JPH1063618A - Information providing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To attain an effective information providing system capable of narrowing a user while protecting user's privacy as much as possible by utilizing index information corresponding to provided information. SOLUTION: An information communication center 2 provides user's attribute describing index information corresponding to each providing information to an information communication terminal 1 prior to the supply of the providing information. The terminal 1 collates user's input attribute information inputted by a user with the received user's attribute describing index information, and only when the collated result is suitable, returns the index number information of the index information. Consequently the center 2 transmits only the providing information corresponding to the index number information to the terminal 1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information providing system for an information communication system, and more particularly to an information providing system for effectively providing information by utilizing index information corresponding to the provided information.

[0002]

[Prior art]

(1) In the conventional communication information providing system, although the target of the information to be provided is clear, the attribute information of the user to whom the information is provided (for example, the residence, age, sex, unmarried, Since profile information such as family structure and annual income) could not be grasped, it was not possible to narrow down the destinations, and in most cases, the same information was provided to all users.

There is also a method of narrowing down the provided information by classifying the provided information according to a field or the like and presenting a menu prepared in several layers to the user. It was necessary to select and narrow down the information.

(2) On the other hand, as a system for narrowing down and providing information by using attribute information (such as profile information) of each user, a system for providing CM information and the like on the Internet is known. At the time of contract, dozens of questions had to be answered, and personal attribute information (such as profile information) had to be disclosed to information providers. Also, in order to narrow down the information more finely, it was necessary to disclose information related to privacy.

[0005]

The information providing system of the above (1) has the following disadvantages. (a) The information provider provides the same information to a wide range of users, but the information provided is not clearly transmitted to the intended user, and the provided information is less effective.

(B) The user is provided with vast and diverse information, so that unnecessary information also increases, and it is very difficult for the user to select only necessary information accurately. is there.

[0007] The information providing system of the above (2) has the following disadvantages. (c) Since a user needs to disclose personal user attribute information to an information provider in order to obtain information corresponding to the individual user, there is a risk that the personal information may be used for other purposes and privacy. There is a problem from a protection point of view.

[0008] An object of the present invention is to utilize the attribute information of a user who is supposed to request the provided information or a user who is a provider to whom the provided information is to be provided as index information of the provided information, thereby enhancing privacy of the user. An object of the present invention is to realize an effective information providing system that narrows down users while protecting as much as possible.

[0009]

An information providing system according to the present invention comprises an information communication center (information provider) for storing provided information, and an information communication terminal (utilization terminal) connected to the information communication center via a communication line. In the information providing system configured by the user, the information communication center indicates the provided information to be provided to the user and the attribute information of the user who is expected to request the provided information or the user who wants to provide the provided information. Means for storing the user attribute description index information,
Means for providing the user attribute description index information via a communication line.

The information communication terminal further comprises means for storing user input attribute information indicating user's personal attribute information input by the user, receiving the user attribute description index information, and receiving the user input attribute information. , And returning only the index number information of the matching user attribute description index information to the information communication center via the communication line.

Further, the information communication center has means for receiving the returned index number information and providing the provided information corresponding to the index number information to the information communication terminal via a communication line.

The operation of the present invention is as follows. In the present invention, the information communication center provides the user attribute description index information corresponding to each provided information to the information communication terminal prior to providing the provided information. On the other hand, in the information communication terminal, the user input attribute information input by the user is collated with the received user attribute description index information, and only when the collation result matches, the user attribute description index information is compared. Returns the index number information. By this means, the information communication center transmits only the provided information corresponding to the index number information to the information communication terminal, thereby realizing effective information provision by reducing useless information provision and narrowing down users. it can. Therefore, the disadvantages (a) described in the above [Problems to be solved by the invention],
Problem (b) is solved.

[0013] Further, user input attribute information, which is attribute information of a user input by the user, exists only in the information communication terminal of each user, and is used between the information communication center and the information communication terminal in the information communication process. Do not interact directly with
User privacy is protected. Therefore, the problem of the disadvantage (c) described in the above [Problem to be Solved by the Invention] is solved.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a system for implementing the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration example of user attribute description index information in the present invention.

