JPH11136720A - Information service system, information server and served information management method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To correct contents of information to the utmost without imposing load on the operator. SOLUTION: In the case that correction information is received from an information server and a contents number corresponding to information yet to be corrected is registered in a transmission schedule file (S19), whether or not a correction term of the corresponding information comes before a transmission schedule time corresponding to the contents is discriminated (S21). When the time is within the correction term, the corrected information is overwritten on the information yet to be corrected to update a contents file (S24). When the time is out of the correction term, a new contents number is assigned and the corrected information is stored as new data in the contents file (S22) and the newly assigned contents number is sent to the information server.

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 providing an information providing service using a paging system or a text multiplex broadcasting system, and to managing information transmitted or broadcast in a paging system or a text multiplex broadcasting system. The present invention relates to a preferred information providing apparatus and a provided information management method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known an information providing service for providing information by calling subscribers all at once using a paging system and transmitting information as message data. As shown in FIG. 21, the conventional information providing service includes a pager 211, a paging center 212, a transmitting station 213, a public line network 214, a telephone 215, and an information providing company 218. The paging center 212 transmits a call signal from the transmitting station 213 to the pager 211 in response to a call from the telephone 215, and transmits information provided from an information provider 218 connected directly to the transmitting station 213 in a semi-broadcast manner. doing.

In addition, most information providing services applied to the conventional paging system mainly include numerical information such as stock information and exchange information. However, the pager has a kana display function, and a pager with a kanji display function has also appeared. Since the amount of data that can be received at one time has increased, the content of the information providing service has only numerical display. Information is being switched to kana display and further information mainly on kanji display.

Further, in recent years, the number of users of the paging service has changed from businessmen to young people, and the content of the information providing service has been changed from standard ones such as stock information and exchange information to concert ticket information, etc. Information such as sales information such as records, shopping information, restaurant information, local information, etc. has been changed to information that is rich in variety and has the meaning of a mini comic magazine.

However, in this type of information providing service, the type of information differs depending on the information providing source.
In addition, processing and processing into message data takes more time than in the case of standard numerical information such as stock information and exchange information. For this reason, the number of cases in which the paging service provider entrusts these processes collectively to a third party is increasing.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 22, an information processing engine 216 is connected between the information providing company 218 and the paging center 212, and the information provided from the information providing company 218 by the information processing engine 216 is processed and processed.
A paging system to manage is realized.

In this paging system, information to be provided to a subscriber is provided from an information provider 218 such as an event company or a publisher to an information processing engine 216 via an existing communication line. The information processing engine 216 processes this information into a form of content (consisting of one or a plurality of message data) which can be used by the paging service and analyzed by the pager 211, and provides an information service provision contract in advance according to the transmission schedule. Pager 211 owned by the subscriber exchanging
Is output to the paging center 212 together with the call number (group call number) for group call. The paging center 212 sends a message from the transmitting station 213 to the pager 211.
And the contents are transmitted.

[0008]

In such a paging system, processing of the information sent from the information providing company 218 to the information processing engine 216 into content (message data form) that can be analyzed by the pager 211 is performed by information processing. This is performed by the operator of the engine 216 operating an input device such as a keyboard. Therefore, the information providing company 218 has to transmit the information with sufficient time before the date and time at which the transmission of the content to the pager 211 is desired, in consideration of the labor of information processing by the operator.

[0009] In addition, for information once requested to be provided by the information providing company 218, if an instruction is given to correct it, the operator of the information processing engine 216 will be extremely burdened. In addition, since the transmission schedule of the content from the information processing engine 216 to the paging center 212 is hindered, if the information needs to be corrected, the transmission of the content corresponding to the well information is canceled and the corrected information is renewed. Or providing the corrected information once the content corresponding to the information has been transmitted. That is, the information provided by the conventional paging system is once provided by the information providing company 2.
When requesting the provision of the content corresponding to this information from 18, it was very difficult to correct the information thereafter.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and an information providing system and an information providing apparatus capable of correcting the contents of information as much as possible without imposing a load on an operator. And to provide a provided information management method.

[0011]

In order to achieve the above object, an information providing system according to a first aspect of the present invention comprises:
An information providing system in which information including identification information for identifying individual information is input, converts the information into a data format of a receiving terminal to be provided, and provides the information to the receiving terminal. Information storage means for storing information including identification information; identification information extraction means for extracting the identification information from the input information including the identification information; and the same identification information as the identification information extracted by the identification information extraction means. Discriminating means for discriminating whether information including identification information is already stored in the information storage means, and when the discriminating means determines that information including the same identification information is stored, the information storage means And information updating means for updating the information already stored in the information to the input information.

In this information providing system, when information including the same identification information as the identification information included in the input information is already stored in the information storage means, the information updating means stores the information in the information storage means. Update the information to be stored. For this reason, when the input information is correction information of the already stored information, updating the information stored in the information storage means without the intervention of an operator, that is, in the receiving terminal of the information, The information provided can be corrected.

[0013] In order to achieve the above object, an information providing apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention comprises: an input means for externally inputting the information to be provided including identification information for identifying information; Information storage means for storing information input from the means, and providing means for converting the information stored in the information storage means into a data format of a receiving terminal to which the information is to be provided and providing the data to the receiving terminal. In the information providing apparatus provided with, when the information to be provided is input, identification information extracting means for extracting the identification information from the information, and information including the same identification information as the identification information extracted by the identification information extracting means Determining whether or not the information is stored in the information storage means; and determining that the information including the same identification information is stored in the information storage means. When, characterized in that it comprises an information updating means for updating rewrites already the information stored in the information storage unit in the information input from the input means.

In this information providing apparatus, when information including the same identification information as the identification information included in the input information is already stored in the information storage means, the information updating means stores the information in the information storage means. Update the information to be stored. For this reason, when the input information is correction information of the already stored information, updating the information stored in the information storage means without the intervention of an operator, that is, in the receiving terminal of the information, The information provided can be corrected.

The information providing apparatus may include a time information storage unit configured to store time information indicating a time at which information is to be provided in association with the information stored in the information storage unit, and information input from the input unit. Clock means for measuring the time
The information processing apparatus may further include time comparing means for comparing the time indicated by the time information with the time measured by the time measuring means. In this case, the information updating means can update the information already stored in the information storage means by rewriting the information already stored in the information storage means with the information inputted from the input means in accordance with the comparison result of the time comparing means.

