JP2002358256A - Information processing device and method, information providing device and method, information providing system, recording medium and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To hold down display of irrelevant advertisement information so that advertising effectiveness can be enhanced. SOLUTION: A PDA(personal digital assistance) 1A, in a service area 3A of an access point 2A, acquires the regional information on the access point 2A by short distance radio communication. If the PDA 1A moves from the service area 3A of the access point 2A to a service area 3B of an access point 2B, acquires the regional information on the access point 2B by the short distance radio communication. In addition, if the PDA 1A moves from the service area 3B of the access point 2B to a service area 3C of an access point 2C, acquires the regional information on the access point 2C by the short distance radio communication. Accordingly, in the service area 3A, the acquisition of the irrelevant regional information data on the service areas 3B and 3C can be held down.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and method, an information providing apparatus and method, an information providing system,
Information processing that relates to a recording medium and a program, and particularly suppresses display of irrelevant advertisement information by selecting and displaying specific area information data received by short-range wireless communication in a predetermined area. Device and method, information providing device and method, information providing system,
The present invention relates to a recording medium and a program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, with the spread of the Internet, PDAs
(Personal Digital Assistant), a mobile phone, or a portable terminal such as a personal computer (Personal Computer) allows a user to view advertisement information using the web on the Internet using a public line while away from home. Can be. Since this advertisement information is tied to a specific web page, the user having the terminal can obtain the same advertisement information anywhere.

[0003]

However, for example, when a user in Osaka sees the same web page on the above terminal, the advertisement information of Tokyo is rarely displayed so that the advertisement information of Tokyo may be displayed. There is a problem that the information is displayed to each user and the effect of the advertisement cannot be sufficiently improved.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of such a situation. In a predetermined area, by selecting and displaying specific area information data received by short-range wireless communication, an irrelevant advertisement is displayed. It is intended to suppress the display of information and improve the advertising effect.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus comprising: receiving means for receiving area information data of an area by short-range wireless communication in a predetermined area; The present invention is further characterized by comprising a selection means for selecting specific area information data based on a user operation, and a display control means for displaying the area information data selected by the selection means.

[0006] The short-range wireless communication may be Bluetooth communication.

[0007] The information processing apparatus may further include recording means for recording the regional information data displayed by the display control means.

According to the information processing method of the present invention, in a predetermined area, a receiving step of receiving area information data of an area by short-range wireless communication, and a user's area information data received from the processing of the receiving step are performed. It is characterized by including a selection step of selecting specific area information data based on an operation, and a display control step of displaying the area information data selected by the processing of the selection step.

[0009] The program of the first recording medium of the present invention comprises:
In a predetermined area, from the receiving step of receiving the area information data of the area by the short-range wireless communication and the area information data received by the processing of the receiving step, the specific area information data based on the operation of the user. The method includes a selecting step of selecting, and a display controlling step of displaying the regional information data selected by the processing of the selecting step.

[0010] A first program of the present invention comprises a receiving step of receiving local information data of an area by short-range wireless communication in a predetermined area in a computer for a portable information processing apparatus, and a processing of the receiving step. A selection step of selecting a specific area information data from the received area information data based on a user operation;
And a display control step of displaying the regional information data selected by the processing of the selecting step.

[0011] An information providing apparatus according to the present invention comprises a selecting means for selecting specific regional information data from among regional information data of an area under its jurisdiction, and carrying the local information data selected by the selecting means by short-range wireless communication. Transmission means for transmitting to the type information processing apparatus.

[0012] The short-range wireless communication may be Bluetooth communication.

According to the information providing method of the present invention, there is provided a selecting step of selecting specific regional information data from regional information data of an area under the jurisdiction, and a step of selecting the specific regional information data selected by the selecting step into a short distance. A transmitting step of transmitting to a portable information processing device by wireless communication.

[0014] The program of the second recording medium of the present invention comprises:
A selection step of selecting specific area information data from the area information data of the area under the jurisdiction, and transmitting the area information data selected by the processing of the selection step to a portable information processing device by short-range wireless communication. And transmitting a call.

