JP2001292478A - Information edit device and information terminal communicating with information management unit managing the information edit device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information edit device and an information terminal communicating with an information management unit managing the information edit device where an information amount per item can be reduced and the information terminal side can simply retrieve desired information. SOLUTION: When a car navigation system receives an individual identification code and outline information (or event relating information) sent from the information edit device, a display section 15 of the car navigation system displays the received outline information and a 4-digit combination code being part of the individual identification code that are converted into a decimal number. When a user of the car navigation system desires to know details of the outline information, the user uses a mobile phone to transmit the combination code to the information management unit, since the image management unit returns address information of a URL of the Internet corresponding to the same low-order 4-digit individual identification code as the combination code, the user can recognize the details by making communication with a communication destination of the address information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to transmission information transmitted from an information editing apparatus, which stores various transmission information transmitted from various information providers and whose position is attributed in a database, by broadcast or communication means, and The present invention relates to an information terminal that receives an individual identification code including a combination code including a part of position information and an individual identifier.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As an information providing service for a mobile body such as a vehicle, for example, information on a restaurant, information on shopping, information on shopping, an amusement park such as an amusement park, etc. transmitted from various information providers to a normal FM broadcast from a broadcasting station. There is an FM multiplex broadcasting service that multiplexes and broadcasts event-related information that is transmission information such as information on events held in specific areas or the like.

In this FM multiplex broadcast, a broadcast from a broadcast station is received by an information terminal such as an FM receiver mounted on a vehicle, and FM multiplexed information is demodulated and extracted from a received signal, and a liquid crystal display (LCD) is used. The content of the received data is displayed on a display unit such as an LCD.

[0004] With the recent advancement of car navigation technology, it has become possible to receive these information providing services using a car navigation system. In this case, an FM receiver is provided in the car navigation system, and the event-related information transmitted from the FM broadcast station indicates the position (location) of the information provider, for example, the position information of the restaurant (position code indicating latitude and longitude). ) Is added on the information provider side or the broadcasting station side, and when the car navigation system receives the event-related information, the position information added to the received event-related information is read, and a display such as an LCD constituting the car navigation system is displayed. The unit can display the content of the received event-related information in characters, graphics, or the like, or can superimpose and display the position represented by the position information on the map displayed on the display unit.

In this case, a memory for storing event-related information is provided on the car navigation system side, the event-related information once received is stored in this memory, and the event-related information is read out from the memory for each region based on the position code. Can also be displayed.

On the other hand, recently, digital technology has been remarkably developed, and the transmission and reception of the above-mentioned event-related information is carried out by digital communication. It is also conceivable to transmit and receive information using a communication-compatible car navigation system or a portable communication terminal. It is also conceivable to obtain summary information using DSRC (Dedicated Short Range Communication) such as a VICS beacon, and obtain detailed information using a mobile phone network.

[0007] In the case of the above-mentioned information providing service by FM multiplex broadcasting or the Internet, the inquiry data of the information provider (in order to make inquiries about the more detailed contents of the event-related information and to make a procedure such as a reservation when necessary). For example, transmission of a telephone number, a facsimile number, an Internet URL, and the like together with event-related information has been considered. At this time, it has been considered that an information provider further adds an identification code assigned to the event-related information in advance to the event-related information so that the event-related information to be queried can be identified and transmitted.

[0008]

However, if inquiry destination data such as a telephone number, a facsimile number, and an Internet URL is transmitted for each event-related information, the information amount of the inquiry destination data becomes relatively long, and the FM is increased.
There are many broadcasters and Internet-based information providers throughout Japan, and each provides a huge amount of event-related information. Furthermore, since these information is intended for an unspecified number of users, specific information is not available. There is a problem that it is very difficult for a user using only the information to search for desired information.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is therefore an object of the present invention to reduce the amount of information per case and to enable the information terminal to easily search for desired information.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a method for broadcasting or broadcasting from an information editing apparatus in which various types of transmission information sent from various information providers and having attributes as positions are stored in a database. An information terminal that receives a certain transmission information transmitted by the communication means and an individual identification code including a combination code including a part of digits of the position information and an individual identifier corresponding to the transmission information, and receives the transmission information and the individual identification code; Receiving unit, a control unit that extracts the combination code included in the individual identification code received by the reception unit, and a display unit that is controlled by the control unit and displays the combination code. And

According to such a configuration, when the transmission information and the individual identification code are received from the information editing device, the combination code included in the received individual identification code is extracted and displayed on the display unit.

