Information providing system
AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.
InventorsYuko Takahashi, Mitsuyoshi Tadokoro
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Abstract
An information providing system includes a client that obtains user information and sends the information to a server; and the server that manages the user information sent from the client for each user and, based on the user information, selects information to be sent to the client. The client performs a pseudo conversation with a user to obtain a user's taste as the user information.
Claims12
An information providing system, comprising:
- a client that obtains user information and sends the information to a server;
- and
- said server that manages the user information sent from said client for each user and, based on the user information, selects information to be sent to said client.
An information providing method in a network system, comprising the steps of:
- preparing a plurality of agents each having its own function;
- supplying one of the agents to a client in response to a user request;
- collecting, by said agent, user information and sending the user information to a server;
- selecting information, based on the user information, from information stored in said server;
- and
- sending the selected information to said agent.
A coupon distribution method in a network system, comprising the steps of:
- preparing coupons in a form of digital data;
- registering said coupons and a total number of coupons to be issued with a server;
- sending said coupons from said server to a client over a network;
- and
- managing, by said server, the client to which the coupons are sent and a number of sent coupons.
An agent program that runs on a client in a network system, said program including code that causes a computer to execute the steps of:
- displaying a human being as an animation;
- performing a pseudo conversation with a user;
- changing operation in response to an answer from the user;
- memorizing the user's answer and sending the answer to a server;
- and
- displaying information sent from said server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.