INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information providing device capable of providing a recommended content precisely reflecting a user's interest independently from a terminal operated or browsed by the user. SOLUTION: This apparatus comprises a content description information management device 11 retaining two or more pieces of content description information 111-113 describing descriptions for a plurality of contents associated with two or more different kinds of terminals 14, respectively; a content information selection part 131 selecting recommendation content description information and providing content description information from the content description information 111-113; a content information recommendation part 132 determining a content to be recommended to the user based on the recommendation content description information; and a recommended content providing part 133 specifying information for the determined recommended content from the providing content description information and delivering it to the terminal 14 of the user. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI