JP2004334496A - Information supplying system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To refer to highly precise image data such as a map at a remote place. <P>SOLUTION: This information supplying system is constituted of the owner of an information terminal such as a portable telephone, an information provider on a network who is able to perform an access from the portable information terminal and an information worker. Then, an information identification number corresponding to information charged by the information terminal owner to the information provider is generated in the information provider, and transmitted to the information terminal owner and the information worker, and added with the identification number of the information worker, and returned to the information provider. Thus, the charged information is transferred to the information provider and the information worker, and the workpiece of the information is provided to the information terminal owner. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an information supply system using an information terminal device.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a navigation device and a notebook computer have been used as a method for checking a map on the go.
[0003]
Navigation devices have become widespread for use in vehicles, but are large, heavy, and unsuitable for carrying to ensure a certain size of display range. For the same reason, carrying laptops is avoided.
[0004]
Regardless of these methods, the only way to see the map of the destination is to go to a nearby map store or check with a personal digital assistant, but if there is no map store nearby or you can not find the location Is the only means of confirmation using a portable information terminal.
However, the display by a small portable information terminal such as a mobile phone has a narrow display range and is difficult to use.
[0005]
For this reason, there is a portable printer as an application for printing a map displayed on a small portable information terminal such as a mobile phone. However, the portable printer has a narrow printing range and is difficult to use, or is larger than a small portable information terminal such as a portable phone. Poor portability and inconvenience.
[0006]
On the other hand, as a service for selecting and requesting a printing destination, a publication No. 2000-067121.
[0007]
This service is a service for recording and printing image data for a person having image data.
[0008]
In this service, after obtaining desired image data, it is necessary to transmit the obtained image data to a system that supports recording and printing of the image data.
[0009]
Therefore, in order to record and print desired image data on the network, it is necessary to acquire the image data by itself and then transmit the image data, which is inefficient. In addition, when going out, the memory capacity of the portable information terminal is not sufficient, so that image data cannot be acquired and image data cannot be recorded or printed.
[0010]
On the other hand, as a system for handling contents on a network, the publication No. 2001-125982.
[0011]
This system displays the contents of the print service provided by the information provider and marketing company connected to the Internet on a mobile terminal, accepts the print service request from the mobile terminal, and confirms the print reservation. A portal site function related to a print service such as issuing a one-time password, and a content distribution function for distributing contents and print designation contents to a print station in accordance with print service request contents of the user reserved for printing.
[0012]
However, when using this system anonymously, the user identification number issued by the server that provides the content is sent to the user and the printing means, and the printing means is operated by the anonymous user with the same user identification number. Since the information of the print content is received from the server by sending the identification number back to the server, the user identification number sent from the server to a plurality of printing units causes a load on network traffic.
[0013]
Also, in this system, the server provider adds an advertisement to the content and collects the advertisement price from the advertiser.
[0014]
However, the advertisement added by the server provider often has no advertising effect that is not desired by anonymous users, and causes a load on network traffic.
[0015]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
A first object of the present invention is to provide an information supply system that can be used anonymously and has a low load on network traffic using an information terminal device.
[0016]
A second object of the present invention is to provide an advertisement with a high advertisement effect to anonymous users.
[0017]
A third object of the present invention is to provide a convenient printing unit in a limited situation such as when going out.
[0018]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
(1) In order to solve the above problems, a first aspect of the present invention includes an information terminal device, an information providing unit, and an information processing unit, wherein the information terminal device requests information from the information providing unit. A means for acquiring and displaying the "claimed information" and "information of the information processing means" from the information providing means, a means for obtaining identification information from the information providing means, and a means for presenting the identification information to the information processing means. The information providing means includes means for providing the information requested by the information terminal device to the information terminal device, and "information of the information processing means that performs" processing of the information requested from the information terminal device "". Means for providing to the information terminal device, means for generating identification information of information requested by the information terminal device, registering information to be provided for each identification information, and providing the identification information to the information terminal device, and information processing means Get identification information from Means for retrieving information to be provided for each piece of information, and providing the information to the information processing means, wherein the information processing means obtains the identification information from the information terminal device, and presents the obtained identification information to the information providing means. Means for presenting identification information unique to the information processing means to the information providing means, and means for acquiring and processing "information provided for each identification information registered by the information providing means" from the information providing means. Have.
[0019]
The operation of the first present invention will be described.
