Information collection program, information collection apparatus, and information collection method

• US 8,666,797 B2
• Filed: 03/26/2009
• Issued: 03/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Yoshioka, Takashi
• Primary Examiner(s): Sterrett, Jonathan G
• Assistant Examiner(s): Swartz, Stephen S
• Application Number:
  US12/411,596
• Publication Number:
  US 20090182603A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,804 Days
• Field of Search: 705/7.12, 705/7.25, 705/7.29, 705/26.1, 707/748
• US Class Current: 705/7.29
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0203 Market surveys; Market polls
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0207 Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates

Abstract

It is an object to provide a mechanism that can efficiently collect and accumulate unspecified large number of information as much as possible for marketing activities and that can make use of the information. An information collection program includes: an information receiving step that receives information provided from an information provider; an information collecting/managing step that manages the received information in association with the information provider; an information analyzing step that analyzes the managed information; an analysis information managing step that manages the analyzed information; a feedback information receiving step that receives evaluation based on a result of utilizing the analyzed information as feedback information; and an evaluating step that gives an evaluation point to the information provider or the provided information based on the received feedback information.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon an information collection program for causing a computer that includes an information provider management table, a collected information management table and an analysis information management table, to execute a process comprising:

receiving information provided from an information provider recorded in the information provider management table;

managing the information received in the receiving in association with the information provider after recording the received information with an information code and a weighting point assigned to the received information into the collected information management table, the weighting point indicating a per-analysis weighting value;

receiving an information analysis request requesting an analysis of the information managed by the managing from a service provider;

analyzing the information managed in the managing based on the information analysis request so as to generate an analysis result and to update the weighting point;

managing the information analyzed in the analyzing in association with the service provider, by recording the analysis result with an analysis code in association with the information code and an information provider code of the information provider who provides the information into the analysis information management table, so as to transmit the analyzed information to the service provider and to determine whether or not to transmit the analyzed information to another service provider according to a rule when a similar request is made from the another service provider, the rule defining whether or not the analyzed information is allowed to be provide to another service provider except the service provider;

receiving evaluation based on a result of utilizing the analyzed information as feedback information from the service provider; and

giving an evaluation point to the information provider or the provided information based on the feedback information received in the receiving evaluation, wherein

the managing the information analyzed calculates a rating of accuracy based on the weighting point and the evaluation and transmits the analyzed information with the rating of accuracy to the service provider; and

wherein the managing the information analyzed in the analyzing manages the provided information by linking the analysis code corresponding to the classification of the provided information, a classification name, the information provider code, the information code corresponding to the provided information of the information provider, and the analysis result to each other, by using the analysis information management table.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 1, wherein

each of the managing the information received in the receiving and the managing the information analyzed in the analyzing, includes:

adding falsification detection information to the provided information and analysis information managed therein for preventing a falsification; and

encrypting the provided information and analysis information managed therein for preventing an intercept.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 1, wherein the process further comprises

managing the personal information of the information provider by recording the personal information into the information provider management table, and

the personal information managed in the managing the personal information includes evaluation information of the information provider which is based on the feedback information.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 1, wherein

the analyzing increases the weighting point when the provided information is used for analysis performed in the analyzing.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 1, wherein the process further comprises adding, when transmitting information analyzed in the analyzing to the service provider, predetermined certification information for certifying the publisher of the analysis information.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 5, wherein

the certification information includes a digital signature and a time stamp attached to the digital signature.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 5, wherein

the receiving evaluation receives feedback information which has been added to the analysis information including the certification information transmitted in the adding together with a digital signature and a time stamp added to the feedback information by the service provider.

8. An information collection apparatus for collecting information, comprising:

a memory including an information provider management table, a collected information management table and an analysis information management table; and

a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is programmed to execute a process comprising;

receiving information provided from an information provider recorded in the information provider management table;

managing the information received in the receiving in association with the information provider after recording the received information with an information code and a weighting point assigned to the received information into the collected information management table, the weighting point indicating a per-analysis weighting value;

receiving an information analysis request requesting an analysis of the information managed by the managing from a service provider;

analyzing the information managed in the managing based on the information analysis request so as to generate an analysis result and to update the weighting point;

