JP2002183192A - Information providing system and information providing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system which abundantly provides event information useful for a user. SOLUTION: Thus user accesses an information providing server 11 from a user terminal 21, designates a user name, a mail address and a team name and performs member registration. A period 'one week before the date of an event', that is when event information is to be announced, is set. The information providing server 11 extracts a player name belonging to a team A from a baseball team player registration data base 112. A person name in a relative/companionship is extracted from a relative/companionship relation data base 113 with the player name as a key. The information providing server 11 extracts even information from a schedule data base 111 with the team A, the player name and the person name as keys. A mail where event information is mentioned is transmitted to the user terminal 21 one week before the date of the event.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] Using the Internet,
The present invention relates to a system for providing event information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional example of a method for acquiring event information using the Internet will be described with reference to FIG.

[0003] First, the event b of "soccer team B"
The user who wants to acquire the information of the user terminal 501
Accesses a plurality of WWW servers 512 to 514 that manage a website on which information on the soccer team B is posted. Then, a web page 524 displaying a list of event information is searched for and browsed. If the information of the event b is not posted on the web page 524, the user further accesses another WWW server 515 to connect to the web page 525. When the information of the desired event b is described therein, the user records or prints the information on a predetermined sheet.

As described above, if a predetermined web page can be found, desired event information can be obtained.

[0005]

However, the above method has the following problems.

First, the user can only obtain the event information of the soccer team B, and cannot obtain the event information of each player (for example, birthday, wedding date, etc.). . Also, event information (for example, a child's birthday, etc.) of a person related to each player cannot be acquired.

Second, when desired event information is not posted on the browsed web page, another W
You also need to access the WW server, which is troublesome,
take time.

Third, when the user browses the event information, a situation in which the event has already ended may occur.

Fourth, if the schedule is changed after the user acquires the event information, the user cannot know this.

Fifth, when a large amount of event information is to be known, many WWW servers must be accessed, which is troublesome and time-consuming.

The present invention solves such a problem,
It is an object of the present invention to reduce the burden on a user and to realize a system that provides abundant event information useful for the user.

[0012]

[Means for Solving the Problems and Effects of the Invention] (1)
An information providing system according to the present invention includes a user terminal device connectable to the Internet, and an information providing computer connected to the Internet, wherein the information providing computer has an event information database storing event information. Accessible, and wherein the user terminal device has a first
The information providing computer transmits the event information having the social relevance to the first social existence by using the word indicating the first social existence as a key, One or more event information is extracted from the event information database, and the information providing computer provides the event information to the user terminal device.

Therefore, the user can easily obtain event information having social relevance with the social presence by designating a word indicating the predetermined first social presence.

(2) The information providing computer according to the present invention is capable of accessing an event information database that records event information.
A word indicating a first social existence is acquired, and event information having social relevance with the first social existence is obtained from the event information database using the word indicating the first social existence as a key. One or more are extracted and the event information is provided to the user terminal device.

Therefore, the information providing computer can provide a wide range of event information that the user may be interested in.

(3) The information providing system according to the present invention includes:
The information providing computer is capable of accessing a first related database, and the information providing computer comprises:
One or a plurality of words indicating a second social existence having a social relevance with the first social existence are extracted from the first relational database using the words indicating the first social existence as keys. The information providing computer extracts one or more event information items having social relevance with the second social existence from the event information database using the words indicating the second social existence as a key. ,
The information providing computer provides the event information to the user terminal device.

Therefore, the user can easily acquire event information having social relevance with the second social existence by designating a word indicating the predetermined first social existence. On the other hand, the information providing computer can sufficiently exhibit the advertisement function associated therewith by also providing event information having social relevance with the second social presence.

(4) The information providing system of the present invention includes:
The information providing computer is capable of accessing a second related database, and the information providing computer comprises:
One or a plurality of words indicating a third social existence having social relevance to the second social existence are extracted from the second related database using the word indicating the second social existence as a key. The information providing computer extracts one or more event information items having social relevance from the third social entity from the event information database using the words indicating the third social entity as keys. ,
The information providing computer provides the event information to the user terminal device.

Therefore, the user can easily acquire event information having social relevance with the third social existence by designating a predetermined word indicating the first social existence. On the other hand, the information providing computer can sufficiently exhibit the advertisement function accompanying the third social existence by also providing event information having social relevance.

