JP2005070863A - Portable wireless terminal and server device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable wireless terminal and a server device in which, a content with high real-time property or location dependency can be easily uploaded and retrieved. <P>SOLUTION: A model storage means 102 stores models of contents. A photographing means 103 takes a still image or animation. A content creation means 101 reads a desired model from the model storage means 102, and pastes the still image or animation and further text data to this model to form a content. A present location detection means 104 detects the present location of an own terminal, and outputs the location information. A location information registration means 105 registers the location information of the present location to the created content in association with each other. An upload means 106 uploads the mutually associated content and present location information to a server 5 on the Internet. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a portable wireless terminal and a server device, and more particularly, a portable wireless terminal having a function of acquiring position information, and a function of searching and providing content in response to a search request including the position information. It relates to a server device.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Various additional functions are required with the spread of mobile phones and technological advances. Not only the original call function, but also the digital camera function and the Web browser function for browsing the homepage, and further receiving the GPS radio wave and the current position Mobile phones equipped with a function for detecting navigation and superimposing this on map information to realize a navigation function have become widespread. Such multi-functionalization is not limited to mobile phones, and PDAs that have been mainly used as schedule books and address books have been provided with communication functions and digital camera functions and are used in various fields. .
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Conventionally, a personal computer has been the main means for uploading content such as a home page to a Web server. Therefore, in order to update or newly publish content, it is necessary to operate a computer installed indoors, such as at home or work, and it is possible to generate content on the go and upload it immediately. There wasn't. In addition, if a notebook personal computer is carried and used in a Hotspot (registered trademark), content can be created and uploaded in real time.
[0004]
However, the penetration rate of notebook personal computers is lower than that of wireless terminals such as mobile phones (including PHS), and even though portability is taken into consideration, it is still too heavy and too large to be always carried. In addition, since the spread of hot spots is insufficient, it is unsuitable for easily uploading content that requires real-time properties.
[0005]
Apart from the real-time property, there are some contents published on the Internet that have high position dependency, whose browsing value largely depends on the current position of the viewer. Taking bento mobile sales as an example, if mobile sellers publish content that includes information on menu contents, sales points, etc., customers who want to purchase lunch use search engines on the Internet. Then you can find the desired mobile sales. However, in the current search engine, the content is searched based only on the input search key regardless of the current position of the user, so that the content related to the store far from the current position is also extracted.
[0006]
In addition, even if the sales points of lunch boxes are registered in each content, in order to narrow the search range to the purchaseable range, the range of customers who are going to search is predicted from their current location, all of them Because it is necessary to input the address of as a search key, it was not possible to efficiently search only available stores.
[0007]
As a search technique that takes location information into account, for example, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-141140, when content is registered in a server, information on a location related to the content is also registered, and then the content is stored from a mobile phone. When a distribution request is received, a technology is disclosed in which the current position of the mobile phone is detected, content previously associated with the current position is extracted and distributed to the mobile phone.
[0008]
However, in the above-described conventional technology, the content including the current location information of the mobile phone cannot be uploaded from the mobile phone to the server, so the content content and the content provider are restricted.
[0009]
An object of the present invention is to provide a portable wireless terminal and a server device that can solve the above-described problems of the prior art and can easily upload and search content having high real-time characteristics and position dependency.
[0010]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above-described object, the present invention is characterized in that the following means is taken in a portable wireless terminal including an input operation unit, a display unit, and an Internet connection unit that connects to the Internet wirelessly. .
[0011]
(1) Current position detecting means for detecting the current position and outputting the position information; content creating means for creating content; and the created content associated with the detected position information of the current position on the Internet And uploading means for uploading to the server.
[0012]
(2) Current position detection means for detecting the current position and outputting the position information; search condition input means for displaying a search condition input screen; and search conditions input from the input screen for the detected current Position information registration means for associating with position information of the position; search request means for transmitting a search request including the associated search condition and position information of the current position to a server on the Internet; and replying in response to the search request Receiving the search results to be displayed as a list, and content browsing means for selectively displaying the contents designated on the list display.
