JP2006259867A - Information providing system and method, and program for providing information - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a user with proper and beneficial information suitable for user's hobbies or the like. <P>SOLUTION: This information providing system constituted by connecting an agent terminal operated by an agent collecting prescribed information on a network and a user terminal 10 operated by a user desiring the acquisition of information, through the network, comprises a disclosed information storing means 60 storing the information provided to the user, an information collecting means 42 collecting the information collected by the agent terminal from the agent terminal and storing the same in the disclosed information storing means by every agent, an agent selection receiving means 31 receiving the agent selection information for selecting the agent from the user terminal, and an information disclosing means 32 extracting the collected information collected by the agent specified by the agent selection information from the disclosed information storing means and transmitting the same to the user terminal. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an information providing system, and more particularly, to a system for providing information collected by an agent to a user.

  Currently, as a method of collecting information from a network, that is, from various websites, a method of browsing a recommended page by inputting a keyword into a search engine is common. This method is effective when the topic you want to search for has been decided and the information you need is clear. However, there is no particular topic, but it is not suitable when you want to get information passively, such as when watching TV, such as searching for something that interests you. In other words, when using a search engine, there is a problem that it is becoming difficult to reach information required only by keywords from information that continues to grow in both quantity and quality.

  Here, if there is a homepage that matches hobbies and is frequently updated, the above request is resolved by periodically browsing the page. In addition, a site called Weblog (blog) has been growing in recent years. This is a site where the creator of the site is interested in adding a comment on a topic on the website and sending it in a news format. If the site creator's preferences match, viewers can reach the topics they are interested in one after the other. However, such a site does not necessarily exist and information is enormous, so it may be necessary to collect information from other sites.

JP 2001-76002 A JP 2001-229271 A

  As a method of solving the above problem, a method in which a user inputs data such as a search word into the agent software and automatically circulates various websites can be considered, but it corresponds to the user's constantly changing interest. That was still difficult. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a system that collects highly relevant information on a network while correcting agent characteristics by comparing information collected by agent software with user characteristics. Similarly, Patent Document 2 discloses a system in which character agent software performs a search based on a search keyword input by a user. In this way, the idea of collecting information by a robot agent has been around for a long time, but in order to respond to interests that suddenly inspire humans or current topics that do not exist before, complex algorithms It was still difficult to collect appropriate information.

  Therefore, the object of the present invention is to improve the inconveniences of the above-described conventional examples, and to provide appropriate and useful information to the user, particularly suitable for the user's hobbies and the like.

Therefore, an information providing system according to one aspect of the present invention is
An information providing system connected via an network to an agent terminal operated by an agent that collects predetermined information on a network and a user terminal operated by a user who desires to acquire information,
Public information storage means for storing information provided to the user;
Information collecting means for collecting the collected information collected by the agent terminal from the agent terminal and storing the collected information for each agent in the public information storing means;
Agent selection receiving means for receiving agent selection information for selecting an agent from a user terminal;
Information disclosure means for extracting the collected information collected by the agent specified by the agent selection information from the public information storage means and transmitting it to the user terminal;
It is characterized by having.

In addition to the above configuration,
Agent characteristic storage means for storing agent characteristic information;
Agent characteristic registration means for receiving the characteristic information of the agent transmitted from the agent terminal and storing it in the agent characteristic storage means, and
The agent selection accepting unit publishes the agent characteristic information stored in the agent characteristic storage unit to the user terminal, and receives agent selection information by the user terminal selected according to the disclosure.
It is characterized by that.

  The agent characteristic information is information designated by the agent, and is characterized by, for example, search keyword information used when collecting information collected by the agent.

  According to the above invention, first, information collected by a human agent is accumulated for each agent. This accumulated information is information corresponding to human interest that is always derived. When the user selects an agent, information collected by the agent can be acquired. Thereby, the unambiguous search by a robot search can be suppressed, and since the user can acquire various information, more useful information can be acquired.

  In particular, by registering information representing a search keyword by an agent in advance, presenting such information to the user, and selecting an agent based on the information, the user can select an agent who has a common interest with him. Since the user can acquire the information collected by the user, more useful information can be acquired.

