JP2013178680A - Information acquisition support device, information acquisition support method, control program and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To support a user to acquire information in relation to the position of the user with a simple operation without imposing a burden on a user.SOLUTION: An information acquisition support device comprises: positional information acquisition units 40, 60 and 86 acquiring positional information indicating a position of a communication terminal carried by a user; material extraction means 48, 61 and 87 extracting a material linked to the positional information; and material selection means 43, 63 and 81 choosing the material as an editing target material constructing editing data when the extracted material is included in contents for which the user possesses an access authority.

Description

  The present invention relates to an information acquisition support apparatus, an information acquisition support method, a control program, and a recording medium that support collection or acquisition of information.

  With the recent development of communication technology, an environment has been prepared in which any information can be collected and acquired from other devices via a network using a communication terminal device.

  As an example, a multifunction communication terminal device such as a smartphone is capable of handling a large amount of information while being a small device excellent in portability, and has been widely used by users. The user can collect necessary information anytime and anywhere using a communication terminal device such as a smartphone. Another example of the communication terminal device is an electronic book reader. An electronic book reader is a device for displaying digital content (such as an electronic book) and allowing a user to enjoy reading. A user can download a desired electronic book from a device that provides the electronic book using the electronic book reader, and collect necessary information from the desired electronic book anytime and anywhere.

  For example, Patent Document 1 discloses an apparatus and method for distributing commercial service data based on a location to a user of a portable communication device. More specifically, a trigger device carried by the user reports the user's location identifier to the service provider's system. The system selectively distributes service data to the user's portable communication device depending on the user's location and stored profile data of interest.

  Patent Document 2 discloses a service recommendation method for recommending a service that suits the user's situation and preferences. A user's communication terminal transmits a user's situation (for example, current position) and preference information to a server device. The server device enhances the evaluation of services with similar user situations and preferences, and services used in the past, and recommends highly evaluated services to the user.

  Patent Document 3 discloses an information notification system for notifying information according to conditions specified by a user. More specifically, the communication terminal of the user acquires notification information that the user desires to notify. The communication terminal receives designation of a notification condition (position or time) from the user, and generates bookmark information by combining the notification information and the condition. This bookmark information is transmitted to the information distribution server. The information distribution server transmits the notification information to the communication terminal when the current position or time of the communication terminal matches the bookmark information condition.

JP 2005-510821 gazette (announced on April 21, 2005) Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2005-174094 (released on June 30, 2005) JP 2007-110640 A (published April 26, 2007)

  However, the conventional techniques have the following problems.

  In the device and method of Patent Document 1, although the service data distributed to the user is based on the position of the user and the user's interest, the service provider side prepares in advance what the service provider wants to distribute to the user. Provided. Therefore, information unnecessary for the user is often provided, and the user is forced to select information, and there is a problem that the burden on the user's operation increases. In addition, it is necessary for the user to create profile data of interest of the user in advance, and there is a problem that troublesome work for the user increases and the burden of operation increases.

  In the service recommendation method of Patent Document 2, service recommendation is not performed unless the user operates the communication terminal to make a request. In other words, the user must make a request by operating the communication terminal everywhere to go to obtain information related to the place. The configuration in which a request has to be made each time causes a problem that the user is burdened with an operation. Further, in the service recommendation method, service recommendation cannot be performed in relation to the past action range of the user. Furthermore, prior registration of preference information is troublesome.

  The system of patent document 3 is a system for browsing once browsed information according to conditions (location). Such a system can handle only information that the user already knows and wants to see it consciously. In other words, even if there is information necessary for the user related to the user's current position or past action range, if the user knows the existence of the information and has not registered in advance, the information is supplied to the user. I can't. In addition, in order to browse the desired information again, the user must register the conditions by operating the communication terminal by himself, increasing the troublesome work for the user and increasing the operation burden. There is.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to provide information related to a user's whereabouts (including places where they have been in the past) with a simple operation without imposing a burden on the user. An information acquisition support apparatus, an information acquisition support method, a control program, and a recording medium that support acquisition are provided.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the information acquisition support device of the present invention includes the communication terminal device and the information management server included in the information acquisition support system that supports information acquisition of the user of the communication terminal device. An information acquisition support device realized by a communication terminal device, a position information acquisition unit for acquiring position information representing the position of the communication terminal device from a position detection unit that detects the position of the communication terminal device, and the position The position information acquired by the information acquisition means is transmitted to the information management server, the material request means for requesting the material of the compilation data composed of a plurality of information, and the position information as a response to the request from the material request means The material acquisition means for acquiring the material identification information for identifying the material associated with the information management server, and the container for which the user has the viewing authority. When the material specified by the acquired material identification information is a material included in any of the contents in the list with reference to the content list storage unit that stores the list of And a material selection means for selecting as a compilation target material constituting the compilation data.

  According to the said structure, the position detection part of the communication terminal device which a user has detects the position of a communication terminal device. The position information acquisition unit can acquire position information indicating the position of the communication terminal device by detection of the position detection unit. The position information that represents the position of the communication terminal apparatus can be handled as position information that represents the position of the user of the communication terminal apparatus.

  Subsequently, when the position information is acquired by the position information acquisition means, the material request means transmits the position information to the information management server. Thereby, the material request | requirement means can request | require the material of compilation data with respect to an information management server. The material refers to information that is a material for constituting compilation data including a plurality of pieces of information.

  In this way, a request for information acquisition by the communication terminal device can be automatically generated wherever the user is, without requiring a special user operation. Moreover, the content of the request is generated according to the position of the user. Therefore, the communication terminal device can automatically obtain a response to the request in relation to the user location information.

  The content of the response that is automatically acquired, that is, the material (information) is acquired by the communication terminal device as follows.

  When the material request means makes the above request, in response to this request, the information management server returns material identification information for identifying the material to the communication terminal device. The material acquisition unit acquires the material identification information from the information management server.

  The material identification information acquired in this manner is material identification information associated with position information indicating the position of the communication terminal device. That is, the material acquisition unit can acquire the material identification information for specifying the material (information) related to the user's position.

  In this way, for the material related to the position of the user notified from the information management server, the material selection unit further determines whether or not the material is to be a compilation target material constituting the compilation data. The material selecting means refers to a content list storage unit that stores a list of contents for which the user has browsing authority, and the material specified by the acquired material identification information is any content in the list. Is selected as a compilation target material that constitutes the compilation data.

  That is, the material that can be obtained from the content for which the user has viewing authority is selected as the editing target material.

  The compilation target material of the final compilation data is information related to the user's position and is a material that can be obtained from content that the user has viewing authority.

  By accessing the compilation data, the user can browse the information related to the position where he / she visited in a lump. Further, the information collected in the compilation data is related to the position visited by the user and is obtained from the content that the user already has the viewing authority. That is, there is a high possibility that the information is of great interest to the user.

  From the above, the user can easily obtain useful information for himself / herself without performing any special operation or registering preference information or the like in advance. As a result, there is an effect that information relating to the position where the user is or where the user is present can be acquired by a simple operation without imposing a burden on the user.

  Alternatively, the information acquisition support device of the present invention includes the communication terminal device and the information management server included in the information acquisition support system that supports the information acquisition of the user of the communication terminal device in order to solve the above problem. An information acquisition support apparatus realized by the information management server, the position information for acquiring position information indicating the position of the communication terminal apparatus from the communication terminal apparatus that requests material of compilation data composed of a plurality of pieces of information The material extracting means for extracting the material associated with the position information acquired by the position information acquiring means with reference to the acquiring means, the registered information storage section for storing the correspondence between the position information and the material, and the material Material identification information for specifying the material extracted by the extraction means is transmitted to the communication terminal device, and the user reviews the material to the communication terminal device. Is characterized in that it comprises an extraction result notification means for determining whether a material included in the content that has permission.

  According to the above configuration, the position information acquisition unit acquires position information indicating the position of the communication terminal apparatus from the communication terminal apparatus. Thereby, the information management server can accept the request from the communication terminal device that requests the material of the compilation data including a plurality of pieces of information. The position information that represents the position of the communication terminal apparatus can be handled as position information that represents the position of the user of the communication terminal apparatus. The material refers to information that is a material for constituting compilation data including a plurality of pieces of information.

  Subsequently, when the position information is acquired by the position information acquisition unit, the material extraction unit refers to the registered information storage unit that stores the correspondence between the position information and the material, and is associated with the acquired position information. Extract material.

  The extraction result notification means transmits material identification information for specifying the extracted material to the communication terminal device.

  As described above, the information management server can identify the material (information) corresponding to the position information in response to the request generated according to the position of the user and respond to the communication terminal device.

  The material identification information extracted as described above is material identification information associated with position information representing the position of the communication terminal device. That is, the material identification information for specifying the material (information) related to the user's position can be supplied to the communication terminal device.

  Thereby, finally, the communication terminal apparatus can determine whether the material is a material included in the content for which the user has the viewing authority. In other words, a material that is related to the position of the user and that can be obtained from content that the user has the authority to view is selected as the material to be edited.

  By accessing the compilation data, the user can browse the information related to the position where he / she visited in a lump. Further, the information collected in the compilation data is related to the position visited by the user and is obtained from the content that the user already has the viewing authority. That is, there is a high possibility that the information is of great interest to the user.

  From the above, the user can easily obtain useful information for himself / herself without performing any special operation or registering preference information or the like in advance. As a result, there is an effect that information relating to the position where the user is or where the user is present can be acquired by a simple operation without imposing a burden on the user.

  Alternatively, the information acquisition support device of the present invention includes the communication terminal device, the information management server, and the information included in the information acquisition support system that supports the information acquisition of the user of the communication terminal device in order to solve the above problem. Among the supply servers, an information acquisition support device realized by the information management server, the position information indicating the position of the communication terminal device is obtained from the communication terminal device that requests the material of compilation data composed of a plurality of pieces of information. A material extraction unit that extracts a material associated with the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit with reference to a position information acquisition unit to be acquired and a registered information storage unit that stores a correspondence relationship between the position information and the material And material identification information for identifying the material extracted by the material extraction means, and user identification information for identifying the user of the communication terminal device An extraction result notifying means for transmitting to the information supply server and causing the information supply server to determine whether or not the material is a material included in the content to which the user has the viewing authority. It is a feature.

  According to the above configuration, the position information acquisition unit acquires position information indicating the position of the communication terminal apparatus from the communication terminal apparatus. Thereby, the information management server can accept the request from the communication terminal device that requests the material of the compilation data including a plurality of pieces of information. The position information that represents the position of the communication terminal apparatus can be handled as position information that represents the position of the user of the communication terminal apparatus. The material refers to information that is a material for constituting compilation data including a plurality of pieces of information.

  Subsequently, when the position information is acquired by the position information acquisition unit, the material extraction unit refers to the registered information storage unit that stores the correspondence between the position information and the material, and is associated with the acquired position information. Extract material.

  Here, the extraction result notification means transmits material identification information for specifying the extracted material to the information supply server.

  As a result, the information management server can cause the information supply server to determine whether or not the material is a material included in the content for which the user has viewing authority.

  As described above, the information management server can extract the material (information) corresponding to the position information in response to the request generated according to the position of the user, and transmit the extraction result to the information supply server. it can. By transmitting the extraction result to the information supply server, it is possible to inquire which of the extracted materials can be obtained from the content for which the user has the viewing authority.

  The material identification information extracted as described above is material identification information associated with position information representing the position of the communication terminal device. That is, the material identification information for specifying the material (information) related to the position of the user can be supplied to the information supply server.

  Thereby, finally, the information supply server can determine whether or not the material is a material included in the content for which the user has the viewing authority. In other words, a material that is related to the position of the user and that can be obtained from content that the user has the authority to view is selected as the material to be edited.

  By accessing the compilation data, the user can browse the information related to the position where he / she visited in a lump. Further, the information collected in the compilation data is related to the position visited by the user and is obtained from the content that the user already has the viewing authority. That is, there is a high possibility that the information is of great interest to the user.

  From the above, the user can easily obtain useful information for himself / herself without performing any special operation or registering preference information or the like in advance. As a result, there is an effect that information relating to the position where the user is or where the user is present can be acquired by a simple operation without imposing a burden on the user.

