JP2002049639A - Information distribution method and information distribution system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To distribute community-based information useful to a mobile terminal user in real time. SOLUTION: This information distributing method distributes information to a mobile terminal using a network and includes the following: a step that prompts plural user portable terminals 1 to provide messages composed of contents related to transmission districts where the terminals 1 are situated; a step that acquires transmission positional information of the portable terminal 1 that offered the message; a step (s10) that classifies the messages by district on the basis of the acquired transmission positional information; a step (s13) that acquires present positional information of plural user portable terminals 2; and a step (s15) that distributes a message stored in the database as a Web page to a user portable terminal 2 located in a classified district on the basis of the acquired present positional information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to an information distribution method and an information distribution system for distributing information using a network.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a network such as the Internet, a user accesses a server using a personal computer or a portable terminal when acquiring information or an advertisement.

[0003]

However, conventional banner advertisements and the like cannot grasp the response of the advertisement effect in real time. Therefore, when the user accesses the information source using the mobile terminal, if the user does not actively access the information of the desired area, the information is obtained in the same manner as when the information is obtained using a fixed terminal such as a personal computer.
The convenience as a mobile terminal cannot be brought out.

[0004] In addition, word-of-mouth and impressions randomly transmitted by users are important sources of information.
In the conventional category, such information cannot be collected as potential user marketing data.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an information distribution method and an information distribution system for real-time distribution of information close to an area useful to mobile terminal users. To provide.

[0006]

The gist of the present invention is that a server obtains a message from a user having a mobile terminal and sends the message to the user having the mobile terminal based on a change in the location information of the mobile terminal. The point is to deliver a message related to the information together with an advertisement related to the location information.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, in the present invention, there is provided an information distribution method for providing information using a network, the method including a step of prompting provision of regional information regarding positions transmitted from a plurality of mobile terminals. And obtaining the location information of the mobile terminal provided with the local information,
Acquiring position information of a plurality of mobile terminals; classifying the regional information for each region based on the acquired positional information; and moving the classified regional information to a classified region. Delivering to the terminal based on the acquired location information.

According to the present invention, the area information provided by the mobile terminal is classified in association with the transmitted location information, and the area information is provided to the mobile terminal located at the location associated with the area information. I do. This makes it possible to exchange information while making full use of its mobility as compared with the information exchange conventionally performed by a fixed terminal such as a desktop personal computer. That is, since a user of a mobile terminal located in a certain area wants information in that area, it is possible to provide highly fresh information that meets the needs of the user.

[0009] Preferably, the regional information delivered to the mobile terminal includes advertising information. Thus, the user of the mobile terminal can be provided with the information distribution service free of charge by obtaining the advertisement information provision fee from the advertisement provider.
Of course, a service fee may be collected from the user and the service may be provided for a fee. Preferably, the advertising information includes
The advertisement information associated with the regional condition provided by the advertisement provider and provided to the mobile terminal is to be distributed to the mobile terminal located in the regional condition. Accordingly, advertisement information suitable for the local information can be posted, so that highly fresh advertisement information that meets the needs of the user can be provided.

Preferably, the regional information is information related to the advertisement information, and is stored in association with the advertisement information. Thereby, it is possible to distribute the response of the user to the advertisement distributed to a certain area to each mobile terminal user in association with each other. Therefore, the user who receives the information can easily refer to the information such as the impression of each user and the word of mouth regarding the advertisement, and the reliability of the advertisement information increases.

[0011] Preferably, the area information distributed to the mobile terminal is distributed by a predetermined number from the latest information in the area where the area information is classified. Accordingly, information with high freshness can be preferentially distributed, so that the mobile terminal user can also refer to only information with high freshness.

[0012]

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

(First Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a network configuration of an information distribution system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. In the example below, for simplicity,
A description will be given by limiting the area division in information distribution to areas A to C, but any number of areas may be set.

