JP2002108864A - Bi-directional information providing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform bi-directional access between an information provider and an information retriever retrieving information, to conveniently understand retrieval information by attaching additional information of the information provider to retrieval information which is retrieved by the information retriever and also to perform transmission together with additional information of the information retriever in the case of access from the retriever to the provider so as to conveniently understand communication from the retriever. SOLUTION: A bi-directional information providing system is the system by which the information retriever performs access to a server from a terminal, retrieves information and receives the provision of information in a database provided by the provider. The system is provided with a database for successively storing information of the provider and the retriever. When the retriever retrieves information, optional additional information of the provided information provider is provided together with retrieval information of the retriever. When the retriever performs access the provider, optional additional information of the retriever is provided to the provider in the system.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an interactive information providing system, and more specifically, to a basic database which can be input from a portable terminal such as a mobile phone, and a specific information database related to a database different from the database. Using a data search system capable of searching the information of this database or the specific information database from a portable terminal such as a mobile phone, and adding the information searched by the information searcher in the basic database or the specific information database of the information provider. In addition to the information being specified, the information searcher can send comments to the information provider, and the comment sent to the information provider includes additional information in the information searcher's basic database or the specific information database. The present invention also relates to an interactive information providing system specified.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a data retrieval system that stores various information in a database and retrieves the information in the database as needed has been widely used. In this case, various kinds of information are stored in the database by an administrator or the like in advance when information provided by the information provider is stored in the database, and when new information is added, the information is additionally stored in the database by the administrator or the like. It is intended to be perfect. Therefore, the information provided by the information provider is managed in advance by the administrator and stored in the database, and the information searcher searches the stored information by the information searcher. It was a one-way information providing system for a database that could only retrieve information.

[0003] Information to be searched is also searched within the range of the information requested to be searched. In this case, when the information searcher accesses the provided information, the access means to the information provider in the information, for example, when the mail address is specified or when there is a link, the mail Access the address,
Or, it was necessary to directly access the other party to the e-mail address specified by the link. When the transmission for this access is performed, the contents of the e-mail and the e-mail address of the sender are shown to the other party.

[0004]

Therefore, only information in a database stored in advance by an administrator or the like can be searched, and only information on the information provider side is searched, and so-called one-way information can be obtained. If it is a search and a response relationship regarding information is required between the information provider and the information searcher, the information of the information searcher must be provided to the information provider by some other method. Was.
That is, when it is necessary to exchange opinions regarding information between the information provider and the information searcher, the information searcher needs to transmit the information to the information provider through another route different from the information search route. Was. This is a very simple one-way information search method that ends with the acquisition of only one type of information, as in the past, and is now limited to a certain amount of information between information providers and information searchers with the spread of portable terminals such as mobile phones. It was extremely inadequate for exchanging opinions and communicating about the information retrieved in.

[0005] In many cases, information on the information side that is input is once stored in a database through the hands of an administrator.
Information that is effective only for a short time cannot be dealt with sufficiently. In particular, there is no system that allows the information of the database to be directly input individually from the terminal of the information provider, and when the search side provides the information provider with the response information to the searched information, the information provider directly from the searcher In this case, information transmission is required, so that both the information provider and the information searcher know the so-called address of the other party, and it is necessary to maintain some sort of confidentiality from the viewpoint of preventing tampering and the like. At the same time, the information provided between the two is, for example, only the information requested by one's own search. In order to obtain a deeper understanding of the information, it is necessary to additionally provide additional information by some means.

Accordingly, for example, basic information of an information provider and an information searcher is stored in a database in advance so that the information in the database can be searched, and when the information searcher searches for the information, the information provider And the information searcher can transmit additional information from the information searcher to the information provider, and the information searcher can access the information provider from the information searcher. There is a demand for an interactive information providing system that can provide information in the database together with the information provider.
In particular, there is a need for a system that allows both an information provider and an information searcher to easily access both of them using a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone that is frequently used at present and with a short time without much time. ing.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves the above-mentioned problem, and enables an information provider and an information searcher to easily access both of them. Is a system in which an information searcher accesses a server having a database from a terminal to search for information and receives information provided from the information provided in the database provided by the information searcher, and stores in advance the basic information of the information provider and the information searcher And a specific information database that can sequentially store the specific information of the information provider. The information searcher can search the information in the basic database or the specific information database, and the information searcher can retrieve the information. At the time of the search, any information in the basic database or the specific information database of the information provider who provided the search information together with the search information of the information searcher The information is also provided to the information searcher, and when the information searcher accesses the information provider via the server, the information searcher also adds any additional information in the basic database or the specific information database of the information searcher. The problem can be solved by an interactive information providing system that can be provided to the provider.