[0013]
In addition, the present invention is characterized in that the following means are taken in a server device connected to the Internet.
[0014]
(3) Content registration means for receiving content associated with position information of a predetermined position and registering it in the database, search request receiving means for receiving a search request including search conditions and position information of the current position, and the predetermined Search means for searching the database for content that is within a predetermined range from the current position included in the search request and meets the search conditions, and search for returning the search result to the search request source And a result reply means.
[0015]
According to the feature (1) above, it is possible to easily register the position information related to the current position of the portable wireless terminal in the content uploaded from the portable wireless terminal to the server on the Internet.
[0016]
According to the feature (2) above, when searching for content from the portable wireless terminal, the position information of the current position is transmitted to the server on the Internet together with the search condition. Therefore, the server determines the current position of the portable wireless terminal. It is possible to search content in consideration.
[0017]
According to the feature (3) above, a search is made for a content whose position associated with the content is within a predetermined range from the current position included in the search request and matches the search condition, and is sent to the search request source. You can reply.
[0018]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a network to which the present invention is applied. Only the configuration necessary for the description of the present invention is shown, and the other configurations are not shown.
[0019]
The portable wireless terminal 1 can communicate with or communicate with other portable wireless terminals 1 via the wireless base station 2 and the portable network 3. The portable wireless terminal 1 further accesses the Internet 4 via the wireless base station 2 and the portable network 3, browses the content stored in the database (BD) 6 of the Web server 5, and on the portable wireless terminal 1 The content generated in (1) can be uploaded to the database 6. Access to the Web server 5 is possible not only from the portable wireless terminal 1 accommodated in the portable network 3 but also from a personal computer 7 connected to the Internet 4 or the like.
[0020]
FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the main parts of the portable wireless terminal 1 and the web server 5 according to the present invention. The portable wireless terminal 1 functions as a content creation terminal and / or as a content browsing terminal. It has the function of.
[0021]
In the portable wireless terminal 1 (A) as a content creation terminal, a model of content is stored in the model storage unit 102. The photographing means 103 takes a still image or a moving image and stores it as a content material. The content creation unit 101 reads a desired model from the model storage unit 102, and creates the content by pasting the still image, moving image, and text data on the model. The current position detecting means 104 detects the current position of the terminal itself and outputs the position information. The position information registration means 105 registers the position information of the detected current position in the created content and associates the two with each other. The upload unit 106 uploads the content and the current position information associated with each other to the server 5 on the Internet. The portable wireless terminal 1 (A) can further include functional blocks 107 to 112 as content browsing terminals indicated by broken lines.
[0022]
In the portable wireless terminal 1 (B) as the content browsing terminal, the search condition input unit 107 displays a search condition input screen. The position information registration means 108 registers the position information of the current position detected by the current position detection means 104 in the search condition input by the user from the input screen and associates the two. The search request means 109 transmits a search request including the search conditions and the current position information associated with each other to the server 5 on the Internet. The search result receiving means 110 receives the search result returned from the server 5 in response to the search request. The list display unit 111 displays the received search results as a list. The content browsing unit 112 selectively displays content specified by the user on the list display. The portable wireless terminal 1 (B) can further include functional blocks 101 to 106 as content creation terminals indicated by broken lines.
[0023]
In the Web server 5, the content receiving unit 501 receives content transmitted from the portable wireless terminal 1 (A) as the content creation terminal. The content registration unit 504 registers the received content in the database 6. The search request receiving means 503 receives a search request transmitted from the portable wireless terminal 1 (B) as the content browsing terminal. The search means 505 searches the database 6 in response to the received search request and provides the search result to the search result reply means 502. The search result reply unit 502 returns the search result to the portable wireless terminal 1 (B).
[0024]
Next, the present invention will be described by taking as an example a case where a mobile seller who sells lunch while creating a menu for the day on the portable wireless terminal 1 and uploads it to the Web server 5 as content. Here, description will be made assuming that the mobile wireless terminal 1 is a mobile phone.
