JP2010282273A - Information terminal, server device, and service use method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information terminal for improving comfort when a user uses service by appropriately making procedures for the user to frequently use the service into macro, and presenting and performing the macro at appropriate timing, and to provide a server device, and a service use method. <P>SOLUTION: The information terminal includes a service use history management part 10 for storing history information concerning the content of the service used by the user in the past and a use condition when the service is used, a macro generating part 20 for generating the macro of a series of use procedures when it is determined that a plurality of services are used with the series of use procedures under a prescribed use condition based on the stored history information, and a macro performing part 30 for determining whether the macro is performed or not by comparing the prescribed use condition with a present use condition, performing the macro when it is determined that its performance is possible or presenting the macro to the user. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an information terminal, a server device, and a service usage method that allow a user to use a service such as an application or a WEB browser.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, those listed in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 are known as those that allow users to use services such as applications and WEB browsers. In the apparatus shown in Patent Document 1, input / output items (for example, destinations in route search) are defined for each service on the WEB such as route search, for example, and the user can output items from each service (for example, hotel of accommodation) Etc.) and the output item can be input to another service selected by the user (for example, the destination which is the output item of the hotel search is input to the input item of the route search). As a result, it is possible to select not a fixed linked service but a service combined on the user side or a linked service.

  Moreover, in the apparatus shown in Patent Document 2, by performing partial matching search of data types when searching for possible targets for cooperation, even if the data is not enough, the lack of cooperation parameters can be detected and It has a function for accepting input of missing parameters by receiving input, a function for customizing parameters for each individual, and the like.

JP 2009-9455 A JP 2008-293152 A

  However, in the apparatus described in Patent Document 1, the input / output items of each service are presented to the user, and the output items of each service can be input to other services at the user's discretion. There is a problem that a user needs to intervene in generation and execution of a pattern (macro) for executing a service. In addition, the apparatus described in Patent Document 2 described above has a problem that, although supplementation of insufficient parameters is performed, it is not possible to supplement and present a service corresponding to the user's situation. . Therefore, the user's service usage comfort can be improved by automatically patterning the procedure for daily use of the service, and by presenting and executing the service usage pattern that best suits the user according to the service usage conditions. There was a need to improve the performance.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve such problems, and the user frequently uses the service by automatically patterning the procedure for frequently using the service and executing it at an appropriate timing. It is an object of the present invention to provide an information terminal, a server device, and a service usage method that can improve the comfort of the user.

  The information terminal according to the present invention, based on the history information stored in the storage means, the storage means for storing the history of the service content used by the user in the past and the usage conditions when using the service, A determination unit that determines whether or not a plurality of services are used in a series of usage procedures under a predetermined usage condition; if it is determined by the determination unit that the service is used, A macro generation unit that generates a macro and an execution condition determination unit that determines whether to execute the macro by comparing a predetermined usage condition with a current usage condition, and can be executed by the execution condition determination unit Macro execution means for executing a macro when it is determined to be displayed or presenting it to a user.

  In addition, the server device according to the present invention is based on the content of the service used by the user in the past and the history information regarding the usage conditions when using the service, the history information stored in the storage means, And determining means for determining whether or not a plurality of services are used in a series of usage procedures under a predetermined usage condition. Execution condition determination for determining whether or not to execute the macro in the information terminal currently used by the user by comparing the macro generation means for generating the macro with a predetermined use condition and the current use condition Macro that has means, and that is executed by the execution condition determination means, or that is presented to the user via the information terminal Characterized in that it comprises a row unit.

  According to the information terminal and the server device according to the present invention, the storage unit obtains information from the device operated by the user or the network, for example, so that the service used by the user in the past (on the terminal such as an application) The history information about the contents of the service, the service on the network such as the WEB browser), and the use conditions when using the service can be stored. Here, by referring to the history information stored in the storage means, it is possible to grasp the usage pattern of the user's service, that is, that there is a tendency to use a plurality of services according to a certain procedure under a certain usage condition. it can. Therefore, the macro generation unit can generate a macro of a series of usage procedures when the determination unit determines that a plurality of services are used in a series of usage procedures under a predetermined usage condition. As a result, it is possible to automatically generate macros without collecting the user's effort simply by collecting the user's service usage history. When the user uses the service, the macro execution means determines whether or not to execute the macro by comparing a predetermined usage condition in the already generated macro with the current usage condition. When the execution condition is determined by the execution condition determination means, the macro can be executed or presented to the user. Thus, an appropriate macro can be provided when the user uses the service. As described above, the procedure for frequently using the service by the user is automatically patterned and executed at an appropriate timing, so that the user's comfort of using the service can be improved.

  Further, in the information terminal and the server device according to the present invention, the execution condition determining means includes, as a use condition, a user situation indicating a place or time at which the user uses the service, a use device used by the user to use the service, and It is preferable to compare the device status indicating the setting state or operation state of the device used when the user uses the service. As described above, it is possible to provide a more appropriate macro by using the user status, the device used, and the device status and the usage conditions considering various situations.

