JP2007034743A - Content distribution system and method and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To distribute information by dynamic information analysis on the basis of the respective statuses and positions of a plurality of users, histories and requests and the relationship of the users with each other. <P>SOLUTION: A content distribution system is provided with a service center 1, the Internet 2, a mobile communication network 3, a GPS satellite 4, a radio terminal 5 with a GPS function, and an access point 6. The service center 1 is provided with a position information detection server 10, a position information management server 11, an attribute management server 12, a distribution server 13, a DB server 14, a radio terminal management DB 15, a base station management DB 16, a system user management DB 17, an attribute management DB 18, a moving history DB 19, a content DB 20, and a position information DB 21. When the user (a) is alone, content information suiting his or her taste and interest based on the attribute information of the user (a) himself/herself is distributed. In the case that the user (a) is with the user (c) as a companion, the content information suiting his or her taste and interest of the user (c) is distributed to the user (c). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for distributing information linked to the position and situation of a portable information terminal.

  Conventionally, in a mobile information terminal such as a mobile phone equipped with a GPS function, the user's position information and movement history are acquired and input to the street terminal, so that the current position information and the input information are combinedly considered. Information has been provided.

  Also, when a user sends an e-mail to another user, a notification condition such as the current location of the distribution target person or companion is specified and transmitted, and a mail is transmitted when the distribution target matches the notification condition. It has been broken.

  Also, using the omnidirectional visual sensor, the customer's position and movement speed are calculated from the omnidirectional video in the store, and the customer's activity history such as the customer's movement history and the products that the customer has shown interests is acquired from the information. Service is done.

  In addition, in a theme park or the like, a service for confirming the location of a child with an IC tag and delivering information in a timely manner to a mobile phone held by a user is provided.

(See Non-Patent Documents 1 and 2).
Paper: “Construction of Geographic Information System that Realizes Personalization According to Behavior History: Masatsugu Ito, Hideyuki Tokuda: Construction of Geographic Information System Realization of Personalization According to Behavior History, 66th Annual Conference of Information Processing Society of Japan, March, 2004. '' Research report: “Context generation method based on location information: Atsuko Sueda, Casey Tan Ocampo, Toru Nakatsu, Koji Murakami, Hiroshi Sakai, 4th Ubiquitous Computing System Research Presentation April 23, 2004” Research report: “Noriko Kitaoka, Yasuhito Nakanishi, Minoru Oyama, Katsuya Hakozaki: Development of communication support system based on situation estimation using location information-Report of experiments using the SOHO group The 3rd network society and lifestyle of IEICE Timed Study Group, NTSL3-3 (2001) " Experiment: “Fujitsu Prime Soft Technology Co., Ltd., Location Information System Public Open Experiment in Theme Park, 2004.11.11”, URL: http://jp.fujitsu.com/group/pst/services/appliance/rfid/spaceworld .html

  However, in a service that provides information based on a user's location information and behavior history acquired via a terminal carried by the user such as a mobile phone with GPS, the location information and behavior history of the user at the time of information distribution Therefore, it was difficult to satisfy the information needs of users according to the situation.

  In addition, in a service in which a user designates notification conditions such as the current location of a delivery target person or a companion in advance and sends an information providing mail only when the delivery target matches the notification conditions, It was a service that did not deliver mail to a large number of recipients.

  In addition, a service that calculates the customer's position and movement speed using an omnidirectional visual sensor and acquires the customer's movement history and the customer's activity status such as products that the customer has shown an interest in from such information. Information was not distributed by dynamically acquiring and analyzing logs.

  Also, in the theme park, services such as confirmation of whereabouts of children with IC tags, distribution of timely information to mobile phones owned by users, and income / analysis of flow line information of users with IC tags are not acceptable. The behavior history (access log) of a large number of specific users was acquired and analyzed, and dynamic behavior prediction and information distribution were not performed.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and its purpose is to distribute information by dynamic information analysis based on the situation and position of each of a plurality of users, history and requests, and the relationship between users. There is.