In the figure, 1 is an information communication terminal for receiving provided information, 2 is an information communication center for providing information providing communication service, and 3 is a communication line. In the information communication terminal 1, reference numeral 10 denotes an audio reproducing unit for outputting audio such as a speaker;
1 is an information display unit for displaying information, 12 is an information input unit for inputting information such as a keyboard, a touch panel and the like,
Reference numeral 13 denotes a central control unit including a CPU and a memory for controlling the entire apparatus, and reference numeral 14 denotes user input attribute information storage / storage for storing and managing user input attribute information indicating user's personal attribute information input by the user. A management unit 15 is a matching processing unit that matches user input attribute information with user attribute description index information received from the information communication center, 16 is an acquired information storage / management unit that stores and manages received provided information, 17
Denotes a line / communication control unit that controls transmission and reception of information via the communication line 3.

In the information communication center 2, a line 20 controls transmission and reception of information via the communication line 3.
A communication control unit 21 is a provided information B storage / management unit for storing and managing request response provided information provided in response to a user's request. A central control unit 22 including a CPU and a memory for controlling the entire device is provided. 23 is a storage unit for storing and managing the received compatible index number information.
A management unit 24 stores and manages user attribute description index information corresponding to each provided information. A user attribute description index information storage / management unit 25 stores various provided information provided to the user of the information communication terminal 1. Represents the provided information A storage / management unit that is stored and managed.

FIG. 3 shows a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a signal sequence diagram of the embodiment. Hereinafter, the operation of the information providing system will be described with reference to the drawings.

In order to realize the present information providing system, various types of provided information are provided in advance to the provided information A storage / management unit 25 in the information communication center 2 and provided to the user attribute description index information storage / management unit 24. Information A storage and management unit 2
5 corresponds to each of the various types of provided information, and the attribute information of the user who is expected to request each provided information or the provider (user) who wants to provide each provided information (for example, the residence, age, User attribute description index composed of profile information such as gender, unmarried, family structure, annual income) and a logical expression data part expressing a combination of each user attribute information to further narrow down the destination of the provided information Set information.

This user attribute description index information is:
For example, as shown in FIGS. 2B and 2C, in addition to the user attribute description index information data part and the logical expression data part, the information is composed of an index number and data length information. In the central control unit 22, a start time or an information provision timing of the information provision service is set.

For example, when the attribute information of the place of residence is a, the attribute information of the age is b, the attribute information of the gender is c, the attribute information of married / unmarried is d, and the attribute information of the family structure is e. Is set to (a) as shown in FIG.
* E) + (b * c * d), the matching condition determined in the collation processing in the information communication terminal 1 is that the attribute information of the place of residence and family structure matches, or the age, gender and The attribute information of married / unmarried matches.

The user input attribute information storage / management unit 14 in the information communication terminal 1 stores the user input attribute information (user's personal residence, age, gender, Information on unmarried, family composition, annual income, etc.)
Enter and set.

According to the information communication service start time or the information provision timing set in the central control unit 22 of the information communication center 2, the central control unit 22 creates connection request information for the information communication terminal 1, and generates the connection request information. The line
Transfer to communication control unit 20. The line / communication control unit 20 that has received the connection request information performs predetermined line / communication control procedure processing, and then transmits the information to the information communication terminal 1 via the communication line 3.

The information communication terminal 1 transmits the connection request information to the line
After being received by the communication control unit 17 and subjected to predetermined line / communication control procedure processing, it is transferred to the central control unit 13. Upon receiving the connection request information, the central control unit 13 determines whether or not the information provision from the information communication center 2 can be received. Transfer to unit 17. The line that received this connection response information
After performing a predetermined line / communication control procedure, the communication control unit 17 transmits the information to the information communication center 2 via the communication line 3.

