JP2006072897A - Communication terminal equipment and operation proposing method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To support a user to plan an operation schedule beforehand. <P>SOLUTION: A communication part 101 transmits and receives data, and an information storage processing part 102 performs the storage processing of information acquired by the communication part 101. A schedule information retrieval part 103 retrieves prescribed information from operation schedule information stored in an information storage part 104 on the basis of a retrieval condition specified beforehand, and the information storage part 104 stores the information acquired by the communication part 101 and the already registered operation schedule information. An information reproduction processing part 105 performs the reproduction processing of the information, an output part 106 displays the retrieved information by a display and a speaker, and the user inputs the information in an input part 107. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication terminal device and an action proposing method, and more particularly to a communication terminal device and an action proposing method that facilitate setting and inputting an action schedule.

For example, a technique is known that uses a user's location information obtained from a location notification system that can acquire the current location, and that prompts the user to associate a predetermined action by the user with the acquired location information. (For example, Patent Document 1).
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  However, in the conventional apparatus, although there is a need for the user to make an action schedule efficiently in advance, no consideration has been given to this point.

  This invention is made | formed in view of this point, and it aims at providing the communication terminal device and the action proposal method which can perform the support for making an action plan with respect to a user beforehand.

  The communication terminal device according to the present invention includes an input means for inputting action schedule information, a storage means for storing information related to the action schedule information, and the storage means based on the action schedule information input by the input means. The search means which searches the information relevant to the said action schedule information stored in this, and the display means which displays the information relevant to the said action schedule information searched by the said search means are taken.

  According to this configuration, by searching and displaying information related to the stored action schedule information based on the input action schedule information, for example, the user can display the action schedule information before arriving at the destination. Since it can be seen, it is possible to support the user for making an action schedule in advance.

  The action proposal method of the present invention is based on the input step for inputting action schedule information, the storage step for storing information related to the action schedule information in the storage means, and the action schedule information input in the input step. A search step for searching for information related to the action schedule information stored in the storage means, and a display step for displaying information related to the action schedule information searched in the search step. I tried to do it.

  According to this method, by searching for and displaying information related to the stored action schedule information based on the input action schedule information, for example, the user can display the action schedule information before arriving at the destination. Since it can be seen, it is possible to support the user for making an action schedule in advance.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the assistance for making an action schedule with respect to a user beforehand can be performed.

  According to the present invention, schedule candidate information is presented in response to an input of schedule information (behavior schedule information) so as to facilitate support and input of action schedule settings.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1)
1 to 5 are diagrams for explaining the first embodiment.

  First, the configuration of the communication terminal apparatus according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the communication terminal device 100 of Embodiment 1 includes a communication unit 101, an information storage processing unit 102, a schedule information search unit 103, an information storage unit 104, an information reproduction processing unit 105, and an output. Unit 106, input unit 107, bookmark assigning unit 108, and information registration unit 109.

  The communication unit 101 is a means for performing data transmission / reception, and has functions of receiving broadcast content, acquiring content on the Web, and transmitting / receiving data via e-mail.

  The information storage processing unit 102 is a unit that performs processing for storing the information acquired by the communication unit 101, and stores the acquired information and information that is newly added to the information by the processing after reception in the information storage unit 104. Has the function of processing.

  The schedule information search unit 103 has a function of searching for predetermined information from the action schedule information stored in the information storage unit 104 based on a search condition designated in advance.

  The information storage unit 104 is a storage unit that stores information acquired by the communication unit 101 and registered action schedule information.

  The information storage unit 104 includes a memory built in the communication terminal device 100, specifically, an electrically erasable nonvolatile memory (EEPROM), a readable / writable volatile memory (SRAM and DRAM), a magnetic memory (Hard Disk) can be used. The information storage unit 104 may be an external storage device that is detachable from the communication terminal device 100, such as a card-type memory or a stick-type memory. Further, a storage device of a network server constructed by a wireless network or a wired network can be used as the information storage unit 104.

  The information reproduction processing unit 105 is a means for performing information reproduction processing, and has a function of displaying by the output unit 106.

  The output unit 106 includes a display and a speaker.

  The input unit 107 is a means for a user to input information.

  The bookmark assigning unit 108 has a function of assigning a bookmark (mark) indicating that the information should be referred to when presenting the action proposal information in accordance with a user instruction.

  The information registration unit 109 has a function for registering action proposal information presented as a search result of the schedule information search unit 103.

  Next, the operation of the communication terminal apparatus 100 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS.

  First, a processing method for receiving and browsing broadcast contents will be described with reference to FIG.

  In step S201, the communication unit 101 receives broadcast content. In step S202, the information reproduction processing unit 105 reproduces the received broadcast content via the output unit 106.