In this case, the information providing device further includes:
As a result of the comparison by the time comparison means, when the time measured by the time measurement means is later than the time indicated by the time information, the information stored in the information storage means is added to the input information. Identification information allocating means for allocating identification information different from the identification information included in the storage information storage means for storing the identification information allocated by the identification information allocating means in the information storage means together with the information input from the input means, May be provided.

In the case where such a configuration is added, for example, when the information is input from the input means, there is a margin until the information provision time and the information can be substantially updated only when the information can be updated. The information stored in the information storage means is updated (corrected). If there is not enough time until the time of providing the information and it is substantially impossible to update the information, the identification information allocating means and the storage control means store the input information as substantially new information. Let the means memorize. Therefore, this information can be provided to the receiving terminal again as correction information.

[0018] In the above information providing apparatus, the information updating means includes, for example, means for comparing information stored in the information storage means with information input by the input means,
Means for rewriting a part which does not match the information stored in the storage means as a result of the comparison by the means with information input from the input means.

In order to achieve the above object, a provided information management method according to a third aspect of the present invention includes an input step of externally inputting the information to be provided including identification information for identifying information, An information storage step of storing the information including the identification information input in the input step in a memory; an identification information extraction step of extracting the identification information when the information is input in the input step; A determining step of determining whether information having the same identification information as the identification information extracted in the step is stored in the memory by the previous processing; and in the determining step, the information having the same identification information is When it is determined that the information is stored in the memory, the information stored in the memory is replaced with the information newly input by the input unit. Characterized in that it comprises an information updating step of updating, the.

In the provided information management method, when information including the same identification information as the identification information included in the input information is already stored in the memory in the processing up to the previous time, the information updating means sets the Update the information stored in the memory. For this reason, when the input information is correction information of the already stored information, the information stored in the memory is updated without the intervention of an operator, that is, the information is provided to the receiving terminal. The information can be corrected.

[0021]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In this embodiment, a case where the present invention is applied to a paging system will be described as an example.

FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing an example of the configuration of a paging system according to this embodiment. As shown, the paging system includes a plurality of pagers 11.
(A to I), a paging center 12 for calling these pagers 11 (A to I) and transmitting message data, and a transmitting station 13 for converting address data and message data from the paging center 12 into radio signals and transmitting the signals. And the paging center 1 via the public line network 14.
2 and the information providing companies 18A-1
An information processing engine 16 for processing information provided by the 8C to create contents, and information providing companies 18A to 18
The information processing engine 16 includes a database 17 that stores information provided by C and information (contents) processed by the information processing engine 16, and a plurality of information providing companies 18A to 18C that provide information to the information processing engine 16. The paging center 12 and the information processing engine 16 are connected by a dedicated packet line 19.

The paging center 12 calls the pager 11 and transmits message data to the called pager 11. The paging center 12
As shown in FIG. 2, the input / output circuit 31, the switching unit 32, the call number collating unit 33, the subscriber memory 34, the voice response circuit 3
5, a transmission data memory 36, a control unit 37, a message register 38, a vector register 39, an address register 40, a transmission processing control unit 41, a frame / block information storage memory 42, and a time counting unit 43.

In FIG. 2, an input / output circuit 31 inputs a call number and message information of a pager 11 to be called, which is supplied from a telephone 15 or the like via a public line network 14, and outputs a voice from a voice response circuit 35. Is output (answered) to the telephone 15 via the public line network 14.

The switching unit 32 is connected to the input / output circuit 31 and, out of the data input from the input / output circuit 31,
The call number is output to the call number matching unit 33, and the message information is output to the control unit 37. The call number collating unit 33 compares the call number supplied from the switching unit 32 with a call number registered in the subscriber memory 34 in advance, and determines whether or not they match.

The subscriber memory 34, as shown in FIG.
The subscriber name, personal information about the subscriber, a pager (model number) possessed by each subscriber, an individual call number, a password for individual call, and a frame number of a frame to which address data is transmitted. , And address data (21 bits), a group call number, a password for group call, and a frame number of a frame to which the group address data is transmitted. , And group address data (21 bits) are stored in association with each other.

The subscriber memory 34 is configured as shown in FIG.
0-0000-0000 ", this call arrives at the paging center 12, is converted into address data"#A", and the frame number is transmitted to the pager 11A to which the address data is allocated. Sent by 1.

Further, for example, the individual call number "11-11"
When "11-1111" is called, a password is set, so only when this password is entered, the call number is converted to the address "#B" and the pager 11B to which this address is assigned. To frame N
o. Sent at 15.

The group call number "11-2222"
When “−3333” is called and the password “0123” is input, the call number is converted into the address “#X”,
Pagers 11A and 11 to which this address is assigned
B, 11C. The broadcast is sent at 30.

In FIG. 2, a voice response circuit 35 is connected to the input / output circuit 31, generates a voice announcement under the control of the control unit 37, and is connected to the line by the public network 14 via the input / output circuit 31. The caller (telephone 15) responds by voice.

The transmission data memory 36 stores a plurality of sets of the group call number and the contents for one transmission which are collectively transmitted from the information processing engine 16.

The control unit 37 controls the operation of the entire paging center 12 and controls a series of paging processes for calling the pager 11 in response to a call request from the telephone set 15. Further, the control unit 37 is connected to the information processing engine 16 via the dedicated packet line 19, and in accordance with the group call number and the content transmitted from the information processing engine 16 via the dedicated packet line 19, the control unit 37 It is stored once in the transmission data memory 36, and then controls paging processing for collectively transmitting contents to the pager 11 specified by the group address corresponding to the group call number.

The message register 38 stores the pager 11
The message data to be transmitted is received from the control unit 37 and stored, and the message data is output to the transmission processing control unit 41. The message data stored in the message register 38 is set in a message field (MF) C7 of a transmission frame described later.

The vector register 39 stores data characterizing the form of the message data to be transmitted, for example, whether the message is a data form indicating only numbers or a data form indicating display of a message in which kanji and kana are mixed. The message field (MF) C7
, Stores vector data indicating where the message data starts and how long the message data is, and transmits the vector data to the transmission processing control unit 4.
Output to 1.

The address register 40 stores address data and frame No. as identification information of a pager to be called.
The data is received from the control unit 37 and stored, and the information is output to the transmission processing control unit 41. Address data and frame N stored in address register 40
o. The data is respectively stored in an address field (AF) C5 and frame information (FI) C2 of a transmission frame described later.

The transmission processing control unit 41 includes a message register 38, a vector register 39, and an address register 4
0, the message data, the vector data, the address data, and the frame number. Data such as data is taken out, separated into a data format defined by the advanced radio paging system RCR-STD43 standard described later, multiplexed (interleaved) to form transmission data, and transmitted under the control of the control unit 37. The transmission data is output to the transmission station 13.

