JP2002203072A - Supplying method and supplying system of facilities information - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a supplying method and supplying system of facilities information and service information capable of retrieving available facilities at practically scheduled day in use under the least useless access. SOLUTION: Available days and their time zones of the facilities are maintained in a system in connection with map information, and let persons who want to read encourage their input for a schedule day and time in use. When having input for the scheduled day or time in use, the scheduled day and time in use and the available days and time zones of the facilities are compared each other, and available facilities to the scheduled day and time in use is distinctively displayed on a map.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication network in which facility information and service information of various store facilities such as public facilities, restaurants and bookstores are stored in association with the location of the facility and map information. The present invention relates to a facility information providing method and system for providing facility information and service information in response to a request from above.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, the location of a store such as a restaurant and the map information are stored in association with each other, and when accessed via the Internet, the requesting client is associated with the map information. Methods and systems for providing store information are known.

For example, in the prior art, an advertisement requester specifies his / her own store position on a map via a computer, and stores a store where the advertisement information is posted in association with the position on the map. , The store information and the advertisement information are immediately released on the Internet, and if there is a request from a person who wants to provide the advertisement information via the Internet (ad viewer), the desired store information and the advertisement information May be displayed on the client screen in association with the map information. In this case, the relationship between the map and the advertisement is such that the location of the store is displayed on the map, and when the displayed store is selected, it is linked to the advertisement information.

In this prior art, when a desired area and desired information are selected, a map of the selected area is displayed on the screen of the advertisement viewer, and a store corresponding to the desired information of the advertisement viewer is displayed on the displayed map. Is displayed. Since the stores are displayed in association with the map in this manner, it is possible to reach the detailed advertisement information of the various stores displayed on the map from the start of the search on the map. As described above, the advertisement information is provided in a form associated with the location of the store on the map, and thus the obtained advertisement information has a high information value. In addition, in a predetermined area, the convenience of use that a store that satisfies certain objective conditions can be visually tracked,
With ease of operation.

Further, there is disclosed a technology in which a banner advertisement is displayed during business hours and an advertisement for another restaurant is displayed during the business hours.

[0006]

However, in these prior arts, a search is performed using a location and a type of store as a search key on the basis of the browsing time, and the result is displayed on a map. Therefore, when the advertisement viewer selects a predetermined area desired, if available at the time of browsing, all the stores that are associated with the map of the area and match the store conditions desired by the advertisement viewer are displayed on the browsing screen. Will be displayed on the map. Therefore, in the prior art, even if the store is closed on the date of the desired use, or if the store is not open during the desired use time, the presence of the store is displayed on the map. It is difficult to distinguish between available stores and unavailable stores.

As a result, the advertisement viewer cannot select the store on the map, read the contents of the advertisement information, and determine whether or not the service is unavailable until the business day is confirmed. Current,
When connecting to the Internet using a public line, the communication speed is about 64 Kbps even if ISDN is used, and a considerable waiting time is required for acquiring information. Therefore, useless access imposes a great mental and financial burden on the advertisement viewer. In addition, when the advertisement viewer overlooks the business day information, there is a possibility that an incorrect selection may be made.

[0008] Further, in the case of the above-mentioned prior art in which a store that is not open at the time of browsing is not displayed, a viewer who is searching for store information for future use,
Even if it is available on the scheduled use date, the store is not displayed unless it is open at the time of browsing. In this case, even though there may be a store that best matches the wishes of the advertisement viewer, that store will not be hit as search information, which is a very serious problem from the reliability of the information search system. is there. Usually such a search is performed for use after a few days or a week.
When a restaurant or the like is used privately, the user may search from home at midnight. Therefore, if the store is displayed on the basis of the browsing date in this way, the browsing results in an extremely low-reliability information search.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and provides a facility information and service information providing method which displays only facilities that can be used on an actual scheduled use date on a map. The purpose is to provide a providing system. Still another object of the present invention is to provide a facility information providing method and a providing system capable of confirming on a map facilities that can be used and facilities that cannot be used on an actual scheduled use date.