[0008] In addition, a system in which an information searcher accesses a server having a database from a terminal to search for information in the database provided by the information provider according to the second aspect of the present invention, and receives information provision. Has a database in which basic information of the information provider and the information searcher is stored in advance and the specific information of the information provider can be sequentially stored, so that the information searcher can search the information in the database and When the searcher searches for such information, the information searcher provides the information searcher together with the search information of the information searcher and any additional information in the database of the information provider that provided the search information. When the information provider accesses the information provider via the server, the interactive information provider can provide the information provider with any additional information in the information searcher's database. It can also be achieved by the system.

Further, as described in the invention according to claim 3, the basic information is basic information including the age and gender of an information provider and an information searcher, and the individual information is specific information including a comment of the information provider. Yes, the additional information of the information provider added to the search information of the information searcher is any additional information of the basic information of the information provider including age and gender, and the information searcher connects the server. Interactive information provision where the additional information of the information searcher provided to the information provider when accessing the information provider via the Internet is any additional information of the basic information including the age and gender of the information searcher With the system, both the information provider and the information searcher can deepen the understanding of the other party and increase the value of the information.

[0010] Further, when the information searcher accesses the information provider via the server, the information including the information searcher's comment can be additionally provided to the information provider. The value of the information of the interactive information providing system can be increased by the information providing system.

[0011] In addition, as in the invention according to claim 5, the search information and the additional information provided by the information provider to which the information searcher is provided include characters, numerals or symbols specifying the information provider, or a combination thereof. An information provider identification display consisting of matching is displayed in place of a mail address, and when the information searcher accesses the information provider via a server based on the searched information, the information provider substitutes for the mail address. The information provider is identified by the specific display and provided to the server side, and the information provider specifies the information searcher along with any additional information of the information searcher provided via the server, or a character, a number, a symbol, or any of these. Is provided in place of the e-mail address, and when the information is provided between the information provider and the information searcher via the server, The interactive information providing system using each information provider specific display and information searcher specific display without displaying-mail address, a mail address each attained is preventing abuse can secretly.

In addition, as in the invention according to claim 6, information of an information provider and an information searcher can be stored in a database by a portable terminal, and information search of an information searcher can be performed.
The two-way information providing system that enables transmission from the information searcher to the information provider can be utilized by a portable terminal including a mobile phone that is frequently used at present, and is very convenient. Alternatively, the same problem can be solved by a two-way information providing system in which the specific information provided by the information provider is deleted when a specified time elapses from the providing time as in the invention according to claim 7.

[0013]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a basic flow of an interactive information providing system according to the present invention. First, the information provider and the information searcher connect to the server from the information terminal, respectively, and obtain their IDs in advance. This is for identifying an information provider and an information searcher, and is an ID for a system for processing data in the system. Therefore, the server ID may be a system ID for each e-mail address of the information provider and the information searcher, and in particular, the ID for this system must always be communicated to the information provider and the information searcher. There is no. This I
If D is not notified, a display for specifying an information provider and an information searcher instead of the ID is required. Therefore, the ID may be used only for the system as necessary, or may be specified in advance to the information provider and the information searcher. As a result, on this system, I
Not only does D not only provide security but also facilitates the selection of each destination and the database described below.

The above-mentioned ID is not limited to this. For example, a handle name or the like may be acquired and system management may be performed based on the acquired handle name. What is necessary is just an information searcher specific display. Therefore, at least the information provider identification display or the information searcher identification display may be composed of letters, numbers, or symbols, or a combination thereof, as long as the information provider or information searcher can be identified on the system. Or a combination of all or some of these. That is, the ID may be used as the information provider identification display or the information searcher identification display, or the information provider identification display or the information searcher identification display associated with the system ID may be used. However, it is necessary that the information provider identification display or the information searcher identification display be composed of inputtable characters, numbers, or symbols, or a combination thereof.

