JP2002123457A - Information providing method selector - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To unify a method for providing information by determining that providing method according to the attribute of information to be provided or designation of an information transmitter/recipient. SOLUTION: In an information providing method selector 101, which is provided with an information providing method register file 102 storing key information expressing the attribute of the information to be provided and providing form information for the information to be provided and a providing information storage file 103 storing the providing information contents of the information to be provided and the key information expressing the attribute, for selecting a providing method stored in the information providing method register file and the providing information stored in the providing information storage file on the basis of the key information, this information providing method selector is composed of a providing method selecting part 109 for extracting information matched with the key information while referring to the key information registered in the information providing method register file and the key information stored in the providing information storage file and for selecting the information providing method on the basis of the extracted information and a transmitting part 111 for transmitting the providing information to a user on the basis of the selected providing method.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information providing method selecting apparatus, and more particularly to an information providing method selecting apparatus capable of determining a providing method according to attributes of information to be provided.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a WWW browser, an electronic mail, or the like is used for an information providing business or an information transmitting business using a network. JP-A-10-307
No. 792 discloses that creation, transmission, and browsing of multimedia documents between specific users are performed using a WWW server, a WWW browser, an e-mail, a telephone, a facsimile apparatus, mail, or the like.

[0003] This device creates a homepage in a server, and addresses, passwords, and the like of the created homepage.
A file or the like related to the homepage can be notified to the client using an electronic mail. Also, the multimedia document created by the server can be notified as a printed matter, or can be transmitted to a FAX number designated by a push signal by the client.

[0004]

The above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 10-30
In the technique disclosed in JP 7792, it is necessary to prepare an interface that can correspond to each of a plurality of information providing methods provided by an information provider.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to unify information providing methods by deciding a providing method according to an attribute of information to be provided or designation of an information transmitter / receiver. . Thereby, the information providing method can be unified regardless of the operator.

[0006]

The present invention employs the following means in order to solve the above-mentioned problems.

[0007] An information providing method registration file storing key information indicating an attribute of the information to be provided and providing mode information of the provided information, and provided information storing key information indicating the provided information content and the attribute of the provided information A storage file, and an information providing method selecting device for selecting a providing method in which the providing information stored in the providing information storing file based on the key information is stored in an information providing method registration file, wherein the information providing method selecting device includes: A providing method for extracting information having the same key information by referring to the key information registered in the information providing method registration file and the key information stored in the provided information storage file, and selecting an information providing method based on the extracted information A selection unit; and a transmission unit for transmitting the provided information to the user based on the selected providing method.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an information providing method selecting apparatus according to the present embodiment. In the figure, reference numeral 100 denotes a transmitting terminal, 101 denotes an information providing method selecting device, and 102 denotes an information providing method registration file described later. For example, attributes of information to be transmitted (content type of information,
The provision form of the information is registered for each key information indicating the degree of urgency, the information transmission department, and the like. Reference numeral 103 denotes a provided information storage unit described later, which stores provided information including a text and an attached file for each key information indicating an attribute of the information. 104 is a network connecting the information providing method selecting apparatus 101 and the receiving terminal, 105 and 106 are receiving terminals, and 107 is an information providing method registration unit, which determines the information providing method based on an instruction from the calling terminal or the receiving terminal. Register in the provision method registration file 102. An information storage and transmission unit 108 stores information to be provided in a provided information storage file based on an instruction from a transmission terminal, or transmits the stored file. An information provision method selection unit 109 selects the provision information stored in the provision information storage file and the provision method stored in the information provision method registration file based on the key information. An information conversion unit 110 converts information to be provided into a form suitable for the selected providing method. A transmission / reception unit 111 transmits / receives information via a network. 112 is a transmitting / receiving unit of the receiving terminal 105,
An information requesting unit 113 determines an information providing method requested by the receiving terminal, registers the providing method in the information providing method registering file 102 with respect to the information providing method registering unit 107, and stores the information in the provided information storing file. Request transfer of the stored file. 114 is a transmitting / receiving unit of the receiving terminal 105;
Reference numeral 115 denotes an information request unit.

