JP2002163520A - Information providing device, method and medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system whereby an audience of an advertisement or the like can make a reservation for a facility in a secure and sure way and the facility that accepts the reservation can grasp in a sure way those who make a reservation. SOLUTION: The present invention is a program which allows a computer 22 to which a receiving part 29 to receive information is connected to receive information related to a facility that accepts a reservation and make a reservation for use of the facility. It stores a program which performs a step to receive information related to the facility from the receiving part 29, a step (S35) to select the facility for reservation from the information received and a step (S36) to notify the selected facility of a credit card account of a reserving person along with his intention to reserve in a storage medium that a computer can read.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an advertisement broadcasting system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Hitherto, services have been provided in which a server on the Internet is accessed, information about various facilities is obtained, and use of such facilities is reserved.
That is, a user has reserved a desired restaurant, hotel, entertainment facility, or a parking lot adjacent to these facilities via the Internet. Also, Internet connection function by mobile phone, for example,
Similar services have been provided using i-mode and the like by NTT DoCoMo, Inc.

[0003] In a recently planned data broadcasting system, not only information is provided to a viewer, but also use in combination with a two-way communication system is assumed. In such a system, information is simply broadcasted from a broadcasting company, and a function is provided for not only viewing and viewing by a viewer but also collecting responses from the viewer. Therefore, for example, such a service is provided in which a viewer sees an advertisement of a certain facility and immediately makes a reservation for using the facility. Viewers use such services with digital televisions and set-top boxes at home.

[0004] At present, the intelligent transportation system ITS
(Intelligent Transport Systems) Various proposals have been made. In the ITS, various services are provided to the occupants of an automobile through an in-vehicle device that accesses a network. Such services include those that use the data broadcast to make a reservation for use of facilities.

[0005] As described above, it has been practiced to obtain information on various facilities by using various information devices and make a reservation for use of the facilities. Also, a system has been proposed to further enhance such services.

[0006] However, in the conventional system, it is uneasy whether the reservation is made at the facility where the reservation is made, for example, a restaurant or a parking lot. In other words, in some cases, it is not always possible to obtain confirmation as to whether or not the reservation person really uses the facility at the reservation date and time. On the other hand, the user was also concerned about whether the service could be received as scheduled.

[0007] In the data broadcasting described above, it has been studied to broadcast advertisements of facilities and the like more finely than conventional advertisement broadcasting. For example, it has been proposed to broadcast today's menu together with a restaurant advertisement before lunch. However, no specific proposal has been made for a mechanism for evaluating the effect of such detailed broadcast of an advertisement.

[0008] Therefore, the method of setting the advertisement fee must be fixed as in the conventional case. However, there is a demand for a fee setting based on the true effect of the advertisement, that is, whether or not the viewer has used the facility due to the advertisement.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of such problems of the prior art. That is, an object of the present invention is to provide a system in which a viewer of an advertisement or the like can safely and reliably reserve a facility, and even a facility that accepts a reservation can surely recognize a subscriber.

[0010] Another object of the present invention is to provide a system in which a requester of an advertisement, a distributor of an advertisement, and a viewer of an advertisement can mutually benefit.

[0011]

The present invention has the following features to attain the object mentioned above.

That is, the present invention is a program for causing a computer (22) connected to a receiving unit (29) for receiving information to receive information on a facility for accepting a reservation and to make a reservation for use of the facility. A step of receiving information on the facility from the receiving unit (29), a step of selecting a facility to be reserved from the received information (S35), and an intention to make a reservation for the selected facility together with the credit account of the reservation person. (S36) is transmitted to a computer-readable recording medium.

The present invention also relates to a mobile terminal (21) for making a reservation for use of a facility, a receiving unit (29) for receiving a data broadcast, and a current point recognition unit (22, 29) for recognizing a moving point. ) And a control unit (22). The control unit (22) receives the position information of the target facility and the information on the traffic congestion to the target facility via data broadcasting, and determines the expected arrival time at the target facility. It may be calculated and notified to the facility of the expected arrival time.

[0014] Preferably, the mobile terminal (21) further includes a detachable recording medium drive (19), and the control unit (22) is configured to replace the reception of the position information of the target facility via the data broadcast. Then, the location information of the target facility may be read from the removable recording medium.

The present invention also relates to a mobile terminal (21) for making a reservation for use of a facility, a receiving section (29) for receiving a data broadcast, and a current point recognition section (22, 29) for recognizing a moving point. ) And a control unit (22). The control unit (22) receives the vacancy status of the target facility via data broadcasting, and determines that the facility is located within a predetermined range from the current location and is in the vacancy status. It is also possible to preferentially display facilities with a high degree of accuracy based on availability.

Preferably, the mobile terminal (21) further includes a traveling direction recognizing unit (22, 29) for recognizing a traveling direction, and the control unit (22) preferentially displays facilities located in the traveling direction. May be.

Further, the present invention is an information providing device (1) for providing information related to a facility to a terminal and promoting use of the facility, and a delivery unit (9) for delivering information related to the facility.
A reservation receiving unit that receives a facility reservation request, and a reservation unit that reserves the facility according to the received reservation request.
It may be provided with a totaling unit for totalizing the reservation results, and a charging calculating unit for calculating charges for each facility according to the reservation results.

Preferably, the information providing apparatus further includes a recording unit that records the credit account information of the terminal user, and the reservation unit may provide the credit account information of the terminal user when making a reservation for the facility. .

[0019] Preferably, the information providing apparatus may further include a credit confirmation unit for confirming the credit of the credit account.

The present invention is also an information providing method for providing information related to a facility to a terminal and promoting use of the facility. The method includes a step of distributing the information related to the facility and a step of receiving a facility reservation request. (S120) and a step of reserving the facility in accordance with the received reservation request (S1)
27) and a step of totalizing the reservation results (S129)
And a step of calculating a charge for each facility according to the reservation result.

Further, the present invention is an information providing apparatus (1) for providing information related to a facility to a terminal and promoting use of the facility, and a key generation unit for generating a secret key and a public key for the facility. (2) and a recording unit (3,
4), a distribution unit (9) for distributing information on the facility together with the public key to the terminal, and user information of the terminal user encrypted with the public key from the facility management terminal used by the terminal user. A user information collection unit (2, 8, 10) to collect, a facility privilege management unit (2) to manage a privilege given to a facility according to the amount of user information collected, and a decryption of encrypted user information And a user privilege management unit (2) that manages the privilege given to the user according to the collection amount of the user information.

Further, the present invention is an information providing device (1) for providing information related to a facility to a terminal and promoting use of the facility, and a key generation unit for generating a secret key and a public key for the facility. (2) and a recording unit (3,
4), a distribution unit (9) for distributing information on the facility together with the public key to the terminal, and user information of the terminal user encrypted with the public key from the facility management terminal used by the terminal user. A user information collection unit (2, 8, 10) to collect, a decryption unit (2) to decrypt encrypted user information, and manage a privilege given to the user according to the collection amount of the user information. The system may include a user privilege management unit (2) and a charge calculation unit (2) that calculates a charge for the facility in accordance with the use result of the facility based on the collection amount of the user information.

Preferably, the recording unit (3, 4) includes, together with the secret key, one of an ID for identifying the facility, a distribution time at which the information was distributed, a distribution channel, or a distribution content code for identifying the information to be distributed. The above may be recorded.

[0024] Preferably, the distribution unit (9) stores, together with the public key, at least one of an ID for identifying the facility, a distribution time at which the information was distributed, a distribution channel, or a distribution content code for identifying the information to be distributed. The user information collection unit (2, 8, 10) distributes the information to the terminal.
D, at least one of the distribution time at which the information was distributed, the distribution channel, or the distribution content code identifying the information to be distributed may be collected together with the user information.

[0025] Preferably, the user information may include at least one of a user ID, a viewing time or a viewing point of the distributed information.

Preferably, the distribution unit (9) distributes a sponsor advertisement together with the information.

