JP2005149193A - Information processing device and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide highly accurate profile information by producing personal profile information while taking into account the time when a user actually watches information, in view of the fact that when a conventional device produces personal profile information, it bothers each user to input information about whether he/she has interest (teacher signal), with the profile information likely to be affected by the feelings of each user at that time. <P>SOLUTION: This information processing device includes an information output part which acquires information held by other devices to output it; a communication state information acquisition part which acquires communication state information as information about the state of communication with other devices; and a personal profile information creating part which creates personal profile information as information showing personal tastes according to the information outputted by the information output part and the communication state information. Such an information processing device can produce highly accurate profile information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus that generates personal profile information, which is information indicating personal preferences.

The first prior art includes an input means for inputting presence / absence (teacher signal) of the user's interest in the information presented by the user, and a personal profile reflecting the user's personal interest using the teacher signal. An information distribution apparatus including an information filter unit having a learning unit to be created and an information evaluation unit for calculating a necessity signal for each user using the personal profile, the probe signal reflecting the distribution content, An information distribution apparatus having an information distribution unit that distributes information to the owner of the personal profile whose probe response signal calculated from the personal profile takes a large value. Exchanges can be made (see Patent Document 1). The second prior art also includes an information evaluation unit having means for calculating necessity and reliability from a plurality of keywords, a function for rearranging information in the order of necessity, and the necessity of each member of the collaborative work group. By taking a configuration that includes a group interface unit that has the function of rearranging information in the order of the group necessity, and calculating the total sum of the group, the necessity of information as a whole group can be quantified. The user can efficiently obtain necessary information as a group.
Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2000-331013 (first page, FIG. 1 etc.) Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-143900 (first page, FIG. 1 etc.)

However, in the conventional apparatus, when configuring personal profile information, the user is made to input his / her interest (teacher signal). Therefore, there is a problem that the profile information is extremely troublesome for the user and may be configured depending on the user's mood at that time.
The present invention has been made to solve the conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to construct highly accurate profile information by constructing personal profile information in consideration of the time when the user actually viewed the information. And

  The information processing apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention is a communication state in which information held by another apparatus is acquired and communication status information that is information relating to a communication state between the information output unit and the other apparatus is output. The information processing apparatus includes an information acquisition unit, and a personal profile information generation unit that generates personal profile information that is information indicating personal preference based on information output from the information output unit and communication state information. With this information processing apparatus, highly accurate profile information can be configured.

An information processing apparatus according to a second aspect of the invention acquires an information held by another apparatus and outputs it, and an output for acquiring an output time that is information relating to the time when the information output part outputs the information The information processing apparatus includes a time acquisition unit and a personal profile information generation unit that generates personal profile information that is information indicating personal preference based on the information output from the information output unit and the output time. With this information processing apparatus, highly accurate profile information can be configured. The personal profile information generation unit generates personal profile information when the information output unit outputs information for a certain period of time or longer without considering the information or reducing the output time. By adopting the configuration, for example, it is possible to configure high-accuracy profile information that takes into account, for example, when the user is out of the seat in a state where information is output. In addition, by changing the above-mentioned fixed time according to the attribute value of the information output by the information output unit, for example, the content of the information is changed depending on the type of information (one of the attribute values) such as text data or image data. It is possible to configure profile information with higher accuracy in consideration of different graspable times.

  An information processing apparatus according to a third aspect of the present invention includes a distribution information receiving unit that receives distribution information distributed by the information distribution apparatus and a distribution information receiving unit with respect to the information processing apparatus according to the first to second aspects A determination unit that determines whether the received distribution information satisfies a predetermined condition based on the personal profile information generated by the personal profile information generation unit, and the determination unit determines whether the distribution information is based on the personal profile information. The information processing apparatus further includes a distribution information processing unit that processes the distribution information when it is determined that the above condition is satisfied. Such an information processing apparatus enables information filtering based on highly accurate profile information. Note that the distribution information processing unit accumulates, outputs, or transmits distribution information, for example.

  The information processing apparatus according to the fourth aspect of the present invention is configured to provide group preferences based on two or more personal profile information generated by the personal profile information generation unit with respect to the information processing apparatuses according to the first to third aspects. The information processing apparatus further includes a group profile information generation unit that generates group profile information that is information to be displayed. With this information processing apparatus, it is possible to generate effective group profile information using highly accurate personal profile information.

  The information processing apparatus according to the fifth aspect of the present invention relates to the information processing apparatus according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, wherein 2 indicates the group profile information generated by the group profile information generation unit and the notification destination of information to each member belonging to the group A group information holding unit that holds one or more group information associated with the above notification destination information, an information receiving unit that receives information, and a group determination unit that determines a group to transmit information based on group profile information A notification destination information acquisition unit that acquires two or more notification destination information that is a notification destination of each member belonging to the group determined by the group determination unit, and two or more notification destination information acquired by the notification destination information acquisition unit. The information processing apparatus further includes an information transmission unit that transmits information received by the information reception unit to the notification destination indicated. With this information processing apparatus, appropriate information can be transmitted to an appropriate user based on highly accurate group profile information.

  The present invention can provide an information processing apparatus capable of configuring personal profile information with high accuracy.

Hereinafter, embodiments of an information processing apparatus and the like will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, since the component which attached | subjected the same code | symbol in embodiment performs the same operation | movement, description may be abbreviate | omitted again.
(Embodiment 1)

In this embodiment, the information is stored, the information storage device that transmits the information to the information processing device, the information is acquired from the information storage device and output, and the individual is based on the output information and the communication state. An information processing system including an information processing apparatus that generates personal profile information that is information indicating the user's preference and an information distribution apparatus that distributes information to the information processing apparatus will be described. Note that the information processing apparatus filters and processes the information received from the information distribution apparatus based on the generated personal profile information.

  FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of an information processing system. The information processing system includes an information storage device 11, an information processing device 12, and an information distribution device 13. The information storage device 11 is a server device on the Web, for example. The information processing system usually has a large number of information storage devices 11. The information storage device 11 stores a home page, for example, and transmits the home page to the information processing device 12 in response to a request from the information storage device 11. The information processing apparatus 12 is a terminal that receives and outputs information, and stores, for example, a Web browser. The information distribution device 13 is a device that distributes information, for example, a broadcast device that distributes programs. The distribution performed by the information distribution apparatus 13 may be terrestrial digital broadcasting, satellite broadcasting, analog broadcasting, CATV, Internet broadcasting, network communication, or the like.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the information processing system. The information storage device 11 includes an information storage unit 1101 that stores information and an information transmission unit 1102 that transmits information in response to an instruction from the information processing device 12. The information stored in the information storage device 11 is, for example, content such as a website on the Web. The information processing apparatus 12 includes an input reception unit 1201, an information output unit 1202, a communication state information acquisition unit 1203, a personal profile information generation unit 1204, a distribution information reception unit 1205, a determination unit 1206, and an information storage unit 1207. The information distribution apparatus 13 includes a distribution information storage unit 1301 that stores distribution information that is information to be distributed, and an information distribution unit 1302 that distributes distribution information in the distribution information storage unit 1301. The distribution information is, for example, a program, an electronic program guide, content on the Web, or the like.

  The input receiving unit 1201 receives user input. The user input is, for example, an instruction for acquiring information stored in the information storage device 11. Specifically, when the information storage device 11 is a server on the Web and stores a home page, a user input includes an input of a URL for acquiring the home page and a press of an acquisition instruction button. It is. The input means may be anything such as a numeric keypad, keyboard, mouse or menu screen. The input receiving unit 1201 can be realized by a device driver for input means such as a numeric keypad and a keyboard, control software for a menu screen, and the like.

  The information output unit 1202 acquires and outputs information held by the information storage device 11 in accordance with the input received by the input receiving unit 1201. The information output unit 1202 has an information acquisition function and an information output function. The information acquisition function can be realized by wireless or wired communication means. The information acquisition function may be a function of reading information from the recording medium. The output of the information output function is a concept including display on a display and sound output. The information output function may or may not be considered to be realized by a configuration including an output device such as a display or a speaker.

The communication state information acquisition unit 1203 acquires communication state information that is information regarding a communication state with the information storage device 11. The communication status information may be information that can indirectly assume the communication status with the information storage device 11. That is, the communication status information may be information indicating a network load around the information processing apparatus 12. There is no limitation on the method by which the communication status information acquisition unit 1203 acquires the communication status information. For example, the communication state information acquisition unit 1203 may acquire a packet reception time from packet transmission when a packet is transmitted to the information storage device 11 and a packet is received from the information storage device 11. In such a case, for example, the time from packet transmission to reception is the communication state information. The communication state may be a reception state of radio waves between the information storage device 11 and the information processing device 12. That is, the information storage device 11 and the information processing device 12 transmit and receive information by broadcasting (for example, terrestrial digital broadcasting), and the communication state information acquisition unit 1203 acquires the reception state of radio waves between both devices. Also good. The communication status information acquisition unit 1203 can usually be realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The communication state information acquisition unit 1203 may have a communication function. The processing procedure of the communication state information acquisition unit 1203 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The personal profile information generation unit 1204 generates personal profile information that is information indicating personal preferences based on the information output by the information output unit 1202 and the communication state information. A specific method for generating personal profile information will be described later. The personal profile information generation unit 1204 normally stores the generated personal profile information in a nonvolatile recording medium, but may be stored in a main memory or the like. The personal profile information generation unit 1204 can usually be realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the personal profile information generation unit 1204 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The distribution information receiving unit 1205 receives distribution information distributed by the information distribution device 13. Such reception may be broadcast reception or communication reception. The distribution information receiving unit 1205 is realized by a tuner and its driver software, for example. The distribution information receiving unit 1205 is realized by, for example, a network card and its driver software.

  The determining unit 1206 determines whether the distribution information received by the distribution information receiving unit 1205 satisfies a predetermined condition based on the personal profile information generated by the personal profile information generating unit 1204. “Whether or not a predetermined condition is satisfied” is usually whether or not it is determined that the distribution information matches the user's preference. The determination unit 1206 can usually be realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the determination unit 1206 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  When the determination unit 1206 determines that the distribution information satisfies a predetermined condition based on the personal profile information, the information storage unit 1207 stores the distribution information in a recording medium (not shown). The information storage unit 1207 may be considered as including or not including a recording medium for storing distribution information. The information storage unit 1207 can usually be realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the information storage unit 1207 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

Hereinafter, the operation of the information processing system will be described. First, the operation of the information storage device 11 will be described. The information storage device 11 transmits the stored information to the one information processing device 12 based on a request from the one information processing device 12.
Next, the operation of the information distribution device 13 will be described. The information distribution device 13 distributes the stored distribution information to one or more information processing devices 12.
Next, the operation of the information processing apparatus 12 will be described using the flowchart of FIG.
(Step S301) The input receiving unit 1201 determines whether an input has been received. If an input is accepted, the process goes to step S302, and if no input is accepted, the process jumps to step S313.

  (Step S302) The information output unit 1202 determines whether or not the input received in step S301 is an information acquisition instruction. If it is an information acquisition instruction, the process proceeds to step S303, and if it is not an information acquisition instruction, the process jumps to step S308.