  Further, in the information terminal and the server device according to the present invention, the user status and the device status are each represented by a plurality of items, and the execution condition determination means compares the predetermined usage condition with the current usage condition. If the device used, the user status item, and the device status item do not match completely, the used device is at least matched, and the number of items that do not match in the user status and device status is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold. If so, it is preferable to determine that the macro is executable. In this way, even if there is no macro that completely matches the current usage conditions, a macro that has already been generated can be provided in an approximate situation, and can be executed depending on the number of mismatched items. By determining whether or not, it is possible to prevent the macro from being provided in an inappropriate situation.

  The service usage method according to the present invention is based on the content of the service used by the user in the past and the history information regarding the usage conditions when using the service, and the history information accumulated in the accumulation step. A determination step for determining whether or not a plurality of services are used in a series of usage procedures under a predetermined usage condition, and if it is determined that the services are used in the determination step, a macro of the series of usage procedures A macro generation step for generating a macro and an execution condition determination step for determining whether or not to execute the macro by comparing a predetermined usage condition with a current usage condition, and determining that the macro can be executed in the execution condition determination step A macro execution step for executing the macro when presented or presenting it to the user.

  According to the service utilization method according to the present invention, in the accumulation step, for example, by acquiring information from the device operated by the user or the network, the service used by the user in the past (service on the terminal such as an application or the like) , The contents of the service on the network such as a WEB browser) and the history information regarding the use conditions when using the service. Here, by referring to the history information accumulated in the accumulation step, it is possible to grasp the usage pattern of the user's service, that is, that there is a tendency to use a plurality of services according to a certain procedure under a certain usage condition. it can. Therefore, in the macro generation step, when it is determined in the determination step that a plurality of services are used in a series of usage procedures under a predetermined usage condition, a macro of a series of usage procedures can be generated. As a result, it is possible to automatically generate macros without collecting the user's effort simply by collecting the user's service usage history. When the user uses the service, the macro execution step determines whether to execute the macro by comparing a predetermined usage condition in the already generated macro with the current usage condition. It is performed in the execution condition determination step, and when it is determined that execution is possible, the macro can be executed or presented to the user. Thus, an appropriate macro can be provided when the user uses the service. As described above, the procedure for frequently using the service by the user is automatically patterned and executed at an appropriate timing, so that the user's comfort of using the service can be improved.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to improve a user's comfort in using a service by automatically patterning a procedure in which the user frequently uses the service and executing the procedure at an appropriate timing.

It is a figure which shows the block configuration of the information terminal for implement | achieving the service utilization method which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is an example of the data written in service usage pattern frequency table DB. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of control processing of the service utilization method which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the macro production | generation process shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the macro execution process shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the block configuration of the server apparatus for implement | achieving the service utilization method which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

  DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of an information terminal, a server device, and a service using method according to the invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, in each figure, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the same element and the overlapping description is abbreviate | omitted.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a block configuration of an information terminal 1 for realizing a service utilization method according to an embodiment of the present invention. The information terminal 1 has a function of generating a macro based on the contents of a service used by the user in the past and a use condition when using the service, and executing the generated macro at an appropriate timing. ing. The information terminal 1 has a function capable of receiving various services such as a service by a function on a terminal such as an application and a service obtained on a network by a WEB browser by a user operation. Mobile phone, PHS, smartphone, PDA, PC, TV with browser, game machine with browser, and the like. The information terminal 1 includes various history information DBs 2, a macro presentation unit 3, a service use history management unit (storage unit) 10, a macro generation unit (macro generation unit) 20, and a macro execution unit (macro execution unit) 30. ing.

  The various history information DB 2 obtains various histories such as the contents of the service provided through the information terminal 1 by the user's operation, the time and place when the service is received, the setting and operation status of the information terminal 1, etc. It has a function to accumulate. In the case where the information terminal 1 includes the service usage history management unit 10, the various history information DBs may be omitted and directly managed by the service usage history management unit 10. The macro presentation unit 3 has a function of presenting a macro generated by the macro generation unit 20 and determined to be executable by the macro execution unit 30 to a user. Specifically, a display provided in the information terminal 1 It is constituted by.

  The service usage history management unit 10 has a function of accumulating history information regarding service contents used by the user in the past and usage conditions when the service is used. The service usage history management unit 10 includes a terminal service usage history collection unit 11, a WEB service usage history collection unit 12, a service usage history aggregation unit 13, a URL aggregation unit 14, and a service usage history DB 15. Note that the service usage history management unit 10 can acquire and manage not only history information in the terminal itself but also history information regarding other information terminals.

