JP4439604B2 - Information collection and retrieval device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an apparatus for browsing facilities that provide products and services using the Internet, a car navigation network, and other communication networks, and more particularly from information providers including providers of products and services. It is related with the information accumulation | storage and browsing apparatus for accumulating this information, and providing it to a consumer as accurate and highly accurate information when it is calculated | required.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Access to a database that collects individual information on facilities, products, and services from a consumer terminal, such as a personal computer, via a network such as the Internet, and enter, for example, dish names, movie titles, and local keywords as logical sums or logical products. However, it is widely performed to detect necessary information, for example, the location of a facility such as a restaurant or a movie theater. However, if the search engine provider classification is not so good, it is difficult to obtain the target information accurately.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In order to obtain the target information accurately, if individual information is put into a single classification item, the search cannot be performed if the keyword search also applies to other classification items. For example, if French restaurants are classified into items of French cuisine, even if other products or services such as Italian-style dishes are provided in the same store, they are excluded from the search. Therefore, it is desirable to classify the same facility from various viewpoints so that there is no leakage.
Further, even if predetermined information is obtained, the location must be searched from a map or the like, which is particularly inconvenient when information is obtained from an on-vehicle or portable computer terminal. Therefore, it is desirable to display an image of the found facility location on a display device.
[0004]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
  The present inventor has found that an accurate search can be made possible by using a combination of a specific facility classification and a classification of goods / services and characteristics / values. Furthermore, the scope of application of the present invention can be expanded by adding affordances (objects of natural environment other than commercial activities) to the concept of goods and services.
  The present invention provides individual facilities from information providers including goods or service providers.·space, Provide information on products, services, affordances, characteristics and values, accumulate them, attach classification codes, build a database,·spaceIt enables accurate search browsing with high search efficiency using keywords such as goods, services, and affordances, and characteristics and values.
  That is, the present invention
  (1) A memory for storing a basic classification table in which three sets of content information of facilities / spaces, products / services / affordances, and characteristics / values are classified into hierarchical structures and associated with identification codes;
  A database for storing unique identification information regarding facilities and spaces, three sets of content information of facilities and spaces, products, services and affordances, and characteristics and values, and identification codes of the content information;
  Consumer terminal for receiving provision of corresponding unique identification information and content information in the database by voice input;
  An information provider terminal for providing unique identification information and content information to the database;
  A control device connected to the basic classification table memory, the database, the consumer terminal, and the information provider terminal;
  An information collection / retrieval device comprising the control device,
  Registration means for storing in the database the unique identification information and content information provided in a predetermined format from the information provider terminal, and an identification code corresponding to the content information;
  Before registering in the database, associating means for generating the identification code by associating the content information provided from the information provider terminal with the basic classification table;
  The object representing the desired product, service and affordance, the complement representing the desired facility / space location, and the desired characteristic / value included in the speech syntax input by the consumer from the consumer terminal The database is searched by a keyword including at least a combination of three combinations of goods, services, affordances, facilities / spaces, and characteristics / values corresponding to each of the complementary words representing the contents, and content information having an identification code suitable for it. Means for reading out the identification information from the database and supplying it to the display device of the consumer terminal (where affordance is the ability of the space that allows specific activities) I will provide a.
  (2) The present invention also includes a memory for storing a basic classification table in which three sets of content information of space, affordance, and characteristic / value are classified into hierarchical structures and corresponded to identification codes,
  A database for storing unique identification information about the space, three sets of content information of space, affordance, and characteristic / value, and an identification code of the content information;
  Consumer terminal for receiving provision of corresponding unique identification information and content information in the database by voice input;
  An information provider terminal for providing unique identification information and content information to the database;
  A control device connected to the basic classification table memory, the database, the consumer terminal, and the information provider terminal;
  An information collection / retrieval device comprising the control device,
  Registration means for storing content information provided in a predetermined format from the information provider terminal and an identification code corresponding to the content information in the database;
  Before registering in the database, associating means for generating the identification code by associating the content information provided by the information provider with the basic classification table;
  The object representing the desired affordance, the complement representing the desired spatial location, and the complement representing the desired characteristic / value of the affordance included in the speech syntax input by the consumer from the consumer terminal. The database is searched with a corresponding keyword including at least three combinations of affordance, space, and characteristic / value, and content information and identification information having a matching identification code are read from the database and consumed. Providing information to the display device of the person's terminal (where affordance is the ability of the space that allows a specific activity).
