JP2012208779A - Communication support method, portable terminal device, server device, communication support system and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a burden of a user to preliminarily register information and eliminate restriction that communication partners who can receive support by a system are limited to the partners who correspond to the information preliminarily registered by the user, in a communication support system.SOLUTION: A relevance acquisition part 124 generates information showing relevance between a user of a portable terminal device 110-1 and a user of another portable device based on an operation history of the portable terminal device 110-1. A notification information generation part 125 determines whether or not to notify that short-distance communication with the other portable terminal device is available based on the information. When it is determined to notify, the relevance acquisition part 124 displays the information showing the relevance with the user of the other portable terminal device.

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication support method and communication support system for a user of a mobile terminal device, a mobile terminal device and a server device provided in the communication support system, and a program for performing communication support.

  Several systems have been proposed to provide new communications. For example, in the communication support system described in Patent Document 1, the first user records key data relating to the user, and the key data relating to the first user's self is the key data relating to the second user. And a notification means for informing the second user when it matches or is related. This makes it possible to realize “actual face-to-face encounters” or “contact assistance” without missing the chance of “being close by chance”.

JP 2008-287731 A

  In the contact support system described in Patent Document 1, the partner to whom the first user can receive the provision of “meeting” or “contact support” is key data related to the self recorded by the first user. Limited to those who fall under.

For example, in the communication support system described in Patent Document 1, when the first user records the hobby of the first user as key data related to himself / herself, a common hobby based on the key data is used. Encounter with the other party. On the other hand, an encounter with a partner who has traveled to the same place as the first user cannot be realized only from the key data of the hobby of the first user. In order to realize such an encounter, key data indicating a travel destination is required.
However, it is a burden on the first user to record various key data. In addition, it is virtually impossible to register in advance all information relating to the first user as key data.

  Eventually, in the contact support system described in Patent Document 1, as described above, the first user records the person to whom the first user can receive “meeting” or “contact support”. Since it is limited to the partner corresponding to the key data related to the self, the range in which the first user can receive “meeting” or “contact support” is limited.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a communication support method, a mobile terminal device, a server device, a communication support system, and a program that can solve the above-described problems.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem. A communication support method according to an aspect of the present invention includes an operation information acquisition step of acquiring operation information of a first portable terminal device, and the first portable terminal. Based on the feature information acquisition step of acquiring the feature information related to the user of the first portable terminal device from the operation information of the terminal device, and the feature information related to the user of the first portable terminal device, the first A relevance obtaining step for obtaining a relevance between a user of one mobile terminal device and a user of another mobile terminal device; a relevance between a user of the first mobile terminal device and a user of another mobile terminal device; A display step in which the first portable terminal device or the other portable terminal device displays information indicating the above.

  In addition, the mobile terminal device according to one aspect of the present invention is a user of the mobile terminal device that is generated based on feature information related to the user of the mobile terminal device based on the operation information of the mobile terminal device itself. A relevance acquisition unit that acquires relevance with a user of another mobile terminal device, and a display unit that displays information indicating the relevance between the user of the mobile terminal device itself and the user of the other mobile terminal device It is characterized by comprising.

  The server device according to an aspect of the present invention includes a receiving unit that receives operation information of the first mobile terminal device transmitted from the first mobile terminal device, and operation information of the first mobile terminal device. A feature information acquisition unit that acquires feature information related to a user of the first mobile terminal device, and feature information related to a user of the first mobile terminal device; A relevance obtaining unit for obtaining relevance between a user and a user of another mobile terminal device, information indicating a relevance between the user of the first mobile terminal device and a user of the other mobile terminal device, A transmission unit configured to transmit to the first portable terminal device or the other portable terminal device.

  A communication support system according to an aspect of the present invention is a communication support system including a first mobile terminal device and a second mobile terminal device, wherein the first mobile terminal device includes the first mobile terminal device. An operation information acquisition unit for acquiring operation information of the mobile terminal device, and a feature information acquisition unit for acquiring feature information related to the user of the first mobile terminal device from the operation information of the first mobile terminal device; A relevance acquisition unit for determining relevance between the user of the first mobile terminal device and the user of the second mobile terminal device based on feature information related to the user of the first mobile terminal device; The first portable terminal device or the second portable terminal device displays information indicating the relevance between the user of the first portable terminal device and the user of the second portable terminal device Do Comprising a radical 113, wherein the.

  A communication support system according to an aspect of the present invention is a communication support system including a first mobile terminal device, a second mobile terminal device, and a server device, wherein the first mobile terminal device includes: An operation information acquisition unit that acquires operation information of the first mobile terminal device; and a transmission unit that transmits operation information of the first mobile terminal device, wherein the server device includes the first mobile terminal device. A reception unit that receives operation information of the mobile terminal device; a feature information acquisition unit that acquires feature information related to a user of the first mobile terminal device from the operation information of the first mobile terminal device; A relevance acquisition unit that obtains relevance between the user of the first mobile terminal device and the user of the second mobile terminal device based on feature information related to the user of the first mobile terminal device; 1's A transmission unit that transmits information indicating the relationship between the user of the band terminal device and the user of the second portable terminal device to the first portable terminal device or the second portable terminal device; The first portable terminal device or the second portable terminal device receives information indicating the relationship between the user of the first portable terminal device and the user of the second portable terminal device. And a display unit that displays information indicating the relevance between the user of the first portable terminal device and the user of the second portable terminal device, which is received by the receiving unit. To do.

  A program according to an aspect of the present invention includes a reception step of receiving operation information of the first portable terminal device transmitted from the first portable terminal device to a computer, and an operation of the first portable terminal device. Based on the feature information acquisition step of acquiring feature information related to the user of the first mobile terminal device from the information, and the feature information related to the user of the first mobile terminal device, the first mobile terminal A relevance obtaining step for obtaining relevance between a user of the device and a user of another mobile terminal device, and information indicating a relevance between the user of the first mobile terminal device and the user of the other mobile terminal device And a transmission step for transmitting to the first portable terminal device or the other portable terminal device.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the burden of the user registering information in advance, and communication partners who can receive support by the system are limited to those corresponding to the information registered in advance by the user. Restrictions can be removed.

It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the communication assistance system in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the display screen of a display part in the embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows another example of the display screen of the display part in the embodiment. In the same embodiment, it is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the motion information which a motion information acquisition part produces | generates. In the same embodiment, it is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the operation | movement history which a feature information acquisition part produces | generates and a memory | storage part memorize | stores. In the embodiment, it is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the feature keyword which a feature information acquisition part produces | generates and a memory | storage part memorize | stores. In the same embodiment, it is explanatory drawing which shows another example of the operation | movement history which the memory | storage part memorize | stores. In the embodiment, it is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the operation | movement history of a certain portable terminal device (terminal 1) which a memory | storage part memorize | stores. In the same embodiment, it is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the characteristic keyword of the terminal 1 and another portable terminal device (terminal 3) which a memory | storage part memorize | stores. In the embodiment, it is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the relevance information which a relevance acquisition part produces | generates. In the embodiment, it is a figure which shows another example of the operation | movement history of the terminal 1 which a memory | storage part memorize | stores. In the same embodiment, it is a figure which shows another example of the operation | movement history of the terminal 1 which a memory | storage part memorize | stores. In the same embodiment, it is a figure which shows another example of the operation | movement history of the terminal 1 which a memory | storage part memorize | stores. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an outline of a processing procedure performed by the mobile terminal device in the embodiment. In the same embodiment, it is a flowchart which shows the outline of the process sequence which a server apparatus performs. It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the communication assistance system which does not comprise the server apparatus in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an outline of a processing procedure performed by the mobile terminal device in the embodiment.

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Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a schematic configuration of a communication support system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, a communication support system 1 includes a mobile terminal device (first mobile terminal device) 110-1, a mobile terminal device (second mobile terminal device, another mobile terminal device) 110-2, and a server device. 120. The mobile terminal device 110-1, the mobile terminal device 110-2, and the server device 120 are connected to the network 130 and communicate with each other.
The mobile terminal devices 110-1 and 110-2 include an operation input unit 111, a display unit 112, a position information acquisition unit 113, an operation information acquisition unit 114, and a network communication unit (transmission unit, reception unit) 115, respectively. A short-range communication unit 116, and an application execution unit 117. The server device 120 includes a communication unit (transmission unit, reception unit) 121, a feature information acquisition unit 122, a storage unit 123, a relevance acquisition unit 124, and a notification information generation unit 125.

  Each of the mobile terminal devices 110-1 and 110-2 is a mobile terminal device possessed by a user who is provided with a communication support service, and information indicating the relevance between the own user and the user of another mobile terminal device 110. By displaying (for example, a keyword indicating a preference common to both users, or information indicating that the actions of both users are related), communication between users is supported.

