JP2008059382A - Position information providing system for smoking permission place or tobacco selling place - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a positional information providing system for a smoking permission place or a tobacco selling place, capable of knowing information of the smoking permission place or a smoking purchase place, when desiring smoking. <P>SOLUTION: This positional information providing system includes a positional information generating means provided in correspondence with the smoking permission place or the tobacco selling place, and for generating geographic positional information of the smoking permission place or the tobacco selling place, a positional information transmitting means for transmitting the generated positional information to a control server 1 via a communication network 2, a positional information storage means provided in the server 1, and for storing the transmitted positional information as geographic information correlated with an electronic map data, or geographic information not correlated with the electronic map data, a searching means for searching the smoking permission place or the tobacco selling place located within a fixed distance from a prescribed reference position, based on an access from a user terminal 4 to the server 1 via the communication network, and an information transmitting means for transmitting a result searched by the searching means, to the user terminal 4, through the communication network. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a position information providing system that provides position information of a smoking-related place, which is a place where smoking is allowed, or a place where tobacco can be purchased, such as a vending machine or a sales store.

  According to the “Health Promotion Act” enforced by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on May 1, 2003, “Schools, Gymnasiums, Hospitals, Theaters, Ferris Wheels, Meeting Halls, Exhibition Halls, Department Stores, Offices, Government Office Facilities, Restaurants and Others” Persons who manage facilities used by a large number of persons in order to prevent passive smoking (meaning that smoke from other people's cigarettes is smoked in a room or an environment similar to this) for those who use them. "We must endeavor to take the necessary measures."

  In addition, from the viewpoint of ensuring the health of workers and creating a comfortable working environment, “(New) Guidelines for Smoking Control in the Workplace” was formulated to further enhance measures to prevent passive smoking. In order to reliably prevent smoking, it is recommended to install a smoking room where tobacco smoke does not leak in non-smoking areas as much as possible. In addition, regulations on street smoking bans that prohibit street smoking are being promoted nationwide to prevent damage such as secondhand smoke and burns caused by cigarette fires.

  By the way, the number of places where smokers can smoke is rapidly decreasing due to the setting of non-smoking areas on the streets. The use of portable ashtrays is increasing due to the littering problem, but, for example, at unknown destinations such as travel / business trips, people do not know the location even if they want to smoke. Smoking in the non-smoking area or walking while walking, and in the worst case, if you have a portable ashtray, you will smoke anywhere There is even a problem like this.

  In addition, vending machines that sell tobacco are not available at midnight to prevent minors from purchasing tobacco, but adults can also purchase tobacco at midnight. On the other hand, since there is a problem that minors can also purchase cigarettes other than late at night, it can be easily assumed that as a future measure, it will gradually shift to sales to specific people at specific places. The number of places where cigarettes are purchased is also reduced, and there is a high possibility that problems such as travel and business trips where the place where cigarettes are purchased are not known will occur.

In Patent Document 1, information on a region is searched from position information of a mobile communication terminal (portable terminal), and it is determined whether the current position is a non-smoking place. ) Describes a technology related to a non-smoking place display system that automatically displays a non-smoking mark.
JP 2006-180238 A

  However, according to Patent Document 1, it is possible to recognize whether the current location is a non-smoking location or a smoking enabled location based on whether or not a non-smoking mark is displayed on the mobile communication terminal. If you want to smoke when you are, you can't know where to smoke (smoking area, smoking room, etc.) or where you can purchase cigarettes (vending machines, sales stores, etc.). Don't be.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a position information providing system for a smoking-allowed place or a cigarette-sale place that can know information on a smoking-allowed place or a place where smoking can be purchased when smoking is desired. is there.

Means for Solving the Problems and Effects of the Invention

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the position information providing system of the smoking allowable place or the cigarette selling place of the present invention is:
Position information generating means provided corresponding to a smoking allowable place or a tobacco selling place, and generating geographical position information of the smoking allowed place or the tobacco selling place;
Position information transmitting means for transmitting the generated position information to the management server through a communication network;
A location information storage means provided in the server for storing the transmitted location information as geographic information associated with electronic map data or as geographic information not associated with electronic map data;
Search means for searching for the smoking-allowed place or the cigarette selling place within a certain distance range from a predetermined reference position based on access to the server from a user terminal device via the communication network;
Information transmitting means for transmitting a result searched by the searching means to the terminal device of the user through the communication network.

