JP2002092024A - Server and service providing method and program storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the access information of a Web site or a page for providing a kind of contents corresponding to each user's own hobby, tastes, and necessity to the user. SOLUTION: A client service provider 18 receives the input of the hobby and taste information of a registered user, and registers it in a data base DB 414, and classifies contents to be provided by plural Web sites for performing a contents providing service into preliminarily decided plural categories, and stores them in a site category management table 420. Moreover, the client service provider 18 decides the Web site to be recommended to the registered user based on the hobby and taste information of each registered user, and stores the access information of the decided Web site in a register DB 414 as a recommended channel corresponding to the registered user. A Web server 413 presents the access information of the Web site to the user as the recommended channel.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to the World Wide Web (WWW or Wen) used on the Internet.
Regarding the system of b), W which is particularly suitable for each individual user
The present invention relates to a service that provides information for accessing an web page from a server to a user.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The Internet WWW system is:
It is a treasure trove of various kinds of information, and it is very convenient because various necessary information can be obtained while staying at a company or at home using a search function or the like. In recent years, Compaq has been used in mobile phones such as i-mode (a trademark of NTT DOCOMO, Inc.)
t A mobile phone equipped with a WWW browser capable of browsing HTML also has an Internet connection function, and can access the Web anywhere in a range where radio waves can reach.

[0003]

However, the number of content servers that provide various information on the server is large, and for the user, they are mixed, and it is not easy to arrive at the information desired by the user. There was no problem. In addition, there are many users who do not actively seek such information even if the information is viewed with interest if given.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of such a background, and an object of the present invention is to provide a Web site or a page that provides a type of content to individual users according to their own hobbies, preferences, and needs. An object of the present invention is to provide a server that provides a service for providing access information to a user, a service providing method in the server, and a program storage medium.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a server according to the present invention is a server for providing a value-added service to a registered user, wherein the registered user's hobby / taste information is registered. Personal information storage means for storing together with the user's personal information, and access information of a plurality of websites providing a content providing service,
a site genre management means for storing in association with the genre of the content provided by the b-site, a means for determining a Web site to be recommended to the registered user based on the hobby / taste information of each registered user, A recommended channel storage unit that stores the determined access information of the website as a recommended channel in association with the registered user; and a presentation unit that presents the access information stored in the recommended channel storage unit to the user. It is characterized by having.

[0006] Based on the user's own hobby / taste information, a Web site that provides content to be recommended to the user is stored in association with the recommended channel. In this way, users can provide information that they are interested in or need.
You can get access information without actively searching for the site.

[0007] The recommended channel storage means stores, together with the access information, the latest update date information of the content of the Web site, and the presenting means presents the latest update date information to the user together with the access information. Is preferred. Thus, the user can recognize the update time of the content of the Web site, and can avoid unnecessary access to a site without update.

[0008] When the latest update date information is updated, means for notifying the user of the update of the content of the Web site by e-mail or text message communication may be further provided. This allows the user to
It is possible to recognize that the update has been performed more reliably.

A service providing method according to the present invention and a storage medium of a computer program for executing the same are related to a service providing method for providing a registered user with a value-added service, and receive input of hobby / taste information of the registered user. An input receiving processing step, a classification processing step of classifying contents provided by a plurality of Web sites providing a content providing service into a plurality of predetermined genres, and providing the registered user based on the hobby / preference information of each registered user. A determination processing step of determining a Web site to be recommended for the user; a storage processing step of storing the determined access information of the Web site as a recommended channel in association with the registered user; And a presentation processing step for presenting to the user. To.

In this service providing method, the We
The information processing apparatus may further include a charging processing step of charging a variable fee to the operator of the b-site according to the number of users whose access information of the Web site is registered as a recommended channel. This service is a service for a user who browses Web contents and also a service for a provider who provides Web contents.
Therefore, it is possible to charge the content provider, and the amount of the charge can be made variable according to the number of users whose websites are registered as recommended channels.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a configuration example of the entire system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the present specification, the “system” refers to a logical collection of a plurality of devices, and it does not matter whether the devices of each configuration are in the same housing.

In this embodiment, a portable information terminal (hereinafter, referred to as a portable information terminal)
PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) 10
Is connected to the Internet to browse a Web page as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to the use of a PDA.