FIG. 2 shows a transmitting terminal 100 and a receiving terminal 1
It is a figure which shows the information provision method selection screen displayed on 05,106. The screen includes an information type 201, an urgency level 202, a transmission department 203, an information providing method 204, a display method 205,
It comprises a sender button 206, a recipient button 207, and a registration button 208.

The information type 201 is a classification of information types such as personnel affairs, budget, orders / sales, education, health and safety, welfare, and development. The urgency 202 is a classification of the urgency of information such as urgent and ordinary. The transmission section 203 classifies transmission sections for general affairs, accounting, materials, development, and other information. The providing method 204 classifies information providing methods for information recipients such as WWW, mail, push-type information distribution, mobile, and mobile phone. The display method 205 categorizes display methods such as coloring and emphasizing, enlarging characters, thickening characters, and blinking characters. Each of these selection screens can adopt a method of selecting a predetermined option from a pull-down menu. The caller button 206 is a button to be checked when the caller registers the information providing method. The recipient button 207 is a button to be checked when the recipient executes registration of the information providing method. The registration button 208 is used to select one of the information type 201, the urgency level 202, the transmission department 203, the providing method 204, the display method 205, and the information providing time 206 or the information receiving time 207. Operate when registering.

At the time of registration from the transmitting terminal, a transmitting terminal information providing method registration screen 200 displayed on the transmitting terminal 100 is displayed.
Is used to input an information providing method at the time of providing information. The information providing method registration unit 107 stores the information in the information providing method registration file 102. When registering from the receiving terminal, the information providing method at the time of receiving information is input using the transmitting terminal information providing method registration screen 200 displayed on the receiving terminal 105. The information requesting unit 113 receives the information and sends the information to the network 104 via the transmitting / receiving unit 112.
Communicate information to On the information providing method selecting apparatus 101 side, the information from the network 104 is received by the transmitting / receiving unit 111, and the providing method registering unit 107 stores the received information providing method in the information providing method registration file 102. Further, the receiving terminal 106 uses the transmitting terminal information providing method registration screen 200 displayed on the receiving terminal 106 to input an information providing method at the time of receiving information. Information request unit 1
15 receives the information and transmits the information to the network 104 via the transmission / reception unit 114. On the information providing method selecting apparatus 101 side, the information from the network 104 is received by the transmitting / receiving unit 111, and the providing method registering unit 107 stores the received information providing method in the information providing method registration file 1.
02 is stored. By using the screen shown in FIG. 2 as described above, it is possible to specify the information providing method using the same operation screen even if the providing method is different, such as e-mail, WWW, and push distribution method.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an information transmission screen displayed on transmission terminal 100. The screen includes an information type 301,
Urgency 302, transmission department 303, text of provided information 30
4. It consists of an attached file 305 and a call button 306. Information types 301 include personnel, budget, orders / sales, education,
It classifies information types such as health and safety, welfare, and development. The degree of urgency 302 is a division of the degree of urgency of information such as urgent and ordinary. The transmission section 303 classifies transmission sections of information such as general affairs, accounting, materials, and development. Each of these selection screens can adopt a method of selecting a predetermined option from a pull-down menu. The body 304 is a section for registering the entity of the information to be provided. The attached file 305 contains the information 30
This is a section for specifying another file to be provided when only 4 is insufficient. Position table. The doc is a file that supplements information lacking in the body 304 in relation to the contents of the body 304.
When the call button 306 is operated, the information type 301, the urgency level 302, the call department 303, the text 30
4, and start providing information with the contents registered in the attached file 305.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an information providing method registration process 400 performed by the information providing method selecting apparatus 101. In step 401, for example, registration request data of an information providing method is received from the calling terminal 100. In step 402, the information provision method registration unit 107 converts the registration request data into a data format suitable for the information provision method registration file 102, and registers the data in the information provision method registration file 102 in step 403. In step 101, the registration request data can be similarly received from the receiving terminals 105 and 106.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an information storing and transmitting process 500 performed by the information providing method selecting apparatus 101. Step 5
01, the information storage and transmission unit 108
Is read, and the information is stored in the provided information storage file 103. In step 502,
