can select an investment trust product while also considering the advice of the manager. Further, by providing such additional information, it is possible to differentiate the service provided by another company.

The update detecting unit 128 outputs information for specifying the updated investment trust product to the emphasis instructing unit 126 based on the update information stored in the update information database 112. Accordingly, the emphasis instructing unit 126 indicates that the updated investment trust product is to be emphasized and displayed.
Can be specified. By highlighting the updated investment trust product, the user can grasp the updated investment trust product. For example, the update detection unit 128
May output to the emphasis instructing unit 126 the information specifying the investment trust product updated in a predetermined period. For example, the predetermined period is a preset period, and information for specifying the investment trust product updated within the predetermined period from the current date may be output to the emphasis instruction unit 126. For example,
The user information database 104 stores the date when the user accessed the investment trust information providing apparatus 100, and the update detection unit 128 emphasized information for specifying the investment trust product updated after the date when the user accessed. The information may be output to the instruction unit 126. Therefore, the emphasis instructing unit 126 can specify, for each user, the display information generating unit 124 to highlight the updated investment trust product.

The display information generation unit 124 generates display information based on the investment trust information supplied from the selection unit 122 and the highlight information supplied from the highlight instructing unit 126 to specify highlighting. For example, the display information generation unit 124 generates display information in HTML format. The display information generation unit 124 outputs the generated display information to the information output unit 120.
Output to The information output unit 120 is a display information generation unit 124
Is delivered to the user terminal 14 via the Internet 16. Therefore, the user can obtain information on the requested investment trust product.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the data structure of the product information database 106. Product information database 106
Has an investment code 140, a product name 141, a classification 142, a risk 143, an investment brand 144, an investment company 145, a trading base price 146, an offer date 149, a trust end date 150, and a concealment flag 151. The trading base price 146 includes the current value 147 and the previous day's value 148. Investment code 140
Holds investment trust product identification information associated with the investment trust product. For example, the investment trust product specifying information may be a code including numbers or characters. For example, the securities information providing apparatus 20 provides the investment trust information providing apparatus 100 with the investment code 140 and the trading base price via the dedicated line 18. The security information input unit 130 has an investment code 140
Is updated in the trading base price held in the current value 147 of the investment trust product associated with.

The product name 141 holds the product name of the investment trust product. The category 142 holds information indicating the category of the investment trust product. For example, investment trusts are classified into two types: equity investment trusts and public bond investment trusts.Equity investment trusts are classified into eight types, such as domestic stocks, international stocks, and balances. , Spot type, etc. The classification 142 holds this classification for each investment trust product. Therefore, the selection unit 122 can select an investment trust product according to the classification of the investment trust product. The risk 143 holds the degree of risk and return from the investment trust. For example, the risk 143 may hold the RR classification determined by the investment trust association for each investment trust product. Therefore, the selection unit 122 can select an investment trust product according to the risk of the investment trust product. The investment brand 144 holds information related to the brand to be invested. For example, the investment brand 144 holds a brand name to be invested or a brand code associated with the brand name. Therefore, the selection unit 122 can select an investment trust product according to a brand to be invested. In another embodiment, the selection unit 122 may select an investment trust product according to the ratio of the brands included in the investment brand 144.

The management company 145 holds information associated with the management company that manages funds collected from users. For example, the management company 145 holds a company name of the management company or a company code associated with the management company.
The current value 147 holds the current value of the trading base price. Upon input of the trading base price from the securities information providing device 20, the securities information input unit 130 causes the trading base price to be held at the current value 147. The previous day's value 148 holds the closing price of the previous day's trading base price. For example, from the previous day's value 148 to the current value 147
Is larger, the emphasis instructing section 126 may be highlighted. The solicitation date 149 holds a date for recruiting purchasers of investment trust products. For example, the highlighting instruction unit 126 may be highlighted according to the number of days until the recruitment date 149. The trust end date 150 holds the end date of the investment trust. For example, the emphasis instructing unit 126 may be highlighted based on the number of days up to the trust end date 150.

The concealment flag 151 holds information for designating whether or not the investment trust product selected when selected by the selection unit 122 is provided to the user. For example, the concealment flag 151 specifies to provide the selected investment trust product to the user with a logical value “0”, and specifies not to provide the selected investment trust product to the user with a logical value “1”. For example, the selection unit 12
2, when the investment trust product specified by the investment code 140 “x0006” is selected, the concealment flag 151 associated with “x0006” has the logical value “1”, and the display information generating unit 124 uses “x0006” Do not provide the specified investment trust products to users. For example, the administrator specifies the concealment flag 151 using the setting information input unit 132. Therefore, according to the data structure of the product information database 106, the selection unit 122 determines that the investment code 140
41, a classification 142, a risk 143, an investment brand 144, an investment company 145, a trading base price 146, a previous day's value 148, and a trust end date 150 can be used as search keys to select investment trust products.