  According to the present invention, the position information generating means for generating the geographical position information corresponding to the smoking allowed place or the tobacco selling place is provided, and the generated position information is transmitted to the management server through the communication network. Is done. The management server stores the location information as geographic information associated with or not associated with the electronic map data. Normally, it is conceivable to input position information such as a smoking-allowed place or a cigarette selling place by manually checking the position and inputting the position information to each smoking-allowed place or cigarette selling place as in the present invention. Since the generating means is provided, it is possible to create a database without requiring a complicated operation of manual input only by transmitting the generated position information to the management server.

  Further, the user can access the server from the terminal device, and based on the access, the user can search for the smoking allowable place or the tobacco selling place within a certain distance range from the predetermined reference position. The result can be transmitted to the terminal device of the user through the communication network. According to this, only by accessing the server, a smoking allowable place or a cigarette selling place within a certain distance range from a predetermined reference position (for example, the current location) is searched, and further, the result is transmitted to the terminal device possessed by the user. In other words, since it is not necessary to input the current location or the like, for example, even when going to an unknown place, it is possible to obtain information on a smoking permissible place or a cigarette selling place that is considered to be relatively close. As a result, when searching for a place where smoking is permitted, smoking on the road can be prevented by indicating the location.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the position information providing system of the smoking allowable place or the cigarette selling place of the present invention is:
Position information generating means provided corresponding to a smoking allowable place or a tobacco selling place, and generating geographical position information of the smoking allowed place or the tobacco selling place;
Storing the generated location information as geographic information associated with electronic map data or as geographic information not associated with electronic map data and connected to a communication network;
Search means for searching for the smoking allowable place or the cigarette selling place within a certain distance range from a predetermined reference position based on access to the position information storage means from a user's terminal device via the communication network;
Information transmitting means for transmitting the result searched by the searching means to the terminal device of the user through the communication network.

  According to the present invention, the position information generating means for generating the geographical position information corresponding to the smoking allowed place or the tobacco selling place is provided, and the position information is associated with or associated with the electronic map data. Not stored as geographic information. Normally, it is conceivable to input position information such as a smoking-allowed place or a cigarette selling place by manually checking the position and inputting the position information to each smoking-allowed place or cigarette selling place as in the present invention. Since the generating means is provided, the generated position information is stored in the position information storage means, so that a complicated operation of manual input is not required, and a simple structure can be achieved.

  In addition, the user can access the respective position information storage means from the terminal device, and based on the access, can search for the smoking allowable place or the cigarette selling place within a certain distance range from the predetermined reference position. The search result can be transmitted to the terminal device of the user through the communication network. According to this, just by accessing, a smoking allowable place or a cigarette selling place within a certain distance range from a predetermined reference position (for example, the current location) is searched, and further, the result is transmitted to the terminal device possessed by the user. That is, since it is not necessary to input the present location or the like, for example, even when going to an unknown place, it is possible to obtain information on a smoking allowable place or a cigarette selling place which is considered to be relatively close. As a result, when searching for a place where smoking is permitted, smoking on the road can be prevented by indicating the location.

In addition, the location information providing system of the smoking allowable place or the tobacco selling place of the present invention,
The position information generating means acquires position information of the smoking allowed place or the cigarette selling place based on the reception data of the GPS receiver, temporarily stores the acquired position information in a temporary storage means, and transmits the position information. The means may transmit the temporarily stored position information to the server through the communication network. According to this, since the GPS receiver is used as the position information generating means, more accurate position information can be acquired, and the above-described effects can be obtained.

In addition, the location information providing system of the smoking allowable place or the tobacco selling place of the present invention,
The position information generating means includes input means for inputting position information of the smoking allowed place or the cigarette selling place, temporarily stores the input position information in a temporary storage means, and the position information transmitting means temporarily stores the position information. The stored location information can be transmitted to the server through the communication network. According to this, since the input means is provided as the position information generating means, more accurate position information can be acquired and the above-described effects can be obtained.

