JPH1049469A - Immediate selection information distribution method / system, customizer device, and large-scale selection information distribution system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To instantaneously deliver only information that a terminal user desired by referring to a user profile when information is delivered from a server, selecting a terminal to which the delivery information should be delivered from a server, and delivering it. SOLUTION: For information distribution from the server to many terminals through a network, a customizer is provided between the server and terminals, and a user profile is registered from a terminal (step 1) and stored (step 2). When information is delivered from the server (step 3), the user profile is referred to, a terminal to which the delivery information should be delivered from the server is selected (step 4), and the information is distributed (step 5). Consequently, when information is delivered from the server to large-scale terminals, the information that the terminal users desire can instantaneously be delivered.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an immediate selection information distribution method / system, a customizer device, and a large-scale selection information distribution system, and more particularly to an information distribution service using a communication network such as online news. The present invention relates to an immediate selection information distribution method / system, a customizer device, and a large-scale selection information distribution system for providing information according to each user's desire to a number of users.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 10 shows a conventional mass information distribution system.
Is shown. The system shown in FIG.
Server 10₁, 10_TwoAnd network 20 and multiple ends
End 30 ₁, 30_Two, 30_Three, 30_Four, ..., 30_nFrom
Is done.

As shown in FIG. 1, there is a mass information distribution system in which the same information is simultaneously distributed from a server 10 to a large number of terminals 30. Broadcasting techniques such as IP multicast are used as a method of simultaneous distribution. In the mass information distribution system, information is delivered from the server 10 to a large number of terminals 30 periodically or each time information is generated.

FIG. 11 shows a conventional one-to-one information distribution system. In the figure, 1: 1 individual communication from the server 10 to the terminal 30 is repeated to deliver different information to each terminal. As a method of the 1: 1 communication, a TCP protocol or the like is used.

[0005]

However, the above-mentioned conventional mass information distribution system has a problem that individual terminal users cannot selectively deliver desired information. In addition, in the above-described conventional 1: 1 information distribution system, the server repeatedly performs one-to-one individual communication to all user terminals of the delivery destination, so that a large amount of time is required for delivery to a large number of terminals. Therefore, there is a problem that it cannot be applied to large-scale information distribution.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and takes into account the individual user correspondence of one-to-one information distribution while maintaining the advantages of large-scale simultaneous distribution of a mass information distribution system. Provided is an immediate-type selection information distribution method / system, a customizer device, and a large-scale selection information distribution system that can immediately deliver only information desired by a terminal user when information is distributed from a server to a terminal. The purpose is to:

[0007]

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining the principle of the present invention. According to the instant selection information distribution method of the present invention, when distributing information from a server to a large number of terminals via a network, a customizer is provided between the server and the terminal, and a user profile is registered from the terminal in the customizer ( Step 1), store the user profile (Step 2), and when information delivery is performed from the server (Step 3), refer to the user profile and select a terminal to which delivery information from the server is to be delivered. (Step 4) and deliver (Step 5).

[0008] Further, the instant selection information distribution method of the present invention is characterized in that, when a customizer selects a terminal to which delivery information from a server is to be delivered, an information profile included in the delivery information received from the server; When the user profile is compared, and the matching condition of the user profile is satisfied, and the delivery information is delivered from the server described in the user profile, the terminal set in the user profile is regarded as a delivery destination. I do.

The customizer device of the present invention is installed between a server that distributes information and a terminal that obtains information delivered from the server, receives a user profile registration request from the terminal, and registers a user profile to register a user profile. Means 135 for comparing the information profile, which is the collation information of the delivery information delivered from the server, with the user profile registered in the user request registration means, and selecting a terminal capable of transmitting the delivery information.
And a delivery unit 134 for sending delivery information to the terminal selected by the filter unit 137.

[0010] Further, when the conditions set in the user profile registration request are satisfied and the delivery information is delivered from the server described in the user profile, the filter means 137 sets the user profile. Condition selecting means for selecting a terminal which issues the command as a terminal capable of transmitting.

A selection information distribution system according to the present invention receives at least one server for simultaneously distributing the same delivery information, a plurality of terminals for acquiring delivery information from the server, and receives delivery information from the server. It has a customizer including terminal selection means for selecting a terminal to send information, and a network connecting the server, the terminal, and the customizer.

Further, the terminal of the selected information distribution system includes a user identifier, a name of a server to which the user has subscribed, a classification code of desired information, a registration keyword of desired information, and a user profile to be registered in the customizer. Includes matching conditions for classification codes and registered keywords.