(Step S303) Initialization is performed. The initialization here means, for example, that the communication status information buffer, which is information related to the communication status, is emptied. The communication status information is, for example, information indicating a time from when an information acquisition instruction is transmitted to the information storage device 11 until information is acquired.

  (Step S304) The information output unit 1202 accesses the information storage device 11 indicated by the information acquisition instruction received in step S302. “Accessing the information storage device 11” means, for example, transmitting an instruction to instruct information acquisition. More specifically, “accessing the information storage device 11” means, for example, accessing the information storage device 11 by HTTP based on the URL for which the input is accepted.

  (Step S305) The information output unit 1202 determines whether the information indicated by the information acquisition instruction received in step S302 has been acquired. If information is acquired, it will go to step S306, and if information is not acquired, it will return to step S305.

(Step S306) The communication state information acquisition unit 1203 acquires a time from the information acquisition instruction to the information acquisition, and temporarily accumulates information regarding the time. The information processing apparatus 12 holds a timer (not shown), and the communication state information acquisition unit 1203 acquires a communication time (time from information acquisition instruction to information acquisition) measured by the timer.
(Step S307) The information output unit 1202 acquires the information acquired in step S305.

(Step S308) The information output unit 1202 determines whether or not the input received in step S301 is an instruction to end the output of information. If it is an instruction to end output, the process goes to step S309, and if it is not an instruction to end output, the process returns to step S301.
(Step S309) The information output unit 1202 ends the output of information. “Terminate output” means, for example, closing a window that outputs information.

  (Step S310) The communication state information acquisition unit 1203 configures communication state information based on the communication time temporarily accumulated in Step S306. “Composing communication state information” means, for example, calculating a time obtained by adding a communication time and an output time which is a time during which information is output. In such a case, the communication state information acquisition unit 1203 also has a function of measuring the output time.

(Step S311) The personal profile information generation unit 1204 generates personal profile information that is information indicating personal preferences based on the information output by the information output unit 1202 and the communication state information configured in step S310. A specific method for generating personal profile information will be described later.
(Step S312) The personal profile information generation unit 1204 stores the personal profile information generated in step S311. The process returns to step S301.
(Step S313) The distribution information receiving unit 1205 determines whether or not distribution information has been received. If the distribution information is received, the process goes to step S314. If the distribution information is not received, the process returns to step S301.

(Step S314) The determination unit 1206 determines whether or not the distribution information received in step S313 satisfies a predetermined condition based on the personal profile information accumulated in step S312. If the predetermined condition is satisfied, the process goes to step S315. If the predetermined condition is not satisfied, the process returns to step S301.
(Step S315) The information storage unit 1207 stores the distribution information in a recording medium (not shown). The process returns to step S301.
In the flowchart of FIG. 3, the process ends when the power is turned off or the process is terminated.

  Hereinafter, a specific operation of the information processing system in the present embodiment will be described. A conceptual diagram of the information processing system is shown in FIG. The information storage device 11 constituting the information processing system here is a server device on the Web, and stores a home page described in HTML or the like. The information processing apparatus 12 is a personal computer used by a user, and is equipped with a web browser. Further, the information processing apparatus 12 includes a tuner board and can receive a broadcast. Furthermore, the information processing apparatus 12 includes a large-capacity recording medium (such as a hard disk) that can store a large number of programs including moving images. The information distribution device 13 is a broadcasting device. For example, the information distribution device 13 is a terrestrial digital broadcasting device.

  Now, the personal profile information generation unit 1204 of the information processing apparatus 12 holds the interest graph shown in FIG. The vertical axis of the interest level graph is “interest level”, and the horizontal axis is “stay time”. “Stay time” indicates the time from when the user gives an instruction to acquire a homepage until the page is acquired and the display is terminated (until the stay). “Stay time” consists of “communication time” and “output time”. “Communication time” is the time from when the user gives an instruction to acquire a homepage until the homepage is acquired, that is, the communication time between the information processing device 12 and the information storage device 11. “Output time” is the time during which the home page is output. The “degree of interest” is a value indicating the degree of interest of the user's homepage (information), and here, a value between 0 and 10 can be taken. An interest level of “0” indicates that there is no interest at all. The degree of interest “5” indicates that the user is not interested and cannot be said to be interested. An interest level of “10” indicates that the user is very interested. According to the interest level graph of FIG. 4, when the stay time is 8 seconds in addition to the communication time, the interest level is “0”. That is, it is indicated that the user is not interested in the information displayed for 8 seconds or less. In addition, according to the interest level graph of FIG. 4, when the stay time is 180 seconds or more in addition to the communication time, the interest level is “5”, and it can be said that the interest level is not interested. Show. This is because the homepage that has been output for a long time is likely because the user has left the seat on the way, or the user has taken another job and is not looking at the homepage. It is preferable to judge that the user is not interested in the homepage.

  Next, FIG. 5 shows an example of personal profile information. The personal profile information is composed of one or more records having attribute values of “keyword”, “selected”, and “non-selected”. The attribute value of “selection” is determined as follows. When the user acquires and outputs the home page, the attribute value “select” corresponding to the “keyword” of the home page determined to be greater than the degree of interest “5” according to the interest level graph of FIG. 1 is added. That is, in FIG. 5, when a homepage including the keyword “soccer” is acquired and output, the degree of interest is greater than “5” is “89” times, and the degree of interest is “5” or less. Indicates that it was “1”. From this data, it can be seen that this user is quite interested in “soccer”. Similarly, in FIG. 5, when a homepage including the keyword “home run” is acquired and output, when the degree of interest is greater than “5”, the degree of interest is “5” or less. It indicates that there were “71” times. Therefore, it can be seen that this user has no interest in the “home run”.