In addition, the location information providing system of the smoking allowable place or the tobacco selling place of the present invention,
The position information generating means acquires position information of the smoking allowed place or tobacco sales place based on the reception data of the GPS receiver, and the position information storage means is acquired based on the reception data of the GPS receiver. The location information may be stored as geographic information associated with the electronic map data or as geographic information not associated with the electronic map data. According to this, since the GPS receiver is used as the position information generating means, more accurate position information can be acquired, and the above-described effects can be obtained.

In addition, the location information providing system of the smoking allowable place or the tobacco selling place of the present invention,
The position information generating means includes input means for inputting position information of the smoking allowed place or tobacco selling place, and the position information storage means is as geographical information in which the input position information is associated with electronic map data or The information can be stored as geographical information that is not associated with the electronic map data. According to this, since the input means is provided as the position information generating means, more accurate position information can be acquired and the above-described effects can be obtained.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram conceptually illustrating an example of the overall configuration of the present invention. Location information providing system (hereinafter also simply referred to as a system) for smoking-allowed locations such as smoking rooms and smoking areas, or tobacco sales locations (hereinafter collectively referred to as smoking-related locations) such as vending machines and sales stores. While a management server 1 as an information providing center is connected to a communication network 2 such as the Internet, a terminal device 3 (hereinafter simply referred to as a smoking side) installed corresponding to a smoking related place provided corresponding to a smoking related place. Mobile terminal 4 is connected to the communication network 2, and the communication mobile terminal 4 such as mobile phones of an unspecified number of users who are registered as members or who want to provide information of this system even if they are not members are wireless base stations 5 to the communication network 2. These portable terminals 4 are communication terminals having a function of connecting to the communication network 2 and are capable of bidirectional communication with the management server 1 or the smoking side terminal 3 on the communication network 2. . The smoking side terminal 3 may be configured to be connected to the communication network 2 via the wireless base station 5 similarly to the mobile terminal 4.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing the configuration of the management server 1. The management server 1 is configured as a computer and is connected to the Internet 2 via a communication device 27 (information transmission means) such as a modem and a router. An input / output I / O interface (shown as I / O in the figure) 26, a CPU 21 (search means) that forms the core of the control means via the bus line 25, a RAM 22 that temporarily stores work memory, and various programs Are connected to a ROM 23 and a hard disk drive 24 (HDD, position information storage means) as a high-capacity storage device. Further, other storage devices (CD-ROM drive, DVD drive, etc.) can be connected as a storage medium. Further, an input device 28 (position information generating means) such as a keyboard and a mouse, a display device 29 as a display output means such as a monitor, a printing device 30 as a print output means such as a printer, and the like are connected to the I / O interface 25. ing.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the hard disk 24 serving as a storage device has a smoking-related location information providing program 24a for realizing the function of the location information providing system for a smoking-related location on the computer, and their operating environment on the computer. And an operating system program 24b (OS) to be formed and a database (for example, a map information database, a smoking related place information database, a handling brand information database, a desired brand information memory) used for various processes for the position information providing system. Has been. The ROM 23 stores various basic programs for computer hardware control. Further, the RAM 22 has a storage area and a work area for each program stored in the ROM 32.

  The map information database 24c stores map information (electronic map data) in the service providing area of this system. In the smoking related place information database 24d, geographical position information of the smoking related place generated by the smoking side terminal 3 provided corresponding to the smoking related place described later is received and stored via the communication network. The stored location information can be stored as geographic information associated with the map information stored in the map information database 24c, or can be stored as geographic information not associated with the map information. That is, a corresponding address is read from the electronic map data, and the read address is stored in the smoking related place information database 24d as position information. The registration of the smoking-related place information database 24d can also be registered by the input device 28. However, in the aspect of this system, since it is performed based on information from the site side terminal 3, the site side terminal 3 In addition to generating location information when the smoking-related place is installed, for example, if location information is generated periodically (once a day), the smoking-related location information database 24d can be updated, and the user can obtain more accurate information. It can be provided, and as a result, the complicated work of inputting for the administrator is eliminated. In the handling brand information database 24e, brands of cigarettes handled by the vending machine or the sales store in the vending machine or the sales store among the smoking-related places are stored. In the desired brand information memory 24f, a brand desired by the user is stored in association with the user ID.

