WO2014091788A1 - Customer-specific, data-format-converted-data provision system, and customer-specific, data-format-converted-data provision method - Google Patents

Abstract

A customer-specific, data-format-converted-data provision system having: a storage unit for recording base-business-device data-format information created on the basis of a data-format definition document for defining a policy for the base data format on a service-base-business-device side, and storing the data of a data-provider device, the data-format information for the data, and the data-format information for the data-receiver device; and a data-format conversion unit for converting the data format of the data-provider device to the data format of the base-business device, and converting the data format of the data-provider device to the data format of the data-receiver device.

Description

Customer-specific data format conversion data providing system and customer-specific data format conversion data providing method

The present invention relates to a customer-specific data format conversion data providing system and a customer-specific data format conversion data providing method.

More specifically, various data provided by a plurality of data providers, for example, a plurality of service providers, etc. are collected, and for example, the results of executing the aggregation, analysis, data mining, etc. of the data are received. The present invention relates to a customer-specific data format conversion data providing system and a customer-specific data format conversion data providing method that can be converted into a data format corresponding to each user and provided to the data receiver side.

Along with the development of the Internet, various service providers that provide effective services based on the type of business and content of businesses, such as service providers that provide product information such as popular menus to the food and beverage industry There are an increasing number of service providers, retail service providers, and food producers who provide foods to service providers.

For example, in recent years, a service platform serving as a basis for a specific business service for a service provider that provides a specific business service to a service receiving business such as a restaurant using the Internet or the Web. There is a service providing system that provides services and supports the business of the service receiving business with business services based on the service infrastructure.

Such a service providing system includes a service infrastructure provider device, a service provider operator device, a service receiving operator device, and a user terminal device.

The service platform operator device is a system or device that provides a service provider device with a function (service) based on the provided service platform, for example, a SaaS (Software as a Service) type business system.

The service provider device is a system or device that receives a business system (business SaaS) based on a service platform provided from a service platform operator device. Further, for example, it is a system or apparatus that customizes the business system according to the request of the service receiving business operator (or directly from the user) and provides it to the service receiving business operator.

The service enjoyment provider device is a system or device that receives a service provided by a service provider. Further, for example, it is a device that provides user information provided by the user to the service provider device side.

The user terminal device is, for example, a terminal that inputs user information by itself and provides it to the service receiving provider device side. In addition, the user terminal device may be a device that can automatically collect information on the mobile terminal by holding the user's own mobile terminal. And the original user information which a service receiving provider and a service provision provider own contains useful information. If the service platform provider is provided with this useful original user information and can analyze the information, it can be expected to provide better business support.

As background art in this technical field, there are JP-A-2009-93569 (Patent Document 1) and JP-A-9-153094 (Patent Document 2).

In Patent Document 1, when changing from the SaaS environment to the SI environment, in the business service that has started to be used in the SaaS mode, it is possible to reduce the occurrence of burial costs and opportunity loss. In the case of transition from the company) to the SI environment (city B), a service address list for recording business service addresses is provided in city B, and the addresses in the service address list are updated in accordance with the business service transition. In addition, when business data stored in Company A is also migrated, a data address list for recording business data addresses is provided in Company A and City B, and the addresses in both data address lists are updated as business data is migrated. To do. In these updates, a technique for changing an access method so that addresses are logically the same is disclosed.

Patent Document 2 discloses a sales promotion effect analysis method for analyzing a sales promotion effect of a product from information related to the customer, information on the product referred to when the customer considered purchasing the product, and information on the product purchased by the customer. And an implementation system thereof.

JP 2009-93569 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-153094

According to the service providing system described in Patent Document 1, the service infrastructure provider can support the business of the service provider. Further, the service provider can support the business of the service enjoyer. And by these business support, the business of the whole system can be made efficient and the business efficiency can be improved.

In addition, each service provider and service platform provider that provides such a service usually holds (accumulates) and manages data related to each user, such as data such as preferences and behavior history.

Therefore, this user data is analyzed, and useful information and original data based on the analysis results are provided to service users (stores, general companies, etc.) that receive services from service providers. If there is a system that can do this, it can be expected to improve operational efficiency.

Here, the “user” in the present invention is an individual, group, or company that uses the system, and a specific user (one person, one group, one user that can identify one company) and an unspecified user (one user, one group, one company can be specified). Individuals, organizations, and companies that cannot or cannot be specified). A terminal or the like used by the user in this system is referred to as a “user side terminal”. Hereinafter, in the present invention, the term “individual” with respect to the user includes organizations and companies as the user.

In addition, the “service enjoying operator” is an entity that receives the original business support service (first service) by this system, and the system component device provided on the service enjoying operator side is referred to as “service enjoying operator”. Say "business equipment". The meaning of the term “provided on the side” here does not mean that the term “provided in the service receiving service provider” is provided. The term “provided on the side” is used in the same manner hereinafter.

A “service provider” is an entity that provides an original business support service (first service) using this system, and a system component device provided on the service provider side is referred to as a “service provider business”. Say the device.

In addition, a “service infrastructure provider” is a company that bundles a plurality of service providers, and provides service infrastructure such as business and reservation functions (business services and reservation services) and / or service providers. It is a business entity provided to the enjoying business. Then, information is collected from time to time based on the contract from the service receiving provider device and / or the service providing provider device, and the information is analyzed, for example, and analyzed to the service receiving provider side and / or the service providing provider side. Provided as (second service). Here, the information to be provided need not be limited to analysis information, and for example, in response to a request from a data provider, non-analysis information with the original data as it is may be provided. A system component device provided on the service infrastructure provider side is referred to as a “service infrastructure provider apparatus”.

Also, “data provider” and “data receiver” refer to a service provider and a service receiver. Then, for example, the original user information Ia, Ib is transmitted as raw data, or as anonymized data XIa, XIb satisfying k-anonymity as data provided to the service infrastructure provider side, and the data is also transmitted to the service infrastructure provider It is received as analysis data or raw data analyzed on the side. A system component device provided on the data provider side is referred to as a “data provider unit”, and a system component unit provided on the data receiver side is referred to as a “data receiver unit”. The data provider side is a “data provider” and the data receiver side is a “data receiver”. However, the data provider is not limited to a “provider” but may be a “user” individual. Therefore, in the embodiments described later, there may be simply referred to as “data provider” and “data receiver”.