The providing method selecting unit 109 stores the information providing method registration file 10
2 and the information stored in the provided information storage file 103 are compared and analyzed, and an information providing method is selected.
In step 503, the information conversion unit 110 converts the information to be provided into a form suitable for the selected providing method, and the transmission / reception unit 111 transmits the information to the receiving terminal 105 or 106 via the network.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a process 600 performed by the information providing method registration unit 107 in the information providing method selecting apparatus 101. In step 601, the information providing method registration unit 1
07 receives registration request data of the information providing method from the receiving terminal 105 or 106 via the transmitting terminal 100 or the transmitting / receiving unit 111. In step 602,
The information providing method registration unit 107 converts the registration request data into a data format suitable for the information providing method registration file 102, and registers the data in the information providing method registration file 102 in step 603.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a process 700 performed by the information storage / transmission unit 108 in the information providing method selecting apparatus 101. In step 701, the information storage and transmission unit 108 reads the provided information provided by the transmission terminal 100. In step 702, the read information is converted into a data format suitable for the provided information storage file 103. Step 7
In step 03, the converted information is stored in the provided information storage file 103. In step 704, transmission instruction information for instructing transmission of the information stored in the provided information storage file 103 is generated.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a process 800 performed by the providing method selecting unit 109 in the information providing method selecting apparatus 101. In step 801, the transmission instruction information generated by the information storage / transmission unit 108 is received. In step 802, the information stored in the provided information storage file 103 is read. In step 803, the information registered in the information providing method registration file 102 is read. Step 80
In 4, the key information described later included in the information stored in the provided information storage file 103 is compared with the key information described later included in the information registered in the information providing method registration file 102. In step 805, a record having the same key information is extracted. In step 806,
The information providing method included in the retrieved record, that is, the record extracted from the information providing method registration file 102, is selected as the information providing method.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a process 900 performed by the information conversion unit 110 in the information providing method selection apparatus 101. In step 901, the information providing method selected by the providing method selecting unit 109 is read. In step 902,
The contents of the provided information are read from the providing method selecting unit 109.
In step 903, the read provided information is converted into a format that allows information transmission by the selected information providing method. For example, if the information providing method is an e-mail format, header information for e-mail, code conversion, destination information, and the like are added. In the case of the WWW format, an HTML file or XML that can be displayed by a WWW browser is used.
Processing such as addition of tag information necessary for the file is performed. If a different information providing method is set for each recipient, the information is converted into a data format corresponding to each setting.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a transmission process 1000 performed by the transmission / reception unit 111 in the information providing method selection apparatus 101. In step 1001, the provided information converted in format by the information conversion unit is converted into a data format that can be transmitted via the network 104. If a different information providing method is set for each recipient, the information is converted into a data format corresponding to each setting. Step 1002
, Data is transmitted via a network.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a receiving process 1100 performed by the transmitting / receiving section 111 in the information providing method selecting apparatus 101. In step 1101, data is received via the network 104. In step 1102,
The received data is converted into a data format that can be used by the information providing method selection device 101.

FIG. 12 shows the transmitting / receiving section 1 in the receiving terminal 105.
FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a transmission process 1200 performed by the transmission unit 12. In step 1201, the information received from the information requesting unit 113 is converted into a data format that can be transmitted via a network. In step 1202, data is transmitted via the network 104.

FIG. 13 shows the transmitting / receiving unit 1 in the receiving terminal 105.
FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a reception process 1300 performed by the H.12. In step 1301, data reception processing is performed via the network 104. In step 1302, the received data is converted into a data format usable by the receiving terminal 105.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a request process 1400 performed by the information requesting unit 113 in the receiving terminal 105. In step 1401, the request data displayed on the information provision method selection screen 200 of the receiving terminal 105 is fetched.
In step 1402, the fetched data is converted into a data format suitable for the processing of the information providing method registration unit 107.