  The present invention described in claim 1 is a content distribution system that distributes content according to a user attribute of a mobile communication terminal via a network, a content DB that stores content provided via the network, and a mobile communication terminal The movement history DB for storing the movement history information and the current position information, the companion information on the companion registered in advance by the user, and the attribute information indicating the attribute to the field in which each of the user and the companion is interested are at least An attribute management DB to store, and a distribution server that selects a content distribution destination by either a companion or a user based on the contents of the movement history DB, attribute information, and companion information, and distributes the content .

  In addition, the present invention described in claim 2 provides the distribution server according to claim 1, wherein the distribution server has at least the content selected based on the attribute information of the user when the accompanying person has the same current position information as the user. A selection process for distributing to a companion is executed.

  In addition, the present invention described in claim 3 is the distribution server according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the distribution server includes: user location information; companion attribute information; and behavior prediction information based on user movement history information; Therefore, the information judged and selected in combination is distributed to the user.

  Further, according to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to third aspects, the companion information includes relationship information indicating a relationship between the user and the companion, and personal information for identifying the companion individual. And distribution request information for requesting distribution of content according to user attribute information registered in advance by the accompanying person.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the content distribution method for distributing content according to the user attribute of the mobile communication terminal via the network, the step of storing the content provided via the network by the content DB The movement history DB stores the movement history information and current position information of the mobile communication terminal; the attribute management DB; the companion information on the companion registered in advance by the user; Storing at least attribute information indicating an attribute to a field having a field, and the distribution server determines whether the content distribution destination is a companion or a user based on the contents of the movement history DB, the attribute information, and the companion information And selecting and distributing the content.

  Further, in the present invention described in claim 6, the distribution server according to claim 5, wherein, when the companion has the same current position information as the user, the distribution server at least does not select the content selected based on the attribute information of the user. A step of executing a selection process for distribution to the accompanying person.

  In addition, the present invention described in claim 7 is the distribution server according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the distribution server includes: user position information; companion attribute information; and behavior prediction information based on user movement history information; Thus, the step of delivering the information judged and selected in combination to the user is executed.

  The present invention according to claim 8 is the invention according to any one of claims 5 to 7, wherein the companion information includes relationship information indicating a relationship between the user and the companion, and personal information for specifying an individual of the companion. And distribution request information for requesting distribution of content according to user attribute information registered in advance by the accompanying person.

  According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the content distribution program for distributing content according to the user attribute of the mobile communication terminal via the network, the step of storing the content provided via the network by the content DB The movement history DB stores the movement history information and current position information of the mobile communication terminal; the attribute management DB; the companion information on the companion registered in advance by the user; Storing at least attribute information indicating an attribute to a field having a field, and the distribution server determines whether the content distribution destination is a companion or a user based on the contents of the movement history DB, the attribute information, and the companion information And selecting and delivering the content

  Further, the present invention described in claim 10 is the distribution server according to claim 9, wherein when the companion has the same current position information as the user, the distribution server does not at least receive the content selected based on the attribute information of the user. A step of executing a selection process for distribution to the accompanying person.

  In addition, the present invention described in claim 11 is the distribution server according to claim 9 or 10, wherein the distribution server includes the user position information, the companion attribute information, the behavior prediction information based on the user movement history information, Thus, the step of delivering the information judged and selected in combination to the user is executed.

  Further, in the present invention described in claim 12, in any one of claims 9 to 11, the companion information includes relationship information indicating a relationship between the user and the companion, and personal information for specifying an individual of the companion. And distribution request information for requesting distribution of content according to user attribute information registered in advance by the accompanying person.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the information by the dynamic information analysis based on each situation and position of a some user, a log | history, a request | requirement, and a user's mutual relationship can be delivered.

