Patent ID: 8209345
Filing Date: 2012-06-26
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A user information management device configured to manage user information regarding content provision service users, and to provide a content acquisition method to a user client device, the user information management device comprising: a user information storage unit configured to store user information for each user, the user information including an address of the content acquisition method and attribute information including a user's attributes using attribute values classified into predetermined attribute categories; an access attribute information storage unit configured to store access attribute information for each set of content, the access attribute information including attribute criteria specifying the attributes of users to be provided with the content and access attribute values indicating user access counts for each attribute value specified by the attribute criteria based on the attribute values included in the user information regarding users who transmitted acquisition requests for the content; a content provision unit that, an access acquisition unit configured such that, upon receiving a content acquisition request from the user client device including content information, attribute criteria, and user attribute information, the access acquisition unit causes the user client device to acquire the content requested in the content acquisition request, totals the user access counts for each attribute value specified by the attribute criteria of the content in the content acquisition request from the user attribute information included in the content acquisition request, generates access attribute information including the totaled access counts for each attribute value, and stores the generated access attribute information in the access attribute information storage unit.