Frame / block information storage memory 42
Is a memory for storing setting information for setting the frame information (F1) C2 and the block information (BI) C4 of the transmission frame by the control unit 37, and the cycle No. of the frame data to be transmitted. , Frame No. Further, based on the transmission data, information such as a word number serving as a starting point of the address field (AF) C5 and the vector field (VF) C6 is stored. The address data includes 32 bits (short) including error code bits and 6 bits.
There are two types of 4 bits (long), and the vector field (VF) depends on the number of bits of these address data.
The start addresses of C6 and the message field (MF) C7 are different. Therefore, the start positions of these fields are indicated.

The time counting unit 43 counts and stores the current time.

Next, the format of data transmitted from the paging center 12 having the above configuration to the transmitting station 13 will be described.

This paging system uses "RCR-S
TD43 standard ”(hereinafter referred to as STD-43). Figure 4 shows the data structure used in this standard.
(A) to (D). 4A shows the configuration of data transmitted in one time period, FIG. 4B shows the configuration of one cycle in FIG. 4A, FIG. 4C shows the configuration of one frame in one cycle, and FIG. 2 shows a block configuration of one frame.

As shown in FIG. 4A, the data transmitted per hour is from "No. 0" to "No. 14".
Consists of 15 cycles numbered up to. As shown in FIG. 4B, each cycle is composed of 128 frames numbered from “No. 0” to “No. 127”, and is transmitted in a 4-minute cycle. The transmission time of one frame is 1.875 seconds.

As shown in FIGS. 4 (C) and 4 (D), each frame is roughly divided according to its contents.
1 and an interleave block D2. The synchronization signal section D1 is composed of a synchronization section 1 (S1) C1, a frame information (FI) C2, and a synchronization section 2 (S2) C3 from the head, and is transmitted in 115 milliseconds. The interleave block unit D2 is composed of 11 blocks, and is 1 block from the top.
Block information (BI) C in units of blocks or several blocks
4, address field (AF) C5, vector field (VF) C6, message field (MF) C
7 and idle block (IB) C8. Then, it is transmitted in 160 milliseconds per block.

The synchronization section 1 (S1) C1 is composed of 112 bits of 1600 BPS modulated by binary FSK, and the reception timing of the frame, the reception timing of 1600 BPS symbol data, and the interleave block section D2 are composed of the following four types. In this case, information indicating which frame type among the frame types is interleaved and the transmission form thereof are included. I. Binary FSK modulation / 1600 BPS II. Binary FSK modulation / 3200 BPS III. 4-level FSK modulation / 3200 BPS IV. 4-level FSK modulation / 6400 BPS

The frame information (FI) C2 is a binary FSK
It is composed of modulated 1600 BPS 32 bits, and in the data structure shown in FIG. Data (4 bits), and this cycle No. , N of the frame to which this frame belongs
o. Data (7 bits), information indicating transmission indication a plurality of times, and the number of transmissions are stored.

The synchronization section 2 (S2) C3 and the interleave block section D2 from the block information (BI) C4 to the idle block (IB) C8 are composed of the synchronization section 1 (S1) C1
This is data transmitted in the frame type specified in. The synchronization unit 2 (S2) C3 is a block that gives timing information to the interleave block unit D2 transmitted at the modulation method and the transmission rate specified by the synchronization unit 1 (S1) C1 so that the called pager can take in. .

The block information (BI) C4 is data in the block # 0 of the interleave block D2.
This field ends, and an address field (A
F) Block information 1 storing information such as a word number (2 bits) serving as a starting point of C5 and a word number (6 bits) serving as a starting point of vector field (VF) C6.
And frame No. Is 0, block information 2, 3, in which simulcast system ID, calendar, real time information, time zone, and system message are stored.
4 is included.

The address field (AF) C5 is a field for storing the address data of the pager 11 of the call destination, and includes error code bits, short address data (32 bits) or long address data (64 bits). Is stored.

The vector field (VF) C6 is set as a pair with the address field (AF) C5, and a word number at which message data addressed to itself starts in a message field (MF) C7 described later; And a field for storing information such as the number of words indicating the data length of the self-message data and the data format of the self-message data. Message field (M
F) C7 is a field for storing message data and content according to the information defined by the vector field (VF) C6. The idle block (IB) C8 is an unused block, in which a pattern of “1” or “0” is set.

The transmitting station 13 performs the transmission processing data as it is for the synchronization signal section D1 shown in FIG. 4D and the interleave processing for the interleave block section D2 among the data transmitted in the above-mentioned format. Then, these are frequency-modulated by the frame type specified by the synchronization unit 1 (S1) and transmitted by radio.

Next, the pager 11 for receiving a radio signal transmitted from a transmitting station will be described. Pager 1
1 is called by the above-described address data and receives message data. As shown in FIG.
Antenna 51, receiving unit 52, decoder 53, CP
U54, buffer memory 55, deinterleave circuit 56, BCH decoder 57, ID-ROM 58
, ROM 59, RAM 60, and transmission data memory 6
1, drivers 62 and 64, display unit 63, LED6
5, a transmission buffer 66, a D / A converter 67, an amplifier 68, a speaker 69, and a key input unit 70.

The antenna 51 receives one frame of data transmitted from the transmitting station 13 in the transmission format described above with reference to FIG.

The receiving section 52 is connected to a decoder 53,
It operates based on a control signal from the decoder 53 and demodulates received data. The receiving unit 52 includes a synchronization unit 1 (S1) C1
To determine the modulation method (I to IV)
The received data is demodulated according to the determined modulation method, and serial bit data is output.

The decoder 53 is used by the CPU 5 at the time of initialization.
4 is controlled by the CPU 54 on the basis of the data on the modulation method and the data on the transmission speed among the control data output from the control data 4 and the received frame type data included in the synchronization signal section D1.

The CPU 54 includes a clock generator or the like for generating a clock used for adjusting the timing of the reception processing and the like, and controls each circuit unit connected via the bus B according to the reception data and the clock. Control.

The buffer memory 55 has a synchronization section 1 (S1).
The frame pattern read from C1, the data read from the frame information (FI) C2 (cycle No.
Frame No. , Multiple times of transmission), block information (BI) C4, and vector field (VF) C5
Data (address field (AF),
One frame is stored for each frame in the vector field (VF) and the message field (MF), such as its own message data and content start word number and the number of message data and content words. Further, the buffer memory 55 is used as a work area when performing interleave recovery processing, error correction processing, or address collation.

