JP2007140645A - Information processor, its control method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information processor for improving convenience in the case of acquiring disclosure information stored in an information disclosing device through a communication network, and referring to the acquired information. <P>SOLUTION: In this information processor, a reference information storage part 41 stores reference information for referring to disclosure information stored in an information disclosing device 20, and an association key information acquiring part 42 acquires association key information to be decided regardless of the disclosure information, and an association key information storage part 43 stores the acquired association key information by associating it with reference information, and the association key information is offered for the selection of the reference information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus that acquires public information stored in an information disclosure apparatus via a communication network, a control method thereof, and a program.

There are information processing apparatuses such as a mobile phone, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistance), and a personal computer that can acquire various data from other information processing apparatuses via a communication network. These information processing apparatuses can acquire public information from a public information server such as a web server connected to the Internet or an electronic bulletin board that is installed in a public place and provides information via a communication network. it can. In such a case, the information processing apparatus generally has a function of storing part or all of the acquired public information, a title of the public information, or reference information such as a URL for referring to the public information again. (So-called bookmarks, etc.) The user of the information processing apparatus can refer to part or all of the public information once viewed or heard using such reference information after a certain amount of time has passed.
International Publication No. 99/017229 Pamphlet

  However, in the technology of the above-described conventional example, for example, when searching for necessary information later from a lot of reference information obtained from electronic bulletin boards installed in various places, it may take time to find the necessary information. is there.

  For such a problem, for example, by searching for reference information such as the title of public information held by the information processing apparatus, based on the content of public information stored by the user, necessary reference information is found. It is possible. In addition, when the public information is a web page, there is a technique in which the reduced image information of the web page is stored in association with the address information of the web page, and the reference information is selected by selecting the reduced image later (Patent Document 1). reference). However, in these methods, the information that can be used for selection is information determined based only on the contents of the public information, so if the user's memory regarding the public information is ambiguous, The information used for selection is not sufficient, and the convenience is low.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and one of its purposes is convenient when acquiring public information stored in an information disclosure device via a communication network and referring to the acquired information. The present invention provides an information processing apparatus capable of improving the performance, a control method thereof, and a program.

  An information processing apparatus according to the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problem is an information processing apparatus that acquires public information stored in an information disclosure apparatus via a communication network, and is reference information for referring to the public information. Reference information storage means for storing, associative key information acquisition means for acquiring associative key information determined irrespective of the public information, and associative key information for storing the acquired associative key information in association with the reference information Storage means, and the associative key information is used for selection of the reference information.

  Thereby, the reference information can be selected by the associative key information determined regardless of the public information, the reference information can be easily found for the user, and the convenience can be improved.

  Here, the associative key information may include information indicating a location where the information processing apparatus stores the reference information. Thereby, the user can select the reference information based on the location where the reference information is stored in the information processing apparatus, and the convenience can be improved.

  Furthermore, the associative key information may include information related to another information processing apparatus existing within a predetermined range from the information processing apparatus when the information processing apparatus stores the reference information. Accordingly, the user can select the reference information based on the person who accompanied the reference information when the reference information is stored in the information processing apparatus, and the convenience can be improved.

  The information processing apparatus further includes schedule table reference means for referring to a schedule table that associates schedule information related to an action schedule of the owner of the information processing apparatus and date and time information, and the associative key information includes: The information processing apparatus may include schedule information selected from the schedule table based on the time when the reference information is stored. Thereby, the user can select the reference information based on the information regarding the action schedule when the reference information is stored in the information processing apparatus, and the convenience can be improved.

  In addition, the information processing device stores search information acquisition means for acquiring search information stored in the information disclosure device in association with the public information, and search for storing the acquired search information in association with the reference information Information search means, and the search information may be used for selection of the reference information together with the associative key information. Thereby, the user can select the reference information based on the combination of the search information acquired by the information processing apparatus from the information disclosure apparatus and the associative key information, and the convenience can be improved.

