Information distribution system
First Claim
1. An information distribution system comprising a mobile terminal apparatus and an information distributing apparatus owned by a communication provider for distributing information to said mobile terminal apparatus, wherein:
- said information distributing apparatus includes database storage means in which information including various contents is stored, search means for searching the contents of the information in said database storage means in accordance with desired conditions of a user of said mobile terminal apparatus, and transmitting means for transmitting a radio signal showing the contents of a result of the search by said search means; and
said mobile terminal apparatus includes notifying means for receiving the radio signal to notify the contents of the search result.
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Abstract
An information distribution system having an information distributing apparatus of a communication provider for distributing information to mobile terminal apparatuses, wherein the information distributing apparatus searches information from a database storage device in accordance with desired conditions of the user of the mobile terminal apparatus and transmits information indicative of a search result by a radio signal, and the mobile terminal apparatus receives the radio signal and notifies the information indicative of the search result.
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1. An information distribution system comprising a mobile terminal apparatus and an information distributing apparatus owned by a communication provider for distributing information to said mobile terminal apparatus, wherein:
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said information distributing apparatus includes database storage means in which information including various contents is stored, search means for searching the contents of the information in said database storage means in accordance with desired conditions of a user of said mobile terminal apparatus, and transmitting means for transmitting a radio signal showing the contents of a result of the search by said search means; and
said mobile terminal apparatus includes notifying means for receiving the radio signal to notify the contents of the search result. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An information distribution system comprising a mobile terminal apparatus, an information distributing apparatus owned by a communication provider for distributing information to said mobile terminal apparatus, and an advertisement provider apparatus for collecting information including various contents, wherein:
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said advertisement provider apparatus includes database storage means in which the various contents are stored and search means for searching the contents of the information in said database storage means in accordance with desired conditions of a user of said mobile terminal apparatus;
said information distributing apparatus includes transmitting means for transmitting a radio signal showing the contents of a result of the search of said search means; and
said mobile terminal apparatus includes notifying means for receiving the radio signal to notify the contents of the search result. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 27, 29, 30, 31)
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26. An information server for distributing information to a mobile terminal apparatus, comprising:
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database storage means in which information including various contents is stored;
search means for searching the contents of the information in said database storage means in accordance with desired conditions of a user of said mobile terminal apparatus; and
output means for outputting the contents of a result of the search of said search means to said mobile terminal apparatus.
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28. A mobile terminal apparatus comprising:
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transmitting means for transmitting a location change notification when it is detected that a present location has been changed from a position out of a predetermined area to a position in the predetermined area; and
notifying means for receiving a radio signal and notifying information included in the received radio signal.
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32. An information distributing method for distributing information to a mobile terminal apparatus, comprising the steps of:
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storing information including various contents as a database;
searching the information contents of the database in accordance with desired conditions of the user of said mobile terminal apparatus; and
transmitting the contents of a result of the search to said mobile terminal apparatus.
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33. A control method for a mobile terminal apparatus, comprising the steps of:
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transmitting a location change notification when it is detected that a present location has been changed from a position out of a predetermined area to a position in the predetermined area; and
receiving a radio signal and notifying information included in the received radio signal. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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34. An information distribution system comprising:
- a first mobile terminal apparatus for transmitting user concerning information showing desired conditions of a user by a first radio signal; and
an information distributing apparatus of a communication provider for collecting the user concerning information by receiving the first radio signal transmitted by said first mobile terminal apparatus in a predetermined region and for distributing information in accordance with the collected user concerning information, whereinsaid information distributing apparatus includes database storage means in which information including various contents has been stored, search means for searching the contents of the information in said database storage means in accordance with the desired conditions of the user indicated by the collected user concerning information, and transmitting means for transmitting a second radio signal showing the contents of a result of the search by said search means to mobile terminal apparatuses in the predetermined region, and each of said mobile terminal apparatuses in the predetermined region includes notifying means for receiving the second radio signal to notify the contents of the search result included in the received radio signal.