Also, evaluation information storage means for storing the evaluation information of the agent,
Evaluation information receiving means for receiving the evaluation information of the agent from the user terminal and storing it in the evaluation information storage means;
An evaluation information transmitting unit that reads and transmits the evaluation information of the agent from the evaluation information storage unit to the agent terminal,
It is characterized by that.

Also, evaluation information storage means for storing the evaluation information of the agent,
An evaluation information calculating unit that extracts the disclosure status information of the collected information by the information disclosure unit, calculates the evaluation information of the agent based on the disclosure status information, and accumulates the evaluation information in the evaluation information storage unit;
An evaluation information transmitting unit that reads and transmits the evaluation information of the agent from the evaluation information storage unit to the agent terminal,
It is characterized by that.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that a reward calculating means for calculating a reward amount to be paid to the agent based on the evaluation information of the agent is provided.

Request information storage means for storing request information for the agent;
Request information receiving means for receiving request information for the agent from the user terminal and storing it in the request information storage means;
Request information transmission means for reading out request information for the agent from the request information storage means and sending it to the agent terminal,
It is characterized by that.

  Thereby, based on the collected information collected by the agent, evaluation by the user and evaluation information based on the number of accesses are accumulated, and such information is transmitted to the agent terminal. A request for the agent by the user who has acquired the information is also transmitted to the agent terminal. Therefore, the agent collects information according to the evaluation and request, so that more useful information can be expected to be collected, and the information accumulated by the agent can be enhanced.

In addition, an information providing computer according to another aspect of the present invention includes:
An information providing computer connected via a network to a user terminal operated by a user who desires acquisition of collected information by an agent that collects predetermined information on the network,
Agent selection receiving means for receiving agent selection information for selecting an agent from a user terminal;
Information disclosure means for extracting the collected information collected by the agent specified by the agent selection information from the public information accumulation means for accumulating the collected information collected by the agent terminal for each agent;
It is characterized by having.

In the information providing computer,
The agent selection receiving means reads the agent characteristic information from the agent characteristic storage means in which the agent characteristic information is stored, and publishes it to the user terminal, and receives the agent selection information by the user terminal selected in accordance with the disclosure. To
It is characterized by that.

Furthermore, an information collecting computer according to another embodiment of the present invention is provided.
An information collecting computer for collecting collected information provided to a user terminal by the above information providing computer,
The agent is operated and connected to an agent terminal that collects predetermined information on the network via the network. The collected information collected by the agent terminal is collected from the agent terminal and stored for each agent in the public information storage means. Equipped with information gathering means to
It is characterized by that.

  In the present invention, the information providing computer or the information collecting computer is also provided with programs (information providing program and information collecting program) for realizing the above-described means.

Furthermore, an information providing method according to another aspect of the present invention includes:
Information provision using one or a plurality of computers connected via a network to an agent terminal operated by an agent collecting predetermined information on a network and a user terminal operated by a user who desires to acquire information A method,
Computer
Collected information collected by the agent terminal from the agent terminal and stored for each agent in the public information storage means,
Receive agent selection information to select an agent from the user terminal,
Collected information collected by the agent specified by the agent selection information is extracted from the public information storage means and transmitted to the user terminal.
It is characterized by having.

  In the above method, before the agent selection information is received from the user terminal, the computer releases the agent characteristic information stored in the agent characteristic storage means to the user terminal.

  Even the information providing computer, the information collecting computer, the program, and the information providing method configured as described above operate in the same manner as the information providing system described above, and therefore, the object of the present invention can be achieved.

  Since the present invention is configured and functions as described above, according to this, the information collected by the agent can be acquired by selecting a certain agent. Since the user can acquire various information according to the characteristics of human beings rather than a simple search result, it has an unprecedented excellent effect that more useful information can be acquired.

  The present invention can automatically transmit information collected by a person serving as an agent, and can provide information useful to the user by matching the user and the agent according to interests and personality. It has a feature in that. That is, in the present invention, a person is used as an information collecting agent instead of a robot. Hereinafter, specific configurations and operations for realizing the above features will be described with reference to examples.

