JP2002015104A - Method, equipment and system for schedule communication - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem that advertisement is not effective even though the advertisement is transmitted to an unspecified majority of users through the Internet. SOLUTION: This schedule communication system 10 has schedule communication equipment 14 of a client side and schedule communication equipment 38 of a server side. The schedule communication equipment 38 of the server side transmits a schedule and an advertisement that corresponds to a user's taste to the user. The schedule communication equipment 14 of the client side receives the schedule and the advertisement. The user is notified of the advertisement included in the schedule centering on its target time.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a technique for communicating a user's schedule. The invention is particularly
The present invention relates to a method, apparatus, and system for transmitting and receiving a user's schedule.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In Internet communication on the premise of follow-up marketing, an information sender, that is, a company side, takes an initiative in most cases. For this reason, callers are constantly required to make efforts to enhance the attractiveness of their web content and gain continuous user access. In these businesses, we want to know exactly what users want,
Building a direct and close relationship with the user through the distribution of the latest information by e-mail or the like is an important key.

[0003]

However, no matter how many voices of the user are reflected, in many cases, information of the greatest common denominator can only be transmitted. Conversely, posting or distributing even trivial information to satisfy the minority would result in excessive information and ultimately shunning the user. Banner advertisements for user terminals using the Internet are also very popular, but it is doubtful that random advertisements will be given to unspecified large numbers.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a service providing technology using a network capable of accurately grasping and providing information desired by individual users.

[0005] Another object of the present invention is to provide a technique for responding to various requests of users by giving various kinds of additional information when distributing a user's schedule through a network.

[0006] It is still another object of the present invention to provide an effective technique when a company distributes an advertisement through a network.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide an effective technique when a company issues job information or job advertisement through a network.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is constructed based on a technique for communicating schedules of users via a network. Here, the “network” includes a transmission unit capable of exchanging some data regardless of whether it is wired or wireless. "Schedule"
Refers to general individual information that can be assembled based on the time axis, such as the user's personal schedule. The term “advertisement” described below refers not only to commercial things that are generally understood as advertisements, but also to general information for companies and individuals to appeal to others. "Job recruitment information" refers to information that is generally understood as a recruitment advertisement, as well as information for requesting the provision of a labor force, whether paid or free.

One embodiment of the present invention is a method for communicating a schedule in a network system. This method is particularly suitable for users or clients. The method includes receiving the user's schedule via the network, receiving an advertisement selected as meeting the user's preferences via the network, and determining a target time for the advertisement. And informing the user by incorporating the advertisement in the schedule along the target time. The method may further include receiving job information via the network. "Incorporate" means, for example, that the information is written integrally in the date and time column of the schedule. According to this method, it is possible to incorporate the advertisement into the schedule received by the user and notify the user.

Another embodiment of the present invention is also a schedule communication method, which is also suitable for a user. The method comprises the steps of: receiving the schedule of a user via the network; receiving job information via the network; determining a target time of the job information; And informing the user in association with the target time. According to this method, for example, job information can be incorporated into a schedule to notify the user.

Yet another embodiment of the present invention is also a schedule communication method, which method is particularly suitable for a host or a server. The method includes transmitting the schedule to a user via a network, selecting an advertisement that meets the user's preferences, and incorporating the advertisement into the selected advertisement in the schedule. Sending a time stamp to the user. Therefore, the user
You can recognize it when the ad is in the schedule. The method may further include transmitting job information over the network.

Still another preferred embodiment according to the present invention relates to a schedule communication method suitable for a server. The method includes transmitting the schedule to a user over the network, selecting job information to be transmitted to the user, and associating the selected job information with the job information and the schedule. And transmitting the target time to the user. According to this method, for example, the user can check the schedule in a state where the job information is incorporated in the schedule.

Still another preferred embodiment according to the present invention relates to a method for communicating a schedule in a server client system. The method comprises the steps of: the server sending a schedule to the user; receiving the schedule at the user side; the server selecting an advertisement according to the user's preferences; and Transmitting the selected advertisement to the user; determining the target time of the advertisement on the user side; incorporating the advertisement along the target time in the schedule on the user side; Notifying the user.

Still another aspect of the present invention is a schedule communication method in a server client system, wherein the server transmits a schedule to the user, the user receives the schedule, and the server transmits the schedule to the user. Selecting job information to be transmitted to the user; transmitting the selected job information to the user by the server; receiving the job information on the user side; and Determining the target time of the job information; and notifying the user of the job by associating the schedule and the job information with the target time on the user side.

Note that a computer-readable recording medium storing a program for executing the above processing may be provided. The program is executed by a computer.

Still another embodiment of the present invention relates to a schedule communication device in a network system. The apparatus is suitable for a user side, a unit for obtaining the schedule of the user via the network, a unit for obtaining an advertisement selected according to the user's preference through the network, the advertisement And a notification control unit for notifying the user by incorporating the advertisement into the schedule along the target time. According to this device, the user can check in a state where the advertisement is incorporated in the schedule.

Still another embodiment of the present invention is also a schedule communication device, which is also suitable for a user.
A unit for obtaining the schedule of the user via the network; a unit for obtaining job information via the network; a unit for determining a target time of the job information; and the schedule and the job information. And a notification control unit for notifying the user in association with the target time. According to this device, the user can check in a state where the job information is incorporated in the schedule.

Still another preferred embodiment according to the present invention relates also to a communication device having a schedule suitable for a user. The apparatus includes: a schedule management unit that reads out the schedule to be transmitted to the user via the network; a search unit that selects an advertisement that meets the user's preference; A unit for generating data to be transmitted to the user by adding a target time for incorporation therein.

Still another embodiment of the present invention is a communication device having a schedule suitable for a server. The apparatus includes a schedule management unit that reads the schedule to be transmitted to the user via the network, a search unit that selects job information to be transmitted to the user, and the selected job information, A unit for generating data to be transmitted to the user by adding a target time for associating with the schedule.

Yet another embodiment of the present invention is a schedule communication system in a network system including a server-side system and a user-side client. The server-side system includes a unit for transmitting the schedule to the user, a unit for selecting an advertisement according to the user's preference, and a unit for transmitting the selected advertisement to the user. On the other hand, the client includes a unit for receiving the schedule, a unit for receiving the advertisement, a unit for determining a target time of the advertisement, and incorporating the advertisement in the schedule along the target time. A notification control unit for notifying the user. Further, the server-side system extracts a schedule and the advertisement according to the contents of communication with the client and delivers the schedule and the advertisement to the WWW server, the WWW server being a front server performing communication with the client via the Internet. And an ad server. According to this configuration, the schedule can be confirmed on the client side, that is, the user side, with the advertisement incorporated in the schedule.

Yet another aspect of the present invention is a communication system for scheduling as well. In this system, the server-side system includes a unit for transmitting the schedule to the user, a unit for selecting job information to be transmitted to the user, and a unit for transmitting the selected job information to the user. Meanwhile, the client includes a unit that receives the schedule,
A unit for receiving the job information, a unit for determining a target time of the job information, and a notification control unit for notifying the user by associating the schedule with the job information by the target time. According to this configuration, the schedule can be confirmed on the client side, that is, the user side, in a state where the schedule and the job offer information are associated with each other.

Still another preferred embodiment according to the present invention relates to a schedule communication method. The method comprises the steps of: receiving the schedule of a user via a network; receiving a title of the segmented information via the network; determining a target time of the title; And informing the user of the title along with the target time. According to this configuration, it is possible to notify the user of a certain amount of information by a simple symbol called a title. It is to be noted that an apparatus which realizes this method in the form of an apparatus is also useful as the present invention.

The title may include an electronic link to the segmented item of information, and the item of information may be presented online to the user when the user clicks on the title. .
At the end of the electronic link, an aggregation point for aggregating the information items and providing the information to the user, for example, a site or a page may be formed.

Still another preferred embodiment according to the present invention relates also to a schedule communication method. The method includes transmitting the schedule to a user over a network, selecting a title for the segmented information,
Adding a target time for incorporating the title into the schedule to the selected title and transmitting the target time to the user. An implementation of this method in the form of an apparatus is also useful as the present invention.

Still another preferred embodiment according to the present invention relates also to a schedule communication method. The method comprises the steps of: sending a schedule to the user by the server; receiving the schedule on the user side; selecting the title of the segmented information by the server; Transmitting a title to the user; determining a target time of the title on the user side; and incorporating the title in the schedule along the target time on the user side to the user. Announcing.

Yet another embodiment of the present invention is a schedule communication system. This system uses a network system that includes a server and a client that is a user side. The server-side system includes: a unit that transmits the schedule to the user; a unit that selects a title of the segmented information to be transmitted to the user; and a unit that transmits the selected title to the user. Including. A unit for receiving the schedule, a unit for receiving the title, a unit for determining a target time of the title, and a client for notifying the user by associating the schedule with the title by the target time. Notification control unit.

Still another preferred embodiment according to the present invention relates to a method for communicating a schedule in a network system. The method is suitable for a client side, receiving the schedule of a user via the network;
Receiving the title of the segmented information via the network; determining a target time of the title; and informing the user by incorporating the title in the schedule along with the target time. Performing the steps.

Still another preferred embodiment according to the present invention relates also to a schedule communication method. The method is suitable for a server side, transmitting the schedule to a user via the network, selecting a title of the segmented information, and adding the title to the selected title in the schedule. And sending to the user with a target time for incorporation into the user.

