JP2002140367A - Device and method for providing information and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information providing device which easily provides information that a user wants to browse later. SOLUTION: This information providing deice which provides the information for user is equipped with a program holding part which holds a program for generating the information to be provided for the user, a reception part which receives from the user a request for the information including parameters for running the program, a program execution part which runs the program by using the received parameters to generate the information to be provided, a transmission part which sends the information to be provided to the user, a user information registration part which stores the parameters that the program execution part uses to generate the information to be provided while making them correspond to user identification information for identifying the user, and a retransmission part which runs the program by using the parameters stored corresponding to the user identification information on the user, reconstitutes the information to be provided, and sends it to the user when the reception part receives a request for information sent to the user in the past from the user.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to an information providing apparatus for providing information to a user, an information providing method, and a recording medium. In particular, the present invention relates to an information providing apparatus, an information providing method, and a recording medium for providing registered information among information provided to a user when the user requests information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art It is possible to freely browse Web pages distributed by each information providing apparatus by connecting to the Internet. In addition, the user can register information of a favorite Web page among the browsed Web pages, and can browse the registered Web page later. Therefore, the user does not need to remember the URL of the Web page that the user wants to browse later or search for the Web page that the user wants to browse using the search page.

[0003]

However, in recent years, the number of Web pages distributed via the Internet has increased, and the hierarchical structure of Web pages has become complicated. Some Web pages delivered to users are created by programs such as CGI. Therefore, in order for the user to easily and conveniently register a Web page, it is necessary to register the Web page as desired by the user.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an information providing apparatus, an information providing method, and a recording medium that can solve the above-mentioned problems. This object is achieved by a combination of features described in the independent claims. The dependent claims define further advantageous embodiments of the present invention.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information providing apparatus for providing information to a user, the program holding a program for creating information to be provided to the user. Unit, including a parameter for executing the program, a receiving unit that receives the request for the provision information from the user, a program execution unit that executes the program using the received parameters, and creates the provision information, A transmitting unit that transmits the provided information to the user; and a user information registering unit that stores the parameter used when the program executing unit creates the provided information in association with user identification information for identifying the user. And, when the receiving unit receives, from the user, a request for the provided information that has been transmitted to the user, A retransmission unit that causes the program execution unit to execute the program using the parameter stored in association with the user identification information of the user, regenerate the provided information, and transmit the provided information to the user. Is provided.

[0006] The parameter received by the receiving unit is
The system further includes a user database that stores the user information in association with user identification information for identifying the user, wherein the retransmitting unit reproduces the provided information using the parameter stored in the user database and transmits the reproduced information to the user. May be.

[0007] The program holding unit may hold a plurality of programs for creating a plurality of pieces of provided information. The receiving unit receives a request for the provided information including program designation information and a parameter for designating a predetermined program from the plurality of programs, and the user information registration unit identifies the received program designation information with the user identification. The retransmission unit is further stored in the user database in association with the information, and the retransmission unit is stored in association with the user identification information using the parameter stored in association with the user identification information of the user. The provision information may be regenerated by causing the program execution unit to execute the program indicated by the program designation information, and transmitted to the user.

[0008] The user information registration unit, when creating the provision information last transmitted to the user, uses the program designation information for designating the program executed by the program execution unit and the program designation information. The parameter may be stored in the user database as registration information in association with the user identification information.

[0009] The receiving unit receives a notification that predetermined provision information is registered from the user, and the user information registration unit includes:
When creating the predetermined provided information, the program execution unit associates the program specification information specifying the program executed by the program execution unit and the parameter used for executing the program with the user identification information, and registers the user as registration information. It may be stored in a database.

[0010] The program execution unit executes the program using the plurality of parameters to generate the registration information, and the user information registration unit executes the program in association with the user identification information. The plurality of parameters used when performing the operation may be stored so that the order in which the parameters are used can be recognized.

[0011] When the transmitting unit continuously transmits the provided information including the registration information to the user, the user information registration unit executes when creating each of the plurality of registration information. The program designation information and the parameters of the plurality of programs are stored in association with the user identification information so that the order in which the program execution unit has executed the program can be recognized, and the re-receiving unit associates with the user identification information. The program execution unit sequentially executes the plurality of programs indicated by the plurality of program designation information stored using the parameters corresponding to each program, regenerates the registration information, and May be transmitted.

[0012] When the transmitting unit continuously transmits a plurality of the provided information including the registration information to the user,
The user information registration unit regenerates at least the registration information of the program designation information of the program executed by the program execution unit and the parameter used for executing the program when creating the plurality of provided information. The parameter used when performing the processing is stored in association with the user identification information so that the order used by the program execution unit can be recognized, and the retransmission unit is stored in association with the user identification information. The program indicated by the program identification information may be executed by the program execution unit using the parameters in order, and the registration information may be regenerated and transmitted to the user.

[0013] When the transmitting unit continuously transmits the plurality of provided information including the registration information to the user,
The user information registration unit, when creating the provided information transmitted to the user immediately before the registration information, the program execution information used by the program execution unit and the program designation information of the program executed by the program execution unit The parameter is associated with the user identification information, and further stored in the user database so that it can be recognized that the registration information was transmitted immediately before the registration information, and after the transmission unit transmits the registration information, the reception unit When the user has requested the provided information that has been transmitted to the user immediately before the registration information, the retransmitting unit regenerates the provided information using the program execution unit, You may make it transmit to a user.

When receiving the request for the registration information from the user, the re-receiving unit regenerates the registration information by using the program execution unit and causes the user to transmit the registration information. The provision information transmitted to the user immediately before is regenerated and held in advance, and the receiving unit requests the provision information transmitted to the user immediately before the registration information from the user. The retransmission unit may cause the user to transmit the provided information held in the provided information holding unit.

[0015] The information processing apparatus may further include a content database for storing content forming the provided information. The program may be a database search command for searching the content database. The parameter may be a search condition for searching the content database. The program execution unit may extract the content data stored in the content database and create the provided information.

A content database operating unit for updating the content database; and a date and time for the receiving unit to record a request reception date and time when the request for the provided information is first received from the user and a database update date and time when the content database is updated. A recording unit, the receiving unit, the request of the provided information that has been transmitted to the user, when received from the user, the database update date and time, the date and time comparing unit to compare the request received date and time. May be further provided. When the database update date and time is newer than the request reception date and time, the retransmitting unit causes the program execution unit to execute the program and extract the content data from the updated content database. The provided information may be regenerated and transmitted to the user.

