APPARATUS, SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR INFORMATION GATHERING, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM WITH THE INFORMATION GATHERING PROGRAM STORED

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus, a system, a method, and a program for information gathering which enable an information gatherer to concentrate necessary area information at one place on a network and easily obtain the invariably latest information, and a computer-readable recording medium with the information gathering program stored.;SOLUTION: In an environment of Internet radio connection in a public space, contents having their roots deep in the area are distributed to an information gathering device of the information gatherer by Bluetooth, a radio LAN, etc., as short-distance radio standards. The information gatherer present in an area of a specified hot spot refers to the contents automatically distributed to the information gathering device that the gatherer carries and can select information as the gatherer intends. The gatherer when interested in the distributed contents can transfer and store the contents in his or her personal dedicated folder on an information gathering server.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO