JP2003263595A - Information processing unit, its method, its program and storage medium storing program thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information processing system easily managing information regarding points provided by a shop. <P>SOLUTION: A system member of an information processing system 1 operates a terminal device 3 and connects with a registration site server device 6 for inputting necessary items including personal information. The registration site server device 6 prepares customer information by the necessary items and point information regarding the provided points and registers the member as the point member. The member clicks an icon of 'Yorimichi-kun (Mr.side trip)' of a point card registration site on the terminal device 3 and transfers the point information and shop code information from the registration site server device 6 to a server device 5 for automatically preparing shop information. Connecting to the server device 5 by operation of the terminal device 3, according to request of a shop retrieval, shop location and the point information of the point member can be notified. <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 processing apparatus for creating customer information having point information relating to points given to a user by a store and setting the user as a point member, its method, and its program. And a recording medium having the program recorded therein.

[0002]

BACKGROUND ART Conventionally, when a store is used, points are given from the store along with the use, and when points are accumulated to some extent, a point system is known in which various services are provided from the store according to the points. There is. As this point system, for example, in a store, a user fills in necessary information including personal information such as name and address on a registration form. By this entry, as a point member of the store, a point card is issued from the store to the user on the spot or mailed at a later date. Further, the store inputs necessary information from the input terminal and stores it in the database as one record in which information regarding points to be given by use, that is, the number of points and necessary information are customer information.

However, the work of inputting the necessary items written on the paper needs to be performed between normal business activities, which complicates the creation and management of customer information. Therefore, in recent years, in order to reduce the input work in the store, the user has a WWW (Worl
A configuration is known in which input operation is performed on a point card registration site of the d Wide Web).

In this point card registration site, the card distributed from the store must have a user ID.
(Identification) and W for reward card registration
The URL (Universal Resource Locater) of the WW site is printed. Based on the information on this card, the user connects to the point card registration site using a personal computer or mobile phone and inputs the necessary information to store it as customer information in the database of the WWW server in the store. The registration of point members is completed. The point card will be mailed to the user at a later date.

[0005]

By the way, the user is
Generally, it is almost the case that it is a point member of multiple stores. From this, the user does not always know which store is the point member,
In some cases, even if you are already a point member, you have to go through the procedure for point card registration again.
It is not uncommon for the same store to carry multiple point cards. Especially when the point card is registered near your home or outside of commuting or attending school, such as when you use a gas station or a souvenir shop at a travel destination, and when you pass or use the area next time. Moreover, it is rare to remember being a point member.

As described above, simply using the point system may cause an increase in data amount due to registration of a plurality of point cards by the same person, which may complicate customer management in the store. In addition, the management of store information that is a point member of the user is complicated, and since the user is a point member, the advertising effect to try again is low,
It may not be possible to expect improvement in store performance that corresponds to data management efforts.

In view of the above points, the present invention aims to provide an information processing apparatus, a method thereof, a program thereof, and a recording medium having the program recorded therein, which makes it easy to manage information about points given by a store. And

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, customer information is created by associating point information regarding points given to a user by a store with personal information unique to the user, An information processing apparatus for setting the user as a point member, wherein the setting input recognition means for recognizing the input operation of the user and the input operation of the user by the setting input recognition means, Stores the store information acquisition unit that has the point information of the created customer information and the position information indicating the position of the store and that associates the store identification information that identifies the store to obtain the store information, and the map information. Map information storage means and a store location feature for specifying the location of the store based on the location information of the store and the map information stored in the map information storage means. An information processing apparatus characterized by comprising a means.

According to the present invention, when the setting input recognition means recognizes the user's input operation, the store information acquisition means gives the point information regarding the points given to the user by the store and the position indicating the position of the store. The shop identification information having the information and identifying the shop is associated and acquired as the shop information, and the shop position specifying unit specifies the shop position based on the shop position information and the map information stored in the map information. As a result, for example, at a store or point card registration site, the user can use the customer information of the user who has become a point member through the point card registration procedure,
Where is the store that is the point member of the user,
It is possible to easily recognize the number of points and the like, and it becomes easy to manage the store that is a point member of the user. Further, customer management can be facilitated by preventing duplicate registration of users in the store, and the advertising effect can be increased, which can greatly improve the business performance. Then, due to the increase in advertising effectiveness, it can be expected that the frequency of users' use will increase more reliably than in the conventional case where advertisements are simply posted on the site at a prescribed cost, and the effectiveness of the cost for advertising will increase. Can be expanded.

According to the invention described in claim 2, in the information processing apparatus according to claim 1, the personal information acquisition means for acquiring the personal information unique to the user, and the personal information acquired by the personal information acquisition means It is provided with a customer information creating means for creating customer information in association with the point information, and a point member setting means having a setting input recognition means, and the point member setting means is a user input operation by the setting input recognition means. The point information and the store identification information are output to the store information acquisition means by recognizing the.

According to the present invention, the point member setting means creates the customer information by associating the unique personal information of the user acquired by the personal information acquisition means with the point information by the customer information creation means, and inputs the setting. When the recognition means recognizes the user's input operation, the point information and the shop identification information are output to the shop information acquisition means. By this,
Store information is automatically created by the user performing a predetermined input operation in accordance with the point card registration input operation, and store information for facilitating management of the store and points given from the store is stored. Easy to create and manage.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the information processing apparatus according to the second aspect, a store information management unit including a store information acquisition unit, a map information storage unit and a store position specification unit, and the store information management unit. And a network connecting the point member setting means with the point member setting means so that the means can be transmitted and received.

According to the present invention, the shop information management means including the shop information acquisition means, the map information storage means, and the shop position specifying means is connected to the point member setting means via the network so that transmission and reception are possible. This allows the stores to handle customer information processed by the point member setting means and the user to handle shop information processed by the store information management means independently, which corresponds to different purposes and different handling. The processed information can be easily obtained, and the information can be quickly handled by constructing a network, and the use can be easily expanded.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the information processing apparatus according to the second or third aspect, the personal information acquisition means has an input setting means for prompting input of personal information to be acquired, and a setting input recognition means. Is characterized by having an operation unit provided in the input setting means for urging the user to perform an input operation.

In the present invention, the point card registration is carried out by the user inputting the personal information by the input setting means provided in the personal information acquiring means and urging the user to input the personal information. The user's input operation for creating store information is recognized by the operation unit of the setting input recognition unit that prompts the input operation. Therefore, for example, even when using the point card registration site to save the input work by the store, the point card and the store identification information are output from the point card registration site only by providing the operation unit on the point card registration site. Store information is automatically created, and information management by the user and the store and increase of the advertisement effect of the store can be easily obtained with a simple configuration.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the information processing apparatus according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, a disclosure request recognition means for recognizing a store information disclosure request by a user's input operation is provided. The position specifying means recognizes the store information disclosure request by the disclosure request recognition means,
It is characterized in that information on the position of the store specified based on the position information of the store and the map information stored in the map information storage means is output to the user.

In the present invention, the store position specifying means recognizes the store information disclosure request by the user's input operation by the disclosure request recognition means, whereby the store position information and the map information stored in the map information storage means. The shop information about the shop specified based on and is output to the user. With this, for example, by the user's input operation, the position of the store is specified from the position information of the store, the point of the store can be recognized from the point information of the store information, and the user can confirm the information about the store by a predetermined input operation. The recognition is easy, the store information can be effectively used, and the advertising effect can be easily increased.

The invention according to claim 6 is the information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising point conversion means for converting the points given from each store into the same unit price. And

According to the present invention, the point converting means
The points given from each store are converted to the same unit price.
As a result, even if there are a plurality of stores that are point members, the points are converted into the same unit price, so that the points can be easily compared between the stores, and the information about the stores can be easily recognized and managed.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the information processing apparatus according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, the store use recognition means for recognizing the use of the store by the user and the store use recognition means An induction fee requesting means for outputting to the store guidance for prompting the store to pay a fee by recognizing that the user has used the store.

According to the present invention, the store use recognition means recognizes that the user has used the store, and the guide fee requesting means prompts the store guiding the user to pay the fee. Output to. This makes it easy to manage the user's store information and obtains a large advertising effect. By using the store, the user can automatically request a fee for the advertising property used by the user. Therefore, management becomes easy.

The invention according to claim 8 is the information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising guide means for guiding the user to a store set as a point member. This is an information processing device characterized by the above.

In the present invention, the guiding means guides the user to the store set as the point member. By this, stores that are point members are linked to map information and used as unique map information,
The user can easily move to the store when using the store, and the advertising effect of the store can be easily increased.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, the information processing apparatus according to the first aspect is developed as an information processing method, and point information regarding points given to a user by a store using a computer. An information processing method in which customer information is created by associating with the user's unique personal information and the user is set as a point member, and the created customer information of the created customer information is based on a request from the user. Store information is created by associating store identification information that identifies the store with position information having the point information and the position of the store, and creates the store information based on the map information. It is characterized by specifying. As a result, the same operational effect as that of the first aspect of the invention can be enjoyed.

