Apparatus for delivering information and method therefor
AssigneeFujitsu Limited
InventorsJun Kakuta, Masahiko Murakami, Takashi Ohno, Shingo Fujimoto, Akinori Iwakawa, Sumiyo Okada
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Abstract
In an information delivery apparatus and method, when a user who transmits information updates information to be transmitted, based on a profile of each user desiring delivery of the information, the order of delivering the updated information, that is, from which user the updated information should be sequentially delivered, is determined beforehand, and information delivery matching a status of the user at a delivered end.
Claims11
An apparatus for delivering information to a plurality of user terminals, comprising:
- a storage unit storing first and second groups of data,
- the first group of data including a combination of first identification data, first index data corresponding to the first identification data, and second index data assigned to a second user terminal to which first information data associated with the first identification data is delivered, and
- the second group of data including a combination of the first identification data, the first information data, second identification data identifying a second user terminal and corresponding to the second index data, and profile data related to the second identification data and provided by the second user terminal, and the second group of data being assigned with the first index data;
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- a processor to perform a process for allowing entry of updated information into said storage unit to update said first information data, and to perform a process for determining an order of the plurality of the second user terminals for delivering the updated information data according to the profile data acquired by reference to the second group of data in said storage unit when the first information data is updated, the updated first information data being delivered according to the order.
A method of information delivery comprising:
- receiving information from a user terminal;
- obtaining identification information identifying a user terminal to which the information is to be delivered, and an index assigned to the information;
- obtaining profile information from a user terminal requiring delivery of the information;
- storing the profile information according to the identification information at each index;
- receiving updated information updating the information;
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- determining an order of a plurality of the user terminals to receive information assigned at each index for delivering the updated information when the information is updated, the updated information being delivered according to the order.
An apparatus to deliver information to a plurality of user terminals, comprising:
- a storage;
- and
- a processor which performs processes, including:
- receiving information from a user terminal,
- obtaining identification information identifying a user terminal to which the information is to be delivered, and an index assigned to the information,
- obtaining profile information from a user terminal requiring delivery of the information,
- storing, on the storage, the profile information according to the identification information at each index,
- receiving updated information updating the information, and
- determining an order of a plurality of the user terminals to receive information assigned at each index for delivering the updated information when the information is updated, the updated information being delivered according to the order.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.