JP7272341B2 - Information processing system, information processing method and program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of controlling bookmark processing of web pages related to service facilities such as restaurants.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a technology for displaying search results of service facilities such as restaurants on a map.

For example, in Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2002-200000, search processing is first executed in a narrow search range including the position of the vehicle, and the search results are displayed together with a map image of this search range to obtain the search result items intended by the user. A navigation device is disclosed that expands the search range and executes the search process again when there is no such search.

JP-A-2001-27536

By the way, if the user wishes to select one of a plurality of searched results, it may be possible that only a small number of search results are obtained depending on the search conditions. However, the technology described in Patent Document 1 cannot handle such a case, so the user has no choice but to select a service facility from the limited number of search results, and the room for selection is limited.

In view of the circumstances as described above, an object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of preventing the number of service facility search results displayed on a map from becoming too small. That's what it is.

To achieve the above object, an information processing system according to one aspect of the present invention includes a storage unit and a control unit. The storage unit stores facility information regarding a plurality of service facilities including addresses corresponding to positions on the map image. The control unit acquires information indicating a predetermined position specified by the user terminal, searches for service facilities within a search range centering on the predetermined position, and searches for service facilities equal to or greater than a predetermined number or within a predetermined number range. Extends the search range from the zero range until the

By securing at least a predetermined number of search results, the information processing system prevents the number of search results from becoming too small, secures the minimum room for selection of service facilities for the user, and improves convenience. can be improved. Here, the information processing system can be configured with one or a plurality of information processing apparatuses. Here, "zero range" means that the search range does not exist (if it is a point), or that the search range is substantially zero, i.e., an extremely narrow range (e.g., 1 m) where service facilities cannot be searched. Including cases where

The control unit may transmit to the user terminal a map image on which icons corresponding to the locations of the searched service facilities corresponding to the expanded search range are arranged.

When the search reference position is changed by the user terminal, the control unit controls, among the service facilities searched within the expanded search range from the changed search reference position, those that were also searched before the change. Icons corresponding to service facilities other than service facilities may be arranged on the map image.

Thus, when the search reference position is changed, the information processing system does not display the icon of the service facility already confirmed before the change, thereby allowing the user to grasp only the new service facility. Here, the search range may be changed by the user scrolling the map image on the user terminal, or by moving the current position of the user terminal.

When the search reference position is changed by the user terminal, the control unit controls, among the service facilities searched within the expanded search range from the changed search reference position, those that were also searched before the change. The icon corresponding to the service facility and the icon corresponding to the newly searched service facility after the change may be arranged on the map image in different manners.

As a result, when the search reference position is changed, the information processing system arranges the icon of the service facility already confirmed before the change in a manner different from the icon of the newly searched service facility. It is possible to allow the user to grasp the service facility by distinguishing it from the already confirmed service facility. Here, the different aspect is, for example, the size, color, brightness, etc. of the icon, but is not limited to this.

When the change distance of the search reference position changed by the user of the user terminal is less than a predetermined distance, the control unit may not perform a search based on the changed search reference position.

As a result, the information processing system executes search processing each time even when it is assumed that the search results will not change, such as when the user unintentionally moves the position slightly or scrolls the map image slightly. It is possible to prevent the processing load from becoming large due to the processing load being increased. The predetermined distance is, for example, 3 m, 5 m, 10 m, or the number of pixels on the map image corresponding thereto, but is not limited thereto.

An information processing method according to another aspect of the present invention comprises:
storing facility information about a plurality of service facilities including addresses corresponding to positions on the map image;
Acquiring information indicating a predetermined position specified by the user terminal, searching for service facilities within a search range centered on the predetermined position,
expanding the search range from the zero range until more than a predetermined number or within a predetermined range of service facilities are retrieved.

A program according to another aspect of the present invention is provided in an information processing device,
storing facility information about a plurality of service facilities including locations corresponding to positions on the map image;
a step of obtaining information indicating a predetermined position designated by the user terminal and searching for service facilities within a search range centered on the predetermined position;
and expanding the search range from the zero range until a predetermined number or more or within a predetermined number of service facilities are searched.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to prevent the number of service facility search results displayed on a map from becoming too small. However, this effect does not limit the invention.