The present invention is also an information providing method for providing information related to a facility to a terminal and promoting the use of the facility, wherein a step of generating a secret key and a public key for the facility (S131); Step of recording private key (S13)
2), a step of distributing information on the facility together with the public key to the terminal (S133), and collecting the user information of the terminal user encrypted with the public key from the management terminal of the facility used by the terminal user. Step (S140, S141)
And a step of managing the privilege given to the facility according to the collection amount of the user information (S146), a step of decoding the encrypted user information (S144), and using according to the collection amount of the user information (S145) for managing the privilege given to the user.

Further, the present invention is a terminal (21) for making a reservation for use of a facility, wherein information relating to the facility from data broadcasting is provided;
A receiving unit (29) for receiving the public key of the facility; and a control unit (22). The control unit (22) encrypts information about the terminal user with the public key of the facility reserved for use. It may be handed over to a management terminal of the facility at the time of use reservation or use of the facility.

Further, the present invention is a method for providing an advertisement for a facility, in which an advertisement for each facility is registered and a step of collecting free information of each facility (S160).
And a step of determining the number of advertisements per predetermined time in accordance with the availability information (S161), and a step of advertising each facility according to the number of advertisements (S165).

According to the present invention, a program for providing the above functions to a computer may be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium.

[0031]

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

<< First Embodiment >> A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 11. FIG. 1 is a basic configuration diagram of an advertisement broadcast system according to a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram of the advertisement broadcast system, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the advertisement management server 1 shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a hardware configuration diagram of the in-vehicle device 21, FIG. 5 is an example of a data portion of the advertisement material data, and FIG. 6 is an advertiser management stored in the advertisement management server 1. FIG. 7 is an example of a table, and FIG.
FIG. 8 is an example of an industry code table held in
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a process of a user operation program in the vehicle-mounted device 21, FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing details of the focus / selection process, FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing details of the vacant facility search process, and FIG.
Is a flowchart showing an expected arrival time transmission process.

<Basic Configuration of the Invention> FIG. 1 shows a basic configuration diagram of the present advertisement broadcasting system. The present invention relates to an information service provider that processes and distributes information, a viewer who watches programs including information related to facilities, reserves desired facilities, and purchases services and products, and an information provider. This is realized in a system that provides information on facilities, requests distribution thereof, and combines the facilities with facilities that provide products and services to viewers.

The facility requests the information service provider to provide and distribute information, and pays a distribution fee. Information service providers distribute information (for example, broadcast by digital broadcast waves)
And provide information to the audience. The viewer reserves a facility he likes according to the viewing result, purchases a desired service or product, and pays the fee to the facility.

The present invention provides a mechanism that gives profits to the information service provider, the viewer, and the facility in the flow of information and money.

<System Configuration> FIG. 2 shows a system configuration diagram of the present advertisement broadcasting system. This system includes a store terminal 31 and a POS (Point Of Sale) terminal 30 installed in a facility such as a restaurant or a parking lot, an advertisement management server 1 installed in an information center of an information service provider, and an advertisement management server 1 Comprises a broadcasting device 11 of a broadcasting station that distributes a program including an advertisement managed by the user, and an in-vehicle device 21 in a car where a viewer views the program.

The shop terminal 31 creates advertisement material data and transmits it to the advertisement management server 1 of the information center. Thereby, the shop terminal 31 requests the information center to distribute the advertisement. However, the advertisement material data may be created using a computer other than the store terminal 31 and may be electronically imported into the store terminal 31.

An information service provider is composed of an information center and a broadcasting station. An advertisement management server 1 is installed in the information center, and manages information on available facilities to be distributed to viewers, for example, advertisements related to restaurants and parking lots. This advertisement has been requested for distribution from the store terminal 31 of the facility.

In the distribution request, the advertiser delivers the advertisement material data to the information center. The information center processes the delivered advertisement material data to produce an advertisement. With this distribution request, a distribution fee is paid from these facilities to the information service provider.

The broadcasting station is entrusted by the information center,
An advertisement provided online or offline from the advertisement management server 1 is distributed to the viewer. Thereby, the commission is paid from the information center to the broadcasting station.

A viewer in a car receives a program from a broadcasting station by using the on-vehicle device 21. The program includes advertisements for a plurality of facilities available to the viewer, for example, restaurants and parking lots.

The viewer selects a facility to use by making a menu operation on the vehicle-mounted device 21 and makes a reservation. This reservation is transmitted to the POS terminal 30 of the destination facility via the network 12. The features of the vehicle-mounted device 21 of the present embodiment are as follows.
When making a reservation from the vehicle-mounted device 21, the POS terminal 30 of the partner facility
, A credit account is sent. This gives the viewer credit for the reservation.

The POS terminal 30 of the facility receives the reservation of the facility from the vehicle-mounted device 21 and the credit account via the network 12 (not shown). The POS terminal 30 receives the reservation and records the received credit account.

At the date and time of the reservation, the viewer visits the reserved facility and receives provision of the reserved service or product. Viewers pay for the services or products provided.

<Hardware Configuration> FIG. 3 shows a hardware configuration of the advertisement management server 1. Advertising management server 1
Are a CPU 2 for executing programs, a memory 3 for storing programs executed by the CPU 2 and data processed by the CPU 2, a hard disk 4 for recording programs and data, and a display for displaying information to an operator as a user. A device 6; a keyboard 6 for an operator to input data; a pointing device 7 for the operator to operate menus and icons on the display device 5; a communication interface 8 for accessing a network 12; A broadcast device interface 9 for transmitting information such as advertisements, and a removable media drive device 10 for recording programs and data are provided.

The CPU 2 executes a program stored in the memory 3 and provides a function as the advertisement management server 1.

The memory 3 stores programs executed by the CPU 2 and data processed by the CPU 2.

The hard disk 4 records programs executed by the CPU 2, advertisements managed by the CPU 2, and the like.

The display device 5 displays data of advertisements and the like processed by the CPU 2, information input from the keyboard 6 and the like, menus, icons, and the like. The display device 5 is, for example, C
RT, liquid crystal display and the like.

The keyboard 6 is used for inputting character data.

The pointing device 7 is used for operating menus and icons, and following links. The pointing device 7 is, for example, a mouse, a joystick, a touch panel, or the like.

The communication interface 8 sends data to the network 12 or receives data from the network 12 according to a command from the CPU 2.

The broadcast device interface 9 delivers the program data including the advertisement to the broadcast device 11 and distributes the program data to the viewer.

The removable media driving device 10 has a CP
In response to a command from U2, it accesses a removable medium and inputs and outputs data. The removable medium is, for example, a magneto-optical disk, a CD-ROM, a CD-R / W, a DVD, a flash memory card, or the like.

FIG. 4 shows a hardware configuration diagram of the vehicle-mounted device 21. The in-vehicle device 21 has a CPU 22, a memory 23, a hard disk 24, a display device 25, an operation button group 26, a pointing device 27, a communication interface 28, a broadcast receiving unit 29, a light receiving unit 19, and a removable media driving device 40.

The functions of the CPU 22, the memory 23, the hard disk 24, the display device 25, the pointing device 27, and the removable media driving device 40 are the same as those in the case of the advertisement management server 1 in FIG.

The operation button group 26 is arranged on the front of the vehicle-mounted device 21, and is used by the viewer to instruct menu selection, cursor movement, determination, and the like.

The communication interface 28 accesses the network 12 via a modem, a vehicle-mounted telephone, or a not-shown road device on the road surface.

The broadcast receiving section 29 is a tuner and receives digital broadcast waves and FM broadcast waves from the broadcast device 11. Digital broadcast waves include ordinary video broadcasts (hereinafter referred to as main parts), radio broadcasts, and data broadcasts.
The broadcast receiving unit 29 receives these broadcasts separately.

The light receiving section 19 receives an operation signal from a remote controller (hereinafter, referred to as a remote controller) 18,
22.

<Data Structure of Advertisement Material Data> Advertisement material data transferred from an advertiser to an information service provider includes a data section and a program section (not shown).

The data section describes the contents of the advertisement. FIG. 5 shows an example of the data section of the advertisement material data. In the actual data part, in order to distribute such information by data broadcasting, characters and numerical values are converted to XML (Extensible Markup Language).
uage), JPEG the photos, and PNG for the store name logo
(A type of image format on the WWW).

