JP2008250801A - Service providing system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a service providing system for providing highly useful information depending on a present position to a user. <P>SOLUTION: A mobile terminal 2 reads allocation position information stored in a form of a QR code in a plurality of allocated signs 1, and the mobile terminal 2 stores the plurality of read allocation position information as history information. When the mobile terminal 2 accesses a server device 4 based on the allocation position information, the mobile terminal transmits ID information unique to the mobile terminal 2 and the history information to the server device 4. The server device 4 selects or generates service information transmitted to the mobile terminal 2 based on the history information, and transmits the selected or generated service information to the mobile terminal 2, and the mobile terminal 2 displays it. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a service providing system that provides a service according to current position information.

A service that provides various related information based on the acquired current location information to electronic devices that have acquired the current location information by a predetermined method when away from home due to the spread of portable electronic devices such as mobile phones. Is spreading.
Examples of various related information include map information around the current position, store guide information in the vicinity of the current position, and the like.

As a predetermined method for acquiring the current position, for example, there is a GPS (global positioning system).
The GPS communicates with a plurality of GPS satellites, receives radio signals including satellite orbits and time data of atomic clocks mounted on the satellites, and relative to each satellite by the time difference of the received radio waves. This is a technology that obtains current location information by calculating the distance difference and obtaining the intersection of hyperboloids that are the trajectory.
However, when using GPS, in places where the sky is not open, such as indoors, communication with multiple GPS satellites is not possible, and current position information cannot be obtained, or the accuracy of current position measurement is It will drop greatly. Therefore, in an environment such as indoors where current position information acquisition using GPS cannot be performed (it is difficult to perform), the reliability of services that provide various information related to current position information to portable electronic devices decreases, There has been a situation where information related to a position different from the actual current position is provided.
As a technique for solving such a situation, there are techniques disclosed in Patent Documents 1 to 3, for example.
JP-A-2005-341369 JP 2006-258605 A JP 2005-241265 A

  Patent Document 1 includes a two-dimensional bar that includes location information at various locations on the street and a URL for accessing a network site that provides information related to the location or a web page on the Internet. A sign consisting of a code is installed, and the user obtains information related to the current position by photographing the sign using a mobile phone with a camera, reading a two-dimensional bar code, and connecting to the site indicated by the URL. A position information system that can do this is disclosed.

  According to Patent Document 2, a first object is to detect a current position information by reading a two-dimensional barcode on a portable terminal, and to detect and specify the position information of the destination by reading a two-dimensional barcode indicating the destination. A server that is provided with a destination designation means and a second destination designation means for designating a destination by character input, designates the destination by any means, and is connected to a portable terminal via a network; A route information guidance system is disclosed in which a route search is performed with reference to a road network and the obtained route information is displayed on a portable terminal.

  In Patent Literature 3, 3D position information is read by a 2D barcode reading unit from a recording medium such as a 2D barcode arranged at a predetermined location, and navigation information corresponding to the 3D position information is obtained. For example, 3D map information, route information, spot explanation information, etc. are read from the navigation information storage unit, and the current position, travel route, spot explanation, etc. are given to the owner of the mobile terminal device by the image display unit and the voice conversion unit. A three-dimensional navigation system that performs three-dimensional navigation is disclosed.

  That is, in the above-described prior art, the current position information is obtained by reading a two-dimensional barcode or the like that is previously provided with current position information (or link information to the current position information) with a reading device of a portable electronic device. Is getting.

  However, even if the current position information and information on the current position can be acquired without using GPS by using a two-dimensional barcode or the like, this information is a narrow range of information around the current position and is not so useful for the user. There is a disadvantage of not.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a service providing system that provides users with highly useful information according to the current position in order to eliminate the disadvantages described above.

  In order to achieve the above-described object, the service providing system according to the first aspect of the invention provides two-dimensional arrangement position information including link information to service information, which is information corresponding to the arranged position, arranged at each point. A plurality of signs stored in the form of a code; a portable terminal that reads the signs and acquires link information stored in the form of a two-dimensional code; a communication network; stores the service information; A server device that communicates with the mobile terminal and provides the service information to the mobile terminal, the server device based on the history of the location information acquired by the mobile terminal. The corresponding service information is provided to the portable terminal.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the service provision system which provides a user with useful information according to the present position can be provided.

