JP2002259416A - Medium with information acquisition program recorded thereon, information transmission device, medium with preservation term management program recorded thereon, character information display structure, commodity retrieval device, charge for delivery calculation device, introduction device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize an information acquisition method that permits the acquisition of desired information through a network by an operation that is self- explanatory and easy even for a beginner. SOLUTION: In this medium, a program with which an information acquisition terminal for acquiring information using a communication network executes the processing for displaying an information access screen is stored, and the information access screen is comprised of the combination of a first area in which a keyword input field used for acquiring the information related to the keyword inputted therein by a user is disposed and a second area in which a character and/or an image for which the link for acquiring the information according to the user's personal information is set is disposed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information acquisition method for acquiring desired information from a vast amount of information on a communication network, and particularly to an information acquisition method for easily reaching desired information without performing a complicated operation. Using the access screen,
Information acquisition method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As an information acquisition method for acquiring information via a communication network, a method of using a WWW browser installed on a personal computer, accessing a WWW server on the Internet, and acquiring target information has become widespread. are doing.

[0003] Furthermore, Yahoo! , A web page for using a so-called directory-type search service operated by Infoseek, Excite, Lycos, etc., has a format in which items with links to information on the Internet are displayed in a grouped form for each category. I have.

[0004] Therefore, a person who intends to obtain information using a WWW browser can use the above-mentioned Web page as a so-called portal site to access various Web pages that perform the same service while accessing various information. Can be extracted.

[0005]

However, the Web page for using the conventional directory-type search service as described above has a structure in which a large number of Web pages are linked in a tree shape. If you select an item that seems to be related to this information, you will not immediately reach the Web page where you can obtain the desired information.
In many cases, a Web page in which further subdivided items are collected is displayed, and an operation of selecting an item that is considered to be more relevant to the target information from the displayed Web page is often required.

It is extremely difficult for a beginner who has just started using a WWW browser to reach a Web page from which desired information can be obtained by such an operation.

[0007] In addition, the Web page for using the directory-type search service has a very wide variety of linked items in order to meet various user needs. Most beginners
Among such various items, for example, an item linked to a shopping site and an item linked to a Web site for realizing a meeting are used to use some common services. Often, only items are used, and most other items will always be present, even though they are used very infrequently.

[0008] The use of such a directory-based search service Web site, in which useless items are displayed every time for the above-mentioned beginners, as a portal site of the user is required until the user arrives at the Web site for acquiring the target information. Means further complicating the operation of
This is one of the factors that makes the information acquisition method by the W browser difficult to get close to.

[0009]

Under these circumstances, the present invention provides:
It is an object of the present invention to realize an information acquisition method in which desired information can be acquired from a network by a very simple operation that is easy for beginners to understand.

[0010]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, the inventor uses an information acquisition terminal to acquire information for acquiring information having different properties circulating on a communication network by an extremely simple operation. We devised an information access screen that functions as an interface.

On the other hand, the inventor pays attention to the configuration of the server, which transmits information to a terminal having the information access screen as an information interface, so to speak, with a connection time as short as possible. We have devised an information transmitting apparatus having a configuration for efficiently transmitting necessary information and reducing the processing load on the server itself.

The inventor can connect the above-mentioned information acquisition terminal and the information transmission device via a communication line, so that even a novice can easily obtain desired information by an extremely simple operation. It is intended to realize an acquisition system.

[0013] The invention according to claim 1 is a medium storing a program for causing an information acquisition terminal, which acquires information using a communication network, to execute a process of displaying an information access screen.

[0014] The information access screen includes a first area in which the keyword input field is arranged when acquiring information related to a keyword input by the user of the information acquisition terminal, and personal information of the user. It is configured by combining a character or / and a second area where an image is arranged with a link for acquiring corresponding information.

Here, in the present invention, the "communication network" may be any communication network that connects a user terminal and a server through a communication circuit or a cable, and does not assume only an Internet communication network.

[0016] The "keyword input field for obtaining information related to a keyword input by the user of the information obtaining terminal" is a term included in the information when a user searches for information desired by the user from a specific database. A text box for inputting a person name, a product name, and the like can be assumed, and a pull-down menu for selecting the term, the person name, the product name, and the like is also included. The specific database may be provided on the user side or provided on the server side.

The "user's personal information" in the "second area where a character or / and an image in which a link for acquiring information corresponding to the user's personal information is set" is placed is the name of the user. Information necessary for identifying items specific to the user, such as a handle name, an address, an age, a work place, and a credit number and an e-mail address used for settlement processing when purchasing a product can be assumed.

Further, the "link for acquiring information corresponding to the user's personal information" referred to herein means a system for disclosing the personal information of each user and exchanging the personal information through a communication network. And include links to information that can be distributed. For example, there is information on the counterpart user collected as matching the condition of the encounter, and information on the product collected as matching the condition of the product desired to be purchased.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information transmitting device for storing a plurality of pieces of information, and storing a determination condition of information not transmitted to each information acquiring terminal in association with identification information of each information acquiring terminal. Unsent information determination condition storage means,
Receiving means for receiving, from the information acquisition terminal, identification information of the information acquisition terminal and a request for transmitting one piece of information.

When the receiving means receives the identification information of the information acquisition terminal and the request for transmission of the one information, the determination condition associated with the identification information of the information acquisition terminal is read from the unsent information determination condition storage means. Processing means for extracting information determined as not being transmitted to the information acquisition terminal based on the read determination condition from the information storage means, and transmission means for transmitting the information extracted by the processing means to the information acquisition terminal described above. Is further provided.

Each file constituting the "plurality of information" stored in the "information storage means" must be of a nature that can be updated by supplementing new information as needed on the information transmitting apparatus side. Is assumed. Further, the “request for transmission of one piece of information” means to access the information transmission apparatus in order to request transmission of information stored in at least one file of the plurality of pieces of information. .

A method of determining “information not transmitted to each information acquisition terminal” is, for example, to record the last access date and time of the information acquisition terminal, and to store information generated after the access date and time. A method of determining that information has not been transmitted to the information acquisition terminal, and when generating new information, assigning an information code to the information and managing the information code of the information transmitted to each information acquisition terminal,
Although a method of determining information that has not been transmitted to the information acquisition terminal can be assumed, the present invention is not limited to this.

The "unsent information determination condition storage means" includes:
"Judgment conditions for information not transmitted to each information acquisition terminal"
Is stored in association with the identification information of each information acquisition terminal,
What the “determination condition” is depends on how the above-described determination method is determined. For example, when the former determination method is adopted, the previous access date and time of the information acquisition terminal is the determination condition, and when the latter determination method is adopted, the information code of the information transmitted to the information acquisition terminal is the determination condition. Becomes

According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the processing means extracts the information determined not to be transmitted to the information acquisition terminal, the information transmitting apparatus associates the storage term information of the extracted information with the extracted information. To the transmitting means.

It is desirable that the information acquisition terminal that has received the information manages the storage expiration date information and, after the storage expiration date, deletes the information associated with the storage expiration date information from the storage unit of the information acquisition terminal. This facilitates the individual arrangement of information that has become no longer useful as time passes.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program stored in a medium for requesting transmission of one piece of information to the information transmitting apparatus according to the second aspect, and receiving and storing information not transmitted to the information acquisition terminal. The information acquisition terminal causes the information acquisition terminal to execute information storage processing to be stored in the means and storage expiration date information generation processing to generate storage expiration information for the received information.

Further, based on the generated storage time limit information,
The information acquisition terminal determines whether or not the information associated with the storage expiration date has passed, and causes the information acquisition terminal to execute an information deletion process for deleting the information whose storage expiration has passed from the storage unit. As in the third aspect of the present invention, it is intended to facilitate the individual organization of information that has lost its use value over time.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the program according to the second aspect.
It is related to the display of an information access screen for acquiring information from the information provided by the described information transmitting device,
A configuration incorporated as an add-in of the program according to claim 1 may be adopted,
A configuration that is incorporated in the information acquisition terminal and displays the information access screen may be employed.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information storage device for receiving information determined to have not been transmitted to the information acquisition terminal from an information transmitting device according to the second aspect, and storing the information in a storage unit. An information access screen display process for displaying an information access screen for arranging a character or / and an image to which at least a link for acquiring information corresponding to the user's personal information of the information acquisition terminal is set; To run.