Therefore, desired transmission information can be selected by using the combination code as a clue, and the information terminal can easily search for the desired information.
Moreover, based on the combination code corresponding to a part of the received individual identification code, even if the transmission information has the same position information, it can be easily determined whether the transmission information is the same information or the updated information having the updated contents.

Further, the present invention obtains address information for specifying the details or related contents of the transmission information in the database from the information editing device, and acquires the address information together with the individual identification code corresponding to the transmission information. The combination code displayed on the display unit is transmitted to the information management device stored in the storage unit, and the address information corresponding to the individual identification code including the combination code is acquired from the information management device. It is characterized by having communication means.

According to such a configuration, in order to select desired transmission information by using the combination code displayed on the display unit as a clue, the combination code is transmitted to the information management device. Since the address information corresponding to the individual identification code including the code can be obtained, desired transmission information can be obtained by communicating with the inquiry destination based on the obtained address information, and the desired information can be easily searched. Can be.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that the control unit converts the combination code into a decimal number, and the display unit displays the combination code converted into a decimal number.

According to such a configuration, the combination code can be transmitted to the information management device by a communication means such as a mobile phone mainly composed of a decimal key, and the user can very easily use the combination code. And the corresponding address information can be obtained.

Further, the present invention provides a receiving unit for receiving the transmission information and the individual identification code, a control unit for extracting the combination code included in the individual identification code received by the receiving unit, For the information management device that acquires the address information for specifying the details or related contents of the transmission information from the information editing device and stores it in the storage together with the individual identification code corresponding to the transmission information, A transmitting / receiving unit that transmits the combination code extracted by the control unit by a predetermined transmission operation and acquires the address information corresponding to the individual identification code including the combination code from the information management device. It is characterized by having.

According to such a configuration, the combination code can be transmitted to the information management device by the transmission / reception unit simply by performing a predetermined transmission operation such as operating a transmission key, and the combination code is transmitted. However, the operation to be performed by the user is very simple.

Further, the present invention has a browser function in which the control unit browses a data file via a communication line with an inquiry destination of the received address information to acquire predetermined details of the content, It is characterized by including a display unit that is controlled by the control unit and displays the content of the content obtained by the transmission and reception unit.

According to this configuration, when the address information is received from the information management device by the transmission / reception unit, the communication line with the inquiry destination of the received address information is connected by the browser function of the control unit. Therefore, by accessing the data file there, it is possible to easily obtain the details of the desired transmission information.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that a characterizing unit for converting the character information displayed on the display unit into a sound and outputting the sound is provided. According to such a configuration, the character information displayed on the display unit is voiced by the voice generation unit. Therefore, even when the information terminal is an in-vehicle information device such as a car navigation system, a desired information can be obtained during driving. The contents of the transmission information can be understood.

[0022]

(First Embodiment) A first embodiment of the present invention will be described.
An embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
However, FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of the entire system, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an information terminal, FIGS.
7 to 9 are flowcharts for explaining the operation.

First, FIG. 1 showing the configuration of the entire system will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, from various information providers (not shown) such as various restaurants, restaurants, clothing stores such as boutiques, and amusement places such as amusement parks, restaurant information such as cooking menus, bargain sales, etc. Event-related information, which is transmission information such as shopping information and information relating to an event to be held at an entertainment center, is provided by a plurality (three in this case) of information editing devices 1A, 1B, which are constituted by, for example, FM broadcast stations and Internet providers. When sent to 1C, each information editing apparatus 1A-1C collects, inputs, and edits each event-related information.

Then, in each of the information editing apparatuses 1A to 1C, event-related information, and position information and address information for specifying the event-related information are obtained. This position information is, for example, “XXXYY” shown in FIG.
A position code representing latitude and longitude such as Y ", and the address information is, for example, a URL (Unifor
mResource Locator). Here, the event-related information is information having at least the position as an attribute.

