Information servicing method, recording medium recording with programs for realizing the method, and information servicing system.

• US 20060069748A1
• Filed: 09/08/2005
• Published: 03/30/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Square Enix
• Original Assignee: Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Sakaguchi, Hironobu, Kokubo, Keizo, Narita, Ken
• Granted Patent: US 7,930,366 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/218
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1091 Interfacing with client-server systems or between P2P systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 715/963 Calendar or scheduling

Abstract

An information servicing method for communicating information between a server and a client terminal through a network, comprising: deciding whether a predetermined time period has elapsed without user input; switching a prevailing processing to a background processing when it is decided that the no user input has occurred during the predetermined time period; transmitting to the server personal information comprising user preference data and/or a schedule, registered in advance, each time the prevailing processing becomes background processing; and displaying an answer corresponding to the transmitted personal information when the answer is received from the server, the answer comprising push information correlating to the personal information.

Claims

1. An information servicing method for communicating information between a server and a client terminal through a network, comprising:

deciding whether a predetermined time period has elapsed without user input;

switching a prevailing processing to a background processing when it is decided that the no user input has occurred during the predetermined time period;

transmitting to the server personal information comprising user preference data and/or a schedule, registered in advance, each time the prevailing processing becomes background processing; and

displaying an answer corresponding to the transmitted personal information when the answer is received from the server, the answer comprising push information correlating to the personal information.

2. The information servicing method of claim 1, wherein the personal information contains a daily schedule indicating actions of the user so that the push information correlates to each action on the basis of the daily schedule.

3. The information servicing method of claim 1, wherein the personal information contains information indicating preferences of a user so that the push information correlates to each preference on the basis of the schedule indicating the preferences.

4. The information servicing method of claim 1, wherein the personal information contains a schedule indicating actions and preferences of a user so that the push information correlates to the schedule and the preferences.

5. The information servicing method of claim 1, further comprising:

simultaneously displaying push information of a plurality of answers when the plurality of answers are received.

6. The information servicing method of claim 1, wherein the network is connected to an internet.

7. The information servicing method of claim 6, further comprising:

connecting through the internet with a web page correlating to a displayed answer that is operated on by a user.

8. The information servicing method of claim 1, wherein the push information comprises an advertisement.

9. A computer-readable recording medium stored with a program for communicating information between a server and a client terminal through a network,

wherein the program executes:

under control of the client terminal,

to decide whether a predetermined time period has elapsed, during which no user input has occurred;

to switch a prevailing processing to a background processing, when it is decided that the no user input has occurred during the elapsed predetermined time period;

to transmit personal information comprising user preference data and/or a schedule each time the prevailing processing becomes background processing; and

to display an answer corresponding to the transmitted personal information, when the answer is received from the server, and

under control of the server,

to receive personal information from the client terminal;

to select push information correlating to the personal information; and

to transmit the selected push information as the answer to the client terminal.

10. The recording medium of claim 9, wherein the program further executes:

under the control of the client terminal,

to start a screen saver when the prevailing processing switches to the background processing.

11. The recording medium of claim 9, wherein the personal information contains a daily schedule indicating actions of the user so that, under the control of the server, push information correlating to each action is selected on the basis of the daily schedule.

12. The recording medium of claim 9, wherein the personal information contains information indicating preferences of the user, so that under the control of the server, push information correlating to each preference is selected on the basis of the schedule indicating the preferences.

13. The recording medium of claim 9, wherein the personal information contains a schedule indicating action and preferences of the user, so that under the control of the server, correlating push information is selected on the basis of the schedule and the preferences.

14. The recording medium of claim 9, wherein the program further executes:

under the control of the client terminal,

to simultaneously display push information of a plurality of answers when the plurality of answers are transmitted by the server.

15. The recording medium of claim 9, wherein the network is connected to an internet.

16. The recording medium of claim 15, wherein the program further executes:

under the control of the client terminal,

to connect through the internet with a web page correlating to the displayed answer, when a user selects the displayed answer.

17. The recording medium of claim 12, wherein the push information contains an advertisement.

18. An information servicing system for communicating information, comprising:

a client terminal comprising;

a determining device that determines whether a predetermined time period has elapsed without user input;

a processing switching system that switches a prevailing processing to a background processing, when the determining device determines that no user input has occurred during the predetermined time period;

a transmitter that transmits personal information comprising user preference data and/or a schedule, registered in advance, each time the prevailing processing becomes background processing; and

a display device that displays an answer corresponding to the transmitted personal information, when the answer is received, and

a server that communicates with the client terminal through a network, the server comprising;

a receiver that receives personal information transmitted from the client terminal;

a selector that selects push information correlating to the received personal information;

a collection device that collects the push information selected by the selector, through the network; and

an answering device that transmits the push information collected by the collection device, as the answer to the client terminal.

19. The information servicing system of claim 18, wherein the personal information contains a daily schedule indicating actions of the user, so that the server selects push information correlating to each action on the basis of the daily schedule.

20. The information servicing system of claim 18, wherein the personal information contains information indicating preferences of a user, so that the server selects push information correlating to each preference on the basis of the schedule indicating the preference.

21. The information servicing system of claim 18, wherein the personal information contains a schedule indicating actions and preferences of a user, so that the server selects correlating push information on the basis of the schedule and the preferences.

22. The information servicing system of claim 18, wherein the client terminal simultaneously displays push information of a plurality of answers when the plurality of answers are received from the server.