JP2003169358A - Information presentation system, information presentation method, portable terminal, base station apparatus, and server - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily and appropriately discriminate an information which can be presented, and to efficiently present it to a user. <P>SOLUTION: Related to an information presentation system 1, a base station 20 transmits a template to a terminal 30 where a prescribed item is inputted, thus generating a profile. When the profile is transmitted to the base station 20, the base station 20 presents an information based on the profile. Thus, the user of the terminal 30 can easily and appropriately discriminate the information which is presented, for efficient acquisition of wanted information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information providing system, an information providing method, a mobile terminal device, a base station device and a server that can appropriately select and provide necessary information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, WWW on the Internet
(World Wide Web) has spread, and an environment in which vast amounts of information can be used is provided. Under such an environment, the user is required to select and acquire necessary information from the provided information. Here, for the user,
As a method for selecting and providing the information, it is considered to provide the information by using the position information of the user.

For example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-197021 discloses a technique relating to a system for delivering information to a user's terminal device located in a specific area by using a text message service of a mobile phone. ing. In addition, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. 2001-211443 and 20
No. 01-217788 discloses a mobile phone and a PDA (Pe
A technique relating to a method of providing information (mainly a moving image) according to the receiving ability, display ability or cost of a portable information terminal such as rsonal Digital Assistant) is disclosed. In particular, the technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-21788 is a method in which a terminal station transmits a keyword to a distribution station that distributes information, and the distribution station distributes content corresponding to the keyword. .

[0004]

However, the above-mentioned conventional technique has the following problems.
The technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-197021 is for transmitting a broadcast to a user located in a specific area, and is not necessarily the information required by the user. . In addition, the techniques disclosed in JP 2001-21443 A and JP 2001-217788 A provide information according to the performance of the portable information terminal.

In the information distribution method disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-217788, the distribution station distributes the content corresponding to the keyword transmitted from the terminal station, but is limited to the keyword distributed from the terminal station. Is not added (you can send any keyword). Therefore, the user of the terminal station may send a (meaningless) keyword that the distribution station does not use for selecting information as a keyword. Further, when the user of the terminal station wants to select information by combining a plurality of keywords, it does not support selection of information by a combination of a plurality of keywords or requires a complicated procedure.

An object of the present invention is to easily and properly select information that can be provided and to efficiently provide it to the user.

[0007]

In order to solve the above problems, the invention according to claim 1 is capable of performing predetermined wireless communication with a storage means (for example, auxiliary storage device 14 in FIG. 2) for storing predetermined information. A wireless communication of the base station device including a base station device having a region (for example, the base station 20 in FIG. 1) and a mobile terminal device (for example, the terminal 30 in FIG. 1) capable of wireless communication with the base station device. An information providing system capable of selectively transmitting predetermined information stored in the storage means from the base station device to the mobile terminal device when the mobile terminal device is located in a possible area, Among the predetermined information stored in the means, there is provided a selection means (for example, the central processing unit 21 in FIG. 3) for selecting the selection information to be transmitted to the mobile terminal device in association with the mobile terminal device, and the base station device. The above selection information It is characterized by transmitting to the serial portable terminal device.

The invention according to claim 2 is the information providing system according to claim 1, wherein when the portable terminal device is located in a wireless communicable area of the base station device, On the other hand, out of the predetermined information stored in the storage means, a profile for selecting information requested to be transmitted to the device itself is transmitted, and the selection means transmits the profile to the mobile terminal device based on the profile. The feature is that the information to be transmitted is selected.

The invention according to claim 3 is the information providing system according to claim 2, wherein the base station device transmits a template for generating the profile to the mobile terminal device, The terminal device is characterized in that the profile is generated based on the template.

The invention according to claim 4 is the information providing system according to claim 3, wherein one or a plurality of the base station devices are included, and the predetermined information stored in the storage means is from the base station device. The provisionable information that can be transmitted is set, and the template includes identification information for identifying the provisionable information.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the information providing system according to the fourth aspect, the base station device corresponds to a place where the device is installed (for example, a trekking course, a supermarket or a station). Then, the provisionable information is set. The invention according to claim 6 is the information providing system according to claim 1,
Among the selection information, a transmission base station device capable of transmitting information associated with the device itself (for example, the base station 20 installed in the course of the trekking course) is included, and the transmission base station device is When the mobile terminal device that is the transmission destination of the selection information is located in the wireless communicable area of the own device, the information associated with the own device in the selection information is transmitted to the mobile terminal device. It is characterized by doing.

The invention according to claim 7 is the information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the storage means is provided in the base station apparatus. The invention according to claim 8 is the information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising a server capable of communicating with the base station device, and the storage means is provided in the server. Is characterized by.

The invention according to claim 9 is the information providing system according to claim 8, wherein the server is connected to an external network, and the information stored in the storage means can be acquired through the external network. It is characterized by being. The invention according to claim 10 is the information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the selecting means is provided in the base station apparatus.

The invention according to claim 11 is the information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 9, further comprising a server communicable with the base station apparatus, wherein the selecting means is the server. It is characterized by being equipped. The invention according to claim 12 is the information providing system according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the mobile terminal device can associate a plurality of the profiles with each other, and the selecting means associates with each other. It is characterized in that the information is sorted based on the plurality of profiles.

The invention according to claim 13 is the information providing system according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the template or the profile is described in a language (for example, XML) capable of expanding the document structure. Is characterized by. According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, in the information providing system according to the thirteenth aspect, the mobile terminal device stores terminal information in which information regarding specifications of the mobile terminal device is described in a language in which the document structure is extensible. However, the content of the terminal information is reflected in the profile.

[0016] The invention according to claim 15 is the information providing system according to claim 13, wherein the mobile terminal device is a user who writes information about a user of the mobile terminal device in a language in which the document structure is extensible. Information is stored, and the contents of the user information are reflected in the profile. The invention according to claim 16 is claims 1 to 1.
5. The information providing system according to any one of 5 above, wherein the predetermined information stored in the storage means is information regarding trekking.