  Another information processing apparatus according to the present invention is an information processing apparatus that acquires public information stored in an information disclosure apparatus via a communication network, and acquires reference information for referring to the public information. Reference information acquisition means, status acquisition means for acquiring information relating to the situation in which the reference information acquisition means has acquired the reference information, and information relating to the situation acquired by the situation acquisition means are provided when selecting the reference information And an information providing means.

  The information processing apparatus control method according to the present invention is an information processing apparatus control method for acquiring public information stored in an information disclosure apparatus via a communication network, and is a reference for referring to the public information. A step of storing information, a step of acquiring associative key information determined irrespective of the public information, and a step of storing the acquired associative key information in association with the reference information, the associative key The information is used for selection of the reference information.

  Further, a program according to the present invention is a program for acquiring public information stored in an information disclosure device via a communication network, the reference information storage means for storing reference information for referring to the public information, Associative key information acquisition means for acquiring associative key information determined regardless of public information, and associative key information storage means for storing the acquired associative key information in association with the reference information, and causing the computer to function, The associative key information is used for selection of the reference information.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of an information processing system including an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the information processing system includes an information terminal 10 and an information disclosure device 20 that can transmit and receive data via a communication network 30.

  The information terminal 10 is, for example, a mobile phone, a PHS (Personal Handy-phone System) terminal, a PDA, a personal computer, or the like, and corresponds to the information processing apparatus in the present invention. As illustrated in FIG. 1, the information terminal 10 includes a control unit 11, a storage unit 12, an operation unit 13, a display unit 14, and a communication unit 15.

  Here, the control unit 11 is, for example, a CPU or the like, and operates according to a program stored in the storage unit 12. In particular, in the present embodiment, the control unit 11 performs processing for acquiring the associative key information and storing it in the storage unit 12 together with the reference information. The contents of the process executed by the control unit 11 will be described in detail later.

  The storage unit 12 includes at least one of a memory element such as a RAM and a ROM, a disk device, and the like. The storage unit 12 stores a program executed by the control unit 11, reference information acquired by the control unit 11, and associative key information. The storage unit 12 also operates as a work memory for the control unit 11.

  The operation unit 13 is, for example, a keyboard or a mouse, and receives a user instruction operation and outputs the content of the instruction operation to the control unit 11. The display unit 14 is a display, for example, and displays information according to an instruction from the control unit 11.

  The communication unit 15 is, for example, a network card or a modem, and transmits information via the communication network 30 in accordance with an instruction from the control unit 11. In addition, the communication unit 15 receives information that arrives via the communication network 30 and outputs the information to the control unit 11.

  The information disclosure apparatus 20 is a web server configured by a general server computer, for example, and transmits public information such as web page data to the information terminal 10 via the communication network 30. Alternatively, the information disclosure apparatus 20 may be an electronic bulletin board installed in a specific place such as a public facility or a shopping center. The electronic bulletin board can display public information such as information regarding the installation location on a display or the like, and can transmit the information to the information terminal 10 via the communication network 30.

  The communication network 30 is, for example, the Internet, a local area network, a wireless communication network, or the like, and transmits and receives data between the information terminal 10 and the information disclosure device 20.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the information terminal 10 functionally includes a reference information storage unit 41, an associative key information acquisition unit 42, an associative key information storage unit 43, a reference information selection unit 44, and a public information output unit 45. It consists of

  The reference information storage unit 41 acquires reference information for referring to the public information and stores the reference information in the storage unit 12. Here, the reference information is the contents of the public information, information representing the location on the network where the public information is held, and the like. Specifically, the reference information includes the first predetermined number of characters of the public information. The URL includes a part, a predetermined title of public information, a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) indicating a web server holding the public information, an IP address, or the like. In the case of an electronic bulletin board or the like in which the amount of data of each public information is relatively small, the reference information may be all of the public information.

  Specifically, the reference information storage unit 41 acquires reference information by acquiring part or all of the public information from the information disclosure device 20 via the communication network 30. Alternatively, when the reference information is information representing a position on the network where public information such as a URL is held, the reference information can be acquired based on data input from the operation unit 13 by the user.