The service providing system 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described below.
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the service providing system 100.
As shown in FIG. 1, the service providing system 100 is configured to include a sign 1, a mobile terminal 2, a communication network 3, and a server device 4.

  The sign 1 is a two-dimensional bar code including information regarding the point where the sign is installed. For example, the sign 1 is arranged on a telephone pole, a fence, a wall of a building in the city, or on a wall of each sales floor or a booth indoors such as in a store. As a two-dimensional bar code used as the sign 1, for example, there is a QR code established by ISO (ISO / IEC18004) or JIS (JIS-X-0510).

  The QR code is a kind of two-dimensional barcode configured by arranging the same number of dots (called cells) having either one of binary values (for example, white and black) vertically and horizontally. The QR code has a plurality of versions (types) from 1 to 40, each having a different size. Version 1 has a size of 21 × 21 cells and version 40 has a size of 177 × 177 cells, and the size increases by 4 cells vertically and horizontally as the version increases by one. In the QR code, the larger the version, the larger the data capacity that can be stored.

In the service providing system 100 according to the present embodiment, a plurality of signs 1 including two-dimensional barcodes such as the above-described QR codes are arranged. Each marker 1 stores information about the position where each marker is arranged. Below, the information regarding the position where the marker 1 stored in the marker 1 is arranged is referred to as arrangement position information.
That is, in the sign 1, as arrangement position information, for example, address information (XX city, XX town, ○ chome, ○ number, etc.), longitude and latitude information (north latitude xx degrees, east longitude xx degrees, etc.), Floor information (for example, when a plurality of signs 1 are arranged indoors; △ building Δfloor, etc.), place name information (information about the name of the place where the signs 1 are arranged when a plurality of signs 1 are arranged indoors) ; For example, vegetable stores, company booths, etc.) are stored.
At the same time, as the placement position information for the sign 1, information corresponding to (related to) the position where the sign 1 is placed (for example, an advertisement of a store near the position where the sign 1 is placed; hereinafter referred to as service information) A URI (Uniform Resource Identifier), which is link information to a web page on the Internet that provides information, is stored. Here, the service information is stored in a server device 4 to be described later, and the above-described URI is link information for a web page that provides service information in the server device 4.
Since the information stored in the two-dimensional barcode is generally information in the form of characters, the above-described arrangement position information and the corresponding URI are stored in the marker 1 as a character string.

The portable terminal 2 is a portable electronic device capable of wireless communication, such as a mobile phone or a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) with a wireless communication device. The portable terminal 2 has a function that can read the two-dimensional barcode of the sign 1 such as a camera function, and analyzes and decodes the read two-dimensional barcode and stores the sign stored in the two-dimensional barcode. 1 arrangement position information can be acquired.
When a plurality of signs 1 arranged in the system are read, the portable terminal 2 manages the arrangement position information obtained from the plurality of signs 1 as a history in the order in which the arrangement position information is obtained (in chronological order). This is managed as information. The history information includes information indicating which marker 1 has been read, and time information when the marker 1 has been read.
The mobile terminal 2 communicates with the server device 4 via the communication network 3 based on the URI described in the arrangement position information of the sign 1 acquired by reading the sign 1. At this time, the mobile terminal transmits the history information described above to the server device. And the page data of the web page which provides service information (information relevant to or corresponding to the position where the sign 1 is arranged) is acquired from the server device 4 and displayed. This service information is service information selected (or generated) by the server apparatus 4 based on the history information transmitted from the mobile terminal 2, and the mobile terminal 2 transmits the service information to the server apparatus 4 by the URI acquired as the arrangement position information. By connecting, service information can be acquired from the server device 4.
Although only one mobile terminal 2 is illustrated in FIG. 1, in the service providing system 100 according to the present embodiment, a plurality of mobile terminals 2 may communicate with the server device 4 via the communication network 3. . In this case, each mobile terminal 2 has a unique ID number, and at the time of communication with the server device 4, it recognizes which mobile terminal 2 is communicating with the server device by transmitting the ID number. Let