The de-interleave circuit 56 has 3200 BPS (binary) stored in the buffer memory 55 and 320
With respect to each data block of 0 BPS (4 values) or 6400 BPS (4 values), a circuit that separates and restores (interleave recovery) data of one multiplexed frame for each phase according to each frame pattern. is there.

The BCH decoder 57 performs error correction using a 10-bit BCH code and even parity bits included in each block data restored by the deinterleave circuit 56.

The ID-ROM 58 stores an individual address and a group address assigned to the own pager 11 and a frame No. corresponding to the individual address and the group address. And other individual call information.

The ROM 59 stores various programs for operating the CPU 54. RAM 60 stores C
It has a work area for the PU 54 to operate and a memory area for storing received message data and content.

The transmission data memory 61 is a memory for storing message data created in advance. The transmission data memory 61 has a storage area for storing a plurality (for example, 30) of received message data.

The display section 63 is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal panel and the like, and is driven by the driver 62 to analyze message data and display display information such as a restored message.

The driver 64 is a circuit for driving the amplifier 68 and the LED 5 to transmit a call number, message information, and the like transmitted by the pager 11 by a DTMF signal or to notify a call to the pager 11. L
The ED 65 is lit while the driver 64 is driving the amplifier 68, to notify that the DTMF signal is being transmitted. The transmission buffer 66 is a memory area for temporarily storing data to be actually transmitted. D / A converter 6
Reference numeral 7 denotes a circuit unit that converts digital data stored in the transmission buffer 66 into an analog signal. The amplifier 68 is driven by the driver 64, converts the analog signal converted by the D / A converter 67 into an audio signal (DTMF signal), and emits the sound from the speaker 69.

Next, the information processing engine 16 and the database 17 will be described. The information processing engine 16 processes and divides (edits) information provided from the information providing companies 18A to 18C into content (consisting of one or a plurality of message data) that can be received and displayed by the pager 11 and group the information. It has an architecture in which a network server for transmitting a call number and contents processed from this information to the paging center 12 is a mainframe.

As shown in FIG. 6, the information processing engine 16 includes an external data input unit 81, an operation unit 82, a control unit 83, a memory 84, a transmission processing unit 85, a time counting unit 86, A display unit 88.

The external data input section 81 is provided for the information providing company 1
Input information provided from 8A to 18C. When information is input from the information providing companies 18A to 18C, the external data input unit 81 requests an interrupt to the control unit 83 and causes the control unit 83 to execute a program shown in a flowchart described later.

The operation section 82 is composed of input devices such as a keyboard and a mouse. The display unit 88 includes a display monitor or the like that displays the input information, and inputs and displays data, instructions, and the like.

The control unit 83 is composed of an MPU or the like, and has a memory 8 such as a program shown in a flowchart described later.
4 operates to search and process information, and transmits the processed information, that is, contents, to the paging center 12 together with the group call number. The memory 84 includes a RAM, a hard disk device, and the like, and stores an operation program of the control unit 83, for example, a system program for controlling the operation of the entire system, a search program for searching for and extracting contents to be transmitted, and the like. The information is stored and functions as a work area for the control unit 83. The transmission processing unit 85 includes a transmission buffer in which data (group call number and contents) to be transmitted to the pager 11 is written, and transmits the data written in the transmission buffer to the paging center 12. The time clock unit 86 clocks and stores the current time.

The information sent from the information providing companies 18A to 18C to the information processing engine 16 is, for example, packet data, and is composed of information X1, comment data X2, and identification information X3 as shown in FIG. You.

The information X1 consists of information provided to the pagers 11 (A to I). The data length that can be received by the pager 11 (A to I) at one time by the information processing engine 16, that is, FIG. ) Message field (M
F) Edited, processed, and divided into one or more message data having a data length that can be stored in C7, processed into content, and stored and managed in the content file F4 of the database 17.

As shown in FIG. 8, the comment data X2 includes a content name of the information X1, its number (content number), and a content processed from the information X1.
(A to I) Transmission period (transmission period), desired transmission date (designated transmission date), desired transmission time (designated transmission time), transmission area, specified by the contents of the comment field of G-ID master file F2 described later Data such as transmission targets and keywords that can be transmitted, and correction information indicating version information indicating how many times the information X1 has been corrected are respectively set to “00” to “0”.
6 "at the beginning. The comment data X2 itself is also stored in the content file F4.
Is stored in

The identification information X3 identifies the information providing company that provides the information X1. For example, "A #" is assigned to the information providing company 18A, and "B #" is assigned to the information providing company 18B.
"#" And "C #" are assigned to the information providing company 18C. In addition, information X1, comment data X2,
The order with the identification information X3 is not limited to the order shown in FIG.
Not all data may be available up to “06”.

On the other hand, the database 17 is configured as an external storage device of a kind of the information processing engine 16.
As shown in FIG. 6, a buffer area 87, a member master file F1, a group master file F2, a transmission schedule file F3, a content file F4, a log file F5, and an identification information table F6 are provided. The buffer area 87 is provided by the information providing companies 18 (A to C) and temporarily stores information input from the external data input unit 81.

Next, the structure of each file in the database 17 will be described. As shown in FIG. 9, the file structure of the member master file F1 is such that “member number”, “member name”, “member name”,
Information such as “address”, “telephone”, “age”, “gender”, “terminal type”, one or more “G-ID”, and “expiration date” is stored.

The “member number” is a unique number that can be arbitrarily set by the operator for file management. "Member name" is the name and name of the member. "Address" is the address of the member. "Phone number" is the telephone number of the contact information of the member. “Age” is the age of the member. "what is your gender,
Numerical data of “1” or “2” is set as the gender of the member, where “1” is male and “2” is female. The “terminal type” indicates the performance or type of the terminal (pager) used by the member, for example, “1”, a number, or a free word message can be displayed if the paging type is an information pager that can display characters and numbers. In the case of a numeric pager, it is set with numerical data such as "2". In the “terminal type” field, numerical data is subdivided and set according to the number of displayable character digits, the number of storable messages, the manufacturer, and the like.

The “G-ID” is, for example, three-digit numerical data set in correspondence with the group call number of the group to which the member belongs, and includes the category of the member such as gender, age group, occupation, and paging. A plurality of numerical data systematized according to the transmission area (area) where the service is provided are prepared. Therefore, one member can set a plurality of “G-IDs” according to the contract contents (information contents desired to be provided). Note that the information providing service applied in the present embodiment is to provide information on a group basis, so that a call number for individual call is not set. The "expiration date" indicates the expiration date of the membership of this member.