  A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of the present invention, and FIGS. 2 to 3 are functional block diagrams showing a detailed configuration. 4 to 5 are sequence diagrams showing the operation of the present invention.

[Constitution]
The information providing system according to the present invention is connected via a network to an agent terminal 20 operated by an agent that collects predetermined information on a network and a user terminal 10 operated by a user who desires to acquire information. . As shown in FIG. 1, the information providing system includes a public server 30, an agent server 40, an evaluation server 50, an agent database 60, and an evaluation database 70. The public server 30, the agent server 40, and the evaluation server 50 are connected to the user terminal 10 and the agent terminal 20 via the Internet 100. The agent database 60 and the evaluation database 70 are the public server 30 and the agent The server 40 and the evaluation server 50 are connected via a local network 200 such as an in-house LAN. The databases 60 and 70 may be directly connected to the servers 30, 40 and 50. Hereinafter, each terminal 10, 20, each server 30, 40, 50 and each database 60, 70 will be described in detail. It should be noted that a function for operating as described below is constructed in an arithmetic device such as a CPU incorporated in each terminal or server by incorporating a predetermined program.

<User terminal>
The user terminal 10 is an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer owned by each user, and accesses the public server 30 from the Internet via a browser. Then, the information acquired from the public server 30 is displayed on the browser. As will be described later, the user can select an agent that suits the user's interest with reference to characteristic information such as the personality and preference of the agent and search keywords transmitted from the public server 30. Note that a user who is confused about selecting an agent can select an agent suitable for the user from those recommended by personal information such as personality judgment by a questionnaire executed on the user terminal 10 screen by the public server 3. If there is a request for the selected agent, the request can be transmitted to the public server 30 and registered. Furthermore, the evaluation for the agent can be transmitted to the public server 30 and registered.

<Agent terminal>
The agent terminal 20 is an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer owned by a person registered as an agent, and collects information by installing software dedicated to the agent and browsing a website using the installed agent software. . The agent inputs topics and words of interest to the agent software, so that the agent's personality, that is, characteristic information is transmitted to the agent server 40 and registered. The agent software is an add-on for the web browser or the web browser itself, which monitors information browsed by the agent such as text information such as search words entered by the agent, visited web links, and words that frequently appear on visited web pages. To the agent server 40. The agent is anonymous, and the login screen, password input screen, web mail screen, etc. of the visited web page are not monitored, and the personal information of the agent is not monitored / registered.

  Further, the agent terminal 20 can access the agent server 40 so that the agent can confirm the collected information, and can delete unnecessary information and information that is not desired to be disclosed. A person registered as an agent can access the evaluation server 50 from the agent terminal 20 and can check the evaluation and the reward corresponding to the evaluation. When receiving a reward, the agent inputs personal information to the evaluation server 50 or the agent server 40, and can receive the reward by registering information such as how to receive the reward, a receiving address, and a bank account. it can.

<Agent database>
The agent database 60 is a database (public information storage means) that stores collected information collected by the agent at the agent terminal 20 for each agent, and is configured by a server computer or the like. The collected information stored in this database is transmitted to the agent terminal 20 in response to a request from the agent terminal 20, or is changed and re-registered. Later, it is provided to the user.

  Further, the agent database 60 stores information such as information indicating the character and hobby of the agent designated by the agent and transmitted from the agent terminal 60, and search keywords used when collecting information by the agent. . That is, the database 60 serves as agent characteristic storage means for storing agent characteristic information. The agent characteristic information is later disclosed to the user terminal 10 and becomes reference data when the user acquires information.

<Evaluation database>
The evaluation database 70 accumulates evaluation information of each agent transmitted from the evaluation server 50, as will be described later. The accumulated evaluation information includes information indicating the evaluation of the agent input by the user via the user terminal 10 and the disclosure status (access status) of the collected information by each agent acquired by the evaluation server 50 from the disclosure server 30. For example), information indicating an evaluation calculated according to the request, and request information indicating a request from the user to the agent. Furthermore, the amount of remuneration paid to the agent calculated based on the evaluation, information representing the payment method of the remuneration designated by each agent, and the like are stored. As described above, the evaluation database 70 serves as evaluation information storage means, request information storage means, and reward information storage means. These pieces of information are transmitted via the evaluation server 20 in response to a request from the agent terminal 20.

