JP2008181215A - Information provision system, information processing equipment, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information provision system, information processing equipment and a program, guaranteeing privacy and providing the optimum information based on an actual action when required, without specifying an individual person. <P>SOLUTION: Service provided by a service providing device 101 is used with a service terminal 100, and a provision request for service related information is issued to a service related information providing device 200, based on a service ID and various kinds of information contained in a service attribute, when receiving the service ID and the service attribute. The service related information providing device 200 transmits the service related information based on the service ID and the information contained in a service attribute, or service related information based on a prescribed condition when the condition is satisfied, to the service terminal 100. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an information providing system, an information processing device, and a program.

  An IC tag mounted on a mobile phone or a credit card can record arbitrary information and can also store new information. Authentication processing is performed. An information processing device such as a mobile phone equipped with an IC tag can refer to information recorded on the IC tag or refer to other information using the information.

  On the other hand, with the spread of the Internet, it is easy to refer to digital information such as electronic documents and image data using a Web browser. Furthermore, it is also possible to transfer the referenced information to a mobile phone or the like and refer to it from the mobile phone.

In the prior art disclosed in Patent Document 1, an ID transmission device is installed at a joint work location such as a conference room, and the code information of a document used for work from the ID transmission device on a mobile phone or the like owned by an operator Is transmitted by infrared rays. An operator can acquire and refer to a predetermined document using code information registered in a mobile phone or the like.
JP 2003-177879 A

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an information providing system, an information processing device, and a program that can provide optimum information based on execution behavior when necessary without considering an individual.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 1 records information enabling use of a service provided by a service providing apparatus and uses the information to receive the service, and the information An information providing device that provides service related information related to the service used by the processing device, and the information processing device receives service information related to the service from the service providing device by using the service. Information receiving means, information storage means for storing the service information received by the information receiving means, and information acquisition for acquiring the service related information from the information providing apparatus based on the service information stored by the information storage means Means.

  The invention according to claim 2 provides the service-related information related to the service according to the invention according to claim 1, wherein the information providing apparatus uses the service using the information processing device when a certain condition is met. It is characterized by providing.

  The invention according to claim 3 is the invention according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the information providing apparatus manages the service related information with respect to position information of the service providing apparatus that provides the service, and receives the information. The means receives service information including position information indicating the service providing position by the service providing apparatus, and the information acquisition means is based on the position information included in the service information received by the information receiving means. The service related information managed by the management means of the information providing apparatus is acquired.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the invention, the information providing device includes a management unit that manages the service related information with respect to time information using the service, and the information receiving unit includes: , Receiving time information on the use of the service from the service providing apparatus, and the information acquisition means is the service related information managed by the management means of the information providing apparatus based on the time information received by the information receiving means. It is characterized by acquiring.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the invention of the fourth aspect, the management unit manages the service related information by a combination of a use start time zone and a use end time zone of the service, and the information receiving unit includes: The use start time and the use end time of the service are received from the service providing device, respectively, and the information acquisition means includes the use start time zone and the use end time to which the use start time received by the information receiving means belongs. The service related information is acquired from the management means in accordance with a combination of the usage end time zones to which it belongs.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the information providing apparatus according to any one of the first to fifth aspects further comprises an authentication unit that authenticates authentication information registered in the service providing apparatus, and the information receiving unit Receives the authentication information enabling the provision of the service related information through the use of the service from the service providing apparatus, and the information acquisition means sends the authentication information received by the information receiving means to the information providing apparatus. And the service related information is acquired when authenticated by the authenticating means.

  The invention of claim 7 is an information management means for managing information enabling use of a service provided by a service providing apparatus, and a service for receiving provision of the service using the information managed by the information management means. An execution unit; an information storage unit that stores service information related to the service used by the service execution unit; and an information acquisition unit that acquires service-related information based on the service information stored by the information storage unit. Features.

  The invention according to claim 8 provides the service using information management means for managing information enabling use of the service provided by the service providing apparatus, and the information managed by the information management means. Receiving service execution means, information storage means for storing service information relating to services used by the service execution means, and information acquisition means for acquiring service related information based on the service information stored by the information storage means It is characterized by.

