Information gathering system, information gathering method, personal digital assistant
First Claim
1. An information gathering system having terminals connected to a network and a center including servers connected to a network, for acquiring specific information from information input to the terminals:
- wherein a keyword list is transmitted from the center to the terminals; and
the center receives from each of the terminals a number of information matching or associated with at least one keyword in the keyword list and the keyword corresponding to the number of the information, the information being input to each terminal by users, thereby acquiring the specific information.
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Abstract
An information gathering system is provided which can gather information from input data or output data of a terminal, without requiring a specific operation of a user. The system includes servers and terminals connected over a network. In this system, at least one or more keywords are specified in advance and stored in a keyword list holding unit. Then, a keyword recognition unit detects a match or association between one of the keywords and information input to an input unit or output from an output unit in the terminal. With this arrangement, specific information is acquired.
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12 Claims
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1. An information gathering system having terminals connected to a network and a center including servers connected to a network, for acquiring specific information from information input to the terminals:
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wherein a keyword list is transmitted from the center to the terminals; and
the center receives from each of the terminals a number of information matching or associated with at least one keyword in the keyword list and the keyword corresponding to the number of the information, the information being input to each terminal by users, thereby acquiring the specific information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An information gathering method for acquiring specific information from information input to terminals in a system with the terminals and a center including servers connected to the terminals via a network, the method comprising the steps of:
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transmitting a keyword list from the center to the terminals;
specifying at least one or more keywords from the received keyword list in advance on the terminals;
obtaining by each of the terminals a number of information matching or associated with one of said at least one or more keywords from the information input to the terminals by users; and
transmitting the number of the information and the keyword corresponding to the number of the information, obtained at said each of the terminals, from said each of the terminals to the center, thereby acquiring the specific information by the center. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A personal digital assistant used in an information gathering system with personal digital assistants and a center including servers connected to the personal digital assistants via a network, for acquiring specific information from information input to the personal digital assistants, the personal digital assistant comprising:
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a receiving unit for receiving a keyword list from the center;
a storage unit for storing the received keyword list;
a specifying unit for specifying at least one or more keywords in advance from the stored keyword list;
a counting unit for counting a number of information matching or associated with one of said at least one or more keywords in the information input by a user; and
a transmitting unit for transmitting to the center the number of the information and the keyword corresponding to the number of the information. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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