As shown in FIG. 1, for example, a user portable terminal 1 for providing a message as local information such as word-of-mouth information and impressions closely related to a region, a user portable terminal 2 for receiving a message or advertisement information, a message or an advertisement Server 3 for managing information, advertisement provider terminal 4 for providing advertisement information
Are connected via the network 5. The user portable terminals 1 and 2 are wirelessly connected to the network 5. In addition, for convenience of description, the case where the user portable terminals 1 and 2 and the advertisement provider terminal 4 are single is shown, but there are a plurality of them. Also, the description will be made separately for the user portable terminal 1 and the user portable terminal 2, but a user who provides a message may also be a user who receives a message or an advertisement, and a user who receives a message provides a message. It can be a user. In other words, the user portable terminal 1 can be the user portable terminal 2, and the user portable terminal 2 can be the user portable terminal 1.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a detailed configuration of the server 3. As shown in FIG. 2, an interface 31 for transmitting information to the network 5 and receiving information from the network 5, a processor 32 for performing various data processing for realizing the information distribution service, and distribution to the user portable terminal 2 Message database 33 for managing messages to be delivered, a delivery advertisement database 34 for managing advertisement information to be delivered to the user portable terminal 2, a user database 35 for managing various types of registration information of users, and advertisements for managing various types of registration information of advertisement providers. It is composed of a provider database 36.

The interface 31 is connected to the processor 32 and can exchange information transmitted and received via the network 5. Each database 3 is stored in the processor 32.
3 to 36 are connected, and each database 33 to 36 is connected.
In addition to the storage of data into and the reading of data from each of the databases 33 to 36, various data processing is performed. In the processor 32, a delivery processing unit 32a that processes delivery information including a message and advertisement information provided to the user portable terminal 2, and processes transmission position information and current location information acquired from the user portable terminals 1 and 2. And an information receiving unit 32c that processes a message acquired from the user portable terminal 1 and the advertisement provider terminal 4 and advertisement information.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of each of the databases 33 to 36.

As shown in FIG. 3A, the delivery message database 33 stores information necessary for delivering a message to the user portable terminal 2. For example, a message provider 33a that specifies the user who provided the message, a message content 33b as the content of the message, a message providing condition 33c that specifies a time and place when the message is provided, a message is transmitted from the user, and the server It is composed of a message registration time 33d registered by the third party, an advertisement relevance 33e for specifying a relevance between a message and an advertisement, a category 33f indicating an information classification of message contents, a transmission area 33g, and the like. The data 33a to 33g described above are classified and stored for each of the areas A to C.

As shown in FIG. 3B, the distribution advertisement database 34 stores information necessary for distributing an advertisement to the user portable terminal 4. For example, the advertisement provider 34a for specifying the advertisement provider, the advertisement content 34b as the content of the advertisement, the advertisement provision condition 34c for specifying the time and place when providing the advertisement, the advertisement is transmitted from the advertisement provider, and the server The advertisement registration time 34d registered on the 4 side, a category 34e indicating an information classification of advertisement contents, and the like. The data 34a to 34e described above are classified and stored for each of the areas A to C.

As shown in FIG. 3C, the user database 35 stores registration information of users who use the information distribution system. For example, user personal information 35
a, a category 35b indicating a classification of a message and an advertisement requested by the user, and a user setting condition 35c requesting the user to provide a message or an advertisement. The user personal information 35a includes, for example, a user name, gender,
This includes the user's mobile phone number, the user's mail address, and the like. The user setting condition 35c is a setting condition under which a user receives provision of a message and an advertisement. For example, the user setting condition 35c automatically receives the provision when the number of messages to be provided, the number of advertisements, the time period to receive the provision, and the area change. . The reason why the number of advertisements is required as a registration condition is that, in the present system, the advertisement itself has a higher value-added information property for the user than the conventional advertisement distribution model using a network.

As shown in FIG. 3D, the advertisement provider database 36 stores registration information of advertisement providers who provide advertisements to users using the information distribution system. For example, the information includes advertisement provider personal information 36a, a category 36b indicating a classification of an advertisement provided by the advertisement provider, an advertisement provision condition 36c, and the like. Advertising provider personal information 36
“a” includes, for example, the name of the advertisement provider, the URL address of the advertisement provider, the telephone number to contact, the mail address of the advertisement provider, and the like. The advertisement provision condition 36c is a condition under which the advertisement provider desires to provide an advertisement, and is, for example, a date and time at which the advertisement is desired, an area at which the advertisement is desired, a time at which the advertisement is desired, and the like.

Next, the operation of the information distribution system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the timing chart shown in FIG. Acquisition or provision of information (indicated by arrows in the figure) in the following operations is performed via the network 5 unless otherwise specified.

First, when a request to use the present distribution system is received from the user portable terminal 1 or 2 (s1a, s1)
b), the server 3 requests registration information from the user portable terminal 1 or 2 (s2a, s2b). Specifically, for example, user information 35a, category 35b,
Request the user setting condition 35c. The user portable terminal 1 or 2 provides this registration information (s3a, s
3b), the server 3 performs user registration (s4). Specifically, the information receiving unit 32c stores the registration information in the user database 35.