Further, when the information according to the personal information of the user of the information acquisition terminal becomes new information by the above-mentioned information storage processing, a character or / and / or an image in which a link for acquiring the information is set. Display mode change processing for changing the display mode of the information access screen, and when the user selects any character or / and image on the information access screen, one information based on the selected character or / and image And transmitting an information transmission request to the information transmitting apparatus.

"Changing the display mode of a character or / and an image to which a link for acquiring the information is set" means that the character or / and the image are displayed by being surrounded by a specific frame or the color is changed. The information linked to the character or / and the image will be updated without confirming the information update by performing operations such as selecting the character or / image, such as displaying it differently from other input fields. Anything may be used as long as the information access screen is changed to a mode that allows the information access screen to be recognized at a glance.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, a program recorded on a medium sends a request for transmitting one piece of information to the information transmitting apparatus according to the second aspect, and receives and stores information not transmitted to the information acquisition terminal. A keyword input field for acquiring information related to a keyword input by a user of the information acquisition terminal, and a keyword input field specialized for each type of information to be acquired. To
An information access screen displaying process for displaying a plurality of arranged information access screens is performed by the information acquisition terminal.

Further, when the user inputs a keyword from any one of the keyword input fields on the information access screen, information related to the input keyword is read out from the storage means, and information presented to the user is presented. The process is executed by the information acquisition terminal.

In the present invention, a plurality of keyword input fields arranged on the information acquisition screen are specialized for each type of information to be acquired. In this regard, in a Web page of a conventional directory-type search service in which only one keyword input field is usually arranged on one screen, a Web configured on a tree is used.
From page b, until you reach the Web page where the keyword input field for searching the target information is located,
This is in contrast to the configuration in which the operation of selecting the related item on the Web page is repeated.

The phrase "specified for each piece of information to be acquired" means, for example, a keyword input field only for searching for a desired book or a keyword input field only for searching for a desired CD. This means that different keyword input fields are displayed on the same screen for each type of information to be acquired.

In the above-described "information storage process", information for each type corresponding to the keyword input field, such as a file for storing information relating to a book and a file for storing information relating to a CD, is stored in the storage means of the information acquisition terminal. It is desirable to provide a file for storing the information separately, and to store the information separately for each file.

With such a configuration, when a keyword is input, a search is executed by immediately accessing only the file corresponding to the input field in which the keyword is input, so that the processing at the time of the search is performed. This is because the efficiency can be dramatically improved.

The program stored in the medium described in claim 7 includes, in addition to the processes executed by the program stored in the medium described in claim 6, a user of the information acquisition terminal displays the information on the information access screen. When the suspension operation of the specific keyword input box is received, the display mode of the suspended entry box is changed, and the information transmitted from the information transmitting apparatus is not used. The information acquisition terminal causes the information acquisition terminal to execute an acquisition information limitation process of transmitting a transmission information limitation request for limiting the information to the information corresponding to the input field to the information transmission device.

"Changing the display mode of a suspended input column" means that the suspended input column is displayed by surrounding it with a specific frame, or the color is displayed differently from other input columns. Anything may be used as long as the user can change the mode so that the user can recognize that information related to the input field is not acquired. This also includes erasing the input field itself from the information access screen.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in a character information display structure having a telop display section and a link to information related to the display content of the telop display section, the link is arranged on the periphery of the telop display section. The character information display structure is characterized in that:

The invention according to claims 9 to 11 is a product search device for outputting a search list of purchased products to a user terminal using a communication network.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a merchandise retrieval apparatus which stores merchandise information including at least information for identifying that the merchandise is used or new for each merchandise; Processing means for reading information and outputting data of a product search list or data for creating a product search list based on the product information to a user terminal.

Each product information on the product search list is characterized in that information for identifying that the product is a used product or a new product is written together for each product.

A user who wants to purchase a product using a communication network often searches the network for information on the product he / she wants to purchase, and determines the purchase based on the price of each product. The only way to check if it's used or if it's second-hand is to contact the seller individually.

In such a situation, the present invention is to add information for identifying that each product is used or new to each product information on the product search list output to the user terminal. Therefore, it is possible to promptly respond to the needs of a user who is searching only for a new product or a user who is searching only for a used product.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a merchandise search apparatus which stores merchandise information including merchandise information including a selling price of each merchandise in association with a merchant who sells the merchandise. A search list is created in which the seller storage means, which is stored in association with the brokerage commission paid by the seller to the intermediary, and the product information of the same type of product read from the product information storage means, arranged in ascending order of selling price. And processing means for outputting to a user terminal.

When determining the arrangement of each product having the same selling price, the processing means described above reduces the brokerage commission of the seller associated with the product with the contents of the product information storage means and the content of the seller storage means. , And the products associated with the sellers with high brokerage fees for the specified products are arranged at the top.

When a sales company that sells a product using a communication network registers a sales advertisement or the like of the product in a database of the server, it usually pays a brokerage commission to an operator of the server. The brokerage fee varies depending on the background, such as whether the seller is an individual, a corporation, or a large company or a micro company.

Under such circumstances, the present invention provides a method for determining the arrangement of each product information when creating a search list by searching for similar products that can be purchased using a communication network. Products are arranged in the order of the lowest price, but for products with the same sales price, the above-mentioned products with a high brokerage fee are arranged at the top. As a result, an increase in the margin for the operator of the product search device is realized.

The "sales price" means the amount paid by the user who purchases the product to the seller. The most common price can be assumed to be the price of the purchased product itself. It may include the booked price.

Further, "distributing at a higher position" means disposing a product associated with a dealer with a high brokerage fee at a position on the search list that is more easily selected by the user.

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a merchandise retrieval apparatus which stores merchandise information including a selling price of each merchandise in association with a merchant who sells the merchandise, A merchant storage means for storing the merchandise in association with the number of past merchandise transactions and a search list in which the merchandise information of the same kind of merchandise read from the merchandise information memory means are arranged in ascending order of selling price, Processing means for outputting to a terminal.

When determining the arrangement of each product having the same sales price, the processing means described above stores the number of past product transactions of the seller associated with the product with the product information storage means and the seller storage. It is characterized in that it is specified based on the contents of the means, and that the product associated with the seller with the specified number of product transactions is placed at the top.

The present invention relates to determining the arrangement of each product information when a search list is created by searching for similar products that can be purchased using a communication network. In the present invention, in principle, each item information is arranged in ascending order of the selling price. For items having the same selling price, items provided by a seller having a large number of past item transactions through the item searching system. Is placed at the top. As a result, a seller who can expect stable product sales through the product search device is given preferential treatment, and stable operation of a business using the product search device is realized.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a shipping fee calculating apparatus for calculating a shipping fee of a sold product using a communication network, wherein a delivery date selection field is output to a user terminal. When the delivery date selected by the user is received from the delivery date selection column, the selection column output means and the calculation means for calculating the delivery fee according to the received delivery date are provided.

The delivery of a product for which purchase has been applied online is usually performed according to a regular schedule and a regular route. Under such circumstances, the present invention achieves efficient delivery of goods by varying the calculation of the delivery fee according to the delivery date.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a user information storage means for storing information on a partner to be met, and when receiving a desired referral condition from a user on the other side of the meeting, a partner meeting the desired condition for the referral is received. Processing means for searching information from the user information storage means, creating display information of the searched partner information, and outputting the display information to the user side.

[0058] The partner information of each user stored in the user information storage means is personal information received from each user in order to buy and sell a product via a communication network.

Conventionally, Web using the Internet
Some sites provide a so-called dating site service that introduces personal information of another user that matches an introduction desired condition received from a certain user.

The user using the above service firstly
It is necessary to register the user's own profile, but since this profile is self-reported, even if trouble occurs due to the introduction of a Service-to-Self who registered the fictitious profile, the Service-to-Self will be identified later It was difficult to do.

Under such circumstances, the present invention is to output the personal information received from each user in order to buy and sell a product via a communication network as display information when receiving a referral desired condition. Is stored in the user information storage means as the other party information.

Unlike registering one's own profile to simply disclose it to the other party, when buying or selling goods via a communication network, the final purpose of actually transferring goods and payments is In order to reach, you need to register personal information that is not false. Therefore, by sharing this personal information with the above-mentioned partner information, highly reliable partner information can be presented to a user who seeks an encounter, and it is possible to avoid trouble later.

The “personal information received from each user to buy and sell the product” includes the name, address, age, and occupation of the user, as well as the settlement processing with the trading partner when purchasing the product. May also include a credit card number, or an email address.