The data amount in FIG. 5 is approximately 140 Kbytes + 294 bytes × the number of stores. If the number of stores is up to about 30,
Convert the numerical value into XML, convert the photo into JPEG, and put the store name logo on P
The data amount in the case of NG conversion is about 30 Kbytes.

As shown in FIG. 5, the data section includes an advertiser code, an industry code, an advertisement material code, a store name (facility name),
It consists of a genre, a store introduction, a photograph, a store name logo, a product description, the number of stores, and store information (store 1, store 2, etc.) for the number of stores.

In FIG. 5, the advertiser code is a unique number assigned to the advertiser by the information service provider.
The information service provider manages information related to the advertiser using the advertiser code.

FIG. 6 is an example of an advertiser management table held in the advertisement management server 1 of the information service provider. The advertiser management table has an advertiser code, an advertiser name, and an industry code. The advertiser name is the name of the facility that is the advertiser. The business type code is a number that uniquely identifies the business type in which the advertiser operates.

FIG. 7 shows an example of the business type code table held in the advertisement management server 1. The industry code table is
It has an industry code and an industry name, and associates the industry code with the industry name.

The product description in FIG. 5 includes a menu, a product list, a description of a featured product, and the like, and is information displayed on the vehicle-mounted device 21 and subjected to a user operation.

The number of stores is the number of stores where the advertiser operates. The store information is information for each store and includes a store name, an address, a telephone number, a longitude / latitude, and a current number of parkable vehicles. In the present embodiment, various stores are collectively called facilities.

Of these, the longitude and latitude are not data displayed on the screen of the vehicle-mounted device 21 but are used for a car navigation function, that is, for display on a map, searching for a facility in the map, and the like. The current number of parkable vehicles is the number of parkable vehicles at the store at the time when an advertiser requests an advertisement. As described above, in the present advertisement broadcasting system, the actual state of the store at each point in time is delivered to the information service provider as advertisement material data, and is distributed from the broadcasting station to the viewer.

The program section controls an advertisement display method and the like. The program section is ECMA (Eu
ropean Computer Manufacturers Association).

The processing common to all advertisements is distributed as an application program to viewers from an information center via a data broadcast via a broadcasting station or a medium such as a DVD, separately from individual advertisements. The amount of data in the program section is
It varies greatly depending on the type of processing.

<Operation and Effect> FIGS. 8 to 11 show the processing of the program executed by the vehicle-mounted device 21. FIG.
9 is a flowchart illustrating a process (XML browser) of a user operation program in the vehicle-mounted device 21 that responds to a user operation. The CPU 22 of the vehicle-mounted device 21 executes the program in FIG. 8 and provides a user interface function.

While executing the user operation program of the vehicle-mounted device 21, the CPU 22 normally waits for a user operation (S1). When a user operation is performed, the CPU 22 determines whether the user operation is a focus of an item in a menu or a list (S2). Here, the term “focus” refers to operating the operation button group 26, the pointing device 27, the remote controller 18, or the like to select an object such as a menu item or an icon. When an object is focused, the color of the object changes, so that the user can recognize which object is focused. When the user operation is the focus of the item, the CPU 22 executes a focus / selection process (S3). Thereafter, the CPU 22 returns the control to S1.

If the user operation is not the focus of the item, the CPU 22 executes other processing (S4).
Control returns to S1.

FIG. 9 shows details of the focus / selection processing. In this process, the CPU 22 first highlights the focused item (S31). Next, CP
U22 waits for a user operation (S32).

When a user operation is performed, the CPU 22 determines whether the operation is a selection of a telephone number (S33). The selection of the telephone number refers to a case where the user presses the operation button group 26 or the enter button in the remote controller 18 with the telephone number item being focused.

If the user operation is to select a telephone number, the CPU 22 sends a command to the vehicle-mounted telephone via the communication interface 28 to call the telephone number (S34). Thereafter, the CPU 22 ends the processing.

If the user operation is not a telephone number selection, the CPU 22 determines whether the user operation is a selection of a reservation button (S35). The selection of the reservation button means that the reservation button displayed on the list of each facility is focused and the user operates the operation button group 26 or the remote controller 18.
Means that the enter button is pressed.

If the user operation is to select a reservation button, the CPU 22 sends a reservation request together with a credit account to the POS terminal 30 of the target facility via the modem and the network 12 (S36). Thereafter, the CPU 22 ends the processing.

If the user operation is not the selection of the reservation button, the CPU 22 determines whether or not the user operation is a search for a vacant facility (S37). The search for a vacant facility refers to a case where the user presses the operation button group 26 or the enter button in the remote controller 18 with the vacant facility search menu focused.

When the user operation is to search for a vacant facility, the CP
U22 executes a vacant facility search process (S38). Thereafter, the CPU 22 ends the processing.

FIG. 10 shows details of the vacant facility search process.
In this process, the CPU 22 firstly executes a GPS (not shown)
The current position is updated by (Global Positioning System) (S381).

Next, the CPU 22 searches for a facility within a predetermined distance from the current position (S382). This search is performed on the XML data received from the data broadcast of the information service provider and the car navigation data recorded on the removable medium.

Next, the CPU 22 determines whether or not the traveling direction priority mode is set (S383). Whether or not the traveling direction priority mode is set by a predetermined button. In the case of the traveling direction priority mode, the CPU 22 selects a facility located in the traveling direction from the facilities searched in S382 (S2).
384).

Next, the CPU 22 reads out the vacancy rate data (vacancy rate in the case of a parking lot) of each facility in the distributed advertisement. Then, the facilities are sorted in the order of the vacant seat rate and in the order of the empty car rate (S385).

Next, the CPU 22 displays a list of relevant facilities (S386). Next, the CPU 22 determines whether or not to display the location of the facility on a map (S38).
7). If there is a user specification to display on the map, CP
U22 displays the symbol of the facility on the map (S22).
388).

Next, the CPU 22 determines whether or not to end the processing (S389). When the user has instructed to end the vacant facility search process (YES in S389), CPU 22 ends the process. Otherwise, the CPU 22 returns the control to S381.

FIG. 11 shows the expected arrival time transmission processing executed by the CPU 22. This process is periodically started by a timer. In this process, the CPU 22 transmits the expected arrival time to the POS terminal 30 of the reserved facility.

When this processing is started, the CPU 22
First, the current position is received from the GPS (S100). Next, the CPU 22 determines whether the on-road device, the data broadcast wave, or the FM
VICS (Vehicle Information Communicat)
Get traffic jam information of the target facility from the ion system (S1)
01).

Next, the CPU 22 calculates expected arrival information at the destination facility (S102). Next, the CPU 22
The expected arrival time is transmitted to the POS terminal 30 of the destination facility via the modem and the network 12 (S103).

Next, the CPU 22 sets an interval at which next expected arrival time transmission processing should be started, and starts a timer (S104). Thereafter, the CPU 22 ends the processing.

As described above, in the advertisement broadcasting system of the present embodiment, the credit account is transmitted to the POS terminal 30 of the target facility together with the reservation of the facility from the vehicle-mounted device 21. For this reason, in the facility concerned, anxiety about whether the customer who made the reservation really comes or not is solved. In addition, on-board unit 2
For one viewer, anxiety about whether or not the reserved facility is really reserved is resolved.

In the advertisement broadcasting system according to the present embodiment, the availability of the facility is delivered to the broadcasting service provider and distributed to the vehicle-mounted device 21. For this reason, the viewer can reserve and use the facility with high possibility of use based on the current vacant state using the in-vehicle device 21.

Further, the on-vehicle device 21 obtains information on traffic congestion to the destination facility via the VICS, and calculates an estimated arrival time. Then, the vehicle-mounted device 21 periodically transmits the predicted arrival time to the destination facility. For this reason, the facility can prepare for exactly the arrival time of the customer. In addition, in-vehicle device 2
The first viewer is less likely to wait after arriving at the destination facility.

<Modifications> In the above embodiment, the information service provider is composed of an information center and a broadcasting station. However, the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to such a configuration. For example, the information center and the broadcasting station may be the same operator.