  The display device of the consumer terminal has a memory storing map information, reads the map information from the memory, and displays a sign indicating the location of the facility that matches the search condition on the screen of the display device. It is preferable to do so. Here, the consumer terminal can be a portable terminal or a car navigation terminal.
  According to the present invention, the following advantages can be obtained.
  (1) Facility·spaceAs well as goods and services, information on characteristics and values is used, so accurate information can be obtained.
  (2) The latest information can be obtained from the information provider every moment, and the latest database can be constructed.
  (3) Facilities in the database·space, Goods and / or services or affordances, and characteristics / values are used as required classification items, and this classification item is referred to when registering individual information of the information provider in the database and searching the database by the consumer. Thus, an accurate and quick search can be achieved.
[0005]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
A facility is a facility that sells products or a facility that provides services, and includes not only actual stores but also virtual stores (restaurants, restaurants, bookstores, department stores, greengrocers, hotels, stations, etc.).
For example, if the user (consumer) of this device wants to eat Chinese food, the Chinese restaurant is a primary keyword, and if a search is performed by specifying an area as a secondary selection criterion, the service is provided within that region. Chinese restaurant names are listed, and a bird's-eye view map is displayed at the same time as a flashing sign indicating the location on the map displayed on the display device of the consumer's terminal.
However, since this does not fully provide the dishes that are provided, the types of dishes, for example, the types of dishes such as Tianjin, Guangdong, and Beijing, and more specifically, the types such as Peking Duck are searched simultaneously as a logical product or logical sum. Then, since a specific restaurant name that matches the wish is obtained, a more accurate search is possible. Furthermore, the example of FIG. 4 shows an example of information storage of a plurality of goods and / or services, or facilities or places that provide affordances (in this case, large commercial facilities, bookstores). This facility, for example, finds that it responds to a request to receive a publication search service with the purchase of a book, and if it wants to purchase men's clothing as well, search as a logical product or logical sum as in the above example, It is possible to obtain accurate answers for multiple purposes. In other words, in the present invention, in addition to the facility classification, it is essential to use products / services (cooking, automobiles, books, etc., travel guide information, massages, etc.) or affordance classification as necessary.
As shown in FIG. 8, affordance is the potential ability of a place that allows people to perform activities that do not fit into the classification of goods and services. FIG. 9 shows an example of systematizing affordances. As can be seen, affordance is defined as affording the possibilities of cityscape and nature watching, if the cityscape and nature watching can be done from a certain place.
In the present invention, characteristics and values are further included in the classification. Here, characteristics / values are characteristics / values that consumers want to select, such as specific definitions of food quality, atmosphere, interior decoration, etc. If it is left to the selection, it is not enough to have any information. For example, when searching with the above-described two kinds of keywords, it is possible to select from the characteristic / value classifications provided corresponding to the lower classifications of the basic classification table. As a result, after the information is narrowed down by the logical sum or product of the facility and the product or service, the characteristics and values can be used in the form of the logical product, which is useful for identifying the target facility.
The results obtained can be displayed together with a map on a display screen such as a liquid crystal display or CRT on a car-mounted or personal navigation map device, or the optimal route to the searched facility from the current location of the consumer. It may be displayed on the screen.
[0006]
Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows an outline of a search browsing apparatus according to the present invention. A basic classification table memory 1 that classifies facilities, products, services, affordances, and characteristics / values, a database 2 that stores individual information, and the database by keyword input. A consumer terminal 4 for receiving provision of relevant individual information in FIG. 2, an information provider terminal 5 for accessing the database 2 to provide information on the use facility, and the consumer terminal and provider terminal And a control device 3 associated with the storage device.
The control device 3 has various functions, but as a configuration essential to the present invention, unique identification information (name, address, telephone number, FAX number, guide map, etc.) regarding the facility provided by the information provider And content information including facilities (restaurants, types of shops such as high salary restaurants, etc.), products / services (French cuisine, Chinese cuisine, duck cuisine, etc.) or affordances are stored in the database 2 as individual information according to a predetermined format. Registration means 31 for causing
Before storing the individual information in the database 2, the associating means 32 for associating the content information including the facility, the product / service / affordance, and the characteristics / value of the individual information with the basic classification table 1;
The database 2 is searched according to a combination of facilities, goods and / or services and / or affordances, and characteristics / values desired by the consumer, which is input from the consumer terminal, and classification items (identification codes, concrete Includes a search means 33 for reading out the individual information having the classification code) from the database 2 and supplying it to the display device 42 of the consumer terminal 4.
