Information provision brokerage system, information provision brokerage method and computer program

An information provision brokerage system comprising:

• a provider information storage portion for storing provider area information and provision information for each information provider, the provider area information indicating an area designated by the information provider, and the provision information being to be provided by the information provider;
• a user information storage portion for storing user area information for each user who has a terminal device, the user area information indicating an area designated by the user;
• a determining portion for determining whether or not an area indicated by the provider area information overlaps an area indicated by the user area information;
• a notification portion for sending a notification to a terminal device of the user according to the user area information so that the user receives the provision information of the information provider according to the provider area information if it is determined that the area indicated by the provider area information overlaps the area indicated by the user area information;
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• an information transmission portion for transmitting the provision information of the information provider to the terminal device of the user responding to a request from the user who received the notification.

A server that is connected to an information providing server for providing information of plural information providers in accordance with location information of users via a network, the server comprising:

• a user registration portion for receiving an application from the user for information delivery so as to register the user as an information delivery destination user;
• an information delivery portion for performing delivery of information to the user who is registered as the information delivery destination user;
• a delivery status management portion for managing a delivery status of information;
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• a delivery status notification portion for notifying the information providing server of the delivery status.

An information provision brokerage method, comprising the steps of:

• making a provider information storage portion store provider area information and provision information for each information provider in advance, the provider area information indicating an area designated by the information provider, and the provision information being to be provided by the information provider;
• making a user information storage portion store user area information in advance for each user who has a terminal device, the user area information indicating an area designated by the user;
• determining whether or not an area indicated by the provider area information overlaps an area indicated by the user area information;
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• transmitting the provision information of the information provider according to the provider area information to a terminal device of the user according to the user area information if it is determined that the area indicated by the provider area information overlaps the area indicated by the user area information.

A computer program for use in a computer that performs brokerage for information transmission from an information provider to a user, the computer program makes the computer perform the process comprising the steps of:

• reading provider area information corresponding to provision information to be transmitted from a provider information storage portion that stores the provider area information and the provision information in an interrelated manner for each information provider, the provider area information indicating an area designated by the information provider and the provision information being to be provided by the information provider;
• reading user area information of a user who is a destination of the transmission from a user information storage portion that stores the user area information for each user, the user area information indicating an area designated by the user;
• determining whether or not an area indicated by the read provider area information overlaps an area indicated by the read user area information;
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• transmitting the provision information corresponding to the provider area information to a terminal device of the user according to the user area information if it is determined that the area indicated by the provider area information overlaps the area indicated by the user area information.