Still another preferred embodiment according to the present invention relates to a schedule communication method using a server client system. The method comprises the steps of: the server sending a schedule to the user; receiving the schedule at the user side; the server selecting a title of the segmented information; Transmitting the selected title to the user; determining the target time of the title on the user side; and incorporating the title in the schedule along the target time on the user side. Notifying the user.

[0030] The title has an electronic link to the segmented item of information, and the item of information is presented to the user online when the user clicks on the title. Good.

[0031] Further, an aggregation point for aggregating the information items and providing them to the user may be formed at the end of the electronic link.

Any combination of the above components,
A method in which expressions are replaced among methods, systems, apparatuses, and recording media or a combination of expressions is also effective as an aspect of the present invention.

[0033]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The following embodiments do not limit the invention described in the claims, and all combinations of features described in the embodiments are solutions of the invention. It is not always necessary for the means.

FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a schedule communication system according to the embodiment. In this system, the server manages the user's schedule. The user accesses the server side to know his schedule. At that time, the server side provides an advertisement or job information of the company suitable for the user in a form that can be incorporated into the schedule.

The schedule communication system 10 includes a server system 30, a PC (personal computer) 12 as a user client system, and a company server 52. However, the client system is PC1
The number need not be 2, and may be, for example, the mobile phone 16 or any other information terminal.

The server-side system 30 mainly has a function of transmitting a schedule to a user, a function of selecting an advertisement according to the user's preference, and a function of transmitting the selected advertisement to the user. The server-side system 30 further includes a function of selecting a job advertisement to be transmitted to the user and a function of transmitting the selected job information to the user. On the other hand, the client has a function of receiving the transmitted schedule, a function of receiving the transmitted advertisement and the job information, a function of determining the target time of the advertisement and the job information, and a function of determining the target time in the transmitted schedule. And a function of notifying the user by incorporating an advertisement along with the schedule, and associating the transmitted schedule and the transmitted job information with the target time. Here, the target time refers to a time having some relation to the advertisement or the job information, such as the date and time of an event to be advertised or the date and time of work included in the job information.

The PC 12 as a client includes the schedule communication device 14 according to the embodiment. The schedule communication device 14 is mainly realized by the CPU of the PC 12 and a program loaded in the memory. However, this device can be configured by any other combination of hardware and software, and the degree of freedom in design is easily understood by those skilled in the art. When the schedule communication device 14 is configured as a software module group, this program is stored in a PC using a recording medium such as a floppy (registered trademark) disk 18.
12 can be loaded.

The server-side system 30 has a main unit 32, a user information database 40, and an advertisement database 50. The main unit 32 is a front server W that communicates with clients over the Internet.
It includes an advertisement server 36 that extracts schedules, advertisements and job information from the user information database 40 in accordance with the contents of communication between the WWW server 34 and the client, and delivers the information to the WWW server 34.

The advertisement server 36 incorporates the server-side schedule communication device 38 according to the embodiment. However, part or all of the schedule communication device 38 on the server side may be built in the WWW server 34 side, and the degree of design freedom is high.

The user information database 40 includes a schedule database 42 for holding the user's schedule and a personal information database 44 for holding the user's personal information.
including. The advertisement database 50 holds advertisements of companies, and the advertisements are stored from the company server 52 via the main unit 32, for example. However, the storage of the advertisement may be performed by offline processing. Corporate server 52
Has a server function of sending an advertisement to the main unit 32, and also has a function as a company homepage accessed when detailed information of an advertisement is inquired from a client.

In the above configuration, the communication between the server and the client is mainly performed by the user's schedule. In this system, advertisements and recruiting information are notified to the user in a form embedded in the schedule based on the time of the schedule. You. In addition, the matching between the advertisement and the user and the matching between the job information and the user are verified in advance,
An advertisement is sent to a user who is expected to have the highest advertising effect, and a job advertisement is effectively sent to a user who wants to employ the company most. In addition, even for the user, the advertisement that he or she is most interested in naturally flows, and job recruiting information on the condition that he wants to work can be efficiently obtained.

FIG. 2 shows the configuration of the schedule communication device 14 on the client side. User identification information input unit 100
Input information for confirming the user when accessing the schedule. Schedule registration unit 102
Is used when the user himself registers or updates the schedule. The schedule acquisition unit 104 is used when the user himself confirms the schedule. The schedule acquired by the schedule acquisition unit 104 is sent to the target time determination unit 110.

The target time determination section 110 determines the target time of the acquired schedule. For example, if the schedule is “go on a one-week trip from January 1”, the target time is determined as “January 1” or “one week from January 1”. The schedule and the target time are sent to the notification control unit 120.

The notification control unit 120 performs various controls for notifying the user of the contents of the schedule and the target time. For example, if the user's schedule is to go to a concert on October 10, the notification control unit first displays a calendar around October 10 on the display,
"Concert" is displayed on the date portion of October 10.

The advertisement acquisition unit 106 is a server-side system 3
Get the company's advertisement sent from 0. The job information obtaining unit 108 similarly obtains job information. Recruitment information may be receivable only by previously selected users. Both the advertisement and the job information are the target time determination unit 110
And these target times are determined. The result of the determination is sent to the notification control unit 120. In the notification control unit 120, for example, the content of the advertisement is “XX department store, November 10
If the date is 20% off, the calendar around November 10 is displayed, and for example, "XX department store, 20% off" is displayed on the date portion of November 10.
Similarly, if the recruiting information is “December 10 construction site part-time job”, the notification control unit 120 first displays a calendar around December 10 and displays “Department site part-time job recruitment” on the date part of December 10. Medium ”and so on.

The related information access section 160 is used when a user who is interested in the displayed advertisement or job information wants to know the detailed information. For example, when the underlined information of the advertisement or job information displayed by the notification control unit 120 is clicked, the related information access unit 160 detects this action and accesses detailed information.

The timer 150 is used for scheduling, advertisement,
It is used to obtain job information at a predetermined time or at a constant interval. For example, the schedule communication device 14 is usually used offline, and can be controlled to dial up every five minutes to acquire an advertisement. Timer 1
50 can be configured by software polling or a real-time clock IC. When a real-time clock IC is used, its output is notified to the notification controller 120.
It can be used for calendar display in.

The recruiting response unit 114 is used when a user applies for a recruitment. Actually, when the recruiting information is displayed, a button “Apply” is also displayed, and when the user clicks the button, the recruiting response unit 114 notifies the server-side system 30 of that.

The personal information input unit 116 inputs personal information such as a user's address and name.

The communication I / F unit 112 is an interface between the communication unit 162 and the schedule communication device 14. The communication unit 162 is an arbitrary communication function block such as a modem, a LAN circuit, and an optical communication circuit provided in the PC 14 in advance. The communication I / F unit 112 converts data of the schedule communication device 14 so that the communication unit 162 can exchange data with a network. However, the communication unit 162
May have the function of the communication I / F unit 112,
In that case, the schedule communication device 14 is the communication I / F unit 11
You don't need to have two.

FIG. 3 shows the configuration of the user identification information input unit 100. The PID input unit 100a inputs an ID for authenticating a user as an individual. PPW input unit 100b
Enters a password to authenticate the user as an individual. The GID input unit 3 inputs an ID for authenticating a user as a group. The GPW input unit 100d inputs a password for authenticating the user as a group.

This embodiment has a function of not only authenticating a user as an individual but also authenticating as a member of a group to which the user belongs. For example, if friends are allowed to share a schedule with each other, the group of friends can share a schedule by acquiring a common group ID and group password.

The user identification information input section 100 further includes a machine ID acquisition section 100e. Machine ID acquisition unit 1
00e acquires an ID unique to the machine, such as the serial number of the CPU of the PC 12, for example. When using a machine ID, for example, the user need not enter a personal ID. Various modifications are conceivable for improving user convenience or improving security by combining a machine ID with a normal individual ID or password.

FIG. 4 shows the structure of the data stream 400 sent from the server system 30. The data stream 400 includes a header 402, a user's schedule 404, an advertisement 406 selected to match the user's preferences, and job information 408 also selected to match the user's preferences and skills. However, the schedule 404, the advertisement 406, and the job information 408 may be information to which any one or more of them is transmitted.

FIG. 5 shows the internal configuration of the schedule acquisition unit 104. The regular interval access unit 104a activates access to the schedule, advertisement, or job information at regular intervals based on the output of the timer 150 described above. The user activation access unit 104b actually activates a schedule acquisition operation when the user explicitly instructs access to a schedule or the like. The advertisement acquisition unit 106 and the job information acquisition unit 108 may also access the information at certain time intervals or when the user instructs. Other examples of other timings for acquiring advertisements and job information include when a user requests registration of a schedule, when a schedule is actually registered, and when a user acquires a schedule.

FIG. 6 shows the internal configuration of the target time determination unit 110. The schedule standardizing unit 110a decodes the schedule 404 of the data stream 400 sent from the server-side system 30, and converts the contents of the schedule and the target time into a predetermined data format.

FIG. 7 shows the format 430. The format 430 includes a header 432, schedule contents 434, and a schedule target time 436.
Advertising stylization unit 110b and job information stylization unit 110c
Converts the advertisement and job information to the same format as in FIG. These three types of formatted data are sent to the notification control unit 120.