However, if a problem occurs later, the purpose can be achieved if the personal information of the referred-to user can be specified. Therefore, when a desired condition for introduction is received from the user, it is output as display information. The "partner information" does not include all of the "personal information" described above, and may merely disclose the handle name, age, and occupation, for example.

The “partner information” includes “personal information received from each user to buy and sell products”.
It does not exclude information including other information, for example, hobbies, comments on the user's own PR, and the like.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, a program recorded on a medium according to the first aspect of the present invention includes an event information display process for displaying event information received from a server side on a user terminal, and a schedule addition operation for the displayed event information. Updating the schedule information of the user stored in the schedule storage means of the terminal of the user based on the event information, and executing the schedule information updating process of displaying the updated schedule information on the terminal of the user. Let the terminal run.

The "schedule information" widely includes data for creating a schedule in which the user's schedule is displayed along the time axis. And the time axis on the schedule is
The allocation may be performed on an hourly basis, on a daily basis, on a weekly basis, or on a monthly basis.

The “event information” broadly corresponds to data related to an event held for an unspecified number of people, such as a concert, live, new CD release, and the like. Then, it is necessary that the “event information” includes at least data relating to a temporal element when incorporated into the schedule, for example, data relating to the date and time of the event, but other data,
For example, the venue of the event or the price of the admission ticket if you need to carry an admission ticket to participate in the event,
It may include data such as the admission ticket remaining status.

The "schedule addition operation" means that the user selects any one of the event information displayed on the user's terminal. When this schedule addition operation is performed, the schedule information of the user is updated based on the selected event information, and the selected event information is incorporated in the schedule displayed on the user's terminal next time. Will be displayed in the form.

The program recorded on the medium according to claim 15 receives a search condition of a product desired to be purchased from a user, transmits the input search condition to the server, and transmits the search condition to the server. Receiving, from the server, the product information of the product that matches the product search condition, and receiving the event information from the server in response to the search result display processing to be displayed on the terminal of the user and the transmission of the search condition. In addition, the user terminal is made to execute an information storage process of storing the partner information in advance in the event storage unit of the user terminal, receiving the partner information from the server side, and storing the partner information in the partner information storage unit of the user terminal in advance.

Further, after the information storage processing, when the user receives an input of the desired introduction condition required for the other party of the encounter, the other party information matching the desired desired introduction condition is stored in the other party information storage means of the terminal of the user. When a schedule update operation is received from the user, the event information is read from the event information storage means when the schedule update operation is received from the user. And a schedule update process for updating based on the schedule.

[0072]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS First Embodiment

Hereinafter, the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, the overall configuration of the present system and the configuration of the information access screen will be described. Then, the basic and applied processing of information transmission in the present system, and the characteristic service provided to the user of the present system will be described. Give an explanation.

[Overall configuration of the present system]

As shown in FIG. 1, the present system comprises an information acquisition terminal which is a client for acquiring information via a communication network, and an information transmission device which is a server for transmitting information to the information acquisition terminal. .

[0077] The information acquisition terminal comprises:
User-side processing means 12, input means 13, display means 14,
The user side storage means 15 allows the user to make the terminal function as an information acquisition terminal by installing application software dedicated to the present system on his / her own terminal. , And various services such as a product search service, a partner introduction service, and a schedule management service can be provided.

The user-side communication means 11 is, for example, a communication interface.

The user-side processing means 12 includes, for example, a CPU, and may further include a bus and necessary interfaces. CPU included in the user-side processing means 12
Does not need to have a physically single configuration, and may include a plurality of computers that perform distributed processing.

The input means 13 is, for example, a keyboard, a mouse or the like.

The display means 14 is, for example, a computer display. An information access screen, which will be described later, and various kinds of information acquired using the information access screen as an entrance are displayed.

The user-side storage means 15 is, for example, a memory, a register, or a hard disk.

On the other hand, the information transmitting apparatus comprises server-side communication means 22, server-side processing means 23, and server-side storage means.

The server side communication means 22 is, for example, a modem.

The server-side processing means 23 includes, for example, a CPU, and may further include a bus and necessary interfaces. CPU included in the server-side processing means 23
Does not need to have a physically single configuration, and may include a plurality of computers that perform distributed processing.

The server storage means 24 is, for example, a memory, a register, or a hard disk. The server-side storage unit 24 includes a basic information database 241, an unsent information determination condition database 242, a user information database 243, a product information database 244, a seller database 245, and a shipping fee database 246. The contents of each database will be described in each processing section.

[Configuration of Information Access Screen]

When the application software installed exclusively for this system is activated in the information acquisition terminal, the information access screen shown in FIG. The user inputs a keyword from the keyword input field on the information access screen by using the input unit 13 or selects various kinds of information having different properties by an extremely simple operation of selecting any image or character information. , Can be easily obtained from the information transmitting device that is the server.

The information access screen shown in FIG. 2 has a first area in which a plurality of keyword input fields are arranged and a second area in which an image with a link for acquiring information corresponding to the user's personal information is arranged. It is configured by arranging three areas for accessing information having different properties, that is, an area and a third area in which an image displaying information acquired without a special request from the user is arranged.

Further, in the upper right part of the screen, an image with a link to the screen for browsing the schedule table (internally described as “my schedule”) is arranged. An image (internally described as reload) for performing a "request for transmission of one information" to the information transmission device is arranged.

The keyword input field arranged in the “first area” is specialized for each type of the information to be obtained.
Specifically, in addition to a keyword input field for obtaining information about music, an input field for obtaining information about books, an input field for obtaining information about tickets, and an input field for obtaining information about games Column, and an input column for acquiring information about media such as television and radio programs.

For example, when the user wants to search for the title of a CD album relating to a certain artist, the user inputs the desired artist name from the input means 13 into a keyword input field specialized for music in the first area. ,
Select "GO".

Here, the user-side storage means 15 stores different files (specifically, music, books, tickets, games, etc.) for storing information corresponding to the keyword entry fields in the first area. Information files) are provided to manage information. Therefore, for example, when a keyword is input from the keyword input field of the music information, the user-side processing unit 12 accesses only the file corresponding to the keyword input field of the music information, immediately searches, and displays the search result. I do. Thereby, the efficiency of the processing is realized.

[0094] In the "second area", an image in which a link for acquiring information corresponding to the user's personal information is set is arranged. Specifically, an image linked to the product search service screen (depicted as shopping below the image), and an image linked to the partner introduction service screen (described below the image as meeting) Further, an image linked to a screen for browsing a message received from another user or the like who has introduced the user by the above-mentioned partner introduction service (noted as message below the image) is arranged. . Here, a file corresponding to the image linked to the message browsing screen in the second area is provided in the user side storage means 15 to manage the message information addressed to the user. On the other hand, when an image linked to the product search service screen or an image linked to the partner introduction service screen is selected, a connection process to the information transmitting device, which is a server, is immediately performed (in this case, “ A request for transmission of one piece of information is also made at the same time). This is because the product search service and the partner introduction service need to use the latest information held on the server side.

Unlike the “first area”, the information obtained by selecting the image arranged in the “second area” is obtained by registering the personal information of each user in advance. The above-mentioned personal information can be obtained only by constructing a mechanism for exchanging the personal information via the information transmitting device.

Therefore, the user needs to register his / her own “personal information” as a precondition for acquiring the information. This “personal information” includes, for example, a profile such as a name, a handle name, an address, an age, an occupation, a hobby, a comment of a self PR, which is disclosed as a premise that the other user is introduced by the other party search service described later in detail. When purchasing a product searched for by a product search service described in detail later, a credit card number for performing a settlement process with a trading partner, and furthermore, an e-mail address or the like can be assumed. The registration format of the “personal information” is most preferably a format in which registration is requested and registration processing is performed when application software dedicated to the present system is installed on the terminal of the user. The registered personal information is transmitted to the information transmitting device, which is a server, and is managed by the user information database 243 for each user.

In the "third area", an image for displaying information obtained without a special request from the user is arranged. Specifically, an image symbolizing the weather of today and tomorrow, an image symbolizing the fortune of today, and character information in which an advertisement of an event to be held this week is displayed in a telop.

