INFORMATION GENERATION DEVICE, INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD, INFORMATION GENERATION PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

• US 20130290865A1
• Filed: 09/27/2011
• Published: 10/31/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rakuten Group, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Rakuten, Inc. (Rakuten Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: Kageyama, Hitoshi
• Granted Patent: US 8,819,537 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/747
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/00 Interconnection of, or transfer of information or other signals between, memories, input/output devices or central processing units interface circuits for specific input/output devices G06F3/00 ; multiprogram control therefor G06F9/46; multiprocessor systems G06F15/16
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3329 Natural language query formulation or dialogue systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

An information generation device includes a storage means that stores association information, the association information indicating explanatory information and an element associated with the explanatory information in association with each other, the explanatory information being displayed as an explanation related to a service provided through a Web page in a certain Web page, a recording means that records history information indicating the explanatory information browsed by a user, a generation means that, on the basis of the association information, generates display information so that an appearance of the element associated with the explanatory information indicated by the recorded history information among the elements included in a Web page displayed on a terminal device used by the user is different from an appearance in an initial state, and a transmission means that transmits the generated display information to the terminal device.

Claims

1-9. -9. (canceled)

10. An information generation device that transmits a Web page to a terminal device, the information generation device comprising:

a first transmission unit that transmits a first Web page to the terminal device, the first Web page displaying a plurality of pieces of explanatory information related to a service provided through a Web page, the first Web page including a program for transmitting display explanatory information to the information generation device, the display explanatory information indicating the explanatory information displayed in the first Web page by the terminal device;

a first recording control unit that, when one of a plurality of links in which the respective plurality of pieces of explanatory information are set as link destinations is selected by a user using the terminal device, causes history information to be recorded in a recording unit, the history information indicating the explanatory information set as a link destination in the selected link;

a second recording control unit that receives the display explanatory information transmitted from the terminal device having executed the program and causes the received display explanatory information to be recorded as history information in the recording unit;

an acquisition unit that acquires association information from a storage unit storing the association information, the association information indicating the explanatory information and an element in association with each other, the element indicated by the association information being associated with the explanatory information among elements included in a second Web page;

a generation unit that, on the basis of the acquired association information, generates the second Web page so that an appearance of the element associated with the explanatory information indicated by the history information among the elements included in the second Web page displayed on the terminal device is different from an appearance in an initial state; and

a second transmission unit that transmits the generated second Web page to the terminal device.

11. The information generation device according to claim 10, wherein

the first recording control unit receives user identification information identifying a user using a terminal device and explanation identification information identifying the explanatory information set as a link destination in the selected link from the terminal device, and causes the history information to be recorded, the history information including the received user identification information and the explanatory information,

the second recording control unit receives the display explanatory information including the user identification information and the explanation identification information identifying the explanatory information displayed by the terminal device.

12. The information generation device according to claim 10, further comprising:

a number-of-times acquisition unit that acquires number-of-times information indicating number of times that the element corresponding to the explanatory information is operated by a user after the explanatory information is displayed; and

a first determination unit that determines whether or not the number of times indicated by the acquired number-of-times information is greater than or equal to predetermined number of times,

wherein the generation unit generates the second Web page so that the appearance of the element for which the number of times indicated by the acquired number-of-times information is determined to be greater than or equal to the predetermined number of times is the appearance in the initial state.

13. The information generation device according to claim 12, wherein

each of the first recording unit and second recording unit records the history information including the explanation identification information identifying the displayed explanatory information and time information indicating time when the explanatory information was browsed most recently,

the number-of-times acquisition unit acquires the number-of-times information indicating the number of times that the element corresponding to the explanatory information is operated by a user after the explanatory information was displayed most recently,

the information generation device further comprises a second determination unit that determines whether or not a period of time of a predetermined length has elapsed from time indicated by the time information included in the recorded history information, and

the generation unit generates the second Web page so that the appearance of the element for which the number of times indicated by the acquired number-of-times information is determined to be greater than or equal to the predetermined number of times and the period of time of the predetermined length has elapsed from the time indicated by the time information included in the recorded history information is the appearance in the initial state.