In the above-described embodiment, as shown in FIG. 10, in the vacant facility search process, the on-board unit 21 sorts the facility information in the order of vacant seats / vacancy rates of the facilities. However, the practice of the present invention is not limited to such a procedure. For example, a facility whose vacancy rate or vacancy rate is equal to or greater than a predetermined value may be selected, and sorting may be performed based on other items, for example, the distance from the current location. Alternatively, a facility whose vacancy rate or vacancy rate is equal to or more than a predetermined value may be selected, and the facility information may be displayed without sorting.

<< Second Embodiment >> An advertisement broadcasting system according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 12 is a system configuration diagram of the present advertisement broadcasting system. FIG. 13 is an example of a viewer management table managed by the reservation management server 1A. FIG. FIG. 15 is an example of reservation inquiry data in which the reservation management server 1A shown in FIG. 12 makes an inquiry to the POS terminal 30 of the advertiser as to whether or not the reservation is possible. FIG. 16 shows that the reservation management server 1A
FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing a reservation receiving process of the reservation management server 1A.

In the first embodiment, the vehicle-mounted device 21
Has described a system for reserving facilities via the network 12. At this time, in the above embodiment, the credit account of the viewer is set to the POS terminal 3 of the facility to be reserved.
Sent to 0 and viewer credit was granted.

In the present embodiment, an advertisement broadcasting system in which a viewer of a program reserves facilities through a reservation center will be described. Other configurations and operations are the same as those of the first embodiment. Therefore, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted. The drawings of FIGS. 1 to 11 are referred to as needed.

<System Configuration> FIG. 12 is a system configuration diagram of the advertisement broadcasting system in the present embodiment. This advertisement broadcasting system has a reservation management server 1A in a reservation center.
Is different from that of the first embodiment in that the reservation from the in-vehicle device 21 is managed. Since the hardware configuration of the reservation management server 1A is the same as that of the advertisement management server 1,
The description is omitted.

A viewer in a car selects a facility to be used and makes a reservation by operating a menu on the on-vehicle device 21 as in the first embodiment. This reservation is transmitted to the reservation management server 1A via the network 12.

Reservation management server 1 installed in reservation center
A accepts a reservation from a viewer, acts on behalf of the reservation, and totals the reservation status. The reservation management server 1A performs user registration, and registers a credit account in advance along with the viewer ID of the viewer.

Upon receiving the reservation request from the viewer, the reservation management server 1A first makes an inquiry about the reservation to the POS terminal 30 of the destination facility, and judges whether or not the reservation is possible. If a reservation is possible, the reservation management server 1A performs a credit check on the current credit account of the viewer who has requested the reservation. After the credit check, the reservation management server 1A
PO with reservation data and the viewer's credit account
Transmit to S terminal 30.

The POS terminal 30 that has received the reservation transmits a reservation completion notification to the vehicle-mounted device 21. This reservation completion notification is displayed on the vehicle-mounted device 21. Thereby, the viewer can confirm the completion of the reservation.

The reservation management server 1A counts the reservation status. The reservation status is, for example, the total number of reservations for each facility during a predetermined period. The reservation status is periodically transferred to the advertisement management server 1. The advertisement management server 1 converts the total number of reservations for each facility during a predetermined period into an advertisement effect, and calculates a reward. The information service provider charges a facility, such as a restaurant or a parking lot, for a reward according to the frequency of use of the viewer.

<Data Structure> FIG. 13 is an example of a viewer management table managed by the reservation management server 1A of the reservation center. Each row of this table has a viewer ID, name, gender, address, telephone number, date of birth, registration date, credit account, and expiration date.

[0108] These pieces of information are registered when the viewer applies for registration to the reservation center. Of these, the viewer ID
Is a unique character string that identifies the viewer. Also, the telephone numbers of the viewer's home and the vehicle-mounted telephone are registered as the telephone numbers. The expiration date is the expiration date of the credit account.

FIG. 14 shows an example of reservation request data when making a reservation request from the vehicle-mounted device 21 to the reservation management server 1A.
The reservation request data includes an advertiser code, an advertisement material code, a viewer ID, an advertisement reception date / time / minute / second, an advertisement reception location latitude / longitude, a reservation date / time / minute / second, an estimated arrival date / time / minute, and the number of reservation persons.

Among these, the advertiser code is the advertiser code of the advertisement viewed at the time of the reservation. The advertisement material code is the advertisement material code of the advertisement material data used for the advertisement. As described in the first embodiment, the advertiser code and the advertisement material code are described in the data part (FIG. 5) of the advertisement material data, and are converted into XML,
It was distributed by data broadcasting.

The viewer ID is the I of the viewer who has requested the reservation.
D. The advertisement reception date / time / minute / second is the time when the advertisement of the reserved facility is received. The viewer ID is set in the vehicle-mounted device 21 in advance when the viewer registers in the reservation center by the vehicle-mounted device 21 via the vehicle-mounted telephone. The viewer ID is written in the reservation request data.

The advertisement reception date / time / minute / second is the date and time when the advertisement was received. The reservation date / time / minute / second is the date and time when the reservation was requested. The in-vehicle device 21 automatically writes these values in the reservation request data.

[0113] The advertisement reception location latitude / longitude is the latitude / longitude of the location where the advertisement is received. The scheduled date and time of arrival is the date and time of scheduled arrival at the facility where the reservation is made. These are automatically written by the in-vehicle device 21 in cooperation with a car navigation system (not shown).

The number of reservations is used when making a reservation for a store such as a restaurant that requires number information. In a reservation request for such a facility, the viewer manually inputs the number of persons from the in-vehicle device 21 and the value is written in the reservation request data.

When the viewer receives the advertisement at the on-board unit 21 and focuses on the reservation button of the target facility and presses the enter key, the above-mentioned reservation data is automatically transmitted to the reservation center via the on-board telephone.

FIG. 15 shows an example of reservation inquiry data transmitted from the reservation management server 1A to the POS terminal 30 of each facility. The reservation inquiry data includes the scheduled arrival date / time / minute / second and the number of reservation persons (optional).

Upon receiving a reservation request from a viewer, the reservation center transmits the above-mentioned reservation inquiry data to the advertiser and inquires whether reservation is possible. In response, the advertiser returns the result to the reservation center. The reservation center returns the result to the viewer.

FIG. 16 shows an example of reservation data transmitted by the reservation management server 1A to the POS terminal 30 of each facility. The reservation data includes the name of the viewer, telephone number (home, vehicle), number of people (optional), estimated arrival time, credit account and its expiration date.

If the reservation is possible, the reservation center checks the credit of the credit account of the viewer, and if the credit is OK, transmits the data to the advertiser to make a reservation. If the credit is NG, the viewer and the advertiser are notified to that effect.

[0120] The advertiser receives the data from the reservation center, and when the reservation is completed, notifies the viewer of the completion of the reservation.

<Operation and Effect> FIG. 17 shows a reservation receiving process executed by the reservation management server 1A. Reservation management server 1
A normally monitors the reception of the reservation request (S12).
0). Upon receiving the reservation request, the reservation management server 1A
A reservation inquiry is made to the destination facility (S121).

Next, the reservation management server 1A determines whether or not the facility can be reserved (S122). If the facility cannot be reserved, the reservation management server 1A notifies the viewer to that effect (S123). Thereafter, the reservation management server 1A returns the control to S120.

If the facility can be reserved, the reservation management server 1A confirms the credit of the credit account of the viewer who has requested the reservation to the credit company (S12).
4), determine the confirmation result from the credit company (S1)
25).

If the credit is not possible, the reservation management server 1A
This is notified to the viewer (S126). Thereafter, the reservation management server 1A returns the control to S120.

In the case of credit OK, the reservation management server 1A
The reservation data and the credit account are sent to the destination facility (S127).

Next, the reservation management server 1A counts the number of times of use of the requester (S128). Further, the reservation management server 1A counts the number of times the facility is used (S12).
9). After that, the reservation management server 1A performs control in S120.
Return to

As described above, in the advertisement broadcasting system according to the present embodiment, the frequency of use of the viewer is grasped by accepting a reservation application via the reservation center.
As a result, the information service provider can collect a fee (reward) from the restaurant / parking lot according to the frequency of use of the viewer. Therefore, an increase in profits associated with service expansion is guaranteed.