The invention described in claim 10 is an information processing program which causes a computer to execute the information processing method according to claim 9.

According to the present invention, the information processing method according to claim 9 can be executed by the computer by installing the computer in a general-purpose computer, and the use of the present invention can be greatly promoted. it can.

The invention described in claim 11 is a recording medium on which the information processing program according to claim 10 is recorded so that it can be read by a computer.

According to the present invention, since the information processing program according to claim 10 for executing the information processing method according to claim 9 is recorded in the recording medium, the information processing program can be easily handled and the present invention can be realized. Utilization can be greatly promoted.

The invention according to claim 9 and claim 10
In the invention according to claim 11 and the invention according to claim 11,
The computer is not limited to one, and includes, for example, a configuration in which a plurality of computers are combined in a network, an element such as a microcomputer, or a circuit board on which a plurality of electronic components are mounted.

[0030]

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

[Configuration of Information Processing System] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an information processing system according to the information processing apparatus of the present invention in the present embodiment. Figure 2
It is a block diagram showing a schematic structure of a terminal unit which constitutes an information processing system. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a navigation device that constitutes the information processing system. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a server device that constitutes the information processing system.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an information processing system as an information processing apparatus. The information processing system 1 can share point information based on map information such as restaurants and recommended spots among predetermined friends. It is a system that processes point information for The information processing system 1 includes a network 2, a terminal device 3, a navigation device 4 as a guiding unit, a server device 5 as an information processing device, and a registration site server device 6.

The network 2 is, for example, TCP / IP.
(Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protoco
It is configured as the Internet or intranet based on general-purpose protocols such as l). A terminal device 3, a navigation device 4, a server device 5, and a registration site server device 6 as point member setting means are connected to the network 2.

The terminal device 3 is, for example, a general-purpose computer equipped with a computer main body, an input device, a display device, etc. (not shown), a mobile phone, or a PHS (Personal Handyp).
Hone System) and other mobile terminal devices. This terminal device 3 is installed with browser software and electronic mail software for browsing homepages on the Internet, which is the network 2.
Various information can be transmitted and received via. And
As shown in FIG. 2, for example, the terminal device 3 constitutes a terminal transmitting / receiving unit 11, a terminal storage unit 12, a terminal operation unit 13, a terminal display unit 14, a terminal voice guidance unit 15, and a computer main body. And a terminal control unit 16.

The terminal transmitting / receiving unit 11 has a terminal antenna 17, and transmits / receives signals between the networks 2. The terminal transmission / reception unit 11 is connected to the terminal control unit 16, outputs the received signal to the terminal control unit 16, and outputs the signal output from the terminal control unit 16 to the network 2.

The terminal storage unit 12 readablely stores the information output from the terminal control unit 16. For example, RA
An M (Random Access Memory), a drive that records information on a recording medium such as a hard disk, an optical disk, or a magnetic disk is used.

The terminal operation unit 13 has various operation buttons (not shown) such as a keyboard for operating the terminal device 3 as appropriate. By the input operation of these operation buttons, the terminal operation unit 13 appropriately outputs a predetermined signal to the terminal control unit 16, and sets and inputs various conditions such as the operation content of the terminal device 3. In addition, as the terminal operation unit 13,
For example, the terminal display unit 14
It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which various conditions are set and input by an input operation using a touch panel provided in the, an input operation using voice, or the like.

The terminal display unit 14 is controlled by the terminal control unit 16 and appropriately displays as image data among the information output from the terminal control unit 16. Specifically, liquid crystal, organic EL (electoroluminescence), PDP (Plasma Displ
ay Panel), CRT (Cathode-Ray Tube), etc. are used.

The terminal voice guidance unit 15 has a sounding means such as a speaker (not shown). The terminal voice guidance unit 15 is controlled by the terminal control unit 16, and the terminal control unit 1
The voice data of the information output from 6 is output as voice from the sounding means.

The terminal control section 16 is connected to various input / output ports (not shown), for example, an information transmission / reception port to which the terminal transmission / reception section 11 is connected, a storage section connection port to which the terminal storage section 12 is connected, and a terminal operation section 13. It has a key input port, a display control port to which the terminal display unit 14 is connected, a voice control port to which the terminal voice guide unit 15 is connected, and the like. Then, the terminal control unit 16 processes information transmitted / received to / from the network 2 via the terminal transmission / reception unit 11 by a program loaded on an installed OS (Operating System) that controls the operation of the entire terminal device 3.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 1, the navigation device 4 includes a vehicle 20 such as a passenger car as a moving body.
Is installed in. The navigation device 4 is used in the vehicle 20.
It operates by being supplied with power from a battery (not shown) mounted in. The navigation device 4 includes a navigation transmitting / receiving unit 21 and a GPS (Global Positioning System).
m) receiving unit 22, moving state detecting unit 23, VICS (V
Vehicle Information and Communication System) information receiving unit 24, map information storage unit 25, and navigation operation unit 26.
A navigation display unit 27, a navigation voice guidance unit 28, and a navigation control unit 29.

The navigation transmitting / receiving unit 21 has a navigation antenna 31, and transmits / receives signals between the networks 2 by a wireless medium 32 such as radio waves, electromagnetic waves, light, sound waves as shown in FIG. The navigation transmission / reception unit 21 is connected to the navigation control unit 29, outputs the received signal to the navigation control unit 29, and outputs the signal output from the navigation control unit 29 to the network 2.

The GPS receiving section 22 has a GPS antenna 3
4 is connected. The GPS receiver 22 receives navigation radio waves output from a GPS satellite, which is an artificial satellite (not shown), via a GPS antenna 34. And G
The PS receiver 22 calculates a pseudo coordinate value of the current position based on the received signal and outputs it as GPS data to the connected navigation controller 29.

The movement condition detector 23 includes, for example, a speed sensor, an azimuth sensor, and an acceleration sensor (not shown) provided in the vehicle 20, and detects the condition in which the vehicle 20 moves. Then, the movement state detection unit 23 detects the traveling state of the vehicle 20 with various sensors and outputs it to the connected navigation control unit 29 as various traveling state information regarding the traveling of the vehicle 20.

The VICS information receiving unit 24 uses a V (not shown).
It has an ICS antenna, and acquires information about traffic by this VICS antenna. Specifically, traffic information such as traffic jam, traffic accident, construction, traffic regulation, etc. is acquired from a road traffic information communication system (VICS) (not shown) by, for example, a beacon or FM multiplex broadcasting. Alternatively, the information may be acquired via the network 2.

The map information storage unit 25 stores map information acquired by the navigation transmission / reception unit 21 via the network 2 from the server device 5 described later. The map information storage unit 25 is, for example, a RAM (Random Access Memory).
Alternatively, a drive that records information on a recording medium such as a hard disk, an optical disk, or a magnetic disk is used.

The navigation operation section 26 is used for the navigation device 4 such as a command for displaying the running state of the vehicle 20.
Has various operation buttons (not shown) for appropriately operating the. In response to the input operation of these operation buttons, the navigation operation unit 26 appropriately outputs a predetermined signal to the navigation control unit 29 to set and input various conditions such as the operation content of the navigation device 4 and the setting of the destination. In addition, this navigation operation unit 2
The configuration of 6 is not limited to the input operation of the operation button, and may be configured to set and input various conditions by, for example, an input operation by the touch panel provided in the navigation display unit 27, an input operation by voice, or the like.

The navigation display unit 27 is controlled by the navigation control unit 29, and appropriately displays the image data of the information output from the navigation control unit 29. Specifically, similar to the terminal display unit 14 of the terminal device 3, liquid crystal, organic EL, PDP, CR
T or the like is used.

The navigation voice guidance unit 28, like the terminal voice guidance unit 15 of the terminal device 3, has a sounding means such as a speaker (not shown). The navigation voice guidance unit 28 is controlled by the navigation control unit 29, and causes the sounding means to output the voice data of the information output from the navigation control unit 29 as a voice.

The navigation control unit 29 has various input / output ports (not shown), for example, a GPS receiving port to which the GPS receiving unit 22 is connected, a 23 sensor connection port to which various sensors are connected, and a VICS to which the VICS information receiving unit 24 is connected. It has an information receiving port, a key input port to which the navigation operation unit 26 is connected, a display unit control port to which the navigation display unit 27 is connected, a voice control port to which the navigation voice guidance unit 28 is connected, and the like. Then, the navigation control unit 29 performs various controls by a program loaded on the OS that controls the operation of the entire navigation device 4.

On the other hand, the server device 5 is configured as a WWW (World Wide Web) server connected to the network 2, for example. As shown in FIG. 4, the server device 5 includes a server transmitting / receiving unit 41 and a system control device 42.
And storage means 43.

The server transmission / reception unit 41 uses the server antenna 4
5 for transmitting and receiving signals between the networks 2. The server transmission / reception unit 41 is connected to the system control device 42, outputs the received signal to the system control device 42, and outputs the signal output from the system control device 42 to the network 2.

