JP2003196305A - Information distribution program, information distribution method and information distribution device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a user embarked in a mobile body to acquire area information while securing secrecy without informing a center of an address and current positional information of a terminal held by the user regarding an information distribution program, an information distribution method and an information distribution device for distributing information to the terminal held by the user. <P>SOLUTION: The information distribution device is constituted of a means for accepting an acquisition request of information to which the address of the terminal is added from the terminal, a means for issuing a unique ID by associating it with the address added to the information and for simultaneously storing the address and the ID by associating them with each other when the information acquisition request is received, a means for informing the center of an area information request by transmitting the stored ID and the acquired current position to the center, a means for receiving the area information to which the ID transmitted from the center is added corresponding to information of the area information request to which the ID is added and a means for transmitting the received area information to the terminal at the corresponding address stored based on the received ID. <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 distribution program, an information distribution method and an information distribution device for distributing information to a terminal held by a user who has boarded a mobile body.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, the position of a terminal is acquired by GPS (Global Positioning System) or the like, or the position is acquired based on a plurality of base stations received by the own terminal, and the acquired position information and the own terminal are acquired. The ID is notified to the center to request acquisition of information on the area, the center searches the database, sends the area information to the terminal with the ID and displays it on the screen of the terminal for the user to view. , Participate in various events,
It is used for things such as going to the relevant store and purchasing.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional method, it is necessary to transmit the ID of the terminal itself and the current position information from the terminal to the center, and it is very personal to know the ID of the individual and where the person is currently. There was a problem that such information was provided to a third party.

The present invention solves these problems.
When a user holds a terminal and gets on a mobile unit, the mobile unit issues a unique ID to the mobile unit and requests the mobile unit to obtain area information regarding the current location, and associates it with the destination information of the terminal. In addition, the center and the current position are notified to the center to acquire the regional information, and the terminal having the corresponding ID is notified to the user to watch the regional information displayed on the screen and the stored ID and destination information. The purpose is to ensure confidentiality and enable acquisition of regional information without notifying the center of the destination and current location information of the terminal held by the user.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] Means for solving the problems will be described with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 1, a terminal 1 is a portable terminal which a user holds and rides on a moving body 2.

The moving body 2 moves by carrying a user having the terminal 1, and here, the information receiving means 3, the position information acquiring means 5, the position information transmitting means 6, the ID generating means 7, The area information receiving means 8 and the area information transmitting means 9 are included.

The information receiving means 3 receives a request for regional information from the terminal 1. Position information acquisition means 5
Is to acquire the current position of the mobile unit 2.

The position information transmitting means 6 transmits the position information and ID of the moving body 2 to the center 11.

The ID generating means 7 issues a unique ID in association with the terminal 1. Area information receiving means 8
Is for receiving regional information from the center 11.

The regional information transmitting means 9 transmits the regional information to the terminal 1
Is to be sent to. Next, the operation will be described.

The information receiving means 3 receives from the terminal 1 an information acquisition request to which an address is added to the terminal 1, and the ID generating means 7 is uniquely associated with the address added when the information acquisition request is received. The location information acquisition unit 5 acquires the current position, the location information transmission unit 6 transmits the ID stored by the location information transmission unit 6 and the acquired current position to the center 11. In response to the notification of the area information request and the notification of the area information request with the ID added by the area information receiving means 8, the area information with the ID added transmitted from the center 11 is received, and the area information transmitting means 9 is received.
The area information is transmitted to the corresponding destination terminal 1 stored based on the ID.

At this time, the received area information is transmitted to the corresponding destination terminal 1 stored based on the received ID, and the correspondence between the ID and the destination of the terminal 1 is deleted.

Further, the destination of the terminal 1 is the electronic mail address of the terminal 1, and the area information is notified by electronic mail.
Alternatively, the telephone number of the terminal 1 is called to notify the regional information.

Therefore, when the user holds the terminal 1 and gets on the moving body 2, when the terminal 1 requests the moving body 2 to obtain the area information regarding the current position, the moving body 2 has a unique I
D is issued to store the destination information of the terminal 1 in association with each other, the center 11 is notified of the ID and the current position, the area information is acquired, and the terminal 1 of the corresponding ID is notified and the user displays the information on the screen. I watched and memorized the displayed regional information.
By deleting D and the destination correspondence information, it becomes possible to obtain the regional information while ensuring the confidentiality without notifying the center 11 of the destination of the terminal 1 and the current position information held by the user.

[0016]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Next, embodiments and operations of the present invention will be sequentially described in detail with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 shows a system configuration diagram of the present invention.
In FIG. 1, a terminal 1 is a portable terminal that a user holds and rides on a mobile body 2, and is a terminal that transmits and receives a telephone such as a mobile phone and an electronic mail.

The mobile unit 2 is for moving a user carrying the terminal 1 and is various transportation means,
Here, from the information receiving means 3, the getting-off recognition means 4, the position information acquiring means 5, the position information transmitting means 6, the ID generating means 7, the area information receiving means 8, the area information transmitting means 9, the user information table 10, and the like. It is composed.