Each of the information editing devices 1A to 1C issues an individual identification code to the information management device 4 for specifying the event-related information in the event-related information databases 2A to 2C in combination with the position information. The request is made by communication. At this time, the Internet URL (Unif
orm Resource Locator) is transmitted together. The details or related contents of the event-related information are specified by the address information.

The issuance request of the individual identification code is stored in each of the information editing apparatuses 1A to 1C prior to storing the received event-related information, its summary information, and position information in the event-related information databases 2A to 2C. Done.

At this time, when the information management device 4 receives the issuance request of the individual identification code from each of the information editing devices 1A to 1C, at the time of this issuance request, the information management device 4 uses the position information of the event related information and the URL of the Internet. Is obtained. The acquisition of such position information and address information is performed by a CPU (not shown) configuring the information management device 4.

As shown in FIG. 3, the individual identifier is added to the position information so that the combination code consisting of the lower three digits of the acquired position information and the individual identifier added thereto does not overlap. An identification code is generated, and the generated individual identification code is issued by communication to each of the information editing apparatuses 1A to 1C that issued the issuance request. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the lower three digits “YYY” of the position information “XXXXYYY” are replaced with “−1” or “−”.
An individual identifier with a hyphen “2” is added to generate an individual identification code. Here, the position information “XXXXYYY” is, for example, 3 to represent latitude and longitude.
It is represented by an N-ary number other than a decimal number such as a binary number.

When generating such an individual identification code,
A four-digit combination code based on the lower three digits and the individual identifier of the position information already acquired in the management table described later is referred to, and duplication of the combination codes is avoided. In addition, the event-related information of the same location information,
When there is an updated content, a different identifier is selected as an individual identifier added to the lower three digits of the same position information so that it is easy to distinguish the same information or the updated information by looking at the combination code. You. The issuance of the individual identification code is performed by the CPU constituting the information management device 4.

Further, in the information management device 4, as shown in FIG. 4, the position information and the address information acquired when the individual identification code issuance request is received from each of the information editing devices 1A to 1C, and the generation of the individual identification code. At this time, a management table including the individual identifier added to the position information and the generated individual identification code is created, and the created management table is stored in the database 5 as a storage unit. The creation of such a management table is performed by the CP that constitutes the information management apparatus 4.
This is done by U.

On the other hand, when each of the information editing apparatuses 1A to 1C receives and acquires the individual identification code from the information management apparatus 4, as shown in FIG. 5, at least the position information, the acquired individual identification code, the summary information And event related information,
Stored in the event related information databases 2A to 2C,
The summary information (or event-related information) to which the individual identification code is added is transmitted by broadcast to an information terminal such as the car navigation system 3.

When summary information (or event-related information) to which the individual identification code is added is received by the car navigation 3, map data around the position corresponding to the position information included in the received individual identification code is received. Is displayed on the display unit, and the contents of the received summary information and the four-digit combination code constituting the individual identification code are displayed on the display unit by a predetermined switching operation or the like by the user. . At this time, the combination code is converted from an N-ary number to a decimal number and displayed.

The user of the car navigation system 3 looks at the contents of the summary information displayed on the display unit, and when he / she wants to know the details, looks at the combination code simultaneously displayed on the display unit, for example. When a decimal combination code is input using a terminal having a decimal key, such as a mobile phone, the combination code is transmitted to the information management device 4.

The information management device 4 also controls the car navigation system 3
When the decimal combination code is received from the user on the side, the decimal combination code is demodulated into the original N-ary number, and the received combination code is obtained from the management table (see FIG. 4) stored in the database 5. Address information corresponding to the individual identification code of the same lower four digits as the code is retrieved, and the retrieved address information is immediately returned.
The return of such address information is performed by the CPU constituting the information management device 4.

Further, when the address information composed of the Internet URL transmitted from the information management device 4 is received by the car navigation system 3, it is connected to the communication destination of the received address information via a communication line, and Details of the event-related information desired by the user are obtained.

Next, FIG. 2 showing a car navigation system 3 as an information terminal constituting the system will be described.