  The terminal service usage history collection unit 11 has a function of collecting service usage history on the information terminal 1. Specifically, the contents of services provided by the user using various functions of the information terminal 1 and History information regarding the state is collected from various history information DBs 2 as usage information such as user status, device used, and device status at the time of providing the service. Examples of the contents and status of the target service are “service content: status”. “Manner mode: setting / canceling”, “drive mode: setting / canceling”, “alarm: setting / canceling”, “music” “Player: Start / End”, “Application: Start / End”, “Bluetooth (Profile): Start / End”, “Text Memo: Start / End”, “Dictionary: Start / End”, “Electronic Money: Set / Cancel” ”,“ Camera: Start / End ”,“ Automatic Information Provision Service: Start / End ”,“ Electronic Concierge Service: Start / End ”,“ One Seg: Start / End ”,“ Mail: Start / End ”,“ Voice Recorder ” : Start / End ”,“ Infrared: Start / End ”,“ Calculator: Start / End ”,“ Schedule: Start / End ”, and the like. The terminal service usage history collection unit 11 has a function of outputting the collected history information to the service usage history DB 15 via the service usage history aggregation unit 13.

  The WEB service usage history collection unit 12 has a function of collecting WEB service usage histories, and specifically, collects URL inquiry histories of users from various history information DBs 2 or the network NW. History information is collected as additional information such as user conditions, devices used, device conditions, etc. when the service is provided. The WEB service usage history collection unit 12 has a function of outputting the collected history information to the service usage history DB 15 via the service usage history aggregation unit 13. Since there are sites (for example, news sites) that provide different URLs for each page to be accessed, the URL aggregating unit 14 adds two of “original URL” and “host name (or longest matching) URL”. It is preferable to manage separately.

  The service use history collecting unit 13 has a function of collecting history information collected by the terminal service use history collecting unit 11 and the WEB service use history collecting unit 12 into a form suitable for use in macro generation. Specifically, the service usage history aggregating unit 13 extracts service contents and statuses that the user has used in the past, sets the values of the parameters of the usage conditions of the services, and sets the respective services and parameter values. It has a function of associating and outputting to the service usage history DB 15. The service usage history aggregating unit 13 can also set parameter values for the current usage conditions.

  Here, the “usage condition” used in the present embodiment includes a user situation indicating a place or time for which the user uses the service, a device used for the user to use the service, and a user using the service. The device status indicating the setting state or the operating state of the used device is used. Furthermore, the user status and the device status are each represented by a plurality of items. The user status is represented by items such as “day of the week”, “time zone”, and “location”, and the device status is represented by “manner mode”, for example. , “Drive mode”, “alarm”, “music playback”, “application use”, “Bluetooth use”, “text memo”, and “dictionary”.

  Each item of “user status” in the usage conditions will be described in detail. In the item “day of the week”, the day of the week when the service is used is determined, and “weekdays” and “holidays” are set as the parameter values (it may be working days or holidays). In addition, a user can register beforehand a work day, a holiday, etc. In the “time zone” item, the time zone when the service is used is determined, and the parameter values are set to “early morning”, “morning”, “daytime”, “evening”, “night”, “midnight”. . In the “Location” field, the location when using the service is determined, and the parameter values are “Home”, “Outside Home”, “Company”, “Outside Company”, “Outside”, “Where to go”, “ In addition to semantic places such as “first place to go”, it is possible to set specific places such as “Yokohama Station” and “XX Building”. The location of the company or the like can be registered in advance by the user, and the “place frequently visited” and the “place visited first” can be specified from the past location information history. Other items of “User Status” include “Event” (parameter values are birthday, wedding anniversary, New Year, Christmas, etc.) and “Season” (parameter values are Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter). Can also be set.

  With regard to “use device” in the use conditions, it is determined which device (that is, the information terminal) the user is using when using the service. For this determination, device information notification from the terminal, browser user agent, PC host information, IP address, MAC address, and the like are used. As a parameter value of this item, a specific device name is set. For example, as in the example of the information terminal 1, a mobile phone, a PHS, a smartphone, a PDA, a PC, a TV with a browser, and a browser are installed. Game machine is set. In addition, when there are a plurality of devices of the same type (company PC, business trip PC, home PC), they can be set separately.

  Each item of “device status” in the usage conditions will be described in detail. In each item of “device status”, the status when the user is using the service or immediately before using the service is determined. In addition, as a device capable of grasping the situation, not only a mobile phone but also a device situation such as a PC or a TV can be grasped. In the “Manner mode” item, it is determined whether or not the manner mode is in effect, and the parameter value is set to “In manner mode” or “Other (cancel)”. In the “drive mode” item, it is determined whether or not the drive mode is in effect, and the parameter value is set to “in drive mode” or “other than that”. In the item of “alarm”, it is determined whether an alarm is in progress or not, and the parameter value is set to “alarm is ringing” or “other than that”. In the “music playback” item, it is determined whether the music player is playing or not, and the parameter values are set to “music playing” and “other”, and “singer name”, “song category ( Classic, jazz, dance, etc.) ". In the “application use” item, it is determined whether or not an arbitrary application is being executed, and the parameter value is set to “application execution” or “other than that”. Furthermore, “application category (game, person, Navigation, map, etc.) "can also be set. In the item “Use Bluetooth”, it is determined whether or not an arbitrary profile with Bluetooth is being executed, and the parameter value is set to “executing a Bluetooth profile” or “other than that”. In the “text memo” item, it is determined whether or not the text memo is being executed, and the parameter value is set to “text memo executing” or “other than that”. In the “dictionary” item, it is determined whether or not the “user registration dictionary” of the mobile phone's native function is being executed, and the parameter values are set to “user registration dictionary executing” and “other than that”.

