Information mediating system and method for mediating information
First Claim
1. An information mediating system provided with a plurality of terminals which have both information sending and receiving functions, or either an information sending or a receiving function through a network, and provided with an information mediator which has an information mediating function to mediate a received information through said network, said information mediating function, comprising:
- a grouping function to select an information provider and an information beneficiary out of said plurality of terminals according to an objective specification to specify a specific information to be obtained; and
a data transmission function to transmit said specific information obtained from said selected information provider, which fulfills said objective specification, to said selected information beneficiary through said network.
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Abstract
The object of this invention is to offer an information mediating system which can mediate the specific information out of the received information from an information provider. The specific information is information which fulfills the objective specification. This system charges a service fee to the information beneficiary, and pays a compensation to the information provider. The service fee and the compensation are offset for each terminal. The information beneficiary and provider are selected each time according to the objective specification. An information mediating system provided with a plurality of terminals which have both information sending and receiving functions, or either an information sending or a receiving function through a network, and provided with an information mediator which has an information mediating function to mediate an received information through the network. The information mediating function comprises 1) a grouping function to select an information provider and an information beneficiary out of the plurality of terminals according to an objective specification to specify a specific information to be obtained; and 2) a data transmission function to transmit the specific information obtained from the selected information provider, which fulfills the objective specification, to the selected information beneficiary through the network.
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43 Claims
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1. An information mediating system provided with a plurality of terminals which have both information sending and receiving functions, or either an information sending or a receiving function through a network, and provided with an information mediator which has an information mediating function to mediate a received information through said network, said information mediating function, comprising:
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a grouping function to select an information provider and an information beneficiary out of said plurality of terminals according to an objective specification to specify a specific information to be obtained; and
a data transmission function to transmit said specific information obtained from said selected information provider, which fulfills said objective specification, to said selected information beneficiary through said network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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15. An information mediating system provided with a plurality of terminals which have both sending and receiving functions, or either an information sending or a receiving function through a network, and provided with an information mediator which has an information mediating function to mediate a received information through said network, said information mediating function, comprising:
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a grouping function to select an information provider and an information beneficiary out of said plurality of terminals according to an objective specification to specify a specific information to be obtained;
a data transmission function to transmit said specific information obtained from said selected information provider, which fulfills said objective specification, to said selected information beneficiary through said network; and
a fee mediation function to pay a compensation to said information provider, and charge a fee to said information beneficiary, based on a value of said specific information.
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32. An information mediating system provided with a plurality of terminals which have both information sending and receiving functions, or either an information sending or a receiving function through a network, and provided with an information mediator which has an information mediating function to mediate a received information through said network, said information mediating function, comprising:
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a grouping function to select an information provider and an information beneficiary out of said plurality of terminals according to an objective specification to specify a specific information to be obtained; and
a data transmission function to transmit said specific information obtained from said selected information provider, which fulfills said objective specification, to said selected information beneficiary through said network;
wherein said selected information beneficiary has a maintenance order function to automatically order a maintenance service to a maintenance agency based on said received specific information in order to conduct said maintenance service for a specific terminal of said information provider.
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33. An information mediating system provided with a plurality of terminals which have both information sending and receiving functions, or either a information sending or a receiving function through a network, and provided with an information mediator which has an information mediating function to mediate a received information through said network, said information mediating function, comprising:
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a grouping function to select an information provider and an information beneficiary out of said plurality of terminals according to an objective specification to specify a specific information to be obtained; and
a data transmission function to transmit said specific information obtained from said selected information provider, which fulfills said objective specification, to said selected information beneficiary through said network;
wherein said selected information beneficiary has a security order function to automatically order a security service to a security agency based on said received specific information in order to conduct said security service for a specific terminal of said information provider when said specific information contains an abnormal or malfunction information. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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34. An information mediating method to mediate a specific information obtained from an information provider out of a plurality of terminals which have both information sending and receiving functions, or either an information sending or a receiving function through a network, and send said specific information to an information beneficiary out of said plurality of terminals, comprising steps of:
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grouping to select said information provider and said information beneficiary out of said plurality of terminals according to an objective specification to specify said specific information to be obtained; and
transmitting said specific information obtained from said selected information provider, which fulfills said objective specification, to said selected information beneficiary through said network.
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40. An information mediating method to mediate a specific information obtained from an information provider out of a plurality of terminals which have both information sending and receiving functions, or either an information sending or a receiving function through a network, and send said specific information to an information beneficiary out of said plurality of terminals, comprising steps of:
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grouping to select said information provider and said information beneficiary out of said plurality of terminals according to an objective specification to specify said specific information to be obtained;
transmitting said specific information obtained from said selected information provider, which fulfills said objective specification, to said selected information beneficiary through said network; and
paying a compensation to said information provider, and charging a fee to said information beneficiary, based on a value of said specific information.
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41. An information mediating method to mediate a specific information obtained from an information provider out of a plurality of terminals which have both information sending and receiving functions, or either an information sending or a receiving function through a network, and send said specific information to an information beneficiary out of said plurality of terminals, comprising steps of:
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selecting a transmission type of information providers according to said objective specification, out of a monitored transmission which requires monitoring by said information mediating function, independent transmission which controls a timing of data transmissions to said information mediator by itself, and event transmission which transmits data only when an unforeseen accident or breakdown occurred; and
sending said information obtained by said selected transmission type to said mediating step.
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42. An information mediating method to mediate a specific information obtained from an information provider out of a plurality of terminals which have both information sending and receiving functions, or either an information sending or a receiving function through a network, and send said specific information to an information beneficiary out of said plurality of terminals, comprising steps of:
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grouping to select said information provider and said information beneficiary out of said plurality of terminals according to an objective specification to specify said specific information to be obtained; and
transmitting said specific information obtained from said selected information provider, which fulfills said objective specification, to said selected information beneficiary through said network. automatically outputting, at said selected information beneficiary, a maintenance order to automatically order a maintenance service to a maintenance agency based on said received specific information in order to conduct said maintenance service for a specific terminal of said selected information provider.
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43. An information mediating method to mediate a specific information obtained from an information provider out of a plurality of terminals which have both information sending and receiving functions, or either a information sending or a receiving function through a network, and send said specific information to an information beneficiary out of said plurality of terminals, comprising steps of:
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grouping to select said information provider and said information beneficiary out of said plurality of terminals according to an objective specification to specify said specific information to be obtained;
transmitting said specific information obtained from said selected information provider, which fulfills said objective specification, to said selected information beneficiary through said network; and
automatically outputting, at said selected information beneficiary, a security order to automatically order a security service to a security agency based on said received specific information in order to conduct said security service for a specific terminal of said selected information provider when said specific information contains an abnormal or malfunction information.
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