In the present embodiment, all the mobile terminal devices included in the communication support system 1 have the same structure and the same function. Hereinafter, the mobile terminal devices included in the communication support system 1 are collectively referred to as the mobile terminal device 110. The mobile terminal device 110 includes a short-range communication unit and a communication unit with the server device 120 and is a portable device, and is realized as a mobile terminal device or a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), for example.
Note that the number of mobile terminal devices 110 included in the communication support system 1 is not limited to two as shown in FIG.

  The operation input unit 111 includes, for example, operation buttons such as a numeric keypad, a direction button, and a determination button, or an input device such as a touch panel. The operation input unit 111 receives a user input operation and outputs information indicating the received input operation to the application execution unit 117. To do.

  The display unit 112 has a display screen such as a liquid crystal display, for example, and displays various images such as a moving image, a still image, and text under the control of the application execution unit 117. In particular, the display unit 112 includes its own mobile terminal device 110 (the mobile terminal device 110 configured to include the display unit 112. Similarly, the mobile terminal device 110 including a certain part is referred to as “relationship with the part”. Information indicating the relationship between the user of “own mobile terminal device 110” and the user of other mobile terminal device 110 (for example, a keyword indicating a preference common to both users, or the behavior of both users) Information indicating that the is related to

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a display screen of the display unit 112. This screen is an example of information indicating the relationship between the user of the mobile terminal device 110 and the user of another mobile terminal device 110.
This screen is a screen that is displayed when the mobile terminal device 110 of its own automatically detects another mobile terminal device 110 located in the vicinity (capable of short-range communication). This indicates that short-range communication is possible. Here, the mobile terminal device 110 detects another mobile terminal device 110 located in the vicinity by automatically performing short-range communication, as will be described later.

The “relevance point” shown in FIG. 2 is an index value indicating the relevance (commonality or chance) between the characteristics of the behavior of the user of the mobile terminal device 110 and the behavior of the user of the other mobile terminal device 110. It is. That is, this relevance point is an example of information indicating that the actions of both users are related.
This screen is displayed only when the relevance point is a predetermined value or more. That is, this screen itself is an example of information indicating that the actions of both users are related.

Further, the “accidental area” shown in the figure is an area obtained by excluding the area where both users have visited from the area where both users have visited. This accidental area is considered to be an area visited by a trip or the like, and is considered an area preferred by both users. That is, this accidental area is an example of a keyword indicating a preference common to both users.
The “keyword” shown in the figure is a keyword indicating characteristics common to the actions of both users (for example, travel and browsing of web pages). Since this keyword indicates the characteristics of the user's behavior, it is considered that the keyword matches the user's preference. That is, this keyword is an example of a keyword indicating a preference common to both users.

Thus, since the mobile terminal device 110 indicates that communication with another mobile terminal device 110 is possible, the user can immediately try to communicate with the user of the other mobile terminal device 110. In addition, since the mobile terminal device 110 displays that it is possible to communicate with a user having behavioral characteristics related to the behavioral characteristics of the user, the user has a common preference and a partner with whom he / she feels good We can expect to be able to communicate. Moreover, the portable terminal device 110 can provide a topic to the user by displaying a keyword indicating a preference common to both users.
In this way, the communication support system 1 (mobile terminal device 110) supports user communication.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating another example of the display screen of the display unit 112. Similar to the screen of FIG. 2, this screen is an example of information indicating the relationship between the user of the mobile terminal device 110 and the user of another mobile terminal device 110.
This screen is a screen displayed by the mobile terminal device 110 (display unit 112) in response to a user request.

  The figure is an example of a display screen when the communication support system 1 includes five or more mobile terminal devices 110, and information for four users is ranked and displayed by relevance points. Each person's information includes relevance points, accidental regions, and keywords, as in the case of the screen of FIG.

As described above, the mobile terminal device 110 displays the information of the users of the other mobile terminal devices 110 including the information indicating the relevance between the user of the mobile terminal device 110 and the user of the other mobile terminal device 110. The user can select a communication partner such as a partner who is likely to feel based on the information indicating this relationship. Similarly to the case of FIG. 2, the mobile terminal device 110 can provide a topic to the user by displaying a keyword indicating a preference common to both users.
In this way, the communication support system 1 (mobile terminal device 110) supports user communication.

  The position information acquisition unit 113 has a function of acquiring position information of its own mobile terminal device such as a GPS (Global Positioning System) function, and the application execution unit 117 executes an application using the position information such as a map display. When providing location information. The position information acquisition unit 113 also provides position information when the operation information acquisition unit 114 generates operation information.

The application execution unit 117 controls each unit of its own mobile terminal device 110 in response to a predetermined event such as a user request or an incoming call, and performs an application such as a call function, an e-mail function, and a web browsing (Web Browsing) function. To the user. The “application” here is application software that is various software other than the OS (Operating System), or a function realized by executing the application software.
In addition, the application execution unit 117 periodically performs processing (hereinafter referred to as “automatic short-range communication”) for detecting another mobile terminal device 110 capable of short-range communication using the short-range communication unit 116. The processing described later is performed according to the detection result. In addition, the application execution unit 117 periodically performs a process of acquiring position information of its own mobile terminal device 110 (hereinafter referred to as “location confirmation”), and sends the acquired position information to the operation information acquisition unit 114. The operation information acquisition unit 114 generates the operation information including the position information.

The operation information acquisition unit 114 generates information indicating the type of processing performed by the application execution unit 117 as operation information indicating the operation of its own mobile terminal device, and outputs the generated operation information to the network communication unit 115. .
The application execution unit 117 and the operation information acquisition unit 114 are, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) included in the mobile terminal device 110 that reads and executes a program from the memory included in the mobile terminal device 110. Is realized.

  FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of motion information generated by the motion information acquisition unit 114. FIG. 6A shows an example of operation information when the application execution unit 117 displays a web page (a web page is displayed on the display unit 112) in response to a user request. FIG. 5B shows an example of operation information when the application execution unit 117 generates and transmits an e-mail (transmits it to the network communication unit 115) in response to a user request. FIG. 6C shows an example of operation information when the application execution unit 117 detects the mobile terminal device 110 capable of short-range communication by performing automatic short-range communication. FIG. 4D shows an example of operation information when the application execution unit 117 confirms the location.

As shown in the figure, the operation information includes date and time information, processing type information, and remarks information. The date and time information indicates the date and time when the application execution unit 117 performs processing. The process type information indicates the type of process performed by the application execution unit 117.
As the remark information, additional information indicating more detailed contents regarding the processing is stored. For example, when the application execution unit 117 displays a web page, a keyword related to the web page (such as a search keyword of the web page or a word included in the text of the web page) is stored as remark information. (Figure (a)).
Further, when the application execution unit 117 generates and transmits an e-mail, keywords such as words included in the title or body of the e-mail are stored as remark information ((b) in the figure).
Further, when the application execution unit 117 performs automatic short-range communication and detects the mobile terminal device 110 capable of short-range communication, information indicating the detected mobile terminal device 110 (communication partner of FIG. When the terminal device 110 is a mobile phone, identification information such as IMSI (International Mobile Subscriber Identity) and information indicating the place where automatic short-range communication has been performed (location information in FIG. 5C) are remarks information. Stored as
Further, when the application execution unit 117 confirms the location, information related to the location such as information indicating the location where the location confirmation has been performed (location information in FIG. 4D) and an event being performed at the location are included. A keyword (keyword in FIG. 4D) is stored as remark information.

  For example, the location information shown in (c) and (d) of FIG. 10 and the keywords related to the location shown in (d) of FIG. Based on the latitude and longitude to be acquired, a database that stores the latitude and longitude and the name of the location in association with each other and a database that stores the latitude and longitude in association with the keyword are searched for and acquired. For example, the database is included in the server device 120 or another server connected to the network 130.

  The remark information may be generated by the server device 120. For example, when the application execution unit 117 displays a web page, the operation information acquisition unit 114 generates operation information including the address of the web page instead of the keyword, and the server device 120 performs the operation based on the address. You may make it acquire a keyword. Thereby, the function which the portable terminal device 110 should be equipped with can be reduced, and the structure of the portable terminal device 110 can be simplified.

The network communication unit 115 is connected to the network 130 by wireless communication, and communicates with the server device 120 and other mobile terminal devices 110. For example, the network 130 includes a mobile phone communication network, and the network communication unit 115 performs wireless communication according to a mobile phone communication standard such as W-CDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access).
In particular, the network communication unit 115 transmits the operation information generated by the operation information acquisition unit 114 to the server device 120, receives display data transmitted from the server device 120, and outputs the display data to the application execution unit 117. .

  The short-range communication unit 116 has a short-range wireless communication function such as an infrared communication function or Bluetooth (registered trademark), for example, and communicates with another mobile terminal device 110 located within a communicable range. The short-range communication unit 116 communicates with another mobile terminal device 110 according to the control of the application execution unit 117 in response to a user request. The short-range communication unit 116 communicates when the application execution unit 117 performs automatic short-range wireless communication, which is a process of detecting another mobile terminal device 110 located in the vicinity of its own mobile terminal device 110. The other portable terminal device 110 is detected by trying.