The invention according to claim 17 is the invention according to claims 1 to 15.
The information providing system according to any one of items 1 to 3, wherein the predetermined information stored in the storage means is information regarding shopping at a predetermined store. Claim 1
An eighth aspect of the present invention is the information providing system according to any one of the first to fifteenth aspects, wherein the predetermined information stored in the storage means is information regarding use of transportation facilities.

The invention described in claim 19 is,
The information providing system according to any one of the items 1 to 3, wherein the predetermined information stored in the storage means is information related to the explanation of the exhibit. The invention according to claim 20 is the information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 19, characterized in that the base station and the mobile terminal device can communicate with each other by short-range wireless communication. There is.

According to a twenty-first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage means for storing predetermined information, a base station device having a predetermined wireless communicable area, and a portable terminal device capable of wireless communication with the base station device. An information providing system capable of selectively transmitting predetermined information stored in the storage means from the base station device to the mobile terminal device when the mobile terminal device is located in a wireless communication area of the base station device. In the information providing method according to, the step of selecting the selection information to be transmitted to the mobile terminal device from the predetermined information stored in the storage means in association with the mobile terminal device, and selecting the base station device, Transmitting selection information to the mobile terminal device.

According to a twenty-second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage means for storing predetermined information, a base station device having a predetermined wireless communicable area, and a portable terminal device capable of wireless communication with the base station device. An information providing system capable of selectively transmitting predetermined information stored in the storage means from the base station device to the mobile terminal device when the mobile terminal device is located in a wireless communication area of the base station device. Of the predetermined information stored in the storage means is capable of receiving the selection information associated with the device itself.

The invention according to claim 23 is the portable terminal device according to claim 22, wherein when the mobile terminal device is located in a wireless communicable area of the base station device,
Among the predetermined information stored in the storage unit, a profile for selecting information requested to be transmitted to the own device is transmitted. The invention according to claim 24 is the mobile terminal device according to claim 23, wherein a template for generating the profile is received from the base station device, and the profile is generated based on the template. Is characterized by.

The invention according to claim 25 is the portable terminal device according to claim 22, wherein the information providing system is a transmission base capable of transmitting information associated with the device itself in the selection information. When it is located in the wireless communicable area of the transmitting base station apparatus including the station apparatus, the information associated with the transmitting base station apparatus among the selection information is received.

The invention described in claim 26 is the portable terminal device according to claim 23 or 24, characterized in that a plurality of the profiles can be associated with each other. The invention according to claim 27 is the portable terminal device according to claim 23 or 24, characterized in that the template or the profile is described in a language capable of expanding the document structure.

The invention according to claim 28 is the portable terminal device according to claim 27, wherein the terminal information in which the information about the specifications of the device itself is described in an extensible language of the document structure is stored, and is stored in the profile. The feature is that the content of the terminal information is reflected. The invention according to claim 29,
28. The mobile terminal device according to claim 27, further comprising: storing user information in which information about a user of the device itself is described in an extensible language, and reflecting the content of the user information in the profile. It has a feature.

The invention according to claim 30 is the invention according to claims 22 to 2.
9. The mobile terminal device according to any one of 9 above, characterized by being capable of communicating with the base station by short-range wireless communication. The invention according to claim 31 includes: storage means for storing predetermined information; a base station device having a predetermined wireless communication area; and a mobile terminal device capable of wireless communication with the base station device, the base station device. For an information providing system capable of selectively transmitting the predetermined information stored in the storage means from the base station device to the mobile terminal device when the mobile terminal device is located in the wireless communicable area of In the base station device, the information providing system includes a selection unit that selects the selection information to be transmitted to the mobile terminal device among the predetermined information stored in the storage unit in association with the mobile terminal device, The selection information is transmitted to the mobile terminal device.

The invention according to claim 32 is the base station apparatus according to claim 31, wherein among the predetermined information stored in the storage means, the information requested by the terminal device to be transmitted to the terminal device. It is characterized in that a profile transmitted for selection is received, and the profile transmitted by the terminal device is received when the mobile terminal device is located in the wireless communicable area of the device itself.

The invention described in Item 33 is the base station apparatus according to Item 32, which is characterized in that a template for generating the profile is transmitted to the portable terminal device. The invention according to claim 34 is the base station device according to claim 33, wherein provisionable information that can be transmitted from the device itself is set among the predetermined information stored in the storage means, and the template includes: It is characterized in that identification information for identifying the provisionable information is included.

The invention as set forth in claim 35 is the base station apparatus as set forth in claim 34, characterized in that the provisionable information is set according to the place where the own apparatus is installed. The invention described in Item 36 is the base station apparatus according to any one of Items 31 to 35, characterized in that the storage unit is provided.

The invention according to claim 37 is the invention according to claims 31 to 3.
The base station device according to any one of 6 to 6, characterized in that the selection means is provided. A thirty-eighth aspect of the present invention is the base station apparatus according to the thirty-second aspect or the thirty-third aspect, wherein the selecting unit selects information based on the plurality of profiles associated with each other by the mobile terminal device. It is characterized by that.

The thirty-ninth aspect of the present invention is the base station apparatus according to the thirty-second aspect or the thirty-third aspect, wherein the template or the profile is described in a language capable of expanding the document structure. Claim 40
The described invention is the base station apparatus according to any one of claims 31 to 39, wherein the predetermined information stored in the storage means is information relating to trekking.

The invention described in Item 41 is defined by Items 31-3.
9. The base station device according to any one of 9 above, wherein the predetermined information stored in the storage means is information regarding shopping at a predetermined store. The invention according to claim 42 is the base station apparatus according to any one of claims 31 to 39, wherein the predetermined information stored in the storage means is information relating to the use of transportation facilities. .

