JP2011128905A - Information processing apparatus and method of controlling the same - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To store URL position information of websites retrieved in the past as a search history, extract a search history for the vicinity of the current position, compare the positions, and display the closest information. <P>SOLUTION: A history of information search is stored. The current position is acquired by a GPS or the like. Information is selected on the basis of position information in the stored search history and the acquired current position. The information sorted by a difference of the distance between the current position and the position in the search history is displayed as a list. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and a control method thereof.

  With the widespread use of the Internet in the general society, many services are provided that allow users to search for desired web pages on the Internet by inputting keywords desired by the user. These services are called WWW (World Wide Web) search engines. The user can obtain information on related web pages existing on the Internet by connecting to a search site and inputting a desired keyword.

  If the information acquired here is information that will be needed again in the future, such as travel destinations, stores, and event information, for example, record the acquired information once, and later store the information at an appropriate timing. You need to be able to refer to it. Conventionally, access is realized by a function that allows the address of a web page once visited by a function called “favorite” or “bookmark” of browser software to be stored and easily accessed later.

  In the information providing method of Cited Document 1, as the history information regarding the past search request from the user terminal, the user ID, the search request ID, the search condition, and the search result are associated with each other and stored in the search history DB. It was.

  Further, the position information presenting apparatus of the cited document 2 records the position when the search is performed and the search information as a history, and records where the search is performed.

  Further, the information providing system of Cited Document 3 includes a mobile phone and an information providing server. When the information providing server receives the captured image data and the position information sent from the mobile phone, the information providing server detects the current location of the telephone body from the map DB based on the position information. The information extraction unit extracts regional information data from each DB of regional information and event information based on the current location.

JP 2003-6225 A JP 2003-91536 A JP 2005-150941 A

  However, in the information providing method of Patent Document 1, in response to a search request including a search condition specified from the user terminal, information search is performed by the document search means in accordance with the specified search condition. Further, in response to this search request, the history search means searches the past search request that matches the user ID and matches the specified search condition from the history information held in the DB. For this reason, it is possible to search the past history by designating the place name or the like, but it is not possible to search the history about a certain place.

  Further, the position information presenting device disclosed in Patent Document 2 records the position when the search is performed and the search information as a history, and only records where the search is performed. Although the history may be searched at the position at the time of search, the information indicated by the search result cannot be searched by position (latitude and longitude).

  Moreover, in the information provision system of patent document 3, based on the present location of position information, it only extracts regional information data from each DB of regional information and event information. A result in which information not related to the user regarding the position is also mixed is displayed. Therefore, it is necessary to select from many candidates. On a narrow screen of a mobile device, selecting from many candidates was cumbersome.

  It is an object of the present invention to extract a search history related to the vicinity of the current location and display the closest information.

In order to solve the above problems, an information processing apparatus of the present invention provides:
A search history storage means for storing a search history for searching for information;
Position acquisition means for acquiring the current position;
A selection means for selecting information from the position information in the search history stored by the search history storage means and the current position acquired by the position acquisition means;
It is characterized by having.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to extract the search history related to the current location and display the closest information.

It is a figure showing the actual usage pattern of this invention. It is a block diagram of the information equipment of the present invention. It is a process block diagram of an Example of this invention. It is a storage data conceptual diagram of search history information. It is a sort data conceptual diagram of search history information. It is a flowchart of a sort process. It is a conceptual diagram of the positional information on search history data. It is a processing block diagram of 2nd Example. It is a candidate display example. It is a flowchart of a candidate display list creation process. It is a conceptual diagram of search history data, and a candidate display example. It is a processing block diagram of 3rd Example. It is a conceptual diagram of search history data, and a candidate display example. It is a flowchart of candidate display list creation processing of the second embodiment. It is a processing block diagram of 4th Example. It is a conceptual diagram of search history data, and a candidate display example. It is a flowchart of a candidate display list creation process of 3rd Example.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 shows an actual usage pattern of the present invention. Reference numeral 1 denotes a portable terminal in which the present invention is incorporated, and includes a coordinate input unit, a liquid crystal display unit, a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM. A location information acquisition device is incorporated, and an application that obtains the current location and displays a map of the location is incorporated. When the current location is sent to the server machine, information obtained by examining the current location in the past is sent by the incorporation process of this patent. Reference numeral 2 denotes a server machine. When the present invention is incorporated as a network-based service, the processing is incorporated in such a server machine. When the present invention is incorporated as a network-based service, information on a certain store, event information, and the like examined by a personal computer at home are stored on the server. When you go to the site, you can realize that a web page containing the information is automatically sent to one mobile terminal. There is no need to mark or print the result of the examination as in the prior art.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the portable information device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  A VAN public line device 3 is connected to the public line and can exchange data with a server machine or the like. Reference numeral 4 denotes a wireless local area network device, which can exchange data with an access point in the vicinity of a wireless LAN access point and can connect to the Internet.

