Information providing system, information providing method, and computer program

• US 7,440,822 B2
• Filed: 01/22/2004
• Issued: 10/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Yoshida, Jun, Koike, Yoichiro, Sasagawa, Ken, Takikawa, Yoshinaga
• Primary Examiner(s): Beaulieu; Yonel
• Application Number:
  US10/762,745
• Publication Number:
  US 20040215727A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,734 Days
• Field of Search: 701/1, 709/206
• US Class Current: 701/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail

Abstract

A mail address of an automobile is obtained. The automobile is anthropomorphized as a friend of a driver by an AI function. The anthropomorphized automobile transmits a mail to the driver. Various types of information are automatically collected during driving of the automobile. With the collected information, a drive diary is generated. The drive diary is processed on a Web. An original homepage is generated with the processed drive diary. There is provided an service in which the automobile and a home, office or the like of the driver is connected through the homepage for user'"'"'s enjoyment.

Claims

1. An information providing system, comprising:

means for obtaining vehicle information about a vehicle and driving information about driving by a driver of the vehicle from the vehicle;

an information generating database for storing template information and an information generating rule;

an operation means for generating output information based on the vehicle information, the driving information, the template information, and the information generating rule; and

an output means for outputting the output information.

2. A text information providing system, comprising:

means for obtaining vehicle information about a vehicle and driving information about driving by a driver of the vehicle from the vehicle;

an information generating database for storing template information and a text information generating rule;

an operation means for generating text information based on the vehicle information, the driving information, the template information, and the text information generating rule; and

an electronic mail transmitting means for transmitting an electronic mail comprising the text information to a mail address through a network,

wherein the mail address corresponds to a user.

3. The text information providing system according to claim 2, further comprising:

an input means for inputting the mail address; and

a mail address storage memory for storing the mail address,

wherein the operation means generates the text information at a predetermined time.

4. The text information providing system according to claim 2, further comprising:

means for inputting user attribute information;

a user attribute information storing memory for storing the user attribute information; and

a read out means for reading out the user attribute information from the user attribute information storing memory,

wherein the operation means generates the text information further based on the user attribute information at a predetermined time.

5. The text information providing system according to claim 2, further comprising:

means for inputting a current news keyword;

a current news keyword storing memory for storing the current news keyword;

a read out means for reading out the current news keyword from the current news keyword storing memory; and

means for obtaining current news information, at a first predetermined time, based on the current news keyword,

wherein the operation means generates the text information further based on the current news information at a second predetermined time.

6. The text information providing system according to claim 2, further comprising:

means for receiving current position information from a position system of the vehicle;

a storing memory for storing the current position information; and

a read out means for reading out position information from the storing memory,

wherein the operation means generates the text information further based on the position information.

7. The text information providing system according to claim 2, further comprising:

means for receiving current position information from a position system of the vehicle;

a first storing memory for storing the current position information;

means for inputting predetermined position information;

a second storing memory for storing the predetermined position information; and

read out means for reading out position information from the first storing memory and reading out the predetermined position information from the second storing memory,

wherein the operation means generates the text information further based on the position information and the predetermined position information.

8. An information providing system, comprising:

means for obtaining vehicle information about a vehicle and driving information about driving by a driver of the vehicle from the vehicle;

an information generating database for storing template information and a text information generating rule;

an operation means for generating text information based on the vehicle information, the driving information, the template information, and the text information generating rule; and

a publishing means for publishing the text information at a predetermined address on an information retrieval space through a network.

9. The text information providing system according to claim 8, further comprising:

means for receiving current position information from a position system of the vehicle;

a storing memory for storing the current position information; and

a read out means for reading out position information from the storing memory,

wherein the operation means generates the text information further based on the position information.

10. The text information providing system according to claim 8, further comprising:

means for receiving current position information from a position system of the vehicle;

a first storing memory for storing the current position information;

means for inputting predetermined position information;

a second storing memory for storing the predetermined position information; and

a read out means for reading out position information from the first storing memory and reading out the predetermined position information from the second storing memory,

wherein the operation means generates the text information further based on the position information and the predetermined position information.

11. The text information providing system according to claim 8, further comprising:

a text and picture information generating database for storing a text and picture information generating rule;

means for capturing a picture at a predetermined time; and

a storing memory for storing the picture,

wherein the operation means generates a homepage picture based on the picture information and the text and picture information generating rule, and

the publishing means publishes the homepage picture at the predetermined address on the information retrieval space.

