JP2003006210A - Information system, information terminal, information processing method and information processing program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide more appropriate information responding to the changes of user's needs in an information system providing information corresponding to user's location and plan. SOLUTION: English conversation data 12b1 and trip information data 12b2 corresponding to classification items by each scene involved in a trip are stored by a utilization priority further classified by user's individual information in an information database 12b of an information server 10. In an information terminal 20 for a traveler, the conversation data or the trip information corresponding to each trip scene based on a trip schedule or a map data are obtained via data communication with the above server 10 from the information database 12b by the priority on the basis of user's individual information, and displayed as a conversation collection screen or a trip information screen. When a desired conversation sentence or a piece of trip information is selected, processed and used, the information of the selection and detection is transmitted to the information server 10 together with the user's individual information, and the utilization of the selected data by individual information in the information database 12b is updated.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information system, an information terminal, an information processing method, and an information processing program for providing information associated with a user's position and schedule.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In conventional information equipment, for example, there is a navigation system that outputs information associated with a user's position and schedule.

In this navigation system, a CDROM in which image data of a map associated with latitude / longitude / altitude on the earth and data such as introduction information of each important point (place, facility, etc.) on this map are recorded. Equipped with DVD and
It displays the map data of the area according to the latitude / longitude / altitude of the current position detected by GPS (global positioning system), and displays the introductory information at each designated point on the displayed map. To do.

In addition, a PDA (personal digital assistan)
For example, by inserting a ROM card that stores gourmet information and amusement facility information of a restaurant in Tokyo on mobile information terminals such as ts), introduction information according to the designation of the desired restaurant or facility is searched and displayed. There is also.

[0005]

However, in such a conventional information providing system, the information provided according to the position and schedule of the user is, for example, the CDROM, D.
Since the information is fixedly recorded on a recording medium such as a VD or a ROM card, there is a problem that it is not possible to provide appropriate information at present in accordance with changes in user needs and actual changes in information.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides an information system, an information terminal, an information processing method, which can provide more appropriate information according to changes in user needs. And to provide an information processing program.

[0007]

That is, an information system according to the present invention is an information system for communicating with an information terminal, the information storage means for classifying and storing information to be provided to the information terminal, Selection status receiving means for receiving the selected information from the information terminal in accordance with the selection of the information provided by the information terminal, and the information selected by the information terminal received by the selection status receiving means and the classification thereof. And an information updating means for updating the storage state of the information selected for the corresponding category stored in the information storing means,
It is characterized by having.

In such an information system according to the present invention, there is provided an information storage means for classifying and storing the information to be provided to the information terminal, and to the information terminal corresponding to the classification specified by the information terminal. When the selected information is received from the information terminal according to the selection of the provided information by the information terminal, the information is stored in the information storage unit according to the received selected information and the classification of the information terminal. Since the storage state of the information selected for the corresponding classification is updated, the information stored in the information storage means and provided to the information terminal is always updated to appropriate information by selective use in the information terminal. Will be provided.

The first information terminal according to the present invention is an information terminal that communicates with an information providing system, and is an information storage unit that stores information that has been classified in advance, and a classification detection unit that detects the classification of information. An information display means for reading and displaying the information of the classification detected by the classification detection means from the information storage means, and an information selection means for selecting any information from the information displayed by the information display means. ,
In accordance with the selection of the information by the information selecting means, the selection status transmitting means for transmitting the selected information and its classification to the information providing system, and the selected status transmitted by the selection status transmitting means for the information providing system. According to the information and the classification thereof, the provision information receiving means for receiving the information about the relevant classification in which the storage state of the information is updated by the information providing system, and the storage received from the information providing system by the provision information receiving means. And an information registration means for updating and registering the information after the status update in the information storage means.

In such a first information terminal according to the present invention, it has an information storage means for receiving and storing pre-classified information from the information providing system, and the classification detecting means detects the classification of information. Then, the detected classification information is read from the information storage means and displayed by the information display means. When any information is selected from the displayed information by the information selecting means, the selected information and its classification are transmitted to the information providing system by the selection status transmitting means according to the selection of this information. It Then, according to the selected information and the classification thereof transmitted to the information providing system, the information about the relevant classification in which the storage state of the information is updated in the information providing system is received by the provided information receiving means, Since the information after the storage state update received from the information providing system is updated and registered in the information storage means by the information registration means, the information read and displayed from the information storage means according to the classification of information is: It is always updated to appropriate information by the selective use at the information terminal and provided from the information providing system.

The second information terminal according to the present invention is an information terminal that communicates with an information providing system that stores information that has been classified in advance, and includes classification detection means that detects the classification of information and this classification detection. Classification transmitting means for transmitting the classification of the information detected by the means to the information providing system, information receiving means for receiving the information corresponding to the classification transmitted by the classification transmitting means from the information providing system, and this information receiving The information display means for displaying the information received by the means, the information selection means for selecting any information from the information displayed by the information display means, and the selection according to the selection of the information by the information selection means. Selection status transmitting means for transmitting the selected information to the information providing system, and in the information providing system, the information transmitted by the selection status transmitting means. Serial selected information and in accordance with its classification, wherein the storage status of that information is updated.

In such a second information terminal according to the present invention, when the classification of the information is detected by the classification detecting means,
The classification of the detected information is transmitted to the information providing system by the classification transmitting means. Then, the information corresponding to the transmitted classification is transmitted from the information providing system and received by the information receiving means, and the received information is displayed by the information display means. Then, when any information is selected from the displayed information by the information selecting means, the selected information is transmitted to the information providing system by the selection status transmitting means according to the selection of the information, and the information is In the providing system, the storage state of the information is updated according to the selected information and its classification transmitted by the selection status transmitting means, so that the information is received and displayed from the information providing system according to the information classification. The information is always updated and provided with appropriate information by selective use at the information terminal.

