JP6125336B2 - Information distribution system and information distribution method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information distribution system and an information distribution method for distributing spot information and event information.

  As a system that distributes event information that is of interest to the user, a system that distributes event information of the current location based on the user's location information is known (see Patent Document 1 below). However, this system can only grasp the events of spots that the user has visited in the past, and it can be said that the target range is narrow.

  On the other hand, in recent years, social networking services such as Facebook (registered trademark) (hereinafter referred to as “SNS”) are becoming widespread, and SNS users can find spots visited by friends in the SNS (restaurants, amusement parks, etc.). ) Spot information including address, contact information, impressions at the time of visit, etc. can be referred to.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2006-243921

  However, the spot information in the above-mentioned SNS is only static information regarding various spots such as restaurants and amusement parks, and at present, it is a little easy to obtain event information held for a limited time at the spot. Have difficulty. In addition, a large amount of spot information in the SNS may exist. In such a case, it is difficult to display a large amount of spot information at a time on a small screen of the mobile terminal.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to efficiently distribute spot information including event information to users.

  An information distribution system according to the present invention includes an event information acquisition unit that acquires event information related to a limited-time event held at a predetermined spot, and at least one of a start date and an end date of the event before a certain date and time. A notification date setting section that sets the date as the notification date of the spot where the event is held, and a spot where the set notification date is earlier than the current date and time, together with event information held at the spot, is a new notification date. And a spot display control unit that controls to display.

  In the information distribution system as described above, the event information acquisition unit acquires event information related to a limited-time event held at a predetermined spot. The event information acquired here is not limited to one event information for each spot, and may be a plurality of event information. Next, the notification date setting unit sets a date before a certain date with respect to at least one of the start date and the end date of the event as the notification date of the spot where the event is held. Then, the spot display control unit controls to display spots in which the set notification date is before the current date and time in order of the notification date in addition to the event information held at the spot. Thereby, with respect to at least one of the start date and the end date of the event, a date before a certain date and time, that is, a spot whose notification date is before the current date and time on the basis of the notification date of the spot where the event is held Along with the event information held at the spot, the information is displayed in the order of the notification date. Therefore, event information held for a limited time at various spots can be easily acquired, and spot information including the event information can be efficiently distributed to the user.

  The information distribution system as described above is a social networking service (SNS) that acquires visit information including a visit date and time to a specific spot posted by another user who has a predetermined close relationship with the user. An information acquisition unit, the event information acquisition unit acquires event information held at the spot where the visit information is acquired by the visit information acquisition unit, and the spot display control unit receives the visit information by the visit information acquisition unit. You may control to display the acquired spot in order of the notification date or the visit date and time before the current date and time together with the event information held at the spot. In this case, a spot corresponding to the visit information posted by another user who is in a predetermined close relationship (for example, a friend relationship in the SNS) with the user in the SNS (that is, a spot visited by another user). The notice date or visit date / time before the current date / time is displayed in order from the newest date. Therefore, spot information including event information is distributed to the user for a spot visited by another user having a predetermined close relationship in the SNS, and the spot information and event information that the user is likely to be interested in Can be efficiently distributed to users.

  The information distribution system further includes a reference position setting unit that sets, as a reference position, a current location of the user or an arbitrary specified position specified by the user, and the spot display control unit displays a spot to be displayed. The control may be performed so that the spots are included in the same section as the reference position within a predetermined distance from the reference position set by the reference position setting unit or in a predetermined section. The “division” may be, for example, an administrative division such as a municipality, or a division (for example, i area (registered trademark)) uniquely set by a service provider related to information distribution. Good. In this case, it is included in the same section as the reference position within a predetermined distance from the set reference position (that is, the current location of the user or the arbitrary specified position specified by the user) or within a predetermined division. The spots to be displayed are limited to the spots. Therefore, it is possible to efficiently distribute spot information and event information to users using limited areas.