  Here, the broadcast content will be described with reference to FIG.

  The broadcast content 400 includes main body information (text information) 402 relating to reproduction and attribute information 401 that is information related to the main body information 402.

  The attribute information 401 includes time-related information 412, location-related information 413, and category-related information 411 that is characteristic information indicating the characteristics of the broadcast content 400.

  The time-related information 412 is information indicating a valid period, and the location-related information 413 includes latitude information (Latitude), longitude information (Longitude), area information (area), area code (areaCode), It consists of place information (placeName).

  The information 411 related to the category is event information (PublicEvent), and the detailed content (details) is “blue sky city”.

  Next, in step S203, the user is asked whether or not to add a bookmark indicating that the content is information referred to when presenting the action proposal information.

  In step S <b> 204, when it is necessary to assign a bookmark to the content, when the user inputs a bookmark assignment instruction from the input unit 107, the bookmark assignment unit 108 presents action proposal information to the broadcast content 400. A bookmark indicating that the information is referred to at the time is added.

  The area to which the bookmark is added is provided, for example, in the top area of the content to be saved.

  In step S <b> 205, the information storage processing unit 102 stores the broadcast content 400 and bookmarks as additional information in the information storage unit 104.

  If no bookmark is given, only the received content is saved.

  Next, an action suggesting method for displaying action candidate information will be described with reference to FIGS.

  In step S301, for example, as shown in FIG. 5A, “lunch” and action schedule information 511 are input at “Yokohama” from 12:00 to 13:00, and this information is registered.

  In step S301, schedule information is input. In step S302, if information such as received content is stored in the information storage unit 104, the schedule information search unit 103 is stored in the information storage unit 104 in step S303. The information related to the free time before and after that is searched based on the time information of the newly input information with reference to the information such as the received content.

  In this case, when the corresponding information is stored in the information storage unit 104 in the search in step S303, the information reproduction processing unit 105 newly adds the information via the output unit 106 as shown in FIG. The registered schedule information 521 and action proposal information 531 which is a search result searched as information related to the schedule information 521 are displayed. That is, since “Yokohama” in the action schedule information 511 and “Yokohama station square” in the information 413 related to the place shown in FIG. 4 are related, the information reproduction processing unit 105 sets “Yokohama” in the action schedule information 511. The associated action proposal information 531 can be displayed by the output unit 106.

  In step S304, when a registration instruction is issued using the “Register” button 532 as a selection input for adopting the action proposal information 531 presented in step S303, the information registration unit 109 presents the presented action proposal information. Is newly stored and registered in the information storage unit 104 as the determined action schedule information, and the registered information is updated (step S305).

  As described above, according to the first embodiment, based on the action schedule information such as time information input by the user, information related to the stored action schedule information is retrieved and displayed, for example, Since the user can view the action schedule information before arriving at the destination, the user can be supported to make an action schedule in advance. Further, according to the first embodiment, if the user inputs action schedule information to the communication terminal apparatus, information related to the action schedule information is displayed on the communication terminal apparatus, so that it is easy to set and input an action schedule. can do. Moreover, according to this Embodiment 1, since the information relevant to action schedule information is displayed on a communication terminal device, a user's action support can be enabled anytime and anywhere. Further, according to the first embodiment, the information related to the action schedule information can be acquired as content distributed by broadcasting, so that action support based on the latest information can be made possible. Moreover, according to this Embodiment 1, since the action schedule information input by the user and the information related to the searched action schedule information are displayed at the same time, the user can input the action schedule information input by the user and the searched action schedule. Since an action schedule can be made while seeing both information related to the schedule information, the user can easily make an action schedule.

  In the search in step S303, information to be searched is information provided with a bookmark indicating that the information is referred to when presenting action proposal information.

  In the first embodiment, in the search for the schedule information, the time information input as the action schedule is searched as the key information. However, the present invention is not limited to this. And it may be configured to search.

  For example, “Yokohama” may be set as search information, and information related to the location may be set as candidate information for an action schedule.

  As the format of the information related to the place, area information decided in advance may be used, or the place information of the suburbs may be extracted using the latitude / longitude information. Further, using the area code or area name decided in advance, the matching information may be presented as the proposal information.

  The key information may be personal information. For example, when “Mr. Tanaka” is entered as information on people who act together, information related to “Mr. Tanaka”, for example, sent / received e-mail information with “Mr. Tanaka” is presented, You may make it extract and present the mail of the text related to "Yokohama".