[0015] The second program of the present invention is selected by a computer for an information providing apparatus by a selecting step of selecting specific regional information data from regional information data of an area under its jurisdiction, and a selection step. And transmitting the local information data to the portable information processing device by short-range wireless communication.

According to the information providing system of the present invention, when the portable information processing device is located in the area, the portable information processing device receives the area information data of the area by short-range wireless communication and selects the user from the received area information data. Based on the operation of, select the specific regional information data, display the selected regional information data, the information providing device, from the regional information data of the area under its jurisdiction, select the specific regional information data, The selected area information data is transmitted to the portable information processing device by short-range wireless communication.

In the information processing apparatus and method, the first recording medium, and the first program according to the present invention, based on a user's operation, local information data of a predetermined area received by short-range wireless communication is used. Then, specific area information data is selected and displayed.

In the information providing apparatus and method, the second recording medium, and the second program according to the present invention, specific regional information data is selected from regional information data of an area under its jurisdiction, and short-range wireless communication is performed. Is transmitted by

In the information providing system according to the present invention, in a predetermined area, a portable information processing device is used to select, based on a user's operation, regional information data of the predetermined area transmitted by short-range wireless communication. The specific area information data is selected, received, displayed, and, by the information providing device, the specific area information data is selected from the area information data of the area under the jurisdiction and transmitted by short-range wireless communication.

[0020]

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

In this system, many access points are installed for each predetermined service area such as a telephone pole, a station, a convenience store or a department store. In this example, access points 2A to 2C are arranged in service areas 3A to 3C, respectively.

When a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) 1 as a portable information processing device possessed by each user is located in service areas 3A to 3C controlled by each access point 2A to 2C, the access point 2A to 2C is provided. And Bluetooth (TM), IEEE802.11b,
It is connected by near-field communication such as IEEE802.11a. Therefore, the access point to which the PDA 1 is connected changes as the service areas 3A to 3C move.

That is, when the PDA 1 enters the service area 3A of the access point 2A, the access point 2A is connected to the PDA 1 by, for example, Bluetooth. Similarly, when the PDA1 enters the service area 3B of the access point 2B, the access point 2B is connected to the PDA1 by Bluetooth. When the PDA1 enters the service area 3C of the access point 2C, the access point 2C communicates with the PDA1. Connected via Bluetooth.

In other words, the service area 3A is a range where the access point 2A can perform wireless communication by Bluetooth. Similarly, the service area 3B is a range where the access point 2B can perform wireless communication by Bluetooth, and the service area 3C is
Is the range where wireless communication is possible by Bluetooth.

The PDA 1 has service areas 3A to 3C
If it is not located in any of the service areas, it cannot communicate with any of the access points 2A to 2C.

Hereinafter, when it is not necessary to distinguish the access points 2A to 2C individually,
If the service areas 3A to 3C do not need to be individually distinguished, they are simply referred to as service areas 3.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of an electrical configuration of the PDA 1 shown in FIG.

CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11
Is synchronized with a clock signal supplied from an oscillator 12, and is synchronized with a flash ROM (Read-only Memory) 13 or an EDO DRA.
M (Extended Data Out Dynamic Random-Access Memor
y) the operating system stored at 14,
Or, execute various programs such as application programs.

The Flash ROM 13 is an EEPROM (Electrically
It is composed of flash memory, which is a type of Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory).
1 stores basically fixed data of the program used for operation and the parameters for operation. EDO DRAM 14 is C
The program executed by the PU 11 and parameters that change as appropriate during the execution are stored.

A Memory Stick (trademark) interface (I / F) 15 reads data from a Memory Stick 16 mounted on the PDA 1 and
Data supplied from PU 11 is stored on Memory Stick 1
Write to 6.