  By the way, the notification date setting unit may be able to set a plurality of dates and times before a certain date and time. In this case, it is possible to set a plurality of days (for example, “one month before the day” and “the previous day”) as the notification date of the spot where the event is held, and the notification can be performed a plurality of times. For example, in addition to the “first notification”, an ad hoc notification such as “a reminder to the user performed immediately before the event start (or event end)” is also possible.

  Further, the spot display control unit may control to avoid the display of the overlap of the same spot when the same spot is a display target overlappingly, to prevent the display of the same spot, Efficient information distribution can be realized. In addition, as a case where the same spot is subject to display redundantly, for example, the notification date and the visit date and time for the same spot are close or the same date (for example, from the event start date of a certain spot) A case where a day before a certain date and time and a visit date to the spot are close or the same date), a case where a plurality of notification dates for the same spot are close or the same date (for example, an event start date and the like) When a date before a certain date and time from both the end dates is set as the notification date, the day before the certain date from the start date of the first event and the date before the certain date from the end date of the second event at the same spot In the case of close proximity or the same day).

  Further, the spot display control unit gives priority to displaying a plurality of spots having the same display order, at least one of the start date and the end date of the event held at the spot being closer to the current date and time. You may control. In this case, for multiple spots with the same display order, the event with the at least one of the start date and end date of the event held at the spot is displayed with priority, so the most recent one is displayed. Efficient information distribution can be realized with priority.

  By the way, this invention which concerns on an information delivery system can be grasped | ascertained as an invention which concerns on the information delivery method performed by an information delivery system, and can be described as follows.

  An information distribution method according to the present invention is an information distribution method executed by an information distribution system, the step of acquiring event information relating to a limited-time event held at a predetermined spot, and the start date and end of the event Setting a date before a certain date and time for at least one of the days as a notification date of the spot where the event is held, and a spot where the set notification date is before the current date and time is held at the spot And a step of controlling the event information to be displayed in order from the latest notification date.

  According to the present invention, event information held at various spots for a limited time can be easily acquired, and spot information including the event information can be efficiently distributed to the user.

It is a functional block block diagram of the information delivery terminal which concerns on embodiment of invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of an information delivery terminal. It is a figure which shows an example of visit information. It is a figure which shows an example of event information. It is a figure which shows an example of the stored notification date information. It is a figure which shows an example of spot information. It is a figure which shows a processing flow. It is a figure which shows the example of a display. It is a functional block block diagram of the information delivery system which concerns on a modification.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The information distribution system according to the present invention may be configured by a single device, or may be configured by a plurality of device groups (for example, a server and a client terminal that can communicate with each other). Here, an example in which the information distribution system is configured by a single information distribution terminal 10 shown in FIG. 1 will be described. However, an example in which the information distribution system is configured by a plurality of device groups will be described later with reference to FIG.

[Configuration of information distribution terminal (information distribution system)]
As shown in FIG. 1, the information distribution terminal 10 includes a visit information acquisition unit 11, an event information acquisition unit 12, a notification date setting unit 13, a reference position setting unit 14, a spot display control unit 15, a visit information storage unit 16, an event An information storage unit 17, a notification date storage unit 18, and a spot information storage unit 19 are provided. Hereinafter, functions of each unit will be described.

  The visit information storage unit 16 includes a visit date and time to a specific spot posted by another user who has a predetermined close relationship with the user in the SNS (for example, a friend relationship in Facebook (registered trademark)). Is a database storing visit information (so-called check-in information). As visit information (so-called check-in information), for example, as shown in FIG. 3, a check-in ID for identifying a visit (check-in), a spot ID for identifying a spot to visit, a visit date and time, and a user who has visited A user ID for identifying the user ID and a comment posted by the user are stored. In the visit information storage unit 16, the latest visit information is provided and stored from outside by the SNS as needed or periodically. The visit information storage unit 16 may delete visit information for which a predetermined period (for example, three months) has elapsed from the visit date and time in order to prevent the necessary storage area from becoming too large.

