Service providing device and service providing method
First Claim
1. A service providing device connectable to a terminal device via a communication network that provides a service including at least information distribution to a customer using the terminal device, said service providing device comprising:
- an information holding unit operable to acquire from the terminal device customer-specific information including location information indicating a location of a website owned by the customer, and hold the customer-specific information;
a deriving unit operable to derive an orientation area of the customer based on the customer-specific information;
a description extracting unit operable to access the website available at the location indicated by the location information and extract, from the website, an orientation area description associated with the orientation area derived by said deriving unit;
a dictionary information holding unit operable to hold dictionary information which stores a plurality of orientation areas and keywords, each keyword held in said dictionary information holding unit being associated with at least one of the orientation areas held in said dictionary information holding unit; and
a keyword extracting unit operable to search the dictionary information held by said dictionary information holding unit for at least one keyword associated with the orientation area derived by said deriving unit, and extract the keyword,wherein said description extracting unit extracts the orientation area description by searching the website for the extracted keyword, and extracting the orientation area description including the extracted keyword.
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Abstract
A member information unit, a service history unit and a log information unit for acquiring information from a company'"'"'s member terminal hold respectively member information including a URL indicating the location of the company'"'"'s own website, questionnaire information and log information. A predicting unit derives an area of the company'"'"'s purchase orientation based on the member information, the questionnaire information and the log information. A searching unit accesses the company'"'"'s own website based on the URL to extract orientation area descriptions belonging to the area of the company'"'"'s orientation derived by the predicting unit. An analysis instructing terminal displays the extracted orientation area descriptions.
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19 Claims
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1. A service providing device connectable to a terminal device via a communication network that provides a service including at least information distribution to a customer using the terminal device, said service providing device comprising:
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an information holding unit operable to acquire from the terminal device customer-specific information including location information indicating a location of a website owned by the customer, and hold the customer-specific information; a deriving unit operable to derive an orientation area of the customer based on the customer-specific information; a description extracting unit operable to access the website available at the location indicated by the location information and extract, from the website, an orientation area description associated with the orientation area derived by said deriving unit; a dictionary information holding unit operable to hold dictionary information which stores a plurality of orientation areas and keywords, each keyword held in said dictionary information holding unit being associated with at least one of the orientation areas held in said dictionary information holding unit; and a keyword extracting unit operable to search the dictionary information held by said dictionary information holding unit for at least one keyword associated with the orientation area derived by said deriving unit, and extract the keyword, wherein said description extracting unit extracts the orientation area description by searching the website for the extracted keyword, and extracting the orientation area description including the extracted keyword. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A service providing method, executed by a service providing device that is connectable to a terminal device via a communication network, for providing a service including at least information distribution to a customer using the terminal device, said service providing method comprising:
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acquiring from the terminal device customer-specific information including location information indicating a location of a webs ite owned by the customer, and holding the customer-specific information; deriving an orientation area of the customer based on the customer-specific information; extracting a keyword by searching dictionary information held in a dictionary information holding unit for at least one keyword associated with the derived orientation area, the dictionary information holding unit being operable to hold dictionary information including a plurality of orientation areas and keywords, each keyword held in the dictionary information holding unit being associated with at least one of the orientation areas held in the dictionary information holding unit; and accessing the website available at the location indicated by the location information and extracting, from the website, an orientation area description associated with the derived orientation area, wherein said extracting of the orientation area description includes searching the website for the extracted keyword and extracting the orientation area description including the extracted keyword. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. The program recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, said program for causing a service providing device connectable to a terminal device via a communication network to execute a service providing method for providing a service including at least information distribution to a customer using the terminal device, said program in combination with the medium comprising:
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program code operable to acquire, from the terminal device, customer-specific information including location information indicating a location of a website owned by the customer, and holding the customer-specific information; program code operable to derive an orientation area of the customer based on the customer-specific information; program code operable to hold dictionary information including a plurality of orientation areas and keywords, each held keyword being associated with at least one of the held orientation areas; program code operable to extract a keyword by searching the held dictionary information for at least one keyword associated with the derived orientation area; and program code operable to access the website available at the location indicated by the location information and extract, from the website, an orientation area description associated with the derived orientation area, wherein said program code operable to extract the orientation area description includes program code for searching the website for the extracted keyword and extracting the orientation area description including the extracted keyword. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A service providing device connectable to a terminal device via a communication network that provides a service including at least information distribution to a customer using the terminal device, said service providing device comprising:
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an information holding unit operable to acquire from the terminal device customer-specific information including Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) indicating a location of a website owned by the customer, and hold the customer-specific information; a deriving unit operable to derive an orientation area of the customer based on the customer-specific information; a description extracting unit operable to access the website owned by the customer available at the URLs included in the customer-specific information and extract, from the website, an orientation area description associated with the orientation area derived by said deriving unit; a dictionary information holding unit operable to hold dictionary information which stores a plurality of orientation areas and keywords, each keyword held in said dictionary information holding unit being associated with at least one of the orientation areas held in said dictionary information holding unit; and a keyword extracting unit operable to search the dictionary information held by said dictionary information holding unit for at least one keyword associated with the orientation area derived by said deriving unit, and extract the keyword, wherein said description extracting unit extracts the orientation area description by searching the website owned by the customer for the extracted keyword, and extracting the orientation area description including the extracted keyword from the website.
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18. A service providing method, executed by a service providing device that is connectable to a terminal device via a communication network, for providing a service including at least information distribution to a customer using the terminal device, said service providing method comprising:
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acquiring from the terminal device customer-specific information including Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) indicating a location of a website owned by the customer, and holding the customer-specific information; deriving an orientation area of the customer based on the customer-specific information; extracting a keyword by searching dictionary information held in a dictionary information holding unit for at least one keyword associated with the derived orientation area, the dictionary information holding unit being operable to hold dictionary information including a plurality of orientation areas and keywords, each keyword held in the dictionary information holding unit being associated with at least one of the orientation areas held in the dictionary information holding unit; and accessing the website owned by the customer available at the URLs included in the customer-specific information and extracting, from the website, an orientation area description associated with the derived orientation area, wherein said extracting of the orientation area description includes searching the website owned by the customer for the extracted keyword and extracting the orientation area description including the extracted keyword from the website.
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19. The program recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, said program for causing a service providing device connectable to a terminal device via a communication network to execute a service providing method for providing a service including at least information distribution to a customer using the terminal device, said program in combination with the medium comprising:
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program code operable to acquire, from the terminal device, customer-specific information including Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) indicating a location of a website owned by the customer, and holding the customer-specific information; program code operable to derive an orientation area of the customer based on the customer-specific information; program code operable to hold dictionary information including a plurality of orientation areas and keywords, each held keyword being associated with at least one of the held orientation areas; program code operable to extract a keyword by searching the held dictionary information for at least one keyword associated with the derived orientation area; and program code operable to access the website owned by the customer available at the URLs included in the customer-specific information and extract, from the website, an orientation area description associated with the derived orientation area, wherein said program code operable to extract the orientation area description includes program code for searching the website owned by the customer for the extracted keyword and extracting the orientation area description including the extracted keyword from the website.
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