In addition, the control device 3 may process the contents as a control program in a distributed manner in a communication network (for example, providing the terminal with a part of information processing function).
[0007]
  The consumer terminal 4 includes a CPU 41 and a screen input device or a keyboard 44 for keyword input.,In particularVoice recognition device(And a display device 42 for displaying the input and search results. The consumer terminal 4 further has a map memory 43 storing map information. In the case of a navigation device, the consumer terminal 4 reads a specific map from the memory 43 according to the current position and the traveling direction notified from the position / route detection mechanism, and displays the display device 42. The name / content and the like are displayed on the screen 42 of the display device at the same time as the sign indicating the location on the map of the facility that meets the search condition. Preferably, a guide line display for displaying an optimum route to the facility may be displayed at the same time.
[0008]
The information provider terminal 5 includes a CPU 51, a screen input mechanism and keyboard 52 (a voice recognition device if necessary), a display device 53, and a map memory 54 if necessary. Unique identification information (name or store name, address, business hours, parking lot, road) sent from the control device 3 when requested by the information provider or using a predetermined registration format obtained at the time of subscription Access, telephone number, fax number, etc., and in the case of a disguise store, the address is the domain name assigned by the provider), and the contents of the provider's individual information are facilities, products / services or affordances, and characteristics Send the value item to the control device 3.
[0009]
The basic classification table 1 classifies the facilities, products / services or affordances and the characteristics / values according to the facilities, products / services or affordances, and the operator of the control device 3 makes necessary changes according to changes in the market. By adding, it is updated to fit the latest economic and social situations. An example of such a classification table is shown in FIG. 2 when limited to cooking.
FIG. 2 is an example of a classification code hierarchized according to various functional facilities by using cooking as an example, and shows classification of product codes, facility codes, and characteristic / value codes. The product code (assuming that the food classification code is 5) has, for example, a hierarchy of Western science 5.02 and French food 5.01, and the French food classification code is 5.02.01. The facility code is restaurant 02 or the like, and further classification codes are possible. These two classifications are essential in the classification table used in the present invention. These are compared with the individual information to be stored in the database 2 and assigned to each item of the individual information. As for the characteristic / value code, for example, the classification code 03 of the atmosphere and the classification code of the elaborate interior that is a subcategory among them are 03, so this specific characteristic / value code is 03.03.
Unique characteristic data (store name, photograph, description, place, business hours, telephone, FAX, parking lot, etc.) is recorded as individual identification information in the database as long as the registration format is satisfied. Of these locations, map coordinates can be designated for a consumer terminal that uses map information such as navigation.
[0010]
The basic classification table 1 is used when the individual information of the service provider is provided, and is compared with the individual information by the association means 32. If they match, the facility, product or service or affordance is converted into a classification code assigned to the classification table, respectively. Is done. The classification code converted in this way is registered in the database 2 together with the identification information by the registration means 31. For example, when an input character string, for example, “French cuisine” in FIG. 2 is input, a corresponding word in the classification table is searched, and when a match occurs, a code is attached by tracing to a higher hierarchical structure including the word. In FIG. 2, it becomes 5.02.01, and the meaning of the hierarchy is a classification of cuisine 5, western cuisine 5.02, french cuisine 5.02.01, and stored in the database together with the identification information of the provider Is done. Each hierarchy can be used as a database search mode. In other words, unlike the case where a simple character string is stored in a database and the keyword search is performed for it, the systematically classifies the classification, so that the same information can be used in a plurality of layers. The same applies to facilities, services, characteristics and values.
The basic classification table 1 also prevents the database from becoming excessive by truncating unnecessary information. This means that if there is no match in the classification table, it will be truncated periodically, a notification that registration is not possible will be returned to the service provider to encourage selection of the proper classification, or other facilities in the information provided. Satisfied with product / service or affordance and classification / registration of properties / values only.
