Information distribution system, service-providing method for an information distribution system, and a program for the same
First Claim
1. An information distribution system that distributes information acquired from a transmitter to a receiver, comprising:
- a storage unit that stores a plurality of output style sheets, which are information conversion rules including conditional expressions related to information distribution;
an output data acquisition unit that acquires output data from the transmitter;
a receiver information acquisition unit that acquires receiver information from the transmitter specifying an address of the receiver to which the output data is distributed and specifying the output style sheet corresponding to said receiver;
a condition evaluation unit that determines whether or not the output data satisfies the conditional expression contained in the output style sheet specified by the receiver information; and
a distribution unit that distributes converted output data, which is the output data converted based on the output style sheet, to the address specified by the receiver information when the output data satisfies the conditional expression, whereinthe distribution unit does not distribute the converted output data to the address specified by the receiver information when the output data does not satisfy the conditional expression,the receiver information acquisition unit acquires a plurality of receiver information objects; and
the plural receiver information objects specify output style sheets each including different expressions based on a hierarchical structure indicating and order of priority among the plural receiver information objects.
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Abstract
An information distribution system reduces the effort required to change an application in conjunction with changes in process content and changes in the receiver type or specifications while also accommodating broadcast processes. A style sheet database stores a plurality of output style sheets, which are information conversion rules including conditional expressions related to information distribution. An integrated device control service acquires output data and receiver information specifying the address of the receiver and the output style sheet corresponding to said receiver. When the output data satisfies the conditional expression contained in the output style sheet, the integrated device control service distributes converted output data, which is the output data converted based on the output style sheet, to the address of the receiver.
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15 Claims
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1. An information distribution system that distributes information acquired from a transmitter to a receiver, comprising:
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a storage unit that stores a plurality of output style sheets, which are information conversion rules including conditional expressions related to information distribution; an output data acquisition unit that acquires output data from the transmitter; a receiver information acquisition unit that acquires receiver information from the transmitter specifying an address of the receiver to which the output data is distributed and specifying the output style sheet corresponding to said receiver; a condition evaluation unit that determines whether or not the output data satisfies the conditional expression contained in the output style sheet specified by the receiver information; and a distribution unit that distributes converted output data, which is the output data converted based on the output style sheet, to the address specified by the receiver information when the output data satisfies the conditional expression, wherein the distribution unit does not distribute the converted output data to the address specified by the receiver information when the output data does not satisfy the conditional expression, the receiver information acquisition unit acquires a plurality of receiver information objects; and the plural receiver information objects specify output style sheets each including different expressions based on a hierarchical structure indicating and order of priority among the plural receiver information objects. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A service-providing method for an information distribution system that manages a database storing a plurality of output style sheets, which are information conversion rules including conditional expressions related to information distribution, and distributes information acquired from a transmitter to a receiver, the service-providing method comprising as steps that are executed by the information distribution system steps of:
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acquiring output data from the transmitter; acquiring receiver information from the transmitter specifying an address of the receiver to which the output data is distributed and specifying the output style sheet corresponding to said receiver; acquiring a plurality of receiver information objects; determining whether or not the output data satisfies the conditional expression contained in the output style sheet specified by the receiver information; and distributing converted output data, which is the output data converted based on the output style sheet, to the address specified by the receiver information when the output data satisfies the conditional expression, wherein the converted output data is not distributed to the address specified by the receiver information when the output data does not satisfy the conditional expression, and the plural receiver information objects specify output style sheets each including different expressions based on a hierarchical structure indicating an order of priority among the different expressions. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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