JP2006098512A - Providing system for map information - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable communication use at a site by sharing information in a system which provides map information for a user through a network. <P>SOLUTION: A server-side computer 1 is equipped with a map data storage section 3, a user information storage section 4 which stores information of respective users including identification information of the user, a group name that the user has, and the name of a group that the user joins, a registration information storage section 5 which stores registration information of data that respective users have on a map while relating user identification information and group attributes, a group information storage section 6 which stores names of groups generated by users and group attributes of registration information, a display information generation section 7 which extracts designated information from the information group stored in the user information storage section 4 etc., according to group name browsing specification etc., from a client-side computer 2 and superposes it on map information from the map data storage section 3, and a display section 8. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a system for providing map information to individual users on the web. More specifically, the present invention provides map information to a user via a network, and the user registers data owned by the user on the map. The present invention relates to a map information providing system that can be used for communication by sharing registered data among specific users.

In recent years, with the development of the Internet, services that provide map information on the web and provide users with convenience are rapidly increasing.
Conventionally, as this kind of map information providing system, as shown in the following Patent Document 1, a plurality of geographic information servers, a geographic information search server capable of searching for this geographic information server, a client for displaying a map, Are connected to each other via the Internet, and a system is disclosed in which a client searches for a map from a plurality of geographic information servers via a geographic information search server and displays the searched map superimposed on a display unit of the client. Yes.

  The above map information providing system is excellent in that a map that can respond to various requests that cannot be provided by a single geographic information server can be provided from the entire geographic information server on the network. It's just a browsing of map information.

Therefore, in Patent Document 2 below, the map information server connected to the Internet is searched by specifying the coordinates of the target numerical map by the coordinate specifying means, and the searched numerical map is displayed on the display means. A map information creation method is disclosed in which a layer of unique information called from a unique information database is displayed superimposed on a numerical map displayed on the display means. Patent Document 3 below discloses a network for users. A system for providing information related to a map via a data transmission / reception unit for sending / receiving information to / from a user terminal device via a network and a map to be provided to the user as data Based on the stored map data storage unit and an instruction from the terminal device, a usable range setting for setting a map as a usable range for each user. A user data registration unit that receives, from each terminal device, user data associated with a point, line, or surface on the map within the usable range for each user, and registers the user data, Based on an instruction from the terminal device, a predetermined map within the usable range, predetermined user data associated with a point, line, or surface on the map, or data obtained based on the user data A map related information providing system comprising: an information presentation unit that presents a display screen of the terminal device in a manner associated with the point, line, or surface. Note that the holding location is the client side in Patent Document 2 and the server site is different in Patent Document 3.
JP-A-10-240124 JP 2003-148975 A JP 2002-55990 A

According to the map information creation method disclosed in the above-mentioned Patent Document 2, it is possible to superimpose unique information layers such as customer information and store information that the user has on the map, so that the user's purpose of use is met. The use of the map information is expanded compared to the map information providing system described in Patent Document 1 in that the map information can be used, and the map information can be effectively used on the Internet.
Further, according to the map related information providing system disclosed in Patent Document 3, the map information owned by the service provider side can be combined with the user information owned by the service user side, whereby Similarly to the above, it is possible to allow a flexible usage form of the user.

  However, the map information systems disclosed in Patent Document 2 and Patent Document 3 are flexible for each user because each user has unique information, and this is superimposed on the map information. It is intended to provide effective map information, and since its usage is a system that is completely individualized by each individual user, it cannot be shared with information held by other users. In addition, browsing of data held by others or use by superimposition has not been realized, and communication between users cannot be achieved.

  On the other hand, in such map information providing services, services are basically provided free of charge to users, and revenues such as advertising fees are expected by placing burner advertisements on the map display screen. In many cases, the advertisements are only unilaterally directed to unspecified users regardless of the user's gender, age, preferences, lifestyle, etc., and are effective advertisements. It was a difficult situation to say.

  Accordingly, the first problem of the present invention is that the map information is provided to the user via the network, and the user can use the data such as registering the data owned by the user on the map, and arbitrarily register it. It is to provide a map information providing system that enables communication on a map information providing site by sharing information that has been shared among users.

  Secondly, after grasping the gender, age, hobbies / preferences, lifestyles, etc. and trends of the users currently browsing, effective advertisements can be circulated accordingly and registered by users. Another object of the present invention is to provide a map information providing system that has an advantage that a database can be accumulated based on the obtained information and used as marketing information.