(5) The information providing system of the present invention includes:
The information providing computer is capable of accessing a third related database, and the information providing computer is
One or a plurality of words indicating a fourth social existence having a social relevance with the third social existence are extracted from the third related database using the words indicating the third social existence as keys. The information providing computer extracts one or more event information items having social relevance with the fourth social entity from the event information database using the word indicating the fourth social entity as a key. ,
The information providing computer provides the event information to the user terminal device.

Therefore, the user can easily acquire event information having social relevance with the fourth social existence by designating a word indicating the predetermined first social existence. On the other hand, the information providing computer can sufficiently exhibit the advertisement function associated therewith by also providing the event information having the fourth social existence and social relevance.

(6) The information providing system according to the present invention includes:
The information providing computer provides the user terminal device with the event information based on schedule information of the event information extracted from the event information database.

Therefore, the user can acquire the event information at an appropriate time.

(7) The information providing system and the like of the present invention
The information providing computer acquires notification time information from the user terminal device, and the information providing computer provides event information to the user terminal device based on the notification time information. I have.

Therefore, the user can obtain event information at a desired time by setting appropriate notification time information.

(8) The information providing system and the like of the present invention
The information providing computer accesses a computer having event information on the Internet, acquires the event information, and registers the event information in the event information database.

Therefore, the information providing computer can be provided with a rich amount of event information, and can provide wide and useful event information.

(9) The information providing system and the like of the present invention
When the content of the event information provided to the user terminal device is changed, the information providing computer provides the changed event information to the user terminal device.

Therefore, the user can easily know even when a change has occurred in the already acquired event information.

(10) The information providing system and the like of the present invention
The word indicating the first social existence is the name of a person designated by the user, and the word indicating the second social existence is the name of a person who has a relative or friendship with the person. Features.

Therefore, if the user specifies a desired person's name, not only the event information of the person but also the event information of a person who is related to the person can be easily obtained. In addition, the information providing computer,
By providing the event information of a person who is related to a relative or the like, the event information can be widely provided.

(11) The information providing system and the like of the present invention
The word indicating the first social existence is the name of an organization specified by the user, the word indicating the second social existence is the name of a person belonging to or belonging to the organization, The word indicating the social existence of No. 3 is characterized by being the name of a person who has relatives or friendship with the person.

Therefore, if the user designates a desired organization name, not only the event information of the organization, the event information of the person belonging to the organization, but also the relation between the person belonging to or belonging to the organization and the relatives are obtained. Event information of a certain person can also be easily obtained. In addition, the information providing computer can provide a wide range of event information by also providing event information of a person who belongs to the organization or is related to a person who has belonged to the organization.

(12) The information providing system and the like of the present invention
The word indicating the first social presence is a name of an industry or a region designated by a user, and the word indicating the second social presence is a name of an organization belonging to the industry or the region. The third word indicating social existence is the name of a person who belongs to or has belonged to the organization, and the fourth word indicating social existence is the name of a person who has relatives or friendship with the person. It is characterized by:

Therefore, if the user designates a desired industry name or region name, event information of the industry or region, event information of a group belonging to the industry or region, and information of a person belonging to or belonging to the group. Not only event information but also event information of a person who is related to the person or the like can be easily acquired.

(13) The information providing system and the like of the present invention
The information providing computer acquires the event extraction information acquired from the user terminal device, and the information providing computer extracts the event information from the event information database based on the event extraction information.

Therefore, if the user specifies desired event extraction information (for example, event type, event holding period, etc.), unnecessary event information will not be provided.

(14) The user terminal device of the present invention is capable of accessing an event information database recording event information, and stores event information having social relevance with the first social presence obtained from the user. One or more words are extracted from the event information database using the word indicating the first social presence as a key, and the event information is obtained.

(15) The information providing system and the like of the present invention
The information providing computer or the user terminal device extracts the word indicating the second social existence, the word indicating the third social existence, or the word indicating the fourth social existence based on the user-specified range. It is characterized by:

Therefore, by setting the user-specified range, the user can limit the words and the like indicating the second social presence to be extracted, thereby preventing unnecessary event information from being provided. it can. For example, when an age band is set as the user-specified range, the extraction is limited to the social existence of the age band.