  5 is a GPS (Global Positioning System) device that obtains the current position by communicating with a satellite. The acquired latitude / longitude information is sent to 8 CPUs via 11 system buses. 6 is a position coordinate input unit composed of a transparent resistive film digitizer. When the surface is pressed with a pen or the like, the XY position coordinate data of the pressed position is sent to 8 CPUs via the 11 system bus. .

  A liquid crystal display unit 7 includes a liquid crystal display element, a liquid crystal control circuit, and a display memory, and is connected to 8 CPUs via 11 system buses. In response to the instruction from the CPU 8, the locus display and the character display are executed. A CPU 8 is connected to a RAM 9, a ROM 10, a liquid crystal display unit 7, and the like via a system bus 11, and performs a processing operation according to a program stored in the ROM 10.

  A RAM 9 is used as a work area. Reference numeral 10 denotes a ROM in which the processing procedure of this patent is stored. A system bus 11 exchanges data between the CPU 8 and the ROM 10, the RAM 9, and other devices.

  FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of the browsing information processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  5 is a GPS (Global Positioning System) device that obtains the current position by communicating with a satellite. The acquired latitude / longitude information is sent to the position information sorting means of 13 history information. In this embodiment, the current position is acquired by the GPS device. However, if there are a large number of wireless LAN access points, there is a method of knowing the current position from the positional relationship with the access point. You can use any method.

  A search history storage unit 12 stores URLs of web pages on the internetwork searched in the past in order of date and time. The result of searching with browser software is stored. In this embodiment, the result of searching in the past in one device is stored. However, on the portable device side, only the acquisition of the position information and the information display processing are performed, and the processing of the present invention is performed by the server device. It goes without saying that the configuration to be performed may be used.

  Reference numeral 13 denotes history information position information sorting means for sorting the information in the search history stored in order of date and time in order of distance from the current location. Information of the search history closest to the current location of the sorting result is sent to 14 current location neighborhood history information page display means.

  14 is a current location history information page display means for reading the html file on the Internet represented by the URL sent from 13 and creating screen display data. The creation of the screen display data itself is the same as the function of the browser software. A liquid crystal display unit 7 displays screen data created from the html file.

  FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram of stored data of search history information of a web page searched and read by browser software. In normal browser software, the search browsing history is recorded in the order of browsing date. One data includes a recording date and time, a URL, and location information in the URL destination web page. For example, when a web page of a commercial facility such as a day part is browsed with browser software, the browsing date is recorded, the URL of the web page is recorded, and the address display of the commercial facility in the web page is recorded.

  This example is an example when browsing a web page with information such as address display. When a web page that is not related to an address or the like is viewed, the record of the position information is blank and is excluded from the processing in this embodiment.

  FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram of history information sorted by position information. FIG. 5 shows the result of sorting the history information shown in FIG. 4 in order of distance from the current location. The present location in the embodiment is Shibuya Station. The information item of Shibuya Station is the first item in the table. One data includes a recording date and time, a URL, location information in the URL destination web page, and distance information from the current location.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the sorting process based on the position information of the search history. Processing will be described along this flowchart.

  In step S6-1, a process of sorting the search history by position information is started. Initialize the work area. The latitude / longitude of the current position is obtained from the GPS device 5 in FIG. The search history of information searched in the past by the browser software of this device and the search history of information searched by the same user on the home PC are merged and recorded as shown in FIG.