  Further, the input content of the action schedule, for example, the input information of “lunch” may be used as the feature information, and the information related to the content, for example, the information about the restaurant may be presented as recommended information. In this case, “lunch” can be associated with information about the restaurant by using a relational database. Alternatively, the same feature information as the input feature information may be searched.

  In the first embodiment, the information to be searched is information with a bookmark indicating that the information is referred to when the action proposal information is presented. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Information, for example, broadcast content and received mail may be targeted.

  By making the search target unread information, related information can be easily extracted.

  This unread received mail includes a received mail related to ticket purchase, and such received mail also includes date and time information, so that the date and time of a concert or a theater is surely registered as action schedule information. Become.

  Moreover, you may comprise so that both the information which provided the bookmark and unread information may be made into a search object. Furthermore, information with bookmarks and unread information may be distinguished and presented.

  Furthermore, a mode that allows the user to set information to be searched may be provided.

  Note that when bookmarking is performed, a bookmark may be added by explicitly specifying a search condition (attribute information) to be referred to when searching for action proposal information. For example, list the accompanying attribute information, select from the displayed attribute information, or select the attribute information that is valid for the search from the time information, location information, category information, etc., and add a bookmark You may comprise so that it may do. With this configuration, the user can explicitly select a search condition.

  In the first embodiment, the example of using the attribute information attached to the main body information of the received information has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and information included in the text information, for example, time information is used. Also good. For example, the time information may be extracted by adding a bookmark in a state where the user explicitly selects the time information to be displayed, thereby obtaining information used for the search.

  In the above description, when information is input from the input unit 107, information related to the input information is searched. However, when the display of registered information is instructed, a bookmark is automatically added. It is also possible to search for the retrieved information and display the search result.

(Embodiment 2)
The second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6 to 8.

  In the communication terminal device 600 according to the second embodiment, when content is received, the bookmark assigning unit 608 automatically assigns a bookmark based on information set in advance by the condition setting unit 609, and then the information storage processing unit 602. Is configured to store the received content.

  The communication unit 601, the schedule information search unit 603, the information storage unit 604, the output unit 606, the input unit 607, and the bookmark assignment unit 608 of the second embodiment are the same as the communication unit 101, the schedule information search unit 103, and the information of the first embodiment. The same functions as those of the storage unit 104, the information reproduction processing unit 105, the output unit 106, the input unit 107, and the bookmark assignment unit 108 are provided.

  Next, the action proposal method of the communication terminal apparatus 600 shown in FIG. 6 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  First, an operation when receiving broadcast information will be described with reference to FIG.

  In step S701, when the broadcast information is received, in step S702, the information storage processing unit 602 determines whether the received information is information to be preferentially proposed when making an action proposal. Make a decision.

  Here, the information to be preferentially proposed is information having information based on user preference information stored in the information storage unit 604 as feature information, and this information is information input by the user. Is set by the condition setting unit 609 based on the above.

  In step S702, when the information storage processing unit 602 determines that the received information is information to be preferentially presented based on the information set by the condition setting unit 609, the bookmark adding unit 608 In step S703, a bookmark is added, and then in step S704, the information storage unit 602 stores the received information in the information storage unit 604 as unread received information.

  Next, a method for presenting action proposals when displaying already registered action schedule information (schedule information) will be described with reference to FIG.

  In step S801, when an instruction to display the registered action schedule information is given, the information proposal terminal 600 displays the action schedule information as shown in FIG. If information is stored in the information storage unit 604 in response to the display of the action schedule information (step S802), the plan information search unit 603 searches the information stored in the information storage unit 604 in step S803. To do.

  The operations in steps S804 and S805 are the same as those in steps S304 and S305 in FIG. 3, and in step S806, action schedule information is displayed.

  More specifically, when date information “March 2” is input in step S801, action schedule information shown in FIG. 5A is displayed. Then, following the display of the action schedule information, information in the information storage unit 604 is searched using the date information “March 2” as a search condition. In this search process, as shown in FIG. 5B, unread information stored in the information storage unit 604 is presented as a search target, and in particular, unread information with a bookmark added is presented as action proposal information.

  As described above, according to the second embodiment, in addition to the effect of the first embodiment, since the information with the bookmark is displayed, the information necessary for the user can be preferentially displayed. .

  In addition, in combination with the first embodiment, a bookmark can be set by the user. In this case, the information set in the search condition setting unit 609 may be configured to be learned and set based on the user's bookmarking history information. That is, the search condition may be updated using feature information of information to which a bookmark is attached.

  Note that when there are a plurality of pieces of information targeted for action proposals, priority levels may be assigned to the action proposals. For example, priorities may be given in advance corresponding to feature information. Further, the priority of information related to the user's favorite category may be increased.

