INFORMATION DELIVERY DEVICE AND INFORMATION DELIVERY METHOD

• US 20140164127A1
• Filed: 12/06/2013
• Published: 06/12/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Yahoo Japan Corporation (A Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo Japan Corporation (A Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: TAKEDA, Kazuki
• Application Number:
  US14/099,115
• Publication Number:
  US 20140164127A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.58
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0261 based on user location

Abstract

An information delivery device includes an advertisement information transmitting unit, an input information receiving unit, a terminal position determining unit, an advertisement information database, a correlation determining unit, and an information delivering unit. The advertisement information transmitting unit transmits advertisement information to an advertisement providing device. The input information receiving unit receives input information. The terminal position determining unit determines whether a position of the terminal is within a predetermined region. The advertisement information database stores the advertisement information, predetermined key information, and delivery information in association with one another. The correlation determining unit determines whether a correlation between the input information and the key information is within a predetermined permissible range. The information delivering unit delivers the delivery information associated with the advertisement information to the terminal only when the position of the terminal is within the predetermined region and the correlation is within the permissible range.

Claims

1. An information delivery device comprising:

an advertisement information transmitting unit configured to transmit advertisement information to an advertisement providing device;

an input information receiving unit configured to receive input information input to a terminal;

a terminal position determining unit configured to determine whether a position of the terminal is within a predetermined region;

an advertisement information database configured to store the advertisement information, predetermined key information, and delivery information to be delivered to a terminal positioned within the predetermined region, in association with one another;

a correlation determining unit configured to determine whether a correlation between the input information and the key information is within a predetermined permissible range; and

an information delivering unit configured to deliver the delivery information associated with the advertisement information to the terminal only when the terminal position determining unit determines that the position of the terminal is within the predetermined region, and the correlation determining unit determines that the correlation is within the permissible range.

2. The information delivery device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a condition information database configured to store the delivery information and condition information used as a determination criterion for selecting delivery information to be delivered by the information delivering unit in association with each other; and

a condition information receiving unit configured to receive an input of the condition information,

wherein the information delivering unit delivers to the terminal the delivery information according to content of the condition information received by the condition information receiving unit.

3. The information delivery device according to claim 1, further comprising

a relevant information acquiring unit that acquires relevant information based on information transmitted by another terminal different from the terminal in connection with the delivery information,

wherein the information delivering unit delivers the relevant information acquired by the relevant information acquiring unit to the terminal together with the delivery information.

4. The information delivery device according to claim 1,

wherein when the terminal position determining unit determines that the position of the terminal is outside the predetermined region or when the correlation determining unit determines that the correlation is outside the permissible range, the information delivering unit transmits error information different from the delivery information to the terminal.

5. The information delivery device according to claim 1,

wherein the terminal position determining unit determines whether the position of the terminal is within the predetermined region using positional information specifying a current position of the terminal.

6. The information delivery device according to claim 1,

wherein the terminal position determining unit determines whether the position of the terminal is within the predetermined region based on at least one of Global Positioning System (GPS) positioning information of the terminal and a communication path until the input information input to the terminal is received by the input information receiving unit.

7. The information delivery device according to claim 6,

wherein when the terminal position determining unit determines whether the position of the terminal is within the predetermined region based on both the GPS positioning information and the communication path, and a determination based on the GPS positioning information contradicts a determination based on the communication path, priority is given to the determination based on the communication path.

8. The information delivery device according to claim 1,

wherein the advertisement information transmitting unit transmits the key information to the advertisement providing device together with the advertisement information.

9. An information delivery method causing a computer to execute:

transmitting advertisement information to an advertisement providing device;

receiving input information input to a terminal;

determining whether a position of the terminal is within a predetermined region;

determining whether a correlation between the input information and the key information is within a predetermined permissible range with reference to an advertisement information database configured to store the advertisement information, predetermined key information, and delivery information to be delivered to a terminal positioned within the predetermined region, in association with one another; and

delivering the delivery information associated with the advertisement information to the terminal only when the position of the terminal is determined to be within the predetermined region and the correlation is determined to be within the permissible range.

10. A computer readable storage medium having stored therein an information delivery program causing a computer to execute a process comprising:

transmitting advertisement information to an advertisement providing device;

receiving input information input to a terminal;

determining whether a position of the terminal is within a predetermined region;

determining whether a correlation between the input information and the key information is within a predetermined permissible range with reference to an advertisement information database configured to store the advertisement information, predetermined key information, and delivery information to be delivered to a terminal positioned within the predetermined region, in association with one another; and

delivering the delivery information associated with the advertisement information to the terminal only when it is determined that the position of the terminal is within the predetermined region, and it is determined that the correlation is within the permissible range.