JP2002132817A - Device and method for newspaper creation and recording medium with recorded newspaper generation processing program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device and a method for newspaper creation which can easily generate individualized newspaper by merging personal information regarding a specific individual and general information corresponding to an interest of the individual, and a recording medium where a newspaper generation processing program is recorded. SOLUTION: Newspaper is created which has individual's news inputted from an input part 11, electronic mail selected by an electronic mail selection part 19, general news and general information selected by a news selection part 18 according to interest information stored in an interest management part 12, and advertisement selected by an advertisement selection part 20 so that they are laid out in the form of newspaper by a newspaper constitution part 15.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a newspaper creating apparatus for creating a newspaper for a specific individual, a newspaper creating method, and a recording medium storing a newspaper creating processing program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional newspapers include national newspapers for the general public in Japan, trade papers for a specific industry, and local newspapers for a general public in a certain region. There are community newspapers for the general public in small areas. In order to have many ordinary people subscribe to these newspapers, these newspapers are created by preferentially publishing articles of interest from an unspecified number of ordinary people.

[0003] On the other hand, with the spread of the Internet, information according to personal interests is collected using various search engines and the like, and the collected information is displayed in a list, and desired information is selected from the displayed information. It is performed to select and obtain detailed contents of the information. Further, with the spread of the Internet and the spread of mobile phones, e-mail is exchanged between individuals and information is exchanged between individuals.

[0004]

However, in the above-described conventional newspaper, articles are not edited for only a specific individual, and therefore, articles that are not related to the individual or articles that the individual is not interested in are included. Newspapers containing only articles related to individuals are not offered. In addition, in these newspapers, the articles selected by the newspaper business are unilaterally provided to the individual, and the individual simply reads this newspaper as a reader, and even if the individual wants to transmit information, the individual is the information provider. Can not be.

[0005] In addition, the above-described information collection using the Internet merely collects information according to personal interests from various types of information on the Internet, and general information according to personal information and personal interests. Information cannot be fused. Also, even with the above-mentioned e-mail, it is only possible to exchange information between specific individuals, and it is not possible to fuse personal information and general information according to individual interest.

An object of the present invention is to provide a newspaper creating apparatus, a newspaper creating method, and a newspaper that can easily create a personalized newspaper by fusing personal information about a specific individual and general information according to the individual's interest. An object of the present invention is to provide a recording medium on which a creation processing program is recorded.

[0007]

Means for Solving the Problems and Effects of the Invention (1)
A first invention is a newspaper creator for creating a newspaper for a specific individual. The newspaper creator according to the first invention is a newspaper creator for collecting personal information about an individual, and specifies an individual's interest. Storage means for storing interest information for, and general information collection means for collecting general information corresponding to the interest information stored in the storage means from a database storing general information for general people, Creating means for creating a newspaper from personal information collected by the personal information collecting means and general information collected by the general information collecting means.

[0008] In the newspaper producing apparatus according to the present invention, personal information on a specific individual is collected,
General information corresponding to interest information for specifying personal interest is collected from a database storing general information for general people, and a newspaper is created from the collected personal information and general information.

[0009] As described above, since personal information about an individual is collected and a newspaper is created using the collected personal information as a newspaper article, the individual can provide personal information about himself as a newspaper article, and only as a reader. Instead, you can be an information provider. In addition, since general information according to personal interests is automatically collected from general information, and the collected general information is merged with personal information, and these are created as newspaper articles, newspapers are created. A newspaper can be created only from articles related to or interested in the individual, and the newspaper can be personalized. As a result, a personalized newspaper can be easily created by fusing personal information about a specific individual and general information according to the interest of the individual.

(2) Second invention In a newspaper creation device according to a second invention, in the configuration of the newspaper creation device according to the first invention, the personal information collecting means includes a photograph and / or an article relating to the individual in the personal news. And an electronic mail extracting means for extracting an electronic mail having high importance for the individual among the electronic mails transmitted to the individual.

[0011] In this case, a photograph and / or an article relating to the individual can be input as personal news, and an e-mail having high importance for the individual is extracted from e-mails transmitted to the individual, and the input individual is News and highly important emails can be automatically laid out in newspaper format as newspaper articles to create personalized newspapers.

(3) Third invention A newspaper creation device according to a third invention is the configuration of the newspaper creation device according to the first or second invention, wherein the general information collecting means is intended for a general person. It includes general news collecting means for collecting general news corresponding to interest information stored in the storage means from a news database storing general news.

