Patent ID: 6178424
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
An information distributing system comprising:information collecting means for fetching information out of a database system;information activity management means for recording some predetermined information attributes containing an item characterizing the information and an item identifying a user or users of the information for each information fetched;user attribute information storage means for recording for each user some user attributes characterizing the user;similar information user common attribute extracting means for retrieving from said information activity management means recorded information having characteristics similar to characteristics of the information fetched by said information collecting means, and, when a plurality of users are recorded in said information activity management means as the users of the recorded information, obtaining a user attribute common to all the users with reference to said user attribute information storage means;information distributing means for obtaining all users having the common user attribute obtained by said similar information user common attribute extracting means with reference to said user attribute information storage means, and distributing the fetched information to these users; andactivity state registering means for registering, when notified, from the users to whom the information is distributed, that the information is useful, these users in the item identifying the user or users of the distributed information in said information activity management means.