(Embodiment 3)
A third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

  Communication terminal apparatus 900 according to Embodiment 3 sets a mode for determining whether or not to perform reception notification on received information when the information received via receiving section 901 is information related to the determined action schedule information. A reception notification setting unit 908 is provided, and the other configuration is the same as that of the first embodiment except that the information registration unit 109 is excluded.

  Therefore, in communication terminal apparatus 900 according to Embodiment 3, it is determined whether the received information is action proposal information that is information related to action schedule information stored in information storage section 904, triggered by the reception of information. To do.

  Specifically, the communication terminal device 900 includes a reception notification setting unit 908 that designates a certain date / time of the action schedule information and performs notification when information related to the date / time is received. For example, when setting information indicating that the schedule is undecided from 14:00 to 16:00 on March 2 and receiving information related to the time, the reception notification setting unit 908 displays the information Notify that it has been received.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 5A, the communication terminal device 900 performs notification when information related to today's action schedule is received in a state where the action schedule information 511 is displayed. Also good. As information related to today's behavior, not only information related to time but also “Yokohama”, which is information related to the place, and “lunch”, which is characteristic information, may be used as information for determining whether to perform notification. .

  Note that it may be configured to determine whether or not to perform notification by inputting user preference information in advance and determining based on this information.

  Also, the user preference information may be extracted from information included in the action schedule information. For example, it is determined that information included in the action schedule information is information that the user likes.

  FIG. 10 is a modification of the third embodiment, and the communication terminal apparatus 1000 of FIG. 10 includes a reception notification unit 1008.

  The reception notifying unit 1008 has a function of selectively receiving the received information only when the information received via the receiving unit is information related to the determined action schedule information.

  As described above, according to the third embodiment, in addition to the effects of the first embodiment, when the received information is desired information, the user is notified. You can browse quickly on the device.

  The present invention is particularly suitable for a communication terminal apparatus using a wireless device, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a notebook personal computer, or a personal computer on a network constructed by a wireless LAN or a wired LAN.

The block diagram which shows the structure of the communication terminal device which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining a processing method when receiving information according to the first embodiment of the present invention; The flowchart explaining the process of the action proposal which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. The figure which shows the structure of the received content which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. The figure which shows the display state of the communication terminal device which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. The block diagram which shows the structure of the communication terminal device of Embodiment 2 of this invention. A flowchart explaining the processing method at the time of reception of information according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention The flowchart explaining the process of the action proposal which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. The block diagram which shows the structure of the communication terminal device which concerns on Embodiment 3 of this invention. The block diagram which shows the other structure of the communication terminal device which concerns on Embodiment 3 of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

100, 600 Communication terminal device 101, 601 Communication unit 102, 602 Information storage processing unit 103, 603 Schedule information search unit 105, 605 Information reproduction processing unit 104, 604 Information storage unit 106, 606 Output unit 107, 607 Input unit

Claims (10)

An input means for inputting action schedule information;
Storage means for storing information related to the action schedule information;
Search means for searching for information related to the action schedule information stored in the storage means based on the action schedule information input by the input means;
Display means for displaying information related to the action schedule information searched by the search means;
A communication terminal apparatus comprising:   2. The display means for simultaneously displaying the action schedule information used in the search by the search means and information related to the action schedule information searched by the search means. Communication terminal device. Comprising bookmark attaching means for attaching a bookmark to information related to the action schedule information stored in the storage means;
The communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the search unit searches for information related to the action schedule information to which the bookmark is added by the bookmark adding unit. Comprising receiving means for receiving information related to the action schedule information;
The communication terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit stores information related to the action schedule information received by the receiving unit.   5. The communication terminal apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising a reception notification unit that notifies that the information related to the desired action schedule information is received by the reception unit. An input step for inputting action schedule information;
A storage step of storing information related to the action schedule information in the storage means;
A search step for searching for information related to the action schedule information stored in the storage unit based on the action schedule information input in the input step;
A display step for displaying information related to the action schedule information searched in the search step;
An action suggestion method comprising:   7. The display step simultaneously displays the action schedule information used for the search in the search step and information related to the action schedule information searched in the search step. Action proposal method. A bookmark providing step of adding a bookmark to information related to the action schedule information stored in the storage means;
8. The action suggestion method according to claim 6, wherein the search step searches for information related to the action schedule information to which the bookmark is given in the bookmark giving step. A receiving step of receiving information related to the action schedule information;
9. The action proposing method according to claim 6, wherein the storing step stores information related to the action schedule information received in the receiving step.   10. The behavior suggestion method according to claim 9, further comprising a reception notification step of notifying that information related to the desired behavior schedule information has been received in the reception step.

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