Next, for example, when an ID or the like is acquired, a database space is allocated to each, and basic data of an information provider or the like can be input. It is needless to say that the data may be input to the basic database together with the acquisition of the ID or the like. This is the input of basic data, which must be input in advance not only for the information provider but also for the information searcher. This corresponds to, for example, basic information including, for example, a mail address of each person's data, and having the information in advance makes it possible to have a basic outline of the information provider and the information searcher as data. . Also,
Since the information provider and the information searcher can be the information searcher or the information provider as needed, for example, a basic database is constructed in advance for those who can access the database using the server. Is necessary.

Conventionally, as an information source for information retrieval, information owned by one information provider is centrally managed by an administrator who collects information and stores and manages the information in a database. This is a system in which different third parties search as necessary. However, this system is different from this system in that both the information provider and the information searcher provide basic information in advance, and optionally provide other specific information as well. And provide in advance a large amount of information generated between the two,
The information is extracted as needed. Therefore,
In addition to the basic database, the server has a specific information database in which specific information such as special items and comments is stored in advance. Since this specific information database is also managed by the information provider specific display such as ID and the information searcher specific display, it is linked to the basic database, and each information can be accessed as needed.

When searching for information in a database having such a basic database and a specific information database, as shown in FIG. 1, an information searcher accesses a server using his / her own ID and the like, and Enables data retrieval. In this case, as described above, the ID and the like may be used only for processing in the system. That is, a connection may be made by inputting an e-mail address, or a connection may be made by issuing passwords and using passwords. Alternatively, a login name may be issued. In this case, for example, not only the specific information in the specific information database can be searched as information in the database, but also the basic information in the basic database can be searched as needed.

In order to obtain search information required by the information searcher, for example, a signal for search can be transmitted from the terminal to the server. The server that receives this signal searches for information in the basic database and / or the specific information database, and selects information corresponding to the search information. Thereafter, with respect to the selected information, arbitrary information is extracted from the information stored in the basic database and / or the specific information database of the information provider that provided the information as necessary, and the search information is added as additional information. With the information searcher. At this time, an information provider identification display such as an information provider ID is also transmitted. This is because the basic database and the specific information database are linked, and not only the information requested by the information searcher, but also the outline of the backbone, person image, related information, etc. of the information provider provided to the information searcher And increase the value of the information received. Therefore, it can be established as extremely effective information by the additional information when determining the obtained search information. In this case, since the retrieved information in the basic database and the information in the specific information database are set and managed based on the information provider specific display such as an ID or the information searcher specific display, respectively, the extraction of the information in both of them is not possible. It is possible.

Next, the information searcher who has received the search result examines the search result and can select necessary information. In this case, a normal information retrieval system can extract only the items in the relevant database when the retrieval information is searched, while the system uses the basic information in the basic database and the specific information in the specific information database. Any of the information can be searched, and each data can be associated with each other to extract additional information in addition to the search information.

Next, when the information searcher obtains the search information, it is often necessary to contact the information provider as the information source. In this system, for example, in the case of obtaining search information, an information searcher can transmit a comment or separate information to an information provider. That is, not only can comment and other information be provided for search information, but also information can be provided in advance between both parties to exchange opinions, and the type of provided information can be extended to an extremely wide range. Is possible.
Usually, when you contact the source of the information you get,
In some cases, the address of the information source or the like is specified, but by specifying the address, the address may be touched by a large number of persons, and may be misused or mischief. Therefore, instead of the address, the information provider identification display such as the ID of the information provider is specified. As a result, when the information provider can be specified and a mail or the like is transmitted, the transfer destination mail address or the like can be specified by clearly indicating the information provider specifying display to the server.

Note that the information provider identification display such as an ID is only specified. For example, upon connection to the server, a password or the like is requested, so that another person accesses the server using the information provider identification display such as an ID. Can be prevented. In this manner, the mail address and the like of the transfer destination can be specified by the information provider specifying display, and the comment of the information searcher and other information can be transferred. Alternatively, if a reply mail in which an information provider identification display such as an ID that can identify an information provider other than the address of the information provider is previously input in the search information is prepared in the program, it can be transmitted very easily. In this case, when the server receives the comment or information from the information searcher, the information searcher identification display such as the ID of the information searcher is known. Therefore, the information search such as the ID of the information searcher is performed. Any information in the basic database and / or the specific information database can be selected as needed from the user specific display, and can be extracted as additional information.