The invention of claim 43 is the same as claims 31 to 3
9. The base station device according to any one of 9 above, wherein the predetermined information stored in the storage means is information regarding a commentary of an exhibit. The invention described in Item 44 is the base station device according to any one of Items 31 to 43, characterized in that the base station device can communicate with the portable terminal device by short-range wireless communication.

The invention described in Item 45 is a server for the information providing system according to any one of Items 8, 9, and 11. According to a 46th aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage means for storing predetermined information, an information providing device connected to a network, and a terminal device capable of communicating with the information providing device via the network. An information providing system capable of selectively transmitting predetermined information stored in the storage means to the terminal device, wherein selected information to be transmitted to the terminal device is selected from the predetermined information stored in the storage means. The information providing device is characterized in that the information providing device transmits the selection information to the terminal device.

According to the present invention, the selection information selected by the selection means is transmitted from the base station device to the mobile terminal device. Therefore, the user of the mobile terminal device can easily and appropriately select the information to be provided, and can efficiently obtain the desired information. Moreover, since the amount of information transmitted from the base station device to the mobile terminal device is a necessary and sufficient amount, it is possible to reduce communication cost and improve communication efficiency.

Further, the base station device transmits the template to the mobile terminal device, and a predetermined profile is generated in the mobile terminal device. Then, by transmitting this profile to the base station device, information is provided from the base station device to the mobile terminal device based on the profile. Therefore, it becomes possible to easily and properly select the information to be provided.

Furthermore, since the template and the profile are described in a language in which the document structure is extensible, it becomes easy to associate different profiles and automatically fill in the items from the predetermined profile in the template. Reduces the burden of selecting information. Further, since the information regarding the specifications of the mobile terminal device or the information regarding the user of the mobile terminal device can be stored, the burden of the user inputting items into the template is further reduced.

[0037]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of an information providing system according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. First, the configuration will be described. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of an information providing system 1 to which the present invention is applied. Figure 1
In, the information providing system 1 is configured to include a server 10, a plurality of base stations 20, and a plurality of terminals 30.

In FIG. 1, the server 10 and the base station 20 are connected by a LAN (Local Area Network) or the like, and the base station 20 and the terminal 30 are connected by Bluetooth or IrDA (I.
nfrared Data Association) and other short-distance wireless communication. Hereinafter, functional configurations of the server 10, the base station 20, and the terminal 30 will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the server 10. 2, the server 10 includes a central processing unit 11, an input device 12, a main storage device 13, an auxiliary storage device 14, a display device 15, and a communication device 16.

The central processing unit 11 controls the server 10 as a whole and reads out and executes programs relating to various processes stored in the auxiliary storage unit 14 in accordance with various instruction signals input from the input unit 12. Further, the central processing unit 11 transmits predetermined information to the base station that has transmitted the information transmission request, based on the information transmission request transmitted from the base station 20. Then, the central processing unit 11 stores the processing results of executing various programs and the like in a predetermined area of the main storage device 13 or the auxiliary storage device 14, or the display device 15
Or to display.

The input device 12 includes a keyboard provided with cursor keys, numeral input keys and the like, and a pointing device such as a mouse, and outputs a key depression signal of the key depressed on the keyboard and a mouse position signal to the central processing unit 11. . The main storage device 13 stores various data, and has a work area 13a for temporarily storing various data generated in various processes executed by the central processing unit 11.

The auxiliary storage device 14 is composed of a hard disk device or a non-volatile storage device such as a flash ROM. The auxiliary storage device 14 stores programs related to various processes for controlling the server 10. The auxiliary storage device 14 also stores various information provided from the base station 20 to the terminal 30. The display device 15 is composed of, for example, a dot matrix type color liquid crystal display cell, a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube), or the like, and displays various data according to an instruction from the central processing unit 11.

The communication device 16 performs data conversion processing and modulation processing on various data instructed to be sent from the central processing unit 11 into a predetermined format, and outputs the data to the destination base station 20 via the network. . In addition, the communication device 16
Receives the signal transmitted from the base station 20, performs demodulation processing to the original signal and data conversion processing to the original data format, and outputs it to the central processing unit 11. Next, the functional configuration of the base station 20 will be described.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the functional arrangement of the base station 20. In FIG. 3, the base station 20 includes a central processing unit 21, a main storage device 22, an auxiliary storage device 23,
And a communication device 24. The central processing unit 21
It controls the entire base station 20, and reads and executes programs relating to various processes stored in the auxiliary storage device 23 in response to various signals input from the communication device 24. The central processing unit 21 also manages the provision of information to the terminal 30 by executing information provision processing (described later). That is, the central processing unit 21 uses the base station 20
A template (to be described later) is transmitted to the terminal 30 located in an area communicable with, and based on a profile (to be described later) transmitted from the terminal 30 corresponding thereto, position information indicating the current position of the terminal 30 is transmitted. While referring to the information, the predetermined information is appropriately transmitted to the terminal 30. At this time, the central processing unit 2
1 transmits an information transmission request for requesting transmission of predetermined information to the server 10, and acquires necessary information. Then, the central processing unit 21 stores the processing results of executing various programs and the like in a predetermined area of the main storage device 22 and the auxiliary storage device 23, or transmits them via the communication device 24.

The main memory 22 stores various data, and temporarily stores various data generated in various processes executed by the central processing unit 21. The auxiliary storage device 23 is composed of a hard disk device or a non-volatile storage device such as a flash ROM. The auxiliary storage device 23 stores programs related to various processes for controlling the base station 20. Communication device 24 is Blue
tooth or IrDA (Infrared Data Association)
And the like, and a network communication device capable of communicating with the server 10 by a network such as the Internet. Then, the communication device 24 performs data conversion processing and modulation processing to a predetermined format on various data instructed to be transmitted from the central processing unit 21, and outputs the data to the destination terminal 30 or the server 10. Also,
The communication device 24 receives the signal transmitted from the terminal 30 or the server 10, performs demodulation processing to the original signal and data conversion processing to the original data format, and outputs it to the central processing unit 21.