When updating the content database, at least the content database operation unit for holding the content data before update, which is necessary for the retransmitting unit to regenerate the registration information, and the receiving unit includes: A date and time recording unit that records a request reception date and time when the request for the provided information is first received from the user and a database update date and time that updates the content database; and the provided information that the receiving unit has transmitted to the user. When the request is received from the user, a date / time comparison unit that compares the database update date / time with the request reception date / time may be further provided. When the database update date and time is newer than the request reception date and time, the retransmission unit causes the program execution unit to execute the program, and updates the content before update stored in the content data storage unit. The provided information may be regenerated using data and transmitted to the user.

[0018] When the database update date is newer than the request reception date, the retransmitting unit may notify the user of the fact.

[0019] The program may include a CGI for creating a Web page to be provided to the user terminal. The receiving unit receives the request for the Web page via a network, and the program execution unit executes the CGI using the received parameter, and executes the CGI.
A page may be created as the registration information.

The user registration unit stores the parameter received by the reception unit in a user terminal used by the user in association with the program designation information for designating a program executed by the program execution unit. The retransmission unit may extract the program designation information and the parameter from the user terminal, regenerate the registration information, and cause the user to transmit the registration information.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information providing apparatus for providing information to the user, wherein the information providing apparatus holds a program for creating provided information to be provided to the user. A receiving unit that receives a request for the provided information including a parameter for causing the server to execute the program; and, using the parameter, causes the information providing server to execute the program, thereby providing the provided information. A program execution unit that transmits the provided information created by the program execution unit to the user, and the program and the parameters used when the program execution unit creates the provided information. A user information registration unit that stores the user information in association with user identification information for identifying the user; The request for the providing information that it has sent to the user, when receiving from the user,
A retransmission unit that causes the program execution unit to execute the program using the parameter stored in association with the user identification information of the user, regenerates the provided information, and transmits the provided information to the user And

A request destination changing unit for changing a request destination of the request for the provided information to the information providing apparatus when the provided information to be transmitted to the user includes a request for the provided information to the information providing server; May be further provided. The transmitting unit may transmit the provided information including the changed request for the provided information to the user. The provided information may include a URL of the request destination.

[0023] When the receiving unit receives the request for the provided information to be provided from the information providing server, the program execution unit requests the provided information from the information providing server. The providing information may be created by a providing server.

The transmitting unit transmits the provided information obtained from the information providing server to the user,
Information indicating that the provided information is provided from the information providing server to the user may be further transmitted to the user.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording medium for storing software of a computer for providing information to a user, wherein the software stores, in the computer, a program for creating provided information to be provided to the user. A program holding module for holding a, including a parameter for executing the program, a receiving module for receiving the request for the provided information from the user,
A program execution module that causes the program to be executed using the received parameters to create the provided information, a transmission module that causes the provided information to be transmitted to the user, and a program execution unit that creates the provided information. The parameter, the user information registration module that stores the user information in association with the user identification information that identifies the user, the receiving module, the request of the provided information that has been transmitted to the user, received from the user In this case, the program execution module is caused to execute the program using the parameters stored in association with the user identification information of the user, to regenerate the provided information, and to transmit the provided information to the user. A retransmitting module.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording medium for storing software of a computer for providing information to the user, wherein the software creates, on the computer, information to be provided to the user. A receiving module that retains a program and receives a request for the provided information including a parameter for executing the program for an information providing server other than the information providing apparatus, and a reception module for the information providing server, A program execution module that creates the provided information by executing the program; a transmission module that sends the provided information created by the program execution module to the user; and The professional used when creating the A user information registration module that stores the program and the parameter in association with user identification information that identifies the user, and the receiving module receives, from the user, a request for the provided information that has been transmitted to the user. In this case, the program execution module is caused to execute the program using the parameters stored in association with the user identification information of the user, to regenerate the provided information,
A retransmission module for causing the user to transmit.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information providing method for providing information to a user, wherein the request for the provided information includes a parameter for executing a program for creating the provided information to be provided to the user. Receiving from the user, executing the program using the received parameters to create the provided information, transmitting the provided information to the user, and creating the provided information. Storing the parameters in association with user identification information for identifying the user,
When the request for the provision information that has been transmitted to the user is received from the user, the program is executed using the parameter stored in association with the user identification information of the user, and the provision is performed. Regenerating information for transmission to the user.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information providing method for providing information to the user, the information providing method comprising: a program for creating provided information to be provided to the user; A step of receiving a request for the provided information including a parameter for causing the server to execute the program, and using the parameter to cause the information providing server to execute the program, thereby providing the provided information. Creating, transmitting the provided information created by the information providing server to the user, user identification information for identifying the user, the program and the parameters used when creating the provided information And storing the request for the provided information that has been transmitted to the user. When receiving, by executing the program using the parameters stored in association with the user identification information of the user, re-form the provided information, and a step of transmitting to the user.

The above summary of the present invention does not list all of the necessary features of the present invention, and sub-combinations of these features may also constitute the present invention.

[0030]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described through embodiments of the present invention. However, the following embodiments do not limit the claimed invention and have the features described in the embodiments. Not all combinations are essential to the solution of the invention.

The "user information registration unit" and "date and time recording unit" described in the claims correspond to the "user database operation unit" described in the detailed description. The "retransmitting unit" described in the claims described in the claims,
"User database operation part" described in the detailed description,
It is executed by the cooperation of the “program extraction unit”, the “program execution unit”, and the “transmission unit”.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an information providing system including an information providing device 100. The information providing apparatus 100
An eb page database 202 and a user database 200 are provided. The provided information device 100 provides a Wen via the Internet 20 to the mobile phone 30 used by the user.
Provide page b. Web page database 202
Stores a Web page to be provided to the mobile phone 30 via the Internet 20. The mobile phone 30 receives a plurality of Ws from the information providing apparatus 100 via the Internet 20.
receives the web page, and displays W on the display screen 32 of the mobile phone 30.
Display the web page. The mobile phone 30 may be a personal computer connectable to the Internet 20.