A USB (Universal Serial Bus) interface (I / F) 17 inputs data or a program from a drive 41 which is a connected USB device in synchronization with a clock signal supplied from an oscillator 18. The data supplied from the CPU 11 is supplied to the drive 41. The USB interface 17 inputs data or a program from a connected public network in synchronization with a clock signal supplied from an oscillator 18 and transmits data supplied from the CPU 11 to another device via the public network. To supply.

The drive 41 includes a magnetic disk 51, an optical disk 52, and a magneto-optical disk 5, which are mounted as necessary.
3 or the data or the program recorded in the semiconductor memory 54 is read, and the data or the program is read out by the CPU via the USB interface 17.
11 or EDO DRAM 14. Drive 4
1 is a mounted magnetic disk 51 and an optical disk 5
2. Data or programs are recorded on the magneto-optical disk 53 or the semiconductor memory 54.

The flash ROM 13, EDO DRAM 14, memory stick interface 15, and USB interface 17 are connected to the CPU 11 via an address bus and a data bus.

The display unit 19 is an LCD (Liquid Crystal Diode).
splay) 19a and a touch pad 19b,
The LCD 19a is connected to the CPU 11 via an LCD bus.
And displays images or characters corresponding to the received data. The touchpad control unit 20 includes:
In the display unit 19, when the touch pad 19b provided above the LCD 19a is operated, data (for example, touched coordinates) corresponding to the operation is displayed on the touch pad 1.
9b, and supplies a signal corresponding to the received data to the CPU 11 via the serial bus.

EL (Electroluminescence) driver 2
1 controls the brightness of the display of the LCD 19a by operating an electroluminescent element provided on the back side of the LCD 19a of the display unit 19.

The key 22 is operated by the user when inputting various commands to the CPU 11. When the jog dial 23 selects an icon or a thumbnail displayed on the display unit 19, a rotation operation or a pressing operation on the main body side is performed.

When the wireless communication unit 24 enters the service area 3 of the access point 2, it automatically communicates with the access point 2 via the antenna 25 based on the Bluetooth wireless communication standard.

The infrared communication unit 26 is a UART (Universa
l asynchronous receiver-transmitter) via C
The data received from the PU 11 is transmitted as an infrared signal to another device (not shown), and the infrared signal transmitted from the other device is received and supplied to the CPU 11.

The audio reproducing unit 28 is composed of a speaker, a decoding circuit for audio data, and the like, and decodes and reproduces audio data stored in advance or audio data received via Bluetooth. And output audio.
For example, the audio playback unit 28
The audio data supplied from U11 is reproduced, and an audio corresponding to the data is output.

The power supply circuit 29 is connected to the attached battery 30 or a connected AC (Alternating curren
t) The voltage of the power supply supplied from the adapter 31 is converted, and the required power is supplied to the CPU 11 to the audio reproduction unit 28, respectively.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the access point 2.

The CPU 61 controls the entire operation of the access point 2. To the CPU 61 via a bus 65,
The ROM 62 and the RAM 63 are connected. ROM62
Stores various programs such as a program used by the CPU 61 and fixed data. RAM6
3 stores work data and the like necessary for processing.

An input / output interface 65 is connected to the CPU 61 via a bus 64. The input / output interface 65 includes an input unit 66 including input devices such as a keyboard and a mouse, a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube), and an LCD.
And an output unit 67 such as a speaker, a storage unit 68 such as a hard disk drive for storing programs, and a communication unit 69 such as a modem for transmitting and receiving data via Bluetooth or the Internet. The communication unit 69 includes an antenna 70
, And the like.

A drive 80 is further connected to the input / output interface 65. The drive 80 includes a magnetic disk 81 (including a floppy disk), an optical disk 82
(CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read Only Memory), DVD (Digit
al Versatile Disc), magneto-optical disk 83 (M
D (including Mini Disc) (trademark)), a semiconductor memory 84, or the like, and a computer program read therefrom is installed in the storage unit 68 as necessary.