As shown in FIG. 2, each of the information editing apparatuses 1A to 1C is connected to the FM receiving unit 12 by the FM receiving unit 12 via the antenna 11.
When the broadcast station is the M broadcast station, the general information (or the event-related information) added with the individual identification code which is FM multiplex broadcast is received, and the received general information is transmitted to the navigation CP.
U13 and sent to the D-RAM (Dyna
mic RAM), S-RAM (Static RAM) and the like, the outline information (or event related information) is once written in a predetermined write area of the storage means 14 and stored in the storage means 14 under the control of the CPU 13. The selected summary information selected by the user is displayed on the screen of the display unit 15 composed of a liquid crystal display (LCD).

At this time, the combination code which is a part of the individual identification code is extracted by the CPU 13 and the display unit 1
5, the combination code extracted together with the summary information is displayed at the same time as shown in FIG.
The N-ary combination code obtained from the information editing apparatuses 1A to 1C is converted into a decimal number by the CPU 13 and displayed. The extraction of the combination code and the conversion process to a decimal number by the CPU 13 correspond to the control unit.

The display unit 15 also displays images of a plurality of function keys in addition to the cursor movement keys. By touching these key images, the cursor is moved, etc. An operation is performed. For example, by operating a key image "event" displayed on the display unit 15, the summary information received and stored in the storage unit 14 is displayed on the screen of the display unit 15 as shown in FIG. Is done. At this time, as shown in FIG. 6, a key image "map" is displayed on the display unit 15 in order to switch to the map display. At this time, the position of the received summary information (or event-related information) may be superimposed and displayed with a predetermined mark on the switched and displayed map.

When the user wants to know the contents of the event-related information, which is the details of the specific summary information, as described above, the combination code of the decimal number corresponding to the summary information displayed on the display unit 15 is displayed. , Telephone control unit 17
When a key is input by operating a mobile phone 18 which constitutes a communication means, the telephone control unit 17 and the mobile phone 18 are connected to the information management apparatus 4 via a communication line, and the input combination code is input to the information management apparatus. 4 is sent.

On the other hand, the combination code is demodulated by the information management device 4 into the original N-ary number, and the address information consisting of the Internet URL corresponding to the individual identification code having the same lower 4 digits as the combination code is stored in the database 5.
Is retrieved and extracted from the management table (see FIG. 4), the extracted address information is transmitted to the requesting car navigation system 3, the address information is received by the CPU 13 of the car navigation system 3, and the received address information is Display 1
5 is displayed.

The transmission process of the combination code and the reception process of the address information by the CPU 13 correspond to a transmission / reception unit.

Further, when the user operates the key image on the display unit 15 to connect to the inquiry destination based on the address information, the CPU 13 utilizes the browser function of the CPU 13 to activate the telephone control unit 17. The mobile phone 18 is controlled, and the telephone control unit 17 and the mobile phone 18 are connected to a communication destination of the address information via a communication line, and the detailed contents of the event-related information are stored in the CPU 1.
3 and the detailed contents of the received event-related information are stored and held in the storage unit 14 and the display unit 15
Will be displayed.

In this case, if a voice synthesizing unit including a voice synthesizing device or the like for converting the character information displayed on the display unit 15 into voice is provided, the detailed contents of the desired contents can be obtained even while the user is driving. The contents can be understood and it is very convenient without hindering driving. For example, it can be easily realized by using a voice guidance voice synthesizer and a speaker provided in the car navigation system 3.

On the car navigation 3 side, based on the combination code which is a part of the received individual identification code, even if the outline information (or event related information) of the same position information is already received, the same information has already been received. It is possible to easily determine whether the information is updated information with updated contents. For example, if the received combination code is the same, the same information is retransmitted or the updated information whose content has been updated and is overwritten in the storage means 14, and if the combination code is different, it is stored in the storage means 14 as a new code. Since the information is stored, the same information or update information is not stored twice, and correct information can be stored.

Moreover, desired summary information (or event-related information) can be selected by using the combination code as a clue, and it is possible to easily search for desired information on the car navigation 3 side.

By the way, as shown in FIG.
obal Positioning System) Radio waves from a plurality of GPS satellites are received by the receiver 20 via the receiving antenna 21, and the received signal is output to the CPU 13, which detects the current position (latitude, longitude) of the vehicle and performs navigation. At times, the CPU 13 reads road map data around the current position of the vehicle from the road map data stored in the map data storage unit 22 composed of a CD-ROM or the like, and outputs a road map based on the read road map data. Is displayed on the screen of the display unit 15.

