JP2002352107A - Information-providing method and information-providing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information-providing method and an information- providing system, by which an information requester can surely obtain information including one's own desired program, etc., and an information provider can obtain profits to satisfy both the information requester and the information provider. SOLUTION: In this information-providing method for providing information with a computer system, the information provider inputs data, showing contents of providable information and the information, and the information requester inputs data, showing contents of the own desired information and retrieves the data showing the contents of the providable information inputted by the information provider; and when the information requester decides that the retrieved data, showing the contents of the providable information, are the own desired information, the information requester acquires information corresponding to the data showing the contents of the providable information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to an information providing method and an information providing system, and more particularly to an information providing method and an information providing system for providing information using a computer system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, it is desired to obtain a program such as freeware, a macro function of a predetermined application program, parts, etc. between terminals such as a computer system connected via a network such as the Internet. Is trying to obtain a desired program etc. by looking for a person who owns these programs etc. as a hobby, or conversely, a person who can provide the program etc.
Programs and the like are provided free of charge to those who wish to obtain them.

[0003]

However, although the above-mentioned conventional method has an advantage that it is free of charge, it often provides information from a hobby information provider. In many cases, it takes a long time or the program is not the one desired by the user, and there is a problem that reliability is low.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems in the conventional information providing method, and it has been found that an information requester can quickly and reliably obtain information including a program desired by the user. It is an object of the present invention to provide an information providing method and an information providing system that can provide benefits to an information provider and can satisfy both an information requester and an information provider.

[0005]

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information providing method for providing information by a computer system, the method comprising: providing information provided by an information provider; Input the data and the information, the information requester inputs data indicating the content of the desired information and searches for data indicating the content of the information that can be provided by the information provider, and the information requester Acquiring data corresponding to the data indicating the contents of the information that can be provided, when it is determined from the data indicating the contents of the information that can be searched for that the information is desired by the user. I do.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the information requester obtains, from the data indicating the contents of the retrieved available information, the information determined to be the information desired by the user. As a result, it is possible to reliably and quickly obtain information desired by the user. The information provider can also benefit by charging for the provision of the information.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information providing method for providing information by a computer system, wherein an information requester inputs data indicating desired information content, and the information provider can provide the information. Entering data indicating the contents of the information requester and searching for data indicating the contents of the desired information input by the information requester, the information provider searches the data indicating the contents of the searched information requester for the desired information. If the information requester determines that the information can be provided, the information requester is notified of the fact, and the information requester is notified from the data indicating the content of the information that can be provided by the information provider. When it is determined that the information is desired by the user, information corresponding to data indicating the content of the information that can be provided is obtained.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the information requester acquires the information which the information provider can determine that the information that can be provided is the desired information. Information can be obtained reliably and quickly. The information provider can also benefit by charging for the provision of the information.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information providing system for providing information by a computer system, comprising: data indicating contents of information that can be provided; Means, data indicating the contents of information that can be provided by the information provider, and available information storage means for storing the information, and desired information acquisition for acquiring data indicating desired information from the information requester Means, desired information storage means for storing data indicating the content of desired information from the information requester, and data indicating the content of desired information from the information requester, the information provider can provide the information. Search means for searching for data indicating the content of the information; and in response to a request from the information requester, the information stored in the available information storage means to the information requester. Characterized in that a signal to the information transmitting means.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, data indicating the contents of information that can be provided and the information are obtained from the information provider, and the data and information are stored. Obtain data indicating the contents of the information and store this data, and search for data indicating the contents of the information that can be provided by the information provider by the data indicating the contents of the desired information from the information requester. By transmitting the information stored in the available information storage means in response to a request from the information requester, the information requester can reliably and quickly obtain the information desired by the information requester. The information provider can also benefit by charging for the provision of the information.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information providing system for providing information by a computer system, comprising: data indicating the contents of information that can be provided; Means, data indicating the contents of information that can be provided by the information provider, and available information storage means for storing the information, and desired information acquisition for acquiring data indicating desired information from the information requester Means, desired information storage means for storing data indicating the contents of desired information from the information requester, and data indicating the contents of information that can be provided from the information provider. Searching means for searching data indicating the content of the information, and in response to a request from the information provider, data indicating the content of the information that the information provider can provide; Notification means for notifying a requester; and information transmitting means for transmitting the information stored in the available information storage means to the information requester in response to a request from the information requester. And

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, data indicating the contents of the information that can be provided and the information are obtained from the information provider, and the data and the information are stored. Obtain and store data indicating the contents of
The data indicating the contents of the information that can be provided from the information provider is searched for data indicating the contents of the desired information from the information requester, and the information provider is searched in response to a request from the information requester. Notifying the information requester of data indicating the content of the information that can be provided to the information requester, and transmitting the information stored in the available information storage unit to the information requester in response to a request from the information requester Thus, the information requester can reliably and quickly obtain the information desired by the user. The information provider can also benefit by charging for the provision of the information.