  In step S6-2, processing for acquiring current position information from the device is performed. The latitude / longitude of the current position is obtained from the GPS device 5 in FIG. As another position acquisition method, a method for acquiring an approximate position through communication with a plurality of wireless LAN access points or the like may be used. The acquired latitude and longitude information of the current location is stored.

  In step S6-3, a process of reading one item from the search history is performed. Since the search history is stored as shown in FIG. 4, the first item 2009/10/01 is read first.

  In step S6-4, the web page indicated by the URL is read, and the position information in the read web page is read. The example of the first item in FIG. 4 is http: // abc-x. co. jp / is read, and an html file accessible by the URL is read from the server using the protocol. Find location information in that html file. In the example of FIG. 4, if Shinjuku-ku ○ chome Δ-x in Tokyo is written in the html file, it is read. Web pages such as Internet stores, facilities, and events often read address information, telephone numbers for inquiries, and the like as access information.

  In step S6-5, the difference between the position of the web page and the latitude and longitude of the current location is output. The difference between the latitude and longitude of the address between the current location and the facility on the search history web page is calculated. For example, Shinjuku ○ chome Δ-x in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo is 139.70060348510742, 35.6888951475555595. Suppose that the current position is 139.70171928405762, 35.5657714668099295 at Shibuya Station. The differences are 0.00111579789502 and -0.0313677956305. The distance is about 4.2 km.

  As a specific method for obtaining the distance, if the value of latitude and longitude is taken as XY coordinates, the position is taken as a value in units of 50 m, and the value of X + Y coming from the latitude and longitude is taken as the distance. In a well-developed urban area, roads are arranged in a grid pattern, so this is an appropriate method.

  In step S6-6, the information is stored in ascending order of position difference. As a sorting method, the current location is centered on the north side and the south side is sorted down. When the search history of FIG. 4 is sorted, the search history of FIG. 5 is obtained. Referring to the example of FIG. 5, the first item, 2009/10/02 http: // def-x. co. jp / Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo ○ chome Δ-x is the current location item. Next is 2009/10/03 http: // geh-x. co. jp / 03-xxxx-xxx-1.7. They are sorted in ascending order of distance difference.

  In step S6-7, it is checked whether there is a next item. Here we test whether the entire search history has been checked. If all the search histories have been sorted, the process proceeds to step S6-8. If there is an unprocessed item, the process proceeds to step S6-3. If the storage amount of the search history is small, all data may be processed. However, if a large amount of data is stored, it may be limited within one month on the time axis. Further, after the distance is calculated, an item that is more than 100 km away may not be stored after the sorting process. Or you may make it variable from 100 km to 10 km according to the number of items.

  In step S6-8, the sorting process is terminated. When the sorting process ends, a search history like the sorting result in FIG. 5 is obtained.

  FIG. 7 is an example in which the example of data on the time axis of the search history and the position of the place represented by the stored URL are displayed two-dimensionally. Reference numeral 15 in FIG. 7 is an example in which search histories are stored in order of time axis. Reference numeral 16 in FIG. 7 is an example in which the position of the place represented by the URL of the search history is two-dimensionally arranged around the current location. If the current location is Shibuya of B, A: Shinjuku and C: Harajuku will be the northern data centering on that location.

  The south side is E: Ebisu and D: Meguro. Since the current location is Shibuya, the item of Shibuya is displayed as the first candidate from the sorting result, and the facility or store web page is displayed on the screen on the terminal 1 in FIG. .

  According to this embodiment, it is possible to extract the search history related to the current location and display the closest information.

(Second embodiment)
In the second embodiment, a candidate list display of information close to the current location of the search history is created by adding a sort candidate list display creating means in addition to the construction of the first embodiment.

  FIG. 8 is a configuration diagram of the browsing information processing apparatus of the second embodiment. The same processing means as the configuration of the first embodiment is the same part number and will not be described. Reference numeral 17 in FIG. 8 denotes a sort candidate list display creating means for sorting the search history according to the positional relationship with the current position and creating the candidate list as a candidate list.