If the destination is set by a predetermined operation of the key image on the display unit 15, the CPU 13 derives the optimum route to the destination and displays the optimum route on the displayed road map. Route guidance to the destination, that is, route guidance is performed.

Next, the operation will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

First, the operation of issuing an individual identification code in the information management device 4 will be described. As shown in FIG. 7, the information editing devices 1A to 1C issue individual identification code issuance requests. When the position information and the address information are obtained upon reception (S1),
An initial value “1” is selected as an individual identifier (S
2) The selected individual identifier is added to the lower three digits of the acquired position information to form a four-digit combination code (S3).

Then, it is determined whether or not a code having the same lower 4 digits exists in the individual identification code in the management table (see FIG. 4) of the database 5 (S4). If the determination result is YES, Since there is a duplicate combination code, the value of the individual identifier is incremented (S5), and the process returns to step S3.

On the other hand, if the decision result in the step S4 is NO, no duplicate combination code exists, and an individual identifier is added to the end of the acquired position information to generate an individual identification code (S6). The obtained individual identification code is registered and stored in the management table (see FIG. 4) of the database 5 together with the address information acquired in step S1 (S7), and the generated individual identification code is replaced with the individual identification code of the individual identification code. It is transmitted to the information editing apparatus that has issued the issuance request (S8), and the operation of issuing the individual identification code ends.

Next, the display processing by the car navigation system 3, particularly, the display processing operation of the combination code will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, when the individual identification code is acquired from the information editing apparatuses 1A to 1C by broadcasting or communication (S11), the lower four digits corresponding to the combination code are extracted from the acquired individual identification code and the CPU 1
3 is converted to a decimal number (S12), and as shown in FIG. 6, the lower 4 digits of the converted decimal number are displayed on the display unit 15 as a combination code (S13), and the display operation of the combination code is completed.

Further, a search operation corresponding to a request for transmitting address information in the information management device 4 will be described with reference to FIG. Now, when a decimal combination code is transmitted by the user of the car navigation 3 by operating the mobile phone 18, the decimal combination code is received and acquired by the information management device 4 (S21), and the acquired combination is acquired. The code is converted to the original N-ary number, and the code of the lower four digits of the individual identification code is demodulated (S22).

Then, in the individual identification code list of the management table (see FIG. 4) in the database 5, the one whose lower four digits match is searched (S23), and the address information corresponding to the searched individual identification code (S23). The URL of the Internet is extracted (S24), and the extracted address information is transmitted to the mobile phone 18 of the car navigation system 3 that has requested the transmission of the address information (S25), after which the operation of searching for the address information ends. . Note that the mobile phone in this case may be either the one configuring the car navigation system 3 as described above or the one used personally by the user. Further, instead of the mobile phone, a public phone or a home phone may be used. May be provided with a decimal key such as

As described above, when the information management device 4 receives the issuance request of the individual identification code accompanied with the position information and the address information from the information editing devices 1A to 1C, the information management device 4 receives a part of the acquired position information (lower three digits). ) And an individual identifier are added to the position information to generate an individual identification code (see FIG. 3) and issue an issuance request so that the four-digit combination code consisting of the individual identifier does not overlap. Issue to

When the information editing devices 1A to 1C receive the individual identification code from the information management device 4, the individual identification code and summary information (or event-related information) are transmitted by, for example, FM broadcasting, and the information terminal, a car navigation system, is transmitted. 3
Receives this, the received summary information and the four-digit combination code which is a part of the individual identification code added thereto are converted to a decimal number and displayed on the display unit 15 of the car navigation system 3.

Further, when the user of the car navigation system 3 wants to know the details by looking at the displayed summary information, the user can use the cellular phone 18 to change the decimal combination code displayed on the display unit 15 to the information. What is necessary is just to transmit to the management apparatus 4. Then, the information management device 4 receives the combination code, converts the combination code into the original N-ary number, and stores the address information consisting of the Internet URL corresponding to the individual identification code having the same lower 4 digits as the combination code in the database 5. Is retrieved from the management table (see FIG. 4) and returned to the requesting car navigation 3 side, so that the user of the car navigation 3 can know the details by communicating with the communication destination of the address information.