When connecting the PDA 10 to the Internet, the PDA 10 is connected via a communication adapter 13 to a mobile phone (including a PHS: Personal Handy-phone System) 15 as an existing communication device. The mobile phone 15 has a predetermined base station B
It is connected to the mobile network 161 via S, and further connected to the Internet 400 via the gateway 162.
Here, the Internet connection provider 1 of the carrier
6 is used, an arbitrary Internet connection provider other than the carrier may be used.

The main body of the PDA 10 has a vertically long and substantially rectangular shape such that both sides can be gripped with one hand of an adult standard size, and the main part of the surface is occupied by the display 21. A touch pad (invisible) is formed on the upper surface of the display 21. Below the display 21, a hardware key 22 is arranged. The body comes with a stylus or pen (not shown) that can be inserted and stored inside. The user can use the stylus to indicate a position on the touch pad and input handwritten characters and figures. At the top of the main unit, a memory stick (trademark of Sony Corporation), which will be described later, is detachable inside the internal cavity. Although not shown in the figure, a part of a jog dial (described later) is exposed in a concave portion provided on the upper left side surface of the main body. This jog dial is
The DA10 is arranged so that it can be rotated and pressed by bending and extending the thumb of the left hand holding the DA10.

The Internet 400 mainly includes PDs
A plurality of mobile content providers (Web sites) 17 that provide various information providing services for A, and
A client service provider (the entire system is also referred to as a client service server or a portal site server) 18 which functions as a so-called portal site for the portable information terminal in the present embodiment is connected. A portal site generally refers to a place where an Internet user starts a Web browser and accesses the site for the first time, and is a site that provides attractive contents and abundant services.

The mobile content provider 17 has a router 401, a LAN 402, and a Web server 403 as its main components. Web server 403
Is based on the HTML (Hyper Te
The server provides a client with a document described in a markup language such as xt Markup Language (xt Markup Language).

The client service provider 18 also
Similarly, as its configuration, router 411, LAN 412,
It has a Web server 413 and a customer database 414 (hereinafter, the database is simply abbreviated as DB). The customer DB 414 is a database in which various types of personal information about the user of the PDA 10 are stored in a hard disk drive (HDD). The details of the personal information will be described later. The client service provider 18
There are still other functional units for realizing the present invention, which will be described later.

In the example shown in the figure, the Internet connection provider 16 and the client service provider 18 are shown as belonging to different entities, but the same provider may also serve as the same provider.

FIG. 2 shows a PDA 10 according to the present embodiment.
1 shows a schematic hardware configuration. CPU (Central Proce
ssing unit) 31 synchronizes with a clock signal supplied from an oscillator 32 to generate a flash ROM (read-only memory) 33.
Or EDO DRAM (Extended Data Out Dynamic Random-A
The CPU executes various programs such as an operating system or an application program stored in the ccess memory 34.

The flash ROM 33 is an electrically rewritable nonvolatile memory EEROM (Electrically Erasable Program).
It is composed of a flash memory which is a kind of mmable read-only memory, and generally stores basically fixed data of programs used by the CPU 31 and calculation parameters.

Memory Stick Interface (I / F) 3
5 reads data from the memory stick 11 mounted on the PDA 10 under the control of the CPU 31 and writes data supplied from the CPU 31 to the memory stick 11.

Under the control of the CPU 31, a USB (Universal Serial Bus) interface 36 synchronizes with a clock signal supplied from an oscillator 37 and connects to an external PC (personal computer) via a connected cradle (not shown). A computer or the like inputs data or a program and supplies data supplied from the CPU 31 to an external PC via a cradle.

The Flash ROM 33, the EDO DRAM 34, the memory stick interface 35 and the USB interface 36 are connected to the C bus via an address bus and a data bus.
It is connected to PU31.

The display unit 21 is a liquid crystal display in the present embodiment, receives data from the CPU 31 via the LCD bus, and displays images or characters corresponding to the received data. When the touch pad arranged on the upper surface of the display unit 21 is operated, the touch pad control unit 38 receives data corresponding to the operation (for example, data indicating the touched coordinates) from the display unit 21 and receives the data. A signal corresponding to the obtained data is sent to the CPU 3 via a serial bus.
Supply to 1.