On the other hand, when receiving a request for advertisement insertion using the present distribution system from the advertisement provider terminal 4 (s5), the server 3 requests registration information from the advertisement provider terminal 4 (s5).
6). Specifically, it requests advertisement provider personal information 36a, category 36b, and advertisement provision conditions 36c as registration information. The advertisement provider terminal 4 provides this registration information (s7), and the server 3 performs advertisement provider registration (s7).
8). Specifically, the information receiving unit 32c stores the registration information in the advertisement provider database 36.

When the above-mentioned registration by the user and the advertisement provider is completed, the following information distribution service is started.

First, the user uses the user portable terminal 1 to provide the server 3 with messages such as word-of-mouth information and impressions acquired by the user at the position where the user portable terminal 1 exists (s9). FIG. 7A shows an example of a message registration screen. The server 3 receives the message via the interface 31 by the information receiving unit 32c, and acquires the transmission position information of the user portable terminal 1 at the time of receiving the message. In addition, the acquisition of the transmission position information is performed by, for example, a GPS (Global Positioning System).
Global positioning system using satellites, PHS (Personal
Handy Phone) may use a position information acquisition algorithm such as a method of identifying a nearby base station based on the strength of radio waves and specifying a position, and is specifically executed by the position information processing unit 32b. .

Then, the acquired transmission position information is in the area A to
The information receiving unit 32c determines to which one of C the message belongs, using the position information processing unit 32b, and the information receiving unit 32c stores the message in association with the determined transmission area 33g in the distribution message database 33 (s10). When storing this message, the message receiving time is specified, and the received time is set as the message registration time 33d in the database 33.
To be stored. Further, the user is prompted to input whether or not the message content 33b is related to the advertisement information included in the information distributed from the server 3, and the information is referred to as the advertisement relevance 33.
e is preferably stored in the database 33.

On the other hand, the advertisement provider uses the advertisement provider terminal 4 to provide the advertisement information desired to be provided to the server 3 (s11). This advertisement information is provided in the above (s5)
It may be performed only at the time of advertisement provider registration shown in (s8) to (s8). When the advertisement information is provided in (s11) and (s12), the advertisement information is included in the registration information in (s5) to (s8). It may not be included. In addition, the advertisement provision condition 36c was requested at the time of advertisement provider registration in (s5) to (s8), but may be individually requested for each advertisement information in (s11). The advertisement information includes a category 36b,
The advertisement provision condition 36c is included. The information receiving unit 32c in the server 3 stores the advertisement information in the distribution advertisement database 34 in association with the area included in the advertisement provision condition 36c (s12). In storing the advertisement information, the advertisement information reception time is specified, and the reception time is specified as the advertisement registration time 34.
It is stored in the database 34 as d.

Next, the user requests the server 3 to provide a message or an advertisement using the user portable terminal 2 (information request).
(S13). Specifically, a browser as an example of an interface provided in the user portable terminal 2 requests access to an information distribution WEB page as an example of a database of the server 3. It is preferable that the user portable terminal 2 be provided with an interface for searching for a required web page in advance. Of course, the form in which the user portable terminal 2 requests access to the database is not limited to the case where the browser is used to access the WEB page. The server 3 receives the information request and acquires the current position information of the user portable terminal 2 at the time of the information request. The method for acquiring the current position information is the same as the method for acquiring the transmission position information.

Next, the distribution processing unit 32 in the processor 32
“a” generates distribution information in response to a user information request (s14). Generation of distribution information includes two processes of generation of message information and generation of advertisement information.

