JPH1074206A - Information service system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To service information corresponding to a user's condition in an information service system for distributing news data or the like through a communication line. SOLUTION: A terminal control means 102 outputs news data and extracts operation history based on user's operation and stores the operation history in an operation history storing means 106 in accordance with the classification of user's conditions managed by a condition manaving means 105. In addition, the means 102 requests new news data by using operation history corresponding to a user's condition as a transmitting condition. In an information server 110, a news data editing means 112 edits news data stored in a news data storing means 113 in accordance with the transmitting condition and transmits the edited data to an information display terminal 100, so that the information corresponding to the user's condition can be serviced.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information providing system, and more particularly to an information providing system suitable for providing article information such as newspapers and magazines to each user via a communication line.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, the following two methods are available for viewing article information such as newspapers and magazines according to the user's preference.
Two examples are known.

A first example is a data output device disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-46582. In this example, all article information distributed via a communication line is recorded on a data recording medium. The user sets the output order and output conditions for each individual, and the data output device displays or reproduces a newspaper article based on the output order and output conditions.

A second example is a newspaper article search service. In this service, a user specifies in advance an item indicating his / her interest as a keyword, and the user is notified of an article extraction result related to the specified keyword.

[0005]

However, in the first example, since information of all articles is stored in the data recording medium of the user, articles which the user does not read at all are also recorded as data. Therefore, communication costs and time are increased more than necessary, and a data recording medium larger than necessary is required.

In the second example, a user can obtain an article matching his / her preference by specifying a keyword. However, depending on the method of specifying the keyword, a huge number of information hits, On the contrary, there is a case where no information is hit, and it is difficult to set an appropriate keyword. In addition, since such a keyword is not easily changed once it is set, there is a problem that it is not possible to reflect a user's preference that changes every day.

In both the first and second examples, the content of the data to be transmitted is the same regardless of the user's access under any circumstances. However, the genre, quantity, quality, and priority of the information that the user wants to collect changes depending on the situation such as the day, time, and location of the user.
For example, the information to be collected differs depending on the situation on weekdays and holidays, before going to work and after returning to home, at home and at work, and when going out.

In the conventional system, the time required for the user to view the information is not considered, and the information providing server provides a large amount of information that the user cannot process, and the user does not have time. In some cases, information acquired over a long period of time and cost is hardly used.

On the other hand, as described above, information to be collected is different depending on the situation of the date and time or the place, but the method of selecting information under each situation can be said to be almost patterned. For example, at home, we mainly collect information about hobbies and watch general news, while at our company, we only collect information about work, so that information priorities and the amount and items required according to the situation But,
It can be said that it is patterned to some extent.

In view of such circumstances, the present invention firstly provides:
Articles of a genre that matches the user's preference can be provided in an amount corresponding to the user's situation (date, time, place, and free time), in an item, and in order, thereby reducing the communication amount between the information providing server and the information display terminal. And to reduce the storage capacity of the information display terminal.

Second, in addition to the above, in consideration of the time required for the user to browse the acquired information, the user preferentially browses information of a desired genre within a limited short time. Is made possible.

Third, according to the total amount of information receivable by the user, which is limited by the access time, the information provision fee, etc., the article to be transmitted is edited at a rate corresponding to the past operation history. Is provided in an optimal amount and item.

[0013]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention firstly provides a situation setting means for setting a current situation, a situation classification setting means for setting a situation classification method,
Situation management means for classifying the situation set by the situation setting means by the classification method set by the situation classification setting means and managing the operation history of the user, and operation for storing the operation history of the user managed by the situation management means History storage means, received data storage means for storing received article data, terminal control means for input / output control, extraction of operation history, setting of transmission conditions, and requesting new data, and communication with the information providing server. An information terminal having communication control means for controlling the article data; an article data storage means for storing article data; and an article data stored in the article data storage means based on a transmission condition transmitted from the information display terminal. And an information providing server having communication control means for controlling communication with the information display terminal. Using the operation history recorded classified to is obtained by the information providing system adapted to provide the optimum order and item information corresponding to the status of the user.

Thus, genre information reflecting the user's preferences and behavior patterns can be provided in an optimal order, and the communication volume and the storage capacity of the information display terminal can be reduced.

Second, in the first configuration, the status setting means sets the scheduled viewing time as a status in addition to the user's status such as time and place, and the status management means sets the amount of displayed articles and the display. The sum of the times is managed so as to be stored in the operation history storage means, and the terminal control means sets the user's scheduled viewing time set by the situation setting means, the operation history according to the situation, and the average browsing speed as transmission conditions. Requesting information from the information providing server, the article data editing means uses the operation history for each situation of the user received as the transmission condition, and calculates the average speed of browsing the article of the user and the scheduled viewing time set as the transmission condition. , Calculating the total amount of articles that can be browsed, and editing the article data in a range that does not exceed the total amount of articles that can be browsed in the order desired by the user.

Thus, information can be provided in the genre preferred by the user in accordance with the scheduled time for viewing the article.

