JP2002132795A - Method and device for storing information, method and device for calling information - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically report information on a place where a user is located at present, to the user. SOLUTION: An address extracting part 11 analyzes document of a storage object and extracts character string of an address or the like. A position information database 12 stores the position information of latitudes and longitudes corresponding to respective addresses. A position information database reference part 13 refers to the position information database 12 and converts the extracted address to a latitude and a longitude. A position information application/storage part 14 applies the position information of the latitude and the longitude to the document of the storage object and stores it into a storage device 15.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for storing information and a method and apparatus for retrieving stored information and presenting it to a user.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There is a demand for receiving and browsing information relating to a certain geographical position such as a tourist attraction or a visiting place, and further storing and reusing the information when necessary.

[0003] Conventionally, for matters with a clear date and time, information can be organized on a daily or hourly basis using a schedule management tool or the like. At the appropriate time, you can use a reminder function to send a message to prevent you from forgetting.

[0004]

However, there is a case where the time to use information related to the position of a tourist attraction or a restaurant cannot be predicted. For example, I browsed information about a restaurant and bookmarked a page. For example, you don't know when to visit, but you want to stop by when you go nearby, and want to use bookmarks to browse information.

In order to record the location of a meeting with respect to highly confidential information such as a meeting, it is necessary to securely manage documents and places such as e-mails.

In order to reuse such information at a necessary place, it is necessary to perform an operation for searching for information existing nearby.

[0007] It is an object of the present invention to provide an information storage method and apparatus, and an information calling method and apparatus, which enable a user to be automatically notified of information on a current location of the user.

[0008]

FIG. 9A is a diagram showing an example of location-related information and location information converted from an address contained therein, and FIG. 9B is a diagram showing the overall processing of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of.

First, in step 31, a character string whose position such as an address is known is extracted from information related to the position. Next, in step 32, the character string extracted by referring to the position information database storing the position information (latitude and longitude) of the character string such as the address is converted into position information such as the latitude and longitude.
Next, in step 33, the obtained position information is added to the information related to the position and stored in the storage device.

Note that a user may specify a character string instead of extracting the character string. Further, the position information may be specified by the user.

Next, in step 34, the current position of the user's terminal is measured by using a GPS unit or the like, or the user inputs directly. In step 35, the storage device is searched by the current position, and in step 36, information within a certain range from the current position is presented to the user.

As described above, by giving position information such as latitude and longitude to information related to a position, when the user moves near the position, the user can be automatically notified of the existence of the corresponding information.

Further, an IC card is used in, for example, a desktop computer at home, and location information is added to information on sightseeing spots searched at home and stored in the IC card. It can be used with a mobile computer to find nearby information from an IC card at a destination. In this case, since an IC card is used, highly-private information such as information browsing record can be securely used.

Further, by providing a means for giving location information in the IC card, secure information such as electronic mail can be analyzed safely.

Further, by using the arithmetic function of the IC card, complicated coordinate search can be performed, and information existing nearby can be reused.

[0016]

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an information storage device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

The address extracting unit 11 analyzes a document to be stored and extracts a character string such as an address. Location information database 1
Numeral 2 stores latitude and longitude position information for each address. The position information database reference unit 13 converts the address extracted with reference to the position information database 12 into latitude and longitude. The position information addition / storage unit 14 adds the position information of the latitude and longitude to the document to be stored and stores it in the storage device 15.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a document storage device of an information storage device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

In this embodiment, an address input unit 11 'is provided in place of the address extraction unit 11 in the first embodiment, and a user inputs or selects an item presented in a menu. Others are the same as the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an information storage device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

In this embodiment, the information storage device of the first embodiment is provided in a terminal. The information storage device of the second embodiment may be provided in a terminal.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of an information storage device according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

In this embodiment, the terminal has a transmitting unit 16, a position information adding / storing unit 14 and a storage device 15, and the server has an information entity obtaining unit 17, an address extracting unit 11, a position information database 12, and a position information database 12. It has a database reference unit 13 and a communication unit 18.