[0098] These image or character information are obtained by automatically accessing the information transmitting apparatus, which is a server, when the application dedicated to the system is started in the information acquisition terminal, and acquiring the newly generated information. This is different from the point that the information obtained by the “first area” or “second area” is obtained only as a response to the operation of the information obtaining terminal by the user.

Here, the user storage means 15 stores information by providing separate files corresponding to the respective image and character information on the third area.

As described above, the user-side storage means 15 stores the keyword input fields arranged in the first area, the second area, and the third area, and the images (linked to the screen of the product search service). A file corresponding to the image and the image linked to the partner introduction service screen) and character information is provided to manage the information. The content of each file is updated by adding new information from the information transmitting device that is the server.

On the other hand, even in the information transmitting apparatus, which is a server, a basic information database 241 is provided, and information generated in the information transmitting apparatus or received from another external apparatus can be used as the keyword input field, image, The files are stored separately for each file provided in association with the character information. Then, each information acquisition terminal receives new information determined to be not transmitted to its own information acquisition terminal among the information accumulated in the basic information database 241 on the server side. The content of each file in the storage means 15 is updated.

However, updating of the above-mentioned files on the information acquisition terminal side is not performed individually for each of the keyword input field, image, and character information. When the information acquisition terminal makes a “request for transmission of one piece of information”, which will be described later, to the information transmission apparatus, which is a server, new information to be stored in each of the files (the information that has been transmitted to the information acquisition terminal so far) Is read from the basic information database 241, and by receiving the read information collectively, the information of each file in the user-side storage unit 15 is updated as a unit. The specific processing at this time will be described in detail in the next section.

[Basic processing of information transmission in information transmitting apparatus]

[0104] The basic process of information transmission in the information transmitting device is as follows. When a "one information transmission request" is received from the information acquisition terminal, the information transmitting device transmits the file of each file stored in the basic information database 241. It refers to the process of transmitting all the information that is determined not to be transmitted to the information acquisition terminal among the information.

The “transmission request for one piece of information” means that the information acquisition terminal accesses the information transmission apparatus in order to acquire information stored in the basic information database 241.

The “request for transmission of one piece of information” is, in principle, by inputting “reload” of the information access screen to
It is performed by selecting more, but "image linked to product search service screen" and "image linked to partner introduction service screen" arranged in "second area"
Is immediately selected from the input means 13, the "one information transmission request" is immediately performed. When the “image linked to the screen of the product search service” or the “image linked to the screen of the partner introduction service” is selected from the input unit 13, the information transmission device serving as the server causes the product search service to be described in detail later. The partner introduction service is executed, but during the execution of these processes, the connection state between the information acquisition terminal and the information transmitting device is maintained. It will be performed by the transmitting device.

In order to realize the basic processing, in a certain area of the server-side storage means 24, a determination condition for information not transmitted to each information acquisition terminal is stored in association with identification information of each information acquisition terminal. An unsent information determination condition database 242 is provided. The “determination condition for information not transmitted to each information acquisition terminal” is, for example, the date and time when each information acquisition terminal previously accessed the information transmission device.

Hereinafter, the basic processing will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

When “reload” on the access screen, “image linked to the product search service screen”, or “image linked to the partner introduction service screen” is selected by the input means 13, the processing on the user side is performed. The means 12 transmits the "one information transmission request" and the identification information of the information acquisition terminal to the information transmitting apparatus via the user-side communication means 11 (111).

The server-side processing means 23 that has received the "one information transmission request" reads the last access date and time of the information acquisition terminal from the unsent information determination condition database 242 (112).

Next, the server-side processing means 23 stores the read access date and time and the basic information database 24
By comparing the update date and time of each file stored in No. 1 and judging that the file updated since the previous access date and time is a file storing information not transmitted to the information acquisition terminal (113).

Further, the server-side processing means 23 extracts, from the basic information database 241, new information that has been determined to have not been transmitted to the information acquisition terminal and that has been supplemented since the previous access date and time. (11
4).

Then, the server-side processing means 23 transmits the extracted information to the information acquisition terminal via the server-side communication means 22 (115).

The user-side processing means 12 stores the information received from the information transmitting device in the user-side storage means 15 for each file corresponding to each keyword input field, image, and character information on the information access screen (116). ).

Thus, all the processes are completed.

[Change of display mode of specific image on information access screen]

As described above, in the present system, the information acquisition terminal that has made the "one information transmission request" is, in principle, provided with each keyword entry field on the information access screen,
It is determined that the information corresponds to the image (excluding the image linked to the product search service screen and the image linked to the partner introduction service screen) and the text information, and has not been transmitted to the information acquisition terminal. The information is received as a unit from the information transmitting device, but by receiving the information, it corresponds to the image linked to each keyword input field provided in the first area or the message browsing screen provided in the second area. When new information is included in the file, the user-side processing unit 12 changes the display mode of the image and keyword input fields on the information access screen.

For example, in the information access screen shown in FIG. 4, a mark in the shape of a flag is added to “image linked to message browsing screen”. This makes it easy to receive a message by looking at only the information access screen without having to select the image from the input unit 13 and check whether new information corresponding to the image has been received. Can be recognized. Similarly, when the information of the file corresponding to any one of the keyword entry boxes in the second area becomes new, a mark in the shape of a flag is added to the entry box.

[Applied processing of information transmission in information transmitting apparatus]

Hereinafter, applied processing of information transmission in the information transmitting apparatus will be described. This applied process means a process for adding storage term information at the time of transmitting information and a process for limiting acquired information.

The storage term information adding process is a process in which, when the server-side processing means 23 extracts information from the server-side storage means 24, it generates storage term information, adds the information to the extracted information, and transmits the information. . The storage term information refers to term management information for the user-side processing means 12 to delete the information transmitted from the information transmitting device from the user-side storage means 15 after a preset storage term has elapsed. .

In the above basic processing, the server-side processing means 23 transmits the information determined not to have been transmitted to the information acquisition terminal that has made the “one information transmission request” to the basic information in the server-side storage means 24. When extracted from the database 241 (the processing of 114 shown in the flowchart of FIG. 3), storage expiration information is generated. Then, the extracted information is associated with the storage term information and transmitted to the information acquisition terminal.

After this processing, the user-side processing means 12 of the information acquisition terminal that has received the extracted information manages the time limit for retaining the extracted information in the user-side storage means 15 based on the storage time limit information. Then, the information whose storage period has expired is deleted from the user side storage means 15. Therefore, of the information received from the information transmitting device and stored in the user-side storage unit 15, it is possible to easily perform individual arrangement of information that becomes unnecessary with the passage of time.

The obtained information limiting process is a process of limiting information to be transmitted to the information acquiring terminal after receiving the "transmission information limiting request" from the information acquiring terminal. The “transmission information restriction request” refers to a request for restricting information transmitted from the information transmitting apparatus to information for which a later-described suspend operation has not been performed.

First, a process from receiving a transmission information limitation request from the information acquisition terminal to storing the request in the server-side storage means 24 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, the user performs an operation of suspending the use of any of the keyword input columns in the first area of the information access screen by the input means 13 (211). The suspending operation refers to, for example, an operation of dragging a keyword input field that the user does not plan to use for a search for a while and dropping it on a “delete” character at the bottom of the screen. still,
In this system, the operation of suspending the use can be performed only in each of the keyword input boxes arranged in the first area.

In response to the suspending operation, the user-side processing means 12 deletes the keyword entry field for which the suspending operation has been performed from the information access screen (212).

[0128] In response to the "one information transmission request", the user-side processing means 12 determines that the information transmitted from the information transmitting device onward is the information not transmitted to the information acquisition terminal and A transmission information limitation request for limiting the information corresponding to the input field where the pause operation has been performed is excluded,
The information is transmitted to the information acquisition terminal (213).

When receiving the transmission information limitation request, the server-side processing means 23 stores the request in the server-side storage means 24 in association with the identification information of the information acquisition terminal (2).
14).

Next, an information transmission process in the information transmitting apparatus that has received the “one information transmission request” from the information acquisition terminal that has made the transmission information restriction request will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

Even when the above-mentioned transmission information limitation request is stored in the server side storage means 24, it is not transmitted to the information acquisition terminal when the “one information transmission request” is received from the information acquisition terminal. The process up to determining the information is
It is performed in the same manner as the above basic processing of information transmission (311-31).
3).

After the above determination, the server-side processing means 23 reads the transmission information restriction request associated with the identification information of the information acquisition terminal from the server-side storage means 24, and based on the transmission information restriction request, performs the suspend operation operation. The specified keyword entry field is specified (314).