The user database 200 associates the page designation information for identifying the Web page, which has been notified of the registration from the user, with the user identification information for identifying the user as registered page designation information.
Register to 0. Thus, the user can register the Web page that he / she wants to browse again as a registration page in the user database 200. The user also requests a registration page from the mobile phone 30 to the information providing apparatus 100, receives the registration page again from the information providing apparatus 100, and browses the Web page displayed on the display screen 32 of the mobile phone 30. be able to. in this way,
The user can browse the registered Web page again.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing the information providing apparatus 100. A series of operations of the information providing apparatus 100 includes:
It is realized mainly by cooperation of the CPU and programs stored in the ROM and the RAM. However, the information providing apparatus 100 may be realized by other components,
The degree of freedom of the design is high. The information providing apparatus 100 includes a receiving unit 102, a user database operating unit 104, a program extracting unit 106, a program executing unit 110, a transmitting unit 112, a web page holding unit 114, a content database operating unit 116, A comparison unit 118. The information providing apparatus 100 further includes a user database 200, a web page database 202, a program database 204, and a content database 206.

The receiving section 102 receives a Web page request indicating that a Web page is requested from the mobile phone 30 via the Internet 20. The web page request is
URL (Universal Reso) indicating the storage location of the Web page
uce Location), or a URL for specifying a program for creating a Web page. The web page request may further include a parameter transmitted as a search condition of the requested web page.

Web specified by the received Web page request
When page b is stored in the Web page database 202, the receiving unit 102 extracts the specified Web page from the Web page database 202, and
Send to 12. Web specified by the received Web page request
When page b is not stored in the web page database 202, the receiving unit 102 sends a web page request to the user database operation unit 104.

The user database operation unit 104 stores information on a user registration page in the user database 20.
0 and read out information on the registered page. The user database operation unit 104 sends the read information to the program extraction unit 106, the program execution unit 110, and the date and time comparison unit 118. The program extraction unit 106 extracts a program indicated by the program designation information received from the user database operation unit 104 from the program database 204.

The program execution unit 110 executes the program received from the program extraction unit 106 using the parameters received from the user database operation unit 104, and creates a Web page. Program execution unit 1
10 transmits the created Web page to the transmission unit 112 or W
Send it to the web page holding unit 114. Program execution unit 11
When 0 executes the program, the content database operation unit 116 extracts necessary content from the content database 206. Program execution unit 100
Uses the parameter received from the content database operation unit 104 to specify the W specified by the Web page request.
Create an eb page. The content database operation unit 116 updates the content database 206 as appropriate, and causes the content database 206 to retain the pre-updated content data in a recognizable manner. Thus, the content database operation unit 116 can read the content data before and after updating the content database 206.

Transmission section 112 transmits a Web page to mobile phone 30 via Internet 20. The web page holding unit 114 holds the web page received from the program execution unit 110, and sends the web page to the transmission unit 1
Send to 12. The date and time comparison unit 118 receives the reception date and time when the registration page stored in the user database 200 was first received via the user database operation unit 104, and updates the date and time of the content database 206 via the content database operation unit 116. receive. The date and time comparison unit 118 compares the received reception date and time with the update date and time, and sends information indicating which is newer to the program execution unit 110.

Here, the program is a program for extracting contents stored in the contents database 206. The program may be, for example, CGI. The parameter is a search condition for executing the program and causing the content database operation unit 104 to extract content from the content database 206.

FIG. 3 shows the data structure of the user database 200. The user database 200 stores the user I
A D field, an access date and time field, a registration page identification information field, a registration page program designation information field, a registration page parameter field,
It has a previous page program specification information field and a previous page parameter field.

The user ID field stores user identification information for identifying a user. The user identification information may be, for example, the mail address of the user, or the telephone number of the mobile phone 30 of the user. In addition to the user identification information, as information for further identifying the user, The password of the user may be stored. The access date and time field stores the date and time when the web page request for the corresponding registration page was received from the user.

The registered page identification information field stores information for identifying a page registered by the user. For example, when the user stores a predetermined Web page as bookmarker 1, the registration information identification field stores identification information indicating bookmarker 1. Also, the user database 200
Automatically retrieves the last web page provided to the user,
Store as the final registration page. In this case, the registration page identification information field stores identification information indicating that the page is the last registration page. Thereby, a plurality of registration pages registered by the user can be identified.

The registration page program designation information field stores program designation information for designating a program used when regenerating a registration page. The program designation information is a URL of a storage location of the program. The registration page parameter field stores parameters used when executing a program for creating a registration page. If a plurality of parameters are used when executing the corresponding program, the registration page parameter field stores the plurality of parameters. In another form,
The user database 200 has a plurality of registration page parameter fields, and may store a plurality of parameters in association with one program.

Here, the operation of the information providing apparatus 100 when the user database 200 of the information providing apparatus 100 registers a registration page will be described. Information providing device 1
00, every time the user registers a new web page,
The URL for specifying the new Web page and the parameters input on the new page are recorded as a log. When the receiving unit 102 receives a notification from the user that the Web page should be registered, the Web currently provided to the user is received.
Read from the log the information on the page and the Web page provided to the user immediately before the currently provided Web page, read the program and parameters corresponding to each Web page from the log, and correspond to the user identification information. In addition, the user database 200
To be stored.

As described above, the user database 200
Is a Web page where the registration page is created by the program
In the case of a page, a program used for creating a registration page and parameters used for executing the program are stored in association with each other. Therefore, even a Web page created by executing a program, such as a Web page displaying a search result, can be registered as a registration page.

Here, if the registered page is, for example, a Web page stored in the Web page database 202, that is, if the registered page is a Web page that is created and held in advance, the registered page program designation information field Stores the URL of the Web page. No data is stored in the registration page field.

The last page program designation information field and the last page parameter field are transmitted to the Web page browsed immediately before the user browses the registration page, that is, transmitted immediately before the information providing apparatus 100 transmits the registration page to the mobile phone 30. The information about the Web page is stored. The immediately preceding page program designation information field stores program designation information of a program used when reconstructing the immediately preceding page. The immediately preceding page parameter field stores a parameter. Similarly to the case of the registration page, when the immediately preceding page is a Web page stored in the Web page database 202, the immediately preceding page program designation information field includes W
The URL of the eb page is stored, and no data is stored in the immediately preceding page parameter field.