Assume that the user is browsing some information using the terminal. At that time, it is possible to specify the information in the form of the target acquisition method and address. For example,
Any Internet WWW service can be implemented in the form of a URL. That is, the acquisition method can be realized in the form of a protocol (HTTP), and the address can be realized in the form of an IP address. This address is transmitted from the transmission unit 16 to the server.

On the server side, the information entity acquisition unit 17 actually acquires the information entity from the received address. For example, in the case of the WWW service, the entity of the information can be acquired using the received URL. After the entity of the information is obtained, the character string of the address is extracted, and the address is converted into latitude and longitude with reference to the position information database 12, as in the first embodiment. Send to terminal. On the terminal side, similarly to the first to third embodiments, the entity of the information is added to the location information and stored in the storage device 15.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of an information storage device according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

In the present embodiment, an IC card 20 having a function of registering a personal identification number and being able to authenticate with the personal identification number is used as the storage device 15, and the information added with the position information is stored in the storage device 15.
In this case, the data is securely stored in the IC card 20 by the C card reader 19.

When storing information, a password (or a password character string) is first input to the IC card 20. If the password matches, the storage is permitted. Also, if the password is incorrect, prompt the user to input the password again.If the correct number is not entered even if the password has been entered more than a certain number of times, stop the authentication and do not permit the storage. Is notified to the user, and the process ends. Here, the position information stored in the IC card 20 may be the information itself (all texts or the like), or may be only the format of the target acquisition method and address, that is, only the format of URL.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of an information calling device according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.

A current position recognition device 2 such as a GPS unit
In step 1, the current position is measured, and position information such as latitude and longitude is output. The storage device 15 stores information to which position information has been added in the first to fifth embodiments. The search unit 22 searches the location-related information with the location information stored in the storage device 15 for the nearest one or the required number within a certain range from the current location, and displays it on the display unit 23. By displaying, it is presented to the user.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of an information calling device according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention.

In this embodiment, the storage device 15 is stored in the IC card.
And a search unit 22, and a display unit 23, an IC card communication unit 24, and an authentication unit 25 in the terminal.

As in the sixth embodiment, the terminal receives an input such as the latitude and longitude of the current position from the current position recognition device 21. At this time, the authentication unit 25 in the terminal authenticates the user as follows, and authenticates whether the user actually has the right to read the information of the IC card.

When information is read, a personal identification number is first input to an IC card, and when the personal identification numbers match, reading is permitted. Also, if the password is incorrect, prompt the user to input the password again.If the correct number is not entered even if the password has been entered more than a certain number of times, stop the authentication and do not permit the storage. Is notified to the user, and the process ends. When the reading is permitted, the search unit 22 in the IC card is called. The search unit 22 includes the storage device 1
The information related to the position with the position information such as the latitude and longitude stored in No. 5 is searched in order of the distance from the current position or in a necessary number. The result is displayed on the display unit 23 and returned to the user.

FIG. 8 is a system diagram summarizing the embodiments of FIG. 4 and FIG.

In the above embodiment, the location information may be given by "URL + position information".

[0038]

As described above, according to the present invention, the position information such as latitude and longitude is added to the information related to the position so that when the user moves near the position, the existence of the corresponding information is determined. Can be notified automatically. In addition, using an IC card, the IC card is used on a desktop computer at home, and location information is added to information on tourist attractions searched at home and stored in the IC card, and the IC card is separated from the desktop computer at home. With a mobile computer, you can find nearby information from an IC card at a destination. Further, since an IC card is used, highly-private information such as information browsing record can be securely used.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an information storage device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an information storage device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an information storage device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of an information storage device according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of an information storage device according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of an information calling device according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of an information calling device according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a system diagram summarizing the embodiments of FIGS. 4 and 8;