Therefore, according to the first embodiment, the information management device 4 adds the individual identifier to the position information so that the combination code composed of a part of the position information and the individual identifier does not overlap. In order to generate the individual identification code, when the information editing devices 1A to 1C obtain the individual identification code, add it to the event-related information that is the transmission information, and transmit it to the car navigation system 3, the amount of information is extremely large. Less.

The information editing device 1 is operated by the car navigation system 3.
When the event-related information and the individual identification code from A to 1C are received, the combination code included in the received individual identification code is extracted and displayed on the display unit 15.

Therefore, the user of the car navigation 3 can select desired event-related information by using the combination code as a clue, and can easily search for desired information on the car navigation 3 side. In addition, based on the combination code corresponding to a part of the received individual identification code, even if the event-related information has the same location information, it is possible to easily determine whether the information is the same information or the updated information having the updated content. Become.

At this time, the user of the car navigation 3 can easily transmit the combination code of the decimal number displayed on the display unit 15 to the information management device 4 using the mobile phone 18 mainly including the decimal key. it can.

(Second Embodiment) A second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 10 to 12 are explanatory diagrams of the operation, and FIG. 13 is a flowchart for explaining the operation. The basic configuration of the entire system and the configuration of the car navigation system 3 as an information terminal in this embodiment are substantially the same as those in FIGS. 1 and 2, respectively.
Duplicate description will be omitted, and in the following description, reference will also be made to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, and particularly, points different from the above-described first embodiment will be described.

The present embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that the individual identification codes are generated by the information editing apparatuses 1A to 1C. In detail, in each of the information editing devices 1A to 1C, an individual identifier is added to the position information acquired from each information provider, for example,
As shown in FIG. 10, an individual identifier with a hyphen such as "-1" or "-2" is added to the position information "XXXXYYY", and each of the information editing devices 1A to 1C.
An individual identification code is generated by further adding a maker code with a hyphen such as “A” or “B” assigned to each of them.

Further, as shown in FIG. 11, in addition to the individual identification code generated in each of the information editing apparatuses 1A to 1C and the address information composed of the Internet URL corresponding thereto, event-related information and its summary information are associated with each other. The corresponding table into each database 2A, 2B,
The information is stored and registered in 2C, and the generated individual identification code and address information are transmitted to the information management device 4.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 10, the individual identification code includes the lower two digits of the position information, a four-digit combination code composed of the individual identifier and the maker code,
When generating the individual identification code in each of the information editing apparatuses 1A to 1C, a four-digit combination code of the lower two digits of the position information, the individual identifier, and the maker code already acquired in the correspondence table shown in FIG. , And an individual identifier is selected so that the combination code does not overlap.

Further, from each of the information editing apparatuses 1A to 1C,
The outline information (or event-related information) to which the generated individual identification code is added is transmitted by broadcast to the car navigation 3 as an information terminal.

On the other hand, when the information management device 4 receives the individual identification code and the address information transmitted from each of the information editing devices 1A to 1C, as shown in FIG. 12, these individual identification codes and the corresponding A comparison table comparing the address information is stored in the database 5. The creation of such a comparison table is performed by the CPU constituting the information management device 4.

Next, the operation of generating the individual identification code in the information editing apparatuses 1A to 1C will be described. As shown in FIG. 13, a position for specifying event-related information from an information provider by the information editing apparatuses 1A to 1C. When the information and the address information are acquired (S31), the initial value "1" is selected as the individual identifier (S32), and the selected individual identifier and the creator code assigned to the information editing device are selected. It is added to the lower two digits of the acquired position information to form a four-digit combination code (S3).
3).

Then, it is determined whether or not a code having the same lower four digits exists in the individual identification code in the correspondence table (see FIG. 11) of the databases 2A to 2C (S3).
4) If the determination result is YES, there is a duplicate combination code, so the value of the individual identifier is incremented (S35), and thereafter, the process returns to step S33 described above.