It is a figure showing composition of a restaurant information offer system concerning one embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure showing hardware constitutions of a restaurant information offer server concerning one embodiment of the present invention. be. 3 is a diagram showing the configuration of a database of a restaurant information providing server according to one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. It is the flowchart which showed the flow of the restaurant search result map display process by the restaurant information provision server which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a restaurant search result display screen displayed on a user terminal in one embodiment of the present invention; 7 is a flow chart showing the flow of display processing when the search reference position is changed by the restaurant information providing server according to the embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a restaurant search result display screen displayed on the user terminal when the search reference position is changed in one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a restaurant search result display screen displayed on the user terminal when the search reference position is changed in one embodiment of the present invention;

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

[System configuration]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a restaurant information providing system according to this embodiment.

As shown in the figure, this system includes a restaurant information providing server 100 on the Internet 50 and a plurality of user terminals 200 .

The restaurant information providing server 100 is a web server that operates a portal site on which information about restaurants is posted. The restaurant information providing server 100 is connected to a plurality of user terminals 200 via the Internet 50 .

The restaurant information providing server 100 provides a restaurant information search system for users of the user terminals 200 on the portal site. Specifically, the restaurant information providing server 100 searches for restaurant information that matches the search conditions based on a search request from the user terminal 200, generates a web page on which the search results are posted, and sends it to the user terminal 200. Send.

User terminals 200 (200A, 200B, 200C, . . . ) are terminals used by users, such as smartphones, mobile phones, tablet PCs (Personal Computers), notebook PCs, desktop PCs, and the like.

The user terminal 200 determines search conditions for restaurants based on the user's operation, transmits a restaurant search request based on the search conditions to the restaurant information providing server 100 via the portal site or a corresponding application, A web page of a search result or a web page of a desired restaurant (restaurant information page) among the search results is received and displayed on a screen by a browser or the like.

In addition, the restaurant information providing server 100 provides a list display screen that displays a list of information about the restaurants found as the search results, and a map display that displays an icon indicating the location of the restaurants found on the map. Screens can be generated. The details of such restaurant search result map display processing will be described below. Note that the list display and the map display are examples of the display mode of restaurant search results, and the search results may be displayed in some display mode.

[Hardware configuration of restaurant information providing server]
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the hardware configuration of the restaurant information providing server 100. As shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the restaurant information providing server 100 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 12, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 13, an input/output interface 15, and these are connected to each other. A bus 14 is provided.

The CPU 11 appropriately accesses the RAM 13 or the like as necessary, and performs overall control of each block of the restaurant information providing server 100 while performing various kinds of arithmetic processing. The ROM 12 is a non-volatile memory that permanently stores firmware such as an OS, programs, and various parameters to be executed by the CPU 11 . The RAM 13 is used as a work area for the CPU 11, and temporarily holds the OS, various applications being executed, and various data being processed.

The input/output interface 15 is connected to a display unit 16, an operation reception unit 17, a storage unit 18, a communication unit 19, and the like.

The display unit 16 is a display device using, for example, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), an OELD (Organic ElectroLuminescence Display), a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube), or the like.

The operation reception unit 17 is, for example, a pointing device such as a mouse, a keyboard, a touch panel, or other input devices. When the operation reception unit 17 is a touch panel, the touch panel can be integrated with the display unit 16 .

The storage unit 18 is, for example, a non-volatile memory such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), a flash memory (SSD; Solid State Drive), or other solid state memory. The storage unit 18 stores the OS, various applications, and various data.

Particularly in this embodiment, the storage unit 18 stores restaurant information of each restaurant, user information about the user of each user terminal 200, and the like, and the restaurant information providing server 100 uses these data to search for restaurants. An application and other programs for executing result map display processing are stored. As will be described later, the storage unit 18 has a restaurant information database, a user information database, and a map information database as databases containing such data.

The communication unit 19 is, for example, a NIC (Network Interface Card) for Ethernet and various modules for wireless communication such as a wireless LAN, and is in charge of communication processing with the user terminal 200 .

Although not shown, the hardware configuration of the user terminal 200 is similar to that of the restaurant information providing server 100 . An application for connecting to the restaurant information providing server 100 and executing restaurant search processing is installed in the user terminal 200 .

[Database configuration of restaurant information providing server]
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the structure of the database of the restaurant information providing server 100. As shown in FIG.

As shown in the figure, the restaurant information providing server 100 has a restaurant information database 31 , a user information database 32 and a map information database 33 in the storage unit 18 .

