Abstract: A print image generating program is capable of printing information that discourages fraudulent distribution of printed documents, irrespective of the type of printer. A print image generating apparatus has an application, a printer driver, a print management unit, and a virtual driver, and is designed to add tracking information that discourages distribution of printed documents when print data is printed. The print management unit monitors print requests from the application. When detecting a print request which was output from the application to the printer driver, the print management unit acquires and interrupts the print request destined for the printer driver. When the virtual driver receives a command from the print management unit, it acquires print data and tracking information, and generates tracking print image data by adding the tracking information to the print data, and gives the generated data to the printer driver.

Abstract: In configuration management for a system constituted by a plurality of components, each of which has a radio frequency identification tag attached, the operating condition of each component is checked and component information of each component recorded in the radio frequency identification tag is read out by a tag reader at a predetermined opportune time. Then, the check result of the operating condition and the readout component information are recorded for each component.

Abstract: Disclosed is a learning support method with a server computer. Presupposed keywords corresponding to subjects that should have been acquired by a learner before attending a learning course and learning keywords corresponding to subjects that will be acquired by attending the learning course are defined for the learning course. The learning material is developed in module basis. Presupposed keywords corresponding to subjects that should have been acquired by a learner before learning the module and learning keywords corresponding to subjects that will be acquired by learning the module are defined for each module. The server computer selects a module whose learning keywords match the learning keywords of the learning course attended by a leaner and whose presupposed keywords match the keywords corresponding to subjects that have been learned by the learner, supplying the module to the learner.

Abstract: A print image generating program is capable of printing information that discourages fraudulent distribution of printed documents, irrespective of the type of printer. A print image generating apparatus has an application, a printer driver, a print management unit, and a virtual driver, and is designed to add tracking information that discourages distribution of printed documents when print data is printed. The print management unit monitors print requests from the application. When detecting a print request which was output from the application to the printer driver, the print management unit acquires and interrupts the print request destined for the printer driver. When the virtual driver receives a command from the print management unit, it acquires print data and tracking information, and generates tracking print image data by adding the tracking information to the print data, and gives the generated data to the printer driver.

Abstract: A notification method performed by a computer that includes a helper-information management table having recorded thereon positional information designating locations of helpers in accordance with helper terminal devices owned by said helpers, and a juvenile-information management table having recorded thereon mobile-terminal identification information and facial photos of juveniles, said mobile-terminal identification information being used for uniquely designating each of mobile terminal devices owned by said juveniles.

Abstract: The system carries out a voice recognition process for generating a log file by converting a voice signal uttered from the client terminal and operator terminal into a text, and storing the log file in a log database by being correlated with the client terminal for detecting a presence of a point of the operator asking again in a text of the log file which is used for setting a level of each client as attribute information, followed by selecting a level based on the number of times of the operator asking again by referring to an attribute information content update database including a condition for changing the attribute information based on the detection result and updating a database recording the attribute information for each client.

Abstract: In configuration management for a system constituted by a plurality of components, each of which has a radio frequency identification tag attached, the operating condition of each component is checked and component information of each component recorded in the radio frequency identification tag is read out by a tag reader at a predetermined opportune time. Then, the check result of the operating condition and the readout component information are recorded for each component.

Abstract: This invention is to provide a technique enabling to efficiently collect effectiveness information as to evaluation information for evaluation objects, with reliability. An informant tourist A registers recommendation information of a tourist resort to an information broker C. The information broker C opens registered evaluation information to the public through the Internet. An information utilizing tourist B accesses to a web site of the information broker C and looks for his or her favorite store. The information utilizing tourist B finds evaluation information registered by the informant tourist A and goes to a tourist resort store D of its evaluation object. The information utilizing tourist B negotiates a deal about benefits with the tourist resort store D.

Abstract: A commodity information provision method for detecting a customer in a store who is in trouble and for providing such a customer with information about an appropriate commodity. A position detection device which the customer carries when shopping transmits position information indicative of current position, and customer position information acquiring unit periodically acquires the position information from the position detection device. Stop judging unit judges whether the customer has stopped or not in accordance with the position information. When the customer is at a stop, message determining unit determines a guidance message to be presented to the customer in accordance with a commodity displayed on a rack near the stop position, and message transmitting unit transmits the determined guidance message to the position detection device.

Abstract: A commodity information provision method for detecting a customer in a store who is in trouble and for providing such a customer with information about an appropriate commodity. A position detection device which the customer carries when shopping transmits position information indicative of current position, and customer position information acquiring unit periodically acquires the position information from the position detection device. Stop judging unit judges whether the customer has stopped or not in accordance with the position information. When the customer is at a stop, message determining unit determines a guidance message to be presented to the customer in accordance with a commodity displayed on a rack near the stop position, and message transmitting unit transmits the determined guidance message to the position detection device.

Abstract: A safety-related information delivering apparatus comprises a unit determining whether a person who desires the delivery of safety-related information desires schedule-delivery of information according to his or her schedule or the zone-delivery of information according to his or her current location, and a unit delivering the safety-related information in correspondence with a determination result.

Abstract: Document location information indicating a location of a document on a network is embedded in an image, which is included in an advertisement placed in a printed matter, by using an electronic watermark. The document includes detailed information about the advertisement. The electronic watermark is decoded with terminals TR used by readers R. The terminals TR access an information providing device SC based on the document location information included in the decoded information, and receive the document from the information providing device SC. An access totaling unit within the information providing device SC counts the number of accesses made from the terminals TR, whereby an effect of the advertisement is measured.

Abstract: Disclosed is a learning support method with a server computer. Presupposed keywords corresponding to subjects that should have been acquired by a learner before attending a learning course and learning keywords corresponding to subjects that will be acquired by attending the learning course are defined for the learning course. The learning material is developed in module basis. Presupposed keywords corresponding to subjects that should have been acquired by a learner before learning the module and learning keywords corresponding to subjects that will be acquired by learning the module are defined for each module. The server computer selects a module whose learning keywords match the learning keywords of the learning course attended by a leaner and whose presupposed keywords match the keywords corresponding to subjects that have been learned by the learner, supplying the module to the learner.

Abstract: A user purchases a commodity in a store, and transmits a home delivery request by a user terminal. A service center for receiving home delivery requests transmits IC tag information to the store or the like. In the store, the information is written in an IC tag, and the tag is attached to the commodity. The service center transmits a pickup instruction to a delivery company. The user repeats such shopping. The delivery company staff member goes to the store to pick up the commodity. When the pickup is completed, a pickup completion notice is transmitted to the service center. The user transmits a purchase completion instruction to the service center at the time of the end of shopping. In response to this, the service center transmits a packing instruction to the delivery company. The delivery company carries out packing in response to this, and when a fee is fixed, a fee notice is transmitted to the service center.

Abstract: This invention is to provide a technique enabling to efficiently collect effectiveness information as to evaluation information for evaluation objects, with reliability. An informant tourist A registers recommendation information of a tourist resort to an information broker C. The information broker C opens registered evaluation information to the public through the Internet. An information utilizing tourist B accesses to a web site of the information broker C and looks for his or her favorite store. The information utilizing tourist B finds evaluation information registered by the informant tourist A and goes to a tourist resort store D of its evaluation object. The information utilizing tourist B negotiates a deal about benefits with the tourist resort store D.