[0013]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, the concept of the information providing system according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

This information providing system provides information between a person who wants to receive information (hereinafter referred to as an "information requester") 1 and an information provider 2 using a computer system and the Internet network. In order to provide information using the Internet network, a system administrator 3 exists.

FIG. 2 shows an example of the configuration of the information providing system.
Requester terminal 14 and information provider terminal 1 connected to
5, a management system server 101 in the management system 11 connected to the Internet 13 via the provider server 12, a request information database 102,
Provided information database 103 and shipping database 10
4 etc.

In the request information database 102, the member number, password, name,
S, language, category, years of work, desired information name, data indicating desired information content, address, email address,
Age, telephone / fax number, etc. are stored.

In the provided information database 103, the member number, password, name,
S, language, category, years of work, PR content, available information name, data indicating available information content, available information, address, email address, age, telephone / fax
Numbers and the like are stored.

The shipping database 104 stores information codes, information names, and the like when the information requester 1 applies for the purchase of the information provider 2 information.

In the management system server 101, the information requester 1 has the information requester terminal 14 and the Internet network 13.
Is configured to instruct the information provider terminal 15 of the information provider 2 to dispatch information when accessing the dispatch database 104 via the.

Next, the operation of the information providing system using the communication network will be described with reference to FIG.

First, the information provider 2 requests the system administrator 3 to post data indicating the content of the information that can be provided by the information provider 2, and the system administrator 3 provides information via the Internet network. The information requester 1 communicates with the information provider 2
To be able to see data indicating the contents of information that can be provided. Further, the information provider 2 stores information that can be provided by the information provider 2 in the provided information database 103 via the system administrator 3.

The information requester 1 is the system administrator 3
The information requester 1 looks at the data indicating the contents of the information that can be provided by the information provider 2 via the Internet, and decides to purchase the information. The user accesses the providing system server 101 to apply for a purchase.

When the system administrator 3 receives an application for purchase from the information requester 1, the information stored in the provided information database 103 is sent to the information provider 2 via the Internet network 13.

When the information requester 1 receives information from the information provider 2 via the system manager 3, the information requester 1 pays the information provider 2 for the price. When paying the price, the information requester 1 can pay the information provider 2 directly or indirectly through the system administrator 3.

Next, with respect to the embodiment of the information providing system having the above configuration, refer to specific display screens displayed on the information requester terminals 14 and 15 of the information requesters 1 and 2. I will explain while.

To provide / purchase information using this system, it is necessary to become a member, and the user is registered as a member by inputting predetermined items on the screen shown in FIG.
Items to be entered include a name, a password, and an e-mail address. If you wish to provide information in addition to purchasing information, check "Register information in" Sell! "" And check the OS, language, category, years of work, and PR contents etc. Enter in this way,
Depending on the type of information entered, members who can only make purchases,
Members who can purchase and provide are distinguished. Only the members other than the members can refer to the list of information that can be provided.

The registered information provider 2 is introduced to the information requester 1 via the public information screen shown in FIG. On this screen, in addition to the name of the information provider 2, the experienced OS, the language, the category, the number of working years, and the contents of the PR, the evaluation determined based on the performance of the information provider 2 so far is also displayed. This information can be used as a criterion when the information requester 1 purchases the information. In this evaluation, a person who has previously purchased information from the information provider 2 evaluates the information provider 2 for each piece of information purchased by a simple method (for example, a four-level evaluation).

Members who want to use this system,
The user logs in from the login screen shown in FIG. You can log in by entering your registered member name and password.

The information provider 2 registers, on the screen shown in FIG. 6, data indicating the contents of the information which the information provider owns and which he wants to sell, and the information itself. At that time, O
S, language, category, level, contents to be PR, price, etc. are input. Then, as shown in FIG. 7, data indicating the contents of the registered information of each information provider 2 is listed and posted.

Next, as shown in FIG. 8, the information requester 1 inputs search conditions for searching registered information. At this time, the OS, language, category, and level are input.

Then, as shown in FIG. 9, a list of information satisfying the entered search condition appears on the screen. Here, the title of the information, the registration date, the creator, the level, the number of information, and the price are displayed.

Here, when the information requester 1 selects "simple clock" of "1", an explanation screen for the outline of the information appears as shown in FIG. 10, and the title of the information, the registration date, the information provision The name, level, PR content, price, and description of the file of the person 2 appear. The contents described in this explanation screen are not the actual registered information itself. still,
If an information buyer wants to ask a question about the content of the information,
It is also possible to send a questionnaire. From this summary of information,
If you want this information, you can get it by clicking Buy. Information is paid by card payment or WEB money. Thus, a series of operations of the information providing system according to the present invention is completed.