FIG. 15 shows the transmitting / receiving section 1 in the receiving terminal 106.
FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a transmission process 1500 performed by the server 14. In step 1501, the information received from the information requesting unit 115 is converted into a data format that can be transmitted via a network. At step 1502, data is transmitted via the network 104.

FIG. 16 shows the transmitting / receiving section 1 in the receiving terminal 106.
FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a reception process 1600 performed by the CPU 14; In step 1601, data reception processing is performed via the network 104. In step 1602, the received data is converted into a data format usable by the receiving terminal 106.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a request process 1700 performed by the information requesting unit 115 in the receiving terminal 106. In step 1701, the request data displayed on the information provision method selection screen 200 of the receiving terminal 106 is fetched.
In step 1702, the fetched data is converted into a data format suitable for the processing of the information providing method registration unit 107.

FIG. 18 shows the information providing method registration file 10.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a data structure of a file registered in No. 2; As shown in the figure, the key section 1801 includes information types 1804,
Information attribute 1 consisting of urgency 1805 and sending department 1806
803, and the information attribute determines the key part of the providing form. The providing form 1802 includes a sender designation 1807 and a recipient A
It consists of a designation 1808 or a recipient B designation 1809. The providing form 1802 is a providing form of information that includes at least one recipient table and is determined based on the key unit 1801. The sender specification 1807 is the providing method 18
10. A display method 1811 is provided, and a recipient A designation 1808
Includes a providing method 1812 and a display method 1813, and the recipient B designation 1809 specifies a providing method 1814 and a display method 1813.
15 is provided. The information type 1804 includes information such as personnel, budget, orders / sales, education, health and safety, welfare, and development. The urgency 1805 classifies the urgency of information such as urgent and ordinary. Outgoing department 1806,
Classifies the departments that send information such as general affairs, accounting, materials, and development. The sender specification 1807 is the content specified by the information sender. The recipient A designation 1808 is the content designated by the information recipient A. The recipient B designation 1809 is the content designated by the information recipient B. Provision method 1810
Is a classification of a method of providing information to information recipients such as WWW, e-mail, push-type information distribution, mobile and mobile phones, and is a content specified by an information sender who provides information. The display method 1811 classifies display methods such as coloring and emphasizing, enlarging characters, thickening characters, and blinking characters, and is a content specified by an information sender who provides information. Provision method 18
Reference numeral 12 is a classification of a method of providing information to information recipients such as WWW, e-mail, push-type information distribution, mobile, mobile phone, and the like, which is the content designated by the recipient A who receives the information. The display method 1813 classifies the contents of the display method such as emphasizing by coloring, enlarging the character, making the character thicker, blinking the character, and the like, and the contents specified by the receiver A who receives the information. It is.
The providing method 1814 classifies the contents of the information providing method for the information receiver such as WWW, e-mail, push-type information distribution, mobile, and mobile phone, and is the content specified by the receiver B who receives the information. . Display method 1815
Is a classification of a display method such as emphasizing with a color, enlarging a character, making a character thicker, or blinking a character, and is a content specified by a receiver B who receives information.