FIG. 9 is an example of position-related information and position information (FIG. 1A).
3 is a flowchart showing the flow of the entire process of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Position extraction part 11 'Address input part 12 Position information database 13 Position information database reference part 14 Position information provision / storage part 15 Storage device 16 Information transmission part 17 Information entity acquisition part 18 Communication part 19 IC card reader 20 IC card 21 Current position recognition device 22 Search unit 23 Display unit 24 IC card communication unit 25 Authentication unit 31 to 36 steps

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Claims (15)

[Claims] 1. A character string that identifies the position of the information is extracted from information related to the position, the character string is converted to position information by referring to a position information database, and the information related to the position is extracted. An information storage method of adding the position information or the position information input by the user to the storage device. 2. A user inputs or designates a character string that indicates the position of information related to a position, converts the character string into position information by referring to a position information database using the character string, and converts the character string into position information. An information storage method for adding the position information or the position information input by the user to the obtained information and storing the information in a storage device. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method is performed in a user terminal. 4. A method for acquiring location-related information or a location-related information, and information indicating an address on a network, are transmitted from a user terminal to a server, and on the server side, information is obtained from the acquisition method and the address. From the acquired information, extract a character string that identifies the position of the information, convert the character string into position information by referring to the position information database with the extracted character string, An information storage method of transmitting an entity and the location information to the terminal, and adding the location information transmitted from the server to an entity of the information transmitted from the server and storing the entity in a storage device. 5. The storage device is an IC card having a function capable of registering a password character string and performing authentication using the password character string, and stores position-related information, which is provided with position information, in the IC card. The method according to claim 1, wherein the storage is secure. 6. In the user's terminal, the current position of the terminal is recognized or information related to the position, to which the position information input by the user has been added, is searched for in the current position, and a certain range from the current position is searched. An information calling method for presenting information to a user when information related to a position is found. 7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the information related to the position, to which the position information is added, is stored in an IC card having a position-dependent search function. 8. A means for extracting a character string whose position is known from information related to a position, a position information database storing position information corresponding to each character string, and the extracted character string An information storage device, comprising: means for referring to an information database to obtain position information; and means for adding obtained position information or position information input by a user to information related to the position and storing the information in a storage device. 9. A means for a user to input or specify a character string that identifies the position of information related to a position; a position information database storing position information corresponding to each character string; An information storage device having means for referring to the position information database to obtain position information, and means for adding obtained position information or position information input by a user to information related to the position and storing the information in a storage device . 10. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the apparatus is provided in a user terminal. 11. A means provided in a user's terminal, means for transmitting information relating to a location, or a method for acquiring information relating to a location and information indicating an address on a network to a server, and transmitting the information from the server. Means for attaching the position information to the storage device by attaching it to the entity of the information transmitted from the server; means provided in the server for acquiring the entity of the information from the acquisition address and the address; Means for extracting a character string that identifies the position of the information from the information,
A position information database storing position information corresponding to each character string, a means for obtaining the position information by referring to the position information database with the extracted character string, and transmitting the entity of the information and the position information to the terminal An information storage device having means for performing. 12. The storage device is an IC card having a function capable of registering a password character string and performing authentication using the password character string, and stores information related to a position, to which position information is added, in the IC card. Apparatus according to any of claims 8 to 11, further comprising means for securely writing to the device. 13. A means for recognizing or inputting the current position of a user terminal, and searching for a storage device storing position-related information to which position information has been added, using the current position. An information calling device comprising: means for finding information related to a position within a certain range from a position; and means for presenting the found information related to the position to a user. 14. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein said storage device is an IC card. 15. A means for recognizing or inputting the current position of a user's terminal, a storage device storing position-related information to which position information is added, and storing the storage device in the current position. Search and
An IC card having a search unit for finding information related to the position within a certain range from the current position; an IC card communication unit in the terminal for communicating with the IC card; An information calling device comprising: means for presenting relevant information to a user; and an authentication unit for authenticating a user of the terminal and permitting the IC card communication unit to communicate with the IC card.