  Alternatively, the information acquisition support device of the present invention includes the communication terminal device, the information management server, and the information included in the information acquisition support system that supports the information acquisition of the user of the communication terminal device in order to solve the above problem. Among the supply servers, an information acquisition support device realized by the information supply server, and acquires the material identification information and the user identification information from the information management server as the information acquisition support device described in the upper section. The user who has acquired the material specified by the material identification information acquired with reference to the extraction result acquisition means and the content list storage unit that stores a list of content for which the user has browsing authority for each user. When the material is included in any of the contents in the list associated with the identification information, the material is It is characterized in that it comprises a material selecting means for selecting as a compiled target material constituting the over data.

  According to the said structure, the information supply server which received from the above-mentioned information management server the user identification information for specifying a user, and the material identification information for specifying the material (information) relevant to a user's position are A material that is related to the position of the user and that can be obtained from content that the user has the right to view can be selected as the material to be compiled.

  By accessing the compilation data, the user can browse the information related to the position where he / she visited in a lump. Further, the information collected in the compilation data is related to the position visited by the user and is obtained from the content that the user already has the viewing authority. That is, there is a high possibility that the information is of great interest to the user.

  From the above, the user can easily obtain useful information for himself / herself without performing any special operation or registering preference information or the like in advance. As a result, there is an effect that information relating to the position where the user is or where the user is present can be acquired by a simple operation without imposing a burden on the user.

  Alternatively, the information acquisition support device of the present invention is an information acquisition support device that supports the information acquisition of the user of the communication terminal device in order to solve the above-described problem, and the position of the communication terminal device is determined from the communication terminal device. The position information acquisition means for acquiring the position information representing the position information and the registered information storage section for storing the correspondence relationship between the position information and the material of the compilation data composed of a plurality of pieces of information. With reference to the material extraction means for extracting the material associated with the position information and the content list storage section for storing the list of contents for which the user has viewing authority, the material extracted by the material extraction means is the list If the material is included in any of the contents, the material selection method for selecting the material as a compilation target material constituting the compilation data. It is characterized in that it comprises and.

  According to the above configuration, the position information acquisition unit acquires position information indicating the position of the communication terminal apparatus from the communication terminal apparatus. The position information that represents the position of the communication terminal apparatus can be handled as position information that represents the position of the user of the communication terminal apparatus. The material refers to information that is a material for constituting compilation data including a plurality of pieces of information.

  Subsequently, when the position information is acquired by the position information acquisition unit, the material extraction unit refers to the registered information storage unit that stores the correspondence between the position information and the material, and is associated with the acquired position information. Extract material.

  The material identification information extracted as described above is material identification information associated with position information representing the position of the communication terminal device. That is, the material (information) related to the user's position can be specified.

  For the material extracted in this way, the material selection unit further determines whether or not the material is to be a compilation target material constituting the compilation data. The material selecting means refers to a content list storage unit that stores a list of contents for which the user has browsing authority, and the material specified by the acquired material identification information is any content in the list. Is selected as a compilation target material that constitutes the compilation data. That is, the material that can be obtained from the content for which the user has viewing authority is selected as the editing target material.

  As a result, finally, a material that is related to the position of the user and that can be obtained from content that the user has viewing authority is selected as the material to be edited.

  By accessing the compilation data, the user can browse the information related to the position where he / she visited in a lump. Further, the information collected in the compilation data is related to the position visited by the user and is obtained from the content that the user already has the viewing authority. That is, there is a high possibility that the information is of great interest to the user.

  From the above, the user can easily obtain useful information for himself / herself without performing any special operation or registering preference information or the like in advance. As a result, there is an effect that information relating to the position where the user is or where the user is present can be acquired by a simple operation without imposing a burden on the user.

  The information acquisition support device may be realized by the communication terminal device.

  The information acquisition support apparatus may be realized by an information management server that manages a correspondence relationship between the position information and the material.

  The information acquisition support device may be realized by an information supply server that supplies content including one or more materials to the communication terminal device.

  The information acquisition support device may be realized by the communication terminal device and an information management server that manages a correspondence relationship between the position information and the material.

  The information acquisition support device includes the communication terminal device, an information management server that manages a correspondence relationship between the position information and the material, and an information supply server that supplies content including one or more materials to the communication terminal device. It may be realized.

  In the information acquisition support apparatus described above, when the material extracted by the material extraction unit is not selected as the material to be compiled by the material selection unit, a notification recommending purchase of content including the material is provided. You may provide the notification transmission means transmitted to a user's communication terminal device.

  According to the above configuration, when there is a material that is related to the user's position but not included in the compilation data because the user has not purchased the content and does not have the authority to view the content. Can be recommended to users. If the user purchases the content, the material that could not be included in the compilation data due to the previous circumstances can be included in the compilation data because the user has the viewing authority.

  Furthermore, when the material extracted by the material extracting unit is not selected as the material to be edited by the material selecting unit, and the fee of the content including the material is equal to or less than a predetermined amount, Sales processing means for adding the content to the list of the content list storage unit is provided, and the material selection means re-selects the material of the content newly added by the sales processing means as a material to be edited. Good.

  According to the above configuration, when there is a material that is related to the user's position but not included in the compilation data because the user has not purchased the content and does not have the authority to view the content. Can be purchased automatically. As a result, materials that could not be included in the compilation data due to the previous circumstances can be included in the compilation data by giving the user viewing authority. Here, the fee for automatically purchased content is equal to or less than a predetermined amount, and if the user approves the amount, there is no inconvenience that the user is forced to purchase expensive content.

  Further, the information acquisition support apparatus described above may include data compilation means for collecting the compilation target materials selected by the material selection means and generating the compilation data.

  Further, the compilation data includes a plurality of materials to which index numbers are assigned, and each material is further associated with one or more attribute information on the material, and the data compilation means An index number may be assigned to each material based on the attribute information.

  According to the above configuration, a plurality of materials systematically arranged based on the attribute information can be presented to the user as compilation data. The user can obtain each piece of information (material) from the organized compilation data in a state that is easier to understand.

  Further, the attribute information is position information associated with each material in a registration information storage unit that stores a correspondence relationship between the position information and the material, and the data compilation unit includes each material included in the compilation data. An index number may be assigned to each material based on the position information.

  Further, the registration information storage unit is associated with facility identification information for identifying a facility registered in the registration information storage unit with the correspondence relationship between the position information and the material, and the attribute information is stored in the registration information storage unit. The data compilation means may assign an index number to each material based on the facility identification information of each material included in the compilation data.

  Alternatively, the time information indicating the time when the position information is acquired is associated with the position information indicating the position of the communication terminal apparatus acquired by the communication terminal apparatus, and the attribute information is the registration information. Time information corresponding to position information associated with each material in the information storage unit, and the data compilation means assigns an index number to each material based on the time information of each material included in the compilation data. Also good.

  Furthermore, you may provide the information presentation means which displays each material contained in the said compilation data on the display part of the said communication terminal device according to the allocated index number.

  The content is an electronic book composed of a plurality of pages, the material is an individual page included in the electronic book, and the compilation data is a compilation target for a specific page included in the electronic book. It may be a scrapbook collected as a material.

Alternatively, the content is an electronic book composed of a plurality of pages,
The material is an individual page included in the electronic book, and the compilation data is a bookmark list obtained by collecting link information to a specific page included in the electronic book as a compilation target material. The information acquisition support device according to any one of claims 1 to 18.

  The position information may be latitude / longitude information measured by the position detection unit of the communication terminal device.

  Alternatively, the location information may be facility identification information for identifying the facility acquired from a short-range wireless communication device installed in the facility by the position detection unit of the communication terminal device.

  The information acquisition support method of the present invention includes, among the communication terminal device and the information management server, included in an information acquisition support system that supports information acquisition of a user of the communication terminal device, in order to solve the above problem, An information acquisition support method realized by a communication terminal apparatus, a position information acquisition step for acquiring position information representing the position of the communication terminal apparatus from a position detection unit that detects the position of the communication terminal apparatus, and the position The position information acquired in the information acquisition step is transmitted to the information management server, the material request step for requesting the material of the compilation data composed of a plurality of information, and the position as a response to the request in the material request step. A material acquisition step for acquiring material identification information for identifying a material associated with the information from the information management server; When the material specified by the acquired material identification information is a material included in any content in the list, with reference to the content list storage unit that stores a list of content having And a material selection step of selecting a material as a compilation target material constituting the compilation data.

  Alternatively, the information acquisition support method of the present invention includes the communication terminal device and the information management server included in the information acquisition support system that supports the information acquisition of the user of the communication terminal device in order to solve the above problem. An information acquisition support method realized by the information management server, the position information for acquiring position information representing the position of the communication terminal device from the communication terminal device that requests material of compilation data composed of a plurality of information A material extraction step for extracting a material associated with the position information acquired in the position information acquisition step with reference to an acquisition step, and a registration information storage unit that stores a correspondence relationship between the position information and the material; Material identification information for specifying the material extracted in the material extraction step is transmitted to the communication terminal device, and the material is transferred to the communication terminal device. The is characterized in that it comprises an extraction result notification step of determining whether a material included in the content that has permission to view.

  Alternatively, the information acquisition support method of the present invention includes the communication terminal device, the information management server, and the information included in the information acquisition support system that supports the information acquisition of the user of the communication terminal device in order to solve the above problem. Among the supply servers, an information acquisition support method realized by the information management server, wherein from the communication terminal device that requests material of compilation data composed of a plurality of pieces of information, position information indicating the position of the communication terminal device is obtained. A material extraction for extracting a material associated with the position information acquired in the position information acquisition step with reference to a position information acquisition step to be acquired and a registration information storage unit for storing a correspondence relationship between the position information and the material Step, material identification information for identifying the material extracted in the material extraction step, and user identification for identifying a user of the communication terminal device Including an extraction result notification step of transmitting information to the information supply server, and causing the information supply server to determine whether or not the material is a material included in content for which the user has browsing authority. It is a feature.

  Alternatively, the information acquisition support method of the present invention includes the communication terminal device, the information management server, and the information included in the information acquisition support system that supports the information acquisition of the user of the communication terminal device in order to solve the above problem. Extraction result obtained by acquiring the material identification information and the user identification information from the information management server as the information acquisition support device described above, which is an information acquisition support method realized by the information supply server among the supply servers The material identified by the material identification information acquired in the extraction result acquisition step with reference to the content list storage unit that stores the acquisition step and a list of content for which the user has browsing authority for each user, Any one of the lists in the list associated with the user identification information acquired in the extraction result acquisition step. When a material contained in Ntsu, the material is characterized by comprising the material selection step of selecting a compiled object material constituting the compiled data.

  Alternatively, the information acquisition support method of the present invention is an information acquisition support method for supporting information acquisition of a user of a communication terminal device in order to solve the above-described problem, and the position of the communication terminal device is determined from the communication terminal device. Is acquired in the position information acquisition step with reference to the registration information storage unit that stores the correspondence between the position information and the material of the compilation data composed of a plurality of pieces of information. The material extraction step for extracting the material associated with the positional information, and the content list storage unit for storing the list of contents for which the user has the viewing authority, the material extracted in the material extraction step, In the case where the material is included in any of the contents in the list, the material is selected as a compilation target material constituting the compilation data. It is characterized in that it comprises a selection step.

  The information acquisition support apparatus may be realized by a computer, and in this case, the information acquisition support apparatus control program for causing the information acquisition support apparatus to be realized by the computer by causing the computer to operate as each unit. And a computer-readable recording medium on which it is recorded also fall within the scope of the present invention.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the information acquisition support device of the present invention includes the communication terminal device and the information management server included in the information acquisition support system that supports information acquisition of the user of the communication terminal device. An information acquisition support device realized by a communication terminal device, a position information acquisition unit for acquiring position information representing the position of the communication terminal device from a position detection unit that detects the position of the communication terminal device, and the position The position information acquired by the information acquisition means is transmitted to the information management server, the material request means for requesting the material of the compilation data composed of a plurality of information, and the position information as a response to the request from the material request means The material acquisition means for acquiring the material identification information for identifying the material associated with the information management server, and the container for which the user has the viewing authority. When the material specified by the acquired material identification information is a material included in any of the contents in the list with reference to the content list storage unit that stores the list of And a material selection means for selecting as a compilation target material constituting the compilation data.