First, an example of a specific algorithm for generating a delivery message will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, first, it is determined from the location information acquired at the time of the information request whether the user portable terminal 2 belongs to any of the areas (A to C) (s14a). The determined area specifying information is provided to the distribution processing unit 32a. Distribution processing unit 3
2a extracts, from the distribution message database 33, a message suitable for distribution, that is, a message associated with the region where the user portable terminal 2 is located, based on the obtained region specifying information (s14b). Then, those messages are stored in the category 35 registered in advance by the user.
b is determined (s14c), non-matching messages are excluded from the distribution targets (s14e), and only those that match are included in the distribution targets, and the process proceeds to (s14d). In (s14d), the messages remaining as distribution targets are ranked based on the message registration time 33d.
In the ranking, the shorter the registration time 33d and the current time, the higher the priority. When the ranking is completed, it is determined whether the difference between the message registration time 33d and the current time is shorter than, for example, 6 hours (s14f). If it exceeds 6 hours, it is determined that the freshness of the message is out of date and excluded from the distribution target (s14g). If it does not exceed 6 hours, it is determined that the freshness of the message is high and the message is to be distributed. Including, go to (s14h). In (s14h), it is determined from the user database 36 whether or not the number of messages is set in the user setting condition 35c. If the number is set, messages exceeding the number of messages are excluded from the distribution target. If it is not set or the message does not exceed the number of messages, it is determined to be a distribution target (s14i). If the number of messages exceeds the number of messages set by the user, the messages to be left in the distribution target are in the rank order ranked in (s14d).

Next, an example of a specific algorithm for generating distribution advertisement information will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, based on the regional information of the user portable terminal 2 indicated by (s14a), the distribution information processing unit 32
a extracts the advertisement suitable for distribution, that is, the advertisement associated with the area where the user portable terminal 2 is located, from the distribution advertisement database 34 (s14n). Then, it is determined whether or not those advertisements match the category 5b registered in advance by the user (s14o), the non-matching advertisements are excluded from the distribution targets (s14p), and only the matching ones are included in the distribution targets. And proceed to (s14q). (S14
In q), the advertisement remaining as the distribution target is registered at the registration time 34d.
Based on the message. When the ranking is completed, the advertisement registration time 34d
It is determined whether the difference between the current time and the current time is shorter than, for example, 48 hours (s14r). If it exceeds 48 hours, it is determined that the freshness of the advertisement is old and excluded from the distribution target (s14s). If it does not exceed 48 hours, it is determined that the advertisement is fresh and the distribution target is The process proceeds to (s14t). The determination of the freshness of the advertisement may be uniformly set to 48 hours, or the advertisement provision condition 34c or 36c may be set in advance.
You may follow the provided time registered in. When the providing time is set in advance, it is preferable that the longer the time, the higher the advertisement fee. In (s14t), a predetermined number of advertisements are left as distribution targets in descending order of ranking among advertisements remaining as distribution targets, and other advertisements are excluded. The number of advertisements to be left in the distribution target is the number of advertisements when the number of advertisements is registered in advance by the user as the user setting condition 35c. If the user has not registered in advance, for example, (s1
It is desirable to set based on the number of distributions determined in 4j). Then, the remaining advertisements are determined as distribution targets (s
14u) As described above, (s14a) to (s14a) shown in FIGS.
14j) and a web page including the distribution target determined in the processes of (s14n) to (s14u) is transmitted to the user portable terminal 2 (s15). FIG. 7B shows an example of a web page received by the user mobile terminal 2 and displayed on the mobile screen. As shown in FIG. 7 (b), the user portable terminal 2 makes a list of messages and advertisements in the area where the user is currently located, with a single access request to the WEB page to the server 3, that is, with only a single operation. Can be viewed. When the user setting condition 35c set by the user portable terminal 2 is “automatically receive the offer when the area changes”, the position information of the user portable terminal 2 is desirably acquired, for example, every 1 to 4 minutes. I do. The reason that the time is set to 1 to 4 minutes is that, for example, when the user uses a moving means such as a train, the user recognizes the user as a different area by moving in about 1 to 4 minutes and desires information in a new area. That is because Then, the region is specified by the position information processing unit 32a from the acquired position information, and it is determined whether or not the region of the current position information acquired last time and the region of the current position information acquired this time are different. The process of s14) is executed again, and the WEB page newly generated for the new area is automatically transmitted to the user portable terminal 2. When there is no particular setting in the user setting condition 35c, a new WEB page may be distributed, for example, every 0.5 to 2 hours from the time of the service provision request from the user (s13). In addition, it is desirable to limit the distribution conditions, for example, by the initial setting of the user. For example, when the municipalities change, it is preferable to be able to make settings such as receiving information when moving 1 km.

The user who browses the WEB page with the user portable terminal 2 can acquire the community-based information in the area where the user currently exists as a message and an advertisement included in the WEB page. If the advertisement includes the telephone number of the advertisement provider, the user can immediately confirm the detailed contents of the advertisement to the advertisement provider in real time from the mobile phone. Further, the user who has been provided with the information distribution service at the user portable terminal 2 further transmits the information acquired in the area to the portable terminal 2.
Is used as the mobile terminal 1 and can be provided to the server 3 as a message. Preferably, as in the screen shown in FIG. 7B, it is preferable to link to the message providing screen shown in FIG. 7A by directly clicking, for example, a call button from the WEB page.