The server-side processing means 23 selects a file other than the file corresponding to the input column for which the use suspension operation has been performed, from among the files determined to contain the information not transmitted to the information acquisition terminal (315).

The server-side processing means 23 extracts new information from the basic information database 241 which is the information of the selected file, which is supplemented after the previous access date and time (316).

Then, the server side processing means 23 transmits the extracted information to the information acquisition terminal via the server side communication means 22 (317).

[0136] The user-side processing means 12 of the information acquisition terminal includes:
The information received from the information transmitting means is stored in each file corresponding to each keyword input field, image, and character information on the information access screen (318).

Thus, all the processes are completed.

[Product Search Service]

[0139] The product search service is a service provided to the user who selects the "image linked to the screen of the product search service" arranged in the second area of the information access screen by the input means 13. One of the characteristic processes of the system is executed by the information transmitting apparatus.

As a precondition for executing the processing in this service, a product information database 244, a seller database 245, and a shipping fee database 246 are provided in an area where the server-side storage means 24 is located.

The “product information database 244” stores “product information” of products that can be purchased by the present system, and has a so-called relational data structure.

FIG. 7 shows the product information database 244.
Shows the data structure of. In the database, the fields that constitute a record of one product information include the product name of each product that can be purchased using this system, the price of the product, the name or name of the seller of the product, Information for identifying an individual or a corporation, information for identifying whether the product is new or used, and a basic delivery fee for the product are arranged in this order.

The "seller database 245" also has a relational data structure similarly to the above, and stores "seller information".

FIG. 8 shows the data structure of the product information database 244. In the database, the fields constituting one record of the seller information include the name or name of each seller who sells goods through the present system,
The brokerage commission paid by the seller when registering the product information is arranged in the order of the number of past product transactions of the seller via the present system.

[0145] The "delivery fee database 246" stores a delivery date calculation chart used when calculating the delivery fee according to the delivery date specified by the user who applies for the product purchase by this service. The contents of the delivery date calculation chart will be described later in detail.

Hereinafter, specific processing of the product search service in the present system will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS.

In the information acquisition terminal, when the user selects the “image linked to the product search service screen” of the information access screen from the input means 13, the user-side processing means 12 displays the search condition input screen of the product search service. Is displayed on the display means 14 (411).

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a search condition input screen of the product search service. At the top of the screen, a field for entering the product name of the product to be searched is arranged, at the middle of the screen, a field for selecting the state of the product to be searched, and at the bottom of the screen, a field for selecting a seller of the product, respectively. Further, “confirmed” is arranged at the bottom of the screen.

The user inputs the product name of the product to be searched through the input means 13, selects the state of the product from "new", "no problem", and "used", and further sets the seller to "individual offer". , "Provide unquestioned" or "Corporate offer"
"Confirm" is selected (412). Here, enter “Aibo” for the product name and “No question” for the product status.
Is assumed to have been selected for the seller.

Next, the user-side processing means 12 transmits the determined search condition to the information transmitting device via the user-side communication means 11, and the server-side processing means 23 receives it (413).

The server-side processing means 23 of the information transmitting apparatus that has received the search condition searches the product information database 244 for product information of a product that satisfies the search condition (41).
4).

Next, the server-side processing means 23 sorts the retrieved product information in ascending order of the selling price by performing a sorting process using the price of the product as a key (415).

The server-side processing means 23 determines whether or not the order of all the retrieved merchandise information has been determined by the above processing (416).

When there is product information whose rank cannot be determined due to the same selling price, the server-side processing means 23 stores the searched product information in the server-side storage means 2.
4 and the seller database 24
From 5, the brokerage fee associated with the seller of the undetermined ranking product is read (417).

Then, by performing a sorting process using the read brokerage commission as a key, the products whose order information has not been determined tentatively stored in the server-side storage means 24 are arranged in descending order of the brokerage commission. (418).

The server-side processing means 23 determines whether or not the ranks of all the retrieved product information have been determined by the above processing (419).

When there is product information whose ranking cannot be determined due to the same sales price and brokerage fee,
The server-side processing means 23 is associated with the seller of the unranked product from the seller database 245,
The past number of merchandise transactions of the seller is read (42).
0).

By performing a sort process using the read number of trades as a key, the undetermined ranks of the pieces of product information temporarily stored in the server-side storage unit 24 are sorted in descending order of the number of trades. Arrange (42
1).

The server-side processing means 23 creates a product search list based on the product information for which the order is determined by the above processing (422).

After creating the product search list, the server-side processing means 23 transmits the list to the information acquisition terminal via the server-side communication means 22 (423), and the user-side processing means 12 of the information acquisition terminal receives the list. The displayed product search list is displayed on the display unit 14.

FIG. 12 is a view showing a product search list screen displayed on the display means 14. As shown in FIG. This list contains the product information of the products that match the search conditions entered on the search condition input screen (name of each product, price, seller, information identifying whether the seller is an individual or a corporation, new or used products ) Are arranged in ascending order of the price of the product. Although not displayed on the screen, as described above, the ranking of commodities having the same sales price is determined by the brokerage commission of the seller and the number of times of handling the commodities.

Further, at the left end of the screen of the list, "USED" is displayed when the product is used, and "NEW" is displayed when the product is new. This is a characteristic element, whereby the purchaser can grasp whether the product is used or new, without individually asking the seller.

The user refers to the product information displayed on the list, selects the product to be purchased by the input means 13, and highlights the product. This is confirmed by selecting "confirm" at the bottom of the screen (424).

The user-side processing means 12 transmits the identification information of the commodity for which the purchase application has been confirmed to the information transmitting device via the user-side communication means 11, and the server-side processing means 23 receives this (425).

The server-side processing means 23 temporarily stores the received product identification information in the server-side storage means 24, and reads the shipping fee calculation chart from the shipping fee database 246 (426).

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a delivery fee calculation chart. The calculation rate of the shipping fee in the chart is July 14
The calculation rate for the day (Friday) is set to 0.95, and for other days, it is set to 1.00. The final delivery fee is calculated by multiplying the basic delivery fee included in the product information by the delivery fee calculation rate in the delivery fee calculation chart. Usually, when a product is applied for online sale, delivery of the product is performed according to a fixed schedule. In this embodiment, the delivery company goes to a product receiving place (for example, a convenience store) every Friday. In principle. Therefore, when Friday is designated as the product delivery date, the fee system is determined so that the shipping fee is calculated by discounting 5%.
In this way, if the fee system is designed so that the delivery fee is reduced when a specific delivery date is specified, the user can be given an incentive to specify the delivery date so as to match the delivery schedule of the delivery company. The delivery efficiency can be realized by, for example, collectively delivering the products.

The server-side processing means 23 creates a delivery date selection list based on the read shipping fee calculation chart, and transmits the list to the information acquisition terminal via the server-side communication means 22 (4).
27).

The user-side processing means 12 of the information acquisition terminal
The received delivery date selection list is displayed on the display means 14 (428).

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a screen of the delivery date selection list. At the top of the screen, "Please select the desired delivery date. If you specify Friday, the shipping fee will be discounted."
Is displayed. Below that, a date that can be selected as a delivery date and a shipping fee discount rate when the delivery date is selected are displayed.

The user selects the desired delivery date in the delivery date selection list from the input means 13, checks the check box, and selects the confirmation at the bottom of the screen (42).
9). Here, it is assumed that July 14 (Friday) is selected.

The identification information of the selected delivery date is received by the server side processing means 23 via the server side communication means 22 (430).

After receiving the identification information of the delivery date, the server-side processing means 23 calculates the delivery fee of the product (43).
1). The shipping fee is calculated based on the basic shipping fee of the product for which the purchase application has been confirmed and the delivery date calculation rate (Friday specified) corresponding to the delivery date (July 16) selected from the delivery date selection list. Sometimes this is done by multiplying by 0.95).

The server-side processing means 23 stores in the server-side storage means 24 the information for identifying the product for which the purchase application has been confirmed and the user who has applied for the product, and the selected delivery date. The display data of the application end screen is created and transmitted to the information acquisition terminal (432).

User side processing means 12 of the information acquisition terminal
Displays the purchase application end screen on the display means 14 (433). FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a purchase application end screen. At the top of the screen, the name of the purchased product is displayed, and in the middle of the screen, the selling price of the product, the calculated shipping fee of the product, and the total amount thereof are displayed.