In the present invention, the information providing computer is a computer that provides event information to the user terminal device, and corresponds to the information providing server 11 in the following embodiments.

The user terminal device is a device operated by a user who wants to obtain event information, and corresponds to the user terminal 21 in the following embodiment.

The event information database records event information, and corresponds to the schedule database 111 in the following embodiment.

The first related database is a database in which words indicating the second social existence are recorded in association with the words indicating the first social existence, and in the following embodiment, the baseball team The player record database 112 corresponds to this.

The second related database is a database in which words indicating the third social existence are recorded in association with the words indicating the second social existence. In the following embodiment, the related -The friendship database 113 corresponds to this.

The third related database is a database in which words indicating the fourth social existence are recorded in association with the words indicating the third social existence. For example, in the following five other embodiments (5-6), the relative / friendship database 113 corresponds to this.

The first social entity has a social relevance with the second social entity, and corresponds to “professional baseball team A” in the following embodiment.

The second social entity has social relevance with the first social entity, and in the following embodiment, “player aa, player ab, player ac...” Applicable.

The third social entity has social relevance with the second social entity, and corresponds to "person a1, person a2..." In the following embodiment.

The fourth social entity has social relevance with the third social entity. For example, below 5
In another embodiment (5-6), a person who belongs to an organization belonging to the industry designated by the user and a person who is related or has a friendship correspond.

The social relevance is different from the relevance between words, and refers to the relevance between entities (social entities) and entities. For example, it refers to a social connection such as "a company and its staff" and "a person and his best friend".

The notification time information is information for determining a time at which event information should be notified to the user terminal device. In the following embodiment, "one week ago" input to the member registration form is used. Is applicable.

The user-specified range is information for extracting words or the like indicating the second social existence, and in the following embodiment, an age band, a region range, and other information set by the user correspond. .

The event extraction information is information for extracting event information. In the following embodiment,
This corresponds to the type of event set by the user.

The recording medium on which the program is recorded is a concept including a flexible disk, a CD-ROM, a hard disk, a memory card, a ROM, a punch card, a tape, and the like. In addition, not only a recording medium on which a program that can be directly executed by a computer is recorded, but also a recording medium on which a program that can be executed once once installed on another recording medium (such as a hard disk), or an encrypted or recorded medium is recorded. This is a concept including a recording medium on which a compressed program is recorded.

[0056]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 1. Overview of Overall Configuration and Processing FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of an information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The information providing server 11 is connected to the user terminal 21 and the WWW servers 31 to 35 via the Internet. The information providing server 11 includes a schedule database 111 in which event information such as teams and players are recorded, a team player database 112 in which player names of professional baseball teams are recorded, and relatives and friendship between persons. Is stored. In addition, each WWW server 31-
35 is a website 31 for posting various event information
It manages 1 mag. The outline of the processing (event information service) of this system will be described below.

A user who wants to know event information on the professional baseball team A using this system accesses the information providing server 11 from the user terminal 21 and designates a user name, a mail address, and a team name, and Register. At this time, the time when the user wants to be notified of the event information, "one week before the event date" is also set.

The information providing server 11 extracts the names of the players belonging to the team A from the team player record database 112. Further, the names of relatives and friendships are extracted from the relatives and friendship database 113 using each player name as a key.

The information providing server 11 uses the team A and each of the player name and the person name obtained as a result of the extraction as a key.
The event information is extracted from the schedule database 111. Then, one week before the event date, an e-mail containing the event information is transmitted to the user terminal 21.

As described above, the user can easily and widely acquire the event information on “Professional baseball team A”.

2. Hardware Configuration of Information Providing Server 11 FIG. 2 shows a hardware configuration example of the information providing server 11 shown in FIG. The CPU 11a has a memory 11b, a display 11c, a keyboard 1 via a bus line.
1d, hard disk 11e, CD-ROM drive 1
1f is connected.

The hard disk 11e has a schedule database 111, an event information extraction program, an event information acquisition program, a member information database, a team player database 112, a player data extraction program, a relative / friendship relationship database 113, and a relative / friendship data extraction program. , A mail program (for example, Microsoft Outlook Express), a system program (OS), and the like are registered. These programs and the like are stored in a CD-RO drive via the CD-ROM drive 11f.
It was installed from M11g.