According to the present invention, various information of not only shops but also public facilities, restaurants, bookstores, department stores, theatres, cinemas, museums, amusement parks, etc., is stored by using the location of the facilities and map information. The present invention relates to a method and a system for publishing facility information to be stored in association with the public and to be disclosed to a communication network. For this reason, in the present invention, the term "facility" is used in the sense of including all the public facilities and shops as described above without using the term store. For the same reason, the term advertisement information is not used in the present invention, and means "facility in the sense that it includes all information related to the facility, such as information on the facility and information on services provided in the facility. Use the term information. Further, in the present invention, the term of the advertisement viewer used in the related art is also referred to as “browser” since it is a viewer of facility information. The definitions of these terms apply equally to their use in the claims.

[0011]

According to the present invention, the available date and time zone of a facility are stored in association with map information, and a user who wishes to browse is prompted to input a scheduled use date and time. When there is an input, by comparing the scheduled use date and time with the facility available date and time, the facility that can be used at the desired scheduled use date and time is configured to be displayed on the map so that it can be distinguished, and the above object is achieved. did. Thereby, the browsing applicant can determine on the map information screen the facilities that can be used at the scheduled use date and time among the facilities desired to be used, can avoid useless access, and erroneously select the used facility. This can be prevented. It is possible to prevent mental stress and economic loss of the browsing applicant, and therefore it is possible to improve the browsing user's search efficiency and search reliability.

A first aspect of the method for providing facility information according to the present invention is a method for providing facility information via a communication network by a computer system connected to the communication network, wherein (a) A facility registration receiving step of receiving the input of facility information, the location designation of the facility whose facility information is to be posted or changed on the stored map information, and (b) the entered available date and time A registration step of storing the facility information and the facility information in association with the coordinates of the facility designated on the map, and (c) when a request for browsing the facility information is made by a browse applicant via the communication network. , A search condition input requesting step for prompting the user to input a desired date and time and a search condition for facility use;
(d) In response to a request for browsing facility information from a browsing applicant, a map based on the map information is provided and displayed, and registered facilities that can be used at the input facility use scheduled date and time are extracted, and A facility display step of displaying a presence sign of the available facility at a position corresponding to the coordinates of the facility on the map, and prompting to select a desired facility by the presence sign on the map; An information providing step of reading related facility information from the coordinate position of the presence marker selected by the user and providing the read facility information via a communication network. As a result, facilities that cannot be used on the scheduled use date are not displayed, so that a useless search is not performed.

In a second aspect of the method for providing facility information according to the present invention, in the facility registration receiving step (a), a facility information posting request from an information registration applicant is received via a communication network and stored in advance. It is characterized by prompting the user to specify the location of the facility that is the subject of the information registration request on the map information, input the available date and time of the facility, and the facility information.

In a third aspect of the facility information providing method according to the present invention, the facility registration receiving step includes: (a1) a step of requesting input of identification information in response to the facility information posting request of the information registration applicant. And (a2) verify the input identification information,
Accepting a facility information posting request only when the information registration applicant has new registration authority or update authority.

A fourth aspect of the facility information providing method according to the present invention is further characterized in that facilities that are not available at the scheduled use date and time are displayed so as to be distinguishable from the available facilities. According to this aspect, even when the facility is not available on the scheduled use date, the existence of the facility can be recognized, and this is effective when the scheduled use date can be changed.

According to a fifth aspect of the facility information providing method of the present invention, the facility display step includes: (d1) a scheduled use date and time input step (d).
And (d2) when the scheduled use date and / or use time is entered, the process can be performed based on the entered scheduled use date and time. If there is no input of the scheduled use date or use time, extract the registered facilities that can be used based on the facility information browsing request date,
A step of displaying the presence sign of the available facility at a position corresponding to the coordinates of the facility on the map information, and (d3) a step of prompting the user to select a desired facility by the presence sign on the map. It is characterized by having.

In a first aspect of the facility information providing system according to the present invention, a facility information posting request is received via a network, and the location of a facility to be requested for an information registration request is specified on map information stored in advance. Facility registration receiving means for prompting input of facility availability date and time and facility information, and facility information registration means for storing the input availability date and facility information in association with the coordinates of the facility designated on the map information And a means for requesting to input the desired date and time of facility use when requesting the provision of facility information via a network from a requesting browsing user; To provide and display a map based on the map information, extract the registered facilities available at the input facility use scheduled date and time, and extract the facility coordinates on the map. A facility display means that displays the presence sign of the available facility at the corresponding position and prompts the user to select the desired facility by using the presence sign on the map, and from the coordinate position of the presence sign selected by the viewer Information providing means for reading related facility information and providing the read facility information via a network.