  According to Claims 1, 7, and 8 of the present invention, there is an effect that information related to the service can be provided to the user of the service. Also, since user information is not required when providing information, it is possible to provide highly secure information.

  According to claims 2 and 6, there is an effect that information related to the service can be provided only to a specific user who uses the service.

  Further, according to claim 3, there is an effect that it is possible to provide specific information for each service providing place.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide information from time to time based on information that changes with time.

  Further, according to the fifth aspect, there is an effect that it is possible to provide optimal information along the periodicity by using a service with periodicity.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment of an information providing system, an information processing device, and a program according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 is an example of a system configuration diagram configured by applying an information providing system, an information processing device, and a program according to the present invention.

  In FIG. 1, this information providing system is a service providing apparatus (101-A, 101) that provides a service by using a service use terminal 100 (also referred to as “information processing device”) on which an IC (Integrated Circuit) chip is mounted. -B, 101-C) (hereinafter collectively referred to as "service providing apparatus 101"), routers (103-A, 103-B, 103-C) installed at the edge of the network in which the service providing apparatus 101 is provided (Hereinafter collectively referred to as “router 103”), a service control apparatus 300 that controls the service provided by the service providing apparatus 101, and information related to the service based on the usage status of the service provided by the service providing apparatus 101 (hereinafter referred to as “the router 103”). Service-related information providing apparatus 200 that provides “service-related information”) to service using terminal 100 Constituted by including a also referred to) and "information providing apparatus".

  Each service providing apparatus 101 has an IC reader / writer (102-A, 102-B, 102-C) (hereinafter collectively referred to as “IC reader / writer 102”) that can read and write information stored in the IC. Information is read and written from an IC chip mounted on the service use terminal 100. .

  In the information providing system of the present invention configured as described above, the service related information providing apparatus 200 provides information related to the service to the service using terminal 100 based on the usage status of the service provided by the service providing apparatus 101. System.

  Below, the apparatus which comprises an information provision system is demonstrated.

  First, the service use terminal 100 is configured by a mobile phone or the like on which an IC chip is mounted, and is used when using a service provided by the service providing apparatus 101. When using the service, the information stored in the IC chip of the service using terminal 100 is read by the IC reader / writer provided in the service providing apparatus 101, and at the same time, new information is written from the IC reader / writer to the IC chip. Information written in the IC chip includes service identification information (hereinafter referred to as “service ID”) for identifying the service and attribute information regarding the service (hereinafter referred to as “service attribute”).

  This service ID includes information on a place where the service providing apparatus 101 is provided, that is, a place for specifying a service providing place. For example, the service ID is configured in the format of “service type + location information”. In addition to being able to specify the providing location, the service ID can also be composed of device identification information of the service providing device 101.

  In the former case, the type of service provided and the location where the service is provided can be determined by referring to the service ID. In the latter case, the location information for each device identification number needs to be managed, but the location information can be indicated without using a new identification information system.

  In the following description, an example of identifying a place where a service is provided using a service ID configured by “service type + location information” is shown.

  The service attribute is attribute information related to the service, and the service attribute information includes information such as “address information”, “password”, and “decryption key” for acquiring the service related information. By using these attribute information, the service using terminal 100 can receive service related information from the service related information providing apparatus 200.

  Next, the service providing apparatus 101 includes a boarding / exit gate, an entrance / exit gate, a seat, a vending machine, and the like, and provides a predetermined service to the user. For example, a transportation service is provided in the case of a boarding / exiting ticket gate, a ticketing service or a fee collection service is provided in the case of an entry / exit gate, and a sales service is provided in the case of a vending machine.

  The service providing apparatus 101 has a service ID distribution function. When a service use request is received via the IC reader / writer 102, the service ID distribution function is used to set the service ID and service attributes to the service use terminal. Processing (distribution processing) for writing to 100 IC chips is performed. In addition to receiving a service usage request via the IC reader / writer 102, it is also possible to receive a service usage request by wireless communication.

  Further, the service providing apparatus 101 notifies the service control apparatus 300 of the usage status such as that the service use terminal 100 has used the service and that the service has been started.