The schedule database 111 has a team table in which event information of professional baseball teams is recorded, a player table in which event information of professional baseball players are recorded, and the like (see FIGS. 10A and 10B). The event information extraction program extracts event information from the schedule database 111 using a predetermined key. The event information acquisition program is WW
It accesses the W servers 31 to 35, acquires event information, and updates the registered contents of the schedule database 111 and the like.

In the member information database, a team name designated by the user, player names of the team, event information, and the like are recorded in association with the user ID (see FIG. 6B).

The team player database 112 records player names and the like in association with team names (FIG. 8).
reference). The player data extraction program extracts a player name of a team specified by the user from the team player record database 112.

The relatives / friendship database 113 contains
The names of relatives and friends who have a friendship are recorded in association with the personal names (see FIG. 9). The relative / friendship data extraction program is for extracting a name of a relative or the like from the relatives / friendship database 113. In this embodiment, the event information extraction program and the like execute the above functions in cooperation with the system program.

3. Hardware Configuration of User Terminal 21 FIG. 3 shows a hardware configuration example of the user terminal 21 shown in FIG. To the CPU 21a, via a bus line,
Memory 21b, display 21c, keyboard 21
d, hard disk 21e, CD-ROM drive 21
f is connected.

The hard disk 21e contains a browser program (for example, Internet Explorer by Microsoft Corporation).
er), mail programs, system programs, etc. are registered. These programs are stored on a CD-ROM
It is installed from the CD-ROM 21g via the drive 21f.

4 Flow Chart Hereinafter, the processing of this system will be referred to as a member registration processing (4.
1), extraction of event information such as player data (4.2),
The description is divided into the event information notification processing (4.3).

4.1 Member Registration Process FIG. 4 shows a process performed by the information providing server 11 and the user terminal 21 when a user performs a member registration.

First, a user who wants to acquire information on “professional baseball team A” accesses the information providing server 11 from the user terminal 21 and requests a member registration form shown in FIG. 5 (ST11). When this is received from the information providing server 11 (ST12), "1 week ago" is entered as the time when the event information is desired to be notified, together with the name, the mail address, and "Professional baseball team A".

The user terminal 21 transmits this member registration form to the information providing server 11 (ST13). The information providing server 11 registers the data entered in the member registration form in the member information database shown in FIG. 6A (ST14).

4.2 Process of Extracting Event Information such as Player Data FIG. 7 shows the process of the information providing server 11 when extracting player data, relative / friend data, and event information.

The information providing server 11 uses the “professional baseball team A” registered in the member information database shown in FIG. 6A as a key, and reads the player data “player aa, player ab, Player ac ...
"Is extracted (ST21) and registered in the member information database (ST22).

Next, the information providing server 11 uses the player data "player aa" registered in the member information database as a key to retrieve the relative / friend data "person a1, person" from the relative / friendship database 113 shown in FIG. a2 ... "is extracted (ST23) and registered in the member information database shown in FIG. 6B (ST24). The same applies to other player data “player ab, player ac...”. The “player aa, player ab, player ac...”, “Person a1, person a2...”, And “professional baseball team A” thus extracted are set as the user's interest.

The information providing server 11 stores the user's interests (“Professional baseball team A”, “player aa, player ab, player a
.., “person a1, person a2,...”) as key, the event information is extracted from the schedule database 111 shown in FIG. 10 (ST25), and the event information is stored in the member information shown in FIG. Record in the database (ST26). At this time, the user ID is recorded in the schedule database 111.

4.3 Notification Processing of Event Information FIG. 11 shows processing of the information providing server 11 when notifying event information.

The information providing server 11 periodically accesses the WWW servers 31 to 35 on the Internet,
If the event information has been updated (changed or added), it is acquired and the registered contents of the schedule database 111 are updated (ST31, 37).

One week before the event date (the date of notification of the event information), the information providing server 11 sends the event information (12/20 official game “Team A × Team Y”)
(ST32, ST3, 3)
3), and transmits this to the user terminal 21 (ST34).
Further, the transmission flag of the member information database is set (ST35).

The information providing server 11 continues to provide the WWW servers 31 to 35 after providing the event information to the user.
To determine whether the event information has been updated (ST31).