Next, the functional configuration of the terminal 30 will be described. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the terminal 30. In FIG. 4, the terminal 30 includes a central processing unit 31,
Input device 32, main storage device 33, and auxiliary storage device 34
And a communication device 36 and an audio device 37.
The central processing unit 31 controls the entire terminal 30,
According to various instruction signals input from the input device 32,
The programs related to various processes stored in the auxiliary storage device 34 are read and executed. In addition, the central processing unit 31
Executes profile creation processing (described later), and the base station 2
After displaying the template transmitted from 0, the profile to which the information requesting provision is input by the user is transmitted to the base station 20. Then, the central processing unit 31
The processing result of executing various programs and the information transmitted from the base station 20 are stored in a predetermined area of the main storage device 33 or the auxiliary storage device 34 or displayed on the display device 35.

The input device 32 includes a touch tablet or a pointing device such as a keyboard having a cursor key or a numeric input key or a mouse, and an input signal of the touch tablet, a push signal of a key pressed on the keyboard, or a position signal of the mouse. The central processing unit 3
Output to 1. The main storage device 33 stores various data, and temporarily stores various data generated in various processes executed by the central processing unit 31.

The auxiliary storage device 34 is composed of a non-volatile storage device such as a flash ROM. The auxiliary storage device 34 stores programs related to various processes for controlling the terminal 30. The auxiliary storage device 34 also stores a profile creation processing program for profile creation processing. The display device 35 may be, for example, a dot matrix type color liquid crystal display cell or an EL (Electronic
uminescence) display member and the like, and displays various data in accordance with an instruction from the central processing unit 31.

The communication device 36 is Bluetooth or Ir.
A short-distance wireless communication device capable of communicating with the base station 20 by short-distance wireless communication such as DA (Infrared Data Association), and performs data conversion processing of various data instructed to be transmitted from the central processing unit 31 into a predetermined format. Then, the signal is subjected to modulation processing and output to the base station 20 by short-range wireless communication. The communication device 36 also receives a signal transmitted from the base station 20 by short-range wireless communication, performs demodulation processing to an original signal and data conversion processing to an original data format, and outputs the signal to the central processing unit 31. .

The audio device 37 has a speaker and the like, and outputs audio data such as audio information related to the information displayed on the display device 35 in accordance with an instruction from the central processing unit 31. Next, the operation will be described. First, the information providing system 1
The outline of the entire operation will be described. In the information providing system 1, the process related to the information provision is started when the terminal 30 approaches the vicinity of the base station 20 installed at a predetermined location and the near field communication becomes possible.

Here, the “template” in the following description is data prepared for each specific facility, place, etc., and is an outline of information that can be provided to the user via the base station 20, and that information. Of these data, it is possible to input whether or not the user selects the information requested to be provided (selection information). In addition, a "profile" is data that is configured by the user inputting selection information in a template, and is used to select the information that the user needs in the behavior of the user at a specific facility, place, etc. Information.

The "template" and "profile" are described in XML (eXtensible Markup Language), and in the terminal 30, XHTML (eXtens
It is possible to browse or input with a browser after converting to ibleHyperText Markup Language). In the information providing system 1, when the terminal 30 enters the short-range wireless communicable area of the base station 20, the base station 2
0 notifies the terminal 30 of the type of required profile (for example, a profile related to shopping at a specific supermarket), and the terminal 30 transmits the profile to the base station 20 if the profile is stored. To do. On the other hand, when the terminal 30 does not store the profile, the terminal 30 requests the base station 20 to transmit the template related to the profile.

When a profile is transmitted from the terminal 30, the base station 20 determines, based on the profile,
The selected information is transmitted to the terminal 30. In addition, when the terminal 30 requests the template to be transmitted, the base station 20 transmits the template and transmits the selected information to the terminal 30 based on the profile returned in response to the template. To do. At this time, the base station 20
Transmits an information transmission request to the server 10 and acquires information to be transmitted to the terminal 30. In addition, the terminal 30 is the terminal 3
0 unique information (type of communication device 36 of terminal 30, communication speed, display capability, computing capability, voice output capability, input device 32)
A profile (hereinafter, referred to as “terminal profile”) regarding a type (eg, type of terminal) can be stored.

Further, the terminal 30 has information unique to the user of the terminal 30 (for example, name, sex, address, telephone number, E-ma).
It is possible to store a profile (hereinafter referred to as “user profile”) regarding an il address, a credit card number, a language to be used, a height, a weight, etc., and the user of the terminal 30 can appropriately change the information. It is possible. When the specific profile is created, the terminal 30 can reflect the terminal profile or the user profile and create the specific profile.

Specifically, when a profile for a specific facility (specific facility profile) is created, part or all of the contents of the specific facility profile are automatically entered based on the terminal profile or user profile. can do. It should be noted that it is possible to prepare default setting contents when creating a profile and use the default setting for items and the like that the user has omitted. Further, the profile includes items that can be omitted from the input, and if such items are not input, the items are deleted.

Furthermore, an expiration date, an effective area, etc. can be set in the profile. Subsequently, operations of the terminal 30 and the base station 20 will be described. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a profile creation process executed by the central processing unit 31 of the terminal 30. The profile creation process starts when the terminal 30 enters the short-range wireless communication area of the base station 20 and the terminal 30 does not store the required profile, and thus requests the base station 20 to transmit the template. .

In FIG. 5, the central processing unit 3 of the terminal 30
1 receives a template to be input (input target template) from the base station 20 (step S1), and determines whether or not each item of the input target template can be automatically input (step S2). In step S2,
When it is determined that each item of the input target template can be automatically input, the central processing unit 31 searches the profile corresponding to the input target template for an item corresponding to the input item (step S3), and searches. The content of the selected item is input to each item of the input target template (step S4).