[0013] The customizer of the selection information distribution system receives a user profile registration request from the terminal and registers the user profile with a user request registration unit. The customizer includes an information profile as collation information included in the delivery information delivered from the server. Filter means for checking a user profile registered in the user request registration means and selecting a terminal capable of transmitting the delivery information, and delivery means for transmitting delivery information to the terminal selected by the filter means. Have.

[0014] Further, the filter means of the selection information distributing system, if the condition set in the user profile registration request is satisfied and the delivery information is delivered from the server described in the user profile, It includes a condition matching unit that selects a terminal that has issued a user profile as a terminal that can transmit.

[0015] The large-scale selection information distribution system of the present invention comprises:
A mass information distribution system for distributing information from a server to a plurality of terminals, and at least one mass information distribution system for simultaneously distributing the same distribution information
Server, a plurality of terminals for acquiring delivery information from the server, a customizer including terminal selection means for receiving delivery information from the server and selecting a terminal to send the delivery information, and a server, a terminal, and a customizer. It has a configuration in which it is combined with a selection information distribution system having a network to be connected.

In the large-scale selection information distribution system, the terminal of the selection distribution system includes a user identifier, a name of a server to which the user has subscribed, a classification code of desired information, And the matching condition of the classification code and the registered keyword.

In the large-scale selection information distribution system, a customizer of the selection information distribution system receives a user profile registration request from a terminal, and includes a user request registration unit for registering a user profile, and a delivery request delivered from a server. Filter means for comparing the information profile, which is the collation information, with the user profile registered in the user request registration means, and selecting a terminal capable of transmitting the delivery information, and delivering to the terminal selected by the filter means Delivery means for transmitting information.

Further, in the large-scale selection information distribution system, the filter means of the selection information distribution system satisfies the conditions set in the user profile registration request, and the distribution information is transmitted from a server described in the user profile. A condition matching means for selecting a terminal which has issued the user profile as a terminal capable of transmitting when the mail is delivered is included.

As described above, according to the present invention, a user profile such as a classification code, a keyword, and a matching condition of information desired from a terminal is registered in the customizer, and the customizer stores the profile and transmits the profile from the server. By matching with the information profile such as the classification code and the keyword of the delivery information, the delivery information delivered from the server is provided to the appropriate user.

Therefore, while retaining the advantage of the scale of the large-scale simultaneous distribution of the mass information distribution system, the individual user correspondence of the one-to-one information distribution is taken in, and information can be transmitted from the server to a large number of terminals. Upon delivery, only the information desired by the terminal user can be delivered immediately.

[0021]

FIG. 3 shows the configuration of the immediate selection information distribution system of the present invention. The configuration shown in FIG. 1 includes a mass information distribution system 100 and a plurality of selection information distribution systems 200, 300, and 400.

In the figure, the mass information distribution system
Is a plurality of servers 110₁, 110_Two, 110_nIs
A plurality of customizers 130 via the network 120₁,
130 _Two, 130_nConnected to one of the servers 11
The same information is distributed simultaneously from 0 through the network 120
Is done.

Further, each customizer 130 ₁ , 13
0 ₂ and 130 _n are the selection information distribution system 20 respectively.
0, 300, and 400 from the customizers 130 ₁ , 130 ₂ , and 130 _n.
0, 320, 420 to any terminal via server 1
The individual information selectively delivered from the delivery information delivered from 10 is delivered.

FIG. 4 shows the structure of the customizer of the present invention. The customizer 130 shown in FIG.
2. Information receiving unit 133, information delivery unit 134, profile receiving unit 135, information storage unit 136, filter unit 137
And a profile storage unit 138.

The communication control unit 132 is normally realized by communication control hardware of a computer and an operating system (OS), and performs data reception and transmission. The profile receiving unit 135 includes a communication control unit 13 from the terminal.
2, the user profile is received and registered / changed in the profile storage unit 138.

The information receiving section 133 passes the information profile of the received information to the filter section 137, and temporarily stores the information in the information storage section 136. Profile storage unit 138
Has a user profile management table 1380,
Stores user profile items obtained from the terminal.

The filter unit 137 compares the information profile with the user profile in the profile storage unit 136, selects a matching user profile, and returns the user name to the information receiving unit 133. The information receiving unit 133 passes the temporarily stored information and the user name to the information delivery unit 134.

The information delivery unit 134 delivers the passed information to the terminal corresponding to the user name. FIG. 5 shows the configuration of the user profile management table of the present invention. The user profile management table 1380 stores the user name 1 of each terminal.
381, Name of registered server 138 to which each user subscribes
2. A classification code 1383 of the desired information, a registration keyword 1384 of the desired information, a classification code, and a matching condition 1385 with the information profile of the information received from the server 110 for the registered keyword are included for each user.

