Method of and system for communication, communication information-processing unit, information terminal, and computer product

• US 20020091770A1
• Filed: 12/13/2001
• Published: 07/11/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ISAO Corp. (Toyota Tsusho Corporation)
• Original Assignee: ISAO Corp. (Toyota Tsusho Corporation)
• Inventors: Ishida, Tsuyoshi, Takakura, Tetsuo, Sato, Masaomi
• Application Number:
  US10/013,935
• Publication Number:
  US 20020091770A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/205
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking

Abstract

An input format is transmitted to a client device of a user. The user fills his own information in the input format. The input information is transmitted to a server device. The server device creates the user'"'"'s home page based on the user'"'"'s information. Users who pay a particular amount of money are allowed to update their homepages.

Claims

1. A communication system comprising:

a communication information-processing unit; and

a plurality of information terminal connected to said communication information-processing unit via a network, wherein users of said information terminals communicate with each other,

said communication information-processing unit including,

an input format transmission unit which transmits, to a particular one of said information terminal, an input format for inputting user information related to the user of said particular information terminal; and

a homepage creation unit which creates a homepage of the user of said particular information terminal based on the user information received from said particular information terminal, and

each one of said information terminals includes,

an input display unit which displays an input area for inputting the user information in the input format received from said communication information-processing unit.

2. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein said communication information-processing unit further comprises:

an update authority information storage unit which stores update authority information for judging whether or not the users of said information terminals are allowed to update their homepages; and

a homepage update unit which updates the homepage of particular user in accordance with a request from that particular user if the update authority information stored in said update authority information storage unit indicates that that particular user is allowed to update his homepage.

3. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein said communication information-processing unit further comprises a homepage modification unit which modifies the homepage when a predetermined condition is fulfilled.

4. The communication system according to claim 1,

wherein said communication information-processing unit further includes,

a matching unit which selects chat candidates, being the users who desire to participant in a chat, based on a predetermined criteria, and transmits the user information of all the chat candidates to said information terminal of each of the chat candidate;

and

a homepage transmission unit which, when there is a request of the homepage from said information terminal by specifying at least a part of said chat candidate, transmits the homepage of said specified chat candidate to said information terminal which has issued the request; and

a chat processing unit which, when there is a request of starting the chat from said information terminal by specifying at least a part of said chat candidate, transmits predetermined information for starting the chat, with respect to said information terminal of said specified chat candidate and said information terminal which has issued the request, and

each one of said information terminals further include,

a user information display unit which displays an area for displaying the user information of said chat candidate, received from said communication information-processing unit;

a homepage display unit which displays an area for displaying the homepage received from said communication information-processing unit; and

a chat display unit which, when predetermined information for starting the chat is transmitted from said communication information-processing unit, displays the chat area based on the information.

5. A communication information-processing unit connected to a plurality of information terminals via a network, and constituting a communication system by which users of said information terminals communicate with each other, said communication information-processing unit comprising:

an input format transmission unit which transmits, to a particular one of said information terminal, an input format for inputting user information related to the user of said particular information terminal; and

a homepage creation unit which creates a homepage of the user of said particular information terminal based on the user information received from said particular information terminal.

6. The communication information-processing unit according to claim 5, wherein the user information includes profile information related to the user profile, including at least one of the user ID, password, communication ID, nickname, gender, occupation, constellation, age, blood type, birthday, hobbies, special skill, address, region where the user lives, genre in which the user has an interest, hobbies, URL of own homepage, homepage name, and twelve signs of the Oriental Zodiac.

7. The communication information-processing unit according to claim 5, wherein the user information includes at least one of the game history information related to a game history of the user, information related to a genre of the user'"'"'s favorite game and information related to a character in a favorite game.

8. The communication information-processing unit according to claim 5, wherein said homepage creation unit creates the user'"'"'s homepage in accordance with a predetermined format.

9. The communication information-processing unit according to claim 5, further comprising:

an update authority information storage unit which stores update authority information for judging whether or not the user is allowed to update his homepage; and

a homepage update unit which updates the user'"'"'s homepage in accordance with a request from the user if the update authority information stored in said update authority information storage unit indicates that the user is allowed to update his homepage.

10. The communication information-processing unit according to claim5, further comprising an update authority information setting unit which sets the update authority information in such a manner that the user is allowed to update his homepage when he pays a particular amount of money.

11. The communication information-processing unit according to claim 5, further comprising a homepage modification unit which modifies the homepage when a predetermined condition is fulfilled.

12. The communication information-processing unit according to claim 5, wherein said homepage modification unit modifies the user'"'"'s homepage depending on a number of accesses to the homepage.

13. The communication information-processing unit according to claim 5, wherein said homepage modification unit modifies the user'"'"'s homepage depending on a profile information of the user.

14. The communication information-processing unit according to claim 5, comprising,

a search condition reception unit which receives a predetermined search condition from said information terminal;

and

a homepage search unit which searches the homepage coinciding with the search condition, received by said search condition reception unit.