As shown in FIG. 10, the file structure of the G-ID master file F2 includes the above “G-ID”,
It consists of a “group call number” and a “comment”.
“G-ID” is 3 that can be arbitrarily set by the administrator described above.
Digit data. In the “group call number”, a call number corresponding to a group address set to call all pagers to which address code data is allocated in units of the group is set. It is converted into bit group address data. The “comment” is a part that stores information that allows the characteristics of the members classified into this group to be determined, and includes the age group, gender, transmission desired area, and content category to be transmitted of the member, for example,
This is a part for storing character information (keywords) such as “business”, “stock price”, “shopping”, and “restaurant”.

As shown in FIG. 11, the file structure of the transmission schedule file F3 is “scheduled transmission time”, “content number”, “priority”, “G-ID”, “transmission time”, “transmission OK”. / NG ", and one or more (N) sets of each item, and one or more GIs
D (group call number) is defined to transmit the same content to the paging center 12.

In the “scheduled transmission time”, a scheduled date and time for transmitting the content to the paging center 12 is set in units of 10 minutes. "Content number" is the information provider 18A
The comment data X2 sent from .about.18C is assigned to the content file F4 described later. The “priority” indicates the priority of transmission of the content to be transmitted, and “1” is urgent, “2” is required, “3”
Is usually set to any numerical data of "1" to "3". “G-ID” is set to three-digit numeric data defined in the G-ID master file F2.
In addition, “transmission time” and “transmission OK / NG” are set in association with the “G-ID”, and the “transmission time” stores the time of actual transmission to the paging center 12.
“Transmission OK / NG” sets a flag indicating whether the current transmission has succeeded or has failed based on the result of transmission to the paging center 12, that is, data returned from the paging center 12. If the transmission has failed (NG) and the priority is urgent, the transmission schedule is reset and retransmitted, and the transmission time and transmission result are also registered. As will be described later, the correction deadline when the correction data is input from the information providing companies 18A to 18C is a predetermined time (for example, 10 minutes) from the “scheduled transmission time”.
It is determined by whether it is before.

As shown in FIG. 12, the file structure of the content file F4 is such that "identification information", "content number", "content name", "content", "content" for each identification information of the information providing company. It has storage areas for “designated transmission date”, “designated transmission time”, “comment data”, and “transmission deadline”, and stores and manages them. or,
Information that is not included in any information provider is stored in the “other” storage area.

The “identification information” is the information (content)
7 shows the identification information of the information providing companies 18A to 18C, which correspond to the identification information X3 in FIG.
The “content number” is a content number in the comment data X2 added to the information sent from the information providing companies 18A to 18C, and is stored in association with the content.

As the “content name”, the “content name” set in the comment data X2 shown in FIG. 8 is stored as it is. “Contents” indicates that the information X1 is stored in the pager 11.
The data length that (A to I) can receive at one time, that is, FIG.
This is processed and divided into message data that can be put in the message field (MF) C7 of (C), and these are stored in the order in which they should be transmitted. When these processed / divided contents are stored, as shown in FIG. 12, a boundary code indicating the boundary of each content (refer to FIG. 12) according to the amount of data that can be transmitted each time. (Indicated by "/").

The "designated transmission date" is to extract and store the "designated transmission date" from the comment data X2. The “designated transmission time” is to extract and store the “designated transmission time” from the comment data X2. The "comment data" is the comment data X2 sent together with the information X1 except for the "content name", "content number", "designated transmission date", "designated transmission time", and "transmission deadline". What to store. The "transmission time limit" is for extracting and storing the "transmission time limit" from the comment data X2.

The log file F5 is automatically set when the transmission schedule is set, and corresponds to the content number in the transmission schedule file F3.
This file stores a transmission record when data transmission is actually executed, and is referred to when transmitting data or when checking for transmission errors.

As shown in FIG. 13, when the data shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 transmitted from the information providing companies 18A to 18C is stored and managed in the content file F4, the identification information table F6 contains the identification information X3. An information providing company table F61 for specifying an information providing company from the set identification information and a comment data table F62 for specifying each identification number for identifying each data in the comment data X2.

The information providing company table F61
As shown in FIG. 14, identification information X3 provided by the information providing companies 18A to 18C, a company name of the information providing company specified by the identification information X3, and contact information such as a continuous production telephone number and a mail address. Are stored in association with each other, and are used when storing and managing information provided by the information providing company.

As shown in FIG. 15, the comment data table F62 has an identification number added to the head of each data of the comment data X2, and a comment content (name of each data type) specified by the identification number. And store the information provided by the information provider.
Use when managing.

Hereinafter, the operation of the paging system thus configured will be described. This information provision system,
A) paging operation and B) information providing operation are performed.

Hereinafter, these operations will be sequentially described. A-1) Individual Call (Normal Paging Operation) In FIGS. 1 and 2, the caller inputs the call number of the pager 11 to be called from the telephone 15. Then
The telephone number and the paging center 1 are determined by the calling number.
2 is connected to the line, and in the paging center 12,
This call number is supplied to the switching unit 32 via the input / output circuit 31. The switching unit 32 determines that the supplied data is a call number, and supplies the call number to the call number matching unit 33. The call number collating unit 33 accesses the subscriber memory 34, determines whether the corresponding call number is registered in the subscriber memory 34, and notifies the control unit 37 of the determination result.

If the control unit 37 determines that the corresponding call number is not registered, the control unit 37 outputs to the voice response circuit 35 that the call number input to the voice response circuit 35 is incorrect. This output is converted into a voice answer announcement and transmitted to the telephone 15 via the input / output circuit 31. Thereafter, the input / output circuit 31 disconnects the connected line. With this answer announcement, the caller recognizes that the input calling number is incorrect.

On the other hand, when the control section 37 determines that the input call number is registered in the subscriber memory 34, the corresponding frame No. is read from the subscriber memory 34. And the address data are read out and stored in the transmission data memory 36. At this time, the control unit 37 causes the voice response circuit 35 to output a response announcement indicating that message data to be transmitted is input. This answer announcement is transmitted to the telephone 15 via the input / output circuit 31 and output. In accordance with the answer announcement from the telephone 15, the caller inputs message data to be transmitted by dialing.

The input / output circuit 31 receives the input message data and outputs it to the switching unit 32. Switching unit 32
Outputs the input message data to the control unit 37. The control unit 37 stores the input message data in the transmission data memory 36 in association with the previously input address data.