  Alternatively, the information acquisition support device of the present invention includes the communication terminal device and the information management server included in the information acquisition support system that supports the information acquisition of the user of the communication terminal device in order to solve the above problem. An information acquisition support apparatus realized by the information management server, the position information for acquiring position information indicating the position of the communication terminal apparatus from the communication terminal apparatus that requests material of compilation data composed of a plurality of pieces of information The material extracting means for extracting the material associated with the position information acquired by the position information acquiring means with reference to the acquiring means, the registered information storage section for storing the correspondence between the position information and the material, and the material Material identification information for specifying the material extracted by the extraction means is transmitted to the communication terminal device, and the user reviews the material to the communication terminal device. Is characterized in that it comprises an extraction result notification means for determining whether a material included in the content that has permission.

  Alternatively, the information acquisition support device of the present invention includes the communication terminal device, the information management server, and the information included in the information acquisition support system that supports the information acquisition of the user of the communication terminal device in order to solve the above problem. Among the supply servers, an information acquisition support device realized by the information management server, the position information indicating the position of the communication terminal device is obtained from the communication terminal device that requests the material of compilation data composed of a plurality of pieces of information. A material extraction unit that extracts a material associated with the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit with reference to a position information acquisition unit to be acquired and a registered information storage unit that stores a correspondence relationship between the position information and the material And material identification information for identifying the material extracted by the material extraction means, and user identification information for identifying the user of the communication terminal device An extraction result notifying means for transmitting to the information supply server and causing the information supply server to determine whether or not the material is a material included in the content to which the user has the viewing authority. It is a feature.

  Alternatively, the information acquisition support device of the present invention includes the communication terminal device, the information management server, and the information included in the information acquisition support system that supports the information acquisition of the user of the communication terminal device in order to solve the above problem. Among the supply servers, an information acquisition support device realized by the information supply server, and acquires the material identification information and the user identification information from the information management server as the information acquisition support device described in the upper section. The user who has acquired the material specified by the material identification information acquired with reference to the extraction result acquisition means and the content list storage unit that stores a list of content for which the user has browsing authority for each user. When the material is included in any of the contents in the list associated with the identification information, the material is It is characterized in that it comprises a material selecting means for selecting as a compiled target material constituting the over data.

  Alternatively, the information acquisition support device of the present invention is an information acquisition support device that supports the information acquisition of the user of the communication terminal device in order to solve the above-described problem, and the position of the communication terminal device is determined from the communication terminal device. The position information acquisition means for acquiring the position information representing the position information and the registered information storage section for storing the correspondence relationship between the position information and the material of the compilation data composed of a plurality of pieces of information. With reference to the material extraction means for extracting the material associated with the position information and the content list storage section for storing the list of contents for which the user has viewing authority, the material extracted by the material extraction means is the list If the material is included in any of the contents, the material selection method for selecting the material as a compilation target material constituting the compilation data. It is characterized in that it comprises and.

  The information acquisition support method of the present invention includes, among the communication terminal device and the information management server, included in an information acquisition support system that supports information acquisition of a user of the communication terminal device, in order to solve the above problem, An information acquisition support method realized by a communication terminal apparatus, a position information acquisition step for acquiring position information representing the position of the communication terminal apparatus from a position detection unit that detects the position of the communication terminal apparatus, and the position The position information acquired in the information acquisition step is transmitted to the information management server, the material request step for requesting the material of the compilation data composed of a plurality of information, and the position as a response to the request in the material request step. A material acquisition step for acquiring material identification information for identifying a material associated with the information from the information management server; When the material specified by the acquired material identification information is a material included in any content in the list, with reference to the content list storage unit that stores a list of content having And a material selection step of selecting a material as a compilation target material constituting the compilation data.

  Alternatively, the information acquisition support method of the present invention includes the communication terminal device and the information management server included in the information acquisition support system that supports the information acquisition of the user of the communication terminal device in order to solve the above problem. An information acquisition support method realized by the information management server, the position information for acquiring position information representing the position of the communication terminal device from the communication terminal device that requests material of compilation data composed of a plurality of information A material extraction step for extracting a material associated with the position information acquired in the position information acquisition step with reference to an acquisition step, and a registration information storage unit that stores a correspondence relationship between the position information and the material; Material identification information for specifying the material extracted in the material extraction step is transmitted to the communication terminal device, and the material is transferred to the communication terminal device. The is characterized in that it comprises an extraction result notification step of determining whether a material included in the content that has permission to view.

  Alternatively, the information acquisition support method of the present invention includes the communication terminal device, the information management server, and the information included in the information acquisition support system that supports the information acquisition of the user of the communication terminal device in order to solve the above problem. Among the supply servers, an information acquisition support method realized by the information management server, wherein from the communication terminal device that requests material of compilation data composed of a plurality of pieces of information, position information indicating the position of the communication terminal device is obtained. A material extraction for extracting a material associated with the position information acquired in the position information acquisition step with reference to a position information acquisition step to be acquired and a registration information storage unit for storing a correspondence relationship between the position information and the material Step, material identification information for identifying the material extracted in the material extraction step, and user identification for identifying a user of the communication terminal device Including an extraction result notification step of transmitting information to the information supply server, and causing the information supply server to determine whether or not the material is a material included in content for which the user has browsing authority. It is a feature.

  Alternatively, the information acquisition support method of the present invention includes the communication terminal device, the information management server, and the information included in the information acquisition support system that supports the information acquisition of the user of the communication terminal device in order to solve the above problem. Extraction result obtained by acquiring the material identification information and the user identification information from the information management server as the information acquisition support device described above, which is an information acquisition support method realized by the information supply server among the supply servers The material identified by the material identification information acquired in the extraction result acquisition step with reference to the content list storage unit that stores the acquisition step and a list of content for which the user has browsing authority for each user, Any one of the lists in the list associated with the user identification information acquired in the extraction result acquisition step. When a material contained in Ntsu, the material is characterized by comprising the material selection step of selecting a compiled object material constituting the compiled data.

  Alternatively, the information acquisition support method of the present invention is an information acquisition support method for supporting information acquisition of a user of a communication terminal device in order to solve the above-described problem, and the position of the communication terminal device is determined from the communication terminal device. Is acquired in the position information acquisition step with reference to the registration information storage unit that stores the correspondence between the position information and the material of the compilation data composed of a plurality of pieces of information. The material extraction step for extracting the material associated with the positional information, and the content list storage unit for storing the list of contents for which the user has the viewing authority, the material extracted in the material extraction step, In the case where the material is included in any of the contents in the list, the material is selected as a compilation target material constituting the compilation data. It is characterized in that it comprises a selection step.

  As a result, there is an effect that it is possible to support information related to the user's whereabouts (including places where the user has been in the past) with a simple operation without imposing a burden on the user.

It is a block diagram which shows the principal part structure of the information acquisition assistance apparatus in one Embodiment of this invention, ie, a communication terminal device, and an information management server. It is a figure explaining the outline | summary of the information acquisition assistance system in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the data structure and specific example of an electronic book (content). It is a figure which shows the data structure and specific example of a some electronic book managed by archive DB (or electronic book DB of an information supply server) of the communication terminal device in the said information acquisition assistance system. It is a figure which shows the data structure of the action log memorize | stored in the action log memory | storage part, and a specific example. It is a figure which shows the data structure of a material request message, and a specific example. It is a figure which shows the data structure and specific example of registration information DB memorize | stored in registration information and the registration information DB memory | storage part. It is a figure which shows the data structure and specific example of an extraction result response message. It is a figure which shows the data structure of the archive DB memorize | stored in the archive DB memory | storage part, and a specific example. It is a figure which shows the data structure of the scrapbook memorize | stored in the scrapbook memory | storage part, and a specific example. It is a figure which shows one specific example of the scrapbook display screen displayed on the display part by the book presentation part. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the information acquisition assistance process performed by the information acquisition assistance apparatus (communication terminal device and information management server) in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the principal part structure of the information acquisition assistance apparatus in one Embodiment of this invention, ie, a communication terminal device, an information management server, and an information supply server. It is a figure which shows the data structure of the archive DB memorize | stored in the archive DB memory | storage part, and a specific example. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the information acquisition assistance process performed by the information acquisition assistance apparatus (communication terminal device, information management server, and information supply server) in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the principal part structure of the information acquisition assistance apparatus in one Embodiment of this invention, ie, a communication terminal device, an information management server, and an information supply server. It is a figure which shows the data structure of the scrapbook memorize | stored in the scrapbook memory | storage part, and a specific example. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the information acquisition assistance process performed by the information acquisition assistance apparatus (communication terminal device, information management server, and information supply server) in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the principal part structure of the information acquisition assistance apparatus in one Embodiment of this invention, ie, a communication terminal device. It is a block diagram which shows the principal part structure of the information acquisition assistance apparatus in one Embodiment of this invention, ie, an information management server. It is a block diagram which shows the principal part structure of the information acquisition assistance apparatus in one Embodiment of this invention, ie, an information supply server. It is a figure which shows the data structure about the other examples of the scrapbook memorize | stored in the scrapbook memory | storage part, and a specific example. It is a figure which shows one specific example of the scrapbook operation screen displayed on the display part by the book presentation part. It is a figure which shows the data structure about the other example of the action log memorize | stored in the action log memory | storage part, and a specific example. It is a figure which shows the data structure about the other example of the scrapbook memorize | stored in the scrapbook memory | storage part, and a specific example. It is a figure which shows the data structure and specific example about another example of the scrapbook memorize | stored in the scrapbook memory | storage part. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the other information acquisition assistance process performed by the information acquisition assistance apparatus (a communication terminal device, an information management server, and an information supply server). (A) is a figure which shows an example of the scrapbook display screen displayed on the display part by the book presentation part, (b) is one of the screens which display the additional information added to the page of the scrapbook. It is a figure which shows a specific example. It is a figure which shows the data structure and specific example of the page of an electronic book as a material scraped by a scrapbook, and an article. It is a figure which shows the data structure and specific example of the some scrapbook memorize | stored in the scrapbook memory | storage part. It is a figure which shows the data structure and specific example of a bookmark list | wrist memorize | stored in the scrapbook memory | storage part. (A) is a figure which shows an example of the bookmark list display screen displayed on the display part by the book presentation part, when edit data is a bookmark list, (b) is the electronic called by the bookmark. It is a figure which shows one specific example of the display screen of the page of a book.

<< Summary of Invention >>
The information acquisition support device according to the present invention relates to a user's whereabouts (including a position where the user is present and a position where the user has been in the past. Hereinafter, referred to as a position) from information that can be browsed by the user. Information is retrieved and information for generating compilation data is collected as material. The information acquisition support apparatus of the present invention preferably further has a function of generating compilation data using the collected material.

  The information acquisition support device of the present invention may be realized by a communication terminal device carried by a user that constructs the information acquisition support system of the present invention, or an information management server that manages information as a material based on a position Or an information supply server that supplies information to the user's communication terminal device. Moreover, the information acquisition support apparatus of this invention may be implement | achieved by the some apparatus of the communication terminal device, information management server, and information supply server which constructs an information acquisition support system.

  The compilation data generated by the information acquisition support device of the present invention is a collection of information related to the user's position searched from all the information that can be browsed by the user. The compilation data may be a collection of searched and acquired information itself, or a collection of acquisition support information (URL, identification information, information name, etc.) for easily acquiring the searched information. There may be.

  The information that can be browsed by the user is not limited to this, but is, for example, contents such as an electronic book that is purchased and owned by the user or that can be obtained free of charge. The minimum unit of information may be one electronic book, individual pages constituting one electronic book, or individual articles constituting one page.

  The compilation data is not limited to this, but is, for example, a scrapbook in which pages or articles of electronic books (for example, magazines) are collected. Alternatively, it may be a bookmark list in which acquisition support information (for example, bookmarks and bookmarks) specifying magazines and pages is collected.