  The visit information acquisition unit 11 acquires the visit information from the visit information storage unit 16.

  The event information storage unit 17 is a database that stores the following event information related to limited-time events held at various spots. As event information, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, an event ID for identifying an event, an event name, an event start date, an event end date, and a spot ID for identifying a spot where the event is held are stored. Has been. In the event information storage unit 17, event information related to an ended event (an event whose event end date has passed) is deleted, and new event information is provided and stored from outside as needed or periodically.

  The event information acquisition unit 12 acquires event information held at the spot where the visit information is acquired by the visit information acquisition unit 11 from the event information storage unit 17. The event information acquired here is not limited to one event information for each spot, and may be a plurality of event information.

  The notification date setting unit 13 sets a date before a certain date with respect to at least one of the start date and the end date of the event as the notification date of the spot where the event is held, and sets the notification date information as described later Store in the day storage unit 18. In the present embodiment, an example will be described in which the notification date setting unit 13 sets a date before a certain date with respect to the “event start date” as the notification date of the spot where the event is held. Instead of “start date”, “event end date” may be adopted, or “both event start date and end date” may be adopted. In addition, as the “predetermined date and time”, various setting values such as 6 hours ago, the previous day, 1 week ago, 15 days ago, and 30 days ago can be set. The value can be set. In the present embodiment, an example will be described in which two set values of 15 days ago and 30 days ago are set as “a certain date and time”.

  The notification date storage unit 18 is a database for storing notification date information related to a notification date of a spot where an event is held. As an example of the notification date information, as shown in FIG. 5, information in which “notification date” set by the notification date setting unit 13 is associated with the event information of FIG. 4 described above may be adopted.

  The spot information storage unit 19 is a database that stores the following spot information including spot names, position information, address information, telephone number information and the like regarding various spots. As spot information, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, a spot ID for identifying a spot, a spot name, spot position information (latitude and longitude in this case), an address, and a telephone number are stored. It is assumed that the latest spot information is provided and stored in the spot information storage unit 19 from time to time or periodically.

  The reference position setting unit 14 sets the current location of the user or any specified position specified by the user as the reference position. For example, the reference position setting unit 14 may acquire position information of the information distribution terminal 10 from the GPS positioning unit (not shown) included in the information distribution terminal 10, that is, the current location information of the user, and set the current location as the reference position. Good. Further, when a spot is designated by the user, the reference position setting unit 14 may acquire position information of the designated spot from the spot information storage unit 19 and set the position information of the spot as the reference position. Good. Alternatively, a position designated by the user on the map or a position designated by a place name / facility name may be set as the reference position.

  The spot display control unit 15 performs control so that the spots for which the visit information is acquired by the visit information acquisition unit 11 are displayed together with the event information held at the spot in order of the notification date or the visit date before the current date and time. To do. At that time, the spot display control unit 15 further arranges the displayed spot within the range of a predetermined distance from the reference position set by the reference position setting unit 14 or the same section as the reference position in a predetermined section. You may control to limit to the spot contained. The “division” may be, for example, an administrative division such as a municipality, or a division (for example, i area (registered trademark)) uniquely set by a service provider related to information distribution. Good. The control by the spot display control unit 15 will be described later. The spot display control unit 15 includes a spot display order determination unit 15A that determines the display order of spots, and a display unit 15B that displays spots in the determined display order.

  The information distribution terminal 10 is similar in hardware to the basic configuration of an ordinary information communication device, and does not require a special hardware configuration. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the information distribution terminal 10 includes a CPU 10A, a RAM 10B, a ROM 10C, an input device 10D such as a keyboard and a mouse, a communication device 10E that communicates with the outside, an auxiliary storage device 10F such as a hard disk, and the like. An output device 10G such as a display or a printer is provided.

[Processing related to information distribution method]
Hereinafter, a process related to the information distribution method will be described with reference to FIG. The start trigger of this process is not limited to a specific one, and for example, a predetermined user operation on the information distribution terminal 10 may be used as the start trigger.