Next, referring to the flowchart of FIG.
The process of registering the information item of the PDA 1 will be described.

In step S1, when the user uses the jog dial 23 and instructs the information registration process, the CPU 11 displays an information registration screen 101 on the LCD 19a as shown in FIG. On the information registration screen 101, items for identifying types of information such as gourmet information and event information are displayed. The identification signal of this item is written in the header of the information data transmitted from the access point 2, and is identified by the reception process of FIG.

The user operates the jog dial 23 while looking at the display of the information registration screen 101 to display the information registration screen 1.
By moving the cursor C of 01 to a predetermined position, a desired item is selected. Based on this selection, the CPU 11
Is the item selected in step S2 in FIG.
For example, as shown in the item of "traffic information", the item is shaded and displayed so that the user can know which item is selected.
The number of items displayed for selection may be any number.

In step S3, the CPU 11 determines whether the item selection has been completed. When the user operates the jog dial 23 and instructs the end of the selection,
In step S3, the CPU 11 determines that the item selection has been completed, and proceeds to step S4.

If the CPU 11 determines in step S3 that the item selection has not been completed, the process returns to step S2 and repeats the subsequent processing.

In step S4, the CPU 11 records the selected item in the flash ROM 13 or the like, and the registration is completed.

As described above, the PDA 1 registers in advance the information type items of the area transmitted from the access point 2 by Bluetooth on the information registration screen 101 so that the user having the PDA 1 can register the information. The display of unnecessary types of information can be suppressed.

Further, the selection of the information is performed by the access point 2
Can be controlled as follows.

The registration process of the advertisement information at the access point 2 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

For example, an information provider who wants to transmit advertisement information from the access point 2 makes a contract to register the advertisement information at the access point 2. At the time of the contract, a region, a time zone, a day of the week, a period, and the like to which the advertisement information is to be transmitted are determined in advance.

Based on the contracted information, the administrator of the access point 2 inputs the advertisement information and the information related to the advertisement information (time zone, day of the week, period, etc.) to the corresponding access point 2. Registration is performed via the unit 66. Based on this, in step S11, the CPU
61 causes the recording unit 68 to record.

As a result, the CPU 61 performs a timing operation with the built-in clock, and transmits the advertisement information when the current time reaches the contract target time.

Next, based on the flowchart of FIG.
The transmission process in the access point 2 will be described.

The CPU 61 determines in step S21
Any advertisement information is extracted from the advertisement information recorded in the recording unit 68, and is the information transmitted at the current time (year, month, day, day of the week, and time) of the clock incorporated in the CPU 61? It is determined whether or not the information is information to be transmitted, and in step S22, the wireless communication unit 71 of the communication unit 69 is controlled to transmit the corresponding advertisement information to the service area 3 for a time based on the contract.

If it is determined in step S21 that the information is not information to be transmitted at the current time, the processing in step S22 is skipped.

These processes are sequentially performed on the advertisement information recorded in the recording unit 68, and the processing is performed in step S2.
In 3, the processing is continued until an interruption of the processing is instructed by the administrator of the access point 2 via the input unit 66. That is, in step S23, the CPU 61
When it is not determined that the interruption of the process has been instructed, the process returns to step S21 and the subsequent processes are repeated. When the interruption is instructed, the processing is ended.

In the above processing, the transmission is controlled according to the time at which the advertisement information is transmitted. Alternatively, the transmission is performed by giving a priority to the advertisement information or by selecting the information type. It is also possible to control the information.

Next, based on the flowchart of FIG.
The receiving process of the PDA 1 will be described.

When the PDA 1 enters the service area 3 of the access point 2, the radio communication unit 24 receives the advertisement information from the access point 2 via the antenna 25 via Bluetooth in step S31.

As described with reference to FIG. 4, as described above, an identification signal for identifying the type of information is transmitted to the access point 2.
Is written in the header of the information data transmitted from.

