Abstract: An electronic advertisement system includes a communication unit that receives a plurality of patterns of edited advertisement data and service data from an external apparatus. The edited advertisement data is based on a plurality of advertisement data. The system also includes a read/write unit that communicates with an external communication device. The system further includes a controller that determines a pattern of the plurality of patterns of the edited advertisement data to be displayed based on received data from the external communication device and transmits the service data to the external communication device via the read/write unit.

Abstract: A data processing system includes a distributing device that distributes edited advertisement data and display terminal devices that display the edited advertisement data distributed to a first place in a predetermined territory. The display terminal devices are each provided with a first reader/writer configured to read out from and/or write in an IC card having stored memory identification data. The data processing system also includes a second reader/writer configured to read out from and/or write in an IC card. The data processing system also includes a hysteresis management device that manages hysteresis data HD1, HD2 from the first reader/writer, correlated with the memory identification data, and hysteresis data HD1 from the second reader/writer, correlated with the memory identification data. The data processing system further includes a hysteresis analysis device that correlates the hysteresis data HD1, HD2 for each of the memory identification data to generate analysis data.

Abstract: A method for distributing advertisement data to display terminal devices from a distribution server via a relay server. The relay server receives status notifications of the display terminal devices and transmits a tenor of receipt of the status notifications to the display terminal devices. The distribution server receiving status notifications and transmits the tenor of receipt of the status notifications to the relay server. The distribution server determines whether the reproduction schedule of the advertisement data has been changed and transmits a notification on a change. If the distribution server receives a request for acquisition of the as-changed reproduction schedule, the distribution server sends the as-changed reproduction schedule to the relay server. If the relay server determines that the reproduction schedule acquired from the distribution server has been changed, the relay server transmits the notification on the change of the reproduction schedule.

Abstract: An electronic advertisement system in which an insert server separates edited advertisement data distributed from a distribution server from other service data and in which the edited advertisement data is supplied to a display and the other service data is supplied to a reader/writer of an IC card. The distribution server monistically supervises advertisement data to distribute the other service data, such as coupons, along with the advertisement data to a variety of display devices.

Abstract: Disclosed is a display terminal device including a display operating unit (12), a first communication unit (22), a reader/writer circuit (24) and a controller (26). The display operating unit is provided on a main body unit (11) to display advertisement data, and the first communication unit communicates with a host device. The reader/writer circuit is provided on the main body unit (11) and communicated with the memory from the display operating unit (12) side to write and/or read out data relevant to the advertisement data. The controller allows advertisement data received by the first communication unit (22) to be displayed on a display operating unit (12). The controller causes data written and/or read out by the reader/writer circuit (24) to be transmitted to or received from a host device or another device via the first communication unit (22).

Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic advertisement system in which display based on edited advertisement data distributed from a distribution server (20) is made in synchronism on a large-format display (312) and a sub-display (322), by a set top box (301B), user data stored in an IC card (40) is read out by a reader/writer (304) provided for the sub-display (322), and in which display contents by the large-format display (312) and the sub-display (322) are changed based on the read-out user data. That is, advertisement display is made in a manner suited to a user, such as a consumer, based on the information stored in a memory carried about by the user.

Abstract: A data processing system includes a distributing device that distributes edited advertisement data, formed by an editing device, and display terminal devices that display the edited advertisement data distributed to a first place in a predetermined territory. The display terminal devices each include a first reader/writer configured to read out from and/or write in an IC card having stored memory identification data. A second reader/writer is installed in a second place of the predetermined territory and configured to read out from and/or write in the IC card. A hysteresis management device manages hysteresis data from the first reader/writer, correlated with the memory identification data, and hysteresis data from the second reader/writer, correlated with the memory identification data. A hysteresis analysis device correlates the hysteresis data for each of the memory identification data to generate analysis data.

Abstract: A preference-information gathering system is capable of gathering information on every commodity and/or every service, which are each of interest to a user, as user's preference information. The preference-information gathering system includes a user portable terminal (102) capable of storing a user identifier uniquely identifying the user, an information searching apparatus (104) and a preference-information management apparatus (114) for managing the information on preferences with the user. The information searching apparatus (104) has a search-information inputting unit (108) for requesting a user to enter search information to be used in a process to search for information desired by the user and a user-identifier acquisition unit (110) for acquiring a user identifier.

Abstract: A wireless transmission method is provided in which a wireless network is constructed by a plurality of wireless transmission apparatus, a predetermined wireless transmission band is reserved and data is transmitted by radio. According to the wireless transmission method an allowable transmission error rate can be anticipated, whereby information transmission based on the unnecessary reservation of a wireless transmission band can be removed. In a wireless transmission method in which a wireless network is constructed by a plurality of wireless transmission apparatus, a predetermined wireless transmission band is reserved and data is transmitted by radio, a desired quality in a wireless transmission is selected by an arbitrary wireless transmission apparatus of a plurality of wireless transmission apparatus and a necessary wireless transmission band is reserved.

Abstract: A sync signal detection method for receiving a sync signal regularly radio-transmitted from a predetermined station at a predetermined cycle and detecting the received sync signal is used in which a cycle at which a sync signal is detected is judged, a detection window having a predetermined width is set at every judged cycle, and only a sync signal detected from received signals in the detection window is judged as an effective sync signal.

Abstract: A wireless transmission method is provided in which a wireless network is constructed by a plurality of wireless transmission apparatus, a predetermined wireless transmission band is reserved and data is transmitted by radio. According to the wireless transmission method an allowable transmission error rate can be anticipated, whereby information transmission based on the unnecessary reservation of a wireless transmission band can be removed. In a wireless transmission method in which a wireless network is constructed by a plurality of wireless transmission apparatus, a predetermined wireless transmission band is reserved and data is transmitted by radio, a desired quality in a wireless transmission is selected by an arbitrary wireless transmission apparatus of a plurality of wireless transmission apparatus and a necessary wireless transmission band is reserved.