  FIG. 1 shows an overall configuration diagram of an embodiment of a content distribution system. FIG. 1 shows a service center 1, the Internet 2, a mobile communication network 3, a GPS satellite 4, a wireless terminal 5 with a GPS function, and an access point 6.

  Further, the service center 1 includes a location information detection server 10, a location information management server 11, an attribute management server 12, a distribution server 13, a DB server 14, a wireless terminal management DB 15, a base station management DB 16, and system use. A person management DB 17, an attribute management DB 18, a movement history DB 19, a content DB 20, and a position information DB 21.

  With such a configuration, the location information can be acquired using the access point 6 if the wireless terminal 5 with the GPS function is a place where the access point 6 can be connected. In a place where connection to the access point 6 is impossible, it is also possible to receive position information from the GPS satellite 4 and acquire the position information by the wireless terminal 5 with GPS function. The position information transmitted from the GPS satellite 4 is provided to the service center 1 through the mobile communication network 3 and the Internet 2.

  Next, FIG. 2 shows an explanatory diagram for explaining the outline of the operation of the content distribution system shown in FIG.

  First, user attribute information is registered in the service center 1 ((1) in FIG. 2). FIG. 2 shows an example in which a user a and a user c are registered in the service center 1 respectively. As an example of attribute information of the user a, “name: user a, age: 30 years old, gender: female, Mail: 123@456.co.jp, occupation: secretary, companion candidate: user c... Similarly, as an example of the attribute information of the user c, “name: user c, age: 50 years old, gender: male, Mail: 789@123.co.jp, job type: president,...” Is set. Yes. Furthermore, other fields such as hobbies and interests are specifically input as attribute information, and the item of attribute information can be appropriately changed according to the purpose.

  Next, position information of each user is acquired ((2) in FIG. 2). This location information is acquired by the service center 1. The service center 1 includes a content distribution engine 26, a position detection engine 27, and a Web server 28. These configurations are realized by programs operating on each DB and server that configure the service center 1 shown in FIG.

  Next, it is recognized that the user c who is a companion candidate of the user a is near the user a ((3) in FIG. 2). For example, when the wireless terminal 5 with the GPS function is connected to the access point 6, the companion can be recognized in the same area when the registered attribute information is under the same access point. Judged to be inside.

  Further, in a situation where the access point 6 cannot be connected, the position information is acquired by the GPS satellite 4. When a user having the same registered attribute information is within a certain distance, it is determined that a companion is present. The position of the accompanying person may be constantly monitored by the GPS satellite 4.

  Next, considering that the location information of the user a, the attribute information of the accompanying person, and the area B are mixed, appropriate information is distributed to the user a. With this distribution, it is possible to dynamically collect and analyze the current positions of a large number of users and provide appropriate information based on the determination based on the results ((4) in FIG. 2). The administrator terminal 25 displays the user's movement history / position information ((5) in FIG. 2).

  FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram for explaining the structure of a database (DB) provided in the service center 1.

  The wireless terminal management DB 15 stores a wireless terminal user number, a wireless terminal ID, a user name, a MAC address, and an IP address. The base station management DB 16 stores a base station number, a base station ID, an installation location, a scan interval, an access point authentication user, and an access point authentication password. The system administrator management DB 17 stores a user ID, a user name, a password, a user administrator flag, and a registration date and time.

  Further, the attribute management DB 18 is interested in the user ID, name, age, gender, used wireless terminal ID, e-mail address, and registered companions ac (in the case of this example in FIG. 3). It stores preference information such as fields and hobbies. The movement history DB 19 stores a history number, a time, a base station number, latitude / longitude information, a wireless terminal ID, and a situation (in-room or leaving). The content DB 20 stores distribution content, a distribution target location, and a distribution target person. The location information DB 21 stores a base station number, latitude / longitude information, and a wireless terminal ID.