In a second aspect of the facility information providing system according to the present invention, the facility registration receiving means verifies the input identification information with the means for requesting the information registration applicant to input identification information, Means for receiving a facility information posting request only when the user has a legitimate authority.

[0019] In a third aspect of the facility information providing system according to the present invention, the facility display means can further distinguish the facility that is not available on the facility information browsing request date from the available facility together with the available facility. It is displayed as a simple presence indicator.

In a fourth aspect of the facility information providing system according to the present invention, the presence indicator of the facility that is not available is displayed in a blinking manner or in a color different from the presence indicator of the available facility or the presence of the available facility. It is displayed in a color darker than the sign.

[0021]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. The embodiments described below are for explanation, and do not limit the scope of the present invention. Therefore, those skilled in the art can adopt embodiments in which each of these elements or all elements are replaced with equivalents, but these embodiments are also included in the scope of the present invention.

(Basic Concept of the Present Invention) Next, the basic concept of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of a network connection form used in the present invention and its basic operation as an image. The present invention is a method and a system for providing, via a communication network 10, information on the existence and facility information of facilities that meet predetermined search conditions. When providing facilities and facility information that match the search conditions of the browsing applicant, the location of the facility that matches the search conditions is indicated by a mark in a predetermined format on the map, and the viewer displays the facility mark on the map. When selected, provides detailed facility information about the facility. Therefore, the facility information providing system 5 is connected to the communication network 10. A plurality of information registration applicant terminals 2 and a plurality of browsing applicant terminals 3 are connected to the communication network 10, and these can mutually communicate data via the communication network 10.

The communication network (hereinafter, simply referred to as a network) 10 used in the present invention is based on an open network such as the Internet, but is not limited to an open network. These may be commercial personal computer communication networks (hereinafter, referred to as local networks) shared only by certain members, such as trademarks, and open networks and local networks are connected to each other. You may. In the following description, it is assumed that the network 10 is the Internet, but the scope of the present invention is not limited to the Internet as described above.

The facility information providing system 5 includes various servers. For example, a server serving as an interface of the network 10, a database server, a search server, a management server for managing the entire system, and the like.
Examples of the database server include a map file server that stores map information of each area in a hierarchical manner according to a scale factor, and a facility information file server that stores facility information in association with map information (not shown). ). These servers will be described later.

[0025] The facility information is transmitted to the network
0 provided. Registration of the facility information in the facility information providing system 5 is basically performed by the information registration applicant having a predetermined qualification via the network 10, but the facility manager can also register according to the registration application. It is. Here, an example will be described with reference to FIG. When the user wants to publish information, the publishing applicant accesses the facility information providing system 5 via the network 10 by the information registration applicant terminal 2 and applies for publishing facility information. When applying for publication, specify the area around the location of the facility. According to the designation of the surrounding area, from the facility information providing system 5,
The map information of the surrounding area where the facility exists is transmitted, and a map 61 around the facility is displayed on the screen of the information registration applicant terminal 2. When the location of the facility is specified on the map 61 displayed on the screen, the location 70 of the facility on the map is transmitted from the information registration applicant terminal 2 to the facility information providing system 5 as coordinate position data. When the available date and time and other facility information input data 71 are input from the information registration applicant terminal 2,
The coordinate position data and the facility information input data 71 representing the location 70 of the facility are transmitted to the facility information providing system 5 via the network 10 as shown by the dashed arrow.

The facility information providing system 5 stores the received facility information in association with the map information 61. In particular, the location of the facility is stored in association with the map information, and is stored so as to be displayed as a facility presence indicator 72 on the corresponding map. Further, the facility information input data 71 is also stored as the registered facility information 65 associated with the map information. With these associations, when there is a request for browsing the facility information, the corresponding facility is displayed at the position on the map, and the designated registered facility information 65 can be extracted by specifying the facility location on the map. become. The registered registered facility information 65 is provided in response to a request from the browse applicant terminal 3.