[0025]
FIG. 18 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a main part of a mobile phone to which the present invention is applied. The microphone 11 detects sound and converts it into an audio signal. The microphone control unit 12 converts the audio signal into a digital signal and outputs the digital signal to the main control unit 17. The speaker control unit 14 converts the audio data provided from the main control unit 17 into an analog audio signal, amplifies it, and outputs it to the speaker 13.
[0026]
The operation unit 15 includes a plurality of operation switches including numeric keys and cursor keys. The input operation detection unit 16 detects the operation content of the operation unit 15 and outputs it to the main control unit 17. The ROM 18 stores a control program executed by the main control unit 17 and various control parameters. The RAM 19 provides a work area for the main control unit 17. A liquid crystal display (LCD) 20 is connected to the bus 10 via a display control unit 21. The mobile phone control unit 22 controls outgoing calls to the other terminal and incoming calls from the other terminal. The mobile phone communication unit 23 establishes a call session by wireless communication with the mobile phone base station 2.
[0027]
The GPS receiver 24 receives radio waves transmitted from a plurality of GPS satellites. The GPS control unit 25 decodes the received GPS radio wave and calculates the current position based on a plurality of GPS signals. The camera 27 is connected to the bus 10 via the camera control unit 26. The internet connection unit 29 is connected to the bus 10 via the internet control unit 28.
[0028]
The operation unit 15, the input operation detection unit 16, and the display 20 together with the main control unit 17 implement the content creation unit 101, the search condition input unit 107, the list display unit 111, and the content browsing unit 112 described with reference to FIG. it can. Similarly, the ROM 18 can realize the model storage means 102. The camera 27 and the camera control unit 26 can realize the photographing unit 103 together with the main control unit 17. The GPS receiving unit 24 and the GPS control unit 25 can realize the current position detecting unit 104 together with the main control unit 17. The main control unit 17 can realize the position information registration means 105 and 108. The Internet connection unit 29 and the Internet control unit 28 can implement the upload unit 106, the search request unit 109 and the search result receiving unit 110 together with the main control unit 17.
[0029]
Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In step S <b> 1, one or more lunch boxes to be posted on the menu are photographed by the camera 27. Each image data is temporarily stored in the RAM 19 as a content material with a predetermined file name (for example, photo1, photo2, photo3 ...). In step S2, in response to a predetermined key operation, a list of service functions is displayed on the display 20, as shown in FIG. If a new content is to be created, “4. content creation screen” is selected by the user. In step S <b> 3, a content editor for creating content is activated and its operation screen is displayed on the display 20.
[0030]
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the operation screen of the content editor. Below the editor screen, a “hyperlink insertion button”, a “frame insertion button”, a “text insertion button”, a “form insertion button”, “Check box insertion button”, “radio button insertion button”, “text input field insertion button”, “material insertion button”, “text insertion button”, and the like are displayed. If content is to be created, the “function” button is operated by the user, and the process proceeds to step S4 in FIG. 3 to create the content.
[0031]
More specifically, in step S41, the function list shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the display 20 in response to the operation of the “function” button. In this embodiment, a function “1. New creation” for creating a new content, a function “2. Read” for reading the created content, a function “3. Saving” for saving the created content, A function for inputting a name “4. Input a content name”, a function “5. Reading a template” for reading a general content template (template), and a function “6. Content for uploading the created content to a Web server” Upload "is prepared.
[0032]
Here, “5. Read template” is selected if content is created using the template, “1. New creation” is selected if it is created freely regardless of the template, and then Proceed to step S42. In step S42, the material selection screen shown in FIG. 7 is displayed. Here, when one of the content materials (for example, photo3) is selected and the “material insertion button” is further operated, the process proceeds to step S43.
[0033]
In step S43, as shown in FIG. 8, the selected content material is pasted on the editor screen, and the pasting position is adjusted in response to the operation of the cursor key of the mobile phone 1. When the “Yes” button is operated in response to an inquiry message “Are you sure at this position?”, The content material is pasted at the pasting position.
