INFORMATION COLLECTION PROGRAM, INFORMATION COLLECTION APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION COLLECTION METHOD

• US 20090182603A1
• Filed: 03/26/2009
• Published: 07/16/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Yoshioka, Takashi
• Granted Patent: US 8,666,797 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0203 Market surveys; Market polls
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0207 Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates

Abstract

It is an object to provide a mechanism that can efficiently collect and accumulate unspecified large number of information as much as possible for marketing activities and that can make use of the information. An information collection program includes: an information receiving step that receives information provided from an information provider; an information collecting/managing step that manages the received information in association with the information provider; an information analyzing step that analyzes the managed information; an analysis information managing step that manages the analyzed information; a feedback information receiving step that receives evaluation based on a result of utilizing the analyzed information as feedback information; and an evaluating step that gives an evaluation point to the information provider or the provided information based on the received feedback information.

Claims

1. An information collection program allowing a computer to collect information, the program being characterized by comprising:

an information receiving step that receives information provided from an information provider;

an information collecting/managing step that manages the information received in the information receiving step in association with the information provider;

an information analyzing step that analyzes the information managed in the information collecting/managing step;

an analysis information managing step that manages the information analyzed in the information analyzing step;

a feedback information receiving step that receives evaluation based on a result of utilizing the analyzed information as feedback information; and

an evaluating step that gives an evaluation point to the information provider or the provided information based on the feedback information received in the feedback information receiving step.

2. The information collection program according to claim 1, characterized in that

the information collection/management step and analysis information management step each include a falsification detection information adding step that adds falsification detection information to the provided information and analysis information managed therein for preventing a falsification and an encrypting step that encrypts the provided information and analysis information managed therein for preventing an intercept.

3. The information collection program according to claim 1, characterized by comprising a personal information managing step that manages the personal information of the information provider, characterized in that

the personal information managed in the personal information managing step includes evaluation information of the information provider which is based on the feedback information.

4. The information collection program according to claim 1, characterized in that

the evaluating step adds an evaluation point to the provided information when the provided information is used for analysis performed in the analyzing step.

5. The information collection program according to claim 1, characterized in that

the analysis information managing step manages the provided information by linking its analysis code corresponding to the classification of the provided information, classification name, information provider code, information code corresponding to the provided information of the information provider, and analysis result to each other.

6. The information collection program according to claim 1, characterized by comprising an analysis information transmitting step that adds, when transmitting information analyzed in the analyzing step to a user of the analysis information, predetermined certification information for certifying the publisher of the analysis information.

7. The information collection program according to claim 6, characterized in that

the certification information includes a digital signature and a time stamp attached to the digital signature.

8. The information collection program according to claim 6, characterized in that

the feedback information receiving step receives feedback information which has been added to the analysis information including the certification information transmitted in the analysis information transmitting step together with a digital signature and a time stamp added to the feedback information by the user of the analysis information.

9. An information collection apparatus for collecting information, characterized by comprising:

an information receiving section that receives information provided from an information provider;

an information collecting/managing section that manages the information received by the information receiving section in association with the information provider;

an information analyzing section that analyzes the information managed by the information collecting/managing section;

an analysis information managing section that manages the information analyzed by the information analyzing section;

a feedback information receiving section that receives evaluation based on a result of utilizing the analyzed information as feedback information; and

an evaluating section that gives an evaluation point to the information provider or the provided information based on the feedback information received by the feedback information receiving section.

10. The information collection apparatus according to claim 9, characterized in that

the information collection/management section and analysis information management section each add falsification detection information to the provided information and analysis information managed therein for preventing a falsification and encrypt the provided information and analysis information managed therein for preventing an intercept.

11. The information collection apparatus according to claim 9, characterized by comprising a personal information managing section that manages the personal information of the information provider, wherein

the personal information managed by the personal information managing section includes evaluation information of the information provider which is based on the feedback information.

12. The information collection apparatus according to claim 9, characterized in that

the evaluating section adds an evaluation point to the provided information when the provided information is used for analysis performed by the analyzing section.

13. The information collection apparatus according to claim 9, characterized in that

the analysis information managing section manages the provided information by linking its analysis code corresponding to the classification of the provided information, classification name, information provider code, information code corresponding to the provided information of the information provider, and analysis result to each other.

14. The information collection apparatus according to claim 9, characterized by comprising an analysis information transmitting section that adds, when transmitting information analyzed by the analyzing section to a user of the analysis information, predetermined certification information for certifying the publisher of the analysis information.

15. The information collection apparatus according to claim 14, characterized in that

the certification information includes a digital signature and a time stamp attached to the digital signature.

16. The information collection apparatus according to claim 14, characterized in that

the feedback information receiving section receives feedback information which has been added to the analysis information including the certification information transmitted to the user of the analysis information together with a digital signature and a time stamp added to the feedback information by the user of the analysis information.

17. An information collection method allowing a computer to collect information, the method being characterized by comprising:

an information receiving step that receives information provided from an information provider;

an information collecting/managing step that manages the information received in the information receiving step in association with the information provider;

an information analyzing step that analyzes the information managed in the information collecting/managing step;

an analysis information managing step that manages the information analyzed in the information analyzing step;

a feedback information receiving step that receives evaluation based on a result of utilizing the analyzed information as feedback information; and

an evaluating step that gives an evaluation point to the information provider or the provided information based on the feedback information received in the feedback information receiving step.

18. The information collection method according to claim 17, characterized in that

the information collection/management step and analysis information management step each include a falsification detection information adding step that adds falsification detection information to the provided information and analysis information managed therein for preventing a falsification and an encrypting step that encrypts the provided information and analysis information managed therein for preventing an intercept.

19. The information collection method according to claim 17, characterized by comprising a personal information managing step that manages the personal information of the information provider, characterized in that

the personal information managed in the personal information managing step includes evaluation information of the information provider which is based on the feedback information.

20. The information collection method according to claim 17, characterized in that

the evaluating step adds an evaluation point to the provided information when the provided information is used for analysis performed in the analyzing step.