INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE
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Abstract
Provided are: an information providing system, an information providing method and a computer program, which are able to detect a position on a screen of a display specified by each of multiple users who view the screen, and to provide each user with information according to the position.
In an information distribution system including a computer 1 having a storage part in which information having a hierarchical structure is stored, a display 2 connected to the computer 1 and displaying the information, and a mobile communication device 3 communicating with the computer 1, the mobile communication device 3 has an image obtaining part for photographing a part of the information displayed on the display 2 and obtaining an image, and a transmission part transmitting the obtained image to the computer 1, and the computer 1 is configured to have a reading part reading out the information having a hierarchical structure from the storage part based on the image transmitted from the mobile communication device 3 and a transmission part transmitting the read-out information to the mobile communication device 3.
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18 Claims
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11. An information distribution apparatus including a distribution part distributing information stored in a storage device to a display, comprising:
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a reception part receiving, by the mobile communication device, image data corresponding to a part of the information displayed on the display and data corresponding to a distance between a mobile communication device and the display, obtained by the mobile communication device; a transmission part transmitting the information stored in the storage device to the mobile communication device; and a specifying part specifying information to be transmitted to the mobile communication device, based on the image data and the data corresponding to the distance, received by the reception part. - View Dependent Claims (12, 16, 17)
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13. A mobile communication device, comprising:
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an obtaining part obtaining, from a display on which information is displayed, image data corresponding to a part of the information; a second obtaining part obtaining a distance to the display; a transmission part transmitting the obtained image data and data corresponding to the obtained distance; a reception part receiving information specified based on the transmitted image data and the transmitted data corresponding to the distance; and a display part displaying the received information.
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14. An information distribution system including a storage device storing information, a computer having a distribution part distributing the information, a display displaying the information distributed from the computer, and a mobile communication device communicating with the computer, wherein
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an obtaining part obtaining image data corresponding to a part of the information displayed on the display; a second obtaining part obtaining a distance to the display; and a transmission part transmitting the obtained image data and data corresponding to the obtained distance, the computer comprises; a reception part receiving the image data and the data corresponding to the distance, transmitted from the mobile communication device; and a transmission part transmitting information stored in the storage device to the mobile communication device, and information to be transmitted to the mobile communication device is specified based on the image data and the data corresponding to the distance, received by the reception part.
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15. An information distribution method, comprising:
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by a computer, distributing information to a display; receiving image data corresponding to a part of the information displayed on the display and data corresponding to a distance between a mobile communication device which photographed the image and the display; and specifying information to be transmitted based on the received image data and the received data corresponding to the distance.
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18. An information distribution apparatus including a storage device in which an advertisement image and advertisement data concerning an advertisement image, comprising:
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a reception part receiving, from the mobile communication device, image data corresponding to a part of the advertisement image obtained by a mobile communication device from a medium on which the advertisement image is displayed, and data corresponding to a distance between the mobile communication device and the medium; a transmission part transmitting advertisement data stored in the storage device to the mobile communication device; and a specifying part specifying advertisement data to be transmitted to the mobile communication device, based on the image data and the data corresponding to the distance, received by the reception part.
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