JP2001319006A - Content server with vicinity guiding function - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily and speedily obtain information on a surrounding area via the Internet. SOLUTION: This content server with a vicinity guiding function is equipped with a mass-storage device which stores a database having content items composed of store names, public facility names, and event names, content information relating to the content items, and position information on locations relating to the content items, a registration means which can register a location on the screen of a display device for a terminal device, and a vicinity guiding means which displays vicinity guide buttons on the display device, displays retrieval conditions for retrieving content items when a circumference guide button is pressed, displays the content items meeting the retrieval conditions or the positions of the content items on a map around a registered location, and displays the content information or position of a specific content item on the map when the specific content item is indicated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a content server for providing peripheral guidance via the Internet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an information terminal fixed to a home or a company by using information around a location such as a home or a work place,
It was hardly possible to grasp it sufficiently and quickly. For example, around the office, places such as banks, post offices, pharmacies, stationery stores, emergency hospitals, specific amusement facilities, recreation facilities on holidays, and store events, local festivals, supermarket specials, etc. The content of the event could not be known enough and quickly. In addition, it is difficult to easily know where these places are, for example, how long it takes to go on foot.

[0003] Further, it has been difficult for a terminal such as a car navigation system which receives a current location from outside such as a satellite to search and know surrounding information by designating a distance or a required time.

[0004]

<B> It is an object of the present invention to make it possible to easily and quickly obtain information on surrounding areas using the Internet.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided a content server having a peripheral guidance function accessible from a terminal device via the Internet, comprising: a content item having a content name such as a store name, a public institution name, a facility name or an event name; A large-capacity storage device for storing a database having content information related to the content item and location information of a location related to the content item; a registration unit capable of registering a location from a screen of a display device of the terminal device; A peripheral guidance button is displayed on the device, and when the peripheral guidance button is instructed, a search condition for searching for a content item is displayed, and a content item or a content item corresponding to the search condition is centered on the registered location. Is displayed on the map, and when a predetermined content item is designated, the content Eye of content information or a peripheral guide means for displaying the position of the content item on the map,
In the content server having a peripheral guidance function, or the content server having the peripheral guidance function, the search condition specifies a moving means to go to a content item from a registered location and a required time. Or a content server having a peripheral guidance function, characterized by an access condition specifying a distance from a registered location to a content item and a genre condition specifying a field of the content item.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

<B> Content System A content system collects information, produces content from the information, stores the content in a content bank by a content server, and provides the content from the content bank to a user terminal device via the Internet. It is. The content bank is a content database, and a large-capacity storage device is used in terms of hardware.

In the content system, as shown in FIG. 1, for example, the content production unit 4 performs public information, sightseeing information, news,
Information is collected from an information source 3 such as town information, edited and produced as content, and stored in the content bank 11 of the content server 1. Content server 1
Is to provide the user 2 with a map and position information together with the content, and has a function of providing guidance of local information, in particular. The content production unit 4 also sends a site recognition support advertisement to a newspaper / magazine 5, broadcast, communication, etc. in order to spread the existence of the content server 1 by an information transmission organization, for example, a newspaper company, a publisher, a broadcasting organization, or a communication organization. Via an information transmission medium. This advertisement is provided with location information from the content server 1.

<B> Content The content stored in the content bank 11 is a large amount of information including a map and a photograph which can be accessed and browsed from the Internet terminal device 21 such as a personal computer, a mobile phone, a PDA terminal, and the like. Mobile terminal device 2
The information includes information with a small amount of information, such as character information and a simple map that can be accessed and viewed from the terminal 2, and can be viewed from any terminal device.

[0010] The content includes a content item including a content name such as a store name, a public institution name, a facility name, and an event name, content information related to the content item, and map information indicating the location of the content item on a map. The contents are, for example, information necessary for local residents, such as prefecture news, shopping, eating and drinking life information, weather, parking lot availability information, real-time information such as traffic information, events and event information performed by companies and shops, or Information necessary for local residents, such as public information such as administrative information and emergency hospitals. Information necessary for visitors from outside the prefecture includes accommodation, eating and drinking, timetables, business information such as transportation networks, lodging,
Leisure, such as eating and drinking, famous places, leisure facilities and tourist facilities
Event information such as sightseeing information, large-scale events,
There is public institution information.

<C> Content Server The content server 1 provides the content of the content bank 11 to the user 2 and has a large-capacity storage device for storing a database having the content. The content server 1 has a peripheral guidance function, and when a specific area is designated, a content item, content information, map information indicating the location, and the like around the area are displayed on the terminal device. The business of managing the content server 1 includes server management such as peripheral guidance function, map and location information, and content management, marketing and content sales development together with the content.

<D> Terminal Device The terminal device accesses the content server 1, and has a large memory capacity and a large screen, such as a personal computer, and is easily accessible on the Internet.
1 and a mobile terminal device 22 which is easy to carry.
The mobile terminal device 22 only needs to be easy to carry, and for example, may be a mobile phone, a PDA or the like having a relatively small memory capacity and a relatively small screen.