[Outline of information acquisition support system]
FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the outline of the information acquisition support system in an embodiment of the present invention. In the following drawings, the same or corresponding parts are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will not be repeated. In addition, dimensional relationships such as length, size, and width, and shapes in the drawings are appropriately changed for clarity and simplification of the drawings, and do not represent actual dimensions and shapes.

  The information acquisition support system 100 of the present invention is constructed by at least the communication terminal device 1 and the information management server 2. As shown in FIG. 2, the information acquisition support system 100 may include an information supply server 3 as necessary. Each of these devices can communicate with each other via a communication network such as the Internet.

  The communication terminal device 1 is a device that is carried by a user and is a device for detecting the position of the user. The communication terminal apparatus 1 acquires position information, which is information indicating the position of the user, using a function included in the own apparatus, and supplies the position information to the information management server 2.

  Here, the communication terminal device 1 is implement | achieved by the electronic book reader (or smart phone) which can browse an electronic book as an example. That is, the communication terminal device 1 has a function of processing and displaying electronic book data in addition to a function of acquiring position information. The communication terminal device 1 has an archive database (DB) for managing electronic books that can be processed by the communication terminal device 1, and reads and displays the electronic books managed in the archive DB (content list). can do.

  Furthermore, it is preferable that the communication terminal device 1 has a function of generating compilation data by collecting a part of information of each electronic book. As an example, the communication terminal device 1 has a function of generating and displaying a scrapbook by collecting clippings (pages) of magazines (electronic books). The communication terminal device 1 can store the generated scrapbook and display the scrapbook as necessary.

  In another embodiment, the above-described functions for processing electronic book data and scrapbook may be provided in a user device separate from the communication terminal device 1.

  The information management server 2 is a device for managing information as material based on the position. Here, the information management server 2 manages magazine pages based on position information. The information management server 2 has a registration information DB for managing magazine pages in association with position information indicating a specific position. The registration information DB is a database for managing registration information registered from each facility existing in each place. The registration information is information for registering a magazine page (scrapbook material) that each facility wants the user to see after the location of the facility. In the registration information, at least the location information of the facility is associated with the page of the magazine that the facility wants to register.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 2, there are various facilities that the user can visit in the user's action range. The facility is, for example, a store (store A, store B, store C, store D, etc.) that sells or provides goods or services, or a signage 4 that displays an electronic advertisement. It is not limited. The operators of these facilities use the communication terminal device of the facility to transmit a magazine page to the information management server 2 as registration information in association with the location information of the facility. For example, information related to the facility is posted on the magazine page.

  The information management server 2 stores the registration information received from the communication terminal device of each facility in the registration information DB. In this way, the registration information DB accumulates registration information in which the information specifying the facility, the location information of the facility, and the magazine page recommended by the facility are associated.

  The communication terminal device 1 may be configured to handle only electronic books (magazines) managed in the archive DB of the communication terminal device 1, but the information acquisition support system 100 includes the information supply server 3 Alternatively, a new electronic book may be purchased from the information supply server 3.

  The information supply server 3 is a device that supplies information to the user's communication terminal device. Here, the information supply server 3 supplies the electronic book to the communication terminal device 1. Further, although not essential, the information supply server 3 may be configured to provide information on electronic books (magazines) to each facility. Each facility can check the contents of the magazine, and if there is a page on which an article related to the facility is posted, it can transmit it to the information management server 2 as registered information.

  Next, in the information acquisition support system 100 of the present invention, the data structure of information (here, an electronic book) handled by each device will be described. In the following embodiments, it is assumed that each page constituting one volume of an electronic book can be handled as a minimum information unit as a scrapbook material. Therefore, in each of the following embodiments, an electronic book ID is given to an electronic book for one magazine, thereby enabling each device to identify one magazine. Furthermore, a page number is assigned to each page constituting one magazine. Thereby, each apparatus can further identify one magazine for each page.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a data structure and a specific example of an electronic book (content). In the example shown in FIG. 3, the electronic book is represented by a structure (table), but what data structure is used to realize the electronic book is a matter that can be appropriately determined. There is no intention to limit the data structure and the functional configuration of the information acquisition support apparatus that processes the data structure. The same applies to the subsequent figures relating to the data structure.

  As described above, an electronic book (magazine) includes an electronic book ID for identifying the electronic book and electronic book data that is the main body of the electronic book. The electronic book data is composed of a plurality of page data. The page data is the main body (content itself) of each page of the electronic book. The page data may be configured in any format such as text data, document data, HTML data, image data, video data, and PDF data. As shown in FIG. 3, a page number is assigned to each page data, so that each apparatus can handle scrapbook materials in units of pages.

  In the information acquisition support system 100, a plurality of electronic books having the data structure shown in FIG. 3 are managed and processed. The plurality of electronic books may be configured to be stored in the electronic book DB of the information supply server 3, and the communication terminal device 1 stores the plurality of electronic books already purchased by the user in the above-described archive DB. And may be managed.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a data structure and a specific example of a plurality of electronic books managed by the archive DB of the communication terminal device 1 (or the electronic book DB of the information supply server 3).

  An electronic book having the data structure shown in FIG. 3 is managed in a plurality of databases. As shown in FIG. 4, each electronic book preferably has a structure in which various attribute information (title, fee, etc.) of the electronic book is stored in the database in association with the electronic book ID.

  Next, functions of the information acquisition support apparatus of the present invention realized by the above-described part or all of the devices constituting the information acquisition support system 100 will be described in detail for some embodiments.

Embodiment 1
Hereinafter, an embodiment in which the communication terminal device 1 and the information management server 2 of the information acquisition support system 100 function as the information acquisition support device of the present invention will be described.

[Configuration of information acquisition support device]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the main configuration of the information acquisition support apparatus of the present invention, that is, the communication terminal apparatus 1 and the information management server 2.

  The communication terminal device 1 (information acquisition support device) according to the present embodiment includes at least a control unit 10, an operation unit 11, a display unit 12, a storage unit 13, and a positioning unit 14. The communication terminal device 1 may include a short-range wireless communication unit 15 as necessary. Although not shown, the communication terminal device 1 includes a communication unit that communicates with an external device via a communication network such as the Internet, in addition to the short-range wireless communication unit 15. Data transmission / reception with the information management server 2 shown in FIG.

  Furthermore, the communication terminal device 1 performs, for example, a voice output unit, a voice input unit, an external interface, a call processing unit, and photographing, which are not shown, in order to realize a function originally provided as an electronic book reader (or a smartphone). In addition to an image pickup unit (lens, image pickup device, etc.), a broadcast image receiving unit (tuner / demodulation unit, etc.), and a sensor (acceleration sensor, tilt sensor, etc.), various components that are provided as standard in an e-book reader (or smartphone) May be provided.

  The information management server 2 (information acquisition support device) according to the present embodiment includes at least a control unit 20 and a storage unit 21. Although not shown, the information management server 2 includes a communication unit that communicates with an external device via a communication network such as the Internet. This communication unit communicates with the communication terminal device 1 shown in FIG. Data transmission / reception is realized.

  The operation unit 11 of the communication terminal device 1 is for a user to input an instruction signal to the communication terminal device 1. The operation unit 11 may be realized by a button (a cross key, a determination key, a character input key, etc.), a switch, or the like, may be realized by a touch panel, a touch sensor, a touch pen, or the like. It may be realized by a section.

  The display unit 12 of the communication terminal device 1 displays information handled by the communication terminal device 1. The display unit 12 displays an application window for displaying an electronic book and other installed applications, or GUI components (software key or the like) for the user to operate the communication terminal device 1. Is displayed. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and any display object that can be processed by the communication terminal device 1 is displayed on the display unit 12. The display unit 12 is realized by a display device such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display).

  In addition, the operation part 11 and the display part 12 are shape | molded integrally, and these may comprise the touch panel.

  The positioning unit 14 of the communication terminal device 1 acquires information necessary for measuring the position of the communication terminal device 1. The positioning data acquired by the positioning unit 14 is input to the control unit 10, and the control unit 10 is used for acquiring position information indicating the position of the user. The positioning unit 14 is realized, for example, by a mechanism including a GPS antenna in a global positioning system (GPS). In this case, the positioning unit 14 receives positioning data (GPS data) included in satellite radio waves transmitted from GPS satellites. The GPS data is supplied to a position information acquisition unit 40 described later.

  The short-range wireless communication unit 15 of the communication terminal device 1 communicates with an external device at a short distance wirelessly. The near field communication unit 15 is a non-contact type IC card such as infrared communication such as IrDA, IrSS, near field communication such as Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication, WiFi (registered trademark) communication, or Felica (registered trademark). Any appropriate means can be used.

  The storage units (storage unit 13, storage unit 21, storage unit 31) are executed by the control units of the respective devices (communication terminal device 1, information management server 2, information supply server 3) (1) control program, (2 ) OS program, (3) an application program for the controller to execute various functions of each device, and (4) various data to be read when the application program is executed. Alternatively, (5) the controller stores data used for calculation and calculation results in the course of executing various functions. For example, the above data (1) to (4) are stored in a nonvolatile storage device such as a ROM (read only memory), a flash memory, an EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM), an EEPROM (Electrically EPROM), an HDD (Hard Disc Drive), etc. Is remembered. For example, the data (5) is stored in a volatile storage device such as a RAM (Random Access Memory). Which data is to be stored in the storage unit realized by which storage device described above may be determined as appropriate from the purpose of use, convenience, cost, physical restrictions, and the like of each device.

  In this embodiment, the memory | storage part 13 of the communication terminal device 1 implement | achieved by the non-volatile memory | storage device contains the action log memory | storage part 50, the library DB memory | storage part 51, and the scrapbook memory | storage part 52, for example. In the present embodiment, the storage unit 21 of the information management server 2 realized by a nonvolatile storage device includes, for example, a registration information DB storage unit 70.

  The control units (the control unit 10, the control unit 20, and the control unit 30) collectively control each unit included in each device (the communication terminal device 1, the information management server 2, and the information supply server 3). The control unit is realized by, for example, a CPU (central processing unit) or the like, and the function of each device is such that the CPU as the control unit reads a program stored in a ROM or the like into a RAM or the like and executes the program. Realized.

  The control unit 10 of the communication terminal device 1 includes at least a position information acquisition unit 40, a material request unit 41, an extraction result acquisition unit 42, and a material selection unit 43 as functional blocks. Moreover, the control part 10 of the communication terminal device 1 may be provided with the data compilation part 44 and the book presentation part 45 as a functional block as needed.

  The control unit 20 of the information management server 2 includes a position information acquisition unit 60, a material extraction unit 61, and an extraction result notification unit 62 as functional blocks.

  Each functional block of the control unit described above is stored in a storage device (non-volatile storage device) in which a CPU (central processing unit) is realized by ROM (read only memory), NVRAM (non-volatile random access memory), or the like. This can be realized by reading the program stored in a RAM (random access memory) or the like (volatile storage device) and executing the program. The same applies to each functional block of each control unit described below.

  Various functions (particularly, the information acquisition support function of the present invention) of the control unit of each apparatus, which are realized in this way, will be described in detail below. First, the data structure of an electronic book handled in the information acquisition support system 100 of the present embodiment will be described, and then the functional configuration of each device will be described.

The location information acquisition unit 40 of the communication terminal device 1 acquires the location information of the communication terminal device 1, that is, the user who owns it based on the information signal detected by the positioning unit 14. When GPS data is supplied from the positioning unit 14, the position information acquisition unit 40 calculates radio wave propagation time and the like based on the GPS data, and obtains latitude and longitude information as position information. The position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 40 is not limited to latitude / longitude information. In order to be able to identify the location relationship between the facility and the user (such as when the user visited the facility)
As long as the location of the facility or the user can be expressed with a common scale, the location information in any expression form may be used. For example, the location information may be a place name and address information acquired from the base station.

  In the present embodiment, the position information acquisition unit 40 may acquire the position information every time the latitude / longitude changes, or may acquire the position information periodically at predetermined time intervals.

  The position information acquisition unit 40 may acquire time information when the position information is acquired. The time information is information indicating a time or a time zone when the user having the communication terminal device 1 is at that position. Here, the time when the position information is acquired is associated with the position information as time information.