If it is determined in step S2 that each item of the input target template cannot be automatically input,
Alternatively, after step S4, the central processing unit 31 converts the template into the XHTML format and displays it (step S5), and determines whether or not an item has been input by the user of the terminal 30 (step S6). Step S6
In, when it is determined that the user of the terminal 30 has input the item, the central processing unit 31 sets the content input by the user as the item (step S7). On the other hand, when the user of the terminal 30 determines that the item has not been input, the central processing unit 31 determines whether or not there is a default setting for the item (step S).
8).

When it is determined in step S8 that there is a default setting for that item, the central processing unit 31 sets the contents of the default setting as an item (step S9). On the other hand, in step S8,
When it is determined that there is no default setting for the item, the central processing unit 31 determines whether the item can be omitted (step S10). Step S1
In 0, when it is determined that the item is not omissible, the central processing unit 31 notifies the user that the item is not omissible (step S11), and step S6.
Move to. When it is determined in step S10 that the item can be omitted, the item is deleted (step S12).

Then, after step S7, step S9, and step S11, the central processing unit 31 ends the profile creating process. Next, an information providing process executed by the central processing unit 21 of the base station 20 will be described. Figure 6
3 is a flowchart showing an information providing process executed by the central processing unit 21 of the base station 20. The information providing process is started when the terminal 30 enters the short-range wireless communicable area of the base station 20 and communication with the terminal 30 becomes possible.

In FIG. 6, the central processing unit 21 of the base station 20 starts short-distance wireless communication with the terminal 30 (step S 101), and the terminal 30 has a profile suitable for the base station 20 (necessary profile). It is determined whether or not is stored (step S102). Step S1
In 02, when it is determined that the terminal 30 does not store a profile suitable for the base station 20, the central processing unit 21 transmits a template (input target template) corresponding to the required profile to the terminal 30 (step (S103), the profile is received from the terminal 30 (step S104).

Steps S102 and S104
After that, the central processing unit 21 reads the profile (step S105) and interprets the contents of the read profile (step S106). Next, the central processing unit 21 sequentially transmits the information requested (selected) from the terminal 30 based on the content of the interpreted profile (step S107). At this time, depending on the position of the terminal 30, one base station 20 or a plurality of base stations 20 cooperate to provide information.

After step S107, the central processing unit 21 ends the information providing process. Next, a specific mode in which various information is provided by using the above-described information providing system 1 will be described. First, terminal 3
An example in which the information providing system 1 is used when 0 users perform trekking will be described.

In using the information providing system 1, the terminal 30 stores a terminal profile and a user profile. The user profile includes data such as the age and sex of the user, past history of trekking, and information about hobbies and preferences. For example, the user profile describes that he likes to observe flowers or birds during trekking and takes a landscape photograph.

When the user carries the terminal 30 and arrives at the mountain climbing exit, the base station 20 installed at the mountain climbing exit
Map of trekking course, course status, weather forecast,
Flower flowering information or animal sighting information is transmitted to the terminal 30. In addition, the terminal 30 provides the expected required time of the trekking course based on the trekking history of the stored user profile. Although these pieces of information are stored in the server 10, the server 10 sequentially collects and updates these pieces of information via the Internet or the like. Regarding the sighting information and the like, the hiker who actually walked the trekking course is updated based on the information posted on the server 10 based on a predetermined format. Then, the terminal 30 displays these pieces of information in an overlapping manner with the map of the trekking course.

Further, the base station 20 transmits to the terminal 30 a template relating to information usable in the trekking course (hereinafter referred to as "trekking template"). Then, in the trekking template, the user of the terminal 30 sets items such as providing directions at an incomprehensible branch in the course, notifying when approaching a flowering place, and attaching an action record. At this time, the items included in the user profile are automatically set in the trekking template, and the trekking profile for trekking is created. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a state in which items are set in the trekking template by the user.

Further, the user of the terminal 30 may submit a mountain climbing notification when walking on a trekking course.
The base station 20 uses this entry notification as a template of a predetermined format.
From the terminal to the terminal 30, and the terminal 30 can transmit the entry notification to the base station 20 based on the user template. Furthermore, by using the schedule book application to write an action schedule in the schedule and using the schedule as a profile, it is possible to automatically enter the action schedule in the entry notification. Alternatively, the action schedule can be automatically entered by clicking the map displayed on the terminal 30 to select a course and using the expected required course time.

Then, the entry of the entry notification is completed and the terminal 30
Sends a mountain climbing report to the base station 20, and the base station 20 submits (transmits) a mountain climbing report to the forestry station or the police station via the network. In addition, the action schedule input in the notification of entering the mountain is stored in the trekking profile, and the terminal 30
It is used to check if the course is being held by

Then, when the user of the terminal 30 starts walking on the trekking course, the base station 20 installed at a predetermined position on the course provides appropriate information based on the trekking profile. For example, in the case where the trekking profile is set to notify the flowering information of the flowers, when the flowering position is approached, the base station 20 transmits the flowering information of the flowers to the terminal 30, and the terminal 30 sounds an alarm, A picture or description of the flower is displayed. As a method of realizing this, the base station 20 uses the short-range wireless communication device (communication device 24) and the auxiliary storage device 2 having a relatively small capacity.
3 and the item about the flowering information of the trekking profile is set to “automatically notify the flowering information of the flower”, the base station 20 is a homepage on which the information about the flower is posted. URL (Uniform Reso
It is conceivable to transmit the urce Locator) to the terminal 30. On the other hand, the terminal 30 receives the UR transmitted from the base station 20.
When L is received, via the network of mobile phones,
Access the URL on the Internet and display the information about the flower (see FIG. 8).

When the user has set to display the route guidance in the trekking profile when the user approaches the course branch, the base station 20 notifies the terminal 30 of which route to take. To do. At this time, the arrival time of the branch point is recorded in the terminal 30 as the history of the action. Then, through the base station 20 installed at the branch point, the passing time is notified to the forestry station or the police station to which the entry notification is submitted. Furthermore, if the time taken to pass the branch point is significantly behind the action schedule entered in the entry notification, it is possible to present an alternative route or give a warning to instruct to return.