  FIG. 9 is a display example of a candidate list. Reference numeral 18 denotes an example of a display screen on which a map of the current position is displayed. Reference numeral 19 denotes a local information menu input area, where a candidate list display is displayed as a pop-up menu by pressing a specific button or inputting an instruction for the position. FIG. 9-20 shows a candidate list display in which the display closest to the current location is displayed in the middle. When the candidate is selected, a web page corresponding to the search history URL is displayed on the screen.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart of a candidate list creation process from the sort search history.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a search history and a candidate list. 11 in FIG. 11 is a table representing the search history. 22 is a two-dimensional representation of the positional relationship of the search history, and 23 is a candidate list display example.

  Processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In step S10-1, candidate list creation processing from the sort search history is started. Initialize the work area. As described in the first embodiment, this processing is called after sorting by position information and the state shown in FIG.

  In step S10-2, the current position information is acquired from the GPS device 5 in FIG. The GPS device receives radio waves from GPS satellites and acquires longitude / latitude information. The current position is known from the longitude and latitude information.

  In step S10-3, a process of reading one item from the search history sorted by position information is performed. The search history information sorted by the position information shown in FIG. 5 is read for each item and processed.

  In step S10-4, a process of placing search history information closest to the current location in the center of the candidate list is performed. If the search history item read in step S10-3 is the search history information closest to the current location, a process of placing it in the center of the candidate list is performed.

  In step S10-5, it is checked whether the read search history item is information on the north side from the current location. If the information is on the north side, processing is performed on the nearest search history information arranged in the center of the candidate list.

  In step S10-6, it is checked whether the read search history item is information on the south side from the current location, and if it is information on the south side, processing is performed under the nearest search history information arranged in the center of the candidate list.

  In step S10-7, it is checked whether there is a next item. If all items have been processed, the process proceeds to step S10-8; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S10-3. If there are a large number of sorted candidates, if all of them are displayed as a candidate list, the small screen of the mobile terminal protrudes, so the maximum candidate number may be 6 and the process may be terminated.

  In step S10-8, this process ends. When all the processes are completed, a candidate list as shown in 23 of FIG. 11 is created and displayed on the screen. As shown in FIG. 11, the location closest to the current location is displayed in a state where the color has changed, such as “Shibuya current location”. Other candidates may also indicate how far away they are by changing the gray scale or changing the lightness of the color according to the distance from the current location.

  In this embodiment, the candidates are divided on the north side and the south side, but may be divided on the east side and the west side.

  According to the present embodiment, it is possible to create a candidate list sorted by the distance difference from the current location. By displaying such a candidate list, it is possible to immediately access necessary information even with a small-sized mobile terminal.

(Third embodiment)
When viewing information while walking with a mobile terminal, it is considered that information in the traveling direction is necessary, but information in the reverse direction is unnecessary. However, when it is stationary, it may be considered where it goes, so in that case, the configuration of the first and second embodiments may be acceptable.

  FIG. 12 is a configuration diagram of the browsing information processing apparatus according to the third embodiment. The same processing means as the configuration of the first embodiment is the same part number and will not be described. Reference numeral 24 in FIG. 12 is a traveling direction acquisition means, which records the position information from the GPS device 5 in FIG. It is sent to the traveling direction history information extracting means. Reference numeral 25 in FIG. 12 denotes an advancing direction history information extracting unit that performs a process of selecting search history information according to the advancing direction acquired by the 24 advancing direction acquiring unit in FIG. For example, if the traveling direction is south, only search history information located south of the current location is extracted.

  Reference numeral 26 in FIG. 12 denotes current location history history direction candidate list display creation means, which performs search history information candidate list creation processing corresponding to the travel direction selected by the 25 travel direction history information extraction means in FIG.

  FIG. 13 is a two-dimensional layout diagram based on position information of search history data and a candidate list example. 27 is a two-dimensional layout diagram based on position information of search history data. If it is detected that the current traveling direction is north, the E and D data on the south side are ignored. Reference numeral 28 in FIG. 13 is an example of a candidate list. "A Shinjuku, C Harajuku and present location B Shibuya" on the north side in the direction of travel is displayed.

  FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing sort search history progress direction list creation processing.

The process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 14. In step S14-1, the sort search history progress direction list creation process is started. Initialize the work area. This processing is called after the search history data to be processed is sorted by the position information as described in the first embodiment and is in the state shown in FIG.