FIG. 8 shows the internal configuration of the notification control unit 120. Notification control section 120 mainly includes display control section 122 and voice notification section 140. The display control unit 122 includes a calendar display unit 124 and a non-calendar display unit 126.

The calendar display section 124 displays the schedule in a form incorporated in the calendar. At that time, the advertisement and the job offer information are also incorporated in the calendar or displayed in association with the calendar. Calendar display part 1
24 includes a month display section 128, a week display section 130, a day display section 132, a year display section 134, and a time display section 136.
If the target time of the advertisement is expressed in units of months, the month display unit 128 incorporates the advertisement into the display of the corresponding month in the schedule. Similarly, if the target time of the advertisement is expressed in week units, the week display unit 130 incorporates the advertisement into the display of the corresponding week in the schedule. Date display section 132,
The same applies to the year display section 134 and the time display section 136.

A plurality of these display units may be operated at the same time, for example, “one week from November 27, 1999”.
If the target time is, the month display unit 128 and the week display unit 1
The four display units 30, 30, the day display unit 132 and the year display unit 134 may operate simultaneously. Although the advertisement has been described here, the same applies to job information.

On the other hand, the non-calendar display section 126 displays the user's schedule, advertisement, job information, and the like in a form other than the calendar, for example, in the form of a memo. Calendar display section 12
4 and the non-calendar display 126 may operate simultaneously,
For example, a schedule can be described in a calendar, but job information can be displayed outside the calendar.

The voice notification unit 140 performs a process for notifying the user's schedule, advertisement, and job information by voice. For example, a configuration in which the schedule is output as a voice message such as “Today at 10:00 am Tokyo Station” may be employed. Any known technique may be used for audio output of text data including messages, and will not be described in detail here. The configuration of the client-side schedule communication device 14 built in the PC 12 has been described above.

FIG. 9 shows the internal configuration of the schedule device 38 incorporated in the advertisement server 36 of the server-side system 30.

Communication unit 200 is an optional communication function of advertisement server 36, and communication I / F unit 202 functions as an interface between communication unit 200 and schedule communication device 38. As described above, the communication I / F unit 202 may be included in the communication unit 200.

The schedule request receiving section 224 receives a request concerning a schedule transmitted from a user. This request is sent to the authentication unit 226 together with the user identification information.
Sent to The authentication unit 226 authenticates the user with reference to the combination of the ID and the password recorded in the table 232. When the user is correctly authenticated, a request for the user's schedule is sent to the schedule management unit 222. The schedule management unit 222 controls reading / writing of data from / to the schedule database 42.
Therefore, if the request for the user's schedule is a confirmation of the schedule, the schedule for the user is read from the schedule database 42,
This is sent to the transmission data generation unit 208. The transmission data generation unit 208 converts the user's schedule into the data stream 400 shown in FIG. 4, and transmits this to the user via the communication I / F unit 202 and the communication unit 200.

The personal information acquisition section 204 acquires the personal information input to the personal information input section 116 of the schedule communication device 14 on the client side shown in FIG. This personal information is sent to the personal information management unit 210. The personal information management unit 210 controls reading and writing of data from and to the personal information database 44. The data read from the personal information database 44 is sent to the search unit 220 as needed.

The advertisement acquiring unit 244 acquires an advertisement from the company server 52 or the like. The target time may or may not be already given to this advertisement. If the target time has not been given, the advertisement acquisition unit 244 requests the company server 52 or the like to transmit the information. Information about the advertisement and its target time is sent to the advertisement management unit 250. The advertisement management unit 250 controls reading and writing of data from and to the advertisement database 50. The advertisement read out from the advertisement database 50 is stored in the search unit 2 as needed.
20 and the charge management unit 246.

The job information receiving unit 206 is provided for the company server 52.
Obtain job information from etc. The acquired job information is stored in the buffer memory 242. The acquired job information is sent to the transmission data generation unit 208 and the accounting management unit 246. The transmission data generation unit 208 includes a search unit 22 described later.
Data necessary for sending job information to the user selected by 0 is generated. The recruitment response receiving unit 240
Accept the application for the job information sent to the user. The accepted application is stored in the buffer memory 242.

When the user attempts to access related information relating to the transmitted advertisement or job information, the related information instruction unit 230 performs a process for realizing the access. Since the related information instruction unit 230 can grasp what kind of advertisement or recruitment information the user is interested in, the related information instruction unit 230 sends the information to the search unit 220. Since the access to the related information is a measure indicating that the schedule communication device 38 has been able to transmit the appropriate advertisement and the job information to the appropriate user, the information is sent to the charging management unit 246. That is, a charge as a kind of success reward is generated.

FIG. 10 shows the internal configuration of the personal information acquisition unit 204. The game distribution unit 204a distributes game software to a client via a network. The quiz delivery unit 204b similarly delivers a quiz to a client. The questionnaire communication unit 204c includes an incentive-type questionnaire distribution unit 204d, a general questionnaire distribution unit 204e, and a questionnaire reception unit 204f.

Incentive type questionnaire distribution unit 204
d distributes an incentive-type questionnaire to users who have achieved excellent results in the game distributed by the game distribution unit 204a. An incentive-type questionnaire is the user's address, name, age, occupation, hobby, work place, favorite sport, favorite music genre, favorite movie, favorite magazine, favorite sports team, and often go out Offers online or offline merchandise and prizes for a successful game, provided you provide personal information such as city, favorite food, lifestyle information, and the country you want to visit. . A similar questionnaire is also delivered to users who have answered the quiz correctly or have achieved excellent results.

The user merit providing section 204g provides the user merit such as such prizes and merchandise in various forms. In this embodiment, for example, a user is provided with advantages related to the use of a network. For example, you can discount the cost of communicating on schedule,
It is possible to distribute software such as music and games for free, to provide various network services of a company that provides the company server 52 at a low price, and to recognize a game or a quiz with excellent results on a network.

On the other hand, the general questionnaire distribution unit 204e
A questionnaire for letting the user fill in predetermined required items when starting the communication service of the schedule according to the present embodiment, and a questionnaire of a type that does not particularly give an incentive are distributed.

The questionnaire receiving section 204f receives a user's response to an incentive-type questionnaire or a general questionnaire. This answer is sent to the personal information management unit 210
Through the personal information database 44. These questionnaires, especially incentive-type questionnaires, can create an environment in which the user can voluntarily provide detailed personal information of the user. Therefore, the user can be segmented according to his / her preference.

FIG. 11 shows the internal configuration of the personal information management unit 210. The database read unit 210a reads necessary personal information of the user from the personal information database 44.
The read personal information is sent to the search unit 220. The database writer 210b writes the personal information sent from the personal information acquisition unit 204 to the personal information database 44.

FIG. 12 shows the configuration of a personal information card 450 created for each user. The personal information card 450 is stored in the personal information database 44. The card 450 includes a first area 452 for storing personal information obtained from a questionnaire response, and a second area 454 for storing information obtained in a related information instruction unit 230 described later. The first area 452 stores information such as the address and name of the user described above. On the other hand, the second area 454
Stores the content of the related information accessed by the user, that is, the genre and the number of times of access, as described later.
The purpose is to grasp the user's preference based on the content of the related information accessed and the number of times of access.

FIG. 13 shows the schedule request receiving section 224.
2 shows the internal configuration of FIG. Schedule confirmation reception unit 224a
Accepts when the user sends a request for confirmation of the schedule. Schedule update reception unit 224
b accepts when the user sends a request for registration or update of the schedule. However, both updating and registering correspond to writing a schedule, and there is no difference between them in a technical sense.

FIG. 14 shows the internal configuration of the authentication unit 226. The PID / PPW determination unit 226a determines the consistency between the personal ID and the password transmitted by the user as personal identification information. On the other hand, GID / GPW determination section 226b
Determines the consistency between the ID and the password transmitted by the user as a member of the group. These two determination units determine whether the combination of the ID and the password is correct, based on the combination stored in the table 232. When the ID of the user's machine is sent, the machine ID determination unit 226c determines the consistency between the received ID and the user's password. When the user is successfully authenticated, information such as the user's name or ID is sent to the schedule management unit 222 to allow the user to confirm or update the schedule.

FIG. 15 shows job information 460 transmitted from the company server 52. The job information 460 is received by the job information receiving unit 206 and is temporarily stored in the buffer memory 242. Job offer information 460 includes any number of recruitments. Here, as the first recruitment 462, personnel who work in a part-time job to purchase a concert ticket are required. Also, as a second recruitment 464, a regular employee of PC design is required. In each case, the target time, work location, work contents, salary, work contents or classification required by the staff, URL of a company homepage for knowing details of recruitment, and the like are described. Examples of the target time include a work start date and start time, a work period, and a work time zone.

FIG. 16 shows an advertisement 470 sent from the company server 52. The advertisement 470 is received by the advertisement acquisition unit 244. Ad 470 includes any number of ad items.
Here, a discount sale in a record shop is described as a first item 472, and a special exhibition in a museum is described as a second item 474. Each item has a target time, such as a discount period or an exhibition period, the location of the event to be advertised, the content to be advertised, the content or classification of the event, the URL to be accessed to know the details of the event, etc. including.

FIG. 17 shows the internal configuration of the related information instruction unit 230. When the user presses a button or the like (not shown) displayed on the screen of the PC 12 or the like in order to know the related information of the advertisement or the recruitment information transmitted from the user, that is, the detailed information here, the access detection unit 230a Detect actions. When the access detection unit detects access to the related information, the casting unit 230b casts the user's access to the company server 52 or the homepage that actually holds the related information.