Third, in the second configuration, the situation management means totals the number of articles displayed and the articles of the article display time for each genre for each situation category, and stores the total in the operation history storage means. Further, from the total of the displayed article amount and display time for each genre for each situation category, an average browsing speed for each genre is calculated as a speed at which the user reads articles of the genre in the corresponding situation, and the terminal control means determines the situation. The average browsing speed by genre, the browsing ratio by genre, the operation history, and the scheduled browsing time of the user according to the transmission conditions, request information from the information providing server, and the article data editing means, the average of the genre of the user according to the situation Enter the browsing speed, browsing ratio by genre, operation history, and planned browsing time, calculate the amount of articles that can be browsed at the planned browsing time, calculate the amount of articles for each genre from the average browsing speed by genre and the planned browsing time, The data stored in the article data storage means is edited according to the amount of articles for each genre, and transmitted to the information display terminal.

This makes it possible to provide articles of a genre preferred by the user at an optimal ratio according to the situation, in accordance with the scheduled time for viewing the articles.

[0019]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

(Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information display terminal and an information providing server according to a first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the information display terminal 100 is connected to an information providing server 110 via a communication path 120.

In FIG. 1, an information display terminal 100 includes an input means 101 for inputting a user's display of an article and an instruction to acquire new data, display of received data, extraction of an operation history, a request to acquire new data, and transmission. Instructions such as setting of conditions and input / output control, that is, input means 101 and display means 10
Terminal control means 102 for performing the control of No. 9, status setting means 103 for setting the current status of the user such as date and time, location, etc.,
A situation classification setting means 104 for setting a situation classification method;
The situation set in the situation setting means 103 is classified into the classification setting means 10
The status management unit 105 manages the user's operation history for each of the categories set in step 4, and extracts and reads the operation history, and is hierarchized as genre / headline / text / related article. Regarding the article data, the order in which the display operation was performed for each genre, the number of displayed body texts of the article, and the number of related article references are divided into situations classified by the situation management unit 105, that is, the operation history of the user is classified for each situation. Operation history storage means 106 for storing, and terminal control means 102
A communication control unit 107 for transmitting a request for acquiring new data and a transmission condition set in the above to the information providing server 110, receiving the data transmitted from the information providing server 110, and storing the data received by the communication control unit 107 And a display means 109 for displaying article data designated by the user through the input means 101.

The information providing server 110 includes a communication control unit 111 for receiving the transmission request and the transmission condition output from the information display terminal 100 and transmitting the article data; an article data storage unit 113 for storing the article data; The article data editing means 112 edits article data stored in the article data storage means 113 in order of genre according to the situation of the user based on the transmission conditions received by the communication control means 111.

Next, a method of classifying the situation of the user will be described. FIG. 2 shows a situation setting means 1 according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of setting contents in the setting unit 03 and the situation classification setting unit 104.

The status setting means 103 sets the current status such as year, month, day, day of the week, time, location, and the like. In FIG. 2 (1),
4 shows a setting example of a situation in the situation setting means 103. There are two ways to set the status:
There is a method of using date and time information obtained from a clock, calendar, etc., or automatically setting the location using status information in conjunction with other location management applications. Obviously does not affect other processing. In addition, the items representing the status of the user are not limited to the date, day of the week, time, and place, but are busy, moving, in a meeting, or on vacation. There are various settings that can be considered.

The situation classification setting means 104 sets rules for classifying the situation. FIG. 2B shows a setting example of the situation classification in the situation classification setting means 104. When the day of the week when the user accesses the article is set as the rule for classifying the situation, a rule for classifying Monday to Friday as a weekday and Saturday, Sunday and holidays as holidays is set. In the case of classifying according to the time when the user accesses the article, the morning (6:00 to 12:00) / pm (12:00 to 18:
00) / night (18:00 to 23:00) / late night / early morning (23:00 to 6:00 the next morning). Also, when setting the location where the user accesses the article as the category of the situation, the location is the head office, the access from the business office is "company", the access from home is "home", "company" and "home" Set rules to classify accesses from other than "Other".

The status management means 105 includes the status setting means 10
The status of the user set in step 3
Classify based on the rules set in the above,
The data stored in the operation history storage unit 104 is read and updated in accordance with the instruction 2. For example, the current situation is “March 22 (Fri) 13:00, location: company”, and the situation classification setting means 104 sets the classification rule to “Monday to Friday on weekdays, Saturday, Sunday, and holidays on holidays”. In this case, the situation of the user is classified into “weekdays”, and data of “weekdays” of the operation history stored in the operation history storage unit 104 is read and updated.

Next, a method of displaying article data and extracting an operation history in this embodiment will be described. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a process in which the terminal control means 102 creates a user operation history in the present embodiment.

First, the input means 10 which has been operated by the user
1 selects from the article data stored in the reception data storage means 108 and outputs the selected item to the terminal control means 102. The terminal control means 102 inputs the selection items output from the input means 101, and stores the article data such as newspapers and magazines stored in the reception data storage means 108 in a hierarchical manner such as genre / headline / text / related article. read out.