In order to solve the first problem, as the present invention according to claim 1, as a computer according to the present invention, there is provided a computer on the computer side for storing the map information and providing the map information on the web, and a client computer for receiving the map information. Can be connected via a network,
The server-side computer includes a map data storage unit that stores map information data to be provided to a user;
A user information storage unit for storing information of each user including user identification information, a group name owned by the user, and a group name in which the user participates;
A registration information storage unit for storing registration information on a map of data held by each user while associating the information with user identification information and / or group attributes;
A group information storage unit storing information including the name of the group created by the user and the group attribute of the information registered in the storage unit of the registration information;
A user information storage unit, a registration information storage unit, and a group information storage unit according to any one or combination of one or more group name browsing designations, one or more group attribute designations, and user identification information designations from a client-side computer A display information generation unit that extracts specific information from the information group stored in the image data, superimposes it on the map information from the map data storage unit, and generates display information;
A map information providing system, comprising: a display unit configured to display information generated by the display information generating unit.

  In the above claim 1, a group concept by the user is newly introduced to the conventional map providing system. In other words, the user can own the group, and the owned group can freely register the information it has on the map. At the same time, each user can participate in a group owned by another user, and by joining the group, the information that the user owns in the group owned by the other person is registered on the map in the other group Made it possible to do.

Therefore, if the user performs one or more group name browsing designations from the client computer, one or more group attribute designations, and user identification information designations, the display information generating unit is provided with a user information storage unit, In order to extract specific information from the information stored in the registration information storage unit and group information storage unit and display it superimposed on the map information, not only the information registered by itself but also the information registered by others on the map It is possible to browse the map and share the registered information with each other, so that communication can be used on the map information providing site.
The present invention according to claim 2 provides the map information according to claim 1, wherein in the registration information storage unit, a targeting key by any one or a combination of a group key, an information key, and a personal key is assigned to each registration information. A system is provided.

  In the present invention described in the second aspect, a targeting key by any one or a combination of a group key, an information key, and a personal key is assigned to each registration information. Since the map providing system is used by the user and the targeting key information is gradually accumulated, it is possible to grasp the current user demographics, hobbies and preferences, so it can be used for burner advertising and marketing. It becomes possible. Here, the group key is, for example, a group category, the information key is, for example, physical keyword information linked to registration information, and the personal key is related to, for example, a user's hobbies / preferences Human keyword information.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, the registration information in the registration information storage unit is at least a point position on a map, a group name for registering a point, and a point name, and includes an image and a comment as necessary. A map information providing system according to any one of Items 1 and 2 is provided.

  As a fourth aspect of the present invention, the group information storage unit stores other user participation standard information and / or group browsing standard information owned by the user in the group owned by the user. The map information providing system according to any one of Items 1 to 3 is provided.

  In the present invention described in claim 4, the group information storage unit stores participation standard information of other users in the group owned by the user and / or browsing standard information of the group owned by the user. Based on this information, it is possible to restrict the communication level in stages by restricting user participation in the group or restricting browsing by the user.

As described above in detail, according to the present invention described in claims 1 to 5 above, in the map information providing system for providing map information to users via a network, users share information registered by users. By meeting, communication on the map information providing site can be used.
Further, according to the present invention described in claims 2 to 5, in addition to the above-described effects, it is possible to perform effective advertisements according to the user's preferences, preferences, lifestyles, etc., or to utilize as marketing information. Become.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
[Hardware configuration]
As shown in FIG. 1, the map information providing system according to the present invention has computerized map information and provides a server computer 1 that provides map information on the web, and a client side that receives the map information. Computers 2, 2, etc. can be connected via a network, providing map information to users, and allowing users to register their own data on a map, etc. By sharing the information registered in, the users can use the communication on the map information providing site.

As shown in the figure, the server-side computer 1 includes a map data storage unit 3, a user information storage unit 4, a registration information storage unit 5, a group information storage unit 6, a display information generation unit 7, and the like. The information display unit 8, the information input control unit 9, and the information transmission / reception unit 10 are provided.
The map data storage unit 3 is a part in which digitized map information is stored, and is linked with position information such as an address and coordinates, thereby specifying an area and an address, and specifying a longitude and a latitude. By doing so, the designated area can be displayed.

  The user information storage unit 4 includes user identification information such as a user name, password, gender, e-mail address, name, address, date of birth, telephone number, group name owned by the user, and the user. It is a place to store the information of each user including the group name to which the user belongs. Among these, each usage including the user identification information, the group name owned by the user, and the group name to which the user belongs The person's information is stored as an essential item.