14. The information generation device according to claim 10, wherein

the storage unit stores the association information indicating the element associated with each of the plurality of pieces of the explanatory information,

the information generation device further comprises a difference recording control unit that causes difference information indicating a difference between the appearance of each element associated with the explanatory information indicated by either of the history information caused to be recorded by the first recording control unit and the history information caused to be recorded by the second recording control unit and the appearance in the initial state to be recorded, the difference recording control unit making the difference of the element associated with the explanatory information indicated by the history information caused to be recorded by the first recording control unit higher than the difference of the element associated with the explanatory information indicated by the history information caused to be recorded by the second recording control unit, and

the generation unit generates the second Web page so that the higher the difference indicated by the difference information, the higher the difference of the appearance of the element from the appearance in the initial state.

15. The information generation device according to claim 12, wherein

the storage unit stores the association information indicating that a plurality of the elements are associated with one piece of the explanatory information, the association information including element association information indicating strength of association among a plurality of the elements,

the generation unit generates the second Web page so that the appearances of all the elements associated with the explanatory information indicated by the recorded history information are different from the appearances in the initial state,

the information generation device further comprises a third determination unit that determines whether the element association information corresponding to the plurality of elements indicates strong or weak when it is determined that the number of times that one of the plurality of elements is operated is greater than or equal to the predetermined number of times, and

the generation unit generates the second Web page so that the appearances of the plurality of elements are the appearances in the initial state when it is determined that the element association information indicates that the association is strong and generates the second Web page so that only the appearance of the element for which the number of times indicated by the number-of-times information is determined to be greater than or equal to the predetermined number of times are the appearance in the initial state when it is determined that the element association information indicates that the association is weak.

18. The information generation device according to claim 10, wherein

the history information includes the number of display of the explanatory information,

the first recording control unit adds 1 to the number of display included in the history information, and

the second recording control unit adds a value smaller than 1 to the number of display included in the history information.

19. The information generation device according to claim 11, further comprising:

a number-of-times acquisition unit that acquires number-of-times information indicating number of times that the element corresponding to the explanatory information is operated by a user after the explanatory information is displayed; and

a first determination unit that determines whether or not the number of times indicated by the acquired number-of-times information is greater than or equal to predetermined number of times,

wherein the generation unit generates the second Web page so that the appearance of the element for which the number of times indicated by the acquired number-of-times information is determined to be greater than or equal to the predetermined number of times is the appearance in the initial state.

20. The information generation device according to claim 11, wherein

the storage unit stores the association information indicating the element associated with each of the plurality of pieces of the explanatory information,

the information generation device further comprises a difference recording control unit that causes difference information indicating a difference between the appearance of each element associated with the explanatory information indicated by either of the history information caused to be recorded by the first recording control unit and the history information caused to recorded by the second recording control unit and the appearance in the initial state to be recorded, the difference recording control unit making the difference of the element associated with the explanatory information indicated by the history information caused to be recorded by the first recording control unit higher than the difference of the element associated with the explanatory information indicated by the history information caused to be recorded by the second recording control unit, and

the generation unit generates the second Web page so that the higher the difference indicated by the difference information, the higher the difference of the appearance of the element from the appearance in the initial state.

21. The information generation device according to claim 12, wherein

the storage unit stores the association information indicating the element associated with each of the plurality of pieces of the explanatory information,

the information generation device further comprises a difference recording control unit that causes difference information indicating a difference between the appearance of each element associated with the explanatory information indicated by either of the history information caused to be recorded by the first recording control unit and the history information caused to recorded by the second recording control unit and the appearance in the initial state to be recorded, the difference recording control unit making the difference of the element associated with the explanatory information indicated by the history information caused to be recorded by the first recording control unit higher than the difference of the element associated with the explanatory information indicated by the history information caused to be recorded by the second recording control unit, and

the generation unit generates the second Web page so that the higher the difference indicated by the difference information, the higher the difference of the appearance of the element from the appearance in the initial state.