Thus, all the processes related to the product search service are completed.

[Other party introduction service]

The partner introduction service is a service provided to the user who selects the “image linked to the partner introduction service screen” arranged in the second area of the information access screen from the input unit 13. One of the characteristic processes of the present system is executed by the information transmitting apparatus.

In the processing of the partner introduction service, the information transmitting device acquires “personal information” registered by the user at each information acquisition terminal from each information acquisition terminal, and manages the “personal information” in the user information database 243. This is a process realized by performing

This "personal information" already includes a profile such as a name, handle name, address, age, occupation, hobby, comment of a self PR, a credit card number, and an e-mail address, etc. Stated.

In the present service, the “personal information”
Is used as “partner information” to be disclosed to other users who have presented the desired introduction conditions described below. However, which of the “personal information” is disclosed to another user is determined by the user himself at the time of the user registration.
For example, it is possible to disclose only the own handle name, hobby, and age.

In this service, the server-side processing means 23 which has received the desired introduction conditions (for example, age, occupation, hobbies, etc.) requested from the user to the other party of the encounter is used by the server side processing means 23 to transmit the other party information of the user who meets the desired desired introduction conditions to the user information. The search is performed from the database 243 and transmitted to the information acquisition terminal via the server-side communication means 22. This is not much different from the processing conventionally performed on a Web site for realizing an encounter with the Internet. There is no difference.

However, in the present service, the above-mentioned “partner information” is not only information registered for use in the partner introduction service, but is also registered as commonly used when using the above-mentioned product search service and the like. This is different from the above-mentioned encounter realizing website in that the information is extracted from the “personal information”. That is, when a user who has registered false information regarding himself as this “personal information” makes an application for purchase of a product searched by the product search service, payment processing or receipt of the applied product is performed. Since this is practically impossible, the possibility of false user registration is extremely reduced.

Therefore, whether the profile is genuine or not
It is difficult to know not only the other party but also the server administrator, and it is extremely unlikely that troubles caused by introducing a false profile registered partner who was rampant on a conventional meeting realization Web site etc. are extremely likely to occur. I can do it.

[Schedule addition service]

[0185] The schedule addition service stores information on an event selected by the user from an event list described later.
This is a service that inserts the schedule information of the user into the corresponding day of the event, and causes the information acquisition terminal to execute one of the characteristic processes of this system.

As a prerequisite for executing the processing in this service, a schedule information file and an event information file (not shown) are provided in an area of the user storage means 15.

[0187] The schedule information file stores schedule information, which is a schedule listing weekly schedules of the user. The user-side processing unit 12 displays the schedule information on the display unit 14 when “my schedule” arranged at the upper right of the information access screen is selected by the input unit 13.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of a schedule information screen displayed on the display means 14 by the user processing means 12 when the "my schedule" is selected.

The schedule information screen displays the schedule of the user every week.
In the upper part of the screen, the year, month, and week are displayed. On the left side of the screen, dates corresponding to Monday to Sunday are vertically arranged, and on the right side, an event display column for displaying event information selected from an event list screen described later, and a memo input by the user. A memo display field to be displayed is arranged in association with each day of the week. In this memo display field, the user's personal schedule can be freely written from the input means 13. For example, in the memo display column on July 12 of the schedule information shown in FIG. 16, "cost 17830 yen for purchasing a commuter pass.
○ I'm going to have you return my money. "

When the user wants to refer to the schedule information of the next week or write in the memo display field of the schedule information of the next week, the user inputs the schedule information from
Select "NEXT WEEK" at the bottom of the screen. In response to this selection, the user-side processing means 12 causes the display means 14 to display schedule information for the next week.

On the other hand, the “event information file” contains
Stores "event information". This "event information" refers to data on the names of events such as concerts and live events to be held in the next week, the date and time of the event, the location and the means of transportation to the location, the price of the admission ticket and the status of its remaining status. Including.

The update of the "event information file" is also performed integrally with the update of the file corresponding to each keyword input field, image, etc. on the information access screen by executing the above-described basic processing of information transmission. Done.

On the other hand, as a prerequisite for updating the "event information file", the information transmitting apparatus receives new event information from an external terminal and stores it in the basic information database 241 of the server-side storage means 24. However, registration processing from an external terminal at this time will be described.

The external terminal is a terminal of a person who wants to register information of an event to be advertised, and can usually be a terminal of an event organizer. In the present embodiment, the information transmitting apparatus operates a dedicated Web page for a person who wants to register event information to access, apart from a service provided to a normal user. When wishing to register the event information, the user first accesses this Web page.

The registration web page for event information is configured in accordance with a predetermined format for inputting items to be distributed to each information acquisition terminal as event information. Enter necessary items (event name, date and time of the event, price of admission ticket for the event, remaining status of the admission ticket, etc.). Then, the input items are stored as they are as event information in a predetermined file of the basic information database 241.

Therefore, a series of information can be distributed from the terminal of the poster of the event, which is the sender of the information, to the information transmitting apparatus and the information acquisition terminal, which is the end user, by online processing. On the transmitting device side,
There is no need for the operator to perform processing such as processing information or adding new information.

Hereinafter, specific processing of the schedule addition service will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, referring to the “text information displaying the advertisement of the event to be held this week as a telop” on the information access screen, the user who is interested in the event to which the text information displayed in the telop is advertised, Information is selected from the input means 13 (511).

This character information has a telop display section for displaying the advertisement of the event to be held this week by telop. For example, when the event information file includes event information related to “Southern All Stars Live Event Chigasaki Live Additional Performance”, the user-side processing unit 12 receives the event information from the information transmitting device, which is a server, and stores the user-side storage unit 15.
Based on the information stored in, the advertisement "Southern All Stars Live Event Chigasaki Live Additional Performance" is displayed as a telop. The update of the file storing the data for displaying the advertisement is also integrated with the update of the file corresponding to each keyword input field, image, etc. on the information access screen by executing the above-described basic processing of the information transmission. Done in

Further, the character information includes a link to an event list screen relating to the display contents of the telop display section, and has a structure in which a link to the event list screen is arranged at the periphery of the telop display section. ing.
This point is one of the characteristic points of the information access screen, which is different from the related art.

By providing such a structure, it is not necessary to provide a button linked to the event list screen separately from the advertisement display on the information access screen of the present system.

Therefore, when the user who has referred to the telop display wants to refer to the event list screen advertised in the telop display, the user has only to select the telop display section itself from the input means 13. The trouble of searching for the linked button on the information access screen can be omitted.

When the character information is selected, the user-side processing means 12 reads out the event information from the event information file in the user-side storage means 15 (512).

Then, the user side processing means 12 creates display data of the event list screen based on the read event information, and displays it on the display means 14 (513).

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a screen of an event list relating to an event held in a certain week. In the upper part of the screen, a list in which the event name, the date and time of the event held this week, the price of the admission ticket of the event, and the remaining status of the admission ticket are displayed for each event is displayed. Further, the user-side processing means 12 displays, at the lower part of the screen of the display means 14, information relating to the event selected from the list by the input means 13 and highlighted. Specifically, the date and time of the event and the venue are displayed on the lower left of the screen, and the access method to the venue is displayed on the lower right of the screen.

The user refers to each event information displayed on the event list and determines whether there is an event to be scheduled to participate. When there is no event scheduled to participate, "cancel" is selected at the upper right of the event list screen. On the other hand, when an event scheduled to participate exists, a schedule addition operation is performed by the input means 13 (514). ). The schedule addition operation is
This is performed by selecting "confirm" at the bottom of the screen with the event to be participated selected and highlighted.
Here, it is assumed that the user has selected “Southern All Stars Live Event” held on July 14.

When "confirm" is selected at the upper left of the screen, the user side processing means 12 reads the schedule information from the schedule information file (515).

Next, the user-side processing means 12 stores information on the event "Southern All Stars Live Event" selected by the user in a place corresponding to July 14 in the event display column of the read schedule information. The schedule information is updated by inserting (5)
16).

Then, the user side processing means 12 stores the updated schedule information in the schedule information file of the user side storage means 15 (517).

[0210] When "cancel" is selected at the upper right of the event screen or when the schedule information updated based on the event information is stored in the schedule information file, the user-side processing means 12 terminates all the processes.