It is desirable that the service of the server 3 is free of charge without charging the user, and that the present information distribution service is established by the advertisement fee from the advertisement provider. Of course, it may be provided to the user for a fee depending on the type of information such as a message or an advertisement to be provided.

As described above, in the present embodiment, exchange of information such as word-of-mouth between users is performed using the portable terminals 1 and 2. As a result, compared to the exchange of information conventionally performed on fixed terminals such as desktop personal computers,
It is possible to exchange information making full use of the mobility. That is, by transmitting a message in real time to information viewed in a certain area, another user visiting the area can acquire the message as highly fresh information. Therefore, it is possible to provide information with high added value which cannot be considered by exchanging information between fixed terminals. More specifically, by synchronizing information such as word-of-mouth information of the user with the transmission / reception area, it is possible to provide information with rich reality and new communication. Further, according to such information provision, unlike the conventionally provided information provision structure of a large number of bystanders (information acquirers) for one information provider, an information provision structure in which all users can have a motivation to participate. It can be said that it conforms to. Further, in the present system, since only information close to the area is transmitted as the advertisement, the advertisement itself is very useful information for the user.

If the user has only an interface such as a browser for browsing information via a network, the user can use the service only by providing the user registration information at the time of initial registration. Therefore, since the server distributes information based on the registration information initially registered by the user, the load on the user portable terminal for each process is suppressed to a minimum. Of course, the user registration information can be updated, and when updating, it is desirable that the server requests only the registration information to be changed in order to minimize the amount of data transmission / reception.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. Although the case where the user uses the information distribution system using the mobile terminal 1 or 2 has been described, the user is not necessarily a mobile terminal, but may be any mobile terminal other than a fixed terminal connected by wire. In addition, any terminal that can be connected and used by wire may be used as long as it can move to receive and transmit information, such as a laptop computer. In addition, the present invention can be applied to a mobile terminal that can connect to a public telephone or the like located in each region and transmit and receive information via the public telephone or the like.

Also, the case where the recognition of the position information of the portable terminal is entirely performed by the position information processing section 32b in the server 3 has been described, but the position information is provided together with the message and the like by the position information providing algorithm provided in the portable terminal in advance. It may be something.

Although the user is prompted to provide registration information only at the time of registration, the present invention is not limited to this, and the registration information can be updated at any time. For example, for information other than location information that needs to be specified in real time, such as category 35b,
Settings and updates can be made at any time in advance.

Although the delivery processing unit 32b has shown the case where the message and the advertisement are provided to the user portable terminal 2 through the WEB page, the message and the advertisement may be provided by the mail. Further, even if the message and the advertisement are not posted on the mail itself, the mail may include the URL address of the information distribution WEB page.
When including the URL address, the WE required by the user
It is preferable to include the specified address up to the depth of page B. That is, it is preferable that the WEB page has a plurality of layers, a WEB page corresponding to the user's preference or region is prepared in a deep layer, and the URL address specifying the WEB page of the deep layer is preferably included in the mail. It is desirable to use e-mail if the mail is via the Internet, but the mail may be delivered without passing through the Internet.

The timing chart shown in FIG. 4 is merely an example, and the order of each step can be variously changed. For example, steps (s1a) to (s4) and (s1a) to (s4)
The steps 5) to (s8), the steps (s9) and (s10), and the steps (s11) and (s12) may be in the reverse order of FIG.

Further, the structure has been described in which the information distribution is provided to the user free of charge by the advertisement fee from the advertisement provider, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when the server 3 side obtains useful local information from the user, the profit structure may be constructed by paying an information provision fee to the user. In this case, whether or not the information is useful may be determined based on whether or not the provided area information has been used by the user, that is, whether or not the area information has been accessed. In this case, it is preferable to pay an information provision fee according to the number of accesses. In this case, the advertisement provider does not necessarily have to exist. By paying such an information provision fee to the user who has provided the information, the user can promote provision of useful local information. In addition, a product may be given to the user instead of the information provision fee.