As described above, the user database 200
Stores information necessary for regenerating a registration page registered by the user in association with the user ID. Therefore, when the request for the registration page is received again from the user, the information providing apparatus 100 sets the user database 200
The registration page can be easily reconstructed based on the information stored in. Also, the user database 200
Has registered the last registration page last viewed by the user in addition to the registration page that the user has registered, so the user browses the last page again without notifying the user of registration. be able to.

When a plurality of parameters are stored in the registration page parameter field in association with one piece of program designation information, the plurality of parameters are stored in the order used by the corresponding program. When a plurality of programs are required to reconstruct one registration page, the registration page program specification information field stores the plurality of programs in the order in which the program execution unit executes the programs. If the parameters required to reconstruct the registration page are parameters input by the user on a page other than the registration page, these parameters are also stored in the parameter field in association with the registration page. Alternatively, if the parameter is entered by the user on a page other than the registration page,
Further, a page other than the registration page may be stored.

As described above, the registration page designation information field and the registration page parameter field can store a plurality of data so that the order of use can be identified. Therefore, when the registration page is a Web page created using a plurality of parameters, when the registration page is a Web page created via a plurality of pages, and when the registration page is created using the parameters used in the plurality of pages. We
Even in the case of page b, the information providing apparatus 100 can regenerate the registration page based on the data stored in the user database 200.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a data structure of the content database 206. Content database 2
06 is updated as appropriate, and an update date is stored at the time of update. The content database 206 has a content field, a search key 1 field, a search key 2 field, and a search key 3 field. Various contents are stored in the content field. For example, in the case of a book, the title of the book is stored in the content field. Search key 1 field, search key 2 field,
In the search key 3 field, the genre of the book, the publication date of the book,
A condition for searching for the book such as a book publisher is stored. As described above, the search key for searching each content is stored in association with each content.
Therefore, the content stored in the content database 206 can be extracted by inputting the search key. The content database 20
6, the content data before the update is also held.

FIG. 5 shows the contents displayed on the display screen 32 of the mobile phone 30 of the user. The case where the user registers a Web page displaying the search result as a registration page will be described with reference to FIG. First, the user selects a category from the contents displayed on the display screen 32a. Next, the display screen 32b is displayed, and the user
Then select the genre of the book. Next, the display screen 32c
Is displayed, and the user selects a more detailed book genre. Next, the title of the book is displayed on the display screen 32d. The user selects a desired book from the displayed titles. Next, the display screen 32f is displayed.
When registering this Web page as a registration page, a bookmark button is selected. When the bookmark button is selected, a display screen 32f is displayed. The user selects the name of the registration page. When registering as bookmarker 1, the bookmarker 1 button is selected. When the registration button is further selected, this Web page is registered in the bookmark 1 as a registration page.

As described above, the user can store the Web page as the registration page. Therefore, when displaying the Web page of the same search result, instead of displaying the Web page of the search result again through a number of Web pages again, by directly selecting the bookmark 1 button, the Web page of the search result is directly displayed. Can be displayed.

FIG. 6 shows the operation of the information providing apparatus 100 when the user described in FIG. 5 registers a registration page.
In this figure, a case where the bookmark 1 and the last page are registered will be described. First, the receiving unit 102 of the information providing apparatus 100
From the mobile phone 30 via the Internet 20,
A registration page request for requesting a page is received (S10).
0). The receiving unit 102 further acquires the user identification information (S102). The user identification information may be received in a state where it is added to the Web page request. Further, a telephone number may be received as user identification information, and a password may be received.

Next, the user database operation unit 104
Extracts, from the received Web page request, program designation information of a program for creating a Web page specified by the Web page request and parameters used when executing the program. The program extracting unit 106 receives the program designation information from the user database operation unit 104 and extracts a program indicated by the program designation information from the program database 204. Program execution unit 1
10 executes the program received from the program extraction unit 106 by using the parameters received from the user database operation unit 104, and executes W requested by the user.
An eb page is created (S014).

Next, the transmitting unit 112 transmits the created Web
The page is transmitted to the mobile phone 30 (S106). next,
The user database operation unit 104 records the date and time when the Web page request was received from the mobile phone 30 (S10).
8). When the receiving unit 102 further receives from the mobile phone 30 that the provided Web page is to be registered as the registration page of the bookmark 1 (S110), the user database operation unit 104 transmits the Web page when creating the transmitted Web page. The program designation information and parameters of the used program are stored in the user database 200 in association with the user's telephone number (S112). At this time, the reception date and time are further stored in association with the user identification information.

If it is determined in S110 that registration is not received, the process jumps to S114. The receiving unit 102
W for requesting another Web page from mobile phone 30
If the web page request has been received, the process returns to step S104, and the web page specified in the web page request is created again. If the Web page request is not received in S114, the last page is registered in the user database (S1).
16). The access date and time recording step (S108)
It may be performed after the Web page request receiving step (S100). As described above, the order of the operation is not limited to the order of the flowchart illustrated with reference to this drawing.

As described above, even when the Web page transmitted to the user is the Web page created by the program, the information providing apparatus 100 stores the program designation information and the parameter in association with the user identification information. Can be. Therefore, when a request is made by the user, the information can be provided to the user using the stored parameters and program.

FIG. 7 shows a case where the user
A display screen 32 of the mobile phone 30 displaying a registration page registered as a bookmark 1 at 0 is shown. First, when the user inputs the URL of the user's homepage on the display screen 32x, the URL is transmitted to the information providing apparatus 100. That is, the homepage of the user is requested to the information providing apparatus 100. Next, the display screen 32y is displayed. The user selects the displayed bookmark 1. Next, the user sets bookmark 1
Screen 32 displaying a Web page registered as
z is displayed. As described above, the information providing apparatus 100 can easily display the registration page which the user has viewed by selecting the bookmark 1 button.

Further, when the return button is selected while the display screen 32z is displayed, the display screen 32w is displayed. This is the Web page that the user browsed before the registration page of the bookmark 1 when the bookmark 1 was registered. In this way, the user can later check which page has been linked to the registered page in addition to the registered page.

FIG. 8 shows the information providing apparatus 100 when browsing the registration page registered as the bookmark 1 on the mobile phone 30.
6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment. That is, this corresponds to a case where the mobile phone 30 is displaying the display screen 32 described with reference to FIG. Receiving unit 102 of information providing apparatus 100
The mobile phone 30 receives a registration page request for a registration page registered in the bookmark 1 (S200). Next, the receiving unit 1
02 acquires user identification information for identifying the user (S202). Next, the user database operation unit 104
Extracts program specification information and parameters stored in the user database 200 in association with the user identification information of the user who transmitted the registration page request received by the receiving unit 102 (S204).

