Apparatus and user method for registering user information

• US 20030149705A1
• Filed: 02/03/2003
• Published: 08/07/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kogure, Yoshito
• Application Number:
  US10/356,137
• Publication Number:
  US 20030149705A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/102
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/68 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually

Abstract

User'"'"'s basic information such as an address and a name are pre-stored to a storing device with an input device. In addition to selection items, basic information about a user who tends to select the selection items is stored as meta data to a database. When information such as hobbies and favorites of the user is selected from selection items and registered, a processing device filters the selection items using the user'"'"'s basic information stored in the storing device and the meta data stored in the database. The selection items are displayed on the output device the first time. As a result, the user can easily select his or her desired selection item from many selection items.

Claims

1. A user information registering apparatus for registering information about a user, the apparatus comprising:

inputting means for inputting first information such as a name and an address of the user and second information such as hobbies and favorites of the user;

storing means for storing the first information and the second information which have been input from the inputting means;

a database for storing selection items and the first information about the user who tends to select the selection items as meta data;

selecting means for filtering selection items stored in the database using the first information stored in the storing means and the meta data and selecting filtered selection items as information of user'"'"'s selection items; and

outputting means for outputting information about the user'"'"'s selection items,

wherein the second information is selected from the selection items presented by the outputting means.

2. The user information registering apparatus as set forth in claim 1,

wherein the storing means is configured to store information about the outputting means, determine an optimum number of selection items presented by the outputting means at a time, and cause the outputting means to present selection items which are smaller than the optimum number to the user.

3. The user information registering apparatus as set forth in claim 2,

wherein when the number of selection items which have been selected is greater than the optimum number, the selection items are divided for a plurality of screens and presented by the outputting means.

4. The user information registering apparatus as set forth in claim 1,

wherein the database can be controlled through a communication.

5. A user information registering method for registering information about a user, the method comprising the steps of:

inputting first information such as a name and an address of the user and second information such as hobbies and favorites of the user;

storing the first information and the second information which have been input at the inputting step;

providing a database for storing selection items and the first information about the user who tends to select the selection items as meta data;

filtering selection items stored in the database using the first information stored at the storing step and the meta data and selecting filtered selection items as information of user'"'"'s selection items; and

outputting information about the user'"'"'s selection items,

wherein the second information is selected from the selection items presented at the outputting step.