JP2012141747A - Information distribution device, information distribution system, and information distribution method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information distribution device, an information distribution system, and an information distribution method capable of distributing spot information that meets user's satisfaction.SOLUTION: An information distribution device 10 includes a text acquisition unit 11, a text map creation unit 12, a position information reception unit 13, a spot extraction unit 14, and a spot information distribution unit 15. The text acquisition unit 11 receives a blog article from a blog server 20 and acquires text data with position information that is included in the blog article. The text map creation unit 12 creates text map data by associating the position information with text. The spot extraction unit 14 retrieves a spot around a current position of a user terminal 30 received by the position information reception unit 13 in which the user may be interested, and information on the retrieved spot is distributed to the user terminal 30 by the spot information distribution unit 15.

Description

  The present invention relates to an information distribution apparatus, an information distribution system, and an information distribution method capable of distributing spot information.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, techniques for providing information such as route guidance and sightseeing guidance to a mobile phone, a smartphone, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a PHS (Personal Handyphone System), a mobile computer, etc. via a network are known (for example, , See Patent Document 1).
In Patent Document 1, if you want to stroll around Shibuya Station, you can access a center that provides guidance information and execute a guidance script that guides the area around Shibuya Station on a schedule of 2-3 hours. By sending to the mobile phone by text etc., it is possible to receive a guidance service according to time and place.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-215211

  However, since the guidance script created in Patent Document 1 guides a general spot, information different from the user's intention may be provided. For example, sending jewelry store information to a user whose hobby is outdoor is not useful information and cannot satisfy the user's satisfaction.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an information distribution device, an information distribution system, and an information distribution method capable of distributing spot information that satisfies the user's satisfaction.

  An information distribution apparatus according to the present invention is an information distribution apparatus that distributes spot information to a user terminal, a text acquisition unit that acquires text data with position information from a server apparatus that provides a text input service; A text map creation means for creating text map data by associating the location information with the text data, and receiving the current location of the user from the user terminal, and among the location information included in the text map data, the user's current location The text associated with the position information located within a predetermined range from the current position is searched for the text included in the profile of the user stored in the storage means in advance, and the position associated with the retrieved text data Spot identifying means for identifying a spot based on information, and the identified Characterized by comprising a spot information distribution means for distributing information about the spot to the user terminal.

In the present invention, text data with position information is acquired from a server device that provides a service capable of inputting text, and text map data is created based on these data. Here, the server device includes a server device that provides a social networking site such as a blog or Twitter. In these services, in addition to text, user's current location information can be transmitted simultaneously. Moreover, the information of the spot specified based on the produced text map data and a user's profile is delivered to a user terminal.
Since the text map data is created based on an article written in a service capable of inputting text, such as a blog or Twitter, information, impressions, etc. regarding the spot of the user who actually visited the spot are reflected. Therefore, a spot including text that matches the user's profile is likely to be a spot that the user is interested in. As described above, the spot information extracted based on the user's profile is useful to the user, and can satisfy the user's satisfaction.

  In the information distribution apparatus of the present invention, the spot information distribution unit displays a screen on the user terminal in a mode in which the spot is mapped to a position indicated by the spot information on a map displaying a predetermined range from the current position of the user terminal. It is preferable to display.

  In the present invention, spot information is distributed to a user terminal in a manner in which the spot information is mapped on a map and displayed on the screen. Specifically, the identified spot is mapped and displayed on a map in which the current position of the user is mapped. According to this, by presenting a map to the user, it is possible to grasp at a glance the positional relationship between the current position of the user and the recommended spot, directions, etc., which is highly convenient.

  In the information distribution apparatus of the present invention, the spot specifying unit further extracts the text map data of a spot located within a predetermined range from the current position of the user, and the spot information distribution unit includes the extracted text map It is preferable that data is distributed together with the spot information, and a text map in which the text data associated with the spot information is arranged at a position indicated by the spot information is displayed on the screen of the user terminal.