Next, referring to FIG.
Waits for a user's genre selection instruction input from the input means 101 (3-1). When the genre selection instruction is input (3-1, Yes), the ID of the genre selected by the user is output to the situation management means 105 (3-2), and the article of the selected genre is displayed on the display means 109. Is output (3-3), and input of an instruction to select an article heading is awaited (3-4).

Next, the terminal control means 102 controls the input means 1
If the user inputs an instruction to select an article heading from 01 (3-4, Yes), the display unit 10 displays the text of the article selected by the user and the heading of an article related to the article.
9 (3-5), and outputs the text reference of the selected genre to the status management means (3-6). Further, it waits for an input of a related article selection instruction (3-9). If the headline of the article is not input (3-4, No), the terminal control means 102 does not perform the processing of referring to the text of the genre and the reference of the related article, and inputs an instruction to select another genre. (3-1).

Next, the terminal control means 102 controls the input means 1
When the user inputs an instruction to select a related article from 01 (3-7, Yes), the related article reference of the genre is output to the situation management means (3-8). Further, if the related article selected by the user is in the same genre as the text-referred article (3-9, Yes), the terminal control means 102 outputs the text of the related article to the display means 109. (3-1
0). If the related article selected by the user is in a genre different from the text-referred article (3-9, No), the genre to which the related article belongs is recorded in the operation order (3-13), and the related article and this related article are further recorded. Is displayed on the display means 109 (3-5), and a text reference of the genre of the related article is output to the status management means 105. For example, when the related article of the article of the general genre is an article of the sports genre, the related article reference of the general genre is output to the situation management means 105, and the text reference of the sports genre is also output to the situation management means 105.

Next, when the terminal control means 102 inputs a reference to another article of the same genre (3-9, Yes)
Outputs the text of the designated article and the headline of the related article to the display means 109 (3-10). Next, it waits for input of a reference to another article of the same genre (3-11). When there is a selection input of reference to another article of the same genre (3-1)
1, Yes), the body of the article and the headline of the related article are output to the display means (3-5). If there is no input of a reference to another article of the same genre (3-12, Yes), the process waits for a selection input of the next genre (3-1).

As described above, the terminal control means 102 converts the user's operation as operation history data into the status management means 1.
Output to 05. The situation management means 105 receives the operation history data output from the terminal control means 102, and determines the current user status based on the current user status set by the status setting means 103 and the status classification set by the status classification setting means 104. The situation classification corresponding to the situation of the user is obtained, and the data corresponding to the situation classification stored in the operation history storage unit 106 is updated.

The operation history storage means 106 stores the operation history of the user by the situation management means 105 according to the situation classification. FIG. 4 is an example of a storage format of a user's operation history in the operation history storage unit 106. In the operation history storage unit 106, for example, for each genre, the operation order, the number of references to the text, and the total number of references to related articles, the operation ranking points obtained by converting the operation order into points, the number of text references, and the number of related article references Is multiplied by a weighting coefficient, and the total weight is stored. Here, as a situation, the unit is a weekday or a holiday. However, the situation may be further divided into a day, a time zone, a place, and the like. Also, the total weight Wij of the situation j of the genre i is represented by an operation ranking point Pk obtained by converting the operation order into points, the number Dijk of referring to the order k, the number of text references Cij, the weight coefficient μ1 of text reference, and the number of related article references R
ij, and the following equation is defined using the weight coefficient μ2 of the related article reference.

[0035]

(Equation 1)

The operation ranking points Pk are, for example, 10 points for the first opened genre, 6 points for the second genre, 4 points for the third,
The fourth is defined as 2 points and the fifth and subsequent points are defined as 1 point, and the operation order for each genre and each situation of the operation history is totaled. Also, the number of text references and the number of related article references totaled by genre and situation are multiplied by a weighting factor and added to the total weight, so that the total weight of genres with high reference frequency can be increased.

As an example, when the user operates in the situation shown in FIG. 5, the weight coefficient μ1 for the number of text references is 2 and the weight coefficient μ2 for the number of related articles is 1 and the total weight Wi for each genre is The result of calculating and prioritizing the total weight Wi for each genre according to the situation becomes the above-described priority in FIG. FIG. 5A shows an example of the user's operation history on the first day, and FIG. 5B shows an example of the user's operation history on the second day.

In the present embodiment, the operation ranking point Pk, the weight coefficient μ1 for the number of text references, and the weight coefficient μ2 for the number of related articles are set as described above. It is also possible to set an arbitrary value or change the set value for each user, and it is possible to easily create an order relationship suited to the user's preference by changing each coefficient. By using the total weight calculated in this way, the priority order for each genre is determined, reflecting the daily operation history of the user.

Further, in this embodiment, the genre ID numbering is not particularly mentioned,
It is well known that by dividing the genre by increasing the number of digits, the user's preferences can be reflected in detail. Also, by assigning the genre ID hierarchically, for example, "sports-baseball-nomo", the preference of the user can be reflected in detail,
By classifying and collecting operation histories for each ID hierarchy,
It is clear that the user's preferences can be analyzed and reflected from various angles.