In this case, general news according to the interest information can be collected from a news database storing general news for general people. It is possible to collect only general news that an individual is interested in, and automatically lay out the collected general news as a newspaper article in a newspaper format to create a personalized newspaper.

(4) Fourth Invention A newspaper production apparatus according to a fourth invention is the newspaper production apparatus according to any one of the first to third inventions, in which the interest information stored in the storage means is stored in the storage means. The apparatus further includes an advertisement selecting unit that selects an advertisement corresponding to the advertisement, and the creating unit includes a newspaper article that stores the advertisement selected by the advertisement selecting unit, the personal information collected by the personal information collecting unit, and the general information collected by the general information collecting unit. As a newspaper by laying it out in a newspaper format.

In this case, an advertisement according to the individual's interest is selected, and the selected advertisement in addition to the personal information and general information is laid out as a newspaper article in the form of a newspaper to create a newspaper. Therefore, the advertising company that provides the advertisement can transmit the advertisement only to individuals who are interested in the advertisement, and does not transmit unnecessary advertisements.
Also, in the case where the advertising company grants a predetermined privilege such as money to an individual every time an advertisement is placed in a newspaper, the individual can obtain this privilege.

(5) Fifth Invention The newspaper creation device according to the fifth invention is the newspaper creation device according to any one of the first to fourth inventions, and is configured to input a memo handwritten by an individual. The apparatus further includes a handwritten memo input unit, and the creating unit adds a handwritten memo input by the handwritten memo input unit on the created newspaper article.

In this case, since the handwritten memo input by the individual can be added on the article of the newspaper that has been created, even a person who does not have knowledge of the computer can easily add a memo corresponding to the content of the article. be able to.

(6) Sixth Invention A newspaper creation method according to a sixth invention is a newspaper creation method for creating a newspaper for a specific individual, wherein the step of collecting personal information about the individual and the interest of the individual Storing the interest information for specifying the information in the storage means, and collecting the general information corresponding to the interest information stored in the storage means from the database storing the general information for the general person And creating a newspaper from the collected personal information and the collected general information.

In the method for preparing a newspaper according to the present invention, personal information on a specific individual is collected,
General information corresponding to interest information for specifying personal interest is collected from a database storing general information for general people, and a newspaper is created from the collected personal information and general information.

As described above, since personal information on an individual is collected and a newspaper is created using the collected personal information as a newspaper article, the individual can provide personal information on himself / herself as a newspaper article, and only as a reader. Instead, you can be an information provider. In addition, since general information according to personal interests is automatically collected from general information, and the collected general information is merged with personal information, and these are created as newspaper articles, newspapers are created. A newspaper can be created only from articles related to or interested in the individual, and the newspaper can be personalized. As a result, a personalized newspaper can be easily created by fusing personal information about a specific individual and general information according to the interest of the individual.

(7) Seventh invention A recording medium storing a newspaper production processing program according to the seventh invention is a computer-readable recording medium recording a newspaper production processing program for producing a newspaper for a specific individual. The newspaper creation processing program has a process of collecting personal information relating to an individual, a process of storing interest information for identifying an individual's interest in a storage unit, and a process of accumulating general information for an ordinary person. And a computer for executing a process of collecting general information corresponding to the interest information stored in the storage unit from the database and a process of creating a newspaper from the collected personal information and the collected general information. is there.

According to the recording medium on which the newspaper creation processing program according to the present invention is recorded, personal information relating to a specific individual is collected, and the personal information is stored in a database storing general information intended for general people. General information corresponding to the interest information for identifying the interest of the user is collected, and a newspaper is created from the collected personal information and general information in a newspaper article.

As described above, since personal information on an individual is collected and a newspaper is created using the collected personal information as a newspaper article, the individual can provide personal information on himself / herself as a newspaper article, and only as a reader. Instead, you can be an information provider. In addition, since general information according to personal interests is automatically collected from general information, and the collected general information is merged with personal information, and these are created as newspaper articles, newspapers are created. A newspaper can be created only from articles related to or interested in the individual, and the newspaper can be personalized. As a result, a personalized newspaper can be easily created by fusing personal information about a specific individual and general information according to the interest of the individual.

[0024]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a newspaper preparing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a newspaper production system using a newspaper production device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The newspaper creation system shown in FIG. 1 includes a newspaper creation device 1, a network 2, a mail server 3, a news database 4, an advertisement database 5, a web server 6,
A facsimile 7 and a printer 8 are provided. Although only one device is shown for the mail server 3, the news database 4, the advertisement database 5, and the web server 6, for simplicity of illustration, a plurality of devices may be used.