Although the case where messages are classified for each region based on the location information of the mobile terminal and distributed for each region has been described, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the location information may be stored in association with the message as it is, not for each area, a mobile terminal located at a predetermined distance from the position indicated by the location information may be detected, and the message may be delivered to such a mobile terminal.

In addition, the posting of the advertisement can be variously changed in response to a real-time response from the user. For example, an advertisement shown in FIG. 7B "From 10:00 today, a curry rice regular price of 800 yen for 300 yen !!"
When a response such as a very high price is obtained from the user, the contents of the advertisement corresponding to the response are displayed, for example, as shown in FIG. The yen can be changed to 100 yen !! This change is shown in FIG.
It may be performed in the same manner as the steps 1) and (s12).
Further, for example, when the advertisement posting time is set to 6 hours as the advertisement provision condition, if the advertisement publication time is within 6 hours, the content of the advertisement can be changed within the range of the condition for advertising with the original advertisement provision fee. Is preferred. As a result, it is possible to publish an advertisement more suitable for the needs of the user who immediately responds to the response from the user.

Further, information related to the message can be further fed back to the user who provided the message on the screen of FIG. 7A.
For example, if the area that provided the message is A and the category is shopping, it is preferable to generate a WEB page related to the category “shopping” in area A and feed it back to the user.

Although the information to be distributed is mainly shown as character information as shown in FIG. 7, for example, it may include an image, a moving image, a sound, etc., and may not include character information.

[0047]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, there is provided an information distribution method and an information distribution system for distributing information in close proximity to a region useful for a mobile terminal user in real time.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a network configuration of an information distribution system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exemplary view showing an example of a detailed configuration of a server according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an exemplary view showing an example of the configuration of each database according to the embodiment;

FIG. 4 is an exemplary timing chart showing the operation of the information distribution system according to the embodiment;

FIG. 5 is an exemplary flowchart showing a delivery message generation algorithm according to the embodiment;

FIG. 6 is an exemplary flowchart illustrating a distribution advertisement generation algorithm according to the embodiment;

FIG. 7 is an exemplary view showing an example of a display screen of the mobile terminal according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... User portable terminal 2 ... User portable terminal 3 ... Server 4 ... Advertising provider terminal 5 ... Network 31 ... Interface 32 ... Processor 32a ... Distribution processing part 32b ... Location information processing part 32c ... Information receiving part 33 ... Distribution message database 34 … Delivery advertisement database 35… User database 36… Ad provider database

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Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. An information distribution method for distributing information to a mobile terminal using a network, comprising the steps of: prompting a plurality of mobile terminals to provide regional information including contents related to a transmission area of the mobile terminal; A step of acquiring transmission location information of the mobile terminal provided with the area information; a step of classifying the area information for each area based on the acquired transmission location information and storing it in a database; Acquiring current position information of the terminal; and distributing the regional information stored in the database to mobile terminals located in a classified area based on the acquired current positional information. An information distribution method characterized by the following. 2. The information distribution method according to claim 1, wherein the regional information distributed to the mobile terminal includes advertisement information. 3. The advertisement information is stored in a database in association with the area specifying information provided by an advertisement provider, and the advertisement information provided to the mobile terminal is set to an area matching the area specifying information. 3. The information distribution method according to claim 2, wherein the information is distributed to a located mobile terminal. 4. The information distribution method according to claim 3, wherein the area information is information related to the advertisement information, and is stored in association with the advertisement information. 5. The information distribution method according to claim 1, wherein a predetermined number of the latest regional information stored in the database is distributed to the mobile terminal. 6. An information distribution system for distributing information by using a network, comprising: a position information processing unit for acquiring current position information of a plurality of mobile terminals; An information receiving unit that stores, in a database, area information having contents related to the area in association with the transmission location information of the mobile terminal, and transmits the area information based on the transmission location information associated with the area information. An information distribution system, comprising: a distribution processing unit that distributes to a plurality of mobile terminals having a current location in the transmission area based on the current location information. 7. The information receiving section classifies the area information for each area based on the transmission location information of the mobile terminal and stores the area information in the database. The distribution processing section stores the area information in the area. 7. The mobile terminal according to claim 6, wherein the mobile terminal belongs to the mobile terminal.
Information distribution system described in. 8. The database stores advertisement information to be provided to the plurality of mobile terminals in association with an area, and the distribution processing unit includes the advertisement information included in the area information and associated with the area to be distributed. The information distribution system according to claim 7, wherein advertisement information is provided to the plurality of mobile terminals.