  The service control apparatus 300 centrally manages the usage status of the service provided by the service providing apparatus 101 and registers the service related information provided to the service using terminal 100 in the service related information providing apparatus 200 as necessary. Process. In addition, when a service is provided across a plurality of service providing apparatuses 101, services in each service providing apparatus 100 are managed in an integrated manner. The service control apparatus 300 also performs billing processing and the like when using the service.

  For managing the usage status of services provided by a plurality of service providing apparatuses 101, service IDs written in the IC chip of the service using terminal 100 are used. The service start time and end time are managed for each service ID, and the managed information is transferred based on a transfer request from the service related information providing apparatus 200. Incidentally, the service related information providing apparatus 200 uses these pieces of information when determining whether or not a certain condition is met.

  In the information providing system configured as described above, when the service using terminal 100 starts using the service, the service using terminal 100 displays the service ID and service attributes written from the service providing apparatus 101 when using the service. Originally, an information transfer request is made to the service related information providing apparatus 200 via the public line network.

  Upon receiving the information transfer request, the service related information providing apparatus 200 provides service related information to the service using terminal 100 based on the service attribute included in the information transfer request. Further, additional information such as “information update interval”, “importance of information”, “expiration date” and the like is provided to the service using terminal 100 together with the service related information.

  Incidentally, the update interval indicates the time interval for making an information transfer request from the service using terminal 100 to the service-related information providing apparatus 200, and is information such as the time zone for making the information transfer request. I do.

  The importance is information indicating the importance of the service related information, and the expiration date is information indicating the time limit for completing the provision of the service related information.

  Further, in addition to the time interval indicated in the update interval, it is possible to receive service-related information as emergency information or breaking information. As this method, for example, there is a method of pressing an “information inquiry button” provided on the service use terminal 100 or selecting an “emergency inquiry item”.

  In this way, the service using terminal 100 receives information from the service related information providing apparatus 200 based on the usage status of the service provided by the service providing apparatus 101.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example in which a service is provided using two service providing apparatuses.

  FIG. 2 shows an example in which the service is used by using the service providing apparatus 1 (101-A) at the start of service use and using the service providing apparatus 2 (101-B) at the end of service use. As this service, for example, there is a transportation service, and the service providing apparatus 1 (101-A) is used when getting on, and the service providing apparatus 2 (101-B) is used when getting off.

  When providing a service using a plurality of service providing apparatuses, the service providing apparatus 1 (101-A) used at the start of the service and the service providing apparatus 2 (101-B) used at the end of the service are established. The service related information providing apparatus 200 provides the service related information based on the condition to be performed.

  Of course, even when a service is provided using one service providing apparatus, a condition may be set and service related information may be provided when the condition is met.

  Below, an example of the conditional expression showing conditions is shown. The numerical values on the left are line numbers used for explanation.

01 IF (
02 (EXISTS (same time zone and same boarding place ID) MORE-THAN 4 IN 7 DAYS)
03 AND
04 (EXISTS (same time zone and place ID of same drop-off location) MORE-THAN 4 IN 7 DAYS))
05 THEN (
06 SEND (Shortest transfer (place ID of the boarding place, place ID of the place to get off))
In this conditional expression, the service providing apparatus is a boarding / exiting ticket gate, the ticketing machine at the time of boarding is the service providing apparatus 1 (101-A), and the ticketing machine at the time of getting off is the service providing apparatus 2 (101-B). Is an arithmetic expression set to. Service-related information is provided based on the usage status of the service providing apparatus 1 (101-A) provided at the boarding place and the service providing apparatus 2 (101-B) provided at the getting-off place.

  It is an arithmetic expression in which it is determined whether or not the search expression shown in the 01st line to the 04th line is matched, and if it matches, the process shown in the 05th line to the 06th line is performed.

  The search formulas shown on lines 01 to 04 are AND operations of two search formulas. The first search formula is “same in the same time zone for 4 days or more of 7 days (1 week)”. The second search formula is “there is a place ID of the same getting off place in the same time zone for 4 days or more in 7 days (one week)”. Is a conditional expression.

  That is, the service ID written by the service providing apparatus 1 (101-A) at the boarding place and the service ID written by the service providing apparatus 2 (102-B) at the getting off place are 4 in one week in the same time zone. If it is written for more than a day, it is determined that the condition is met.