The newspaper creation device 1, mail server 3, news database 4, advertisement database 5, and web server 6 are interconnected via a network 2.

As the network 2, in the present embodiment, the Internet, which is generally widely used, is used. The network to be used is not particularly limited to the Internet, but may be another network such as an intranet, or a network combining various networks such as the Internet and an intranet.

The mail server 3 is a mail server that stores e-mails of a user (a specific individual) who is a reader of the newspaper created by the newspaper creating apparatus 1. By accessing the mail server 3 through the mail server 3, the electronic mail stored in the mail server 3 can be browsed.

The news database 4 includes newspaper businesses,
A database for a broadcaster or the like to distribute general news to the general public via the network 2,
A plurality of general news are stored as a database. The newspaper creation device 1 can extract desired general news from a plurality of general news by accessing the news database 4 via the network 2.

As a news database, any database that can be accessed by the newspaper production device 1 can be used.
Various news databases can be used, whether paid or free. For example, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, CN
News databases of various news providers such as N and Reuters can be used. When the news provider is the following advertisement provider, when general news is read from the news database 4, an advertisement may be transmitted together with general news.

The advertisement database 5 is a database for an advertisement provider to distribute advertisements to the general public via the network 2, and stores a plurality of advertisements as a database. The newspaper creation device 1 can extract a desired advertisement from a plurality of advertisements by accessing the advertisement database 5 via the network 2.

The web server 6 is an ordinary web server that transmits various information to the general public through a network 2 via a homepage or the like.
Can access the web server 6 via the network 2 and use a predetermined agent program or the like to collect desired information from various types of information.

The facsimile 7 and the printer 8 are connected to the newspaper producing apparatus 1 and print out and output a newspaper article or the like corresponding to the newspaper data output from the newspaper producing apparatus 1 on a paper medium, that is, a predetermined sheet.

The newspaper making device 1 includes an input unit 11, an interest management unit 12, a selection unit 13, a communication unit 14, a newspaper composition unit 15, a handwriting input unit 16, and an output unit 17. Selector 13
Includes a news selection unit 18, an e-mail selection unit 19, and an advertisement selection unit 20.

The input unit 11 comprises an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse, and a display device such as a CRT (cathode ray tube) and a liquid crystal display device. An input screen or the like for inputting interest information or the like for specifying the interest of the user is displayed, personal information input by the user using the input screen or the like is output to the newspaper composition unit 15, and the interest information is managed. Output to the unit 12.

The interest management unit 12 stores the interest information input by the user using the input unit 11, and outputs the interest information to the selection unit 13 as needed. In addition, as the interest information,
Not only information for directly specifying the user's interest, but also the user's profile information on the user's address, work, friends, family, and the like are included. The profile information and the like are stored in the interest management unit 12. You may. When the newspaper creation device 1 creates a personalized newspaper for each of a plurality of users, interest information is stored in the interest management unit 12 for each user.

As the input unit 11 and the interest management unit 12, an interest acquisition method described in Japanese Patent No. 3007310, a knowledge sharing promotion system described in Japanese Patent Application No. 2000-200740, or the like may be used. Often, in this case, the interest information can be more naturally input from the user's dialogue and behavior, and a more convenient service can be provided.

The communication unit 14 is connected to the selection unit 13 and the newspaper composition unit 15 and controls a communication operation via the network 2.

The news selection unit 18 reads out the interest information stored in the interest management unit 12 and uses the read interest information to read general news that the user is interested in via the communication unit 14 and the network 2 in the news database 4. Newspaper composition section 1
Output to 5

The news selection unit 18 reads out the interest information stored in the interest management unit 12 and uses the read interest information to output general information that the user is interested in via the communication unit 14 and the network 2 via the web. The information is extracted from the homepage of the server 6 and the extracted general information is output to the newspaper composition unit 15.

The e-mail selecting unit 19 accesses the mail server 3 in which the user's e-mail is stored via the communication unit 14 and the network 2, and the mail server 3
Of the user's e-mails stored in the e-mail, and outputs the selected e-mail to the newspaper composition unit 15.

It should be noted that the determination of an electronic mail having a high degree of importance by the electronic mail selecting unit 19 may be performed, for example, by storing a predetermined criterion inside the electronic mail selecting unit 19 in advance and using this criterion. When the user's profile information is stored in the interest management unit 12, information related to the user's work is read from the profile information, and an e-mail or the like transmitted from a person related to the user's work is sent to a highly important e-mail. May be determined.

Further, the electronic mail selecting section 19 may select not only the above-mentioned electronic mail but also news which the user is interested in from a predetermined news group and output the selected news to the newspaper constructing section 15.

The advertisement selecting unit 20 reads out the interest information stored in the interest management unit 12, and uses the read interest information to output an advertisement that the user is interested in from the advertisement database 5 via the communication unit 14 and the network 2. Selected,
The selected advertisement is output to the newspaper composition unit 15.

The handwriting input unit 16 is composed of, for example, a tablet device such as a cross pad, and is composed of a stylus pen having a normal pen shape, a tablet having a binder shape and a sheet placed thereon. When the user uses a stylus pen to write characters or the like on a sheet, the tablet receives the infrared rays output from the stylus pen and reads the coordinates of the handwriting written on the sheet,
The handwriting data corresponding to the handwriting is output to the newspaper composition unit 15. As the handwriting input unit, various tablet devices can be used as long as the handwritten memo can be converted into an electric signal and output. For example, Japanese Patent Application No. 2000-202028 by the inventors of the present application can use various tablet devices. A scribble communication device or the like described may be used.

The newspaper composition unit 15 includes a photograph and a personal article related to the user input by the user using the input unit 11,
A newspaper in which the general news selected by the news selection unit 18 and the extracted general information, the e-mail selected by the e-mail selection unit 19, the advertisement selected by the advertisement selection unit 20, and the like are laid out as newspaper articles in a newspaper format. Data is created, and the created newspaper data is converted into an appropriate format, for example, PDF (Portable Document Format).
t), JPEG (Joint Photographic Expert Group)
And output the encoded newspaper data to the communication unit 14 or the output unit 17.

The output unit 17 outputs the newspaper data output from the newspaper composition unit 15 to the facsimile 7 or the printer 8, and the facsimile 7 or the printer 8 prints a newspaper article corresponding to the newspaper data on a predetermined sheet, and Is output in the form of a paper medium.

In the present embodiment, the input unit 11 and the e-mail selecting unit 19 correspond to personal information collecting means, the interest managing unit 12 corresponds to storage means, and the news selecting unit 18 corresponds to general information collecting means. , The newspaper composition unit 15 corresponds to a creating unit. The input unit 11 corresponds to a personal news input unit, the e-mail selection unit 19 corresponds to an e-mail extraction unit, the news selection unit 18 corresponds to a general news collection unit, and the advertisement selection unit 20 corresponds to an advertisement selection unit. The handwriting input unit 16 corresponds to a handwritten memo input unit.

Next, the newspaper creation processing of the newspaper creation apparatus 1 configured as described above will be described. FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the newspaper creating process of the newspaper creating apparatus 1 shown in FIG.

First, when the user inputs interest information for specifying the interest of the user using the input unit 11, the interest management unit 12 stores the interest information output from the input unit 11 in step S1. .

As a method of inputting interest information, for example, a plurality of categories such as work, hobbies, arts, education, politics, and health are displayed so that the user can easily input interest information for specifying his / her own interests. Then, the user selects a category of interest from the displayed plurality of categories, and further selects a desired keyword from the sub-categories set for each category, thereby specifying information of interest to the user. May be input. Alternatively, the user may input the interest information by directly inputting a desired keyword as interest information for specifying his / her own interest.

Next, when the user inputs photos and / or personal articles and the like as personal news using the input unit 11, the input unit 11 converts the input photos and personal articles into electronic data in step S 2. And output to the newspaper composition unit 15. As the personal news, for example, photos of the user, friends and family, and personal photos and events of the user such as events relating to the user, friends and family can be input.

As a method for inputting personal news, not only the input method using the input unit 11 described above but also a memo or the like handwritten by the user using the handwriting input unit 16 may be input as personal news. In this case, the user can directly input a handwritten memo or the like, and input of personal news becomes easy even for a user who does not have sufficient knowledge of a computer or the like.

Next, in step S3, the e-mail selecting section 19 accesses the mail server 3 via the communication section 14 and the network 2, and the e-mail of the user's e-mail stored in the mail server 3 is still opened. The user selects an e-mail with high importance for the user from the e-mails not received, receives the selected e-mail, and outputs the received e-mail to the newspaper composition unit 15.