On the other hand, the access information analysis section 230c counts the total number of times the user has accessed related information having the same content as the related information, and the access content determination section 230b which determines the content of the related information clicked by the user. Access count counting unit 230e. The content of the related information may be an arbitrary category for indexing the related information, such as a genre, a field, and a category to which the related information belongs.

The second area 454 of the personal information card 450 shown in FIG. 12 shows the contents of the related information thus analyzed and the number of times of access. For example, as shown in the figure, this user accesses music-related information ten times and art-related information five times, and similarly lists the contents of related information accessed and the number of times. The information obtained by the access information analysis unit 230c is sent to the personal information acquisition unit 204, where a personal information card 450 is created. However, the personal information card 450 may be configured to include only the first area 452. In this case, the information obtained by the access information analysis unit 230c is sent to the direct search unit 220. It is easily understood by those skilled in the art that there are various forms of management and storage of such information.

FIG. 18 shows the internal configuration of the search unit 220.
The search unit 220 mainly has a search function related to advertisements and a search function related to job information. As a search function related to the advertisement, an advertisement-based user detection unit 220a and a user-based advertisement detection unit 220b are provided.

The advertisement-based user detection unit 220a first assumes an advertisement that a company wants to distribute to a user. Thereafter, a user matching the advertisement is selected. When selecting a user, the personal information card 450 is used.
For example, if the advertisement is related to a large sale of a department store, for example, a user who enjoys shopping is selected. If the discount sale of the music CD is the content of the advertisement, a user who is interested in music is selected. As another example, in the case of an advertisement related to a bargain sale in Yokohama, first, a user mainly in Yokohama is selected. The user enters the first area 45 of the personal information card 450
The selection may be made using any of the second and second areas 454, or may be made based on an arbitrary combination of arbitrary items included in those areas. In any case, the advertisement-based user detection unit 220a may select a user whose preference matches or is interested in the advertisement in some sense based on the advertisement.

On the other hand, the user-based advertisement detection section 220b first assumes a certain user. Then, select an advertisement suitable for the user. Also at this time, the personal information card 450 is used. For example, when selecting an advertisement for a user having a personal information card 450 shown in FIG.
It can be understood that the hobby of the user is drive and the frequently accessed fields are music and travel. Therefore, FIG.
From the plurality of items 472, 474, etc. of the advertisement 470 shown in FIG. 6, items including words such as "drive", "music", "travel", or words related thereto are selected. FIG.
As described above, if the items 472, 474, etc. have an information record of “classification” in advance, an advertisement may be selected based on the classification.

The user-based advertisement detection unit 220b can further select an advertisement that the user may be interested in from the profile of the user, for example, age, address, occupation, and the like. This is because the consumption tendency can be estimated to some extent from the user's profile. The selection using the user's profile can, of course, also be performed by the advertisement-based user detection unit 220a.

On the other hand, the selection regarding the recruiting information is performed by the recruiting condition matching determination unit 220c. The recruiting condition matching determination unit 220c includes a user skill determination unit 220d, a user preference determination unit 220e, and a user schedule determination unit 220f. The user skill determination unit 220d selects a user who has a skill that matches the recruitment condition explicitly or implicitly included in the recruitment information.

For example, in the second item 464 of the job information 460 in FIG. 15, the job content is a PC design. Therefore, a user whose current or past work history describes the design of a PC, the development of an information device, and the like is first selected.
When age and qualification are defined as recruitment conditions, a user who also satisfies those conditions is selected.
In selecting a user, a company that has created job information in advance may select a keyword for searching for a user.

The user preference judging section 220e selects users who have a preference in the genre of job requisition. For example, the content of the job offer is the first item 4 of the job offer information 460 in FIG.
If the part-time job is related to music, such as 62, a user who is interested in music is preferentially selected based on the personal information card 450.

The user schedule determination unit 220f selects a user whose schedule matches the target time of the job offer information. That is, the user who does not have a schedule at the target time of the job offer information is preferentially selected. for that reason,
The user schedule determination unit 220f accesses the schedule database 42 via the schedule management unit 222. However, if a company works for a relatively long time,
For example, when seeking a full-time employee, it is considered that there are few users who have not set a schedule for a long time to meet the conditions. Therefore, in that case, the user schedule determination unit 220f may select a user for job offer information relating to relatively short-term work.

As described above, according to this search section 220, it is possible to narrow down in advance the users who are considered to have a great effect when the advertisement is played, and to intensively broadcast the advertisement to such users. Conversely, from the user's point of view, all of the delivered advertisements are of relatively interest to them, and the risk of losing the information they want in the flooded information is reduced.

As for the recruiting information, the operation of the recruiting information matching determining unit 220c can reduce the labor for selecting applicants in the company. The user skill determination unit 220d can partially perform the application screening of the applicant in the company. From a user's point of view, when their schedule is available, they will be presented with jobs that are relatively interesting to them,
High-quality job information can be obtained efficiently.

That is, the search unit 220 provides a function of screening advertisements and recruiting information for users, and at the same time, provides a function of screening companies for effective marketing and securing human resources. Moreover, since such advertisements and job information are provided in a form linked to the schedule, the utilization of the information by the user is extremely high. With the efficient and rapid securing of a liquid workforce affecting the survival of companies, this embodiment is significant.

FIG. 19 shows transmission data 500 generated by transmission data generating section 208. Transmission data 500
Is the user / group address 502, schedule 504, advertisement 506, and job information 5 which are part of the header information.
08. The user / group address 502 is the address of the user or group to which the schedule 504 and the like should be transmitted, specified by the search unit 220. However, the address of the group does not need to exist separately for each user, and may be an aggregate of a plurality of addresses of a plurality of users belonging to the group. Schedule 50
4. The advertisement 506 and the job information 508 are generated so as to include the target time in each. However, the transmission data generation unit 208 does not always include the schedule 5
04 or the like need not be described. In that case, the target time determination unit 110 of the schedule communication device 14 on the client side
May inquire about the target time via the schedule acquisition unit 104. That is, the final determination of the target time is performed by the transmission data generation unit 208, the client-side schedule acquisition unit 104, and the target time determination unit 110.
Can be shared between

FIG. 20 shows the internal configuration of the charging management unit 246. In this embodiment, charging is performed for a company that has requested distribution of advertisements or job information to users. The company server identification unit 246e specifies the company server that has requested the distribution of the job information or the advertisement. Billing information is generated in the table 248 for each specified company server.

The job information counter 246a counts job information requested from the company server or job items included therein. Similarly, the advertisement counter 246b counts advertisements requested from the enterprise server or advertisement items included therein. A unit price is multiplied by each of the count values of these counters, and billing information is generated.

Further, in this embodiment, when the company requests the search for the user by the search unit 220, a fee is added depending on the content and the number of searches. Search adder 246c
Performs the calculation for that. For example, the amount to be added is determined by multiplying the number of conditions for selecting users by the unit price. Others
The additional amount may be determined based on the time required for the search,
This part also has a high degree of freedom in design.

The accounting information management section 246 further has a related information access counter 246d. This counter records the number of times that the user who received the advertisement or the job information accessed the related information. The greater the number of times, the higher the interest of the user, and thus the fee is added as a kind of success reward as described above. As described above, all charges are summed up and the billing amount for this company is stored in the table 248.

The schedule communication by the above schedule communication system 10 and the accompanying distribution processing of advertisement and job information will be specifically described.

FIG. 21 shows an initial screen 300 displayed on the display of the PC 12 when the user confirms the schedule. Here, a personal identification information input screen 302 for confirming the schedule is displayed. When the user wants to access the schedule as an individual, the ID (PID) and password (PP
W). On the other hand, if you want to see the schedule of a group to which you belong,
D) and its password (GPW).

FIG. 22 shows an initial screen 360 displayed when the user confirms the schedule using mobile phone 16.
Is shown. In the case of a mobile phone, an individual ID can be specified by a contractor number (telephone number), so a password may be simply input here. Although only one password input window is shown in FIG. 3, it is naturally possible to input a group password. Since there is essentially no difference between using the PC 12 and using the mobile phone 16, an example using the PC 12 will be mainly described.

FIG. 23 shows a schedule displayed after the user has been correctly authenticated. Schedule display screen 3
Reference numeral 32 indicates that the schedule of today, this week, or this month can be switched by the operation of the display control unit 122 of the notification control unit 120. These switching can be performed by the “today” tab 310, the “this week” tab 312, the “this month” tab 31
4 can be switched.

FIG. 23 shows today's schedule. The left half of the schedule display screen 332 mainly relates to schedules arranged in time sequence. On the other hand, the right half displays supplementary information on the schedule. For example, a memo, an address of a friend or the like, or a screen of a sticker containing various marks that can be pasted at an arbitrary place in the schedule book can be selected. The selection is made by a “memo” tab 316, an “address” tab 318, and a “sticker” tab 320.