The control unit 37 is provided with a transmission data memory 36
When it is detected that data has been newly input from the information processing engine 16, the above-mentioned individual call operation is interrupted, and the group call number and the contents are read out from the transmission data memory 36 at regular time intervals and stored in the message register 38. The group address data corresponding to the group call number is set in the address register 40. Further, vector data is appropriately set in the vector register 39. Furthermore, the cycle No. related to the current frame data transmission. Frame No. Also, the block configuration of the transmission frame is stored in the frame / block information storage memory 42 in the frame information (FI) and the block information (B
I).

The control unit 37 includes a message register 38,
When the defined data is stored in the vector register 39, the address register 40, and the frame / block information storage memory 42, the transmission processing control unit 41 is instructed to start transmission processing, and the current time acquired from the time counting unit 43. Notify.

In response to this notification, the transmission processing control unit 41
Are the message data stored in the message register 38, the vector data stored in the vector register 39, the address data stored in the address register 40, and the frame information (FI) stored in the frame / block information storage memory 42. , And block information (B
4) is read and multiplexed (interleaved) to assemble one frame of transmission data with the frame configuration shown in FIG. 4C and the block configuration shown in FIG.
It transmits to the transmitting station 13 in the format shown in (A) and (B). The transmitting station 13 transmits the received frame to the pager 11.
(A to I).

In FIG. 5, the FSK carrier transmitted from transmitting station 13 has a frame number of its own frame. Is supplied to the receiving unit 52 via the antenna 51 of each pager 11 intermittently receiving at the transmission timing. Receiver 52
Demodulates and detects received data. The decoder 53
This signal is decoded. The CPU 54 temporarily stores the decoded signal in the buffer memory 55.

The deinterleave circuit 56 performs interleave recovery processing on the data sequentially stored in the buffer memory 55 in block units, and outputs the data to the BCH decoder 57. The BCH decoder 57 corrects the error of the data subjected to the interleave recovery processing. The CPU 54 has a BCH
From the data subjected to the error correction processing by the decoder 57, the address data set in the address field (AF) C5 is read, and it is determined whether or not the same address data as the received address data is stored in the ID-ROM 58. Determine. If the data is not stored in the ID-ROM 58, the data stored in the buffer memory 55 is not addressed to the pager and is therefore discarded.

On the other hand, when the same address data as the received address data is stored in the ID-ROM 58,
The CPU 54 stores the data stored in the buffer memory 55 in the RAM 60. In response to a user's key operation on the key input unit 70, the CPU 54 causes the display unit 63 to display message data of the data stored in the RAM 60 via the driver 62 in accordance with the display control content by the vector data. . In this way, the message data is displayed.

The pager 11 can also transmit a reply message created by the subscriber using the received message. In this case, the user operates the key input unit 70 to input the call number and the reply message data of the pager of the message transmission destination to the pager 11. The CPU 54 sequentially stores the input call number and the reply message data in the transmission data memory 61.

When the input is completed, the user proceeds to pager 1
1 is brought close to the mouthpiece of the telephone 15, and transmission is instructed from the key input unit 70. In response to this instruction, the CPU 54
The call number and the message data stored in the transmission data memory 61 are read and set in the transmission buffer 66.

The transmission buffer 66 first outputs a call number. This call number is converted into an analog signal by the D / A converter 67 and supplied to the amplifier 68. The amplifier 68 is driven by the LED driver 64, converts the supplied analog signal into a DTMF signal, and emits sound from a speaker. Also, while the amplifier 68 is being driven, the LED
65 is lit to indicate that sound is being emitted.

The transmitted DTMF signal is transmitted to the public network 1
4 and transmitted to the paging center 12, received by the input / output circuit 31, and processed in the same manner as a normal call. When a line connection is established between the telephone 15 and the paging center 12 by the DTMF signal, the CPU 54 converts the reply message data into a DTMF signal and transmits it.
This reply message data is processed in the same manner as normal message data transmission, and transmitted to the destination pager.

A-2) Group Call When calling a plurality of pagers 11 belonging to a certain group, the caller sends the group call number assigned to the group to be called in FIG. 1 and the message data to be transmitted to the telephone. Input from 15. The telephone set 15 and the paging center 12 are designated by the group call number.
Are connected to the line. The paging center 12 assembles the frame data including the group address data and the message data of the group to be called into the format shown in FIG. ) In the format shown in
Send to 3. The transmitting station 13 sequentially transmits this series of data.

When each pager 11 receives the address transmitted from the transmitting station 13, it determines whether the address data is stored in its own ID-ROM 58 or not.
If it is stored, the message is received and displayed. For example, as shown in FIG.
When 11C constitutes group 1, pagers 11D to 11F constitute group 2, and pagers 11G to 11I constitute group 3, group call number 11-22 of group 1
When a request for calling a group defined by 22-3333 is received, the group call number is converted into group address data #X, and pagers 11A to 11C are called.

B) Information Providing Operation The information providing operation is an operation for transmitting the service content of the information providing service from the information processing engine 16 to the pager 11 via the paging center 12, that is, the content. To pager 11
There is no difference from the group call operation described in A-2) in the data transmission to. Here, the operation of the information processing engine 16 in the information providing operation will be described.

The information providing operation is composed of the following three steps. (1) A step of editing, processing and dividing information provided by the information providing companies 18A to 18C into contents by the information processing engine 16 and registering the contents in the contents file F4. (2) Transmission from contents stored in the contents file F4. Step of extracting content to be set and setting the transmission schedule (3) Step of requesting paging center 12 to transmit the content (message data) set in the transmission schedule to pager 11 I do.

First, regarding the processing in the step (1),
This will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The process of this flowchart starts when the external data input unit 81 of the information processing engine 16 detects input of information from the information providing companies 18A to 18C and requests an interrupt to the control unit 83.

When the process starts, first, information (including information X1, comment data X2, and identification information X3) input from the external data input section 81 is temporarily stored in the buffer area 87 of the database 17 (step S11).
Next, the identification information X3 is extracted from the information temporarily stored in the buffer area 87 in step S11, and the identification information table F
A search is made for the identification information corresponding to the identification information X3 extracted from Step 6 (Step S12). Then, it is determined whether or not the corresponding identification information is stored in the identification information table F6 (Step S13).

If it is determined in step S13 that the corresponding identification information is not stored in the identification information table F6, the information processing engine 16 attaches a message indicating that the information cannot be received, and adds the information. It is returned to the information provider (step S14). Then, the process of this flowchart ends.