Here, as the e-mails of high importance to the user, there are e-mails related to the work of the user, e-mails from the family of the user, e-mails from friends of the user, and the like. The name of the colleague at the user's office, the family of the user, and the name of the acquaintance of the user are read from the user's profile information stored in the interest management unit 12, and the e-mail whose read name is the sender is given priority. It can be done by selecting.

The number of e-mails to be selected is not particularly limited, and can be limited to various values depending on the number of newspaper pages finally output. If the upper limit has not been reached, all unopened electronic mails stored in the mail server 3 may be read.

Next, in step S 4, the news selection unit 18 accesses the news database 4 via the communication unit 14 and the network 2, and
The general news that matches the user's interest is selected and received from the general news stored in the news database 4 according to the interest information stored in the news database 4, and the received general news is output to the newspaper composition unit 15. .

Here, as a method of selecting general news, for example, general news having words matching the interest information is sequentially searched from the news database 4, and the relevant general news is selected, or the selected general news is selected. Of these, general news that frequently uses words that match the interest information may be preferentially selected.

In the same manner as described above, the news selection unit 18 accesses the web server 6 via the communication unit 14 and the network 2 in step S4, and responds to the interest information stored in the interest management unit 12. The general information matching the user's interest is extracted from the homepage of the web server 6 and received, and the received general information is output to the newspaper composition unit 15.

Next, in step S 5, the advertisement selecting unit 20 accesses the advertisement database 5 via the communication unit 14 and the network 2, and stores the advertisement in the advertisement database 5 according to the interest information stored in the interest management unit 12. An advertisement suitable for the user's interest is selected and received from the stored advertisements, and the received advertisement is output to the newspaper composition unit 15.

Here, as a method of selecting an advertisement, for example, advertisements having words matching the interest information are sequentially searched from the advertisement database 5 and the corresponding advertisement is selected.
If the advertisements are classified into predetermined categories in the advertisement database 5, an advertisement in a category matching the interest information may be selected.

In this case, placing an advertisement in a newspaper created by the newspaper creation device 1 is not essential for creating a personalized newspaper. Even so, it can be valuable information for the user, and it is worthwhile to place an advertisement in a personalized newspaper. In addition, when an advertisement company selects an advertisement using the newspaper creation device 1, when the user is given a benefit such as money or a premium according to the number of times the advertisement is selected, the advertisement is placed in a newspaper personalized for the user. It makes sense.

In addition to the above benefits of the user, the advertising business can provide an effective advertising article related to the article, and the delivery business can also provide such an efficient advertising article. Income can be gained from the handling of advertising products due to the possibility of advertising distribution.

Next, in step S 6, the newspaper composition unit 15 outputs the personal news input from the input unit 11, the electronic mail selected by the electronic mail selection unit 19, the general news selected by the news selection unit 18, and the general news. Newspaper data in which the information and the advertisement selected by the advertisement selection unit 20 are laid out in a newspaper format as newspaper articles is created, the created newspaper data is encoded into a predetermined format, and the encoded newspaper data is output to the output unit 17. .

Next, in step S7, the output unit 17
Outputs the encoded newspaper data to the facsimile 7 or the printer 8, and the facsimile 7 or the printer 8 lays out the personal news, e-mail, general news, general information and advertisement as a newspaper article in a newspaper format. A newspaper, that is, a personalized newspaper is printed on a predetermined sheet, and a newspaper using a paper medium is output like a general newspaper.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a newspaper output to a paper medium by the facsimile 7 or the printer 8 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, a newspaper in which photographs, personal news, electronic mail, general news, general information, and advertisements are laid out in a newspaper format as newspaper articles is created. Therefore, by printing such a newspaper on a predetermined sheet, for example, A4 sheet, a personalized newspaper excellent in portability can be created.

The newspaper data created by the newspaper composition unit 15 is output not only to the facsimile 7 and the like via the output unit 17 but also to the communication unit 14 and the network 2.
It is also possible to transmit to the device desired by the user via.

For example, when transmitting newspaper data to a work server or the like of a user connected to the network 2, the user can browse a personalized newspaper using the work server. When transmitting to a family member or an acquaintance or the like, the data is transmitted to a facsimile or the like of the family member or an acquaintance via a telephone line or the like, or newspaper data is transmitted via the network 2 to a server or the like usable by the family or an acquaintance or the like. It is also possible.