[0013]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic circuit of the information server 10 in the information system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

The information server 10 of this information system is constituted by a computer which reads a program recorded in various recording media or a transmitted program and whose operation is controlled by the read program, and its electronic circuit. CPU (central processing un
it) 11 is provided.

The CPU 11 stores a server control program stored in advance in a memory 12 such as an EEP-ROM or a flash memory, or an external recording medium 13 such as a CD-ROM or a floppy disk via a recording medium reading unit 14 and the memory 12. Server control program read in or communication network N such as the Internet
The server control program stored in the memory 12 controls the operation of each part of the circuit according to the server control program read from the other computer terminal above via the electric transmission control unit 15 into the memory 12. , The information terminals 20 used by the user, which are received by the transmission control unit 15 via the communication network N (see FIG. 4) or the like, are activated in response to a signal.

In addition to the memory 12, the recording medium reading unit 14, and the transmission control unit 15 being connected to the CPU 11,
Input unit 16 such as keyboard and mouse, CRT and LCD
A display unit 17 such as, a clock unit 18 that measures the current date and time, and the like are connected.

In the memory 12 of the information server 10, a server system program that controls the overall operation of the server 10 and a communication program for performing data communication with each computer terminal on the communication network N via the transmission control unit 15 are stored. In addition to being stored, the information terminal 20 used by the user, ...
The information database 12 according to the classification of personal information, position information, data selection information, etc. received from (see FIG. 4).
An information processing program for server 12a for transmitting and providing the information searched by b to the information terminals 20, ... And updating the data in the information database 12a according to the feedback information is stored.

In the information database 12b provided in the memory 12 of the information server 10, various kinds of English conversation data 12b1 and travel information data 12b2, which are used by being classified according to scenes such as time and place, and The user usage of each English conversation data 12b1 and each travel information data 12b2 is classified and stored according to each scene × user individual condition.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a storage state of English conversation data 12b1 and travel information data 12b2 stored in the information database 12b of the information server 10.

The English conversation data 12b1 and the travel information data 12b2 stored in the information database 12b are the Japanese sentences of English conversation sentences frequently used for each scene such as time and place, the English sentence, and an information introduction image corresponding to each scene. And characters are stored in association with the serial number of each scene and the serial number of the same scene. For example, the data numbers 1-1 to 1-n shown in FIG. Correspondence with "in-flight" conversations, 2-1 to 2-n correspond to conversations at "customs" during travel, and 4-1 to 4-n are conversations related to "traffic" during travel. Corresponds to the sentence and also 5-1 to 5
n corresponds to a conversational sentence about “shopping” while traveling, and 11-1 to 11-n correspond to an introduction image and an introduction character of a “special shop” at each tourist destination during traveling, and 13-1 ~ 1
3-n corresponds to a conversational sentence about "try-on" accompanying shopping while traveling.

In each of the above-mentioned English conversation sentences, a "Beginner" flag is set in the conversation sentence for beginners, and "N-11 or later" which is changed and added according to the user's needs. The "additional" flag is set, and the "unsuitable" flag is set for conversational sentences designated as unsuitable according to the user's needs.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a storage state of the item-based utilization data 12b3 stored in the information database 12b of the information server 10.

The item-by-item usage data 12b3 stored in the information database 12b corresponds to the item names and conditions classified for each scene, and the English conversation data 12b1.
Data numbers indicating the English conversation sentences and travel information used by the user from the travel information data 12b2 are sorted and stored in the order of their use (the number of times of use) according to personal information that is the classification of the user. In the classification of scenes of "shopping" and condition "sightseeing," the most frequently used English conversation sentence for "female" is data number 5-1 "Is there anything smaller?", Indicating that it has been used 856 times in the past.

In the item-by-item usage data 12b3,
In FIG. 3, personal information for classifying user attributes is classified into “female”, “male”, and “beginner”, but this is for simplification in explanation, and in reality, “gender”. The usage data for each scene and each data corresponding to each attribute is stored, which is classified into more detailed types by combinations such as “age”, “conversation level”, and “hobby”.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic circuit of the user information terminal 20 in the information system.

The information terminal 20 is constituted by a computer which reads a program recorded in various recording media or a transmitted program and whose operation is controlled by the read program. The electronic circuit thereof has a CPU 21. Is provided.

The CPU 21 stores a terminal control program stored in advance in a memory 22 such as an EEP-ROM, or a terminal control program read from an external recording medium 23 such as a ROM card into the memory 22 via a recording medium reading unit 24. , Or from another computer terminal on the communication network N such as the Internet to the transmission control unit 25.
The operation of each part of the circuit is controlled in accordance with the terminal control program read into the memory 22 via the user interface. The terminal control program stored in the memory 22 is a user input from the input unit 27 including keys and a touch panel. An input signal according to an operation, a signal from the information server 10 or another computer terminal on the communication network N received by the transmission control unit 25, or a GPS (global position in)
(g system) or PHS (personal handyphone system) is used in response to the current position information detected by the position detecting means 26.

The CPU 21, the memory 22, the recording medium reading unit 24, the transmission control unit 25, and the position detecting means 2 are included in the CPU 21.
6, an input unit 27 is connected, a display unit 28 including an LCD, a clock unit 29 for measuring the current date and time, and the like are connected.