In the figure, the row data indicated by 1816 is
The information type is personnel, the urgency level is urgent, and the dispatching section is general affairs. The provision method of the provision information is mail, and the display method is color emphasis. However, for the recipient B, the providing method indicates that the information is to be provided in push and the display method is to provide the information in character size. The line data indicated by 1817 indicates that the information type is education, the degree of urgency is normal, the sending department is general affairs, and the providing method of the provided information is WWW, and the display method is to provide the information in a character size. However, for the recipient B, the providing method indicates that the information is to be provided by e-mail, and the display method is to provide the information in bold. The line data indicated by 1818 indicates that the information type is budget, the urgency level is urgent, and the sending department is accounting. The method of providing information is push, and the method of display is blinking. However, for the recipient A, the providing method indicates that the information is provided by mobile and the display method is to provide the information by color emphasis.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing an example of a data table of the information type 1804. Information type 1900 is Personnel 1
901, budget 1902, orders and sales 1903, education 19
04, health and safety 1905, welfare program 1906, development 19
07 information.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing an example of a data table of the urgency 1805. Urgency 2000 is urgent 200
1, usually 2002.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing an example of a data table of the sending department 1806. Sending department 2100 is General Affairs 2
101, accounting 2102, material 2103, and development 2104 are information indicating the name of each information transmission department.

FIG. 22 shows a providing method 1810 and a providing method 1
FIG. 812 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data table of 812 and a providing method 1814. The providing method 2200 is a WWW 220
1, mail 2202, push 2203, mobile 22
04, a mobile phone 2205.

FIG. 23 shows a display method 1811 and a display method 1
813 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data table of a display method 1815. FIG. The display method 2300 includes a color emphasis 2301, a character size 2302, a character thickness 2303, and a blink 2304. The coloring emphasis 2301 means that the provided information is colored and highlighted. The character size 2302 means that the provided information is displayed in large characters and highlighted. Thick 2
Reference numeral 303 denotes that the character of the provided information is displayed in bold and highlighted. A blink 2304 indicates that the provided information is blinked and highlighted.

FIG. 24 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the provided information storage file 103. The key part 2401 is
Information type 2403, urgency 2404, transmission department 2405
And a key part for determining the providing mode. The provided information 2402 is an information body to be actually provided, and includes a text 2406 and an attached file 2407.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 25 is a diagram showing an information providing method selecting apparatus for outsourcing according to the present embodiment. Outsourcing described here refers to a business form in which a certain part of the business of a company is outsourced to another company. In the figure, reference numeral 2501 denotes an information providing method selection device for outsourcing, and reference numeral 2502 denotes a user company list file. Reference numeral 2503 denotes a billing information file which counts the number of accesses for each user company and each provided content and stores the counted number as billing information. Reference numeral 2504 denotes a user company selection unit.
User company list file 2 by operation of transmission terminal 100
Referring to 502, the user company in the file is selected. Reference numeral 2505 denotes an access number counting unit, which counts, for example, the number of times the user company A 2507 or the user company B 2508 accesses the provided content for each company and each content, and registers the billing information in the billing information file 2503. Reference numeral 2506 denotes the Internet, an information providing source such as the information providing method selecting device 2501 and the user company A25.
07 or a user company such as a user company B2508.

Reference numeral 2507 denotes a user company A for outsourcing, and reference numeral 2508 denotes a user company B for outsourcing. Reference numeral 2509 denotes a user ID input unit, and reference numeral 2510 denotes a password input unit, which inputs an ID and a password for user authentication for activating the system of the user company A. Reference numeral 2511 denotes a user ID input unit, and reference numeral 2512 denotes a password input unit, which inputs a user authentication ID and password for starting the system of the user company B. 102A is an information providing method registration file for user company A, 103A is a provided information storage file for user company A, 102B is an information providing method registration file for user company B, and 103B is a provided file for user company B. This is an information storage file.

FIG. 26 is a diagram showing an example of a user company setting screen displayed on the calling terminal 100. As shown in the figure, the user company setting screen 2600 includes a company name 2601, registration of information providing method 2602, information transmission 2603, transmission 260
Consists of four. The company name 2601 is the name of a user company such as company A or company B, and is selected from a pull-down menu displaying predetermined options. The registration of information providing method 2602 is a unit selected when registering the information providing method. The information transmission 2603 is a unit selected when transmitting information. It is assumed that only one of the information providing method registration 2602 and the information transmission 2603 can be selected. Submit button 2604
Is operated when one of the company name 2601 and the information provision method registration 2602 or the information transmission 2603 is selected and information is transmitted.