The system control unit 42 executes various programs to perform various processes on information transmitted / received to / from the network 2 via the server transmission / reception unit 41. Specifically, O
A group attribute information acquisition unit, a group identification information creation unit, an authentication unit, an information disclosure unit, which are not shown, as a program developed on S (Operating System),
A guide information output means, a joining / withdrawing processing means, a store information obtaining means, a disclosure request recognizing means, a store position specifying means, a point converting means, a store use recognizing means, and a guide charge requesting means. ing. In addition, the system control device 42 is connected to the storage unit 43, outputs the acquired information to the storage unit 43 as appropriate and stores the information, and acquires the information stored in the storage unit 43 as appropriate to acquire the network 2
To output.

The group attribute information acquisition means of the system control device 42 acquires the group attribute information set and input by the terminal device 3 and received by the server transmitting / receiving unit 41 via the network 2. This acquired group attribute information is
It is output to the storage means 43.

The group identification information creation means of the system control device 42 recognizes that the group attribute information acquisition means has acquired the group attribute information, and creates unique group identification information corresponding to the acquired group attribute information. . The created group identification information is output by the server transmitting / receiving unit 41 to the terminal device to which the group attribute information is set and input via the network 2.

The authentication means of the system control device 42 stores the group attribute information and the group identification information, which are set and input by the terminal device and acquired by the server transmission / reception section 41 via the network 2, in the storage means 43 described later. Match information.

The information disclosing means of the system controller 42 is
When it is recognized that the group attribute information and the group identification information acquired from the terminal device 3 by the authentication means are the same as the group information stored in advance in the storage means 43, the notification information stored in the storage means 43 is used as the notification information. It is possible to output or browse in response to a predetermined input operation from.

The guide information output means of the system control device 42 recognizes the predetermined setting input from the terminal device 3, and thereby the group attribute information and the group identification information together with the guide information for urging the group to join the predetermined terminal device. Three
Output, ie to deliver.

The joining / withdrawing processing means of the system control device 42 updates the group information by recognizing a signal from the terminal device 3 for deciding to join the group or a signal for deciding withdrawal. . That is, when a signal for deciding to join is recognized, the group attribute information corresponding to the group to be joined is associated with the personal information input together with the signal for deciding to join, and a new group is created. Update to information. In addition, when a signal for deciding withdrawal is recognized, among the personal information associated with the group attribute information corresponding to the group to be withdrawn, the personal information recognized together with the signal for deciding withdrawal The association is released and the group information is updated. The updated new group information is output and stored in the storage unit 43.

The store information acquisition means of the system control device 42 correlates the point information transmitted from the registration site server device 6 and received by the server transmission / reception unit 41 via the network 2 with the store identification information, and acquires it as store information. . As will be described later, the point information is information about points that the store gives to the user in association with the use of the store, that is, the number of points. The store identification information is
This is unique information for identifying which store the point is assigned to. The store identification information is unique to each store and is associated with the position information of the store. Then, the acquired store information is output to and stored in the storage unit 43.

The disclosure request recognition means of the system control device 42 performs an input operation to the effect that the user requests the disclosure of the store information on the terminal operation unit 13 of the terminal device 3, so that the fact is notified via the network 2. The signal is received to recognize the store information disclosure request.

The store position specifying means of the system control device 42 causes the user to output the store information by a predetermined input operation of the terminal operation unit 13 of the terminal device 3 by the user. That is, the store position specifying means determines the position of the input store based on the position information forming the input store information of the predetermined store and the map information stored in the storage means 43 described later. It is controlled in combination with the specified output to the user, for example, to be displayed on the terminal display unit 14 of the terminal device 3 in which the user is performing input.

The point conversion means of the system control device 42 converts the number of points given from each store into the same unit price. The conversion of the points is performed by converting the points of the point information transmitted from the registration site server device 6 using, for example, a coefficient corresponding to the store code information stored in the storage device (not shown). For example, each point is converted so that 1 point corresponds to a service of 100 yen.
Specifically, if there are A stores that can receive a service for 1000 yen at 500 points and B stores that can receive a service for 1000 yen at 1000 points, 2 system points at A stores and 2 stores at B stores. The system point is 1 point.

The point conversion means may convert the price used for giving one point to the same unit price. That is, for example, 50
If there is an A store that is awarded 1 point for 0 yen and a B store that is awarded 1 point for 1000 yen, the system point is 0.5 points for the A store and the system point is 1 point for the B store. . In addition, in the point conversion means, a coefficient to be converted is appropriately set, for example, when consumption tax is taken into consideration. That is, a process of converting the points given from each store so that they can be evaluated at the same unit price is performed.

The store use recognition means of the system control device 42 recognizes that the user has used the store. As will be described later, for example, the user's use of the store indicates that information entered when making a reservation, ordering, or making a payment at the store, that the payment from an organization that manages the IC card used at the time of payment has been completed, etc. It is recognized by receiving a signal or the like.

As will be described later, the guidance fee requesting means of the system control device 42 requests payment of the fee from the store, for example, by outputting a signal to the terminal computer of the store or a predetermined financial institution to charge the fee. Control for.

The storage means 43 has, for example, a hard disk, an optical disk, a magnetic disk, etc., and stores information output from the system control device 42. Then, in this storage means 43, a spot information database 46, a map information database 47 as a map information storage means,
And a personal data management database 48.

The spot information database 46 is a database having a table structure in which spot information output from the system controller 42, such as store name information, type information, store content information, and geographical position information, is recorded as one record. Configured as. The spot information database 46 can store not only the spot information acquired from the network 2 but also the spot information set and input by an input means (not shown) connected to the system control device 42.

The map information database 47 stores map information. This map information has a data structure as shown in FIG. 5, for example. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a data structure of map information.

In FIG. 5, MP is map information, and this map information MP has, for example, a plurality of mesh information M to which unique numbers are respectively added. The mesh information M has a set length of one side, that is, a length obtained by shortening the actual length on the terrain according to the scale of the map. Then, the map information MP is composed of a plurality of these mesh information M continuously arranged vertically and horizontally.

Then, the road in the map information MP is constructed in the map information MP in a state where, for example, two nodes N (black circles in FIG. 5) and a link L as a line segment connecting these nodes N are continuous. ing. Here, the node N corresponds to a nodal point such as an intersection, a bending point, a branch point, or a confluence of each road. The information about the node N is the position information of the position where the node N exists, such as latitude and longitude, the unique number added to each node N, and a plurality of links such as intersections and branch points. It has branch information indicating whether or not it is a branch position. The information on the link L has a unique number added to each link L (hereinafter, referred to as a link ID) and node information such as a unique number representing two nodes N connected by the link L. ing.

In the map information MP, a well-known feature information having a mark (not shown) showing a well-known place or a building and position information such as latitude / longitude where the well-known place or building is located. Is provided. Furthermore, map information MP
Is also provided with name information such as names of intersections.

The map information MP is provided with a plurality of map information MPs showing the same region but having different scales. Various pieces of information such as the node information, the link ID, the famous feature information, and the name information described above are provided for each of the map information MP having different scales. In addition, this map information MP
Can be appropriately updated by input means (not shown) connected to the system control device 42, for example, by adding new passage data.

The personal data management database 48 appropriately stores personal information, group information, and store information as notification information. That is, the personal data management database 48 includes a personal list table unit 51 as a personal information storage unit, a group list table unit 52 as a group information storage unit, and a store table unit 53 as a notification information storage unit. .

The personal list table section 51 is, for example, as shown in FIG.
The personal information is stored as shown in FIG. Specifically, the personal list table unit 51 displays the user ID (Identificatio
n) A database having a table structure in which information, name information, address information, address information, acquisition point number information (system points in the figure) in the information processing system 1 and the like are recorded as one record. The system points shown in FIG. 6 are converted at the same unit price so that different stores have the same evaluation value.

The group list table section 52 stores group information as shown in FIG. 7, for example. Specifically, the group list table unit 52 includes group ID information as group identification information, password information as group identification information, group name information as group attribute information, creator information, member ID information, registration time information, It is configured as a database having a table structure in which registration date information and the like are recorded as one record. The creator information is, as shown in FIG. 7, linked to the personal information and is for associating the personal information with the group information.

The store table section 53 stores store information as shown in FIG. 8, for example. Specifically, the store table unit 53 stores the store code information which is the store identification information, the user ID information, the store genre information, the position information including the latitude information and the longitude information of the store as the point information, the acquired point information, Group ID information of the group to be disclosed (Fig. 8
(Public group ID) and the like are configured as a database having a table structure in which one record is recorded.
The store code information is associated with the store genre information and the spot information that is the store position information. Then, as described above, the system control device 42 associates the store code information with the acquired point information, and also associates the store genre information and the store position information based on the store code information to store the store table unit 5
3 is stored as one record.

On the other hand, the registration site server device 6 manages information about registered users and points in a so-called point system in which a store, which will be described later, gives points with a value added. The registration site server device 6 is, for example, a server managed by a store, and like the server device 5, controls the entire device and transmits / receives information about points to and from a control unit (not shown) that transmits / receives information about points between the networks 2. And a point database (not shown) for accumulating. The control unit includes a personal information acquisition unit (not shown) for acquiring the personal information unique to the user, a customer information creation unit, and an input setting unit forming a setting input recognition unit.