In the memory 22 of the information terminal 20, a terminal system program that controls the overall operation of the information terminal 20 and a communication program for performing data communication with each computer terminal on the communication network N via the transmission control unit 25. In addition to being stored, the English conversation data 12b1 and the travel information data 12 corresponding to the user's individual attributes and the classification such as the current scene and time are communicated with the information server 10.
In addition to acquiring and extracting b2 and displaying it, a terminal information processing program 22a for feeding back the user usage information of the displayed English conversation data 12b1 and travel information data 12b2 to the information server 10 is stored.

Further, in the memory 22 of the information terminal 20, a part of the data 22b of the information database acquired by the data communication with the information server 10 or by the data communication with the information server 10 or by the user input Scheduled data 22c, sex of user,
Personal information data 22d consisting of age, English conversation proficiency level, and hobbies, detected position by the position detecting means 26 acquired by data communication with the information server 10 or read from an external recording medium 23 such as a ROM card. Map data 22e associated with the information is stored.

Next, in the information system having the above configuration,
A terminal operation display operation when the information server 10 is a server installed by a travel service company and the information terminal 20 is a terminal carried by a travel participant provided by the travel service company will be described.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an operation display operation (1) of the information terminal 20 in the information system.

Schedule data 22c of the information terminal 20
For example, a travel schedule to Paris scheduled to depart from Narita “April 1, 9:00” entered by a travel service company is stored. "Schedule" button SC for displaying screen G1 and conversation collection screens G2, G linked to the location and time classification on the travel schedule by data communication with the information server 10.
3 or the "Communavi" button CN for displaying the travel information screen G4, the "map" for displaying the map screen G5 according to the position information specified by the position detecting means 26 and the place on the travel schedule. Button M
P, and a "search" button SE for instructing a data search other than display data is provided.

First, as shown in FIG. 5 (A), when the "schedule" button SC on the touch panel type display section (27, 28) is tapped, the time section 29 displays the current date and time. The schedule data 22c stored in the memory 22 is read out and, for example, “01
Schedule screen G1 showing a travel schedule to Paris scheduled to depart Narita at 9:00 on April 1, 2012 is displayed.

In this schedule screen G1, the time display of Japan as the departure place and the time display of France as the destination are 1
Conversation sentence button TB added to "Paris de Gaulle airport arrival", which is annexed on an hourly basis and is scheduled to be 9:00 AM in France, for example, on this schedule screen G1.
When you tap, the classification condition "airport" according to the schedule character string "Paris de Gaulle airport arrival" Each item name that includes "airport" in the condition "in-flight""atcustoms""cash""transportation" menu Is displayed and a menu is displayed, and the top “in-flight” is designated and displayed, and the English conversation data 12b1 is classified and stored in the information database 12b in the information server 10 on the communication network N in association with the scene “in-flight”. (See FIG. 2) number 1-1 to
The conversation sentence 1-n is acquired by data communication with the information server 10 and is displayed as a conversation collection screen G2 in the aircraft, as shown in FIG.

On the in-flight conversation screen G2, when the item "Customs" in the menu is tap-operated, the classification according to the current schedule character string "Paris de Gaulle airport arrival" and the selection item "Customs" is performed. Item name "Customs"
And the conversation sentences of numbers 2-1 to 2-n of the English conversation data 12b1 (see FIG. 2) stored in the information database 12b of the information server 10 on the communication network N in association with the scene of the condition "airport". The information server 1
It is acquired by data communication with 0 and is displayed as a dialogue collection screen G2 at customs, as shown in FIG. 5 (C).

In the conversation collection screen G2, when the user uses any conversation sentence, the conversation collection screen G2 is displayed in response to a tap operation on the selected and used conversation sentence.
In the information server 1 on the communication network N, the items and conditions of the classification indicating the target scene in No. 2, the number of the conversation sentence selected and used, and the personal information data 22d that is the classification of the user are
0 is notified, and the item-by-item usage data 12b3 (see FIG. 3) in the information database 12b is updated as the usage by individual information according to the target scene.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an operation display operation (part 2) of the information terminal 20 in the information system.

For example, when the beginner's bookmark mark M is tapped on the dialogue screen G2 at customs as shown in FIG. 6A, the information on the communication network N is associated with the scene classification of "airport". English conversation data 12b1 stored in the information database 12b of the server 10.
(See FIG. 2) The conversational sentence in which the beginner's flag is set is acquired by data communication with the information server 10, and as shown in FIG. 6B, as a beginner's conversation collection screen G3 at the airport. Only the conversational sentence to which the beginner's mark Ma is added is displayed.

In addition, the beginner's conversation collection screen G at this airport
When the schedule item button B1 is tapped in 3, the schedule window W1 showing only the schedule most recent to the current time is displayed as shown in FIG. 6C.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an operation display operation (3) of the information terminal 20 in the information system.

A beginner's conversation screen G3 at the airport in which the schedule window W1 shown in FIG. 6C is displayed.
At 1 in the schedule window W1
When you tap "Champs Elysees" in the 0:00 schedule, the item name "shopping" and condition "sightseeing" of the category according to the schedule character string "Champs Elysees"
Data number 5 of the English conversation data 12b1 (see FIG. 2) stored in the information database 12b of the information server 10 on the communication network N in association with the scene
The conversation sentences -1 to 5-n are acquired by data communication with the information server 10 and displayed as a shopping conversation collection screen G2 as shown in FIG. 7A, and further, this shopping conversation collection screen G2. , Schedule item button B1
When is tapped, a schedule window W1 showing only the latest schedule at the current time is displayed.