- a first mobile terminal apparatus for transmitting user concerning information showing desired conditions of a user by a first radio signal; and
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45. An information distribution system comprising:
- a plurality of first mobile terminal apparatuses each for transmitting user concerning information showing desired conditions of a user by a first radio signal; and
an information distributing apparatus of a communication provider for collecting the user concerning information by receiving the first radio signals transmitted individually from said plurality of first mobile terminal apparatuses in a predetermined region and distributing information in accordance with the collected user concerning information, wherein;
said information distributing apparatus includes database storage means in which information including various contents is stored, search means for searching the contents of the information in said database storage means in accordance with the same conditions of a predetermined number or more of the desired conditions shown by the collected user concerning information, and transmitting means for transmitting a second radio signal showing the contents of a result of the search by said search means to mobile terminal apparatuses in the predetermined region; and
each of said mobile terminal apparatuses in the predetermined region includes notifying means for receiving the second radio signal to notify the contents of the search result.
- a plurality of first mobile terminal apparatuses each for transmitting user concerning information showing desired conditions of a user by a first radio signal; and
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50. An information distribution system comprising:
- a plurality of first mobile terminal apparatuses each for transmitting user concerning information showing desired conditions of a user by a first radio signal; and
an information distributing apparatus of a communication provider for collecting the user concerning information by receiving the first radio signals transmitted individually from said plurality of first mobile terminal apparatuses in a predetermined region and distributing information in accordance with the collected user concerning information, wherein;
said information distributing apparatus includes database storage means in which information including various contents is stored, search means for searching the contents of the information in said database storage means in accordance with the desired conditions shown by the collected user concerning information, means for forming program information in accordance with the contents of a result of the search by said search means, and transmitting means for transmitting the program information to mobile terminal apparatuses in the predetermined region by a second radio signal; and
each of said mobile terminal apparatuses in the predetermined region includes notifying means for receiving the second radio signal to notify the program information. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
- a plurality of first mobile terminal apparatuses each for transmitting user concerning information showing desired conditions of a user by a first radio signal; and
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62. An information server for collecting user concerning information showing desired conditions of a user of a mobile terminal apparatus existing in a predetermined region and distributing information in accordance with the collected user concerning information, comprising:
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database storage means in which information including various contents is stored;
search means for searching the contents of the information in said database storage means in accordance with the desired conditions shown by the collected user concerning information; and
output means for outputting the contents of a result of the search by said search means to the mobile terminal apparatus in the predetermined region. - View Dependent Claims (63, 64)
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65. A mobile terminal apparatus comprising:
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input means for accepting desired conditions of a user;
transmitting means for transmitting user concerning information showing the desired conditions of the user accepted by said input means by a first radio signal; and
notifying means for receiving a second radio signal and notifying information included in the second radio signal.
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66. An information server for collecting user concerning information showing desired conditions of a user of each of a plurality of mobile terminal apparatuses existing in a predetermined region and distributing information in accordance with the collected user concerning information, comprising:
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database storage means in which information including various contents is stored;
search means for searching the contents of the information in said database storage means in accordance with the desired conditions of the user shown by the collected user concerning information;
means for forming program information in accordance with the contents of each result of the search of said search means; and
output means for outputting the program information to the mobile terminal apparatuses in the predetermined region. - View Dependent Claims (67)
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68. An information distributing method of collecting user concerning information showing desired conditions of a user of each mobile terminal apparatus existing in a predetermined region and distributing information in accordance with the collected user concerning information, comprising the steps of:
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storing information including various contents as a database;
searching the contents of said database in accordance with the desired conditions shown by the collected user concerning information; and
generating the contents of a result of the search by the mobile terminal apparatus in the predetermined region.
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69. A control method for a mobile terminal apparatus, comprising the steps of:
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accepting desired conditions of a user;
transmitting user concerning information showing the accepted desired conditions of the user by a first radio signal; and
receiving a second radio signal and notifying information included in the second radio signal.
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70. An information distributing method of collecting user concerning information showing desired conditions of a user of each of a plurality of mobile terminal apparatuses existing in a predetermined region and distributing information in accordance with the collected user concerning information, comprising the steps of:
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storing information including various contents as a database;
searching the contents of said database in accordance with the desired conditions shown by the collected user concerning information;
forming program information in accordance with contents of a result by the search; and
generating the program information to each of said mobile terminal apparatuses in the predetermined region. - View Dependent Claims (71)
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