The personal information acquisition means of the registration site server device 6 acquires necessary information including personal information set and input via the network by an input operation of the terminal operation unit 13 of the terminal device 3, for example.

The customer information creating means of the registration site server device 6 creates customer information by associating necessary information with user point information. The created customer information is output to the point database. The point database has a table structure that stores this customer information as one record.

The input setting means which constitutes the setting input recognition means of the registration site server device 6 is, for example, the icon of “Sideway-kun” on the point card registration site, or the server device 5
This is a configuration for linking with. Note that the input setting means is not limited to such a configuration of icons, and is, for example, a server device that recognizes an input operation of the terminal operation unit 13 of the terminal device 3 or the navigation operation unit 26 of the navigation device 4 that the user controls. Any configuration that recognizes the user's input operation for transferring the information to S5 is possible.

[Operation of Information Processing System] Next, the operation of the information processing system 1 will be described with reference to the drawings.

(Registration of System Member) First, the operation of member registration for using the information processing system 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the system member registration operation.

In order to use the information processing system 1, the user who wishes to use the terminal device 3 or the navigation device 4 accesses the system registration site (step S).
1). That is, the user who wants to use the terminal operates the terminal operation unit 13 of the terminal device 3 or the navigation operation unit 26 of the navigation device 4.
Is operated to connect to the server device 5 via the network 2, select a system registration site in the main site of the information processing system 1, and request connection.

The system controller 42 of the server device 5 is
The server transmission / reception unit 41 recognizes the connection request to the system registration site of the user who wants to use it (step S2), connects to the system registration site, and transmits a guide for prompting input of predetermined necessary items (step S3). The guidance transmitted in step S3 is received by the terminal device 3 or the navigation device 4 (step S4), and the user who wishes to use inputs predetermined information according to the guidance (step S5) and transmits it to the server 5 (step). S6).

The server 5 receives the necessary item information transmitted in step S6 (step S7), and the system controller 42 determines whether the necessary item information is appropriate (step S8). If it is determined in step S8 that the input information of the necessary items is not appropriate, the guidance for prompting the input again is transmitted (step S9). Then, the terminal device 3 or the navigation device 4 receives the guidance for prompting the user to input again (step S10), the process returns to step S5, and the user who wants to use the user input again according to the guidance for prompting the input.

If it is determined in step S8 that the input information on the necessary items is appropriate, the system controller 42 is configured as one record of the necessary items, as shown in FIG. 6, for example. The personal information is processed and registered in the personal list table section 51 of the personal data management database 48 (step S11). After that, the system control device 42 sends the registration information and the user ID and personal password information to the terminal device 3 and the navigation device 4, and the terminal device 3 and the navigation device 4 guide the registration completion and the user ID. By receiving the information of the personal password and the personal password (step S12), the system member registration process is completed.

(Registration of New Group) Next, an operation for registering a group in which users who are members of the information processing system 1 share information will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the group registration operation.

First, the user uses the terminal device 3 and the navigation device 4 to access the site for creating a new group (step S21). That is, the user operates the terminal operation unit 13 of the terminal device 3 or the navigation operation unit 26 of the navigation device 4, connects to the server device 5 via the network 2, and connects to the main site of the information processing system 1. The user selects a site for creating a new group in the main site and requests connection.

The system controller 42 of the server device 5 is
The server transmission / reception unit 41 allows the user to recognize a connection request to the site for creating a new group. Then, the system control device 42 transmits a guide for prompting the user to input the setting of the user ID and the personal password in order to confirm that the user is a member of the information processing system 1. The user inputs the user ID and the personal password previously acquired by the processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 9 based on the transmitted guidance.

By inputting the user ID and the personal password, the system control device 42 of the server device 5 collates with the personal information stored in the personal list table portion 51 of the personal data management database 48. Then, the system control device 42 controls to connect the terminal device 3 and the navigation device 4 to the new group creation site of the server device 5 by authenticating that the member is a member (step S22).

Furthermore, the user follows the instructions of the site for creating a new group that he / she has accessed, and operates the terminal operating unit 1
3 and the navigation operation unit 26 are operated to input the name of the group to be registered (step S23). The inputted group name information is output from the terminal transmitting / receiving device of the terminal device 3 and received by the server transmitting / receiving unit 41 of the server device 5 via the network 2 (step S24).

In step S24, the group name information is collated with the group information stored in the group list table section 52 of the personal data management database 48 by the system control device 42. The system controller 42
It is determined whether or not there is the same name (step S2).
5).

When it is determined in step S25 that the group having the same name is not registered and can be registered, the system control device 42 automatically creates a group ID and a group password for the group. Then, the system control device 42, together with the user ID information of the operator who created the group, the created time information and date information, the group name information, the group ID information, and the group password as one record,
Processing for adding to the group list table section 52 of the personal data management database 48 is performed (step S26).

When the registration is completed by performing the processing of step S26 (step S27), the system controller 42
Is a URL (Universal Resource Locate) of a site for adding the registered group name, group password and member
The guidance including the information of r) is transmitted to the terminal device 3 and the navigation device 4 (step S28). When the terminal device 3 and the navigation device 4 receive the transmitted registration end information (step S29), the process of creating a new group ends.

If the system controller 42 determines in step S25 that the group having the same name has already been registered, the input name has already been registered and another name is to be input. The guidance is transmitted to the terminal device 3 and the navigation device 4 (step S30). In the case of re-inputting (step S31) by the guidance for inputting another name from the server device 5 in step S30, the process returns to step S23.

If the re-input is not performed in this step S31, the server device 5 is informed that the group registration is suspended without re-inputting the name of another group (step S3).
2). The system controller 4 sends a signal not to re-input.
2 is received (step S33), the system control device 42 ends the registration process for creating the new group, outputs a guide to the effect that the registration process of the new group is interrupted to the terminal device 3 and the navigation device 4, and The registration process ends.

(Member Joining Guide to Group) Next, an operation for guiding a specific person to join a member of a registered group will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the operation of adding a member of a group.

First, the founder or member of the group uses the terminal device 3 and the navigation device 4 to access the new member joining site (step S41).
That is, the founder or member of the group operates the terminal operation unit 13 of the terminal device 3 or the navigation operation unit 26 of the navigation device 4 to connect to the server device 5 via the network 2 and connect to the main site of the information processing system 1. Connecting. The founder or member of the group selects a new member joining site in the main site and requests connection.

The system controller 42 of the server device 5 is
The server transmission / reception unit 41 recognizes the connection request to the new member joining site. Then, the system control device 42
Sends a guide for prompting the user to enter the user ID and personal password in order to confirm that he is a member of the information processing system 1. The founder or member of the group inputs the user ID and the personal password previously acquired by the processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 9 based on the transmitted guidance.

Then, the system control device 42 of the server device 5 receives the input user ID and personal password (step S 42), and uses the personal information stored in the personal list table section 51 of the personal data management database 48. Collation is performed to determine whether or not the user is a system member (step S43). When it is determined that the member is not a system member, access to the new member joining site is rejected and the process ends. In addition, if the user is prompted to enter the correct user ID and personal password, and if the number of input errors is a certain number of times, or if the access is canceled, the access to the new member joining site is stopped and the processing is terminated. Good.

When it is determined in step S43 that the user is a system member, the input user ID
And the fact that the personal password is authenticated is transmitted to the terminal device 3 or the navigation device 4, and the terminal device 3 or the navigation device 4 is controlled to connect to the new group creation site of the server device 5 (step S44). Then, the founder or member of the group receives and confirms from the server device 5 that the user has been authenticated (step S4).
5) Enter the name of the group and the group password that are acquired in advance (step S46).

When the server device 5 receives the group name and the group password input by the terminal device 3 or the navigation device 4 in this step S46 (step S47), the system control device 42 causes the group list table section of the personal data management database 48 to operate. The group information stored in 52 is checked to determine whether or not the user is a group member (step S48). That is, the correctness of the entered group name and group password is determined. If the group name and the group password are incorrect and it is determined that the user is not a group member, access to the new member joining site is denied and the process ends. In addition, the user is prompted to enter the correct group name and group password, and if the user makes a mistake in inputting a predetermined number of times, or if he / she inputs an access suspension from the terminal device 3 or the navigation device 4, the access to the new member joining site is suspended. Then, the processing may be ended.

If it is determined in step S48 that the group name and group password are correct group members, the fact that the group name and group password are authenticated is transmitted to the terminal device 3 and the navigation device 4 (step S49). ). Then, the founder or member of the group receives and confirms the information indicating that the user has been authenticated from the server device 5 (step S50),
Enter the e-mail address of the user who wants to introduce the group according to the guidance (step S51).

When the server device 5 receives the mail address input in step S51 (step S5)
2) Then, the system control device 42 mail-delivers a guide for enrolling in a group based on the inputted mail address (step S53). The guidance for enrolling in this group is, for example, the group name, the group password, and the information of the URL of the group site that has the information that only the members of the group can view.