On the other hand, in the restaurant / parking lot, it is possible to grasp how much the information of the shop is used, and to reflect the information in creating more effective advertisement material data. .

Further, the viewer does not need to transmit a credit account each time a reservation is made, which is safe. Also,
Checking the credit at the reservation center enables restaurants and
Eliminates the need for credit checks at parking lots.

Further, by giving a privilege (reservation fee discount, priority reservation right, etc.) according to the usage result of the viewer, the viewer is repeatedly used.

<< Third Embodiment >> An advertisement broadcasting system according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 18 is a system configuration diagram of the present advertisement broadcasting system. FIG. 19 is an example of a secret key management table included in the advertisement management server 1, and FIG.
21 is a flowchart showing a public key distribution process executed by the CPU 2 of FIG. 21, and FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing a usage record management process executed by the CPU 2.

In the first embodiment, the advertisement broadcasting system in which the vehicle-mounted device 21 receives an advertisement and reserves a facility has been described. Further, in the second embodiment, the example of the advertisement broadcasting system in which the reservation management server 1A receives the reservation and counts the usage status has been described. In the present embodiment, the advertisement management server 1 distributes a public key for each facility to be advertised, encrypts the viewer ID with the distributed public key, and uses the facility to encrypt the viewer ID. An advertisement broadcast system that collects the used viewer IDs to determine the usage results will be described.

The other structure and operation are the same as those of the first or second embodiment. Therefore, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof will be omitted. Also,
Reference is made to FIGS. 1 to 17 as necessary.

<System Configuration> In the present advertisement broadcasting system, a public key for each facility to be advertised, for example, an advertiser's store is attached to an advertisement distributed from a broadcasting station. When the viewer uses the in-vehicle device 21 to apply for a reservation at a store targeted for advertisement, the in-vehicle device 21 transmits reservation request data to the POS terminal 30. At this time, the in-vehicle device 21 further encrypts the viewer ID of the viewer with the public key of the store, and
Transfer to OS terminal 30.

When the POS terminal 30 receives the reservation data,
If there is room at the store, accept the reservation. If there is no room at the store, the reservation is rejected. POS terminal 30
Responds to the in-vehicle device 21 that transmitted the reservation data.

[0136] The POS terminal 30 transfers the encrypted viewer ID received from the vehicle-mounted device 21 to the advertisement management server 1. This transfer is called a use result notification. However, the POS terminal 30 that is not connected to the advertisement management server 1 by the network 12 reports the use result by using an offline recording medium, for example, a magneto-optical disk, a flash memory card, or the like.

[0137] The advertisement management server 1 counts the transferred use result notifications and executes a use result management process. That is, the advertisement management server 1 stores the encrypted viewer ID
Is decrypted, and the number of times of use of the viewer is totaled. The information service provider gives the viewer a privilege according to the number of times of use. As a result, viewers increasingly use this advertising broadcast system.

[0138] The advertisement management server 1 is connected to the POS terminal 3.
By transferring the user ID from 0, the number of times of use of the store where the POS terminal 30 is installed is totaled. The information service provider gives the store a privilege according to the number of times of use.
As a result, each store increasingly uses this advertising broadcast system.

<Data Structure> FIG. 19 shows an example of a secret key management table managed by the advertisement management server 1. This table manages information such as a secret key corresponding to a public key distributed by the advertisement management server 1 together with the advertisement.

In the secret key management table, the advertiser code, store code, secret key, distribution time, distribution channel,
It has a distribution content code.

The store code is a unique character string that identifies the facility such as a store owned by the advertiser for each advertiser.
The secret key is generated together with the public key for each store.

The secret key is stored in the secret key management table, and is separately used for decrypting the viewer ID. The public key is
It is distributed to the vehicle-mounted device 21 together with the advertisement, and is used for encrypting the viewer ID.

The distribution time is the date, time, minute and second when the advertisement including the public key is distributed. The distribution channel is a broadcast channel to which the advertisement has been distributed. The delivery content code is a unique character string that identifies the advertisement.

<Operation and Effect> FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing a public key distribution process executed by the CPU 2 of the advertisement management server 1. First, the CPU 2 generates a secret key and a public key for the store to be advertised (S131).

Next, the CPU 2 records the secret key in the secret key management table using the advertiser code and the store code as keys (S132).

Next, the CPU 2 transfers the advertisement and the public key of the store to be advertised to the broadcasting device 11 and requests distribution (S
133).

Next, the CPU 2 uses the advertiser code and the store code as keys to set the distribution time, distribution channel,
Record the distribution content code in the secret key management table (S1
34).

FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing the usage record management processing executed by the CPU 2. In this process, first, the CPU 2 determines whether or not a use result notification has been received from the POS terminal 30 (S140). If the use result notification has been received, the CPU 2 advances the control to S143.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S140 that the use result notification has not been received, the CPU 2 determines whether the use result has been input offline (S141). When there is no offline input, the CPU 2 executes the control in S
Return to 140. If there is offline input, C
The PU 2 reads the usage record from a recording medium, for example, a magneto-optical disk. Thereafter, the CPU 2 advances the control to S143.

Next, the CPU 2 searches the secret key management table for a secret key corresponding to the facility for which the use result has been notified (S143). Next, the CPU 2 decodes the viewer ID in the usage result data (S144).

Next, the number of times of use of the CPU2 requester is counted (S145). Further, the CPU 2 counts the number of times the facility has been used (S146).

As described above, in the advertisement broadcasting system of the present embodiment, the public key generated for each facility to be advertised is distributed to the viewer together with the advertisement. The viewer ID is encrypted with this public key and collected by the advertisement management server 1 via the POS terminal 30 of the facility.

As a result, the viewer is given a privilege according to the number of times of use, and the viewer uses this advertisement broadcasting system more and more.

[0154] Further, since a privilege according to the number of uses is given to a facility such as a store, an advertiser increasingly uses this advertisement broadcasting system.

In the present embodiment, the secret key management table records the date and time when the advertisement including the secret key was distributed, the distribution channel, and the broadcast content code. Thereby, the advertisement management server 1 can grasp when and what advertisement the viewer viewed. So, for example,
The information service provider can grasp when and what kind of advertisement is delivered to promote facility use.

<Modification> In the above embodiment, the encrypted viewer ID is transmitted to the POS terminal 30 together with the reservation data, and further transferred from the POS terminal 30 to the advertisement management server 1. As a result, a privilege according to the degree of use is provided to the facility, and each facility has transferred the encrypted viewer ID to the advertisement management server 1.

However, implementation of the present invention is not limited to such a procedure. For example, the operation of the system in FIG. 18 may be performed as follows. The viewer uses the in-vehicle device 21,
When a reservation is applied for a facility to be advertised, the reservation request data including the viewer ID is encrypted from the in-vehicle device 21 and transmitted to the POS terminal 30 of the target facility.

[0158] The POS terminal 30 transfers the encrypted reservation request data to the advertisement management server 1 and requests decryption.
The advertisement management server 1 decrypts the reservation request data,
Return it to OS terminal 30.

Thus, the POS terminal 30 recognizes the viewer and accepts the reservation. The POS terminal 30 always transfers the reservation request data to the advertisement management server 1 in order to have the code decrypted. On the other hand, the advertisement management server 1 can thereby reliably grasp the number of times the facility has been used. The advertisement management server 1 calculates a reward according to the number of times of use. The information service provider can request this reward from each facility.

In the above embodiment, the date and time when the advertisement including the secret key was distributed in the secret key management table, the distribution channel,
And the broadcast content code was recorded. However, implementation of the present invention is not limited to such a configuration or procedure. For example, such information may be distributed together with a public key.

In this case, these pieces of information are not displayed on the vehicle-mounted device 21. These pieces of information may be encrypted together with the viewer ID in the vehicle-mounted device 21 and transferred from the vehicle-mounted device 21 to the advertisement management server 1 via the POS terminal 30. This also allows the advertisement management server 1 to grasp when and what advertisement the viewer viewed.