When the user wishes to access the facility information providing system 5 through the network 10, the facility information providing system 5 transmits a homepage for providing facility information, and the homepage is displayed on the screen of the terminal 3 (see FIG. 1). Not shown). When the desired scheduled use date and time and the search condition 82 are input on the homepage screen, the scheduled use date and time and the search condition 82 are transmitted from the browse applicant terminal 3 to the facility information providing system 5 via the network 10 (broken arrow). As a search condition, for example, in the case of a restaurant search, the location, the type of food such as Chinese food, Japanese food, and Western food, and the price are specified.

The facility information providing system 5 searches the registered facility information 65 that has been registered, and extracts facilities that match the search conditions from the browse applicant terminal 3. In the present invention, before displaying these facilities on a map, it is confirmed whether or not the extracted facilities can be used at the scheduled use date and time. Moreover,
Facilities that are not available will not be displayed.
A search result screen 62 displaying available facilities on a map is created, and is transmitted as search result screen information to the browse applicant terminal 3 (indicated by a dashed arrow). A facility that cannot be used for some reason such as a closed day or a regular holiday at the scheduled use date and time may be displayed on the search result screen 62 as a sign that can be distinguished from other available facilities. It is possible. This will be described later.

Based on the received search result screen information, the browsing applicant terminal 3 displays a search result screen 62 on which facilities that match the search conditions and are available on the scheduled use date are displayed.
When the browse applicant selects the desired facility presence indicator 72 from the search result screen 62, the selected information is transmitted to the facility information providing system 5. In the facility information providing system 5, the facility information associated with the received selection information is read, and the facility information is read and transmitted to the browse applicant terminal 3. The browsing applicant terminal 3 displays the received display facility information 63 on the screen. This allows the viewer to browse the facility information of the selected facility.

Next, an embodiment of the facility information providing system 5 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing one embodiment of the facility information providing system. The reception management system 5 shown in FIG. 2 includes a network interface unit (hereinafter, referred to as a network IF unit) 11, a management server 20, and various database servers 30. These servers realize the functions of the present invention by cooperating with each other with the management server 30 at the center. It should be noted that a firefall (not shown) may be provided in the front end of the network IF unit 11 to prevent unauthorized access.

The network IF unit 11 is provided with a WWW server 12, and the registration home page 50 and the browsing home page 51 are transmitted to the network 10 upon request.
To provide through. In response to a request from the information registration applicant terminal 2 or the browsing applicant terminal 3 (both shown in FIG. 1), the WWW server 12 requests the registration homepage 50 or the browsing homepage 51 from the information registration applicant terminal 2 or It is provided to the browsing applicant terminal 3 via the network 10. The network IF unit 11 requests the management server 20 to deliver the received data to the management server 20 using a cooperative program such as the common gateway interface (CGI) 13.

The management server 20 has a management control means 21 for performing integrated management of the entire facility information providing system 5, an information registration reception processing means 22 for controlling registration and update reception processing of facility information, and has received a registration or update request. Information registration processing means 2 for controlling registration and update processing of new facility information afterwards
3. Search means 24 for performing a predetermined search process in response to a browsing request from a browsing requester, and search result output means 25 for transmitting a search result to the browsing requester terminal 3 in association with map information.
And so on. These various functional means 21 to 25
And the like, a storage device such as a CPU, a memory, a disk, and the like.
The control program includes various control programs including S (all are not shown), and the control program and the CPU memory cooperate to realize predetermined functions.

Various database servers 30 are connected to the management server 20. The map information storage unit 31 hierarchically stores the map information of each area according to the scale factor,
It functions as a map file server responding to an access request from the management server 20. Available date and time storage unit 32
Stores the available date and time of various registered facilities, and functions as a server that provides available date and time information of each facility in response to an access request from the management server 20. The facility information storage unit 33 stores the registered facility information in association with the map information, and functions as a facility information file server that responds to an access request from the management server 20. The identification number storage unit 34 stores identification information of a registration authority who can register facility information, and functions as an identification number providing server that responds to an access request from the management server 20. The landmark information storage unit 35 stores stations, airports, police stations, fire stations, and other public offices, schools, and other facilities that are stored in association with map information as map data in association with map information. In response to an access request from the management server 20, the server functions as a server that provides a location confirmation sign on a map.