When the user of the terminal 30 finds a valuable flora and fauna, the user can add a comment to the image taken by the camera or the like provided in the terminal 30 and save the image in the terminal 30. Then, the image or comment can be transmitted to the server 10 or a server on the Internet via the base station 20 to be disclosed.
When the user arrives at the destination such as the summit, the arrival time is recorded in the terminal 30. Then, based on the record of the arrival time, it is possible to ask the mountain hut or the visitor center to issue a climbing certificate. Also,
At the top, a description (mountain name, etc.) about the scenery from there is transmitted from the base station 20 to the terminal 30. Further, when the weather is bad and the scenery is difficult to see, a picture of the scenery that would be seen if it is fine weather is displayed from the base station 20 to the terminal 30.
Can be sent to.

Subsequently, when the user reaches the end point of the trekking course and descends, the time when the user passed the fork and the descending time are entered in the descending mountain notification. And
This descent report is submitted (transmitted) to the forestry station or police station that submitted the entry report. In this way, information is provided by the information providing system 1 for trekking. It should be noted that by comparing the standard required course time with the required course time of the user, it is possible to determine the physical strength and skill of the user and use it for calculation of the required course time in the next trek, and for that,
It is also possible to enter the comparison result and the like in the user profile.

Further, since the map of the trekking course and the arrival time of each branch point are recorded, it is convenient for organizing the action records. Next, when the user of the terminal 30 is shopping at a supermarket,
A case where the information providing system 1 is used will be described. When the user decides what to buy when using the information providing system 1, the user describes the shopping list in the notepad by the notepad application of the terminal 30 in advance.

Then, when the user goes to the supermarket for shopping, at the entrance of the supermarket, the base station 20 transmits a template (hereinafter referred to as “super template”) regarding information available in the supermarket to the terminal 30. A profile in which the terminal 30 reflects the contents of the shopping list described in the memo pad on this super template (hereinafter referred to as “shopping schedule profile”).
To create. It should be noted that the super template includes information related to products such as "today's special sale", and the user can add the product to the shopping list by checking what is required.

It is also possible to input keywords such as "seasonal ones" and "low calories" and types of favorite items into the shopping schedule profile. In addition, based on the user profile, the terminal 30 changes to the shopping schedule profile,
It is also possible to fill in the age, sex, etc. of the user and transmit the product information regarding the favorite item from the base station 20 to the terminal 30 according to the result of analyzing these conditions. In this way, the items checked in today's special sale items, the items corresponding to the keywords, or the items related to the favorite items are registered in the shopping plan profile, and when the user moves in the supermarket store, the items are displayed near each item. Installed base station 2
0 transmits information on the corresponding product to the terminal 30. Further, the base station 20 transmits the in-store map of the supermarket to the terminal 30 and displays where in the store the product for which information is displayed based on the shopping schedule profile is located.

Further, by installing the base station 20 for transmitting the information regarding the menu at a predetermined position in the store of the supermarket, the recipe list can be transmitted to the user approaching the base station 20. Then, when the user selects a desired recipe from the recipes, the necessary ingredients are displayed and registered in the shopping schedule profile. At the same time, the cooking method is downloaded to the terminal 30, and when the user later cooks, the cooking method can be browsed. At this time, in addition to downloading the cooking method, the URL of the home page on which the cooking method is posted may be downloaded. In this case, the user of the terminal 30
If the terminal 30 can connect to the Internet, the terminal 30
Or a PC (Personal Compute
You can browse the cooking method by accessing the URL downloaded from r).

Next, an example in which the information providing system 1 is used when the user of the terminal 30 uses a station will be described. When the user of the terminal 30 enters the station, a template of information that can be used at the station (hereinafter referred to as “station template”) is provided from the base station 20 installed at the entrance of the station to the terminal 3
Sent to 0. Then, by inputting items such as the destination, the profile for using the station (hereinafter,
Say "Station profile". ) Is transmitted to the base station 20.

On the other hand, when the user does not enter anything in the station template, the base station 20 transmits the route map. Then, when the user inputs the destination, the timetable related to the destination and the normal fare to the destination are displayed on the terminal 30. Further, when the user specifies the departure time or the arrival time, a predetermined number of trains that match the departure time or the arrival time are displayed. Further, when the user designates a regular train or a limited express train, a free seat or a reserved seat, a predetermined fare is calculated and displayed on the terminal 30.

In the station template, items such as the current operation status, notification of timetable revision, travel plan recommended by the station manager, or map of the station can be selected. Furthermore, a station profile is created by designating a train or the like to board in the station template. Then, when the station profile is transmitted to the base station 20, according to the content of the station profile, the base station 20 transmits to the terminal 30 the route guidance from the ticket gate to the platform, information on souvenirs and station lunches, and the like.

Further, it is possible to create a station profile by reflecting the schedule written by the schedule book application. That is, the user
Write "Go to Mr. A's house by 2:00 pm" in the schedule book using the schedule book application. When the user arrives at the station, the station template is downloaded to the terminal 30. Then, the terminal 30 automatically creates a station profile based on the contents written in the schedule book. Specifically, the address of Mr. A's home is searched by an application that manages an address book, and the route from the current station to the nearest station of Mr. A's home is searched. The user can specify a route or the like according to the arrival time from the routes searched in this way, and a station profile is created.

By creating the station profile in this way, when the user arrives at the station, the user can perform only a slight input operation such as specifying the type of train to be used (express train or regular train, etc.) and arrival time. You can also create a station profile and know the fare etc. The profile for displaying seat designation and reservation status is XM.
It is described by L. Therefore, in addition to displaying the reservation status and the like in characters, it is also possible to display using a figure by using a style sheet or the like. Figure 9
Is an example of a screen when displaying the reservation status and the like in characters, and FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen when displaying the reservation status and the like using the drawing. In both cases of FIG. 9 and FIG. 10, by checking the seat desired by the user from the vacant seats and transmitting it to the base station 20, the reservation content is transferred from the base station 20 via the server 10 to the transportation system. It is transmitted to the reservation server or the like and can make a reservation.

