JP2002330172A - Electronic information delivery system, electronic information delivery method and electronic information delivery program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic information delivery system, which delivers electronic information provided by an information provider, according to attributes of a delivery destination user. SOLUTION: The system is equipped with an electronic post-office box, which is provided for each user to receive electronic information and comprises data files, a content file management file, which registers electronic information provided by an information provider, a content registration means, which receives electronic information and delivery condition provided by an information provider and registers them into a content file, a profile information management file, which records the profile of a user who has his/her electronic post-office box, a classification item file, in which the parent-child relation of profile information is defined, a content delivery means, which determines an electronic post-office box matched to the delivery condition provided by an information provider by referring to the profile information management file and the classification item file and delivers electronic information stored in the content file to the relevant electronic post-office box.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic information distribution system for distributing electronic information provided by an information provider according to the attributes of a destination user, and particularly to easily determine a destination. The present invention relates to a possible electronic information delivery system, an electronic information delivery method, and an electronic information delivery program.

[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] When an electronic mail according to the prior art is used for direct mail, it is desirable to send the mail to a person who is interested in the contents of the direct mail in order to improve the effect of the direct mail for the sender. However, the e-mail according to the prior art has to know in advance what kind of content the person having the predetermined e-mail address is interested in, and furthermore, the sender is required to know all the e-mail addresses of the destination. There is also a problem that it is necessary to know in advance.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an electronic information delivery system, an electronic information delivery method, and an electronic information delivery system for delivering electronic information provided by an information provider according to attributes of a destination user. And an electronic information delivery program.

[0005]

The invention according to claim 1 is an electronic information delivery system for delivering electronic information provided by an information provider according to the attribute of a destination user,
The electronic information delivery system is provided for each user to receive the electronic information, an electronic post office box having a data file, a content management file for registering electronic information provided by the information provider, and the information Content registration means for receiving electronic information and delivery conditions provided by a provider and registering the content file, a profile information management file for recording profile information of a user having the electronic post-office box, and a parent-child relationship of the profile information The electronic post-office box that matches the delivery condition notified by the information provider is determined by referring to the classification item file defined as above, the profile information management file and the classification item file, and is registered in the content file. Content distribution to deliver electronic information to the appropriate post office box Characterized by comprising a means.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the electronic information delivery system, a classification item selected from the classification items defined in the classification item file is registered as profile information in the profile information management file. It is characterized by further comprising user information registration means.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic information delivery system for delivering electronic information provided by an information provider according to an attribute of a delivery destination user. An electronic post office box provided for each user to receive information and having a data file; a content management file for registering electronic information provided by the information provider; and electronic information provided by the information provider. Content registration means for receiving delivery conditions and registering the content file in the content file, a hobby / preference information management file for recording hobby / preference information of a user having the electronic post-office box, and a classification item in which a parent-child relationship of the hobby / preference information is defined File and the delivery condition notified by the information provider with reference to the hobby / taste information management file and the classification item file. Determine the match electronic PO Box, characterized in that the electronic information registered in the content file and a content delivery means for delivering to the corresponding electronic PO Box.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the electronic information distribution system, the classification item selected from the classification items defined in the classification item file is stored as the hobby preference information in the hobby preference information management file. It is characterized by further comprising a user information registration means for registering.

According to a fifth 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 who meets delivery conditions. A content registration step of receiving the electronic information and delivery conditions provided by the information provider and registering them in a content file, a profile information management file in which profile information of a user having the electronic post-office box is recorded, and a parent and a child of the profile information Content that determines an electronic post-office box that matches the delivery conditions notified by the information provider with reference to the classification item file in which the relationship is defined, and that distributes the electronic information registered in the content file to the corresponding electronic post-office box And a delivery step.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the electronic information distribution method, a classification item selected from the classification items defined in the classification item file is registered in the profile information management file as profile information. It further comprises a user information registration step.

According to a seventh 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 who meets delivery conditions. A content registration process of receiving electronic information and delivery conditions provided by the information provider and registering the content information in a content file; a hobby preference information management file in which hobby preference information of a user having the electronic post-office box is recorded; and the hobby preference The electronic post-office box that matches the delivery condition notified by the information provider is determined by referring to the classification item file in which the parent-child relationship of the information is defined, and the electronic information registered in the content file is transferred to the corresponding electronic post-office box. And a content delivery step of delivering.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the electronic information distribution method, a classification item selected from the classification items defined in the classification item file is set as hobby preference information in the hobby preference information management file. The method further comprises a user information registration step of registering.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic information delivery program for delivering electronic information provided by an information provider to an electronic post office box owned by a user who meets delivery conditions,
The electronic information delivery program receives the electronic information and delivery conditions provided by the information provider, registers the content in a content file, and manages profile information in which profile information of a user having the electronic post-office box is recorded. The electronic post office box that matches the delivery condition notified by the information provider is determined by referring to the classification item file in which the parent-child relationship between the file and the profile information is defined, and the electronic information registered in the content file is determined. The content delivery process for delivering the content to an electronic post office box is performed by a computer.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the electronic information distribution program, the category items selected from the category items defined in the category item file are registered in the profile information management file as profile information. It is characterized in that a user information registration process is further performed by a computer.

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic information delivery program for delivering electronic information provided by an information provider to an electronic post-office box of a user who meets delivery conditions, wherein the electronic information delivery program comprises: Content registration processing for receiving electronic information and delivery conditions provided by the information provider and registering them in a content file; a hobby / preference information management file in which hobby / preference information of a user having the electronic post-office box is recorded; Determine the electronic post-office box that matches the delivery conditions notified by the information provider by referring to the classification item file in which the parent-child relationship of the information is defined,
A content delivery process for delivering electronic information registered in the content file to a corresponding post office box is performed by a computer.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the electronic information distribution program, the classification item selected from the classification items defined in the classification item file is stored in the hobby preference information management file as hobby preference information. The user information registration process to be registered is further performed by a computer.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable recording medium storing an electronic information distribution program for distributing electronic information provided by an information provider to an electronic post-office box owned by a user who meets distribution conditions. The electronic information delivery program receives the electronic information and delivery conditions provided by the information provider and registers the content in a content file, and a profile in which profile information of a user having the electronic post-office box is recorded. An electronic post-office box that matches the delivery condition notified by the information provider is determined by referring to a classification item file in which a parent-child relationship between the information management file and the profile information is defined, and the electronic information registered in the content file is determined. The content delivery process to deliver to Characterized in that cause I.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, in the electronic information distribution program, the classification item selected from the classification items defined in the classification item file is registered as profile information in the profile information management file. It is characterized in that a user information registration process is further performed by a computer.

According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable recording medium storing an electronic information delivery program for delivering electronic information provided by an information provider to an electronic post-office box owned by a user who meets delivery conditions. The electronic information delivery program receives the electronic information and the delivery conditions provided by the information provider, and registers content registration processing for registering the content file in a content file, and hobby / preference information of a user having the electronic post-office box is recorded. By referring to the hobby / taste information management file and the classification item file in which the parent-child relationship between the hobby / taste information is defined, an electronic post-office box that matches the delivery condition notified by the information provider is determined, and is registered in the content file. The computer to perform the content delivery processing of delivering the electronic information to the corresponding electronic post office box And it features.

In the invention according to claim 16, the electronic information delivery program stores the classification item selected from the classification items defined in the classification item file as hobby preference information in the hobby preference information management file. The user information registration process to be registered is further performed by a computer.

[0021]

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. FIG.
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 user terminal 31 and a mobile phone 32 that can be connected 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. Sign 1
b 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 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 electronic 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 the notification and obtains the electronic information stored in the electronic post-office box 19 by using the user terminal 31 or the mobile phone 32. Thus, the direct mail transmitted from the information provider 2 reaches the user 3.

On the other hand, the electronic post-office box 19 stores information indicating that at the time when the electronic information is received from the delivery sorting unit 15 and when the user 3 acquires the electronic information stored in the electronic post-office box 19. 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 confirms 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 simply 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. 2, the same components as those of FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted. In the following description, electronic information is referred to as “content”. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 18a denotes a profile information management file for recording and managing the profile information of the user 3. Reference numeral 18b is a hobby / taste information management file that records and manages the hobby / taste information of the user 3.