In the above embodiment, the position information (latitude / longitude) of the facility such as a store is held in the data part of the advertisement (see FIG. 5) and distributed to the vehicle-mounted device 21. However, implementation of the present invention is not limited to such a configuration or procedure. For example, the location information (latitude / longitude) of the facility is stored on a CD-ROM.
Or the like, and may be read from the removable medium drive device 40.

<< Fourth Embodiment >> A fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the third embodiment,
Information such as a viewer ID is encrypted by a public key generated for each facility such as a store to be advertised, and the advertisement management server 1
Was collected. In the present embodiment, an advertisement broadcasting system that further displays a banner advertisement of a program sponsor together with an advertisement of a facility viewed by a viewer will be described.

As for other structures and operations, the first
This is the same as in the third to third embodiments. Therefore, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted. The drawings of FIGS. 1 to 21 are referred to as needed.

This program sponsor is a business owner who handles products related to the facility to be advertised. The program sponsor is
He hopes that the use of the facility will be promoted and the consumption of his own products will be promoted, pays the advertisement fee, and requests the banner advertisement. In addition, when sponsoring a program, the program sponsor requests a banner advertisement in anticipation of increasing the advertising effect given to the viewer by simultaneously advertising the products handled by the program sponsor.

[0166] For example, a case where the program sponsor is a beer company, the viewer is guided to a restaurant by a banner advertisement of beer, and the beer is sold. In the case where the program sponsor is a soft drink manufacturing company and the viewers are directed to sports facilities by sports facility advertisements with soft drinks banner advertisements added, sports are promoted, and sales of soft drinks are promoted. It is.

Also, the sponsor is a credit company,
By having the card used in restaurants and parking lots,
This is when promoting sales growth. Also, there is a case where the program sponsor is an automobile manufacturer, and information of a nearby automobile dealer is linked to guide the viewer. Also, the program sponsor is a home appliance maker, and links the information of a nearby electronics store to guide the viewer.

As described above, the program sponsor can obtain the synergistic effect of the advertisement by displaying the banner advertisement related to the facility in the advertisement for the reservation of the facility.
In addition, as the use of the facility increases, sales of products handled by the program sponsor can be increased.

On the other hand, the information service provider can get a reward for the banner advertisement from the program sponsor. In addition, the viewer can simultaneously view the advertisement for the facility such as the store and the banner advertisement and obtain the information effectively. In addition, the viewer can obtain a privilege according to the number of uses similar to the case of the third embodiment. Also, in each facility such as a store, a privilege according to the number of uses can be obtained. As described above, in the advertisement broadcasting system according to the present embodiment, all of the information service provider, the viewer, the advertiser who operates the facility, and the program sponsor can enjoy the advantages.

<< Fifth Embodiment >> A fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 23 is a data structure diagram of advertisement frequency management data for managing the frequency of advertisement, FIG. 24 is a data structure diagram of an advertisement distribution list instructing distribution based on the advertisement frequency, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of an advertisement frequency management processing program that manages an advertisement frequency in the server 1.

In the first to fourth embodiments, facilities such as stores provide advertisement material data, and an information service provider distributes an advertisement based on the advertisement material data, and the advertisement is viewed by the in-vehicle device 21 or the like. Watched the advertisement and made a reservation for the store to be advertised.

In the present embodiment, an advertisement broadcasting system will be described in which the number of times of distribution is changed by reflecting the status of facilities such as stores, for example, the degree of congestion, the vacancy rate, and the like in the distribution of the advertisement. Other configurations and operations are the same as those of the systems described in the first to fourth embodiments. Therefore, the drawings of FIGS. 1 to 22 will be referred to as needed.

<Data Structure> FIG. 23 shows an advertisement frequency management table. This table is a table for recording the current advertisement frequency of each advertisement material data of each advertiser. Each row in this table contains an advertiser code, an ad material code,
And advertising frequency.

[0174] The advertisement to be distributed is specified by the advertiser code and the advertisement material code. The advertisement frequency defines the frequency of each advertisement, for example, the number of distributions per hour.

FIG. 24 shows the structure of an advertisement distribution list instructed to the broadcasting device 11 based on the advertisement frequency of FIG. The head of this list is indicated by a head pointer such as advertisement frequency 1 and advertisement frequency 2. For a list of each ad frequency,
Each element has an advertiser code and an advertisement material code.

For example, in the list indicated by the advertisement frequency 1, (A10001, G0001), (A
10001, G0003), (A10003, G200
(Advertiser code, advertisement material code) is specified as in 1). The same applies to the list of the advertisement frequency 2 and the advertisement frequency 3. The broadcasting device 11 distributes the advertisement of each list at a specified frequency.

<Operation and Effect> FIG. 25 shows the processing of the advertisement frequency management program for managing the advertisement frequency. The CPU 2 of the advertisement management server 1 executes an advertisement frequency management program,
Manage the frequency of each ad.

In this process, the CPU 2 monitors the utilization rate notification from each facility such as a store (S160). This utilization rate refers to the degree of congestion or the vacancy rate of the facility. When there is a utilization rate notification (YES in S160), CPU 2
Determines the advertisement frequency from the usage rate. This ad frequency is
It is determined with reference to an advertisement frequency definition table (not shown).
In the advertisement frequency definition table, the relationship between the facility usage rate and the advertisement frequency is defined.

Next, the CPU 2 determines whether or not the current advertisement frequency matches the new advertisement frequency determined above (S2).
162). When the current advertisement frequency matches the new advertisement frequency, the CPU 2 returns the control to S160.

On the other hand, if the current advertisement frequency does not match the new advertisement frequency, the CPU 2 changes the advertisement frequency of the row of the advertiser / advertisement material code in the advertisement frequency management table to the new advertisement frequency determined above. (S163).

Next, the CPU 2 changes the definition of the advertisement distribution list according to the advertisement frequency (S164). Next, the new advertisement distribution list is delivered to the broadcasting device 11 (S165). Thereafter, the CPU 2 returns the control to S160.

As described above, in the advertisement broadcasting system of the present embodiment, the advertisement frequency is determined based on the facility utilization rate, and the advertisement is distributed. Thus, for example, in a contract with an advertiser, only the maximum and minimum values of the advertisement frequency are determined, the actual number of advertisements is dynamically determined based on the utilization rate of the facility, and based on the actual number of advertisements. The contract can be concluded in such a way that the advertising fee is paid.

As a result, as an advertiser, the frequency of advertisement is increased when the usage rate is low and the customer wants to come to the customer, and the frequency of advertisement is reduced when the facility is crowded and the customer does not want to come to the customer. Distribution control. Thereby, useless advertisements can be eliminated, and advertisement costs can be effectively utilized.

<< Application to Devices Other than In-Vehicle Device 21 >> In each of the first to third embodiments described above, the viewer views the advertisement using the in-vehicle device 21 and reserves a facility.
However, the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to such a configuration. For example, a portable information terminal PDA (Personal Digital Assista) capable of recognizing position information from GPS
The present invention can also be applied to a case where the viewer moves on foot, bicycle, or two-wheeled vehicle using a portable personal computer, a mobile phone, or the like.

Further, the viewer completes the reservation with a desktop personal computer installed at home or work,
The present invention can also be implemented when going to a facility.

<< Computer-Readable Recording Medium >>
Advertisement management server 1 and reservation management server 1 of the above embodiment
A. The program executed in the vehicle-mounted device 21 or the POS terminal 30 can be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium. Then, by causing a computer to read and execute the program on the recording medium, the computer can function as the advertisement management server 1, the reservation management server 1A, the in-vehicle device 21, or the POS terminal 30 described in the above embodiment.

Here, a computer-readable recording medium is a recording medium that stores information such as data and programs by electrical, magnetic, optical, mechanical, or chemical action, and can be read by a computer. Say. Among such recording media, those removable from a computer include, for example, a floppy (registered trademark) disk, a magneto-optical disk, a CD-ROM, a CD-R / W, and a DV.
D, DAT, 8mm tape, memory card, etc.

A recording medium fixed to the computer includes a hard disk and a ROM (Read Only Memory).