When the event information (12/20 official game “Team A × Team Y”) is changed after the announcement date, the information providing server 11 sends the changed event information (12/21 official game “Team A × Team Y”). Y ”), and updates the registered contents of the schedule database 111 (ST3).
1, 37). Further, the registration content of the member information database in which the event information is recorded is also updated.

Next, when the information providing server 11 determines that the transmission flag of the event information is set (ST38), it again updates the latest event information (12/21 official game “Team A × Team Y”). A written mail is created (ST39) and transmitted to the user terminal 21 (S39).
T40). Such processing is performed until the next day of the event date (ST36).

As described above, the user can set the event information of “Professional baseball team A”, “player aa, player ab, player ac...” And “person a1, person a2. Can be easily obtained. Further, even when the event information is changed, the contents of the change can be easily known.

Note that the event information to be provided to the user may be filtered. For example, the information providing server 11 obtains only the event type “official game, practice game” desired by the user from the user terminal 21 to provide only the event information on the “official game”. This type of event information corresponds to the event extraction information.

5 Other Examples In this embodiment, the team name specified by the user,
A system for providing event information of players belonging to the team, and persons who are related or affiliated with the players is described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a system that provides the following event information may be used.

(1-1) A system in which a user specifies a team name and provides only event information of the team.

(1-2) A system in which a user specifies a team name and provides only the event information of the team and the players belonging to the team.

(1-3) A system in which a user specifies a team name and provides event information of a team having a mutual relationship with the team. In this case, the information providing server 11 includes a database in which mutual relationships between teams are recorded.

(1-4) A system in which a user specifies a team name and provides event information of players belonging to a team having a mutual relationship with the team. In this case, the information providing server 11 includes a database in which mutual relationships between teams are recorded.

(1-5) A system in which a user designates a team name, and provides event information of players who belong to a team that has a mutual relationship with the team, and persons who have relatives and friendship. In this case, the information providing server 11 includes a database in which mutual relationships between teams are recorded.

(1-6) A system in which a user specifies a team name and provides event information of the industry to which the team belongs (for example, the baseball world). In this case, the information providing server 1
1 has a database in which industry names are recorded in association with team names.

(2-1) A system in which a user specifies a person's name and provides event information of the person.

(2-2) A system in which a user designates a person's name and provides event information of a person who has a close or friendship with the person.

(2-3) A system in which a user specifies a person's name and provides event information of an organization (eg, company name, school name, etc.) to which the person belongs. In this case, the information providing server 11 includes a database in which organization names are recorded in association with personal names.

(3-1) The user specifies an organization name (for example, company name, government office name, department name, school name, department name, etc.)
A system that provides event information of persons belonging to the organization. For example, students belonging to school include current students, graduates, teachers, and former teachers. In this case, the information providing server 11 includes a database in which names of persons belonging to each organization are recorded.

(3-2) A system in which a user designates a group name and provides event information of persons who are related or affiliated with persons belonging to the group. In this case, the information providing server 1
1 is provided with a database in which names of persons belonging to each organization are recorded.

(3-3) A system in which a user designates an organization name and provides event information of an organization having a mutual relationship with the organization (for example, transaction, investment, financing, affiliation, business transfer, etc.). For example, event information of a sister school of the school specified by the user. In this case, the information providing server 11
It has a database that records the relationships between groups.

(3-4) A system in which a user designates an organization name and provides event information of persons belonging to an organization having mutual relations with the organization. In this case, the information providing server 11
Has a database in which the interrelationship between organizations is recorded, and a database in which the names of persons belonging to each organization are recorded.

(3-5) A system in which a user designates an organization name and provides event information of persons who belong to an organization having mutual relations with the organization and persons who have relatives and friendship. In this case, the information providing server 11 includes a database in which mutual relationships between organizations are recorded, and a database in which names of persons belonging to each organization are recorded.

(3-6) A system in which a user specifies an organization name and provides event information of the industry to which the organization belongs. In this case, the information providing server 11 includes a database in which industry names are recorded in association with organization names.

(4-1) A system in which a user specifies a qualification name and provides event information of the qualification. For example, it is information such as the schedule of the qualification examination and the change of the examination subject.

(4-2) A system in which a user specifies a qualification name and provides event information of the qualified person. For example, information such as a lecture of a qualified person. In this case, the information providing server 11 includes a qualified person list database.