The communication network 3 is a wireless communication network such as a mobile phone network, for example, and mediates communication between the mobile terminal 2 and the server device 4.
The server device 4 transmits web page data corresponding to the URI based on the arrangement position information (URI) of the sign 1 acquired by the mobile terminal 2 reading the sign 1. The web page data includes service information corresponding to the history information transmitted from the mobile terminal 2. Here, the service information is, for example, map information around the arrangement position, information about stores around the arrangement position (store name, handling product information, bargain information, coupons, etc.), and the arrangement position is indoors. Is information on sales floors and booths around the location. The server device 4 selects (or newly creates) service information that is considered useful for the user of the mobile terminal 2 based on the history information, and transmits the service information to the mobile terminal 2, thereby providing a service that is more useful to the user. Information can be provided.

  As described above, in the service providing system 100 according to the present embodiment, the mobile terminal 2 reads the plurality of signs 1 arranged in the system, thereby obtaining the arrangement position information from the signs 1 and based on the arrangement position information. By communicating with the server device 4 via the communication network 3 and transmitting history information, which is information relating to the history of the sign 1 read so far, by acquiring service information corresponding to the history information from the server device and displaying it. The information corresponding to the history of reading the sign 1 is provided to the user.

In the present invention, the contents of the service information provided by the service providing system, the contents and format of the arrangement position information, and the contents and format of the service information are not limited. That is, in the service providing system 100 according to the present embodiment, the service information corresponding to the above-described arrangement position information and history information varies depending on what service is provided by the system administrator who provides the system.
Further, the determination method used when the server device 4 determines service information corresponding to the history information based on the history information is not limited in the present invention. The service determination method according to the history information varies depending on the service to be provided.
Hereinafter, specific examples of services provided by the system administrator, and service information corresponding to arrangement position information and history information will be described.

  An example of a service provided by the service providing system 100 is a guide service in a museum. In other words, this is a service that informs the visitor (user of the portable terminal 2) which works are currently being viewed in the museum and in what order the works displayed should be viewed. In such a case, the sign 1 is arranged near each work, for example, a pedestal on which the work is placed or a wall near the work hung on the wall. The sign 1 stores arrangement position information, that is, position information of works in this case (for example, numbering for each work, and its number may be used as position information). Further, as the arrangement position information, for example, detailed information about the work in which the sign 1 is arranged, that is, link information to a web page on which information (service information) such as a work name, an author name, a history, an explanation about the author is described (service information) URI) may be stored.

In addition, the mobile terminal 2 stores and manages as history information which work the marker 1 has been read by the user. When the mobile terminal 2 transmits the arrangement position information to the server device, the history information is also transmitted at the same time, and the server device 4 determines, for example, the tendency of the work that the user likes based on the history information, and the mobile terminal according to the determination result 2 to change the service information to be transmitted.
Specifically, for example, the user placed a print A at time t1, a watercolor painting B at time t2, an ink painting C at time t3, a watercolor painting D at time t4, an oil painting E at time t5, and a watercolor painting F at time t6. A case where the sign 1 is read (time has passed in the order of time t1 to t6) will be described.
In this case, for example, the server device 4 determines that the user likes the watercolor painting a plurality of times, and therefore selects and generates information about the watercolor painting as service information, and determines the user's mobile terminal 2 as the service information. Send to. Here, the information on the watercolor painting is based on, for example, the name of the work of the watercolor painting displayed in the hall, the author, the exhibition position, or the current position of the mobile terminal 2 determined from the arrangement position information transmitted from the mobile terminal 2. In addition, there is a guide map from the current location to the nearest and unviewed watercolor painting display location.
The portable terminal 2 can acquire web page data including the service information described above by accessing the server device 4 based on the URI described in the arrangement position information.