In addition, since a service infrastructure provider is a company that bundles multiple service providers, the service infrastructure provider integrates or integrates various data stored in multiple service providers. If it can be analyzed, higher value-added analysis becomes possible, and as a result, higher value-added analysis results for users including service providers and / or service users Can be provided.

In the present situation where an IT environment capable of analyzing a large amount of data is being prepared, it is technically possible to perform the above-described high added value analysis from a large amount of data.

“High-value-added analysis” means personalization (sending information by e-mail, etc.) according to personalization (customers and prospective users' preferences and attributes) and recommended recommendations (recommendation: user preferences). This is an analysis for providing basic data that can be realized by analyzing and selecting information that is likely to be interesting for each user.

At the service provider side and the service infrastructure provider side, various data are collected from the service provider side. For example, when collecting and analyzing the collected data, the data is resistant to aggregation and analysis (analysis). It is necessary to perform data cleansing processing in order to make it possible. The reason is that the data format is different for each service provider. In other words, the unit of data of each data provider is different, or if it is numeric data, it may be a category.

Conventionally, in order to eliminate such data cleansing processing, for example, the system, that is, the service provider and the service infrastructure provider have previously presented a common data format to the data provider, and the common data format Thus, a method of receiving data from the data provider side can be considered.

However, according to such a method, there is no particular problem in the case of individual correspondence, but various types of data are collected from a plurality of service enjoyment companies, and for example, fusion or integration is performed to perform higher value-added analysis. Issues such as being unable to do so remain.
In other words, in the case of such a method, the collected data can be handled only by the service infrastructure provider side.
For example, even if the data of Company A has valid data that does not exist in Company B, it becomes impossible to expect a high-value-added analysis that also uses Company A data that is valid for Company B. In addition, the data provider side is forced to perform conversion to input data in accordance with a unified common data format, and there is a new problem that causes a decrease in serviceability. In other words, no consideration is given to enabling the use of the provided data, for example, analysis data or original data, on the data recipient side who enjoys the provided data.

Therefore, the present invention, for example, collects various data created by a plurality of data providers (or data providers), and sets the data format of the collected data as a basic data format policy on the service infrastructure provider side. For example, the data is aggregated, analyzed, and data mined, and the basic data format of the aggregated, analyzed, and data mined data is converted into a data format that complies with the data format policy of the data receiver. On the other hand, the data format conversion data providing system for each customer and the data format conversion data providing method for each customer capable of providing the data of the aggregation, analysis, and data mining to each data receiving company (or data receiving person) side Is to provide.

In order to achieve the above object, a customer-specific data format conversion data providing system of the present invention is a customer having at least one service platform operator device, a plurality of data provider devices, and a plurality of data receiver devices. In another data format conversion data providing system, the service infrastructure provider device receives the data from each data provider device in a data format unique to each data provider device, and the data receiver A data distribution unit that distributes data received from each data provider device to the data receiver device in response to a request from the device, and the service infrastructure provider device records various data description formats in advance. A data format recording unit, and in addition, the service platform operator device is the data receiver device Customer-specific data format conversion data providing system comprising the data distribution processing section for distributing the data format as follows in accordance with the request of the data enjoying's device when delivering data.
(1) When the distribution request from the data receiver apparatus requests data distribution in the data format of the service infrastructure provider apparatus, the data format information recorded in the data format recording unit is In consideration, the data format of each received data provider device is converted into the data format of the service platform operator device and distributed.
(2) When the distribution request from the data receiver device requests data distribution in the data format of the data receiver device, refer to the data format information recorded in the data format recording unit. Then, the received data format of each data provider apparatus is converted into the data format of the data receiver apparatus and distributed.
(3) When the distribution request from the data receiver device requests data in the data format of each data provider device, the data is distributed as it is in the data format of each data provider device.

In addition, the customer-specific data format conversion data providing system of the present invention includes a service infrastructure provider device, a data provider device, and a data receiver device, and the service infrastructure provider device is the data provider. A receiving unit that receives data from the device and data format information of the data, request data format information from the service receiver device, data format information on the service platform operator device side, and the data provider device Data format information, a storage unit for recording the data format information of the data beneficiary operator device, and a data distribution request from the data beneficiary device, and the data distribution request is the data format of the infrastructure operator device What is the format, the format of the data format of the data receiving provider device Or a data format for converting the data format of the data provider device into the data format of the data format of the data delivery request in consideration of the data format information of the storage unit And a data distribution unit that transmits the data of the data provider device to the user device in a data format converted by the data format conversion unit.

The service infrastructure provider device further includes a data analysis unit that receives and manages data recorded and managed in accordance with the infrastructure data format policy on the service infrastructure operator device side, and the data analysis unit Is converted from the basic data format to the data format of the data receiver device by the data distribution data format conversion unit, and the analysis data after the data format conversion is converted via the data distribution unit. It transmits to the said data receiver apparatus side, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

The data format information of the data provider device and the data receiver device includes information indicating the type in each item of the data format master of the service platform operator device, and the types include the data provider device and the data receiver. It is specified on the device side.

In addition, the customer-specific data format conversion data providing method of the present invention provides customer-specific data format conversion data having at least one service platform operator device, a plurality of data provider devices, and a plurality of data receiver devices. The service platform operator device comprises a server having a control unit, and the control unit receives data from each data provider device in a data format unique to each data provider device; Distributing the data received from each data provider device in response to the request of the data receiver device to the data receiver device, and the service infrastructure provider device is a description format of various data Including a data format recording unit for pre-recording, and the control unit, in addition, the service platform operator device A data format conversion data providing method for each customer, comprising a step of distributing data in the following data format in response to a request from the data receiver device when distributing data to the data receiver device .
(1) When the distribution request from the data receiver apparatus requests data distribution in the data format of the service infrastructure provider apparatus, the data format information recorded in the data format recording unit is In consideration, the data format of each received data provider device is converted into the data format of the service platform operator device and distributed.
(2) When the distribution request from the data receiver device requests data distribution in the data format of the data receiver device, refer to the data format information recorded in the data format recording unit. Then, the received data format of each data provider apparatus is converted into the data format of the data receiver apparatus and distributed.
(3) When the distribution request from the data receiver device requests data in the data format of each data provider device, the data is distributed as it is in the data format of each data provider device.