  First, the visit information acquisition unit 11 acquires the visit information from the visit information storage unit 16 (step S1 in FIG. 7), and the event information acquisition unit 12 is held at the spot where the visit information is acquired by the visit information acquisition unit 11. Event information to be obtained is acquired from the event information storage unit 17 (step S2). Then, the notification date setting unit 13 sets a date before a certain date with respect to at least one of the start date and the end date of the event as the notification date of the spot where the event is held (step S3). The set notification date information is stored in the notification date storage unit 18. As described above, in the present embodiment, the notification date setting unit 13 sets a date before a certain date and time with respect to the “event start date” as the notification date of the spot where the event is held, As an example, two setting values 15 days ago and 30 days ago are set. By setting a plurality of setting values in this manner, a user can be notified a plurality of times.

  For example, if the four pieces of visit information shown in FIG. 3 are acquired in step S1, the event information related to the spot IDs (S001 to S004) included in the visit information is the spot from which the visit information is acquired in step S2. It is acquired as event information held at. That is, four event information shown in FIG. 4 including S001 to S004 is acquired as the spot ID. In step S3, for each event information, the date 15 days before and 30 days before the event start date are set as the notification date of the spot where the event is held. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, for event information with an event ID of E001, the date 15 days before the event start date (June 13, 2013) (May 29, 2013) and the date 30 days before (2013) May 14) is set as the notification date, and the set notification date information is stored in the notification date storage unit 18. The same applies to event information with event IDs E002 to E004.

  Next, the reference position setting unit 14 sets the current location of the user or any specified position specified by the user as the reference position (step S4). Here, the reference position setting unit 14 acquires position information (user's current location information) of the information distribution terminal 10 from a GPS positioning unit (not shown) included in the information distribution terminal 10 and sets the current location as the reference position. If a spot is specified by the user, the reference position setting unit 14 acquires the position information of the specified spot from the spot information storage unit 19 in FIG. 6, and uses the position information of the spot as the reference position. It may be set. Alternatively, a position designated by the user on the map or a position designated by a place name / facility name may be set as the reference position.

  And the spot display control part 15 displays the spot from which the visit information was acquired by the visit information acquisition part 11 with the event information held in the said spot in order of the notification date or the visit date and time before the current date and time. Control is performed (steps S5 and S6). Specifically, the spot display order determination unit 15A determines the spot display order as follows (step S5). That is, the spot display order determination unit 15A sets the spot display order in the order of "notification date before the current date" or "visit date".

  For example, if the current date and time is May 15, 2013 and the notification date for the four event holding spots (S001 to S004) is set as shown in FIG. "Date" is May 14, 2013, "Visit date" is May 10, 2013, "Notification date before the current date" for spot S002 is May 12, 2013, and "Visit date" is 2013 May 5th, “Notification date before the current date and time” regarding the spot S003 will be May 12, 2013, “Date and time of visit” will be May 13, 2013, and “Notification date before the current date and time” regarding the spot S004 "Is May 12, 2013 and April 27, 2013, and" Date and time of visit "is May 3, 2013. When the spots S001 to S004 are arranged in the order of "notification date before the current date" or "visit date", the first display order is "notification date before the current date" as of May 14, 2013. Is S001, and the second is “S003” whose “visit date” is May 13, 2013. Next, S002 and S004 whose “notification date before the current date and time” is May 12, 2013 are arranged. For a plurality of spots having the same display order as described above, the spot display order determination unit 15A determines at least one of the start date and the end date of the event held at each spot (here, “the start date of the event” )) Prioritizes the one closest to the current date and time. Therefore, in S002 and S004, S004 whose event start date is closer to the current date and time is prioritized and is the third display order, and S002 is the fourth. Thereby, it is possible to realize efficient information distribution in which priority is given to the event start date closer to the current date and time. If priority is given to the “event end date” closer to the current date and time, information can be distributed to the user at an earlier time before the end of the event, and the convenience of the user can be improved.