[0211] After the above-mentioned schedule addition processing, the schedule information displayed on the display means 14 when the user selects "my schedule" on the information access screen includes, for example, as shown in FIG. The added event information will be displayed. In the event display column on July 14 in the schedule shown in FIG. 19, "Southern All Stars Live Event Chigasaki Live Additional Performance OO Start" is displayed. According to the event addition service in the present embodiment, the user can easily grasp the latest event holding information from the information received from the information transmitting device, and further, from the event holding information of the event, the event to which the user is to participate. Can be added to its own schedule information by a very simple operation.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment.

In the above basic process of information transmission, the method of transmitting information that has not been transmitted to each information acquisition terminal is performed by storing the date and time when each information acquisition terminal accessed last time in the unsent information determination condition database 242. It is not limited to the method implemented. For example, each time new information is added to the server-side storage means 24, an information code is assigned to the new information, and the unsent information determination condition database 242 is associated with the identification information of each information acquisition terminal and the information acquisition terminal Stores the information code of the information transmitted to the server, and when receiving a "request for transmission of one information", stores the information with the information code other than the information code associated with the identification information of the information acquisition terminal. Alternatively, a method of determining that the information has not been transmitted may be adopted.

In the storage expiration information adding process, which is one of the applied processes of the information transmission, the information transmitting apparatus as the server transmits the extracted information and the storage expiration information to the information acquisition terminal in association with each other. In the processing, the user-side processing unit 12 of the information acquisition terminal generates the storage period information, monitors the information whose storage period has elapsed, and deletes the information whose storage period has elapsed from the user storage unit 15. In such a case, individual arrangement of information that is no longer required due to the passage of time can be realized, and thus such a configuration may be adopted.

In the search list creation of the above-mentioned product search service, instead of arranging the product information in ascending order of the selling price of the product itself and then calculating the shipping fee, first, the shipping fee of each product is calculated. A configuration in which a product search list in which product information is arranged in ascending order of the calculated sum of each shipping fee and each product price may be adopted.

In the present embodiment, the information acquisition terminal as the user's terminal and the information transmission device as the server are connected via the public line 50, and the information acquisition terminal and the information transmission device are connected to the Internet. Service provider,
The connection may be made via a WWW server.

In the schedule management service described above, the screen of the schedule information displayed on the display means 14 by the user processing means 12 does not need to display the schedule of the user on a one-week basis. 1
The schedule of the user may be displayed on a monthly basis.

As described above, the storage of the event information in the basic information database 241 is executed by the registration process from the external terminal, but the storage of the product information in the product information database 244 is not limited to this. Similarly, it may be configured to be executed by a registration process from an external terminal. As this registration processing, the information transmitting apparatus transmits the product name of the product to be sold using the present system, the price of the product, information for identifying whether the product is new or used, and the like. Dedicated W for input
web page, and the server-side processing means 23
The above-mentioned predetermined items input by a person who accesses page b are directly used as product information as product information database 24.
4 can be assumed.

[0219]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a user who wants to obtain information via a communication network can select an image or character information on a screen or input a keyword by a very simple operation. The present invention provides an unprecedented superior information access screen that enables the user to immediately reach the information to be accessed.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, a user of an information acquisition terminal capable of storing a plurality of pieces of information responds to a transmission request for “one piece of information” which will be used immediately after the acquisition. Other information determined not to be transmitted to the terminal is also transmitted. As described above, when the user's terminal and the server are connected, by adopting a configuration of transmitting new information including data not directly requested to be transmitted,
For example, when a transmission request for information that has not been requested for a long time is made, all the information accumulated during that time is received, and as a result, the connection time is long depending on the type of information requested to the server. It is possible to solve the conventional problem that may occur in some cases, and to efficiently transmit and receive information as the whole system.

According to the third and fourth aspects of the present invention, the information transmitted from the information transmitting apparatus according to the second aspect to the information acquisition terminal is deleted from the storage means of the information acquisition terminal after a predetermined storage period has elapsed. With this configuration, even if the user of the information acquisition terminal does not independently perform the process of deleting the information whose usage time has elapsed, it is possible to easily organize the individual information that has become unnecessary over time. it can.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the information received from the information transmitting apparatus according to the second aspect and stored in the storage means is stored in the information access screen in any of the "characters and / or images" It can be determined whether or not the information is linked to at a glance of the information access screen. Therefore, each time information is received from the information transmitting device and stored in the storage means, "characters and / or images" with a link to each piece of information is selected to determine which of the related information is new. Can be avoided.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, a plurality of keyword input fields specialized for each type of information to be acquired are arranged on an information access screen of an information transmitting apparatus for acquiring information from the information transmitting apparatus according to the second aspect. In order to adopt a configuration, search pages for each piece of information to be obtained are not provided in multiple layers,
This provides an unprecedented excellent operation and effect that a process of immediately displaying a search result can be realized on the next screen after a keyword is input from each keyword input field of one screen.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, a keyword input field specialized for each type of information to be acquired is arranged on an information access screen of an information transmitting apparatus for acquiring information from the information transmitting apparatus according to the second aspect. At the same time, when the operation of suspending the use of the keyword input field that is not planned to be used at all is received, the acquisition of the information corresponding to the input field on which the use suspend operation has been performed is rejected. Therefore, it is possible to avoid unnecessary waste of access time by receiving information that is not intended to be used at all from the information transmitting apparatus according to claim 2, and to reduce the line usage charge imposed on the user. Achieve unprecedented effects.

According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, it is not necessary to separately provide a button having a link to the telop display and information on the contents of the telop display on a single screen, and to a screen related to the telop display. This has an unprecedented excellent effect of eliminating the trouble of searching for a button having a link.

According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, when searching for a product to be purchased using a communication network, the product search list, which is a search result, indicates whether the product is new or used. Has an unprecedented superior operational effect that it is not necessary to individually inquire the seller or the like whether the product is new or used.

According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, when arranging each product information when creating a search list by searching for similar products that can be purchased using a communication network, the sales price is low. The product is arranged at a position that is easy for the user to select, and for a product with the same sales price, a product with a high sales commission paid by the seller of the product is arranged at a position that is easy for the user to select. Therefore,
This provides an unprecedented superior effect that the margin for the operator of the product search device can be increased.

According to the eleventh aspect of the present invention, when arranging each product information when creating a search list by searching for similar products that can be purchased using the communication network, the sales price is low. Products are arranged at positions that are easy for the user to select, and for an array of products that also have the same selling price, products sold by sellers with a large number of past product transactions are placed at positions that are easy for the user to select. Deploy. Therefore, there is an unprecedented excellent effect of realizing stable operation of the merchandise brokering business by the operator of the merchandise search device.

According to the twelfth aspect, the delivery date selection field is output to the user side, and the delivery fee is calculated according to the delivery date selected from the delivery date selection field. Therefore, it is possible to facilitate the creation of a delivery schedule of a product delivery company and to improve the efficiency of product delivery, such as to collectively deliver a plurality of products with different application dates to one receiving place.

According to the thirteenth aspect of the present invention, the other party information to be disclosed to a user who seeks an encounter and the personal information received from each user for buying and selling goods via a communication network are shared. By doing so, highly reliable partner information can be provided to a user seeking an encounter, and trouble caused by provision of false partner information can be avoided.

According to the fourteenth aspect of the present invention, the schedule information of the user can be immediately updated by a simple operation of adding a schedule based on the event information received from the server side. This is an unprecedented excellent effect of facilitating the operation.

According to the fifteenth aspect of the present invention, a product search process for searching for a product to be sold using a communication network, an information storage process for receiving information from a server and storing it in a user terminal, Conventionally, a plurality of programs must be installed and launched, such as a partner introduction process that mediates a matching partner and a schedule update process that updates the schedule of the user based on the event information received from the server. This achieves an unprecedented superior operation and effect that processing that could not be realized by a single program can be realized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an information access screen.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a basic process of information transmission.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an information access screen whose display mode has been changed.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating information acquisition rejection processing.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing transmission information limitation processing.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a data structure of a product information database 244.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a data structure of a seller database 245.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a process of a product search service (purchase product search and confirmation).

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing processing of a product search service (calculation of delivery fee).