Further, the customer-specific data format conversion data providing method of the present invention is a system having a service platform operator device, a data provider device, and a data beneficiary device, and the service platform provider device has a control unit. A server, wherein the control unit receives data from the data provider device, data format information of the data, data format information from the service receiver device, and data on the service infrastructure provider device side. The format information, the data format information of the data provider device, the step of recording the data format information of the data receiver operator device, and the data distribution request from the data receiver device are received. , Data format of the platform operator device, previous In the case of a data distribution request in any one or more of the data format of the data receiving provider device, the data format of the data provider device is changed to the data distribution by referring to the data format information of the storage unit Converting to a data format of a requested data format format, and transmitting the data of the data provider device to the user device in the data format converted by the data format conversion unit. Features.

The control unit further includes a step of receiving data recorded and managed in accordance with a basic data format policy on the service infrastructure provider device side and analyzing the data.

The data format information of the data provider device and the data receiver device includes information indicating a type corresponding to each item of the data format master of the service infrastructure provider device, and the type includes the data provider device and the data It is specified on the beneficiary device side.

According to the present invention, one or more data of data formats provided from each data provider side and having different data format policies on the data provider side are collected, and the data format of the collected data is unified. It is possible to convert the data format into the data format on the data receiver side based on the data format policy according to the specification or the data format specified by the data receiver and the request. Data from the provider side can be provided to the data receiver side.
Thereby, there is an effect that the processing burden when the data provider side provides the data can be reduced.

In addition, by converting each data format from each data provider side into a unified data format (basic data format) on the service platform side, for the platform provider side, multiple data providers side It is also possible to analyze by integrating, fusing, or integrating multiple data, and it is not necessary for the data provider side to perform special processing such as data format conversion, and for the data receiver side the data It is also possible to analyze the provider's data independently.
Problems, configurations, and effects other than those described above will become apparent from the following description of embodiments.

It is a figure which shows the whole service provision system outline | summary which adopted the data format conversion data provision system according to customer of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows each structure of the service infrastructure provider apparatus and data provision provider apparatus of FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the arithmetic unit (control means) of the service infrastructure provider apparatus of FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the base data format of the data format definition document management master DB of the server for base providers, and the example of the data. FIG. 5 is a table showing a data format master of “text” of the type of the basic data format example of FIG. 4. FIG. 5 is a table showing a data format master of “zip code” of the type of the basic data format example of FIG. 4. FIG. 5 is a table showing a “numeric” data format master of the type of the base data format example of FIG. 4. FIG. 5 is a table showing a data format master of “date” of the type of the base data format example of FIG. 4. 5 is a table showing a data format master of “currency” of the type of the base data format example of FIG. 4. 5 is a table showing a data format master of “telephone number” of the type of the basic data format example of FIG. 4. FIG. 5 is a table showing a “percent” data format master of the type of the base data format example of FIG. 4. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a data format of the provision history data of a data provider (A company), and the example of the data (provided value). It is a figure which shows the example of a data format of the purchase history data of a data beneficiary (P company), and the example of the data (purchase value). It is a flowchart figure explaining the processing flow of the data format conversion method of this invention. It is a figure which shows typically a mode that several each company data (Ia, Ib, Ic) are transmitted with respect to the base | substrate provider side from the some data provider (A company, B company, C company) side. It is a figure which shows a mode that each company data (Ia, Ib, Ic) from the several data provider (A company, B company, C company) side is analyzed in the data analysis part 31313 by the side of a basic | foundation provider. It is a figure which shows typically a mode that the analysis result analyzed by the base | substrate provider side is provided to the several data beneficiary (P company, Q company, R company) side. It is a figure which shows typically an example which registers the data format of the data provider (company A) side in the base | substrate provider side. It is a figure which shows typically a mode that data (original data) of a specific data provider (A company, C company) is enjoyed with respect to a basic | foundation provider from a data beneficiary (P company).

Hereinafter, the embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. First, an outline of a service providing system that supports a business of a service receiving business will be described.

The service providing system is a service infrastructure provider system or apparatus (hereinafter referred to as a service infrastructure provider apparatus) that provides an application service or SI, that is, a service (first service S1) such as a reservation function or business SaaS to the service provider. And a service provider system or device (hereinafter referred to as a service provider device) that customizes the first service and provides it to the service receiver in accordance with the request of the service receiver (such as a restaurant). And).

Service enjoyment businesses (restaurants, etc.) provide users (consumers) with food and drinks and merchandise, and receive user information (original information) from the users.

In addition to SaaS, the service infrastructure provider device may be a device that provides, for example, a PaaS (Platform as a Service), an ASP (Application Service Provider) service, or the like that lends a platform including an OS.

Hereinafter, the restaurant industry (restaurants), service providers, and service infrastructure operators will be mainly described.
First, an outline of the service providing system will be described. The service platform operator apparatus of the service providing system includes an application server (hereinafter referred to as a service platform provider server) that provides a reservation management service (application service) or the like to the service provider apparatus.

The service provider device customizes this reservation management service according to the request of the service receiving provider, and accepts and manages the reservation information of the user (consumer) from the service enjoying provider (hereinafter referred to as the service provider). (Referred to as server). In other words, this is a mechanism for supporting the business of the service receiving business operator in cooperation with the service infrastructure business operator device and the service providing business operator device.

A system with such a mechanism generally corresponds to an individual project basis for each service receiving company.
Therefore, the service platform operator device provides the first service S1 to the service provider device, and the service provider device provides the customized first service (service start) to the service receiving operator. ) And also manages user information (original information) Ia, Ib, etc. based on the provided first service.

As this service providing method, for example, SaaS can be cited. SaaS means that the function (first service) provided by the information system (software) is used by the service provider and the service receiving provider via the network without particularly constructing or introducing a new system. It is an ICT utilization environment that makes possible.

In general, SaaS has the advantage that services required when needed can be used quickly without the need for special system construction. In SaaS, it is not necessary to prepare a special environment in the company, so that the operation start time of the function (service) can be advanced and the cost can be reduced. In addition, although the Internet and WAN are used, the operation is almost the same as that using an in-house system due to technological innovation of the network and browser.