The input / output IF 15 is connected to the facility information providing system 5, and inputs / outputs predetermined data or commands directly without passing through the network 10, or outputs / outputs the data directly from the facility information providing system 5. (Not shown)
Interface with It is also possible to directly register or update the facility information from the input / output device via the input / output IF 15 without passing through the network 10. (Registration process of facility information)

The facility information registration process will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing one embodiment of the facility information registration processing in the facility information providing system 5. Processing in the facility information providing system 5 is represented by processing steps S101 to S105 (Sxxx means step xxx or step xxx), and processing in the information registration applicant terminal 2 is represented by S201 to S205. The registration applicant who wants the facility information reads the registration homepage 50, so that the network IF unit 11 of the facility information providing system 5 of FIG.
Access the WWW server 12 (S201). The WWW server 12 of the facility information providing system 5 sends the registration homepage 5 in response to a request from the information registration applicant terminal 2.
0 is transmitted (S101).

The applicant for registration can register, for example, a business establishment name, a genre (for example, “Western food”, “Japanese food”, etc., fast food, convenience store, library, etc.) in accordance with the information registration style of the registration homepage 50. , Museums, city halls, businesses, etc.), contact names, addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers,
It is required to input business hours information, holiday information, a URL, a message, etc. and an identification number. When these inputs are completed, the input data including the identification number is transmitted to the facility information providing system 5 (S202).
The identification number is a unique number given to the registration authority of the facility information, and the system 5 confirms that the registration request is a registration request of a legal authority by the identification number.

When receiving the identification number, the facility information providing system 5 reads the identification number from the identification number storage unit 34, verifies whether the identification number is correct by the information registration reception processing means 22, and checks the validity of the registration requester. Authority is authenticated (S102). If you are not authenticated as a valid authority (S
103; No), the registration processing procedure ends as unauthorized access (S107). If the user is authenticated as a valid authority (S103; Yes), the map information storage unit 31 and the landmark information storage unit 35 display the peripheral area map based on the input information such as the address in order to display the peripheral area map of the registered facility. Map information is read.

The read map information is transmitted to the information registration applicant terminal 2 (S104), and the information registration applicant terminal 2
Is displayed as the surrounding map 61. The location 70 of the facility on the peripheral map 61 displayed on the information registration applicant terminal 2
Is designated, the position 70 of the designated facility is input as a coordinate position on the map and transmitted to the facility information providing system 5 (S203). The facility information including the available date input in step S202 is stored in the facility information storage unit 33, and the position information input in step S203 is stored in the landmark storage unit 35 in association with the map information as landmark information. It is stored (S105). After that, a registration completion signal is transmitted, and the registration process ends (S106).

(Facility Information Search / Browsing Process: First Embodiment) Next, the facility information search process of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of a facility information search process in response to a request from the browse applicant terminal 3. The processing by the browsing applicant terminal 3 is S301
To S306, and the processing by the facility information providing system 5 is displayed from S111 to S116. If there is a request to access the search homepage by the browsing applicant (S
301), the facility information providing system 5 transmits the search homepage 50 to the browse applicant terminal 3 (S111). When desired information, for example, search information such as area information and genre information (for example, library) and desired use date and time (scheduled use date and time) are input from the browse applicant terminal 3 along the search homepage 50, the information is input. The search information and the scheduled use date and time are transmitted to the facility information providing system 5 (S302).

When the facility information providing system 5 receives the search information and the scheduled use date and time, first, based on the search information,
Facilities satisfying the conditions are searched and extracted (S11).
2). Next, it is determined whether or not the extracted facility is available on the scheduled use date, and only the facilities available on the scheduled use date are extracted (S113). The determination of the available date (S113) will be described later in detail. The extracted facility is displayed on the map as an identification mark, and transmitted to the browse applicant terminal 3 (S114). The viewer can select a desired facility from the facilities displayed on the map and check the facility information of the facility. Only the facilities that can be used on the scheduled use date are displayed.
Do not show. Therefore, there is no inconvenience that the user is not able to use on the scheduled use date after confirming the detailed information. In addition, the closed days are not accidentally overlooked.