  Next, the smoking side terminal 3 provided corresponding to the smoking-related place detects, for example, the position of the smoking side terminal 3 based on radio waves from a satellite and acquires position information. GPS (Global Positioning System) reception For example, a wireless communication transmitter (radio signal transmission unit) capable of wireless communication via a wireless communication network (wireless base station 5), which includes a CPU, ROM, The function as the smoking side terminal 3 is realized by a control device mainly composed of a microcomputer composed of RAM, I / O and the like. For example, in the case of a vending machine or the like as a smoking-related place where the smoking side terminal 3 is provided, the terminal device can be built in or integrated with the vending machine.

  Further, as the acquisition of the position information, the smoking side terminal 3 can adopt a PHS (Personal Handy-Phone System) method. That is, in the PHS wireless communication, position information is always transmitted from a base station (such as the wireless base station 5) that can communicate with the smoking terminal 3, and the smoking terminal 3 always receives position information. It is a system to be transmitted. And the positional information of the smoking side terminal 3 can be pinpointed accurately by acquiring the information of those electric field strengths among the base stations which can communicate. In this way, by constantly acquiring its own location information by transmitting and receiving to and from the base station, it is possible to generate location information of the place where the smoking is installed, and other terminals that can connect the location information to the wireless communication network Therefore, in the management server 1, the position of the smoking side terminal 3 is specified, that is, the position information can be stored as geographical information in the smoking related place information database 24d.

  Moreover, the smoking side terminal 3 can also be comprised as a computer. In that case, it is connected to a communication network 2 such as the Internet via a communication device (position information transmitting means) such as a modem and a router, and although not shown, an I / O interface is connected to a CPU, ROM, RAM via a bus line. Also, a hard disk drive (position information storage means) is connected as a storage medium, and a display device such as a monitor, a printing device such as a printer, and an input device (position information generation means) such as a keyboard and a mouse are connected. In addition to the above means (GPS receiver, PHS method) as the position information generating means, geographical position information corresponding to a smoking-related place can be input by an input device. As a result, the input position information is temporarily stored in the RAM.

  The communication portable terminal 4 is a mobile phone, a PHS machine, a PDA device (provided with a communication function using a mobile phone or a PHS system), etc., and detects the position of the portable terminal device 4 based on radio waves from a satellite to obtain position information. A GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver 4 a to be acquired is mounted, and is connected to the communication network 2 via the radio base station 5. Moreover, the display screen 4b which can display electronic map data etc. is provided.

  Next, the process flow of the position information providing system described above will be described. FIG. 3 is a flow diagram illustrating an example of the flow of each process in the management server 1, the smoking side terminal 3, and the user's mobile terminal 4 along with data exchange among the three parties. First, when the smoking side terminal 3 is installed corresponding to a smoking-allowed place such as a smoking area or a smoking room, or a smoking-related place such as a cigarette vending machine or a sales store, the geography at the location is set. The position information is generated by the GPS receiver 3a detecting and temporarily storing the acquired position information in a RAM (not shown) (S1). Subsequently, in S2, the location information of the location temporarily stored in the RAM is transmitted to the management server 1 through the communication network 2. The generated location information only needs to be transmitted from the smoking side terminal 3 to the management server 1, so that the location information of the user when the smoking related place is installed, moved or periodically (for example, once a day). May be detected by the GPS receiver 3a, and the location information of the location where it is installed may be temporarily stored. Further, the position information may be input in advance by the input device 28 of the management server 1 at the time of installation. Thereby, the smoking related place installed in each place is stored as the smoking related position information database 24d of the management server 1.

