Information delivery server, recording medium, and information delivery method

An information distribution server in an information distribution system which comprises a device for obtaining the ID of a person who is visiting, which obtains an ID of the person who is visiting, which is information for discriminating the person who is visiting, and appends a position ID which is set to itself to the ID of the person who is visiting which has been obtained and dispatches it, a signal reception device which is provided within one or a plurality of enterprises for receiving contents and outputting them, and the information distribution server which distributes said contents, characterized by comprising:

• a contents database which stores contents in correspondence to position ID;
• a signal destination information database which establishes a correspondence between signal destination information, which is information for specifying said signal reception device which is to become the object of distribution of said contents, and said position ID, and stores it;
• a signal reception means which receives as position information said ID of the person who is visiting and said position ID which are dispatched from said device for obtaining the ID of a person who is visiting;
• a contents reading out means which reads out contents from said contents database which correspond to the position ID which is included in said position information which said signal reception means receives;
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• a distribution means which reads out from a signal destination information database signal destination information which corresponds to said position ID which is included in said position information, and dispatches said contents which have been read out by said contents reading out means based upon said signal destination information which has been read out.

An information distribution server in an information distribution system which comprises a portable terminal which is carried by a person who is visiting, a device for obtaining the ID of a person who is visiting, which obtains an ID of the person who is visiting, which is said information for discriminating the person who is visiting, and appends a position ID which is set to itself to the ID of the person who is visiting which has been obtained and dispatches it, a signal reception device which is provided within one or a plurality of enterprises and which receives contents and outputs them, and the information distribution server which distributes said contents, characterized by comprising:

• a contents database which stores, in correspondence to said position ID, contents for use by a signal reception device, for dispatch to said signal reception device, and contents for use by a portable terminal, for dispatch to said portable terminal, which have relevance relative to said contents for use by a signal reception device;
• a signal destination information database which, along with establishing a correspondence between signal destination information of a signal reception device, which is information for specifying said signal reception device which is to become the object of distribution of said contents, and said position ID, and storing it, also establishes a correspondence between signal destination information of a portable terminal, which is information for specifying said portable terminal which is to become the object of distribution of said contents, and said ID of the person who is visiting, and stores it;
• a signal reception means which receives as position information said ID of the person who is visiting and said position ID which are dispatched from said device for obtaining the ID of a person who is visiting;
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• a means for reading out contents, which reads out from said contents database contents for use by a signal reception device and contents for use by a portable terminal which correspond to the position ID which is included in said position information which said signal reception means receives;
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• a distribution means which, along with reading out from a signal destination information database signal destination information of a signal reception device which corresponds to said position ID which is included in said position information, and dispatching said contents for use by a signal reception device which have been read out by said contents reading out means based upon said signal destination information of said signal reception device which has been read out, also reads out from a signal destination information database signal destination information of a portable terminal which corresponds to said ID of the person who is visiting which is included in said position information, and dispatches said contents for use by a portable terminal which have been read out by said contents reading out means based upon said signal destination information of said portable terminal which has been read out.

An information distribution server which is used in an information distribution system which comprises a device for obtaining the ID of a person who is visiting, which obtains an ID of the person who is visiting, which is information for discriminating the person who is visiting, and the information distribution server which is connected to said device for obtaining the ID of a person who is visiting, characterized by comprising:

• a contents database which stores contents for which distribution category information which designates a category of the object for distribution has been set in advance;
• a signal destination information database which establishes a correspondence between signal destination information, which is information for specifying a portable terminal which is carried by the person who is visiting and is to become the object of distribution of said contents, category information which specifies a category of the person who is visiting and is carrying said portable terminal, and said ID of the person who is visiting, and stores it;
• a signal reception means which, if a recording medium upon which said ID of the person who is visiting is stored is approached by said person who is visiting to within a region in which reading in by said device for obtaining the ID of a person who is visiting is possible, receives from said device for obtaining the ID of a person who is visiting the ID of the person who is visiting which is obtained by said device for obtaining the ID of a person who is visiting;
• a contents reading out means which reads out signal destination information and category information which correspond to the ID of the person who is visiting which is received by said signal reception means, and reads out contents from said contents database in which distribution category information has been set which corresponds to the category information which has been read out;
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• a distribution means which dispatches said contents which have been read out to the portable terminal for which said signal destination information which has been read out is set.

An information distribution method for an information distribution system which comprises a device for obtaining the ID of a person who is visiting, which obtains an ID of the person who is visiting, which is information for discriminating the person who is visiting, and appends a position ID which is set to itself to the ID of the person who is visiting which has been obtained and dispatches it, and the information distribution server which is connected to said device for obtaining the ID of a person who is visiting, characterized in that:

• said ID of the person who is visiting and said position ID which are dispatched from said device for obtaining the ID of a person who is visiting are received as position information;
• contents, which correspond to the position ID which is included in said position information which is received, are read out from a contents database in which contents are stored in correspondence to position ID;
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• signal destination information which corresponds to said ID of the person who is visiting which is included in said position information is read out from a signal destination information database, and said contents which have been read out are dispatched to the signal destination information which has been read out.

