JP2002245327A - System, method and program for delivering electronic information - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic information delivery system capable of delivering electronic information on the basis of the taste information on user. SOLUTION: This system is provided with a user information file recording the taste information on user for every user, information relation definition file defining the relation of taste information of respective users, electronic post-office box(POB) provided for each user, user extracting means for extracting a POB ID to deliver electronic information by referring to the user information file and the information relation definition file, and information delivering means for receiving the electronic information provided from an information provider and the taste category of this electronic information and delivering the electronic information to the electronic POB having the POB ID extracted by the user extracting means. Then, the information delivering means reports the POB ID to an external personal information managing system and requests the dispatch of electronic mail for reporting the delivery of the electronic information to a user owning the electronic POB having this POB ID.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to an electronic information delivery system, an electronic information delivery method, and an electronic information delivery program for delivering electronic information provided by an information provider to users who meet delivery conditions.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Electronic mail has conventionally been known as a method for transmitting and receiving information between users using a computer network. E-mail can be easily sent to anyone who has an e-mail address on the Internet.

[0003] However, the conventional e-mail has a problem in that the sender cannot know whether or not the transmitted e-mail has been received and checked by the destination. In addition, when e-mail is used for direct mail, it is desirable to send it to a person who is interested in the contents of direct mail in order to improve the effect of direct mail for the sender, but e-mail according to the conventional technology is There is also a problem that the person having a predetermined e-mail address must know in advance what kind of content is interested, and the sender must know in advance the e-mail addresses of all destinations. is there.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and when electronic information provided by an information provider is delivered to a user, the electronic information does not have personal identification information such as an e-mail address. It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic information delivery system, an electronic information delivery method, and an electronic information delivery program that can deliver electronic information based on user preference information.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic information delivery system for delivering electronic information provided by an information provider to a user, wherein the electronic information delivery system comprises: A user information file in which user preference information is recorded for each user, and an information relation that is generated based on the information recorded in the user information file and defines the relevance of each user's preference information Sex definition file,
An electronic post-office box provided for each user to receive the electronic information, and by referring to the user information file and the information relevance definition file, determine a post-office box ID of the electronic post-office box to which the electronic information is to be delivered. User extraction means to be extracted, electronic information provided by the information provider and a preference category of the electronic information are received, and based on this preference category, the electronic post office box having a post office box ID extracted by the user extraction means is provided. Information delivery means for delivering electronic information to the user. The information delivery means notifies the post office box ID to an external personal information management system, and provides a user who owns the electronic post office box having the post office box ID to the user. Requesting sending of an e-mail notifying that the electronic information has been delivered.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the electronic information delivery system, a history information file that records browsing history information of the electronic information, and an information browsing history in the electronic post-office box are collected and stored in the history information file. And a history information collecting unit for recording, wherein the user extracting unit updates the user information file and the information relevance definition file based on an information browsing history recorded in the history information file. It is characterized by the following.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a personal information management system for managing personal information required when the electronic information delivery system according to the first aspect delivers electronic information. Receives from the electronic information delivery system a user identification information file that records and manages information for identifying users who use the electronic post-office box, and a post office box ID of the electronic post-office box that has delivered the electronic information;
Personal information management means for extracting an electronic mail address of the user corresponding to the post-office box ID with reference to the user identification information file; and electronic information for the electronic mail address extracted by the personal information management means. Mail sending means for sending an e-mail notifying of the arrival.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic information delivery method for delivering electronic information provided by an information provider to an electronic post-office box owned by a user. The electronic information to which the electronic information is to be delivered is referred to by referring to a user information file in which user preference information is recorded for each user and an information relevance definition file defining the relevance of the user preference information. A user extraction process of extracting a post office box ID of a post office box; receiving the electronic information provided by the information provider and a preference category of the electronic information; and extracting the post office user ID based on the preference category in the user extraction process. An information delivery step of delivering electronic information to an electronic post-office box having the post-office box ID. The information delivery step notifies the post-office box ID to an external personal information management system, A request is made to a user who owns an electronic post-office box having the above for sending out an e-mail notifying that the electronic information has been delivered.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the electronic information delivery method further comprises a history information collecting step of collecting information browsing history in the electronic post-office box and recording it in a history information file. The process is characterized in that the user information file and the information relevance definition file are updated based on an information browsing history recorded in the history information file.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a personal information managing method for managing personal information necessary for delivering electronic information in the electronic information delivering method according to the fourth aspect,
The personal information management method receives a post-office box ID of an electronic post-office box that has delivered the electronic information, records an e-mail address of a user corresponding to the post-office box ID, and records information identifying a user who uses the electronic post-office box. A personal information management process for extracting with reference to the user identification information file to be managed, and an e-mail for sending an e-mail notifying that the electronic information has arrived to the e-mail address extracted in the personal information management process And a transmitting step.

[0011] The invention according to claim 7 is an electronic information delivery program for delivering electronic information provided by an information provider to an electronic post office box owned by a user, wherein the electronic information delivery program comprises: The electronic information to which the electronic information is to be delivered is referred to by referring to a user information file in which user preference information is recorded for each user and an information relevance definition file defining the relevance of the user preference information. A user extraction process for extracting a post-office box ID of a post-office box; receiving the electronic information provided by the information provider and a preference category of the electronic information; and a post-office box ID extracted in the user extraction process based on the preference category. Electronic information is delivered to the electronic post-office box having the post-office box ID, and the above-mentioned post-office box ID is notified to an external personal information management system. An information delivery process for requesting a user having the electronic information to send an electronic mail notifying that the electronic information has been delivered is performed by the computer.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, the electronic information delivery program causes the computer to further execute a history information collection process of collecting information browsing history in the electronic post-office box and recording the history in an history information file. The extraction process is characterized in that the user information file and the information relevance definition file are updated based on the information browsing history recorded in the history information file.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a personal information management program for managing personal information necessary for delivering electronic information in the electronic information delivery program according to the seventh aspect. Receives the post office box ID of the electronic post office box that delivered the electronic information,
A personal information management process for extracting the e-mail address of the user corresponding to the post-office box ID with reference to a user identification information file for recording and managing information for identifying the user who uses the electronic post-office box; It is characterized by causing a computer to perform a mail transmission process of sending an electronic mail notifying that electronic information has arrived to the electronic mail address extracted by the information management process.

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an electronic information delivery system according to one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Figure 1
Is a block diagram showing a configuration of the same embodiment. In this figure, reference numeral 1 denotes an electronic information delivery system. Reference numeral 2 denotes an information provider that provides information using the electronic information delivery system 1. Reference numeral 3 denotes a user who uses the electronic information delivery system 1, and obtains information provided by the information provider 2 using a Web browser 31 operating on a personal computer and a mobile phone 32 connectable to the Internet. Reference numeral 1a denotes a management unit that manages a delivery process of electronic information, and includes an operation management unit 11 that manages operation of the electronic information delivery system 1 and a delivery information management unit 12 that manages electronic information to be delivered. Reference numeral 1b is a delivery processing unit. Reference numeral 13 denotes a filter function unit that performs a filtering process on the information received from the information provider by the delivery information management unit 12. Reference numeral 14 denotes an individualization function unit that individualizes the information filtered by the filter function unit 13.

Reference numeral 15 denotes a delivery distribution unit that distributes and distributes the information individualized by the individualization function unit 14. Reference numeral 16 denotes a history information file that records a change in the state of the delivered information. Reference numeral 17 denotes a history reference unit that refers to the history information file 16 and notifies the information provider 2 of the status of the delivered information. Reference numeral 18 denotes a user attribute information file in which attribute information of the user 3 is defined, and information on hobbies and preferences is defined for each user 3. Reference numeral 19 denotes an electronic post-office box having a data file provided for each user, and information provided by the information provider 2 is stored in the electronic post-office box by the delivery processing unit 1b. Reference numeral 20 denotes a delivery server that delivers information to the user 2. Reference numeral 21 denotes a mobile phone connection gateway for connecting the mobile phone 32 to the electronic information delivery system 1.