<< Data communication signal embodied in carrier wave >>
Further, the program can be stored in a hard disk or a memory of a computer, and can be distributed to another computer through a communication medium. In this case, the program is transmitted over a communication medium as a data communication signal embodied by a carrier wave. Then, the computer that has received the distribution can function as the advertisement management server 1, the reservation management server 1A, the in-vehicle device 21, or the POS terminal 30 of the above embodiment.

Here, as the communication medium, a wired communication medium,
For example, any of metal cables including a coaxial cable and a twisted pair cable, an optical communication cable and the like, or a wireless communication medium such as a satellite communication and a terrestrial radio communication may be used.

The carrier is an electromagnetic wave or light for modulating a data communication signal. However, the carrier may be a DC signal. In this case, the data communication signal has a baseband waveform without a carrier. Therefore, the data communication signal embodied in the carrier wave comprises a modulated broadband signal and an unmodulated baseband signal (voltage 0).
(Corresponding to the case where the DC signal is a carrier wave).

<< Others >> Further, the present embodiment discloses the following invention.

(Supplementary Note 1) A program that causes a computer connected to a receiving unit for receiving information to receive information about a facility for which a reservation is to be received and make a reservation for use of the facility. A program for executing a step of receiving a reservation, a step of selecting a facility to be reserved from the received information, and a step of communicating the reservation intention with the credit account of the reservation person to the selected facility. A readable recording medium.

(Supplementary Note 2) A mobile terminal for making a reservation for using a facility, comprising: a receiving unit for receiving a data broadcast; a current location recognizing unit for recognizing a moving location; and a control unit. A mobile terminal that receives position information of a target facility and information on traffic congestion to the target facility via data broadcasting, calculates an expected arrival time at the target facility, and notifies the facility of the expected arrival time.

(Supplementary Note 3) A detachable recording medium drive device is further provided, and the control unit is configured to detect the position of the target facility from the detachable recording medium instead of receiving the position information of the target facility via the data broadcast. The mobile terminal according to claim 2, wherein the mobile terminal reads information.

(Supplementary Note 4) A mobile terminal for making a reservation for using a facility, comprising: a receiving unit for receiving a data broadcast; a current location recognizing unit for recognizing a moving location; and a control unit. A mobile terminal that receives a vacancy status of a target facility via a data broadcast and preferentially displays a facility located within a predetermined range from the current location and having a high degree of availability based on the vacancy status.

(Supplementary note 5) The mobile terminal according to supplementary note 4, further comprising a traveling direction recognizing unit that recognizes a traveling direction, wherein the control unit preferentially displays facilities located in the traveling direction.

(Supplementary Note 6) A program executed in a mobile terminal that receives a data broadcast and recognizes a moving point, and obtains a moving point, and receives a position of a destination facility. A computer-readable recording medium recording a program including a step of receiving traffic jam information to a target facility, a step of calculating an expected arrival time at a target facility, and a step of notifying the facility of the expected arrival time. .

(Supplementary Note 7) A computer-readable recording recording the program according to Supplementary Note 6, including a step of reading the position information of the target facility from a removable recording medium instead of the step of receiving the position information of the target facility. Medium.

(Supplementary Note 8) A program executed in a mobile terminal that receives a data broadcast and recognizes a moving point. The program includes a step of obtaining the moving point, and an availability state of a target facility through the data broadcasting. And a display step of preferentially displaying facilities that are within a predetermined range from the current location and that are highly available based on availability, and that are computer-readable recording media recording a program. .

(Supplementary Note 9) A computer-readable recording medium storing a program according to Supplementary Note 8, wherein a step of recognizing a moving direction is further provided, and in the displaying step, facilities located in a traveling direction are preferentially displayed. .

(Supplementary Note 10) An information providing device that provides information related to a facility to a terminal and promotes use of the facility. A delivery unit that delivers information related to the facility, and a reservation receiving unit that receives a reservation request for the facility. An information providing apparatus including a unit, a reservation unit for reserving the facility in accordance with the received reservation request, a counting unit for counting the reservation results, and a charging calculation unit for calculating charges for each facility according to the reservation results. .

(Supplementary Note 11) The information providing apparatus according to Supplementary Note 10, further comprising a recording unit that records the terminal user's credit account information, wherein the reservation unit provides the terminal user's credit account information at the time of facility reservation.

(Supplementary Note 12) The information providing apparatus according to Supplementary Note 11, further comprising a credit confirmation unit that confirms the credit of the credit account.

(Supplementary Note 13) An information providing method for providing information related to a facility to a terminal and promoting the use of the facility, the step of distributing information related to the facility, the step of receiving a reservation request for the facility, An information providing method comprising: a step of reserving the facility in accordance with the received reservation request; a step of totaling the reservation results; and a step of calculating a charge for each facility according to the reservation results.

(Supplementary note 14) The information provision according to Supplementary note 13, further comprising a step of referring to the terminal user's credit account information, wherein the step of making a reservation provides the terminal user's credit account information at the time of facility reservation. Method.

(Supplementary note 15) The information providing method according to supplementary note 14, further comprising a step of confirming credit of the credit account.

(Supplementary Note 16) A program that causes a computer to provide information related to a facility to a terminal and to provide a function of promoting use of the facility by a terminal user.
A step of distributing information relating to the facility, a step of receiving a facility reservation request, a step of reserving the facility in accordance with the received reservation request, a step of totaling the reservation results, and A computer-readable recording medium recording a program for executing the steps of calculating a charge.

(Supplementary Note 17) The program according to Supplementary Note 16 in which the step of referring to the credit account information of the terminal user is further executed, and in the step of making a reservation, the credit account information of the terminal user is provided when the facility is reserved. A computer-readable recording medium that has been recorded.

(Supplementary note 18) A computer-readable recording medium recording the program according to supplementary note 17, further comprising a step of confirming credit of the credit account.

(Supplementary Note 19) An information providing device that provides information related to a facility to a terminal and promotes use of the facility. A key generation unit that generates a secret key and a public key for the facility, A recording unit that records the facility information to the terminal together with the public key, and a user information of the terminal user encrypted with the public key. A user information collecting unit that collects from a management terminal, a facility privilege managing unit that manages a privilege given to a facility according to the amount of the user information collected, a decrypting unit that decrypts encrypted user information, An information providing apparatus comprising: a user privilege management unit that manages a privilege given to a user according to a collection amount of user information.

(Supplementary Note 20) An information providing device that provides information related to a facility to a terminal and promotes use of the facility. A key generation unit that generates a secret key and a public key for the facility, A recording unit that records the facility information to the terminal together with the public key, and a user information of the terminal user encrypted with the public key. A user information collection unit that collects from the management terminal, a decryption unit that decrypts the encrypted user information, and a user privilege management unit that manages a privilege given to the user according to the collection amount of the user information. An information providing apparatus comprising: a charge calculating unit that calculates a charge for the facility based on the use result of the facility based on the collection amount of the user information.

(Supplementary Note 21) The recording unit, together with the secret key, may be any one or more of an ID for identifying the facility, a distribution time at which the information was distributed, a distribution channel, or a distribution content code for identifying information to be distributed. 20. The information providing device according to claim 19 or 20, wherein the information providing device records the information.

(Supplementary Note 22) The delivery unit, together with the public key, may be any one or more of an ID for identifying the facility, a delivery time at which the information was delivered, a delivery channel, or a delivery content code for identifying information to be delivered. Is delivered to the terminal, and the user information collecting unit
D, any one of a delivery time at which the information was delivered, a delivery channel, or a delivery content code identifying the information to be delivered
Supplementary note 19 or 2 that collects at least one with user information
0. An information providing device according to claim 1.

(Supplementary note 23) The information providing apparatus according to supplementary note 19 or 20, wherein the user information includes at least one of a user ID, a viewing time and a viewing point of the distributed information.

(Supplementary note 24) The delivery unit delivers the sponsorship advertisement together with the information.
Information providing device as described.