When it is determined in step S13 that the corresponding identification information is stored in the identification information table F6,
Further, in step S11, the content number in the comment data X2 of the information temporarily stored in the buffer area 87 is extracted, and the corresponding content number is searched from the content file F4 (step S15). Then, it is determined whether or not the corresponding content number is stored in the content file F4 (Step S16).

If it is determined in step S16 that the corresponding content number is not stored in content file F4, it is determined that the information is newly input information, and step S16 is performed.
At step 11, the information X1 temporarily stored in the buffer area 87 is edited and processed into contents according to the contents of the information. That is, this information is divided into message data within the number of characters that can be written in the above-described message field (MF) C7, a boundary code “/” is inserted between each message data, and written in the content area of the content file F4. Also, the “transmission time limit”, “designated transmission date”, and “designated transmission time” in the comment data X2 are stored in respective areas of the content file F4, and other data in the comment data X2 are stored in the comment data of the content file F4. (Step S)
17). Then, the process of this flowchart ends.

If it is determined in step S16 that the corresponding content number is stored in the content file F4, the content number extracted in step S15 from the transmission schedule file F3 set in the process (2) described later is used. The same content number is searched (step S18). Then, it is determined whether or not the corresponding content number is set in the transmission schedule file F3 (Step S19).

If it is determined in step S19 that the corresponding content number is not set in the transmission schedule file F3, it is determined that this information is information for correcting the content already stored in the content file F4. I do. Then, the information X1 temporarily stored in the buffer area 87 in step S11 is edited and processed into contents according to the contents of the information. That is, this information is divided into message data within the number of characters that can be written in the message field (MF) C7 described above,
A boundary code "/" is inserted between each message data to overwrite the content to be corrected in the content file F4. In addition, “transmission time limit” in the comment data X2,
The "designated transmission date" and "designated transmission time" are added to the respective areas of the content file F4, and the comment data X
2 is written in the comment data area of the content file F4. It is written in the comment data that the information is correction information by the correction information (step S20). Then, the process of this flowchart ends.

If it is determined in step S19 that the corresponding content number has already been set in the transmission schedule file F3, that is, if it is determined that the content number has already been set as the content to be transmitted, the transmission schedule file F3 is set.
It is determined by referring to the “scheduled transmission time” in 3 and the time counted by the time counting unit 86 whether or not the content is before the correction deadline (step S21).

If it is determined in step S21 that the time is not before the correction time limit, ie, that the correction time limit has passed, the information X1 temporarily stored in the buffer area 87 in step S11 is
The content is edited and processed according to the content of the information. That is, this information is divided into message data within the number of characters that can be written in the above-described message field (MF) C7, a boundary code “/” is inserted between each message data, and written in the content area of the content file F4. Also, the “transmission time limit”, “designated transmission date”, and “designated transmission time” in the comment data X2 are stored in respective areas of the content file F4, and other data in the comment data X2 are stored in the comment data of the content file F4. Write to the area. Then, in order to treat the content as new information, a number different from the content number of the content to be corrected is assigned and written in the content number area of the content file F4 (step S22).

Next, the content number newly assigned in step S22 is notified to any of the information providing companies 18A to 18C specified by the identification information X2 (step S2).
3). Then, the process of this flowchart ends.
When the information providing company 18A to 18C further corrects the information according to the notification of the content number in step S23, the information providing company 18A to 18C puts the notified content number in the comment data X2 and sends the information.

If it is determined in step S21 that the current time is before the correction time limit, the information X1 temporarily stored in the buffer area 87 is edited and processed into contents in step S11 according to the contents of the information. That is, this information is divided into message data within the number of characters that can be written in the message field (MF) C7 described above, a boundary symbol “/” is inserted between each message data, and the content number of the content file F4 corresponds to the content of the corresponding content. The area is overwritten as the corrected content (step S24). Then, the process of this flowchart ends.

Next, regarding the processing in the step (2),
explain. In the content file F4, the designated transmission date and designated transmission time are stored and managed in association with the divided message of the information X1. The operator operates the operation unit 82 of the information processing engine 16 to change the transmission designated date from the content file F4 to one.
By displaying what is within the week on the display unit 88 and performing a predetermined operation input from the operation unit 82, FIG.
The transmission schedule file F3 shown in FIG. This transmission schedule file F3 is created, for example, by 1
It is done on a daily basis.

At this time, if the operator starts creating the transmission schedule file F3 while the information corrected in step S20 is written in the content file F4, the control unit 83 determines that the comment data has been corrected. The information with the latest version has priority, and the information with the latest version is automatically removed from the transmission schedule file F3.

Next, regarding the processing in the step (3),
explain. The control unit 83 operates according to the transmission program of the system program stored in the memory 84, and transmits the group call number of the transmission destination and the content (message data) to the paging center 12 according to the schedule defined by the transmission schedule file F3.
At this time, the group call number is stored in the content file F
4 is compared with the comment of the G-ID file F2, an appropriate one is selected.
The message data divided and stored in the content file F4 is sequentially transmitted to the paging center 12 together with the group call number.

The paging center 12 converts the group call number received from the information processing engine 16 into group address data, and converts the message data into the pager 1
1 (A to I) is the same as in the case of the group call described above.

As described above, in this embodiment, the information processing engine 16 can automatically correct information until the information correction time limit expires. Further, since a new content number is assigned even after the correction time limit has passed, correction information can be transmitted thereafter without imposing an excessive load on the operator.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made to the above embodiment. Hereinafter, modifications of the above-described embodiment applicable to the present invention will be described.

In the above embodiment, when the correction information is input before the correction time limit (when the determination result in step S21 is YES), the information to be written in the content area of the content file F4 is overwritten in step S24. And everything was rewritten. However, in place of the process in step S24, a process of rewriting only a corrected portion may be performed. Hereinafter, an example of rewriting only the corrected portion will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

When the correction information is input before the correction time limit (when the determination result in step S21 is YES), the information X1 temporarily stored in the buffer area 87 in step S11.
Is edited and processed according to the content of the information. That is, this information is divided into message data within the number of characters that can be written in the message field (MF) C7 described above, a boundary code “/” is inserted between each message data, and the message data is transferred to the work area of the memory 84 (step S31) ).

Next, the content number corresponding to the content number instructed to be corrected, that is, the content number extracted in step S15 is read from the content file F4 and transferred to the work area of the memory 84 (step S32). Then, it is checked whether or not both data match each divided unit, that is, each unit partitioned by the boundary code "/" (step S33).

If there is a part where both data are different, the different part of the data divided in step S31 and transferred to the work area is discriminated in step S3.
Overwrite the data transferred in step 1 (step S3
4). Then, the rewritten content is written to the relevant portion of the content file F4 (step S35). Then, the process of this flowchart ends.