  The position information acquisition unit 40 stores the acquired position information and the acquired time information in the action log storage unit 50 in association with each other.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a data structure and a specific example of the action log stored in the action log storage unit 50.

  The action log is information indicating when and where the user has been, and is information in which position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 40 is associated with time information. In the present embodiment, as described above, latitude / longitude information is stored as position information, and the time when the position information is acquired is stored as time information in association therewith.

  The material request unit 41 of the communication terminal device 1 requests a material from the information management server 2 in order to acquire information related to the user's position as a scrapbook material. Specifically, the material request unit 41 transmits a material request message including at least the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 40 to the information management server 2. As a result, it is possible to request the information management server 2 for a scrapbook material (here, a magazine page) associated with the user's location information included in the material request message.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a data structure and a specific example of the material request message.

  As shown to (a) of FIG. 6, the material request | requirement part 41 produces | generates and transmits the material request | requirement message containing position information (here latitude longitude information). Here, as shown to (a) of FIG. 6, the material request | requirement part 41 uses the identification information of the communication terminal device 1 (or user) in a material request message so that it may be easy to specify the communication terminal device 1 which is a request origin. Preferably included. In the example shown in (a) of FIG. 6, the material request unit 41 includes identification information (hereinafter referred to as a user ID) of the user who owns the communication terminal device 1 in the material request message.

  The timing at which the material request unit 41 transmits the material request message to the information management server 2 is not particularly limited. As shown in FIG. 6A, the material request unit 41 may transmit a material request message every time one action log (position information) is acquired.

  Or the material request | requirement part 41 may request | require material about several positional information accumulate | stored at that time regularly with a predetermined time interval. In this case, as shown in FIG. 6B, the material request unit 41 transmits a material request message including a plurality of pieces of position information to the information management server 2.

  Alternatively, the material request unit 41 may transmit a material request message at a fixed time of the day. Alternatively, the material request unit 41 may transmit a material request message based on the action log stored at that time each time an electronic book application (such as the book presentation unit 45) is activated. Alternatively, the material request unit 41 may transmit a material request message when a fixed number of pieces of position information are accumulated.

  Note that the material request unit 41 may further include time information corresponding to the position information in the material request message, as shown in FIG.

  The position information acquisition unit 60 of the information management server 2 analyzes the material request message transmitted by the communication terminal device 1 and acquires various information included in the material request message, particularly position information.

  The material extraction unit 61 of the information management server 2 refers to the registration information DB stored in the registration information DB storage unit 70 and extracts a material (magazine page) related to the location based on the acquired position information. To do. The material extraction unit 61 can extract the material related to the position information by specifying the electronic book ID and the page number of the electronic book.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a data structure and a specific example of the registration information and the registration information DB stored in the registration information DB storage unit 70.

  In this embodiment, an operator of each facility (store manager, signage manager, etc.) transmits registration information including the following information to the information management server 2. That is, the registration information includes at least information for identifying the facility that is the registrant (hereinafter referred to as facility ID), the electronic book ID of the magazine that the facility operator wants to register, the page number of the magazine, and the facility. Location information.

  In this way, registration information including the facility ID, electronic book ID, page number, and location information is transmitted from a plurality of facilities, stored in the registration information DB storage unit 70, and a registration information DB is constructed.

  The material extraction unit 61 specifies the electronic book ID and page number (material identification information) corresponding to the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 60 from the registration information DB shown in FIG. 7, and extracts the material.

  The registration information may include the following information as necessary. That is, information of “facility name”, “classification”, and “additional information” may be included. How the information is used when the registration information includes such information will be described in detail later (see << Modification 1 >>, << Other Modifications, etc.}).

  The extraction result notification unit 62 of the information management server 2 transmits an extraction result response message including at least the electronic book ID and the page number to the communication terminal device 1 so that the magazine page extracted by the material extraction unit 61 can be specified. . That is, the extraction result response message is a response to the material request message transmitted from the communication terminal device 1.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a data structure and a specific example of the extraction result response message.

  The extraction result response message shown in FIG. 8 shows a specific example of a response to the material request message shown in FIG.

  When receiving the material request message shown in FIG. 6A from the communication terminal device 1, the position information acquisition unit 60 acquires latitude / longitude information “34.729000 degrees, 135.790100 degrees” as position information. The material extraction unit 61 refers to the registration information DB shown in FIG. 7 and extracts the material associated with the latitude / longitude information “34.729000 degrees, 135.790100 degrees”. In the example illustrated in FIG. 7, the material extraction unit 61 can extract the fifth to seventh records and the eleventh record.

  The extraction result notification unit 62 includes the electronic book ID and the page number included in each of the four records of the extracted fifth to seventh records and the eleventh record in the extraction result response message. Thus, the extraction result notifying unit 62 completes the extraction result response message shown in FIG. The extraction result notification unit 62 includes information (user ID, user ID, and information) included in the material request message in order to clarify which request (which position information) the extracted material is a result obtained from. (Position information etc.) may be included in the extraction result response message again.

  The extraction result acquisition unit 42 of the communication terminal device 1 analyzes the extraction result response message transmitted by the information management server 2, and various information included in the extraction result response message, particularly information for specifying the material, that is, An electronic book ID and a page number are acquired.

  The material selection unit 43 of the communication terminal device 1 refers to the archive DB stored in the archive DB storage unit 51, and extracts the material that can be browsed by the user from the extracted materials. Material). In the present embodiment, the material that can be viewed by the user refers to a page included in a magazine that the user has acquired, that is, a magazine that has been purchased or downloaded for free.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a data structure and a specific example of the archive DB stored in the archive DB storage unit 51.

  The archive DB held by the communication terminal device 1 manages magazines that can be browsed by the user of the communication terminal device 1. In other words, the electronic book ID stored in the archive DB guarantees that the user has bought the magazine.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the archive DB stores at least an electronic book ID of a magazine that can be browsed by the user. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the main body (electronic book data) of the electronic book is stored locally by the communication terminal device 1. In this case, the library DB stores the main body of the magazine, that is, the electronic book data in association with the electronic book ID as shown in FIG.

  Note that the storage form of electronic book data is not limited to such a form. The electronic book data may be stored in a storage device outside the communication terminal device 1. In this case, the archive DB stores the storage location (network path, URL, storage destination address, link information) of the magazine in association with the electronic book ID.

  Further, the archive DB may store attribute information relating to the electronic book, for example, “book title”, “charge”, “purchase date”, etc., in association with the electronic book ID as necessary.

  In other embodiments, the archive DB may be in the information supply server 3. In this case, the information supply server 3 holds and manages the archive DB of FIG. 9 for each user ID (user identification information).

  If it demonstrates using the specific example shown in FIG. 9, the material selection part 43 will store the material in library DB among the materials (electronic book ID and page number) acquired by the extraction result acquisition part 42. FIG. Only materials that match the electronic book ID are selected as scrapbook materials.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 8, four materials, material 1 “EB0002 P.22”, material 2 “EB0002 P.90”, material 3 “EB0003 P.110”, and material 4 “EB0005 P.1” are extracted. It is assumed that it has been acquired by the acquisition unit 42. The material selection unit 43 refers to the archive DB shown in FIG. 9 and selects only the materials 1 to 3 having the same electronic book ID as scrapbook materials. Since the record that the magazine (electronic book ID: EB0005) of the material 4 is purchased by the user is not stored in the archive DB, the material selection unit 43 removes the material 4 from the scrap target.

  The data compiling unit 44 of the communication terminal device 1 acquires the material selected by the material selecting unit 43 from the place where the electronic book data is stored, and scrapes it into a scrapbook. Here, the selected material is a page of a magazine that has been purchased by the user. And the place where electronic book data is stored is the archive DB memory | storage part 51 here. The data compiling unit 44 stores a scrapbook created by gathering the selected materials in the scrapbook storage unit 52.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a data structure and a specific example of a scrapbook stored in the scrapbook storage unit 52.

  The communication terminal device 1 can handle a scrapbook in the same manner as one electronic book. That is, as shown in FIG. 10, the scrapbook holds a scrapbook page number (index number) for identifying each page constituting one scrapbook. The data compiling unit 44 generates a scrapbook by assigning a unique scrapbook page number to each collected material. In the example shown in FIG. 10, the 30th page of the magazine whose electronic book ID is “EB0001” is assigned to the first page of the scrapbook. Similarly, the pages of the magazine selected by the material selection unit 43 are also assigned to the second page, the third page,... Of the scrapbook.

  The material selected by the material selection unit 43 is a magazine page extracted from the location based on the location information of the communication terminal device 1 (that is, the user), and a magazine page that has been purchased by the user. It is based. Therefore, the scrapbook is a single book that includes only pages related to the position of the user included in all magazines that the user has purchased.

  In this embodiment, the scrapbook stores data of the main body of the allocated material, that is, page data in association with the scrapbook page number. However, the main body of the material may be stored in a storage unit other than the scrapbook storage unit 52 or may be stored in a storage device outside the communication terminal device 1. In this case, instead of page data, a storage location for accessing the page data is stored in association with the scrapbook page number.

  In addition, for each scrapbook page, attribute information related to the page, such as “update date / time”, “book title”, “facility name (of the facility that registered this page)”, is associated with the scrapbook. Also good.

  The book presentation unit 45 of the communication terminal device 1 displays a display object related to an electronic book and a scrapbook on the display unit 12. The book presentation unit 45 displays each page of the designated electronic book and scrapbook on the display unit in accordance with a user operation input via the operation unit 11.

  For example, when one of the icons of the electronic book shown in FIG. 3 or FIG. 9 is displayed on the display unit 12 and the user taps it, the book presenting unit 45 displays the electronic book of the electronic book selected by the tap. The data is processed, converted into a display format that can be viewed by the user, and output to the display unit 12. Further, the book presentation unit 45 processes the scrapbook shown in FIG. 10 according to a user operation, converts the scrapbook into a display form that can be browsed by the user, and outputs the display form to the display unit 12. Furthermore, the book presentation unit 45 provides a user interface (UI) for reading a book so that the user can browse the electronic book and the scrapbook by an intuitive operation such as reading an actual book.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a specific example of a scrapbook display screen displayed on the display unit 12 by the book presenting unit 45.

  FIG. 11A shows a state where the first page and the second page of the scrapbook shown in FIG. FIG. 11B shows a state in which the third and fourth pages of the scrapbook shown in FIG. In this way, the book presenting unit 45 can present the scrapbook in a display form that gives the user the feeling of opening an actual book. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 11A, when the user touches the edge of the displayed page and drags to turn the page, the operation signal of the user operation is controlled via the operation unit 11. Input to the unit 10. According to the received operation signal, the book presenting unit 45 can display the next page on the display unit 12 as shown in FIG.

  As described above, the pages scraped from the original magazine are duplicated and pasted on the scrapbook presented by the book presentation unit 45. The scrapbook is presented in the same manner as one electronic book by collecting the pasted pages. The user can turn and browse only the scrapped pages.

  Alternatively, when a certain page from a magazine is scrapped into a scrapbook, the scraped page is cut out from the original magazine, and the page can be viewed only from the scrapbook. As described above, the scrapped page may be left as it is in the original magazine, and the corresponding page may be viewed from the original magazine or the scrapbook.

  Furthermore, it is preferable that the book presenting unit 45 notifies the user so that the user can view the scrapbook. For example, when the data editing unit 44 updates the scrapbook, such as when a new page is scrapped, the book presentation unit 45 notifies the user that the scrapbook has been updated and browses the scrapbook. It is preferable to prompt.

  Further, the book presentation unit 45 may notify the user of a message that prompts the user to view the scrapbook at a certain time of the day (for example, 20:00). The scrapbook viewed at a fixed time of the day collects magazine pages associated with places where the user has acted during the day. Therefore, the user can look back on the action of the day and review the information related to the place where the user visited from the scrapbook. This makes it possible to notice useful information that has not been noticed in the purchased magazine.

[Flow of information acquisition support processing]
FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the flow of information acquisition support processing executed by the information acquisition support device (communication terminal device 1 and information management server 2) in one embodiment of the present invention.