When the connection response information is transmitted from the information communication terminal 1, the information communication center 2 receives the connection response information at the line / communication control unit 20, and after performing the line / communication control procedure processing, The connection response information is transferred to the central control unit 22. Upon receiving the connection response information, the central control unit 22 reads the user attribute description index information stored in the user attribute description index information storage / management unit 24, and stores an index identification code, User attribute description index group information as shown in FIG. 2A composed of data length and index end code information is created and transferred to the line / communication control unit 20. The line that received the user attribute description index group information
After performing the line / communication control procedure processing, the communication control unit 20 transmits the user attribute description index group information to the information communication terminal 1 via the communication line 3.

The information communication terminal 1 receives the user attribute description index group information at the line / communication control unit 17 and
After performing the communication control procedure processing, it is transferred to the central control unit 13. The central control unit 13 further transfers the received user attribute description index group information to the obtained information storage / management unit 16 and stores the obtained user attribute description index group information and the user input attribute information storage / management unit 14 in advance. The collation request information for requesting the collation processing with the user input attribute information set in (1) is created and transferred to the collation processing unit 15.

Upon receiving the collation request information, the collation processing unit 15
The user attribute description index group information stored in the acquired information storage / management unit 16 and the user personal attribute information stored in the user input attribute information storage / management unit 14 are read, and the user attribute description is read. According to the contents of the logical expression data in each user attribute description index information included in the index group information, a collation process is performed between all user attribute description index information and user input attribute information.

As a result of the collation processing, if there is user attribute description index information suitable for the user, the collation processing unit 15 extracts only the index number of the conformance index information and sets the central control unit as the conformance index number information. The central control unit 13 which has received the compatible index number information transfers the compatible index number information to the line / communication control unit 17. The line / communication control unit 17 having received the compatible index number information performs the line / communication control procedure processing, and then transmits the compatible index number information to the information communication center 2 via the communication line 3.

On the other hand, if the matching processing unit 15 performs a matching process on all the user attribute description index information and the user input attribute information, and there is no matching index,
The matching processing unit 15 creates the non-conformity information and sends the information to the central control unit 1.
Transfer to 3. Central control unit 13 receiving the information on non-conformity
Creates communication disconnection information and transfers the communication disconnection information to the line / communication control unit 17. After receiving the communication disconnection information, the line / communication control unit 17 performs the line / communication control procedure processing,
A communication disconnection signal is transmitted to the information communication center 2 via the communication line 3 to disconnect the communication.

The information communication center 2 receives the compatible index number information at the line / communication control unit 20, performs a line / communication control procedure process, and then transfers it to the central control unit 22. The central control unit 22 having received the conforming index number information further transfers the conforming index number information to the conforming index number storing / managing unit 23, and also provides the providing information corresponding to the conforming index number to the providing information A storing / managing unit. From 25, it is transferred to the reading line / communication control unit 20 as needed.

Line / communication control unit 20 receiving the provided information
Transmits the provided information to the information communication terminal 1 via the communication line 3 after performing the line / communication control procedure processing. The signal sequence in the above embodiment is as shown in FIG.

When the communication line 3 is realized by an existing ISDN line, the user attribute description index group information provided by the information communication center 2 is stored in a user / user, which is option information included in D-channel SETUP (call setting). The result of the collation set in the information (UUI) part and performed by the information communication terminal 1 and the result of the presence / absence of the matching user attribute description index information can be realized by CONN (response). If there is no descriptive index information, the communication is disconnected and released on the D channel, and the communication can be terminated without the communication procedure proceeding to the B channel for which communication is charged.

[Second Embodiment] FIG. 4 shows a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a signal sequence diagram of the embodiment. In order to realize the second embodiment, request response providing information provided in response to a user request is set in the provided information B storage / management unit 21 in the information communication center 2 shown in FIG. Various advertisement information to be provided together with the request / response provision information is set in the provision information A storage / management unit 25, and stored in the provision information A storage / management unit 25 in the user attribute description index information storage / management unit 24. The user attribute description index information corresponding to each of the various types of advertisement information is set in advance.

