JP2004282610A - System, method and program for distributing information - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information distribution system capable of controlling a distribution order of distribution information. <P>SOLUTION: In the information distribution system for distributing the distribution information the distribution of which is requested to a user terminal provided to a mobile body, (1) position registration information of the user terminal is received, recorded in a mobile body database, (2) priority of information distribution is inputted by every kind of the distribution information and recorded in a distribution information database. Then, (3) a user setting request setting propriety of information distribution by every kind of the distribution information is received from the user terminal, recorded in a user setting database, (4) the distribution information included in the distribution request received via a network, a kind of the distribution information and distribution position information are extracted, recorded in the distribution information database, (5) the distribution information received at intervals of prescribed time is read from the distribution information database and the distribution is aligned and distributed to the user terminal based on the distribution position information, the priority by every kind of the distribution information and user setting information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an information distribution system, an information distribution method, and an information distribution program capable of controlling a distribution order of distribution information.
[0002]
[Prior art]
A PUSH type delivery service such as a mail service in a mobile phone is generally transmitted to a terminal in the order in which a mail server receives a mail. Various contents are described in the e-mail according to purposes, such as exchange of messages between users, advertisement information, business messages, and the like. If these miscellaneous e-mails are simply sent to the terminal in the order in which they are received, important e-mails will be buried, or depending on the number of transmissions, the reception capacity of the terminal will be exceeded, and new e-mails will not be received or old e-mails will be deleted. May be lost.
[0003]
Also, in the mobile telematics field, as in the case of information distribution for car navigation, useful information is considered to change depending on the current situation of a moving object, and the position and destination of the moving object. For example, amusement system information for killing time during traffic jams and traffic information during driving are desired. Alternatively, information on “close shops” that can be accessed immediately or information scattered around the destination may be useful. Also, for a user of the service, the information desired is not uniform, and useful information changes according to the hobbies and preferences of each user. Further, when considering advertisement information, the content provider that provides the advertisement information expects that the advertisement to be transmitted is properly delivered to the user. However, if some control is added to solve the above-mentioned problem, there is a possibility that some contents will never be distributed.
[0004]
In order to solve such a problem, there is known a roadside information distribution system that arranges and distributes competing information distribution requests from a plurality of information sources according to the nature of information (Patent Document 1).
[0005]
[Patent Document 1]
JP 2001-338389 A
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, the roadside information distribution system described in Patent Literature 1 has a problem that information is not always distributed in an order according to a user's desire.
[0007]
The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an information distribution system, an information distribution method, and an information distribution program that can control a distribution order of distribution information according to a user's request. And
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The invention according to claim 1 is an information distribution system that distributes a PUSH type distribution information requested to be distributed to a user terminal provided in a mobile body, and a distribution information database that records the distribution information; A mobile database for recording location registration information of the user terminal, a user setting database for setting whether or not information distribution is possible according to a user's request; and receiving the location registration information of the user terminal, to the mobile database. A mobile information receiving means for recording, a priority order for information distribution for each type of the distribution information, and a priority order inputting means for recording in the distribution information database; A user information setting means for receiving a user setting request in which permission / inhibition of information is set, and recording the received information in the user setting database; The distribution information included in the received distribution request, the type of distribution information and the distribution position information are extracted, and the distribution request receiving means for recording the distribution information in the distribution information database; and the distribution information received within a predetermined time interval, Information sorting means for reading out from the delivery information database, sorting the delivery information and delivering to the user terminal based on the delivery location information, the priority for each type of the delivery information, and the user setting information. It is characterized by.
[0009]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, the information distribution system distributes only a predetermined number of pieces of distribution information according to the size of a buffer included in the user terminal, among the distribution information arranged by the information arrangement unit. An information distribution means is further provided.
[0010]
According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a distribution information database for recording distribution information, a mobile database for recording location registration information of a user terminal, and a user setting database for setting whether or not information distribution is possible according to a user's request. An information distribution system comprising: a method of distributing push-type distribution information requested to be distributed to a user terminal provided in a mobile body, comprising: receiving location registration information of the user terminal; The mobile information receiving step to be recorded in the mobile database, for each type of the distribution information, input the priority of information distribution, the priority input step to record in the distribution information database, from the user terminal, Receives a user setting request in which information distribution is set for each type of distribution information, and records user information setting errors recorded in the user setting database. And distribution information included in the distribution request received via the network, the type of distribution information and the distribution position information are extracted, and the distribution request receiving step of recording the distribution information in the distribution information database is received within a predetermined time interval. An information sorting step of reading delivery information from the delivery information database, sorting the delivery information based on the delivery position information, the priority of each delivery information type and the user setting information, and delivering the delivery information to the user terminal; It is characterized by having.