<Agent server>
The agent server 40 (information collecting computer) is a general server computer, and an agent registration processing unit 41 and an information collecting processing unit 42 are provided in the arithmetic device by incorporating an information collecting program. Has been built. The agent registration processing unit 41 (agent characteristic registration means) receives the agent characteristic information transmitted from the agent terminal 20, as described above, that is, the agent hobby, the search keyword by the agent, and the like for each agent. Store in database 60. Further, the information collection processing unit 42 (information collecting means) collects the collected information collected by the agent terminal 20 from the agent terminal 20 as described above, distinguishes it in the agent database 60 for each agent, and puts it in an appropriate format. Convert and store. At this time, for example, the agent characteristic information and the collection information are stored in association with each agent. In addition, the information collection processing unit 42 transmits collection information by the agent in response to access from the agent terminal 20, receives a correction instruction or a deletion instruction from the agent terminal 20 in response thereto, and collects information edited according to the instruction. Information is stored again in the agent database 60.

<Public server>
The public server 30 (information providing computer) is a general server computer, and the information selection program 31, the information public processing unit 32, Has been built. The agent selection reception processing unit 31 (agent selection reception means) first transmits a list of agents stored in the agent database 60 to the user terminal 10 that has requested information acquisition. At this time, as described above, the characteristic information indicating the personality of the agent is transmitted to the user terminal 10 and disclosed. On the other hand, since the agent selection information for selecting the agent is transmitted from the user terminal 10, the agent selection reception processing unit 31 receives this and notifies the information disclosure processing unit 32. The information disclosure processing unit 32 (information disclosure unit) extracts information collected by the agent specified by the received agent selection information from the agent database 60 and transmits it to the user terminal 10. The public server 30 also has an agent recommendation function for transmitting information indicating that any agent is recommended to the user together with agent characteristic information. In addition, it also has a request evaluation receiving function that receives requests and evaluation information for agents transmitted from the user terminal 10. However, in the present embodiment, the request evaluation reception function may be provided in the evaluation server 50 as described later.

<Evaluation server 50>
The evaluation server 50 (evaluation computer) is a general server computer, and an evaluation reception program unit 51, an access evaluation calculation processing unit 52, and a reward calculation are performed by incorporating an evaluation program into the arithmetic device. A processing unit 53 and an evaluation notification processing unit 54 are constructed.

  The evaluation reception processing unit 51 (evaluation information reception means) receives agent evaluation information from the user terminal 10 and stores it in the evaluation database 70 for each agent. The evaluation acceptance processing unit 51 also accepts request information for the agent from the user terminal and stores it in the evaluation database 50. Therefore, the evaluation reception processing unit 51 also has a function as request information reception means. The evaluation acceptance processing unit 51 may be included in the public server 30.

  Further, the access evaluation calculation processing unit 52 (evaluation information calculation means) extracts information representing the disclosure status of the collected information from the public server 30 to the user terminal 10, and the disclosed collection information based on the disclosure status information. The evaluation information of the agent that collected the information is calculated and stored in the evaluation database 70. For example, the agent is evaluated based on a preset calculation formula based on the number of accesses to the collected information, the access time zone, and the like. Specifically, when there is no access to the collected information of the agent, a low evaluation is calculated for the agent. Thereby, objective evaluation can be calculated without depending on subjective evaluation from a specific user.

  The reward calculation processing unit 53 (reward calculation means) calculates a reward amount to be paid to the agent based on the accumulated evaluation information for the agent, and accumulates it in the reward database 70. Information representing the calculation standard of the reward amount is stored in advance, and the reward amount corresponding to the evaluation level is calculated based on the information and the evaluation information.