Next, the program execution unit 110 executes the program indicated by the program designation information using the parameters, and creates a Web page of the bookmark 1 to be provided to the user. The transmitting unit 112 provides the reconstructed registration page to the mobile phone 30 (S206). Next, the program execution unit 110 regenerates the immediately preceding page provided to the user immediately before the registration page and causes the Web page holding unit 114 to hold the created page (S208). When a page request for a page immediately before the registration page is received from the mobile phone 30 (S210), W
The page immediately before being held in the web page holding unit 114 is transmitted to the mobile phone 30 (S212). Thus, the operation of the information providing apparatus 100 in providing the registration page to the user is completed.

If the previous page is not requested in S 102, the previous page held in the web page holding unit 114 is deleted. As described above, when the provided information holding unit 114 receives a registration page request from the user, the provided information holding unit 114 regenerates the registration page and provides the user with the registration page. Create and retain. Therefore, when the user requests the immediately preceding page, the information providing apparatus 100
Can immediately provide the previous page.

As another mode, the user database 200 according to the present embodiment stores a registration page designated by the user and information for reconstructing a page immediately before the registration page. , Information for reconstructing the immediately preceding page may be stored. When transmitting the Web page to the user, the user database 200 may sequentially store the Web page provided to the user. In this case, when the registration page of the bookmark 1 is displayed on the display screen 32y described with reference to FIG.
When the back button is selected, the page immediately before the bookmark 1 is displayed on the display screen 32z.
When the return button is selected, the previous page is displayed on the display screen 32w. In this way, when the user selects the bookmark 1 button, for example, the user can freely browse other pages viewed when the bookmark 1 is registered.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the detailed operation of the information providing apparatus 100 in the registration page providing step (S206) in FIG. Program execution unit 110
Executes the program indicated by the program designation information using the parameters,
Extract content from At this time, the date and time comparison unit 11
No. 8 compares the database update date and time when the content database 206 was updated with the reception date and time when the registration page indicated by the registration page request received from the user was transmitted.
As a result, when the update date and time are newer than the reception date and time, the content database operation unit 116 extracts content data from the updated content database 206 (S252).

Next, a registration page registered as the bookmark 1 is created using the extracted content data (S25).
4). Next, the transmitting unit 112 transmits the registration page of the bookmark 1 to the mobile phone 30 (S256). The transmitting unit 112 further notifies the mobile phone 30 that the transmitted page is a page reconstructed using the content data extracted from the updated content database 206 (S25).
8). As another example, the registration page transmitted in S256 may be additionally transmitted to the effect that the page is a page using the content data stored in the updated database. For example, the registration page is the display screen 3 of the mobile phone 30.
2 may be displayed on the display screen 32.

Next, bookmark 1 using the content data stored in the content database 206 before registration
Is requested (S260), the content database operation unit 116 extracts the content data from the database before update (S262). Next, the program execution unit 110 creates a registration page of the bookmark 1 using the content data before update (S26).
4). Next, the transmitting unit 112 transmits the registration page of the bookmark 1 to the mobile phone 30 (S266). In this case, the registration page transmitted in this case may be additionally transmitted to the effect that the data is a page using the content data extracted from the content database 206 before the update.

If the updated date and time is older than the received date and time in S250, a registration page for the bookmark 1 is created using the content data stored in the content database 206. If the pre-update registration page request is not received in S260, the process proceeds to 208 shown in FIG. As described above, when the content database 206 is updated, the registration page registered in the bookmark 1 can be created using the content data before and after the update.

Therefore, for example, when the user registers a search result page as a bookmark, the search result is created based on the data stored in the updated content database 206 and before the update and transmitted to the mobile phone 30. be able to. Further, the user is notified that the transmitted registration page is the one using the database before or after the update, so that the user can know when the search result is based on the data. Can be.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration of the information providing apparatus 100. The information providing device 100 may be realized by a general-purpose computer. Information providing device 00
Includes a CPU 50, a ROM 52, a RAM 54, a communication interface 56, and a database interface 58. The CPU 50 has a ROM 52 and a RAM
It operates based on the program stored in 54. The communication interface 56 communicates with the outside via the Internet 20. Database interface 58
Performs writing of data to the database and updating of the contents of the database. The hard disk drive 60 as an example of the storage device stores setting information and a program that the CPU 50 operates.

The floppy disk drive 62 reads data or a program from the floppy disk 64 and provides it to the CPU 50. The CD-ROM drive 66 reads data or a program from the CD-ROM 68 and provides it to the CPU 50. The communication interface 56
It connects to the Internet 20 to send and receive data. The database interface 58 connects to various databases to transmit and receive data.

The software executed by the CPU 50 is stored in a recording medium such as the floppy disk 64 or the CD-ROM 68 and provided to the user. The software stored on the recording medium may be compressed or uncompressed. The software is installed in the hard disk drive 60 from the recording medium, read into the RAM 54, and executed by the CPU 50.

The software stored on the recording medium and provided, that is, the software installed on the hard disk drive 60 has a functional configuration of a program extraction module, a date / time comparison module, a program execution module, a provided information holding module, , A user database operation module, a content database operation module, a reception module, a transmission module, a communication interface 56, and a database interface 58. The processing performed by the modules on the computer 300 and performed by the CPU 50 are the same as the functions and operations of the corresponding members in the information providing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

A floppy (registered trademark) disk 64 or a CD-RO as an example of a recording medium shown in FIG.
M68 can store some or all functions of the operation of the information providing apparatus 100 in all embodiments described in the present application.

These programs are directly stored in R
The program may be read out to the AM and executed, or may be read out to the RAM and executed once after being installed in the hard disk drive. Further, the program may be stored on a single recording medium or a plurality of recording media. Further, the information may be stored in an encoded form.