  When this condition is satisfied, the arithmetic expression shown in the 05th to 06th lines is executed. The arithmetic expressions shown in the 05th to 06th lines are to transmit a method that allows the shortest transfer based on the “location ID of the boarding location” and the “location ID of the getting-off location”.

  In addition, by setting the calculation formula of the 06th line to “SEND (operation status (location ID of the boarding place, location ID of the getting-off place))”, the operating status at the boarding location and the getting-off location can be transmitted.

  Such a conditional expression is managed by the service related information providing apparatus 200, and the service transferred from the service providing apparatus 101 to the service control apparatus 300 by using the service provided by the service providing apparatus 101 using the service using terminal 100. When the service related information providing apparatus 200 receives the usage status, it is determined whether the conditional expression is satisfied.

  From the service use terminal 100, an information provision request for service related information is made to the service related information providing apparatus 200 based on the update interval information included in the service attribute.

  FIG. 3 is an example of a block diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of the service using terminal.

  3 includes a communication interface 10, a control unit 11, a U / I control unit 12, a display unit 13, an operation unit 14, a provided information processing unit 15, a write processing unit 16, a storage unit 17, and access control. A portion 18 is provided.

  The communication interface 10 is an interface that realizes mutual communication of information, and enables wireless communication in addition to wired communication. Via this communication interface 10, it is connected to the Internet as well as a public line network such as a cellular phone network.

  The control unit 11 performs main control of processing performed when using the service provided from the service providing apparatus 101 and processing performed when providing service related information related to the used service.

  When a service is used, a service ID and a service attribute are received from the service providing apparatus 101. Based on the received information, a process for receiving provision of service related information from the service related information providing apparatus 200 is performed.

  Further, the control unit 11 instructs the provision information processing unit 15 to process the service related information provided, and the U / I control unit based on the “importance of information” included in the service related information. 12 is instructed to perform U / I control.

  Subsequently, when using the service provided by the service providing apparatus 101, when a service use request is transmitted from the control unit 11 to the service providing apparatus 101 via the communication interface 10, the service providing apparatus 101 receives a service ID and a service. The control unit 11 receives the attribute and transfers the information to the provided information processing unit 15.

  The provided information processing unit 15 analyzes the service type and the place ID for providing the service from the service ID, and analyzes various information such as the address information and password of the service related information providing apparatus 200 included in the service attribute, A request for writing these pieces of information is sent to the write processing unit 16.

  Furthermore, the provided information processing unit 15 transfers the address information, password, or decryption key of the service related information providing device 200 to the access control unit 18. The access control unit 18 accesses the service related information providing apparatus 200 based on the address information and the password or decryption key received from the provided information processing unit 15 and makes an information provision request for service related information.

  When there is service related information that can be provided to the service related information providing apparatus 200 in response to the information provision request, the service related information provided from the service related information providing apparatus 200 is transmitted via the communication interface 10 to the control unit 11. Is stored in the storage unit 17. Further, the control unit 11 sends an analysis request for information such as importance included in the acquired service related information to the information processing unit 15, and returns to the U / I control unit 12 based on the analyzed importance. Give instructions.

  The U / I control unit 12 controls the user interface (represented as “U / I”) of the display unit 13 configured by a display display and the operation unit 14 configured by a keyboard, a pointing device, and the like. . The importance level included in the instruction from the control unit 11 is referred to, and it is determined whether to display the service related information with the importance level set on the display unit 13 according to the importance level.

  When it can be determined that the display is necessary depending on the importance level, the service related information is displayed on the display unit 13 and the operation by the operation unit 14 is enabled.

  In addition to acquiring the service related information provided from the service related information providing apparatus 200 in this way, a request for providing information to the service related information providing apparatus 200 is made at an update interval obtained by analyzing the service attributes by the provided information processing unit 15. And obtain service-related information in a timely manner.

  FIG. 6 shows an example of a screen displayed on the display unit 13 by using the service by the service using terminal 100.

  FIG. 4 is an example of a block diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of the service related information providing apparatus.