  The registration information storage unit 5 includes user identification information and / or group attributes (for example, group name, group category, etc.) so that registration information on the map of data held by the user can be searched. It is stored while associating, and registration information includes at least the point position on the map, the group name to which the point is registered, and the point name. If necessary, the registration date, external link, BBS, image, comment, etc. (See FIG. 6). The information registered on the map is stored with the position information so as to be displayed together with the map.

  As will be described in detail later, it is desirable to provide the registration information storage unit 5 with a targeting key by any one or a combination of a group key, an information key, and a personal key for each registration information.

  The group information storage unit 6 stores the name of the group created by the user, group creation date, group attributes such as the group category, comment, home position, initial display scale, and the like ( (See FIG. 6). Among these pieces of information, the name of the group created by the user and the group attribute (category etc.) of the information registered in the registration information storage unit 5 are stored as essential items for the search. The categories of the group include, for example, outdoor / sports-related, gourmet-related, shopping-related, neighborhood-related, hobby / lifestyle-related, assertive-related, maniac-related, history / cultural-related, art / space-related, etc. It is preferable to prepare default settings so that attribute classifications can be seen at a glance, and to make the group attributes selected by the user in one or more combinations from the category group at the time of group creation.

  The group information storage unit 6 can further store participation criteria information of other users for groups owned by the user and / or disclosure criteria information of groups owned by the user set by the user. Is desirable.

  The criteria for joining the group are, for example, (1) free participation (information registration is possible), (2) permission of the group owner is required, (3) no one is allowed to participate (information registration is impossible), etc. When the group administrator sets the setting of the group at the time of creating the group, it becomes possible for the group administrator to restrict registration of information with respect to the group. The criteria for participation in the group are, for example, (1) Anyone who can view, (2) only group members can view, (3) only administrators can view, etc. It is possible to restrict browsing by users. If “(3) Only administrator can view” is set, the registered information can be viewed only by the group administrator, and this map information system can be used personally. Become.

  The information input control unit 9 controls the registration procedure of the member, controls login, and controls information registration authority, browsing authority, etc. of each user in accordance with participation criteria and browsing standards for each group. It is a part.

  The display information generation unit 7 includes a user information storage unit 4, a registration according to any one or combination of one or more group browsing designations, one or more category designations, and user identification information designations from the client computer 2. This is a part that extracts specific information from the information group stored in the information storage unit 5 and the group information storage unit 6, superimposes it on the map information from the map data storage unit, and generates display information.

  The information stored in the registered information storage unit 5 is stored, for example, in association with group attributes. For example, when browsing is requested by one or a plurality of group designations from the client computers 2, 2,. Performs a search by the group name from the information stored in the registration information storage unit 5, extracts the registration information belonging to the group, and displays it superimposed on the map information. Further, the information stored in the group information storage unit 6 is stored including group attribute information such as a category, and when browsing is requested by the client side computer 2, 2,. After the group belonging to the category is searched, the registration information belonging to the group is extracted from the information stored in the registration information storage unit 5 and displayed over the map information. Furthermore, the registered information may be retrieved by retrieving the comment of the registered information, and may be displayed so as to be overlapped with the map information. Information registered in the address area by combination with the address designation may be displayed. You may be able to browse.

  By the way, in the registration information storage unit 5, a targeting key based on any one or a combination of a group key, an information key, and a personal key can be assigned for each registration information. This targeting key enables the map information provider side to acquire information that can be effectively advertised according to the user's preferences, preferences, lifestyles, etc., or can be used as marketing information. More specifically, referring to FIG. 2, when a user creates a group, a category and subcategory setting is prepared as a setting item indicating the attribute of the group, and the group key is the entire group. The category of hobbies / lifestyles, fashions, etc. is given as a group key, and the information key belongs to a category or subcategory. Set specific keys such as “Recycle”, “Clothes”, “Design”, “Kimono”, “Accessories”, etc., and the belonging person key is the gender, age, preference and type of the person belonging to the category and subcategory Keys such as “collector”, “consumer”, “designer”, etc. are set on the administrator side.

  As described above, by setting the group key, information key, and personality key as described above for the points registered on the map, each point can be assigned to a specific area (an arbitrary range on the map, If the data is aggregated at a certain address, mesh, etc., the distribution status of the group key, information key, and personality key (for example, the list upper item for each key) can be generated, so that the regional hist (regional characteristics) can be grasped. As a result, it can be used for marketing, and burner advertisements displayed on the Internet screen can be effectively performed according to the attributes of the user.