With the above method, the operation history for each genre of the user is stored in the operation history storage means 106 for each situation classification, and the operation history is updated every time the user refers to the article data.

Next, a processing procedure relating to a transmission request for new article data will be described. FIG. 6 shows the terminal control means 10
2 shows a flow of processing of a transmission request for new article data in FIG. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation history extraction process in the situation management means 105 corresponding to the situation of the user.

First, the input means 101 inputs a user's request for transmitting new article data, and outputs a request for transmitting new article data to the terminal control means 102.

In FIG. 6, the terminal control means 102 inputs a transmission request output from the input means 101 (see FIG. 6).
1) An operation history request corresponding to the current user status is output to the status management means 105 (6-2), and the operation history extraction process proceeds to step (7-0). FIG. 7 shows details of the operation history extraction processing.

In FIG. 7, the status management means 105 inputs a request for an operation history corresponding to the current user status output from the terminal control means 102 (7-1), and sets the current status set by the status setting means 103. From the user's situation and the classification set by the situation classification setting means 105, it is determined to which classification the current user's situation fits (7-2), and an operation history matching the classification is stored in the operation history storage means 106. It is checked whether it is stored. If there is an operation history, (7-3,
Yes), the operation history extracted from the operation history storage means 106 is assigned a priority in the order of the total weight Wij stored as the operation history (7-4), and the operation history is output to the terminal control means 102 (7-). 5). If there is no operation history corresponding to the current user situation (7-3, No), a new operation history is created (7-6), and the operation order is assigned in order of genre ID (7-7). , And output them to the terminal control means 102 as an operation history corresponding to the current user situation (7-5), and then proceed to step (6-3) in FIG.

The terminal control means 102 is provided with the status management means 10
5 is input (6-3), the priority of the input operation history is set as a transmission condition (6-4), and the created transmission condition and transmission request are output to the communication control means 107 (6). -5). As the transmission condition, it is also possible to set a condition such as transmitting only articles of a genre in which the total weight Wij is equal to or higher than a certain score, or transmitting articles of a genre up to a certain order in the order of the total weight Wij.

The communication control means 107 includes the terminal control means 10
2 and inputs the transmission request and the transmission condition, and transmits the information to the information providing server 110. The communication control unit 111 receives the transmission request and the transmission condition transmitted from the communication control unit 107 of the information display device 100, and
Output to 2.

Next, FIG. 8 shows the format of data stored in the article data storage means 113. The article data is provided with an ID for each article, and classified and stored for each genre. Also,
Heading, text and related article heading and ID
Manage using D.

In the article data editing means 112, a transmission request and transmission conditions for the data received by the communication control means 111 are input, and the article data stored in the article data storage means 113 is set in accordance with the priority set as the transmission conditions, that is, The genres are rearranged in descending order of the total weight and output to the communication control unit 111.

FIG. 9 shows the data stored in the article data storage means 113 and the data edited by the article data editing means 112 and transmitted to the information display terminal 100. The article data editing means 112 rearranges the data classified and stored for each genre in the article data storage means 113 in the genre in the order set as the transmission condition, and transmits the article. Therefore, articles of a genre not referred to by the user are not transmitted.

In the data edited in this way, the articles are rearranged in the order normally referred to by the user. Further, the amount of data transmitted from the information providing server 110 to the information display terminal 100 can be smaller than the entire article data by the amount of data that the user does not want to refer to.

In this embodiment, an example in which one information display terminal 100 is connected to one information providing server 110 is described for simplicity, but two or more information display terminals are connected. The same applies to the case where is connected.

Also, in the present embodiment, the case where information of articles such as newspapers and magazines is transmitted has been described as an example.
The application is also possible when transmitting other information.

In the present embodiment, the data editing, that is, the reference target data and the sorting thereof are performed at the timing of acquiring the new article data (when the data provision request and the reception / browsing of the data are in real time). Although the description has been made, the article data editing means 112 is also provided between the terminal control means 102 and the reception data storage means 108 for non-new data already stored in the reception data storage means of the information display terminal. By providing a device having a corresponding function, similar data editing can be performed on data held inside the information display terminal.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the situation of the user is classified, and the operation history is accumulated for each classification item.
By using the operation history based on the classification of the situation when the user tried to acquire the information as the transmission condition, the articles of the genre that reflects the preference according to the user's situation at any time, the order according to the user's preference Can be provided. Further, as a result, since the article data of the genre that the user cannot read is not transmitted, the amount of data flowing through the communication channel and the storage capacity of the reception data storage means of the information display terminal can be made smaller than before, and its practicality can be reduced. The effect is great.