15. The communication information-processing unit according to claim 5, further comprising:

a matching unit which selects a chat candidate, being the user who becomes a candidate of the chat participant, based on predetermined criteria, and transmits the user information of said chat candidate to said information terminal;

a homepage transmission unit, when there is a request of the homepage from said information terminal by specifying at least a part of said chat candidate, which transmits the homepage of said specified chat candidate to said information terminal which has issued the request; and

a chat processing unit, when there is a request of starting the chat from said information terminal by specifying at least a part of said chat candidate, which transmits predetermined information for starting the chat, with respect to said information terminal of said specified chat candidate and said information terminal which has issued the request.

16. The communication information-processing unit according to claim 5, further comprising:

an advertising information storage unit which stores advertising information related to an advertisement; and

an advertises information selection unit which selects the advertising information to be displayed on the homepage, based on a predetermined condition, from the advertising information stored in said advertising information storage unit,

wherein said homepage creation unit creates a homepage including the advertising information selected by said advertising information selection unit.

17. The communication information-processing unit according to claim 16, wherein said advertising information selection unit selects the advertising information to be displayed on the homepage, from the advertising information stored in said advertising information storage unit, based on a condition requested from the user.

19. The information terminal according to claim 18, further comprising:

an user information display unit which displays an area for displaying the user information of a chat candidate, being the user who becomes a candidate of the chat participant, received from said communication information-processing unit;

a homepage request unit which requests the homepage of the specified chat candidate to said communication information-processing unit, by specifying at least a part of said chat candidate;

a homepage display unit which displays the area to display the homepage received from said communication information-processing unit; and

a chat display unit which, when predetermined information for starting the chat is transmitted from said communication information-processing unit, displays the chat area based on this information.

18. An information terminal connected to a communication information-processing unit via a network, and constituting a communication system by which users of each information terminal communicate with each other under control of said communication information-processing unit, said information terminal comprising:

an input display unit which displays an input area for inputting the user information in an input format received from said communication information-processing unit; and

a transmission unit which transmits the user information, input by the user in the input area displayed by said input display unit, to said communication information-processing unit.

20. A communication method by which users of a plurality of information terminals communicate with each other via a communication information-processing unit connected to a network, in the communication method said communication information-processing unit executing:

transmitting, to a particular one of said information terminal, an input format for inputting user information related to the user of said particular information terminal; and

creating a homepage of the user of said particular information terminal based on the user information received from said particular information terminal.

21. The communication method according to claim 20, wherein the user information includes profile information related to the user profile, including at least one of a user ID, password, communication ID, nickname, gender, occupation, constellation, age, blood type, birthday, hobbies, special skill, address, region where the user lives, genre in which the user has an interest, hobbies, URL of own homepage, homepage name, and twelve signs of the Oriental Zodiac.

22. The communication method according to claim 20, wherein the user information includes at least one of a game history information related to a game history of the user, information related to a genre of the user'"'"'s favorite game and information related to a character in a favorite game.

23. The communication method according to claim 20, wherein the user'"'"'s homepage is created in a predetermined format.

24. The communication method according to claim 20, further comprising:

storing an update authority information for judging whether or not the user is allowed to update his homepage; and

updating the user'"'"'s homepage in accordance with a request from the user if the stored update authority information indicates that the user is allowed to update his homepage.

25. The communication method according to claim 20, wherein the update authority information is set in such a manner that the user is allowed to update his homepage when he pays a particular amount of money.

26. The communication method according to claim 20, further comprising modifying the user'"'"'s homepage when a predetermined condition is fulfilled.

27. The communication method according to claim 20, wherein the user'"'"'s homepage is modified depending on a number of accesses to the homepage.

28. The communication method according to claim 20, wherein the user'"'"'s homepage is modified depending on the profile information of the user.

29. The communication method according to claim 20, comprising,

receiving search condition(s) from said particular information terminal;

and

searching a homepage coinciding with the received search condition(s).

30. The communication method according to claim 20, further comprising:

selecting chat candidates, being the users who desire to participant in a chat, based on a predetermined criteria, and transmits the user information of all the chat candidates to said information terminal of each of the chat candidate;

transmitting, when there is a request of the homepage from said information terminal by specifying at least a part of said chat candidate, the homepage of said specified chat candidate to said information terminal which has issued the request; and

transmitting, when there is a request of starting the chat from said information terminal by specifying at least a part of said chat candidate, predetermined information for starting the chat with respect to said information terminal of said specified chat candidate and said information terminal which has issued the request.

31. The communication method according to claim 20, further comprising:

storing advertising information related to an advertisement; and

selecting the advertising information to be displayed on the homepage, based on a predetermined condition, from the stored advertising information,

wherein the user'"'"'s homepage that includes the selected advertising information is created.

32. The communication method according to claim 31, wherein in the advertising information selection step, the advertising information displayed in the homepage is selected from the stored advertising information, based on a condition requested from said particular information terminal.

33. A computer-readable recording medium for storing a computer program, which when executed on a computer, causes the computer to realize a communication method by which users of a plurality of information terminals communicate with each other via a communication information-processing unit connected to a network, in the computer program making said communication information-processing unit execute:

transmitting, to a particular one of said information terminal, an input format for inputting user information related to the user of said particular information terminal; and

creating a homepage of the user of said particular information terminal based on the user information received from said particular information terminal.