First, it is assumed that the schedule of “today” is selected on the left screen. Then today's date 11
The month 27 is displayed, and today's schedule is displayed below it. The column for today's schedule includes a column 340 for the target time, a column 342 for symbols symbolically representing the schedule, and a column 344 for showing the contents of the schedule. In the symbol column 342, three types of symbols of square, triangle, and circle are entered. For example, squares relate to personal private appointments, circles relate to work, and triangles represent advertisements sent by businesses. In this case, the user makes a reservation for a sports club at 11:00 and enters a part-time job at 13:00. "Mini live AAA in Yokohama" described at 16:00 is an advertisement selected as this user may be interested. In this case, the user may have been in a fan club of a rock group called "AAA", for example. In this way, the advertisement is incorporated into the user's schedule and displayed according to the target time.

[0106] A message "11/28 xxxx has a ticket purchase byte" is displayed outside the column of "Today's schedule" on which the user's schedule is displayed. This is the job information selected as being of interest to this user or corresponding to a day when the user's schedule is vacant. This information is preceded by a circle 346 to indicate that it is relevant to the job or job posting. However, the work that the user has already performed, for example, 13
In order to distinguish the part-time job from the time, the color of the circle 346 may be changed.

A link 348 is attached to this job offer information, and the user can confirm more detailed information of this part-time job by clicking the part.

[0108] The "Today's schedule" column can be switched between displaying and switching to "diary". In addition, an arbitrary character or image desired by the user may be displayed in a blank portion other than today's date “11/27” and “today's schedule”. Such characters and images may be offered by advertising companies at low or no cost.

On the other hand, the right screen of the schedule display screen 332 is in a state where a memo is currently displayed. Here, the telephone number of the sports club for which this user should make a reservation at 11:00 is written as a memo. On the right screen, a connection button 32 for establishing a connection between the client and the server to obtain the latest information from the server.
2 are provided. When the user presses the connection button 322, the PC 12 connects to the Internet by an arbitrary connection method such as dial-up, and receives the latest advertisement and job information from the server.

When the user confirms or updates the schedule, the connection button 322 may be pressed. When the connection button 322 is pressed, the fact is transmitted to the user activation access unit 104b of the schedule acquisition unit 104 in FIG. On the other hand, even in the case where the user does not press the connection button 322, the user's schedule and the like are acquired via the regular interval access unit 104a by the operation of the timer 150 in this embodiment.

FIG. 24 shows another state of the schedule display screen 332. On the left screen, the schedule of “this week” is selected, and a weekly schedule from November 7 to 13 is displayed. Here, in addition to the personal schedule, an advertisement "BBB new single release" is displayed on November 11th. Also, an advertisement “ABC record sale (11 / 6-12)” is displayed outside the schedule area. A link 348 is also set in this advertisement, and access to related information is enabled.

On the other hand, on the right screen, the screen of "Seal" is selected. Here, an image symbol 350 is given to words related to various action schedules and schedules, such as an elephant symbol 350 indicating “a thing”. These symbols 350 can be pasted into the schedule to display the schedule more simply and clearly. In addition, these symbols 35
The hard copy of 0 on sticker paper can be used as a sticker. These symbols may be drawn by the user themselves, or may be downloaded free of charge from a company that provides advertisements and the like.

FIG. 25 shows still another state of the schedule display screen 332. First, on the left screen, a schedule of “this month” is selected, and a one-month schedule of November 1999 is displayed. In this case, since there is no space for writing the contents of the schedule, only the previously introduced square, circle, and triangle symbols 342 are displayed. In this state, a schedule may be displayed by clicking an arbitrary date, or a schedule corresponding to the symbol may be displayed by clicking an arbitrary symbol 342. As a matter of course, the configuration may be such that the shape and color of the symbol can be arbitrarily set for each user.

FIG. 26 shows a screen 360 that appears to confirm the schedule when the user uses the mobile phone 16. This screen 360 corresponds to the left screen of the schedule display screen 332 in FIG. In general, since the display screen of the mobile phone 16 is narrow, an arbitrary subset of the schedule screen displayed on the display of the PC 12 or a screen specialized for the mobile phone 16 may be displayed.

FIG. 27 is a flowchart showing a procedure when the user checks the schedule. First, the user uses the schedule acquisition unit 104 to transmit a schedule confirmation request (S10). The schedule request receiving unit 224 of the advertisement server 36 receives a request transmitted from the user (S12). Subsequently, the authentication unit 226 authenticates the user (S14). If the authentication is correctly completed, the schedule management unit 222 reads the schedule of the user from the schedule database 42 (S1).
6) This is sent to the transmission data generation unit 208. The transmission data generation unit 208 generates the transmission data 500 (S
18), and sends this to communication I / F section 202. The transmission data 500 is transmitted from the communication I / F unit 202 to the communication unit 200 and transmitted to the user (S20).

The user obtains the transmitted transmission data 500 by the schedule obtaining unit 104 via the communication unit 162 and the communication I / F unit 112 (S22). Then,
The target time determination unit 110 determines the schedule, and the target time of the advertisement and the recruitment information when it exists (S
24). Subsequently, a calendar display of the schedule and other information is performed in the notification control unit 120 (S2).
6). The user can confirm his / her own schedule and advertisement or recruiting information by looking at the schedule and other information displayed in the calendar (S28).

FIGS. 28 and 29 are flowcharts showing a procedure for displaying an advertisement when confirming a schedule. In preparation for delivering an advertisement to a user, first, an advertisement 470 is transmitted from the company server 52 to the advertisement server 36 (S100). The advertisement server 36 receives the advertisement 470
Are segmented and stored (S102). Here, the term “segmenting” refers to providing a keyword required for the advertisement in order to easily search for the advertisement required later.
However, if a keyword for such classification has already been given when the advertisement 470 is sent from the company server 52, segmentation is not necessary. Advertising 470
Is stored in the advertisement database 50 via the advertisement management unit 250.

Subsequently, the personal information database 44 is read out via the personal information management section 210, and a search is made for a target user (S106). Here, the target user refers to the user to whom the advertisement should be transmitted. This search is performed by the search unit 220 based on the personal information card 450. Preparations for distributing the advertisement are thus completed.

Here, it is assumed that the user has transmitted a request for schedule confirmation (S10). The advertisement server 36 receives this request (S12), authenticates the user (S14), and reads out the schedule of the user (S16). Here, processing differs depending on whether or not this user is the target user of the previous advertisement (S108). If the intended user, the advertisement is stored in the transmission data 500 as well as the schedule, and the data TD1 is generated (S110). on the other hand,
If the user is not the intended user, the data TD2 is stored without storing the advertisement.
Is generated (S112). The transmission data 500 thus generated is transmitted to the user (S20).

The user receives transmission data 500, that is, data TD1 or TD2 (S22). Subsequently, the schedule and, if necessary, the target time of the advertisement are determined (S24). The information such as the schedule is displayed on the calendar (S26), and the user checks the information such as the schedule (S28). Meanwhile, when the user is interested in the displayed advertisement, the user requests display of related information, that is, a detailed advertisement (S120). This request
Sent by the related information access unit 160. This request is detected by the access detection unit 230a of the related information instruction unit 230. The casting unit 230b relays the fact that the user has been accessed to send detailed information to the company server 52 (S122). Concurrently, the access information analysis unit 230c determines the content of the information accessed by the user and counts the number of accesses (S124).

The company server 52 or the company's homepage transmits the related information requested by the user, that is, the detailed advertisement to the user directly, via the WWW server 34, or via the advertisement server 36 (S126). The user receiving the detailed advertisement confirms the content (S12).
8).

In this case, the user is first selected on the assumption that the advertisement is used. However, this may be reversed. That is, a configuration may be adopted in which a user is assumed first and an advertisement suitable for the user is selected.
Is realized by the function of either the advertisement-based user detection unit 220a or the user-based advertisement detection unit 220b of the search unit 220.

FIG. 30 is a flowchart showing a procedure for transmitting job information from the advertisement server 36 to the user. In preparation for distributing the job information to the user, the company server 52 first sends the job information to the advertisement server 36 (S
200). The job information is acquired by the job information receiving unit 206 (S202). Subsequently, the personal information management unit 210 reads out personal information from the personal information database 44 (S20).
4). The personal information is stored in the search unit 2 as a personal information card 450.
Sent to 20. The schedule management unit 222 reads the user's schedule from the schedule database 42 (S206). The search unit 220 also obtains schedule information.
Sent to

The search unit 220 searches for a target user (S
208). First, based on personal information, the user skill determination unit 220d and the user preference determination unit 220e of the recruiting condition matching determination unit 220c narrow down users. Subsequently, the user schedule determination unit 220f selects a user whose schedule is not included in the target time of the job offer information. The transmission data generation unit 208 generates transmission data 500 by storing the address of the target user, and
The call is transmitted to the user via the F unit 202 and the communication unit 200 (S210).

The user obtains the job information sent from the advertisement server 36 by the job information obtaining unit 108 (S212). The recruitment information is displayed on a calendar after processing by the target time determination unit 110 and the notification control unit 120 (S214). Here, it is assumed that the user applies for a job offer (S216). The application is made via the job offer response unit 114. The application is sent to the advertisement server 36 once, acquired by the job response receiving unit 240, and stored in the buffer memory 242.
Is stored in Subsequently, the fact that an application has been made is sent from the job recruitment response receiving unit 240 to the communication I / F unit 202 and the communication unit 200.
Is transferred to the company server 52 via (S218). Thereafter, an arbitrary employment contract is concluded between the company and the user (S220).

Here, an example in which the job information is transmitted to the user at an arbitrary timing has been described, but a configuration may be employed in which the job information is transmitted when the user confirms the schedule. Also in this example, job information is assumed and a user suitable for the job is searched. However, there is no problem in assuming a user first and selecting job information suitable for the user.