EL (Electroluminescence) driver 39
Operates the electroluminescent element provided on the back side of the display unit 21 to control the brightness of the display unit 21.

The infrared communication unit 40 is a UART (Universal)
Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter), CP
The data received from U31 is transmitted to another device (not shown) using infrared as a medium, and the infrared data transmitted from the other device is received and supplied to CPU31. Further, the PDA 10 can communicate with other devices via the UART.

The audio reproducing section 42 is composed of a decoding circuit for audio data, a speaker, and the like. The audio reproducing section 42 decodes audio data stored in advance or audio data received via the Internet 5 to reproduce and reproduce the audio data. Output audio. For example, the audio reproducing unit 42 reproduces the audio data supplied from the CPU 31 via the buffer 41,
The sound corresponding to the data is output.

The keys 22 are constituted by hardware input keys and the like, and are operated by a user to input various commands to the CPU 31. The jog dial 23 is a rotatable push switch, and supplies data corresponding to the rotating operation and the pressing operation to the CPU 31.

The power supply circuit 43 has a battery 52 mounted thereon or an AC (Alternating Current) connected thereto.
The power supply voltage supplied from the adapter 53 is converted, and a predetermined power supply voltage is supplied to each unit of the device.

FIG. 3 shows an outline of a general hardware configuration of a server. The CPU 510 is an operating system (OS).
tem) and various application programs,
It controls each part of the server. The ROM 511 includes the CPU 51
0 stores a program to be executed and fixed data of calculation parameters. RAM 512 is a CPU 5
It provides ten work areas and temporary storage areas for data. R
The OM 511 and the RAM 512 are connected to the CPU 510 via the bus 530. An input device 514 such as a keyboard, a display device 51 such as a CRT or a liquid crystal display.
5. An external storage device 516 such as a hard disk device, an MO, and a CD-ROM is connected to the bus 530 via an interface 513. The bus 530 is connected to the communication unit 5.
20 and the Internet or an intranet (LAN)
Etc.).

FIG. 4 shows an internal system of the client service provider 18 (client service server).
An example of the configuration will be described. Although not shown in FIG. 1, the client service provider 18 includes a portal service program module (presenting means) 413 including a Web server function described above and a customer DB 414 (personal information storage means and recommended channel storage means). Official site menu 4 stored on HDD (hard disk drive)
17. Recommended channel processing program module 41
8, mail server 415, customer DB management server 416,
It has a site genre management table (site genre management means) 420 stored in the HDD. Mail server 4
15 is not directly related to the present embodiment, but is used in another embodiment described later.

The official site menu 417 stores site access information for selectively accessing an official site prepared in advance by the client service provider 18 which is a portal site, and is read by the portal service program module 413. Be used.

The site genre management table 420 is a table in which the genre to which the content provided by each Web site (in this embodiment, the official site) belongs belongs in advance, and is stored in the portal service program module 413 and the recommendation. Used by the channel processing program module 418. Official site menu 417 and site genre management table 420
Is the same or separate HD as the customer DB 414 shown in FIG.
D.

The recommended channel processing program module 418 registers the site genre management table 420,
It has an update / delete function and, based on the hobby / taste information set for the user in the customer DB 414, uses, as a recommended channel, access information of an official site that provides content to be recommended to the user.
Assign to the user. This recommended channel is transmitted to the customer DB 4 via the customer DB management server 416 described below.
14 corresponding to the user.

The customer DB management server 416 stores the customer DB 4
Processing such as registration, update, and deletion of personal information in 14 is performed. The personal information registered in the customer DB 414 includes user ID, name, age, date of birth, gender, address, work place,
Phone number, FAX number, log for Internet connection
The information includes an inID and a password, a mail address, hobby / taste information, and the above-described recommended channel. In addition, it may include a billing ID for providing a paid service, credit card information, and the like.

As a premise that the user of the PDA 10 receives the recommended channel presentation service, the user must first perform user registration with the client service provider 18. This user registration can be done by writing or telephone, but it is quick and easy to do it online. As shown in FIG. 4, online user registration may be performed from the PDA 10 or may be performed from another personal computer (PC) 10a or the like. By performing user registration from the PC 10a, a character input operation is easy.