managing the information analyzed in the analyzing in association with the service provider, by recording the analysis result with an analysis code in association with the information code and an information provider code of the information provider who provides the information into the analysis information management table, so as to transmit the analyzed information to the service provider and to determine whether or not to transmit the analyzed information to another service provider according to a rule when a similar request is made from the another service provider, the rule defining whether or not the analyzed information is allowed to be provide to another service provider except the service provider;

receiving evaluation based on a result of utilizing the analyzed information as feedback information from the service provider; and

giving an evaluation point to the information provider or the provided information based on the feedback information received in the receiving evaluation, wherein

the managing the information analyzed calculates a rating of accuracy based on the weighting point and the evaluation and transmits the analyzed information with the rating of accuracy to the service provider, and

wherein the managing the information analysis in the analyzing manages the provided information by linking the analysis code corresponding to the classification of the provided information, a classification name, the information provider code, the information code corresponding to the provided information of the information provider, and the analysis result to each other, by using the analysis information management table.

9. The information collection apparatus according to claim 8, wherein

each of the managing the information received in the receiving and the managing the information analyzed in the analyzing, includes:

adding falsification detection information to the provided information and analysis information managed therein for preventing a falsification; and

encrypting the provided information and analysis information managed therein for preventing an intercept.

10. The information collection apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the process further comprises

managing the personal information of the information provider by recording the personal information into the information provider management table, and

the personal information managed in the managing the personal information includes evaluation information of the information provider which is based on the feedback information.

11. The information collection apparatus according to claim 8, wherein

the analyzing increases the weighting point when the provided information is used for analysis performed by the analyzing.

12. The information collection apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the process further comprises adding, when transmitting information analyzed in the analyzing to the service provider, predetermined certification information for certifying the publisher of the analysis information.

13. The information collection apparatus according to claim 12, wherein

the certification information includes a digital signature and a time stamp attached to the digital signature.

14. The information collection apparatus according to claim 12, wherein

the receiving evaluation receives feedback information which has been added to the analysis information including the certification information transmitted to the service provider together with a digital signature and a time stamp added to the feedback information by the service provider.

15. An information collection method that is implemented by a computer that includes an information provider management table, a collected information management table and an analysis information management table, the method comprising:

receiving, using a processor, information provided from an information provider recorded in the information provider management table;

managing, using the processor, the information received in the receiving in association with the information provider after recording the received information with an information code and a weighting point assigned to the received information into the collected information management table, the weighting point indicating a per-analysis weighting value;

receiving, using the processor, an information analysis request requesting an analysis of the information managed by the managing from a service provider;

analyzing, using the processor, the information managed in the managing based on the information analysis request so as to generate an analysis result and to update the weighting point;

managing, using the processor, the information analyzed in the analyzing in association with the service provider, by recording the analysis result with an analysis code in association with the information code and an information provider code of the information provider who provides the information into the analysis information management table, so as to transmit the analyzed information to the service provider and to determine whether or not to transmit the analyzed information to another service provider according to a rule when a similar request is made from the another service provider, the rule defining whether or not the analyzed information is allowed to be provide to another service provider except the service provider;

receiving, using the processor, evaluation based on a result of utilizing the analyzed information as feedback information from the service provider; and

giving, using the processor, an evaluation point to the information provider or the provided information based on the feedback information received in the receiving evaluation, wherein

the managing the information analyzed calculates a rating of accuracy based on the weighting point and the evaluation and transmits the analyzed information with the rating of accuracy to the service provider, and

wherein the managing the information analyzed in the analyzing manages the provided information by linking the analysis code corresponding to the classification of the provided information, a classification name, the information provider code, the information code corresponding to the provided information of the information provider, and the analysis result to each other, by using the analysis information management table.

16. The information collection method according to claim 15, wherein

each of the managing the information received in the receiving and the managing the information analyzed in the analyzing, includes:

adding falsification detection information to the provided information and analysis information managed therein for preventing a falsification; and

encrypting the provided information and analysis information managed therein for preventing an intercept.

17. The information collection method according to claim 15, further comprising

managing the personal information of the information provider by recording the personal information into the information provider management table, wherein

the personal information managed in the managing the personal information includes evaluation information of the information provider which is based on the feedback information.

18. The information collection method according to claim 15, wherein

the analyzing increases the weighting point when the provided information is used for analysis performed in the analyzing.