[0020]
The information terminal device is
1) requesting information from the information providing means using the means for requesting information from the information providing means;
2) Obtain "claimed information" and "information of information processing means" from the information providing means, and display the "claimed information" and "information of information processing means" obtained from the information providing means by using the displaying means. Display,
3) Acquiring the identification information from the information providing means by using the means for acquiring the identification information from the information providing means,
4) The identification information acquired from the information providing means is presented to the information processing means using the means for presenting the identification information to the information processing means.
[0021]
Information provision means,
1) providing information requested by the information terminal device to the information terminal device by using a means for providing information requested by the information terminal device to the information terminal device;
2) Using the means for providing the information processing device with the information of the information processing means that performs the “processing of the information requested from the information terminal device” to the information terminal device, perform the “processing of the information requested from the information terminal device”. Information on the effective information processing means "to the information terminal device,
3) The identification information of the information requested from the information terminal device is generated, the information provided for each identification information is registered, and the information requested by the information terminal device is provided by using the means for providing the identification information to the information terminal device. Generating the identification information, registering the information to be provided for each identification information, providing the identification information to the information terminal device,
4) Acquiring the identification information from the information processing means, searching for the information to be provided for each identification information, obtaining the identification information from the information processing means using the means provided to the information processing means, and providing each of the identification information. The information is searched, and when the identification information obtained from the information processing unit matches the registered identification information, the information to be provided for each identification information is provided to the information processing unit.
1) acquiring identification information from the information terminal device, acquiring the identification information from the information terminal device by using the means for presenting the acquired identification information to the information providing device, presenting the acquired identification information to the information providing device;
2) using the means for presenting the identification information unique to the information processing means to the information providing means, presenting the identification information unique to the information processing means to the information providing means;
3) Acquire "information provided for each identification information registered by the information providing means" from the information providing means, and use the processing means to obtain "identification information registered by the information providing means" from the information providing means. Acquire and process the information to be provided.
[0022]
In other words:
[0023]
1) When the user of the information terminal device requests information necessary for the information providing means by using the means for requesting information to the information providing means,
2) The information providing means transmits the information A requested by the information terminal device, the information B of the information processing device that performs "processing of the information requested by the information terminal device", and the identification information C thereof to the information terminal device. At the same time, the information A, B, and C are registered in the information providing means.
[0024]
3) The information terminal device user checks the information A and B obtained by the information terminal device, and presents the identification information C to the information processing means indicated by the information B as necessary.
[0025]
4) Upon acquiring the identification information C from the information terminal device, the information processing means presents the identification information C and identification information D unique to the information processing means to the information providing means.
[0026]
5) When the information providing unit obtains the identification information C and the identification information D from the information processing unit, the information providing unit searches the information group X registered for each identification information to provide to the information processing unit, and the identification information C is registered. When the identification information matches the identification information, the information A corresponding to the identification information C of the information X registered for each identification information and the processing information E thereof are provided to the information processing means in order to provide the information processing means.
[0027]
6) The information processing means processes the information A based on the processing information E.
[0028]
Therefore, the identification information C is
(1) provided from the information providing means to the information terminal device,
(2) provided from the information terminal device to the information processing means,
(3) provided from the information processing means to the information providing means,
Specific processing for specific information can be provided to anonymous users without waste.
[0029]
Here, the information providing unit can use the identification information D to make a settlement with the information processing unit that processes the provided information A.
[0030]
(2) In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a second aspect of the present invention provides a method according to the first aspect, wherein the information terminal device of the first present invention presents the position information of the information terminal device to the information providing means, The information provided by the information providing means includes the geographic information of the information processing means, the information providing means of the first invention provides information including map information, and the information processing means of the first invention provides printing by the information processing means of the first invention. Is possible.
[0031]
The operation of the second invention will be described.
[0032]
The information terminal device of the first present invention presents the position information of the information terminal device to the information providing means, and the user of the information terminal device presents the current position information to the information providing means. By including the geographical information of the information processing means in the information presented by the providing means, it is possible to present the most convenient location information of the information processing means based on the current position information of the information terminal device user. Providing information including map information by the information providing means of the present invention, and providing information printing means capable of printing by the information processing means of the first invention, which is convenient in limited situations such as when going out. Becomes possible.
