Information disseminating apparatus for automatically delivering information to suitable distributees
First Claim
1. An information providing apparatus for use in an information processing system for distributing information from a sender to receivers, comprising:
- inputting means for inputting information reception requirements and an information transmission requirement, each information reception requirement including a receiver attribute of one of the receivers and a desired condition of the one of the receivers for direct mail information, the information reception requirement being designated by and transmitted from the one of the receivers, the information transmission requirement including an information attribute of the direct mail information and a desired condition of the sender for the receivers, the information transmission requirement being designated by and transmitted from the sender;
determining means for determining distributees of a distribution of the direct mail information based on receiver attributes of the receivers, such that the desired condition of the sender for the receivers is satisfied by the receiver attribute of each of the distributees; and
processing means for allowing the direct mail information to be distributed from the sender to the distributees when the information attribute satisfies the desired condition for the direct mail information as designated by the distributees.
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Abstract
A receiver of advertisement information registers an advertisement reception requirement to a distribution host computer through a receiver terminal. A sender registers an advertisement transmission requirement to the distribution host computer through a sender terminal. The host computer references receiver attributes and desired categories of the advertisement recorded in the advertisement reception requirement, and categories and desired attributes for the receivers recorded in the advertisement transmission requirement, and generates a distribution list that satisfies both desire of the receiver and of the sender. An advertisement document is distributed to selected receivers corresponding to the distribution list.
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31 Claims
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1. An information providing apparatus for use in an information processing system for distributing information from a sender to receivers, comprising:
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inputting means for inputting information reception requirements and an information transmission requirement, each information reception requirement including a receiver attribute of one of the receivers and a desired condition of the one of the receivers for direct mail information, the information reception requirement being designated by and transmitted from the one of the receivers, the information transmission requirement including an information attribute of the direct mail information and a desired condition of the sender for the receivers, the information transmission requirement being designated by and transmitted from the sender; determining means for determining distributees of a distribution of the direct mail information based on receiver attributes of the receivers, such that the desired condition of the sender for the receivers is satisfied by the receiver attribute of each of the distributees; and processing means for allowing the direct mail information to be distributed from the sender to the distributees when the information attribute satisfies the desired condition for the direct mail information as designated by the distributees. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An information providing apparatus for use in an information processing system for distributing direct mail information from a sender to receivers, comprising:
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inputting means for inputting at least one type of direct mail information that each of the receivers wants and a plurality of types that the sender designates; and processing means for comparing the at least one type of direct mail information that each of the receivers wants with a combination of the plurality of types using an aggregate expression composed of the plurality of types and selecting at least one distributee, who wants direct mail information corresponding to the combination, from among the receivers. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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27. An information providing apparatus for use in an information processing system having a host computer for distributing direct mail information from a sender terminal to a receiver at a receiver terminal via a network, comprising:
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confirming means for electronically confirming that the receiver has received the direct mail information and displayed the content thereof on a screen of the receiver terminal; and generating means for automatically generating confirmation information representing that the receiver has performed an access operation to display the content of the direct mail information, and for sending the confirmation information from the receiver terminal to one of the host computer and the sender terminal. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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30. A computer-readable recording medium used by a computer performing information processing in a network that connects a sender terminal and a receiver terminal, and used to direct the computer to perform a process comprising:
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inputting information reception requirements and an information transmission requirement, each information reception requirement designated by one of a plurality of receivers and including a receiver attribute of the one of the receivers and a desired condition of the one of the receivers for direct mail information, the information transmission requirement including an information attribute of the direct mail information and a desired condition of the sender for the receivers, the information transmission requirement being designated by the sender; narrowing a selection of receivers based on receiver attributes of the receivers and the desired condition of the sender for the receivers; determining distributees of a narrowed selection of the receivers for a distribution of the direct mail information, each receiver attribute of each of the distributees satisfying the desired condition of the sender for the receivers; and allowing the information to be distributed from the sender to the distributees when the information attribute satisfies the desired condition for the direct mail information as designated by the distributees.
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31. An information providing method of distributing information from a sender to receivers, comprising:
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generating information reception requirements, each including a receiver attribute of one of the receivers and a desired condition of the one of the receivers for direct mail information being sent; generating an information transmission requirement including an information attribute of the direct mail information being sent and a desired condition of the sender for the receivers; narrowing a selection of receivers based on receiver attributes of the receivers and the desired condition of the sender for the receivers; determining distributees of a narrowed selection of the receivers for a distribution of the direct mail information, each receiver attribute of each of the distributees satisfying the desired condition of the sender for the receivers; and distributing the direct mail information from the sender to the distributees when the information attribute satisfies the desired condition for the direct mail information as designated by the distributees.
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