Information transmitting apparatus, terminal apparatus and method thereof
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1. An information transmission apparatus, comprising:
- reception means for receiving a plurality of taste information that represent respective tastes of a plurality of users from a plurality of terminal apparatuses of the plurality of users;
storage means for storing the received plurality of taste information and group information in association with the plurality of users;
search means for receiving, from a first user, an introduction request including search key information that is a subset of taste information of the first user, the search key information being selected by the first user concurrently with generating the introduction request, and searching for a second user associated with taste information having a resemblance to the search key information from the plurality of taste information stored in association with the plurality of users in the storage means;
retrieval means for retrieving at least taste information or group information associated with the second user for introduction to the first user, the retrieved taste information or group information not being associated with the first user; and
transmission means for transmitting the retrieved taste information or group information associated with the second user to a terminal apparatus corresponding to the first user,wherein the plurality of taste information includes page titles for music information pages and corresponding uniform resource locators (URLs) for the music information pages, the music information pages being selected by each of the plurality of users, andwherein an overlap between the taste information of the first user and each of the plurality of taste information is determined and each of the plurality of taste information is displayed ordered in accordance with the determined overlap.
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Abstract
A portal server 4 determines that a user C, . . . whose taste information INCc, . . . include URLs corresponding to all the music information pages that a user A is interested in are persons each having a similar taste to the user A and introduces, to the user A, the “Japanese nursery rhymes group”, . . . that the user C, . . . belong to. As a result, the user A can receive introduction of a group that is likely to match his or her taste simply by requesting the introduction of a group that matches his or her taste.
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1. An information transmission apparatus, comprising:
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reception means for receiving a plurality of taste information that represent respective tastes of a plurality of users from a plurality of terminal apparatuses of the plurality of users; storage means for storing the received plurality of taste information and group information in association with the plurality of users; search means for receiving, from a first user, an introduction request including search key information that is a subset of taste information of the first user, the search key information being selected by the first user concurrently with generating the introduction request, and searching for a second user associated with taste information having a resemblance to the search key information from the plurality of taste information stored in association with the plurality of users in the storage means; retrieval means for retrieving at least taste information or group information associated with the second user for introduction to the first user, the retrieved taste information or group information not being associated with the first user; and transmission means for transmitting the retrieved taste information or group information associated with the second user to a terminal apparatus corresponding to the first user, wherein the plurality of taste information includes page titles for music information pages and corresponding uniform resource locators (URLs) for the music information pages, the music information pages being selected by each of the plurality of users, and wherein an overlap between the taste information of the first user and each of the plurality of taste information is determined and each of the plurality of taste information is displayed ordered in accordance with the determined overlap. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An information transmission method of an information transmission apparatus, comprising:
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receiving a plurality of taste information that represent respective tastes of a plurality of users from a plurality of terminal apparatuses of the plurality of users; storing, in a predetermined storage unit, the received plurality of taste information and group information in association with the plurality of users; receiving, by the information transmission apparatus, an introduction request, from a first user, the introduction request including search key information that is a subset of taste information of the first user, the search key information being selected by the first user concurrently with generating the introduction request; searching, by the information transmission apparatus, for a second user associated with taste information having a resemblance to the search key information from the plurality of taste information stored in association with the plurality of users in the predetermined storage unit; retrieving taste information or group information associated with the second user for introduction to the first user, the retrieved taste information or group information not being associated with the first user; transmitting, by the information transmission apparatus, at least the retrieved taste information or group information associated with the second user to a terminal apparatus corresponding to the first user; determining an overlap between the taste information of the first user and each of the plurality of taste information; and displaying each of the plurality of taste information ordered in accordance with the determined overlap, wherein the plurality of taste information includes page titles for music information pages and corresponding uniform resource locators (URLs) for the music information pages, the music information pages being selected by each of the plurality of users. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An information transmission apparatus, comprising:
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a reception unit configured to receive a plurality of taste information that represent respective tastes of a plurality of users from a plurality of terminal apparatuses of the plurality of users; a storage unit configured to store the received plurality of taste information and group information in association with the plurality of users; a search unit configured to receive, from a first user, an introduction request including search key information that is a subset of taste information of the first user, the search key information being selected by the first user concurrently with generating the introduction request, and to search for a second user associated with taste information having a resemblance to the search key information from the plurality of taste information stored in association with the plurality of users in the storage unit; a retrieval unit configured to retrieve at least taste information or group information associated with the second user for introduction to the first user, the retrieved taste information or group information not being associated with the first user; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the retrieved taste information or group information associated with the second user to a terminal apparatus corresponding to the first user, wherein the plurality of taste information includes page titles for music information pages and corresponding uniform resource locators (URLs) for the music information pages, the music information pages being selected by each of the plurality of users, and wherein an overlap between the taste information of the first user and each of the plurality of taste information is determined and each of the plurality of taste information is displayed ordered in accordance with the determined overlap. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21)
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18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having embedded therein instructions, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method, comprising:
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receiving a plurality of taste information that represent respective tastes of a plurality of users from a plurality of terminal apparatuses of the plurality of users; storing the received plurality of taste information and group information in association with the plurality of users; receiving, from a first user, an introduction request including search key information that is a subset of taste information of the first user, the search key information being selected by the first user concurrently with generating the introduction request; searching for a second user associated with taste information having a resemblance to the search key information from the plurality of taste information stored in association with the plurality of users in the storing step; retrieving at least taste information or group information associated with the second user for introduction to the first user, the retrieved taste information or group information not being associated with the first user; transmitting the retrieved taste information or group information to a terminal apparatus corresponding to the first user; determining an overlap between the taste information of the first user and each of the plurality of taste information; and displaying each of the plurality of taste information ordered in accordance with the determined overlap, wherein the plurality of taste information includes page titles for music information pages and corresponding uniform resource locators (URLs) for the music information pages, the music information pages being selected by each of the plurality of users. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. An information transmission apparatus, comprising:
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reception means for receiving a plurality of taste information that represent respective tastes of a plurality of users from a plurality of terminal apparatuses of the plurality of users; storage means for storing the received plurality of taste information and group information in association with the plurality of users; search means for receiving, from a first user, an introduction request including search key information that is a subset of taste information of the first user, the search key information being selected by the first user concurrently with generating the introduction request, and searching for a second user associated with taste information having a resemblance to the search key information from the plurality of taste information stored in association with the plurality of users in the storage means; and transmission means for transmitting at least taste information or group information associated with the second user, for introduction to the first user, to a terminal apparatus corresponding to the first user, when the reception means receives the search key information from one of the plurality of users, wherein the transmitted taste information or group information is not associated with the first user, the plurality of taste information includes page titles for music information pages and corresponding uniform resource locators (URLs) for the music information pages, the music information pages being selected by each of the plurality of users, and an overlap between the taste information of the first user and each of the plurality of taste information is determined and each of the plurality of taste information is displayed ordered in accordance with the determined overlap.
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