Then, in step S32, the CPU 11 determines that the identification signal written in the header of the received advertisement information is registered in the Flash ROM 13 and the user wishes to receive it (in the process of step S4 in FIG. 4). It is determined whether or not the signal is a signal corresponding to the type of information (registered). If the advertisement information is information of the selected type, the advertisement information is displayed on the display unit 19 in step S33.
D19a is displayed.

It should be noted that an application for display is not particularly required, and the CPU 11 displays advertisement information on a standby screen, wallpaper, or the like.

If it is determined in step S32 that the received advertisement information is not information of the selected type, the processing in steps S33 to S35 is skipped. Therefore, nothing is displayed on the LCD 19a.

While the advertisement information is being displayed (the advertisement information is being transmitted from the access point 2), in step S34, the CPU 11 determines whether or not to save the displayed advertisement information by a user operation. Judgment based on. The jog dial 23 is operated by the user,
When the storage of the advertisement information is instructed, the CPU 11 stores the screen image of the advertisement information displayed on the LCD 19a of the display unit 19 in the flash ROM 13 or the like in step S35.

If it is determined in step S34 that the user has not instructed to save the advertising information, after the saving process is completed in step S35, or in step S32, the advertising information is not information of the selected type. If it is determined, the CPU 11 determines in step S36
To determine whether the vehicle has left the service area 3 or not.

If it is determined in step S36 that the vehicle has not left the service area 3, the process returns to step S31, and the subsequent processes are repeated. If it is determined that the vehicle has left the service area 3, the process ends.

As described above, the owner of the PDA 1 can not only receive the local information near the access point 2 but also select and display only necessary information among them. It is also possible to save the data while the screen is displayed and read it again to view it.

The advertisement information of the area includes not only electronic flyers and leaflets, but also information on historical sites, real-time display of the remaining number of limited items sold in shops, etc.
It can be information that the user wants to know without actually entering, such as displaying a menu or a price list in a restaurant, or vacant seat information in a library. Real-time, such as train and bus timetable acquisition services at stations and bus stops, notification of the progress of sports and other games near the venue, display of emergency exits at movie theaters, and notification of reservation status of conference rooms. It is also possible to set the information to be notified by. Furthermore, it can also be used as a certificate of going to a specific place, such as a stamp rally.

The series of processes described above can be executed by hardware, but can also be executed by software. When a series of processing is executed by software, a program constituting the software can execute various functions by installing a computer built into dedicated hardware or installing various programs. It is installed from a program storage medium to a possible general-purpose personal computer or the like.

As shown in FIG. 2, a program storage medium for storing a program installed in a computer and made executable by the computer is as follows.
Magnetic disk 51 (including floppy disk), optical disk 52 (CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read Only Memory), DV
D (including a Digital Versatile Disc), a magneto-optical disk 53 (including an MD (Mini-Disc)), or a package medium including a semiconductor memory 54, or a Flash ROM 1 in which a program is temporarily or permanently stored.
3 and a hard disk.

Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 3, a magnetic disk 81 (including a floppy disk), an optical disk 8
2 (CD-ROM (CompactDisc-Read Only Memory), DVD (Digi
talVersatile Disc), magneto-optical disc 83 (MD
(Including a Mini-Disc), or a package medium including a semiconductor memory 84, a ROM 62 in which a program is temporarily or permanently stored, a hard disk included in the storage unit 68, and the like.

The program can be stored in the program storage medium via a public line network, a local area network,
This is performed using a wired or wireless communication medium such as the Internet or digital satellite broadcasting.

In this specification, the steps for describing the program recorded on the recording medium are not limited to the processing performed in chronological order according to the described order, but are not necessarily performed in chronological order. Alternatively, it also includes individually executed processing.

In this specification, the system is
It represents the entire device composed of a plurality of devices.

[0079]

As described above, according to the information processing apparatus and method, the first recording medium, and the first program of the present invention, the local information data of a predetermined area received by short-range wireless communication can be obtained. Thus, the specific area information data is selected and displayed based on the operation of the user, so that the display of irrelevant advertisement information can be suppressed, and only necessary information can be acquired.

