Abstract: An electric signal is allowed to reach loop antennas disposed adjacently to one another from an RFID antenna as a starting point by electromagnetic induction, which permits one IC chip processing device to exert a function equivalent to that exerted by a plurality of IC chip processing devices. Further, the loop antennas are superimposed on a display screen of a display system of an information providing apparatus, and the display screen is transparently visible, and therefore it makes possible to utilize a display surface of display contents on the display screen as an IC chip reading surface and dispose a plurality of reading surfaces showing different services provided.

Abstract: An advertisement display method for providing advertisements from a display device, includes acquiring advertisement information which is endowed with an advertisement display right for displaying one or more advertisements, the advertisement information identifies an advertisement displayable by an advertisement display right, deciding whether the advertisement identified by the acquired advertisement information is to be displayed on the display device, on a basis of one or more advertisement points to be consumed by a display of the advertisement on the display device, displaying on the display device, summary data of the identified advertisement once it is decided to be displayed, and displaying detailed data of the identified advertisement on the display device, and consuming the advertisement points of the identified advertisement as displayed, based on a browsing request for details of the advertisement.

Abstract: A video broadcasting method includes assigning channels to a video content based on a total number of channels usable for broadcasting the video contents and a playback time of the video content, calculating a broadcast start time interval of the channels assigned to the video content based on the playback time of the video content and number of the channels assigned to the video content setting broadcast start time per channel of the channels assigned to the video content, and broadcasting the video content at the broadcast start time set per the channel.

Abstract: An information providing apparatus receives a user ID read by an IC card reader, and stores therein the user ID. The user inputs booking information by using an input screen that receives booking information, and then, the information providing apparatus further receives the user ID read by the IC card reader. The information providing apparatus then determines whether the received user ID matches the user ID stored therein. The information providing apparatus confirms reception of the booking information that is input by using the input screen if the user IDs are determined to match each other.

Abstract: The present invention has been made to provide a screen generation program, a screen generation apparatus, and a screen generation method that generate a screen displayed on a client. A screen generation program allows a computer to execute: an acquisition step that acquires first data which is data sent from a server to client and which allows the client to display a first screen for receiving operation performed by a user and second data which is data sent from the client to server and which indicates the operation received by the first screen displayed on the client; and a generation step that generates, based on the first and second data acquired by the acquisition step, third data for displaying a second screen obtained by adding operation information which is based on the second data to the first screen.

Abstract: A technique improves the effectiveness of evaluation (so-called word-of-mouth communication) information of users on stores and products relative to a large number of unidentifiable users.

Abstract: A general customer logs in to the system, proceeds from the main menu to the merchandise selection menu, and selects the merchandise he wants to purchase. At that time he refers to the information concerning the combinations of the merchandise he desires and the merchandise combinations. These pieces of information are provided by charisma customers selected from among general customers. A charisma customer has a privilege such as a preferential purchase of merchandise at a low price, but in return he has an obligation to feed information concerning merchandise back to the system, namely the party selling the merchandise. The general customer can make an accurate purchase of the merchandise he wants to purchase based upon useful information provided from the charisma customers.

Abstract: An apparatus for classifying a plurality of logs recorded in a log file includes: a parsing unit that performs a parsing of the logs in the log file; a rule generating unit that generates a rule for a data classification based on a result of the parsing; a data classifying unit that performs the data classification, based on the rule generated, to classify the logs into a plurality of groups; a display unit that displays a result of the data classification; and a rule editing that edits the rules based on an instruction from a user.

Abstract: A state of which a particular attribute of a record has a particular value is defined as an event. With a plurality of events and the relation of a sequence thereof, a search pattern is designated. A set of records as a search target are searched for a combination of records corresponding to the search pattern.