Next, a method for generating and updating personal profile information will be described. It is assumed that the user instructs the information processing apparatus 12 to acquire a certain home page. Next, the information processing device 12 accesses the one information storage device 11 to acquire and display the home page (see FIG. 6). The communication time in this case is 5 seconds, and the homepage is output for 80 seconds after the homepage is output. That is, assume that 80 seconds after outputting the home page, the information processing apparatus 12 closes the window of the web browser displaying the home page according to a user instruction. Then, the information processing apparatus 12 acquires that the communication time is 5 seconds and the output time is 80 seconds. Next, the information processing apparatus 12 calculates the degree of interest at an output time of 80 seconds as “10” from the degree of interest graph of FIG. 4. Then, the information processing apparatus 12 determines from the degree of interest “10” that the homepage is information that is very interesting for the user. Next, the information processing apparatus 12 acquires the keywords “Japan National Team” and “Soccer” from the homepage. Then, the information processing apparatus 12 increases the value of the attribute value “select” for the keywords “Japan representative” and “soccer” by one. In addition, “Brazil” that has not been registered as a keyword of the personal profile information is newly registered, the attribute value “selection” corresponding to the keyword “Brazil” is “1”, and “non-selection” is “0”. . As a result, the personal profile information is updated as shown in FIG. When personal profile information does not exist, a frame of personal profile information is constructed, all extracted keywords are registered, and “1” or “0” is substituted for “selected” or “non-selected”.

  Next, it is assumed that the user acquires the home page shown in FIG. 8 from the information storage device 11 by the information processing device 12, but stops the display after 3 seconds. In this case, the information processing apparatus 12 obtains the stay time “15 seconds” and the communication time “12 seconds”. Then, the information processing apparatus 12 calculates the output time “3 seconds”. According to the interest level graph of FIG. 4, the output time “3 seconds” has an interest level “0”. Therefore, for the keyword that can be extracted from the home page in FIG. The homepage of FIG. 8 includes the keywords “A player” and “home run”. Therefore, the personal profile information of FIG. 7 is updated as shown in FIG. That is, a record of the keyword “A player” is added, the attribute value “selected” of the record is “0”, and the attribute value “non-selected” is “1”. Further, the attribute value “non-selected” of the keyword “home run” is increased by 1 to “72”.

  Next, it is assumed that the information distribution apparatus 13 distributes an electronic program guide (hereinafter referred to as “EPG” as appropriate) and a large number of programs. In such a case, the information processing apparatus 12 selects and accumulates programs based on the personal profile information. Specifically, the information processing apparatus 12 performs the following operations. For example, the information processing apparatus 12 receives and accumulates the EPG shown in FIG. Then, keywords satisfying the condition of “attribute value of“ selected ”> attribute value of“ non-selected ”” are acquired from the personal profile information of FIG. Here, the information processing apparatus 12 acquires the keywords “soccer”, “Japan national team”, and the like. Then, the information processing device 12 selects a program including a predetermined number (for example, “2”) or more of the acquired keywords in the program information of the EPG. Here, the information processing apparatus 12 selects the program “Soccer Japan National Team VS UAE National Team” broadcast from the time “19:00” on the channel “4ch”. Then, the information processing apparatus 12 accumulates (records) the selected program “Soccer Japan National Team VS UAE National Team”. This is because the information (for example, so-called SI information) describing the program “Soccer Japan National Team VS UAE National Team” in the program table includes two keywords “Soccer” and “Japan National Team”.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the received information (such as a home page) is output, personal profile information that is information indicating personal preferences can be generated based on communication state information such as communication time. That is, it is possible to generate personal profile information that accurately indicates an individual's interest regardless of communication state information that is an external factor such as communication time. Therefore, for example, when information is filtered based on personal profile information, it is possible to filter information that closely matches personal preferences. Specifically, since the communication is congested, it is possible to avoid the risk that the information processing apparatus determines that information that the user does not like is preferred. As a result, it is possible to generate personal profile information that accurately indicates an individual's interest.

Also, according to the present embodiment, personal profile information is generated based on the output time, such as ignoring information that has been output for a long time (such as a home page), as shown in the interest graph of FIG. be able to. Specifically, for example, when information is output for a certain time or more, personal profile information can be generated without considering the information. Therefore, it is possible to generate personal profile information that matches the actual user's work mode, taking into account the case where the user leaves the seat or shifts to another work while outputting information. Therefore, for example, when information is filtered based on personal profile information, it is possible to filter information that closely matches personal preferences.
Furthermore, according to the present embodiment, when the output time is within 8 seconds, it is determined that the user is not interested in the information, and personal profile information suitable for the actual user's sense is generated. it can.

  According to the present embodiment, the interest level graph is not limited to the graph of FIG. The interest level graph may be, for example, a graph as shown in FIG. The interest level graph shown in FIG. 11 has an output time range corresponding to the interest level “interested” (see FIG. 11A), which is preferable. In addition, the interest level graph shown in FIG. 11 is preferable because there is a width of the output time corresponding to the interest level “None” (see FIG. 11B). Specifically, according to FIG. 11, it is reasonable to determine that information that has been output for only 7 seconds or less is not interesting to the user. Moreover, since this information takes 120 seconds if read exactly, it is reasonable to determine that the user is interested when the stay time is “communication time + 120 seconds”. In addition, considering the individual differences in the speed of reading information, it is appropriate to give a range of stay time for determining “interested” (see FIG. 11A). Furthermore, in order to read everything, it is reasonable to judge that the degree of interest is “neither” when the output time is normally 60 seconds, which is half that of 120 seconds. Furthermore, since the human sense is ambiguous, it is appropriate that there is an output time width (see FIG. 11B) corresponding to the degree of interest “None”.

