INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM

• US 20080077600A1
• Filed: 09/13/2007
• Published: 03/27/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Ishikawa, Hirotaka, Nakamura, Takashi, Kawamura, Seigo
• Application Number:
  US11/854,946
• Publication Number:
  US 20080077600A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/100
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce

Abstract

Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including: terminal registration means; sender means; receiver means; history information management means; information selection means; and user registration means.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

terminal registration means configured to apply terminal identification information to a terminal connected through a network;

sender means configured to send the terminal identification information to the terminal;

receiver means configured to receive a request from the terminal together with the terminal identification information;

history information management means configured to store and manage, if said receiver means receives the information acquisition request from the terminal together with the terminal identification information, an effect that the information acquisition request is received as history information in a matched relationship with the received terminal identification information into storage means;

information selection means configured to select information to be sent to the terminal based on the information acquisition request; and

user registration means configured to register, if said receiver means receives a user registration request from the terminal together with the terminal identification information, the user identification information of a user of the terminal and store the user identification information and the terminal identification information received from the terminal in a matched relationship with each other into said storage means.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said history information management means stores also an effect that the terminal identification information is applied as the history information into said storage means.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said history information management means stores, as the history information, also the date and time at which the information acquisition request is received and the substance of information requested by the information acquisition request into said storage means.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

said information selection means selects information to be sent to the terminal based on the history information matched with the user identification information stored in said storage means, and

said sender means sends the information selected by said information selection means to the terminal.

5. The information processing information according to claim 1, wherein

if said receiver means receives user identification information same as the user identification information matched with first terminal identification information stored in a matched relationship with the user identification information in said storage means from a terminal to which second terminal identification information different from the first terminal identification information is applied, then said user registration means stores the received user identification information in a matched relationship with the second terminal identification information into said storage means, and

if said receiver means receives the information acquisition request together with the second terminal identification information from the terminal to which the second terminal identification information is applied, then said history information management means stores an effect that the information acquisition request is received as history information in a matched relationship with the received second terminal identification information into said storage means.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein, after the user identification information and the second terminal identification information are stored in a matched relationship with each other into said storage means, said user registration means deletes the first terminal identification information stored in a matched relationship with the user identification information in said storage means and matches the history information stored in a matched relationship with the first terminal identification information in said storage means with the second terminal identification information.

7. An information processing method comprising the steps of:

applying terminal identification information to a terminal connected through a network;

sending the terminal identification information applied at the terminal registration step to the terminal;

storing, if an information acquisition request from the terminal is received together with the terminal identification information, an effect that the information acquisition request is received as history information in a matched relationship with the received terminal identification information into storage means;

selecting information to be sent to the terminal based on the information acquisition request; and

registering, if a user registration request from the terminal is received together with the terminal identification information, the user identification information of the user of the terminal and store the user identification information and the terminal identification information received from the terminal in a matched relationship with each other into said storage means.

8. The information processing method according to claim 7, wherein, at the history information storage step, also the date and time at which the information acquisition request is received and the substance of information requested by the information acquisition request are stored as the history information into said storage means.

9. The information processing method according to claim 7, wherein

at the information selection step, information to be sent to the terminal is selected based on the history information matched with the user identification information stored in said storage means, and

at the sending step, the selected information is sent to the terminal.

10. The information processing method according to claim 7, wherein

at the user registration step, if user identification information same as user identification information matched with first terminal identification information stored in a matched relationship with the user identification information in said storage means is received from a terminal to which second terminal identification information different from the first terminal identification information is applied, then the received user identification information and the second terminal identification information are stored in a matched relationship with each other into said storage means, and

at the history information management step, if the information acquisition request is received together with the second terminal identification information from the terminal to which the second terminal identification information is applied, then an effect that the information acquisition request is received is stored as history information in a matched relationship with the received second terminal identification information into said storage means.

11. The information processing method according to claim 10, wherein, at the user registration step, after the user identification information and the second terminal identification information are stored in a matched relationship with each other into said storage means, then the first terminal identification information stored in a matched relationship with the user identification information in said storage means is deleted and the history information stored in a matched relationship with the first terminal identification information in said storage means is matched with the second terminal identification information.

12. An information processing program for making a computer to execute an information processing comprising the steps of:

applying terminal identification information to a terminal connected through a network;

sending the terminal identification information applied at the terminal registration step to the terminal;

storing, if an information acquisition request from the terminal is received together with the terminal identification information, an effect that the information acquisition request is received as history information in a matched relationship with the received terminal identification information into storage means;

selecting information to be sent to the terminal based on the information acquisition request; and

registering, if a user registration request from the terminal is received together with the terminal identification information, the user identification information of the user of the terminal and store the user identification information and the terminal identification information received from the terminal in a matched relationship with each other into said storage means.

13. The information processing program according to claim 12, wherein, at the history information storage step, also the date and time at which the information acquisition request is received and the substance of information requested by the information acquisition request are stored as the history information into said storage means.

14. The information processing program according to claim 12, wherein

at the information selection step, information to be sent to the terminal is selected based on the history information matched with the user identification information stored in said storage means, and

at the sending step, the selected information is sent to the terminal.

15. The information processing program according to claim 12, wherein

at the user registration step, if user identification information same as user identification information matched with first terminal identification information stored in a matched relationship with the user identification information in said storage means is received from a terminal to which second terminal identification information different from the first terminal identification information is applied, then the received user identification information and the second terminal identification information are stored in a matched relationship with each other into said storage means, and

at the history information management step, if the information acquisition request is received together with the second terminal identification information from the terminal to which the second terminal identification information is applied, then an effect that the information acquisition request is received is stored as history information in a matched relationship with the received second terminal identification information into said storage means.

16. The information processing program according to claim 15, wherein, at the user registration step, after the user identification information and the second terminal identification information are stored in a matched relationship with each other into said storage means, then the first terminal identification information stored in a matched relationship with the user identification information in said storage means is deleted and the history information stored in a matched relationship with the first terminal identification information in said storage means is matched with the second terminal identification information.

17. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a terminal registration section configured to apply terminal identification information to a terminal connected through a network;

a sender section configured to send the terminal identification information to the terminal;

a receiver section configured to receive a request from the terminal together with the terminal identification information;

a history information management section configured to store and manage, if said receiver section receives the information acquisition request from the terminal together with the terminal identification information, an effect that the information acquisition request is received as history information in a matched relationship with the received terminal identification information into a storage section;

an information selection section configured to select information to be sent to the terminal based on the information acquisition request; and

an user registration section configured to register, if said receiver section receives a user registration request from the terminal together with the terminal identification information, the user identification information of a user of the terminal and store the user identification information and the terminal identification information received from the terminal in a matched relationship with each other into said storage section.