Note that the user registration and the registration for using the recommended channel presentation service may be performed separately as described later. For example, the recommended channel presentation service is an optional service that may be selectively used by registered users of the client service provider 18.

As shown in a table format in FIG. 5, the customer DB 414 includes records including the above-described items for each user ID. In particular, a predetermined genre code is stored in the hobby / taste column. In the recommended channel column, W to be presented to the user is displayed.
Website title, site ID, and URL (Uni
form Resource Locator) is set by the recommended channel processing program module 418. Note that it is not always necessary to hold all of these in the recommended channel column. For example, only the site ID is held, and a title and a URL are searched from a site genre management table described later based on the site ID. You may do so.

FIG. 6 shows an example of an input form sent from the client service server, which is displayed on the user's PDA screen during user registration. Portions that extend beyond the screen frame in the figure can be moved into the screen by scrolling. Here, in addition to personal information such as the user's name, date of birth, gender, address, and contact information, the user's hobbies and preferences can be specified by checking a check box. The hobby / taste information is classified in a hierarchical manner in advance, and the genre code is associated with each item in advance. In this example, there are two levels. If the top item in the hierarchy is checked, all items below it are treated as checked. The hierarchy is not limited to two levels, and may be a multi-level hierarchy. The genre code is determined according to the check item with a check mark.

Referring to FIG. 7, the schematic structure of the official site menu 417 will be described. This menu has a link structure in which a menu item is selected from a top menu to shift to a lower submenu, and finally, access information (a title or U
RL). The depth of the hierarchy is
It is not constant and varies depending on the menu item. In the present embodiment, of the Web sites registered in the official site menu 417, those that are likely to be interested or necessary for the user are extracted based on the hobbies and preferences of the user, and the recommended channels are provided to the user as recommended channels. Present. FIG.
In the hierarchical structure correspond to individual Web sites, and STxxxxxx in the figure indicates a site ID.

FIG. 8 shows the official site menu 417 shown in FIG.
Site ID, UR for each site registered in
L and a site genre management table 42 in which genre codes corresponding to the contents to be provided are stored in advance.
0 shows a configuration example. As shown, a single site may correspond to a plurality of genre codes.

Hereinafter, a specific operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to a flowchart and an example of a PDA screen.

FIG. 9 shows an example of processing executed by the client service provider 18 when a new official site is added. First, the portal service program module 41 in the client service provider 18
3 incorporates the title, URL, icon image, and the like of the Web site into the official menu shown in FIG. 7 (S1).
1). Next, an input of a genre code of a genre corresponding to the content provided by this site is received (S1).
2). Next, a new record area is added to the site genre management table 420 described above, and information of the site is registered in this record area (S13).
Furthermore, the recommended channel processing program module 41
8 searches for the user corresponding to the genre code (S14), and adds the access information of the site to the recommended channel of the user (S15).

FIG. 10 shows a recommended channel processing program module 41 when a new user is registered, or when a registered user's hobby / taste is changed.
8 shows an example of a recommended channel registration process executed by the program 8. First, the genre code of the newly registered or changed user's hobby / taste stored in the customer DB 414 is confirmed (S21). Next, the site genre management table 42
By referring to 0, the site ID corresponding to this genre code is confirmed (S22). Further, the access information of the site ID is registered (or overwritten) in the recommended channel of the user in the customer DB 414 (S2).
3).

In step S22, the user's hobby
If there is no site ID having a genre code that matches the genre code of the preference information, and there are other sub-items that are similar in classification and items that are close in content (these are generally referred to as neighboring sites), such A suitable site ID may be selected. Furthermore, even when there is a site ID having a genre code that matches the genre code, such a nearby site may be selected together with a legitimate site.

For the official site, if the site access information of the user is registered as a recommended channel for as many users as possible in the customer DB 414, the possibility (frequency) of access to the site is improved. There is expected. Therefore, the operator of the portal site can charge the official site instead of the user in connection with the recommended channel presentation service. As one method of the billing, for example, the billing fee can be changed stepwise according to the number of recommended channels of a certain official site registered in the user.

