Regional information distribution system capable of distributing advertising information elaborately at a real-time and method of distributing the same

• US 20010056489A1
• Filed: 06/20/2001
• Published: 12/27/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Ariga, Kenichi
• Application Number:
  US09/885,519
• Publication Number:
  US 20010056489A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/225
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]

Abstract

The regional information distribution system has an information input terminal for fabricating advertising data with a distribution region designated thereby, a concentrated management server which is connected to the information input terminal through a communication network and which manages the advertising data, a regional distribution server which is connected to the concentrated management server through the communication network and which is integrated with a radio base station located in each region where the advertising data is distributed. The regional distribution server distributes the advertising data to a handy terminal positioned within an area of the radio base station.

Claims

1. A regional information distribution system for use in distributing regional information to consumers through a communication network, said system comprising:

an information input terminal for making advertising data designating regions where said advertising data are distributed;

a concentrated management server which is connected with said information input terminal through said communication network and which manages said advertising data; and

a regional distribution server which is connected with said concentrated management server through said communication network and which is integrated with a radio base station located per each region where said advertising data are distributed and which distributes said advertising data to a handy terminal existing within the area of said radio base station.

2. A regional information distribution system as claimed in

claim 1

, wherein date, time, and period for distributing said advertising data are added to said advertising data.

3. A regional information distribution system as claimed in

claim 1

, wherein said information input terminal is located in a shop which requests distribution of said advertising data.

4. A regional information distribution system as claimed in

claim 2

, wherein said information input terminal is located in a shop which requests distribution of said advertising data.

5. A regional information distribution system as claimed in

claim 4

, wherein information of position of said shop is linked to said regional distribution server.

6. A regional information distribution system as claimed in

claim 1

, wherein said handy terminal has information filter function for determining favorable conditions of said advertising data for an owner of said handy terminal.

7. A regional information distribution system as claimed in

claim 6

, wherein said regional distribution server distributes only a part of said advertising data to said handy terminal;

said part of said advertising data complying with said favorable conditions determined by said information filter function.

8. A regional information distribution system as claimed in

claim 1

, further comprising a support server for distributing said advertising data in place of said regional distribution server, when load is concentrated on said regional distribution server.

9. A method of distributing regional information for use in distributing regional information to consumers through a communication network, said method comprising the steps of:

making advertising data including designated regions where said advertising data are distributed;

transmitting said advertising data to a concentrated management server through said communication network;

transmitting said advertising data to a regional distribution server which is located within said designated regions where said advertising data are distributed;

and

distributing said advertising data to a handy terminal existing within an area of a radio base station integrated with said regional distribution server.

10. A method of distributing regional information as claimed in

claim 9

, wherein date, time, and period for distributing said advertising data are added to said advertising data.

11. A method of distributing regional information as claimed in

claim 10

, wherein said advertising data are made in a shop which requests distribution of said advertising data.

12. A method of distributing regional information as claimed in

claim 11

, wherein information of position of said shop is linked to said regional distribution server.

13. A method of distributing regional information as claimed in

claim 12

, further comprising the steps of:

determining favorable conditions of said advertising data by said handy terminal for an owner of said handy terminal; and

distributing only a part of said advertising data to said handy terminal, said part of said advertising data complying with said favorable conditions.

14. A method of distributing regional information as claimed in

claim 13

, further comprising the steps of:

distributing said advertising data by a support server in place of said regional distribution server, when load is concentrated on said regional distribution server.