  In the management server 1, this is received by the communication device 27 (T1), and is stored as a smoking related position information database 24d based on a command from the CPU 21. When the user accesses the management server 1 through the communication network 2 via the wireless base station 5 by the mobile terminal 4 in R1, the management server 1 receives this by the communication device 27 (T3: Yes), and the mobile terminal 4 receives the current location information (position information) detected by the GPS receiver 4a included in the mobile terminal 4 based on the access of the mobile terminal 4 together with the access, or obtains the current location information of the mobile terminal 4 based on the information of the wireless base station 5 to relay. Obtain (T4). Subsequently, based on the acquired current location information of the mobile terminal 4, the CPU 21 uses the current location information from the smoking-related location database 24d as a reference location, and the location information is assumed to be within a predetermined distance range. Search for smoking-related places having (T5). At this time, the fixed distance range can be arbitrarily determined by the administrator, for example, within a radius of 200 m from a predetermined reference position, or can be determined by a user accessing the management server 1 in advance using the portable terminal 4 according to a predetermined procedure. . In that case, the desired distance range memory may be stored in the hard disk drive 24 as a storage device. Next, when there is a smoking-related place having position information within the fixed distance range based on the estimated current location information (T6: Yes), it corresponds to the searched fixed distance range based on the command of the CPU. The electronic map data is read from the map information database 24c, and the current location information and the location information of the smoking-related place are synthesized and generated in the read electronic map data in a form that can be displayed on the display screen 4b provided in the portable terminal 4 (T7). ).

  Then, the data generated in T8 is transmitted from the communication device 27 to the portable terminal 4 through the communication network 2. The mobile terminal 4 receives the data transmitted from the management server 1 and displays it on the display screen 4b (R2). Here, FIG. 8 shows an example of a screen displayed on the display screen 4 b of the mobile terminal 4. A map is displayed from the current location (for example, the smoker mark S in the center of the screen) of the user who has the communication portable terminal 4 within a certain distance range to the location of the smoking-related location. In addition, smoking permissible places such as a smoking area or a smoking room are separately displayed as smoking-related places, and a tobacco purchase place such as a cigarette vending machine or a store is separately displayed as a tobacco purchase mark sp2. Here, in the map displayed on the display screen 4b, it is possible to display a map area corresponding to a road smoking banned area defined by the regulations of each city or ward, for example, in a display color different from a place that is not a road banned area. . In that case, a road smoking banned area database is provided in advance in the hard disk drive 24 which is a storage device of the management server 1, and is synthesized and generated in a form including the corresponding road smoking banned area data at T7. As a result, even if the smoker goes to an unfamiliar destination, for example, on a trip or on a business trip, the violation of smoking violation in the road smoking prohibited area is solved. FIG. 9 shows another example of a screen displayed on the display screen 4 b of the mobile terminal 4. Along with the address of the current location information (current location), the distance and address (location information) from the current location of the user who has the communication portable terminal 4 within the fixed distance range to the location of the smoking related location are displayed as a list. As a result, when a user accesses with a mobile terminal, information on a smoking-related place that is said to be relatively close to the current location is provided, so even if a smoker goes to an unknown destination, such as on a trip or business trip, Even if you want to smoke, you don't know where you are and you don't have to search for it. And since the location of a nearby smoking-related place can be grasped, it is possible to recognize how much cigarettes can be smoked later, and there is an effect of avoiding smoking on the street. On the other hand, when the smoking-related place is not within the certain distance range at T6, data indicating that is transmitted to the portable terminal 4 through the communication network 2. Thereby, it can be grasped that there is no smoking-related place within the certain distance range, and it can be recognized that it is a place where smoking should not be carried out now.

  FIG. 4 shows a flow of processing related to the management server 1 of FIG. 3. When a smoking-related place is not within a certain distance range from the current location of the user at T6 (T6: No), it is surrounded by a broken line. Flow can be added. That is, when there is no smoking-related place within the certain distance range, when searching for the nearest smoking place from the current place information (T9: Yes), the current place information of the user's mobile terminal 4 obtained in the previous process is obtained. A smoking related place having the position information that is the closest as a reference is searched (T10). Thereafter, the current location information and the map information are synthesized and generated based on the position information (T7), and transmitted to the mobile terminal 4 of the user. Here, FIG. 10 shows an example of a screen displayed on the display screen 4 b of the mobile terminal 4. Electronic map data within a certain distance range from the current location of the communication portable terminal 4 (for example, the smoker mark S at the center of the screen) is displayed. In addition, since it is said that smoking-related places are not within a certain distance range, no smoking mark or cigarette mark is displayed on the map, and it corresponds to the direction where there is the nearest smoking-related place For example, a distance such as “300 m ahead” and an arrow are displayed close to the end side of the displayed map. This makes it possible to immediately recognize in which direction the smoking-related place is from the current location.