Here, the schedule window W1
On the shopping conversation screen G2 where is displayed, tap the brand store information “SHANEL” in the “Champs Elysees” in the schedule window W1 and tap it to sort according to the tap string “SHANEL”. Item name "SPECIAL" and condition "SH
The information database 12b in the information server 10 on the communication network N in association with the scene of "ANEL"
Introductory images and introductory character strings of the data numbers 11-1 to 11-n of the travel information data 12b2 (see FIG. 2) stored in are acquired by data communication with the information server 10 and are shown in FIG. As shown, it is displayed as a travel information screen G4 of "SHANEL".

[SHANEL] travel information screen G4
If you tap the "Try-on" item in that menu, the current schedule character string "SHA
English conversation data 12 stored in the information database 12b in the information server 10 on the communication network N in association with the scene of the item name “try-on” and the condition “SHANEL” of the classification according to the selection item “try-on”.
The conversation sentences of data numbers 13-1 to 13-n of b1 (see FIG. 2) are acquired by data communication with the information server 10 and are displayed as a try-on conversation conversation screen G2 as shown in FIG. 7 (C). To be done.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an operation display operation (No. 4) of the information terminal 20 in the information system.

On the other hand, on the schedule screen G1 as shown in FIG. 8A, when the user operates the schedule "Champs Elysees" at 10:00 and operates the "Map" button MP, the map data 22e in the memory 22 is displayed. Partial map data showing the area around the Champs-Elysées in Paris is read out and displayed as a map screen G5 for sightseeing in the Champs-Elysées, as shown in FIG. 8B.

Then, when the user taps the icon of the desired brand store displayed in the map screen G5 for sightseeing in Champs-Elysées, the item name "SPEC" corresponding to the icon "SHANEL" is displayed on the map screen G5.
Numbers 11-1 to 11- of the travel information data 12b2 (see FIG. 2) stored in the information database 12b in the information server 10 on the communication network N in association with the scenes of the categories of "IAL" and condition "SHANEL". n
The introduction image and the introduction character string of are acquired by data communication with the information server 10, and as shown in FIG.
It is displayed as the travel information screen G4 of "SHANEL".

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an operation display operation (5) of the information terminal 20 in the information system.

As shown in FIG. 9 (A), in the shopping conversation collection screen G2, the words that can be modified and changed are highlighted for each conversation sentence. For example, the first conversation in the item "shopping". When the "small" highlighted in the sentence (5-1) is tap-operated, a changed word window W2 showing a list of word examples that can be changed from the "small" is displayed as shown in FIG. 9B. Is displayed.

Then, when "Large" is tap-operated in the changed word window W2, as shown in FIG. 9C, it is highlighted in the first conversation sentence (5-1) in the item "shopping". The displayed "small" is corrected and displayed as "large", and the corresponding English word "smaller" is also translated and modified as "bigger" and displayed.

In this case, the conversation sentence "Do you have anything bigger in this styl?"
The data of "e?" is the item "shopping", which is the current classification.
English conversation data 12b1 in the information database 12b is transmitted to the information server 10 together with the condition "sightseeing" and personal information.
Is registered in association with the number 5-11 as an additional conversation sentence in, and the utilization data 12b3 for each item is also updated.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an operation display operation (6) of the information terminal 20 in the information system.

Further, in the changed word window W2 on the shopping conversation screen G2 as shown in FIG. 10A, "search" is performed in order to make a correction input for another word not displayed in the window W2. When the button SE is operated, as shown in FIG. 10 (B), the keyboard KB
Is displayed.

When the user inputs "soft" with this keyboard KB, as shown in FIG. 10C, the first conversation sentence (5-
“Small” highlighted in 1) is “soft”
And the corresponding English word "smaller" is also translated and modified into "softer" and displayed.

In this case, the conversational text "Do you have anything softer in this st?
The data of "yle?" is transmitted to the information server 10 together with the item "shopping", the condition "sightseeing" of the current classification, and the personal information, and is numbered 5-12 as an additional conversation sentence in the English conversation data 12b1 in the information database 12b. It is registered in association with each other, and the item-by-item usage data 12b3 is also updated.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an operation display operation (7) of the information terminal 20 in the information system.

As shown in FIG. 11 (A), the schedule character string "free time" at 13:00 is associated with the item name "traffic" of the classification according to the selection item "traffic" and the scene of the condition "free". Numbers 4-1 to 4-n of the English conversation data 12b1 (see FIG. 2) stored in the information database 12b in the information server 10 on the communication network N.
Of the conversation sentence is acquired by data communication with the information server 10 and is displayed as the traffic conversation screen G2, the traffic conversation screen G2 indicates the destination of the traffic for each conversation sentence. The word part is displayed as blank.

Then, in the desired conversational sentence on the traffic conversation screen G2, when a blank space for inputting the destination is tapped, a place on the schedule data 22c is displayed as shown in FIG. 11B. A place name list window W3 corresponding to an icon for designating (in this case, a brand store icon) is displayed, and when the "Map" button MP is further operated, the place name list window W3 from the map data 22e in the memory 22 is displayed. Partial map data showing the surrounding area of each place inside is read out, and as shown in FIG. 11C, a map screen G5 for destination selection.
Is displayed as.

When a desired destination point is tap-operated on the map screen G5 for selecting a destination, a place name and a point address corresponding to the destination point are read from the map data 22e, and the traffic conversation screen G2 is displayed. The destination tapped in the desired conversational sentence in is written in the blank space to be input, and the conversational sentence is displayed.

