Abstract: A marketing support executed by a computer upon receipt of a map display request from a shop terminal, specifies a map element corresponding to a shop Based on identification information for the specified map element, a blog management database storing blog user identification information for each blog and identification information of a map element registered in a map in the blog is referred and/or a map element database storing information on a shop corresponding to the map element and identification information of a registerer blog including the map element is referred. For example, registered address information of a blog user of each registerer blog is extracted from a user master database storing the registered address information of the blog user, and shop-aimed map data having arranged therein a mark indicating each of the registerer blogs in accordance with the extracted registered address information is generated.

Abstract: An automobile failure prevention support service method for providing support for prevention of automobile failures to registered users, wherein: the degrees of deterioration of items such as expendables and oils and automotive parts designated as periodic automobile inspection items are stored for all automobiles in a general-purpose table in corresponding relationship to traveled distance thereof; for each user, data about items such as expendables and oils and automotive parts to be inspected on the user's automobile is stored in an automobile management table, along with maintenance and repair history thereof; each time the user's automobile travels a predetermined distance or each time the automobile undergoes maintenance or inspection at a service factory, the total distance so far traveled by the automobile is input and data thereof is stored in the automobile management table; a determining device searches the automobile management table based on the stored traveled-distance information and determines

Abstract: An apparatus for searching for recommended music in the internet for a listener includes a genre list database, a selection history database, an artist's genre database, and an extracting section for extracting the corresponding genre names to the given music titles or artist names in the selection history database, by using the artist's genre database. This extraction is initiated by receiving a request for internet-search. The apparatus further includes a search request section for sending a search request to the predefined WWW server to download the music, with searching keyword of the genre names which are included in the genre list database, but which are not included in the extracted genre names by the extracting section. The apparatus further includes a result display unit for receiving a search result from the WWW server and displaying the search result on the apparatus.

Abstract: An inquiry information reception section receives an inquiry relating to a certain area from a sender, an object device extraction section extracts information processing terminals present in that area, an inquiry information transmission unit transmits the inquiry to the information processing terminals. A response information reception unit receives a response corresponding to the inquiry from the information processing terminals, and a response information transmission unit transmits the response as it is or after processing to the sender.

Abstract: A service center stores the contents of a request in a request master based on the request from a user. A server of the service center checks the contents of the request master depending on need, and determines whether or not a condition for rendering a transmission service to a recipient is satisfied based on a request. Examples of contents of a requested service include marriage, baby delivery, etc. Whether or not these events occur is determined by searching a people information master possessed by an electronic government.

Abstract: A server is connected via the Internet to a plurality of user terminals. An HDD of the server is stored with various categories of tables and a rental program. The rental program makes a CPU estimate a size of a service target child in a period specified by a user operating the user terminal, recognize a season covering a rental period, extracts a cloth for children having a size coincident with the estimated size of the child and suited to the recognized season, and transmit to the user terminal an article selection screen displaying the extracted cloth.

Abstract: In a method for supporting to select products suitable to the product user by using a computer, first image information of a possessed product possessed by the product user is obtained and second image information of a purchase desired product desired for purchase by a product purchaser is obtained. A result from comparing the first image information with the second image information is shown to the product purchaser.