Information providing device, information providing method, and computer program
First Claim
1. An information providing device, comprising:
- a document saving unit configured to save an electronic document that is representative of a physical document posted in a given geographic posting place and to save respective electronic files for one or more translations of the electronic document in one or more other languages, in association with one another by way of document identification information for the electronic document;
a recording unit configured to record a character string for identifying;
(i) each of the electronic files, and (ii) location information for allowing visual recognition of the given geographic posting place of the physical document;
a code image issuing unit configured to issue a code image including a character string image obtained by encoding the character string, where the code image is provided in proximity to the physical document at the given geographic posting place; and
a control unit configured to;
receive character code data from a terminal device of a user, where the character code data includes;
(i) an indication of the character string decoded from the code image provided in proximity to the physical document, and (ii) an indication of a particular language selected by the user,extract from the document saving unit one of the electronic files containing one of the one or more translations in the particular language selected by the user that is indicated by the character code data,extract from the recording unit the location information that indicates the given geographical posting place of the physical document, andtransmit the one of the electronic files and the location information to the terminal device so that the one of the electronic files and the location information are displayed on a display of the terminal device and the user may view the particular translation and be provided with a visual indication of the given geographic posting place of the physical document.
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Abstract
An information providing device: saves a posted document and respective electronic files of a translation thereof in one or more other languages, in association with one another; issues a code image including a two-dimensional code created by encoding a two-dimensional code character string for identifying the electronic file associated with the same identification information; receives, from a user terminal device that accesses the electronic file by decoding the two-dimensional code from the document on which the code image is printed, character code data indicating the language set in the user terminal device, and transmits the electronic file of the translation translated into the language indicated by the character code data to the user terminal device together with information that indicates the posting place of the document, thereby providing the translation and the information that indicates the posting place of the document.
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10 Claims
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1. An information providing device, comprising:
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a document saving unit configured to save an electronic document that is representative of a physical document posted in a given geographic posting place and to save respective electronic files for one or more translations of the electronic document in one or more other languages, in association with one another by way of document identification information for the electronic document; a recording unit configured to record a character string for identifying;
(i) each of the electronic files, and (ii) location information for allowing visual recognition of the given geographic posting place of the physical document;a code image issuing unit configured to issue a code image including a character string image obtained by encoding the character string, where the code image is provided in proximity to the physical document at the given geographic posting place; and a control unit configured to; receive character code data from a terminal device of a user, where the character code data includes;
(i) an indication of the character string decoded from the code image provided in proximity to the physical document, and (ii) an indication of a particular language selected by the user,extract from the document saving unit one of the electronic files containing one of the one or more translations in the particular language selected by the user that is indicated by the character code data, extract from the recording unit the location information that indicates the given geographical posting place of the physical document, and transmit the one of the electronic files and the location information to the terminal device so that the one of the electronic files and the location information are displayed on a display of the terminal device and the user may view the particular translation and be provided with a visual indication of the given geographic posting place of the physical document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An information providing method, comprising:
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saving an electronic document that is representative of a physical document posted in a given geographic posting place; saving respective electronic files for one or more translations of the electronic document in one or more other languages, in association with one another by way of document identification information for the electronic document; recording a character string for identifying;
(i) each of the electronic files, and (ii) location information for allowing visual recognition of the given geographic posting place of the physical document;issuing a code image including a character string image obtained by encoding the character string, where the code image is provided in proximity to the physical document at the given geographic posting place; receiving character code data from a terminal device of a user, where the character code data includes;
(i) an indication of the character string decoded from the code image provided in proximity to the physical document, and (ii) an indication of a particular language selected by the user;extracting one of the electronic files containing one of the one or more translations in the particular language selected by the user that is indicated by the character code data, extracting the location information that indicates the given geographical posting place of the physical document; and transmitting the one of the electronic files and the location information to the terminal device so that the one of the electronic files and the location information are displayed on a display of the terminal device and the user may view the particular translation and be provided with a visual indication of the given geographic posting place of the physical document.
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10. A non-transitory, computer readable recording medium containing a computer program for causing a computer to function as an information providing device, comprising:
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a document saving unit configured to save an electronic document that is representative of a physical document posted in a given geographic posting place and to save respective electronic files for one or more translations of the electronic document in one or more other languages, in association with one another by way of document identification information for the electronic document; a recording unit configured to record a character string for identifying;
(i) each of the electronic files, and (ii) location information for allowing visual recognition of the given geographic posting place of the physical document,a code image issuing unit configured to issue a code image including a character string image obtained by encoding the character string, where the code image is provided in proximity to the physical document at the given geographic posting place; and a control unit configured to; receive character code data from a terminal device of a user, where the character code data includes;
(i) an indication of the character string decoded from the code image provided in proximity to the physical document, and (ii) an indication of a particular language selected by the user,extract from the document saving unit one of the electronic files containing one of the one or more translations in the particular language selected by the user that is indicated by the character code data, extract from the recording unit the location information that indicates the given geographical posting place of the physical document, and transmit the one of the electronic files and the location information to the terminal device so that the one of the electronic files and the location information are displayed on a display of the terminal device and the user may view the particular translation and be provided with a visual indication of the given geographic posting place of the physical document.
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