The server device 120 generates and transmits information to be provided as communication support information to the user of the mobile terminal device 110 in response to operation information and a list display request transmitted from the mobile terminal device 110.
The communication unit 121 is connected to the network 130 and communicates with the mobile terminal device 110. In particular, the communication unit 121 receives operation information and a list display request transmitted from the mobile terminal device 110, outputs the operation information to the feature information acquisition unit 122, and outputs a list display request to the relevance acquisition unit 124. . In addition, the communication unit 121 outputs display data (information to be provided as communication support information to the user of the mobile terminal device 110) output from the notification information generation unit 125 to the mobile terminal device 110. Send to.

The storage unit 123 includes, as feature information related to the user of each mobile terminal device 110, a keyword indicating the operation history of the mobile terminal device 110 and the behavior of the user of the mobile terminal device 110 (hereinafter, “feature keyword”). Is stored).
The feature information acquisition unit 122 generates (updates) the operation history and the feature keyword stored in the storage unit 123 based on the operation information received by the communication unit 121.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of an operation history generated by the feature information acquisition unit 122 and stored in the storage unit 123. As shown in the figure, the operation history has a tabular data structure, and each row corresponds to operation information transmitted from the mobile terminal device 110. The storage unit 123 stores an operation history for each mobile terminal device 110.
For example, the feature information acquisition unit 122 adds the operation information transmitted from the mobile terminal device 110 to the end of the operation history stored in the storage unit 123. Thereby, the memory | storage part 123 memorize | stores the operation | movement log | history in which operation | movement information was arranged in order of time as shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of feature keywords generated by the feature information acquisition unit 122 and stored in the storage unit 123. As shown in the figure, the feature keyword includes several keywords, and the storage unit 123 stores the feature keyword for each mobile terminal device 110.
The feature keyword is configured by a keyword that appears at a predetermined frequency or more in the operation history, for example. For example, the feature information acquisition unit 122 detects that the keyword “soccer” appears at a predetermined frequency or higher in the operation history of the mobile terminal device 110-1 illustrated in FIG. As shown, the keyword “soccer” is included in the feature keyword of the mobile terminal device 110-1. Similarly, the feature information acquisition unit 122 detects that the keyword “soccer” appears at a predetermined frequency or more in the operation history of the mobile terminal device 110-2 illustrated in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, the keyword “soccer” is included in the feature keyword of the mobile terminal device 110-2.
As described above, the feature keyword is a keyword indicating the feature of the process performed by the application execution unit 117. This feature keyword is a keyword indicating the feature of the user's behavior of the mobile terminal device 110 that requests the application execution unit 117 to process, and is considered to be a keyword indicating the user's preference.

The relevancy acquisition unit 124 generates information (hereinafter referred to as “relevance information”) indicating relevance between users of the mobile terminal device 110 based on the operation history and feature keywords stored in the storage unit 123. Details of the relevance information will be described later.
The relevance acquisition unit 124 outputs the generated relevance information to the notification information generation unit 125.

The notification information generation unit 125 generates data to be transmitted to the mobile terminal device 110 such as display data to be displayed on the mobile terminal device 110 based on the relevance information generated by the relevance acquisition unit 124. For example, the notification information generation unit 125 generates display data for instructing the mobile terminal device 110 to display the screen shown in FIG. 2 or the screen shown in FIG.
The notification information generation unit 125 outputs the generated data to the communication unit 121, and the communication unit 121 transmits the data to the mobile terminal device 110.

Next, with reference to FIGS. 7 to 13, the process performed by the relevance acquisition unit 124 will be described in more detail.
First, with reference to FIG. 7, the determination of “areas where people usually live” and “rarely visited areas” performed by the relationship acquisition unit 124 will be described.
FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram illustrating another example of the operation history stored in the storage unit 123.
The “location check” of the processing type shown in the figure is a history when the application execution unit 117 performs the location check as described with reference to FIG.

The relevance acquisition unit 124 selects, for each mobile terminal device 110, a frequently appearing location (a location where the appearance frequency is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold) among the locations indicated in the location confirmation in the operation history of the mobile terminal device 110. It is determined that the user of the mobile terminal device 110 is “a region where he / she usually lives”, and the user of the mobile terminal device 110 “rarely visited” a place other than that (a place where the appearance frequency is less than the above threshold). It is determined that it is “region”.
For example, in the operation history of FIG. 7, when the appearance frequency of “Roppongi” is equal to or greater than the threshold, the relevance acquisition unit 124 determines that Roppongi is an area where the user of the mobile terminal device 110 normally lives. To do. On the other hand, when the appearance frequency of “Akasaka” is less than the threshold, the relevance acquisition unit 124 determines that Akasaka is an area where the user of the mobile terminal device 110 rarely visits.

The area where the user rarely visits can be expected to be more impressive for the user than the area where he / she normally lives, and the mobile terminal device 110 displays the area, so that the user can interact with other users. You can expect to discover the topic of communication.
In addition, it is conceivable that the area that the user rarely visits is an area visited by travel, entertainment, or the like, and that the user likes the area. And it is possible that the keyword linked | related with the area where this user visited rarely is a keyword which shows the said user's liking.
Therefore, the relevance acquisition unit 124 extracts a rarely visited area for each mobile terminal device 110, and uses the extracted rarely visited area to obtain information on “accidental area” to be described later or the accidental area. Generate keyword information related to.
Prior to the relevance acquisition unit 124 generating the relevance information, the feature information acquisition unit 122 extracts rarely visited areas and keywords associated with the areas, and the storage unit 123 You may make it memorize | store these areas and keywords. Thereby, the relevance acquisition part 124 can produce | generate relevance information more rapidly.

Next, relevance information generated by the relevance acquisition unit 124 will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of an operation history of a certain mobile terminal device 110 (terminal 1) stored in the storage unit 123.
FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of feature keywords of the terminal 1 and the other mobile terminal device 110 (terminal 3) stored in the storage unit 123.
FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of relevance information generated by the relevance acquisition unit 124.

  When generating the relevance information regarding the terminal 1 and the terminal 3, the relevancy acquisition unit 124 first refers to the action history of these mobile terminal devices 110, and describes “the area where you normally live”. Is determined. In the following description, it is assumed that the area where the user of the terminal 1 usually lives is Roppongi, and the area where the user of the terminal 3 normally lives is Kichijoji.

  Next, the relevance acquisition unit 124 determines whether the terminal 1, the terminal 3, or the terminal 3 is based on the operation history of either the terminal 1 or the terminal 3 (for example, the operation history of the terminal 1 that is the display data transmission destination (FIG. 8)). The history of automatic short-range communication performed between the two is extracted. In the case of the example in FIG. 8, the relationship acquisition unit 124 extracts the history shown in the rows L11 to L14.

  Then, the relevance acquisition unit 124 extracts information on the area excluding the area where the user of the terminal 1 normally lives and the area where the user of the terminal 3 normally lives from the extracted history of automatic short-range communication. To do. The area extracted here is a “rarely visited area” for both the user of the terminal 1 and the user of the terminal 3. Hereinafter, the “rarely visited area” common to the plurality of users is referred to as “coincident area”.

  In the case of the example of FIG. 8, the relevance acquisition unit 124 excludes Roppongi in the row L14 (the region where the user of the terminal 1 usually lives), Kobe (row L11), Kobe (row L12), and Tokushima. (Row L13) is extracted. Then, as illustrated in FIG. 10, the relevance acquisition unit 124 includes the extracted area as a chance area in the relevance information.

  Next, for each of the extracted accidental areas, the relevancy acquisition unit 124 includes the area and the event that were performed in the area when automatic short-range communication was performed between the terminal 1 and the terminal 3. A keyword indicating characteristics at the time (hereinafter referred to as “accidental region-related keyword”) is acquired.

  For example, the relevance acquisition unit 124 matches the location with the automatic short-distance communication extracted as a coincidence area from the location confirmation history included in the operation history (FIG. 8) of the terminal 1 and the time difference. Refers to the history within a predetermined range, and acquires an accidental region-related keyword. For example, with respect to the history of the automatic short-distance communication in the row L11, the location matches “Sapporo”, and the time is also within a predetermined range (for example, the same day), with reference to the location confirmation history in the row L21, the row L21 The keyword “snow festival” included in is acquired as an accidental local keyword (one of them). Similarly, the relationship acquisition unit 124 acquires keywords from the rows L22 and L23, generates the accidental region-related keywords shown in FIG. 10, and includes them in the relationship information.

  In addition, the relevance acquisition unit 124 acquires the keyword “Christmas” common to the feature keyword of the terminal 1 and the feature keyword of the terminal 3 (FIG. 9), and relates to the related keyword as “common feature keyword” illustrated in FIG. Include in sex information.