  In step S14-2, a process of detecting the traveling direction from the progress of the position information is performed. This is processing corresponding to the 24 traveling direction acquisition means of FIG. Sent from 5 GPS devices in FIG. Latitude / longitude information is recorded every few minutes, and the direction connecting the position with the current point several minutes ago is set as the traveling direction, and the traveling direction angle is determined to be, for example, south, north, east, or west. . If every few minutes are unstable, process every few tens of minutes. If the moving speed is fast due to the use of a car or the like, a shorter interval may be more convenient.

  In step S14-3, a process of reading one item from the sorted search history is performed. The search history data sorted by the distance difference shown in FIG. 5 is read item by item and processed.

  In step S14-4, it is checked whether the search history item is in the traveling direction. If the data item is in the traveling direction, the process proceeds to step S14-5. If the data item is other than the traveling direction, the process proceeds to step S14-6. The direction angle of the line connecting the latitude and longitude of the current location and the latitude and longitude of the data item is obtained. For example, if the angle is the same angle as the current traveling direction or ± 45 degrees, the direction is the same. Alternatively, if the direction of travel is determined to be north-south and north-south, the direction is the same if within a range of ± 90 degrees.

  In step S14-5, a process of registering in the candidate list is performed. The item determined to be the item on the traveling direction side in step S14-4 is registered in the candidate display list. The registered candidates are displayed in the list for display of 28 in FIG. 13. For example, if the item A: Shinjuku is selected, the URL of the Shinjuku station building is read, and the html file indicated by the URL is read. The information of the Shinjuku station building is displayed. Since the processing is performed in the sort order, the registration order is the same as the sort order. Since items other than the traveling direction are not registered, they are excluded from the candidate display.

  In step S14-6, it is checked whether there is unprocessed sorted search history data. If all the data are checked, the process proceeds to step S14-7, and if not, the process proceeds to step S14-3 and the next search history data is read.

  In step S14-7, the sort search history progress direction list creation process ends. By sequentially processing the sort search history data, a sort search history progress direction list is created from the data registered in step S14-5.

  According to the present embodiment, the information candidate list on the traveling direction side sorted by the distance difference from the current location can be created. By displaying such a selected candidate list, it is possible to immediately access necessary information even with a small-sized mobile terminal. Since the direction of travel is always checked, if it is changed, the candidate is also changed at that time. When the vehicle has stopped for a certain period of time, it may be performed by the processing of the traveling direction acquisition means so as to switch to candidates in all directions.

(Fourth embodiment)
By adding history item importance level adding means to the configuration of the third embodiment, it is possible to insert items having high importance in the search history into search history items sorted by distance. This makes it easy to access item information that is close to a certain distance and has high importance.

  FIG. 15 is a configuration diagram of the browsing information processing apparatus of the fourth embodiment. The same processing means as the configuration of the third embodiment is the same part number and will not be described. Reference numeral 29 in FIG. 15 denotes history item importance level adding means for moving a higher importance item among history items sorted by distance. This makes it easy to access items with high importance. The importance level data in the search history item is counted and stored in the search history item when the html file searched by the browser software or the like is browsed and when it is operated frequently. . For example, if the browsing time is counted when the page feed or scroll operation is performed during browsing, noise or the like when the web page is left unattended can be prevented.

  FIG. 16 is an example of importance level data in the search history item, two-dimensional display of position information of the search history, and processing result candidates. Reference numeral 29 in FIG. 16 is a conceptual diagram of the search history, and one item includes URL and place (latitude and longitude) importance. Reference numeral 30 in FIG. 16 is a conceptual diagram in which the position information of the search history is displayed in two dimensions.

  Reference numeral 31 in FIG. 16 is a candidate display example after processing.

  FIG. 17 is a flowchart of candidate list creation processing taking importance into account. Processing will be described along the flowchart of FIG.

  In step S <b> 17-1, candidate list creation processing taking importance into account is started. Initialize the work area. As shown in FIG. 5, the target sort search history is sorted and stored by the distance difference between the current location and the location information of the URL destination.

  In step S17-2, a process of reading one item of the sort search history is performed. One item of the sort search history The URL, the position (latitude and longitude), the distance difference from the current location, and the importance value are read with the configuration as shown in FIG.