Reference numeral 41 denotes a content registration device which receives contents and delivery conditions transmitted from the information provider 2 and holds the contents therein. Reference numeral 42 is
This is a classification item file that is referred to when classifying information to be delivered. Reference numeral 43 denotes an electronic post-office box 19 that matches the delivery conditions with reference to the contents recorded in the profile information management file 18a and the hobby / taste information management file 18b, and stores the content held in the content registration device 41. It is a content delivery device to deliver.
Reference numeral 44 denotes a user information registration device that registers profile information and hobby / taste information in the profile information management file 18a and hobby / taste information management file 18b to be registered by the user 3 as necessary. Code 45
Is an authentication device that authenticates whether or not the information provider 2 is a legitimate information provider when making a content delivery request. Reference numeral 46 denotes a content management file for registering and managing content to be delivered.

Next, the operation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 will be described. First, an operation in which the user 3 registers information on his / her own hobbies and preferences will be described. First, the user 3 sends the user terminal 31 owned by the user 3 to the electronic information delivery system 1.
And make a registration request. In response to this, the user information registration device 44 reads out the classification item data recorded in the classification item file 42 in advance, and transmits the classification item data to the user terminal 31.

Next, the user terminal 31 displays the transmitted classification item data on the screen. FIG. 4 shows an example of the classification item data displayed on the screen. As shown in FIG. 4, the classification item data has a tree structure. The user 3 refers to this screen and selects a classification item corresponding to his / her hobby / taste. The selection of the classification item is performed by checking the check box indicated by the symbol A in FIG. 4 using a mouse or the like. Here, an example in which the classification item “baseball” is selected is shown, but a plurality of items may be selected.

The tree structure referred to here is a classification item for classifying contents (here, “sports”,
It is a data structure expressing a hierarchical relationship (parent-child relationship) of "baseball", "professional baseball" and the like are classification items. In the example shown in FIG. 4, “sports” is “parent”, and “baseball” and “soccer” are “children” of “sports”. Further, "baseball" includes "children" of "professional baseball" and "student baseball", and "parents" of "professional baseball" and "student baseball" are "baseball". Thus, a "parent" can be
However, the "child" has only one "parent". In addition, when displaying the category item data on the user terminal 31, “class 1-1” and “class 2” shown in FIG.
-1 ",..." Category 4-10 "are displayed by specific words of the category items.

Next, the user terminal 31 transmits the classification item selected by the user 3 to the user information registration device 44. In response, the user information registration device 44 registers the selected classification item in the hobby / taste information management file 18b.
At this time, the user information registration device 44 assigns the post-office box ID of the electronic post-office box 19 owned by the selected user 3 to the classification item to be registered, and registers it. By this registration operation, the classification item selected by the user 3 is registered in the hobby / taste information management file 18b for each electronic post-office box ID.

Next, an operation in which the user 3 registers information on his / her own profile will be described. First, user 3
Connects the user terminal 31 owned by the user to the electronic information delivery system 1 and makes a registration request. In response to this, the user information registration device 44 instructs the user 3 to input information about the profile.

Next, the user 3 inputs information relating to his profile from the user terminal 31. The profile information referred to here is “address”, “name”,
Information such as "age", "sex", and "occupation". In addition,
Among the profile information to be input here, those which can be input by selection, such as "occupation", record the classification items of the tree structure in the classification item file 42 as described above and read out this classification item data. May be selected by checking the corresponding check box. For example, the classification 1 shown in FIG.
1 is "manufacturing", category 1-2 is "service", and category 1-n is "rough industry". Further, the classification 2-1 is set to "automobile", the classification 2-2 is set to "electricity", and the classification 2-n is set to "business type". Further, the category 3-n is referred to as “fine business category”, and the category 4-n is referred to as “occupation type” such as “sales occupation” and “research occupation”.

Next, the profile information input or selected at the user terminal 31 is transmitted to the user information registration device 44. In response, the user information registration device 44 registers the input profile information in the profile information management file 18a. At this time, the user information registration device 44 registers the user 3
A post office box ID of the electronic post office box 19 owned by is registered. By this registration operation, the profile information of the user 3 is registered in the profile information management file 18a for each electronic post office box ID.

Next, with reference to FIG. 3, an operation of delivering a content based on information registered in the profile information management file 18a and the hobby / taste information management file 18b by the user information registration device 44 will be described. FIG.
FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram showing an operation when the electronic information delivery system 1 shown in FIG. 2 performs content delivery. First,
The information provider 2 uses its own terminal to make a connection request to the electronic information delivery system 1 (step S1).
This connection request is accepted by the authentication device 45,
In response to this, the authentication device 45 makes an authentication information input request to the information provider 2 (step S2). In response to this request, the information provider 2 inputs authentication information such as a user ID and a password (step S3). In response, the authentication device 45 authenticates the information provider 2 based on the input authentication information (step S4). If the user is authenticated as a legitimate information provider, the authentication device 45
Notifies the content registration device 41 to accept the content delivery request (step S5).