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a search condition input screen.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a product search list.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a delivery fee calculation chart.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a delivery date selection list.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a purchase application end screen.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a screen of schedule information.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating processing of a schedule addition service.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a screen of an event list.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a screen of schedule information to which event information has been added.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 User side communication means 12 User side processing means 13 Input means 14 Display means 15 User side storage means 22 Server side communication means 23 Server side processing means 24 Server side storage means 50 Public line 241 Basic information database 242 Unsent information judgment condition database 243 User information database 244 Product information database 245 Seller database 246 Shipping fee database

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[Claims] 1. A medium storing a program for causing an information acquisition terminal, which acquires information using a communication network, to execute a process of displaying an information access screen, wherein the information access screen includes the information acquisition screen. When acquiring information related to a keyword input by a user of a terminal, a character in which a first area for arranging the keyword input field and a link for acquiring information corresponding to the personal information of the user are set. And / or a screen configured by combining a second area on which an image is arranged. 2. An information transmitting apparatus for transmitting information to an information acquisition terminal, comprising: an information storage means for storing a plurality of pieces of information; and a determination condition of information not transmitted to each information acquisition terminal, Unsent information determination condition storage means for storing in association with identification information, identification information of the information acquisition terminal from the information acquisition terminal,
Receiving means for receiving a request for transmitting one information, and when the receiving means receives the request for transmitting the information and the identification information of the information acquiring terminal, the receiving means is associated with the identification information of the information acquiring terminal. Processing means for reading the determination condition from the untransmitted information determination condition storage means, and extracting from the information storage means information determined to be not transmitted to the information acquisition terminal based on the read determination condition; Transmitting means for transmitting the information extracted by the information obtaining terminal to the information acquisition terminal. 3. The information transmitting apparatus according to claim 2, wherein, when the processing unit extracts information determined not to be transmitted to the information acquisition terminal, the processing unit extracts storage term information of the extracted information. An information transmitting device that outputs to the transmitting means in association with the information. 4. An information storage device for making an information transmission request to the information transmission device according to claim 2, receiving information not transmitted to the information acquisition terminal, and storing the information in a storage unit of the information acquisition terminal. Processing, a storage expiration date information generating process for generating the storage expiration date information of each of the received information, and, based on the generated storage expiration date information, determining whether or not the information associated with the storage expiration date has passed the storage expiration date. A medium storing a program for causing the information acquisition terminal to execute an information erasure process for erasing the information whose storage period has expired from the storage means. 5. An information storage process for receiving, from the information transmitting apparatus according to claim 2, information determined not to be transmitted to the information acquiring terminal and storing the information in a storage unit of the information acquiring terminal. An information access screen display process for displaying an information access screen on which a character or / and / or an image is arranged in which a link for acquiring information corresponding to the personal information of the user of the information acquisition terminal is set; When information according to the personal information of the user of the information acquisition terminal becomes new information, a display mode change process for changing a display mode of a character and / or an image to which a link for obtaining the information is set And when the user selects any character or / and image on the information access screen, the one information based on the selected character or / and image A medium storing a program for causing the information acquisition terminal to execute an information transmission request process of transmitting a report transmission request to the information transmission device. 6. An information storage device for making a request for transmitting one piece of information to the information transmitting apparatus according to claim 2, receiving information not transmitted to the information acquiring terminal, and storing the information in a storage unit of the information acquiring terminal. Processing, a keyword input field for acquiring information related to a keyword input by the user of the information acquisition terminal, wherein a plurality of keyword input fields specialized for each type of information to be acquired are arranged; Information access screen display processing for displaying an access screen on the information acquisition terminal; and when the user inputs a keyword from any of the keyword input fields of the information access screen, the information related to the input keyword is displayed. A program for reading information from the storage means of the information acquisition terminal and causing the information acquisition terminal to execute an information presentation process to present the information to the user. Medium storing the ram. 7. An information storage device for making a request for transmitting one piece of information to the information transmitting apparatus according to claim 2, receiving information not transmitted to the information acquiring terminal, and storing the information in a storage means of the information acquiring terminal. Processing, a keyword input field for acquiring information related to a keyword input by the user of the information acquisition terminal, wherein a plurality of keyword input fields specialized for each type of information to be acquired are arranged; Information access screen display processing for displaying an access screen on the information acquisition terminal; and when the user inputs a keyword from any of the keyword input fields of the information access screen, the information related to the input keyword is displayed. An information presenting process of reading information from storage means of the information acquisition terminal and presenting the information to the user; When the suspension operation of the specific keyword input field is received, the display mode of the suspended input field is changed, and the information transmitted from the information transmitting apparatus is transferred to the input field where the suspension operation is not performed. A medium storing a program for causing the information acquisition terminal to execute an acquisition information limitation process of transmitting a transmission information limitation request for limiting the information to corresponding information to the information transmission device. 8. A character information display structure including a telop display section and a link to information on display contents of the telop display section, wherein the link is arranged on the periphery of the telop display section. Information display structure. 9. A merchandise search device for outputting a search list of purchased merchandise to a user terminal using a communication network, the merchandise information including at least information for identifying that the merchandise is used or new. Product information storage means for storing product information for each product; and processing means for reading product information from the storage means and outputting data of a product search list or data for creating a product search list based on the product information to a user terminal. A product search device, characterized in that, in each product information on the product search list, information for identifying that each product is used or new is written for each product. . 10. A merchandise search device that outputs a search list of purchased merchandise to a user terminal using a communication network, wherein merchandise information including a sales price of each merchandise is transmitted to a seller that sells the merchandise. Merchandise information storage means for associating and storing; a merchant storage means for storing the merchant of the merchandise in association with a brokerage commission paid by the merchant to an intermediary; Processing means for creating a search list in which the respective product information of the products are arranged in ascending order of the selling price and outputting the search list to a user terminal, wherein the processing means determines the arrangement of the respective products having the same selling price. At this time, the brokerage commission of the seller associated with the product is specified based on the contents of the product information storage means and the seller storage means, and each of the specified Product search apparatus characterized by disposing a product associated with the high seller of brokerage goods at a higher level. 11. A merchandise search device that outputs a search list of purchased merchandise to a user terminal using a communication network, wherein merchandise information including a selling price of each merchandise is transmitted to a seller who sells the merchandise. A merchandise information storage unit that stores the merchandise in association with the merchandise; a merchant storage unit that stores the merchandise of the merchandise in association with the number of past merchandise transactions of the merchant; Processing means for creating a search list in which the respective product information items are arranged in ascending order of the selling price, and outputting the search list to a user terminal, wherein the processing means determines the arrangement of the respective products having the same selling price. And specifying the number of past merchandise transactions of the seller associated with the product based on the contents of the merchandise information storage means and the seller storage means. Product search apparatus characterized by disposing Commodity number of removed by products associated with many distributors to the upper. 12. A delivery fee calculating device for calculating a shipping fee of a product to be sold using a communication network, comprising: a delivery date selection column output means for outputting a delivery date selection column to a user terminal; A delivery fee calculating device including, when receiving a delivery date selected by the user from the delivery date selection field, calculating means for calculating a delivery fee according to the received delivery date. 13. A user information storage means for storing information of a partner to be met, and, when a request for introduction requested by a user to be met is received from a user, the information of the partner that matches the desired condition for introduction is stored in the user information storage means. And a processing unit for generating display information of the searched partner information and outputting the display information to the user side, wherein the partner information of each user stored in the user information storage unit is: An introduction device, which is personal information received from each user in order to buy or sell a product via a communication network. 14. An event information display process for displaying event information received from a server side on a user terminal, and when a schedule addition operation is received for the displayed event information, the schedule information is stored in a schedule storage unit of the user terminal. A program for updating the stored schedule information of the user based on the event information and causing the terminal of the user to execute a schedule information update process of displaying the updated schedule information on the terminal of the user is recorded. Medium. 15. A product search condition transmitting process for receiving an input of a search condition of a product desired to be purchased from a user and transmitting the input search condition to a server side, and a product of a product matching the transmitted product search condition. Receiving the information from the server and displaying the search result on the terminal of the user; and receiving the event information from the server in response to the transmission of the search condition, and storing the event information in the event storage means of the terminal of the user in advance. Storing and receiving the partner information from the server side and storing the information in advance in the partner information storage means of the terminal of the user; and A partner introduction process for reading partner information that matches the desired referral condition from the partner information storage means of the terminal of the user and displaying the information on the terminal of the user. Receiving a schedule update operation from the user, and causing the terminal of the user to execute a schedule update process of updating the schedule of the user stored in the schedule information storage unit based on the event information read from the event information storage unit. Media that stores programs for