Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.

Kazuo Fushimi

Tomohisa Hamano

It is possible to accurately grasp the taste of each user and provide information in which the taste thereof is accurately reflected. Store information kept in a store information storage unit () is provided to each user. User taste information (T) including the values of taste on feature items of each genre is stored for each user in a user taste information storage unit (). Store evaluation information (E) including the values of evaluation on the feature items of its genre is stored for each store in a store evaluation information storage unit (). A store information providing unit () selects store information having the store evaluation information (E) matched with the user taste information (T) and provides it to the user. If the user views specific store information or utilizes a specific store, the specific store is recoded in a target store recording unit () as a target store. A taste value updating unit () updates the user taste information (T) on the basis of the store evaluation information (E) of the accumulated target store.

Information providing system

The information providing system accurately predicts a behavior pattern of a user, selects and provides the optimal information at individual points in time. Provision information files for a number of stores are stored. When a user from a cellular phone transmits a retrieval condition including the position information and a keyword, a file is retrieved whose degree of accordance to the retrieval condition is a certain reference level. Tables show statistical degrees of interest of users in association with respective geographical areas, respective time periods, and respective store genres. The degree of accordance of the retrieved file is corrected based on the corresponding degrees of interest in the tables, and a list is presented, in which stores are sorted in the large order of the corrected degree of accordance, to the phone. The store information selected by the user from the list is distributed to the phone.

Information providing system for providing store information regarding specified stores to a terminal device

The information providing system accurately predicts a behavior pattern of a user, selects and provides the optimal information at individual points in time. Provision information files (F, F, . . . ) for a number of stores are stored in the file storage section (). When a user accesses the retrieval condition enter section () from a cellular phone () and transmits a retrieval condition including the position information and a keyword, the retrieval executing section () retrieves a file whose degree of accordance to the retrieval condition is a certain reference level or more. The list presentation section () comprises tables showing statistical degrees of interest of users in association with respective geographical areas, respective time periods, and respective store genres. The list presentation section () corrects the degree of accordance of the retrieved file based on the corresponding degrees of interest in the tables, and presents a list, in which stores are sorted in the large order of the corrected degree of accordance, to the cellular phone (). The store information selected by the user from the list is distributed to the cellular phone () by the information distribution section ().

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Tokyo, Japan

Kazuo Fushimi