[0011]
The database 2 stores a classification code associated with the basic classification table 1 and individual information to which the code is attached according to an instruction from the registration unit 31. That is, the classification code and the facility, the product / service or affordance, and the characteristic / value and the facility identification information. The database 2 has the same classification structure as the basic classification table 1. For example, the associating means 32 compares the basic classification table with the individual information received from the provider, and if there is a match, the association means 32 specifies a specific item in the 5.02.01 hierarchy in the basic classification table 1 as described above. A classification code is added and stored. If another product is provided by the same provider, it is processed and registered in the same manner. For example, in addition to the above 5.02.01, 5.02.02 (Italian cuisine) is also registered in the database.
An example of the individual information registered as a data set (individual data set) in this way is shown in FIG. In the figure, the first six columns are essential registration items, and the second to fourth columns indicate classification codes. Other fields can be expanded as needed.
[0012]
Next, processing when the consumer accesses the database 2 will be described. For example, if a consumer enters a specific region and / or time limit and enters only French cuisine in the product code, all stores serving French cuisine in the specific region will be detected, and French and Italian If it is entered as a logical sum as a keyword, a restaurant that provides French and / or Italian cuisine at the same time is detected. The search device 33 searches the database 2 with a specific region and / or time limit input from the consumer terminal 4 and has a classification code corresponding to it, in the above example, a French restaurant or Italy A restaurant is also detected, and a restaurant that is also a French restaurant but also serves Italian food is also detected, and individual information, that is, the contents of the product or service, the location of the facility, the telephone number, etc. are displayed on the display device 42. . Searching with the logical product of hotel restaurants and Italian cuisine, you can find restaurant restaurants serving Italian cuisine. Searching the database can be facilitated by devising the classification in this way. Furthermore, it becomes possible to extract a facility that satisfies the desired characteristics and values by combining the characteristics and values.
[0013]
Here, the characteristic / value code is a little abstract and there are individual differences, so to explain, what people want is goods / services or affordances. Because there is. Products / services or affordances have facilities or spaces as places to be provided. A facility (including a virtual store etc.) and a space are necessary for a person to receive goods / services or affordances other than at home. The goods / services or affordances have unique characteristics / values, and have characteristics / values that can be made objective, although they vary depending on the consumer's subjectivity. In the present invention, the objective characteristics / values are a problem. For example, if you say "... I want to eat a rustic dish in a chic atmosphere", for that person, "atmosphere" and "wind" are characteristics / values and are listed in the classification hierarchy. It is possible. These characteristics and values are often common in various fields of activity (for example, eating, staying, playing, buying, etc.). However, since the characteristics and values differ depending on the person, it can be listed in the classification table and used as a filter to make the subjective desires objective and searchable. As explained above, the basic classification table shown in FIG. 2 is suitable for this purpose. The basic classification table of FIG. 2 shows an example of the characteristic / value code that is made objective in this way.
Fig. 7 summarizes the differences in the search methods depending on the degree of concreteness of the user's desire. Since the specific target equipment is clear when actually searching, we want to do something abstractly. Various levels are envisaged depending on where to go. Selection can be organized by the structure of verbs, requirements (what), complements (where, how, and when) of request syntax. And when a search is performed, it shows what, where, and what kind of desire. As a result, facilities corresponding to them, products (services), and objects having characteristics / values can be extracted. For this reason, characteristics and values that are thought to be common to people are extracted and hierarchized and introduced into the basic classification table 1 as objective characteristics and values.
FIG. 7 shows the relationship of which part of the search item (individual data set) the control device accesses, executes the search, and proposes a suitable facility or space for these various cases.
First, in the intermediate level (Case-B), I want to eat something, but if it is rustic and rustic, it is good. If it is possible to search data by creating a separate data set and making it possible to search the data, the search will preferentially search for such characteristics and values, and search for and provide the appropriate facilities that search for and provide food. (Suggested).
At the abstract level (Case-A), if you want to spend something like this, if you want to rest or eat, you can search from suggested areas or places of activity and places that meet the abstract requirements Can be started. If a region such as eating is selected, it may be connected to Case-B.
At a specific level, it is only necessary to specifically search for products, services, and affordances. At this time, a more accurate facility can be extracted by checking the combination of the characteristic / value code with a product name such as a specific dish name.