(Supplementary Note 25) An information providing method for providing information related to a facility to a terminal and promoting use of the facility, wherein a step of generating a secret key and a public key for the facility, and recording the secret key And delivering the information on the facility to the terminal together with the public key, and the user information of the terminal user encrypted with the public key,
Collecting from a management terminal of the facility used by the terminal user, managing a privilege given to the facility according to the collection amount of the user information, decoding the encrypted user information, And managing a privilege to be given to the user according to the collection amount of the user information.

(Supplementary Note 26) An information providing method for providing information related to a facility to a terminal and promoting use of the facility, wherein a step of generating a secret key and a public key for the facility, and recording the secret key And delivering the information on the facility to the terminal together with the public key, and the user information of the terminal user encrypted with the public key,
Collecting from the management terminal of the facility used by the terminal user, decrypting the encrypted user information, and managing a privilege given to the user according to the collection amount of the user information, Calculating a charge for each facility in accordance with the actual use of the facility based on the amount of user information collected.

(Supplementary Note 27) In the recording step, together with the secret key, one of an ID for identifying the facility, a distribution time at which the information was distributed, a distribution channel, or a distribution content code for identifying information to be distributed. The information providing method according to attachment 25 or 26, wherein the above is recorded.

(Supplementary Note 28) The information providing method according to Supplementary note 25 or 26, wherein the user information includes at least one of a user ID, a viewing time and a viewing point of the distributed information.

(Supplementary note 29) The information providing method according to supplementary note 25 or 26, wherein, in the distributing step, an advertisement of a sponsor is distributed together with the information.

(Supplementary Note 30) A program for causing a computer to provide information related to a facility to a terminal and to provide a function of promoting the use of the facility, and a step of generating a secret key and a public key for the facility, A step of recording the secret key; a step of distributing information about the facility to the terminal together with the public key; and a step of using the user information of the terminal user encrypted with the public key by the terminal user. Collecting from the management terminal, managing the privilege given to the facility according to the collection amount of the user information, and decrypting the encrypted user information,
And a step of managing a privilege given to the user according to the collection amount of the user information.

(Supplementary Note 31) A program for providing a computer with information relating to a facility to a terminal and providing a function of promoting the use of the facility, comprising the steps of: generating a secret key and a public key for the facility; A step of recording the secret key; a step of distributing information about the facility to the terminal together with the public key; and a step of using the user information of the terminal user encrypted with the public key by the terminal user. Collecting from the management terminal, decrypting the encrypted user information, and managing the privilege given to the user according to the collection amount of the user information,
Calculating a charge for each facility in accordance with the actual use of the facility based on the collection amount of the user information.

(Supplementary Note 32) In the recording step, at least one of an ID for identifying a facility, a distribution time at which the information was distributed, a distribution channel, or a distribution content code for identifying information to be distributed, together with the secret key. 32. A computer-readable recording medium recording the program according to Supplementary Note 30 or 31, in which is recorded.

(Supplementary Note 33) The user information may be a computer-readable recording of a program according to Supplementary Note 30 or 31, which includes at least one of a user ID or a viewing time or a viewing point of the distributed information. recoding media.

(Supplementary note 34) A computer-readable recording medium recording the program according to Supplementary note 30 or 31, to which the sponsor is distributed together with the information in the delivering step.

(Supplementary Note 35) A terminal for making a reservation for use of a facility, comprising: a receiving unit that receives information on the facility from a data broadcast and a public key of the facility; and a control unit. A terminal that encrypts information related to the terminal user with the public key of the facility for which use reservation has been made, and transfers it to the management terminal of the facility at the time of use reservation or use of the facility.

(Supplementary note 36) The terminal according to Supplementary note 35, wherein the user information includes at least one of a user ID and a viewing time or a viewing point of the distributed information.

(Supplementary Note 37) A method of providing an advertisement for a facility, the step of registering an advertisement for each facility,
An advertisement method comprising: collecting vacancy information of each facility; deciding the number of advertisements per predetermined time in accordance with the vacancy information; and advertising each facility in accordance with the number of advertisements.

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As described above, according to the present invention,
A viewer of an advertisement or the like can safely and reliably make a reservation for the facility, and the facility that accepts the reservation can also reliably recognize the person who made the reservation. Further, according to the present invention, a client who requests an advertisement, a distributor who distributes an advertisement, and a viewer who views an advertisement can mutually benefit.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a basic configuration diagram of an advertisement broadcasting system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram of an advertisement broadcasting system;

FIG. 3 is a hardware configuration diagram of the advertisement management server 1.

FIG. 4 is a hardware configuration diagram of the vehicle-mounted device 21;

FIG. 5 is an example of a data section of advertising material data

FIG. 6 is an example of an advertiser management table

[Fig. 7] Example of industry code table

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing processing of a user operation program in the vehicle-mounted device 21;

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing details of focus / selection processing;

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing details of a vacant facility search process;

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an estimated arrival time transmission process.

FIG. 12 is a system configuration diagram of an advertisement broadcasting system according to a second embodiment;

FIG. 13 shows an example of a viewer management table.

FIG. 14 shows an example of reservation request data.

FIG. 15 shows an example of reservation inquiry data.

FIG. 16 shows an example of reservation data.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing a reservation receiving process of the reservation management server 1A.

FIG. 18 is a system configuration diagram of an advertisement broadcasting system according to a third embodiment;

FIG. 19 shows an example of a secret key management table held by the advertisement management server 1.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing a public key distribution process.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing a usage result management process;

FIG. 22 is a system configuration diagram of an advertisement broadcasting system according to a fourth embodiment;

FIG. 23 is a data structure diagram of advertisement frequency management data.

FIG. 24 is a data structure diagram of an advertisement distribution list.

FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing the processing of an advertisement frequency management processing program.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Advertisement management server 2, 22 CPU 3, 23 Memory 4, 24 Hard disk 8, 28 Communication interface 9 Broadcasting device interface 10, 40 Removable media drive device 11 Broadcasting device 18 Remote controller 21 In-vehicle device 27 Operation button group 29 Receiving interface 30 POS Terminal 31 Store terminal

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A program that causes a computer connected to a receiving unit for receiving information to receive information about a facility that accepts a reservation and make a reservation for use of the facility, and receives information about the facility from the receiving unit. Computer-readable recording a program for executing a step of selecting a facility to be reserved from received information, and a step of communicating the intention of the reservation to the selected facility together with a credit account of the reservation person. Recording medium. 2. Provide information relating to a facility to a terminal,
An information providing device for promoting use of a facility, a distribution unit for distributing information relating to the facility, a reservation receiving unit for receiving a reservation request for the facility, a reservation unit for reserving the facility in accordance with the received reservation request; An information providing device comprising: a totaling unit that totals results; and a charging calculating unit that calculates charges for each facility according to the reservation results. 3. Providing information on the facility to the terminal,
An information providing apparatus that promotes use of a facility, a key generation unit that generates a secret key and a public key for the facility, a recording unit that records the secret key, and information related to the facility that is distributed to a terminal together with the public key. A distributing unit, a user information collecting unit for collecting user information of the terminal user encrypted with the public key from a management terminal of a facility used by the terminal user, and a collection amount of the user information A facility privilege management unit that manages a privilege given to a facility according to the above, a decryption unit that decrypts encrypted user information, and a user that manages a privilege given to a user according to the collection amount of the user information An information providing device including a privilege management unit. 4. Providing information related to the facility to the terminal,
An information providing apparatus that promotes use of a facility, a key generation unit that generates a secret key and a public key for the facility, a recording unit that records the secret key, and information related to the facility that is distributed to a terminal together with the public key. A distributing unit that collects user information of the terminal user encrypted with the public key from a management terminal of the facility used by the terminal user; and a encrypted user information. A decryption unit that decrypts the user information, a user privilege management unit that manages a privilege given to the user according to the collection amount of the user information, and the facility according to the use result of the facility based on the collection amount of the user information. An information providing device comprising: a charge calculating unit that calculates a charge for a service. 5. A method of providing an advertisement for a facility, the step of registering an advertisement for each facility, the step of collecting vacancy information of each facility, and determining the number of advertisements per predetermined time according to the vacancy information. And an advertising method for advertising each facility according to the number of advertisements.