[0033]
The information providing means regards the requested map information as a target point, predicts the travel route of the information terminal device user from the difference from the current location information of the information terminal device user, and adds the requested map information to the requested map information on the travel route. Information processing means capable of providing a printed matter including the location information of each information processing means as a mark of the information processing means, presenting the location information of the closest information processing means from the current position information of the information terminal device user, Since printing is possible, it is possible to provide a convenient printing unit under limited circumstances such as when going out.
[0034]
Further, the information providing means appropriately selects the range of the map to be provided as a printed matter, regardless of whether the requested map information is in a remote place or a nearby place, and as a mark of each route on the way to the target point. The information terminal device presents the location information of the information processing means which is originally a commercial facility, and the user of the information terminal device prints the printed matter in which the range of the map is reduced (increased in scale) whenever necessary while approaching the target point. Printing and moving by the processing means can be repeated, and an advertisement with a high advertisement effect can be provided to anonymous users.
[0035]
Also, even when printing is not performed by the information processing means, when passing as a landmark, the effect of expanding opportunities to enter the store to satisfy the requirements while moving can be expected, so that a high advertising effect can be provided to anonymous users. It will be possible to provide advertisements with certainty.
[0036]
That is, even if the information of the processing means indicated by the information B does not match the processing means of the identification information D, it is possible to provide an advertisement with a high advertisement effect to the anonymous user.
[0037]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of a catalog printing system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
The present invention shows a catalog providing service prepared for an external sales salesman of a new product to quickly obtain a catalog that he does not have on the go.
[0038]
A description will be given based on FIG.
[0039]
The information provider provides information on the overview and specifications of new products, such as printers, to an unspecified large number via an Internet web server, and provides registered information processing service providers with information on new products, such as printers. A company that provides catalog print data.
[0040]
In order to identify a registered information processing service provider, an identification number of each information processing service provider is registered in the Internet web server.
[0041]
The external salesman of the information user accesses the first homepage of the information provider from his / her mobile phone, fills in the displayed form with one or more new product model numbers, and When accessed, the overview and specification data of the new product corresponding to the model number, these data identification numbers, and a plurality of data relating to the information processing service provider are displayed. At this time, in the web server, a correspondence table between the data identification number and the model number of the requested new product is stored.
[0042]
The external sales salesman of the information user can select and use the most convenient information processing service provider from the data on the information processing service provider.
[0043]
An information processing service company is a company that has a printing device, prints overview / specification data of a new product using the printing device, and provides it as a catalog.
[0044]
The computer for controlling the printing device of the information processing service company operates a host station of a personal computer communication network, and is configured to be able to access an Internet web server of the information providing company.
[0045]
The computer of the host station of the personal computer communication network always displays the guest user name for access to the host station on the connected display, and can be accessed from the public line with the guest user name. , Invalidate the access with the used guest user name and display the new guest user name.
[0046]
The external sales salesman of the information user selects the most convenient information processing service provider from the data on the information processing service provider obtained on the homepage of the information provider, and uses the guest user name through the mobile phone at the location to use the personal computer. Access the host station of the communication network.
[0047]
The computer for controlling the printing apparatus of the information processing service provider accepts the input of the data identification number when the host station of the personal computer communication network is accessed by the guest user name through the telephone line, and receives the input of the data identification number. Access the homepage of the Internet web server, enter the data identification number and the information processing service provider's identification number in the displayed form, and access again.
[0048]
The information provider's Internet web server checks whether the information processing service provider's identification number matches the registered information processing service provider's identification number. If not, it ignores it. Displays print data on the overview and specifications of the new product corresponding to the product identification number.
[0049]
If they match, a record of providing the print data for each identification number of the information processing service provider is created in the Internet web server, and the record of providing the print data is provided by the information processing service business every month. It is used to create invoices for persons.
[0050]
The print data is acquired by a host computer of a personal computer communication network of an information processing service provider and printed by a printing device.
The printed matter is handed over by the information processing service provider after the external sales salesman of the information user has completed payment and settlement.
[0051]
In this way, the external sales salesman of the information user can access the information provider's Internet web server from a mobile phone to check the information of the new product on the go, and print information only when necessary. At a convenient location. Anonymous printing is possible without disclosing customer information, which is a business secret, and redundant data transmission / reception on the Internet does not occur, so that the load on network traffic is light.
[0052]
In the above-mentioned system, the control computer of the printing device of the information processing service provider may receive an access with a guest user name to a host station of a personal computer communication network by infrared communication or bluetooth communication.