The restaurant information database 31 stores, for each restaurant, the name of the restaurant, the location (latitude and longitude) information, the ID (facility ID) that identifies the restaurant, and the category of business type and service of the restaurant. Information, contents introducing the restaurant, namely, information indicating the characteristics of the service facility such as PR text of the service facility, event information held by the restaurant, area information where the restaurant is located, address of the restaurant, telephone Information such as numbers, image data relating to restaurants (introducing restaurants), menu information relating to menus provided by restaurants, business hours, and website URLs are stored.

The menu information is information corresponding to the menu posted on the site of each restaurant on the portal site, and stores the menu names of a plurality of menus that each restaurant can provide for each restaurant. . The menu information may be stored for each menu category such as appetizer/main dish and lunch/dinner/course. Further, when the image data corresponds to the menu, the image data is stored in association with the menu information.

The area information is, for example, in units of prefectures, but information may also be stored in units of narrower ranges such as municipalities. The category information may include, for example, main categories such as Japanese food, Chinese food, Italian food, French food, and yakiniku meat, and more detailed sub-categories such as yakitori/tempura in Japanese food and pasta/pizza in Italian food.

The user information database 32 stores information about users who own the user terminals 200 and are users (members) of the restaurant information service through the portal site provided by the restaurant information providing server 100 . Specifically, the user information database 42 stores information such as a user ID, password, name, email address, telephone number, address, age (group), gender, birthday, etc. for each user.

The map information database 33 stores map image data including the location of each restaurant and other data necessary for displaying the map image. However, the restaurant information providing server 100 may use map image data that is available free of charge in the form of, for example, GIS (geographic information system) data on the cloud without having the map image data itself.

These databases are mutually referenced and used as necessary in the restaurant search result map display processing by the restaurant information providing server 100, which will be described later.

[Operation of restaurant information providing server]
Next, the operation of the restaurant information providing server 100 configured as above will be described. The operation is executed by cooperation between hardware such as the CPU 11 and the communication unit 19 of the restaurant information providing server 100 and software stored in the storage unit 18 . In the following description, for convenience, the CPU 11 is assumed to be the operating body.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the flow of restaurant search result map display processing by the restaurant information providing server 100 .

As shown in the figure, the CPU 11 of the restaurant information providing server 100 first determines whether or not a restaurant search request based on the current location of the user terminal 200 has been received from the user terminal 200 via, for example, an application (step 41). This is sent when the user designates a mode for searching for restaurants from the current location and presses a search button, for example.

When determining that the search request has been received (Yes), the CPU 11 acquires the current location information of the requesting user terminal 200 (step 42). The current location information is acquired by the application and transmitted in the search request.

Subsequently, the CPU 11 sets (resets) the restaurant search range to zero (step 43). Here, "zero range" means that there is no search range (if it is a point), or that the search range is substantially zero range, that is, an extremely narrow range (such as 1 m) where restaurants cannot be searched. Including cases where

Next, the CPU 11 searches for a restaurant having a location within the search range from the current position as a search reference position (step 44). The location of the restaurant is obtained from the restaurant information database 31 .

Subsequently, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the number of search results is equal to or greater than a predetermined number (step 45). The predetermined number is, for example, 10, 20, 30, 50, etc., but is not limited thereto. If the search range is zero, naturally the number of search results is also zero.

If it is determined that the number of search results is less than the predetermined number (No), the CPU 11 expands the search range (step 46) and searches again for restaurants having locations within the search range (step 44). . Here, the search range next to the zero range is, for example, 100 m, and after that, by a predetermined distance (eg, 100 m), or by a predetermined scale (eg, 1/40,000, 1/80,000, 1/160,000, 1/32). 10,000…), but is not limited to this.

Subsequently, the CPU 11 determines again whether or not the number of search results of the re-searched restaurant is equal to or greater than the predetermined number (step 45). If it is determined that the number of search results is still less than the predetermined number (No), the CPU 11 expands the search range by a predetermined distance (scale) and repeats the search process again until the number of search results reaches the predetermined number or more. .

When it is determined that the number of search results is equal to or greater than the predetermined number (Yes in step 44), the CPU 11 retrieves a map image within the predetermined distance range centered on the current position of the user terminal 100 from the map information database 33. An icon corresponding to the current position and an icon corresponding to the location of the restaurant are arranged on the map image (step 47).