On the traffic conversation screen G2 shown in FIG. 11A, for example, the first conversation sentence "Where is the taxi stand?" If you perform the operation of, the current classification item "transportation" / condition "free"
And the data number information (4-1) that is inappropriately designated together with the user personal information is transmitted to the information server 10, and the corresponding data number 4-in the information database 12b (see FIG. 2).
The inappropriate flag is set for one conversational sentence.

On the try-on conversation screen G2 shown in FIG. 7C, for example, the error "It's" of the second conversation sentence "It's little big?"
If you rewrite correctly after recognizing "little big"->"It's a little big", the data number information (13-2) specified incorrectly together with the current classification item "try-on", condition "SHANEL" and user personal information ) And correct conversation sentence data are transmitted to the information server 10, and the information database 1
2b (see FIG. 2), the inappropriate flag is set for the corresponding conversational sentence of data number 13-2, and the correct conversational sentence "It's a little big" is added to the conversational sentence 13-11. It is associated and registered.

Next, the information processing function of the information terminal 20 side that controls the basic control of the terminal operation display operation in the information system having the above configuration, and the information processing function of the information server 10 side that accompanies this will be described.

FIG. 12 shows the information terminal 20 of the information system.
5 is a flowchart showing an information selection process in FIG.

The touch panel type display section (2
By tapping the "schedule" button SC in (7, 28), the current day's schedule data 22c stored in the memory 22 is read out.
As shown in (A), when the "communication" button CN provided at the lower end of the travel schedule screen G1 is displayed, the clock unit 29 is operated.
The current date and time measured by is detected (step A1), and it is determined whether or not there is a schedule corresponding to the current date and time (step A2).

If it is determined that there is a schedule corresponding to the current date and time, the English conversation data 12b1 or the travel information data 12b2 classified according to the item name / condition matching the words included in the schedule is the information. It is acquired by data communication with the server 10 and stored in the information database 22b in the memory 22 (step A3),
Conversation collection screen G2 (Fig. 5) corresponding to the classification of the item / condition
(B) and (C)) and a travel information screen G4 (see FIG. 7B) are displayed as a menu (step A4).

In this case, the information database 12 of the information server 10 is communicated by data communication with the information server 10.
The English conversation data 12b1 and the travel information data 12b2 acquired from b are based on the item-by-item usage data 12b3, in the order of the usage classified further by the user personal information in the item name / condition of the classification according to the current time schedule. Is read and acquired corresponding to the data number of.

That is, for example, on the schedule screen G1 shown in FIG. 5A, the current time is 17:00:00 Japan time.
If it is 0 and 9:00 French time, it is determined according to the degree of use by personal information corresponding to the item name “in-flight” and the condition “airport” of the classification according to the schedule of “Paris de Gaulle Air Accrual”. When the English conversation data 12b1 is acquired and the classification of the user of the information terminal 20 is “female”, the data number 1-1, 1-2, ... (FIG. 2) from the information database 12b of the information server 10 is obtained. , FIG. 3) and the English conversation data 12b1 read in this order are displayed and displayed as a conversation collection screen G2 (see FIG. 5B).

On the other hand, the position detecting means 2 is operated in response to the operation of the "map" button MP displayed at the lower end of the display unit 28.
Map data 22e corresponding to the current position detected by 6
When there is no schedule corresponding to the current date and time clocked by the clock unit 29 in the state in which is read out and displayed as the map screen G5, the item name matching the word included in the map data corresponding to the current position is displayed. The English conversation data 12b1 or the travel information data 12b2 corresponding to the condition classification is acquired by data communication with the information server 10 and is stored in the memory 2.
2 is stored in the information database 22b (step A
2 → A5, A6), a travel information screen G4 (see FIG. 8C) or a conversation collection screen G2 corresponding to the classification of the item / condition.
The menu is displayed as (see FIG. 7C) (step A4).

In this case as well, the information database 1 of the information server 10 is communicated by data communication with the information server 10.
The English conversation data 12b1 and the travel information data 12b2 acquired from 2b are further classified by the user personal information in the classification of the item name / condition according to the current position on the map data, based on the item-based usage data 12b3. It is read and acquired corresponding to the data number in order of degree.

Then, the conversation collection screens G2 and G3 and the travel information screen G according to the scene consisting of the classification of each item and condition described above.
When the tap operation due to the selective use of the conversation sentence or travel information is detected in the menu display of 4 (steps A7 and A8), it is determined whether or not the voice output mode is set (step A9), and the voice output is performed. If it is determined that the mode is selected, the selected conversational sentence or travel information is output by voice (step A10).

Then, the items and conditions indicating the classification of the target scene on the conversation collection screens G2 and G3 and the travel information screen G4, the data numbers of the selected and used conversational texts and travel information, and the user classification. The information data 22d is transmitted and notified to the information server 10 on the communication network N (step A11).

Then, after that, the conversation collection screens G2 and G3 are displayed.
And a menu selection standby state accompanying a user operation on the travel information screen G4 (steps A12 → A7).

In the steps A7 and A8,
When a selection operation for another item in the menu of the displayed conversation collection screens G2 and G3 and the travel information screen G4 is detected, the conversation collection screens G2 and G3 and the travel information screen G4 corresponding to the selected items are displayed. It is read and displayed.

On the other hand, the conversation collection screens G2 and G3 and the travel information screen G4 according to the scene consisting of the classification of each item and condition described above.
In the menu display of, when the specification that the conversation sentence or travel information is inappropriate is detected by the operation of the “Illegal” button (not shown), it is designated as inappropriate along with the current classification items / conditions and user personal information. Data number information is transmitted to the information server 10 (step A13 → A1).
4).

Then, the information server 1 for the unsuitable designation information.
Merit data such as service points transmitted in response from the information server 10 in response to the transmission notification to 0 is received (step A15).