The user has an investment code 140 and a product name 14
1, the classification 142, the risk 143, the investment brand 144, the management company 145, the trading base price 146, the previous day's value 148, or the trust end date 150 can be designated to the investment trust information providing apparatus 100 as a search key. For example, the user can specify the management company 145 and acquire information on investment trust products of the specified management company 145. For example, the user can specify an investment trust brand of the investment trust product and acquire information on the investment trust product including the specified brand.

Further, the administrator can cause the setting information relating to these data structures to be stored in the setting information database 108 so that the setting information can be highlighted. For example, the administrator stores the setting information database 108 to highlight the investment trust product before the offer date, so that the investment trust information providing apparatus 100 can highlight the investment trust product before the offer date. .

The investment trust information collection unit 114 includes an investment code 140, a product name 141, a classification 142, a risk 143, an investment brand 144, an investment company 145, a trading base value 146,
Information related to the investment trust product such as the previous day value 148 or the trust end date 150 is extracted from the information provided from the investment trust company information providing device 10 and the dealer information providing device 12 and is associated with each investment trust product. And store it. Therefore, the product information database 106 is automatically constructed.

FIG. 4A shows the product information database 10.
6 is an example of a data structure of the data No. 6; The product information database 106 holds an investment trust code 168 and a sales company 169. The investment trust code 168 holds a code associated with the investment trust product. The sales company 169 holds information for specifying a sales company that handles investment trust products.

FIG. 4B shows the product information database 10.
6 is an example of a data structure of the data No. 6; The merchandise information database 106 includes a sales company 170 and a handling investment trust code 171.
Hold. The data structure shown in FIG. 4B holds a handling investment trust code 171 of an investment trust product handled by each sales company 170.

The product information database 106 includes, in addition to the information for each investment trust product described with reference to FIG.
(A) or the information specifying the investment trust product shown in FIG. 4 (b) and the information of the sales company handling the investment trust product are held in association with each other. By holding the investment trust code 168 and the sales company 169 in association with each other, when the user specifies a sales company, the investment trust information providing apparatus 10
0 can provide information related to investment trust products being handled by the designated sales company. For example,
The investment trust information providing apparatus 100 can provide the user with the investment trust product selected by the selection unit 122 and the sales company that handles the investment trust product.

FIG. 5 shows an example of the data structure of the sales company database 110. Sales company database 110
Are a sales company 160, a product 161, a fee 162, an advice flag 163, a purchase method 164, and an address 15
2 The purchase method 164 includes an Internet flag 165, a window flag 166, and a mail order flag 167. The sales company 160 holds information for specifying a sales company that handles investment trust products. For example, the information for specifying the sales company may be a sales company name and a company code associated with the sales company. For example, the sales company 160
Holds information that identifies a sales company, such as the name of a securities company, investment trust company, or bank.

The product 161 holds information on investment trust products handled by the sales company. Therefore, the investment trust company information providing device 10 can provide the user with investment trust products handled by each sales company. Commission 16
2 holds a commission for handling investment trust products for each sales company. Fees for handling investment trust products can be set freely for each sales company by complete liberalization. The investment trust information providing apparatus 100 can provide the investment trust information to the user based on the fee by holding the commission for each sales company. For example,
The investment trust information providing device 100 can provide the investment trust information to the user by changing the emphasis type according to the fee. For example, by causing the setting information database 108 to store information designating highlighting when the fee is lower than a predetermined fee, the display information generating unit 124
A sales company lower than the commission set in the setting information database 108 can be highlighted.

The advice flag 163 holds information designating whether or not the sales company is giving advice on investment trust products. For example, when the sales company provides advice on investment trust products, the advice flag 163 holds a logical value “1”. For example,
When the sales company has not provided advice on investment trust products, the advice flag 163 holds a logical value “0”. Since the sales company database 110 has the advice flag 163, the user can cause the investment trust information providing apparatus 100 to provide the sales company that is providing the advice.

The Internet flag 165, the window flag 166, and the mail order flag 167 hold information designating a method of purchasing investment trust products at a sales company. Internet flag 165 holds information designating whether or not an investment trust product can be purchased via Internet 16. The window flag 166 holds information designating whether or not the investment trust product can be purchased at the window. The mail order flag 167 holds whether or not investment trust information can be purchased by mail order. For example, logical value "1"
Designates that purchase is possible, and logical value "0" designates that purchase is not possible. The user can find a sales company that purchases investment trust products based on the purchase method.
The address 152 holds the address of the store information providing device 12 provided on the Internet 16. For example,
The address 152 may be an address of a homepage of the sales company. For example, based on the address stored in the address 152, the investment trust information collecting unit 114 extracts predetermined information included in the homepage of the sales company, and obtains the product information described with reference to FIGS. 3, 4, and 5. Information may be stored in the database 106 and the sales company database 110.