In the present invention, when spot information is distributed to a user terminal, a text map is displayed on the user terminal in addition to the spot information. The text map is obtained by pasting text corresponding to the position indicated by the coordinates of each text map data.
Therefore, the user can view other texts by checking the text map displayed on the screen of the user terminal, and can obtain more detailed information.

An information distribution system according to the present invention includes a server device that provides a text input service,
A user terminal device that transmits a user's current location; a text information acquisition unit that is connected to the server device and the user terminal device via a network, and acquires text data with location information from the server device; and the location Text map creation means for creating text map data by associating information with the text data; and receiving the current location of the user from the user terminal; and the current location of the user among the location information included in the text map data From the text data associated with the position information located within the predetermined range from the text, the text included in the user's profile stored in the storage means in advance is searched, and the position information associated with the retrieved text data Spot identifying means for identifying a spot based on the above, Characterized by comprising a spot information distribution means for distributing the information relates to a constant spot to the user terminal, the information distribution device provided with a.

  In this invention, since the text map data is created based on articles written in a text input service such as a blog or Twitter, information and impressions about the spot of the user who actually visited the spot are reflected. Has been. Therefore, a spot where a text that matches the user's profile is pasted is likely to be a spot that the user is interested in. Thus, since the information of the spot specified based on the user's profile is useful for the user, the satisfaction of the user can be satisfied.

  The information distribution method of the present invention is an information distribution method for distributing spot information to a user terminal, the step of acquiring text data with position information from a server device that provides a text input service, and the position Generating text map data by associating information with the text data, receiving the current location of the user from the user terminal, and from the current location of the user among the location information included in the text map data Based on the position information associated with the retrieved text data, the text included in the profile of the user stored in the storage unit in advance is retrieved from the text data associated with the position information located within the predetermined range. Identifying the spot and relating to the identified spot A step of distributing the information to the user terminal, characterized by comprising a.

  In this invention, since the text map data is created based on articles written in a text input service such as a blog or Twitter, information and impressions about the spot of the user who actually visited the spot are reflected. Has been. Therefore, a spot where a text that matches the user's profile is pasted is likely to be a spot that the user is interested in. Thus, since the information of the spot specified based on the user's profile is useful for the user, the satisfaction of the user can be satisfied.

1 is a block diagram showing a network configuration and a functional configuration of an information distribution apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. Schematic of the text map created with the said information delivery apparatus. The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the said information delivery apparatus. The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the said information delivery apparatus.

<First Embodiment>
DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1, the information distribution system 1 has a configuration in which an information distribution apparatus 10, a blog server 20, and a user terminal 30 are connected via the Internet 2.

The information distribution device 10 receives a blog article distributed from the blog server 20, extracts text data with position information included in the blog article, and creates a text map by associating the text data with the position information. . In addition, the user terminal 30 is registered in advance in the information distribution apparatus 10, and each user terminal 30 is given a user ID for identifying the user, and the profile of each user is stored in association with the user ID. .
The information distribution apparatus 10 receives the current position of the user terminal 30, searches for text data matching the user's profile around the current position on the text map, and finds a spot associated with the text data as the user. It transmits to the terminal 30.

Hereinafter, each configuration will be described in detail.
The Internet 2 is the Internet based on a general-purpose protocol such as TCP / IP, but is not limited to this. For example, any configuration that transmits and receives data, such as a network such as a communication network in which a plurality of base stations capable of transmitting and receiving information via a wireless medium configure a network, can be used.

  The information distribution apparatus 10 includes a storage unit such as a RAM (Random Access Memory) or a ROM (Read Only Memory) and a control unit such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) as a hardware configuration. The RAM has a temporary area where data and the like can be temporarily stored, and the ROM stores an OS (Operating System: basic software), programs for controlling various servers, various applications, various data, and the like. The CPU reads programs stored in these storage means and performs various processes according to the programs.