(Embodiment 2) Hereinafter, a second embodiment corresponding to claim 2 will be described.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the information providing system according to the present embodiment, similarly to the first embodiment. However, in FIG. 1, in addition to the first embodiment, in the situation setting means 103, the user sets a scheduled viewing time indicating a time for reading the acquired article data. Further, in the operation history storage means 106,
It stores the amount of articles displayed by the user's operation and the total display time of the articles required for the user to read the articles.
Further, in the status management means 105, the operation history storage means 1
At step 06, the average browsing speed of the user is calculated from the sum of the displayed articles and the total display time, and the transmission history and the average browsing speed are output. Further, the terminal control means 102 transmits the transmission history according to the user's situation set as the transmission condition in the first embodiment, the scheduled viewing time set by the situation setting means 103, and the average browsing calculated by the situation management means 105. Using the speed as the transmission condition, a request for new article data is made. Further, the article data editing unit 112 uses the operation history of each situation of the user received as the transmission condition, and calculates the total amount of articles that can be browsed from the average speed of browsing the article of the user and the scheduled viewing time set as the transmission condition. Is calculated, and the article data is edited so as not to exceed the total amount of articles that can be browsed in the order desired by the user, and the article data storage unit 113 stores the amount of articles for each genre.

Next, a method of extracting the operation history according to the present embodiment will be described. First, the input unit 101 inputs a user operation selected from the article data stored in the received data storage unit 108 and outputs the selected item to the terminal control unit 102. The terminal control means 102 inputs the selection items output from the input means 101, outputs the article data stored in the reception data storage means 108 to the display means 109, and displays the order of the displayed genre, the number of texts, and the number of related articles. The number of cases, the amount of displayed articles, and the display time are output to the status management unit 105.

Next, the status management means 105 inputs the order of the displayed genre, the number of texts, the number of related articles, the amount of displayed articles and the display time, which are output from the terminal control means 102, and From the current user status set by the setting unit 103 and the status classification set by the status classification setting unit 104, a status classification corresponding to the current user status is obtained, and corresponds to the status classification stored in the operation history storage unit 106. Update the data.

FIG. 10 shows an example of an operation history storage format in the operation history storage means 106. The operation history storage unit 106 stores, in addition to the first embodiment, the total amount of article data and the total display time displayed on the display unit 109 for each situation. That is, each time an article is displayed, the operation order by genre, the number of text references, and the number of related article references are stored, and the amount and display time of the displayed article data are total display article amounts and display times by status category. Added to the sum.

As described above, the operation history storage means 10
6 stores the operation order for each genre, the number of references to the text, the number of references to related articles, the total amount of displayed articles and the total display time for all genres for each situation category.

Next, a processing procedure relating to a transmission request for new article data in the present embodiment will be described.

First, the terminal control means 102 operates as the input means 1
A request for transmission of new article data output from No. 01 is input, and the status management unit 105 is queried for an operation history according to the classification of the current status of the user, the average browsing speed of the user, and a scheduled browsing time. The situation setting means 103 sets the situation such as the current date and time and the location of the user, and the scheduled viewing time indicating the scheduled reading time of the article data, and outputs it to the situation management means 105.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an operation history extracting process of the situation management means 105 corresponding to the situation of the user in this embodiment.

The status management means 105 is provided by the terminal control means 10.
The user inputs the request for the average browsing speed and the scheduled browsing time of the operation history corresponding to the current user situation output from (2) (11).
-1) From the current user's situation and scheduled viewing time set by the situation setting means 103 and the classification set by the situation classification setting means 105, a classification to which the current user's situation fits is determined (11-2). ), It is checked whether an operation history conforming to the classification is stored in the operation history storage means 106. If there is an operation history (Y in (11-3)), furthermore,
From the operation histories extracted from the operation history storage means 106, priorities are assigned in the order of the total weight stored as the operation history (11-4). Further, the average browsing speed is calculated from the total display article amount and the total display time stored in the operation history storage unit 106 (11-5), and the operation history, the average browsing speed, and the planned browsing time are output to the terminal control unit 102. (11-
6). If there is no operation history corresponding to the current user situation (11-3, N), a new operation history is created (11-
8) The operation order is assigned in the order of genre ID (11-
9), the priority is set, a predetermined value is set for the average browsing speed (11-10), and the operation history and the average browsing speed corresponding to the current user situation are output to the terminal control means 102 (11-). 7).

The terminal control means 102 controls the status management means 10
5, the operation history, the average browsing speed, and the scheduled browsing time are input, the operation history, the average browsing speed, and the scheduled browsing time are set as transmission conditions, and the transmission condition and the transmission request are transmitted to the communication control unit 10.
7 is output.

The transmission of new article data is requested according to the above procedure. Next, the format of article data stored in the article data storage unit 113 of the information providing server 110 according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 12 shows an example of an article data format stored in the article data storage unit 113.

The article data storage means 113 stores the amount of articles for each genre (or for each article) in addition to the items described in the first embodiment.

Next, the flow of processing for editing article data in the article data editing means 112 will be described. FIG.
3 shows the flow of processing in the article data editing means 112.

