Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Information providing method, information providing system, and information server apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 信息提供方法,信息提供系统和信息服务器装置
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Application No.: US10477970Application Date: 2002-05-09
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Publication No.: US07752257B2Publication Date: 2010-07-06
- Inventor: Tsuyoshi Ide , Hiroshi Udagawa , Chizuru Makita , Ichiro Ujiie , Masato Nakamura
- Applicant: Tsuyoshi Ide , Hiroshi Udagawa , Chizuru Makita , Ichiro Ujiie , Masato Nakamura
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP
- Agent William S. Frommer; Thomas F. Presson
- Priority: JP2001-150040 20010518; JP2001-150041 20010518
- International Application: PCT/JP02/04534 WO 20020509
- International Announcement: WO02/095595 WO 20021128
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16 ; G06F17/30

Abstract:
An information serving system that includes an information device capable of setting a user identifier carrying a medium type indicating an information type the information device is compatible with and identifying an information-provided user and also capable of connection to a network. An information serving device to which the information device is connected via the network, the information serving device includes databases having recorded therein, in association with each other, user profile data indicating information to be provided correspondingly to a user identifier, and content data associated with a medium type and information genre, respectively, and a request handling computer which searches, upon request from the information device, the database for content data to acquire the content data and supplies the information device with the content data as a one of the medium type the information device is compatible with.
Public/Granted literature
- US20040153500A1 Information providing method information providing system, and information server apparatus Public/Granted day:2004-08-05
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