  4 includes a communication interface 20, a control unit 21, a request analysis unit 22, a condition matching unit 23, a provision information generation unit 24, an information management unit 25, an authentication unit 26, and a storage unit 27. Configured.

  The communication interface 20 is an interface that performs mutual communication with a service related information provider. When an information provision request for requesting service related information is received from the service using terminal 100 which is the provision destination, the information is transmitted to the control unit 21.

  The control unit 21 performs main control of processing for providing service related information based on an information transfer request from the service using terminal 100. In order to provide optimal service-related information in response to the received information transfer request, instructions are given to the request analysis unit 22, the condition matching unit 23, the provision information generation unit 24, and the authentication unit 26 at appropriate times.

  First, the received information transfer request is transferred to the request analysis unit 22, and the request analysis unit 22 analyzes the information included in the information transfer request. In this analysis process, a process ID and password included in the information transfer request are extracted, and the service type and location ID are analyzed from the extracted service ID.

  Then, the extraction result and the analyzed information are transferred to the control unit 21.

  Subsequently, the control unit 21 sends an authentication request for the analyzed password to the authentication unit 26, and the authentication unit 26 checks whether the password requested for authentication is valid and sends the verification result to the control unit 21. And forward.

  If the password is verified as a result of verification by the authentication unit 26, the control unit 21 subsequently instructs the condition verification unit 23 to verify the condition. The condition checking unit 23 checks whether the service usage condition satisfies the condition indicated by the conditional expression based on the service type of the service ID extracted by analyzing the information transfer request by the request analyzing unit 22.

  When a service is provided by using a plurality of service providing apparatuses, a request for transferring information indicating a service usage status is sent from the service control apparatus 300 to check whether the condition is satisfied based on the received information.

  As an example of this conditional expression, there is a conditional expression as described above, and the result of matching performed by the condition matching unit 23 is transferred to the control unit 21. When the conditions are met, the control unit 21 issues a generation instruction to the provision information generation unit 24 in order to transfer the service related information managed by the information management unit 25 to the service use terminal 100 that is the information transfer request source.

  On the other hand, if the condition does not match, the control unit 21 checks whether there is service-related information that can be provided for the service indicated by the service type of the service ID, and provides the service-related information if it exists. The data is transferred to the generation unit 24.

  The provision information generation unit 24 adds, to the service related information provided to the service use terminal 100 that is the information transfer request source, the importance of the service related information, the expiration date for providing the service related information, the update interval of the service related information, etc. A process of giving information is performed. This additional information can be arbitrarily set in addition to the information stored in the storage unit 27.

  The storage unit 27 is configured by a RAM (Random Access Memory), a ROM (Read Only Memory), and the like, and each service identified by the service type of the service ID has an expiration date, an update interval, and important service-related information to be provided. I remember and manage the degree.

  The information management unit 25 manages service-related information to be provided, and the service-related information is registered as needed by a registration process performed by the service control apparatus 300. The configuration may be such that additional information such as the expiration date, importance, and update interval of the service related information is set at the time of registration.

  FIG. 5 is an example of a sequence diagram showing an event flow of the information providing system of the present invention.

  FIG. 5 shows processing in the service providing apparatus 101, the service using terminal 100, the service related information providing apparatus 200, and the service control apparatus 300. The service related information provided by the service related information providing apparatus 200 is service control. It is registered at any time by the apparatus 300 (501).

  When a service provision request is made by causing the IC reader / writer of the service providing apparatus to read information stored in the IC chip of the service using terminal 100 (502), the service providing apparatus 101 sends a service ID or service to the service using terminal 100. The attribute is transferred (503).

  Subsequently, the service using terminal 100 that has received the service ID and the service attribute makes an information provision request to the service related information providing apparatus 200 based on the information included in the service attribute (504).

  In response to this, the service related information providing apparatus 200 transfers service related information related to the service ID (505). The detailed processing performed by the service related information providing apparatus at this time is shown in the flowchart of FIG.

  The latest service related information is acquired by performing this information provision request at the update interval included in the service attribute until the expiration date.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed on the display of the service using terminal.

  The screens shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B in FIG. 6 are examples of screens displayed when service-related information is actively acquired, and service-related information is selectively acquired. Make it possible.