Then, it is judged whether or not the distribution of the guidance for prompting the participation in the group is completed in this step S53 (step S54), and when the distribution process is recognized, the terminal device 3 or It transmits to the navigation apparatus 4 (step S55). When the terminal device 3 and the navigation device 4 receive the guidance of the end of the distribution processing (step S56), the processing of the member joining guidance of the group ends.

(Addition of New Member to Group) Next, the operation of adding a new member to a registered group will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the operation of joining a new member of a group.

First, based on the group member joining guide acquired by the process of the flowchart of FIG. 11 or the guide directly acquired from the founder or member of the group,
A user who is a system member uses the terminal device 3 and the navigation device 4 to access the new member joining site (step S61). That is, the user operates the terminal operation unit 13 of the terminal device 3 or the navigation operation unit 26 of the navigation device 4, connects to the server device 5 via the network 2, and connects to the main site of the information processing system 1. The user selects a new member joining site in the main site and makes a connection request.

The system controller 42 of the server device 5 is
The server transmission / reception unit 41 recognizes the connection request to the new member joining site. Then, the system control device 42
Sends a guide for prompting the user to enter the user ID and personal password in order to confirm that he is a member of the information processing system 1. The user inputs the previously acquired user ID and personal password based on the transmitted guidance.

Then, the system control device 42 receives the input user ID and personal password (step S62), compares them with the personal information stored in the personal list table section 51 of the personal data management database 48, and the system Determine if you are a member (step S
63). When it is determined that the member is not a system member, access to the new member joining site is rejected and the process ends. Note that the user is prompted to enter the correct user ID and personal password, and if the user makes a mistake in the input a predetermined number of times, or if the terminal device 3 or the navigation device 4 inputs an access suspension, the access to the new member joining site is suspended. You may make it complete | finish a process.

When it is determined in step S63 that the user is a system member, the fact that the entered user ID and personal password have been authenticated is transmitted to the terminal device 3 or the navigation device 4, and the terminal device 3 or the navigation device 4 is sent.
Is controlled to connect to the new group creation site of the server device 5 (step S64). Then, after the user receives and confirms the guide indicating that the user has been authenticated from the server device 5 (step S65), the user inputs the name of the group and the group password acquired in advance by the subscription guide mail or directly from the member ( Step S6
6).

When the server device receives the group name and the group password input by the terminal device 3 or the navigation device 4 in step S66 (step S67), the system control device 42 causes the group list table section 52 of the personal data management database 48 to be displayed. It is checked whether or not it is a registered group by collating with the group information stored in (step S68). That is, the correctness of the entered group name and group password is determined. When it is determined that the group name and group password are incorrect and there is no registered group, access to the new member joining site is rejected and the process ends. In addition, the user is prompted to enter the correct group name and group password, and if the user makes a mistake in inputting a predetermined number of times, or if he / she inputs an access suspension from the terminal device 3 or the navigation device 4, the access to the new member joining site is suspended. Then, the processing may be ended.

If it is determined in step S68 that the group name and group password are correct group members, a message that the group name and group password have been authenticated and a question as to whether to join the group is asked. Terminal device 3 and navigation device 4
(Step S69). Then, after receiving and confirming the guidance from the server device 5 (step S70), the user inputs whether or not to join the group according to the guidance (step S71).

If it is input that the user does not join in step S71, the process of joining a new member to the registered group is completed. Further, if the user inputs that he / she joins in step S71, that effect is transmitted to the server device 5 (step S72), and the system control device 42 registers as a member (step S73). That is, the system control device 4
2 includes group name information and group ID information, together with the user ID information input in step S61, the time information and the date information when the data is created as a member registration process in the group list table portion 52 of the personal data management database 48. And group password 1
Process to add as one record.

Then, the system control device 42 distributes the information that the new member has joined to the other members of the group to which the new member has joined (step S74). That is, the system control device 42 searches for the member ID information of the same group ID based on the group information recorded in the group list table section 52 of the personal data management database 48, and from the searched member ID information, the personal list. The new subscription guide is delivered based on the mail address information that constitutes the personal information stored in the table unit 51.

After the delivery of the mail is finished (step S75), the system control device 42 gives a guidance that the processing of the new subscription is finished and that the guidance is delivered to other members of the group, for example. The data is transmitted to the device 3 and the navigation device 4 (step S76). When the terminal device 3 and the navigation device 4 receive the transmitted guidance (step S77), the process of joining a new member is completed.

In step S74, although the mail notifying the new member is sent to the other members of the group, it may not be notified. That is, for example, after the registration of the new member is completed in step S73, the fact is transmitted to the terminal device 3 or the navigation device 4, and the terminal device 3 or the navigation device 4 receives the guidance in step S77, thereby ending the processing. You can also do it.

(System Member Point Management) Next, an operation for registering points, which is information of a user who is a member of the information processing system 1, will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram showing a point system registration card for point card registration distributed from a store. FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the point card registration operation. FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram showing a guide that prompts the user to input whether or not to publish store information to the group. Here, the point is the frequency used in the so-called point system, and specifically, as shown in FIG. 13, the point is given by using a store 61 such as a restaurant or an electric appliance store, and the point is to some extent. Is one of the services of the store 61 in which various services are provided by accumulating.

When the user uses the store 61,
As shown in FIG. 13, a point system registration card 62 that authenticates registration for the point system handled by the store 61 is given from the store 61. As shown in FIG. 13, this point system registration card 62 records information on the name of the store 61, the registration ID given to each store 61, and the URL of the point card registration site that manages the point system. Has been done.

Then, the user who has acquired the point system registration card 62 registers for the point system.
That is, the user, as shown in FIG.
Using the navigation device 4 and navigation device 4, U of the point card registration site recorded on the point system registration card
Based on the RL information, the point card registration site is accessed via the network 2 (step S81).

The access to the point card registration site in step S81 is performed by the terminal operation unit 13 of the terminal device 3.
Or operating the navigation operation unit 26 of the navigation device 4,
It connects to the registration site server device 6 managed by the store 61 via the network 2 and connects to the main site of the point card registration site. Then, the newly registered site among the main sites of the point card registration site is selected and connected (step S82).

Further, the user can operate the terminal operation unit 13 and the navigation operation unit 26 based on the guidance for prompting the user to input the required items.
Is operated to input necessary items (step S83).
Required items include, for example, the personal information described above,
The name, address, email address, etc. of the user.

The registration site server device 6 receives the necessary items input in step S83 (step S8).
4) Then, the received necessary items are accumulated as one record in a point database (not shown) and the point card is registered. Then, the registration site server device 6 gives the guidance that the point card registration is completed to the terminal device 3
Or to the navigation device 4 (step S8)
5). The guidance transmitted from the registration site server device 6 in step S85 is displayed on the terminal device 3 or the navigation device 4.
Then, the user recognizes that the point card registration is completed.

[0124] Further, the user inputs and sets the information corresponding to the display provided in the point card registration site and prompting the user to input whether or not the information of the used store 61 is processed by the information processing system 1 (step S87). ). As an input as to whether or not to store the store information in the information processing system 1, for example, as an operation unit constituting a setting input recognition means for shifting to the information processing system 1 provided in the point card registration site, Operate the "Yorimichi-kun" icon.

Then, in step S87, "Yorimichi-kun"
If the icon is not operated and the store information is not shared by the information processing system 1, the point card registration process ends. Whether or not the "Yoromi Michi-kun" icon is operated is determined within, for example, a predetermined time after receiving the notification that the registration has been completed, or when the user performs a point card registration process using the terminal operation unit 13 or the navigation operation unit 26. It is ended by setting to end.

When the icon of "Yoromi Michi-kun" is operated in response to the guidance in step S87 (step S
88), the registration site server device 6 recognizes that, and the terminal device 3 and the navigation device 4 are connected to the information processing system 1.
A process of linking to the server device 5 constituting the server is executed (step S89). Furthermore, the registration site server device 6
Transmits the store information to the server device 5 together with the user registration information input in step S83 (step S9).
0).

The server device 5 having received the user registration information and the store information transmitted in step S90 (step S91) sends a signal for connecting to the terminal device 3 and the navigation device 4 so that information can be transmitted and received. Terminal device 3
Or to the navigation device 4 (step S9
2). Then, the terminal device 3 and the navigation device 4 which have received the signal from the server device 5 (step S93),
In order to connect to the server device 5, the user ID and the personal password are input by operating the terminal operation unit 13 and the navigation operation unit 26 (step S94).

User I input in step S94
The server device 5 receives D and the personal password (step S95). Then, the system control device 42 of the server device 5 supplies the user ID and the personal password to
The personal information stored in the personal list table section 51 of the personal data management database 48 is checked to determine whether or not the user is a system member (step S96).

If it is determined in step S96 that the user is not a system member, the point card registration process ends. Note that the loyalty card registration process may be terminated when a guidance prompting the user to enter the correct user ID and personal password is provided, and if a predetermined number of input errors are made, or if access is canceled.