The article data editing means 112 inputs the operation history, the average browsing speed, and the scheduled browsing time set as the transmission conditions by the terminal control means 102 of the information display terminal 100 (13-1). According to the priority of the operation history for each genre, article amount data is acquired for each genre of article data (13-2). Next, based on the acquired article amount data in genre units, the time required for browsing articles of the genre is calculated using the average browsing speed (13-).
3) Add it to the total browsing time indicating the time required to browse the edited article data (13-4). Further, if the total browsing time is not longer than the scheduled browsing time set as the transmission condition (13-5, N), the article data of the genre is edited as the transmission article data (13-6),
The editing processing of the article data of the genre of the next priority is performed (13-7). Conversely, if the total viewing time is longer than the scheduled viewing time set as the transmission condition, (13
-5, Y), the editing process ends.

The article data editing means 112 edits the article data as described above, and outputs the edited article data to the communication control means 111. The communication control unit 111 transmits the article data to the information display terminal 100.

The information display terminal 100 is connected to the communication control unit 10.
In step 7, the article data output from the communication control unit 111 is received and stored in the received data storage unit 108.
The information display terminal 100 stores the data edited by the article data editing unit 112 in the reception data storage unit 108,
By referring to the data stored in the reception data storage unit 108, article data can be obtained in an amount suitable for the scheduled viewing time and in an order according to the priority generated from the operation history of the user. In addition, since the information providing server 110 extracts and transmits the data required by the user from the entire article data according to the situation, the amount of data flowing through the communication path and the reception data storage unit 108 of the information display terminal 100 Capacity can be reduced.

Although the present embodiment has been described with respect to a mode in which the total amount of articles received by the information display terminal is limited by the scheduled viewing time set by the user, the condition of the total amount is limited to information charges and communication costs. In addition, when the data amount such as the storage capacity of the information display terminal is used as a condition, the present invention can be implemented using the same configuration as described above.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the operation history according to the situation of the user is stored, and the operation sequence derived from the operation history, the average browsing speed of the user, and the scheduled browsing time set by the user. By editing the article data based on the information providing system, an information providing system capable of providing article data arranged in the order of the genre with the highest priority of the user in an optimal amount for the user to browse within the scheduled viewing time is provided. It can be realized and its practical effect is great.

(Embodiment 3) Hereinafter, a third embodiment corresponding to claim 3 will be described.

FIG. 1 is similar to the first and second embodiments.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of an information providing system according to the present embodiment. However, in FIG. 1, in addition to the second embodiment, the operation history storage unit 106 stores, for each genre, the sum of the amount of articles displayed by the user's operation and the display time of the articles required for the user to read the articles. Is stored. Further, the status management unit 105 calculates the average browsing speed of the user from the sum of the displayed articles stored in the operation history storing unit 106 and the display time, and outputs the transmission history and the average browsing speed. Further, the terminal control means 102 stores in the operation history storage means 106 in addition to the transmission history according to the user's situation as the transmission condition in the second embodiment and the scheduled viewing time set by the situation setting means 103. The browsing ratio for each genre and the average browsing speed of the user are calculated from the amount of displayed articles and the display time for each genre according to the situation of the user, and these are set as transmission conditions, and a request for new article data is made. Further, the article data editing unit 102 uses the operation history for each situation of the user received as the transmission condition, and calculates the total amount of viewable articles from the average speed of browsing the article of the user and the scheduled viewing time set as the transmission condition. Is calculated, and the article data is edited so as not to exceed the total amount of articles that can be browsed in the order desired by the user.
Stores the amount of article data for each article ID of each genre.

Next, a method of storing the operation history according to the present embodiment will be described. First, the input unit 101 inputs a user operation selected from the article data stored in the received data storage unit 108 and outputs the selected item to the terminal control unit 102. The terminal control means 102 inputs the selection items output from the input means 101, outputs the article data stored in the reception data storage means 108 to the display means 109, and displays the order of the displayed genre, the number of texts, and the number of related articles. The number of cases, the amount of displayed articles, and the display time are output to the status management unit 105.

Next, the status management means 105 inputs the order of the displayed genre, the number of texts, the number of related articles, the amount of displayed articles and the display time, which are output from the terminal control means 102, and From the current user status set by the setting unit 103 and the status classification set by the status classification setting unit 104, a status classification corresponding to the current user status is obtained, and corresponds to the status classification stored in the operation history storage unit 106. Update the data.

FIG. 14 shows an example of an operation history storage format in the operation history storage means 106. Second
In addition to the embodiment, the operation history storage unit 106 stores the total amount of the article data displayed on the display unit 109 and the total display time for each genre for each situation category. In other words, each time an article is displayed, the operation order by genre, the number of text references, and the number of related article references are stored, and the amount and display time of the displayed article data is displayed as the total amount of displayed articles by genre for each situation category. Added to the total time.

As described above, the operation history storage means 10
6 stores the operation order for each genre, the number of text references, the number of related article references, the total amount of displayed articles, and the total display time for each situation category.

Next, a processing procedure relating to a transmission request for new article data in this embodiment will be described.