Next, a case where the user uses the recommended channel will be described. Now, PDA 10 to mobile phone 15
And a web browser is activated by operating a stylus or a jog dial. On this occasion,
A dial-up connection is made to the Internet connection provider, and a connection to the Internet is completed through input of a login ID and a login password. Thereafter, an initial menu screen at the portal site as shown in FIG. 11 supplied from the web server 413 of the client service provider is displayed. This site is set as the home by default or selected by a user operation.

When the user selects “recommended channel” on the portal site screen as shown in FIG. 11, the portal service program module 413
The processing in FIG. 12 starts. That is, first, the customer DB4
Reference is made to the recommended channel information of the user in 14 (S31). Next, the recommended channel information is transmitted to the PDA of the user, and presented to the user as a menu of recommended channels (S32). FIG. 13 shows a PDA screen example of such a recommended channel menu. In this example, each recommended Web site is indicated by its title and icon. In the icon and / or title, a link to the URL of the site is set.

"Menu search" in the screen of FIG. 11 is a menu item for finding a target site by following the hierarchical structure shown in FIG.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. The hardware configuration of the system of this embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment, and the customer DB 41
4. The fourth embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that information to be stored in the site genre management table 420a is added and a process associated with this information is added.

In the first embodiment, the menu of the “recommended channel” as shown in FIG. 13 is changed unless the user changes his / her hobby / taste information or a new official site is added. No, and you can't tell if the content on the site has been updated or not. Therefore, in the second embodiment, when the official site updates its own content, the W
Notice that the content of the website has been updated (and date)
Is notified to the client service server 18, and the portal service program module 413 of the client service server 18 that has received the notification displays the latest update date in the “latest update date” column of the site genre management table 420 a for this embodiment shown in FIG. Record the update date. Further, in response to this, the recommended channel processing program module 418 transcribes (overwrites) the user storing the site as a recommended channel to the “latest update date” of the customer DB 414 for this embodiment shown in FIG. ).
When the “recommended channel” is selected by the user, FIG.
In step S32, the latest update date information is presented to the user together with the recommended channel information. That is, a PDA screen as shown in FIG. 16 is displayed, and the user is notified that the content has been updated.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart of processing executed when the client service server receives a content update notification from the Web site in the second embodiment. At this time, the portal service program module 413 of the client service server rewrites the “latest update date” of the Web site in the site genre management table 420a (S41). Also, this W
The user who uses the website as a recommended channel is confirmed (S42). Next, the “latest update date” of the recommended channel of the user in the customer DB is rewritten (S43). Thereafter, the user selects “Recommended channel” on the screen of FIG.
When is selected, the latest update date is also updated and displayed (FIG. 16). Further, the mail server 4
15 to notify that the content of the site has been updated by e-mail to the mail address of the user (S44). Instead of e-mail, the notification may be made by text message communication to a mobile phone. This notification service may be a paid or free optional service for the user.

As a program storage medium used to install a program for executing the above-described series of processing in a server at an initial stage or afterwards and to make the server executable, for example, a floppy (registered trademark) disk , CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read Only)
Memory), DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) and other package media, as well as a semiconductor memory or a magnetic disk in which the program is temporarily or permanently stored. As a means for storing the program in the program storage medium, a wired or wireless communication medium such as a local area network, the Internet, or digital satellite broadcasting may be used, or via various communication interfaces such as a router or a modem. It may be stored.

Although the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above, various modifications and changes other than those described above can be made.

For example, an example has been shown in which the PDA is connected to the Internet via an external communication device such as a mobile phone. However, if the PDA has a built-in communication function, such an external communication device is unnecessary. is there.

The main part of the present invention lies in the configuration and functions of the client service server of the client service provider 18. As described above, the Web page browsing machine is not limited to a PDA, but is a personal computer (PC). PC), mobile phone, game console, etc.
Web browsing may be performed with any information device equipped with a Web browser.

The example in which the recommended channel is selected from Web sites registered in the official site has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a site other than the official site may be presented as the recommended channel.

Although the example in which the user selects hobby / taste information from the enumerated items has been described, a corresponding genre may be determined by a human based on a writing input by an arbitrary user and input to the system. .

Furthermore, the illustrated hardware configuration, screens, menu items, processing flows, and the like are examples for explanation, and the present invention is not limited to those details.