As another example of the service provided by the service providing system 100, there is a case where a sales floor guidance service is performed in a large-scale mass retailer. Large-scale general merchandise stores built in the suburbs may have a vast sales floor area, and the user knows what kind of sales floor they are currently in and what sales floor they should go to purchase the desired products. It often happens that it is difficult to grasp. In order to solve this, the sign 1 is arranged for each sales floor, and the position information on the sign 1 is arranged, that is, the information on the sales floor in the entire store, for example, the information such as the XX floor on the floor, and the server device 4 is accessed. The URI for this is stored in advance. This URI is link information to service information such as additional information related to a sales floor, such as bargain information, link information to a coupon ticket download site, or link information to sales floor guidance information of the same type of product.
Here, for example, at time t11, the user sells the daily goods store on the first floor of the G building, at the time t12, the carpenter tools section on the first floor of the G building, at the time t13, on the clothing store on the second floor of the G building, and at the time t14, on the second floor of the G building. When the sign 1 is read at the AV equipment department on the 3rd floor of the G building at the bedding department, time t15, the above history is transmitted from the portable terminal 2 to the server device 4 as the history information.
Based on the transmitted history information, the server apparatus 4 determines that the user is gradually moving to the upper floor in the G building, and provides service information regarding the sales floors on the third and fourth floors of the G building. Transmit to terminal 2. In other words, products handled at the sales floors on the 3rd and 4th floors of the G building, bargain information, link information to coupon coupon download sites, or sales floor guidance information for similar products are selected and generated as service information. To the mobile terminal 2.

  Note that the example in which the service information transmitted from the server apparatus 4 to the mobile terminal 2 is changed based on the history information has been described above. For example, the user's moving direction is calculated based on the history information, and the mobile terminal is accordingly calculated. Service information to be transmitted to 2 may be selected. Further, for example, the user's moving speed may be calculated based on the history information, and service information to be transmitted to the mobile terminal 2 may be selected / created accordingly. In addition, the method of selecting / generating service information to be provided based on history information, a user's moving direction, and moving speed is not limited in the present invention.

Hereinafter, a configuration example for realizing the service providing system 100 described above will be described.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the label 1.
As shown in FIG. 2, the indicator 1 is drawn in the form of a QR code.
In the marker 1 shown in FIG. 2, as an example, a location name “daily necessities department” and a URI that is link information to service information related to the location are stored as location information. That is, in the service providing system 100 according to the present embodiment, such a sign 1 is arranged at the daily necessities department of the mass retailer.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the mobile terminal 2.
As illustrated in FIG. 3, the mobile terminal 2 includes a camera 21, a communication unit 22, a storage unit 23, a display unit 24, an operation unit 25, an audio processing unit 26, and a control unit 27.
The camera 21 includes an image sensor such as a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) or a CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor). The image sensor photoelectrically converts light that has passed through the lens, acquires color information using a color filter, and obtains image data as image data. This is a digital camera module that outputs.
Further, the camera 21 includes an analysis unit 211 that analyzes the QR code when image data including the QR code is captured. The analysis unit 211 analyzes a part of the QR code in the image data including the QR code photographed by the camera 21 and converts it into a text data format. The converted text data is arrangement position information, and is stored in a temporary storage unit 231 of the storage unit 23 described later.

  The communication unit 22 transmits / receives various data to / from the server device 4 via the communication network 3. The various types of data include, for example, voice call processing executed under the control of the control unit 27 to be described later, voice data used for mail transmission / reception processing, mail data, mail attachment data, and web page data for browsing the Internet. In addition to image data, etc., according to the arrangement position information acquired by the camera 21 photographing the sign 1 and the analysis unit 211 analyzing the QR code, ID information transmitted together with the arrangement position information, history information, and arrangement position information This is service information transmitted by the server device 4.

The storage unit 23 stores various data used for each operation of the mobile terminal 2. The various data includes, for example, mail received by the communication unit 22 via the communication network, voice data, image data, and each process of the mobile terminal 2 (voice call process, mail transmission / reception process, Internet browsing process, music playback process) Etc.) This is a class of data required for programs and operations such as applications.
Further, the storage unit 23 includes a temporary storage unit 231, an ID information storage unit 232, and a history information storage unit 233.
The temporary storage unit 231 temporarily stores the arrangement position information acquired from the sign 1 by the analysis unit 211 of the camera 21. “Temporary” means, for example, temporary storage until arrangement position information is transmitted to the server apparatus 4 by the communication unit 22 (preferably until the server apparatus 4 receives service information based on the arrangement position information). This means that the unit 231 holds the arrangement position information.
The ID information storage unit 232 stores an ID number unique to the mobile terminal 2. When the arrangement position information is transmitted from the portable terminal 2 to the server device 4, the ID number is transmitted at the same time, whereby the server device 4 recognizes the portable terminal 2 individually.
The history information storage unit 233 stores history information related to the history of the marker 1 read by the mobile terminal 2. The history information is generated, for example, by storing the time when the marker 1 is read and the arrangement position information of the marker 1 read at that time as a set.