An information distribution method for an information distribution system which comprises a device for obtaining the ID of a person who is visiting, which obtains an ID of the person who is visiting, which is information for discriminating the person who is visiting, and appends a position ID which is set to itself to the ID of the person who is visiting which has been obtained and dispatches it, a signal reception device which is provided within one or a plurality of enterprises and which receives contents and outputs them, and the information distribution server which distributes said contents, characterized in that:

• said ID of the person who is visiting and said position ID which are dispatched from said device for obtaining the ID of a person who is visiting are received as position information and a history of position information is created;
• contents, which correspond to said history of position information which has been created, are read out from a contents database, based upon an action rule for determining contents which are to be distributed according to a profile of said position information;
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• signal destination information, which corresponds to said ID of the person who is visiting which is included in said position information, is read out from a signal destination information database which stores signal destination information, which is information for specifying said signal reception device, and the contents which have been read out are dispatched to the signal destination information which has been read out.

A recording medium which can be read in by a computer, on which is recorded an information distribution program for an information distribution system which comprises a device for obtaining the ID of a person who is visiting, which obtains an ID of the person who is visiting, which is information for discriminating the person who is visiting, and appends a position ID which is set to itself to the ID of the person who is visiting which has been obtained and dispatches it, and an information distribution server which is connected to said device for obtaining the ID of a person who is visiting, for causing a computer to execute:

• a receiving step of receiving said ID of the person who is visiting and said position ID which are dispatched from said device for obtaining the ID of a person who is visiting as position information;
• a step of reading out contents, which correspond to the position ID which is included in said position information which has been received, from a contents database;
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• a step of reading out signal destination information which corresponds to said ID of the person who is visiting which is included in said position information from a signal destination information database, and dispatching said contents which have been read out to the signal destination information which has been read out.

A recording medium on which is recorded an information distribution program for an information distribution system which comprises a device for obtaining the ID of a person who is visiting, which obtains an ID of the person who is visiting, which is information for discriminating the person who is visiting, and appends a position ID which is set to itself to the ID of the person who is visiting which has been obtained and dispatches it, a signal reception device which is provided within one or a plurality of enterprises and which receives contents and outputs them, and an information distribution server which distributes said contents, for causing a computer to execute:

• a step of receiving said ID of the person who is visiting and said position ID which are dispatched from said device for obtaining the ID of a person who is visiting as position information, and of creating a history of position information;
• a step of reading out contents, which correspond to said history of position information which has been created, from a contents database, based upon an action rule for determining contents which are to be distributed according to a history of said position information;
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• a step of reading out signal destination information, which corresponds to said ID of the person who is visiting which is included in said position information, from a signal destination information database, and of dispatching the contents which have been read out to the signal destination information which has been read out.

An information distribution program for an information distribution system which comprises a device for obtaining the ID of a person who is visiting, which obtains an ID of the person who is visiting, which is information for discriminating the person who is visiting, and appends a position ID which is set to itself to the ID of the person who is visiting which has been obtained and dispatches it, and an information distribution server which is connected to said device for obtaining the ID of a person who is visiting, for causing a computer to execute:

• a receiving step of receiving said ID of the person who is visiting and said position ID which are dispatched from said device for obtaining the ID of a person who is visiting as position information;
• a step of reading out contents, which correspond to the position ID which is included in said position information which has been received, from a contents database;
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• a step of reading out signal destination information which corresponds to said ID of the person who is visiting which is included in said position information from a signal destination information database, and dispatching said contents which have been read out to the signal destination information which has been read out.

An information distribution program for an information distribution system which comprises a device for obtaining the ID of a person who is visiting, which obtains an ID of the person who is visiting, which is information for discriminating the person who is visiting, and appends a position ID which is set to itself to the ID of the person who is visiting which has been obtained and dispatches it, a signal reception device which is provided within one or a plurality of enterprises and which receives contents and outputs them, and an information distribution server which distributes said contents, for causing a computer to execute:

• a step of receiving said ID of the person who is visiting and said position ID which are dispatched from said device for obtaining the ID of a person who is visiting as position information, and of creating a history of position information;
• a step of reading out contents, which correspond to said history of position information which has been created, from a contents database, based upon an action rule for determining contents which are to be distributed according to a history of said position information;
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• a step of reading out signal destination information, which corresponds to said ID of the person who is visiting which is included in said position information, from a signal destination information database, and of dispatching the contents which have been read out to the signal destination information which has been read out.