If it is determined in step S96 that the user is a system member, in order to create store information in the information processing system 1, the store 61 registered with the point card is used.
Is transmitted to the group of the information processing system 1 for guidance of inputting whether or not to publish (step S97). That is, the system control device 42 transmits the guidance as shown in FIG. 15, for example. The guidance of the group to be disclosed is based on the user ID recognized in step S95, for example.
The group to which the user subscribes is searched from the group list table section 52, and the name of the searched group is guided. Note that the guidance shown in FIG. 15 corresponds to the comment that the predetermined store 61 has been registered as a point card in the previous process, the name of the group that subscribes, and the name of the group for identifying the group to be disclosed. This is an example in which a plurality of check boxes 64 provided as above are displayed.

Then, by operating the terminal operation unit 13 or the navigation operation unit 26, the user inputs to which group the information on the store 61 registered as a point card is to be disclosed according to the guidance (step S98). The transmitted information is transmitted to the server device 5 (step S99). The server device 5 (step S100) that has acquired the information transmitted from the terminal device 3 and the navigation device 4 creates store information as shown in FIG. 8 and stores it in the store table unit 53 as one record. This store information is the store code transmitted in step S90, the genre code indicating the type of the store 61, and the latitude / latitude which is the position information of the store 61 retrieved from the store code based on the map information MP of the map information database 47. Along with the longitude information and the point number information, the user ID acquired in step S95 and the public group ID information acquired in step S are recorded as one record.

Then, in step S100, the fact that the store information has been created is transmitted to the terminal device 3 and the navigation device 4 (step S101), and the terminal device 3 and the navigation device 4 receive the notification (step S102). ,
The reward card registration process ends.

As described above, in order to share information only within the group, a specific group is created on the site based on personal information and group information. Therefore, for example, a specific store 61 is disclosed only to members of the group. , The store 6
1 can be used as a hideaway store 61 without being crowded. Further, it is possible to prevent the complexity of the work of distributing the information of the store 61 to a specific member. Further, since the information about the store 61 is disclosed in the group by the map information MP as the information, it is possible to easily and efficiently accumulate and disclose the information.

(Use of Information in Information Processing System)
Next, a processing operation at the time of searching a store as the use of the accumulated information in the information processing system 1 will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the operation of disclosing the store for which the point card is registered. FIG.
[Fig. 6] is a flowchart showing an operation of collecting a fee, which is an advertising cost when the user is guided to a store registered with a point card.

First, when the user acquires shop information for eating, drinking, shopping, etc., the user uses the peripheral search processing of the information processing system by the terminal device 3 and the navigation device 4, as shown in FIG. The setting is executed (step S111). Due to the setting in step S111, the terminal device 3 and the navigation device 4 transmit a signal requesting execution of a peripheral search to the server device 5 (step S112).

When the server device 5 recognizes the signal requesting execution of the peripheral search (step S113), the system controller 42 of the server device 5 executes the peripheral search (step S114). As this peripheral search, for example, the current position information of the terminal device 3 or the navigation device 4 is acquired, and the map information MP stored in the map information database 47 and the personal data management database 4 are acquired.
Based on the position information of the store information stored in the store table unit 53 of No. 8, the store 61 existing within the area of the predetermined radius from the current position is searched.

As a result of the peripheral search in step S114, it is determined whether or not the point card-registered store 61 exists (step S115). If it is determined that the point card-registered store 61 does not exist, the information of the store 61 included in the map information MP is directly transmitted to the terminal device 3 and the navigation device 4 (step S116). The terminal device 3 and the navigation device 4 which have received the transmitted information on the store 61 (step S1
17), the information is appropriately displayed on the terminal display unit 14 and the navigation display unit 27 (step S118), and the peripheral search process is terminated.

If it is determined in step S115 that the point card-registered store 61 exists, the point card-registered store 61 is preferentially displayed (step S119). Here, as the processing for displaying the point card-registered store 61 preferentially over other stores, that is, stores not registered with the point card, for example, when displaying in step S118,
The icon of the store 61 is displayed larger than the icons of other stores, is displayed in a different color from other stores, is blinking, is brighter than others, and is displayed in a state with a sharper outline than others, which is more visible to the user. Any easy display method can be used.

Then, the information processed in step S119 is transmitted to the terminal device 3 and the navigation device 4 in step S116, as described above.

By the processing shown in FIG. 16, the point registration work in the store 61 becomes unnecessary, and the points and the customers can be easily managed by using the computer. Further, since the store 61 registered with the point card is preferentially displayed, the user can easily search for the store 61 registered with the point card, and the store usability using the points can be improved and the convenience can be improved.

(Information Processing in Guidance Guidance) Next, the processing operation for guidance guidance as the use of the accumulated information in the information processing system 1 will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 17 is a flow chart showing the operation of guiding the user to the point card registered store.

When the user uses the navigation device 4 to move to a predetermined destination, he / she sets the movement route by the input operation of the navigation operation unit 26. To set this movement route,
Along with setting the destination, various route search conditions such as the shortest time route, the shortest distance travel route, and the congestion / regulation avoidance route are set. With this setting, the navigation control unit 29 recognizes the current position based on the GPS data, the speed data, the azimuth data, and the acceleration data, and based on the map information MP that previously acquires the moving route from the current position to the destination. Calculate and set the travel route.

Further, as shown in FIG. 17, the navigation control unit 29 recognizes the related store 61 based on the information regarding the set destination (step S121). Then, the navigation control unit 29 controls to display guidance on the navigation display unit 27, for example, guidance for prompting the user to input whether or not to search the related store 61 (step S122). Specifically, if the destination is a golf course, prompting for input such as whether to go after buying a tool such as a golf ball, going after a meal, or practicing at a practice field. Give guidance.

Then, the user inputs a message that the related store 61 is searched, and the navigation control unit 29 connects to the server device 5 to search the store 61 near the moving route,
The store information is transmitted to the navigation device 4. Then, the user sets the desired store 61 (step S
123). As a result, the navigation device 4
Add the store 61 set as a detour point to the route, reroute the route, and finally determine the route,
The navigation display unit 27 is appropriately displayed.

As a result of the search for the related store 61, if there is a store 61 for which a point card has already been registered, as described above, even if it is displayed so as to have higher visibility than other stores. Good.

By the processing shown in FIG. 17, the opportunity to guide to the store 61, which is stored as store information, is improved, and the advertising effect can be expected greatly. In particular, since the store 61 related to the moving purpose is searched, the expectation of the advertising effect can be further increased. And, as a search result, by displaying in a display form that makes the visibility higher than other stores,
Further, the advertising effect can be increased.

Further, since the navigation device 4 is used, it is possible to easily set a moving route including detour points in advance, and the convenience of the user can be improved. Then, in the case of searching for a store based on the current position while moving, it is not possible to be guided until it reaches the vicinity of the store 61 to detour, which may cause inconvenience such as sudden change of the moving route. Store 6 for moving purpose in advance
By searching for 1, you can get a comfortable movement.

(Fee collection operation by guidance and guidance) Next,
With reference to the drawings, an operation will be described with reference to the drawings, in which an advertisement posting store is a guide guiding store in FIG. 17 and a fee is collected from the advertisement posting store by guiding the advertisement. FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing the operation of collecting a fee by guidance.

First, for example, when information processing for guiding guidance to the advertisement posting store 61 is carried out as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 17, the information processing operation ends and guidance guidance to the advertising posting store 61 is completed. It is determined whether or not (step S131). The recognition of the completion of the guidance guidance in step S131 is transmitted from the navigation device 4 when, for example, an operation of the navigation operation unit 26 of the navigation device 4 reserves, orders, or makes a payment in advance for the product to be purchased. Signal sent from the terminal computer installed in the advertising store 61 indicating that the product reservation, order, or payment recognized in the advertising store 61 has been completed, or from the institution that manages the IC card used at the time of payment. For example, a signal indicating that the payment has been completed is sent.
It is recognized by the server device 5.

In addition, as the recognition of the completion of the guidance guidance, the completion of the guidance guidance is recognized by recognizing that the server apparatus 5 has reached the advertisement posting store 61 based on the position information based on various sensor information of the navigation device 4. May be. Further, it can be recognized by telephone input from the advertisement posting store 61 by setting input by the input means of the server device 5.

When the server device 5 recognizes that the guidance guidance is completed in this step S131, the server device 5 carries out a process for acquiring a predetermined fee from the advertisement posting store 61. For example, the process of sending the billing documents, the procedure for withdrawing the fee at a predetermined financial institution, the process of displaying a message prompting the administrator of the information processing system 1 to perform these processes (step S132), and the process ends. .

As for the fee, if the customer is guided only, or if the customer actually pays, the fee is set according to the number of users guided to the store 61, and the fee is set according to the amount paid by the user. Applicable. When the amount is set according to the number of users, the signal set and input in the navigation device 4, the signal of the number of people automatically detected by the number detection sensor installed in the store 61, and the terminal device at the time of payment The setting may be made based on the signal received by the server device 5, such as the output amount signal.