  In addition, according to the present embodiment, when the information processing apparatus outputs information for a certain time or more, personal profile information is generated as the degree of interest “5”. , Personal profile information may be generated without considering the information, or personal profile information may be generated with the output time taken into consideration.

  In the present embodiment, the “certain time” may be different depending on attribute values of information to be output. That is, in the interest level graph of FIG. 4, “fixed time” is “180 seconds”, but “fixed time” may be dynamically changed according to the data capacity. “8 seconds” in the interest graph of FIG. 4 may be dynamically changed according to the data volume. Further, “fixed time” or “8 seconds” may be changed according to a data type (moving image, still image, character string, etc.) other than the data capacity. For example, in the case of a character string, since it takes time to see, “fixed time” is set to “300 seconds”, and in the case of a still image, it is determined that it does not take much time to view, and “fixed time” is set to “ 100 seconds ".

Further, according to the present embodiment, the structure of the personal profile information is not limited to the structure shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 12, the personal profile information may include one or more records having “keyword” and “number of times”. “Number of times” is the number of appearances of a keyword included in information determined to be interested. In such a case, filtering of distribution information is performed, for example, by selecting only information including a keyword whose “number of times” is 50 or more.
Further, according to the present embodiment, the distribution information is distributed by broadcasting, but may be distributed by communication means. The distribution information may be e-mail or FAX.

Further, according to the present embodiment, the information processing apparatus 12 accumulates distribution information (for example, a program) filtered based on the personal profile information, but displays the selected distribution information or transmits it to another apparatus. You may do it. In other words, instead of the information storage unit 1207, the information processing apparatus 12 outputs the distribution information to a display or the like when the determination unit 1206 determines that the distribution information satisfies a predetermined condition based on the personal profile information. A distribution information output unit may be provided. Further, when the determination unit 1206 determines that the distribution information satisfies a predetermined condition based on the personal profile information instead of the information storage unit 1207, the information processing device 12 transmits the distribution information to another device. You may provide the delivery information transmission part to transmit. Furthermore, instead of the information storage unit 1207, the information processing apparatus 12 distributes the distribution information to process the distribution information when the determination unit 1206 determines that the distribution information satisfies a predetermined condition based on the personal profile information. A processing unit may be provided.
Further, according to the present embodiment, the communication state information is information having a communication time, but may be other information indicating the degree of communication congestion.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, the information processing apparatus 12 generates personal profile information and filters the distribution information using the personal profile information. The device that uses and filters the distribution information may be another device.

  Moreover, according to this Embodiment, it demonstrated centering on the case where the information storage apparatus 11 and the information delivery apparatus 13 which comprise an information processing system are different types of apparatuses. That is, the information storage device 11 is a server device on the Internet that holds a homepage, for example, and the information distribution device 13 is a broadcast device that broadcasts content such as a program, for example. However, both the information storage device 11 and the information distribution device 13 may be broadcasting devices. In such a case, the information processing device 12 generates personal profile information based on the viewing status and communication state of the news content broadcast from the information storage device 11, and the information processing device 12 receives information based on the personal profile information. The program received from the distribution device 13 is accumulated or not accumulated. The information storage device 11 may be a server device on the Internet that holds a home page, and the information distribution device 13 may be a device that distributes mail (for example, a so-called mail magazine). In this case, as described above, the information processing apparatus 12 generates personal profile information based on the homepage information and the communication status information between the information storage apparatus 11, and the information processing apparatus 12 is based on the personal profile information. , Accumulate or display emails, or not store or display emails. As described above, the information storage device 11 and the information distribution device 13 both have a communication function, and the information processing device may receive information from both devices through communication means. It is. Similarly, the information storage device 11 and the information distribution device 13 both have a broadcasting function, and the information processing device may receive information from both devices by broadcast receiving means, as in other embodiments. is there.

Furthermore, the processing in the present embodiment may be realized by software. Then, this software may be distributed by software download or the like. Further, this software may be recorded and distributed on a recording medium such as a CD-ROM. This also applies to other embodiments in this specification. Note that the software that implements the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment is the following program. In other words, this program acquires information held by another device to the computer and obtains communication status information that is information output step to output and communication status information that is information related to the communication status with the other device. This is a program for executing a personal profile information generation step for generating personal profile information, which is information indicating personal preferences based on the step and the information output in the information output step and the communication status information. In addition, this program acquires information held by other devices to the computer, and outputs communication status information that is information output step for outputting and communication status information that is information related to communication status with other devices. A personal profile information generating step for generating personal profile information, which is information indicating personal preferences based on the information output in the information output step and the communication status information, and receiving for receiving distribution information as distributed information A program for executing a step, a selection step for selecting distribution information based on personal profile information, and a processing step for processing the selected distribution information. In the processing step, distribution information is accumulated, output, or transmitted.
(Embodiment 2)

  In the present embodiment, group profile information indicating group preferences is generated from two or more personal profile information generated using the generation method described in the first embodiment, and information is generated based on the generated group profile information. A mode of distributing information from the distribution device will be described.

  FIG. 13 is a conceptual diagram of the information processing system in the present embodiment. The information processing system includes one or more information storage devices 11, two or more information processing devices 131, a server device 132, and an information distribution device 13. Each of the two or more information processing apparatuses 131 acquires information from the one or more information storage apparatuses 11 and outputs the information. As described in the first embodiment, two or more information processing apparatuses 131 configure personal profile information by acquiring and outputting information. The two or more information processing apparatuses 131 have a function of transmitting personal profile information to the server apparatus 132 together with an information processing apparatus identifier for identifying the information processing apparatus 131.