[0011]
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the information distribution method, only a predetermined number of pieces of distribution information are distributed according to a size of a buffer included in the user terminal among distribution information arranged in the information arrangement step. It is characterized by further comprising an information distribution step.
[0012]
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a distribution information database for recording distribution information, a mobile database for recording location registration information of a user terminal, and a user setting database for setting whether or not information distribution is possible according to a user's request. An information distribution system comprising: an information distribution program that operates to distribute PUSH type distribution information requested to be distributed to a user terminal provided in a mobile body, wherein the location registration information of the user terminal is A mobile information receiving process for receiving and recording in the mobile database; a priority input process for inputting an information distribution priority for each type of the distribution information, and recording in the distribution information database; Receives a user setting request from a terminal, which sets whether information can be distributed for each type of distribution information, and records the request in the user setting database A user information setting process, a delivery request receiving process of extracting delivery information, a delivery information type and delivery location information included in a delivery request received via the network, and recording the delivery information in the delivery information database, The distribution information received within the interval is read from the distribution information database, and the distribution information is arranged and distributed to the user terminal based on the distribution position information, the priority order for each type of the distribution information, and the user setting information. And causing the computer to perform the information sorting process.
[0013]
In the invention according to claim 6, the information distribution program distributes only a predetermined number of pieces of distribution information according to a size of a buffer of the user terminal, among distribution information arranged by the information arrangement processing. The information distribution process is further performed by a computer.
[0014]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an information distribution system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the embodiment. In this figure, reference numeral 1 denotes an information distribution system that distributes information to mobile terminals. Reference numeral 2 is a network such as the Internet. Reference numerals 31 to 33 denote information providing terminals for providing information to be distributed. Reference numerals 41 and 42 are movable user terminals for receiving information distribution, and are provided on a mobile body such as an automobile. Reference numeral 5 denotes a base station that enables communication between the networks 2 by establishing a communication path between the user terminals 41 and 42 by wireless communication.
[0015]
Reference numeral 11 denotes a communication unit that performs communication via the network 2. Reference numeral 12 denotes a mobile information receiving unit that receives information of the user terminals 41 and 42. Reference numeral 13 denotes a distribution request receiving unit that receives a distribution request of distribution information provided from the information providing terminals 31 to 33. Reference numeral 14 denotes an information sorting unit that sorts information to be distributed. Reference numeral 15 denotes an information distribution unit that distributes information to the user terminals 41 and 42. Reference numeral 16 denotes an input unit in which the administrator of the information distribution system 1 inputs the distribution information classification and distribution order. Reference numeral 17 denotes a mobile database that records information received by the mobile information receiving unit 12. Reference numeral 18 denotes a distribution information database that records information provided from the information providing terminals 31 to 33. Reference numeral 19 denotes a user setting database that records desired contents of information distributed in advance by the user.
[0016]
Next, an operation of the information distribution system 1 for distributing information to the user terminals 41 and 42 will be described with reference to FIG.
In the following description, it is assumed that there are five types of information to be distributed: "safety information", "traffic information", "message", "general content", and "advertisement". The “safety information” is information provided by a road manager or the like, and is, for example, information necessary for a vehicle to safely pass, such as road surface freezing information. “Traffic information” is information relating to movement, such as traffic congestion information and accident information. The “message” is information exchanged between the user terminals 41 and 42, and is, for example, information on a meeting point. “General content” is information selected by the user as desired, and is, for example, news, weather forecast, or the like. “Advertisement” is advertisement information for introducing a product or the like.
[0017]
Here, the contents that the administrator and the user of the information distribution system 1 need to carry out in advance will be described. First, the contents that the user needs to carry out in advance will be described. First, the user connects the user terminal 41 owned by the user to the information distribution system 1. Then, user setting information is input at the user terminal 41. The user setting information referred to here is information for setting whether or not distribution is possible for each type of distribution information described above, and one of “distribution permitted” and “distribution rejected” is set for five pieces of information. In response to the input of the user setting information, the user terminal 41 combines the user setting information with the user identification information (for example, a user name and a telephone number) capable of identifying the user terminal 41 as a user setting request. Send to distribution system 1. This user setting request is received by the communication unit 11 and passed to the input unit 16. The input unit 16 extracts the user identification information and the user setting information included in the user setting request, and records the user identification information and the user setting information in the user setting database 19 in association with each other. The recording operation of the user setting information is performed at an arbitrary timing in response to a request from the user terminal 41. By this operation, whether or not each piece of distribution information can be distributed is set in the user setting database 19 for each user terminal.