  In addition, the relevance acquisition unit 124 calculates the short-range communication chance between the terminal 1 (user) and the terminal 3 (user) and includes it in the relevance information. The “short-range communication contingency” here is an index indicating the degree of chance of short-range communication performed between a plurality of portable terminal devices 110. The relevance acquisition unit 124, for example, performs near field communication with the partner mobile terminal device 110 (here, terminal 3) from the near field communication history of its own mobile terminal device 110 (here, terminal 1). And the short-range communication chance is calculated based on the extracted history.

  For example, there are many accidental areas between the terminal 1 and the terminal 3 (that is, a rarely visited area common to the user of the terminal 1 and the user of the terminal 3) and the user of the terminal 1 is rare. The ratio of the accidental area between the terminal 1 and the terminal 3 in the area visited by the terminal 3 is large, and the accidental accident between the terminal 1 and the terminal 3 in the area rarely visited by the user of the terminal 3 When the proportion of the area is large, the relevance acquisition unit 124 calculates “4” of the four-level evaluation. Here, it shows that the degree of chance is high, so that the value of short-range communication chance is large.

Further, the relevancy acquisition unit 124 calculates “keyword commonality” that is an index value indicating the degree of commonality between the above-described “common feature keyword” and “accidental region-related keyword”, and includes it in the relevance information.
For example, the relevance acquisition unit 124 calculates a greater value of keyword commonality as the number of common feature keywords and keyword chance related keywords increases, and in the example of FIG. Is calculated. Here, the larger the keyword commonality value, the higher the degree of commonality.

  The short-range communication chance and the keyword commonality are the original data calculated by the notification information generation unit 125 for the relevance points shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. For example, the notification information generation unit 125 adds the short-range communication chance and the keyword commonality, and calculates relevance points based on a seven-step evaluation.

  The relevancy acquisition unit 124 further includes identification information of the mobile terminal device 110 that is the transmission destination of the display information (for example, the terminal 1 that is the source of the action information that has been automatically short-ranged with the terminal 3), and the determination target The relevance information as shown in FIG. 10 is generated by including the identification information of the mobile terminal device 110 (for example, the terminal 3 which is a communication partner in automatic short-range communication) in the relevance information, and the relevance information is notified The data is output to the generation unit 125.

  In addition, various things can be applied as an evaluation standard of the degree of chance when the relevance acquisition unit 124 calculates short-range communication chance. Hereinafter, with reference to FIG. 11 to FIG. 13, an evaluation criterion of the degree of chance by the relevance acquisition unit 124 will be described.

For example, the relevance acquisition unit 124 may evaluate the degree of chance based on the time interval of automatic short-range communication.
FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating another example of the operation history of the terminal 1 stored in the storage unit 123.
In the figure, the time interval of automatic short-range communication (row L31 and row L33) with the terminal 7 is as long as one year or longer. On the other hand, the time interval of automatic short-range communication (row L32 and row L34) with the terminal 8 is as short as 12 days.

  When the time interval of the automatic short-distance communication is long like the terminal 7, the terminal 1 and the terminal 7 are not so close to each other, and it can be evaluated that the degree of chance when the two approach each other is high. On the other hand, when the time interval of automatic near field communication is short like the terminal 8, the terminal 1 and the terminal 8 are approaching frequently, and it can be evaluated that the degree of chance when both approach is low.

  Therefore, from the time when a certain mobile terminal device 110 performed automatic short-range communication with a specific other mobile terminal device 110 last time or frequently performed short-range communication with the other mobile terminal device 110. When the automatic short-range communication is performed with the other mobile terminal device 110 after a long time has elapsed (after a predetermined threshold time or more), the relevance acquisition unit 124 may detect the short-range communication chance. On the contrary, when a certain mobile terminal device 110 performs automatic short-range communication with a specific other mobile terminal device 110 last time, or the other mobile terminal device 110 When the short-distance communication is frequently performed, the automatic short-distance communication with the other mobile terminal device 110 is performed within a short period of time (before the predetermined threshold time has elapsed). If Communicating obtainment unit 124, it may be relatively small calculates the value of short-range communication chance.

Alternatively, the relevance acquisition unit 124 may evaluate the degree of chance based on the distance of the place where the automatic short-range communication is performed.
FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating yet another example of the operation history of the terminal 1 stored in the storage unit 123.
In the figure, the automatic short-distance communication of line L41 and the automatic short-distance communication of line L43 performed with the terminal 9 are performed in remote locations such as Roppongi and Kobe. On the other hand, the automatic short-range communication of the line L42 and the automatic short-range communication of the line L44 performed with the terminal 10 are performed in close locations such as Akasaka and Roppongi.

  When automatic short-distance communication is performed at a remote location such as the terminal 9, the user of the terminal 1 and the user of the terminal 9 are moving to a remote location at the same time. It can be evaluated that the degree of chance is high. On the other hand, when performing automatic short-distance communication in a close place like the terminal 10, the user of the terminal 1 and the user of the terminal 10 are only moving to a close place at the same time, It can be evaluated that the degree of chance is low.

  Thus, from a place where a certain mobile terminal device 110 has previously performed automatic short-range communication with another specific mobile terminal device 110 or a location where frequent short-range communication has been performed with the other mobile terminal device 110. When the current automatic short-range communication with the other mobile terminal device 110 is performed at a far place (at a place beyond a predetermined distance), the relevance acquisition unit 124 sets the short-range communication chance value relatively On the contrary, a certain mobile terminal device 110 has performed automatic short-range communication with a specific other mobile terminal device 110 last time, or is frequently close to the other mobile terminal device 110. When this automatic short-range communication is performed with the other mobile terminal device 110 at a location close to the location where the communication was performed (less than a predetermined distance), the relevance acquisition unit 124 Distance communication contingency value It may be calculated relatively small.

Alternatively, the relevance acquisition unit 124 may evaluate the degree of chance based on the relevance of the place where the automatic short-range communication is performed.
FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating yet another example of the operation history of the terminal 1 stored in the storage unit 123.
In the figure, the automatic short-distance communication of the line L51 and the automatic short-distance communication of the line L53 performed with the terminal 11 are highly related places (a place where books are handled together) such as a library and a bookstore. Has been done. On the other hand, the automatic short-distance communication of the line L52 and the automatic short-distance communication of the line L54 performed with the terminal 12 are performed in a place with low relevance such as a library and a gym.

  When automatic short-distance communication is performed in a highly relevant place such as the terminal 11, the user of the terminal 1 and the user of the terminal 11 move to a highly relevant place at the same time. It can be said that the degree of chance when both approach is low because it can be said to be relatively low. On the other hand, when automatic short-distance communication is performed in a low-relevance location such as the terminal 12, it is a coincidence that the user of the terminal 1 and the user of the terminal 12 move simultaneously to a low-relevance location. It can be said that the degree of chance when the two approach is high in that it can be said that is relatively high.

  Therefore, a location where a certain mobile terminal device 110 has performed automatic short-range communication with another specific mobile terminal device 110 last time, or a location where frequent short-range communication has been performed with the other mobile terminal device 110. When the relevance of the current automatic short-range communication with the other mobile terminal device 110 is high, the relevance acquisition unit 124 calculates the short-range communication chance value relatively large. On the contrary, a certain mobile terminal device 110 frequently performs short-range communication with a specific other mobile terminal device 110 where the previous automatic short-range communication was performed, or with the other mobile terminal device 110. When the relevance between the place and the place where the current automatic short-range communication with the other mobile terminal device 110 is performed is low, the relevance acquisition unit 124 calculates the short-range communication chance value relatively small. You can do . Here, for example, the level of relevance of a place is obtained by the mobile terminal device 110 having a table in which the level of relevance is determined in advance for each type of place and referring to the table.

  Further, the relevance acquisition unit 124 may calculate the short-range communication contingency by using a plurality of the above-described coincidence degree evaluation criteria in combination.

Next, the operation of the communication support system 1 will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating an outline of a processing procedure performed by the mobile terminal device 110. When the portable terminal device 110 is turned on and activated, the portable terminal device 110 starts the process of FIG.
First, the application execution unit 117 confirms a user operation input accepted by the operation input unit 111 (step S101). For example, when the operation input unit 111 accepts the operation input, the operation input unit 111 writes the information into the buffer, and the application execution unit 117 stores information indicating the operation input accepted by the operation input unit 111 from the buffer in the order of the written time (oldest). Read in order).

Then, the application execution unit 117 determines whether or not the operation input unit 111 has received an operation input requesting a list display (step S102). The list display here is a list display in which users of other mobile terminal devices 110 are ranked by relevance points as in the display screen of FIG.
When it is determined that the operation input requesting the list display has been received (step S101: YES), the application execution unit 117 outputs a signal indicating that the list display request has been received to the network communication unit 115, and the network communication unit 115 The signal is transmitted to the server device 120 (step S111).