On the other hand, if the decision result in the step S34 is NO, there is no duplicate combination code, so that
An individual identifier and a maker code are added to the end of the acquired position information to generate an individual identification code (S36),
The generated individual identification codes are stored in the databases 2A to 2A together with the address information and the like acquired in step S31.
It is registered and stored in the 2C correspondence table (see FIG. 4) (S37), the generated individual identification code and the corresponding address information are transmitted to the information management device 4 (S38), and the operation of generating the individual identification code is performed. finish.

Therefore, according to the second embodiment, the same effects as those of the first embodiment can be obtained, and the individual identification codes are generated by the information editing devices 1A to 1C. As compared with the first embodiment, the burden on the information management device 4 can be reduced.

Further, when generating the individual identification codes in the information editing apparatuses 1A to 1C, even if the event-related information of the same position information, the individual identification codes are set so that the combination codes corresponding to a part of the individual identification codes do not overlap. Since the identifier is selected, the information editing devices 1A to 1A are provided on the car navigation 3 side.
Based on the combination code received from C, it is possible to easily determine whether the information is the same information or updated information having updated contents.

As a third embodiment of the present invention, when each of the information editing apparatuses 1A to 1C broadcasts event-related information or the like by broadcast radio waves, each of the information editing apparatuses 1A to 1C is used.
A to 1C generate an individual identification code so that the four-digit combination code consisting of the lower three digits of the acquired position information and the individual identifier does not overlap, and the information management device 4 stores Individual identification codes and address information transmitted from each of the information editing devices 1A to 1C are separately stored for each broadcast frequency assigned to each of the information editing devices 1A to 1C, and the individual identification code and each information editing device are transmitted from the car navigation system 3. When data of any one of the broadcast frequencies 1A to 1C is received, the corresponding address information may be retrieved from the comparison table and returned to the car navigation system 3.

In this way, each of the information editing apparatuses 1A to 1A
In 1C, since there is no need to separately assign a unique ID such as a maker code so as not to be duplicated for each of the information editing devices 1A to 1C, when each of the information editing devices 1A to 1C generates an individual identification code, As compared with the case where the creator code is added to the position information together with the individual identifier, the processing of adding the creator code becomes unnecessary, so that the load on each of the information editing apparatuses 1A to 1C can be reduced.

As a fourth embodiment of the present invention, instead of transmitting the combination code to the information management device 4 using the mobile phone 18 of the car navigation 3 as described above, for example, without using a mobile phone, A key image “Transmit” is displayed on the display unit 15 of the car navigation system 3, and when the user touches the key image, the combination code corresponding to the displayed summary information is automatically controlled by the CPU 13. May be transmitted to the information management device 4.

If the car navigation system 3 does not have a browser function as described above, the address information including the Internet URL acquired from the information management device 4 is separately transmitted to the Internet terminal, and the Internet terminal is used. What is necessary is just to connect to the communication destination of the address information.

Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, the transmission information is transmitted from various information providers (not shown) such as various restaurants, restaurants, clothing stores such as boutiques, and entertainment venues such as amusement parks. And other event-related information such as restaurant information, bargain sale and other shopping information, and information on events held at entertainment venues. However, the transmission information is not particularly limited to this, and Any attribute may be used as long as the information is transmitted by broadcasting or communication means.

Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, mainly the broadcast and the Internet communication are mainly described.
As described above, the present invention is similarly applied to the case where the individual identification code and the summary information (or the event-related information) are acquired on the information terminal side such as the car navigation system 3 using the DSRC such as the VICS beacon. It is possible.

Further, in each of the embodiments described above, the information editing apparatus is described as having three locations. However, it is needless to say that the present invention can be applied to two or four or more locations. In many cases, the effect of the present invention is remarkable.

Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, the case has been described where the individual identifiers constituting the individual identification code are constituted by numerals such as 1, 2,..., But other than that, alphabets and other identification symbols are used. Of course, it does not matter.

Further, the maker code in the second embodiment may use numbers and other identification symbols in addition to the alphabets such as A, B,.

It is needless to say that the combination code is not limited to the above four digits.

Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, the case where the information terminal is the car navigation system 3 has been described. However, the information terminal is not limited to this, and in short, the individual identification code and the summary information from the information editing device. Of course, any configuration is possible as long as the information terminal has a function of receiving transmission information such as (or event-related information).