(4-3) A system in which a user designates a qualification name and provides event information of persons who have relatives or friendships with the qualified person. In this case, the information providing server 11 includes a qualified person list database.

(4-4) A system in which a user designates a qualification name and provides event information of the industry to which the qualification belongs. For example, when a patent attorney qualification is designated, information such as revision of the Patent Law is provided. In this case, the information providing server 1
1 is provided with a database in which industry names are recorded in association with qualification names.

(5-1) A system in which a user specifies an industry name and provides event information of the industry.

(5-2) A system in which a user designates an industry name and provides event information of an organization (eg, company, department, school, department, qualification, etc.) belonging to the industry. In this case, the information providing server 11 includes a database in which the name of the organization is recorded in association with the name of the industry.

(5-3) A system in which a user specifies an industry name and provides event information of a person belonging to an organization (eg, company, department, etc.) belonging to the industry. In this case, the information providing server 11 includes a database in which the name of the organization is recorded in association with the name of the industry.

(5-4) A system in which a user designates an industry name and provides event information of graduates, current students, teachers, and former teachers of schools (or departments) belonging to the industry.
In this case, the information providing server 11 includes a database in which school names are recorded in association with industry names, a graduation list database, and the like.

(5-5) A system in which a user specifies an industry name and provides event information of a qualification acquirer belonging to the industry. In this case, the information providing server 11 includes a database in which qualification names are recorded in association with industry names, and a qualified person list database.

(5-6) A system in which a user designates an industry name and provides event information of persons who are related or affiliated with persons belonging to an organization belonging to the industry. In this case, the information providing server 11 includes an industry-organization database in which organization names are recorded in association with industry names, and an organization-person name database in which personal names belonging to each organization are recorded. In this example, “industry name” is a word indicating the first social existence, “organization name” is a word indicating the second social existence, and “personal name belonging to the organization” is the third social existence. In the word indicating existence, “the name of a relative or friendship” corresponds to the fourth word indicating social existence. Further, the industry-organization database corresponds to the first related database, the organization-person name database corresponds to the second related database, and the relative / friendship database 113 corresponds to the third related database.

(5-7) A system in which a user designates an industry name and provides event information of graduates, current students, teachers, and former teachers of schools (or departments) belonging to the industry. . In this case, the information providing server 11
Has a database in which school names are recorded in association with industry names, a graduate list database, and the like.

(5-8) A system in which a user designates an industry name and provides event information of a person who has friendship with a qualification acquirer who belongs to the industry. In this case, the information providing server 11 includes a database in which qualification names are recorded in association with industry names, and a qualified person list database.

(6-1) A system in which a user specifies a region name and provides event information of the region.

(6-2) A system in which a user specifies a region name and provides event information of an organization (for example, a company, a department, a school, a department, etc.) belonging to the region. In this case, the information providing server 11 includes a database in which the organization name is recorded in association with the area name.

(6-3) A system in which a user designates an area name and provides event information of a person belonging to an organization belonging to the area. In this case, the information providing server 11 includes a database in which the organization name is recorded in association with the area name.

(6-4) A system in which a user designates an area name and provides event information of persons belonging to an organization belonging to the area and persons who are related or friends. In this case, the information providing server 11 includes a region-group database in which group names are recorded in association with region names, and a group-person name database in which personal names belonging to each group are recorded. In this example, “area name” is a word indicating the first social existence, “organization name” is a word indicating the second social existence, and “personal name belonging to the organization” is the third social existence. In the word indicating existence, “the name of a relative or friendship” corresponds to the fourth word indicating social existence. The area-group database corresponds to the first related database, the group-person name database corresponds to the second related database, and the relative / friendship database 113 corresponds to the third related database.

In this embodiment, the information providing server 11 extracts staff data and the like and event information at the time of member registration (see FIG. 7). However, the present invention is not limited to this, and when the contents of the company employee record database or the related / friendship database are updated, the processing of extracting staff data and the like and event information may be performed. Further, when the event information database is updated and the event information is extracted (ST31 and ST37 in FIG. 11), the staff data and the like and the event information may be extracted.

The information providing server 11 may perform a process of extracting staff data, relatives and friendship data, etc., based on information such as the age range, area range, and the like set by the user. An example is shown below.

(1) When the user sets an age range,
If the extraction target is a natural person, only natural persons belonging to that age range are extracted.