FIG. 27 shows the outsourcing information provision method registration processing 2700. In step 2701, upon receiving the information set on the user company setting screen, the user company selection unit 2504 refers to the user company list file 2502 and selects user company information. In step 2702, for example, the calling terminal 100
Receives the registration request data of the information providing method from. In step 2703, the information provision method registration unit 107 'converts the registration request data into a data format suitable for the information provision method registration file 102, and registers the data in the information provision method registration file 102 in step 2704.

FIG. 28 is a diagram showing a process 2800 for providing outsourcing information. In step 2801, the user company selection unit 2504 refers to the user company list file 2502 and selects user company information. In step 2802, the information storage and transmission unit 108 '
For example, the provided information input by the calling terminal 100 is stored in the provided information storage file of the selected user company. In step 2803, the providing method selecting unit 109 ′ provides the provided information storage file 103 of the user company to which the information is to be provided.
The information stored in the information providing method registration file 102 is compared and analyzed, and an information providing method is selected.
0 'converts the information to be provided into a form compatible with the selected providing method. In step 2804, the transmission / reception unit 111 'provides information to the user company to which the information is to be provided via the Internet 2506.

FIG. 29 is a diagram showing a process 2900 of the user company selection unit 2504. In step 2901, the user company information is received from the calling terminal 100. In step 2902, the user company list file 25
02, and selects the user company information.

FIG. 30 shows an access count section 2505.
It is a figure which shows the process 3000 of. In step 3001, the user company A2507 or the user company B25
08 to obtain information on access made by the user company via the Internet 2506. In step 3002, the obtained access information is totaled for each user company and for each content, and the totaled information is stored in the charging information file 2503 as charging information.

FIG. 31 shows a user company list file 250.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a data structure of No. 2; The data structure includes a company name 3100, a business type 3101, and a scale 3102.
The company name 3100 is the name of a user company that performs outsourcing. The business type 3101 is the business type of the user company.
The scale 3102 is the scale of the user company. Reference numeral 3103 indicates that the company name is company A, the business type is manufacturing, and the scale is large. Reference numeral 3104 indicates that the company name is company B, the type of business is financial, and the size is medium.

FIG. 32 is a diagram showing an example of a data table of the company name 3100 shown in FIG. Company name 3200
Consists of A company 3201, B company 3202, and C company 3203.

FIG. 33 is a diagram showing an example of a data table of the business type 3101. Industry 3300 is manufacturing industry 330
1. It consists of a financial business 3302 and a distribution business 3303.

FIG. 34 is a diagram showing an example of a data table of scale 3102. The scale 3400 is large 3401,
It consists of medium 3402 and small 3403.

FIG. 35 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the charging information file 2503. Content 3501
Indicates the content of a content that provides information such as personnel affairs, education, and budget. A fee 3502 indicates a fee for each access. Company A 3503 indicates the number of accesses of Company A. Company B 3
Reference numeral 504 denotes the number of accesses of Company B. The total 3505 indicates the total value of the number of accesses for each content. A total 3509 indicates the total number of accesses for each company. In line 3506, one access to personnel information costs 5 yen, and company A costs 1000 yen.
This shows that the company B has made 300 accesses. Line 3507 indicates that one access to the educational information costs 3 yen, Company A made 800 accesses, and Company B made 250 accesses. Row 35
08 indicates that once the budget information is accessed, the fee is 2 yen, Company A has accessed 300 cases, and B
Indicates that the company has not provided any information.

As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, when sending and receiving information via a network, it is possible to provide information in a unified providing method according to information attributes. . In addition, by registering the information providing method in advance, the caller involved in the information provision can transmit and receive the information in a convenient information providing method. In addition, by unifying the information provision method registration screen, it is possible to eliminate the trouble of providing information through a different interface each time the information provision method is different.