As the matching condition 1385 between the user profile and the information profile, when all items of the classification code and the registered keyword 1384 match, it is assumed that the matching is performed.
Alternatively, there are various conditions such as when n or more registered keywords 1384 match. FIG. 6 shows the configuration of the delivery information from the server of the present invention. The delivery information 600 from the server 110 includes, from the top, a group address 601 of the customizer 130, an information profile, and information 607 which is an information body to be delivered. The information profile includes an information title 602, a delivery date 603, a delivery server name 604, a classification code 605, and a keyword 606. A plurality of keywords 606 may be described. The group address 601 uses a group address shared by a plurality of customizers 130 in order to perform simultaneous information delivery by multicast or the like in mass information delivery.

FIG. 7 shows the structure of a profile registration request from a user terminal according to the present invention. Profile registration request 7
00 includes the address 701 of the customizer 130 to be registered, the user name 702 of the requesting user, the classification code 703 of the information desired to be delivered, and the keyword 704 from the top. Classification code 703 and keyword 704
May be described plurally. Some items may be missing.

Next, the operation of the customizer 130 will be described. FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the customizer of the present invention. Step 101) The customizer 130 enters an idle state when the service is started.

Step 102) When the profile receiving section 135 receives the profile registration request shown in FIG. 7 from the terminal via the communication control section 132, the profile receiving section 135 stores the user profile in the profile storing section 138. At this time, the user name 702, the classification code 703, and the keyword 704 included in the user profile in the format shown in FIG. 7 are registered in the user profile management table 1380 shown in FIG. Further, when profile receiving section 135 receives a user profile change request, user profile management table 1380 corresponding to the change request is received.
And changes the user profile management table 1380 based on the change request. In addition, when the terminal has already registered the user profile, the terminal can update the registered user profile by sending another user profile to the customizer 130.

The process of this step is repeated a plurality of times when the user issues a request a plurality of times. Step 103) The information receiving unit 133 receives the delivery information shown in FIG. 6 from the server 110 via the communication control unit 132, transfers the delivery information to the filter unit 137, and stores the information body 607 in the information storage unit 136. Once accumulate.

Step 104) The filter unit 137
Delivered information profile and profile storage unit 13
8 is compared with the user profiles stored in the user profile management table 1380, a matching user profile is selected, and the user name is entered in the information receiving unit 1
Return to 33.

The information receiving section 133 temporarily stores the information in the information storage section 1.
The information body 607 and the user name stored in 36 are transferred to the information delivery unit 134. If a matching user profile cannot be searched, the filter unit 137 discards the terminal.

The above user profile management table 1
380 and the information profile of the delivery information 600 from the server 110 (information title 602, delivery date 603,
Delivery server name 604, classification code 605, keyword 6
06) are as follows.

It is assumed that the following criteria (1) and (2) are satisfied as examples of criteria. (1) The condition described in the matching condition 1385 of the user profile is satisfied: The classification codes 1383 and 605 match. All of the keywords 1384 and 606 match, or some or more specified numbers match.

(2) Delivery information is delivered from the registered server name 1382 described in the user profile management table 1380 (information from a server to which the user does not subscribe is not delivered). In the above, an example is shown in which the information profile matches if some of the classification codes, keywords, and the like of the user profiles stored in the user profile management table 1380 match, but the present invention is not limited to this example. The criteria may be such that some or all of them meet.

Further, it is conceivable to search a part or all of the information body 607 by using the registered keyword 1384 of each user profile to judge the matching of the information. Step 105) The information delivery unit 134 delivers information to the terminal corresponding to the passed one or more user names.

Step 106) The information delivery unit 134
When information delivery to all terminals corresponding to the user name is completed, the terminal returns to the idle state. The customizer 130 uses the user name of the terminal that has been successfully delivered as a report message,
Report to server 110. Also, if the delivery has failed, a message to that effect is reported to the server 110. This procedure is a supplementary procedure for recording the success or failure of delivery in the server 110.

In step 105, when information is distributed to a plurality of user terminals, in order to improve the efficiency of the distribution,
It is also possible to perform simultaneous destination delivery by multicast. In this case, it is more efficient to group the terminals and deliver information only to the group.

The procedures of steps 102 and 103 are appropriately executed in an event-producing manner, for example, the same procedure is executed repeatedly or alternately. If there is no procedure in step 102 and the process starts from the procedure in step 103, the condition is not satisfied in step 104, and the process returns to the idle state without performing the delivery process.