[0053]
The computer of the host station of the personal computer communication network displays the guest user name for access to the host station on the connected display only when receiving a fixed amount of payment from the access applicant, and the access occurs with the guest user name. Each time, the access with the used guest user name may be invalidated.
[0054]
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an outline of a navigation system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
[0055]
In this embodiment, the information service provider is a map information service company, the information provided by the operating Internet server is map information, and the information processing service service provider is a convenience store in which a printing device is installed.
[0056]
The mobile phone user accesses the homepage of the information provider's Internet server, informs the information provider of the current location using the location selection function of the homepage, requests a map information of a specific place, and in return In addition, it receives map data of simple contents that can be displayed on a mobile phone, convenience store information, and a print data identification number for printing the requested location.
[0057]
The convenience store information provides the convenience store closest to the current location of the mobile phone user and the location of the convenience store on the route between the two locations based on the map information of the current location of the mobile phone user and the specific location requested.
[0058]
A mobile phone user visits a convenience store and pays a print service fee to receive a password that enables operation of the printing apparatus.
[0059]
The printing device is connected to the public telephone line, and accepts the print data identification number and password using the touch-tone button according to the instructions of the voice response system, and accesses the Internet server of the map information provider to exchange the print data identification number and convenience store information. It is configured to receive and print the print data.
[0060]
In addition, based on the current location of the mobile phone user and the map information of the requested specific location, the map information providing company provides the map information on a scale including both points, and a convenience store or a local store closest to the information user's current location is provided. The print data is provided by adding a convenience store on the route between the points.
[0061]
In this way, the mobile phone user moves from the print data while considering the convenience store as one of the destinations on the route, uses the convenience store when necessary, prints a map of an appropriate scale at that time, and uses it It is configured as a navigation system that can.
[0062]
In the present embodiment, the convenience store near the current location of the information user or on the way to the destination is displayed as the information processing service provider and the target on the route, but the information user displays the displayed convenience store in the information processing service business. The advertising effect of visiting the store can be expected from the convenience of the geographical location other than the purpose of receiving the printing service as a user. In other words, it can be expected with high probability that the information provider accepts an unspecified number of accesses and leads the customer to a convenience store customer with the customer layer remaining anonymous.
[0063]
In this embodiment, the location information of the PHS telephone may be used to notify the current location to the Internet server of the information provider.
[0064]
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an outline of a catalog printing system according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
The difference from the first embodiment is that an intermediate operator intervenes between the information processing service operator and the information provider, and the intermediate operator functions as an information provider from the information processing service operator, Providers function as information processing service providers,
In this system, in the new product information provided by the information provider, the image of the commercial talent promoted by the manufacturer is changed by the intermediate company to the image of the community-based commercial talent promoted by the regional sales company That is.
[0065]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, using an information terminal device, an information supply system that can be used anonymously and has a low load on network traffic can be provided, an advertisement with a high advertising effect can be provided to anonymous users, Convenient printing means can be provided under limited circumstances.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of a catalog printing system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an outline of a navigation system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an outline of a catalog printing system according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (2)

An information terminal device;
Information provision means;
An information supply system having information processing means,
The information terminal device is
Means for requesting information from the information providing means;
Means for acquiring and displaying the "claimed information" and "information of the information processing means" from the information providing means,
Means for obtaining identification information from the information providing means;
Means for presenting the identification information to the information processing means,
Information provision means,
Means for providing information requested by the information terminal device to the information terminal device;
Means for providing to the information terminal device "information of information processing means for effecting" processing of information requested from the information terminal device ";
Generating identification information of the information requested from the information terminal device,
Means for registering information to be provided for each identification information and providing the identification information to the information terminal device;
Means for acquiring identification information from the information processing means, searching for information to be provided for each identification information, and providing the information processing means,
Information processing means
Means for acquiring identification information from the information terminal device, and presenting the acquired identification information to the information providing means;
Means for presenting identification information unique to the information processing means to the information providing means;
Means for acquiring “information provided for each identification information registered by the information providing means” from the information providing means and processing the acquired information;
An information supply system comprising: The information terminal device has means for presenting position information of the information terminal device to the information providing means,
The information of the information processing means provided by the information providing means includes geographic information of the information processing means,
The information provided by the information providing means includes map information,
2. The information supply system according to claim 1, wherein the information processing means is capable of printing.

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