  The server device 132 receives two or more personal profile information generated by the two or more information processing devices 131. And the server apparatus 132 produces | generates the group profile information which is the information which shows the preference of a group based on two or more personal profile information. Then, the server device 132 selects a transmission destination of the distribution information received from the information distribution device 13 based on the generated group profile information, and transmits the distribution information to the selected transmission destination. This transmission destination is a part or all of the two or more information processing apparatuses 131. The information distribution device 13 transmits distribution information to the server device 132. The distribution information is, for example, advertisement information or a mail magazine.

  FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the information processing system. The information processing device 131 includes an input reception unit 1201, an information output unit 1202, a communication state information acquisition unit 1203, a personal profile information generation unit 1204, an information processing device identifier storage unit 13101, a personal information transmission unit 13102, and a distribution information reception unit 13103. It has. The server device 132 includes a personal information receiving unit 13201, a personal information accumulating unit 13202, a group profile information generating unit 13203, a server-side distribution information receiving unit 13204, a transmission destination determining unit 13205, and a distribution information transferring unit 13206.

  The information processing device identifier storage unit 13101 stores an information processing device identifier that is information for identifying the information processing device 131 or its user. The information processing apparatus identifier is, for example, the IP address or mail address of the information processing apparatus 131. The information processing device identifier storage unit 13101 is preferably a non-volatile recording medium, but can also be realized by a volatile recording medium.

  The personal information transmission unit 13102 transmits the personal information having the information processing device identifier stored in the information processing device identifier storage unit 13101 and the personal profile information generated by the personal profile information generation unit 1204 to the server device 132. It is assumed that information for transmitting information to the server device 132, such as the IP address of the server device 132, is held in advance. The personal information transmission unit 13102 can be realized by software constituting personal information, wireless or wired communication means, broadcasting means, and the like.

  The distribution information receiving unit 13103 receives the distribution information transferred from the server device 132. Note that the distribution information received by the distribution information receiving unit 13103 is output by the information output unit 1202. The distribution information receiving unit 13103 can be realized by wireless or wired communication means, means for receiving broadcasts, and the like.

  The personal information receiving unit 13201 receives personal information having an information processing device identifier and personal profile information from two or more information processing devices 131. The personal information receiving unit 13201 can be realized by a wireless or wired communication means, a means for receiving a broadcast, or the like.

  The personal information storage unit 13202 stores the personal information received by the personal information receiving unit 13201. The personal information storage unit 13202 can be realized by software and a recording medium for storing information.

The group profile information generation unit 13203 generates group profile information, which is information indicating group preferences, based on two or more personal profile information included in two or more personal information accumulated by the personal information accumulation unit 13202. A specific process in which the group profile information generation unit 13203 generates group profile information will be described later. The group profile information generation unit 13203 can be usually realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure for the group profile information generation unit 13203 to generate group profile information is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).
The server-side distribution information receiving unit 13204 receives distribution information that is information distributed by the information distribution device 13. The server-side distribution information receiving unit 13204 can be realized by a wireless or wired communication means, a means for receiving broadcasts, or the like.

The transmission destination determination unit 13205 determines a transmission destination to which the distribution information received by the server-side distribution information reception unit is transmitted based on the group profile information. A specific transmission destination determination method will be described later. The transmission destination determination unit 13205 can usually be realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the transmission destination determination unit 13205 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).
The distribution information transfer unit 13206 transmits the distribution information to the transmission destination determined by the transmission destination determination unit 13205. The distribution information transfer unit 13206 can be realized by a wireless or wired communication unit, a broadcast unit, or the like.

Hereinafter, the operation of the information processing system will be described. The operation of the information storage device 11 has been described in the first embodiment. Next, the information processing apparatus 131 generates personal profile information as described in the first embodiment. In addition, the information processing device 131 periodically transmits personal information having personal profile information and an information processing device identifier to the server device 132, for example. Note that the timing at which the information processing apparatus 131 transmits personal information to the server apparatus 132 does not matter. The information distribution device 13 distributes information to the server device 132. The timing of this distribution does not matter.
Hereinafter, the operation of the server device 132 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

(Step S1501) The personal information receiving unit 13201 determines whether or not personal information has been received. If personal information is received, the process goes to step S1502, and if no personal information is received, the process jumps to step S1506.
(Step S1502) The personal information storage unit 13202 stores the personal information received in step S1501.

  (Step S1503) The group profile information generation unit 13203 determines whether or not a condition is met in order to generate group profile information. Here, the predetermined condition is, for example, whether or not a certain number or more of personal information has been accumulated. The predetermined condition may be, for example, whether or not a certain number or more of personal information is newly accumulated after the group profile information is generated first. Further, the predetermined condition may be whether or not a predetermined time or more has elapsed after the group profile information is generated first. If the condition is met, the process goes to step S1504. If the condition is not met, the process returns to step S1501.

  (Step S1504) The group profile information generation unit 13203 generates group profile information based on two or more personal profile information. In addition, the operation | movement which produces | generates group profile information based on two or more personal profile information is demonstrated by prior patent document 2, for example.

(Step S1505) The group profile information generation unit 13203 accumulates the group profile information generated in step S1504. The storage destination of the group profile information is, for example, a recording medium (not shown). However, the group profile information may be stored in a volatile main memory or the like.
(Step S1506) The server-side distribution information receiving unit 13204 determines whether or not distribution information has been received. If the distribution information is received, the process goes to step S1507. If the distribution information is not received, the process returns to step S1501.
(Step S1507) The transmission destination determination unit 13205 determines one or more groups to transmit distribution information based on the group profile information.
(Step S1508) The transmission destination determination unit 13205 acquires transmission destinations belonging to one or more groups determined in Step S1507.
(Step S1509) The distribution information transfer unit 13206 transfers the distribution information to the transmission destination acquired in step S1508. The process returns to step S1501.
In the flowchart of FIG. 15, the number of groups determined in step S1507 is 1 or more, but there may be 0. In such a case, distribution information is not transferred.