  FIG. 5 shows a flow of processing related to the management server 1 of FIG. 3, and a flow surrounded by a broken line can be added. According to this, first, the user accesses the management server 1 in advance by the portable terminal 4 and registers the desired smoking brand (T0). At this time, it is stored in correspondence with the user ID (or mobile phone number or the like) of the mobile terminal 4. Thereafter, the above-described processing flow is performed, and when a smoking-related place having position information within a certain distance range is searched based on the current location information in T6, the CPU 21 searches the handling information brand database 24e for the above in T11. The handling brand information handled by the smoking related place is read, and the read handling brand information and the desired smoking brand registered by the user at T0 are read and collated (T12). Based on the collation, data to that effect is generated for the smoking-related place where the user who has accessed the article handles the desired brand (T7), and is transmitted to the portable terminal 4. Only the desired smoking-related place may be displayed, or the cigarette purchase mark may be displayed in a form that can be identified depending on whether or not it is handled.

  Next, the processing flow of another location information providing system will be described. FIG. 7 is a flow diagram illustrating an example of the flow of each process in the smoking side terminal 3 and the user's portable terminal 4 along with the exchange of data between the two. Here, as shown in FIG. 6, this system of another example employs a peer-to-peer system which is a network format in which an unspecified number of terminals (personal computers) exchange data directly with each other without using a server or the like on the network. Can be adopted. Thereby, since the terminals participating in the peer-to-peer network between the terminals (between the smoking side terminal 3 and the portable terminal 4) play an equal role, communication can be started from either side. That is, by searching the smoking side terminal 3 that stores the position information within a certain distance range based on the current location information from the portable terminal 4, the position information can be acquired.

  Specifically, when the smoking side terminal 3 is installed corresponding to a smoking-related place, the GPS receiver 3a detects the geographical position information at the location, and the obtained position is stored in a RAM (not shown). Information is temporarily stored (S11). And the storage device which memorize | stores map information (electronic map data) is provided so that it may memorize | store in the smoking related place information database with which the management server 1 mentioned above is provided in the smoking side terminal 3, and the geographical area linked | related with the map information Store as geographic information not associated with information or map information. Note that the map information stored in the storage device may store at least map information in a range that will be searched within a certain distance range. Subsequently, when the user accesses the smoking side terminal 3 via the wireless base station 5 by the mobile terminal 4 (R11), the smoking side terminal 3 receives this through the communication network 2 (S13: Yes), and the mobile terminal 4 receives the current location information (position information) detected by the GPS receiver 4a included in the mobile terminal 4 based on the access of the mobile terminal 4 together with the access, or obtains the current location information of the mobile terminal 4 based on the information of the wireless base station 5 to relay. Obtain (S14). Subsequently, based on the current location information of the mobile terminal 4, the current location information (current location) is used as a reference location to search for a smoking-related location having location information that is assumed to be within a predetermined distance range therefrom ( S15). That is, it is verified whether the position information stored in S12 is within a certain range with the current location of the mobile terminal 4 as the reference position. Next, when there is a smoking-related place having position information within the fixed distance range with the estimated current position as a reference (S16: Yes), the electronic map data is read from the storage device based on the instruction of the CPU, The position information of the current position and the smoking-related place is synthesized and generated in the read electronic map data in a form that can be displayed on the display unit 4b included in the portable terminal 4 (S17). In addition, when memorize | storing the positional information on a smoking related place, when it memorize | stores in the state previously matched with map information and memorize | stored, it is sufficient to synthesize | combine and produce | generate only present location information.