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various changes other than those described above can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

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As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, when the transmission information and the individual identification code are received from the information editing device, the combination code included in the received individual identification code is changed. Since the information is extracted and displayed on the display unit, desired transmission information can be selected by using the combination code as a clue, and the information terminal can easily search for the desired information.

Further, based on the combination code corresponding to a part of the received individual identification code, even if the transmission information has the same position information, it can be easily determined whether the information is the same information or the updated information having the updated contents. Will be possible.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, if the combination code displayed on the display unit is used as a clue to transmit the combination code to the information management apparatus in order to select desired transmission information, the information management Since the address information corresponding to the individual identification code including the combination code can be obtained from the device, it is possible to obtain desired transmission information by communicating with an inquiry destination based on the obtained address information, and to search for desired information. Can be easily performed.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, 1
Communication means consisting of a mobile phone or the like whose main key is a decimal key
The combination code can be transmitted to the information management device, and the user can very easily transmit the combination code and acquire the address information corresponding to the combination code.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the combination code can be transmitted to the information management device by the transmission / reception unit simply by performing a predetermined transmission operation such as operating a transmission key. The operation to be performed by the user to transmit the combination code is very simple.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, when address information is received from the information management device by the transmission / reception unit, the browser function of the control unit communicates with the inquiry destination of the received address information. Since the line is connected, the user of the information terminal can access the data file on the spot and can easily obtain the details of the desired transmission information.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, since the characterizing information displayed on the display unit is converted into a sound by the sounding unit, the information terminal is a vehicle-mounted information device such as a car navigation system. However, it is possible to grasp the contents of desired transmission information during driving.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an overall configuration of a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partial block diagram of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an operation explanatory diagram of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an operation explanatory diagram of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an operation explanatory diagram of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an operation explanatory diagram of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an operation explanatory diagram of the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is an operation explanatory diagram of the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is an operation explanatory diagram of the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1A to 1C Information editing device 3 Car navigation (information terminal) 4 Information management device 5 Database 12 FM receiving unit 13 CPU (Control unit, transmitting / receiving unit) 15 Display unit 17 Telephone control unit (communication means) 18 Mobile phone (communication means)

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An information editing apparatus that stores in a database various types of transmission information having an attribute of a position transmitted from various information providers, a certain transmission information transmitted by broadcasting or communication means, and one type of position information corresponding thereto. An information terminal that receives an individual identification code including a combination code including a unit digit and an individual identifier, a reception unit that receives the transmission information and the individual identification code, and a reception unit that includes the individual identification code received by the reception unit. An information terminal, comprising: a control unit that extracts the combination code to be used; and a display unit that is controlled by the control unit and displays the combination code. 2. Acquiring address information for specifying details or related contents of the transmission information in the database from the information editing device, and storing the address information in a storage together with the individual identification code corresponding to the transmission information. A communication unit that transmits the combination code displayed on the display unit to the information management device, and acquires the address information corresponding to the individual identification code including the combination code from the information management device. 2. The information terminal according to claim 1, wherein: 3. The information according to claim 1, wherein the control unit converts the combination code into a decimal number, and the display unit displays the combination code converted into a decimal number. Terminal. 4. An information editing apparatus for transmitting transmission information having a position as an attribute, which is transmitted from various information providers, by broadcasting or communication means. An information terminal that receives an individual identification code including a combination code comprising: a reception unit that receives the transmission information and the individual identification code; and extracts the combination code included in the individual identification code received by the reception unit. A control unit, acquiring address information for specifying the details or related contents of the transmission information in the database from the information editing device, and storing the address information in the storage unit together with the individual identification code corresponding to the transmission information For the information management device,
A transmitting / receiving unit that transmits the combination code extracted by the control unit by a predetermined transmission operation and acquires the address information corresponding to the individual identification code including the combination code from the information management device. An information terminal characterized in that: 5. The control unit has a browser function of browsing a data file via a communication line with a reference of the received address information and acquiring details of the predetermined content. The information terminal according to claim 4, further comprising a display unit that displays the content of the content that is controlled and acquired by the transmission / reception unit. 6. The information terminal according to claim 1, further comprising an audio unit for converting character information displayed on the display unit into audio and outputting the audio information.