Then, the application execution unit 117 waits for the network communication unit 115 to receive list display data transmitted from the server device 120 (step S112).
When the network communication unit 115 receives the list display data, the network communication unit 115 outputs the data to the application execution unit 117. Then, the application execution unit 117 generates list display screen data based on the data and outputs the list display screen data to the display unit 112. The display unit 112 displays a list according to the list display screen data (step S113). Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S121.

On the other hand, when it is determined in step S102 that the operation input requesting the list display is not received (step S101: NO), the application execution unit 117 determines whether the operation input unit 111 receives the operation input requesting the application process. It is determined whether or not (step S121).
The application processing here includes activation and termination of the application and some processing in the application being executed. For example, activation of a web browser application, termination of the application, a web page display request in the application, and the like are included in the application processing.

When it is determined that an operation input for requesting application processing has been received (step S121: YES), the application execution unit 117 executes the application processing, and indicates information indicating the type of processing (processing type described with reference to FIG. 4). Then, additional information (for example, the keyword in FIG. 4A) corresponding to the type of processing is output to the motion information acquisition unit 114 (step S131).
Then, the operation information acquisition unit 114 generates the operation information described with reference to FIG. 4 based on the information output from the application execution unit 117, and outputs the operation information to the network communication unit 115 (step S161). The network communication unit 115 transmits the operation information output from the operation information acquisition unit 114 to the server device 120 (step S162).
Then, it returns to step S101 and repeats the process of the figure.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S121 that an operation input requesting application processing has not been received (step S121: NO), the application execution unit 117 is a process for acquiring position information of its own mobile terminal device 110. It is determined whether or not the time for confirmation has arrived (step S141). For example, the application execution unit 117 periodically checks the location. For this purpose, the application execution unit 117 includes a timer, and measures an elapsed time since the previous location confirmation. Then, the application execution unit 117 determines that the time for performing location confirmation has arrived when a predetermined time has elapsed since the previous location confirmation was performed.

When it is determined that the time for confirming the location has arrived (step S141: YES), the application execution unit 117 acquires the position information of its own mobile terminal device 110 from the position information acquisition unit 113, and the position information is the operation information. It outputs to the acquisition part 114 (step S151). Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S161.
On the other hand, if it is determined in step S141 that the time for location confirmation has not arrived (step S141: NO), the application execution unit 117 detects the mobile terminal device 110 capable of short-range communication by automatic short-range communication. It is determined whether or not it is time to perform terminal detection, which is processing (step S171). For example, as in the case of location confirmation, the application execution unit 117 includes a timer and measures an elapsed time since the last terminal detection. Then, the application execution unit 117 determines that the time for performing the terminal detection has arrived when a predetermined time has elapsed since the last terminal detection. The predetermined time in terminal detection may be the same as or different from the predetermined time in location confirmation.

  If it is determined that the time for terminal confirmation has arrived (step S171: YES), the application execution unit 117 attempts to detect another mobile terminal device 110 by performing automatic short-range communication. That is, the near field communication unit 116 transmits a signal for near field communication and waits for a reply signal from another mobile terminal device 110 for a predetermined time. Then, the application execution unit 117 determines the presence / absence of another mobile terminal device 110 capable of near field communication (step S182).

When it is determined that there is another mobile terminal device 110 capable of short-range communication (step S182: YES), the application execution unit 117 acquires the position information of its own mobile terminal device 110 from the position information acquisition unit 113 (step S191). ).
Then, the application execution unit 117 includes “automatic short-range communication” as the processing type, position information of its own mobile terminal device 110 as additional information, and identification information of other mobile terminal devices 110 capable of short-range communication. Is output to the operation information acquisition unit 114. The motion information acquisition unit 114 includes, as the motion information illustrated in FIG. 4C, motion information including identification information of another mobile terminal device 110 capable of near field communication and location information of its own mobile terminal device 110. Is output to the network communication unit 115 (step S192). The network communication unit 115 transmits the position information output from the operation information acquisition unit 114 to the server device 120 (step S193).

Then, the application execution unit 117 waits for a determination result as to whether or not the network communication unit 115 performs a display indicating that short-distance communication is possible, transmitted from the server device 120 (step S194).
When the network communication unit 115 receives the determination result from the server device 120, the network communication unit 115 outputs the determination result to the application execution unit 117. Then, based on the determination result, the application execution unit 117 determines whether or not to display that near field communication is possible (step S195).

  When it is determined to display that short-distance communication is possible (step S195: YES), the application execution unit 117 reads display data from the determination result transmitted from the server device 120, and based on the data, As shown in FIG. 2, display screen data for notifying that near field communication is possible with another mobile terminal device 110 is generated and output to the display unit 112. The display unit 112 performs display according to the display screen data (step S201). Then, it returns to step S101 and repeats the process of the figure.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S171 that the time for terminal confirmation has not arrived (step S171: NO), or if it is determined in step S182 that there is no other mobile terminal device 110 capable of near field communication (step S171). (S182: NO) or in step S195, when it is determined not to display that short-distance communication is possible (step S195: NO), the process returns to step S101 and repeats the process of FIG.

  In step S201, the mobile terminal device 110 may support activation of the communication means in addition to the notification that the short-distance communication with other mobile terminal devices 110 is possible. Thereby, the user can communicate with the user of the other portable terminal device 110 with a simpler operation.

For example, when the display unit 112 displays the screen of FIG. 2, it further displays a near field communication button and an e-mail button.
Then, when an operation for selecting a near field communication button such as a touch operation on the near field communication button is performed, the application execution unit 117 activates the chat application, and the other mobile terminal device 110 ( In the example of FIG. 2, short-distance communication is established with Mr. Yamada's portable terminal device) so that chatting is possible.
As a result, the user can normally operate the other mobile terminal device 110 with a simpler operation than that used when performing short-range communication, such as starting an application for short-range communication and specifying a communication partner. Can be short-range communication.

In addition, when an operation for selecting an email button such as a touch operation on the email button is performed, the application execution unit 117 activates the email application and creates an email in which the email address of another mobile terminal device 110 has been input. The screen is displayed on the display unit 112.
As a result, the user can start the electronic mail application and input the other party's mail address, usually with an operation that is simpler than the operation at the time of transmitting the electronic mail. You can send an email.

  Similarly, in step S113, the mobile terminal device 110 may support activation of the communication means in addition to a list display in which users of other mobile terminal devices 110 are ranked by relevance points.

For example, when the display unit 112 displays the screen of FIG. 3, an e-mail button is further displayed for each user of the other mobile terminal device 110, and a short-distance communication is possible for a partner capable of short-range communication A communication button is also displayed.
As in the case of step S201, when an e-mail button or a near field communication button is selected, application activation, establishment of near field communication, replenishment of an e-mail address, and the like are performed according to the selected button. .
Thereby, the user can communicate with the user of the other portable terminal device 110 with a simpler operation.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating an outline of a processing procedure performed by the server apparatus 120. When the server apparatus 120 is powered on (ON) and activated, the server apparatus 120 starts the process of FIG.
First, the communication unit 121 waits for a signal transmitted from the mobile terminal device 110 (step S301). When receiving the signal from the portable terminal device 110, the communication unit 121 determines whether or not the signal is a list display request (the signal transmitted in step S111 in FIG. 14) (step S302).

When it determines with it being a list display request | requirement (step S302: YES), the communication part 121 outputs the said signal to the relevance acquisition part 124. FIG. The relevance acquisition unit 124 that has received the signal output from the communication unit 121 reads the operation history and feature keywords of each mobile terminal device 110 from the storage unit 123 (step S311). Relevance information between the mobile terminal device 110 that is the transmission source of the display request and the other mobile terminal device 110 is acquired for each of the other mobile terminal devices 110. For example, the relevance acquisition unit 124 acquires (generates) relevance information for each of the other mobile terminal devices 110 by performing the processing described with reference to FIGS.
Then, the relevance acquisition unit 124 outputs the acquired relevance information to the notification information generation unit 125.

Based on the short-range communication chance and the keyword commonality of the relevance information output from the relevance acquisition unit 124, the notification information generation unit 125 selects other mobile terminal devices 110 (mobile terminals other than the list display request transmission source). Relevance points are calculated for each of the devices 110), the data of the other mobile terminal devices 110 are ranked according to the relevance points (step S313), and list display data is generated (step S314). The list display data includes, for example, identification information (address information for near field communication), user names, relevance points, accidental regions, and keywords (feature keywords and accidents) of each mobile terminal device 110. ) Related keywords).
Then, the notification information generation unit 125 outputs the generated list display data to the communication unit 121, and the communication unit 121 transmits the list display data to the mobile terminal device 110 that is the list display request source (step). S315).
Then, it returns to step S301 and repeats the process of the same figure.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in step S302 that the received signal is not a list display request (step S302: NO), the communication unit 121 outputs the signal to the feature information acquisition unit 122. In this case, the signal transmitted from the mobile terminal device 110 is the operation information transmitted in step S162 or step S193 in FIG.