  Further, the reference information storage unit 41 may acquire and store the search information from the information disclosure device 20 together with the reference information. Here, the search information is information for search stored in the information disclosure apparatus 20 in association with the public information. Specifically, for example, when the public information device 20 is an electronic bulletin board and discloses information such as events scheduled at a facility where the electronic bulletin board is installed, the information disclosure device 20 It is assumed that the scheduled date and time of the event being performed is stored as search information in association with the public information. Such reference information is acquired from the information disclosure device 20 by the reference information storage unit 41 and stored in the storage unit 12 in association with the reference information, so that the user later uses information such as scheduled date and time of an event, for example. Reference information can be selected.

  The associative key information acquisition unit 42 acquires associative key information according to the storage of the reference information by the reference information storage unit 41. The associative key information is information that is determined regardless of the public information according to the current state of the information terminal 10, for example, and is information that is used by the user later to select reference information. For example, the reference information storage unit 41 Is information on the situation in which the reference information is acquired. Specifically, the information that can be included in the associative key information includes, for example, information indicating the location of the information terminal 10 when the information terminal 10 stores the reference information, and the information terminal 10 when the information terminal 10 stores the reference information. Information on information processing apparatuses existing around the user, information on a user's action schedule determined based on the time at which the information terminal 10 stores the reference information, and the like. Specific contents of the information included in the associative key information will be described in detail later.

  The associative key information storage unit 43 stores the associative key information acquired by the associative key information acquisition unit 42 in the storage unit 12 in association with the reference information stored in the reference information storage unit 41. As a result, the user can later select the reference information using the associative key information. The reference information stored in the reference information storage unit 41 and the associative key information stored in the associative key information storage unit 43 are represented in a reference information table as shown in FIG. 3, for example.

  The reference information selection unit 44 selects the reference information stored in the storage unit 12 by an instruction operation on the operation unit 13 by the user. The reference information selection unit 44 provides associative key information such as information related to a situation in which the reference information is acquired, acquired by the associative key information acquisition unit 42 when the user selects reference information. Specifically, for example, the reference information selection unit 44 can specify such as at least a part of the associative key information, such as information on a place where the reference information is stored or an action schedule, depending on his / her memory. The reference information associated with the associative key information is searched from the reference information table. And it is made to show to a user by the method of displaying on the display part 14, etc., and a user is made to select. Or it is good also as making a user select the reference information contained in a reference information table by making it display on the display part 14 by list-displaying with the associative key information predetermined or the user's designation | designated. Thereby, the user can find out information he / she wants to refer to using the associative key information.

  The public information output unit 45 outputs the public information on the display unit 14 based on the reference information selected by the reference information selection unit 44 or the direct designation by the user's instruction operation on the operation unit 13. . Specifically, for example, when the reference information includes information indicating a position on the network where the public information such as a URL is held, the corresponding web from the information disclosure device 20 via the communication network 30 based on the reference information. Public information such as page data is acquired and displayed on the display unit 14. Alternatively, when the reference information includes the public information itself, the public information may be displayed.

  Next, the content of information included in the associative key information acquired by the associative key information acquisition unit 42 will be described. Information included in the associative key information includes, for example, information (environment information) related to the environment around the information terminal 10 at the time when the information terminal 10 stores or acquires the reference information. The environmental information includes information about the surrounding people (physical environment information) such as the location and weather in which the reference information is stored, and information about the surrounding people (people Environmental information). By using the environment information as the associative key information, the user can search for the reference information stored in the information terminal 10 by relying on the storage related to the surrounding situation when the reference information is stored.

  Also, as information included in the associative key information, for example, information related to the date and time that can be acquired by referring to a predetermined time table according to the date and time when the information terminal 10 stores or acquires the reference information (date related information) ) Can be used. Here, the time table is a table that associates a time range from an arbitrary date and time or a start date and time to an end date and time information. Specifically, information related to the user's action schedule, current information such as news, and the like can be used as the date / time related information. By using date and time related information as associative key information, even if the user does not accurately remember the date and time when the reference information is stored, the user can rely on the storage of information related to the time before and after the date and time. The reference information stored in the terminal 10 can be searched.