The display unit 24 is a display device having a display such as liquid crystal or organic EL (Electro-Luminescence), and performs various displays related to the operation of the mobile terminal 2. That is, the display unit 24 displays, for example, a screen during voice call (information on the other party of the call, call time, etc.), a mail editing screen / browsing screen, a web page browsing screen, a standby screen, and the like.
Further, the display unit 24 displays web page data including service information transmitted from the server device 4 in accordance with the history information transmitted by the communication unit 22.

The operation unit 25 is an operation device such as a numeric keypad, a button, or a switch. The operation unit 25 receives a user operation during various operations of the mobile terminal 2 and outputs the operation to the control unit 27.
The audio processing unit 26 performs processing for inputting and outputting audio. That is, the audio processing unit 26 decodes or encodes input or output audio data according to the control of the control unit 27 described later when the mobile terminal 2 inputs / outputs voice, that is, during a call or when a music playback function is operated. , Perform audio processing such as D / A conversion and output. In addition, when the service information received from the server device 4 includes audio data, the audio processing unit 26 reproduces this.

The control unit 27 comprehensively controls the operation of the mobile terminal 2. That is, at the time of various operations of the mobile terminal 2, for example, the voice call process, the mail creation process, the mail transmission / reception process, the Internet browsing process, etc. To do.
In addition, when the user of the mobile terminal 2 uses the service providing system 100, the control unit 27 causes the camera 21 to capture the sign 1 and causes the analysis unit 211 to analyze the QR code of the sign 1 so that the arrangement position information And the acquired arrangement position information is temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 231. Each time the arrangement position information is acquired from the sign 1, the acquired time and the acquired arrangement position information are stored in the history information storage unit 233 of the storage unit 23 as history information. Then, the communication unit 22 transmits the ID information and the history information to the server device 4 in association with each other. Further, service information corresponding to the history information transmitted to the communication unit 22 is received from the server device 4, and the received service information is displayed on the display unit 24 or reproduced by the audio processing unit 26.

Next, a configuration example of the server device 4 will be described.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the server device 4.
As illustrated in FIG. 4, the server device 4 includes a communication unit 41, a storage unit 42, and a control unit 43.
The communication unit 41 communicates with the mobile terminal 2. Specifically, the communication unit 41 receives ID information and history information from the mobile terminal 2 via the communication network 3 according to control of the control unit 43 described later. Service information from a service information database to be described later is transmitted to the mobile terminal 2.

The storage unit 42 stores various data related to various operations of the server device 4. The storage unit 42 further includes an ID information database (DB) 421, a history information DB 422, and a service information DB 423.
The ID information DB 421 stores ID information including an ID number unique to each mobile terminal 2 received by the communication unit 41 from the plurality of mobile terminals 2 via the communication network 3.
The history information DB 422 stores the history information (time when the sign 1 is read and the arrangement position information) of each portable terminal 2 received by the communication unit 41 from the plurality of portable terminals 2 via the communication network 3.
The service information DB 423 stores service information that the communication unit 41 transmits to the mobile terminal 2. The service information is created and stored in advance according to the content of the service provided by the service providing system 100.

  The control unit 43 controls the overall operation of the server device 4. That is, when the mobile terminal 2 accesses based on the URI of the arrangement position information, the control unit 43 causes the communication unit 41 to receive the ID information and the history information corresponding to the ID information from the mobile terminal 2, and The history information is stored in the history information DB 422 in the information DB 421. Then, service information corresponding to the history information is selected from a plurality of service information stored in the service information DB 423, and the selected service information is transmitted to the mobile terminal 2 corresponding to the ID information by the communication unit 41. . In addition, instead of selecting service information according to the arrangement position information and history information from the plurality of service information stored in the service information DB 423, the arrangement position information is based on the service information stored in the service information DB 423. In addition, new service information corresponding to the history information may be newly created each time. Furthermore, the moving speed or moving direction of the mobile terminal 2 may be calculated based on the history information, and the service information may be selected / generated based on these.