  FIG. 4 shows a flow of processing according to the embodiment. When there is only one user a, content information suitable for hobbies and preferences based on the attribute information of the user a is distributed. On the other hand, when the user a is with the companion user c, the content information suitable for the hobbies and preferences based on the attribute information of the user c is distributed to the user a.

  First, the users a and c register their own attribute information and companion candidate for the wireless terminal (wireless terminal with GPS function) 5. With this registration, the service center 1 registers the attribute information / companies candidates of each user (accompanied person) in the attribute management DB 18 of the server. On the other hand, the distribution content is registered from the administrator terminal 25, and the content is registered in the content DB of the server of the service center 1.

  Next, the service center 1 acquires position information of each user. At this time, if the wireless terminal 5 cannot connect to the access point 6, the wireless terminal 5 connects to the GPS satellite 4.

  Next, the service center 1 stores the position information and movement history of each user in the server position information DB 21 and movement history DB 19. The administrator terminal 25 displays the user's movement history / position information. FIG. 6 shows a screen display example of the administrator terminal 25 at this time. On the movement history / position information screen 32, a search menu, a message, the number of people in each area, and full information are displayed in real time or periodically. The current positions of the user a and the user c are also displayed on the screen so that they can be visually recognized easily.

  Next, when the user a is alone, the service center 1 detects and recognizes that the user a is alone, and distributes the content from the content DB to the user a in consideration of the location information and attributes of the user a. To do. The wireless terminal 5 possessed by the user a receives this distributed content.

  On the other hand, when the user a is with the user c, the service center 1 detects and recognizes that the user a and the user c are together in the same area. Considering the location information of each user and the accompanying person, the content that matches the hobby / preference of the user c is distributed to the user a. Content suitable for the hobby / preference of the user c is distributed to the wireless terminal 5 of the user a. The user a can use this content to give significant advice to the user c, for example, or provide various concierge services.

  FIG. 5 shows a sequence diagram of signal processing accompanying the processing flow shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 5, DataBase 30 indicates various DBs provided in the service center 1. WebAP 31 is an example of a portal site provided on the Web, and provides a content providing service.

  First, the wireless terminal information is previously input from the administrator terminal 25 to the wireless terminal DB 15 (S1), the base station information is input to the base station management DB 16 (S2), and the system user information is input to the system user management DB. (S3) The content to be distributed is input to the content DB 20 (S4).

  Next, the wireless terminal 5 possessed by each user transmits their own attributes and registers them beforehand in the attribute management DB 18 of the service center 1 (S6). At the same time, the wireless terminal 5 communicates with the GPS satellite 4 (S6), and acquires its own position information (S7). In addition, the service center 1 acquires the location information of the wireless terminal 5 using the mobile communication network (mobile network) 3 (S8). The acquired position information is input to the position information DB 21 (S9).

  When the wireless terminal 5 is communicating with the access point 6 (S15), the terminal ID of the wireless terminal 5 communicating with the access point 6 is acquired (S10). The acquired terminal ID and base station number are input and stored in the position information DB 21 (S11).

  Next, when the wireless terminal 5 moves, position information that changes with the movement is input to the movement history DB 19 (S12). Further, when the access point is connected, a user who is under the same access point is searched from the position information DB 21 (S13). Alternatively, when the position information is acquired by the GPS satellite 4, the position information DB 21 is searched for a user within a certain range (S14).

  Finally, if the user a and the user c are in the same area (within a certain range), the content is distributed from the content DB 20.

  According to the embodiment described above, it is possible to distribute information by dynamic information analysis based on the situation and position of each of a plurality of users, history and requests, and the relationship between users.