  Specifically, a case where information about a place (location related information) is used as information included in the associative key information will be described below. The associative key information acquisition unit 42 acquires information such as the latitude and longitude of the current position based on, for example, a GPS (Global Positioning System) device provided in the information terminal 10. Alternatively, when the information terminal 10 is a PHS or the like that can access the base station by wireless communication, the location related information may be acquired based on the information of the nearest base station. Further, the associative key information acquisition unit 42 converts the latitude, longitude, and base station information into information representing the name of the place and the name of the facility using a database prepared in advance, and associates the information such as the obtained place name. It may be included in the key information.

  Further, in the case of an electronic bulletin board or the like in which the information disclosure device 20 is installed at a specific location, the information disclosure device 20 may store location related information indicating the facility name or location of the installation location. In this case, the information terminal 10 acquires location related information from the information disclosure apparatus 20 separately from the disclosure information via the communication network 30.

  Alternatively, in the case of using the information terminal 10 in a specific facility, the associative key information acquisition unit 42 acquires location related information using an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tag provided in the information terminal 10. It is good. In this case, any of the reading devices installed in each place in the facility acquires the position of the information terminal 10 by reading the identification information included in the RFID tag of the information terminal 10 by wireless communication, and reads the reading device. Information on the position of the information is notified to the information terminal 10 by wireless communication or the like. As a result, the user can select the reference information using information such as which room in a certain facility has acquired the reference information.

  Also, a weather information database stored in a server or the like that distributes weather information on the Internet based on location-related information such as a region name obtained based on a GPS device or the like and information on the date and time when reference information is stored By referring to, it is also possible to acquire information relating to the weather at the time when the reference information is stored. Thereby, the user can select the reference information by relying on the memory regarding the weather.

  Next, an example in which human environment information is used as information included in the associative key information will be described. The associative key information acquisition unit 42 can use, for example, information (peripheral device information) related to information processing devices existing around the information terminal 10 as human environment information. Specifically, the associative key information acquisition unit 42 accesses other information processing apparatuses within a predetermined range around the information terminal 10 by wireless communication or the like, and holds each of the other information processing apparatuses. The device ID of the information processing device, the user ID of the user who uses the information processing device, and the like are acquired as peripheral device information. At this time, when there are a plurality of information processing devices around the information terminal 10, a plurality of device IDs and user IDs may be acquired. The user can later use the peripheral device information to find the reference information based on information such as the person who was accompanied when the information terminal 10 stored the reference information. Furthermore, the associative key information acquisition unit 42 converts the information of the device ID and the user ID into information representing the relationship between the name of the person and the owner of the information terminal 10 and the person using a database prepared in advance. The obtained person name and the like may be included in the associative key information as human environment information.

  Alternatively, in the case of an electronic bulletin board installed at a predetermined location, the associative key information acquisition unit 42 may acquire peripheral device information from the information disclosure device 20 via the communication network 30. . That is, the information disclosure apparatus 20 accesses another information processing apparatus within a predetermined range around itself, and sets the device ID and user ID of each information processing apparatus held by the other information processing apparatus. Obtain and transmit to the information terminal 10. Alternatively, the information disclosure apparatus 20 may transmit information related to other information processing apparatuses to the information terminal 10 based on information of the information processing apparatus that has transmitted and received data to and from itself. In this case, the information disclosure device 20 holds history information that associates the device ID, user ID, and the like of the information processing device that has transmitted / received data with itself, and the time at which the data was transmitted / received. When there is a transmission request, based on the request time, information such as the device ID and user ID of the information processing device that has accessed the information disclosure device 20 in the past predetermined time range with reference to the history information. Transmit to the information terminal 10. By receiving this information, the associative key information acquisition unit 42 can acquire peripheral device information.