  Then, the data generated in S18 is transmitted to the mobile terminal 4 through the communication network 2. The portable terminal 4 receives the data transmitted from the management server 1 and displays it on the display screen 4b (R12). On the other hand, if the smoking-related place is not within the certain distance range in S16, data to that effect is transmitted to the portable terminal 4 through the communication network 2. Thereby, it can be grasped that there is no smoking-related place within the certain distance range, and it can be recognized that it is a place where smoking should not be done now. And since this process is performed by the unspecified number of smoking side terminals 3 from the portable terminal 4, the generated data is transmitted from the smoking side terminal 3 storing the position information within a certain distance range from the current position of the user. The user can select a smoking-related place from the list.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications based on the knowledge of those skilled in the art can be made according to the purpose and application without departing from the spirit of the claims.

The figure which shows notionally an example of the whole structure of this invention. The figure which shows the structure of a management server typically. The flowchart which shows the flow of a process of the positional information provision system which concerns on this invention. The flowchart which shows another flow 1 of the process which concerns on the management server of FIG. The flowchart which shows another flow 2 of the process which concerns on the management server of FIG. The figure which shows notionally another example of the whole structure of this invention. The flowchart which shows another flow of a process of the positional information provision system which concerns on this invention. The figure which shows Example 1 of the screen displayed on the display screen of a portable terminal. The figure which shows Example 2 of the screen displayed on the display screen of a portable terminal. The figure which shows Example 3 of the screen displayed on the display screen of a portable terminal.

Explanation of symbols

1 Management server 2 Internet (communication network)
3 Smoking side terminal 4 Mobile terminal (user terminal device)
5 base stations

Claims (6)

Position information generating means provided corresponding to a smoking allowable place or a tobacco selling place, and generating geographical position information of the smoking allowed place or the tobacco selling place;
Position information transmitting means for transmitting the generated position information to the management server through a communication network;
A location information storage means provided in the server for storing the transmitted location information as geographic information associated with electronic map data or as geographic information not associated with electronic map data;
Search means for searching for the smoking-allowed place or the cigarette selling place within a certain distance range from a predetermined reference position based on access to the server from a user terminal device via the communication network;
Information transmitting means for transmitting a result searched by the searching means to the terminal device of the user through the communication network;
A system for providing location information of a smoking-allowed place or a cigarette selling place, characterized by comprising: Position information generating means provided corresponding to a smoking allowable place or a tobacco selling place, and generating geographical position information of the smoking allowed place or the tobacco selling place;
Storing the generated location information as geographic information associated with electronic map data or as geographic information not associated with electronic map data and connected to a communication network;
Search means for searching for the smoking allowable place or the cigarette selling place within a certain distance range from a predetermined reference position based on access to the position information storage means from a user's terminal device via the communication network;
Information transmitting means for transmitting a result searched by the searching means to the terminal device of the user through the communication network;
A system for providing location information of a smoking-allowed place or a cigarette selling place, characterized by comprising:   The position information generating means acquires position information of the smoking allowed place or the cigarette selling place based on the reception data of the GPS receiver, temporarily stores the acquired position information in a temporary storage means, and transmits the position information. The position information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the means transmits the temporarily stored position information to the server through the communication network.   The position information generating means includes input means for inputting position information of the smoking allowed place or the cigarette selling place, temporarily stores the input position information in a temporary storage means, and the position information transmitting means temporarily stores the position information. The system for providing location information of a smoking-permitted place or a tobacco sales place according to claim 1, wherein the stored location information is transmitted to the server through the communication network.   The position information generating means acquires position information of the smoking allowed place or tobacco sales place based on the reception data of the GPS receiver, and the position information storage means is acquired based on the reception data of the GPS receiver. The position information providing system for a smoking-allowed place or a cigarette selling place according to claim 2, wherein the position information is stored as geographical information associated with electronic map data or as geographical information not associated with electronic map data.   The position information generating means includes input means for inputting position information of the smoking allowed place or tobacco selling place, and the position information storage means is as geographical information in which the input position information is associated with electronic map data or The system for providing location information of a smoking-allowed place or a cigarette selling place according to claim 2, which is stored as geographical information not associated with electronic map data.

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