  Based on the positioning data detected by the positioning unit 14 of the communication terminal device 1, the position information acquisition unit 40 acquires position information (S101).

  Here, the material request | requirement part 41 transmits the material request | requirement message containing the acquired positional information to the information management server 2, when the conditions which request | require the material of a scrapbook are satisfy | filled (in S102) (S103). The material request unit 41 may include one or more pieces of position information in the material request message.

  On the other hand, when the condition is not satisfied (NO in S102), the position information acquisition unit 40 stores the acquired position information in the action log storage unit 50 (S104) and prepares for the next positioning data detection. The position information acquisition unit 40 may store the time acquired together with the position information as time information in the action log storage unit 50.

  Specifically, the condition for requesting the scrapbook material is (i) when the acquired position information changes from the immediately preceding position information, and (ii) the position stored in the action log storage unit 50. Various conditions are conceivable, such as when a predetermined number of pieces of information are accumulated, (iii) when a predetermined time is reached, or (iv) when a predetermined time has passed (requested periodically).

  When receiving the material request message, the position information acquisition unit 60 of the information management server 2 acquires the position information included therein (S105).

  The material extraction unit 61 refers to the registration information DB storage unit 70, and searches the registration information DB for a material (that is, a magazine page) that matches the position information acquired in S105. If a material that matches the acquired position information is registered in the registration information DB (YES in S106), material extracting unit 61 extracts an electronic book ID and a page number for specifying the page of the magazine ( S107). If there are a plurality of corresponding pages for one piece of position information, the material extraction unit 61 can extract a plurality. If there are a plurality of pieces of acquired position information, the material extraction unit 61 extracts a corresponding material (page) for each position information.

  The extraction result notifying unit 62 generates an extraction result response message including the electronic book ID and page number of one or more pages extracted by the material extracting unit 61, and transmits it to the communication terminal device 1 (S108). When a plurality of position information is included in the material request message, the extraction result notification unit 62 includes the electronic book ID and page number of each page extracted for each position information in the extraction result response message.

  On the other hand, if no material matching the acquired position information is detected (NO in S106), there is no material to respond to the material request message, and the transaction based on the material request message ends. To do. The information management server 2 prepares for reception of the next material request message. In this case (NO in S106), the extraction result notification unit 62 may return a notification that the material has not been extracted as a response to the material request message.

  Subsequently, upon receiving the extraction result response message, the extraction result acquisition unit 42 of the communication terminal device 1 acquires the electronic book ID and page number of the extracted page included therein (S109).

  The material selection unit 43 refers to the archive DB stored in the archive DB storage unit 51, and the electronic book ID of the page acquired in S109 matches any of the electronic book IDs registered in the archive DB. It is determined whether or not to perform (S110). Here, when the acquired electronic book ID does not match any of the electronic book IDs in the archive DB (NO in S110), the material selection unit 43 does not select the page as a material to be added to the scrapbook. On the other hand, if the acquired electronic book ID matches one of the electronic book IDs in the archive DB (YES in S110), the page specified by the electronic book ID and the page number is selected as the scrapbook material. . When the extraction result response message includes a set of a plurality of electronic book IDs and page numbers, the material selection unit 43 performs the determination of S110 for each set.

  If none of the set of one or a plurality of electronic book IDs and page numbers matches the electronic book ID in the archive DB (NO in S110), the communication terminal device 1 uses the material to be added to the scrapbook. Since the transaction does not exist, the transaction is terminated to prepare for the next location information acquisition.

  When there are one or more sets of electronic book IDs and page numbers selected by the material selection unit 43 as scrapbook materials (YES in S110), the data compilation unit 44 is based on the electronic book ID and page number of the selected page. The page data of the page specified by the electronic book ID and the page number is acquired from the archive DB storage unit 51 (S111). Then, the data compilation unit 44 adds the acquired page data to the scrapbook (S112). Specifically, as shown in FIG. 10, the data compilation unit 44 stores the acquired page data in the scrapbook storage unit 52 in association with the scrapbook page number.

  Here, when the condition for presenting the scrapbook is satisfied (YES in S113), the book presenting unit 45 presents the scrapbook to the user (S114). Presenting the scrapbook to the user includes displaying each page of the scrapbook on the display unit 12 in a display form that can be browsed, and displaying a notification that prompts browsing of the scrapbook on the display unit 12. .

  Specifically, the conditions for presenting the scrapbook are: (i) when the scrapbook is updated in S112, (ii) the scrap unread page stored in the scrapbook storage unit 52 is predetermined. Various conditions are conceivable, such as when the number of pages increases or more, (iii) when a predetermined time is reached, or (iv) when a predetermined time has elapsed (presented periodically).

<< Embodiment 2 >>
In the first embodiment, the information acquisition support system 100 has a configuration in which the communication terminal device 1 itself manages an electronic book that can be browsed (purchased) by the user. In the present embodiment, the information acquisition support system 100 includes an information supply server 3. The communication terminal device 1 can purchase an electronic book from the information supply server 3 at any time. And the information supply server 3 manages the electronic book which can be browsed by the user (purchased) for each user. The communication terminal device 1 manages the scrapbook itself.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment in which the communication terminal device 1, the information management server 2, and the information supply server 3 of the information acquisition support system 100 function as the information acquisition support device of the present invention will be described.

[Configuration of information acquisition support device]
FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing the main configuration of the information acquisition support device of the present invention, that is, the communication terminal device 1, the information management server 2, and the information supply server 3.

  In the information acquisition support device shown in FIG. 13, the main difference from the information acquisition support device of the first embodiment (FIG. 1) is that the information supply server 3 selects the material instead of the communication terminal device 1 including the material selection unit 43. This is the point that a portion 81 is provided.

  In the present embodiment, the control unit 10 of the communication terminal device 1 does not need to include the extraction result acquisition unit 42 and the material selection unit 43. In this embodiment, it is preferable that the control part 10 is provided with the purchase process part 46 as needed.

  The information supply server 3 is configured to include at least the control unit 30 and the storage unit 31. The control unit 30 includes at least an extraction result acquisition unit 80, a material selection unit 81, and a selected material transmission unit 82 as functional blocks. Moreover, it is preferable that the control part 30 is provided with the sales process part 83 as a functional block as needed.

  In the present embodiment, the material request unit 41 of the communication terminal device 1 generates a material request message including the user ID in addition to the position information. The user ID included in the material request message is information for identifying the user of the communication terminal device 1, and is used by the information management server 2 and the information supply server 3 in common to identify the user.

  The position information acquisition unit 60 of the information management server 2 acquires a user ID from the material request message in addition to the position information.

  The extraction result notification unit 62 of the information management server 2 generates an extraction result response message including the user ID included in the material request message in addition to the electronic book ID and page number of the page corresponding to the position information. The extraction result response message may include position information as shown in FIG. Then, the extraction result notification unit 62 transmits the extraction result response message to the information supply server 3 instead of the communication terminal device 1. In the present embodiment, the extraction result response message functions as a request message for requesting the information supply server 3 to select a page. The information supply server 3 can receive the extraction result response message and select a page that can be browsed by the user corresponding to the user ID from each extracted page.

  The extraction result acquisition unit 80 of the information supply server 3 analyzes the extraction result response message transmitted by the information management server 2. Then, the extraction result acquisition unit 80 acquires various information included in the extraction result response message, in particular, the user ID and the extracted page (electronic book ID and page number).

  The material selection unit 81 of the information supply server 3 selects a scrapbook material. Specifically, the material selection unit 81 refers to the user's archive DB corresponding to the user ID stored in the archive DB storage unit 90. And the material selection part 81 selects the material which the said user can browse among the extracted materials as a material of the said user's scrapbook.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a data structure and a specific example of the archive DB stored in the archive DB storage unit 90.

  The archive DB held by the information supply server 3 shown in FIG. 14 is different from the archive DB held by the communication terminal device 1 shown in FIG. 9 in the archive DB of the information supply server 3 based on the user ID. This is the point where the archive is managed.

  As shown in FIG. 14, the archive DB stores a plurality of electronic book IDs in association with user IDs. The electronic book ID associated with the user ID and whose date is stored on the date of purchase guarantees that the user corresponding to the user ID has bought the magazine. .

  As shown in FIG. 14, the archive DB stores at least an electronic book ID of a magazine that can be browsed by the user. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the main body (electronic book data) of the electronic book is stored locally in the electronic book DB storage unit 91 by the information supply server 3. The data structure and specific example of the electronic book DB stored in the electronic book DB storage unit 91 are as shown in FIG. That is, attribute information (book title, fee, etc.) that can be extracted using the electronic book ID as a key is stored in the electronic book DB of FIG. 4, and thus the archive DB of FIG. 14 needs to store these attribute information. There is no. On the contrary, it is preferable to store the attribute information that cannot be extracted without using the user ID and the electronic book ID as keys, in the archive DB of FIG. For example, as an example of such attribute information, as shown in FIG. 14, the date (purchase date) when the user purchased the magazine, and a flag indicating that the user recommended to purchase the magazine (“Recommended” Or the like). As described above, in the archive DB of the information supply server 3, not only electronic books that have been purchased but also electronic books that have not been purchased but are recommended can be managed in the archive DB for each user. preferable. This is because as soon as the recommended electronic book is purchased, the user can be notified of pages to be scrapped in the electronic book.

  In this embodiment, the material selection unit 81 is a record corresponding to the user ID acquired by the extraction result acquisition unit 80 from the archive DB stored in the archive DB storage unit 90, Extract records that contain dates. The record in which the date is stored on the purchase date indicates that the electronic book was purchased on the day, that is, the electronic book that can be browsed by the user. In the example illustrated in FIG. 14, for example, when the acquired user ID is CL0001, the material selection unit 81 extracts four records whose electronic book IDs are EB0001, EB0002, EB0003, and EB1268.

  When the electronic book ID acquired by the extraction result acquisition unit 80 matches one of the electronic book IDs in the extracted record, the material selection unit 81 has the acquired electronic book ID and page number. The page shown is selected as the material for the user's scrapbook. In the above example, if the electronic book ID acquired by the extraction result acquisition unit 80 is any one of EB0001, EB0002, EB0003, and EB1268, the material selection unit 81 displays the page indicated by the electronic book ID and the page number. , CL0001 as a material for scrapbook of users.

  When there are a plurality of pages acquired by the extraction result acquisition unit 80, the material selection unit 81 verifies, for each page, whether or not the electronic book on the page has been purchased.

  When one or more scrapbook materials (pages) are selected, the selected material transmission unit 82 of the information supply server 3 sends the selected material (magazine page) to the communication terminal device 1 corresponding to the user ID. ) Information, that is, the electronic book ID and page number. Specifically, the selected material transmission unit 82 selects the electronic book ID of the material remaining selected by the material selection unit 81 from the materials included in the extraction result response message output from the extraction result notification unit 62 and A final result response message including the page number is generated and transmitted to the communication terminal device 1. The data structure of the final result response message is the same as the data structure of the extraction result response message shown in FIG.

  The material selection unit 81 supplies the page data itself acquired from the electronic book DB storage unit 91 based on the electronic book ID and the page number in the final result response message instead of the electronic book ID and the page number. May be. Alternatively, the material selection unit 81 may transmit a final result response message including the electronic book ID and page number of the selected material to the information management server 2 as a response to the extraction result response message (selection request). In this case, the information management server 2 notifies the communication terminal device 1 of the electronic book ID and page number of the selected material.

  It is assumed that the material selection unit 81 determines that all the magazines including the pages acquired by the extraction result acquisition unit 80 have not been purchased. In this case, instead of the final result response message including the electronic book ID and the page number, the selected material transmission unit 82 transmits a final result response message including a notification notifying that there is no material that can be added to the scrapbook to the communication terminal device 1. It is preferable to transmit. Furthermore, it is preferable that the selected material transmission unit 82 includes a notification of promotion for recommending an unpurchased magazine including the page acquired by the extraction result acquisition unit 80 in the final result response message. When the selected material transmitting unit 82 transmits a final result response message including a notification of sales promotion to the communication terminal device 1, the selected material transmitting unit 82 sends the electronic magazine ID of the recommended magazine and the magazine to the user. A flag indicating that the purchase is recommended (a flag of “recommended”) is associated with the flag and added to the user's archive DB (FIG. 14).

