Information service method and its computer program
First Claim
1. An information service method for providing information from an information service apparatus to a user of an information terminal connected via a communication line, comprising:
- a setting step of allowing the user to set a category used to specify contents that the user wants to receive, a predetermined condition used to specify partial contents of user'"'"'s choice in contents which belong to the category, and a service timing of the partial contents to the user in the information terminal,wherein when a live sports program is selected as the category, said setting step allows the user to set at least one of a team or a player of his or her choice, and an event that may occur during a game, which are associated with the selected live sports program as the predetermined condition, and the contents of the selected live sports program are stored in a database wherein the contents of the live sports program are sequentially stored as an actual game progresses; and
an information service step of extracting partial contents which satisfy the category and the predetermined condition from many unspecified contents, and providing the extracted partial contents to the user at the service timing in the information terminal,wherein said information service step extracts a part of contents associated with the live sports program as partial contents to be provided to the information terminal by analyzing the many unspecified contents on the basis of the predetermined condition associated with the live sports program set as the category in said setting step, and said information service step can extract contents of the live sports program stored in the database as the partial contents to be provided to the information terminal from a timing before occurrence of the event in accordance with a predetermined service period.
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Abstract
Upon providing information from an information center (1) to the user of a navigation apparatus (2) connected via a wireless/wired communication line, the user sets a category used to specify contents that he or she wants to receive, and a service timing of the contents to the user of the navigation apparatus (2) in advance. The information center (1) provides contents, which are extracted from many unspecified contents provided from a contents service center (6) and satisfy the category, to the navigation apparatus (2). The navigation apparatus (2) provides the acquired contents to the user in accordance with the service timing.
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1. An information service method for providing information from an information service apparatus to a user of an information terminal connected via a communication line, comprising:
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a setting step of allowing the user to set a category used to specify contents that the user wants to receive, a predetermined condition used to specify partial contents of user'"'"'s choice in contents which belong to the category, and a service timing of the partial contents to the user in the information terminal, wherein when a live sports program is selected as the category, said setting step allows the user to set at least one of a team or a player of his or her choice, and an event that may occur during a game, which are associated with the selected live sports program as the predetermined condition, and the contents of the selected live sports program are stored in a database wherein the contents of the live sports program are sequentially stored as an actual game progresses; and an information service step of extracting partial contents which satisfy the category and the predetermined condition from many unspecified contents, and providing the extracted partial contents to the user at the service timing in the information terminal, wherein said information service step extracts a part of contents associated with the live sports program as partial contents to be provided to the information terminal by analyzing the many unspecified contents on the basis of the predetermined condition associated with the live sports program set as the category in said setting step, and said information service step can extract contents of the live sports program stored in the database as the partial contents to be provided to the information terminal from a timing before occurrence of the event in accordance with a predetermined service period. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer program which issues an operation instruction that makes a computer with a communication function serve as an information service apparatus which provides information to a user of an information terminal connected via a communication line, comprising:
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a program code which implements a setting function for controlling to allow the user to set a category used to specify contents that the user wants to receive, a predetermined condition used to specify partial contents of user'"'"'s choice in contents which belong to the category, and a service timing of the partial contents to the user in the information terminal, wherein when a live sports program is selected as the category, said setting function allows the user to set at least one of a team or a player of his or her choice, and an event that may occur during a game, which are associated with the selected live sports program as the predetermined condition, and the contents of the selected live sports program are stored in a database wherein the contents of the live sports program are sequentially stored as an actual game progresses; and a program code which implements an information service function for extracting partial contents which satisfy the category and the predetermined condition from many unspecified contents, and providing the extracted partial contents to the user at the service timing in the information terminal, wherein said information service function extracts a part of contents associated with the live sports program as partial contents to be provided to the information terminal by analyzing the many unspecified contents on the basis of the predetermined condition associated with the live sports program set as the category in said setting function, and said information service function can extract contents of the live sports program stored in the database as the partial contents to be provided to the information terminal from a timing before occurrence of the event in accordance with a predetermined service period.
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9. An information service apparatus which provides information to a user of an information terminal connected via a communication line, comprising:
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setting means for allowing the user to set, by user'"'"'s operation of the information terminal, a category used to specify contents that the user wants to receive, a predetermined condition used to specify partial contents of user'"'"'s choice in contents which belong to the category, and a service timing of the partial contents to the user in the information terminal, wherein when a live sports program is selected as the category, said setting means allows the user to set at least one of a team or a player of his or her choice, and an event that may occur during a game, which are associated with the selected live sports program as the predetermined condition, and the contents of the selected live sports program are stored in a database wherein the contents of the live sports program are seguentially stored as an actual game progresses; and information service means for extracting partial contents which satisfy the category and the predetermined condition from many unspecified contents, and providing the extracted partial contents to the information terminal, wherein said information service means extracts a part of contents associated with the live sports program as partial contents to be provided to the information terminal by analyzing the many unspecified contents on the basis of the predetermined condition associated with the live sports program set as the category in said setting means, and said information service means can extract contents of the live sports program stored in the database as the partial contents to be provided to the information terminal from a timing before occurrence of the event in accordance with a predetermined service period.
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