Next, the overall processing flow of the service providing system 100 of this embodiment will be described with reference to the sequence diagram shown in FIG.
FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram for explaining the flow of processing of the service providing system 100.
As illustrated in FIG. 5, the mobile terminal 2 executes steps ST201 to ST206, and the server device 4 executes steps ST401 to 404. In the following description, the process of the mobile terminal 2 and the process of the server device 4 are mixed in order to describe the operation of each component in time series.

Step ST201:
The portable terminal 2 reads the sign 1. That is, the camera 21 of the mobile terminal 2 generates image data including the sign 1.
Step ST202:
The analysis unit 211 of the mobile terminal 2 analyzes the two-dimensional barcode (QR code in this embodiment) of the marker 1 based on the image data including the marker 1 generated in step ST201, and stores the two-dimensional barcode. Obtained placement position information.

Step ST203:
The control unit 27 of the portable terminal 2 updates the history information in the history information storage unit 233 of the storage unit 23 with the arrangement position information acquired in step ST202. That is, the time when the camera 21 reads the sign 1 in step ST201 and the arrangement position information acquired by the analysis unit 211 in step ST202 are associated with each other and stored in the history information storage unit 233 as history information.
Step ST204:
The control unit 27 of the portable terminal 2 accesses the server device 4 via the communication unit 22 based on the URI described in the arrangement position information acquired in step ST202, and simultaneously obtains the user ID and the history information corresponding thereto. It transmits to the server device 4.

Step ST401:
The control unit 43 of the server device 4 acquires the ID information transmitted by the portable terminal 2 in step ST204 via the communication unit 41 and the history information corresponding thereto.
Step ST402:
The control unit 43 of the server apparatus 4 writes and stores the ID information acquired in step ST401 in the ID information DB 421 and the history information in the history information DB 422.

Step ST403:
The control unit 43 of the server device 4 selects service information to be provided from service information stored in the service information DB 423 based on the history information stored in the history information DB 422 in step ST402. Alternatively, new service information corresponding to the history information is created based on the service information stored in the service information DB 423.
Step ST404:
The control unit 43 of the server device 4 transmits the service information selected (generated) in step ST403 to the mobile terminal 2 via the communication unit 41.

Step ST205:
The control unit 27 of the portable terminal 2 acquires the service information transmitted in step ST404 via the communication unit 22.
Step ST206:
The control part 27 of the portable terminal 2 displays the service information acquired in step ST205 on the display part 24.

As described above, according to the service providing system 100 of the present embodiment, the mobile terminal 2 reads the arrangement position information stored in the QR code format on the plurality of signs 1 arranged, and the plurality of arrangement position information read. Is stored as history information, and when the mobile terminal 2 accesses the server apparatus 4 based on the arrangement position information, the mobile terminal 2 transmits ID information unique to the mobile terminal 2 and history information to the server apparatus 4. The server device 4 selects or generates service information to be transmitted to the mobile terminal 2 based on the history information, transmits the selected or generated service information to the mobile terminal 2, and the mobile terminal 2 displays the service information. Therefore, the service that the server device 4 can provide to the user of the mobile terminal 2 is customized for each user, and more useful service information can be provided to the user.
Further, the server device 4 can calculate the direction in which the user moves, the moving speed, and the like based on the history information and select or generate a service to be provided to the mobile terminal 2 based on the calculated direction. In addition, useful service information can be provided.

In the above-described embodiment, the mobile terminal 2 generates history information based on the history of obtaining the arrangement position information, and the server device 4 selects or generates service information provided based on the history information. The present invention is not limited to this.
That is, for example, the mobile terminal 2 does not generate history information, but the server apparatus 4 collects the history of arrangement position information for each mobile terminal 2 to generate history information, and the server apparatus 4 performs service based on the history information. Information may be selected / generated and transmitted to the mobile terminal 2.
In this case, the history information storage unit 233 of the portable terminal 2 is not necessary, and the portable terminal 2 transmits the ID information and the arrangement position information instead of transmitting the ID information and the history information to the server device 4. The control unit 43 of 4 generates history information from the acquired arrangement position information and the time acquired by the mobile terminal 2, stores it in the history information DB 422, and selects service information based on this history information. It should be generated.
By doing in this way, the further effect that it becomes unnecessary to memorize | store historical information in the memory | storage part 23 of the portable terminal 2 with which a storage capacity tends to be limited is acquired.