The handwriting input unit 16 is used not only for inputting personal news as described above, but also for printing a newspaper printed on a paper medium on the facsimile 7 or the like on the tablet of the handwriting input unit 16. It may be placed and used to add a handwritten note directly on a newspaper article using a stylus pen.

In this case, the handwritten data of the memo handwritten by the handwriting input unit 16 and the position data of the memo on the newspaper article are output to the newspaper composition unit 15, and the handwritten memo is written on the already created newspaper article. Is created, and a newspaper in which a handwritten memo is added by the facsimile 7 or the like is output via the output unit 17 or transmitted to a desired device via the communication unit 14 or the like in the same manner as described above. Can also.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the personal news input from the input unit 11, the e-mail selected by the e-mail selection unit 19, and the interest information stored in the interest management unit 12 are stored. In response, the news selection unit 18
The general news and general information selected by the advertisement selection unit 20 and the advertisement selected by the advertisement selection unit 20 are combined with the newspaper composition unit 15.
As a result, a newspaper laid out in the form of a newspaper can be created as a newspaper article, so that a personalized newspaper can be easily created by fusing personal information about a specific individual and general information according to the interest of the individual. it can.

It should be noted that the newspaper production device 1 is not particularly limited to an example constituted by dedicated hardware as described above.
Using a computer such as a general server including a CPU (central processing unit), a RAM (random access memory), a ROM (read only memory), an input device, a printing device, a display device, an external storage device, and the like,
Alternatively, it may be realized by executing a newspaper creation processing program stored in an external storage device or the like by a CPU or the like.

In the above description, the newspaper creating apparatus 1 is described as an apparatus owned by a user. However, the apparatus may be owned by a newspaper company that creates a personalized newspaper for a specific individual. In this case, the newspaper created by the business operator is transmitted to a facsimile or the like owned by the user, and the personalized newspaper is delivered to the user.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a newspaper creation system using a newspaper creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining a newspaper creating process of the newspaper creating apparatus shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a newspaper output to a paper medium by the facsimile or the printer illustrated in FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Newspaper preparation device 2 Network 3 Mail server 4 News database 5 Advertising database 6 Web server 7 Facsimile 8 Printer 11 Input unit 12 Interest management unit 13 Selection unit 14 Communication unit 15 Newspaper composition unit 16 Handwriting input unit 17 Output unit 18 News selection unit 19 E-mail selection part 20 Advertisement selection part

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Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A newspaper creation device for creating a newspaper for a specific individual, comprising: personal information collection means for collecting personal information on the individual; and storage for storing interest information for specifying the interest of the individual. Means, general information collecting means for collecting general information corresponding to interest information stored in the storage means from a database storing general information intended for general people, and collecting by the personal information collecting means. And a creating unit for creating a newspaper from the collected personal information and the general information collected by the general information collecting unit. 2. The personal information collecting means includes: personal news input means for inputting a photograph and / or an article relating to the individual as personal news; and e-mail transmitted to the individual having an importance level for the individual. 2. The newspaper preparing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: an e-mail extracting means for extracting a high e-mail. 3. The general news collecting means for collecting general news according to interest information stored in the storage means from a news database storing general news for general people. 3. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means. 4. An advertisement selecting means for selecting an advertisement corresponding to the interest information stored in the storage means, wherein the creating means includes an advertisement selected by the advertisement selecting means, and an advertisement selected by the personal information collecting means. 4. The newspaper creating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the newspaper is created by laying out the collected personal information and the general information collected by the general information collecting means as a newspaper article in a newspaper format. . 5. A handwritten memo input unit for inputting a memo handwritten by the individual, wherein the creating unit writes a handwritten memo input by the handwritten memo input unit on an article of a created newspaper. The newspaper creation device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the information is added. 6. A newspaper creating method for creating a newspaper for a specific individual, comprising: collecting personal information on the individual; and storing interest information for specifying the individual's interest in a storage unit. Collecting general information corresponding to the interest information stored in the storage means from a database storing general information intended for general people; and the collected personal information and the collected information. Creating a newspaper from general information. 7. A computer-readable recording medium recording a newspaper creation processing program for creating a newspaper for a specific individual, wherein the newspaper creation processing program is configured to collect personal information on the individual; A process of storing interest information for specifying an individual's interest in a storage unit; and a general information corresponding to the interest information stored in the storage unit from a database storing general information for general people. And a process of creating a newspaper from the collected personal information and the collected general information, the program being executed by the computer.