Then, the CPU 11 transmits a web page (map search result page) including the map image in which the icons are arranged to the user terminal 200 as the restaurant search result, and causes the user terminal 200 to display the page (step 48).

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a map search result page generated by the restaurant information providing server 100 and displayed on the user terminal 200. As shown in FIG.

As shown in the figure, the map search result page M includes a current location icon U indicating the current location of the user terminal 200 and a restaurant icon R corresponding to the location of the restaurant found above.

The CPU 11 gradually expands the search range from zero range (range S0) to range S1, range S2, range S3, range S4, and range S5 until the number of search results reaches a predetermined number (for example, 20) or more. . In the same figure, 20 search results are obtained by expanding the search range to the range S5, and an example in which the map search result page M with the corresponding icon R is displayed on the user terminal 200 is shown. there is This ensures that the user has ample options for choosing a restaurant.

In this way, the map search result page M is transmitted to and displayed on the user terminal 200 only after a predetermined number of search results have been obtained. However, the CPU 11 may generate the map search result page M each time the search range is expanded to each stage of the ranges S0 to S5, and transmit it to the user terminal 200 for display each time. At this time, by posting the number of search results on each page M, the process of obtaining a predetermined number of search results may be shown to the user.

Next, the operation of the restaurant information providing server 100 when the search reference position is changed by the user terminal 200 will be described. FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing the operation flow of the restaurant information providing server 100 when the search reference position is changed.

As shown in the figure, the CPU 11 first determines whether or not a request for changing the search reference position on the map search result page has been received from the user terminal 200 (step 61). The search reference position change request is transmitted, for example, when the user scrolls the map search result page in any direction or designates (tap, etc.) any position on the map search result page. In addition, when the user terminal 200 moves and the current position changes, transmission of the changed current position to the restaurant information providing server 100 may be regarded as a search reference position change request.

When determining that the search reference position change request has been received (Yes), the CPU 11 acquires the position information of the changed search reference position (step 62). The location information is acquired by the application and transmitted in the modified search request.

Subsequently, as in the case of FIG. 4, the CPU 11 sets (resets) the restaurant search range to zero (step 63), and searches for restaurants having locations within the search range from the changed search reference position. , the process of expanding the search range and searching is repeated until the number of search results reaches a predetermined number or more (steps 64, 65, 66).

When it is determined that the number of search results is equal to or greater than the predetermined number (Yes in step 65), the CPU 11 displays an icon U corresponding to the current position on the map image and the location of the restaurant, as in the case of FIG. and an icon R corresponding to (step 67).

Here, the CPU 11 determines whether or not there is an icon that was already displayed before the search reference position was changed among the arranged icons (step 68).

If it is determined that the icon that was displayed before the search reference position was changed exists (Yes), the CPU 11 excludes the icon from being arranged on the map image (step 69), and then displays the map including the map image. Submit the search results page (step 70).

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a map search result page generated by the restaurant information providing server 100 and displayed on the user terminal 200 when the search range is changed.

The example in the figure shows a display example when the search reference position is changed by, for example, the user scrolling the map search result page M shown in FIG. 5B in the right direction. As shown in the figure, in the map search result page M, among the restaurant icons corresponding to the restaurants found above, the icon H shown as the restaurant icon R before the change is changed to Only the icon R of the restaurant that is hidden and newly searched is displayed.

As a result, the restaurant information providing server 100 can allow the user to grasp only restaurants newly searched by changing the search reference position as selection candidates. This is effective when the change in the search reference position is due to the fact that the restaurant of interest to the user has not been found.

[summary]
As described above, according to the present embodiment, the restaurant information providing server 100 sets the search range to the second range when the number of restaurants to be searched becomes too small if the search range is set to the first distance range from the search reference position. By extending the distance range, it is possible to secure a minimum room for selection when the user selects one of the restaurant search results displayed on the map.

[Modification]
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be modified in various ways without departing from the gist of the present invention.

In the above-described embodiment, when the user of the user terminal 200 changes the restaurant search reference position, the CPU 11 of the restaurant information providing server 100 changes the icon corresponding to the restaurant searched even before the change. was hidden, and only icons corresponding to restaurants newly searched after the change were displayed. Instead of this, the CPU 11 displays icons corresponding to the restaurants searched before the change among the restaurants searched based on the changed search reference position and the service facilities newly searched after the change. Corresponding icons may be arranged on the map image in different manners. Accordingly, the restaurant information providing server 100 can allow the user to grasp restaurants newly searched by changing the search reference position by distinguishing them from restaurants that have already been confirmed.