[0018]
Next, a description will be given of contents that the administrator of the information distribution system 1 needs to execute in advance. First, the administrator inputs the priority of information distribution from the input unit 16.
The priority here is the distribution order when there are a plurality of distribution information.
Here, it is assumed that “safety information”, “traffic information”, “message”, “general content”, and “advertisement” are input in descending order of priority. Subsequently, the input unit 16 assigns a priority number to each distribution information based on the priority input here, and records it in the distribution information database 18. By this operation, priority numbers are assigned to the five types of distribution information.
[0019]
Next, a registration operation of distribution information will be described.
First, the information provider generates distribution information in the information providing terminal 31, and generates the generated information and the type of the distribution information (“safety information”, “traffic information”, “message”, “general content”, “advertisement”). ) And information on the position where the distribution information needs to be distributed, to the information distribution system 1.
This information distribution request is received by the communication unit 11 and passed to the distribution request receiving unit 13. The distribution request receiving unit 13 extracts the distribution information, the type, and the position information included in the distribution request, and records the extracted information in the distribution information database 18. At this time, the distribution request receiving unit 13 counts the reception time of the distribution request, and records the distribution information, the type, the position information, and the reception time in the distribution information database 18 in association with each other. The operation of recording the distribution information in the distribution information database 18 is performed at an arbitrary timing in response to a request from each of the information providing terminals 31 to 33. The information distribution request also includes a mail distribution request from the user terminal 41 to the user terminal 42.
[0020]
Next, the position registration operation of the user terminals 41 and 42 will be described. First, the base station 5 requests the information distribution system 1 to perform position registration accompanying the movement of each of the user terminals 41 and 42. This position registration request is received by the communication unit 11 and passed to the mobile information receiving unit 12. In response, the mobile unit information receiving unit 12 records the position information included in the position registration request in the mobile unit database 17. The location information referred to here is information indicating which base station is currently in the communication area. With this operation, the current position information is recorded in the mobile database 17 for each user terminal.
[0021]
Next, an operation of distributing distribution information to each user terminal will be described with reference to FIG. First, the information arranging unit 14 reads out the distribution information received within a predetermined time (for example, 10 minutes) from the distribution information recorded in the distribution information database 18 (Step S1). Then, the information alignment unit 14 specifies the base stations 5 connected to the network 2 in order (Step S2). Subsequently, the information sorting unit 14 refers to the mobile object database 17 to specify a user terminal in the communication area of the previously specified base station 5 (Step S3). Then, the user setting information of the specified user terminal is read from the user setting database 19 (step S4).
[0022]
Next, the information arranging unit 14 performs a distribution information arranging process (step S5). First, information is sorted in ascending order of distance. Here, the distance is the distance between the position information associated with the distribution information and the base station 5 specified in step S2.
[0023]
Next, the information arranging unit 14 further rearranges the distribution information in order of priority based on the type of the distribution information rearranged in ascending order of distance. Then, whether or not to distribute each piece of distribution information is determined based on whether or not distribution of the user setting information is possible. Subsequently, the information sorting unit 14 outputs the information sorting result to the information distribution unit 15. In response, the information distribution unit 15 distributes information to the user terminal specified in step S3. At this time, the information distribution unit 15 distributes a predetermined number of pieces of information from the higher order among the distribution information output from the information arranging unit 14 (Step S6). The number of pieces of information distributed here is determined by the size of the buffer of the user terminal 41. When the information distribution to the user terminal 41 ends, the information distribution unit 15 notifies the information arranging unit 14 that the information distribution has ended.
[0024]
In response, the information sorting unit 14 determines whether or not all the user terminals in the communication area of the base station 5 specified in step S2 have been processed (step S7). And the above processing is repeated. Then, when the processing in one base station 5 is completed, it is determined whether or not processing has been performed for all the base stations 5 (step S8). Specifically, the processing described above is repeated. Further, when the processing of steps S1 to S8 is completed and a predetermined time has elapsed (steps S9 and S10), the processing is repeated from step S1 again.
[0025]
In addition, information that is not distributed in step S6 may be discarded (depending on user settings or priority), and information that cannot be discarded is turned on at the next distribution and distributed by the same process.
[0026]
As described above, in the PUSH-type information distribution, the priority is determined for each type of information, and whether or not the distribution is permitted is determined according to the user's request. Can be delivered to
[0027]
A program for realizing the function of each processing unit in FIG. 1 is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded on this recording medium is read by a computer system and executed to execute information distribution processing. May be performed. Here, the “computer system” includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices. The “computer system” also includes a WWW system provided with a homepage providing environment (or display environment).