According to the information providing apparatus and method, the second recording medium, and the second program of the present invention, a specific area information data is selected from the area information data of a predetermined area, and the short-range wireless communication is performed. Since the information is transmitted by communication, the display of irrelevant advertisement information can be suppressed, and the advertisement effect can be promoted.

According to the information providing system of the present invention, the advertising effect can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of an information providing system to which the present invention has been applied.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the PDA of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of an access point in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of registering information items of the PDA of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a screen for registering information items of the PDA in FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a registration process of the advertisement information of the access point in FIG. 3;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an advertisement information transmitting process of the access point in FIG. 3;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an advertisement information receiving process of the PDA in FIG. 2;

[Explanation of symbols]

1 PDA, 2A to 2C access point, 3A to 3C service area, 11 CPU, 13 Flash
ROM, 19 display unit, 24 wireless communication unit, 25 antenna, 61 CPU, 68 storage unit, 69 communication unit, 70
Antenna, 71 Wireless communication unit

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A portable information processing apparatus, comprising: receiving means for receiving, in a predetermined area, local information data of the area by short-distance wireless communication, from among the local information data received by the receiving means; An information processing apparatus, comprising: a selection unit that selects the specific area information data based on a user's operation; and a display control unit that displays the area information data selected by the selection unit. 2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the short-range wireless communication is communication based on Bluetooth. 3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a recording unit that records the regional information data displayed by the display control unit. 4. An information processing method for a portable information processing apparatus, comprising: a receiving step of receiving, in a predetermined area, local information data of the area by short-range wireless communication; A selection step of selecting the specific area information data from the area information data based on a user operation; and a display control step of displaying the area information data selected by the processing of the selection step. An information processing method characterized by the following. 5. A program for a portable information processing apparatus, comprising: a receiving step of receiving, in a predetermined area, local information data of the area by short-range wireless communication; A selection step of selecting the specific area information data from the area information data based on a user operation; and a display control step of displaying the area information data selected by the processing of the selection step. A recording medium on which a computer-readable program is recorded. 6. A computer for a portable information processing device, comprising: a receiving step of receiving, in a predetermined area, local information data of the area by short-range wireless communication; and the area received by the processing of the receiving step. Executing a selection step of selecting the specific area information data from the information data based on a user operation; and a display control step of displaying the area information data selected by the processing of the selection step. A program characterized by: 7. Selection means for selecting the specific area information data from among the area information data of the area under the jurisdiction, and portable information by short-range wireless communication using the area information data selected by the selection means. An information providing device, comprising: a transmitting unit that transmits a signal to a processing device. 8. The information providing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the short-range wireless communication is communication based on Bluetooth. 9. A selecting step of selecting the specific area information data from the area information data of the area under the jurisdiction, and the local information data selected by the processing of the selecting step is portable by short-range wireless communication. A transmitting step of transmitting to the information processing apparatus. 10. A selecting step of selecting the specific area information data from the area information data of the area under the jurisdiction, and the specific area information data selected by the processing of the selecting step is transmitted by short-range wireless communication. A transmitting step of transmitting to a portable information processing device, the recording medium being recorded with a computer readable program. 11. A computer for an information providing device, comprising: a selection step of selecting specific regional information data from regional information data of an area under its jurisdiction; and the regional information data selected by the processing of the selecting step. And transmitting to the portable information processing device by short-range wireless communication. 12. An information providing system in which an information providing device is arranged for each area and short-range wireless communication is performed with a portable information processing device located in the area, wherein the portable information processing device comprises: When located in an area, receiving the area information data of the area by the short-range wireless communication, and selecting the specific area information data from the received area information data based on a user operation, Displaying the selected regional information data, the information providing device selects the specific regional information data from among the regional information data of the area under its jurisdiction, and transfers the selected regional information data to a short distance An information providing system for transmitting to the portable information processing device by wireless communication.