  The service usage history DB 15 has a function of storing past services and parameter values used by the user in association with each other by receiving an output from the service usage history aggregation unit 13. Further, it has a function of outputting accumulated information in response to a request from the macro generation unit 20.

  When the macro generation unit 20 determines that a plurality of services are used in a series of usage procedures under a predetermined usage condition based on the history information accumulated in the service usage history management unit 10, It has a function to generate usage procedures as macros. The macro generation unit 20 includes a service usage pattern extraction unit 21, a service usage pattern frequency table DB 22, a macro determination unit (determination unit) 23, and a macro data DB 24.

  The service usage pattern extraction unit 21 has a function of extracting a usage pattern of a user's service based on information stored in the service usage history DB 15. The service usage pattern extraction unit 21 combines the histories having near execution times under a certain usage condition, and extracts usage procedures of a plurality of services under the usage condition as usage patterns. For example, when the user uses the service A for a short time, uses the service B, and then uses the service C, the usage procedure is extracted as “A → B → C”. As the history of execution time, the history of all services executed within a total of S seconds after using a certain service (for example, S = 300 seconds can be set, but is variable) is acquired or there is All consecutive services when the next service is used within T seconds (for example, T = 30 seconds can be set, but is variable) and the next service is used within T seconds. The history of is acquired. The service usage pattern extraction unit 21 has a function of outputting the extracted usage pattern to the service usage pattern frequency table DB 22. When the same usage pattern, that is, the usage procedure of the same service is extracted under the same usage condition, one counter for the usage pattern is added. For example, data as shown in FIG. 2 is written in the service usage pattern frequency table DB 22.

  The macro determination unit 23 determines whether or not a plurality of services are used in a series of usage procedures under a predetermined usage condition based on the number of usage patterns, and performs a series of usage procedures according to the determination result. It has a function to generate as a macro. Specifically, the macro determination unit 23 extracts a usage pattern having a high frequency of occurrence by determining a usage pattern counter from the data of the service usage pattern frequency table DB 22 and uses the extracted usage pattern. Generate a macro for The macro determination unit 23 can set a threshold value N times in advance (for example, it can be set to 10 times, but is variable), and can extract a usage pattern having a frequency of 10 times or more. The macro determination unit 23 has a function of registering the generated macro in the macro data DB 24 in association with the use conditions. In the following description, the usage conditions registered in association with the macro and the “registered usage conditions” in the macro are referred to as “regulated usage conditions” in the claims.

  The macro execution unit 30 extracts the macros generated by the macro generation unit 20 based on the current user service usage status, and compares the registered usage conditions set in those macros with the current usage conditions. Thus, it is possible to determine whether or not to execute the macro, and to present or execute a macro determined to be executable to the user. The macro execution unit 30 includes a use condition extraction unit 31, a macro extraction unit 32, a macro execution condition determination unit (execution condition determination means) 33, a macro execution condition relaxation unit 34, and a macro execution management unit 35.

  The usage condition extraction unit 31 has a function of extracting the current usage conditions in the information terminal 1. Specifically, the usage condition extraction unit 31 can acquire the parameter values of each item of the current user situation, the used device, and the device situation from the service usage history aggregation unit 13. The usage condition extraction unit 31 has a function of outputting the extracted current usage conditions to the macro execution condition determination unit 33.

  The macro extraction unit 32 has a function of extracting a macro that has already been registered from the macro data DB 24. At this time, the registered use condition associated with the macro is also extracted. The macro extraction unit 32 has a function of outputting the extracted macro and registered usage conditions to the macro execution condition determination unit 33.

  The macro execution condition determination unit 33 has a function of determining whether or not each macro satisfies the execution condition by comparing the registered use condition of each macro extracted by the macro extraction unit 32 with the current use condition. Have. If the macro execution condition determination unit 33 determines that the macro satisfies the execution condition, the macro execution condition determination unit 33 determines that the macro is an executable macro and outputs the macro to the macro execution management unit 35. The macro execution condition determination unit 33 includes current usage conditions, that is, each item of the current user situation, each device used, and each device status, and registered macro usage conditions, that is, each item of the user situation in the macro, and each used device. Each item of the device status is compared, and it is determined as an execution condition that all items match or that the mismatch item is equal to or less than a threshold value. This execution condition is set to match all items under normal conditions, and is relaxed by the macro execution condition relaxation unit 34.