Subsequently, the information provider 2 makes a content delivery request from its own terminal (step S6). This content delivery request includes the content to be delivered.
This content delivery request is accepted by the content registration device 41, and the content registration device 41 extracts the content included in the delivery request and registers it in the content management file 46 (step S7). At this time,
The content registration device 41 assigns an identification number to the content to be registered and registers the content.

Next, the content registration device 41 reads the classification item data from the classification item file 42 and sends out a delivery condition input request including the classification item data to the terminal of the information provider 2 (step S8). Thereby, the classification item data shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the terminal of the information provider 2. In response, the information provider 2 selects a classification item of the content to be delivered. For example, when the content to be delivered is a content related to "high school baseball", the classification item is selected by checking the check box of "high school baseball". Then, the information provider 2 inputs a delivery condition (step S9).

The delivery conditions entered here are "20 to 3".
0-year-old females who live in Tokyo, "baseball hobbies", "baseball hobbies and baseball-related hobbies", and the like. here,
The selected classification item and the input delivery condition are notified to the content registration device 41.

Next, the content registration device 41 makes a content delivery request to the content delivery device 43 (step S10). The content delivery request includes the selected classification item, the input delivery condition, and the identification number of the content to be delivered. In response, the content delivery device 43 searches for a delivery destination (step S11).

Here, the search operation of the delivery destination will be described with a specific example. First, a case where profile information is specified as a delivery condition will be described. For example, if the delivery condition is “a woman aged 20 to 30 and living in Tokyo”, the content delivery device 43 refers to the profile information recorded in the profile information management file 18a, The electronic post office box IDs of all the users 3 corresponding to “a woman aged 20 to 30 and living in Tokyo” are extracted.

Next, a case where a classification item having a tree structure is specified as a delivery condition will be described. For example, when the delivery condition is “a person who likes baseball as a hobby preference”, the content delivery device 43 uses the hobby preference information management file 18.
With reference to the hobby and preference information recorded in b, “baseball”
Is extracted from all the electronic post-office box IDs of the user 3 in which the user is recorded.

Next, a case will be described in which a classification item having a tree structure is specified in the delivery condition and delivery is also made to the related users. For example, if the delivery conditions are “people who prefer baseball as a hobby” and “people who prefer baseball as a hobby”, the content delivery device 43 determines whether the classification item file 4
2, the parent-child relationship of "baseball" is checked, and all "parents" of "baseball" and the classification items of all "children" are extracted.
In the example illustrated in FIG. 4, “sports”, “professional baseball”, “student baseball”, “baseball 1”, “high school baseball”, and “college baseball” correspond. Further, all "parents" and "children" of "student baseball" correspond to "sports", "baseball", "high school baseball", and "college baseball". Also, "professional baseball" which is a brother of "student baseball" and "soccer" which is a sibling of "parent" of "student baseball" are not applicable. That is, the sibling of the self and the sibling of the parent do not correspond to the extraction target. Here, hobby preference information has been described as an example. However, in the case of profile information having a tree structure, similarly, except for sibling classification items,
Classification items of all parents and all children are extracted.

Then, the content delivery device 43 determines that the classification item extracted here is the hobby / preference information management file 18b.
Alternatively, the electronic post office box IDs of all the users 3 recorded in the profile information management file 18a are extracted. As described above, except for the classification items of the siblings, the classification items of all the parents and all the children of the self are extracted, so that the user 3 who is closely related can be efficiently extracted.

Next, the content delivery device 43 reads out the content registered in the content management file 46, and extracts the electronic post office box I of the user 3 extracted as a result of the search.
The read content is delivered to the electronic post-office box 19 having D (step S12). The delivered content is viewed by the user 3 (step S1).
3).

As described above, the delivery conditions (hobby / taste information) are designated at the time of the delivery request, the users matching the delivery conditions are extracted, and the delivery is performed only to the extracted users. It is possible to efficiently deliver a direct mail or the like to a user who is interested in the contents of the mail.