The feature information acquisition unit 122 that receives the output of the signal from the communication unit 121 generates (updates) the operation history by adding the signal (operation information) to the operation history stored in the storage unit 123, and the updated The operation history is stored in the storage unit 123 (step S321).
If the feature information is included in the motion information, the feature information acquisition unit 122 generates (updates) the feature keyword by reading the feature keyword and adding it to the feature keyword stored in the storage unit 123. . Then, the feature information acquisition unit 122 stores the updated feature keyword in the storage unit 123 (step S322).

Thereafter, the feature information acquisition unit 122 outputs the operation information to the relevance acquisition unit 124. The relevance acquisition unit 124 that has received the output of the operation information from the feature information acquisition unit 122 determines whether the type of processing included in the operation information is automatic short-range communication (step S323).
When it is determined that the communication is automatic short-range communication (step S323: YES), the feature information acquisition unit 122 operates the operation history and the feature keyword of the mobile terminal device 110 that is the operation information transmission source, and the operation of the mobile terminal device 110 that is the communication partner. The history and the feature keyword are read from the storage unit 123 (step S331).
Then, the feature information acquisition unit 122 acquires relevance information between the mobile terminal device 110 that is the operation information transmission source and the mobile terminal device 110 that is the communication partner based on the read information (step S332). For example, the relevance acquisition unit 124 acquires (generates) relevance information by performing the processing described with reference to FIGS.
Then, the relevance acquisition unit 124 outputs the acquired relevance information to the notification information generation unit 125.

The notification information generation unit 125 calculates a relevance point based on the short-range communication chance and the keyword commonality of the relevance information output from the relevance acquisition unit 124, and whether the relevance point is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold. It is determined whether or not (step S333).
When it determines with it being more than a threshold value (step S333: YES), the notification information production | generation part 125 displays the screen which notifies that near field communication is possible as demonstrated in FIG. 2 based on relevance information. Display data to be generated is generated (step S341). Display data includes, for example, identification information (address information for short-range communication), user name, relevance point, accidental region, keyword (feature keyword and Accidental local keywords).
Then, the notification information generation unit 125 outputs the generated display data to the communication unit 121, and the communication unit 121 transmits the display data to the mobile terminal device 110 that is the operation information transmission source (step S342). .
Then, it returns to step S301 and repeats the process of the same figure.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S323 that the communication is not automatic short-distance communication (step S323: NO), the process returns to step S301, and the processing in FIG.
On the other hand, when it is determined in step S333 that it is less than the threshold (step S333: NO), the notification information generation unit 125 generates a signal instructing not to perform display and outputs the signal to the communication unit 121. The communication unit 121 transmits the signal to the mobile terminal device 110 that is the operation information transmission source (step S351).
Then, it returns to step S301 and repeats the process of the same figure.

As described above, the feature information acquisition unit 122 generates an operation history and a feature keyword as feature information related to the user of the mobile terminal device 110, and the relevance acquisition unit 124 The relevance information indicating the relevance with the user of the mobile terminal device 110 is generated, and the display unit 112 displays the information indicating the relevance between the user of the mobile terminal device 110 and the user of the other mobile terminal device 110. To do.
Thereby, the user can receive communication support without the burden of registering information in advance. Therefore, it is possible to eliminate the restriction that the communication partner with whom the user can receive support by the communication support system 1 is limited to the partner corresponding to the information registered in advance by the user.

  Moreover, since the relevance acquisition part 124 produces | generates the relevance information which shows the relevance with the user of the certain portable terminal device 110 and the user of the other portable terminal device 110 based on the short-distance communication history, In addition to the commonality of preference, commonality with other users can be obtained.

  Further, the relevance acquisition unit 124 obtains short-range communication chance indicating the degree of chance of short-range communication, and the notification information generation unit 125 displays that the short-range communication is possible for the user having high short-range communication chance. Decide as follows. A user who has high chance of short-range communication is a partner who is approaching unexpectedly for a user who is supported by communication, and may not be aware of the presence of the partner. Therefore, it can be expected that the communication support system 1 can provide a new encounter to the user.

  In addition, the relevance acquisition unit 124 acquires the short-range communication chance based on the short-range communication history including the position information, so that the user who receives the communication support can be used in a region other than the region where the user normally lives. , You can know the approach to other users. It can be expected that the area other than the area where he / she usually lives is an area that remains in the impression of the user receiving communication support, such as a travel destination, and that the user can find a topic.

  In addition, since the notification information generation unit 125 determines to notify that short-distance communication is possible with a user with a common feature keyword, the user can share a favorite common partner without the burden of registering information in advance. And receive communication support.

  In addition, by notifying that the mobile terminal device 110 is capable of near field communication at a timing at which near field communication with other mobile terminal devices 110 is possible, the user can immediately try communication with another user. .

  Further, the mobile terminal device 110 displays a list of information of other mobile terminal devices 110, so that the user can select a communication partner.

<Second Embodiment>
Even in a configuration in which the communication support system does not include a server device, a communication support service similar to the above can be provided.
FIG. 16 is a configuration diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a communication support system that does not include a server device according to the second exemplary embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the communication support system 2 includes a mobile terminal device (first mobile terminal device) 210-1 and a mobile terminal device (second mobile terminal device, another mobile terminal device) 210-2. . The mobile terminal device 210-1 and the mobile terminal device 210-2 are connected to the network 130 and communicate with each other.
The mobile terminal devices 210-1 and 210-2 include an operation input unit 111, a display unit 112, a position information acquisition unit 113, an operation information acquisition unit 114, a network communication unit 115, and a short-range communication unit 116, respectively. An application execution unit 117, a feature information acquisition unit 122, a storage unit 123, a relevance acquisition unit 124, and a notification information generation unit 125.

As in the case of the communication support system 1, the mobile terminal devices included in the communication support system 2 all have the same structure and the same function. Hereinafter, the mobile terminal devices included in the communication support system 2 are collectively referred to as a mobile terminal device 210. The mobile terminal device 210 includes a short-range communication unit and is a portable device, and is realized as, for example, a mobile terminal device or a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant).
Note that the number of mobile terminal devices 210 included in the communication support system 2 is not limited to two as shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 16, portions corresponding to the respective portions in FIG. 1 and having similar functions are denoted by the same reference numerals (111 to 117, 122 to 125, 130), and description thereof is omitted. The function of each part of the mobile terminal device 210 is the same as the function of each part of the mobile terminal device 110 or the server device 120 in the communication support system 1. However, the storage unit 123 included in the mobile terminal device 210 stores only the operation history and feature keywords of its own mobile terminal device 210, and does not store the operation history and feature keywords of other mobile terminal devices 210. .

Next, the operation of the communication support system 2 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating an outline of a processing procedure performed by the mobile terminal device 210. When the portable terminal device 210 is turned on and activated, the portable terminal device 210 starts the process of FIG.
Steps S501 to S502 are the same as steps S101 to S102 in FIG.
In step S <b> 511, the relevance acquisition unit 124 reads the operation history and feature keywords of its own mobile terminal device 110. In step S512, the relevance acquisition unit 124 communicates with each of the other mobile terminal devices 110 via the network communication unit 115, and acquires each operation history and feature keyword.

  Note that the method by which the relevance acquisition unit 124 acquires the operation history and the feature keyword from each of the other mobile terminal devices 110 is not limited to the method of performing communication via the network communication unit 115. For example, when the mobile terminal device 110 (short-range communication unit 116) performs automatic short-range communication with another mobile terminal device 110, the mobile terminal device 110 obtains an operation history or a feature keyword from the other mobile terminal device. Various methods capable of acquiring data from the mobile terminal device can be used.

Steps S513 to S515 are the same as steps S312 to S314 in FIG. Step S515 is the same as step S113 in FIG.
Steps S521, S531, S541, S551, and S561 are the same as steps S121, S131, S141, S151, and S161 of FIG. Steps S562 to S563 are the same as steps S321 to S322 in FIG. After step S563, the process returns to step S501 to repeat the process shown in FIG.

Steps S571, S581, S582, S591 to S592 are the same as steps S171, S181, S182, and S191 to S192 of FIG. Steps S593 to S594 are the same as steps S321 to S322 in FIG.
In step S595, the relevance acquisition unit 124 reads out the operation history and the feature keyword of its own mobile terminal device 110. In addition, the relevance acquisition unit 124 communicates with the mobile terminal device 110 of the communication partner in the automatic short-distance communication via the network communication unit 115, and acquires the operation history and feature keywords of the mobile terminal device 110.

  As in step S512, the method in which the relevance acquisition unit 124 acquires the operation history and the feature keyword from each of the other mobile terminal devices 110 is also communicated via the network communication unit 115 in step S595. It is not restricted to the method of doing. For example, the mobile terminal device 110 performs automatic short-range communication with the communication partner mobile terminal device 110 and acquires operation history and feature keywords from the communication partner mobile terminal device. Various possible methods can be used.