Further, when the correction of the word in the Japanese sentence is detected in the menu display of the conversation collection screens G2 and G3 according to the scene consisting of the classification of each item / condition (step A16), the correction is performed. The Japanese of the target conversational sentence corresponding to the detection is corrected and displayed (step A17), and the corresponding English conversational sentence is translated and generated (step A18) [see FIG. 9].

Then, the number information of the correct and detected conversation sentence data and the correct conversation sentence data are transmitted to the information server 10 together with the items / conditions of the current classification and the user personal information (step A19).

Then, the merit data such as the service points transmitted in response from the information server 10 in response to the transmission notice of the conversation sentence correction information to the information server 10 is received (step A15).

From the information terminal 20 to the information server 1
When it is determined that the user is in the airplane based on the schedule data 22c stored in the memory 22 during the data transmission process to 0, the transmission process is suspended and the transmission data is stored in the memory 22. The data is temporarily stored and is collectively transmitted when it is determined that the communication permission area is set.

FIG. 13 shows the information server 1 of the information system.
6 is a flowchart showing an information selection receiving process in 0.

When it is determined that the information is received from the information terminal 20 to the information server 10 according to the information selection process in the information terminal 20 in FIG. 12 (step B1), the received information is displayed on the conversation collection screen. If the information is in accordance with the designation detection of the user selection information for the menu display of G2, G3 and the travel information screen G4 (step B
2), the items and conditions indicating the classification of the target scene on the conversation collection screens G2 and G3 and the travel information screen G4 transmitted from the information terminal 20 accordingly, the data number of the selected conversational sentence and travel information, And the personal information data 22d, which is the classification of the user, is received (step B3), and the utilization degree for each personal information according to the target scene is compared with the utilization degree data for each item 12b3 (see FIG. 3) in the information database 12b. Is updated (step B4).

From the information terminal 20 to the information server 1
When it is determined that the information has been received for 0 (step B1), if the received information is the information according to the designated detection of the inappropriate information for the menu display on the conversation collection screens G2, G3 and the travel information screen G4, (Step B5), the items / conditions of the current classification of the conversation collection screens G2 and G3 and the travel information screen G4 including the inappropriate information transmitted from the information terminal 20 and the user personal information / the data number designated as inappropriate Information is received (step B6), information database 1
An inappropriate flag is set for the conversational sentence or travel information of the corresponding data number in 2b (see FIG. 2) (step B7).

Then, the merit data such as the service points is transmitted in response to the reception of the notification of the inappropriate designation information from the information terminal 20 (step B8).

Further, when it is judged that the information is received from the information terminal 20 to the information server 10 (step B1), the received information is designated to detect the correction information for the conversation sentence display on the conversation collection screens G2 and G3. If it is the information according to (step B9), the items and conditions of the current classification of the correction target conversation collection screens G2 and G3, the user's personal information, and the corrected conversational sentence transmitted from the information terminal 20 accordingly. The data number information / conversation sentence data is received (step B10), and the corrected correct conversation sentence is registered as an additional conversation sentence in the information database 12b (see FIG. 2) (step B11).

Then, the merit data such as the service point is transmitted in response to the reception of the notification of the modified conversation sentence information from the information terminal 20 (step B8).

In the information selection process in the information terminal 20 shown in FIG. 12, the English conversation data 12b1 or the travel information data 12b2 for each personal information of the item / condition of the classification according to the schedule data 22c of the information terminal 20,
Each time, it has been described as a configuration that is acquired from the information database 12b by data communication with the information server 10,
As will be described with reference to FIG. 14 below, the English conversation data 12b1 and the travel information data 12b2 corresponding to all items / conditions corresponding to the user personal information in the information terminal 20.
May be collectively acquired in advance in the order of high usage by accessing the information server 10 and stored and held in the information database 22b.

FIG. 14 is a flow chart showing an information registration process performed between the information terminal 20 and the information server 10 in the information system.

The information server 10 allows the communication network N
HP (homepage) for travel participants established above
On the other hand, when an access is made from the information terminal 20 (step C1 / D1), the information server 10 transmits a request for taking in user personal information to the information terminal 10 of the HP access source (step D2).

Then, in the information terminal 20, the user personal information stored in the memory 22 is read and transmitted to the information server 10 (step C2).

When the user personal information transmitted from the information terminal 20 is received by the information server 10 (step D3), based on the item-by-item utilization data 12b3 (see FIG. 3) in the information database 12b, The English conversation data 12b1 and the travel information data 12b2 (see FIG. 2) corresponding to the respective data numbers are assigned in accordance with the data numbers in the descending order of the degree of use associated with the respective items corresponding to the classification of the user personal information. It is read out and transmitted collectively to the information terminal 20 of the access source (step D
4).

Then, the information terminal 20 receives the English conversation data 12b1 and the travel information data 12b2 in the order of high utilization corresponding to the user personal information for each item transmitted from the information server 10, and the information in the memory 22 is received. It is stored as the database 22b (step C3).

As a result, in the information selection process (see FIG. 12) in the information terminal 20, the schedule data 22c
The English conversation data 12b1 and the travel information data 12b2 of the item / condition of the category corresponding to are extracted from the information database 22b in the information terminal 20 and displayed as a menu on the conversation collection screens G2 and G3 and the travel information screen G4.