In addition, service providers and service users can expect to reduce costs and expand sales by using SaaS and SI provided by service infrastructure operators and operation / maintenance.

In the present invention, data from such data provider devices (service provider devices A and B, service receiving provider devices a1, a2, b1, b2, etc.) is collected and analyzed, for example. The result (data) of executing data mining or the like can be provided to the device side of the data receiver in a data format corresponding to each data receiver.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, it is possible to accept even cleansing data and efficiently analyze the data by fusing and integrating the received plural data, and analyzing the data or original data. It is transmitted in a data format corresponding to the distribution request of the apparatus. For example, (1) if the distribution request from the data receiver device is a data distribution request in the data format of the service infrastructure operator device, the data is transmitted in the data format of the service infrastructure operator device. (2) When the distribution request from the data receiver device is a data distribution request in the data format of the data receiver device, the data is transmitted in the data format of the data receiver device, and (3 ) When the distribution request of the data receiver device is a data distribution request in the data format of the data provider device, the data is transmitted in the data format of the data provider device. The transmission is performed in a so-called data format for each request of the data receiver.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of a service providing system in which the customer-specific data format conversion data providing system of the present invention is applied to a service platform operator device.

The service providing system includes a data providing operator device 12 of a data providing operator and a service infrastructure operator device 3 of a service infrastructure operator.

The data provider device 12 includes a plurality of service provider devices 2 including a plurality of service provider devices A, B..., A service receiving business including a plurality of service receiving provider devices a, b. Person device 1.

The data provider company 12 includes a data provider server 121.
Each service receiving company device 1 is, for example, a device on the side of a plurality of stores a1 and a2 or a plurality of companies b1 and b2, and includes a server 11 for service receiving companies. Then, each service receiving company server 11 outputs the original user information Ia and Ib to the service providing company apparatus 2.

The original user information Ia and Ib is sent from the user side corresponding to the first service S1 (business / reservation function, etc.) provided from the service infrastructure company apparatus 3 via the network 4. .

Each service provider device 2 includes a service provider server 21. The server 21 for service provider receives each original user information Ia, Ib, and uses the anonymization technology well known to the extent that the original user information is directly or cannot be specified. Is transmitted to the service infrastructure provider apparatus 3 side via the network 4.

The service infrastructure provider device 3 includes a service infrastructure provider server 31. The service infrastructure provider server 31 has a function of receiving data provided from the data provider provider server 121 and analyzing the data.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing configurations of the service infrastructure provider server 31, the data provider server 121, and the data beneficiary server 1216.

In this example, the service provider server 21 of FIG. 1 is used as the data provider server 121, the service receiver server 11 is used as the data receiver server 1216, and the service provider business is started from the data provider server 121. The data provided to the user server 31 will be described on the premise of the original data Ia, Ib,. Further, the description will be made on the assumption that data from the data provider server 121 is analyzed and the analysis data is transmitted to the data receiver server 1216. This data analysis may be performed as necessary, and is not essential.

The data provider server 121 includes a data transmission unit 1215, an analysis data reception unit 1213, and the like. Then, the service infrastructure provider provides data format information F (Fa, Fb,...) Indicating the data I (Ia, Ib,...) And the data format of the data. Provided to the service server 31, but may be used as a data receiver server that receives the analysis data S from the service infrastructure provider server 31. The data receiver server 1216 may be used as a data provider server that provides the data Ip and the data format F information (Fp) of the data.

In order for the data receiver server 1216 to receive the analysis data S from the service infrastructure provider server 31, the service infrastructure provider server 31 is requested to that effect (data enjoyment request signal), and the service Data format information indicating the data format determined in accordance with the cleansing policy on the receiving business server 1216 side, that is, data format information F (Fp) indicating in what data format the user wants to receive data (receive data distribution) ) To the service infrastructure provider server 31 side. This data format information may be registered in advance on the service infrastructure provider server 31 side.

The service infrastructure provider server 31 includes an input / output device (input / output interface) 311, a storage device (storage means) 312, and an arithmetic device (calculation means) 313. These are connected by LAN.

The storage device 312 includes a data provider and data receiver management master DB / data and data format information management DB 3121, an analysis data DB 3122, and a data format definition document management master DB 3123.

The data provider and data receiver management master DB / data and data format information management DB 3121 manages data and data format information of the data provider and data receiver, and is provided from the data provider server 121. Data I (original data Ia, Ib, Ic,...) And data format information F (data format information Fa, Fb, Fc,...) Of the data are stored in association with each other and managed.

The analysis data DB 3122 stores and manages analysis data (data mining) obtained by analysis by the data analysis unit 31314.

The data format definition document management master DB 3123 records the data format master information of the data format definition document that defines the policy of the basic data format (Fy) of the server 31 for service infrastructure providers. In other words, each data format F (Fa, Fb, Fc,...) Of the provided data I (Ia, Ib, Ic,...) From the data provider server 121 is changed to the service infrastructure provider server 31. The data format definition document including the basic data format information for conversion to the data format F (Fy) according to the cleansing policy is managed. The base data format information may be stored and managed in the data provider and data receiver management master DB / data and data format information management DB 3121.

The arithmetic device 313 includes a data provider and a data receiver recognition unit (company recognition unit) 31111, a data and data format information reception unit 31211, a data format conversion unit (data format conversion means) 31313, a data analysis unit 31314, data A distribution data format conversion unit (data format conversion means) 31316, a data writing / reading unit 31317, and an analysis data distribution unit 31318 are included.

The provider recognition unit 31131 recognizes the data provider and the data beneficiary. Based on the recognition result, data and data format information from the data provider server 121 are received, and it is determined whether to provide analysis data to the data receiver server 1216 (service). It has a function.

The data and data format information receiving unit 31212 receives data I (Ia, Ib, Ic,...) From the data provider server 121 and data format information F (Fa, Fb, Fc,...) Of the data. And the data format information F (Fp) designated or requested from the data receiver server 1216 is received.

The data format conversion unit 31313 designates the data format of the data provided from the data provider server 121 from the data receiver server 1216 in accordance with the basic data format policy of the definition document of the data format definition document management master DB 3123. Or convert to the required data format. For example, each data format (Fa, Fb, Fc,...) Of the provided data (Ia, Ib, Ic,...) Is converted into a unified base data format (Fy). Data format conversion is performed in consideration of infrastructure data format information on the infrastructure provider side and data format information from the data provider and data receiver.