The information purchased by the information purchaser by card payment or the like is displayed as a list as shown in FIG.
Since such information has already been paid, it can be referenced / acquired for free as many times as possible. In addition, as shown in FIG. 12, when the information registered by the information provider 2 is sold, the details of the sale are displayed.

In the above embodiment, the information requester 1
Searched the information of the registered information provider 2,
As shown in FIG. 13, a list of information “I want information” registered by the information requester 1 is released, and the information provider 2
Looks at this screen, or inputs data indicating the contents of information that can be provided by the information provider 2, searches for data indicating the contents of desired information input by the information requester 1, and provides the data to the information requester 1. The information requester 1 may be notified that the information is possible, and if the information requester 1 determines from the data indicating the content of the notified information that can be provided that the information is desired, the information requester 1 may obtain the information. .

Further, the system administrator 3 sets the information requester 1
In sending and receiving information between the information provider 2 and the information provider 2, the price of the information is received from the information requester 1 and a part thereof is used as an intermediary fee,
By paying the remainder to the information provider 2, business can be performed. At this time, it goes without saying that the system administrator 3 may perform a task relating only to the transfer of information, and may cause another person to perform charge-related management.

[0036]

As described above, according to the information providing method and the information providing system according to the present invention, the information requester can quickly and surely obtain the information including the program desired by the user. At the same time, profits can be obtained for the information provider.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing an information providing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the information providing system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a member registration screen displayed on a terminal in the information providing system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a public information screen of an information provider displayed on a terminal in the information providing system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a login screen displayed on a terminal in the information providing system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a registration screen of information that can be provided by an information provider displayed on a terminal in the information providing system of FIG. 1;

7 is a diagram showing a data list screen showing contents of registered information of an information provider displayed on a terminal in the information providing system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a search screen for an information requester displayed on a terminal in the information providing system of FIG. 1;

9 is a diagram illustrating a list of an overview of information searched by the search in FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a description screen of the information summary displayed when one of the information summaries listed in the list of FIG. 9 is selected.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a list of information purchased by an information purchaser using the information providing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a screen displaying details of sales when information registered by an information provider using the information providing system according to the present invention is sold.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a list screen of desired information registered by an information requester using the information providing system according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 information requester 2 information provider 3 system administrator 11 management system 12 provider server 13 internet network 14 information requester terminal 15 information provider terminal 101 management system server 102 request information database 103 provided information database 104 shipping database

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An information providing method for providing information by a computer system, comprising the steps of: inputting data indicating the contents of information that can be provided by an information provider and the information; The information requester searches for data indicating the contents of the information that can be provided and that is input by the information provider. An information providing method, characterized in that when it is determined that the information is information, information corresponding to data indicating the content of the information that can be provided is obtained. 2. An information providing method for providing information by a computer system, wherein an information requester inputs data indicating contents of desired information, and the information requester inputs data indicating contents of information which can be provided by the information provider. The information provider searches for data indicating the contents of the desired information input by the information requester, and the information provider can provide the information from the data indicating the contents of the desired information of the searched information requester. If the information is determined to be information, the information requester is notified to that effect, and the information requester obtains information desired by the information requester from the data indicating the contents of the information that can be provided by the information provider. If it is determined that the information is available, information corresponding to data indicating the content of the information that can be provided is obtained. 3. An information providing system for providing information by a computer system, comprising: data indicating contents of information that can be provided from an information provider; and available information obtaining means for obtaining the information; Data indicating the contents of information that can be provided by a user and available information storage means for storing the information; desired information obtaining means for obtaining data indicating desired information contents from an information requester; Desired information storage means for storing data indicating the content of desired information from a user, and data indicating the content of information that can be provided by the information provider by the data indicating the content of desired information from the information requester Search means for searching for information, and an information transmitter for transmitting the information stored in the available information storage means to the information requester in response to a request from the information requester. An information providing system comprising a step and a step. 4. An information providing system for providing information by a computer system, comprising: data indicating contents of information that can be provided from an information provider; and available information obtaining means for obtaining the information; Data indicating the contents of information that can be provided by a user and available information storage means for storing the information; desired information obtaining means for obtaining data indicating desired information contents from an information requester; Desired information storage means for storing data indicating the content of desired information from a user, and indicating the content of desired information from the information requester by data indicating the content of information that can be provided from the information provider. A search unit for searching data; and a request for notifying the information requester of data indicating contents of information that can be provided by the information provider in response to a request from the information provider. An information providing system comprising: a notifying unit; and an information transmitting unit that transmits the information stored in the available information storage unit to the information requester in response to a request from the information requester. .