(2) When the user sets his / her own age, only natural persons belonging to an age range in which a predetermined age range is increased or decreased are extracted.

(3) If the user designates an area range and the object to be extracted is a group, only the groups belonging to the area range are extracted.

In this way, extracted data (such as staff data) can be limited, and it is possible to avoid providing unnecessary event information.

[0124] In this embodiment, the information providing server 11 sends a mail containing event information to the user terminal 21. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may provide event information as described below.

(1) Write event information to the bulletin board web page specified by the user.

(2) Send to the instant message function program specified by the user.

(3) Send to the facsimile designated by the user.

(4) Make a voice call to the telephone number specified by the user.

(5) Send an e-mail to the mobile phone specified by the user.

(6) Send as printed matter to the place specified by the user.

(7) Write to the schedule management software or groupware specified by the user.

In this embodiment, the information providing server 11 periodically holds W
By accessing the WW servers 31 to 35, new event information and changed event information are obtained. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and each of the WWW servers 31 to 35 may write new event information or the like in a predetermined area of the information providing server 11.

In this embodiment, the information providing server 11 stores a team designated by the user, a player of the team,
A person who has a relative or friendship with the player is set as a user's interest. However, the user may be able to determine the range of this interest as appropriate. For example,
It's like limited to teams and players.

The information providing server 11 notifies the user terminal 21 of the data extracted as the user's interests (player names, names of relatives and friends), and deletes / changes the data to the user. Etc. may be required. By doing so, it is possible to avoid as much as possible a situation in which event information that does not interest the user is provided.

In this embodiment, the information providing server 11 has a team player record database 112, and extracts player data using the database. However, the present invention is not limited to this.
The player data may be extracted by accessing another computer on the Internet provided with the player 12. The same applies to relatives and friendship data.

In this embodiment, the information providing server 11 includes the schedule database 111, and extracts event information using the schedule database 111. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and another computer on the Internet having the schedule database 111 may be accessed to extract event information. Further, each table (team table, player table, etc.) constituting the schedule database 111 may be separately provided in another computer on the Internet.

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FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an overall configuration of an information providing system according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of an information providing server 11 according to an embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of a user terminal 21 according to an embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing processing of the information providing server 11 and the user terminal 21 when performing member registration in one embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a member registration form in one embodiment.

FIG. 6A is a diagram illustrating a member information database of the information providing server 11 according to an embodiment.

FIG. 6B is a diagram showing a member information database of the information providing server 11 in one embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating processing of the information providing server 11 when extracting event information such as player data in one embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a team player record database 112 of the information providing server 11 in one embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a relative / friendship database 113 of the information providing server 11 according to the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a schedule database 111 of the information providing server 11 in one embodiment.

FIG. 11 shows processing of the information providing server 11 when providing event information in one embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a conventional system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Information Server 21 User Terminal 111 Schedule Database 112 Team Player Database 113 Relatives and Friendship Relationship Database

Claims (18)