Thus, in the processing operation of FIG.
The store 61 is not only notified of the related store 61,
As a result, by actively notifying the advertising posting store 61, the advertising property is significantly increased, and the advertising posting effect can be expected greatly, and a new service providing business can be obtained by collecting the fee accordingly.

That is, as in the conventional case, the fee is collected for the actually induced result, as compared with the case where the advertisement is simply posted on the home page, so that the advertising property is extremely high and the sales efficiency is improved. Therefore, it can be expected that the usage will be expanded easily.

[Effects of Information Processing System] As described above, in the information processing system 1 according to the above-described embodiment, the user inputs the icon of “Sideway-kun” of the registration site server device 6 by the setting input recognition means. That is, by clicking, the store information acquisition unit of the system control device 42 of the server device 5 associates the point information regarding the points given to the user by the store 61 with the store code information, and obtains them as store information. . Then, in response to the disclosure request from the user of the terminal device 3, the store position specifying means of the system control device 42 of the server device 5 specifies the position of the store 61 based on the store position information and the map information MP, and the terminal It controls to output store information such as displaying on the terminal display unit 14 of the device 3. Therefore, for example, the customer's customer information created by the registration site server device 6 in which the user registers the user as a point member through the registration procedure at the store 61, the point card registration site, etc. It is possible to easily recognize where the store 61 is, the number of points, and the like, and easily manage the store information of the store 61 that is the point member of the user. Further, since the user's store information can be easily managed, duplicate registration of the user can be prevented, the customer information to be stored becomes minimum and efficient, and the customer information in the store 61 can be easily managed. ,
The advertising effect increases, and you can expect great improvement in business performance. Then, due to the increase in advertising effectiveness, it can be expected that the frequency of users' use will increase more reliably than in the conventional case where advertisements are simply posted on the site at a prescribed cost, and the effectiveness of the cost for advertising will increase. It can be easily enlarged.

In the registration site server device 6,
When necessary information including personal information unique to the user is associated with the point information of this user to create customer information, and the user inputs and operates the icon of "Side-kun" on the point card registration site, The point information and the shop identification information of the shop 61 are output to the server device 5.
For this reason, the user simply operates the icon of “Sideway-kun” according to the input operation of the point card registration,
Store information can be automatically created by the server device 5, and the store 61
Also, it is possible to easily create and manage store information for facilitating management of points given from the store 61.

Then, the server device 5 is connected to the network 2
A connection is possible with the registered site server device 6 via the. Therefore, the store 61 can handle customer information processed by the registration site server device 6 and the user can handle store information processed by the server device 5 by the terminal device 3 and the navigation device 4, respectively. Processing of information corresponding to different purposes and different handlings can be easily obtained, and quick handling of information by the construction of the network 2 is also easy, and the use can be easily expanded.

[0158] In addition, an icon of "Side way" is provided on the point card registration site of the registration site server device 6, and information of the server device 5 for creating and managing store information used by the user is provided by operating this icon. Is output, so with a simple configuration of providing an icon, for example, the store 61
The store information can be automatically and easily created by using the point card registration site for saving the input work by, and the information management by the user and the store 61 and the advertising effect of the store 61 can be easily increased.

Further, in response to the store information disclosure request by the user's input operation from the terminal device 3, the store information about the store 61 specified based on the position information of the store and the map information MP is output to the user, for example, the terminal. It controls to display on the terminal display unit 14 of the device 3. Therefore, for example, the position of the store 61 is specified from the position information of the store 61 by the user's input operation, the point of the store 61 can be recognized from the point information of the store information, and the user can recognize the point of the store by the input operation of the disclosure request. The information about 61 can be easily recognized, the store information can be effectively used, and the advertising effect can be easily increased.

In the store information managed by the server device 5, the point conversion means of the system control device 42 converts the points given from each store 61 into system points of the same unit price. As a result, even if there are a plurality of stores 61 that are point members, the points are converted into the same unit price, so that the points can be easily compared between the stores 61, and the recognition and management of information about the stores 61 is easy. You can

Then, when the store use recognition means of the system control device 42 of the server device 5 recognizes the user's use of the store, the guidance fee request means of the system control device 42 sends a fee to the store 61 which has guided the user. Information for prompting payment is output to the store 61. Therefore, the store information of the user can be easily managed and a large advertising effect can be obtained, so that the user can use the store 61 to automatically perform the procedure for charging the fee for the advertising property used by the user. , Information processing can be easily managed.

When the group attribute information unique to the group associated with the personal information input from the terminal device 3 is acquired, the group identification information corresponding to this group attribute information is created and output to the terminal device 3. The group attribute information and the group identification information are stored as group information. Then, when the group attribute information and the group identification information are input from the terminal device 3,
When it is determined that the information is authentic and it is determined to be authentic, the notification information associated with the group attribute information can be browsed by the terminal device 3. Therefore, for example, it is possible to easily share information about the favorite store 61 as notification information only with limited friends, and use the favorite store 61 as a hideout store 61.
Information can be easily managed and disclosed in a discriminatory manner.

Further, only when the group attribute information different from the stored group attribute information is recognized, the group identification information is created corresponding to the acquired group attribute information, and a new group is registered. As a result, the notification information can be associated with a plurality of different groups and can be shared only within the group, and the versatility and convenience can be improved.

Further, by recognizing a predetermined setting input from the terminal device 3, the group attribute information and the group identification information are given together with the guidance information for prompting to join the group, for example, a predetermined friend such as a friend who wants to share the notification information. Output to the terminal device 3. For this reason, it is not necessary to separately distribute the guide, the work is easy, and the management of the group for differentially sharing the notification information shared within the group can be facilitated.

[0165] Further, based on the input from the terminal device 3 to the effect of deciding to join (step S71), the user ID and personal information indicating that the user is a system member, which is the personal information input at the time of deciding to enter. The password is stored in the group list table unit 52 of the storage unit 43 as new group information in association with the group information corresponding to the subscribed group. Therefore, when a new member joins the group, the process for sharing the store information, which is the notification information, is automatically updated, and no separate input process is required, and the store information is stored within a specific group. The process for sharing only can be done easily, and system management can be done easily.

The information processed by the information processing system 1 is store information having spot information specified by the map information MP stored in the map information database 47. Therefore, all the store information stored in the store table section 53 that is discriminatively shared only within a predetermined group has point information specified based on the map information MP, so that the store information can be easily stored. In addition to being grasped and used, it is not necessary to include the map information MP in the store information, and the map information MP is linked to the store information to facilitate the handling, and the storage load of the store table unit 53 that stores the store information is also increased. It can be reduced.

Furthermore, the point card registration process and the configuration in which the information on the registered stores 61 and the like is shared only within a predetermined group can be managed by one information processing system 1, and the configuration can be simplified and the processing efficiency can be improved. be able to.

The management of information relating to this personal information point is managed by the registration site server device 6 in the store 61, and the store information related to the store 61 is linked to disclose the disclosure in the server device 5 only within the group. Since the processing is performed, the information processing can be simplified and the processing efficiency can be improved.

Further, since the point card registration site is provided with an icon of "Side way Mr." linking to the site of the information processing system 1, information for point card registration and opening of store information only to a predetermined group. It is possible to perform a series of processes, improve operability, and improve convenience.

Furthermore, by clicking on the icon of "Mr. Detour", the registration site server device 6 and the server device 5 of the information processing system 1 are connected, and the point information and store information becomes the map information MP of the information processing system 1. Since it can be linked and used as its own map information, store information and point information are widely used and convenience can be improved.

[0171] Further, it can be used as one piece of information for guiding guidance to the destination as processing of store information disclosed only within the group, and the use addition as a navigation system is added, so that convenience and advertisement can be improved. .

In order to connect the terminal device 3 and the registration site server device 6 to the server device 5 via the network 2 to construct the information processing system 1, management of store information,
Information can be exchanged easily, such as managing the number of points, setting conditions for differentially disclosing store information, and acquiring store information from other members, improving convenience and expanding use. Can be planned.

[Modifications of Embodiments] The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but also includes modifications shown below within a range in which the object of the present invention can be achieved.

That is, although the store 61 has been described as the information to be processed, any information such as information about the outdoors such as fishing and camping, festival information such as festivals, astronomical observation information and special information such as season information may be used. You can create a group and share any information within that group only. Note that, as in the case of the store 61 described above, the map information MP is used for all the information associated with the point information, so that, for example, astronomical information held by an observatory, weather information held by the Meteorological Agency, etc. By adopting a processing configuration in which information processed based on specific information such as information is shared only within each group, it is preferable in terms of simplification of the configuration, improvement of processing efficiency, and advertisement property.

Further, the present invention is not limited to the case of processing the information disclosed only to the group, and can be applied to any information processing for processing the point information and the shop information as a point member.

The registration method for using the information processing system 1 is not limited to the so-called online registration method shown in FIG. 9, but for example, a user who wishes to use it can send it by mail or call by phone. The necessary information can be transmitted to the administrator of the information processing system 1 so that the administrator can directly register the information in the server device 5.