As a recording medium, a floppy disk,
In addition to CD-ROM, optical recording media such as DVD, MD
, A magneto-optical recording medium such as a PD, a tape medium, a magnetic recording medium, and a semiconductor memory such as an IC card or a miniature card. Alternatively, a storage device such as a hard disk or a RAM provided in a server system connected to a dedicated communication network or the Internet may be used as a recording medium, and the program may be provided to the information providing device 100 via the communication network. Such a recording medium is used only for manufacturing the information providing apparatus 100, and the manufacture and sale of such a recording medium as a business constitutes infringement of a patent right based on the present application. Is clear.

FIG. 11 shows an information providing system including an information providing apparatus 100 according to the second embodiment. The information providing apparatus 100 of the present embodiment can store a Web page received from another information providing server 300 other than the information providing apparatus 100 as a registration page in the user database 200 in association with the user identification information. it can.

FIG. 12 is a functional block diagram of the information providing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment. The information providing apparatus 100 of the present embodiment further includes a request destination changing unit 120 in addition to the functions of the information providing apparatus 100 of the first embodiment described with reference to FIG. In this respect, the information providing apparatus 100 of the present embodiment is different from the information providing apparatus 100 of the first embodiment.

The request destination changing unit 120 receives the Web page from the receiving unit 102, and adds the received Web page to the received Web page.
It is detected whether or not request information for requesting another information providing server 300 for a Web page is included. Here, the request information is a URL. Request destination change unit 120
When request information for requesting another information providing server 300 for a Web page is included, the request information is changed to request information for requesting the information providing apparatus 100 for a Web page. Specifically, the other information providing server 300
Of the information providing apparatus 100 is detected.
Change to L. Hereinafter, the operation of the information providing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment, which is different from the information providing apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment, will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 13 shows a state in which the user's mobile phone 30
5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the information providing apparatus 100 when providing a page. The receiving unit 102 of the information providing apparatus 100 receives a Web page request from the mobile phone 30 (S300). The receiving unit 102 further acquires the user identification information (S302). Next, the request destination changing unit 120
Indicates the Web page indicated by the Web page request requested by the user.
If the page includes request information for requesting another information providing server 300 for a Web page (S304),
The information providing device 1 indicating the information providing device 100 with the request information
The URL is changed to 00 (S306). Next, the transmitting unit 1
The mobile phone 3 displays the Web page in which the request information has been changed.
Send to 0. Thus, the operation of the information providing apparatus 100 when transmitting the Web page to the mobile phone 30 ends.

At S 304, another information providing server 3
If the request information for “00” is not detected, the process jumps to S308, and the transmitting unit 112 transmits the Web page received by the receiving unit 102 to the mobile phone 30.

As described above, when transmitting the Web page received from another information providing server 300 to mobile phone 30, the received Web page is added to other information providing server 300.
Is detected as to whether or not the request information is included. Further, when the request information to the other information providing server 300 is included, the request destination changing unit 120 changes the request information to the URL of the information providing apparatus 100. Therefore, even when the request information is included in the Web page provided by the other information providing server 300, the user can use the information providing apparatus 10
0 to another information providing server 300 via the Web
A page request can be sent.

Further, when the user database operation unit 104 further receives from the user that the Web page is to be registered, the user database operation unit 104 sets the URL of the other information providing server 300 to
User database 10 in association with user identification information
0 is stored in the registration page program designation information field. The user database operation unit 104 also stores parameters used when executing a program for regenerating a registration page, that is, search conditions received from the user in a registration page parameter field. Other operations of the information providing apparatus 100 when registering a Web page are described in the information providing apparatus 100 described in the first embodiment.
Since the operation is the same as described above, the description is omitted. Thus, the second
The information providing apparatus 100 of the embodiment can also store a Web page provided from another information providing server in the user database 200 as a user registration page.

FIG. 14 shows the URL of another information providing server 300 changed by the request destination changing unit 120 in S306.
Is shown. FIG. 14A shows the URL before the change, and FIG. 14B shows the URL after the change. Thus, the request destination changing unit 120
Inserts the URL of the information providing apparatus 100 before the URL of another information providing server 300. Thus, when the user attempts to request a Web page for this link destination, the Web page request is transmitted to the information providing apparatus 100.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the operation of the information providing apparatus 100 when a registration page request is received from the mobile phone 30. Using this figure, the registration page specified by the registration page request is the W of another information providing server 300.
A case of an eb page will be described. Receiver 102
Receives the registration page request from the mobile phone 30 (S3
20). Next, the receiving unit 102 acquires the user identification information from the mobile phone 30 (S322). Next, the transmitting unit 11
2 extracts the URL of another information providing server 300 corresponding to the registration page from the program specification information stored in the program specification information field of the user database 200 in association with the user identification information. Transmission unit 112
Transmits the extracted URL to the other information providing server 300 (S324). At this time, a Web page request in which the address shown in FIG. 14B is changed to the address shown in FIG. 14A may be transmitted to another company's server.

As described above, even when the registration page requested by the user is a registration page stored in another information providing server 300 or program designation information and a parameter of a program for creating a registration page, information provision is possible. The device 100 is a Web server of another information providing server 300.
The page can be sent to the user. When the user database 200 stores the program designation information and the parameters of the program of the registration page, the program execution unit 110 instructs to execute the designated program via the transmission unit 112. This allows the other information providing server 300 to execute the program, create a registration page, and receive the completed registration page.

Next, as a response to the Web page request transmitted from the server of another company, the receiving unit 102 receives the Web page (S326). Next, the transmitting unit 112
The received Web page is transmitted to the mobile phone 30 (S3
28). At this time, the request destination changing unit 120 sets the mobile phone 3
0 and another information providing server 30
It is searched from 0 whether or not request information for requesting a Web page is included. If the request information is included, the request information is changed from the information providing apparatus 100 to request information for requesting a Web page. The transmitting unit 112 further notifies the mobile phone 30 that the transmitted Web page is a Web page provided from another information providing server 300 (S330). As another form, the transmitted Web page may be described after the fact that it is a Web page of a server of another company is described in the transmitted Web page. Thus, the operation of the information providing apparatus 100 ends.

As described above, since the information requested by the mobile phone 30 can be transmitted through the information providing apparatus 100, the information providing apparatus 100 transmits the information received by the mobile phone 30 from the Web server 300 received from another information providing server 300. Pages can also be registered in the user database 200. As described above, since the information requested by the mobile phone 30 can be transmitted via the information providing apparatus 100, the information providing apparatus 100 can also store the Web page received by the mobile phone 30 from another server in the user database 200. You can register to.