As described above, when inputting the information on the user 3, the user selects from the classification items having the tree structure, and records the profile information and the hobby / taste information. Since related users are extracted and delivery is performed only to the extracted users, it is possible to efficiently deliver direct mails and the like to users who are interested in the content. As a result, the number of delivery destinations for direct mail and the like can be efficiently expanded.

The content registration device 4 shown in FIG.
1. A program for realizing the functions of the content delivery device 43 and the user information registration device 44 is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded on the recording medium is read by a computer system and executed. By doing so, the electronic information delivery processing may be performed. The “computer system” here means
It includes hardware such as an OS and peripheral devices. The “computer system” also includes a homepage providing environment (or a display environment) if a WWW system is used. The “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a portable medium such as a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk, a ROM, and a CD-ROM, and 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.

[0054]

As described above, according to the present invention, when inputting information about a user, the user selects from classification items having a tree structure, records profile information and hobby / preference information, and At the time of delivery,
Related users are extracted based on the tree structure, and delivery is performed only to the extracted users, so that direct mail can be efficiently delivered to users who are interested in the content. Is obtained. This also has the effect that the delivery destination for direct mail and the like can be efficiently expanded.

[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;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating classification item data.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Electronic information delivery system, 2 ... Information provider, 3 ... User, 11 ... Operation management part, 12 ... Delivery information management part, 13
..Filter function part, 14 individualization function part,
15: delivery distribution unit, 16: history information file, 17: history reference unit, 18: user attribute information file, 19: electronic post office box, 18a
..Profile information management file, 18b: hobby / taste information management file, 20: delivery server,
21 ... Mobile phone connection gateway, 31 ...
・ User terminal, 32 ・ ・ ・ Mobile phone, 1a
... Management unit, 1b ... Delivery processing unit, 41 ... Content registration device, 42 ... Classification item file, 43 ... Content delivery device,
44: User information registration device 45: Authentication device 46: Content management file

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Claims (16)