As described above, the customizer 130 determines whether or not information can be delivered to a terminal being served thereby, thereby reducing unnecessary information delivery.

[0044]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The following embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 9 is a sequence chart for explaining a series of operations of the embodiment of the present invention. In the description of FIG. 3, the server 110 ₁ shown in FIG.
, And 130 _n via the, and distributes the same information to the customizers 130 ₁ ,..., 130 _n at the same time.
_1, ..., 130 _n network 220,320,42
This is an example in which selective individual information is delivered to individual terminals connected via the “0”.

However, in this example, the selection information distribution system 2
An example in which information is delivered from the customizer 130 _{1 of the} 00 to the terminal 230 ₁ connected via the network 220 will be described.
A similar process is performed for 00.

In the figure, the network is omitted for simplification of description. Step 201) customizer 130 ₁ via the network 220 is connected from the terminal 230 ₁ for customizer 130 _1, customizer address 70
1 (= customer 130 ₁ address), user name 70
2 (= U1), a profile registration request 700 including a classification code 703 (= technology) and a keyword 704 (= multimedia) is transmitted.

Step 202) Customizer 130 ₁
The profile receiving unit 135, via the communication control unit 132, the profile registration request from the terminal 230 ₁ 700
Received, and sends the profile registration request 700 to the user profile management table 13 of the profile storage unit 138.
Register at 80. In this example, registration is performed as shown in FIG. For the registered server name 1382, a user management file (not shown) is searched for by the user name 702 of the profile registration request 700 to extract the name of the server to which the user has subscribed, and the profile management table It is registered in the registered server name 1382 of 1380. The matching condition 1385 is automatically given by the system, and in this example, matching of all items is a matching condition.

Step 203) Here, the server 110
₁Is the customizer 130₁~ 130 _nAll the same information
Send. Of these, the processing of the customizer 130 is entirely
In this example, the customizer 130₁of
The processing will be described as a representative example.

Step 204) Customizer 130 ₁
Of the server 1 via the communication control unit 132
When receiving the delivery information 600 from 10 ₁ stores the delivery information 600 temporarily in the information storage unit 136, information title 602 is information profile, delivery date 60
3. Transfer the delivery server name 604, the classification code 605, and the keyword 606 to the filter unit 137.

Step 205) The filter unit 137
Information profile and the terminal 230 ₁ of the user stored in the user profile management table 1380 (U
The record of 1) is collated. Since the matching condition of the user profile management table is "all items match", it is checked whether the delivery server name 604 is included in the registered server name 1382, and the classification code 1383 is added to the classification code 1383.
Are included, and whether the keyword 606 matches all registered keywords 1384 is checked.

Step 206) In the filter unit 137
As a result of the comparison, if the condition is satisfied, the process proceeds to step 207.
Move to step 208 if not satisfied
You. Step 207) Customizer 130₁Information Delivery Department
134 is the delivery information stored in the information storage unit 136
230 that issued the profile registration request ₁Against
To send.

Step 208) Step 206
If the condition is not satisfied in the collation of, a message indicating that transmission was not possible is generated. Step 209) Unsendable message is sent to server 11
To send to 0 _1. Step 210) Here, the terminal 230 ₁ (user name U
A profile update request is issued from 1). Thus, the customizer 130 ₁ searches the user profile management table 1380 using the user name included in the profile update request as a key, and updates the contents of the user profile of the corresponding user name. For example, when the user U1 wants to increase the number of registered keywords, the keyword 7 of the user profile registration (update) request 700
What is necessary is just to set the keyword to be added in the column of 04 and issue the request.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but can be variously modified and applied within the scope of the claims.

[0054]

As described above, according to the instant type selection information distribution method / system, customizer apparatus, and large-scale selection information distribution system of the present invention, the advantages of scale such as simultaneous distribution of mass information can be obtained. In addition, the user of each terminal can acquire only desired information from the server, and is not bothered by the flood of information.