As described above, in the information providing system 1 according to this embodiment, the base station 20 uses the template for the terminal 3
0, and the terminal 30 inputs a predetermined item to generate a profile. Then, by transmitting this profile to the base station 20, information is provided from the base station 20 to the terminal 30 based on the profile. Therefore, the user of the terminal 30 can easily and properly select the information to be provided, and can efficiently obtain the desired information.

Since the amount of information transmitted from the base station 20 to the terminal 30 is a necessary and sufficient amount, it is possible to reduce communication cost and improve communication efficiency. Further, since the template and the profile are described in XML, it becomes easy to associate the different profiles and automatically fill in the items from the predetermined profile in the template, which reduces the burden on the user to select information. It will be reduced.

Since the terminal profile or the user profile can be stored, the burden on the user of inputting items to the template is further reduced. In addition, since it is possible to add restrictions such as expiration date and effective area to the profile, it is possible to always use an appropriate profile. In the present embodiment, the case where the present system is used for trekking or the like has been described as an example, but if it is possible to provide information, explanations at museums, museums, facility guides in offices ( It can be used for things such as conference room reservation status).

In the present embodiment, the base station 2
0 has been described as being connected to the server 10 and storing various information by the server 10, but the base station 20 may store various information (see FIG. 11). Furthermore, a plurality of base stations 20 each have a server function and transmit information to other base stations 20, and a process in which the server 10 selects and provides information from each base station 20 to the terminal 30. It is also possible to manage all at once.

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According to the present invention, the selection information selected by the selection means is transmitted from the base station device to the mobile terminal device. Therefore, the user of the mobile terminal device can easily and appropriately select the information to be provided, and can efficiently obtain the desired information. Moreover, since the amount of information transmitted from the base station device to the mobile terminal device is a necessary and sufficient amount, it is possible to reduce communication cost and improve communication efficiency.

Further, the base station device transmits the template to the mobile terminal device, and the predetermined profile is generated in the mobile terminal device. Then, by transmitting this profile to the base station device, information is provided from the base station device to the mobile terminal device based on the profile. Therefore, it becomes possible to easily and properly select the information to be provided.

Further, since the template and the profile are described in a language in which the document structure can be expanded, it becomes easy to associate the different profiles and automatically fill in the items from the predetermined profile in the template. Reduces the burden of selecting information. Further, since the information regarding the specifications of the mobile terminal device or the information regarding the user of the mobile terminal device can be stored, the burden of the user inputting items into the template is further reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of an information providing system 1 to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a server 10.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a base station 20.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a terminal 30.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a profile creation process executed by the central processing unit 31 of the terminal 30.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an information providing process executed by the central processing unit 21 of the base station 20.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a state in which items are set in a trekking template by a user.

8 is a diagram showing a case where the terminal 30 acquires flowering information of a flower via the Internet based on the URL transmitted from the base station 20. FIG.

FIG. 9 is an example of a screen when displaying a reservation status and the like by characters.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a screen for displaying a reservation status and the like using the figure.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example in which the base station 20 stores various kinds of information.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Information provision system 10 servers 11,21,31 Central processing unit 12,32 input device 13,22,33 Main memory 13a work area 14,23,34 Auxiliary storage device 15,35 Display 16, 24, 36 communication device 37 Sound equipment 20 base stations 30 terminals

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Claims (46)