[0034]
In step S44, the text insertion screen shown in FIG. 9 is displayed. Here, when the numeric keypad of the mobile phone 1 is operated to input text, and finally the “insert text” button is operated, the text is inserted. In the case of a lunch box menu as in this embodiment, the price, material used, calories, etc. are entered as text along with the name of the lunch box. In step S45, the function list screen of FIG. 6 is displayed again. When “4. Enter content name” is selected here, the content name input screen shown in FIG. 10 appears. When the content name “Lunch Restaurant A” is input here, the content is associated with the content name.
[0035]
Next, when the “function” button is operated, the function list of FIG. 6 is displayed on the display 20. When “6. Upload content” is selected here, the upload screen shown in FIG. 11 is displayed, and the generated content is displayed on the editor screen. If the “Yes” button is operated in response to the inquiry message “Do you want to upload this content?”, The process proceeds to step S5.
[0036]
In step S5, the current position P calculated based on the GPS signal is read. In step S6, the position information of the current position P is registered in the content and associated with each other. The association between the two can be performed, for example, by registering the position information of the current position in the content as meta information. In step S 7, the content including the position information is transmitted to the Web server 5 and uploaded to the database 6. In step S8, the content storage screen shown in FIG. When the “Yes” button is operated in response to an inquiry message “Do you want to save this content?”, The content is stored in the RAM 19.
[0037]
FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the operation of the Web server 5 that has received the content with position information. When the content is received in step S41, the content is registered in the database 6 in step S42.
[0038]
Next, with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 14, a procedure for searching the content uploaded to the Web server 5 from the mobile phone 1 and displaying the search result on the display 20 will be described.
[0039]
In step S21, the service function list screen of FIG. 4 is displayed. Here, when “3. Search with position information” is designated, the content search screen shown in FIG. 15 is displayed on the display 20 in step S22. On this search screen, a search key window for inputting a search key (text) and a search range window for specifying a geographical range to be searched are displayed. In step S23, a search key is input to the search key window, and a search range is input to the search range window. In the example illustrated in FIG. 15, “lunch” is input as a search key, and “1 km” is specified as a search range. When the “search start button” is operated in step S24, the search key “lunch” and the search range “1 km” are transmitted to the Web server 5 together with the original location information Px.
[0040]
In the Web server 5, when the search request is received in step S43 in FIG. 13, in step S44, the search key “lunch” registered in the search request, the search range “within 1 km”, and the current position information Px. Is extracted. In step S45, the database 6 is referred to, and all the contents including the search key “lunch” and having the registered position information P within the search range “within 1 km” based on the extracted current position information Px are used. Searched. In step S46, the search result is returned to the terminal that transmitted the search request.
[0041]
Returning to FIG. 14, when the mobile phone 1 that has transmitted the search request receives the search result in step S25, the search result is displayed in a list on the display 20 in step S26. FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a list display example of search results. In this embodiment, the names of three lunch shops A, B, and C that match the search results are displayed together with the distance from the current position. . Furthermore, in this embodiment, the relative positional relationship between each searched lunch shop and its current position is displayed. In step S27, when any of the search results is designated by the user, an access request regarding the designated content is transmitted to the Web server 5 and the content is returned. In step S28, as shown in FIG. 17, the designated content (in this embodiment, the lychee menu) is displayed on the display 20.
[0042]
As described above, according to the present invention, the content provider can register his / her current position in the content uploaded from the portable wireless terminal to the web server, so that the content viewer includes the location information of the content provider in the search condition. Will be able to. Therefore, by specifying the search range based on the current position as a search condition together with the search key, the content viewer can easily search only the content of the content provider located within the desired range from the current position. become able to.
[0043]
In the above-described embodiment, the present invention has been described by taking the mobile sales of lunch boxes as an example. Create and upload content for job openings that includes information on job types, working hours, daily allowances, etc., and job seekers will be able to create geography based on their desired job types, working hours, daily allowances, and their current location. When a general search range or the like is input as a search condition, only the job guide that matches the condition can be displayed on the job seeker terminal screen. In this way, the job seeker can easily search only for job guidance that has the desired job content and treatment and whose work location is close to the current location.