Hereinafter, some modifications of the embodiment will be described.

[0128] The target time for the job information may not be the working time. For example, in the employment season, the schedule communication devices 14 and 38 may flow the time of various company briefings and interviews into the schedule as the target time. In this case, the job information may be recognized as an advertisement. By pre-registering the desired job type, work location, working hours, salary, and other conditions, the user can timely search for necessary information from a vast amount of job information. In the embodiment, the recruiting information is not sent to the user who has already scheduled, but in that case, it may be sent depending on the situation. The notification control unit 120 of the user's schedule communication device 14 gives priority to the original user's schedule, such as displaying such information in another color or a light color, or displaying the information below the user's schedule or smaller than usual. It may have a display control function that can be grasped. In particular, the user wants to know the important information for the user, for example, the interview date and time of the company of the first choice, even if the schedule is included. For this reason, the client side may be provided with an optional function for determining whether or not to display the own schedule and the information to be batting.

[0129] The schedule communication devices 14 and 38 may also handle information on entrance examinations and other tests as recruitment information or advertisements. For example, by registering the conditions of a desired school by an online questionnaire or other methods, a configuration may be adopted in which the test schedule and the like of the school are included in the schedule. A test institution or a cram school may use the schedule communication devices 14, 38 to display the curriculum in the schedule. If the advertisement or job information to be poured into the calendar or the related information linked to it becomes large data to some extent, the main server 32 may format the information and send it to the user's schedule communication device 14 by e-mail. .

[0130] The user is not limited to examinations and examinations, but may register information keywords of his / her own interest through a questionnaire or the like, and receive information that hits the keywords as advertisements in the schedule. For this purpose, for example, a keyword is received by the personal information input unit 116, the keyword is held by the personal information management unit 210 on the server side, and the search unit 220 compares the keyword with the advertisement or the keyword therein. As a result, the hit information is sent to the user as an advertisement, which is announced along the target time of the schedule. The charge management unit 246 may set a higher advertisement distribution unit price for a user hit with a larger number of keywords and charge the company with the advertisement cost.

The target time does not need to be determined by an objective factor closely related to the event, such as the date and time of the sales to be advertised. You may decide. In that case,
The company that places the advertisement may issue a request that "I want to put an advertisement in the frame at 10 am on October 10", and that date and time is treated as the target time. The same applies to job information. The server-side schedule management unit 222 may detect a date and time when a target user to whom an advertisement or job information is to be sent is relatively open, and recruit companies that issue advertisements or job information using the date and time as a target time. The advertisement thus distributed is poured into the date and time of the calendar of the schedule communication device 14 of the user. As described above, there is a method of setting an advertisement cost lower for an advertisement or job information that fills a gap in a user's schedule than an advertisement notified outside the calendar.

In the embodiment, the recruiting information is sent during the time when the user is available. However, the user can use the schedule communication device 14 to change the date and time and the desired job type, ie, “reverse recruiting information”. You may send the labor supply information which should be said. In this case, the schedule registration unit 102 or the like of the schedule communication device 14 may be provided with a function of inputting additional information such as a time zone and a desire for the user to work in the calendar display. This labor supply information is transferred to the company server 52 via the main server 32.

In the embodiment, the function of authenticating a user as an individual and the function of authenticating a user as a group have been described. If you are in a fan club of a music band, for example, you may be able to check the schedule of that band, as well as the schedule of yourself or its group. That is, a configuration is possible in which the schedule of another person can be confirmed through a predetermined procedure. In that case, a special ID or password may be set for a member who permits such access. Special charge management may be performed. The same applies to various services in the embodiment regarding the variety of charging.

In addition to authenticating the user as an individual or a group, the user can select “personal”, “business”, or “open all” when inputting a schedule, so that the user can select “very close friends” or “work relations”. Schedules can be made public to all those who want to see their own schedule. In this case, the schedule communication device 14, which is a client, may have a function of accepting a user's designation regarding the degree of publication of the schedule information input by the user. It may have a function of determining whether or not a user who wants to access the schedule is permitted to access. Alternatively, each user can set different keywords for "personal", "business" and "open all" and share the schedule with the desired degree of publicity by teaching the other party one of those keywords. it can. These arbitrary passwords may be stored in a memory (not shown) of each user's schedule communication device 14, in which case there is no need to forget the password.

In order to make it easy for the user to confirm the schedule, the schedule communication device 38 on the server side may transmit the user's schedule for the day to the user at a fixed time, for example, early in the morning by e-mail.

[0136] When an advertisement or recruiting information is poured into a user's schedule, an upper limit may be set for the number. The upper limit may be set by the user. This is to prevent a situation in which too many advertisements and the like are poured into the user's calendar. In this case, for example, when the number of advertisements or the like reaches the upper limit in the notification control unit 120 or the advertisement acquisition unit 106 of the schedule communication device 14 of the client or any other location, the incorporation or notification into the calendar or the like is stopped or interrupted Action can be taken.

The size of the frame such as the day or week of the calendar may be variable according to the amount of the schedule input by the user or the amount of the advertisement to be poured. For example, for a user who has many schedules on Sunday, it is naturally more convenient to have a larger Sunday frame. Therefore, the calendar display unit 124 of the notification control unit 120 may have a function of detecting the amount of information to be displayed and a function of variably displaying a calendar according to the amount of information.

Several schedule management programs are already commercially available or available on the WWW. When a PC or the like is purchased, it may be preinstalled. In order to cooperate with such another schedule management device, the client schedule communication device 14 may include a data format conversion unit for importing or exporting the user's schedule data with another schedule management device. Good.

[0139] News can also be distributed as a type of advertisement. For example, the headline of the news at 8:00 pm on April 27, 2000 may be inserted at the corresponding date and time of the user's schedule. In that case, the target time determination unit 110
For example, the time associated with the news, such as the time of news distribution or the time of occurrence of the event that caused the news, for example, the time of occurrence of an earthquake, may be grasped as the target time.

Schedule communication device 1 on client side
Reference numeral 4 denotes a function for the user to enter a time-limited schedule in the calendar, for example, the schedule registration unit 102.
May be prepared. For example, if there is a report to be submitted by May 10
Is specified and recorded as "report submission". When the predetermined date and time, for example, on May 4, which is one week before, is reached before the user erases the record, a warning may be issued to the user by cooperation of the timer 150 and the notification control unit 120.

The location of the person who wants to be tracked may be recorded in the schedule calendar. For example,
The timer 150 can be used to detect the position of the PHS terminal provided to the child at regular intervals by using the position transmission function of the child and write the child's behavior record in the child's or his / her calendar. For this purpose, the communication units of the schedule communication devices 14 and 38 may be provided with a function of receiving the position detection result, and the target time determination unit 110 may be provided with a function of detecting the time at the place as the target time.

The communication unit may be configured to automatically detect the location of the user himself and write this into the user's calendar. In that case, the user can automatically form his / her own activity log as a log file. A GPS system may be used to detect the location of the user.

The weather forecast may be inserted as an advertisement at the corresponding date and time in the calendar. For example, put a mark of "sunny" in the column of May 5, and in the detailed schedule column of May 5, a weather forecast that changes with time,
For example, details may be entered such as “fine” at 10 am and “cloudy” at 3 pm. Advertisement value is generated by placing a small sponsor's display near these marks. When distributing information that depends on the region, such as a weather forecast, the registered user's address is used as a clue, and the name of the place written by the user on the schedule is identified on the main server 32 side to “ In addition to displaying a message such as "Yokohama is fine," the main server 32 can display a message according to the user's location based on a position transmitting device separately provided in the schedule communication device 14 of the user.

Similarly to the weather, stock prices, exchange rates, and other ever-changing information may be selected according to the registered contents of the user, and the information at that time may be poured into a calendar. In this case, information such as the stock price may be considered as an advertisement. The target time is the time at which the stock price was added or the time at which it was distributed.
With this service, sponsors can be displayed, and users can follow the brands they are interested in using a simple mechanism.

Information may be segmented and flowed into a calendar. Segmentation includes a case where information is classified according to its content and a genre, as well as a case where information is classified according to a type of a user to whom the information is to be distributed. In other words, this includes a case where information is classified by its object and also by a subject.

As an example, segmentation is performed according to the following: • Objective characteristics of sports, travel, movies, restaurants, etc. • Subjective characteristics of the target person such as young people and men. For example, only the title "Restaurant" is placed on the calendar, links from this title to various restaurant sites on the Internet, and information items such as "Restaurant portal sites" that collect such restaurants in one place. A link may be provided to another aggregation site or aggregation page (hereinafter referred to as “aggregation point”). In many cases, the date column of the calendar of the schedule communication device 14 used in the embodiment does not have a large space, and the user merit of distributing and displaying one title for each segmented information is great. According to this method, the user can also compare and examine similar products.

At the time of title distribution, the concept of target time can be used. For example, the title can be included in the date and time when information such as other advertisements does not occupy.
In that case, check the target time of other information preliminary,
A date and time that do not overlap or have relatively few overlaps can be adopted as the target time. It should be noted that such a method for selecting the target time can be used for purposes other than title distribution.