22. The information generation device according to claim 13, wherein

the storage unit stores the association information indicating the element associated with each of the plurality of pieces of the explanatory information,

the information generation device further comprises a difference recording control unit that causes difference information indicating a difference between the appearance of each element associated with the explanatory information indicated by either of the history information caused to be recorded by the first recording control unit and the history information caused to recorded by the second recording control unit and the appearance in the initial state to be recorded, the difference recording control unit making the difference of the element associated with the explanatory information indicated by the history information caused to be recorded by the first recording control unit higher than the difference of the element associated with the explanatory information indicated by the history information caused to be recorded by the second recording control unit, and

the generation unit generates the second Web page so that the higher the difference indicated by the difference information, the higher the difference of the appearance of the element from the appearance in the initial state.

23. The information generation device according to claim 13, wherein

the storage unit stores the association information indicating that a plurality of the elements are associated with one piece of the explanatory information, the association information including element association information indicating strength of association among a plurality of the elements,

the generation unit generates the second Web page so that the appearances of all the elements associated with the explanatory information indicated by the recorded history information are different from the appearances in the initial state,

the information generation device further comprises a third determination unit that determines whether the element association information corresponding to the plurality of elements indicates strong or weak when it is determined that the number of times that one of the plurality of elements is operated is greater than or equal to the predetermined number of times, and

the generation unit generates the second Web page so that the appearances of the plurality of elements are the appearances in the initial state when it is determined that the element association information indicates that the association is strong and generates the second Web page so that only the appearance of the element for which the number of times indicated by the number-of-times information is determined to be greater than or equal to the predetermined number of times are the appearance in the initial state when it is determined that the element association information indicates that the association is weak.

16. An information generation method of an information generation device that transmits a Web page to a terminal device, the information generation method comprising:

a first transmission step of transmitting a first Web page to the terminal device, the first Web page displaying a plurality of pieces of explanatory information related to a service provided through a Web page, the first Web page including a program for transmitting display explanatory information to the information generation device, the display explanatory information indicating the explanatory information displayed in the first Web page by the terminal device;

a first recording control step of, when one of a plurality of links in which the respective plurality of pieces of explanatory information are set as link destinations is selected by a user using the terminal device, causing history information to be recorded in a recording unit, the history information indicating the explanatory information set as a link destination in the selected link;

a second recording control step of receiving the display explanatory information transmitted from the terminal device having executed the program and of causing the received display explanatory information to be recorded as history information in the recording unit;

an acquisition step of acquiring association information from a storage unit storing the association information, the association information indicating the explanatory information and an element in association with each other, the element indicated by the association information being associated with the explanatory information among elements included in a second Web page;

a generation step of, on the basis of the acquired association information, generating the second Web page so that an appearance of the element associated with the explanatory information indicated by the history information among the elements included in the second Web page displayed on the terminal device is different from an appearance in an initial state; and

a second transmission step of transmitting the generated second Web page to the terminal device.

17. A non-transitory recording medium in which an information generation program is computer-readably recorded, the information generation program causing a computer, which is included in an information generation device that transmits a Web page to a terminal device, to function as:

a first transmission unit that transmits a first Web page to the terminal device, the first Web page displaying a plurality of pieces of explanatory information related to a service provided through a Web page, the first Web page including a program for transmitting display explanatory information to the information generation device, the display explanatory information indicating the explanatory information displayed in the first Web page by the terminal device;

a first recording control unit that, when one of a plurality of links in which the respective plurality of pieces of explanatory information are set as link destinations is selected by a user using the terminal device, causes history information to be recorded in a recording unit, the history information indicating the explanatory information set as a link destination in the selected link;

a second recording control unit that receives the display explanatory information transmitted from the terminal device having executed the program and causes the received display explanatory information to be recorded as history information in the recording unit;

an acquisition unit that acquires association information from a storage unit storing the association information, the association information indicating the explanatory information and an element in association with each other, the element indicated by the association information being associated with the explanatory information among elements included in a second Web page;

a generation unit that, on the basis of the acquired association information, generates the second Web page so that an appearance of the element associated with the explanatory information indicated by the history information among the elements included in the second Web page displayed on the terminal device is different from an appearance in an initial state; and

a second transmission unit that transmits the generated second Web page to the terminal device.