For example, a profile, a backbone, or related information of an information searcher can be extracted as necessary and used as additional information. Therefore, on the server, the address is specified from the information provider specifying display, and the information from the information searcher, the additional information in the database, and the information searcher specifying display are transmitted to the address. Therefore, the result of the information provided to the information provider can be determined, and comments such as response information to the information can be obtained. At the same time, additional information relating to the information searcher is found, and for example, a person image, a backbone, or related information of the information provider can be obtained, and a more accurate determination can be made.

As described above, since the outline and related information of the information provider can be known to the information searcher and the outline and related information of the information searcher can be known to the information provider, the degree of understanding between the two becomes extremely high. It also helps prevent abuse. On the other hand, no address is disclosed between them, and instead, an information provider identification display and an information searcher identification display are presented, so that misuse and the like can be prevented. In addition, the information provider who has obtained the comments from the information searcher can further transmit comments and related information to the information searcher. That is, the comment or information of the information provider can be transmitted to the server by explicitly transmitting the information searcher identification display such as the ID of the information searcher to the information searcher who provided the comments. Also in this case, it is possible to send the reply mail very easily if a reply mail in which the information searcher identification display such as the information searcher ID is input in the comments in advance is prepared in the program.

In this case, upon receiving a comment or other information from the information provider, the server specifies an address from an information searcher identification display such as the information searcher ID,
The information from this information provider is transmitted to the address. In this case, if necessary, any information in the basic database and / or the specific information database is selected from the information searcher specific display such as the ID of the information provider as necessary, and further combined as additional information. It is also possible to send. In this way, the comments of the information provider are transmitted to the information searcher, so that not only the information contents can be reliably transmitted, but also the response of the comments to the information provider transmitted earlier by the information searcher. The result can be obtained. As described above, interactive information can be provided, information can be reliably provided, and abuse and mischief can be prevented. In particular, many individuals now have electronic communication equipment terminals.For example, by using mobile terminals such as mobile phones, communication between information providers and information searchers that are common in search information is extremely easy. It is possible to obtain effectively.

Although the basic database and the specific information database are divided in this figure and a system capable of searching and providing information by linking the two is clearly shown, the present invention is not limited to this, and the specific information is stored in the basic database. It may have a space, and the information search in the basic database and the additional information related to the searched information may be identified and selected and extracted by the information provider identification display such as ID and the information searcher identification display. That is, the system itself may store and search information in one database without dividing the database into a basic database and a specific database. Alternatively, a system having a basic database and a plurality of specific information databases in addition to the above may be used,
In this case, a system capable of linking information between the basic database and the specific information database and extracting arbitrary information as necessary may be used.

Next, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an embodiment using the present interactive information providing system. A, an information provider, inputs his / her own e-mail address and password in advance and specifies his / her intention to use this system. In this case, the mail address is processed by being replaced with an ID on the system, and when transmitting, the mail address is replaced with other characters or symbols as necessary and is clearly indicated to the other party, so that the mail address is not disclosed to others. Next, the basic information of the information provider is input and stored in the basic database. In this case, for example, a handle name, residence area, gender, date of birth, blood type, occupation, hobbies, self-PR, etc. of A, and also, for example, a self-portrait or self-analysis content may be input in advance. .

As described above, the profile of the information provider is input in advance as basic data and stored in the basic database. In this case, the portrait is image data, which may be created by the user when inputting it. Alternatively, several types may be created separately for each part constituting the face, and a self-portrait may be created from the various shapes of each part. The image data of the face may be created by selecting and identifying the one closest to the above, and combining the parts. For example, separate individual parts for face outline, hair, eyebrows, eyes, nose, mouth, ears, etc., and prepare various types of selected parts for each individual part in advance, and the information provider is optional The user may select a part having a shape closest to the user and construct and input a portrait.

Next, the information retriever B also inputs his / her mail address and password in advance in the same manner as the information provider A to clearly indicate his / her desire to use the present system. Also in this case, the e-mail address is processed by being replaced with an ID on the system, and when transmitting, the e-mail address is replaced with other characters or symbols as necessary and clearly indicated to the other party, so that the e-mail address is not disclosed to others. Next, basic information of the information searcher, that is, a profile similar to that described above is input and stored in the basic database. By doing so, a basic database of a person using the present system can be created in advance.