12. An information providing method comprising:

obtaining vehicle information about a vehicle and driving information about driving by a driver of the vehicle from the vehicle;

retrieving template information and an information generating rule from an information generating database;

generating output information based on the vehicle information, the driving information, the template information, and the information generating rule; and

outputting the output information.

13. A text information providing method comprising:

obtaining vehicle information about a vehicle and driving information about driving by a driver of the vehicle from the vehicle;

retrieving template information and a text information generating rule from an information generating database generating text information based on the vehicle information, the driving information, the template information, and the text information generating rule; and

transmitting an electronic mail comprising the text information to a mail address through a network,

wherein the mail address is predetermined to correspond to a user.

14. The text information providing method according to claim 13, further comprising:

inputting user attribute information;

storing the user attribute information in a storage memory; and

reading out the user attribute information from the storage memory,

wherein the text information is generated further based on the user attribute information.

15. The text information providing method according to claim 13, further comprising:

inputting a current news keyword;

storing the current news keyword in a keyword storage memory;

reading out the current news keyword from the keyword storage memory; and

obtaining current news information, at a predetermined time, based on the current news keyword,

wherein the text information is generated further based on the current news information.

16. The text information providing method according to claim 13, further comprising:

receiving current position information from a position system of the vehicle at a predetermined time;

storing the current position information in a storage memory; and

reading out position information from the storage memory,

wherein the text information is generated further based on the position information.

17. An information providing method comprising:

obtaining vehicle information about a vehicle and driving information about driving by a driver of the vehicle from the vehicle;

retrieving template information and a text information generating rule from an information generating database;

generating text information based on the vehicle information, the driving information, the template information, and the text information generating rule; and

publishing the text information at a predetermined address on the information retrieval space through a network.

18. The text information providing method according to claim 17, further comprising:

storing a text and picture information generating rule in a text and picture information generating database;

capturing a picture at a predetermined time; and

storing the picture in a storage memory;

generating a homepage picture based on the picture, the vehicle information, the driving information, the template information, and the text and picture information generating rule; and

publishing the homepage picture at the predetermined address on the information retrieval space.

19. A computer readable media storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method for providing information to a user, the method comprising:

obtaining vehicle information about a vehicle and driving information about driving by a driver of the vehicle from the vehicle;

retrieving template information and an information generating rule from an information generating database;

generating output information based on the vehicle information, the driving information, the template information, and the information generating rule; and

outputting the output information.

20. A computer readable media storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method for providing information to a user, the method comprising:

obtaining vehicle information about a vehicle and driving information about driving by a driver of the vehicle from the vehicle;

retrieving template information and a text information generating rule from an information generating database;

generating text information based on the vehicle information, the driving information, the template information, and the text information generating rule; and

transmitting an electronic mail comprising the text information to a mail address through a network,

wherein the mail address is predetermined to correspond to a user.

21. The computer readable media according to claim 20, wherein the method further comprises:

inputting user attribute information;

storing the user attribute information in a storage memory; and

reading out the user attribute information from the storage memory,

wherein the text information is generated further based on the user attribute information.

22. The computer readable media according to claim 20, wherein the method further comprises:

inputting a current news keyword;

storing the current news keyword in a keyword storage memory;

reading out the current news keyword from the keyword storage memory; and

obtaining current news information, at a predetermined time, based on the current news keyword,

wherein the text information is generated further based on the current news information.

23. The computer readable media according to claim 20, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving current position information from a position system of the vehicle at a predetermined time;

storing the current position information in a storage memory; and

reading out position information from the storage memory,

wherein the text information is generated further based on the position information.

24. A computer readable media storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method for providing information to a user, wherein the method comprises:

obtaining vehicle information about a vehicle and driving information about driving by a driver of the vehicle from the vehicle;

retrieving template information and a text information generating rule from an information generating database;

generating text information based on the vehicle information, the driving information, the template information, and the text information generating rule; and

publishing the text information at a predetermined address on the information retrieval space through a network.

25. The computer readable media according to claim 24, wherein the method further comprises:

storing a text and picture information generating rule in a text and picture information generating database;

capturing a picture at a predetermined time; and

storing the picture in a storage memory;

generating a homepage picture based on the picture, the vehicle information, the driving information, the template information, and the text and picture information generating rule; and

publishing the homepage picture at the predetermined address on the information retrieval space.