Further, as the information processing of the member joining guide to the group, for example, as shown in FIG. 11, the configuration in which the founder or member of the group can deliver the new member joining guide has been described. At the time of the guide delivery in step S53 shown, it is confirmed whether the guide can be delivered to the founder of the group, and the guide is delivered only when the approval is obtained, or when the group is created when the new group is created. As a configuration in which only a person who can obtain a predetermined password or the like, instead of determining whether or not the user is a group member in step S48 shown in FIG. 11, an operation for confirming whether or not the group is founder is used. Only the new member joining guide may be distributed.

Further, the configuration has been described in which when a new member joins, the member is notified by a series of operations.
For example, a process of separately delivering may be performed in response to a request from a new member, a request from the founder, or the like.

Then, the points card registration process shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, the peripheral search process shown in FIG. 16, the store search process shown in FIG. 17, and the fee collection process shown in FIG. 18 are provided. Instead, the configuration may be such that information is simply shared within the created group.

Also, the configuration for transmitting and receiving information via the network 2 has been described, but the system is not limited to the Internet, and a system is constructed by personal computers that are connected by wire such as LAN (Local Area Network). Can also be applied.

Further, the information processing system 1 is not required to have the navigation device 4, the terminal device 3 and the like in the system, but to create information for sharing information within the group, information to be processed by the system such as information disclosure. Any available terminal may be connected.

Although the server device 5 and the registration site server device 6 for the point card registration process have been described as separate units, the server device 5 may perform the point card registration process. According to this configuration, it is not necessary to store duplicated data such as personal information, and the configuration can be further simplified and the processing efficiency can be improved.

Further, it is circulated in the form of a device in which a program for causing a computer to execute the above processing is installed, or a recording medium in which the program is recorded and the program for reading the program and causing the computer to execute the processing is recorded. May be. With such a configuration, it is possible to easily expand the use by using a general-purpose computer.

Although each process has been described as a separate operation, for example, in the case where the process of distributing the new member joining guide is continuously executed after the creation of the new group, for example, after the creation of the new group, the system member It is also possible to perform processing from the step S51 of distributing the guidance without performing the authentication to confirm that the above is true or the recognition of being a group member, and to eliminate the redundant configuration. With this configuration, processing efficiency and operability can be improved, and convenience can be improved.

Further, in the processing shown in FIG. 12, the processing step S74 for notifying the joining of a new member may be omitted. It should be noted that the notification of the joining of the new member can ensure the restriction of the information shared by the sharing members.

The operation for joining a new member has been described based on the flowchart shown in FIG.
For example, the same process can be performed when leaving a group. For example, in step S71, the presence or absence of withdrawal is confirmed at the time of determining the presence or absence of joining, and when the fact is transmitted to the server device 5 (step S72), the server device 5 is associated with the group information. The process of canceling the association of the personal information, specifically deleting the record of the input member ID (step S7)
3). Even in this case, the withdrawal guidance may be distributed to other members (step S74), or the distribution process may be omitted.

Although the configuration for supporting the traveling of the vehicle by being mounted on the vehicle as the navigation device 4 has been described, it can be applied to, for example, being carried by a pedestrian to be used for guiding the movement of the pedestrian.

Further, the structure in which the navigation control unit 29 is provided in the navigation device 4 and mounted in the vehicle has been described. However, the navigation control unit 29 is separately provided in the server device 5 and data from various sensors mounted in the vehicle is read. It is transmitted to the server device 5 via the communication means, and the system control device 42 of the server device 5 performs processing such as current position, movement route, or surrounding / store search, and displays guidance on the navigation display unit 27 or navigation voice. It can also be sounded by the sounding means of the guide unit 28. In this case, the number of components mounted on the vehicle is reduced, and the weight and size can be easily reduced.

[0189] Further, the navigation device 4 from the map information database 47 of the server device 5 via the wireless medium 32.
The map information is stored in the map information storage unit 25 of
The map information storage unit 25 may be configured using a driver or the like that appropriately reads the map information MP recorded in a recording medium such as a ROM. It should be noted that in the above-described embodiment in which the map information MP is acquired through communication, the map information MP having a large amount of information
By providing the same in the server device 5, the navigation device 4 can be more easily reduced in weight and size.

The map information MP is not limited to the configuration using the link L described above, but may be any information form such as a combination of a node and information indicating the direction of branching from the node.

In addition, the specific structure and procedure for carrying out the present invention can be appropriately changed to other structures and the like within the range in which the object of the present invention can be achieved.

[0192]

According to the present invention, when a user's input operation is recognized, the store has point information relating to points given to the user by the store and position information indicating the position of the store to identify the store. In order to identify the location of the store based on the store location information and the map information stored in the map information, the point card registration is performed at the store or the point card registration site etc. By using the customer information at the time of the procedure, it is possible to easily recognize where the store that is the point member of the user is and how many points it has, and to easily identify the store that becomes the point member of the user. Can be managed. Further, customer management can be facilitated by preventing duplicate registration of users in the store, and the advertising effect can be increased, which can greatly improve the business performance. Then, due to the increase in advertising effectiveness, it can be expected that the frequency of users' use will increase more reliably than in the conventional case where advertisements are simply posted on the site at a prescribed cost, and the effectiveness of the cost for advertising will increase. Can be expanded.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an embodiment of an information processing system according to an information processing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a terminal device in the one embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a navigation device according to the one embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a server device in the one embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a data structure of map information in the one embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a data structure of a personal list table having a table structure in which personal information is recorded as one record in the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing a data structure of a group table having a table structure in which group information is recorded as one record in the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing a data structure of a store table having a table structure in which store information is recorded as one record in the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a system member registration operation in the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a new group registration operation in the one embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an operation for guiding a member to join a group in the embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing an operation for newly joining a group in the one embodiment.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an operation for registering a point card of a system member in the embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing an operation for registering a point card in the embodiment.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen configuration for prompting a setting for disclosing the store information registered in the point card to the group in the embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing an operation of using store information in the one embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing an operation of using shop information in guidance guidance to a destination in the one embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing an operation of receiving a fee when guiding and guiding to a store in the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Information Processing System as Information Processing Device 2 Network 4 Navigation Device 5 as Guidance Means Server Device as Computer as Information Processing Device 6 Registration Site Server Device 42 as Point Member Setting Means 42 Store Information Acquisition Means, Disclosure Request Recognition Means , A system control device 47 which is a computer functioning as a store position specifying means, a point converting means, a store use recognizing means, and a guidance fee requesting means 47 A map information database MP map information as a map information storing means

Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. An information processing apparatus for creating point-of-customer information by associating point information about points given to a user by a store with personal information unique to the user and setting the user as a point member. Then, the setting input recognition means for recognizing the input operation of the user, and the point information and the part of the customer information created by recognizing the input operation of the user by the setting input recognition means. A store information acquisition unit that has position information indicating a position of a store and associates the store identification information that identifies the store to obtain the store information, a map information storage unit that stores map information, a position information of the store, and Store position specifying means for specifying the position of the store based on the map information stored in the map information storage means, Broadcast processing apparatus. 2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein personal information acquisition means for acquiring unique personal information of the user,
The personal information acquisition means includes the customer information creation means for creating the customer information by associating the personal information acquired by the personal information acquisition means with the point information, and the point member setting means including the setting input recognition means. An information processing apparatus, which outputs point information and store identification information to a store information acquisition unit by recognizing a user's input operation by the setting input recognition unit. 3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the store information management unit includes a store information acquisition unit, a map information storage unit, and a store position identification unit, and the store information management unit is a point member setting unit. An information processing apparatus, comprising: a network that is connected to enable transmission / reception. 4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the personal information acquisition unit has an input setting unit that prompts input of personal information to be acquired, and the setting input recognition unit is the input setting unit. An information processing device, comprising an operation unit which is provided and prompts a user to perform an input operation. 5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a disclosure request recognition unit that recognizes a store information disclosure request by a user's input operation, and the store position specifying unit is the disclosure. By recognizing the store information disclosure request by the request recognition means, it is possible to output the shop information about the shop specified based on the location information of the shop and the map information stored in the map information storage means to the user. Characterized information processing device. 6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising point conversion means for converting points given from each store into the same unit price. 7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a store use recognition unit that recognizes a user's use of the store, and the user uses the store by the store use recognition unit. An information processing apparatus comprising: a guide fee requesting unit that outputs a guide to the store to prompt the user to pay the fee to the store by recognizing that the store has been operated. 8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a guide unit that guides the user to a store set as a point member. apparatus. 9. A computer is used to create customer information by associating point information regarding points given to a user by a store with personal information unique to the user, and setting the user as a point member. An information processing method according to claim 1, wherein, based on a request from a user, the point information in the created customer information and the position information having the position of the store are associated with the store identification information for identifying the store. Then, the store information is created, and the created store information is used to identify the position of the store based on the map information. 10. An information processing program that causes a computer to execute the information processing method according to claim 9. 11. A recording medium on which the information processing program according to claim 10 is recorded so that it can be read by a computer.