SERVICE INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS AND SERVICE INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD

• US 20080215351A1
• Filed: 10/03/2007
• Published: 09/04/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Inventors: Yabusaki, Masami, SAKAGUCHI, Takuji
• Application Number:
  US11/866,707
• Publication Number:
  US 20080215351A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

A service information providing apparatus is provided. A shop information extracting section extracts shop information belonging to a preference genre determined by a preference genre determining section from a shop information database. A shop ranking calculating section calculates a usage frequency ranking of a shop included in the shop information. A shop list transmitting section generates a shop list based on a usage frequency ranking of shops and transmits to a portable phone. A service information extracting section extracts, from a service information database, service information belonging to the preference genre from among the service information of a shop corresponding to shop selection information received from the portable phone. A service ranking calculating section calculates a usage frequency ranking of services included in the service information. A service list transmitting section generates a list based on the usage frequency ranking of the services and transmits to the portable phone.

Claims

1. A service information providing apparatus comprising:

a visitor area information acquiring portion for acquiring visitor area information in which a mobile communication terminal is visiting;

a preference genre determining portion for determining, using service usage history information which is information related to a service used by the mobile communication terminal in the past, a preference genre of a user owning the mobile communication terminal;

a shop information extracting portion for extracting shop information related to a shop corresponding to the preference genre determined by the preference genre determining portion from among the shop information registered in advance including genre information;

a shop list transmitting portion for generating, when a part or all of the visitor area acquired by the visitor area information acquiring portion is included in a specific area registered in advance by the mobile communication terminal, a shop list based on the shop information extracted by the shop information extracting portion and transmitting the shop list to the mobile communication terminal;

a service information extracting portion for extracting, when shop selection information indicating that a shop is selected from the shop list is received from the mobile communication terminal, service information related to a service provided by a shop corresponding to the shop selection information and belonging to the preference genre determined by the preference genre determining portion from service information registered in advance including genre information;

a location information receiving portion for receiving location information transmitted from the mobile communication terminal and indicating a current location; and

a service list transmitting portion for generating, when the location information received by the location information receiving portion matches shop location information included in the shop information corresponding to the shop selection information, a service list based on the service information extracted by the service information extracting portion and transmitting the service list to the mobile communication terminal.

2. The service information providing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising

a shop ranking calculating portion for calculating, using the shop information extracted by the shop information extracting portion and the service usage history information, a usage frequency ranking of a shop corresponding to the shop information,

wherein the shop list transmitting portion generates the shop list based on the usage frequency ranking of the shop calculated by the shop ranking calculating portion and transmits the shop list to the mobile communication terminal.

3. The service information providing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising

a service ranking calculating portion for calculating, using the service information extracted by the service information extracting portion and the service usage history information, a usage frequency ranking of a service corresponding to the service information,

wherein the service list transmitting portion generates the service list based on the usage frequency ranking of the service calculated by the service ranking calculating portion and transmits the service list to the mobile communication terminal.

4. The service information providing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising

a service ranking calculating portion for calculating, using the service information extracted by the service information extracting portion and the service usage history information, a usage frequency ranking of a service corresponding to the service information,

wherein the service list transmitting portion generates the service list based on the usage frequency ranking of the service calculated by the service ranking calculating portion and transmits the service list to the mobile communication terminal.

5. The service information providing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the service list transmitting portion generates the service list when a service list request message for requesting provision of the service list is received from the mobile communication terminal.

6. The service information providing apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the service list transmitting portion generates the service list when a service list request message for requesting provision of the service list is received from the mobile communication terminal.

7. The service information providing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the service list transmitting portion generates the service list when a service list request message for requesting provision of the service list is received from the mobile communication terminal.

8. The service information providing apparatus according to claim 4,

wherein the service list transmitting portion generates the service list when a service list request message for requesting provision of the service list is received from the mobile communication terminal.

9. A service information providing method executed by a service information providing apparatus, comprising:

acquiring visitor area information in which a mobile communication terminal is visiting;

determining, using service usage history information which is information related to a service used by the mobile communication terminal in the past, a preference genre of a user owning the mobile communication terminal;

extracting shop information related to a shop corresponding to the preference genre determined by the service information providing apparatus from among the shop information registered in advance including genre information;

generating, when a part or all of the visitor area acquired by the service information providing apparatus is included in a specific area registered in advance by the mobile communication terminal, a shop list based on the shop information extracted by the service information providing apparatus and transmitting the shop list to the mobile communication terminal;

extracting, when shop selection information indicating that a shop is selected from the shop list is received from the mobile communication terminal, service information related to a service provided by a shop corresponding to the shop selection information and belonging to the preference genre determined by the service information providing apparatus from service information registered in advance including genre information;

receiving location information transmitted from the mobile communication terminal and indicating a current location; and

generating, when the location information received by the service information providing apparatus matches shop location information included in the shop information corresponding to the shop selection information, a service list based on the service information extracted by the service information providing apparatus, and transmitting the service list to the mobile communication terminal.