<E> Peripheral Guidance Function The peripheral guidance function is to access the content server 1 from the terminal device and provide peripheral information from the contents in the content bank 11. First, the screen 201 of the site of the content bank is displayed on the display device of the terminal device, for example, as shown in FIG. There, a peripheral guidance button 200 is displayed. When the peripheral guidance button 200 is designated with a cursor or the like, a screen 20 for searching for a content item is displayed.
2 is displayed.

A search condition is entered on a search screen 202. The search item includes an access condition for accessing a location where the content item is located from the location (the location where the terminal is installed or an arbitrary location requiring information on the surrounding area, hereinafter referred to as “location”), a field of the content item, That is, a genre condition is set. The access condition is, for example, to select a transportation method such as walking, cycling, car, or train, and to input a time required to reach the transportation method, or to set a straight distance and a travel route distance along a road. . The genre conditions are, for example, eating and drinking / shopping, leisure / business, hospitals (internal medicine, surgery, dentistry, etc.), public facilities, and the like.

When a search condition is selected, for example, a hospital (internal medicine) within a 20-minute walk, and necessary items are input, content items corresponding to the condition are displayed on the screen 203 as a list of hospitals, internal medicine, Shimbashi hospital, Uchida internal medicine, and the like. Is displayed. The position of the content item on the map is displayed on the screen 205.
The details of the individual contents displayed on the map of 205 can be obtained by clicking the displayed point.
4 is displayed on the screen. When a specific content item is designated in the content displayed in 203, the screen 20
4, detailed content information is displayed. The map information of the content item is displayed on the screen 206.

<F> Peripheral guidance button The peripheral guidance button is a button for starting the peripheral guidance function based on the position "location" registered in advance. Therefore, the content server is provided with registration means for registering “location” in advance so as to correspond to the peripheral guidance button. The registration means, for example, inputs an address of a home or a work place from an input screen of the terminal device, and the address is registered in the content server. When the surrounding guidance button is instructed,
A peripheral guidance function such as a search function of a peripheral position around the address and a map display is executed.

The procedure for guidance around the contents server will be described below.

<A> Collection and Registration of Content The content production section collects information on the content by gathering information or providing advertisements or information. The collected information is newly registered in the content bank 11 as content or updates existing content. At the same time, the content production department specializes in advertisements for contents using advertisement media such as newspapers, magazines, broadcasts, and communications, and extracts content information, maps and location information of the locations from the content bank 11, and publishes them together. I do.

<B> Guidance of Peripheral Information When the user 2 accesses the content bank 11 from the terminal device, a screen 201 of the home page of the content bank 11 shown in FIG. 3 is displayed. When an instruction is given by clicking the peripheral guidance button 200 or the like, a search screen 302 is displayed. If you enter within 20 minutes on foot as an access condition and enter a plurality of genres of shopping and bank as genre conditions, the content that matches the search condition, centering on a pre-registered location, for example, your work address The items of the shopping field and the store name, and the store name of the bank are displayed on the screen 303. The positions of these store names (corresponding to circle numbers such as) can also be displayed on a map like a screen 305. When a specific store name is specified, a butcher (Nikuiro), which is the content information, is displayed on the screen 304 in detail. Alternatively, a specific butcher (meat ABC) can be displayed on a map like a screen 306. In this way, from a terminal device such as a personal computer at work, knowing the contents of the work, such as the store name, public institution name, facility name and event name, their location on the map, and detailed information Can be. Also, by specifying a plurality of genres on the screen 302 and displaying the screen 305, it is possible to select an efficient route while viewing the map as in the screen 306. Note that, in the screens 305 and 306 in FIG. 3, the position of the store name is indicated by a circle number, but may be represented by an actual store name according to the size of the screen.

[0020]

According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained. <A> According to the present invention, information on the surrounding area can be easily and quickly obtained using the Internet.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall schematic diagram of a content system.

FIG. 2 is a screen diagram of a peripheral guidance function.

FIG. 3 is another screen diagram of the peripheral guidance function.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Content server 11 ... Content bank 2 ... User 21 ... Internet terminal device 22 ... Mobile terminal device 3 ... Information source 4 ... Content production part 5 ... Newspaper / magazine

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A content server having a peripheral guidance function accessible from a terminal device via the Internet, comprising: a content item having a content name such as a store name, a public institution name, a facility name or an event name; and content information relating to the content item. A large-capacity storage device for storing a database having location information of locations related to content items; a registration unit capable of registering a location from a screen of a display device of the terminal device; and a peripheral guidance button displayed on the display device of the terminal device. Then, when the surrounding guidance button is instructed, the search conditions for searching for the content item are displayed, and the content item or the position of the content item corresponding to the search condition is displayed on a map centering on the registered location. When a predetermined content item is designated, content information of the content item or Characterized in that a position of the content item and a, a peripheral guiding means for displaying on a map a content server having a peripheral guiding function. 2. A content server having a peripheral guidance function according to claim 1, wherein the search condition is to specify a means of travel to a content item from a registered location and a required time, or to specify a content from a registered location. A content server having a peripheral guidance function, characterized by an access condition specifying a distance to an item and a genre condition specifying a field of a content item.