INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, INFORMATION TERMINAL AND INFORMATION PROVIDING SERVER

• US 20150334514A1
• Filed: 12/26/2013
• Published: 11/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: Fujii, Tatsuya, Kawase, Tsutomu, Nishizaki, Yoshiaki, Ueda, Yuichiro
• Granted Patent: US 9,723,432 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/61 for local area broadcast, e.g. instore broadcast
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/18 between terminal devices

Abstract

An information providing system provides delivery information using identification information of an object equipped with a wireless communication function. The information providing system includes a registering unit that registers in advance first link information linking the identification information of the object to the delivery information; a generating unit that generates second link information linking the identification information of the object to delivery information different from the delivery information of the first link information, based on the identification information of the object and identification information of a plurality of information terminals, acquired by communication with the information terminals, which can communicate with the object; and an information providing unit that delivers the delivery information linked by the second link information.

Claims

1. An information providing system, which provides delivery information using identification information of an object equipped with a wireless communication function, comprising:

a registering unit configured to register in advance first link information which links the identification information of the object equipped with the wireless communication function to the delivery information;

a generating unit configured to generate second link information which links the identification information of the object equipped with the wireless communication function to delivery information different from the delivery information linked by the first link information, based on, at least, the identification information of the object equipped with the wireless communication function and identification information of a plurality of information terminals, acquired by communication with the plurality of information terminals, which can communicate with the object equipped with the wireless communication function; and

an information providing unit configured to deliver the delivery information linked by the second link information generated by the generating unit.

2. The information providing system, as claimed in claim 1, wherein one or more information terminals enter in a first region, and one or more information terminals enter in a second region.

3. The information providing system, as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of information terminals contact or get close to the object equipped with the wireless communication function, so that the delivery information is delivered, and acquire the identification information of the object equipped with the wireless communication function.

4. The information providing system, as claimed in claim 1, wherein the generating unit generates the second link information based on at least the identification information of the plurality of objects equipped with wireless communication function and the identification information of the plurality of information terminals, transmitted from the plurality of information terminals, which enter the second region where communication with the plurality of objects equipped with wireless communication function is possible.

5. The information providing system, as claimed in claim 1, wherein the generating unit generates the second link information based on the identification information of the object equipped with the wireless communication function, the identification information of the plurality of information terminals, and attribute information of the plurality of information terminals.

6. The information providing system, as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a log accumulating unit configured to accumulate at least the identification information of the object equipped with the wireless communication function and the identification information of the plurality of information terminals, acquired by the communication with the information terminals, wherein the registering unit updates the second link information based on the information accumulated by the log accumulating unit.

7. The information providing system, as claimed in claim 6, wherein the registering unit updates the second link information or changes the second link information to the first link information, according to a status of a delivery of the delivery information linked by the second link information.

8. The information providing system, as claimed in claim 1, wherein the information providing unit provides the second link information to a delivery information server, which supplies a piece of the delivery information or a plurality of pieces of the delivery information.

9. An information terminal, which communicates with an object equipped with a wireless communication function, wherein second link information is generated, using a table in which first link information is registered in advance, the first link information linking identification information of the object equipped with the wireless communication function to delivery information, based on, at least, the identification information of the object equipped with the wireless communication function and identification information of a plurality of information terminals, acquired by communication with the plurality of information terminals, which can communicate with the object equipped with the wireless communication function, the second link information linking the identification information of the object equipped with the wireless communication function to delivery information different from the delivery information linked by the first link information, the information terminal comprising:

a display controlling unit configured to cause the delivery information linked by the generated second link information to be delivered.

10. An information providing server, which provides delivery information using identification information of an object equipped with a wireless communication function, comprising:

a registering unit configured to register in advance first link information which links the identification information of the object equipped with the wireless communication function to the delivery information;

a generating unit configured to generate second link information which links the identification information of the object equipped with the wireless communication function to delivery information different from the delivery information linked by the first link information, based at least on the identification information of the object equipped with the wireless communication function and identification information of a plurality of information terminals, acquired by communication with the information terminals, which can communicate with the object equipped with the wireless communication function; and

an information providing unit configured to deliver the delivery information linked by the second link information generated by the generating unit.