  The macro execution condition relaxation unit 34 has a function of relaxing the execution condition when the macro execution condition determination unit 33 determines that there is no macro that satisfies the execution condition. When the macro use condition relaxation unit 34 does not completely match the use device, each item about the user status, and each item about the device status between the registered use condition and the current use condition in a certain macro. When the execution conditions are relaxed and at least the devices used match, and the number of items that do not match in the user status and device status is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold, it is determined that the execution conditions are satisfied. Relax the execution conditions.

  The macro execution management unit 35 has a function of acquiring a macro determined to be executable from the macro execution condition determination unit 33 and presenting the macro to the user via the macro presentation unit 3. The macro execution management unit 35 has a function of executing the macro when the user is instructed to execute the macro. Alternatively, the macro execution management unit 35 can execute a macro immediately without presenting it to the user when an executable macro is acquired. When there are a plurality of macros determined to be executable, the macro execution management unit 35 can select and present or execute the most appropriate macro. As a selection method, for example, it is possible to preferentially present and execute a macro having the largest number of uses. In addition, the macro execution management unit 35 can grasp the usage status of the user's macro, and can select and present a new macro when the macro is not used.

  Next, a service utilization method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a flow of control processing of the service use method according to the embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a flow of macro generation processing shown in FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a flow of macro execution processing shown in FIG.

  As illustrated in FIG. 3, the service usage history management unit 10 accumulates history information regarding the content and state of the service used by the user and usage conditions when using the service (step S100: accumulation step). In S100, the terminal service usage history collection unit 11 and the WEB service usage history collection unit 12 collect user usage histories from the various history information DB2 or the network NW and output them to the service usage history aggregation unit 13. Next, the service usage history aggregating unit 13 sets the parameter value of each item of the usage conditions, and accumulates the contents and status of the service in the service usage history DB 15.

  Next, when the macro generation unit 20 determines that a plurality of services are used in a series of use procedures under a predetermined use condition based on the history information accumulated in S100, the use procedure is changed to the macro. Is generated (step S200: macro generation step). In the macro generation process, as shown in FIG. 4, the service usage pattern extraction unit 21 extracts the usage pattern of the service and writes it in the service usage pattern frequency table DB 22 together with the count number (step S210). Next, the macro determination unit 23 determines the count number of each usage pattern described in the service usage pattern frequency table DB 22 (step S220: determination step). Specifically, it is determined whether or not a macro generation target is determined based on whether or not the count number of each usage pattern is equal to or greater than a threshold value N (= 10 times). In the example shown in FIG. 2, the usage pattern 1 and the usage pattern 2 are equal to or greater than the threshold value N (= 10 times), and are therefore targets for macro generation. Next, the macro conversion determination unit 23 generates a macro for the usage procedure in the usage pattern determined to be the target of macro generation in S220 (step S230). In the example shown in FIG. 2, the usage procedure “service A → service B → service C” is macroized for usage pattern 1, and the usage procedure “service D → service E → service F → service C” is used for usage pattern 2. Into a macro. When the macro generation is completed in S230, the macro determination unit 23 registers the generated macro in the macro data DB together with the registration usage conditions (step S240). In the example illustrated in FIG. 2, the user status “weekday, morning, home,”, the device used “mobile phone”, the device usage status “Manner” with respect to the macro of “service A → service B → service C” of usage pattern 1. A registration usage condition of “mode setting, playing music” is set. In addition, for the macro “service D → service E → service F → service C” of usage pattern 2, registered usage conditions of user status “company, daytime, company” and used device “PC” are set. When the process of S240 ends, the process shown in FIG. 4 ends.

  Returning to FIG. 3, the macro execution unit 30 then extracts the macros generated in S <b> 200 based on the current user service usage status, the registered usage conditions set in those macros, and the current usage conditions. By comparing the usage conditions with each other, it is determined whether or not to execute the macro, and a macro execution process for presenting or executing the macro determined to be executable to the user is performed (step S300: macro execution step). ). In FIG. 3, the processes of S100 and S200 are always executed at a predetermined timing while the information terminal 1 is operating, and the process of S300 is performed when the user uses some service or when the user uses information. It is executed at the timing when some operation is performed on the terminal 1.