  In this way, when using peripheral device information, other users simply possess the user unintentionally just by being in the vicinity of the information terminal 10 from which the associative key information is to be obtained or accessing the information disclosure device 20. There is a possibility that the device ID or user ID of the information processing device may be read by another person. Therefore, flag information for determining whether to permit reading of a device ID or a user ID from another information processing device may be set for the information processing device owned by the user. For example, when other user sets and stores flag information indicating that his / her information processing device does not permit reading, even if the information terminal 10 tries to acquire peripheral device information, the flag information is set. Information of the information processing apparatus cannot be read.

  Next, an example of using information related to a user's action schedule (behavior schedule information) will be described below as an example of using date / time related information as information included in the associative key information. The associative key information acquisition unit 42 refers to the schedule table based on the current date and time information acquired from the time measuring unit provided in the information terminal 10, other information processing devices connected to the communication network 30, and the like. Acquire action schedule information according to the time of day. Here, the schedule table is a database associating action schedule information, which is information related to the action schedule of the owner of the information terminal 10, and date / time information, for example, as shown in FIG. The schedule table may be held by the information terminal 10 or may be held by another information processing apparatus such as a schedule management server connected to the communication network 30. In this case, the information terminal 10 transmits information on the current date and time to the schedule management server via the communication network 30 and receives action schedule information corresponding to the current date and time from the schedule management server.

  In addition, by referring to the schedule table, it is also possible to acquire information on surrounding people, which is also human environment information. Specifically, for example, when a schedule management server manages the schedules of a plurality of users belonging to a certain group, a plurality of users may be associated with a certain schedule as participants. In such a case, the associative key information acquisition unit 42, as the action schedule information according to the current date and time, out of the user ID associated with the schedule at the date and time as a participant, the user who owns the mobile terminal 10 The user ID of another user excluding the ID is acquired. Further, the user ID is converted into information representing a person's name or the like by a database prepared in advance by the schedule management server or the information terminal 10, and the obtained person name or the like is included in the associative key information. As a result, the user can select the reference information using information such as a person who is registered with the plan to accompany when the reference information is stored.

  Even if information other than the action schedule information is used as the date / time related information, the associative key information acquisition unit 42 can acquire the date / time related information by the same processing. That is, the associative key information acquisition unit 42 matches the storage date / time or before / after the storage date / time from the table that associates the date / time with the date / time related information according to the storage date / time when the reference information storage unit 41 stores the reference information. The date related information included in the predetermined time range is acquired. Thereby, the user can select the reference information by using information related to the date and time when the reference information is stored.

  Next, an example of processing in the case of storing reference information and associative key information using the information terminal 10 according to the present embodiment will be described based on the flowchart of FIG. In the example of FIG. 5, specifically, the information terminal 10 is provided with a GPS device, and the information disclosure device 20 is an electronic bulletin board that is installed in a certain facility and publishes event information of the facility. And

  First, the user instructs to store public information such as event information disclosed by the information disclosure apparatus 20 on the information terminal 10 by an instruction operation on the operation unit 13 (S1).

  In response to the instruction operation of S1, the reference information storage unit 41 acquires reference information and stores it in the storage unit 12 (S2). Here, the title of the public information and the content of the public information itself are used as the reference information, and the reference information storage unit 41 receives the data of the public information from the information disclosure apparatus 20 via the communication network 30 and stores it.

  Further, the reference information storage unit 41 acquires search information stored in the information disclosure apparatus 20 in association with the public information acquired in S2, and stores it in the storage unit 12 in association with the reference information (S3). Specifically, for example, when the public information is event information, information on the event date and time is acquired as search information, and stored in association with the public information related to the event acquired as reference information in the process of S2.

  Next, the associative key information acquisition unit 42 acquires associative key information (S4). Specifically, the location-related information is acquired by acquiring information on the latitude and longitude of the current position by the GPS device and converting the information on the latitude and longitude into a place name such as “XX city”. Moreover, based on the information of the storage date and time when the reference information storage unit 41 stores the reference information, the action schedule information associated with the current date and time is acquired from the schedule table stored in the information terminal 10. Furthermore, when the user A who has the same type of information processing apparatus as the information terminal 10 is accompanied, the user ID of the user A is acquired from the information processing apparatus by wireless communication. Then, the name of the user A associated with the acquired user ID is acquired as the human environment information by referring to the database related to the user name held in the storage unit 12.