There is also a method of selecting a date related to the title as the target time of the title distribution. For example, if it is Mother's Day, various information with the title "Mother" may be collected on the server side. By clicking the title, the user can access the information item relating to “mother” or the aggregation point for that item online and receive the necessary information displayed.

In addition to the above, for example, information such as medical care, real estate, purchase and sale of goods, fortune, travel, hobbies, culture, and the like required by the user can be distributed as advertisements, and the application range of the embodiment is wide.

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FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a schedule communication system according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an internal configuration diagram of a schedule communication device on the client side.

FIG. 3 is an internal configuration diagram of a user identification information input unit of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a data stream acquired by a schedule acquisition unit in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is an internal configuration diagram of a schedule acquisition unit in FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is an internal configuration diagram of a target time determination unit of FIG. 2;

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a data format output from a target time determination unit.

FIG. 8 is an internal configuration diagram of a notification control unit in FIG. 2;

FIG. 9 is an internal configuration diagram of a schedule communication device on the server side.

FIG. 10 is an internal configuration diagram of the personal information acquisition unit in FIG. 9;

11 is an internal configuration diagram of the personal information management unit of FIG.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a personal information card.

FIG. 13 is an internal configuration diagram of the schedule request receiving unit of FIG. 9;

FIG. 14 is an internal configuration diagram of the authentication unit in FIG. 9;

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing job information.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an advertisement.

17 is an internal configuration diagram of a related information instruction unit of FIG. 9;

18 is an internal configuration diagram of a search unit in FIG.

FIG. 19 is a configuration diagram of transmission data generated by a transmission data generation unit in FIG. 9;

FIG. 20 is an internal configuration diagram of a charging management unit in FIG. 9;

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing an initial screen for a user to confirm a schedule.

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing an initial screen for a user to confirm a schedule using a mobile phone.

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing a screen displayed for a user to confirm a schedule.

FIG. 24 is a diagram showing another screen displayed for the user to confirm the schedule.

FIG. 25 is a diagram showing still another screen displayed for the user to confirm the schedule.

FIG. 26 is a diagram showing a schedule displayed when a user uses a mobile phone.

FIG. 27 is a flowchart showing a procedure for a user to confirm a schedule.

FIG. 28 is a flowchart showing a procedure for displaying an advertisement when a user confirms a schedule.

FIG. 29 is a flowchart showing a procedure for displaying an advertisement when a user confirms a schedule.

FIG. 30 is a diagram showing a procedure for transmitting job information from an advertisement server to a user.

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 Reference Signs List 10 schedule communication system 14 schedule communication device 30 server side system 34 WWW server 36 advertisement server 38 schedule communication device 42 schedule database 44 personal information database 50 advertisement database 100 user identification information input unit 102 schedule registration unit 104 schedule acquisition unit 106 advertisement acquisition unit 108 Recruitment information acquisition unit 110 Target time determination unit 114 Requisition response unit 116 Personal information input unit 120 Notification control unit 160 Related information access unit 122 Display control unit 124 Calendar display unit 140 Voice notification unit 204 Personal information acquisition unit 206 Recruitment information reception unit 208 Transmission data generation unit 220 Search unit 224 Schedule request reception unit 226 Authentication unit 230 Related information instruction unit 240 Job offer response reception unit 244 Advertisement acquisition unit 246 Charge management unit 500 Transmission data

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Still another aspect of the present invention is also a schedule communication method in a server client system, wherein the server transmits a schedule to the user, the user receives the schedule, Selecting job information to be transmitted to the user, transmitting the selected job information to the user by the server, and receiving the job information on the user side,
A step of determining a target time of the recruitment information on the user side; and a step of notifying the user of the recruitment information by associating the schedule and the recruitment information with the target time on the user side.

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FIG. 3 shows the configuration of the user identification information input unit 100. The PID input unit 100a inputs an ID for authenticating a user as an individual. PPW input unit 100b
Enters a password to authenticate the user as an individual. The GID input unit 100c inputs an ID for authenticating a user as a group. GPW input unit 100d
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[0082] On the other hand, the access information analyzing unit 230c includes an access content determining section 230 d determines the contents of the relevant information the user clicks, the total number of times a user accesses the related information having the same contents as the related information An access number counting unit 230e for counting is included. The content of the related information may be an arbitrary category for indexing the related information, such as a genre, a field, and a category to which the related information belongs.