The information receiving means 3 receives a request for regional information from the terminal 1. The getting-off recognizing means 4 is for recognizing an instruction to get off from the moving body 2 by the user holding the terminal 1 (for example, recognizing that the getting off button for getting off at the next stop of the shared bus is pressed).

The position information acquisition means 5 acquires the current position of the mobile unit 2 (for example, acquires the current position by GPS).

The position information transmission means 6 transmits to the center 11 the position information of the mobile unit 2 and the unique ID generated in association with the terminal 1.

The ID generating means 7 issues a unique ID in association with the terminal 1. Area information receiving means 8
Is for receiving regional information from the center 11.

The area information transmitting means 9 sends the area information to the terminal 1
And send the regional information by e-mail to the e-mail address that is the destination of the terminal 1, or call the telephone number of the destination of the terminal 1 and send the regional information by voice. To do.

The user information table 10 is for registering and managing a unique ID in association with the destination of the terminal 1 held by the user (described later with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3).

When the center 11 receives a search request for area information from the mobile unit 2, the center 11 searches the area information database 12 for area information (for example, area information such as special sale at B department store in A city). ) Is taken out and transmitted to the mobile unit 2, and other services are provided.

The area information database 12 is a database in which area information requested by users is accumulated.

Next, the operation of the configuration of FIG. 1 will be described in detail in the order of the flowchart of FIG. This is
The operation in the moving body 1 of FIG.

FIG. 2 shows a flowchart (regional information acquisition) for explaining the operation of the present invention. In FIG. 2, S1 determines whether there is an information acquisition request. This is to determine whether the mobile unit 2 of FIG. 1 receives a call from the mobile phone of the terminal 1 (or by e-mail) and has an information acquisition request. If yes, then continue with S2. In the case of NO, the process ends because it is another process.

In step S2, it is determined whether the mail address has been registered. This determines whether or not the electronic mail address has been registered for the terminal 1 (terminal's telephone number) that has received the information acquisition request in S1 YES. In the case of YES, it progresses to S4. In the case of NO, a request for registration of a mail address is made in S3, an e-mail is sent to the user to urge the user to register in the mobile unit 2, and S2 is repeatedly registered.

In S4, if YES in S2, the user's terminal 1
I could confirm the registration of the e-mail address (the destination to which the regional information is returned) in association with (or the telephone number).
ID generation is performed. This generates a unique ID in the mobile unit 2 in association with a destination (here, an electronic mail address) to which the area information is returned. After that, since the area information is requested to the center 11 by the ID, the I of the user's terminal 1
Personal information such as D, telephone number, e-mail address,
The confidentiality can be secured without being transmitted to the outside (center 11 or the like).

In step S5, the ID + mail address is added to the user information table. As described on the right side, the ID and the mail address of the user generated in S4 are additionally stored in the user information table 10.

In step S6, it is determined whether information is to be acquired. This determines whether or not the user getting on the bus has pressed the disembarkation button to instruct the acquisition of the regional information. In the case of YES, it progresses to S7. If NO, wait.

In step S7, the current position of the moving body is acquired. This is because the position information acquisition means 5 of the mobile unit 2 uses a GPS (not shown).
The current position information of the mobile unit 2 is acquired from the above.

In step S8, ID + position information is transmitted to the center. This sends the current position information acquired in S7 and the ID to the center 11, and requests the area information.

In step S9, it is determined whether there is a reply from the center.
If yes, then continue with S10. If NO, wait.

In step S10, ID + area information is received. This is the area information extracted from the center 11 by searching the area information database 12 based on the current position information and the ID (S
8) receives the ID transmitted at the time of requesting regional information.

In step S11, the mail address is acquired from the ID. This is because the user information table 10 in which the mail address is added in association with the ID in S4 is searched and the ID is
Get the email address corresponding to.

In step S12, the area information is sent to the mail address. As a result, the user can operate the terminal 1 to open the received mail and view the regional information.

In step S13, the personal information (ID + mail address) is deleted. As a result, the mail address or the like, which is the personal information of the user, is deleted in the mobile unit 2 and the leakage of the personal information can be prevented.

As described above, the user gets on the mobile unit 2 and operates the terminal 1 to register the reply destination (for example, mail address), so that the mobile unit 2 is associated with the generated unique ID. The destination is registered in the table by the user, and when the user presses the drop-off button at the time of getting off to instruct the acquisition of area information, the mobile unit 2 acquires the current position information, adds the ID, and transmits it to the center 11. , Sending the acquired regional information to the destination corresponding to the ID, the user can view the regional information transmitted to the destination, go to the corresponding store, and make a profitable shopping. Become.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the present invention (information retrieval).
Indicates. This illustrates the operation in the center 11 of FIG.