  The evaluation notification processing unit 54 (evaluation information transmission means, request information transmission means) reads the evaluation information, request information, and reward amount information stored in the evaluation database 70 as described above in response to a request from the agent terminal 20. To send. Accordingly, when there is a payment request for a reward amount from the agent terminal 2, payment information such as the bank account number of the agent registered in the evaluation database 70 or the agent database 60 is read in advance, and the above reward is determined according to this payment information. A process of paying an amount corresponding to the amount is performed.

[Operation]
Next, the operation of the information providing system configured as described above will be described with reference to the sequence diagrams of FIGS. First, the agent software installed in the agent terminal 20 collects information when the agent has visited the web, and transmits the collected information to the agent server 40 (step A1). The agent server 40 that has received the collected information forms the information as necessary and stores it in the agent database 60 (step A2). From the agent terminal 20, characteristic information representing the personality of the agent or the like is registered in the agent database 60 in advance, or when the collection information is transmitted, the search keyword used at the time of collection is the agent. Is sent to the agent database 60 and registered in the database 60.

  Subsequently, the agent can confirm the collected information from the agent terminal 20 (step A3). That is, the agent server 40 that has received the access request from the agent accesses the agent database 60 (step A4), acquires the collected information accumulated by the agent transmitted from the agent database 60 (step A5), It transmits to the agent terminal 20 and displays it (step A6). At this time, when the agent wants to edit the information collected in the past, the agent terminal 20 is used to access the agent server 40 (step A7), and the contents of the database are changed and registered via the agent server 40 (steps A8 and A9). . At this time, the edited content is displayed on the agent terminal 20 via the agent server 40 (steps A10 and A11).

  Subsequently, when the user desires to acquire information, first, the user terminal 10 accesses the public server 30 (step A12) and displays the public portal (step A13). At this time, the public server 30 reads the agent characteristic information from the agent database 60 and publishes it on a public portal (not shown). Thereby, the user can know the characteristics of each agent, and can select an agent based on such information. In this way, when the user selects an agent from the public portal (step A14), the collected information collected by the selected agent is extracted from the agent database 60 by the public server 30 (steps A15 and A16), and the user terminal 10 (A17, go to FIG. 5).

  Thereafter, when there is a request from the agent who browsed the collected information to the agent such as information that the agent wants to collect, the requested information can be registered via the public server 30 (steps A18 and A19). In this figure, the request information is registered in the agent database 60 from the public server 30, but the request information may be registered in the evaluation database 70 via the evaluation server 50. Moreover, the user who browsed the information can register the evaluation used for determining the reward of the agent via the evaluation server 50 (steps A20 and A21).

  Further, the evaluation server 50 calculates the evaluation of each agent based on the popularity of the agent and the evaluation of the user, and stores the evaluation information in the evaluation database 70 (step A22). When the evaluation is determined, the reward of each agent is determined according to the evaluation information (steps A23, A24, A25).

  Thereafter, the evaluated agent can check the evaluation, the reward, the request, etc. by accessing the evaluation server 50 and requesting the confirmation of the evaluation, the reward, the request (steps A26, A27, A28, A29). . Then, the agent can apply for remuneration by registering how to receive the remuneration and personal information (steps A30 and A31). In the above, a case where personal information such as how to receive a reward for each agent is registered in the evaluation server 50 is exemplified, but it may be registered in another computer such as the agent database 60, The registration may be performed in advance.

  Then, the evaluation server 50 that has received the reward receiving application acquires reward data from the evaluation database 70 (steps A32 and A33), and pays the agent using a bank account or the like (steps A34 and A35).

  According to the above invention, first, information collected by a human agent is accumulated for each agent. Therefore, this accumulated information is information corresponding to human interest that is always derived. Since the user can select the agent he / she is interested in, the information collected by the agent can be acquired. Therefore, the unambiguous search by the robot search can be suppressed, and the user can acquire various information. Since it can be acquired, more useful information can be acquired.

  In addition, since the agent can obtain evaluation information by the user and evaluation information based on the number of accesses, and can receive a reward corresponding to the evaluation, the willingness to collect information increases, and more useful information can be collected. It can be expected and the information accumulated by the agent can be enhanced.

  Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 6 shows the overall configuration of the second embodiment, and FIG. 7 shows the operation of the second embodiment. The present embodiment is different from the above-described first embodiment in that, when the data collected by the agent and stored in the agent database 60 is updated, the updated contents are transmitted to the user by mail using the mail server 80. Different.

[Constitution]
The basic configuration of the information providing system in the present embodiment is the same as that in the first embodiment. However, in this embodiment, a mail server 80 is provided as shown in FIG. Accordingly, in this embodiment, the functions of the public server 30 are different.

  The public server 30 in this embodiment monitors whether the collection information of a predetermined agent disclosed to the user terminal 10 has been updated in the agent database 60. If there is an update, the mail server 80 is notified of that fact and the updated collection information. In response to this, the mail server 80 transmits an email including the updated collection information to the user terminal 10.

[Operation]
Next, the operation of the system in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. First, information is collected by the agent terminal 20, data is stored in the agent database 60 (steps A1 to A11), an agent is selected from the user terminal 10, and the collected information of the selected agent is stored in the user terminal 10 as shown in FIG. The operation (steps A12 to A17) to be displayed is the same as in the first embodiment (see FIG. 4).

  Subsequently, the public server 30 checks whether the collection information of the agent selected by the user has been updated at the set time interval (steps B1 and B2). If the collected data has been updated, the mail server 80 is requested to send the updated collected information by mail (step B3). The mail server 80 requested to transmit transmits the collected information updated to the user terminal 10 by mail (step B4). Thereby, the user can acquire and browse the update information included in the mail.

  Then, an operation for transmitting a request / evaluation to the agent from the user terminal 10 thereafter (steps A18 to A21 in FIG. 5) and an operation until the evaluation server 50 evaluates the agent and pays a reward (from step A22 in FIG. 5). A35) is the same as in the case of Example 1 described above.

  As described above, in this embodiment, since the update content is transmitted by the mail server 80, the user can acquire new information without accessing the public portal by himself / herself.

  The present invention can be used as a search system for providing information to a user, and has industrial applicability.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an overall configuration in Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a functional block diagram which shows the structure of an agent server and a public server. It is a functional block diagram which shows the structure of an evaluation server. FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram illustrating an operation in the first embodiment. FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram illustrating an operation in the first embodiment, and illustrates a continuation of FIG. 4. 6 is a block diagram illustrating an overall configuration in Embodiment 2. FIG. FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram illustrating an operation in the second embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

10 User terminal 20 Agent terminal 30 Public server (information providing computer)
31 Agent selection reception processing unit (agent selection reception means)
32 Information disclosure processing section (information disclosure means)
40 Agent server (information collection computer)
41 Agent registration processing unit (agent characteristic registration means)
42 Information collection processing unit (information collection means)
50 Evaluation server (evaluation computer)
51 Evaluation reception processing unit (evaluation information reception means, request information reception means)
52 Access Evaluation Calculation Processing Unit (Evaluation Information Calculation Unit)
53 Reward calculation processing unit (reward calculation means)
54 Evaluation Notification Processing Unit (Evaluation Information Transmitting Unit, Request Information Transmitting Unit)
60 Agent database (public information storage means, agent characteristic storage means)
70 Evaluation database (evaluation information storage means, request information storage means)

Claims (16)

