Information providing system and information providing method

• US 20050060333A1
• Filed: 04/29/2004
• Published: 03/17/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Ishigaki, Toru, Takaai, Motoyuki, Suzuki, Nobuo, Noguchi, Takashi, Kurosawa, Akira, Hayashi, Shoichi, Matsumoto, Fumitaka, Sasaki, Takanao, Takeo, Nobuyuki, Katsurabayashi, Hiroshi
• Granted Patent: US 7,305,405 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99937 Sorting
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99942 Manipulating data structure, e.g. compression, compaction, compilation

Abstract

An information storage unit stores pieces of information that are classified on the basis of their relationships. An information providing unit provides a client terminal with information stored in the information storage unit via a communication network in response to an access request from the client terminal. An access frequency acquiring unit acquires access frequencies, for respective classification items of the pieces of information, of accesses to the pieces of information. An information generating unit generates prescribed information so that pieces of information of plural classification items will be displayed in the client terminal in such a form as to be based on histories of the access frequencies.

Claims

1. An information providing system comprising:

an information storage unit that stores pieces of information that are classified on the basis of relationships between them;

an information providing unit that provides a client terminal with information stored in the information storage unit via a communication network in response to an access request from the client terminal;

an access frequency acquiring unit that acquires access frequencies, for respective classification items of the pieces of information, of accesses to the pieces of information; and

an information generating unit that generates prescribed information so that pieces of information of the plurality of classification items will be displayed in the client terminal in such a form as to be based on histories of the access frequencies.

2. An information providing system comprising:

an information storage unit that stores pieces of information that are classified on the basis of relationships between them;

an information providing unit that provides a client terminal with information stored in the information storage unit via a communication network in response to an access request from the client terminal;

a transition index acquiring unit that acquires transition indices indicating transition phases of access situations of classification items of the pieces of information on the basis of access frequencies, for the respective classification items, of accesses to the pieces of information; and

an information generating unit that generates prescribed information so that display will be performed in the client terminal in such a form as to be based on the transition indices.

3. The information providing system according to claim 2, wherein the transition index acquiring unit acquires transition indices on the basis of histories of the access frequencies, respectively.

4. The information providing system according to clam 3, wherein the transition index acquiring unit acquires transition indices on the basis of read access frequencies and write access frequencies, respectively.

5. The information providing system according to claim 4, wherein the transition index acquiring unit acquires transition indices further on the basis of attributes of parties who made respective accesses.

6. The information providing system according to claim 5, wherein the transition index acquiring unit acquires transition indices corresponding to at least an access frequency increasing, peak, and decreasing phases, respectively.

7. The information providing system according to claim 6, wherein the information generating unit generates prescribed information so that the display will be performed in the client terminal in such a form that display elements corresponding to the respective transition indices are added.

8. The information providing system according to claim 7, wherein the information generating unit generates prescribed information so that pieces of information of the plurality of classification items will be displayed in the client terminal in order that is determined by the transition indices.

9. An information providing method that is practiced on an information providing system for providing each client terminal with prescribed information from a server apparatus via a communication network, the information providing method comprising the steps of:

an information storage unit'"'"'s storing pieces of information that are classified on the basis of relationships between them;

an information providing unit'"'"'s providing a client terminal with information stored in the information storage unit via the communication network in response to an access request from the client terminal;

a transition index acquiring unit'"'"'s acquiring transition indices indicating transition phases of access situations of classification items of the pieces of information on the basis of access frequencies, for the respective classification items, of accesses to the pieces of information; and

an information generating unit'"'"'s generating prescribed information so that display will be performed in the client terminal in such a form as to be based on the transition indices.

10. A storage medium readable by a computer, the storage medium storing a program of instructions executable by the computer in an information providing system for providing each client terminal with prescribed information from a server apparatus via a communication network, the program causing the computer to function as:

an information storage unit that stores pieces of information that are classified on the basis of relationships between them;

an information providing unit that provides a client terminal with information stored in the information storage unit via the communication network in response to an access request from the client terminal;

a transition index acquiring unit that acquires transition indices indicating transition phases of access situations of classification items of the pieces of information on the basis of access frequencies, for the respective classification items, of accesses to the pieces of information; and

an information generating unit that generates prescribed information so that display will be performed in the client terminal in such a form as to be based on the transition indices.