FIG. 3A shows a flowchart for explaining the operation. In FIG. 3A, S21 determines whether or not there is a regional information acquisition request. If YES, the process proceeds to S22. If NO, wait.

At S22, ID + position information is acquired. This acquires the ID + position information (current position information of the mobile unit 2) notified from the mobile unit 2 from the data received from the mobile unit 2.

In step S23, the area information around the getting-off vehicle is acquired from the area information database 12. This searches the area information database 12 based on the current position information of the mobile unit 2 acquired in S22, and extracts the area information around the current position information.

At S24, ID + area information is transmitted. This adds the ID (ID acquired in S22) to the position information acquired in S23 and sends it back to the mobile unit 2.

As described above, the center 11 receives the ID + current position information from each mobile unit 2, searches the area information database 12 and extracts the area information around the current position information, and the requesting mobile unit 2 To ID + area information and reply. With this, every time the user who gets off from the moving body 2 presses the get-off button, the area information database 12 is searched based on the current position information of the getting off, and the registered area information is extracted. Can be distributed to the terminal 1. At this time, the center 11 receives only the ID arbitrarily issued by each mobile unit 2, retrieves the area information, and returns the area information. Therefore, the center 11 sends a request for acquiring the area information from any one of the terminals 1 of the users. It is not possible to specify what was there, and it is possible to provide local information while keeping the personal information of the user secret.

FIG. 3B shows the regional information database 1
2 is shown. Here, the following information shown in the figure is associated and registered in the area information database 12, and the corresponding area information is extracted by searching based on the position information and returned to the mobile unit 2.

-Position information: -Region information: -Others: Here, the position information is a key for searching, and here, the current position of the moving body 2 notified by the moving body 2 on which the user is boarded. It is the position information to be searched using the position information as a key. The area information is information in which the area information around the area is registered in association with the position information.

[0049]

As described above, according to the present invention,
When the user holds the terminal 1 and gets on the mobile unit 2, when the terminal 1 requests the mobile unit 2 to acquire the area information regarding the current position, the mobile unit 2 issues a unique ID and the terminal 1 The destination information is stored in association with the destination information, and the center 11 is notified of the ID and the current position to obtain the area information, and the terminal 1 having the corresponding ID is notified to display the area information displayed on the screen by the user. Since the configuration is adopted in which the ID and the address correspondence information stored while being viewed are deleted, the confidentiality is secured without notifying the center 11 of the address of the terminal 1 and the current position information held by the user, and then the area is secured. It becomes possible to obtain information.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart (regional information acquisition) for explaining the operation of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an operation explanatory diagram (regional information search) of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1: Terminal 2: Mobile 3: Information receiving means 4: Dismounting recognition means 5: Position information acquisition means 6: Position information transmission means 7: ID issuing means 8: Area information receiving means 9: Area information transmission means 10: User information table 11: Center 12: Regional information database

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An information distribution program for distributing information to a terminal held by a user who has boarded a moving body, means for accepting an information acquisition request with the destination of the terminal added from the terminal, and receiving the information acquisition request. Means for issuing a unique ID in association with the added destination and storing the destination and the ID in association with each other, a means for obtaining the current position, the stored ID and the acquired current position To the center to notify the area information request, and to receive the area information request to which the ID is added, and to receive the area information to which the ID is added transmitted from the center. An information distribution program for causing a computer in a mobile body to function as means for transmitting the received area information to a corresponding destination terminal stored based on the received ID. . 2. A means for transmitting the received regional information to a corresponding destination terminal stored on the basis of the received ID and erasing the correspondence between the ID and the destination of the terminal in a computer by a mobile unit. The information distribution program according to claim 1, which is made to function. 3. As a destination of the terminal, an electronic mail address of the terminal is used to notify the area information by e-mail, or a telephone number of the terminal is used to notify the area information by making a call by a mobile computer. The information distribution program according to claim 1, which causes the information distribution program to function. 4. An information distribution method for distributing information to a terminal held by a user who has boarded a mobile body, the step of receiving an information acquisition request from the terminal to which a destination is added, and the information acquisition request A step of issuing a unique ID in association with the destination added when it is received and storing the destination and the ID in association with each other, a step of acquiring the current position, the stored ID and the acquired A step of transmitting the current position to the center to notify the area information request, and a step of receiving the area information request to which the ID is added in response to the notification of the area information request to which the ID is added, And a step of transmitting the received area information to a corresponding destination terminal stored based on the received ID, in the mobile body. 5. An information distribution device that distributes information to a terminal held by a user who has boarded a moving body, and means for receiving an information acquisition request from the terminal to which a destination is added, and the information acquisition request. A means for issuing a unique ID in association with the destination added when it is received, and a means for storing the destination and the ID in association with each other, a means for acquiring the current position, the stored ID and the acquired Means for transmitting the current position to the center to notify the area information request, and means for receiving the area information request with the ID added and corresponding to the area information request with the ID added And a means for transmitting the received area information to a corresponding destination terminal stored on the basis of the received ID, in the mobile body.