Next, the information provider inputs the specific information to the specific information database from, for example, a mobile phone. That is, for example, specific information indicating that it is a friend recruitment, or X as shown in FIG.
Sometimes you are near Shibuya and enter specific information such as wanting to sing karaoke. As an example, if a command for inputting a place, a station name, a time, and a comment is provided so that necessary information can be input and specific information can be input, it can be used very easily. In this case, B who is an information searcher is in Shibuya at the same time, for example, and wishes to sing karaoke.
In order to search for a karaoke applicant who is in the vicinity, the above items are transmitted as search information to a server using a mobile phone or the like, and a search request is made.

As an example, an information provider that provides the same desired content as specific information as the specific information is searched for using the conditions of the place and the conditions of the time as search items. The search request is transmitted to the server side, and information matching the corresponding clause is detected. In this case, for example, information that matches the search information of A, which is an information provider, that is, “I am near Shibuya at X time and want to karaoke”, and similar information of another information provider are searched. In this case, additional information such as gender, age, or occupation, which is information in the basic database of the provider of the specific information, can also be extracted from the ID of the information provider. The information is transmitted to the mobile phone of the information searcher B. B, which is an information searcher, selects a specific information provider with reference to the additional information when selecting search results that match the search information.

For the selected information provider, a comment such as “I want to sing karaoke together”, a waiting time, a place, and the like are input to the information provider, for example, in a reply mail or the like. I do. In this case, the address of the other party is not specified in the search result or the destination of the outgoing mail, and for example, an ID that specifies the information provider in the server
The information provider identification display such as the information and the handle name is displayed. In this figure, the ID is specified. The information such as the comment of the information searcher input in the reply mail is transmitted to the server. The server side extracts additional information such as gender, age, or occupation, which is information in the basic database of the information searcher, from the ID of the information searcher, and adds the additional information along with the comments to the mobile phone of the information provider A. Send to

In this case, the information provider A who has received the additional information together with the comments can obtain a response result of the information provided by himself / herself by the comment and can obtain a profile of the information searcher. . Therefore, the information provider A can judge the response result based on the comment and the additional information. That is, it is possible to judge the offer from the information searcher B, and it is possible to receive or refuse the offer. This is the information provider A further comments his own, for example "OK"
This is because a comment such as "NO" can be input and transmitted to B as the information searcher by, for example, a reply mail.
Also in this case, the address of the information searcher B is not specified, and an information searcher identification display such as an ID or a handle name for specifying the information searcher in the server is displayed. In this figure, the ID is specified. Accordingly, the comments of the information provider A transmitted to the server in this manner can be transferred to the information searcher B by specifying the address based on the ID or the like.

In addition to the search information obtained by the information searcher B and the comments and additional information obtained by the additional information / information provider A, information to the extent that privacy is not impaired may be stored in a database as necessary. May be obtained from For example, if it is possible to obtain information that is too much as additional information such as a portrait, self-promotion, hobby, etc., it is possible to grasp the content of the other party as needed, and to reliably select information to be exchanged. Can be achieved.
In such a system, if the storage period of the specific information provided by the information provider can be determined, for example, the quality of the information that can be searched can be improved. That is, only the fresh information can be provided by sequentially deleting information that is old and no longer needed. For this purpose, for example, an arbitrary storage period may be set in advance and erased when the storage period expires. In addition, if the specific information provided by the information provider is, for example, "recruitment of lovers" or the like, the information searcher who is also recruiting lovers can be searched, and the profile of the partner is clearly indicated in the search result. Therefore, a specific person can be detected very effectively. Also in this case, the information searcher can send a comment to the information provider and also specify the profile of the information searcher. Therefore, it is possible to provide two-way information based on the information of "lover recruitment" between the two. As described above, not only the two-way information provision between the information provider and the information searcher can be performed by using a terminal such as a computer, but also a portable terminal such as a mobile phone is used as a communication medium which is easily used at present. Thus, it is also possible to provide interactive information between an information provider and an information searcher.