[0014]
FIG. 4 systematically depicts the apparatus corresponding to FIG. 1 more specifically and is substantially as described above. Supplementally, identification information (name, address, etc.) of an individual facility is input as registration conditions, coordinate data indicating the location of a facility such as a store is read from the map data memory 54 using the location data of the individual facility, and the coordinates are determined. These are combined with the associated classification code and the original individual information, and registered in the database 2 as one set of data (individual data set) in a specific format. This individual data set can be moved as a set in the Internet through the server.
On the other hand, when searching, if you set area restrictions or time restrictions (business hours, etc.) as search conditions, or if you use the standard area (default) and surrounding areas of your own location, individual data registered in the database The region is limited from the map data memory 43 using the coordinates of the set as an address, and the data set of the corresponding target facility is output as data by combining with the search result by the classification code.
Naturally, data exchange and data update between the information provider terminal and the consumer terminal and the control device can be performed through a network such as the Internet as shown in FIG. Furthermore, the database, the control device, and the basic classification table may be distributed as long as they have means for assuring identity.
[0015]
In the case of car navigation, portable display devices, etc., the screen that can be used is small, so that a part of the classification table is selected and / or combined and displayed on the search screen for convenient use by consumers. It is better to support search selection input for consumers. For example, among facilities, products, characteristics / values, for example, a large classification of facilities can be selected with a push button, a joystick, etc. of the display device as appropriate. In this screen, a plurality of dish names belonging to a product category that is not a subordinate category are displayed in a tree form under the item of a restaurant as a facility. However, since it is not possible to display all items of the lower classification on a small screen, the lower classification can be scrolled. For example, a restaurant is fixedly displayed, and only a few dishes are displayed below it, and other dishes are scrolled with a scroll button on the screen until a desired dish name appears. By clicking on the name of the desired dish, the database is accessed and searched for the facility (in this case, the restaurant) and the product (in this case, the specific dish), or as a logical product of the characteristics and values. The selection result is displayed on the screen.
[0016]
Next, a search procedure from the consumer terminal will be specifically described. As shown in FIG. 5, the user (consumer) advances the search based on the intention of the basic request under dialogue with the screen (or voice, the same applies hereinafter).
That is, select the target “dish”… “French cuisine” from the basic “I want to eat”, “I want to buy” requests, etc., and define the time and region range (this is predetermined) good). Next, if you want to eat, for example, if you want “a place where you can have a quiet conversation”, select the item of such condition from the characteristic / value code (or indicate it by voice).
As a result, a restaurant that satisfies these series of conditions is selected. In addition to the name, address, telephone number, etc., which are individual identification information, an explanatory note and a photograph showing the characteristics / value contents are displayed.
On the other hand, in order to better adapt the search results to the needs, data on basic characteristics (age, preference, lifestyle, living place, etc.) on the user side and the user's stance (public or private use, etc.) at that time You can also instruct them.
[0017]
FIG. 6 shows the relationship between the specified / selected conditions and each item of the individual data set of the database according to the search procedure described above. Here, the action code classifies actions (activities) such as “buy” and “drink”, and the characteristic / value code contains the contents and attributes of the product, the contents and attributes of the space, the atmosphere / environment, and the attributes of the service. It has classification items such as price, grade, scale, and usage. Some examples are as follows.
Product attributes are classified as home cooking, rustic, organic ingredients, etc.
Spatial attributes include classification of independent buildings, high-rise buildings, waterfronts, etc.
Atmosphere / environment is classified as entertainment, dance follower,
Service attributes include self-service, wheelchair handling, etc.
Price is the classification of price ranges such as lunch and dinner,
Grades are classified into 3 stars, 4 stars, etc.
Scale is a classification of the number of hotel rooms, etc.
Use is classified as family or business negotiation.
It is also possible to classify each item by a score, and in this case, an evaluator code that can identify the evaluator can be added.
[0018]
Further, as clearly shown in FIG. 6, requests from users (consumers) can naturally be organized into syntax structures (subjects, verbs, objects, complements, etc.) that express their intentions. On the other hand, the structure of the data item of the individual data set to be searched adopts the same structure as the above syntax so that the user's intention can be grasped more accurately (corresponding relationship shown in FIG. 6). By adopting the database configuration corresponding to the expression of the human request in this way, it is possible to simplify the data processing of the search by the screen shape or the search by voice recognition, and it becomes possible to extract a more accurate target. That is, the configuration of the search request and the configuration of data storage are directly connected.