Therefore, according to the information processing function of the information server 10 and the information terminal 20 in the information system having the above-described configuration, the English conversation data 12b1 classified into the items for each scene associated with travel in the information database 12b of the information server 10 or The travel information data 12b2 is further stored as the usage priority order classified by the user's personal information (type), and the information terminal 20 for the traveler stores it according to each travel scene based on the travel schedule data 22c and the map data 22e. The English conversation data 12b1 or the travel information data 12b2 is acquired from the information database 12b by the data communication with the information server 10 in the priority order based on the user's personal information, and the conversation collection screens G2, G3 and each of the conversation collection screens are displayed. A travel information screen G4 that displays information about tourist sites It is displayed Te. Then, when a desired conversation sentence or travel information is selected and used, the selection detection information is transmitted to the information server 10 together with the user personal information, and the degree of use of the selection data in the information database 12b for each personal information is updated. Therefore, the user can obtain the English conversation data 12b1 and the travel information data 12b2 whose priorities are updated according to the changes in the needs of the same type of user according to each travel scene.

In addition, according to the information processing function of the information server 10 and the information terminal 20 in the information system having the above-mentioned configuration, each travel scene stored in the information database 12b of the information server 10 is classified by item and user type. The English conversation data 12b1 and the travel information data 12b2 are not only updated in priority according to the user's usage, but also designated as "inappropriate" or "corrected" when the user does not match the relevant scene. Even if the user is notified, the update is performed accordingly, so that it is possible to always provide the user with appropriate information according to the latest on-site situation.

In the above embodiment, the explanation was given only for the case where the conversational sentence data for travel provided by the information server 10 stored in the information database 12b was the English conversation data 12b1, but conversations in other languages. It goes without saying that even sentence data functions in exactly the same way.

Note that the information processing method in the information system described in the above embodiments, that is, the information selection processing in the information terminal 20 shown in the operating procedures and flowcharts of FIGS. 5 to 12 and the information server shown in the flowchart of FIG. Each of the methods such as the information selection receiving process in 10 and the information registration process with the information server 10 for the information terminal 20 shown in the flowchart of FIG. 14 is a program that can be executed by a computer, and is a memory card. (ROM cards, RAM cards, etc.), magnetic disks (floppy disks, hard disks, etc.), optical disks (CD-ROM, DVD, etc.), semiconductor memories, and other external recording media 13, 23 can be stored and distributed. Then, the computer such as the information terminal 20 and the information server 10 having the connection function with the communication network N stores the programs stored in the external recording mediums 13 and 23 in the memories 12 and 22 by the recording medium reading units 14 and 24. By reading and controlling the operation by the read program, it is possible to realize the information processing function described in the above embodiment and execute the same processing by the method described above.

Further, the program data for realizing each of the above methods can be transmitted on the communication network (N) in the form of a program code, and the computer terminal connected to this communication network (N) can perform the above-mentioned operation. It is also possible to take in the program data of and implement the above-mentioned information processing function.

The invention of the present application is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be variously modified at the stage of implementation without departing from the spirit of the invention. Furthermore, each of the embodiments includes inventions at various stages, and various inventions can be extracted by appropriately combining a plurality of disclosed constituent elements. For example, some constituents may be deleted from all constituents shown in each embodiment, or even if some constituents are combined, the problems described in the section of the problem to be solved by the invention can be solved, When the effects described in the section of the effects of the invention can be obtained, a structure in which these constituent elements are deleted or combined can be extracted as the invention.

[0100]

As described above, according to the information system of the present invention, the information storage means for classifying and storing the information to be provided to the information terminal is provided, which corresponds to the classification specified by the information terminal. When the selected information is received from the information terminal according to the selection of the information provided to the information terminal by the information terminal, the information is received according to the selected information and the classification of the received information terminal. Since the storage state of the information selected for the corresponding category stored in the storage means is updated, the information stored in the information storage means and provided to the information terminal is always appropriate by the selective use in the information terminal. Information will be updated and provided.

Further, according to the first information terminal of the present invention, it has the information storing means for receiving and storing the pre-classified information from the information providing system, and the classification detecting means detects the classification of the information. Then, the detected classification information is read from the information storage means and displayed by the information display means. When any information is selected from the displayed information by the information selecting means, the selected information and its classification are transmitted to the information providing system by the selection status transmitting means according to the selection of this information. It Then, according to the selected information and the classification thereof transmitted to the information providing system, the information about the relevant classification in which the storage state of the information is updated in the information providing system is received by the provided information receiving means, Since the information after the storage status update received from the information providing system is updated and registered in the information storage means by the information registration means,
The information read out from the information storage means and displayed according to the classification of information is always updated to appropriate information by the selective use at the information terminal and provided from the information providing system.

Further, according to the second information terminal of the present invention, when the classification of the information is detected by the classification detecting means, the detected classification of the information is transmitted to the information providing system by the classification transmitting means. . Then, the information corresponding to the transmitted classification is transmitted from the information providing system and received by the information receiving means, and the received information is displayed by the information display means. Then, when any information is selected from the displayed information by the information selecting means, according to the selection of this information, the selected information is transmitted to the information providing system by the selection status transmitting means,
In the information providing system, since the storage state of the information is updated according to the selected information and the classification thereof transmitted by the selection status transmitting means, the information is received from the information providing system according to the classification of the information and displayed. The information given is
By the selective use of the information terminal, the information is always updated and provided with appropriate information.

Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide more appropriate information according to changes in user needs.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic circuit of an information server 10 in an information system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an information database 12b of the information server 10.
English conversation data 12b1 and travel information data 1 stored in
The figure which shows the memory state of 2b2.