  Subsequently, the associative key information storage unit 43 stores the associative key information acquired in the process of S4 in the storage unit 12 in association with the reference information stored in the process of S2 (S5). Thereby, the reference information, the search information, and the associative key information are associated with each other and stored in the storage unit 12 as in the example of the reference information table illustrated in FIG. The user later selects the reference information included in the reference information table using the associative key information, the search information, or a combination of both, depending on the storage related to the situation when the information terminal 10 stores the reference information. Can do.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to make it easy for a user to find reference information by enabling selection of reference information based on associative key information determined regardless of public information. Can be improved.

  When the information terminal 10 can update the schedule information stored in the storage unit 12 or stored in the schedule management server or the like, the information terminal 10 can cooperate with a schedule management program that uses these schedule information. For example, the storage date and time when the reference information storage unit 41 stores the reference information is added to the schedule table. Thereby, for example, when displaying schedule information registered in the schedule table as a list, the schedule management program can acquire the reference information from the reference information table and display it together with the schedule information at a position corresponding to the storage date and time. it can. Further, when information related to the date and time of an event or the like is acquired as search information, reference information related to the event or the like may be added to the schedule table. Thereby, when displaying schedule information registered in the schedule table as a list, the schedule management program can also display the reference information related to the event or the like at a position corresponding to the date and time of the event or the like.

It is a block diagram showing the schematic structure of the information processing system containing the information processing apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. 3 is a functional block diagram showing functions of the information terminal 10. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a reference information table stored in a storage unit 12. FIG. It is a figure showing an example of the schedule table which the information terminal refers to. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of processing executed by the information terminal 10. FIG.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Information terminal, 11 Control part, 12 Storage part, 13 Operation part, 14 Display part, 15 Communication part, 20 Information disclosure apparatus, 30 Communication network, 41 Reference information storage part, 42 Associative key information acquisition part, 43 Associative key information Storage unit, 44 reference information selection unit, 45 public information output unit.

Claims (8)

An information processing device that acquires public information stored in an information disclosure device via a communication network,
Reference information storage means for storing reference information for referring to the public information;
Associative key information acquisition means for acquiring associative key information determined irrespective of the public information;
Associative key information storage means for storing the acquired associative key information in association with the reference information;
Including
The associative key information is used for selection of the reference information. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,
The associative key information includes information representing a place where the information processing apparatus stores the reference information. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,
The associative key information includes information related to another information processing apparatus existing within a predetermined range from the information processing apparatus when the information processing apparatus stores the reference information. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
A schedule table reference means for referring to a schedule table for associating schedule information related to an action schedule of the owner of the information processing apparatus and date and time information;
The associative key information includes schedule information selected from the schedule table based on a time at which the information processing apparatus stores the reference information. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
Search information acquisition means for acquiring search information associated with the public information and stored in the information disclosure device;
Search information storage means for storing the acquired search information in association with the reference information;
Further including
The search information is used for selection of the reference information together with the associative key information. A method of controlling an information processing apparatus that acquires public information stored in an information disclosure apparatus via a communication network,
Storing reference information for referring to the public information;
Obtaining associative key information defined independently of the public information;
Storing the acquired associative key information in association with the reference information;
Including
The method of controlling an information processing apparatus, wherein the associative key information is used for selection of the reference information. A program for obtaining public information stored in an information disclosure device via a communication network,
Reference information storage means for storing reference information for referring to the public information;
Associative key information acquisition means for acquiring associative key information determined irrespective of the public information, and associative key information storage means for storing the acquired associative key information in association with the reference information;
Function as a computer
The associative key information is used for selection of the reference information. An information processing device that acquires public information stored in an information disclosure device via a communication network,
Reference information acquisition means for acquiring reference information for referring to the public information;
Situation acquisition means for acquiring information relating to the situation in which the reference information acquisition means has acquired the reference information;
Information providing means for providing information on the situation acquired by the situation acquisition means when selecting the reference information;
An information processing apparatus.

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