For example, when the facility 72 is selected from the browsing applicant terminal 3, the selection information is transmitted to the facility information providing system 5 (S303). In the facility information providing system 5,
According to the selection information, the facility information of the facility 72 is read from the facility information storage unit 33 (S115), and transmitted to the browse applicant terminal 3 (S116). The transmitted display facility information 63 of the facility 72 is displayed on the screen of the browse applicant terminal 3.

When there is a facility for which further confirmation of facility information is desired among the extracted facilities (S304; No), the browsing applicant terminal 3 returns to step S303 and repeats the same processing (S303, S115, S116, S30
4). When the confirmation of the desired facility is completed (S304; Y)
es), confirms whether to continue the search (S30)
5). To continue the search (S305; Yes),
Returning to step S302, the same processing is repeated. When the search ends (S305; Yes), an end signal is transmitted (S306), and the search homepage is closed.

(Facility Information Searching / Browsing Processing: Second Embodiment) In the flowchart of FIG. 4, among facilities that match the search conditions, facilities that cannot be used at the scheduled use date and time are searched for other facilities. In this case, the display is not performed even if the condition is satisfied. In the second embodiment of the present invention, facilities that cannot be used on the available date (hereinafter referred to as unavailable facilities) can be distinguished from facilities that can be used on the scheduled use date (referred to as available facilities). To display. For example, any distinguishable means such as displaying unavailable facilities darker than available facilities, displaying in a different color, or displaying dotted lines can be used. This makes it possible to present valid facilities to the browsing applicant without excluding effective facilities from the search when there is a second desired scheduled use date, etc., and to provide the browsing user with higher quality data. For facilities, loss of the opportunity to be used can be suppressed.

(Facility Information Searching / Browsing Process: Third Embodiment) In the third embodiment of the present invention, when the available date and time is not input, the facility information can be used based on the browsing time (search time). Is determined. If the service is unavailable on the viewing date, the facility is not displayed. As in the second embodiment, in the following description, facilities that cannot be used at the browsing date and time will be referred to as unavailable facilities, and facilities that can be used at the browsing date and time will be referred to as available facilities.

(Facility Information Searching / Browsing Process: Fourth Embodiment) In the fourth embodiment of the present invention, when the available date and time is not input, the facility information can be used based on the browsing time (search time). It is determined whether or not the facility is unavailable at the viewing date and time so as to be distinguishable from the available facility. The display method of the indistinguishable facility is basically the same as that of the second embodiment.

(Facility Information Search / Browsing Process: Fifth Embodiment) In the fifth embodiment of the present invention, when a scheduled use date is input, it is determined whether or not the facility is available based on the scheduled use date and time. Unusable facilities are displayed so that they can be distinguished from available facilities. If the scheduled use date and time are not entered, it is determined whether the facility is available based on the search date and time (browsing date and time), and the unavailable The facility is displayed so that it can be distinguished from available facilities. As a result, the facility information can be completely provided to the browsing applicant, and unnecessary access can be prevented.

FIG. 5 illustrates the first to fourth embodiments using specific examples. FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a difference between screens displayed on the browse applicant terminal 3 in the first embodiment to the fourth embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 5, for convenience of explanation, the description is based on “day”, but “hour” such as opening hours and business hours can be similarly determined and processed. FIG. 5 (a)
It is a figure which illustrates an unusable day, such as a closed day or a fixed holiday of each facility, a search date (viewing day), and a planned use date. FIG.
(B) is an example of a display screen according to the first embodiment,
(C) is an example of a display screen in the second embodiment,
(D) is an example of a display screen in the third embodiment,
(E) is an example of a display screen in the fourth and second embodiments.

In the screen example of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 5B, facilities 95 and 96 are not displayed. This is Figure 5
As can be seen from (a), the facilities 95 and 96 do not display the unavailable day in the first embodiment because the scheduled use date is December 24, which is the unavailable day. On the other hand, in the second actual mode of (c), the facilities 95, 96
Are indicated by broken lines. Thereby, it is displayed in such a form that the other available facilities 92, 93, 94 and the like and the unavailable facilities 95, 96 can be distinguished. Therefore, you can clearly recognize that it cannot be used on the scheduled use date,
On other days, it becomes possible to know that available facilities exist. Note that the broken line uses such an expression due to restrictions on drawing expression, and employs various expression modes such as a method of changing colors, a method of changing brightness, and a method of changing display mark conditions. It is possible.