Next, the basic operation of the electronic information delivery system 1 will be described with reference to FIG. Here, information provider 2
Will be described as an example of transmitting a direct mail to the user 3. First, the information provider 2 creates electronic information, which is the content of the direct mail, using a personal computer or the like owned by the information provider 2. The electronic information created here is digital data including document data, image data, sound data, and the like. Then, the information provider 2 sends a direct mail dispatch request including the created electronic information to the electronic information delivery system 1. At this time, the information provider 2 sends the electronic information to the electronic information delivery system 1 together with the delivery conditions for delivering the electronic information. The delivery condition here is a condition for limiting the delivery destination to which direct mail is delivered, and specifies the age range, hobbies, and preferences of the user, and direct mail is sent only to users who satisfy this condition. Is used to deliver the

The electronic information and the delivery conditions transmitted from the information provider 2 are received by the delivery information management unit 12, and the electronic information is held in the delivery information management unit 12. Then, the delivery information management unit 12 outputs the electronic information and delivery conditions held therein to the filter function unit 13. In response to this, the filter function unit 13 refers to the user attribute information file 18 and extracts a user that matches the received delivery condition. Subsequently, the filter function unit 13 separates the electronic information for each user who matches the delivery condition with the individualizing function unit 14.
Output to The electronic information output here is output by the same number as the number of users that match the delivery conditions.

Next, the individualizing function unit 14 performs an individualizing process of adding necessary information for each user to the electronic information received from the filter function unit 13 and converting the information into a direct mail format. In this individualization process, information such as a destination and a sender is given, and a process of inserting electronic information into a predetermined direct mail format is performed. However, the destination here is a post office box ID for specifying the electronic post office box 19 provided for each user 3.

Next, the individualizing function unit 14 outputs the electronic information subjected to the individualizing process for each user to the distribution sorting unit 15. In response, the delivery distribution unit 15 performs distribution based on the destination (post-office box ID) assigned to the electronic information received from the individualization function unit 14 and outputs the electronic information to the electronic post-office box 19. The electronic post-office box 19 receives this electronic information and stores it in a corresponding data file based on the post-office box ID. In addition, the delivery distribution unit 15
In synchronization with the output of the electronic information to the electronic post-office box 19, the delivery server 20 notifies the user 3 who owns the post-office box that has delivered the direct mail that the direct mail has arrived. The user 3 receives this notification, and
The electronic information stored in the electronic post-office box 19 is acquired by the web browser 31 or the mobile phone 32. Thus, the direct mail transmitted from the information provider 2 reaches the user 3.

On the other hand, when the electronic information is received from the delivery distribution unit 15 and when the user 3 obtains the electronic information stored in the electronic post-office box 19, the electronic post-office box 19 stores information indicating that fact. The information is stored in the information file 16. The information provider 2 transmits a history information reference request to the electronic information delivery system 1 at an arbitrary timing after transmitting the direct mail dispatch request. This history information reference request is received by the history reference unit 17. In response to this, the history reference unit 17 reads the history information on the relevant direct mail from the history information file 16 and transmits the contents to the information provider 2.

The information provider 2 acquires the history information transmitted from the history reference unit 17 and checks the contents. Thus, the information provider can grasp how many direct mails requested to be sent have been sent and how many users have viewed the sent direct mails.

In the above description, the operation when the delivery condition is specified has been described.
The mail may be directly delivered to the electronic mail box 19 by designating the mail box ID in advance.

As described above, the information provider 2 can send a plurality of direct mails to the electronic information delivery system 1 only by transmitting the contents of the direct mail and the delivery conditions. In addition, since direct mail is sent only to users who meet the delivery conditions, mail can be sent efficiently.

Next, another embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of another embodiment. In the following description, information delivered is referred to as “content”. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 denotes an electronic information delivery system. Symbol 2 is an information provider,
Reference numeral 3 is a user. Reference numeral 19 denotes an electronic post-office box provided for each user 3, and each electronic post-office box 19 is provided with a post office box ID for identifying the user 3 who owns it. Reference numeral 22 denotes an information delivery unit that delivers the content provided by the information provider 2 to each user 3. Symbol 23
Is a user extraction unit for extracting users to whom information is to be delivered. Reference numeral 24 denotes a user information file in which the preference information of the user 3 is defined. Reference numeral 25 is an information relevance definition file in which the relevance of the preference information of the user 3 is defined. Reference numeral 26 denotes a history information collection unit that collects a browsing history indicating that the user 3 has viewed the information delivered to the electronic post-office box 19. Reference numeral 16 denotes a history information file that records the history information collected by the history information collection unit.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a personal information management system for managing information that can specify the user 3. The personal information management system 4 is managed by a third party different from the person managing the electronic information delivery system 1. Reference numeral 41 denotes a personal information management unit that performs management processing of personal information, and a communication line is provided with the information delivery unit 22. Reference numeral 42 denotes a user identification information file in which profile information that is information capable of identifying the user 3 is recorded. Reference numeral 43 denotes a mail transmitting unit that transmits an electronic mail to the user 3.