[0019]
Another convenient way of use by consumers is to select and display a part of the classification table on the search screen so that it is convenient for consumers as described above. If there is a classification of 01-09 (displays French cuisine, Italian cuisine, etc.), it is impossible to display all of these items when the display device screen is small, so five items 01- Only 05 is displayed, the other parts are displayed as “others”, and the display of individual items is omitted. When the consumer clicks “Other”, a restaurant or the like that provides dishes belonging to 06 to 09 is selected, or 01 to 05 are deleted and 06 to 09 are displayed. When a specific item is confirmed, the search is executed in the same manner as the previous item.
[0020]
【The invention's effect】
The present invention uses facilities, goods and / or services, and if necessary, affordance, and characteristics / values as essential classification items in the database. When searching a database, it is possible to register individual information accurately and quickly, and to search a database classified in an organized manner, so that accurate search and extraction can be performed.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information collection / retrieval apparatus according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a basic classification table of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a more specific basic classification table of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a more specific information collection / retrieval apparatus according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a search flow using the apparatus of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a diagram in which a system of use using the apparatus of the present invention is associated with a database.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating various levels of utilization of characteristic / value classification used in the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining the concept of affordance used in the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of affordance used in the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 basic classification table
2 Database
3 Control device
4 consumer terminals
5 Information provider terminal
31 Registration means
32 association means
33 Search means

Claims (2)

A memory for storing a basic classification table in which three sets of content information of facilities / spaces, products / services / affordances, and characteristics / values are classified into hierarchical structures and corresponded to identification codes,
The unique identifying information about facilities and space, and a database for storing facilities and space, products, services and Affordance, and the three sets of content information of the characteristics and values, and the identification code of the content information,
A consumer terminal for the voice input receives the provision of unique identification information and content information appropriate in the database,
An information provider terminal for providing unique identification information and content information to the database;
A control device connected to the basic classification table memory, the database, the consumer terminal, and the information provider terminal;
An information collection / retrieval device comprising the control device,
And the unique identification information and content information provided by the information provider from the terminal a predetermined format, an identification code corresponding to the content information, and registering means for storing in said database,
Before registering in the database, associating means for generating the identification code by associating the content information provided from the information provider terminal with the basic classification table;
The Ru is included in the consumer voice of syntax consumers to input that is input from the terminal, object that represents the products, services and affordances that you want, and complement, which represents the location of the facilities and space to hope, to hope as well The database is searched by keywords including at least three combinations of products , services , affordances, facilities / spaces, and characteristics / values, which correspond to the complements representing the characteristics / values, and the corresponding identification codes are provided. and means for supplying to the display device of the consumer terminal and the contents information and the unique identification information that is read from said database,
Here, affordance Ru ability der having a space to allow certain activities, information collection retrieval device. A memory for storing a basic classification table in which three sets of content information of space, affordance, and characteristic / value are classified into hierarchical structures and corresponded to identification codes,
A database for storing unique identification information about the space, three sets of content information of space, affordance, and characteristic / value, and an identification code of the content information ;
A consumer terminal for the voice input receives the provision of unique identification information and content information appropriate in the database,
An information provider terminal for providing unique identification information and content information to the database;
A control device connected to the basic classification table memory, the database, the consumer terminal, and the information provider terminal;
An information collection / retrieval device comprising the control device,
And content information provided in a predetermined format from said information provider terminal, an identification code corresponding to the content information, and registering means for storing in said database,
Before registering in the database, associating means for generating the identification code by associating the content information provided by the information provider with the basic classification table;
Wherein Ru is included in the voice syntax consumers to input received from a consumer terminal, object, and complement representing a desired location in space, as well as Affordances properties and value of the desired representative of the luer Four dance be desired the corresponding to complement representing, a Four dance, space, and three sets of simultaneous combination of properties and value by searching the database by keyword includes at least the the content information and the unique identification information with matching identification code thereto Means for reading from a database and supplying to the display device of the consumer terminal,
Here, affordance is an information collection and retrieval device that is the ability of a space that allows a specific activity.

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