This data format conversion is for the cleansing processing so that the data of the plurality of data provider servers 121 can be integrated or analyzed by the service infrastructure provider server 31. Thereby, each data provider server 121 can provide data to the service infrastructure provider server 31 in the state of the data format of the original cleansing process.

In addition, the service platform server 31 converts the data provided from the service provider server 121 into a unified data format even if the data formats are different from each other. By integrating or analyzing, it is possible to perform better high value added analysis.

The data format (Fa, Fb,...) From the data provider server 121 is replaced with the converted unified base data format (Fy) by the data format conversion unit 31313.

The data analysis unit 31314 analyzes data (data mining) using the data format converted by the data format conversion unit 31313.

The data writing / reading unit 31317 writes the data (Fa, Fb,...) And the data format information (Fa, Fb,...) And the data format information (Fa, Fb,...) Of the data provider server described above to the DB 3121 and reads them from the DB.

The analysis data distribution unit 31318 transmits the data analyzed by the data analysis unit 31314 to the data receiver server 1216.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing an example of the service infrastructure provider server 31. In the figure, the server 31 converts the provided data Ia, Ib, Ic,... Ip and the data format information Fa, Fb, Fc... Fp of the data into data and data format information receiving unit 31212 (see FIG. 2). Are stored in the data and data format information management DB 3121 in association with the data.

The provided data Ia, Ib, Ic,... Ip are stored in the data and data format information management DB 3121 in the data format provided from the data provider server 121, and then the data format conversion unit 31313 The data format may be changed.
Further, after the data format is converted by the data format conversion unit 31313, the provided data Ia, Ib, Ic,... Ip may be stored in the data and data format information management DB 3121.

The data format information Fa, Fb, Fc... Fp of the data is stored in the data and data format information management DB 3121 in association with the provided data Ia, Ib, Ic,.

The data analysis unit 31314 analyzes the data after converting the data format. The data analysis unit 31314 not only combines or integrates a plurality of data but also analyzes the data recipient server 1216 that receives the analysis result. It is also possible to analyze only the data from the server for the specific data provider according to the designation or request from.

For the designation or request from the data receiver server 1216, only the specific data from the specific data provider server is selected from the analysis results, and the detailed request for the specific data is sent to the service infrastructure provider server 31. This is done by notifying them. That is, this selection is for the data receiver server 1216 to request the service infrastructure provider server 31 what data format format the user wants to enjoy (data distribution).
The data provided from the specific data provider server 1216 is converted into a data format based on the designation or request of the data receiver server 1216 by the data distribution data format conversion unit 31316, and the converted data The data is sent to the data receiver server 1216 in a format.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a basic data format of the data format definition document management master DB 3123 of FIG. 2 and an example of the data.

In the figure, the base data format 410 (base data format Fy) of the service base provider device has columns of item 411, item meaning 412, type 413, and type 414.

Item 411 indicates a data item name, and includes “g_name” 4111, “g_name_kana” 4112, “g_address” 4113, “g_zip” 4114, “g_point” 4115, “g_date” 4116, and “g_account” 4117.

Item meaning 412 indicates “name”, “name (kana)”, “address”, “zip code”, “point usage rate”, “purchase date”, and “use amount”.

The type 413 indicates “text”, “text”, “text”, “zip code”, “numerical value”, “date”, “currency”.

Type 414 indicates “type 0”, “type 1”, “type 0”, “type 1”, “type 0”, “type 2”, “type 2”.

In the “g_name” 4111 column of the item, “name”, “text”, and “type 0” are associated, and in the “g_name_kana” 4112 column, “name (kana)”, “text”, “Type 1” is associated, “g_address” 4113 is associated with “address”, “text”, “type 0”, and “g_zip” 4114 is associated with “zip code”, “ “Zip code” and “type 1” are associated, “g_point” 4115 is associated with “point utilization rate”, “numerical value”, and “type 0”, and “g_date” 4116 is associated with “Purchase date”, “date”, and “type 2” are associated with each other, and “usage amount”, “currency”, and “type 2” are associated with the “g_account” 4117 column.

Examples of data of “g_name” 4111, “g_name_kana” 4112, “g_address” 4113, “g_zip” 4114, “g_point” 4115, “g_date” 4116, and “g_account” 4117 of the item 411 are, for example, “Hitachi Joji”, “Hitachi” "Taro", "Minato-ku, Tokyo", "1400000", "0.234", "September 23, 2012", "\ 2,309,987", "Hideki Hitachi", "Hitachi Hitachi", "Omiya Ward, Saitama City", "3300800 ”,“ 0.456 ”,“ 2012/04/03 ”,“ 1,098,887 ”,“ Hitachi Eiji ”,“ Hitai Eiji ”,“ Chuo-ku, Tokyo ”,“ 1030000 ”,“ 0.576 ”,“ August 27th, 2012 ” ", \ 987,654", "Hitachi Takuya", "Hitachi Takuya", "Chuo-ku, Chiba", "2600000", "0.348", "2012/03/20", "\ 98,000", "Shinji Hitachi" “Hitachi Shinji”, “Naka-ku, Yokohama”, “2310000”, “0.562”, “2012/06/07”, “¥ 67,922”, “Hitachi Male "," Hideo Hitachi "," Nishi-ku, Yokohama-shi "," 2200000 "," 0.873 "," 2012/08/30 ", indicates" \ 45,000 ".

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a table in the data format definition document management master DB 3123 of FIG. 2, and is a diagram showing an example of a “text” data format master of a type 413 in FIG.

In the figure, a “text” data format master 510 indicates a type and a display format. The type has a plurality of types 0 to 6, and the display format corresponds to each type and defines the type. ing. For example, type 0 indicates no designation, type 1 indicates a full-width hiragana “Hitachi Joji”, and type 2 indicates a full-width katakana “Hitachi Joji”. Type 3 indicates the half-width Katakana “Hitachi Joushi”, Type 4 indicates the full-width Hiragana full-capital letter “Hitaji Yoji”, Type 5 indicates the full-width Katakana full-capital letter “Hitachi Diyouji”, and Type 6 , Half-width katakana in all capital letters “Hitachi jiyoji”.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a table of the data format definition document management master DB 3123 of FIG. 2, and is a diagram showing an example of a data format master of “zip code” of type 413 of FIG.