Here, the table structure of each file shown in FIG. 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a table structure of the user information file 24 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the user information file 24
Is composed of a post office box ID field and a preference category field. The preference category is a category defined by classifying in advance (in this example, “computer”, “book”,.
... "food"), and in each preference category field, whether or not the user 3 having each post-office box ID prefers is defined. In this example, “○” is recorded in the field of the category that the user 3 prefers. For example, the user 3 whose post-office box ID is “0001”
Indicates that he is interested in "PCs" and "movies".

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a table structure of the information relevance definition file 25 shown in FIG. The information relevance definition file 25 is generated by the user extracting unit 23 with reference to the user information file 24,
When the user information file 24 is updated, the information relevance definition file 25 is updated at the same time based on the contents of the updated user information file 24.
As shown in FIG. 5, the information relevance definition file 25
It is composed of three fields: "P.O. Box ID", "Related User", and "Delivery Information Category".

In the "related user" field, with reference to the user information file 24 shown in FIG. 4, users whose "O" is recorded in the same preference category are extracted, and the post office box ID is recorded. Field. In this example, the user 3 of “0001” has “PC” and “movie”
"O" is recorded in the category of. Therefore,
Users with “○” recorded in the “PC” and “Movie” categories are “0002” and “0004”
These two users are recorded in “related users”. Similarly, the related users of the user whose post office box ID is “0002” are “0001”, “0004”, and “0005”.

The "delivery information category" field is a field in which a preference category obtained by excluding the category that the user prefers from all the categories that the user prefers recorded in the related user field is recorded. For example, the preference category of the user whose post office box ID is “0002” is
"PC", "Home", "Sports", "Car"
Also, since the preference categories of the user whose post-office box ID is “0004” are “book”, “movie”, and “car”, the preference category of the user whose post-office box ID is “0001” is “PC”. "And" movies "are the delivery information categories. This is to consider that among users who prefer the same category, there is a high possibility that they are interested in other categories.

In this example, for a user whose post office box ID is "0001", in addition to his / her favorite "PC" and "movie", "house", "sports", "car", "book" Means that the content of the preference category is also delivered.
Similarly, the delivery information category of the user whose post-office box ID is “0002” is “movie”, “book”, “child”, “food”
Becomes

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a table structure of the history information file 16 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, the history information file 16 includes “P.O.
It comprises fields of “date”, “action”, “URL”, “category”, and “option”.
In this example, user 3 whose post-office box ID is “0001”
At "12:00 on April 17, 2000", "http: // w
ww.xxx "has been browsed. Also, this home page indicates that the preference category described above is “PC”. The “option” field is information recorded as necessary. For example, in the case of a homepage where shopping can be performed, the name of a product purchased from the homepage is recorded. Each time the user 3 performs an action via the electronic post-office box 19, the history information is recorded in the history information file 16 by the history information collection unit.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing the table structure of the user identification information file 42 shown in FIG. FIG.
As shown in (1), the user identification information file 42 is a file in which information for identifying the user 3 who owns the electronic post-office box 19 is recorded. In this example, the profile information of the user 3 is stored in the fields of “P.O. Box ID”, “Account Name”, “Password”, “User Name”, “E-mail Address”, “Date of Birth”, and “Gender”. Has been recorded. These pieces of information are information registered in the personal information management system 4 when the user 3 sets the electronic post-office box 19 on the electronic information delivery system 1. As described above, the information for specifying the user 3 is managed by a system different from the electronic information delivery system 1, and all the processes in the electronic information delivery system 1 are managed and operated only by the post-office box ID.

Next, the operation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 will be described with reference to FIG. First, the information provider 2 issues a content delivery request to the electronic information delivery system 1 (step S1). The delivery request includes the content to be delivered, the preference category of the content, and a related user delivery flag indicating whether or not to deliver to the related user 3. Here, the related user delivery flag is a flag indicating whether or not to deliver the content to the user 3 defined in the information relevance definition file 25 as well.
This means that in order to expand the delivery destination, not only users who match the preference category of the content to be delivered,
This is for distributing the content to the user 3 who may be interested.

Next, the delivery request is accepted by the information delivery unit 22, and the content to be delivered is held in the information delivery unit 22 (step S2). Then, the information delivery unit 22 makes a user extraction request to the user extraction unit 23 (Step S2). This user extraction request includes the preference category and the related user delivery flag included in the content delivery request.

In response to this, the user extracting unit 23 extracts the user 3 to whom the content is to be delivered based on the preference category and the related user delivery flag (step S4). The user extraction process is performed by first extracting the user 3 who prefers the preference category included in the user extraction request with reference to the user information file 24. For example, if the preference category is "PC",
However, the users 3 of “0001” and “0002” are extracted (see FIG. 4). Subsequently, if the related user delivery flag is set to “deliver”, the user extraction unit 23
The related user 3 is extracted with reference to the information relevance definition file 25. At this time, the user extracting unit 23 extracts the user by referring to the delivery information category field of the information relevance definition file 25. For example, if the preference category is “PC”, the post office box ID is “0004”.
And the user 3 of “0005” is extracted. The users 3 having the post-office box IDs of “0004” and “0005” have no “O” recorded in the “PC” field of the user information file 24 but are extracted by the information relevance definition file 25. It is.

Next, the user extraction unit 23 notifies the information delivery unit 22 of the user extraction result (step S).
5). Here, "0001", "0002", "00"
The post office box IDs "04" and "0005" are notified.

In response to this, the information delivery unit 22 delivers the held content to the electronic post-office box 19 having the notified post-office box ID (step S6). As a result, the content is delivered to each electronic post-office box 19.
When the delivery to the content is completed, the information delivery unit 22
Requests the personal information management system 4 to send an e-mail to the user 3 (step S7). In this shipping request, the post office box ID notified by the user extraction result notification
Is included.

This shipping request is accepted by the personal information managing unit 41, and the post office box ID included in the shipping request is held in the personal information managing unit 41. Then, the personal information management unit 41 refers to the user identification information file 42, extracts an e-mail address corresponding to the held post office box ID, and notifies the mail transmission unit 43 of the extracted e-mail address. In response to this, the mail transmitting unit 43 transmits a mail to the notified e-mail address (step S8). The e-mail sent here is sent to the user 3 in the electronic post office box 1
9 is notified of the delivery of the content and an overview of the delivered content.

Next, the information delivery unit 22 notifies the information provider 2 that the delivery of the content has been completed after requesting the mail delivery (step S9). This notification includes the number of deliveries of the requested content. As a result, the information provider 2 can know the number of contents delivered.

Next, the user 3 opens the e-mail transmitted from the personal information management system 1 (step S1).
0). Thus, the user 3 knows that the content has been delivered to the electronic post-office box 19. In response to this, the user 3 browses the content delivered to the electronic post-office box 19 as necessary (step S11). At this time, the user 3 opens the electronic mail and discards the delivered content if the user is not interested in the content.

On the other hand, the history information collection unit 26 constantly monitors whether or not the contents have been browsed in each of the electronic post-office boxes 19, and when the user 3 browses the delivered contents, the history information file 16 The browsing history is recorded (step S12). Then, the history information collection unit 26
Notifies the user extracting unit 23 that the delivered content has been browsed (step S13).

In response to this, the user extracting unit 23 refers to the history information file 16 and
And updated user information file 2
Then, the information relevance definition file 25 is updated based on No. 4 (step S14). For example, in the above-described example, the contents relating to the personal computer are
The mail was delivered to the electronic post-office box 19 of “0002”, “0004”, and “0005”. At this time, the post-office box ID was “00”.
When the users 3 of “04” and “0005” view the delivered content, it is considered that they are interested in the preference category of the content, and “O” is recorded in the “PC” field of the user information file 24. I do. By doing so, by browsing the content,
The user information file 24 is updated. Then, based on the updated user information file 24, the information relevance definition file 25 is also updated.
Can efficiently deliver the content to the user 3 who is interested in the content to be delivered.

As described above, the information relevancy definition file 25 for extracting the related user from the user information file 24 in which the user preference information is defined is generated, and the information relevance definition file 25 is referred to. And determine the delivery destination, so that at the time of content delivery, it is possible to deliver the content to users who are likely to be interested in the content to be delivered, Can be expanded. Also, based on the browsing history of the delivered content, the user information file 24 referred to when extracting the user is updated,
In the case where direct mail is delivered, content delivery can be performed efficiently. Further, in the personal information management system 4 managed by a third party, information for specifying the user 3 is managed, so that the security of personal information management can be improved.

A program for realizing the function of the processing unit in FIGS. 1 and 2 is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded on this recording medium is read by a computer system and executed. , The electronic information delivery process may be performed. Here, the “computer system” includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices. If the "computer system" uses a WWW system, the homepage providing environment (or display environment)
Shall be included. The “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a floppy (registered trademark) disk,
Portable media such as magneto-optical disks, ROMs, CD-ROMs,
A storage device such as a hard disk built in a computer system. Further, the “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a volatile memory (RAM) inside a computer system that becomes a server or a client when a program is transmitted through a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. And those holding programs for a certain period of time.

The above program may be transmitted from a computer system storing the program in a storage device or the like to another computer system via a transmission medium or by a transmission wave in the transmission medium. Here, the "transmission medium" for transmitting a program refers to a medium having a function of transmitting information, such as a network (communication network) such as the Internet or a communication line (communication line) such as a telephone line. Further, the program may be for realizing a part of the functions described above. further,
What can realize the above-mentioned function in combination with a program already recorded in the computer system, that is, a so-called difference file (difference program) may be used.

[0046]

As described above, according to the present invention, an information relevance definition file for extracting related users from a user information file in which user preference information is defined is generated. Since the delivery destination is determined by referring to the information relevance definition file, at the time of content delivery, the content should be delivered even to users who are likely to be interested in the content to be delivered. And the effect that the delivery destination can be expanded can be obtained. In addition, since the user information file referred to when extracting a user is updated based on the browsing history of the delivered content, it is possible to efficiently deliver the content when direct mail is delivered. can get. Further, in a personal information management system managed by a third party, information for identifying a user is managed, so that an effect that security of personal information management can be improved can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram showing an operation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 2;

4 is an explanatory diagram showing a table structure of a user information file 24 shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a table structure of an information relevance definition file 25 shown in FIG. 2;

6 is an explanatory diagram showing a table structure of a history information file 27 shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a table structure of a user identification information file shown in FIG. 2;

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Electronic information delivery system, 2 ... Information provider, 3 ... User, 4 ...
Personal information management system, 11 ... operation management section,
12: delivery information management unit, 13: filter function unit, 14: individualization function unit, 15.
..Delivery distribution unit, 16: history information file, 17: history reference unit, 18
..User attribute information file, 19 ... electronic post office box,
20: delivery server, 21: mobile phone connection gateway, 22: information delivery unit, 23
..User extraction unit, 24: user information file, 25: information relevance definition file, 26
... History information collection unit, 31 ... Web browser,
32: mobile phone, 1a: management unit,
1b: delivery processing unit, 41: personal information management unit, 42: user information file, 43: mail transmission unit

Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ Identification symbol FI Theme coat ゛ (Reference) G06F 13/00 610 G06F 13/00 610B (72) Inventor ▲ Taka ▼ Shinichi 2-chome Otemachi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo No. 1 Inside Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (72) Inventor Masaki Suzuki 2-3-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. An electronic information distribution system for distributing electronic information provided by an information provider to a user, wherein the electronic information distribution system records preference information of the user for each user. A user information file, an information relevance definition file generated based on information recorded in the user information file and defining the relevance of each user's preference information; and An electronic post-office box provided for each user; a user extracting means for referring to the user information file and the information relevance definition file to extract a post-office box ID of an electronic post-office box to which the electronic information is to be delivered; Electronic information provided by an information provider and a preference category of the electronic information are received, and an electronic personal computer having a post office box ID extracted by the user extracting means based on the preference category. An information delivery means for delivering electronic information to a post box, wherein the information delivery means notifies the post office box ID to an external personal information management system and owns an electronic post office box having this post office box ID An electronic information delivery system, which requests a user to send an electronic mail notifying that electronic information has been delivered. 2. The electronic information delivery system according to claim 1, wherein: a history information file that records browsing history information of the electronic information; and a history information collecting unit that collects information browsing history in the electronic post-office box and records the history in the history information file. The user extraction unit updates the user information file and the information relevance definition file based on an information browsing history recorded in the history information file. 2. The electronic information delivery system according to 1. 3. A personal information management system for managing personal information required when the electronic information delivery system according to claim 1 delivers electronic information, wherein said personal information management system uses an electronic post-office box. A user identification information file that records and manages information identifying a user, and a post office box ID of an electronic post office box that has delivered the electronic information is received from the electronic information distribution system, and an e-mail of a user corresponding to the post office box ID A personal information managing means for extracting an address with reference to the user identification information file; and sending an e-mail notifying that the electronic information has arrived to the e-mail address extracted by the personal information managing means. A personal information management system, comprising: a mail transmission unit. 4. An electronic information delivery method for delivering electronic information provided by an information provider to an electronic post-office box owned by a user, wherein the electronic information delivery method comprises: With reference to the user information file recorded for each user and the information relevance definition file defining the relevance of the preference information of each user, the post office box ID of the electronic post office box to which the electronic information is to be delivered is extracted. A user extraction process, receiving the electronic information provided by the information provider and a preference category of the electronic information, and providing an electronic post office box having a post office box ID extracted in the user extraction process based on the preference category. An information delivery step of delivering electronic information; and the information delivery step notifies the post-office box ID to an external personal information management system, and sends an electronic post-office box having this post-office box ID. An electronic information delivery method characterized by requesting a user to send an electronic mail notifying that electronic information has been delivered. 5. The electronic information delivery method further comprises: a history information collecting step of collecting information browsing history in the electronic post-office box and recording the information browsing history in a history information file. The electronic information delivery method according to claim 4, wherein the user information file and the information relevance definition file are updated based on the information browsing history recorded in the electronic information distribution history. 6. A personal information management method for managing personal information necessary for delivering electronic information in the electronic information delivery method according to claim 4, wherein the personal information management method comprises: delivering the electronic information. Receives the post-office box ID of the electronic post-office box, and extracts the e-mail address of the user corresponding to this post-office box ID with reference to a user identification information file that records and manages information for identifying the users who use the electronic post-office box. A personal information management process, and a mail transmission process of sending an e-mail notifying that the electronic information has arrived to the e-mail address extracted by the personal information management process. Management method. 7. An electronic information distribution program for distributing electronic information provided by an information provider to an electronic post-office box owned by a user, wherein the electronic information distribution program uses the preference information of the user for each usage. With reference to the user information file recorded for each user and the information relevance definition file defining the relevance of the preference information of each user, the post office box ID of the electronic post office box to which the electronic information is to be delivered is extracted. User extraction processing, receiving the electronic information provided by the information provider and the preference category of this electronic information, and based on the preference category, the electronic post office box having the post office box ID extracted in the user extraction processing. While delivering the electronic information, the PO Box ID is notified to an external personal information management system, and a user who owns the PO Box having this PO Box ID is An electronic information delivery program for causing a computer to perform an information delivery process of requesting the delivery of an electronic mail notifying that electronic information has been delivered. 8. The electronic information delivery program further causes a computer to perform a history information collection process of collecting information browsing histories in the electronic post-office box and recording the history in a history information file. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 7, wherein the user information file and the information relevance definition file are updated based on an information browsing history recorded in the file. 9. A personal information management program for managing personal information required for delivering electronic information in the electronic information delivery program according to claim 7, wherein the personal information management program delivers the electronic information. Receives the post-office box ID of the electronic post-office box, and extracts the e-mail address of the user corresponding to this post-office box ID with reference to a user identification information file that records and manages information for identifying the users who use the electronic post-office box. Personal information management processing, and to the e-mail address extracted by the personal information management processing, a mail transmission processing for sending an e-mail notifying that the electronic information has arrived, the computer is characterized by performing Personal information management program.