[0034]

Advantages of the Invention Since the information searcher can obtain any additional information of the information provider who provided the search information in addition to the search information searched by the information searcher, the information searcher can determine the information to be obtained by the information searcher. It can be used as data and can be used very effectively. 2. In this case, if the information searcher accesses this information provider, any additional information of the information searcher is transmitted to the information provider together with the information searcher's contact. Can be used as judgment data when judging the contact of the information provider from the information provider, and can be used very effectively. 3. In addition, since the additional information is arbitrary information including age and gender, it is possible to mutually determine each other's identity and the like in advance, and to determine information very effectively. 4. In addition, by using the information searcher identification display and the information provider identification display instead of the e-mail address when providing these two-way information, the e-mail address is not clearly indicated to the other party, and the e-mail address is misused or misused. Can be prevented. In particular, by specifying the additional information in the range that may be disclosed as described above, the other party can be identified,
Both parties can be contacted without using an email address. 5. The information of the information provider and the information searcher can be stored in the database by the mobile terminal, and the information search of the information searcher can be performed by the mobile terminal, and the information searcher can transmit to the information provider by the mobile terminal. By doing so, this system can be used on a portable terminal,
Easy to use. 6. By erasing the specific information provided by the information provider after the arbitrarily specified time from the provision time,
Only truly fresh information can be left in the database. 7. This system enables two-way communication between an information provider and an information searcher, enabling the value of information to be more fully examined and determined by a response between the two, and utilizing information. Can be expanded.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a basic flow of an interactive information providing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an embodiment using the present interactive information providing system;

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A system in which an information searcher accesses a server having a database from a terminal to search for information and receives information provided in the database provided by the information provider, and the information is provided by the information provider and the information. It has a basic database that stores the basic information of the searcher in advance, and a specific information database that can sequentially store the specific information of the information provider, and enables the information searcher to search the information in the basic database or the specific information database. When the information searcher searches for such information, the information searcher is provided with the search information of the information searcher and any additional information in the basic database or the specific information database of the information provider that provided the search information. When the information searcher accesses the information provider via a server, the information searcher's basic database or specific information An interactive information providing system characterized in that arbitrary additional information in a database can be provided to an information provider together. 2. A system in which an information searcher accesses a server having a database from a terminal to search for information and receives information provided in the database provided by the information provider, and the information is provided. It has a database that stores the basic information of the searcher in advance and can sequentially store the specific information of the information provider. The information searcher can search the information in the database and the information searcher can search for this information. And providing the information searcher with any additional information in the database of the information provider that provided the search information together with the search information of the information searcher, and the information searcher provided the information provider via a server An interactive information providing system characterized in that any additional information in the database of the information searcher can be provided to the information provider together with the access to the information provider. 3. The basic information including age and gender of an information provider and an information searcher, the specific information includes specific information including a comment of the information provider, and the search information of the information searcher. The additional information of the information provider added to the information provider is any additional information of the basic information of the information provider including age and gender, and the information searcher accesses the information provider via a server. The additional information of the information searcher provided to the information provider of any of the above is any additional information of the basic information including the age and gender of the information searcher, wherein: The interactive information providing system according to the above. 4. The information searcher according to claim 1, wherein when the information searcher accesses the information provider via a server, information including a comment of the information searcher can be additionally provided to the information provider. The two-way information providing system described in Crab. 5. The search information and additional information provided by the information provider to which the information searcher is provided include an information provider identification display consisting of letters, numbers, or symbols identifying the information provider, or a combination thereof. When the information searcher accesses the information provider via the server based on the searched information, the information provider is identified by the information provider identification display instead of the mail address. An information searcher identification display that is provided to the server side, and includes any additional information of the information searcher that is provided by the information provider via the server, and a character, a number, a symbol, or a combination thereof that specifies the information searcher. Is provided in place of the e-mail address. When providing information between the information provider and the information searcher via the server, each e-mail address is not displayed. The interactive information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the information provider identification display and the information searcher identification display are used. 6. The portable terminal can store information of an information provider and an information searcher in a database, and also enables information search by the information searcher and transmission from the information searcher to the information provider. 6. The method according to claim 1, wherein
The interactive information providing system according to any one of the above. 7. The interactive information providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the specific information provided by the information provider is deleted when an arbitrarily designated time elapses from the providing time. system.