[0044]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, the following effects are achieved.
(1) Since the content provider can register its current location in the content uploaded from the portable wireless terminal to the Web server, the content viewer can include the location information of the content provider in the search condition. Become. Therefore, the content viewer can search only the content of the content provider located within a desired range from the current position by specifying the search range based on the current position as a search condition together with the search key. become.
(2) Since the portable wireless terminal is equipped with means for detecting its current position, it becomes possible to easily register its current position in the content uploaded to the server.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a network to which the present invention is applied.
FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a list display example of service functions.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of an operation screen of a content editor.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a list display example of functions in a mobile phone.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a material selection screen.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a state in which content material is pasted on an editor screen.
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a text insertion screen.
FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a content name input screen.
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of an upload screen.
FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a content storage screen.
FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the operation of a Web server that receives content.
FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a procedure for searching for uploaded content from a mobile phone;
FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of a content search screen.
FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a list display example of search results.
FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating a display example of content.
FIG. 18 is a block diagram of a mobile phone to which the present invention is applied.
[Explanation of Symbols] 10 ... bus, 17 ... main controller, 20 ... liquid crystal display, 24 ... GPS receiver, 27 ... camera, 29 ... internet connection

Claims (9)

In a portable wireless terminal equipped with an input operation unit, a display unit, and an Internet connection unit for wireless connection to the Internet,
Current position detecting means for detecting the current position and outputting the position information;
Content creation means for creating content;
Position information registration means for associating the created content with the position information of the detected current position;
A portable wireless terminal comprising: uploading means for uploading the mutually associated content and current location information to a server on the Internet. Search condition input means for displaying a search condition input screen on the display unit;
Position information registration means for associating the search condition input from the input screen with the position information of the detected current position;
Search request means for transmitting a search request including the search conditions associated with each other and position information of the current position to a server on the Internet;
Search result receiving means for receiving a search result returned in response to the search request;
List display means for displaying a list of the received search results on the display unit;
2. The portable wireless terminal according to claim 1, further comprising content browsing means for selectively displaying content designated on the list display. It further includes a photographing means for photographing a digital image,
The portable wireless terminal according to claim 1, wherein the content creation unit creates content including a digital video shot by the shooting unit. 4. The portable wireless terminal according to claim 1, wherein the position information registration unit registers position information of a current position in the content as meta information. 5. The portable wireless terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a model storage unit that stores a model of content. In a portable wireless terminal equipped with an input operation unit, a display unit, and an Internet connection unit for wireless connection to the Internet,
Current position detecting means for detecting the current position and outputting the position information;
Search condition input means for displaying a search condition input screen on the display unit;
Position information registration means for associating the search condition input from the input screen with the position information of the detected current position;
Search request means for transmitting a search request including the search conditions associated with each other and position information of the current position to a server on the Internet;
Search result receiving means for receiving a search result returned in response to the search request;
List display means for displaying a list of the received search results on the display unit;
A portable wireless terminal further comprising: content browsing means for selectively displaying content designated on the list display. The search condition input means displays a search key input window and a geographical search range input window based on the current position,
The portable wireless terminal according to claim 2 or 6, wherein the position information registration unit associates the input search key and the geographical search range with the position information of the detected current position. In server devices connected to the Internet,
Content receiving means for receiving content associated with position information of a predetermined position;
A database for storing the received content in association with the position information;
A search request receiving means for receiving a search request including a search condition and position information of a current position;
Search means for searching the database for content that is within a predetermined range from the current position included in the search request and that matches the search conditions;
And a search result reply means for returning the search result to the search request source. The search condition includes a search key and a geographical search range;
9. The search unit according to claim 8, wherein the search unit searches the database for content that is within the search range from the current position included in the search request and matches the search key. The server apparatus of description.

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