Information providing apparatus 100 in the second embodiment
The configuration and operation of the information providing apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment are the same as those of the information providing apparatus 100 described with reference to FIGS.

In the present embodiment, the program designation information and parameters stored in association with the user identification information are stored in the user database 2 of the information providing apparatus 100.
00 was stored. Alternatively, it may be stored in a cookie of the user's mobile phone 30 as another form. In this case, when receiving the registration information request of the bookmark 1 from the user, the information providing apparatus 100 extracts the corresponding program designation information and parameters stored in the user's cookie. Even in this case, the information providing apparatus 100
The registration page can be regenerated and provided to the user.

As described above, the present invention has been described using the embodiments. However, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope described in the above embodiments. Various changes or improvements can be added to the above embodiment. It should be noted that such modified or improved embodiments may be included in the technical scope of the present invention.
It is clear from the description of the claims.

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As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, information that a user wants to browse later can be easily provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an information providing system including an information providing apparatus 100.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing the information providing apparatus 100.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a data configuration of a user database 200.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a data configuration of a content database 206.

5 is a diagram showing contents displayed on a display screen 32 of the mobile phone 30. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation of the information providing apparatus 100 when a user registers a registration page.

7 is a view showing a display screen 32 of the mobile phone 30 displaying a registration page registered as a bookmark 1 in the user database 200 by the user. FIG.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an operation of the information providing apparatus 100 when browsing a registration page registered as a bookmark 1 on the mobile phone 30.

FIG. 9 provides a registration page providing step in FIG. 8 (S206).
5 is a flowchart showing a detailed operation of the information providing apparatus in FIG.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration of the information providing apparatus 100.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an information providing system including an information providing apparatus 100 according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating functional blocks of an information providing apparatus 100 according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing an operation of the information providing apparatus 100 when providing a Web page to the mobile phone 30.

14 shows the URL of another information providing server 300 changed by the request destination changing unit 120 in S306. FIG.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing an operation of the information providing apparatus 100 when a registration page request is received from the mobile phone 30.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 20 Internet 30 Mobile phone 32 Display screen 100 Information providing device 102 Reception unit 104 User database operation unit 106 Program extraction unit 110 Program execution unit 112 Transmission unit 114 Web page holding unit 116 Content database operation unit 118 Date / time comparison unit 120 Request destination change unit 200 User database 202 Web page database 204 Program database 206 Content database 300 Other information providing server

Claims (25)