As shown in FIG. 1, a text map database 101, a user database 102, and a spot database 103 are stored in the storage means of the information distribution apparatus 10.
For example, as shown in Table 1 below, the text map database 101 has a table structure in which coordinates of latitude and longitude indicating a position and text related to the position are associated and stored as one record. .

  For example, as shown in Table 2 below, the user database 102 has a table structure in which a user ID for identifying a user and profile information of the user are associated and stored as one record. As profile information, if it is the information regarding a user, it will not specifically limit, For example, a user's hobby, preference, etc. are memorize | stored.

  The spot database 103 stores a spot ID for identifying a spot, a spot name, coordinates of latitude and longitude indicating the position of the spot, and information such as traffic guidance in association with each other.

  In addition, the information distribution apparatus 10 includes a text acquisition unit 11, a text map creation unit 12, a position information reception unit 13, a spot extraction unit 14, and a spot information distribution unit 15 as functional configurations of the control means. I have. The position information receiving unit 13 and the spot extracting unit 14 function as spot specifying means of the present invention.

  The text acquisition unit 11 receives a blog article distributed from the blog server 20 and acquires text data with position information included in the blog article. For text data with location information, when a user using the blog service of the blog server 20 accesses a blog site from a mobile phone or the like and writes an article, the location information calculated by receiving a GPS signal is added to the article. It is generated by doing. The position information includes the coordinates of latitude and longitude indicating the position related to the blog article, the time at the position, and the like.

  The text map creation unit 12 associates the position information acquired by the text acquisition unit 11 and the text data and stores them in the text map database 101, and creates a text map based on these data. As shown in FIG. 2, the text map is obtained by pasting text corresponding to the position indicated by the coordinates of each data on a plane.

  The position information receiving unit 13 receives the user position information transmitted from the user terminal 30 and the user ID given to the user terminal 30. Specifically, the user terminal 30 receives position information calculated by receiving a GPS signal. The position information includes latitude and longitude coordinates indicating the position of the user terminal 30.

The spot extraction unit 14 acquires a profile associated with the user ID from the user database 102 based on the user ID of the user terminal 30, and the text included in the profile and the text pasted on the text map are obtained. Identify matching locations. Then, the spot is specified based on the position coordinates associated with the corresponding text on the text map and the coordinates stored in the spot database 103.
The spot information distribution unit 15 acquires spot information associated with a spot ID for identifying the identified spot from the spot database 103 and distributes the spot information to the user terminal 30. The spot information includes a spot name, a place, a business type, a traffic guide, and the like. On the user terminal 30, the spot information is displayed in a text format.

  The blog server 20 is a server device that provides a blog service to the user, and has the same hardware configuration as the information distribution device 10. The blog server 20 includes a blog management unit and a blog distribution unit as a functional configuration of the control unit. The blog management unit manages the blog service provided to the user, and the blog distribution unit distributes the blog article written by the user to the information distribution apparatus 10. The blog article distributed to the information distribution apparatus 10 includes text data with position information.

  As the user terminal 30, for example, a mobile phone, a smartphone, a mobile computer, or the like can be used. Storage means such as a RAM (Random Access Memory) or ROM (Read Only Memory), a CPU (Central Processing Unit), or the like can be used. Control means. The user terminal 30 is configured to receive GPS signals, calculate longitude and latitude coordinates, and transmit them to the information distribution apparatus 10.

[Operation of Information Distribution Device 10]
Next, operation | movement of the information delivery apparatus 10 is demonstrated based on a flowchart.
In the information distribution system 1, the step of creating a text map and the step of providing spot information to the user terminal 30 operate separately.
First, the step of creating a text map will be described with reference to FIG.

The text acquisition unit 11 receives a blog article distributed from the blog server 20, and acquires text data with position information included in the blog article (step S11).
Next, the text map creation unit 12 associates the position information with the text data and stores it in the text map database 101 (step S12).
Then, the text map creating unit 12 creates a text map by pasting the text corresponding to the position indicated by the coordinates of each data on the plane (step S13). The text map creation unit 12 stores the created text map in a memory or the like. If a text map has already been created, new text is pasted onto the existing text map.