First, the terminal control means 102 controls the input means 1
A request for transmission of new article data output from No. 01 is input, and the status management unit 105 is inquired of an operation history according to the classification of the current user status and a scheduled viewing time. The situation setting means 103 sets the situation such as the current date and time and the location of the user, and the scheduled viewing time indicating the scheduled reading time of the article data, and outputs it to the situation management means 105. FIG.
9 is a flowchart showing an operation history extraction process of the situation management unit 105 corresponding to the situation of the user in the present embodiment.

In FIG. 15, the status management means 105
A request for an operation history corresponding to the current user situation output from the terminal control means 102, an average browsing speed by category, that is, by genre and by situation, and a scheduled browsing time are input (15-1), and the situation setting is performed. The current user status and scheduled viewing time set by the means 103, and the status classification setting means 105
From the classification set in (1), it is determined to which classification the current user situation falls (15-2), and it is checked whether an operation history that matches the classification is stored in the operation history storage unit 106. (15-3, Yes), and assigns priorities from the operation histories extracted from the operation history storage means 106 in the order of the total weight stored as the operation histories (15-4). Further, the average browsing speed for each category is calculated from the total display article amount for each category and the total display time for each category stored in the operation history storage unit 106 (15-).
5). The browsing ratio for each category is calculated from the total number of text references in the operation history and the number of references in each situation, and the operation history data is updated (15-6). Terminal control means 102
Then, the operation history, the average browsing speed by classification, the average browsing speed, and the browsing ratio by classification are output (15-7). If there is no operation history corresponding to the current user situation (15-
(3, No), a new operation history is created (15-8), the operation order is numbered in the order of genre ID (15-9), and it is set as a priority, and a default value is set for the average browsing speed for each category (15-15).
-10), and a default value is set for the browsing ratio by category (1
5-11), the operation history corresponding to the current user situation, the average browsing speed by classification, the scheduled browsing time, and the browsing ratio by classification are output to the terminal control means 102 (15-7).

Next, the terminal control means 102 inputs the operation history, the average browsing speed by classification, the scheduled browsing time and the browsing ratio by classification output from the situation management means 105, and uses them as transmission conditions. Communication control means 10
7 is output.

According to the above procedure, a request for transmitting new article data is made. Next, the format of article data stored in the article data storage unit 113 of the information providing server 110 according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of an article data format stored in the article data storage unit 113. The article data storage unit 113 stores the amount of articles for each article ID in addition to the items described in the second embodiment.

Next, the flow of processing for editing article data in the article data editing means 112 will be described. FIG.
7 shows the flow of processing in the article data editing means 112.

The article data editing means 112 inputs the operation history, the average browsing speed by category, the scheduled browsing time, and the browsing ratio by category set as the transmission conditions by the terminal control means 102 of the information display terminal 100. (17-1). The article data editing means 112 repeats the following processing for each genre according to the priority of the operation history. First, based on the browsing ratio of the genre and the scheduled browsing time set by the user, a scheduled browsing time for each category, which is a guide for providing article data of the genre, is calculated (17-2). Next, the following processing is repeatedly performed on articles classified into the corresponding genre.

First, the amount of article data is obtained for each article ID (17-3), and the time required for the user to browse the article is calculated from the data amount of the article and the average browsing speed by classification (17-3). 17-4). Next, the calculated time required for the user to browse the article is added to the total time required to browse the article data of the genre (17).
-5). If the total time required to browse the article data of the genre does not exceed the genre-based scheduled viewing time (No in 17-6), the article is added to the transmission data (17-7), Process the next article (17-
8).

When the total time required for browsing the article data of the genre exceeds the browsing time for each genre (17-6, Yes), the article is not added to the transmission data, but is added to the transmission data. After the editing of the article is completed, processing of all genres to be edited is completed (17-
9), the process of editing the article of the genre of the next priority is performed (17-10). The processing described above is repeated for each genre according to the priority order, and the transmitted article data is edited.

The article data editing means 112 edits the article data as described above, and outputs the edited article data to the communication control means 111. The communication control unit 111 transmits the information to the information display terminal 100. The information display terminal 100
The communication control unit 107 receives the article data output from the communication control unit 111 and stores the received data in the received data storage unit 1.
08. The information display terminal 100 stores the data edited by the article data editing unit 112 in the reception data storage unit 108, and refers to the data stored in the reception data storage unit 108, so that an amount suitable for the scheduled viewing time and Article data can be obtained in the order according to the priority order generated from the operation history of the user and in the ratio according to the browsing ratio. Also, as described above, the information providing server 110
Since the user extracts necessary data from the entire article data according to the situation and transmits the data, the amount of data flowing through the communication path and the reception data storage unit 10 of the information display terminal 100 are determined.
8 can have a small storage capacity.

In the present embodiment, a case has been described where the total amount of articles to be distributed is limited by the scheduled viewing time set by the user. However, the total amount of articles to be distributed is limited by costs such as information charges and communication costs. Also, when the condition is based on the data amount such as the storage capacity of the information display terminal, the present invention can be implemented by the same configuration as described above.

