Information-presenting apparatus, information-presenting method, information-processing apparatus, information-processing method and program-storing medium

• US 7,424,518 B2
• Filed: 08/18/2005
• Issued: 09/09/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Go, Naomi
• Primary Examiner(s): Lin; Kenny S
• Application Number:
  US11/206,042
• Publication Number:
  US 20060015412A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,118 Days
• Field of Search: 709/207, 709/238, 705/26
• US Class Current: 709/207
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2542 for selling goods, e.g. TV shopping payment schemes, payment architectures or payment protocols for electronic shopping systems G06Q20/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25891 being end-user preferences retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4756 for rating content, e.g. scoring a recommended movie

Abstract

Disclosed is an information-presenting apparatus includes a first holding means for holding a first information transmission destination and a second information transmission destination; a second holding means for holding a criterion for selecting either the first information transmission destination or the second information transmission destination; a selection means for selecting either the first information transmission destination or the second information transmission destination on the basis of the criterion held in the second holding means; and a transmission control means for controlling transmission of information to either the first information transmission destination or the second information transmission destination selected by the selection means.

Claims

1. An information-processing apparatus comprising:

an interface configured to receive information identifying a destination to which user-specific data is transferred from the information providing apparatus via a network;

the interface further configured to receive information corresponding to a user'"'"'s personal preferences used to determine the user-specific data transferred from the information providing apparatus, the user'"'"'s personal preference including first favorite-commodity information indicating a degree of favoritism for one or more of commodities of a first category and second favorite-commodity information indicating a degree of favoritism for one or more of commodities of a corresponding sub-category of each of said one or more commodities of said first category; and

a storage unit configured to store the received information corresponding to the destination and personal preferences at the information providing apparatus,

wherein the interface receives location information of an information processing apparatus, and transfers data to the information processing apparatus based on the user'"'"'s personal preferences and the location information processing apparatus.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the user'"'"'s preferences further include at least one notification method by which the data included in the category is transferred to the destination.

3. An information providing method comprising the steps of:

receiving information identifying a destination to which user-specific data is transferred from an information providing apparatus;

receiving information corresponding to a user'"'"'s personal preferences used to determine the user-specific data transferred from the information providing apparatus, the user'"'"'s personal preferences including first favorite-commodity information indicating a degree of favoritism for one or more of commodities of a first category and second favorite-commodity information indicating a degree of favoritism for one or more of commodities of a corresponding sub-category of each of said one or more commodities of said first category;

storing the received information corresponding to the destination and personal preferences at the information providing apparatus; and

receiving location information of an information processing apparatus and transferring data to the information processing apparatus based on the user'"'"'s personal preferences and the location information to the information processing apparatus.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the user'"'"'s preferences further include at least one notification method by which the data included in the category is transferred to the destination.

5. A computer program product comprising a computer storage medium storing a computer program code mechanism, which when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform a method of information providing, comprising:

receiving information identifying a destination to which user-specific data is transferred from an information providing apparatus;

receiving information corresponding to a user'"'"'s personal preferences used to determine the user-specific data transferred from the information providing apparatus, the user'"'"'s personal preferences including first favorite-commodity information indicating a degree of favoritism for one or more of commodities of a first category and second favorite-commodity information indicating a degree of favoritism for one or more of commodities of a corresponding sub-category of each of said one or more commodities of said first category;

storing the received information corresponding to the destination and personal preferences at the information providing apparatus; and

receiving location information of an information processing apparatus and transferring data to the information processing apparatus based on the user'"'"'s personal preferences and the location information to the information processing apparatus.

6. The computer program product of claim 5, wherein the user'"'"'s preferences further include at least one notification method by which the data included in the category is transferred to the destination.