Next, the step of providing spot information to the user terminal 30 will be described with reference to FIG.
In the information distribution system 1, the user terminal 30 is registered in advance in the information distribution apparatus 10 and is given a uniquely identifiable user ID.
When the user wants to acquire spot information, the user accesses the information distribution apparatus 10 from the user terminal 30 and transmits a request for spot information. At this time, the location information of the user terminal 30 and the user ID given at the time of user registration are also transmitted.

The position information receiving unit 13 receives a request from the user terminal 30 together with the position information and the user ID (step S21).
Next, the spot extraction part 14 acquires the profile of an applicable user from the user database 102 based on user ID (step S22). For example, when the user ID is “1233”, the text data of the profiles “ramen” and “fishing” is acquired from Table 2 described above.

  And the spot extraction part 14 maps the coordinate A contained in the positional information received from the user terminal 30 to the applicable position of a text map (refer FIG. 2), and is included in the said user's profile in the vicinity of this coordinate A. The text matching the text to be searched is searched (step S23). In the above example, when text matching “ramen” or “fishing” is searched from the text map shown in FIG. 2, since “ramen” is pasted as text 50, this text 50 is specified.

The spot extraction unit 14 acquires position information (coordinates) associated with the searched text from the text map database 101, and extracts spots that match the coordinates from the spot database 103 (step S24).
The spot information distribution unit 15 acquires information about the extracted spot from the spot database 103, and distributes display data for displaying the spot information in a text format to the user terminal 30 that has requested the spot information. (Step S25). If there are a plurality of corresponding spots, all spot information is distributed.
On the display screen of the user terminal 30, the spot information distributed from the information distribution device 10 is displayed in a text format.

[Effects of First Embodiment]
According to the above 1st Embodiment, there can exist the following effects.
The text map creation unit 12 creates a text map based on the text data with location information included in the blog article distributed from the blog server 20, and the spot extraction unit 14 profile of the user terminal 30 that requested the spot information. The spot information distribution unit 15 distributes information on the identified spot by searching the text map for a text that matches the above and specifying the spot.
Since the text map is created based on the blog article, information, impressions, and the like regarding the spot of the user who actually visited the spot are reflected. Therefore, a spot where a text that matches the user's profile is pasted is likely to be a spot that the user is interested in. As described above, the spot information extracted based on the user's profile is useful to the user, and can satisfy the user's satisfaction.

Second Embodiment
The second embodiment is the same as the first embodiment except that the display data distributed from the spot information distribution unit 15 is different, and thus the description of the same configuration and operation as the first embodiment will be omitted.
As in the first embodiment, the spot information distribution unit 16 acquires spot information associated with a spot ID for identifying the identified spot from the spot database 103 and distributes the spot information to the user terminal 30. . In the second embodiment, map data is distributed as an aspect of displaying spot information on the user terminal 30. That is, map data (display data) in which the spot extracted by the information distribution device 10 is mapped to a map in which the current position of the user terminal 30 is mapped is transmitted to the user terminal 30, and the map is displayed on the user terminal 30. . In this case, detailed information (name, place, type of business, traffic guidance, etc.) of each spot is displayed by selecting a mapping position on the map or moving the cursor.

According to such 2nd Embodiment, the following effects can be show | played besides the effect of the above-mentioned 1st Embodiment.
By displaying the map on the screen of the user terminal 30, the positional relationship between the current position of the user and the spot extracted by the information distribution device 10, the route, and the like can be grasped at a glance, which is highly convenient. That is, user satisfaction can be further improved.

<Modification>
In addition, this invention is not limited to embodiment mentioned above, In the range which can achieve the objective of this invention, the deformation | transformation shown below is also included.
For example, in the above embodiment, the text acquisition unit 11 acquires text data with position information from a blog article written in the blog server 20, but the acquisition source of the text data is not limited to the blog server 20. Any service can be used as long as text data with location information can be written, and for example, it can be obtained from a social networking site such as Twitter.

Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the information regarding the spot extracted by the information delivery apparatus 10 is delivered to the user terminal 30, the text map created with the information delivery apparatus 10 is delivered as display data besides spot information. May be. According to this, the user who browses the text map displayed on the user terminal 30 can also browse information other than the spots extracted by the information distribution device 10, and can obtain useful information.
In this case, when it is desired to obtain detailed information of the spot indicated by the text other than the spot extracted by the information distribution apparatus 10, the text is selected and transmitted to the information distribution apparatus 10. Then, the information distribution apparatus 10 specifies a spot from the spot database 103 based on the position information associated with the text, acquires the spot information, and transmits the spot information to the user terminal 30.

  In the above embodiment, when there is a request from the user terminal 30, the spot extraction unit 14 specifies a spot, and the spot information distribution unit 15 distributes information on the spot to the user terminal 30. The receiving unit 13 may periodically access the user terminal 30 to acquire the current position, and unilaterally distribute the spot information to the user terminal 30.

  In the above embodiment, every time an article is written on the blog server 20, the article is distributed to the information distribution apparatus 10. For example, the blog server 20 stores blog articles written during a predetermined period. In addition, a configuration in which the information is distributed to the information distribution apparatus 10 after the predetermined period has ended may be employed.

  The present invention can be used as an information distribution device, an information distribution system, and an information distribution method for distributing spot information to a user.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Information delivery system 10 ... Information delivery apparatus 11 ... Text acquisition part 12 ... Text map creation part 13 ... Location information receiving part 14 ... Spot extraction part 15, 16 ... Spot information delivery part 20 ... Blog server 30 ... User terminal 101 ... Text map database 102 ... User database 103 ... Spot database

Claims (5)

An information distribution device that distributes spot information to a user terminal,
Text acquisition means for acquiring text data with position information from a server device that provides a service capable of inputting text;
A text map creating means for creating text map data by associating the position information with the text data;
The current location of the user is received from the user terminal, and the text information associated with the location information located within a predetermined range from the current location of the user among the location information included in the text map data is stored in advance in the storage unit. Searching for text included in the stored profile of the user, and spot identifying means for identifying a spot based on positional information associated with the retrieved text data;
An information distribution apparatus comprising: spot information distribution means for distributing information regarding the identified spot to the user terminal. The information distribution device according to claim 1,
The spot information distribution means displays the screen on the user terminal in a manner in which the spot is mapped to a position indicated by the spot information on a map displaying a predetermined range from the current position of the user terminal. Distribution device. In the information delivery apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,
The spot identifying means further extracts the text map data of a spot located within a predetermined range from the current position of the user,
The spot information distribution means distributes the extracted text map data together with the spot information, and displays a text map in which the text data associated with the spot information is arranged at a position indicated by the spot information on the user terminal. An information distribution device characterized by being displayed. A server device that provides a text input service;
A user terminal that transmits the current location of the user;
Respectively connected to the server device and the user terminal device via a network;
Text information acquisition means for acquiring text data with position information from the server device;
A text map creating means for creating text map data by associating the position information with the text data;
The current location of the user is received from the user terminal, and the text information associated with the location information located within a predetermined range from the current location of the user among the location information included in the text map data is stored in advance in the storage unit. Searching for text included in the stored profile of the user, and spot identifying means for identifying a spot based on positional information associated with the retrieved text data;
An information distribution system comprising: an information distribution device including: spot information distribution means for distributing information relating to the identified spot to the user terminal. An information distribution method for distributing spot information to a user terminal,
Obtaining text data with location information from a server device that provides a service capable of inputting text;
Creating text map data by associating the position information with the text data;
Receiving the current location of the user from the user terminal;
The text included in the profile of the user stored in advance in the storage means from the text data associated with the position information located within a predetermined range from the current position of the user among the position information included in the text map data. Searching and identifying a spot based on location information associated with the searched text data;
Delivering information relating to the identified spot to the user terminal. An information delivery method comprising:

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