The whole block diagram concerning embodiment is shown. An explanatory view for explaining an outline of operation in an embodiment is shown. FIG. 1 shows a structure diagram for explaining a database in an embodiment. An explanatory view for explaining processing in an embodiment is shown. The sequence diagram for demonstrating the process in embodiment is shown. An example of the screen display of the administrator terminal in an embodiment is shown.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Service center 2 Internet 3 Mobile communication network 4 GPS satellite 5 Wireless terminal with GPS function 6 Access point 10 Location detection server 11 Location information management server 12 Attribute management server 13 Distribution server 14 DB server 15 Wireless terminal management DB
16 Base station management DB
17 System user management DB
18 Attribute management DB
19 Movement history DB
20 Content DB
21 Location information DB
25 Administrator terminal 26 Content distribution engine 27 Location information detection engine 28 Web server

Claims (12)

In a content distribution system for distributing content according to the attributes of a user of a mobile communication terminal via a network,
A content DB for storing content provided via a network;
A movement history DB for storing movement history information and current position information of the mobile communication terminal;
An attribute management DB for storing at least at least attribute information indicating an attribute to a field in which each of the user and the accompanying person is interested, and an accompanying person information about the accompanying person registered in advance by the user;
A distribution server for selecting a content distribution destination by either a companion or a user based on the contents of the movement history DB, attribute information, and companion information, and distributing the content;
A content distribution system comprising: The distribution server
The selection process for delivering the content selected based on the attribute information of the user to at least the companion is executed when the companion has the same current position information as the user. Content distribution system. The distribution server
The user's position information, companion attribute information, and behavior prediction information based on the user's movement history information are combined and distributed to the user, the information selected and selected. 3. The content distribution system according to 1 or 2. The companion information is
Relationship information indicating the relationship between the user and the companion, personal information for identifying the companion's individual, and distribution request information for requesting distribution of content in accordance with the user's attribute information registered in advance by the companion The content distribution system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising: In a content distribution method for distributing content according to user attributes of a mobile communication terminal via a network,
Storing contents to be provided via the network by the contents DB;
Storing movement history information and current position information of the mobile communication terminal by the movement history DB;
The attribute management DB stores at least at least companion information about a companion registered by the user in advance and attribute information indicating an attribute to a field in which each of the user and the companion is interested;
Selecting a content distribution destination by either a companion or a user based on the contents of the movement history DB, the attribute information, and the companion information by the distribution server, and distributing the content;
A content distribution method characterized by comprising: The distribution server
A step of executing a selection process for delivering at least the content selected based on the attribute information of the user to the accompanying person when the accompanying person has the same current position information as the user. 5. The content distribution method according to 5. The distribution server
The step of delivering to the user the information selected in combination with the user position information, the attribute information of the companion, and the behavior prediction information based on the movement history information of the user is executed. The content distribution method according to claim 5 or 6. The companion information is
Relationship information indicating the relationship between the user and the companion, personal information for identifying the companion's individual, and distribution request information for requesting distribution of content in accordance with the user's attribute information registered in advance by the companion The content delivery method according to claim 5, further comprising: In a content distribution program for distributing content according to user attributes of a mobile communication terminal via a network,
Storing contents to be provided via the network by the contents DB;
Storing movement history information and current position information of the mobile communication terminal by the movement history DB;
The attribute management DB stores at least at least companion information about a companion registered by the user in advance and attribute information indicating an attribute to a field in which each of the user and the companion is interested;
Selecting a content distribution destination by either a companion or a user based on the contents of the movement history DB, the attribute information, and the companion information by the distribution server, and distributing the content;
A content distribution program comprising: The distribution server
A step of executing a selection process for delivering at least the content selected based on the attribute information of the user to the accompanying person when the accompanying person has the same current position information as the user. 9. The content distribution program according to 9. The distribution server
The step of delivering to the user the information selected in combination with the user position information, the attribute information of the companion, and the behavior prediction information based on the movement history information of the user is executed. The content distribution program according to claim 9 or 10. The companion information is
Relationship information indicating the relationship between the user and the companion, personal information for identifying the companion's individual, and distribution request information for requesting distribution of content in accordance with the user's attribute information registered in advance by the companion The content distribution program according to claim 9, wherein the content distribution program is included.

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