INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE

摘要

A first user among a plurality of users is associated with a second user having an evaluation tendency similar to evaluation data of the first user for management. Further, a third user is selected by a terminal device of the first user as a user having preference information that suits preference of the first user. The third user is associated with the first user and the second user for management. This configuration makes it possible to select not only a user automatically selected by a system but also another user whom a targeted user is interested in as a similar user, allowing provision of information that better suits hobby and preference of the targeted user.

主权项

1. An information providing method in an information providing system for providing a terminal device of a user with object information via a network based on information from the terminal device of the user, the object information corresponding to the user, the method comprising:
receiving evaluation data regarding a plurality of evaluation objects, from a terminal device of each of a plurality of users via the network; associating a first user among the plurality of users with a second user, the second user having an evaluation tendency similar to evaluation data of the first user; providing a terminal device of the first user via the network with first object information regarding a first evaluation object, the first evaluation object having been used by the second user and having not been used by the first user; receiving preference information regarding preference of the plurality of users from a predetermined terminal device via the network; providing the terminal device of the first user with the preference information via the network; receiving from the terminal device of the first user via the network, user information that indicates a third user, the third user being selected by the terminal device of the first user as a user having preference information that corresponds preference of the first user from among the preference information; associating the third user indicated by the user information with the first user and the second user; and providing the terminal device of the first user via the network with second object information regarding a second evaluation object, the second evaluation object having been used by the third user and having not been used by the first user, in addition to the first object information regarding the first evaluation object having been used by the second user and having not been used by the first user.