System for acquiring and analyzing personal profile data and providing the service of delivering various information

• US 6,980,977 B2
• Filed: 11/05/2001
• Issued: 12/27/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
• Original Assignee: Internode Incorporated, Yokogawa Electric Corporation
• Inventors: Sano, Tsutomu, Murakami, Joji, Ibaragi, Masahiro, Kuwabara, Takeo, Minami, Masaki, Murai, Jun, Yonezawa, Masaaki, Hoshi, Tetsuo, Kubo, Kazuya
• Primary Examiner(s): Ali, Mohammad
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lu, Kuen S.
• Application Number:
  US10/007,887
• Publication Number:
  US 20020083043A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,513 Days
• Field of Search: 707/10, 707/5, 707/1, 705/2, 705/14, 709/201, 709/231
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99931 Database or file accessing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99935 Query augmenting and refining, e.g. inexact access

Abstract

An information delivery system having a service section; a plurality of nodes connected to the service section through a network and allocated with specific addresses that are unique within the network; and terminal devices for system users connected to the service section and the plurality of nodes through the network; wherein the service section acquires profile data of each node user through each node and analyzes the person profile data in order to mediate between each node user and each system user according to the profile data to help exchange information.

Claims

1. An information delivery service system comprising:

a service section for operating and controlling the overall information delivery service system, said service section being connected to a computer network;

a plurality of nodes for viewing advertisement and information content and for providing profile data of each of a plurality of users, said plurality of nodes being connected to said network and there through to said service section and allocated with specific addresses which identify said plurality of users, said specific addresses being unique within said network; and

a plurality of terminal devices comprising an advertisement server and a content server, for said plurality of users that sign contracts with the service section regarding the quality of service provided by the service section, acquire the right of access to said plurality of users having profile desired by the plurality of terminal devices for said, plurality of users and the right to use a given method of access, and pay costs for the services;

wherein

said service section comprises;

means for acquiring and analyzing profile data;

means for accessing data of each of said plurality of users;

means for acquiring and delivering advertisement and information content provided by said terminal devices for said plurality of users;

means for analyzing audience ratings in relation to information content;

means for measuring effectiveness of advertisement; and

means for billing advertisers;

wherein said plurality of nodes comprises;

a sensor means having at least one sensor for measuring one or more physical quantities;

remote controller means for remote control;

a set top box means for receiving broadcast, advertisement and information content; and

other types of nodes; and

wherein

a user of the plurality of users declares limit of disclosure of profile data provided through one of said plurality of nodes against said service section;

wherein

said service section further comprises;

means for providing said plurality of users with step by step incentives according to each limit of profile data disclosure; and

wherein

said service section further comprises;

means for registering or deleting user profiles;

means for executing a matching function, intermediary function, filtering function and node check function;

means for registering or changing node address; and

means for executing other processes while communicating with each of said plurality of nodes and terminal devices for said plurality of users through said network.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said service section comprises:

means for analyzing said user profile data and for delivering information content according to profile data of each user.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein each of said plurality of nodes comprises:

means for sending through said network an output signal to said service section each time a relevant node is operated.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein said plurality of terminal devices comprise:

a television set or a video cassette recorder; and

wherein infrared signals are used for communication.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a wireless remote controller for transmitting through said network a command for operating a device being remote controlled in a signal form which is different from a signal form which operates the device; and

an operation means for receiving through said network an output signal from said wireless remote controller, for acquiring histric record of operation of said device according to a command, for changing the signal into a form that said device receives; and

then for outputting said signal.

6. An information delivery service system comprising:

a service section connected to a computer network;

a terminal connected to said network as an input terminal and comprising a display screen, said terminal comprising a browser in a remote controller node on said screen and indicates a timer record of a program of interest;

a program guide delivery company connectable to said network for regularly or irregularly delivering program guides according to an external instruction;

a recorder; and

said remote controller node for downloading program guides delivered from said company, and for saving information on date and time when each program starts and ends and a channel number in a format suited for control by said remote controller node; and

wherein

when a preset time occurs, said remote controller node sends out commands to said recorder according to a program information provided by said terminal to start recording and to stop recording when each time occurs; and

wherein

said remote controller comprises;

a user authentication block;

a program guide processing block;

a storage block for storing program guide and reservation;

a reservation block for generating reservation signals; and

a command block for registration, storage and outputting of signals to said recorder.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein said service section comprises:

means for performing at least either billing to an advertiser or measurement of advertising effectiveness according to a record obtained through said network of data on access to information content.

8. The system of claim 6, comprising means for carrying out said recording of data on access to advertisement through said network in response to a request from said service section.

9. The system of claim 6, comprising means for carrying out transmission of said record of data on access to information content from each node of said service section through said network in response to request from said service section.

10. The system of claim 6, comprising means for carrying out transmission of said record of data on access to advertisement content by each node in response to request from said service section through said network.

11. The system of claim 6, comprising means for carrying out transmission of said record of data on access to broadcast content from each node through said network to said service section autonomously by each node in response to a request from said service section.

12. The system of claim 6, wherein said service section further comprises:

means for analyzing and processing data on audience rating of television.

13. The system of claim 6, wherein devices are connected to the remote controller, said devices being television or video cassette recorders, and wherein infrared radiation signals are used for command.

14. The system of claim 6, further comprising:

a wireless remote controller for transmitting through said network a command for operating a device being remote controlled in a signal form which is different from a signal form said device is remotely controlled; and

an operation means for receiving through said network an output signal from said wireless remote controller, for acquiring historic record of operation of said device according to a command, for converting said command into a form of a signal that said device receives, and then for outputting said signal.