Information processing apparatus and method enabling users to easily acquire information that occurs on a network and suits their favorites
First Claim
1. An information deliverer server connected to a network for managing information contained on said network, the server comprising:
- means for storing user favorites information that relates to favorites of a user;
means for judging, based on the user favorites information, whether new information on the network is suitable for the user;
means for informing the user of occurrence of the new information that has been judge by the means for judging to be suitable for the user;
means for associating a dummy network address with an actual network address for the new information contained on the network;
means for delivering, based on the dummy network address with an actual network address for the new information to the user when the user requests the new information, where the new information is constructed with an information identifier, a keyword, a summary, and an information body.
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Abstract
A server computer stores user favorites information that relates to the favorites of a user. Whether digital information that has newly occurred on a network suits the favorites of the user is judged based on the user favorites information. If it is judged that there exists digital information that suits the favorites of the user, the server computer informs the user of the new establishment of the digital information that suits the favorites of the user by transmitting E-mail to the user. When a browsing request of the digital information is made by the user, the server computer delivers the digital information to the user and stores history information relating to a history of the digital information that has been delivered to the user. Thereafter, the server computer updates the user favorites information based on the history information.
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3 Claims
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1. An information deliverer server connected to a network for managing information contained on said network, the server comprising:
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means for storing user favorites information that relates to favorites of a user;
means for judging, based on the user favorites information, whether new information on the network is suitable for the user;
means for informing the user of occurrence of the new information that has been judge by the means for judging to be suitable for the user;
means for associating a dummy network address with an actual network address for the new information contained on the network;
means for delivering, based on the dummy network address with an actual network address for the new information to the user when the user requests the new information, where the new information is constructed with an information identifier, a keyword, a summary, and an information body.
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2. A method for managing information on an information deliverer server connected to a network comprising the steps of:
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storing user favorites information that relates to favorites of a user;
judging, based on the user favorites information, whether new information on the network is suitable for the user;
associating a dummy network address with an actual network address for information contained on the network; and
delivering, based on the dummy network address, the new information to the user when the user requests the new information, where the new information is constructed with an information identifier, a keyword, a summary, and an information body.
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3. An information deliverer server connected to a network for managing information contained on said network, the server comprising:
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a memory for storing user favorites information and dummy network address data;
a processor for comparing users favorites information with new information on the network to determine if the new information would be suitable for the user and for associating dummy network address data to actual dummy address data; and
a communications controller for information the user of occurrence of suitable new information on the network and for delivering the new information based on the dummy address data to the user when the user requests said new information, where the new information is constructed with an information identifier, a keyword, a summary, and an information body.
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