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 serving as 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. In addition, programs that hold programs for a certain period of time are also included.
[0028]
Further, 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 the 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. Furthermore, what can implement | achieve the function mentioned above in combination with the program already recorded on the computer system, and what is called a difference file (difference program) may be sufficient.
[0029]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, in the PUSH-type information distribution, the priority is determined for each type of information, and whether or not the distribution is permitted is determined according to the user's request. In addition, it is possible to distribute only necessary information to the user terminal.
[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 flowchart showing an operation of the information distribution system 1 shown in FIG.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Information distribution system 11 ... Communication part 12 ... Mobile information receiving part 13 ... Distribution request receiving part 14 ... Information arranging part 15 ... Information distribution part 16 ... Input part 17 Mobile object database 18 Delivery information database 19 User setting database 2 Network 31 to 33 Information providing terminals 41 to 42 User terminal 5 Base station

Claims (6)

An information delivery system for delivering push-type delivery information requested to be delivered to a user terminal provided in a mobile body,
A distribution information database for recording the distribution information,
A mobile database for recording location registration information of the user terminal;
A user setting database for setting whether or not information distribution is possible according to a user's request, and mobile object information receiving means for receiving position registration information of the user terminal and recording the information in the mobile object database;
For each type of the distribution information, input a priority of information distribution, priority input means to record in the distribution information database,
User information setting means for receiving from the user terminal a user setting request in which information distribution is set for each type of distribution information, and recording the information in the user setting database;
Distribution request included in a distribution request received via a network, a type of distribution information and distribution position information, and a distribution request receiving unit for recording the distribution information in the distribution information database;
The distribution information received within a predetermined time interval is read from the distribution information database, and the distribution information is arranged based on the distribution position information, the priority of each type of the distribution information, and the user setting information, and the user is arranged. An information distribution system comprising: an information arranging unit that distributes information to a terminal. The information distribution system,
2. An information distribution means for distributing only a predetermined number of pieces of distribution information according to the size of a buffer of the user terminal among the distribution information arranged by the information arrangement means. Information distribution system described in. A distribution information database for recording distribution information;
A mobile database that records location registration information of the user terminal;
And a user setting database for setting whether or not information can be distributed according to the user's request. In the information distribution system, information for distributing push-type distribution information requested to be distributed to a user terminal provided in a mobile body is provided. Delivery method,
A mobile information receiving step of receiving the location registration information of the user terminal and recording it in the mobile database;
For each type of the distribution information, input a priority of information distribution, a priority input step of recording in the distribution information database,
A user information setting step of receiving, from the user terminal, a user setting request in which information distribution is set for each type of distribution information, and recording the information in the user setting database;
A distribution request included in the distribution request received via the network, a type of distribution information and distribution position information, and a distribution request receiving step of recording the distribution information in the distribution information database;
The distribution information received within a predetermined time interval is read from the distribution information database, and the distribution information is arranged based on the distribution position information, the priority of each type of the distribution information, and the user setting information, and the user is arranged. An information arranging step of distributing the information to a terminal. The information distribution method includes:
4. The method according to claim 3, further comprising an information distribution step of distributing only a predetermined number of distribution information according to a size of a buffer included in the user terminal among the distribution information arranged in the information arrangement step. The information distribution method described. A distribution information database for recording distribution information;
A mobile database that records location registration information of the user terminal;
A user setting database for setting whether or not information can be distributed according to the user's wishes. In the information distribution system, in order to distribute PUSH type distribution information requested to be distributed to a user terminal provided in a mobile body, An information distribution program that operates on
A mobile object information receiving process of receiving the position registration information of the user terminal and recording it in the mobile object database,
For each type of distribution information, input a priority of information distribution, priority input processing to record in the distribution information database,
From the user terminal, a user information setting process of receiving a user setting request in which information distribution is set for each type of distribution information, and recording the information in the user setting database;
Distribution request included in the distribution request received via the network, the type of distribution information and the distribution position information, and a distribution request receiving process for recording the distribution information in the distribution information database;
The distribution information received within a predetermined time interval is read from the distribution information database, and the distribution information is arranged based on the distribution position information, the priority of each type of the distribution information, and the user setting information, and the user is arranged. An information distribution program for causing a computer to perform information alignment processing to be distributed to a terminal. The information distribution program,
The computer further performs an information distribution process of distributing only a predetermined number of distribution information according to a buffer size of the user terminal among the distribution information arranged by the information arrangement process. Item 6. The information distribution program according to Item 5.

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