FIG. 8 shows an example of a map search result page in this case. As shown in the figure, the restaurant icon R2 that was displayed before the search reference position was changed is displayed, for example, translucent, and the restaurant icon R1 of the restaurant that was newly searched after the change is colored opaque. is displayed. In addition to such a difference in transparency, for example, the icon of the restaurant that was displayed before the change in the search reference position and the restaurant that was newly searched after the change, due to the difference in the color of the icon, the difference in the size of the icon, etc. It may be displayed separately from the store icon.

In the above-described embodiment, when the change distance of the search reference position changed by the user of the user terminal 200 is less than a predetermined distance, the restaurant information providing server 100 does not perform a search based on the changed search reference position. good. The predetermined distance is, for example, 3 m, 5 m, 10 m, etc., when the search reference position is changed by movement of the user terminal. When the position is changed, the distance (pixels, etc.) on the map corresponding to the above 3m, 5m, 10m, etc., is not limited to these.

Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the restaurant information providing server 100 may search for restaurants according to the direction in which (the display of) the user terminal 200 is facing. In this case, the restaurant information providing server 100 executes restaurant re-search processing based on the changed azimuth angle when the azimuth angle is changed even if the position of the user terminal 200 is not changed. is less than a predetermined angle (eg, 5 degrees, 10 degrees, etc.), the re-search process may not be executed.

As a result, the restaurant information providing server 100 performs the search process each time even when it is assumed that the search result will not change, such as when the user unintentionally moves the position slightly or scrolls the map image slightly. is executed and the processing load increases.

In the above-described embodiment, an example of searching for restaurants using the current position of the user terminal 200 as the search reference position has been described. It is possible to display the search results in the same way when the position of is specified. For example, the user can specify an arbitrary point on the map image or a spot such as a station or building as the search reference position. By selecting an arbitrary area based on the area information contained in the restaurant information database 31, the user can also designate the center of the area as the search reference position.

In this case, the restaurant information providing server 100 receives the position information (latitude/longitude information) of the position specified on the map by the user together with the search request from the user terminal 200, The process of expanding the search range and searching for restaurants having locations in the area is repeated until the number of search results reaches a predetermined number or more.

In the above embodiment, the restaurant information providing server 100 determines whether or not to expand the search range depending on whether the number of restaurant search results is equal to or greater than a predetermined number. However, this "predetermined number" may not be a single number, but may be a numerical range with a predetermined width (for example, 20 to 30 cases). As a result, it is possible to reduce the number of repetitions of the re-search process and reduce the processing load by giving a range to the numerical value used as the threshold value.

The restaurant information providing server 100 shown in the above embodiment may be configured as a system in which the functions are distributed among a plurality of servers and information processing devices.

In the above-described embodiment, the restaurant information providing server 100 expands the search range and searches for restaurants having locations within the search range from the search reference position until the number of search results reaches a predetermined number or more. rice field. At this time, the restaurant information providing server 100 may refer to the user's visit history to each restaurant, and may exclude restaurants that the user has visited from being counted for the number of search results.

Here, the visit history is obtained by receiving a check-in history using a check-in device or a two-dimensional code installed in the restaurant from each restaurant terminal 300 or the user terminal 200, or receiving the restaurant information providing server 100. It can be obtained by referring to the reservation history of the restaurant through the Internet.

As a result, the restaurant information providing server 100 can provide the user with a new dining experience by extracting a predetermined number of restaurants that the user has never been to and providing them as search results.

In the above-described embodiment, the restaurant information providing server 100 searches for restaurants by expanding the search range without limit until the number of search results reaches or exceeds a predetermined number. However, the restaurant information providing server 100 may set an upper limit (for example, 300 m, 500 m, 1 km, etc.) to the search range. Also, the upper limit may be designated by the user of the user terminal 200 .

In this case, the restaurant information providing server 100 determines for each search whether or not the number of restaurant search results is equal to or greater than a predetermined number while expanding the search range, and simultaneously determines whether or not the search range has reached the upper limit. If it is determined that the search range has reached the upper limit, the search is terminated even if the number of search results is less than the predetermined number, and an icon indicating the restaurant found at that time is placed on the map image. The map search result page thus obtained is transmitted to the user terminal 200 .