  Steps S596 to S597 and S601 are the same as steps S332 to S333 and S341 in FIG. Step S601 is the same as step S201 in FIG. If it is determined in step S597 that it is less than the threshold value (step S597: NO), the process returns to step S501 and repeats the process of FIG.

  As described above, the communication support system 2 can also support communication in the same manner as the communication support system 1, and the same effect as described above can be obtained.

The server device 120 can be realized by a computer. Accordingly, a program for realizing all or part of the functions of the server device 120 is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded on the recording medium is read into a computer system and executed. You may perform the process of. Here, the “computer system” includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices.
Further, the “computer system” includes a homepage providing environment (or display environment) if a WWW system is used.
The “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a storage device such as a flexible medium, a magneto-optical disk, a portable medium such as a ROM and a CD-ROM, and a hard disk incorporated in a computer system. Furthermore, the “computer-readable recording medium” dynamically holds a program for a short time like a communication line when transmitting a program via a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. In this case, a volatile memory in a computer system serving as a server or a client in that case, and a program that holds a program for a certain period of time are also included. The program may be a program for realizing a part of the functions described above, and may be a program capable of realizing the functions described above in combination with a program already recorded in a computer system.

  The embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment, and includes design changes and the like without departing from the gist of the present invention.

Hereinafter, various aspects of the present invention will be described with additional notes.
(Supplementary Note 1) An operation information acquisition step of acquiring operation information of the first portable terminal device;
A feature information acquisition step of acquiring feature information related to a user of the first portable terminal device from the operation information of the first portable terminal device;
A relevance obtaining step for obtaining relevance between a user of the first mobile terminal device and a user of another mobile terminal device based on feature information related to the user of the first mobile terminal device;
A display step in which the first mobile terminal device or the other mobile terminal device displays information indicating the relationship between the user of the first mobile terminal device and the user of the other mobile terminal device;
Comprising
A communication partner detecting step for detecting a mobile terminal device capable of short-range communication by the first mobile terminal device;
Relevance determination step for determining whether or not the relationship between the user of the first portable terminal device and the user of another portable terminal device obtained in the relationship acquisition step is a predetermined relationship. When,
Further comprising
In the relevancy acquisition step, the first portable terminal device is defined as a portable terminal device capable of short-range communication with the first portable terminal device detected in the communication partner detecting step. Seeking the relevance of other users and users of other mobile terminal devices,
When it is determined in the relevance determination step that the predetermined relevance is present, in the display step, the first mobile terminal device and the first mobile terminal detected in the communication partner detection step The other mobile terminal device, which is a mobile terminal device capable of near field communication, displays that near field communication is possible.
A communication support method characterized by this.

(Supplementary Note 2) An operation information acquisition step of acquiring operation information of the first portable terminal device;
A feature information acquisition step of acquiring feature information related to a user of the first portable terminal device from the operation information of the first portable terminal device;
A relevance obtaining step for obtaining relevance between a user of the first mobile terminal device and a user of another mobile terminal device based on feature information related to the user of the first mobile terminal device;
A display step in which the first mobile terminal device or the other mobile terminal device displays information indicating the relationship between the user of the first mobile terminal device and the user of the other mobile terminal device;
Comprising
In the display step, a list of information indicating relevance between a user of the first mobile terminal device and a plurality of users of the other mobile terminal devices is displayed.
A communication support method characterized by this.

(Supplementary Note 3) In the display step, based on the relevance between the user of the first portable terminal device and the users of the plurality of other portable terminal devices, the user of the first portable terminal device; Displaying information indicating relevance with a plurality of users of the other mobile terminal devices in order;
The communication support method according to supplementary note 2, characterized by:

(Appendix 4) In the feature information acquisition step, a short-range communication history of the first mobile terminal device is generated,
In the relevance acquisition step, the relevance between the user of the first mobile terminal device and the user of another mobile terminal device is obtained based on the short-range communication history of the first mobile terminal device.
The communication support method according to any one of appendices 1 to 3, wherein

(Supplementary Note 5) In the relevance acquisition step, near field communication contingency, which is an index indicating the degree of chance of near field communication based on the near field communication history of the first mobile terminal device, is acquired.
Based on the short-range communication chance, the determination step of determining whether to display the relevance with the user of the mobile terminal device of the communication partner in the short-range communication,
When it is determined to be displayed in the determination step, in the display step, the other mobile terminal device is a communication partner mobile terminal device in the near field communication, the user of the first mobile terminal device, and the like Display information indicating the relevance of the user of the mobile terminal device,
The communication support method according to supplementary note 4, characterized by:

(Additional remark 6) It comprises the positional information acquisition step which acquires the positional information on said 1st portable terminal device,
In the feature information acquisition step, a short-range communication history of the first portable terminal device including the position information of the first portable terminal device is generated,
In the relevance acquisition step, the near field communication chance is acquired based on position information of the first mobile terminal device.
The communication support method according to appendix 5, characterized in that:

(Appendix 7) A second operation information acquisition step of acquiring operation information of the other mobile terminal device;
A second feature amount information acquisition step of acquiring a keyword indicating a behavior characteristic of a user of the other mobile terminal device from the operation information of the other mobile terminal device;
In the feature information acquisition step, a keyword indicating a feature of the user's behavior of the first mobile terminal device is acquired,
In the relevance acquisition step, behavior commonality that is an index indicating a degree of similarity between a user behavior feature of the first portable terminal device and a user behavior feature of the other portable terminal device is obtained. ,
In the display step, information indicating a user of the other portable terminal device in which the behavior commonality indicates a predetermined commonality or higher is displayed.
The communication support method according to any one of appendices 1 to 3, wherein

(Appendix 8) A mobile terminal device,
An operation information acquisition unit for acquiring operation information of the mobile terminal device itself;
A feature information acquisition unit that acquires feature information related to the user of the mobile terminal device itself from the operation information of the mobile terminal device itself;
Based on feature information related to the user of the mobile terminal device itself, a relevance acquisition unit that calculates the relevance between the user of the mobile terminal device itself and the user of another mobile terminal device;
A display unit for displaying information indicating relevance between the user of the mobile terminal device itself and the user of another mobile terminal device;
A portable terminal device comprising:

(Appendix 9)
The feature information acquisition unit generates a short-range communication history of the mobile terminal device itself,
The relevance acquisition unit obtains the relevance between the user of the mobile terminal device itself and the user of another mobile terminal device based on the short-range communication history of the mobile terminal device itself.
Item 9. The mobile terminal device according to appendix 8.

(Supplementary Note 10) The relevance acquisition unit acquires short-range communication contingency that is an index indicating the degree of short-range communication based on the short-range communication history of the mobile terminal device itself,
Based on the short-range communication chance, the determination step of determining whether to display the relevance with the user of the mobile terminal device of the communication partner in the short-range communication,
When it is determined to be displayed in the determination step, in the display step, the other mobile terminal device is a communication partner mobile terminal device in the near field communication, the user of the first mobile terminal device, and the like Display information indicating the relevance of the user of the mobile terminal device,
Item 11. The mobile terminal device according to appendix 9.

(Supplementary Note 11) A location information acquisition unit that acquires location information of the mobile terminal device itself is provided.
The feature information acquisition unit generates a short-range communication history of the mobile terminal device itself including the location information of the mobile terminal device itself,
The relevance acquisition unit acquires the short-range communication chance based on the location information of the mobile terminal device itself.
Item 11. The mobile terminal device according to appendix 10.

(Supplementary note 12) A mobile terminal device,
An operation information acquisition unit for acquiring operation information of the mobile terminal device itself;
A feature information acquisition unit that acquires feature information related to the user of the mobile terminal device itself from the operation information of the mobile terminal device itself;
Based on feature information related to the user of the mobile terminal device itself, a relevance acquisition unit that calculates the relevance between the user of the mobile terminal device itself and the user of another mobile terminal device;
A display unit for displaying information indicating relevance between the user of the mobile terminal device itself and the user of another mobile terminal device;
Comprising
A receiver that receives operation information of the other mobile terminal device;
The feature amount acquisition unit
The feature information acquisition unit acquires a keyword indicating characteristics of the user's behavior of the mobile terminal device itself from the operation information of the mobile terminal device itself, and the other mobile phone from the operation information of the other mobile terminal device. Acquire keywords indicating the characteristics of user terminal device behavior,
The relevance acquisition unit acquires behavior commonality, which is an index indicating a similarity between the behavioral characteristics of the user of the mobile terminal device and the behavioral characteristics of the user of the other mobile terminal device,
The display unit displays information indicating a user of the other portable terminal device in which the behavior commonality indicates a predetermined commonality or more.
The portable terminal device characterized by the above-mentioned.

