Information providing method, information providing apparatus, and computer-readable recording medium with information providing program recorded thereon
First Claim
1. A method for providing information to a plurality of terminal devices and a display device, comprising:
- a reception step of receiving terminal identifying information and user identifying information from the plurality of terminal devices;
an identification step of identifying an attribute of a user corresponding to the received user identifying information by referring to a user management table defining association between the user identifying information and the attribute of a user;
an information extraction step of extracting information to be provided and related information corresponding to the identified attribute of a user by referring to a information management table defining association among the attribute of a user, the information to be provided and the related information; and
an output step of outputting the information to be provided to the terminal device and displaying the related information on the display device.
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Abstract
An information providing method includes the steps of receiving pieces of terminal identifying information and pieces of user identifying information from a plurality of terminal devices, identifying user attributes for each of the pieces of user identifying information by referring to a user management table containing correspondences between the user identifying information and user attributes, by referring to an information management table containing correspondences among user attributes, provided information, and related information, extracting pieces of provided information and pieces of related information for each of the user attributes, outputting, for each of the pieces of user identifying information, the extracted provided information to terminal devices identified by corresponding pieces of the terminal identifying information, and displaying the extracted related information on a screen of a screen device.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for providing information to a plurality of terminal devices and a display device, comprising:
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a reception step of receiving terminal identifying information and user identifying information from the plurality of terminal devices;
an identification step of identifying an attribute of a user corresponding to the received user identifying information by referring to a user management table defining association between the user identifying information and the attribute of a user;
an information extraction step of extracting information to be provided and related information corresponding to the identified attribute of a user by referring to a information management table defining association among the attribute of a user, the information to be provided and the related information; and
an output step of outputting the information to be provided to the terminal device and displaying the related information on the display device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus for providing information to a plurality of terminal devices and a display device, comprising:
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a reception means for receiving terminal identifying information and user identifying information from the plurality of terminal devices;
an identification means for identifying an attribute of a user corresponding to the received user identifying information by referring to a user management table defining association between the user identifying information and the attribute of a user;
an information extraction means for extracting information to be provided and related information corresponding to the identified attribute of a user by referring to a information management table defining association among the attribute of a user, the information to be provided and the related information; and
an output means for outputting the information to be provided to the terminal device and displaying related information on the display device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer-readable medium encoded with a program for providing information to a plurality of terminal devices and a display device when executed by a computer, the program causing the computer to perform a process comprising:
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a reception step of receiving terminal identifying information and user identifying information from the plurality of terminal devices;
an identification step of identifying an attribute of a user corresponding to the received user identifying information by referring to a user management table defining association between the user identifying information and the attribute of a user;
an information extraction step of extracting information to be provided and related information corresponding to the identified attribute of a user by referring to a information management table defining association among the attribute of a user, the information to be provided and the related information; and
an output step of outputting the information to be provided to the terminal device and displaying the related information on the display device. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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