System for providing information within certain area in accordance with attribute of people located therein

• US 20010018340A1
• Filed: 02/26/2001
• Published: 08/30/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 02/29/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: Tagi, Minoru
• Application Number:
  US09/793,482
• Publication Number:
  US 20010018340A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 Wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42348 Location-based services which utilize the location information of a target
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4878 Advertisement messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/12 Access point controller devices

Abstract

The base station control center controls the terminal located in the communication area and stores the attribute data of the terminal owner. The advertising units are installed at street corners and athletic fields where many people gather. The control center checks the terminal located in the area where the advertising units are placed, and after analyzing the attribute information of the people in the area, provide them to the advertisement server. The advertisement server receives the advertisement contents together with the advertisement target conditions. When the advertisement server receives the analysis results of the attribute information of the people in the area, the advertisement contents corresponding to the advertisement target conditions are selected, and provided to the mobile type advertisement unit or the fixed type advertisement unit.

Claims

1. An information providing system for providing information to a display device located in a specified area, the system comprising:

a memory configured to store a plurality of items of information;

an analyzer configured to analyze information related to a user of a mobile terminal located in the specified area;

a selector configured to select an item or items of information among the plurality of items of information stored in said memory based on a result of analyzing by said analyzer; and

a providing circuit configured to provide the item or items of information selected by said selector to said display device.

2. The system according to

claim 1

, wherein said display device comprises a screen which is installed to public places so that many and unspecified people can see.

3. The system according to

claim 1

, which further comprises:

a database configured to store user information containing at least a distinction of sex, age, and occupation of the user;

an identification circuit configured to identify said mobile terminal located in the specified area; and

a fetching circuit configured to fetch the user information of the user of the mobile terminal identified by said identification circuit from said database, and wherein said analyzer statistically analyzes the user information fetched by said fetching circuit.

4. The system according to

claim 1

, wherein said providing circuit provides advertising information.

5. A mobile terminal control apparatus comprising:

a database configured to store user information related to a user of a mobile terminal;

an identification circuit configured to identify a mobile terminal located in a specified area;

a reading circuit configured to read a user information of the mobile terminal identified by said identification circuit from said database; and

an output circuit configured to output the user information read by said reading circuit.

6. The apparatus according to

claim 5

, wherein the user information includes at least a distinction of sex, age, or occupation of the user, and said output circuit comprises an analyzer configured to statistically analyze the user information read by said reading circuit.

7. The apparatus according to

claim 6

, wherein said identification circuit identifies the mobile terminal by using a position registering function of a mobile telephone system.

8. The apparatus according to

claim 7

, wherein said output circuit outputs the user information read by said reading circuit to an advertisement providing device advertises to the specified area.

9. An information providing apparatus comprising:

a memory configured to store a, plurality of items of information;

a fetching circuit configured to fetch an analysis information of a user of a mobile terminal located in a specified area;

a selector configured to select an item or items of information among the plurality of items of information stored in said memory based on the analysis information fetched by said fetching circuit; and

a providing circuit configured to provide the item or items of information selected by said selector to the display device located in the specified area.

10. The apparatus according to

claim 9

, wherein said display device comprises a screen which is installed to public places so that many and unspecified people can see.

11. The apparatus according to

claim 9

, wherein the information stored in said memory is an advertising information.

12. The apparatus according to

claim 9

, further comprising:

a detector configured to detect that the mobile terminal located in the specified area outputs a predetermined signal;

an identifying circuit configured to identify an information displayed by the display device when the predetermined signal is output; and

an information transmitter configured to transmit a detailed information related to the information identified by said identifying circuit to a user of the mobile terminal that outputs the predetermined signal.

13. The apparatus according to

claim 9

, further comprising an account circuit configured to calculate a rate for provision of the information selected by the selector.

14. A method of providing information to a display device located in a specified area by using a mobile terminal control apparatus controlling mobile terminals located in each area, the method comprising:

writing into a memory a plurality of items of information to be provided to the display device;

analyzing information related to a user of a mobile terminal located in the specified area;

selecting an item or items of information among the plurality of items of information stored in the memory based on a result of analyzing; and

providing the item or items of information selected to said display device.

15. The method according to

claim 14

, wherein said display device comprises a screen which is installed to public places so that many and unspecified people can see.

16. The method according to

claim 14

, further comprises:

registering user information containing at least a distinction of sex, age, and occupation of a user of the mobile terminals into a database;

identifying the mobile terminal located in the specified area;

fetching the user information of the user of the identified mobile terminal; and

statistically analyzing the fetched user information.

17. The method according to

claim 14

, wherein the provided item or items of information is an advertising information.

18. The method according to

claim 14

, further comprising:

detecting that the mobile terminal located in the specified area outputs a predetermined signal;

identifying an information displayed by the display device when the predetermined signal is output; and

transmitting a detailed information related to the identified information to a user of the mobile terminal that outputs the predetermined signal.

19. The method according to

claim 14

, further comprising calculating a rate for provision of the selected information.

20. An article of manufacture comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein, the computer readable program code means comprising:

a computer readable program code for causing a computer to fetch an analyzed information of a user of a mobile terminal located in a specified area;

a computer readable program code for causing a computer to select an item or items of information among a plurality of items of information stored in a database based on the fetched analyzed information; and

a computer readable program code for causing a computer to provide the selected item or items of information to a display device located in the specified area.