  In addition, in the flowchart of FIG. 15, it is preferable to calculate the degree of approximation of personal profile information and generate group profile information from a plurality of personal profile information within a certain degree of approximation. Note that the algorithm for calculating the degree of approximation of personal profile information does not matter. Since the process for calculating the degree of approximation of personal profile information is a known technique, a detailed description thereof will be omitted. Further, the personal profile information has an attribute value (for example, the age of the user), and based on the attribute value, two or more personal profile information that is a source of the group profile information is selected, and the selected two or more selected personal profile information It is also preferable to generate group profile information from personal profile information.

Further, in the flowchart of FIG. 15, the timing of processing for generating group profile information from a plurality of personal profile information is not limited to the timing described above. Regardless of the personal profile information reception / storage process, for example, group profile information may be generated periodically.
Further, in the flowchart of FIG. 15, the process is terminated by powering off or interruption for terminating the process.

Hereinafter, a specific operation of the information processing system in the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 13 is a conceptual diagram of the information processing system. The information storage device 11 constituting the information processing system here is a device on the Web, and stores a home page described in HTML or the like. The information processing apparatus 131 is a personal computer used by a user, and is equipped with a web browser. The information processing apparatus 131 is also installed with e-mail software. In such a situation, it is assumed that the user of each information processing device 131 accesses the home page and displays the page. In addition, the email address of the user of each information processing apparatus 131 is stored in a predetermined recording medium. Each information processing device 131 generates personal profile information by the operation described in the first embodiment in response to the output of the home page. For example, each information processing device 131 periodically constitutes personal information from personal profile information and an e-mail address, and transmits the personal information to the server device 132. An example of personal information is shown in FIG. In the personal information of FIG. 16, “soccer” and “goal” are keywords, and “125” paired with “soccer” is the number of times the user has become interested in information (page) including “soccer”, “3”. "Is the number of times the user is not interested in information (page) including" soccer ".

  The server device 132 receives a lot of personal information as shown in FIG. Then, the server device 132 selects a plurality of personal profile information having similar contents, and generates group profile information. Whether or not a plurality of personal profile information is approximated is determined by the following algorithm, for example. Among the keywords included in the personal profile information, a keyword of “number of times of interest> number of times of uninterest” is extracted. Next, the number of matching keywords extracted from the two personal profile information is set as the degree of approximation. It can be said that the more the number of matching extracted keywords is, the closer the personal profile information is. The group profile information can be generated from the two or more personal profile information, for example, by the following algorithm. The group profile information has all the keywords of two or more personal profile information. In the group profile information, the sum of the values of “selected” and “non-selected” of two or more personal profile information corresponding to each keyword is set to the values of “selected” and “non-selected” corresponding to the keyword of the group profile information. To do.

  A plurality of group profile information after generating such group profile information is shown in FIG. In FIG. 17, it is shown that groups “G1”, “G2”..., “GN” are configured, and group profile information corresponding to each group is generated. Further, the server device 132 forms the group member management table shown in FIG. 18 together with the generation of the group profile information. The group member management table has a group name and an e-mail address as a pair. The server device 132 extracts the e-mail address paired with the personal profile information from which the group profile information is generated, and stores it as a pair with the group name. With this operation, the group member management table is constructed. For example, the server device 132 automatically determines the group name in the order of generation of the group profile information, such as “G1”, “G2”... “GN (N is an integer)”.

  Next, the information distribution apparatus 13 transmits advertisement information as shown in FIG. 19 to the server apparatus 132 by electronic mail. And the server apparatus 132 receives the advertisement information shown in FIG. Next, the server device 132 extracts keywords such as the keywords “Hanshin”, “Tigers”, “Champion”, “Sale”, and “Osaka” from the advertisement information shown in FIG. Then, a group that includes more than half of the extracted keywords and satisfies the condition of “value“ selected ”> value“ non-selected ”for more than half of the extracted keywords is determined as a group for transferring information. In FIG. 17, the group “G2” is selected as a group to transfer information. Next, the server device 132 acquires an address “fan@hsn.ne.jp”, “ppp@xy.or.jp”, or the like corresponding to the group name “G2”. Next, the server device 132 transmits the advertisement information of FIG. 19 to the acquired addresses “fan@hsn.ne.jp”, “ppp@xy.or.jp”, etc. by e-mail.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to generate effective group profile information using highly accurate personal profile information. As a result, appropriate information can be transmitted to an appropriate user based on highly accurate group profile information.
In the present embodiment, a method for generating group profile information using a plurality of personal profile information does not matter.
In the present embodiment, the data structure of the group profile information is not limited.

  Furthermore, the processing in the present embodiment may be realized by software. Then, this software may be distributed by software download or the like. Further, this software may be recorded and distributed on a recording medium such as a CD-ROM. This also applies to other embodiments in this specification. Note that the software that implements the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment is the following program. In other words, this program generates group profile information that is information indicating group preferences on the computer based on two or more personal profile information generated in the personal profile information generation step described in the first embodiment. A program for executing an information generation step. A group profile information generating step for generating group profile information, which is information indicating group preferences, on a computer based on two or more personal profile information generated in the personal profile information generating step described in the first embodiment; A step of accumulating one or more group information in which two or more notification destination information indicating the notification destination of information to each member belonging to the group and the group profile information generated in the group profile information generation step is stored, and information receiving information Receiving a receiving step, a group determining step for determining a group to which information should be transmitted based on the group profile information, and two or more pieces of notification destination information that are notification destinations of each member belonging to the group determined in the group determination step Notification destination An acquisition step, a notification destination indicated by 2 or more notification destination information acquired by the notification destination information obtaining step, a program for executing the information transmission step of transmitting information received by the information receiving step.