The second embodiment is directed to a service in which a user accesses the information communication center 2 from the information communication terminal 1 to request and acquire information, as in the first embodiment. Prior to providing the information requested by the user, the index group information is transmitted from the information communication center 2 to the information communication terminal 1, and the user input stored in the user input attribute information storage / management unit 14 in the information communication terminal 1. The attribute information is compared with the received user attribute description index information, and as a result of the comparison, the information communication center 2 requests the advertisement information corresponding to the compatible index number information returned from the information communication terminal 1 by the user. This is an example of an information providing service that provides advertisement information effectively by providing the request information together with the requested response information.

The signal sequence according to the second embodiment is as shown in FIG. Use communication line 3 for existing IS
In the case of realizing with a DN line, the user attribute description index group information provided from the information communication center 2 is converted into UU which is optional information included in the D channel CONN (response).
After setting in the I section and returning the compatible index number on the B channel, the information communication terminal 1 requests information.

As described above, in the information providing system, the information providing system receives the user attribute information input by the user to the information communication terminal 1 and the information communication center 2 prior to providing the provided information. The collation processing unit 15 in the information communication terminal 1 automatically selects only index information suitable for the user from the coming user attribute description index group information and returns it to the information communication center 2 so that the information provider can use the information. There is a feature that even when the details of the user's personal information (such as profile information) cannot be clearly grasped, information suitable for the user can be effectively provided.

[0036]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Attribute information of the user who seems to request the provided information or the user of the provider who wants to provide the provided information (information such as the user's residence, age, gender, unmarried, family composition, annual income, etc.)
The information communication center (information provider) provides information communication terminal (user) to the information communication terminal (user) prior to the provision of the provided information, so that the user registers in advance in the information communication terminal The information provider compares the information with the stored user input attribute information and returns only the index number of the matching user attribute description index information from the user terminal to the information communication center. Even when the details (such as profile information) cannot be clearly grasped, the information can be effectively provided to the user who wants to provide the provided information.

Further, the personal attribute information of the user is registered and held only in the information communication terminal of the user, and the user input attribute information is not directly exchanged in communication with the information communication center (information provider). Therefore, the privacy of the user can be protected.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a system that implements the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration example of user attribute description index information according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a signal sequence diagram according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a signal sequence diagram according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Information communication terminal 2 Information communication center 3 Communication line 10 Voice reproduction unit 11 Information display unit 12 Information input unit 13 Central control unit 14 User input attribute information storage / management unit 15 Matching processing unit 16 Acquired information storage / management unit 17 Line Communication control unit 20 Line / communication control unit 21 Provided information B storage / management unit 22 Central control unit 23 Compatible index number storage / management unit 24 User attribute description index information storage / management unit 25 Provided information A storage / management unit

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An information providing system comprising an information communication center for providing an information providing communication service and an information communication terminal for receiving information provided from the information communication center, wherein the information communication center comprises a user Means for accumulating provided information to be provided to the user, and attribute information indicating a user who is expected to request the provided information or a user of a providing destination to which the provided information is to be provided, is provided with a user attribute description index corresponding to each provided information. Means for accumulating information as information, and means for providing the user attribute description index information, wherein the information communication terminal accumulates user input attribute information indicating user's personal attribute information input by the user. Means for collating the user input attribute information with the received user attribute description index information, and, if the collation result indicates a match, the matching user attribute Means for returning index number information of the sex description index information to the information communication center, further comprising means for providing provided information corresponding to the received index number information, and further comprising the information communication terminal Comprises means for receiving and obtaining information provided by the information communication center. 2. The information communication center includes, as the user attribute description index information, logical expression data expressing each user attribute used for further limiting a user in a logical expression in addition to the user attribute information. Means for accumulating and managing the user attribute description index information and providing the information to the information communication terminal, wherein the information communication terminal holds and stores the user attribute description index information in accordance with the logical expression data included in the received user attribute description index information. 2. The information providing system according to claim 1, further comprising means for performing a comparison with user input attribute information.