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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 06, 1998
Hideki Hirakawa, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
An information collection system comprises a user interface unit for executing input/output information with respect to a user, an external interface unit for exchanging various types of information with an external unit, a user model determination unit for preparing at least one of user information for discriminating information required by the user, user information for defining an information proposition method, and user information for defining an information modification method in accordance with information input from the user interface unit, an information drawing-out unit for drawing out and modifying information input from the external interface unit in accordance with the user information acquired from the user model determination unit, an information proposition processing unit for converting information acquired by the information drawing-out unit into a proposition form for the user in accordance with the information acquired from the user model determination unit, and a control unit for receiving information from the individual units mentioned above, and executing control of the individual units and information exchange therewith in accordance with the received information.