Information providing method and information providing apparatus for network
First Claim
1. An information providing method embodied in computer memory for providing, via a network, content based on conditions that are defined in advance, comprising the steps of:
- generating a finite number of intermediate documents for content that corresponds to an entire body of information, wherein said intermediate documents are hierarchically structured according to a total number of pages contained in each of the intermediate documents;
assigning each of said finite number of intermediate documents an information level based on the number of pages contained therein;
selecting at least one of said intermediate documents; and
providing the at least one of said selected intermediate document.
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Abstract
A master content generation unit generates information (master content) that is concretized based on the original idea of a content generator. An intermediate content generation unit re-constructs a complete and concrete content that has an adequate amount of information at a lower level, and generates a content to be sold. When a purchaser (a buyer) issues a request for a desired level, such as for the amount of information, to the intermediate content generation unit via the new content requesting unit, the content is re-constructed in accordance with the request. A content retailing unit provides a price for the master content and the content that is generated by the intermediate content generation unit, and collects the requested purchase price from a buyer. The buyer may select content equivalent to the compensation that corresponds to the buyer'"'"'s request, and may purchase it from the content retaining unit.
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26 Claims
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1. An information providing method embodied in computer memory for providing, via a network, content based on conditions that are defined in advance, comprising the steps of:
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generating a finite number of intermediate documents for content that corresponds to an entire body of information, wherein said intermediate documents are hierarchically structured according to a total number of pages contained in each of the intermediate documents; assigning each of said finite number of intermediate documents an information level based on the number of pages contained therein; selecting at least one of said intermediate documents; and providing the at least one of said selected intermediate document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An information providing computer apparatus comprising:
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storage means for storing content that constitutes an entire body of information in computer readable memory; connection means for connecting said content to a network so as to provide said content; generation means for, based on a condition determined in advance, generating intermediate documents at a finite number of levels relative to said content, wherein said intermediate documents are hierarchically structured according to a total number of pages contained in each of the intermediate documents; means for assigning each of said finite number of intermediate documents an information level based on the number of pages contained therein; selecting means for selecting at least one of said intermediate documents; and outputting at least one of said selected intermediate documents. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer program product embodied in computer memory comprising:
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computer readable program codes stored in the computer memory for providing, via a network, content that constitutes an entire body of information based on conditions that are defined in advance, the computer readable program codes configured to cause the program to; generate a finite number of intermediate documents for content that corresponds to an entire body of information, wherein said intermediate documents are hierarchically structured according to a total number of pages contained in each of the intermediate documents; assign each of said finite number of intermediate documents an information level based on the number of pages contained therein; select at least one of said intermediate documents; and provide the at least one of said selected intermediate document. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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