  Further, the spot display order determination unit 15A limits the displayed spots to spots included in the same section as the reference position within a predetermined distance from the reference position set in step S4 or in a predetermined section. In this case, the spot information and event information can be efficiently distributed to the user using a limited area. However, here, an example will be described in which the area is not particularly limited.

  After the spot display order determination unit 15A determines the display order of the plurality of spots as described above, the display unit 15B displays the plurality of spots in the determined display order together with event information held at the spot. Displayed (step S6). For example, as shown in FIG. 8A, the display unit 15B displays the spot “A zoo” of the first spot ID (S001) in the display order from the event information “6/13 held at the spot as a panda. Displayed with "Holding a meeting with". Hereinafter, the display unit 15B displays the spot “C shopping mall” of the second spot ID (S003), the spot “D zoo” of the third spot ID (S004), the fourth spot in the display order. The spot “B amusement park” of the spot ID (S002) is displayed together with event information held at each spot.

  As for the spot S003, since the “visit date” is May 13, 2013 and the “notification date before the current date” is May 12, 2013, the “notification date: May 2013” "Moon 12th" can also be a display target. However, when the same spot overlaps and becomes a display target, the spot display order determination unit 15A performs control so as to avoid display of the overlap regarding the spot. Therefore, only one piece of spot information and event information regarding the spot S003 is displayed as “visit date (check-in date): May 13, 2013” as shown in FIG. In this way, it is possible to prevent duplicate display of the same spot and to realize efficient information distribution. In addition, as a case where the same spot is subject to display redundantly, for example, the notification date and the visit date and time for the same spot are close or the same date (for example, from the event start date of a certain spot) A case where a day before a certain date and time and a visit date to the spot are close or the same date), a case where a plurality of notification dates for the same spot are close or the same date (for example, an event start date and the like) When a date before a certain date and time from both the end dates is set as the notification date, the day before the certain date from the start date of the first event and the date before the certain date from the end date of the second event at the same spot In the case of close proximity or the same day).

  In addition, various display methods can be adopted by the display unit 15B, and a plurality of methods can be displayed on the map as shown in FIG. 8B, for example, in addition to displaying them in order of display from top to bottom as shown in FIG. 8A. May be displayed according to their location (address). In that case, while displaying an icon at the location of each spot on the map, as the default display in the information display column below the map, the spot “A Zoo” of the first spot ID (S001) in the display order and the relevant You may display the event information of the spot “A meeting with pandas from 6/13”. At that time, “comment information” included in the visit information of the spot “A Zoo” (spot ID: S001) may be added to the event information of the spot, and in this case, the comment information of the friend is displayed. With reference, it is possible to decide whether or not to visit the spot. For other spots, event information of the spot may be displayed by tapping an icon on the map. Further, as in the example of FIG. 8B, the reference position set by the reference position setting unit 14 (here, as the user's current location) may be displayed on the map.

  According to the present embodiment described above, spot information including event information is distributed to the user for a spot visited by another user having a predetermined close relationship in the SNS, and the user can be interested. Highly efficient spot information and event information can be efficiently distributed to users.

  In the above embodiment, in step S1, visit information of another user who has a predetermined close relationship in SNS is acquired and a spot obtained from the visit information is targeted. It is not an essential requirement, for example, it may be “locally limited” according to the location (address), or “limited according to the type of spot”, such as limited only to the zoo. Furthermore, a plurality of conditions may be combined. Even in such a case, event information held for a limited time at various spots can be easily acquired, and spot information including the event information can be efficiently distributed to the user.