[Claims] 1. An electronic information delivery system for delivering electronic information provided by an information provider according to an attribute of a user of a delivery destination, wherein the electronic information delivery system is configured to use the electronic information to receive the electronic information. Provided for each person,
An electronic post-office box having a data file; a content management file for registering electronic information provided by the information provider; a content registration for receiving the electronic information and delivery conditions provided by the information provider and registering the content file Means, a profile information management file for recording profile information of a user having the electronic post-office box, a classification item file in which a parent-child relationship of the profile information is defined, and a reference to the profile information management file and the classification item file. Content delivery means for determining an electronic post-office box that meets the delivery conditions notified by the information provider, and delivering the electronic information registered in the content file to the corresponding electronic post-office box. Electronic information delivery system. 2. The electronic information delivery system further comprises: user information registration means for registering, in the profile information management file, a category item selected from among category items defined in the category item file as profile information. The electronic information delivery system according to claim 1, further comprising: 3. An electronic information delivery system for delivering electronic information provided by an information provider according to an attribute of a user of a delivery destination, wherein the electronic information delivery system uses the electronic information to receive the electronic information. Provided for each person,
An electronic post-office box having a data file; a content management file for registering electronic information provided by the information provider; a content registration for receiving the electronic information and delivery conditions provided by the information provider and registering the content file Means, a hobby preference information management file for recording hobby preference information of a user having the electronic post-office box, a classification item file in which parent-child relationships of the hobby preference information are defined, the hobby preference information management file, and the classification items Content delivery means for determining an electronic post-office box that matches the delivery condition notified by the information provider with reference to the file, and delivering the electronic information registered in the content file to the corresponding electronic post-office box. An electronic information delivery system, characterized in that: 4. The electronic information delivery system, comprising: a user information registration unit that registers a classification item selected from among the classification items defined in the classification item file as hobby and preference information in the hobby and preference information management file. The electronic information delivery system according to claim 3, further comprising: 5. An electronic information delivery method for delivering electronic information provided by an information provider to an electronic post-office box of a user who meets a delivery condition, wherein the electronic information delivery method is provided by the information provider. Registering the electronic information and the delivery condition, and registering the profile information in a content file; and a classification item in which the parent-child relationship between the profile information and the profile information management file in which the profile information of the user having the electronic post office box is recorded A content delivery step of determining an electronic post-office box that meets the delivery conditions notified by the information provider with reference to the file, and delivering the electronic information registered in the content file to the corresponding electronic post-office box. Electronic information delivery method characterized by the above-mentioned. 6. The electronic information distribution method further includes a user information registration step of registering, in the profile information management file, a classification item selected from among the classification items defined in the classification item file as profile information. The electronic information delivery method according to claim 5, further comprising: 7. An electronic information delivery method for delivering electronic information provided by an information provider to an electronic post-office box of a user who meets a delivery condition, wherein the electronic information delivery method is provided by the information provider. A content registration process of receiving the received electronic information and delivery conditions and registering the content information in a content file, and a parent-child relationship between the hobby preference information management file in which the hobby preference information of the user having the electronic post-office box is recorded and the hobby preference information is defined. A content delivery process of determining an electronic post-office box that matches the delivery conditions notified by the information provider with reference to the classified item file, and delivering the electronic information registered in the content file to the corresponding electronic post-office box, An electronic information delivery method comprising: 8. The user information registration step of registering a classification item selected from among the classification items defined in the classification item file as hobby and preference information in the hobby and preference information management file. The electronic information distribution method according to claim 7, further comprising: 9. An electronic information delivery program for delivering electronic information provided by an information provider to an electronic post-office box owned by a user who meets a delivery condition, wherein the electronic information delivery program is provided by the information provider. Registration processing for receiving the electronic information and the delivery condition, and registering the profile information in the content file; A content delivery process of determining an electronic post-office box that matches the delivery conditions notified by the information provider with reference to the file, and delivering the electronic information registered in the content file to the corresponding electronic post-office box, An electronic information delivery program characterized by being performed. 10. The electronic information delivery program further includes a user information registration process of registering, in the profile information management file, a category item selected from among category items defined in the category item file as profile information. The electronic information delivery program according to claim 9, wherein the program is executed by a computer. 11. An electronic information delivery program for delivering electronic information provided by an information provider to an electronic post-office box of a user who meets delivery conditions, wherein the electronic information delivery program is provided by the information provider. A content registration process of receiving the electronic information and the delivery condition, and registering the content in a content file; and a parent-child relationship between the hobby preference information management file in which the hobby preference information of the user having the electronic post-office box is recorded and the hobby preference information is defined. A content delivery process of determining an electronic post-office box that matches the delivery conditions notified by the information provider with reference to the classified item file, and delivering the electronic information registered in the content file to the corresponding electronic post-office box, An electronic information distribution program for causing a computer to perform the following. 12. The user information registration process, wherein the electronic information distribution program registers a classification item selected from among the classification items defined in the classification item file as hobby and preference information in the hobby and preference information management file. 11. The computer according to claim 11, further comprising:
Electronic information delivery program described in. 13. A computer-readable recording medium recording an electronic information delivery program for delivering electronic information provided by an information provider to an electronic post office box of a user who meets delivery conditions, wherein the electronic information delivery program Receiving the electronic information and the delivery conditions provided by the information provider and registering the content in a content file; a profile information management file in which profile information of a user having the electronic post-office box is recorded; and the profile information The electronic post-office box that matches the delivery condition notified by the information provider is determined with reference to the classification item file in which the parent-child relationship is defined, and the electronic information registered in the content file is delivered to the corresponding electronic post-office box. It is characterized by making the computer perform A recording medium recording electronic information delivery program that. 14. The electronic information delivery program further includes a user information registration process of registering, in the profile information management file, a classification item selected from among the classification items defined in the classification item file as profile information. 14. A recording medium recording the electronic information delivery program according to claim 13, wherein the recording medium is executed by a computer. 15. A computer-readable recording medium storing an electronic information delivery program for delivering electronic information provided by an information provider to an electronic post-office box of a user who meets delivery conditions, wherein the electronic information delivery program Receiving the electronic information and delivery conditions provided by the information provider, registering content in a content file, a hobby preference information management file in which the hobby preference information of the user having the electronic post office box, The electronic post-office box that matches the delivery condition notified by the information provider is determined by referring to the classification item file in which the parent-child relationship of the hobby / preference information is defined, and the electronic information registered in the content file is converted to the corresponding electronic mail. Electronic information characterized by causing a computer to perform a content delivery process for delivering to a post office box, and A recording medium recording the delivery program. 16. The user information registration process, wherein the electronic information distribution program registers a classification item selected from among the classification items defined in the classification item file as hobby and preference information in the hobby and preference information management file. 16. The computer according to claim 15, further comprising:
A recording medium recording the electronic information delivery program described in 1.