FIG. 5D shows a screen example according to the third embodiment. In this mode, if there is no input of the available date, it is determined whether or not the available date is available based on the browsing date (search date).
In the case of unavailable facilities, it is not displayed. FIG.
From (a), since the facility 93 is unavailable on December 20, and the search date is December 20, the facility 93 is not displayed if the planned use date is not entered.
On the other hand, in (e), even if it is unavailable on the search date, a broken line is displayed so that its existence can be recognized.

With reference to FIG. 6, the availability date determination processing step (S113) of FIG. 4 will be described in detail. FIG.
15 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a case where the process of an available date determination processing step (S113) in FIG. 4 is performed according to the fifth embodiment. In the available date processing, first, it is confirmed whether or not an input of a planned use date has been made (S12).
1). When there is an input of the scheduled use date and time (S121; Ye
s), the scheduled use date and time and the available date and time are compared (S)
122). If the facility is available on the scheduled use date (S1
23; Yes), the facility is treated as a display (S124).

If it is not available on the scheduled use date (S12
3; No), it is confirmed whether or not to display (S129).
If it is to be displayed (S129; No), a process is performed so that the display can be distinguished (S130). If it is to be displayed (S129; Yes), the facility is excluded (S13).
1). In the fifth embodiment, the confirmation in step 129 is not performed, and the direct discrimination processing (S130) is performed. If there is no input of the scheduled use date / time (S121; No), the search date / time (browsing date / time) is compared with the available date (S127). As a result of the comparison, if the facility is available (S128; Yes), the facility is processed to be displayed (S124).
If it cannot be used (S128; No), it is confirmed whether or not it is displayed (S129), and the process is performed in the same manner as when the expected use date is input.

Facility display (S124), display exclusion (S13)
1) When the distinction display (S130) is determined, the combination with the map information is performed together with the already determined facilities (S1).
25). It is confirmed whether or not such processing has been completed for all the extracted facilities (S126). If not completed (S126; No), the process returns to step S121, and the same processing is performed for the remaining facilities. When the available date process is completed for all the extracted facilities (S126; Y
es), a search result transmission step (S1) in the main flow of FIG.
Return to 14).

In the above description, the facility information providing system is shown in the form of a functional block diagram, but each function of the present invention is described by a central control unit (CPU), ROM, RAM, display device, input / output device, interface, and ROM. , Can be achieved by a control program and a data set recorded in the RAM. Further, these control programs and data sets themselves for controlling the CPU to realize these functions and recording media on which these control programs and data sets are recorded are also included in the scope of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, available dates and time zones are stored in association with map information.
Prompts the prospective user to enter the scheduled use date and time, and when the scheduled use date or usage time is entered, compares the scheduled use date and time with the facility available date and time to see the facilities that can be used at the desired scheduled use date and time Only display. As a result, useless access can be avoided, and it is possible to prevent erroneous selection of the use facility.
In addition, facilities that cannot be used on the scheduled use date are displayed so as to be distinguished from available facilities on a map. As a result, the browsing applicant can determine on the map information screen the facilities that can be used at the scheduled use date and time among the facilities desired to be used, so that unnecessary access can be avoided, and at the same time the use is performed on a date other than the scheduled use date. Possible facilities will also be recognizable. Therefore, there is no inconvenience that the user is not able to use on the scheduled use date after confirming the detailed information. In addition, the closed days are not accidentally overlooked.

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FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of a network connection form used in a facility information providing method and system of the present invention, and a basic operation image thereof.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing one embodiment of the facility information providing system of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing one embodiment of a facility information registration and provision process.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing one embodiment of a facility information search process in response to a request from the browse applicant terminal 3.

FIG. 5 is a view for explaining a difference between screens displayed on a browse applicant terminal in the first to fourth embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a case where the process of an available date determination process (S113) in FIG. 4 is performed according to the fifth embodiment.