FIG. 6 shows an example of the data structure of the setting information database 108. Setting information database 108
Is the highlighting trust code 180, the highlighting type 18
1, the highlight color 182, the blinking 183, and the additional mark 184 are held. The highlighted investment trust code 180 holds an investment trust code that specifies the investment trust product to be highlighted. The highlighting type 181 holds information for specifying the type of highlighting. For example, the highlight type 181 holds information that specifies the type of highlight such as underlining or hatching. The display information generation unit 124 highlights the investment trust information using the type of highlighting stored in the highlighting type 181.
The highlight color 182 holds information for specifying the highlight color. For example, the highlight color 182 holds information specifying a highlight color such as red, green, and yellow. For example, the display information generation unit 124
Causes the investment trust information to be highlighted in the highlight color stored in the highlight color 182. The blink 183 holds information for designating whether or not to blink the investment trust information when highlighted. For example, a logical value “1” specifies blinking, and a logical value “0” specifies not blinking. For example, when the logical value “1” is held in the blink 183, the display information generating unit 124 blinks the investment trust information.

The additional mark 184 holds information designating a symbol to be added to the investment trust information. For example, the symbol to be added may be an image such as a geometric shape or a character. In FIG. 6, the additional mark 184 has a shape such as a circle, but the additional mark 184 may hold the file name of the image file. For example, the display information generation unit 124 may add the additional symbol held in the additional mark 184 to the investment trust information and display it. For example, when displaying the information on the investment trust product designated by the highlighted investment trust code 180 “x0009” on the user terminal 14, the display information generating unit 124 includes the investment trust information specified by “x0009” in red. Shading, blinking, and adding a circle as an additional mark are displayed.

In another embodiment, the setting information database 108 may hold setting information for specifying the type of highlighting according to the commission of the sales company, the presence or absence of advice, the method of purchase, and the like. The setting information database 108
May hold setting information specifying the type of highlighting according to the type of investment trust product, risk, investment brand, investment company, trading base price, offer date, trust end date, and the like.
In addition, by retaining your own products as setting information,
You can highlight your products. The setting information database 108 can be arbitrarily set by the administrator of the investment trust information providing apparatus 100. Since the administrator can arbitrarily set the setting information of the setting information database 108, it can be differentiated from services for users of other companies.

FIG. 7 shows an example of the data structure of the update information database 112. Update information database 112
Are the update date 190, update time 191 and update content 192
Having. The update date 190 holds information for specifying a date when information is newly stored in the information storage unit 102. The update time 191 holds a time when information is newly stored in the information storage unit 102. The update content 192 is stored in the information storage unit 102
Holds the content of the newly stored information. For example, when the security information input unit 130 stores the trading base price in the product information database 106, the security information input unit 130 updates the stored date to the update date 1
90, the stored time is stored in the update time 191, and the investment trust code associated with the trading base price is stored in the update content 192. For example, the update detection unit 128
Determines, based on the update information database 112, whether or not to perform highlighting to notify the user of the update.

FIG. 8 shows an example of the data structure of the user information database 104. User information database 10
4 has a user ID 193, a password 194, and a recent access date and time 195. The user ID 193 holds information for identifying a user. For example, user ID 19
3 may be a code including a number or a character associated with each user. The password 194 is information including numbers or characters associated with the user ID 193, and holds information used to determine whether or not the user connected to the investment trust information providing apparatus 100 is the user. The latest access date and time 195 holds information for specifying the latest date and time when the user specified by the user ID 193 connected to the investment trust information providing apparatus 100. For example, the update detection unit 128 highlights information indicating that the update has been performed for each user based on the date and time information held in the latest access date and time 195 and the update information stored in the update information database 112. It is determined whether or not.

FIG. 9 is an example of a screen displayed on the user terminal 14. FIG. 9 is an example of a screen when, for example, a user requests the investment trust information providing apparatus 100 to provide investment trust products managed by “α investment trust”. Selector 12
No. 2 selects an investment trust product managed by “α investment trust” from the product information database 106 and the sales company database 110. The selection unit 122 outputs information on the selected investment trust product to the display information generation unit 124 and the emphasis instruction unit 126. The emphasis instructing unit 126 is a setting information database 1
08, it is determined whether or not highlighting is necessary. For example, since the setting information database 108 described with reference to FIG. 6 holds “x0001” and “x0006” as the highlighting investment trust code 180,
The emphasis instructing section 126 displays “x0001” and “x00” as the types of emphasis displayed in the setting information database 108.
06 ”is highlighted.