In the present embodiment, the method of calculating the browsing ratio is (number of text references in the relevant situation) / (total number of text references), but the present invention is not limited to this. (Amount) / (total display article amount) (display time in applicable situation) / (total display time)

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the operation history according to the user's situation is recorded, and based on the operation order derived from the operation history, the display ratio for each genre, and the average browsing speed, By editing the article data, it is possible to provide article data in which articles of each genre are distributed in an optimal amount for the user to browse within the scheduled viewing time and at an optimal ratio according to the situation of the user. An information providing system can be realized, and its practical effect is great.

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According to the present invention, the situation of the user is classified, the operation history is accumulated for each classification item when referring to the data, and the operation history based on the classification of the situation when the user tries to obtain information is obtained. Is set as the transmission condition, it is possible to provide an article of a genre in which a processing procedure according to the situation of the user is reflected at any time.

Further, by using the operation history of the user, it is possible to set so as not to transmit the article data of the genre which the user hardly reads, so that the amount of data flowing through the communication path and the reception of the information display terminal can be reduced. The storage capacity of the data storage means can be made smaller than before.

Further, the user's operation history for each situation is recorded, and the total amount of received article data is limited by the scheduled viewing time, cost, storage capacity of the information display terminal, etc., and the operation history and the total amount of received article data are limited. An information providing system that can provide data in the range of the total amount set by the user in an order or ratio suitable for the user's situation such as date and time by editing the article data based on the realizable.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of an information providing system according to first to third embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of setting contents by a situation setting means and a situation classification setting means according to the first embodiment of the present invention. (1) A diagram showing an example of setting contents of a situation setting means. Figure showing an example of the setting contents of

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation history extraction process performed by the terminal control unit according to the first embodiment of this invention;

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a storage format of an operation history by an operation history storage unit according to the first embodiment of this invention;

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a user's operation history according to the first embodiment of the present invention. (1) A diagram showing a user's operation history on the first day. (2) A user's operation history on a second day. Figure

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing processing of a new article data acquisition request by the terminal control means according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation history extraction process corresponding to a user situation by the situation management unit according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a storage format of article data by an article data storage unit according to the first embodiment of this invention;

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing article data stored in the article data storage unit and transmission data after editing by the article data editing unit according to the first embodiment of this invention;

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a storage format of an operation history in an operation history storage unit according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an operation history extraction process corresponding to a user situation in the situation management means according to the second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 illustrates an example of a storage format of article data in an article data storage unit according to the second embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing in the article data editing means according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a storage format of an operation history in an operation history storage unit according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing an operation history extraction process corresponding to a user situation in the situation management means according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of a storage format of article data in an article data storage unit according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing in article data editing means according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 100 information display terminal 101 input means 102 terminal control means 103 situation setting means 104 situation classification setting means 105 situation management means 106 operation history storage means 107 communication control means 108 received data storage means 109 display means 110 information providing server 111 communication control means 112 Article data editing means 113 Article data storage means 120 Communication channel

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An information providing server for providing information, an information terminal for requesting the information providing server to provide information, and a network connecting the information providing server and the information terminal, wherein the information terminal comprises: Status setting means for setting the current status; status classification setting means for setting a status classification method provided as a setting item in the status setting means; and status setting for the status set by the status setting means. A status management unit that classifies according to the classification method set by the unit and manages a user's operation history; an operation history storage unit that stores the operation history for each unit classified by the status management unit; and via the network. Communication control means for communicating with the information providing server; received data storage means for storing data received by the communication control means; Means, the situation classification setting means, the situation management means, the operation history storage means, the communication control means, and a terminal control means for controlling the reception data storage means. Communication control means for communicating with the information terminal via the data terminal, data storage means for storing data, and data editing means for editing data stored in the data storage means, the operation history is Contains information on the priority of the data for each unit classified by the status management means with respect to the data to be handled, and a transmission which is a condition when the information terminal receives data provision from the information provision server. As conditions, information corresponding to the data provision and information on its priority are set based on the operation history, and the transmission condition is set to the information provision service. The data editing means in the information providing server edits the data stored in the data storage means based on the transmission conditions, and transmits the edited data to the information terminal. An information providing system for providing information. 2. The information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the operation history storage means further stores information relating to a browsing speed which is a speed at which the user browses the data, and the status setting means further comprises: The terminal control means also sets the scheduled browsing time and the browsing speed as transmission conditions, and the data storage means sets the browsing time for each data classified according to an arbitrary standard. An information providing system, wherein a data amount is stored, and a data editing unit edits data stored in the data storage unit based on the transmission condition and the data amount. 3. The information providing system according to claim 2, wherein the operation history storage means stores information relating to the browsing speed for each category set by the situation category setting means and each value of the item in an optional item of the operation history. The terminal control means also sets the browsing speed and browsing ratio for each category as transmission conditions, and the data editing means stores the transmission conditions and the data storage means. An information providing system for editing data stored in the data storage means based on the amount of data stored.