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Timestamp: 2019-11-18 04:38:14
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Matched Legal Cases: ['art 3', 'art 3', 'art 3', 'art 3', 'art 3', 'art 24', 'art 24', 'art 29']

US7441190B2 - Agent system, information providing method , information providing apparatus , and data recording medium - Google Patents
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US7441190B2
US7441190B2 US10/149,542 US14954202A US7441190B2 US 7441190 B2 US7441190 B2 US 7441190B2 US 14954202 A US14954202 A US 14954202A US 7441190 B2 US7441190 B2 US 7441190B2
US10/149,542
US20030052914A1 (en
2000-09-11 Priority to JP2000-275637 priority
2001-09-11 Application filed by Sony Corp filed Critical Sony Corp
2001-09-11 Priority to PCT/JP2001/007882 priority patent/WO2002023397A1/en
2002-09-17 Assigned to SONY CORPORATION reassignment SONY CORPORATION ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: ASAMI, AKIKO
2003-03-20 Publication of US20030052914A1 publication Critical patent/US20030052914A1/en
2008-10-21 Publication of US7441190B2 publication Critical patent/US7441190B2/en
239000003795 chemical substance by application Substances 0 claims description title 102
The user computer 1 is also provided with a mouse 1 a and a keyboard 1 b as an input part, a microphone 1 c for voice input, a display device 1 d such as a monitor or the like, a speaker 1 e for voice output, a storage medium 1 f, a communication device 1 h for connecting to a communication line network 2 such as the Internet, a converter 1 i or the like for conversion of voice into text data, and the like, which are devices controlled by the CPU 11. These devices are controlled by the CPU 11 through a bus 1 j and an interface 1 k.
Note that the storage medium if is constructed by an external hard disc, magneto-optical disc, CD-R, DVD, memory card, or the like. The storage medium 1 f is arranged such that data in the user computer 1 can be stored or data in the storage medium 1 f can be read from the user computer 1.
In case where the agent system 21 to which the present invention is applied is practiced solely by the mobile terminal 1 g, a structure in which the mobile terminal 1 g is provided with the CPU 11, ROM 12, RAM 13, EEPROM 15, and storage part, as the hardware structure shown in FIG. 8. As the storage part, for example, a memory card or the like can be used in addition to the internal memory in the mobile terminal 1 g.
As the mobile terminal 1 g, an electronic notebook type portable information tool, a mobile telephone, or the like is used, and the method of inputting texts and the method of displaying the character differ depending on the structure of the mobile terminal 1 g. For example, the case of using an electronic notebook type portable information tool as the mobile terminal 1 g is substantially similar to the case of using the user computer 1. A mouse 1 a or a keyboard 1 b can be used as an input means, and a microphone or a speaker integrally provided in the mobile terminal 1 g can be used. In addition, since a display means is provided, the character can be displayed by the display means.
TABLE 1 CLASS CONTENTS music/ karaoke, club, personal computer, game, cinema, art, entertainment comic, animation, literature, literary, traditional art, drama, science, TV, GO, SHOGI, camera, video, car, motorcycle, J-POP, ROCK & POPS, DANCE & SOUL, JAZZ, CLASSIC outdoor/ ski, snowboard, soccer, motor sports, marine sports, sports horse race, golf, baseball, tennis, sumou, fight, martial arts, amusement park, theme park, beach information, domestic tour, overseas tour, spa, pleasure resort, drive, touring, auto-camp, fishing, hiking, crimbing home/life gourmet, make-up, fashion, gardening, pet, residence, interior, diet, esthetique, child care, education, love, marriage, cooking, money management, lottery city/town life trend spot, shopping, entertainment, rumour, extra information information, new business information, fashion, trend, scandals, social problems, documentary
Therefore, the server 3 according to the present embodiment comprises at least a CPU 3 a as a calculation/control device for data, a RAM 3 b and a HDD 3 c as storage devices, and an information search program 3 d.
FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing the structure of the server 3. The server 3 comprises an information storage part 3 e which stores information to be provided for the user, and a transmission/reception part 3 f which exchanges data with the user computer 1 or other web servers.
In the server 3, whether corresponding data exists in the information storage part 3 e or not is searched, based on a key word accepted by the transmission/reception part 3 f. That is, the key word is read on the RAM 3 b, and the key word on the RAM 3 b and information data stored in the HDD 3 c are compared with each other by the CPU 3 a.
Further, the server 3 searches whether a corresponding web page exists or not, based on the key word. In this case, the structure may be arranged such that information from web pages are registered in the information storage part 3 e of the server 3. Alternatively, the structure may be arranged such that another search engine site is accessed from the server 3 and web page search is carried out the another search engine site.
For example, if the user happens to make a business trip suddenly, the user inputs “airline ticket to Hokkaido”. This word is inputted to a specific state key word generation part 24 d. The specific state key word generation part 24 d creates two key words of “Hokkaido” and “airline ticket”, from the inputted words, and the created key words are stored into a specific state key word storage part 29 f.
User information can be collected or key words can be created from daily life of the user, without depending on input as described above. For example, switching-on of the user computer may be stored every time the switch of the user computer is turned on. The time at which the user computer was turned on most frequently can then be calculated to grasp the time range in which the user connects the Internet. Otherwise, from the contents of the web page which was directly accessed and downloaded by the user, it is possible to create a key word concerning an event as an interest target of the user.
displaying the outer parameters, the inner parameters, and the selected information using the display form of the character.
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