Abstract: A system analysis program which can accurately analyze the operational status of a system without modifying functions of the system for providing services. A message analysis unit analyzes the contents of collected messages, and determines the times of occurrence of the messages, the process types requested by the messages, and whether or not each of the messages is a request message or a response message. In response to an instruction for model generation, a model generation unit generates a transaction model satisfying at least one limiting condition related to caller-called relationships between processes, based on a set of messages selected in accordance with a selection criterion based on the certainty of existence of caller-called relationships. Then, in response to an instruction for analysis, an analysis unit analyzes the processing status of a transaction based on a protocol log conforming to the transaction model.

Abstract: A delay storage device accepts a processing request sent from a user terminal, registers identifier and acceptance data and time of the processing request in an information management table, sends an answer message including the identifier, and relays the accepted processing request to a processor while adjusting transfer rate of the processing request depending on the performance of the processor.

Abstract: An unauthorized-access detecting apparatus that detects unauthorized access to a server that provides a service via a network includes a storing unit that stores a series of process request, which is made by an unauthorized user via an unauthorized client, as an unauthorized-access event string; and a judging unit that compares a new process request with the unauthorized-access event string stored in the storing unit, and judges whether the process request is the unauthorized access based on a result of comparison.

Abstract: A state of which a particular attribute of a record has a particular value is defined as an event. With a plurality of events and the relation of a sequence thereof, a search pattern is designated. A set of records as a search target are searched for a combination of records corresponding to the search pattern.

Abstract: An agent generated based on a request made by a user accesses an object server on a wide area network to obtain necessary information. If sufficient information cannot be obtained from a database in a certain server, the agent obtains knowledge about an information source previously accessed by another agent by referencing a path information table, and accesses another server based on the knowledge. Thus, the information collection is made more efficient by making the most of the knowledge of other agents.

Abstract: A general customer logs in to the system, proceeds from the main menu to the merchandise selection menu, and selects the merchandise he wants to purchase. At that time he refers to the information concerning the combinations of the merchandise he desires and the merchandise combinations. These pieces of information are provided by charisma customers selected from among general customers. A charisma customer has a privilege such as a preferential purchase of merchandise at a low price, but in return he has an obligation to feed information concerning merchandise back to the system, namely the party selling the merchandise. The general customer can make an accurate purchase of the merchandise he wants to purchase based upon useful information provided from the charisma customers.

Abstract: An operational processor comprising a data memory for storing data therein, at least one input data storage register for storing the data from the data memory, an arithmetic and logic unit (ALU) for computing the data, and a memory data storage register interposed between the input data storage register and the data memory so as to temporarily store the data from the data memory. An instruction from a host computer or the like is stored temporarily in an instruction register. A control circuit serves to control each register and the ALU in response to the instruction temporarily stored in the instruction register. The instruction partially has a field to indicate transfer of the data from the memory data storage register to the input data storage register. The instruction further has, in its partial division, a field to indicate one input data storage register to which the data is to be transferred.

Abstract: A data transfer control apparatus for a co-processor system. The co-processor system includes a memory; a memory bus connected to the memory; a main processor connected to the memory bus and having a control circuit for controlling data read/write relative to the memory, the main processor performing data transfer from/to the memory bus via a first data input/output terminal; and a co-processor connected to the memory bus via a second data input/output terminal. The control apparatus includes a high impedance setting circuit for selectively setting the first data input/output terminal at a high impedance state to electrically isolate the first data input/output terminal from the memory bus; and a control signal generator for selectively outputting a control signal to the high impedance setting circuit to cause the high impedance setting circuit to set the first data input/output terminal at the high impedance state.

Abstract: Two arithmetic logic units (ALUs) are provided, one a high-order side and another on a low-order side such that data on the high-order side and on low-order side, output from each of a source data register and a destination data register, are respectively supplied to the ALUs to be operated on thereby. There is provided a selector circuit on the output side of the source data register, which selector circuit operates to deliver the data on the high-order side and that on the low-order side from the source data register selectively to the ALU on the high-order side and that on the low-order side according to the operating mode. Carry outputs from each of the ALUs are input to a first selector and one is selected according to the operating mode and stored in a carry flag register.