FIG. 10A is an example of a screen displayed on the display unit 136. The screen displayed on display unit 136 includes concealment check box 196. The concealment check box 196 is the concealment flag 1 described with reference to FIG.
Works with 51. For example, the concealed checkbox 196
Is specified using the setting information input unit 132, the concealment flag 151 holds the logical value “1”. Therefore, the administrator of the investment trust information providing apparatus 100 can specify investment trust information that the user does not want to provide to the user by specifying the concealment check box 196 associated with the investment trust product.

FIG. 10B is an example of a screen displayed on the user terminal 14. Since the investment trust code “x0006” is specified to be hidden, the display information generation unit 12
No. 4 does not provide the user with information on the investment trust product specified by “x0006”. Therefore, “x0006” is not displayed on the screen displayed on the user terminal 14. Therefore, the investment trust information can be provided to the user in a highlighted manner.

As described above, the present invention has been described using the embodiments. However, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope described in the above embodiments. Various changes or improvements can be added to the above embodiment. It should be noted that such modified or improved embodiments may be included in the technical scope of the present invention.
It is clear from the description of the claims. Examples of such modifications include the following.

As a first modification, the investment trust information providing device 100 may be installed at the window of a financial company.

As a second modification, the investment trust information providing apparatus 100 may be formed by a computer that performs a predetermined process using a program.

FIG. 11 is a hardware block diagram of the computer 300. The computer 300 includes a display device 302, an input device 304, a communication device 320, an external storage device 306, a hard disk 308, a CPU 310, and a memory 312. In the computer 300,
The function of the investment trust information providing apparatus 100 described with reference to FIG. This program is stored in the hard disk 308 and called up and executed by the CPU 310 as needed.
This program is stored in an optical storage medium such as a CD-ROM 314, a semiconductor storage medium such as a memory card 316,
And stored in a magnetic storage medium such as a floppy (registered trademark) disk 318,
It may be called by U310. Also, the program
It may be stored in a compressed state in an optical storage medium such as a hard disk 308 and a CD-ROM 314, a semiconductor storage medium such as a memory card 316, and a magnetic storage medium such as a floppy disk 318. The input device 304 has a device such as a keyboard, a mouse, and a touch panel for inputting predetermined information from a user. In addition, the communication device 320
Investment trust company information providing device 10, dealer information providing device 1
2. Send and receive information to and from the user terminal 14 and the securities information providing device 20 via the network.

[0051]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, information can be emphasized and displayed on a user terminal.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of an investment trust information providing system 500 for providing investment trust information according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the investment trust information providing apparatus 100 according to an embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an example of a data structure of a product information database 106;

FIG. 4 is an example of a data structure of a product information database 106;

FIG. 5 is an example of a data structure of a sales company database 110;

FIG. 6 is an example of a data structure of a setting information database 108;

FIG. 7 is an example of a data structure of an update information database 112;

FIG. 8 is an example of a data structure of a user information database 104;

FIG. 9 is an example of a screen displayed on the user terminal 14;

FIG. 10 is an example of a screen displayed on a display unit 136;

FIG. 11 is a hardware block diagram of a computer 300.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 10: Investment trust company information providing device 12: Dealer information providing device 14: User terminal 16: Internet 18: Dedicated line 20: Securities information providing device 100: Investment Trust information providing device 102 ... Information storage unit 104 ... User information database 106 ... Product information database 108 ... Setting information database 110 ... Sales company database 112 ... Update information database 114 ... · Investment trust information collection unit 116 · · · comparison unit 118 · · · request input unit 120 · · · information output unit 122 · · · selection unit 124 · · · display information generation unit 126 · · · emphasis instruction unit 128 · · · Update detection unit 130 Security information input unit 132 Setting information input unit 134 Display information generation unit for manager 136 Display unit 500 ・ ・ ・ Investment trust information providing system

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An information providing apparatus for providing information to a user terminal, comprising: an information storage unit for storing the information; and request information for specifying the information to be provided, associated with the user terminal. A request input unit, a selection unit that selects the information to be provided from the information storage unit based on the request information, and a highlight instruction unit that specifies that the selected information is to be highlighted in a predetermined highlight type. A display information generating unit that generates display information for displaying the selected information on the user terminal in the emphasis type, and an information output unit that outputs the display information to the user terminal. Information providing device. 2. The information providing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an information collection unit that collects the information to be stored in the information storage unit via a network and stores the information in the information storage unit. apparatus. 3. The information storage unit further includes concealment information for designating that the information is not displayed, and the display information generation unit uses the concealment information among the information selected by the selection unit. The information providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the designated information is not displayed.