[Claims] 1. An information providing apparatus for providing information to a user, comprising: a program holding unit that holds a program for creating the provided information to be provided to the user; A receiving unit that receives a request from the user, and executes the program using the received parameters,
A program execution unit that creates the provided information; a transmission unit that sends the provided information to the user; and a user identification that identifies the user by using the parameter used when the program executing unit creates the provided information. A user information registration unit to be stored in association with information; and the receiving unit, when receiving a request for the provided information that has been transmitted to the user from the user, the program execution unit The program is executed using the parameter stored in association with the user identification information of the user, and the provided information is regenerated.
An information providing apparatus, comprising: a retransmitting unit that causes the user to transmit. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a user database storing the parameter received by the receiving unit in association with user identification information for identifying the user, wherein the retransmitting unit stores the parameter stored in the user database. 2. The information providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the provided information is reproduced by using the information and transmitted to the user. 3. The program holding unit holds a plurality of programs for creating a plurality of provided information, and the receiving unit includes program designation information for designating a predetermined program from the plurality of programs and the parameter. Receiving the request for the provision information, the user information registration unit stores the received program designation information in the user database in association with the user identification information, and the retransmission unit transmits the user identification information of the user. The provision information is provided by causing the program execution unit to execute the program indicated by the program designation information stored in association with the user identification information using the parameter stored in association with information. 3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:
Information providing device according to the item. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the user information registration unit is configured to execute the program designation information for designating the program executed by the program execution unit when the provision information transmitted last to the user is created. The parameters used are associated with the user identification information,
The information providing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the information providing apparatus stores the registration information in a user database. 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the receiving unit receives a notification that predetermined provision information is registered from the user, and the user information registration unit executes the program execution unit when creating the predetermined provision information. The program designation information for designating the program and the parameter used for executing the program are stored in a user database as registration information in association with the user identification information. Information providing device as described. 6. The program execution unit executes the program by using a plurality of the parameters to create the registration information, and the user information registration unit associates the program with the user identification information to execute the program. The information providing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein a plurality of the parameters used when executing the information are stored so that the order in which the parameters are used is recognizable. 7. When the transmitting section continuously transmits the provided information including the registration information to the user, the user information registration section executes when creating each of the plurality of registration information. Storing the program designation information and the parameters of the plurality of programs in association with the user identification information so that the order in which the program execution unit executes the program identification information is stored in the user identification information; The plurality of programs indicated by the plurality of program designation information stored in association with each other, using the parameters corresponding to each program, causing the program execution unit to execute the programs in order, regenerating the registration information, The information providing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the information is transmitted to the user. 8. When the transmitting unit continuously transmits the plurality of provided information including the registration information to the user, the user information registering unit, when creating the plurality of provided information, Recognize the order in which the program execution unit uses at least the parameters used when regenerating the registration information among the program designation information of the program executed by the program execution unit and the parameters used for execution of the program. Possibly, storing the program in association with the user identification information, the retransmission unit, the program indicated by the program identification information stored in association with the user identification information, using the parameters in order, the The program execution unit executes the registration information to regenerate the registration information and transmit the registration information to the user. Information providing device according to any one of. 9. When the transmitting unit continuously transmits the plurality of provided information including the registration information to the user, the user information registration unit transmits to the user immediately before the registration information. When creating the provided information,
The program specification information of the program executed by the program execution unit and the parameters used to execute the program, in association with the user identification information,
Further, the information is stored in the user database so that it can be recognized that the registration information was transmitted immediately before the registration information, and the reception unit is transmitted to the user immediately before the registration information after the transmission unit transmits the registration information. The retransmission unit regenerates the provided information using the program execution unit and causes the user to transmit the provided information when the provided information is requested by the user. An information providing device according to any one of claims 1 to 8. 10. When the request for the registration information is received from the user, the re-reception unit regenerates the registration information using the program execution unit, and causes the user to transmit the registration information. The provision information transmitted to the user immediately before the registration information is regenerated and stored in advance, and the reception unit is requested by the user to provide the provision information transmitted to the user immediately before the registration information. The information providing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the retransmission unit causes the user to transmit the provided information held in the provided information holding unit. 11. A content database that stores content forming the provided information, wherein the program is a database search command for searching the content database, and the parameter is a search condition for searching the content database. The information providing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the program execution unit extracts the content data stored in the content database and creates the provided information. 12. A content database operation unit that updates the content database, and a request reception date and time when the reception unit first receives the request for the provided information from the user and a database update date and time when the content database is updated. A date and time recording unit that performs, when the receiving unit receives, from the user, a request for the provided information that has been transmitted to the user, a date and time comparison that compares the database update date and time with the request reception date and time. The database update date and time is newer than the request reception date and time, the retransmission unit causes the program execution unit to execute the program, and updates the content database from the updated content database. Extracting the content data, reconstructing the provided information, and transmitting the information to the user; The information providing device according to claim 11, wherein the information is provided. 13. A content database operation unit for holding the content data before update, which is necessary for at least the retransmitting unit to regenerate the registration information, when updating the content database, and the receiving unit However, a date and time recording unit that records a request reception date and time when the request for the provided information is first received from the user and a database update date and time when the content database is updated, and the reception unit has transmitted to the user. When a request for provided information is received from the user, the system further comprises a date and time comparison unit that compares the database update date and time with the request reception date and time, wherein the database update date and time are newer than the request reception date and time. The retransmission unit causes the program execution unit to execute the program, 12. The information providing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the provided information is regenerated by using the content data before updating held in the content data holding unit, and the information is transmitted to the user. 14. The method according to claim 12, wherein when the database update date is newer than the request reception date, the retransmitting unit notifies the user of the fact.
Or the information providing device according to 13. 15. The program includes a CGI for creating a Web page to be provided to the user terminal, the receiving unit receives the request for the Web page via a network, and the program executing unit receives the request for the Web page. The CGI is executed using the parameter, and the Web page is created as the registration information.
4. The information providing device according to any one of 4. 16. The user registration unit stores the parameter received by the reception unit in a user terminal used by the user in association with the program designation information for designating a program executed by the program execution unit. The information providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the retransmitting unit extracts the program designation information and the parameter from the user terminal, regenerates the registration information, and causes the user to transmit the information. . 17. An information providing apparatus for providing information to the user, wherein the program is provided to an information providing server other than the information providing apparatus that holds a program for creating provided information to be provided to the user. A receiving unit that receives a request for the provided information including a parameter to be executed, and a program executing unit that creates the provided information by causing the information providing server to execute the program using the parameter. A transmitting unit that transmits the provided information created by the program executing unit to the user; and a user identification that identifies the user with the program and the parameter used when the program executing unit creates the provided information. A user information registration unit to be stored in association with information; and the receiving unit transmits the information to the user. When the request for the provided information is received from the user, the program execution unit is caused to execute the program using the parameter stored in association with the user identification information of the user. , Regenerating the provided information,
An information providing apparatus, comprising: a retransmitting unit that causes the user to transmit. 18. A request destination for changing a request destination of a request for the provided information to the information providing device when the provided information to be transmitted to the user includes a request for the provided information to the information providing server. 18. The information providing apparatus according to claim 17, further comprising a changing unit, wherein the transmitting unit transmits the provided information including the changed request for the provided information to the user. 19. The provided information is a URL of the request destination.
19. The information providing apparatus according to claim 18, comprising: 20. When the receiving unit receives a request for the provided information to be provided from the information providing server, the program execution unit requests the provided information from the information providing server, 20. The information providing apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the information providing server creates the provided information. 21. The transmitting unit, when transmitting the provided information obtained from the information providing server to the user, informs the user that the provided information is provided from the information providing server. The information providing apparatus according to any one of claims 17 to 20, further comprising transmitting information to the user. 22. A recording medium for storing software of a computer for providing information to a user, wherein the software causes the computer to store a program for creating provided information to be provided to the user; A receiving module for receiving the request for the provision information from the user, the parameter including a parameter for executing the program; a program execution module for executing the program using the received parameters to generate the provision information; A transmission module for transmitting the user to the user; a user information registration module for storing the parameter used when the program execution unit creates the provided information in association with user identification information for identifying the user; The receiving module is The request for the provided information that has been transmitted to the user, when received from the user, for the program execution module, using the parameters stored in association with the user identification information of the user A recording medium, comprising: a retransmission unit module for executing the program to regenerate the provided information and transmitting the information to the user. 23. A recording medium for storing software of a computer for providing information to the user, wherein the software stores a program for creating information to be provided to the user in the computer. A receiving module that causes an information providing server other than the device to receive the request for the provided information including a parameter for executing the program; and causing the information providing server to execute the program using the parameter. A program execution module that creates the provided information, a transmission module that sends the provided information created by the program execution module to the user, and a program that is used when the program execution module creates the provided information. Program and the parameters A user information registration module that stores the user information in association with the user identification information that identifies the user; and wherein the receiving module receives a request for the provided information that has been transmitted to the user, from the user. A retransmission module that causes the program execution module to execute the program using the parameters stored in association with the user identification information of the user, regenerate the provided information, and transmit the provided information to the user. And a recording medium comprising: 24. An information providing method for providing information to a user, comprising: receiving a request for the provided information from the user, the request including a parameter for executing a program for creating the provided information to be provided to the user; Execute the program using the received parameters,
Creating the provided information; transmitting the provided information to the user; and storing the parameter used when creating the provided information in association with user identification information for identifying the user. And, when the request for the provided information that has been transmitted to the user is received from the user, the program is executed using the parameter stored in association with the user identification information of the user, Regenerating the provided information and causing the user to transmit the provided information. 25. An information providing method for providing information to the user, comprising: storing the program for creating provided information to be provided to the user; Receiving the request for the provided information including a parameter to be executed; causing the information providing server to execute the program using the parameter to create the provided information; Transmitting the provided information created by the server to the user; and storing the program and the parameters used for creating the provided information in association with user identification information for identifying the user. When the request for the provided information that has been transmitted to the user is received from the user, Executing the program using the parameters stored in association with the user identification information of the user, regenerating the provided information, and transmitting the provided information to the user. Method.