  In the above embodiment, the example in which the information distribution system according to the present invention is configured by the single device (information distribution terminal 10) illustrated in FIG. 1 has been described. However, the information distribution system is configured by a single device. This is not essential, and it may be constituted by a plurality of device groups.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 9, the information distribution system 20 may be configured by an information distribution terminal 20A and an information management server 20B that can communicate with each other. The information management server 20B includes a visit information storage unit 16, an event information storage unit 17, and a spot information storage unit 19 among the components shown in FIG. 1, and further includes a communication unit 22 for communicating with the information distribution terminal 20A. Prepare. The information distribution terminal 20A includes a visit information acquisition unit 11, an event information acquisition unit 12, a notification date setting unit 13, a reference position setting unit 14, a spot display control unit 15, and a notification date storage unit 18 among the components illustrated in FIG. And a communication unit 21 for communicating with the information management server 20B. In such a configuration, the visit information acquisition unit 11 transmits a visit information acquisition request to the visit information storage unit 16 in the information management server 20 </ b> B, and acquires the visit information from the visit information storage unit 16. At that time, the visit information acquisition request and the visit information are transmitted and received between the information distribution terminal 20A and the information management server 20B via the communication units 21 and 22. The same applies to event information and spot information in addition to visit information.

  In the information distribution system 20 of FIG. 9 having the above-described configuration, the processing of FIG. 7 is executed similarly to the information distribution terminal 10 of FIG.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Information delivery terminal (information delivery system), 10A ... CPU, 10B ... RAM, 10C ... ROM, 10D ... Input device, 10E ... Communication device, 10F ... Auxiliary storage device, 10G ... Output device, 11 ... Visit information acquisition part , 12 ... Event information acquisition unit, 13 ... Notification date setting unit, 14 ... Reference position setting unit, 15 ... Spot display control unit, 15A ... Spot display order determination unit, 15B ... Display unit, 16 ... Visit information storage unit, 17 ... event information storage unit, 18 ... notification date storage unit, 19 ... spot information storage unit, 20 ... information distribution system, 20A ... information distribution terminal, 20B ... information management server, 21, 22 ... communication unit.

Claims (7)

An event information acquisition unit for acquiring event information related to a limited-time event held at a predetermined spot;
A notification date setting unit for setting a date before a certain date and time as at least one of the start date and the end date of the event as a notification date of the spot where the event is held;
A spot display control unit that controls to display spots in which the set notification date is before the current date and time, together with event information held at the spot, in order of notification date,
An information distribution system comprising: The information distribution system includes:
In a social networking service, a visit information acquisition unit that acquires visit information including a visit date and time to a specific spot posted by another user who has a predetermined close relationship with the user,
Further comprising
The event information acquisition unit acquires the event information held at the spot where the visit information is acquired by the visit information acquisition unit,
The spot display control unit spots visit information acquired by the visited information obtaining unit, together with the event information to be held in the spot is in reverse chronological order the notification date or the visiting date and time is the current time earlier, and displays To control,
The information distribution system according to claim 1. The information distribution system includes:
A reference position setting unit for setting a current position of the user or an arbitrary designated position designated by the user as a reference position;
Further comprising
The spot display control unit limits the displayed spots to spots included in the same section as the reference position within a predetermined distance from the reference position set by the reference position setting unit or in a predetermined division. To control,
The information distribution system according to claim 1 or 2.   The information delivery system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the notification date setting unit is capable of setting a plurality of dates and times before the certain date and time.   The information according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the spot display control unit performs control so as to avoid display of an overlapping portion related to the spot when the same spot is an object to be displayed. Distribution system.   The spot display control unit controls a plurality of spots having the same display order so that at least one of a start date and an end date of an event held at the spot is closer to the current date is displayed with priority. The information delivery system according to any one of claims 1 to 5. An information distribution method executed by an information distribution system,
Obtaining event information about a limited time event held at a predetermined spot;
Setting a date before a certain date with respect to at least one of a start date and an end date of the event as a notification date of a spot where the event is held;
Controlling to display spots in which the set notification date is before the current date and time, together with event information held at the spot, in order of notification date,
An information delivery method comprising:

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