Further, for a network to which the user is connected, unnecessary information is not delivered because the user is delivered only to the user registered in the user profile management table, so that the load on the network is reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining the principle of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a principle configuration diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of an immediate selection information distribution system of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a customizer of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a configuration example of a user profile management table of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a configuration example of delivery information from a server according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a configuration example of a profile registration request from a user terminal according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the operation of the customizer of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a sequence chart for explaining a series of operations of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a configuration diagram of a conventional mass information distribution system.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a conventional one-to-one information distribution system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 100 mass information distribution system 110 server 120, 220, 320, 420 network 130 customizer 132 communication control unit 133 information reception unit 134 information distribution unit, distribution unit 135 profile reception unit, user request registration unit 136 information storage unit 137 filter unit, filter Means 138 Profile storage unit 1380 User profile management table 1381 User name 1382 Registration server name 1383 Classification code 1384 Registration keyword 1385 Matching condition 200, 300, 400 Selection information distribution system 230, 330, 430 Terminal 600 Delivery information 601 Customizer group address 602 Information title 603 Delivery date 604 Delivery server name 605 Classification code 606 Keyword 607 Information 700 Profile registration Request 701 Customer address 702 User name 703 Classification code 704 Keyword

Claims (12)

[Claims] When distributing information from a server to a large number of terminals via a network, a customizer is provided between the server and the terminal, and the customizer stores a user profile registered in advance from the terminal, An instant selection information distribution method, wherein when information is delivered from the server, a terminal to which delivery information from the server is to be delivered is selected and delivered with reference to the user profile. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein when selecting a terminal to which the delivery information from the server is to be delivered, the customizer checks an information profile included in the delivery information received from the server with the user profile. 2. A terminal set in the user profile is set as a delivery destination when the delivery condition is satisfied and the delivery information is delivered from a server described in the user profile. Type selection information distribution method. 3. A server installed between an information distribution server and a terminal for obtaining information distributed from the server, receiving a user profile registration request from the terminal,
A user request registration unit for registering a user profile, collating an information profile, which is collation information of delivery information delivered from the server, with the user profile registered in the user request registration unit, and transmitting the delivery information A customizer device comprising: filter means for selecting a possible terminal; and delivery means for transmitting the delivery information to the terminal selected by the filter means. 4. The filter means, when a condition set in the user profile registration request is satisfied and the delivery information is delivered from a server described in the user profile,
4. The customizer device according to claim 3, further comprising condition matching means for selecting a terminal that has issued the user profile as a terminal capable of transmitting. 5. At least one server for simultaneously distributing the same delivery information, a plurality of terminals for acquiring the delivery information from the server, receiving the delivery information from the server, and transmitting the delivery information A selection information distribution system, comprising: a customizer including terminal selection means for selecting a terminal to be performed; and a network connecting the server, the terminal, and the customizer. 6. The terminal, as the user profile to be registered in the customizer, includes a user identifier, a name of a server to which the user has subscribed, a classification code of desired information, a registration keyword of desired information, and the classification code. 6. The selection information distribution system according to claim 5, wherein the selected information distribution condition includes a matching condition of the registered keyword. 7. The customizer receives a user profile registration request from the terminal,
User request registration means for registering a user profile; collating an information profile, which is collation information included in delivery information delivered from the server, with the user profile registered in the user request registration means; The selection information distribution system according to claim 5, further comprising: a filter unit that selects a terminal capable of transmitting the distribution information; and a distribution unit that transmits the distribution information to the terminal selected by the filter unit. 8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the filtering unit satisfies a condition set in the user profile registration request, and the delivery information is delivered from a server described in the user profile.
8. The selection information distribution system according to claim 7, further comprising condition matching means for selecting a terminal which has issued the user profile as a terminal capable of transmitting. 9. A mass information distribution system for distributing information from a server to a plurality of terminals, at least one server for simultaneously distributing the same distribution information, and a plurality of terminals for acquiring the distribution information from the server; A combination of a customizer including terminal selection means for receiving the delivery information from the server and selecting a terminal transmitting the delivery information, and a selection information distribution system having a network connecting the server, the terminal, and the customizer Large-scale selection information distribution system having a different configuration. 10. The terminal of the selective distribution system, wherein the user profile for registering with the customizer includes a user identifier, a name of a server to which the user has subscribed, a classification code of desired information, and registration of desired information. The large-scale selection information distribution system according to claim 9, wherein the system includes a keyword, a classification code, and a matching condition of the registered keyword. 11. The customizer of the selection information distribution system receives a user profile registration request from the terminal,
User request registration means for registering a user profile; collating an information profile, which is collation information included in delivery information delivered from the server, with the user profile registered in the user request registration means; The large-scale selection information distribution system according to claim 9, further comprising: a filter unit that selects a terminal capable of transmitting the distribution information; and a distribution unit that transmits the distribution information to the terminal selected by the filter unit. 12. The method according to claim 12, wherein the filtering unit satisfies a condition set in the user profile registration request and the delivery information is delivered from a server described in the user profile.
12. The large-scale selection information distribution system according to claim 11, further comprising condition matching means for selecting a terminal which has issued the user profile as a terminal capable of transmitting.