In the above embodiment, the information output from the information processing engine 16 is transmitted from the paging center 12 to the transmitting station 13 and transmitted from the transmitting station 13.
That is, the pagers 11 (A
To I). However, FIG.
As shown in the figure, a plurality of paging centers 12A to 12C
The present invention can also be applied to a paging system that includes a transmitting station 13A to a transmitting station 13A to a transmitting station 13C and transmits to each of the local areas AC. In this case, the comment data X
2, the transmission area may be extracted and the content file F4 'may be further managed based on the transmission area as shown in FIG.

In the above embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to the paging system has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to an information providing system using another transmitting / receiving system, a broadcasting system, or the like. For example, the present invention
When applied to a teletext broadcasting system, the configuration is as shown in the schematic diagram of FIG. The configuration of this FM teletext broadcasting system is substantially the same as the configuration of the paging system shown in FIG.
In addition, the transmitting station 13 transmits to the broadcast antenna 93 and the pager 11
(A to I) are replaced by a teletext receiver 91.

Information processed and managed by the information processing engine 16 is sent to the broadcasting station 92. Broadcasting station 92
Has a function provided in the paging center 12 shown in FIG. . The teletext receiver 91 separates and demodulates text information from the FM carrier, and displays the demodulated information on a display unit such as a liquid crystal display device.

The processing executed by the information providing engine 16 of the FM teletext broadcasting system shown in FIG. 20 can be implemented by replacing “transmission” described in the above embodiment with “broadcast”.
Others are substantially the same as the processing executed by the information providing engine 16 of the paging system of the first embodiment.

[0131]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The information stored in the information storage means (memory) can be updated, that is, the information to be provided to the receiving terminal can be corrected without the intervention of the operator.

Further, when the time comparing means is provided, the information stored in the information storing means is updated when the information can be substantially updated, and the correction of the information becomes substantially impossible. Also, the information can be transmitted to the receiving terminal again as correction information. Therefore, it is possible to correct as much information as possible.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration of a paging system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a paging center 12 in the paging system of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a memory configuration of a subscriber memory 34 included in the paging center 12 of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a format of data of an advanced paging system (RCR-STD43 standard) transmitted from the paging center 12 to the transmitting station 13 and transmitted by radio in the paging system of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a pager 1 in the paging system of FIG. 1;
1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information processing engine 16 and a database 17 in the paging system of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a format of information sent from the information providing company to the information processing engine 16 in the paging system of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a format of data set in comment data X2 in the information format of FIG. 7;

9 is a diagram showing a file configuration of a member master file F1 stored in the database 17 of FIG.

FIG. 10 shows G- stored in the database 17 of FIG.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a file configuration of an ID master file F2.

11 is a diagram showing a file configuration of a transmission schedule file F3 stored in a database 17 of FIG.

12 is a diagram showing a file configuration of a content file F4 stored in a database 17 of FIG.

13 is a diagram showing a memory configuration of an identification information table F6 stored in the database 17 of FIG.

14 is a diagram showing the storage contents of an information management company table F61 of the identification information table F6 of FIG.

15 is a diagram showing the contents stored in a comment data table F62 of the identification information table F6 in FIG. 13;

FIG. 16 is an information processing engine 16 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart showing a process in.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing processing in the information processing engine 16 according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration of a paging system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a file configuration of a content file F4 ′ according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 20 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration of an FM teletext broadcasting system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 21 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration of a conventional paging system.

FIG. 22 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration of a conventional paging system.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 (A to I): pager, 12: paging center, 13: transmitting station, 14: public line network, 15: telephone, 16: information processing engine, 17 ...・ Database,
18A to 18C: information providing company, 81: external data input unit, 82: operation unit, 83: control unit, 84: memory, 85: transmission processing unit, 86 ...・ Timekeeping unit, 87 ...
Buffer area, 88: display unit, F1: member master file, F2: G-ID master file, F3: transmission schedule file, F4: content file, F
5: log file, F6: identification information table

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Claims (6)

[Claims] An information providing system for receiving information including identification information for identifying individual information, converting the information into a data format of a receiving terminal to be provided, and providing the data format to the receiving terminal. An information storage unit for storing information including the input identification information; an identification information extraction unit for extracting the identification information from the information including the input identification information; Discriminating means for discriminating whether information including the same identification information as the identification information is already stored in the information storage means, and when the discriminating means determines that information including the same identification information is stored. And an information updating unit for updating information already stored in the information storage unit to the input information. 2. Input means for externally inputting the information to be provided including identification information for identifying information, information storage means for storing information input from the input means, and information storage means And a providing unit for converting the information stored in the information into the data format of the receiving terminal to provide the information, and providing the receiving terminal with the information. Identification information extraction means for extracting the identification information from, identification means for determining whether information including the same identification information as the identification information extracted by the identification information extraction means is stored in the information storage means, When the determination unit determines that information including the same identification information is stored in the information storage unit, the information already stored in the information storage unit is input to the input unit. Information providing apparatus characterized by comprising an information updating means for updating rewrites the information input from the stage. 3. Time information indicating a time at which information is to be provided,
A time information storage unit that stores the information in association with the information stored in the information storage unit; a timer that counts the time at which the information is input from the input unit; And a time comparing unit for comparing the information stored in the information storing unit from the input unit according to a comparison result of the time comparing unit. The information providing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the information providing apparatus is rewritten and updated. 4. As a result of the comparison by said time comparing means, when the time measured by said time measuring means is later than the time indicated by said time information, said inputted information is stored in said information storing means. Identification information allocating means for allocating identification information different from the identification information included in the stored information; and storing the identification information allocated by the identification information allocating means in the information storage means together with the information inputted from the input means. The information providing device according to claim 3, comprising: a storage control unit. 5. The information updating means includes means for comparing information stored in the information storage means with information input by the input means, and a result of the comparison by the means for storing the information stored in the storage means. The information providing apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 4, further comprising: a unit configured to rewrite a part that does not match the existing information with information input from the input unit. 6. An input step of externally inputting the information to be provided including identification information for identifying information, and an information storage step of storing the information including the identification information input in the input step in a memory. An identification information extracting step of extracting the identification information at the time of inputting the information in the input step; and information having the same identification information as the identification information extracted in the identification information extracting step, A discriminating step of discriminating whether or not the information is stored in the memory by processing; and when the discriminating step determines that information having the same identification information is stored in the memory, the information stored in the memory. Updating the information by rewriting the information with information newly input by the input means. .