  As described above, the information processing apparatus and the like according to the present invention have an effect that highly accurate personal profile information can be configured, and are useful as an apparatus that selects and stores information.

Conceptual diagram of information processing system in Embodiment 1 FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an information processing system in a first embodiment Flowchart explaining the operation of the information processing apparatus in the first embodiment Interest level graph in the first embodiment The figure which shows the example of the personal profile information in Embodiment 1 FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a home page acquired by the information processing apparatus according to Embodiment 1 The figure which shows the example of the personal profile information in Embodiment 1 FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a home page acquired by the information processing apparatus according to Embodiment 1 The figure which shows the example of the personal profile information in Embodiment 1 The figure which shows the electronic program guide which the information processing apparatus in Embodiment 1 received Interest level graph in the first embodiment The figure which shows the example of the personal profile information in Embodiment 1 Conceptual diagram of information processing system in Embodiment 2 FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an information processing system in a second embodiment. Flowchart for explaining the operation of the server device in the second embodiment FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of personal information in the second embodiment The figure which shows the example of the group profile information in Embodiment 2 The figure which shows the example of the group member management table | surface in Embodiment 2. The figure which shows the example of the delivery information in Embodiment 2.

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11 Information storage device 12, 131 Information processing device 13 Information distribution device 132 Server device 1101 Information storage unit 1102 Information transmission unit 1201 Input reception unit 1202 Information output unit 1203 Communication state information acquisition unit 1204 Personal profile information generation unit 1205, 13103 Distribution information Reception unit 1206 Determination unit 1207 Information storage unit 1301 Distribution information storage unit 1302 Information distribution unit 13101 Information processing device identifier storage unit 13102 Personal information transmission unit 13201 Personal information reception unit 13202 Personal information storage unit 13203 Group profile information generation unit 13204 Server-side distribution Information receiving unit 13205 Transmission destination determining unit 13206 Delivery information transferring unit

Claims (12)

An information output unit that acquires and outputs information held by other devices;
A communication state information acquisition unit that acquires communication state information that is information related to a communication state with the other device;
An information processing apparatus comprising a personal profile information generation unit that generates personal profile information that is information indicating personal preferences based on information output from the information output unit and the communication state information. An information output unit that acquires and outputs information held by other devices;
An output time acquisition unit that acquires an output time that is information related to a time at which the information output unit outputs information;
An information processing apparatus comprising a personal profile information generation unit that generates personal profile information, which is information indicating personal preference based on information output from the information output unit and the output time. The personal profile information generation unit generates personal profile information when the information output unit outputs information for a predetermined time or longer without considering the information or reducing the output time. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the predetermined time varies depending on an attribute value of information output by the information output unit. A distribution information receiving unit for receiving distribution information distributed by the information distribution device;
A determination unit that determines whether or not the distribution information received by the distribution information receiving unit satisfies a predetermined condition based on the personal profile information generated by the personal profile information generation unit;
5. The distribution information processing unit for processing the distribution information when the determination unit determines that the distribution information satisfies a predetermined condition based on the personal profile information. Or an information processing apparatus. 6. The system according to claim 1, further comprising: a group profile information generation unit that generates group profile information that is information indicating a group preference based on two or more personal profile information generated by the personal profile information generation unit. Or an information processing apparatus. A group information holding unit that holds one or more group information in which the group profile information generated by the group profile information generation unit is associated with two or more pieces of notification destination information indicating a notification destination of information to each member belonging to the group When,
An information receiving unit for receiving information;
A group determining unit that determines a group to which the information is to be transmitted based on the group profile information;
A notification destination information acquisition unit that acquires two or more notification destination information that is a notification destination of each member belonging to the group determined by the group determination unit;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising an information transmission unit that transmits information received by the information reception unit to a notification destination indicated by two or more pieces of notification destination information acquired by the notification destination information acquisition unit. On the computer,
An information output step of acquiring and outputting information held by another device;
A communication state information acquisition step for acquiring communication state information, which is information related to a communication state with another device;
A program for executing a personal profile information generation step for generating personal profile information, which is information indicating personal preferences, based on the information output in the information output step and communication state information. On the computer,
An information output step of acquiring and outputting information held by another device;
An output time acquisition step of acquiring an output time that is information related to the time at which the information was output in the information output step;
A program for executing a personal profile information generation step for generating personal profile information based on the information output in the information output step and the output time. On the computer,
A distribution information receiving step for receiving distribution information distributed by the information distribution device;
A determination step of determining whether the distribution information received in the distribution information reception step satisfies a predetermined condition based on the personal profile information generated in the personal profile information generation step;
The program according to claim 9, further executing a distribution information processing step for processing the distribution information when it is determined in the determination step that a predetermined condition is satisfied. On the computer,
The program according to claim 10, further executing a group profile information generation step of generating group profile information, which is information indicating a group preference, based on two or more personal profile information generated in the personal profile information generation step. On the computer,
Holding one or more group information in which the group profile information generated in the group profile information generation step and two or more notification destination information indicating a notification destination of information to each member belonging to the group are associated with each other;
An information receiving step for receiving information;
A group determining step for determining a group to which the information is to be transmitted based on the group profile information;
A notification destination information acquisition step of acquiring two or more notification destination information that is a notification destination of each member belonging to the group determined in the group determination step;
The program according to claim 11, further causing an information transmission step of transmitting the information received in the information reception step to the notification destination indicated by the two or more notification destination information acquired in the notification destination information acquisition step.

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