  In the macro execution process of S300, as shown in FIG. 5, the usage condition extraction unit 31 first extracts the current usage conditions (step S310). Next, the macro extraction unit 32 extracts the macro registered in S200, and the macro execution condition determination unit 33 determines whether the registered use condition and the current use condition match in all items from among them. That is, it is determined whether there is a macro that satisfies the execution condition (step S320: execution condition determination step). When there is a macro determined to satisfy the execution condition in S320, the macro execution management unit 35 acquires the macro and presents it to the user via the macro presentation unit 3 (step S330). Thereafter, the macro execution management unit 35 determines whether or not the macro presented in S330 is used (step S340). If it is determined that the macro is used by a user operation or the like, the macro execution management unit 35 executes the macro. The process shown in FIG.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in S320 that there is no macro that satisfies the execution condition, or if it is determined in S340 that the macro is not used, the macro extraction unit 32 selects among the macros that match the “used device”. Then, a macro having “user status” and “device status” closest to the current use condition, that is, a macro having the smallest number of mismatch items is extracted (step S350). Next, the macro execution condition relaxation unit 34 relaxes the execution condition, and the macro execution condition determination unit 33 compares the registered use condition of the macro extracted in S350 with the current use condition, and determines “user status” and “ In the “device status” item, it is determined whether or not the number of inconsistent items is within Z (Z = 2 is set but variable) (step S360: execution condition determination step). When it is determined in S360 that the execution condition is satisfied, the macro execution management unit 35 acquires the macro and presents it to the user via the macro presenting unit 3 (step S370). Thereafter, the macro execution management unit 35 determines whether or not the macro presented in S370 is used (step S380). If it is determined that the macro is used by a user operation or the like, the macro execution management unit 35 executes the macro. The process shown in FIG.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in S360 that there are more than two mismatched items and the extracted macro does not satisfy the execution condition, or if it is determined in S380 that the macro is not used, the macro extraction unit 32 determines that “ Among the macros that match the “user status”, a macro whose registered usage condition is closest to the current usage condition, that is, a macro with the smallest number of mismatched items is extracted (step S390). Next, the macro execution condition relaxation unit 34 relaxes the execution condition, and the macro execution condition determination unit 33 compares the registered usage condition of the macro extracted in S390 with the current usage condition, and determines “used device” and “ It is determined whether or not the number of inconsistent items in the “device status” item is within Z (Z = 2 is set but variable) (step S400: execution condition determining step). When it is determined in S400 that the execution condition is satisfied, the macro execution management unit 35 acquires the macro and presents it to the user via the macro presentation unit 3 (step S410). Thereafter, the macro execution management unit 35 executes the macro according to the user's operation or the like, and the process shown in FIG. 5 ends. On the other hand, if it is determined in S400 that there are more than two mismatched items and the extracted macro does not satisfy the execution condition, the macro is not executed and the processing shown in FIG. 5 ends. In S330, S370, and S410, when there are a plurality of executable macros, the macro execution management unit 35 selects and presents a macro based on the usage pattern with the highest use frequency. Returning to FIG. 3, when the macro execution process of S300 ends, the process shown in FIG. 3 ends, and the process is executed again from S100.

  Next, a specific example of the control process shown in FIG. 3 is shown. First, it is assumed that the user sets an alarm every night the day before going to work, goes to sleep, wakes up every morning with an alarm sound, and stops the alarm. Furthermore, it is assumed that the user at that time is browsing the site of “weather forecast” and “train operation information” on the mobile phone. At this time, in S100, in the service usage history DB 15 of the service usage history management unit 10, the service “Alarm: Stop” is displayed with the user status “early morning, weekday, home”, the device used “mobile phone”, the device status “Manner”. The service is stored under the usage condition of “mode release”, and the service of “weather site: browsing” is stored under the usage condition of “early morning, weekday, home”, device used “mobile phone”, device status “release manner mode” The service “operation information site: browsing” is accumulated under the usage conditions of user status “early morning, weekday, home”, device used “mobile phone”, device status “manner mode release”.

  In S200, the service usage pattern extraction unit 21 of the macro generation unit 20 uses the user condition “early morning, weekday, home”, the device used “mobile phone”, and the device status “release manner mode” as usage conditions “alarm: stop → The usage procedure of “weather site: browsing → operation information site: browsing” is written in the service usage pattern frequency table DB 22 as a usage pattern and the count of the usage pattern is incremented by one. When the usage pattern count is 10 or more, the macro determination unit 23 uses the user status “early morning, weekday, home”, the device used “mobile phone”, and the device status “manner mode release” as registration usage conditions. A usage procedure of “alarm: stop → weather site: browse → operation information site: browse” is generated as macro A and registered in the macro data DB.

  As an example of the process of S300, a process when the user stops the alarm of the mobile phone at home in the early morning on weekdays will be described. At this time, the use condition extraction unit 31 extracts the user status “early morning, weekday, home”, the used device “mobile phone”, and the device status “release manner mode” as the “current use condition”. Next, the macro extraction unit 32 extracts the above-described macro A, and the macro execution condition determination unit 33 compares the registered use condition of the macro A with the current use condition. Macro A registration usage conditions and current usage conditions match the user status “Early morning, weekday, home”, device used “mobile phone”, and device status “Clear manner mode” in all items. It is determined that the condition is satisfied. Accordingly, when the user stops the alarm, the macro execution management unit 35 executes the macro A and displays the “weather site” and the “operation information site” on the mobile phone (or “do you want to execute the macro A? And run when the action is taken).