[0061]

According to the present invention, a user can obtain access information without actively searching for a Web site that is interested or provides necessary information, thereby wasting time and communication. Can save money. Further, such a service that is highly convenient for the user is also useful as a value-added service for acquiring customers by a client service provider that operates a portal site including the client service server. Further, even for a content provider using this service, the possibility that the user can access his or her own website is increased, and thus the service is highly useful.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration example of an entire system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic hardware configuration of a PDA according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram schematically showing a general hardware configuration of a server used in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a system configuration inside a client service provider shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a client database of a client service provider in the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a user's P at the time of user registration in the embodiment.
It is a figure showing the example of the input form sent from the client service server side displayed on the DA screen.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a schematic structure of an official site menu in the embodiment. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a PDA screen of an initial menu supplied from a web server of a client service provider in the embodiment.

8 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a site genre management table in which, for each site registered in the official site menu of FIG. 7, a site ID, a URL, and a genre code corresponding to the provided content are stored in advance. .

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing processing executed by the client service server when an official site is added in the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a recommended channel registration process executed by a recommended channel processing program module when a new user is registered in the embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an initial menu screen on a portal site in the embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a process executed by the portal service program module when the user selects “recommended channel” on the initial menu screen of FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a menu screen of a “recommended channel” in the embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a site genre management table according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a customer DB according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of a “recommended channel” menu screen in the second embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart of a process executed when the client service server receives a content update notification from a Web site in the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

10: portable information terminal (PDA), 15: mobile phone, 16
... Internet connection provider, 17 ... Mobile content provider, 18 ... Client service provider (client service server or portal site server), 400 ... Internet, 413 ... Portal service program module (Web server), 4
16: customer DB management server, 418: recommended channel processing program module, 420: site genre management table.

Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ Identification symbol FI Theme coat II (reference) G06F 17/60 326 G06F 17/60 326 332 332 332 504 504

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A server for providing a value-added service to a registered user, comprising: personal information storage means for storing hobbies / taste information of the registered user together with personal information of the registered user; Site genre management means for storing access information of a plurality of Web sites in association with genres of contents provided by the Web sites, and recommendation to the registered users based on hobbies and taste information of each registered user. Means for determining a Web site to be used; recommended channel storage means for storing access information of the determined website as a recommended channel in association with the registered user; and storing the access information stored in the recommended channel storage means. And a presentation means for presenting to the user. 2. The recommended channel storage means stores the latest update date information of the content of the Web site together with the access information, and the presenting means presents the latest update date information to the user together with the access information. 2. The server according to claim 1, wherein 3. The system according to claim 2, further comprising means for notifying the user of the update of the content of the Web site by e-mail or text message communication when the latest update date information is updated. 2. The server according to 2. 4. A service providing method for providing a value-added service to a registered user, comprising: an input receiving processing step of receiving an input of hobby / taste information of the registered user; and a plurality of Web sites providing a content providing service. A classification processing step of classifying the content provided by the user into a plurality of predetermined genres; and a determination processing step of determining a Web site to be recommended to the registered user based on hobbies / taste information of each registered user; A storage processing step of storing the determined access information of the website as a recommended channel in association with the registered user; and a presentation processing step of presenting the stored access information to the user. Service provision method. 5. The storage processing step stores, together with the access information, the latest update date information of the content of the website, and the presenting processing step presents the latest update date information to the user together with the access information. The service providing method according to claim 4, wherein the service is provided. 6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of notifying the user of the update of the content of the website by e-mail or text message communication when the latest update date information is updated. The service providing method according to claim 5. 7. A charging processing step for charging a variable fee to the operator of the Web site according to the number of users whose access information of the Web site is registered as a recommended channel. 5. The service providing method according to claim 4, wherein: 8. A program storage medium storing a computer program for executing a service providing method for providing a value-added service to a registered user, the input receiving receiving input of hobby / taste information of the registered user. A processing step; a classification processing step of classifying content provided by a plurality of websites providing a content providing service into a plurality of predetermined genres; and, based on hobbies and preferences information of each registered user, A determination processing step of determining a website to be recommended; a storage processing step of storing the determined access information of the website in association with the registered user as a recommended channel; and storing the stored access information to the user. And a presentation processing step of presenting. Program storage medium storing a computer program.