[0048]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to unify the information providing method by determining the providing method according to the attribute of the information to be provided or the designation of the information transmitter / receiver. Become.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an information providing method selection device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an information presentation method selection screen.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an information transmission screen.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an information providing method registration process.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an information storage and transmission process.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a process performed by an information providing method registration unit.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a process performed by an information storage and transmission unit.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating processing performed by a providing method selection unit.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a process performed by an information conversion unit.

FIG. 10 illustrates a transmission process performed by a transmission / reception unit 111.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a reception process performed by a transmission / reception unit 111;

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a transmission process performed by a transmission / reception unit 112.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a reception process performed by the transmission / reception unit 112.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a request process performed by an information request unit 113.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating a transmission process performed by the transmission / reception unit 114.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating a reception process performed by the transmission / reception unit 114.

FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating a request process performed by an information request unit.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a data structure of a file registered in the information providing method registration file.

FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data table of an information type.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing an example of an urgency data table.

FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data table of a transmission department.

FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data table of a providing method.

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing an example of a data table of a display method.

FIG. 24 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of a provided information storage file.

FIG. 25 is a diagram illustrating an information providing method selection device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 26 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user company setting screen.

FIG. 27 is a diagram showing an outsourcing information provision method registration process.

FIG. 28 is a diagram illustrating a process of providing outsourcing information.

FIG. 29 is a diagram showing processing of a user company selection unit.

FIG. 30 is a diagram illustrating processing of an access number counting unit.

FIG. 31 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of a user company list file.

FIG. 32 is a diagram showing an example of a data table of a company name 3100.

FIG. 33 is a diagram showing an example of a data table of a business type 3101.

FIG. 34 is a diagram showing an example of a data table of scale 3102.

FIG. 35 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of a billing information file.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 100 originating terminal 101 information providing method selecting device 102 information providing method registration file 103 provided information storing file 104 network 105, 106 receiving terminal 107 information providing method registering unit 108 information storing and transmitting unit 109 providing method selecting unit 110 information converting unit 111 transmitting / receiving unit 112, 114 Transmission / reception unit of receiving terminal 113, 115 Information requesting unit of receiving terminal 2501 Information providing method selecting device for outsourcing 2502 User company list file 2503 Billing information file 2504 User company selecting unit 2506 Internet 2507, 2508 User company 2509, 2511 User ID input unit 2510, 2512 Password input unit

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[Claims] An information providing method registration file storing key information indicating an attribute of information to be provided and information on a providing form of the information to be provided, and storing key information indicating the content and attribute of the provided information of the information to be provided. An information providing method selecting device for selecting the providing information stored in the providing information storing file and the providing method stored in the information providing method registration file based on the key information; The device refers to the key information registered in the information providing method registration file and the key information stored in the provided information storage file, extracts information having the same key information, and selects an information providing method based on the extracted information. And a transmitting unit for transmitting the provided information to a user based on the selected providing method. Information providing method selection device. 2. The information providing method selecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said information providing method selecting apparatus includes a billing information file in which an access history for each user is recorded. 3. An information providing method selecting device, wherein the information providing method registration file stores an information providing method or a display method for each sender and receiver of the provided information. 4. A user selection unit for selecting a user of provided information from a user list file based on an instruction from a terminal, key information indicating an attribute of information to be provided, and providing form information of the provided information for each user. An information providing method registration file stored in the storage device; a providing information storage file storing key information representing the providing information content and attributes of the provided information for each user; and the providing information storing file based on the key information. An information providing method selecting device for selecting a providing method in which the stored providing information is stored in an information providing method registration file, wherein the information providing method selecting device stores key information registered in the information providing method registration file and the provided information storage. Refers to the key information stored in the file, extracts the information that matches the key information, and selects the information provision method based on the extracted information Providing method selecting unit, and the selected information providing method selection device, characterized in that the provided information based on providing method comprising a transmission unit that transmits to the user. 5. The information providing method selecting apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said information providing method selecting apparatus includes a billing information file in which an access history for each user is recorded.