In the figure, the “zip code” data format master 610 indicates the type and display format. The type includes a plurality of types 0 to 3, and the display format corresponds to each type and defines the type. is doing. For example, type 0 indicates no designation, type 1 indicates no hyphen, and type 2 indicates a hyphen.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a table in the data format definition document management master DB 3123 in FIG. 2, and is a diagram showing an example of a “numeric” data format master of a type 413 in FIG.

In the figure, a “numeric” data format master 710 indicates a type and a display format. The type has a plurality of types 0 to 6, and the display format corresponds to each type and defines the type. ing. For example, type 0 indicates no designation, type 1 indicates “− #, ##. #”, And type 2 indicates “Δ #, ##. #”. Type 3 indicates “-#####. #”, Type 4 indicates “Δ #####. #”, Type 5 indicates “− ######”, and Type 6 indicates , “Δ ######” is shown.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the table of the data format definition document management master DB 3123 of FIG. 2, and is a diagram showing an example of the “date” data format master of the type 413 of FIG.

In the same figure, the “date” data format master 810 indicates the type and display format. The type has a plurality of types 0 to 3, and the display format corresponds to each type and defines the type. ing. For example, type 0 indicates no designation, type 1 indicates “YYYYMMDD”, type 2 indicates “YYYY / MM / DD”, and type 3 indicates “DDMM, YYYY”.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a table in the data format definition document management master DB 3123 of FIG. 2, and is a diagram showing an example of a data format master of “currency” of type 413 in FIG.

In the same figure, a data format master 910 of “currency” shows types and display formats. The types have a plurality of types 0 to 3, and the display formats correspond to each type and define the types. ing. For example, type 0 indicates “no designation”, type 1 indicates “no currency mark”, and type 2 indicates “with currency mark”.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a table example of the data format definition document management master DB 3123 of FIG. 2 and shows an example of the data format master of “telephone number”, which is not explicitly shown in the type 413 of FIG. FIG.

In the figure, a “zip code” data format master 1010 indicates a type and a display format. The type has a plurality of types 0 to 3, and the display format corresponds to each type and defines the type. is doing. For example, type 0 indicates “not specified”, type 1 indicates “no hyphen”, and type 2 indicates “with hyphen”.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a table of the data format definition document management master DB 3123 of FIG. 2, and a diagram showing an example of a “percent” data format master, which is not explicitly shown in the type 413 of FIG. 4. It is.

In the same figure, the “percent” data format master 1020 indicates the type and display format. The type has a plurality of types 0 to 3, and the display format corresponds to each type and defines the type. ing. For example, type 0 indicates “not specified”, type 1 indicates “no%”, and type 2 indicates “%”.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of the data format of the provision history data of Company A and an example of the data (provided value) showing an example of the server 121 for data provider.

In the same figure, the data format (data format Fa) of the provided history data of company A has columns of item 1110, item meaning 1120, type 1130, type 1140.

Item 1110 indicates a data item name, and includes “a_name” 11101, “a_name_kana” 11102, “a_address” 11103, “a_zip” 11104, “a_point” 11105, “a_date” 11106, and “a_account” 11107.

The difference from the basic data format of FIG. 4 is that “a_name_kana” 4112 of the basic data format 410 (Fy) of FIG. 4 is “type 1” with hiragana name, “a_zip” is a numerical value “type 1” without “hyphen”, “ While the “a_point” is the numerical value “type 0” and the “a_date” is the date “type 2” with the slant, the data format (Fa) of the provided history data of the company A in FIG. 12 is the item “a_name_kana” Is the katakana name “type 2”, “a_zip” is the postcode “type 2” with a hyphen, “a_point” is the percent “type 2”, and “a_date” is the date “type 1” without the slash.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of the data format of purchase history data of Company P showing an example of the server 1216 for data beneficiaries and an example of the data (purchase value).

In the same figure, the data format (data format Fp) of purchase history data of Company P has columns of item 1210, item meaning 1220, type 1230, type 1240.

Item 1210 indicates a data item name, and includes “p_name” 12101, “p_name_kana” 11202, “p_address” 12103, “p_zip” 12104, “p_point” 12105, “p_date” 12106, and “p_account” 12107.

The difference from the basic data format of FIG. 4 is that the “a_date” 4116 in the item of the basic data format Fy of FIG. 4 is the date “type 2” with a slash, whereas the data format of company P in FIG. In Fp, “p_date” 12106 of the item 1210 is in the date “type 1” without a slash.

FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining the processing flow of the data format conversion data providing method for each customer according to the present invention. In this example, the case where the number of data provider servers 121 is two is shown, and the case where the number of data receiver servers 1216 is one is shown.

In step S1211, the data provider server 121 transmits the data Ia and the data format information Fa of the data to the service infrastructure provider server 31. Similarly, another data provider server 121 transmits the data Ib and the data format information Fb of the data to the service platform server 31 in step S1212.

On the other hand, in step S12161, the data beneficiary server 1216 transmits the data format information Fp that designates or requests the data format for receiving the analysis data to the service infrastructure provider server 31.

In step S311, the service infrastructure provider server 31 receives these data and data format information, writes them in the data and data format information management DB 3121, and stores them.

Next, in step S312, the data format of the data from the data provider server 121 is converted into a data format Fy in accordance with the cleansing policy of the service infrastructure provider server 31.

This data format conversion process converts the data format of each data from the service provider server 121 to a unified basic data format Fy according to the basic data format policy of the data format definition document of the data format definition management master DB 3123, Each data can be managed by the base data format. This is a process for cleansing data that can be analyzed by fusing or integrating provided data. For example, the data format Fa, Fb,... Of the data provider server 121 is converted to a preset unified data format Fy.

In step S313, the data of the unified base data format Fy is subjected to data analysis processing by a desired analysis technique (data mining), and the analysis data is written and stored in the analysis data DB 3122.

Next, in step S314, the data format information Fp (data distribution request data format format) from the data receiver server 1216 is converted again into a data format for distributing the analysis data to the data receiver server 1216. For example, the base data format Fy is converted into the data format Fp. Alternatively, the basic data format or the data format of the data provider server 121 may be used. These are made in response to a data format request from the data receiver server 1216.