  In FIG. 6, FIG. 6 (a) is a screen for instructing acquisition of service related information for each service using a plurality of services at the service using terminal. FIG. 6B is a diagram showing a list of service-related information to be provided by selecting a service for acquiring service-related information on the screen of FIG. FIG. 6C is a diagram showing a state in which service-related information desired to be acquired is selected on the screen of FIG. 6B and the information is displayed.

  FIG. 6A shows a state in which four services (“service A”, “service B”, “service C”, and “service D”) are displayed, which are used using a service use terminal. It is shown that there are four services that can provide service-related information among the services that are provided. When “service A” is selected as a service for acquiring service-related information on this screen, the screen is switched to a screen as shown in FIG.

  The screen shown in FIG. 6B shows a list of service related information to be provided for the selected service A, and new service related information is displayed in addition to the already provided service related information. In this state, it becomes possible to refer to the contents of the service related information by selecting any service related information.

  The screen shown in FIG. 6C shows an example of the contents of the service related information displayed when “1. Latest operation information” is selected on the screen shown in FIG.

  When receiving the latest service-related information provided at the update interval included in the service attribute received from the service providing apparatus, the screens shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B are not displayed, and FIG. Service related information is displayed on the screen as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 7 is an example of a flowchart showing a processing flow of the service using terminal.

  In FIG. 7, a service use request is made from a service using terminal by an IC reader / writer provided in the service providing apparatus, and processing is started when a service ID and a service attribute are received from the service providing apparatus in response to the use request.

  First, the received service ID and service attribute are stored (701), and the service ID and service attribute are analyzed (702). In this analysis process, information such as address information, password, and decryption key included in the service attribute is expanded.

  Next, it is determined from the update interval information included in the service attribute whether it is time to confirm the information provided by the service providing apparatus (703), and waits until the update interval time is reached (NO in 703). ). When the update interval time is reached (YES in 703), subsequently, the service attribute information indicated by the address information (for example, URL (Uniform Resource Locator)) included in the service attribute is also displayed in the service attribute. Is accessed using a password, a decryption key, etc. included in the password (704).

  Subsequently, it is determined whether to display the information indicated in the access destination according to the importance included in the service attribute (705). In this determination process, the presence or absence of display set for the importance is determined, and when it is determined that the service related information needs to be displayed (YES in 706), the information is displayed (707).

  Further, it is determined whether or not the service related information indicated by the expiration date information included in the service attribute is within the expiration date (708). If it is within the expiration date (YES in 708), the next update interval is set. It will be in a standby state until it becomes. On the other hand, when the expiration date has passed (NO in 708), the provision of information from the service providing apparatus is terminated.

  FIG. 8 is an example of a flowchart showing a flow of processing performed by the service related information providing apparatus.

  In FIG. 8, when an information transfer request is received from a service using terminal that has received and stored a service ID and a service attribute from the service providing apparatus (801), information such as a service ID included in the information transfer request Is searched for whether there is service related information that matches the conditional expression (802). As a result of the search, it is determined whether there is matching service-related information (803). If there is matching service-related information (YES in 803), the matched service-related information is used as the service use terminal of the information transfer request source. Provide (distribute) to (804).

  On the other hand, if there is no service related information that matches the conditional expression (NO in 803), the service related information corresponding to the provided service is searched (805). This service related information is information provided when the service is used regardless of the service usage conditions.

  It is determined whether service-related information corresponding to the provided service exists (806). If it exists (YES in 806), the service-related information is transferred (distributed) to the service using terminal that is the information providing request source. (807). If there is no service related information to be provided (NO in 806), the process is terminated as it is.

  In the present invention, the program is executed from a recording medium (CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, etc.) storing a program for causing the information providing system having a communication function to execute the above-described operation or to configure the above-described means. It is also possible to configure an information providing system that executes the above-described processing by installing the program in a computer and executing it. A computer constituting the information providing system is connected to a CPU (Central Processor Unit), a ROM, a RAM, and a hard disk via a system bus. The CPU performs processing using the RAM as a work area according to a program stored in the ROM or the hard disk.

  The medium for supplying the program may be a communication medium (a medium for temporarily or fluidly holding the program such as a communication line or a communication system). For example, the program may be posted on an electronic bulletin board (BBS: Bulletin Board Service) of a communication network and distributed via a communication line.

  The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above and shown in the drawings, and can be implemented with appropriate modifications within the scope not changing the gist thereof.

  For example, you may comprise like Example 2 shown below.

  FIG. 9 is an example of a system configuration diagram configured by applying the information providing system, information processing apparatus, and program according to the present invention.

  The information providing system shown in FIG. 9 provides the user with conference materials used in a conference of the conference system via a mobile phone held by a user who plans to participate in a conference held in the conference system or a user who has participated in the conference. System.

  The information providing system shown in FIG. 9 includes a conference system control device 901 that controls the conference system, a management device 902 that stores conference materials used in the conference of the conference system, a network to which the router 903 is connected, a router 904, a composite The machine 905 and the network to which the client PC 906 is connected are connected via a communication line.

  The conference system control device 901 is provided with an IC reader / writer, and accepts a participation request from the mobile phone 100 owned by a user participating in the conference via the IC reader / writer. In the IC reader / writer, for example, a request for participation in a conference can be received by reading the terminal ID from an IC chip mounted on a mobile phone.

  In the information providing system for providing the conference material used in the conference of the conference system, the conference system control device 901 that controls the conference system is a service providing device that provides the conference service, and a user who participates in the conference system The mobile phone 100 that is held is a service use terminal, and the management device 902 that manages conference materials used in the conference is a service-related information providing device.

  The configuration diagram shown in FIG. 1 of the first embodiment is a configuration in which service-related information provided from the service-related information providing apparatus is provided by being displayed on the service use terminal, but FIG. 9 shown in the second embodiment. In this configuration diagram, service-related information is provided to the user via the multifunction device 905 or the client PC 906. That is, the service-related information providing request source and the providing destination may be different.

  When a participation request for a conference is made from the mobile phone 100 via the IC reader / writer, a conference ID for identifying the conference in which the user participates, address information of the management device 902, and a password for accessing the management device 902 Remember.

  When the mobile phone 100 in which these pieces of information are stored is used to instruct the output of the conference material by holding the mobile phone 100 over an IC reader / writer provided in the multifunction device 905, for example, the multifunction device 905 indicates the address information. An information provision request including the conference ID and password is sent to the management apparatus 902. Like the service ID shown in the first embodiment, the conference ID includes a location ID, and the location using the conference system can be determined based on the conference ID.

  The management device 902 manages conference materials used in the conference system, and manages the conference materials used in the conference in association with the conference ID. When an information provision request is received from the multifunction device 905, the password is authenticated and a list of conference materials indicated by the conference ID is displayed on the display screen of the multifunction device 905. The user selects necessary conference materials from the list of conference materials displayed on the display screen, and the management device 902 searches for the conference materials and transfers them to the multifunction device 905.

  The multifunction peripheral 905 that has received the meeting material prints the meeting material.

  FIG. 10 shows a process transition of the information providing system having such a configuration.

  In FIG. 10, first, the management device is requested to manage the conference material used in the conference system (1001). The management apparatus requested to manage creates a folder for managing the conference material and generates a conference ID (1002). The conference material is associated with the conference ID generated by using the folder name generated at this time as the conference ID.

  The generated conference ID is transferred to the conference system that requested the management (1003). Thereafter, when a user requesting the conference system uses a mobile phone held by a user participating in the conference, the mobile phone is notified of the conference ID, password, and address information from the conference system (1005), and stores these information (1006). ). The conference material used in the conference is registered in the management apparatus from the conference system (1008, 1009).

  Thereafter, when the information request including the conference ID, password, and address information is made by holding the mobile phone over the IC reader / writer of the multifunction device (1010), the multifunction device manages the address information included in the information provision request. A conference material list acquisition request including a conference ID and password is sent to the apparatus (1011).

  Upon receiving the meeting material list acquisition request, the management apparatus creates a list of meeting materials used in the meeting corresponding to the meeting ID (1012) and transfers it to the multifunction machine (1013). The multifunction device displays a list of the conference materials and makes a selectable state (1014).

  When the conference material to be referred to is selected, the multifunction peripheral makes a conference material acquisition request to the management device (1015), and the management device searches the selected conference material (1016). The retrieved conference material is transferred to the multifunction device (1017), and the received multifunction device prints out the conference material (1018).

1 is an example of a system configuration diagram configured by applying an information providing system, an information processing device, and a program according to the present invention. The figure which shows the example which provides a predetermined service by using two service provision apparatuses. An example of the block diagram which shows the detailed structure of a service utilization terminal. An example of the block diagram which shows the detailed structure of a service relevant-information provision apparatus. An example of the sequence diagram which shows the event flow of the information provision system of this invention. The figure which shows the example of the screen displayed on the display display of a service utilization terminal. An example of the flowchart which shows the flow of a process of a service utilization terminal. An example of the flowchart which shows the flow of a process of a service relevant-information provision apparatus. 1 is an example of a system configuration diagram configured by applying an information providing system, an information processing device, and a program according to the present invention. An example of the sequence diagram which shows the event flow of the information provision system of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

10 Communication I / F
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Control part 12 U / I control part 13 Display part 14 Operation part 15 Provided information processing part 16 Write processing part 17 Storage part 18 Access control part 20 Communication I / F
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 21 Control part 22 Request analysis part 23 Condition collation part 24 Provision information generation part 25 Information management part 26 Authentication part 27 Storage part 100 Service utilization terminal 101 Service provision apparatus 102 IC reader / writer 103 Router 200 Service related information provision apparatus 300 Service control apparatus

Claims (8)

An information processing device that records information that enables the use of the service provided by the service providing device and that receives the service using the information; and
An information providing device for providing service related information related to the service used using the information processing device,
The information processing device includes:
Information receiving means for receiving service information related to the service from the service providing apparatus by using the service;
Information storage means for storing the service information received by the information receiving means;
An information providing system comprising: information acquisition means for acquiring the service related information from the information providing apparatus based on service information stored by the information storage means. The information providing apparatus includes:
The information providing system according to claim 1, wherein when the use of the service using the information processing device matches a certain condition, service related information related to the service is provided. The information providing apparatus includes:
Managing the service related information with respect to location information of the service providing apparatus that provides the service;
The information receiving means includes
Receiving service information including location information indicating a location where the service is provided by the service providing device;
The information acquisition means includes
The information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the service related information managed by the managing unit of the information providing apparatus is acquired based on location information included in the service information received by the information receiving unit. The information providing apparatus includes:
Management means for managing the service related information for time information using the service;
The information receiving means includes
Receiving time information for use of the service from the service providing device;
The information acquisition means includes
The information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the service related information managed by the managing unit of the information providing apparatus is acquired based on the time information received by the information receiving unit. The management means includes
Managing the service related information by a combination of a use start time zone and a use end time zone of the service;
The information receiving means includes
Receiving the use start time and use end time of the service from the service providing device, respectively;
The information acquisition means includes
5. The service-related information is acquired from the management unit according to a combination of the use start time zone to which the use start time belongs and the use end time zone to which the use end time belongs, received by the information receiving unit. Information provision system. The information providing apparatus includes:
Comprising authentication means for authenticating authentication information registered in the service providing device;
The information receiving means includes
Receiving the authentication information enabling the provision of the service related information by using the service from the service providing apparatus;
The information acquisition means includes
6. The information providing system according to claim 1, wherein authentication information received by the information receiving unit is transmitted to the information providing apparatus, and the service related information is acquired when authenticated by the authenticating unit. Information management means for managing information that enables use of the service provided by the service providing device;
Service execution means for receiving provision of the service using the information managed by the information management means;
Information storage means for storing service information related to the service used by the service execution means;
An information processing device comprising: information acquisition means for acquiring service related information based on service information stored by the information storage means. Computer
Information management means for managing information that enables use of the service provided by the service providing device;
Service execution means for receiving provision of the service using the information managed by the information management means;
Information storage means for storing service information relating to the service used by the service execution means;
An information processing program for functioning as information acquisition means for acquiring service related information based on service information stored by the information storage means.

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