An information providing system connected via an network to an agent terminal operated by an agent that collects predetermined information on a network and a user terminal operated by a user who desires to acquire information,
Public information storage means for storing information provided to the user;
Collecting information collected by the agent terminal from the agent terminal, and storing information for each agent in the public information storage means;
Agent selection receiving means for receiving agent selection information for selecting the agent from the user terminal;
Information disclosure means for extracting the collected information collected by the agent specified by the agent selection information from the public information storage means and transmitting it to the user terminal;
An information providing system characterized by comprising: Agent characteristic storage means for storing the characteristic information of the agent;
Agent characteristic registration means for receiving agent characteristic information transmitted from the agent terminal and storing it in the agent characteristic storage means; and
The agent selection accepting unit publishes the agent characteristic information stored in the agent characteristic storage unit to the user terminal, and receives agent selection information by the user terminal selected according to the disclosure.
The information providing system according to claim 1.   The information providing system according to claim 2, wherein the agent characteristic information is information designated by the agent.   4. The information providing system according to claim 3, wherein the agent characteristic information is search keyword information used when collecting the collected information by the agent. Evaluation information storage means for storing the evaluation information of the agent;
Evaluation information receiving means for receiving evaluation information of the agent from the user terminal and storing it in the evaluation information storage means;
Evaluation information transmission means for reading the agent evaluation information from the evaluation information storage means and transmitting it to the agent terminal,
5. The information providing system according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4. Evaluation information storage means for storing the evaluation information of the agent;
An evaluation information calculation unit that extracts the disclosure status information of the collected information by the information disclosure unit, calculates the evaluation information of the agent based on the disclosure status information, and accumulates the evaluation information in the evaluation information storage unit;
Evaluation information transmission means for reading the agent evaluation information from the evaluation information storage means and transmitting it to the agent terminal,
6. The information providing system according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5.   The information providing system according to claim 5, further comprising a reward calculation unit that calculates a reward amount to be paid to the agent based on the evaluation information of the agent. Request information storage means for storing request information for the agent;
Request information receiving means for receiving request information for the agent from the user terminal and storing it in the request information storage means;
Request information transmitting means for reading out and transmitting request information for the agent from the request information storage means to the agent terminal,
8. The information providing system according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7. An information providing computer connected via a network to a user terminal operated by a user who desires acquisition of collected information by an agent that collects predetermined information on the network,
Agent selection receiving means for receiving agent selection information for selecting the agent from the user terminal;
The collected information collected by the agent specified by the agent selection information is extracted from the public information accumulation means for accumulating the collected information collected by the agent terminal for each agent and transmitted to the user terminal. Information disclosure means,
A computer for providing information, comprising: The agent selection accepting means reads the agent characteristic information from the agent characteristic storage means in which the agent characteristic information is stored and publishes the agent characteristic information to the user terminal, and the user terminal selected according to the disclosure Receive agent selection information,
The information providing computer according to claim 9. An information collection computer for collecting the collected information provided to the user terminal by the information provision computer according to claim 9 or 10,
The agent is operated and connected to an agent terminal that collects predetermined information on the network via the network, and the collected information collected by the agent terminal is collected from the agent terminal, and the public information storage unit stores the information for each agent. Equipped with information gathering means to accumulate,
An information collecting computer characterized by the above. An information providing computer connected via a network to a user terminal operated by a user who desires acquisition of collected information by an agent that collects predetermined information on the network,
Agent selection receiving means for receiving agent selection information for selecting the agent from the user terminal;
The collected information collected by the agent specified by the agent selection information is extracted from the public information accumulation means for accumulating the collected information collected by the agent terminal for each agent and transmitted to the user terminal. Information disclosure means,
An information provision program for realizing The agent selection accepting means reads the agent characteristic information from the agent characteristic storage means in which the agent characteristic information is stored and publishes the agent characteristic information to the user terminal, and the user terminal selected according to the disclosure Receive agent selection information,
The information providing program according to claim 12, wherein: An information collecting computer for collecting the collected information provided to the user terminal by the information providing computer according to claim 9 or 10,
The agent is operated and connected to an agent terminal that collects predetermined information on the network via the network, and the collected information collected by the agent terminal is collected from the agent terminal, and the public information storage unit stores the information for each agent. An information collecting program for realizing information collecting means for storing. Information provision using one or a plurality of computers connected via a network to an agent terminal operated by an agent collecting predetermined information on a network and a user terminal operated by a user who desires to acquire information A method,
The computer is
The collected information collected by the agent terminal is collected from the agent terminal and stored in the public information storage means for each agent.
Receiving agent selection information for selecting the agent from the user terminal;
Extracting the collected information collected by the agent specified by the agent selection information from the public information storage means and transmitting it to the user terminal;
An information providing method characterized by comprising: The computer is
Before receiving the agent selection information from the user terminal, publish the agent characteristic information stored in the agent characteristic storage means for the user terminal,
The information providing method according to claim 15, wherein:

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