[Claims] 1. A wireless communication of the base station device, comprising: storage means for storing predetermined information; a base station device having a predetermined wireless communicable area; and a mobile terminal device capable of wireless communication with the base station device. An information providing system capable of selectively transmitting the predetermined information stored in the storage means from the base station device to the mobile terminal device when the mobile terminal device is located in a possible area, Among the predetermined information stored in the means, a selection means for selecting the selection information to be transmitted to the mobile terminal device in association with the mobile terminal device, the base station device, the selection information to the mobile terminal device An information providing system characterized by transmitting. 2. The mobile terminal device, when the mobile terminal device is located in a wireless communicable area of the base station device, selects itself from the predetermined information stored in the storage means with respect to the base station device. The information providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a profile for selecting information to be transmitted is transmitted to the mobile terminal device, and the selecting unit selects information to be transmitted to the mobile terminal device based on the profile. system. 3. The base station device transmits a template for generating the profile to the mobile terminal device, and the mobile terminal device generates the profile based on the template. The information providing system according to claim 2. 4. Providable information that includes one or a plurality of the base station devices and is transmittable from the base station device among the predetermined information stored in the storage means, and the template can be provided with the provisionable information. The information providing system according to claim 3, further comprising identification information for identifying the information. 5. The information providing system according to claim 4, wherein the provisionable information is set in the base station apparatus according to a place where the own apparatus is installed. 6. A transmission base station device capable of transmitting information associated with its own device among the selection information, wherein the transmission base station device is the portable terminal to which the selection information is transmitted. The information according to claim 1, wherein, when the device is located in the wireless communicable area of the device itself, the information associated with the device in the selection information is transmitted to the mobile terminal device. Offer system. 7. The information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit is provided in the base station device. 8. The information providing system according to claim 1, further comprising a server communicable with the base station apparatus, wherein the storage unit is provided in the server. 9. The information providing system according to claim 8, wherein the server is connected to an external network and is capable of acquiring information stored in the storage means via the external network. 10. The information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the selection means is provided in the base station device. 11. The information providing system according to claim 1, further comprising a server communicable with the base station apparatus, wherein the selecting unit is provided in the server. 12. The mobile terminal device is capable of correlating a plurality of the profiles with each other, and the selecting means selects information based on the plurality of correlated profiles. The information providing system according to claim 2 or 3. 13. The information providing system according to claim 2, wherein the template or the profile is described in a language capable of expanding a document structure. 14. The mobile terminal device stores terminal information in which information about specifications of the mobile terminal device is described in a language that can extend the document structure, and reflects the content of the terminal information in the profile. 14. The method according to claim 13,
Information provision system described. 15. The mobile terminal device stores user information in which information about a user of the mobile terminal device is described in an extensible language, and the profile stores, in the profile,
14. The information providing system according to claim 13, wherein the content of the user information is reflected. 16. The information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined information stored in the storage means is information about trekking. 17. The information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined information stored in the storage means is information regarding shopping at a predetermined store. 18. The information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined information stored in the storage means is information regarding use of transportation facilities. 19. The information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined information stored in the storage means is information regarding a commentary of an exhibit. 20. The base station and the mobile terminal device,
The information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 19, wherein communication is possible by short-range wireless communication. 21. Wireless communication of the base station device, comprising: storage means for storing predetermined information, a base station device having a predetermined wireless communicable area, and a mobile terminal device capable of wireless communication with the base station device. An information providing method in an information providing system capable of selectively transmitting predetermined information stored in the storage means from the base station device to the mobile terminal device when the mobile terminal device is located in a possible area. And selecting the selection information to be transmitted to the mobile terminal device from the predetermined information stored in the storage means in association with the mobile terminal device, the base station device selecting the selection information from the mobile terminal. And a step of transmitting the information to the device. 22. Wireless communication of the base station device, comprising: storage means for storing predetermined information, a base station device having a predetermined wireless communicable area, and a mobile terminal device capable of wireless communication with the base station device. A mobile terminal device for an information providing system capable of selectively transmitting predetermined information stored in the storage means from the base station device to the mobile terminal device when the mobile terminal device is located in a possible area The portable terminal device is capable of receiving the selection information associated with the own device among the predetermined information stored in the storage means. 23. When the base station device is located in a wireless communicable area of the base station device, of the predetermined information stored in the storage means, the information requesting the base station device to transmit the information. 23. The mobile terminal device according to claim 22, which transmits a profile for selecting. 24. The mobile terminal device according to claim 23, wherein a template for generating the profile is received from the base station device, and the profile is generated based on the template. 25. The information providing system includes a transmission base station device capable of transmitting information associated with its own device among the selection information, and is located in a wireless communicable area of the transmission base station device. In the case where the selection information is being transmitted, the information associated with the transmission base station apparatus among the selection information is received.
2. The mobile terminal device according to 2. 26. The mobile terminal device according to claim 23, wherein a plurality of the profiles can be associated with each other. 27. The mobile terminal device according to claim 23, wherein the template or the profile is described in a language capable of expanding a document structure. 28. The terminal information in which the information about the specification of the own device is described in a language capable of expanding the document structure is stored, and the content of the terminal information is reflected in the profile. Mobile terminal device. 29. The user information in which the information about the user of the own device is described in a language capable of expanding the document structure is stored, and the content of the user information is reflected in the profile. Mobile terminal device. 30. The mobile terminal device according to claim 22, which is capable of communicating with the base station by short-range wireless communication. 31. A wireless communication of the base station device, comprising: storage means for storing predetermined information, a base station device having a predetermined wireless communicable area, and a mobile terminal device capable of wireless communication with the base station device. A base station device for an information providing system capable of selectively transmitting predetermined information stored in the storage means from the base station device to the mobile terminal device when the mobile terminal device is located in a possible area Wherein the information providing system includes a selection unit that selects, from the predetermined information stored in the storage unit, the selection information to be transmitted to the mobile terminal device in association with the mobile terminal device, the selection information Is transmitted to the mobile terminal device. 32. A profile to be transmitted for selecting information requested to be transmitted to the terminal device from the predetermined information stored in the storage means, the profile being a wireless communicable area of the device itself. 32. The base station apparatus according to claim 31, wherein the base station apparatus receives a profile transmitted by the terminal apparatus when the portable terminal apparatus is located at the position. 33. The base station apparatus according to claim 32, wherein a template for generating the profile is transmitted to the mobile terminal apparatus. 34. Among the predetermined information stored in the storage means, provisionable information that can be transmitted from the own device is set,
34. The base station apparatus according to claim 33, wherein the template includes identification information for identifying the provisionable information. 35. The provisionable information is set according to the place where the own device is installed.
4. The base station device according to item 4. 36. The base station apparatus according to claim 31, further comprising the storage means. 37. The base station apparatus according to claim 31, further comprising the selection means. 38. The selecting unit selects information based on a plurality of profiles associated with each other by the mobile terminal device.
Or the base station device according to 33. 39. The base station apparatus according to claim 32, wherein the template or the profile is described in a language capable of expanding a document structure. 40. The base station apparatus according to claim 31, wherein the predetermined information stored in the storage means is information about trekking. 41. The base station apparatus according to claim 31, wherein the predetermined information stored in the storage means is information regarding shopping at a predetermined store. 42. The base station apparatus according to claim 31, wherein the predetermined information stored in the storage means is information regarding use of transportation facilities. 43. The base station apparatus according to claim 31, wherein the predetermined information stored in the storage means is information regarding a commentary of an exhibit. 44. The mobile terminal device can communicate with the mobile terminal device by short-range wireless communication.
3. The base station device according to any one of 3 above. 45. Claim 8, Claim 9 or Claim 1
A server for the information providing system according to any one of 1. 46. A storage device for storing predetermined information, an information providing device connected to a network, and a terminal device capable of communicating with the information providing device via the network,
An information providing system capable of selectively transmitting predetermined information stored in the storage means from the information providing device to the terminal device, wherein the predetermined information stored in the storage means is stored in the terminal device. An information providing system comprising: a selecting unit that selects the selection information to be transmitted in association with the terminal device, and the information providing device transmits the selection information to the terminal device.