Useful-information providing apparatus, method of providing useful information, and computer product
First Claim
1. A useful-information providing apparatus that provides useful information via a network to a first computer that is used by a user, comprising:
- an extractor that automatically extracts useful information relating to software installed in a second computer that is possessed by the user; and
a providing unit that provides the useful information extracted to the user.
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Abstract
Information about models of computers of a plurality of users and the information about software pre-installed in those computers is registered in a correlated manner as model data. In formation about models of the computers, information about software other than those pre-installed, and information about peripheral equipment that is connected to those computers are registered as user data. Information that is useful to the user and data of software and peripheral equipment that is necessary to use that information are stored as useful data. Information that is useful to a particular user is extracted and provided to that user based on the model data, the user data, and the useful data.
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18 Claims
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1. A useful-information providing apparatus that provides useful information via a network to a first computer that is used by a user, comprising:
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an extractor that automatically extracts useful information relating to software installed in a second computer that is possessed by the user; and
a providing unit that provides the useful information extracted to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of providing useful information via a network to a first computer that is used by a user, comprising:
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automatically extracting useful information relating to software installed in a second computer that is possessed by the user; and
providing the useful information extracted to the user. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer program for realizing on a computer a method of providing useful information via a network to a first computer that is used by a user, comprising:
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automatically extracting useful information relating to software installed in a second computer that is possessed by the user; and
providing the useful information extracted to the user. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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