  As another example of the processing of S300, the next day is a holiday, but since I plan to go to a hot spring on a day trip, I set up a mobile phone alarm, get up with the alarm early in the day, and stop the alarm explain. At this time, the use condition extraction unit 31 extracts the user status “early morning, holiday, home”, the used device “mobile phone”, and the device status “release manner mode” as the “current use condition”. Next, the macro extraction unit 32 extracts the above-described macro A, and the macro execution condition determination unit 33 compares the registered usage conditions of the macro A with the current usage conditions. The condition is determined not to satisfy the execution condition once, assuming that the condition does not match in the item of the user status “weekday”. However, if the macro execution condition relaxation unit 34 relaxes the execution condition, the mismatched item is only one item of the user status “weekday”, and therefore the macro execution condition determination unit 33 determines that the execution condition is satisfied. Accordingly, when the user stops the alarm, the macro execution management unit 35 executes the macro A and displays the “weather site” and the “operation information site” on the mobile phone (or “do you want to execute the macro A? ”Is executed when an operation is performed).

  As another example of the processing of S300, the user gets on the train to go to the business trip destination, sets the mobile phone to the manner mode immediately after getting on the train, and further prevents the mobile phone from passing over at the arrival station. A process when an alarm is set, an alarm sounds immediately before the arrival station, and is stopped will be described. At this time, the usage condition extraction unit 31 extracts the user status “daytime, weekday, outing”, the device used “mobile phone”, and the device status “in manner mode” as “current usage conditions”. Next, the macro extraction unit 32 extracts the above-described macro A, and the macro execution condition determination unit 33 compares the registered usage conditions of the macro A with the current usage conditions. It is determined that the execution condition is not satisfied, assuming that the conditions do not match in the items of user status “daytime, going out” and device status “manner mode setting”. Further, even if the execution condition is relaxed by the macro execution condition relaxation unit 34, there are three mismatch items, user status “noon, go out” and device status “in manner mode”, so the execution condition after relaxation is not satisfied. Is determined. Thus, even if the user stops the alarm of the mobile phone, the macro A is not executed, the “weather site” and the “operation information site” are not displayed on the mobile phone, and the execution inquiry of the macro A is not presented.

  As described above, according to the information terminal 1 according to the present embodiment, the service use history management unit 10 acquires information from the device operated by the user and information on the network, for example. The contents of the service on the terminal such as an application and the contents of the service on the network such as the WEB browser, and the history information regarding the use conditions when using the service can be accumulated. Here, by referring to the history information stored in the service usage history management unit 10, the usage pattern of the user service, that is, that there is a tendency to use a plurality of services according to a certain procedure under a certain usage condition. I can grasp it. Accordingly, the macro generation unit 20 can generate a macro of a series of usage procedures when it is determined that a plurality of services are used in a series of usage procedures under a predetermined usage condition. As a result, it is possible to automatically generate macros without collecting the user's effort simply by collecting the user's service usage history. When the user uses the service, the macro execution unit 30 determines whether to execute the macro by comparing a predetermined usage condition in the already generated macro with the current usage condition. If it is determined that it can be executed, the macro can be executed or presented to the user. Thus, an appropriate macro can be provided when the user uses the service. As described above, the procedure for frequently using the service by the user is automatically patterned and executed at an appropriate timing, so that the user's comfort of using the service can be improved.

  Further, in the information terminal 1 according to the present embodiment, the macro execution unit 30 includes, as usage conditions, a user situation indicating a place or time when the user uses the service, a device used for the user to use the service, and a user Compare the device status indicating the setting status or operating status of the device used when using the service. As described above, it is possible to provide a more appropriate macro by using the user status, the device used, and the device status and the usage conditions considering various situations.

  Further, in the information terminal 1 according to the present embodiment, the user status and device status are each represented by a plurality of items, and when the macro execution unit 30 compares a predetermined usage condition and the current usage condition, If the used device, user status item, and device status item do not match completely, the execution conditions are relaxed, and the used device is at least matched, and the number of items that do not match in the user status and device status is If it is less than or equal to the predetermined threshold Z, it is determined that the macro is executable. By relaxing the execution conditions in this way, it is possible to provide a macro that has already been generated in an approximate situation, even if there is no macro that completely matches the current usage conditions. By determining whether or not execution is possible based on the number of mismatches, it is possible to prevent providing a macro in an inappropriate situation.

