Information distribution service system based on predicted changes in location of mobile information terminal
First Claim
1. An information distribution service system comprising a plurality of mobile information terminals, a computer system and a plurality of information-provider terminals wherein said mobile information terminals, said computer system and said information-provider terminals are connected to each other by a communication network,wherein said computer system finds a moving speed of a mobile information terminal from location information accumulated in the past, and predicts the mobile information terminal'"'"'s moving destination, moving direction, and an expected time of arrival of said mobile information terminal at the moving destination by inferring said mobile-information terminal'"'"'s location displacements along a time series on the basis of information on the moving speed and locations of said mobile information terminal including a pre-registered information category whose information distribution service, distribution and notification are desired, and on the basis of an inference formula provided in advance with said mobile information terminal'"'"'s moving direction and location;
- said computer system determines an information-provider terminal predicted to exist at said predicted moving destination of said mobile information terminal on the basis of locations of information-provider terminals pre-recording plans to distribute information as a notification, and determines distributed and reported information corresponding to an information category registered in advance by said mobile information terminal among pieces of information to be provided by said selected information-provider terminal on the basis of the expected time of rival of said mobile information terminal at the moving destination, and distributes and reports said distributed and reported information among pieces of information to be provided by said selected information-provider terminal to said mobile information terminal;
said mobile information terminal responds to said distributed and reported information by said computer system; and
said computer system notifies said selected information-provider terminal of response information to said distributed and reported information from said mobile information terminal.
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Abstract
In an information distribution service system comprising a plurality of mobile information terminals, a computer system and a plurality of information-provider terminals, the computer system is provided with a user-information database for registration information categories provided for the mobile information terminals'"'"' users each serving as a recipient of an information distribution service rendered by the information distribution service system, an information-provider database for registering locations of the information-provider terminals and information to be distributed by the information-provider terminals as notifications, and a location management unit provided for the purpose of inferring changes in location of each mobile information terminal in a time series by using an inference formula provided in advance for predicting the particular mobile information terminal'"'"'s moving direction and location on the basis of information on locations of the particular mobile information terminal.
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13 Claims
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1. An information distribution service system comprising a plurality of mobile information terminals, a computer system and a plurality of information-provider terminals wherein said mobile information terminals, said computer system and said information-provider terminals are connected to each other by a communication network,
wherein said computer system finds a moving speed of a mobile information terminal from location information accumulated in the past, and predicts the mobile information terminal'"'"'s moving destination, moving direction, and an expected time of arrival of said mobile information terminal at the moving destination by inferring said mobile-information terminal'"'"'s location displacements along a time series on the basis of information on the moving speed and locations of said mobile information terminal including a pre-registered information category whose information distribution service, distribution and notification are desired, and on the basis of an inference formula provided in advance with said mobile information terminal'"'"'s moving direction and location; -
said computer system determines an information-provider terminal predicted to exist at said predicted moving destination of said mobile information terminal on the basis of locations of information-provider terminals pre-recording plans to distribute information as a notification, and determines distributed and reported information corresponding to an information category registered in advance by said mobile information terminal among pieces of information to be provided by said selected information-provider terminal on the basis of the expected time of rival of said mobile information terminal at the moving destination, and distributes and reports said distributed and reported information among pieces of information to be provided by said selected information-provider terminal to said mobile information terminal; said mobile information terminal responds to said distributed and reported information by said computer system; and said computer system notifies said selected information-provider terminal of response information to said distributed and reported information from said mobile information terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13)
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6. An information distribution service system comprising a plurality of mobile information terminals, a computer system and a plurality of information-provider terminals wherein said mobile information terminals, said computer system and said information-provider terminals are connected to each other by a communication network, wherein
said computer system predicts a mobile information terminal'"'"'s moving destination and moving direction by infering said mobile-information terminal'"'"'s location displacements along a time series on the basis of information on locations of said mobile information terminal including a pre-registered information category whose information distribution service, distribution and notification are desired, and on the basis of an inference formula provided in advance with said mobile information terminal'"'"'s moving direction and location, said computer system determines an information-provider terminal predicted to exist at said predicted moving destination of said mobile information terminal on the basis of locations of information-provider terminals pre-recording plans to distribute information as a notification, and determines distributed and reported information corresponding to an information category registered in advance by said mobile information terminal among pieces of information to be provided by said selected information-provider terminal, and if it is impossible to determine an inference formula for predicting said mobile information terminal'"'"'s moving direction and location from location displacements of said mobile information terminal with each geographical position used as an origin on the basis of map information, said computer system finds an inference formula for predicting said mobile information terminal'"'"'s most recent moving destination and most recent moving direction each time most recent information on a location of said mobile information terminal is obtained.
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9. An information distribution service system comprising a plurality of mobile information terminals, a computer system and a plurality of information-provider terminals wherein said mobile information terminals, said computer system and said information-provider terminals are connected to each other by a communication network, wherein
said computer system predicts a mobile information terminal'"'"'s moving destination and moving direction by inferring said mobile-information terminal'"'"'s location displacements along a time series on the basis of information on locations of said mobile information terminal including a pre-registered information category whose information distribution service, distribution and notification are desired, and on the basis of an inference formula provided in advance with said mobile information terminal'"'"'s moving direction and location, said computer system determines an information-provider terminal predicted to exist at said predicted moving destination of said mobile information terminal on the basis of locations of information-provider terminals pre-recording plans to distribute information as a notification, and determines distributed and reported information corresponding to an information category registered in advance by said mobile information terminal among pieces of information to be provided by said selected information-provider terminal, and said computor system executes the steps of: -
informing a mobile-communication operator of information on a mobile information terminal moving to a location at a place in an area at and/or in said mobile information terminal'"'"'s moving destination and/or moving direction predicted on the basis of an inference formula defined from information on locations of said mobile information terminal; finding a moving speed of said mobile information terminal from location information accumulated in the past; informing an information-provider terminal inferred to be a terminal located at said mobile information terminal'"'"'s moving destination of an expected time of arrival of said mobile information terminal at said moving destination where said expected time of arrival is a time predicted by using an inference formula based on a present location of said mobile information terminal; determining moving means, on which a user of said mobile information terminal is riding, from a combination of said mobile information terminal'"'"'s moving speed and displacements in location information; and informing said mobile-information terminal of operational information obtained from an enterprise managing operations of said moving means.
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12. An information distribution service system comprising a plurality of mobile information terminals, a computer system and a plurality of information-provider terminals wherein said mobile information terminals, said computer system and said information-provider terminals are connected to each other by a communication network, wherein
said computer system predicts mobile information terminal'"'"'s moving destination and moving direction by inferring said mobile-information terminal'"'"'s location displacements along a time series on the basis of information on locations of said mobile information terminal including a pre-registered information category whose information distribution service, distribution and notification are desired, and on the basis of an inference formula provided in advance with said mobile information terminal'"'"'s moving direction and location, said computer system determines an information-provider terminal predicted to exist at said predicted moving destination of said mobile information terminal on the basis of locations of information-provider terminals pre-recording plans to distribute information as a notification, and determines distributed and reported information corresponding to an information category registered in advance by said mobile information terminal among pieces of information to be provided by said selected information-provider terminal, and said computer system carries out a statistical analysis to improve a priority order of distributed notifications, contents of information and inference precision on the basis of a response by said mobile information terminal, attributes and category information, which have been registered by the user, and contents of a notification distributed by said information-provider terminal.
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