FIG. 3 is an information database 12b of the information server 10.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a storage state of item-by-item usage data 12b3 stored in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a user information terminal 20 in the information system.
Block diagram showing the configuration of the electronic circuit of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an operation display operation (1) of the information terminal 20 in the information system.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an operation display operation (part 2) of the information terminal 20 in the information system.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an operation display operation (part 3) of the information terminal 20 in the information system.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an operation display operation (part 4) of the information terminal 20 in the information system.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an operation display operation (No. 5) of the information terminal 20 in the information system.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an operation display operation (6) of the information terminal 20 in the information system.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an operation display operation (No. 7) of the information terminal 20 in the information system.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing information selection processing in the information terminal 20 of the information system.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing an information selection receiving process in the information server 10 of the information system.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing an information registration process performed between the information terminal 20 and the information server 10 in the information system.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Information server 20 ... Information terminal 11 ... Server CPU 21 ... Terminal CPU 12 ... Server memory 12a ... Server side information processing program 12b ... server side information database 12b1 ... English conversation data 12b2 ... Travel information data 12b3 ... Usage data by item 22 ... Terminal memory 22a ... Terminal side information processing program 22b ... Terminal side information database 22c ... Schedule data 22d ... Personal information data 22e ... Map data 13, 23 ... External recording medium 14, 24 ... Recording medium reading unit 15, 25 ... Transmission control unit 16 ... Server input section 26 ... Position detecting means 17 ... Server display 27 ... Terminal input section 18 ... Server clock section 28 ... Terminal display 29… Terminal clock section N: Communication network G1 ... Schedule screen G2, G3 ... Conversation collection screen G4 ... Travel information screen G5 ... Map screen SC… “Schedule” button CN… “Communication” button MP ... "Map" button SE… “Search” button TB ... Conversation sentence button M ... Beginner bookmark mark Ma ... Beginner mark W1 ... Schedule window W2 ... Change word window W3 ... Place name list window KB ... Keyboard

Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. An information system for communicating with an information terminal, comprising: information storage means for classifying and storing information to be provided to the information terminal; and selecting the provided information at the information terminal. Selection status receiving means for receiving the selected information from the information terminal, and the corresponding classification stored in the information storage means according to the information selected by the information terminal and the classification received by the selection status receiving means. And an information updating means for updating the storage state of the stored information. 2. The classification receiving means for receiving the classification of information from the information terminal, and the information corresponding to the classification received by the classification receiving means from the information storage means and transmitted to the information terminal. The information providing means for providing the selected information according to the selection of the desired information among the information provided by the information providing means to the information terminal at the information terminal. The information system according to claim 1, wherein the information system receives the information from the information terminal. 3. The information storage unit is an information storage unit that classifies information to be provided to the information terminal, stores the information with a priority of information provision in each classification, and the information updating unit, Information update for updating and storing the provision priority of the selected information in the corresponding category stored in the information storage means according to the information selected by the information terminal and the category received by the selection status receiving means The information system according to claim 1 or 2, which is means. 4. The error designation receiving means for receiving the error-designated information and its classification from the information terminal according to the designation of the error in the information provided by the information terminal, and the error designation receiving means for receiving the information. Error setting means for setting error information corresponding to the error-specified information stored in the information storage means according to the specified error-specified information in the information terminal and the classification thereof. Any one of claims 1 to 3 characterized in that
Information system described in section. 5. The information system according to claim 1, wherein the classification is an item indicating a place. 6. The classification according to claim 1, wherein the classification also includes personal information of a user of the information terminal.
The information system according to any one of 1. 7. An information terminal communicating with an information providing system, comprising: information storage means for storing information classified in advance; classification detection means for detecting classification of information; classification detected by this classification detection means. Information display means for reading and displaying the information from the information storage means, information selection means for selecting arbitrary information from the information displayed by the information display means, and according to the selection of the information by the information selection means, Selection status transmitting means for transmitting the selected information and its classification to the information providing system, and the information providing system according to the selected information and its classification transmitted to the information providing system by the selection status transmitting means. With the provision information receiving means for receiving the information about the relevant classification whose storage state of information is updated by the provision information receiving means Information terminal, characterized in that the information after storage state update received from the serial information providing system and an information registration means for updating registered in the information storage means. 8. An information terminal that communicates with an information providing system that stores pre-classified information, comprising: a classification detection unit that detects the classification of information; and the classification of the information detected by this classification detection unit. Classification transmitting means for transmitting to the providing system, information receiving means for receiving information corresponding to the category transmitted by this classification transmitting means from the information providing system, and information display for displaying the information received by this information receiving means Means, an information selecting means for selecting arbitrary information from the information displayed by the information displaying means, and a selection for transmitting the selected information to the information providing system according to the selection of the information by the information selecting means The information providing system, the selected information transmitted by the selected situation transmitting means and the classification thereof are provided. There, the information terminal, wherein the storage status of that information is updated. 9. Further, an information generating means for generating new information based on the information displayed by the information displaying means, and a generation for transmitting the information generated by the information generating means and its classification to the information providing system. 9. The information providing means, wherein the information providing system stores new information transmitted by the generated information transmitting means as additional information classified according to the classification. Information terminal described in. 10. An information processing method for an information system communicating with an information terminal, comprising an information storing step of classifying and storing information to be provided to the information terminal, and selecting the provided information at the information terminal. An information updating step of updating the storage state of the information selected for the classification stored in the information storing step,
An information processing method comprising: 11. An information processing program for controlling a computer of an information system that communicates with an information terminal, the information storage means classifying and storing information to be provided to the information terminal by the computer, the information terminal. Computer-readable information processing functioning as information updating means for updating the storage state of the selected information for the classification stored in the information storage means in response to the selection of the provided information in program.