(Additional remark 13) The receiving part which receives the operation information of the said 1st portable terminal device transmitted from a 1st portable terminal device,
A feature information acquisition unit that acquires feature information related to a user of the first portable terminal device from the operation information of the first portable terminal device;
A relevance acquisition unit for obtaining relevance between the user of the first mobile terminal device and the user of another mobile terminal device based on feature information related to the user of the first mobile terminal device;
A transmission unit for transmitting information indicating a relationship between a user of the first mobile terminal device and a user of another mobile terminal device to the first mobile terminal device or the other mobile terminal device;
Comprising
The feature information acquisition unit generates a short-range communication history of the first mobile terminal device,
The relevance acquisition unit obtains relevance between the user of the first mobile terminal device and the user of another mobile terminal device based on the short-range communication history of the first mobile terminal device.
The server apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned.

(Supplementary Note 14) The relevance acquisition unit acquires near field communication contingency that is an index indicating a degree of chance of near field communication based on the near field communication history of the first mobile terminal device,
Based on the short-range communication chance, the determination step of determining whether to display the relevance with the user of the mobile terminal device of the communication partner in the short-range communication,
When it is determined to be displayed in the determination step, in the display step, the other mobile terminal device is a communication partner mobile terminal device in the near field communication, the user of the first mobile terminal device, and the like Display information indicating the relevance of the user of the mobile terminal device,
The server device according to attachment 13, wherein the server device is characterized in that

(Additional remark 15) The said receiving part receives the positional information on a said 1st portable terminal device,
The feature information acquisition unit generates a short-range communication history of the first mobile terminal device including position information of the first mobile terminal device,
The relevance acquisition unit acquires the short-range communication chance based on position information of the first mobile terminal device.
The server device according to supplementary note 14, characterized by:

(Additional remark 16) The receiving part which receives the operation information of the said 1st portable terminal device transmitted from a 1st portable terminal device,
A feature information acquisition unit that acquires feature information related to a user of the first portable terminal device from the operation information of the first portable terminal device;
A relevance acquisition unit for obtaining relevance between the user of the first mobile terminal device and the user of another mobile terminal device based on feature information related to the user of the first mobile terminal device;
A transmission unit for transmitting information indicating a relationship between a user of the first mobile terminal device and a user of another mobile terminal device to the first mobile terminal device or the other mobile terminal device;
Comprising
The receiving unit receives operation information of the other mobile terminal device transmitted from the other mobile terminal device;
The feature information acquisition unit acquires a keyword indicating a behavior characteristic of a user of the first mobile terminal device from the operation information of the first mobile terminal device, and from the operation information of the other mobile terminal device, Obtaining a keyword indicating the behavioral behavior of the user of the other mobile terminal device;
The relevance acquisition unit acquires behavior commonality, which is an index indicating a similarity between the behavior characteristic of the user of the first portable terminal device and the behavior characteristic of the user of the other portable terminal device,
The transmitting unit transmits information indicating a user of the other mobile terminal device having the behavior commonality of a predetermined level or more to the first mobile terminal device or the other mobile terminal device;
The server apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1, 2 Communication support system 110-1, 110-2, 210-1, 210-2 Portable terminal device 111 Operation input part 112 Display part 113 Position information acquisition part 114 Operation | movement information acquisition part 115 Network communication part 116 Near field communication part 117 Application Execution Unit 120 Server Device 121 Communication Unit 122 Feature Information Acquisition Unit 123 Storage Unit 124 Relevance Acquisition Unit 125 Notification Information Generation Unit

Claims (10)

An operation information acquisition step of acquiring operation information of the first portable terminal device;
A feature information acquisition step of acquiring feature information related to a user of the first portable terminal device from the operation information of the first portable terminal device;
A relevance obtaining step for obtaining relevance between a user of the first mobile terminal device and a user of another mobile terminal device based on feature information related to the user of the first mobile terminal device;
A display step in which the first mobile terminal device or the other mobile terminal device displays information indicating the relationship between the user of the first mobile terminal device and the user of the other mobile terminal device;
A communication support method characterized by comprising: In the feature information acquisition step, a short-range communication history of the first portable terminal device is generated,
In the relevance acquisition step, the relevance between the user of the first mobile terminal device and the user of another mobile terminal device is obtained based on the short-range communication history of the first mobile terminal device.
The communication support method according to claim 1, wherein: In the relevance acquiring step, acquiring near field communication chance, which is an index indicating the degree of chance of near field communication based on the near field communication history of the first mobile terminal device,
Based on the short-range communication chance, the determination step of determining whether to display the relevance with the user of the mobile terminal device of the communication partner in the short-range communication,
When it is determined to be displayed in the determination step, in the display step, the other mobile terminal device is a communication partner mobile terminal device in the near field communication, the user of the first mobile terminal device, and the like Display information indicating the relevance of the user of the mobile terminal device,
The communication support method according to claim 2, wherein: Including a position information acquisition step of acquiring position information of the first portable terminal device;
In the feature information acquisition step, a short-range communication history of the first portable terminal device including the position information of the first portable terminal device is generated,
In the relevance acquisition step, the near field communication chance is acquired based on position information of the first mobile terminal device.
The communication support method according to claim 3. A second operation information acquisition step of acquiring operation information of the other portable terminal device;
A second feature amount information acquisition step of acquiring a keyword indicating a behavior characteristic of a user of the other mobile terminal device from the operation information of the other mobile terminal device;
In the feature information acquisition step, a keyword indicating a feature of the user's behavior of the first mobile terminal device is acquired,
In the relevance acquisition step, behavior commonality that is an index indicating a degree of similarity between a user behavior feature of the first portable terminal device and a user behavior feature of the other portable terminal device is obtained. ,
In the display step, information indicating a user of the other portable terminal device in which the behavior commonality indicates a predetermined commonality or higher is displayed.
The communication support method according to claim 1, wherein: A portable terminal device,
The relevance between the user of the mobile terminal device itself and the user of another mobile terminal device that is generated based on the feature information related to the user of the mobile terminal device itself based on the operation information of the mobile terminal device itself A relevance acquisition unit for acquiring
A display unit for displaying information indicating relevance between the user of the mobile terminal device itself and the user of another mobile terminal device;
A portable terminal device comprising: A receiving unit for receiving operation information of the first portable terminal device transmitted from the first portable terminal device;
A feature information acquisition unit that acquires feature information related to a user of the first portable terminal device from the operation information of the first portable terminal device;
A relevance acquisition unit for obtaining relevance between the user of the first mobile terminal device and the user of another mobile terminal device based on feature information related to the user of the first mobile terminal device;
A transmission unit for transmitting information indicating a relationship between a user of the first mobile terminal device and a user of another mobile terminal device to the first mobile terminal device or the other mobile terminal device;
A server device comprising: A communication support system comprising a first mobile terminal device and a second mobile terminal device,
The first portable terminal device is:
An operation information acquisition unit for acquiring operation information of the first portable terminal device;
A feature information acquisition unit that acquires feature information related to a user of the first portable terminal device from the operation information of the first portable terminal device;
A relevance acquisition unit for determining relevance between the user of the first mobile terminal device and the user of the second mobile terminal device based on feature information related to the user of the first mobile terminal device;
Comprising
The first mobile terminal device or the second mobile terminal device includes a display unit that displays information indicating a relationship between the user of the first mobile terminal device and the user of the second mobile terminal device. Have
Communication support system characterized by this. A communication support system comprising a first mobile terminal device, a second mobile terminal device, and a server device,
The first portable terminal device is:
An operation information acquisition unit for acquiring operation information of the first portable terminal device;
A transmitter for transmitting operation information of the first portable terminal device;
Comprising
The server device
A receiving unit for receiving operation information of the first portable terminal device;
A feature information acquisition unit that acquires feature information related to a user of the first portable terminal device from the operation information of the first portable terminal device;
A relevance acquisition unit for determining relevance between the user of the first mobile terminal device and the user of the second mobile terminal device based on feature information related to the user of the first mobile terminal device;
A transmission unit that transmits information indicating the relationship between the user of the first portable terminal device and the user of the second portable terminal device to the first portable terminal device or the second portable terminal device; ,
Comprising
The first portable terminal device or the second portable terminal device includes a receiving unit that receives information indicating a relationship between a user of the first portable terminal device and a user of the second portable terminal device. ,
A display unit that displays information indicating a relationship between the user of the first portable terminal device and the user of the second portable terminal device, which is received by the receiving unit;
A communication support system characterized by comprising: On the computer,
A receiving step of receiving operation information of the first portable terminal device transmitted from the first portable terminal device;
A feature information acquisition step of acquiring feature information related to a user of the first portable terminal device from the operation information of the first portable terminal device;
A relevance obtaining step for obtaining relevance between a user of the first mobile terminal device and a user of another mobile terminal device based on feature information related to the user of the first mobile terminal device;
A transmission step of transmitting information indicating a relationship between a user of the first mobile terminal device and a user of another mobile terminal device to the first mobile terminal device or the other mobile terminal device;
A program for running

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