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 2 Information Registration Applicant Terminal 3 Browsing Applicant Terminal 5 Facility Information Providing System 6 Deliverer Terminal 10 Communication Network 11 Network Interface Unit 20 Management Server 30 Various Database Server Groups 50 Registration Homepage 51 Search Homepage 61 Map Information 62 Search Result Screen 63 display facility information 70 facility location 71 facility information input data FIG.

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Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A method for providing facility information via a communication network by a computer system connected to the communication network, the method comprising: (a) posting or changing facility information on map information stored in advance; Location designation of the target facility, facility registration accepting step of accepting input of available date and time and facility information of the facility, and (b) location designation of the entered available date and time and the facility information on the map A registration step of storing the facility information in association with the coordinates of the facility, and (c) when a request for browsing the facility information is made by a browse applicant via a communication network, the scheduled date and time of facility use and search conditions A search condition input requesting step for prompting input; and (d) providing and displaying the map information in response to a request for browsing the facility information from a user who wishes to browse, and displaying and displaying the map information. The registered facilities that can be used at the scheduled use date and time are extracted, the presence sign of the available facilities is displayed at a position corresponding to the coordinates of the facilities on the map information, and the desired facility is displayed on the map information. A facility display step for prompting selection by a presence sign, and (e) information provision for reading out related facility information from the coordinate position of the presence sign selected by the viewer and providing the read facility information via a communication network. And a method for providing facility information. 2. The facility registration receiving step (a) receives a facility information posting request from an information registration applicant via a communication network, and receives the facility registration request on a pre-stored map information. 2. The method of providing facility information according to claim 1, wherein the user is prompted to specify a position of the facility, input a usable date and time of the facility, and facility information. 3. The facility registration accepting step (a) includes: (a1) a step of requesting input of identification information in response to a request for posting facility information of the information registration applicant; and (a2) a step of: Verifying the identification information, and accepting a facility information posting request only when the information registration applicant has new registration authority or update authority.
Or the provision method of the facility information described in 2. 4. The facility display step (d) further displays facilities that are unavailable at the scheduled use date and time so as to be distinguishable from the available facilities. A method for providing facility information according to item 1. 5. The facility display step (d) includes: (d1) a step of determining whether a planned use date or a use time has been input in the planned use date / time input step (d); (d2)
When the expected use date and / or use time is input, the registered facilities that can be used are extracted based on the input expected use date and time. Extracting a registered facility that can be used based on the browsing request date, and displaying a presence indicator of the available facility at a position corresponding to the coordinates of the facility on the map information, (d3) desired The method of providing a facility service according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a step of prompting the user to select a facility by using a presence indicator on the map information. 6. A request for posting facility information is received via a network, and the user is prompted to specify the location of the facility to be requested for information registration on the pre-stored map information, and input the available date and time of the facility and the facility information. Facility registration accepting means, facility information registering means for storing the input available date and time and the facility information in association with the coordinates of the facility whose position is specified on the map information; Means for requesting input of a scheduled date and time of facility use when there is a request for provision of the facility information via the apparatus, and the map information in response to a browse request for the facility information from a viewer. Provide and display, and extract registered facilities that are available at the entered facility use scheduled date and time,
Facility display means for displaying a presence sign of the available facility at a position corresponding to the coordinates of the facility on the map information, and prompting the user to select a desired facility by the presence sign on the map information; Information providing means for reading related facility information from the coordinate position of the presence sign selected by the user and providing the read facility information via a network, and a computer system connected to the network, comprising: Facility information providing system. 7. The facility registration accepting means: means for requesting the information registration applicant to input identification information; verifying the input identification information; and obtaining facility information only when the user has a valid authority. 7. A facility information providing system according to claim 6, further comprising: means for receiving a posting request of the facility. 8. The facility display means further displays facilities that are not available on the facility information browsing request date as presence markers that can be distinguished from the available facilities together with the available facilities. The facility information providing system according to claim 6. 9. The non-usable facility presence indicator is displayed by blinking display, in a color different from the available facility presence indicator, or in a darker color than the available facility presence indicator. 9. The facility information providing system according to claim 8, wherein