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[Claims] 1. A method of communicating a schedule in a network system, comprising: receiving the schedule of a user via the network; and receiving an advertisement selected as being in line with the user's preference via the network. Performing the advertisement, determining the target time of the advertisement, and incorporating the advertisement in the schedule along the target time to notify the user of the advertisement. 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising registering a schedule for the user. 3. receiving the schedule;
The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the steps of receiving the advertisement is performed periodically by setting a timer. 4. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of the user transmitting personal information over the network, wherein the advertisement is selected based on the personal information. 5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising accessing related information of the selected advertisement via the network, wherein the advertisement is selected based on the content of the related information. 6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the advertisement is selected based on a frequency of access to the related information. 7. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving job information via the network. 8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the job information is configured to be receivable only by a preselected user. 9. The method of claim 8, wherein a user whose schedule matches the target time of the job posting is selected. 10. The method according to claim 9, wherein a user who does not have a schedule at a target time of the job posting is selected. 11. The method of claim 8, further comprising the step of the user transmitting personal information over the network, wherein a user whose personal information matches the conditions of the job posting is selected. 12. The method of claim 8, further comprising accessing related information of the selected advertisement via the network, wherein the user is selected based on the related information. 13. The step of notifying, if the target time is expressed in a unit of month, the display of a month corresponding to the schedule indicates that the target time is expressed in a unit of week. In the display for that week,
The method according to claim 1, wherein the advertisement is respectively incorporated into a display of a corresponding day of the schedule if the target time is expressed in units of days. 14. A method of communicating a schedule in a network system, comprising: receiving the schedule of a user via the network; receiving job information via the network; and a target time of the job information. And communicating the schedule and the job information with the target time and informing the user of the schedule. 15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the job information is configured to be receivable only by a preselected user. 16. The method of claim 15, wherein a user whose schedule matches the target time of the job posting is selected. 17. The method of claim 15, further comprising the step of the user transmitting personal information over the network, wherein a user whose personal information matches the conditions of the job posting is selected. 18. The method further comprises receiving an advertisement over the network, wherein the determining further determines a target time for the advertisement, and the notifying further comprises the schedule and the advertisement. The method according to claim 14, wherein the notification is made to the user in association with the target time. 19. A method for communicating a schedule in a network system, comprising: transmitting the schedule to a user via the network; selecting an advertisement according to the user's preference; And transmitting the user to the user with a target time for incorporating the advertisement into the schedule. 20. The method of claim 19, further comprising generating billing information according to the number of advertisements transmitted. 21. The method of claim 19, further comprising transmitting job information over the network. 22. The method of claim 21, further comprising the step of pre-selecting a user to whom said job information should be sent. 23. The method of claim 19, further comprising registering a schedule for the user. 24. The method of claim 21, further comprising the step of generating billing information according to the number of job postings transmitted. 25. The step of selecting, instead of selecting an advertisement according to the user's preference, selecting a user whose preference is suitable for the advertisement, and transmitting the advertisement to the selected user. Claim 1 characterized by the following:
10. The method according to 9. 26. The method of claim 25, further comprising generating billing information according to a number of the selected users. 27. A method of communicating a schedule in a network system, comprising: transmitting the schedule to a user via the network; selecting job information to be transmitted to the user; Adding a target time for associating the requisition information with the schedule to the information and transmitting the information to the user. 28. The method of claim 27, further comprising the step of pre-selecting a user to which said job information should be sent. 29. The method of claim 27, further comprising obtaining an advertisement to be associated with the schedule, transmitting the job information further comprises transmitting the advertisement over the network. 30. A method of communicating a schedule in a network system including a server and a client on a user side, wherein the server sends a schedule to the user, and the user receives the schedule on the user side. Wherein the server selects an advertisement that meets the user's preferences; the server transmits the selected advertisement to the user; and the user determines a target time of the advertisement. A step of incorporating the advertisement in the schedule along the target time on the user side and notifying the user of the advertisement. 31. A communication method of a schedule in a network system including a server and a client on a user side, wherein the server transmits a schedule to the user, and the user receives the schedule. The server selecting job information to be transmitted to the user; the server transmitting the selected job information to the user; the user receiving the job information on the user side; Determining a target time of the recruitment information on the user side; and notifying the user of the recruitment information on the user side by associating the requisition information with the target time on the user side. Communication method. 32. A communication device for a schedule in a network system, comprising: a unit for obtaining the schedule of a user via the network; and obtaining an advertisement selected as being in line with a preference of the user via the network. A unit for determining a target time of the advertisement; and a notification control unit for notifying the user by incorporating the advertisement in the schedule along the target time. Schedule communication device. 33. At least one of the unit for acquiring the schedule and the unit for acquiring the advertisement,
4. The acquisition process is periodically performed by setting a timer.
3. The device according to 2. 34. The apparatus according to claim 32, further comprising a unit for inputting personal information by the user, wherein the advertisement is selected based on the personal information. 35. The apparatus according to claim 33, further comprising a unit for obtaining job information via the network. 36. The apparatus according to claim 35, wherein the job information is configured to be receivable only by a user selected in advance. 37. The notification control unit includes a calendar display unit, and the calendar display unit includes, when the target time is expressed in units of months, a month in which the advertisement is incorporated in a display of a month corresponding to the schedule. A display unit; a week display unit that incorporates the advertisement in a display of a corresponding week in the schedule if the target time is expressed in week units; and a schedule if the target time is expressed in day units. 33. The apparatus of claim 32, further comprising: a day display that incorporates the advertisement into the display of the applicable day. 38. The apparatus of claim 32, further comprising a unit for registering the user's schedule. 39. A schedule communication device in a network system, comprising: a unit for obtaining the schedule of the user via the network; a unit for obtaining job information via the network; and a target time of the job information. And a notification control unit for notifying the user by associating the schedule with the job information by the target time. 40. The apparatus according to claim 39, wherein the job information is configured to be receivable only by a preselected user. 41. A schedule communication device in a network system, comprising: a schedule management unit for reading out the schedule to be transmitted to a user via the network; a search unit for selecting an advertisement according to a preference of the user; A unit for adding, to the selected advertisement, a target time for incorporating the advertisement into the schedule and generating data for transmission to the user. 42. The apparatus of claim 41, further comprising a related information indicating unit that performs a process for the user to access related information of the selected advertisement. 43. The apparatus according to claim 42, wherein the related information indicating unit includes a unit that determines a content of the accessed related information, and the advertisement is selected based on the content. 44. The apparatus according to claim 42, wherein the related information indicating unit includes a unit for counting the number of times of accessing the related information, and the advertisement is selected based on the number of times. 45. The apparatus according to claim 41, wherein the data generating unit further generates data for transmitting job information via the network. 46. The apparatus according to claim 45, wherein the search unit includes a recruiting condition matching determination unit that selects a user to whom the recruitment information is to be sent. 47. The apparatus according to claim 46, wherein the recruitment condition matching determination unit includes a user schedule determination unit that compares a user's schedule with a target time of the recruitment information. 48. The user schedule determination unit,
48. The apparatus according to claim 47, wherein a user who does not have a schedule at a target time of the job information is selected. 49. The recruiting condition matching determination unit further includes a unit for acquiring the personal information of the user via the network, wherein the recruiting condition matching determination unit selects a user whose personal information matches the condition of the recruiting information.
7. The apparatus according to 6. 50. The apparatus according to claim 49, wherein the recruiting condition matching determining unit includes a user skill determining unit that selects a user who satisfies a skill condition included in the recruiting information. 51. The apparatus according to claim 49, wherein the recruitment condition matching determination unit includes a user preference determination unit that selects a user whose preference matches a genre indicated by the recruitment information. 52. A charging management unit that generates charging information according to the processing of the search unit.
An apparatus according to claim 1. 53. The search unit, instead of selecting an advertisement that matches the user's preferences, selects a user whose preference is suitable for the advertisement, and the data is generated for the selected user. 42. The device of claim 41, wherein: 54. The apparatus according to claim 53, further comprising a charging management unit that generates charging information according to the number of users selected by the search unit. 55. A schedule communication device in a network system, comprising: a schedule management unit for reading the schedule to be transmitted to a user via the network; a search unit for selecting job information to be transmitted to the user; A unit for generating data for transmission to the user by adding a target time for associating the job information with the schedule to the selected job information. 56. The apparatus of claim 55, further comprising: a unit for obtaining an advertisement to be associated with the schedule; and the unit for generating data further generates the data to include the advertisement. . 57. A schedule communication system in a network system including a server-side system and a client that is a user, wherein the server-side system transmits the schedule to the user, and the user's preference. A unit for selecting an advertisement; a unit for transmitting the selected advertisement to the user; the client; a unit for receiving the schedule; a unit for receiving the advertisement; and determining a target time of the advertisement. And a notification control unit for notifying the user by incorporating the advertisement into the schedule along the target time. 58. The server-side system, comprising: a WWW server which is a front server for communicating with the client via the Internet; and extracting the schedule and the advertisement according to the contents of communication with the client, and extracting the WWW. 58. The schedule communication system according to claim 57, further comprising: an advertisement server delivered to the server. 59. A schedule communication system in a network system including a server and a client which is a user side, wherein the server side system includes a unit for transmitting the schedule to the user, and job information to be transmitted to the user. And a unit for transmitting the selected job information to the user. The client includes: a unit for receiving the schedule; a unit for receiving the job information; and a target time of the job information. And a notification control unit for notifying the user by associating the schedule with the job information by the target time. 60. The server-side system, comprising: a WWW server that is a front server for communicating with the client via the Internet; and extracting the schedule and the job information according to the content of communication with the client. 60. The schedule communication system according to claim 59, further comprising: an advertisement server delivered to a WWW server. 61. A medium recording a schedule communication method in a network system as a computer-executable program, comprising: receiving the user's schedule via the network; and the user's user via the network. Receiving the advertisement selected as being in line with the taste of the user; determining the target time of the advertisement; incorporating the advertisement in the schedule along the target time and informing the user of the advertisement. A recording medium characterized by recording a program including: 62. A medium recording a schedule communication method in a network system as a computer-executable program, comprising: receiving the schedule of a user via the network; and recruiting information via the network. Receiving the job information; determining the target time of the job information; and associating the schedule with the job information by the target time and informing the user of the information. recoding media. 63. A user whose schedule does not match the target time of the recruitment information is selected, and the recruitment information is given to the user in a state where the schedule of the user is grasped preferentially over the recruitment information. 9. The method of claim 8, wherein the method is announced. 64. The method of claim 4, wherein said personal information is transmitted in the form of keywords indicating information of interest to said user. 65. The personal information is received in the form of a keyword indicating information of interest to the user.
The method described in. 66. The method according to claim 65, wherein when an advertisement that hits the keyword is transmitted, billing information according to the degree of the hit is generated. 67. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting workforce offering information over said network, wherein said information is transferred to companies participating in said network system. 68. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of receiving relevant information of the selected advertisement in the form of an email over the network. 69. The method of claim 14, further comprising the step of receiving relevant information of the job posting in the form of an email over the network. 70. Preliminarily setting an upper limit on the number of advertisements to be included in the schedule,
2. The method of claim 1, wherein when the limit is reached, further advertisement announcements are suspended or interrupted. 71. The method according to claim 14, further comprising a step of presetting an upper limit of the number of job information to be associated with the schedule, and when the upper limit is reached, the association of further job information is stopped or interrupted. the method of. 72. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of detecting the location of the user or other predetermined person, wherein information indicating the location is incorporated into the display of the schedule in association with the time at which the user was at the location. The method described in. 73. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of incorporating information that changes over time into the schedule and notifying a user. 74. The method of claim 73, wherein the constantly changing information is embedded and displayed in a calendar display of the schedule, and a sponsor providing the information is displayed near the information. 75. The method according to claim 1, wherein the target time is determined based on an independent factor. 76. The method of claim 1, further comprising: detecting a date and time when the user's schedule is relatively free; and setting the date and time to the target time. 77. A method of communicating a schedule in a network system, comprising: receiving the schedule of a user via the network; receiving a title of the segmented information via the network. A schedule communication method, comprising: determining a target time of the title; and incorporating the title in the schedule along the target time and informing the user of the title. 78. A method of communicating a schedule in a network system, comprising: transmitting the schedule to a user via the network; selecting a title of the segmented information; And transmitting the user to the user with a target time for incorporating the title into the schedule. 79. A method of communicating a schedule in a network system including a server and a client that is a user side, wherein the server sends a schedule to the user, and the user side receives the schedule. The server selecting a title of the segmented information; the server transmitting the selected title to the user; the user determining a target time of the title on the user side; A step of incorporating the title into the schedule along the target time on the user side and informing the user of the title. 80. The title has an electronic link to the segmented item of information, and the item of information is presented to the user online when the user clicks on the title. 78. The method of claim 77, wherein 81. The title has an electronic link to the segmented item of information, and the item of information is presented online to the user when the user clicks the title. 79. The method of claim 78, wherein: 82. The title has an electronic link to the segmented item of information, and the item of information is presented online to the user when the user clicks on the title. 80. The method of claim 79, wherein: 83. The method according to claim 80, wherein an aggregation point for aggregating the item of information and providing it to a user is formed at the end of the electronic link. 84. The method according to claim 81, wherein an aggregation point for aggregating the item of information and providing it to a user is formed at the end of the electronic link. 85. The method according to claim 82, wherein an aggregation point for aggregating the item of information and providing it to a user is formed at the end of the electronic link. 86. A schedule communication system in a network system including a server and a user-side client, the server-side system comprising: a unit for transmitting the schedule to the user; and a segment to be transmitted to the user. A unit for selecting a title of the structured information; a unit for transmitting the selected title to the user; the client; a unit for receiving the schedule; a unit for receiving the title; and the title. A schedule communication system, comprising: a unit that determines a target time of the schedule; and a notification control unit that notifies the user by associating the schedule with the title by the target time. 87. The title has an electronic link to the segmented item of information, and the item of information is presented to the user online when the user clicks on the title. 87. The system of claim 86, wherein 88. The system according to claim 87, wherein an aggregation point for aggregating the information item and providing the information item to a user is formed at the end of the electronic link. 89. A medium recording a schedule communication method in a network system as a computer-executable program, comprising: receiving the schedule of a user via the network; Receiving the title of the coded information, determining the target time of the title, and incorporating the title in the schedule along the target time and informing the user of the title. A recording medium on which is recorded.