  According to the service usage method according to the present embodiment, in the accumulation step S100, for example, by acquiring information from the device operated by the user or the network, the service (application or other terminal used by the user in the past) is acquired. The history information about the contents of the service, the service on the network such as the WEB browser), and the use conditions when using the service can be stored. By referring to the history information accumulated in the accumulation step S100, it is possible to grasp the usage pattern of the user's service, that is, the tendency to use a plurality of services according to a certain procedure under a certain usage condition. Therefore, in the macro generation step S200, when it is determined that a plurality of services are used in a series of usage procedures under a predetermined usage condition, a macro of a series of usage procedures can be generated. As a result, it is possible to automatically generate macros without collecting the user's effort simply by collecting the user's service usage history. When the user uses the service, in macro execution step S300, a determination is made as to whether or not to execute the macro by comparing a predetermined usage condition in the macro that has already been generated with the current usage condition. If it is determined that it can be executed, the macro can be executed or presented to the user. Thus, an appropriate macro can be provided when the user uses the service. As described above, the procedure for frequently using the service by the user is automatically patterned and executed at an appropriate timing, so that the user's comfort of using the service can be improved.

  The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, the service usage history management unit 10, the macro generation unit 20, and the macro execution unit 30 are all provided in the information terminal. However, as illustrated in FIG. The server device 300 including the macro generation unit 20 and the macro execution unit 30 may be installed, and all the processes illustrated in FIGS. The server apparatus 300 shown in FIG. 6 can implement the service utilization method according to the present invention in conjunction with the information terminal 200 including the various history information DB 2 and the macro presentation unit 3. Note that the service usage history management unit 10, the macro generation unit 20, and the macro execution unit 30 in the server device 300 are the history of the terminal service usage history collection unit 11 and the WEB service usage history collection unit 12 from the various history information DB 2 in the information terminal 200. The service in the information terminal 1 shown in FIG. 1 except that information is collected and the macro execution management unit 35 presents the macro in the macro presentation unit 3 in the information terminal 200 and executes the macro in the information terminal 200 It has the same functions as the usage history management unit 10, the macro generation unit 20, and the macro execution unit 30, and can perform the same processing as the control processing shown in FIGS. Both the information terminal and the server device may include the service use history management unit 10, the macro generation unit 20, and the macro execution unit 30.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Information terminal, 10 ... Service utilization log | history management part (storage means), 20 ... Macro production | generation part (macro production | generation means), 23 ... Macro conversion determination part (determination means), 30 ... Macro execution part (macro execution means), 33: Macro execution condition determination unit (execution condition determination means), 300: Server apparatus.

Claims (7)

Storage means for storing history information regarding the contents of the service used by the user in the past and the usage conditions when using the service;
Based on the history information stored in the storage means, it has a determination means for determining whether or not a plurality of services are used in a series of usage procedures under a predetermined usage condition, and is used by the determination means. Macro generation means for generating a macro of the series of usage procedures when it is determined that
When the execution condition determining means for determining whether or not to execute the macro by comparing the predetermined use condition and the current use condition, and the execution condition determining means determines that the execution is possible And a macro execution means for executing the macro or presenting it to a user.   The execution condition determining means includes, as the use condition, a user situation indicating a place or time when the user uses the service, a device used for the user to use the service, and the user using the service. The information terminal according to claim 1, wherein device statuses indicating a setting state or an operation state of the device in use are compared. The user status and the device status are each represented by a plurality of items,
The execution condition determining means includes
When the predetermined usage conditions and the current usage conditions are compared, if the used device, the user status item, and the device status item do not completely match,
The macro is determined to be executable if the devices used are at least matched and the number of items that do not match in the user status and the device status is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold. Information terminal. Storage means for storing history information regarding the contents of the service used by the user in the past and the usage conditions when using the service;
Based on the history information stored in the storage means, it has a determination means for determining whether or not a plurality of services are used in a series of usage procedures under a predetermined usage condition, and is used by the determination means. Macro generation means for generating a macro of the series of usage procedures when it is determined that
The execution condition determining means for determining whether or not to execute the macro in the information terminal currently used by the user by comparing the predetermined use condition and the current use condition, And a macro executing unit that executes the macro when the condition determining unit determines that the macro is executable, or presents the macro to the user via the information terminal.   The execution condition determining means includes, as the use condition, a user situation indicating a place or time when the user uses the service, a device used for the user to use the service, and the user using the service. The server apparatus according to claim 4, wherein device states indicating a setting state or an operation state of the device in use are compared. The user status and the device status are each represented by a plurality of items,
The execution condition determining means includes
When the predetermined usage conditions and the current usage conditions are compared, if the used device, the user status item, and the device status item do not completely match,
6. The macro according to claim 5, wherein the macro is determined to be executable if the used devices match at least and the number of items that do not match in the user status and the device status is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold. Server device. An accumulation step for accumulating history information regarding the contents of the service used by the user in the past and the usage conditions when using the service;
Based on the history information accumulated in the accumulation step, a determination step is performed to determine whether or not a plurality of services are used in a series of usage procedures under a predetermined usage condition, and is used in the determination step. A macro generation step for generating a macro of the series of use procedures when it is determined that
The execution condition determination step for determining whether or not to execute the macro is performed by comparing the predetermined use condition with the current use condition, and when the execution condition determination step determines that the macro is executable, And a macro execution step of executing a macro or presenting the macro to the user.

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