Method of and an apparatus for distributing information, a method of and an apparatus for receiving information, a system for distributing information, and a program product for conducting information distribution
First Claim
1. An information distributing method of distributing information via a communication path to an information user unit from a first information providing resource unit and a second information providing resource unit, in said second information providing resource unit, said method, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a program request from the information user unit which has received and displayed first information from said first information providing resource unit;
transmitting a predetermined program code to the information user unit according to the program request;
receiving a second request from said information user unit, said information request including an identifier of the first information and requesting said second information providing resource unit to transmit second information to said information user unit for displaying said second information linking to said first information, said second request being transmitted from said information user unit based on an execution of the program code in said information user unit;
determining, in response to the information request, whether or not the second information is allowed to be displayed as being linked to said first information by checking a database indicating a correspondence between an identifier code of the second information and the identifier of the first information which is allowed to link to said second information; and
if said database indicates that said second information requested by said information user unit is allowed to be linked to said first information displayed in said information user unit, transmitting said second information to said information user unit.
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Abstract
In an information distributing method, an information providing resource receives from an information user unit a request statement including a code to identify first information and information (URI) to identify second information quoted in the first information. According to the identifying information of the second information included in the request statement, the information providing resource determines whether or not transmission of the second information to an information providing unit is allowed. The information providing side can control the operation in which the second information thereof is quoted to be opened in the first information.
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39 Claims
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1. An information distributing method of distributing information via a communication path to an information user unit from a first information providing resource unit and a second information providing resource unit, in said second information providing resource unit, said method, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a program request from the information user unit which has received and displayed first information from said first information providing resource unit; transmitting a predetermined program code to the information user unit according to the program request; receiving a second request from said information user unit, said information request including an identifier of the first information and requesting said second information providing resource unit to transmit second information to said information user unit for displaying said second information linking to said first information, said second request being transmitted from said information user unit based on an execution of the program code in said information user unit; determining, in response to the information request, whether or not the second information is allowed to be displayed as being linked to said first information by checking a database indicating a correspondence between an identifier code of the second information and the identifier of the first information which is allowed to link to said second information; and if said database indicates that said second information requested by said information user unit is allowed to be linked to said first information displayed in said information user unit, transmitting said second information to said information user unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An information distributing apparatus for distributing information via a communication path to an information user unit, comprising:
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means for sending a predetermined program code to the information user unit according to a first request from the information user unit which has received and displayed first information from a first information providing resource and means for determining, in response to a second request received from said information user unit, said second request requesting a second information providing resource to transmit second information quoted in the first information according to the program code, whether or not the second request is allowed according to identifying information (URI) at least included in the second request and information including a correspondence between an identifier code (ID) specifying second information for which quotation is allowed in the second information providing resource and an identifier of first information in the first information providing source, said identifying information (URI) identifying said first information, wherein if said second request is allowed, said second information is displayed at said information user unit as being linked to said first information. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An information receiving method for an information user unit to receive information via a communication path from an information providing unit, comprising the steps of:
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receiving and displaying first information from a first information providing resource; issuing a request to a second information providing resource for a program code; receiving a program code from the second information providing resource; generating, according to the program code, a second request to receive, from the second information providing resource, second information quoted in the first information; transmitting the second request to the second information providing resource; and receiving from the second information providing resource the second information for which quotation is allowed by the second information providing resource according to identifying information (URI) at least included in the second request, said identifying information (URI) identifying said first information, and displaying said second information as being linked to said first information. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. An information user unit for receiving information via a communication path from an information providing unit, comprising:
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means for receiving and displaying first information from a first information providing resource; means for issuing a request to a second information providing resource for a program code; means for receiving a program code from the second information providing resource; means for generating, according to the program code, a second request to receive, from the second information providing resource, second information quoted in the first information and for transmitting the second request to the second information providing resource; and means for receiving, from the second information providing resource, the second information for which quotation is allowed by the second information providing resource according to identifying information (URI) at least included in the second request, said identifying information (URI) identifying said first information, and displaying said second information as being linked to said first information. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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31. An information distribution method of distributing information from an information providing unit via a communication path to an information user unit, comprising the steps of:
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transmitting first information from a first information providing resource to an information user unit for display at said information user unit; issuing a first request from the information user unit which has received the first information to a second information providing resource; transmitting a predetermined program code from the second information providing resource to the information user unit according to the first request; generating, according to the program code, a second request by the information user unit, said second request requesting a second information providing resource to transmit second information quoted in the first information; transmitting the second request to the second information providing resource; determining in response to the second request whether or not the second request is allowed according to at least identifying information (URI) included in the second request, said identifying information (URI) identifying said first information; and transmitting the second information allowed from the second information providing resource to the information user unit for display at the information user unit as being linked to the first information.
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32. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for distributing information via a communication path to an information user unit, the computer readable program code means, comprising:
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means for receiving a first request from the information user unit which has received and displayed first information from a first information providing resource; means for transmitting a predetermined program code to the information user unit according to the first request; means for receiving a second request from said information user unit, said second request requesting a second information providing resource to transmit second information quoted in the first information according to the program code quoted in the first information; and means for determining in response to the second request whether or not the second request is allowed according to at least identifying information included in the second request, said identifying information (URI) identifying said first information, wherein if the second request is allowed, said second information is displayed as being linked to said first information. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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Specification