When the server 121 for data provider is a data provider and a data receiver at the same time, the base data format Fy is converted into the data format Fa, Fb,.

In step S315, the analysis result (analysis data) is transmitted to the data receiver server 1216 in the data format Fp.

The data beneficiary server 1216 receives the analysis data in step S12162. At this time, if it is desired to know the details of any one of the data from a specific data provider server 121, for example, Ia, Ib,... Of the specific data, in step S12163, the data provider to be received. The server 31 requests the service infrastructure provider server 31 to receive data from the service server (request for analysis of specific data and request for the data format).

In step S311, the service infrastructure provider server 31 selects only specific data from the data provider server 121, receives an analysis request for the selected specific data, and repeats the above-described steps.

Thus, detailed data that cannot be determined by the data format of the data receiver server 1216 can be grasped. For example, in the data format Fp of the data receiver server 1216, only the number of purchases in “Tokyo” is defined, whereas in the data format of the data provider server 121, “Minato”, If the number of purchases for each zoning such as “Shinagawa” is specified, the data up to the number of purchases for each zoning such as “Minato” and “Shinagawa” is stored in the data format Fp of the server for data receivers. It is also possible to enjoy on the basis.

FIG. 15 shows a plurality of company data Ia, Ib, Ic and a data format Fa, Fb, Fc of the data from the company A, company B, company C, which is a plurality of data providers, to the platform provider side. Data format information F used at the time of conversion at the platform operator side, that is, A company data format information Fa, B company data format information Fb, and C company data format information Fc are transmitted and stored at the platform operator side It is a figure which shows a mode that it manages.
The company A data format information is data format information that represents the data format of company A data by receiving the data format master information of the platform provider side and selecting the type of each item in the data format master information. In other words, the information Fa is a data format policy selected by the company A. The same applies to Company B and Company C. The data format master information refers to each item of the basic data format of FIG. 4, for example, “text data format master”, “zip code data format master”, “numeric data format” as shown in FIGS. Data format master information such as "Master", "Date data format master", "Currency data format master", "Postal code data format master", "Telephone number data format master", "Percent data format master" Show. Then, as a pre-procedure when providing the service, each data format information is created based on the master information.

In the figure, the data provider A side of the data provider transmits A company data Ia to the platform provider side based on the A company data format Fa. Further, the data provider A side generates the company A data format information Fa based on the base data format master information and the company A data format information Fa of the base provider side imported in advance, for example. To the side.

This data format information Fa is used when the data format conversion unit 31313 of the data format conversion means on the infrastructure provider side converts the company A data format Fa to the infrastructure data format Fy. The format information is registered in advance with the platform operator side, and when the company A data Ia is received, the company A data format Fa is converted to the platform data format Fy, and the company A data Ia is converted into the platform data format Fy. The data provider and data receiver management master DB / data format information management DB 3121 may be recorded.

The company A data Ia and the data format information Fa may be transmitted at the same timing or at different timings.

Upon receiving the company A data Ia and the data format information Fa, the platform operator converts the company A data format Fa into the platform data format Fy based on the data format information Fa, and converts the company A data Ia of the company A data format Fa The data is recorded in the data provider and data receiver management master DB / data format information management DB 3121 in the base data format Fy.

The same applies to the other data provider Company B and the data provider Company C.
In this way, each company's data is provided to the platform provider in the format of each company, and the provided data is managed by the platform provider in the unified platform data format Fy. Can be analyzed by the person in charge.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the company data Ia, Ib, and Ic from the companies A, B, and C of the plurality of data providers are analyzed by the data analysis unit 31313 on the platform provider side.

That is, each company data (A company data, B company data, and C company data) of a plurality of data providers is integrated on the platform provider side (data integration section), and the data analysis section 31313 analyzes the data. The analysis result (analysis data) is output in the base data format Fy.

FIG. 17 is a diagram schematically showing a state in which the analysis results analyzed on the platform provider side are provided to the P company, Q company, and R company side of a plurality of data recipients.

The infrastructure provider side receives, for example, data format information F (Fp, Fq, Fr) from the data beneficiary side.

When an analysis data request is received from the data receiver P company, the analysis result (data) of the basic data format Fy is based on the data format information Fp on the data receiver (P company) side. The data distribution data format conversion unit 31316 of the conversion means converts the data into the P company data format Fp, and transmits the analysis data in the data format to the data receiver side. The P company data format information is data format information that represents the data format of the P company data by receiving the data format master information of the platform provider side and selecting the type of each item in the data format master information.
The other data receiver Q company and the data receiver R company perform similarly.

FIG. 18 is a diagram schematically showing a state in which A company data and A company data format information are provided from the data provider A company to the base company.

In the figure, company A as a data provider receives data format master information of the base data format master from the base provider side, for example, refers to the data format master information, selects an item type, etc. It is necessary to transmit the company data format information Fa to the platform provider side and register it with the platform provider side.

FIG. 19 is a diagram schematically showing a state in which specific data (detailed data of A company and B company) is received from a base company to a data receiver P company based on a request. .

In the figure, if the data receiver P company wants to analyze the original data of the data providers A and C by looking at the data received from the analysis results described above, On the other hand, it is possible to request the provision of data of Company A and Company C in the Company P data format on the data receiver side.

That is, when the base company receives a request for providing data Ia and Ic of company A and company C in company P data format Fp from company P, in data format conversion unit 31316 for data distribution of the data format conversion means, Based on the data format information Fp of the P company, the basic data format Fy is converted into the P company data format Pf, and the data of the company A and the data Ia and Ic of the company C are transmitted to the company P by the company P data format Fp. To do. Here, company A data (company P data format) means company A data converted according to the data format policy (= Fp) selected by company P on the data recipient side.

When the company P requests the provider of the data Ia and Ib of the companies A and C in the company P data format Fp, the data format Fp of the company P, that is, the items of the data format Fp (name, It is necessary to notify the information on the address, purchase date,..., Type (text, text, date,...) And the type (1, 0, 1,.
Thereby, it is possible for P company side to integrate and analyze each data of A company and C company uniquely.