  In step S17-3, a process of giving priority to items with high importance is performed by calculating the distance difference-importance. The individual meanings of the calculation formula of X + Y-importance * α are as follows. X is obtained from longitude and Y is obtained from latitude. The distance difference in the x direction between the current location and the point of interest is X. The distance difference between the current location and the point of interest in the y direction is Y. For example, if the unit of the coordinate axis is 1 km. If the distance difference in the x direction is 1 km from the difference between the longitudes of the current location and the point of interest, and the distance difference in the y direction is 3.2 km from the difference between the latitudes of the current location and the point of interest, 1 + 3.2 = 4.2 km in X + Y. α is a constant for adjusting different amounts of information such as distance difference and item importance, and is 0.038 in this embodiment. The item importance is 100 when browsing time is 20 minutes or more and 5 times or more. A viewing time of 10 minutes or more is set to 50, and a browsing time of 1 minute or less is set to 0.

For example, distance difference− (item importance * α) = new distance difference. By sorting by this new distance difference, it is possible to prioritize and display items with high importance as candidates.
For example, the distance difference of the item Shinjuku in FIG. 16 is 4.2− (100 * 0.038) = 4.2−3.8 = 0.4. The distance difference between the items in Harajuku in FIG. 16 is 1.7− (0 * 0.038) = 1.7, and Shinjuku is the higher rank and has priority.

  In step S17-4, it is checked whether all items have been processed. If the process is completed, the process proceeds to step S17-5, and if not, the process proceeds to step S17-2.

  In step S17-5, a candidate list is created from the resort result. Since the result sorted by the new distance difference in consideration of the item importance is stored, a candidate list is created therefrom. The candidate list is displayed as 31 in FIG. Since only the distance difference is the positional relationship as shown in 30 of FIG. 16, the order is Shibuya, Harajuku, and Shinjuku, but taking into account the importance of Shinjuku, the order is Shibuya, Shinjuku, and Harajuku. The candidate list is displayed as 31 in FIG. 16 in the order of Shibuya, Shinjuku, and Harajuku.

  In step S17-6, the candidate list creation process with the importance added is completed. Open the work area.

  According to the present embodiment, it is possible to create a candidate list in which the importance of an item is added to the information candidate list sorted by the distance difference from the current location. By displaying such a selected candidate list, it is possible to immediately access necessary information even with a small-sized mobile terminal. Important items within a certain distance are displayed in a readily accessible candidate list. In some cases, it is possible to realize a device that automatically displays important items within a certain distance in one operation.

  As described above, according to this embodiment, it is possible to extract the search history related to the current location and display the closest information. For example, if the information on the place to go is checked in advance, the web page can be automatically displayed when the user actually goes around the place. It is convenient to check information locally on mobile devices. Since the information required by the user is displayed as a list sorted by distance, it is easy to select even a small screen. In addition, in a device that can detect the user's direction, the list is narrowed down according to the traveling direction, which is convenient.

  According to the present invention, a recording medium recording software program codes for realizing the above-described functions is supplied to a system or apparatus, and a computer (CPU, MPU) of the system or apparatus reads and executes the program codes stored in the recording medium. It may be.

1 Information terminal 2 Server

Claims (7)

A search history storage means for storing a search history for searching for information;
Position acquisition means for acquiring the current position;
A selection means for selecting information from the position information in the search history stored by the search history storage means and the current position acquired by the position acquisition means;
An information processing apparatus comprising:   The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein sorting is performed based on a distance difference between position information in a search history and a current position.   3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising display means for creating and displaying a one-dimensional list display of information sorted according to a distance difference between the position information in the search history and the current position. Furthermore, a traveling direction acquisition unit that acquires a traveling direction of the information processing apparatus;
Extraction means for extracting history information on the traveling direction side;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:   3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising adding means for adding importance of the history items of the search history. A search history storing step for storing a search history in which information is searched;
A position acquisition process for acquiring the current position;
A selection step of selecting information from the position information in the search history stored in the search history storage step and the current position acquired in the position acquisition step;
A method for controlling an information processing apparatus, comprising:   A program for causing a computer to execute the control method according to claim 6.

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