[Claims] 1. An information providing system comprising: a user terminal device connectable to the Internet; and an information providing computer connected to the Internet, wherein the information providing computer has an event recording event information. An information database is accessible, the user terminal device transmits a word indicating a first social existence to the information providing computer, and the information providing computer transmits the first social existence and the society. One or more event information items having a social relevance are extracted from the event information database using the word indicating the first social existence as a key, and the information providing computer sends the event information to the user terminal device. Providing information; and an information providing system. 2. An information providing computer connected to a user terminal device via the Internet, wherein the information providing computer is capable of accessing an event information database recording event information. And acquiring one or more event information items having social relevance with the first social presence from the event information database using the first social presence word as a key. And providing the event information to the user terminal device. 3. The information providing system or information providing computer according to claim 1, wherein said information providing computer is capable of accessing a first related database, and wherein said information providing computer is provided with said first society. Words that indicate a second social being that has social relevance to the social being,
Using the word indicating the first social existence as a key, one or more is extracted from the first related database, and the information providing computer extracts event information having a social relevance with the second social existence. And extracting one or more from the event information database using the word indicating the second social existence as a key, wherein the information providing computer provides the event information to the user terminal device. What to do. 4. The information providing system or information providing computer according to claim 3, wherein said information providing computer is capable of accessing a second related database, and wherein said information providing computer is provided with said second social existence and society. Words that have a social relevance,
Using the word indicating the second social existence as a key, one or more is extracted from the second related database, and the information providing computer extracts the event information having the third social existence and the social relevance. And extracting one or more from the event information database using the word indicating the third social existence as a key, wherein the information providing computer provides the event information to the user terminal device. What to do. 5. The information providing system or information providing computer according to claim 4, wherein said information providing computer is capable of accessing a third related database, and said information providing computer is provided with said third social existence and society. Words that have a fourth social presence with relevant relevance,
Using the word indicating the third social existence as a key, one or more is extracted from the third related database, and the information providing computer extracts the event information having the social relevance with the fourth social existence. And extracting one or more from the event information database using the word indicating the fourth social presence as a key, wherein the information providing computer provides the event information to the user terminal device. What to do. 6. The information providing system or information providing computer according to claim 1, wherein said information providing computer sends said user terminal device to said user terminal device based on schedule information of event information extracted from said event information database. And providing the event information. 7. The information providing system or information providing computer according to claim 1, wherein said information providing computer obtains notification time information from said user terminal device, and said information providing computer obtains said notification time. Event information is provided to the user terminal device based on the information. 8. The information providing system or information providing computer according to claim 1, wherein said information providing computer accesses a computer having event information on the Internet to acquire the event information, and Registering the event information in an event information database. 9. An information providing system or an information providing computer according to claim 1, wherein said information providing computer transmits said event information to said user terminal device when the content of the event information provided to said user terminal device is changed. On the other hand, providing changed event information. 10. The information providing system or the information providing computer according to claim 3, wherein the word indicating the first social presence is a name of a person designated by a user, and the second social The word indicating presence is the name of a person who has a relative or friendship with the person. 11. The information providing system or information providing computer according to claim 4, wherein the word indicating the first social presence is a name of an organization designated by a user, and the second social presence The word indicating presence is the name of a person who belongs to or has belonged to the organization, and the third word indicating social existence is the name of a person who has relatives or friendship with the person. What to do. 12. The information providing system or information providing computer according to claim 5, wherein the word indicating the first social presence is a name of an industry or a region designated by a user, and The word indicating social existence is the name of an organization belonging to the industry or the region, and the third word indicating social existence is the name of a person belonging to or belonging to the organization. The word that indicates social existence is the name of a person who has a relative or friendship with the person. 13. The information providing system and the information providing computer according to claim 1, wherein the information providing computer acquires event extraction information acquired from the user terminal device, and the information providing computer acquires the event extraction information. A method for extracting event information from the event information database based on the extracted information. 14. A user terminal device connected via the Internet, capable of accessing an event information database that records event information, and a first social existence and a social relationship acquired from a user. The event information having the property is stored in the event information database by using the word indicating the first social existence as a key.
Or extracting a plurality of items and acquiring the event information. 15. The information providing system, the information providing computer or the user terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the information providing computer or the user terminal device is connected to the second social entity based on a user-specified range. , A word indicating a third social existence, or a word indicating a fourth social existence. 16. An information providing method realized by using a user terminal device connectable to the Internet, and an information providing computer connected to the Internet and capable of accessing an event information database recording event information. In the user terminal device, a word indicating a first social existence is transmitted to the information providing computer, and the information providing computer has a social relevance with the first social existence. Event information of the first
Using the words indicating the social presence of the user as a key, extracting one or more from the event information database, and causing the information providing computer to provide the user terminal device with the event information. Method. 17. A recording medium on which a program for causing a computer to function as an information providing computer is recorded. The computer receives, from a first related database, a word indicating a first social existence received from a user terminal device. Is used as a key to extract a word indicating a second social existence having social relevance with the first social existence, and causing the computer to:
Using the word indicating the second social existence as a key, one or more event information items having social relevance with the second social existence are extracted, and the computer A recording medium on which a program for providing event information is recorded. 18. A recording medium on which a program for causing a computer to function as a user terminal device is recorded, wherein said computer reads a first social presence word from a first related database as a key. Causing the computer to extract words indicating a second social existence having social relevance with the first social existence,
A recording medium storing a program for extracting one or more event information items having social relevance with the second social existence using the words indicating the second social existence as keys, and acquiring the event information.