As a result, the restaurant information providing server 100 searches for restaurants located far away from the user's current location, such as out of the user's walking distance (that is, restaurants that the user is unlikely to visit) as search results. You can prevent it from appearing.

In the above-described embodiment, the restaurant information providing server 100 ends the search even if the number of search results is less than a predetermined number when the pace of increase in the number of restaurant search results accompanying the expansion of the search range is too fast. and may suggest additional search criteria.

That is, the restaurant information providing server 100 calculates the rate of increase in the number of search results each time a search is performed by expanding the search range. A message is displayed on the display of the user terminal 200 prompting the user to add search conditions, such as "There are too many search results. Please add search conditions."

As a result, it is possible to prevent only a predetermined number of restaurants from being presented as search results within an extremely narrow range, even though there are actually far more restaurants than the predetermined number in a relatively close range.

In the above-described embodiment, the restaurant information providing server 100 does not end the search even if the number of search results equal to or greater than the predetermined number (first number) is obtained, The search is continued by further expanding the search range until a plurality of search results such as the number, the third number, etc. are obtained, and the user A map search result page showing the selected number of search results may be sent to the user terminal 200 .

For example, when the restaurant information providing server 100 obtains 10 search results, 20 search results, and 30 search results in this order by executing the search while expanding the search range, 10 search results, 20 search results, The user terminal 200 is presented with options of 30 cases, prompting for selection, and displaying a search result page corresponding to the selected number. At this time, the restaurant information providing server 100 displays, as options, a plurality of concentric circles with different radii (search ranges) centered on the search reference position on the map image together with the number of search results. A user selection for the circle may be accepted.

As a result, it is possible to display a search result page with the number of search results desired by the user.

In the above-described embodiment, a restaurant was exemplified as a service facility, but the service facility is not limited to a restaurant. - The present invention is similarly applicable to various service facilities having physical addresses, such as recreational facilities such as bowling, beauty salons, and treatment facilities such as massage and esthetic salons. In this case, the restaurant information providing server 100 also functions as a server corresponding to each service facility other than the restaurant.

Among the inventions described in the claims of the present application, the invention described as "information processing method" automatically performs each step by at least one device such as a computer by information processing by software. It is not performed by humans using devices such as computers. That is, the "information processing method" is an information processing method using computer software, and is not a method of manipulating a computing tool such as a computer.

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18... Storage unit 19... Communication unit 31... Restaurant information database 32... User information database 33... Map information database 100... Restaurant information providing server 200... User terminal M... Map search result page U... Current position icon R... Restaurant icon

Claims (3)

a storage unit that stores facility information about a plurality of service facilities including locations corresponding to positions on the map image;
Acquire information indicating a search reference position specified by a user terminal, search for service facilities within a search range centered on the search reference position, and search the search range until a first number of service facilities are searched. Expanding from the zero range ,
After the first number of service facilities are searched, expanding the search range until a second number of service facilities, which is greater than the first number, is searched;
receiving selection information for selecting one of the first number of search results and the second number of search results from the user terminal;
According to the selection information, a map image in which icons corresponding to the locations of the service facilities found in the expanded search range are arranged is transmitted to the user terminal.
An information processing system comprising: a controller; storing facility information about a plurality of service facilities including addresses corresponding to positions on the map image;
Acquiring information indicating a search reference position specified by a user terminal, searching for service facilities within a search range centered on the search reference position,
expanding the search range from zero until a first number of service establishments are searched ;
After the first number of service facilities are searched, expanding the search range until a second number of service facilities, which is greater than the first number, is searched;
receiving selection information for selecting one of the first number of search results and the second number of search results from the user terminal;
According to the selection information, a map image in which icons corresponding to the locations of the service facilities found in the expanded search range are arranged is transmitted to the user terminal.
Information processing methods. information processing equipment,
storing facility information about a plurality of service facilities including locations corresponding to positions on the map image;
a step of acquiring information indicating a search reference position specified by a user terminal and searching for service facilities within a search range centered on the search reference position;
expanding the search scope from zero until a first number of service establishments are searched ;
After the first number of the service facilities is searched, expanding the search scope until a second number of the service facilities, which is greater than the first number, is searched;
receiving selection information from the user terminal for selecting one of the first number of search results and the second number of search results;
a step of transmitting to the user terminal a map image in which icons corresponding to the locations of the searched service facilities corresponding to the expanded search range are arranged according to the selection information;
program to run.

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