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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1998
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A push type information providing service on the Internet. When information arranged on a time axis and retrieved is output time to time, the information is output/displayed in sequence on the time axis along a scenario described with position information of a plurality of data stored in databases distributed on the network. In displaying the position information of the data, secondary information such as advertisement, etc., is inserted onto the time axis of the position information of the retrieved main information along the described scenario. Main information sequence control information for controlling an output/display sequence of the main information and secondary information sequence control information are provided separately and the secondary information is inserted into the main information on the basis of the presenting frequency control information and output/displayed. Thus, it is possible to freely insert/output the secondary information such as advertisement information. Further, it is possible to easily update/edit the scenario for arranging the retrieved information on the time axis and inserting the secondary information thereto.