[Specific usage patterns by users]
When a user connects to a map information providing site via an Internet line, the top page of the site is displayed as shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the top page is a map display instruction section A, free word search, user search, group search, address search, etc. search column B, category division list column C, point ranking list column D, access ranking list The table column E, the latest point list column F, the login column G, the notification column H, the new arrival group list column I, etc. are displayed.

In the login field G, as shown in FIG. 4, when a user performs user registration and becomes a member, the user becomes a group manager and can own a group managed by the user. In addition to registering information in a group owned by him / her, he / she participates in other groups, and the registration authority of information is given under the condition that the other group manager permits participation. As shown in FIG. 5, the user can own My Page by becoming a member, and browses the map information of the owned group and the map information of other participating groups in an aggregated form. be able to.
On the other hand, if you do not perform the member registration procedure, you do not have the authority to register information and participate in other groups, but simply browse the map information together with the registered information, subject to the browsing permission setting by the group administrator. Is possible.

  If you are a member in the login field G, in the input field shown in FIG. 7, you can manage the group name, group introduction field, group participation criteria, group disclosure criteria, and group category selection. Owns a group and owns my page. One or more groups may be owned.

  After joining the member and logging in, if the top page (see Fig. 3) is displayed, map display instruction part A, search field B by free word search, user search, group search, address search, etc., category division list When any one of the table column C, the point ranking list column D, the access ranking list column E, and the latest point list column F is designated and an arbitrary group is designated, as shown in FIG. Information registered in the group in the past is displayed. In the left column of this map information, as shown in the figure, group name, group owner, group description, list of information registered in the past, point selection designation button, group participation instruction button, group member list When a table is prepared and information is registered by participating in this group, the button for instructing participation in the group is clicked to become a group participant. When registering information, clicking on the information registration position with the mouse displays the information registration page shown in FIG. 9, and the group name (the list of group names to which the self is registered) is registered. Enter the name of the point, the related image, and the comment field, and press the “Register Point” button to complete the registration.

[Other examples]
(1) Although an example of registering information on a map is described on a website, information transmitted by a mobile phone can be registered on a map.
(2) As a means of communication between members, a BBS (electronic bulletin board) for each member or for each point can be prepared.
(3) Although the usage pattern by users is basically free, specific users who are assumed to expand usage capacity, view statistical information with the above targeting, or make all information private, etc., pay It is also possible.

It is a block diagram of the map information provision system which concerns on this invention. It is explanatory drawing about a target key. It is a figure which shows the example of a top page. It is a login flow diagram. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of my page. It is a use form explanatory drawing after login. It is an input screen figure of group creation. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of map information. It is the information registration procedure figure on a map.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Server side computer, 2 ... Client side computer, 3 ... Map data storage part, 4 ... User information storage part, 5 ... Registration information storage part, 6 ... Group information storage part, 7 ... Display information generation part, 8 ... Information display unit, 9 ... Information input control unit, 10 ... Information transmission / reception unit

Claims (4)

A server-side computer that holds electronic map information and provides map information on the web and a client-side computer group that receives the map information can be connected via a network,
The server-side computer includes a map data storage unit that stores map information data to be provided to a user;
A user information storage unit for storing information of each user including user identification information, a group name owned by the user, and a group name in which the user participates;
A registration information storage unit for storing registration information on a map of data held by each user while associating the information with user identification information and / or group attributes;
A group information storage unit storing information including the name of the group created by the user and the group attribute of the information registered in the storage unit of the registration information;
A user information storage unit, a registration information storage unit, and a group information storage unit according to any one or combination of one or more group name browsing designations, one or more group attribute designations, and user identification information designations from a client-side computer A display information generation unit that extracts specific information from the information group stored in the image data, superimposes it on the map information from the map data storage unit, and generates display information;
A map information providing system, comprising: a display unit configured to display information generated by the display information generating unit.   2. The map information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the registration information storage unit assigns a targeting key based on any one or a combination of a group key, an information key, and an individual key for each registration information.   The registration information in the registration information storage unit is at least a point position on a map, a group name for registering a point, and a point name, and includes an image and a comment as necessary. A system for providing map information. The said group information storage part WHEREIN: The other user's participation reference information to the group which a user owns and / or the browsing reference information of the group which the said user owns are stored. A system for providing map information.

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