Alternatively, the mobile terminal 2 may generate a URI for accessing the server device 4 based on the acquisition history of the arrangement position information, and the mobile terminal 2 may access the server device 4 based on this URI. That is, the URI generated by the mobile terminal 2 based on the acquisition history of the arrangement position information is link information to web page data that provides service information corresponding to the history information. Since it is possible to access a web page including service information directly without transmitting user ID and history information or arrangement position information when accessing the service, service information is selected and generated based on the history information in the server device 4 The processing to be performed can be omitted, service information can be provided quickly, and the configuration of the server device 4 can be simplified.
At this time, the URI generation method of the mobile terminal 2 generates, for example, a URI reflecting the acquisition history of the arrangement position information by adding a part of the URI as the arrangement position information acquired from the sign 1 in the order of acquisition. There is a way to do it.
That is, the control unit 27 of the mobile terminal 2 determines that the URI acquired first is
http: //○○○.jp/000001
And the next acquired URI is
http: //○○○.jp/000002
If it is, add the character string after the last slash of the URI,
http: //○○○.jp/000003
Is generated. The generated URI is a URI of a web page that provides service information according to the history of the sign 1 from which the user has acquired the arrangement position information.
By doing so, the history information storage unit 233 of the portable terminal 2 is not necessary, and the server device 4 can omit the process of selecting and generating service information based on the history information. It is possible to provide the user with a quick effect and to obtain a further effect that the configuration of the server device 4 can be simplified.
The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above.
That is, when implementing the present invention, various modifications, combinations, sub-combinations, and alternatives may be made to the components of the above-described embodiments within the technical scope of the present invention or an equivalent scope thereof.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the service providing system 100. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the label 1. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the mobile terminal 2. FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the server device 4. FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram for explaining the flow of processing of the service providing system 100.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Service provision system, 1 ... Sign, 2 ... Portable terminal, 21 ... Camera, 211 ... Analysis part, 22 ... Communication part, 23 ... Storage part, 231 ... Temporary storage part, 232 ... ID information storage part, 233 ... History Information storage unit, 24 ... display unit, 25 ... operation unit, 26 ... audio processing unit, 27 ... control unit, 3 ... communication network, 4 ... server device, 41 ... communication unit, 42 ... storage unit, 43 ... control unit, 421 ... ID information DB, 422 ... History information DB, 423 ... Service information DB

Claims (6)

A plurality of signs that are stored at each point, and store location information including link information to service information that is information according to the location, in a two-dimensional code format;
A mobile terminal that reads the sign and obtains link information stored in the form of a two-dimensional code;
A communication network;
A server device that stores the service information, communicates with the mobile terminal via the communication network, and provides the service information to the mobile terminal;
Have
The server device is a service providing system that provides the mobile terminal with the service information corresponding to the history based on the history of the location information acquired by the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal stores the history of arrangement position information acquired from the plurality of signs as history information, and transmits the history information via the communication network.
The service providing system according to claim 1, wherein the server device provides the service information corresponding to a history to the mobile terminal based on the history information. A plurality of the mobile terminals,
Each of the plurality of mobile terminals stores unique ID information, associates the history information with the ID information, and transmits the information to the server device.
The server device determines the service information to be provided based on the history information, and transmits the service information to the mobile terminal that has transmitted the ID information corresponding to the history information. Service delivery system. The server device calculates, based on the history information, a moving direction or moving speed of the mobile terminal that has transmitted the history information, and sends the service information corresponding to the calculated moving direction or moving speed to the mobile terminal. The service providing system according to claim 3. The portable terminal transmits arrangement position information acquired from the plurality of signs to the server device,
The server device stores the arrangement position information transmitted from the mobile terminal in chronological order, acquires a history of the arrangement position information acquired by the mobile terminal from the stored arrangement position information, and corresponds to the history according to the history The service providing system according to claim 1, wherein service information is provided to the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal generates new link information from a plurality of the link information included in the arrangement position information acquired from the plurality of signs, and accesses the server device based on the new link information,
The service providing system according to claim 1, wherein the server device provides the service information corresponding to the link information to the mobile terminal.

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