In addition, this invention is not limited to the Example mentioned above, Various modifications are included. For example, the above-described embodiments have been described in detail for easy understanding of the present invention, and are not necessarily limited to those having all the configurations described. Further, a part of the configuration of one embodiment can be replaced with the configuration of another embodiment, and the configuration of another embodiment can be added to the configuration of one embodiment. Further, it is possible to add, delete, and replace other configurations for a part of the configuration of each embodiment.

In addition, each of the above-described configurations, functions, processing units, processing means, and the like may be realized by hardware by designing a part or all of them with, for example, an integrated circuit. Each of the above-described configurations, functions, and the like may be realized by software by interpreting and executing a program that realizes each function by the processor. Information such as programs, tables, and files for realizing each function can be stored in a recording device such as a memory or a hard disk.

Also, the control lines and information lines indicate what is considered necessary for the explanation, and not all the control lines and information lines on the product are necessarily shown. Actually, it may be considered that almost all the components are connected to each other.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Service receiving provider apparatus 2 Service providing provider apparatus 21 Service provider provider server 3 Service infrastructure provider apparatus 31 Service infrastructure provider server 121 Data provider server 1216 Data receiver server 3121 Data provider Data beneficiary master DB / data and data format information management DB
3123 Data format definition document management master DB
3313 Data format conversion unit 31316 Data format conversion unit for data distribution

Claims (8)

1. A customer-specific data format conversion data providing system having at least one service infrastructure provider device, a plurality of data provider devices, and a plurality of data receiver devices,
   The service infrastructure provider device includes a data receiving unit that receives data from each data provider device in a data format unique to each data provider device, and each data provider according to a request of the data receiver device. A data distribution unit that distributes the data received from the device to the data receiver device, and the service infrastructure provider device further includes a data format recording unit that records a description format of various data in advance,
   In addition, when the service infrastructure provider device distributes data to the data receiver device, a data distribution processing unit for distributing the data in the following data format in response to a request from the data receiver device Customer-specific data format conversion data providing system characterized by comprising
   (1) When the distribution request from the data receiver apparatus requests data distribution in the data format of the service infrastructure provider apparatus, the data format information recorded in the data format recording unit is In consideration, the data format of each received data provider device is converted into the data format of the service platform operator device and distributed.
   (2) When the distribution request from the data receiver device requests data distribution in the data format of the data receiver device, refer to the data format information recorded in the data format recording unit. Then, the received data format of each data provider apparatus is converted into the data format of the data receiver apparatus and distributed.
   (3) When the distribution request from the data receiver device requests data in the data format of each data provider device, the data is distributed as it is in the data format of each data provider device.
2. A service infrastructure provider device, a data provider device, and a data receiver device;
   The service infrastructure provider device includes a receiving unit that receives data from the data provider device and data format information of the data, request data format information from the service receiver device,
   Data format information on the service platform operator device side, data format information on the data provider operator device, a storage unit for recording data format information on the data receiver operator device,
   In response to a data distribution request from the data receiver device, the data distribution request is data in one or more of the data format format of the platform operator device and the data format format of the data receiver device In the case of a distribution request, in consideration of the data format information of the storage unit, a data format conversion unit that converts the data format of the data provider device into a data format of the data format of the data distribution request;
   A data distribution unit that transmits the data of the data provider device in the data format converted by the data format conversion unit to the recipient device;
   A customer-specific data format conversion data providing system.
3. The customer-specific data format conversion data providing system according to claim 2,
   The service infrastructure provider device further includes:
   A data analysis unit that receives each data from the data provider device and analyzes the data;
   A data format conversion data providing system for each customer, characterized by comprising:
4. The customer-specific data format conversion data providing system according to claim 2,
   The data format information of the data provider device and the data receiver device includes information indicating the type in each item of the data format master of the service platform operator device, and the types include the data provider device and the data receiver. A customer-specific data format conversion data providing system, which is specified on the device side.
5. A customer-specific data format conversion data providing method of a customer-specific data format conversion data providing system having at least one service infrastructure provider device, a plurality of data provider devices, and a plurality of data receiver devices,
   The service infrastructure provider device includes a server having a control unit,
   The control unit receives data from each data provider device in a data format unique to each data provider device; and
   Delivering the data received from each data provider device in response to the request of the data receiver device to the data receiver device,
   Furthermore, the service infrastructure provider device includes a data format recording unit that records in advance the description format of various data,
   The controller is
   In addition, when the service infrastructure provider device distributes data to the data receiver device, the service platform operator device includes a step of distributing the data in the following data format in response to a request from the data receiver device. Customer-specific data format conversion data provision method.
   (1) When the distribution request from the data receiver apparatus requests data distribution in the data format of the service infrastructure provider apparatus, the data format information recorded in the data format recording unit is In consideration, the data format of each received data provider device is converted into the data format of the service platform operator device and distributed.
   (2) When the distribution request from the data receiver device requests data distribution in the data format of the data receiver device, refer to the data format information recorded in the data format recording unit. Then, the received data format of each data provider apparatus is converted into the data format of the data receiver apparatus and distributed.
   (3) When the distribution request from the data receiver device requests data in the data format of each data provider device, the data is distributed as it is in the data format of each data provider device.
6. In a data format conversion data providing method for each customer according to a system having a service infrastructure provider device, a data provider device, and a data receiver device,
   The service infrastructure provider device includes a server having a control unit, and the control unit includes:
   Receiving data from the data provider device and data format information of the data, data format information from the service receiver device;
   Recording the data format information on the service infrastructure provider device side, the data format information of the data provider device, and the data format information of the data receiver device;
   In response to a data distribution request from the data receiver device, the data distribution request is data in one or more of the data format format of the platform operator device and the data format format of the data receiver device If it is a distribution request, referring to the data format information of the storage unit, converting the data format of the data provider device to a data format of the data format of the data distribution request;
   Transmitting the data of the data provider device to the recipient device in a data format converted by the data format conversion unit;
   A data format conversion data providing method for each customer.
7. The customer-specific data format conversion data providing method according to claim 6,
   The control unit further includes:
   Receiving each data from the data provider device and analyzing the data;
   A data format conversion data providing method for each customer.
8. The customer-specific data format conversion data providing method according to claim 6,
   The data format information of the data provider device and the data receiver device includes information indicating the type in each item of the data format master of the service platform operator device, and the types include the data provider device and the data receiver. A customer-specific data format conversion data providing method characterized by being specified on the device side.

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