  The final result response message including the notification of sales promotion is received by the purchase processing unit 46 of the communication terminal device 1.

  The purchase processing unit 46 of the communication terminal device 1 displays on the display unit 12 a notification prompting the purchase of a magazine recommended based on the sales promotion notification. In addition, the electronic magazine purchase instruction input by the user via the operation unit 11 is received, and the recommended magazine purchase processing is executed. The magazine purchase processing is realized by communication between the purchase processing unit 46 of the communication terminal device 1 and the sales processing unit 83 of the information supply server 3. An existing settlement system that is performed via a communication network can be applied as appropriate to the purchase process.

  When the sales processing unit 83 of the information supply server 3 communicates with the purchase processing unit 46 of the communication terminal device 1 and accepts the purchase of the magazine, the sales processing unit 83 refers to the archive DB storage unit 90 and stores the archive DB of the user of the communication terminal device 1. The newly purchased magazine record (electronic book ID and purchase date) is registered. Alternatively, if a record has already been registered, the “recommended” flag is rewritten to the date of purchase.

  The material selection unit 81 can select, as the scrapbook material, a page that has been previously determined that the scrapbook material cannot be used because the “recommended” flag has been rewritten on the purchase date. In this case, the selected material transmission unit 82 may generate a final result response message including the electronic book ID and the page number of the page and transmit it to the communication terminal device 1.

[Flow of information acquisition support processing]
FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the flow of information acquisition support processing executed by the information acquisition support device (communication terminal device 1, information management server 2, and information supply server 3) according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  S201 to S207 correspond to S101 to S107 shown in FIG. However, in the present embodiment, the material request unit 41 of the communication terminal device 1 transmits the material request message including the position information and the user ID to the information management server 2 in S203.

  The information management server 2 extracts the registered material based on the position information acquired from the communication terminal device 1 as in the first embodiment (S205 to S207).

  The extraction result notification unit 62 of the information management server 2 includes an extraction result including the electronic book ID and page number of one or more pages extracted by the material extraction unit 61 and the user ID included in the material request message. A response message is generated and transmitted to the information supply server 3 (S208).

  Subsequently, upon receiving the extraction result response message, the extraction result acquisition unit 80 of the information supply server 3 acquires the electronic book ID and page number of the extracted page and the user ID included therein (S209). .

  The material selection unit 81 refers to the archive DB stored in the archive DB storage unit 90, and extracts a record that is associated with the user ID and in which the purchase date is recorded. Then, it is determined whether or not the electronic book ID of the page acquired in S209 matches any of the electronic book IDs of the records extracted from the archive DB (S210). That is, it is determined whether the electronic book of the page acquired in S209 has already been purchased by the user corresponding to the user ID.

  Here, when the acquired electronic book ID does not match any of the electronic book IDs of the records extracted from the archive DB (NO in S210), the material selection unit 81 designates the page as the user's scrap. Not selected as material to be added to the book.

  Here, if the acquired electronic book ID matches any of the electronic book IDs of the records extracted from the archive DB (YES in S210), the page specified by the electronic book ID and the page number is scrapped. The material is selected as a book material (S211).

  Note that if the extraction result response message includes a plurality of sets of electronic book IDs and page numbers, the material selection unit 81 performs the determination in S210 for each set.

  Subsequent to S211, the selected material transmission unit 82 generates a final result response message including the electronic book ID and page number of one or more pages selected by the material selection unit 81, and transmits the final result response message to the communication terminal device 1 ( S212). When a plurality of pieces of position information are transmitted in S203, the selected material transmitting unit 82 includes the electronic book ID and page number selected for each position information in the final result response message.

  Subsequently, when receiving the final result response message, the data compiling unit 44 of the communication terminal device 1 acquires the electronic book ID and page number of the page selected to be added to the scrapbook included therein (S213). .

  Based on the acquired electronic book ID and page number of the page, the data compiling unit 44 acquires page data of the page specified by the electronic book ID and page number from the archive DB storage unit 51 (S214). If the page body (page data) is not stored locally, the data compilation unit 44 accesses the device or recording medium in which the page data is stored, and acquires the page data. Then, the data compilation unit 44 adds the acquired page data to the scrapbook (S215).

  The subsequent processes, that is, S216 and S217 correspond to S113 and S114 shown in FIG. 12, respectively.

  In S210, it is assumed that none of the electronic book IDs acquired in S209 match the electronic book IDs of the records extracted from the archive DB (NO in S210). That is, it is possible that the user has not purchased any magazines on which materials extracted based on position information are placed. In this case, the selected material transmitting unit 82 transmits a final result response message including a sales promotion notification recommending the purchase of the unpurchased magazine instead of the final result response message including the electronic book ID and the page number. It is preferable to transmit to (S218). The notification of sales promotion may include attribute information such as an electronic book ID, a book title, a fee, a genre, a table of contents, a publisher, and an issue date of a recommended magazine.

  Upon receiving the above sales promotion notification, the purchase processing unit 46 of the communication terminal device 1 displays recommended magazine information (electronic book ID, book title, fee, etc.) on the display unit 12 (S219).

  For example, when an electronic book purchase instruction is input via the operation unit 11 such as tapping a purchase button (YES in S220), the purchase processing unit 46 communicates with the sales processing unit 83 of the information supply server 3. Then, a process for purchasing the magazine is executed (S221).

  On the other hand, when the sales processing unit 83 of the information supply server 3 communicates with the purchase processing unit 46 of the communication terminal device 1 and accepts the purchase of a magazine, the sales processing unit 83 performs an existing sales (settlement) process (S222). Further, the sales processing unit 83 refers to the archive DB storage unit 90 and registers a record of the newly purchased magazine (electronic book ID and purchase date) in the archive DB of the user of the communication terminal device 1 (S223). . Alternatively, if a record has already been registered, the “recommended” flag is rewritten to the date of purchase (S223).

  Thereafter, the material selection unit 81 can select, as the scrapbook material, a page that has previously been determined to be a scrapbook material because the “recommended” flag has been rewritten on the purchase date. YES in S210, S211). In this case, the selected material transmitting unit 82 may generate a final result response message including the electronic book ID and the page number of the page and transmit it again to the communication terminal device 1 (S212).

<< Embodiment 3 >>
In the second embodiment, the information acquisition support system 100 has a configuration in which the information supply server 3 manages, for each user, an electronic book that can be viewed (purchased) by the user. The communication terminal device 1 itself manages the scrapbook. In the present embodiment, the information supply server 3 manages scrapbooks for each user in addition to managing purchased electronic books.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment in which the communication terminal device 1, the information management server 2, and the information supply server 3 of the information acquisition support system 100 function as the information acquisition support device of the present invention will be described.

[Configuration of information acquisition support device]
FIG. 16 is a block diagram showing the main configuration of the information acquisition support device of the present invention, that is, the communication terminal device 1, the information management server 2, and the information supply server 3.

  In the information acquisition support apparatus shown in FIG. 16, the main difference from the information acquisition support apparatus of the second embodiment (FIG. 13) is that the information supply server 3 has a data compilation unit instead of the communication terminal apparatus 1 having the data compilation unit 44. This is the point that a portion 84 is provided. The scrapbook storage unit is different from the communication terminal device 1 in that the information supply server 3 holds the scrapbook storage unit.

  In the present embodiment, the control unit 10 of the communication terminal device 1 does not need to include the data compilation unit 44. In the present embodiment, the control unit 10 includes a compilation data acquisition unit 47 instead of the data compilation unit 44 as a functional block. Further, the storage unit 13 of the communication terminal device 1 does not need to include the scrapbook storage unit 52.

  In the present embodiment, the control unit 30 of the information supply server 3 is configured to further include a data compilation unit 84 and a compilation data supply unit 85 as functional blocks.

  In the present embodiment, as in the second embodiment, a material request message is transmitted from the communication terminal device 1, an extraction result response message is transmitted from the information management server 2, and the material selection unit 81 of the information supply server 3 is connected to the communication terminal. The material to be added to the scrapbook of the user of the device 1 is selected.

  The data compiling unit 84 of the information supply server 3 generates and updates the user's scrapbook based on the material (magazine page) selected by the material selecting unit 81. The data compiling unit 84 acquires the material (page data) selected by the material selecting unit 81 from the electronic book DB stored in the electronic book DB storage unit 91 based on the electronic book ID and the page number. Can do. Then, the data compilation unit 84 adds the acquired page data to the scrapbook associated with the user ID of the user.

  The scrapbook for each user is stored in the scrapbook storage unit 92. Note that the storage location of the page body (page data) may be an external storage device.

  FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating a data structure and a specific example of a scrapbook stored in the scrapbook storage unit 92.

  The scrapbook held by the information supply server 3 shown in FIG. 17 is different from the scrapbook held by the communication terminal device 1 shown in FIG. 10 in the scrapbook storage unit 92 of the information supply server 3 based on the user ID. The scrapbook is managed for each user.

  In the example shown in FIG. 17, one scrapbook is associated with each user, and each scrapbook page number of the scrapbook is stored in association with the user ID. According to the above data structure, the data compiling unit 84 can uniquely specify a scrapbook page of a specific user using the user ID and the scrapbook page number as keys.

  The compilation data supply unit 85 of the information supply server 3 notifies the communication terminal device 1 that a scrapbook has been updated or a new scrapbook has been created, for example, by adding a new page. It is. The compilation data supply unit 85 supplies a scrapbook of the user of the communication terminal device 1 to the communication terminal device 1 in response to a request from the communication terminal device 1.

  The compilation data supply unit 85 may notify each communication terminal device so that the scrapbook at that time is viewed at a fixed time. Further, the compilation data supply unit 85 may transmit the scrapbook generated at that time at a predetermined timing even when there is no request from the communication terminal device 1.

  The compilation data acquisition unit 47 of the communication terminal device 1 receives the notification relating to the scrapbook supplied by the compilation data supply unit 85 or receives the scrapbook itself. When receiving the above notification, the compilation data acquisition unit 47 instructs the book presentation unit 45 to display a message that prompts the user to browse the scrapbook. When receiving the scrapbook, the compilation data acquisition unit 47 instructs the book presenting unit 45 to display the received scrapbook in a viewable display form.

  Alternatively, when an instruction to download a scrapbook is input from the user via the operation unit 11, the compilation data acquisition unit 47 requests the compilation data supply unit 85 to request a scrapbook. Send.

  In the present embodiment, the control unit 30 of the information supply server 3 recommends the purchase of a magazine if necessary when the material selection unit 81 determines that the magazine of the extracted page is not purchased. It is preferable to include a selected material transmission unit 82 that transmits a notification of sales promotion to the communication terminal device 1.

[Flow of information acquisition support processing]
FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing a flow of information acquisition support processing executed by the information acquisition support device (communication terminal device 1, information management server 2, and information supply server 3) according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  S301 to S311 correspond to S201 to S211 shown in FIG.

  The material selection unit 81 of the information supply server 3 selects the material to be added to the scrapbook of the user of the communication terminal device 1 from the materials extracted by the information management server 2 as in the second embodiment (S311). ).

  Based on the electronic book ID and page number of the selected page, the data compiling unit 84 acquires page data of the page specified by the electronic book ID and page number from the electronic book DB storage unit 91 (S312). If the page body (page data) is not stored locally, the data compilation unit 84 accesses the device or recording medium in which the page data is stored, and acquires the page data. Then, the data compilation unit 84 adds the acquired page data to the scrapbook associated with the user ID acquired in S309 (S313).

  When the conditions for notifying or supplying the scrapbook are satisfied (YES in S314), the compilation data supply unit 85 notifies or supplies the scrapbook to the communication terminal device 1 (S315). Notifying the communication terminal device 1 of the scrapbook includes transmitting a notification for prompting browsing of the scrapbook to the communication terminal device 1. Supplying the scrapbook to the communication terminal device 1 includes transmitting the data body of the scrapbook to the communication terminal device 1.

  The conditions for notifying or supplying the scrapbook are, specifically, (i) when the scrapbook is updated in S313, (ii) an unread page of scrap stored in the scrapbook storage unit 92 Any condition can be considered, such as when the number of pages increases by more than a predetermined number of pages, (iii) when a predetermined time is reached, or (iv) when a predetermined time has passed (periodically notified or supplied).

  When receiving the scrapbook notification from the information supply server 3, the compilation data acquisition unit 47 of the communication terminal device 1 displays a notification for prompting browsing of the scrapbook on the display unit 12. To instruct. The book presentation unit 45 displays the notification on the display unit 12 (S316). For example, the book presenting unit 45 may display a balloon describing “Scrapbook has been updated”.

  Alternatively, the compilation data acquisition unit 47 of the communication terminal device 1, when receiving the scrapbook from the information supply server 3, displays the scrapbook on the display unit 12 in a display form that can be browsed. To instruct. The book presentation unit 45 displays the scrapbook on the display unit 12 (S316, for example, FIG. 11).

  In S310, it is assumed that none of the electronic book IDs acquired in S309 matches the electronic book ID of the record extracted from the archive DB (NO in S310). That is, it is possible that the user has not purchased any magazines on which materials extracted based on position information are placed. In this case, it is preferable that the selected material transmitting unit 82 transmits a final result response message including a notification of sales promotion recommending the purchase of the unpurchased magazine to the communication terminal device 1 (S317). The notification of sales promotion may include attribute information such as an electronic book ID, a book title, a fee, a genre, a table of contents, a publisher, and an issue date of a recommended magazine.

  The subsequent processes, that is, S318 to S322 respectively correspond to S219 to S223 shown in FIG.

<< Embodiment 4 >>
In the first to third embodiments, the information acquisition support system 100 distributes the information acquisition support function of the present invention to a plurality of entities (any one of the communication terminal device 1, the information management server 2, and the information supply server 3). It was realized. However, the information acquisition support function of the present invention can be realized by one entity (any one of the communication terminal device 1, the information management server 2, and the information supply server 3).

  In the present embodiment, an embodiment in which the communication terminal device 1 of the information acquisition support system 100 functions as the information acquisition support device of the present invention will be described.

[Configuration of information acquisition support device]
FIG. 19 is a block diagram showing the main configuration of the information acquisition support apparatus of the present invention, that is, the communication terminal apparatus 1.

  In the information acquisition support device shown in FIG. 19, the main point of difference from the information acquisition support device of the first embodiment (FIG. 1) is that the control unit 10 of the communication terminal device 1 includes the material request unit 41 and the extraction result acquisition unit 42. Instead, the material extraction unit 48 is provided as a functional block.

  The information management server 2 does not need to include the material extraction unit 61 and may include the registration information DB storage unit 70. The registration information DB storage unit 70 is provided in the information management server 2 in a state where the communication terminal device 1 is accessible. In the example illustrated in FIG. 19, the registration information DB storage unit 70 is provided in the information management server 2, but is not limited thereto, and where and how the communication terminal device 1 is accessible. May be provided.

  The material extraction unit 48 of the communication terminal device 1 refers to the registration information DB stored in the registration information DB storage unit 70, and based on the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 40, the material ( Magazine page).

  In the present embodiment, the material selection unit 43 refers to the archive DB stored in the archive DB storage unit 51, and among the materials extracted by the material extraction unit 48, a material that can be viewed by the user is scrapbooked. Select as the material.

<< Embodiment 5 >>
In the present embodiment, an embodiment will be described in which the information management server 2 of the information acquisition support system 100 functions as the information acquisition support device of the present invention.

[Configuration of information acquisition support device]
FIG. 20 is a block diagram showing the main configuration of the information acquisition support apparatus of the present invention, that is, the information management server 2.

  In the information acquisition support apparatus shown in FIG. 20, the main difference from the information acquisition support apparatus of the second embodiment (FIG. 13) is that the control unit 30 of the information supply server 3 includes a material selection unit 81 and a selected material transmission unit 82. Instead, the control unit 20 of the information management server 2 includes a material selection unit 63 and a selected material transmission unit 64 as functional blocks.

  In the present embodiment, the information management server 2 does not need to include the extraction result notification unit 62.

  In the present embodiment, the information supply server 3 does not need to include the extraction result acquisition unit 80, the material selection unit 81, and the selected material transmission unit 82. The information supply server 3 only needs to include the archive DB storage unit 90 and the electronic book DB storage unit 91. The archive DB storage unit 90 and the electronic book DB storage unit 91 are provided in the information supply server 3 so that the information management server 2 can access them. In the example shown in FIG. 20, the archive DB storage unit 90 and the electronic book DB storage unit 91 are provided in the information supply server 3. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the information management server 2 is accessible. If it exists, it does not matter where and how it is provided.

  The material selection unit 63 of the information management server 2 selects a scrapbook material. In the present embodiment, the material selection unit 63 refers to a record in the archive DB associated with the user ID acquired by the position information acquisition unit 60 from the archive DB stored in the archive DB storage unit 90. And the material selection part 63 selects the material which the user of the said user ID can browse among the materials extracted by the material extraction part 61 as a material of the said user's scrapbook.

  The selected material transmission unit 64 of the information management server 2 is selected for the communication terminal device 1 corresponding to the user ID when one or more materials (pages) of the scrapbook are selected by the material selection unit 63. Information on material (magazine page), that is, electronic book ID and page number is notified. Specifically, the selected material transmission unit 64 generates a final result response message including the electronic book ID and page number of the material selected by the material extraction unit 61 and further selected by the material selection unit 63, and the communication terminal Transmit to device 1. The data structure of the final result response message is the same as the data structure of the extraction result response message shown in FIG.

  The data compilation unit 44 of the communication terminal device 1 can compile a scrapbook based on the electronic book ID and the page number included in the final result response message.

  It is assumed that the material selection unit 63 determines that all the magazines including the pages extracted by the material extraction unit 61 have not been purchased for the user. In this case, instead of the final result response message including the electronic book ID and the page number, the selected material transmission unit 64 transmits a final result response message including a notification notifying that there is no material that can be added to the scrapbook to the communication terminal device 1. It is preferable to transmit. Furthermore, it is preferable that the selected material transmission unit 64 includes a sales promotion notification recommending the above-mentioned unpurchased magazine in the final result response message. When the selected material transmitting unit 64 transmits a final result response message including a notification of sales promotion to the communication terminal device 1, the selected material transmitting unit 64 sends the electronic magazine ID of the recommended magazine and the magazine to the user. The flag indicating that the purchase is recommended (the “recommended” flag) is associated and added to the archive DB (FIG. 14) of the user stored in the archive DB storage unit 90. The final result response message including the notification of sales promotion is received by the purchase processing unit 46 of the communication terminal device 1.

Embodiment 6
In the present embodiment, an embodiment in which the information supply server 3 of the information acquisition support system 100 functions as the information acquisition support device of the present invention will be described.

[Configuration of information acquisition support device]
FIG. 21 is a block diagram showing the main configuration of the information acquisition support apparatus of the present invention, that is, the information supply server 3.

  In the information acquisition support apparatus shown in FIG. 21, the main point of difference from the information acquisition support apparatus of the third embodiment (FIG. 16) is that the control unit 20 of the information management server 2 uses the position information acquisition unit 60 and the material extraction unit 61. Instead, the control unit 30 of the information supply server 3 includes a position information acquisition unit 86 and a material extraction unit 87 as functional blocks.

  In the present embodiment, the information management server 2 does not need to include the position information acquisition unit 60, the material extraction unit 61, and the extraction result notification unit 62. The information management server 2 only needs to include the registration information DB storage unit 70. The registered information DB storage unit 70 is provided in the information management server 2 so that the information supply server 3 can access it. In the example illustrated in FIG. 21, the registration information DB storage unit 70 is provided in the information management server 2, but is not limited thereto, and where and how the information supply server 3 is accessible. May be provided.

  In the present embodiment, the information supply server 3 does not need to include the extraction result acquisition unit 80.

  In the present embodiment, the material request unit 41 of the communication terminal device 1 transmits a material request message including position information and a user ID to the information supply server 3.

  The position information acquisition unit 86 of the information supply server 3 analyzes the material request message transmitted by the communication terminal device 1 and acquires various information included in the material request message, in particular, position information and a user ID.

  The material extraction unit 87 of the information supply server 3 refers to the registration information DB stored in the registration information DB storage unit 70 of the information management server 2. The material extracting unit 87 extracts material (magazine page) related to the location based on the position information acquired by the position information acquiring unit 86.

  In the present embodiment, the material selection unit 81 refers to the user's archive DB corresponding to the user ID acquired by the position information acquisition unit 86 stored in the archive DB storage unit 90. And the material selection part 81 selects the material which the said user can browse (purchased) among the materials extracted by the material extraction part 87 as a material of the said user's scrapbook.

  In the present embodiment, the data compilation unit 84 stores the user's scrapbook based on the material (magazine page) remaining selected by the material selection unit 81 among the materials extracted by the material extraction unit 87. Generate and update.

  In this embodiment, although it is not essential, it is preferable that the selection material transmission part 82 is provided. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the material selection unit 81 determines that none of the electronic book IDs of the materials extracted by the material extraction unit 87 matches the electronic book ID of the user's library DB. That is, it is conceivable that the user has not purchased any magazine in which the material extracted by the material extraction unit 87 based on the position information is placed. In this case, it is preferable that the selected material transmission unit 82 transmits a final result response message including a notification of sales promotion recommending the purchase of the unpurchased magazine to the communication terminal device 1. The notification of sales promotion may include attribute information such as an electronic book ID, a book title, a fee, a genre, a table of contents, a publisher, and an issue date of a recommended magazine. The final result response message including the notification of sales promotion is received by the purchase processing unit 46 of the communication terminal device 1.

<< Modification 1 >>
In each of the above-described embodiments, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 17, each page of the scrapbook has a configuration in which the original electronic book ID and page number are assigned and managed using the scrapbook page number as a key. It was.

  However, the information acquisition support apparatus of the present invention can manage attribute information associated with each page of the scrapbook. Thereby, the data compilation part 44 (84) can determine the order which assigns a scrapbook page number to each page of material based on attribute information. That is, each page of the scrapbook can be rearranged based on the attribute information.

  For example, in the first embodiment, the material extraction unit 61 extracts the electronic book ID and the page number from the registration information DB storage unit 70 as the material information corresponding to the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 60. did.

  The registration information DB stored in the registration information DB storage unit 70 stores various attribute information in association with each material as shown in FIG. Specifically, for example, “facility ID (facility identification information)” and “facility name (facility identification information)” are associated with the material (magazine page) as information of the registrant who registered the page. ing. Therefore, the material extraction unit 61 (48, 87) extracts the facility ID and / or facility name, which is the information of the facility that registered the electronic book ID and the page number, from the registration information DB. Good.

  According to the said structure, in the process downstream of the material extraction part 61 (48, 87), each material is always handled in the state to which the attribute information of facility ID was added. That is, the material record selected by the material selection unit 43 (63, 81) includes information on the facility ID (facility name) in addition to the electronic book ID, page number, and position information shown in FIG. Accordingly, in a further downstream process, the data compilation unit 44 (84) stores the attribute information of the facility ID (facility name) in the scrapbook for each material (page) in addition to the information shown in FIG. 10 (FIG. 17). It can be registered in the section 52 (92).

  Thereby, when the data compilation part 44 (84) allocates a scrapbook page number to each selected page, it can allocate a scrapbook page number based on the facility ID of each page. That is, the data compilation unit 44 (84) can rearrange the pages of the scrapbook for each related facility. If the page is compiled for each facility, the first few pages of the scrapbook are related to store A (facility), the next few pages are related to store B (facility), and so on. It is possible to provide a scrapbook that is easy to read.

  Or the material selection part 43 (63, 81) and the data compilation part 44 (84) may utilize the positional information (for example, longitude-latitude information) linked | related with each material as attribute information of each material.

  Each material record shown in FIG. 8 includes position information. Therefore, if the material selection unit 43 (63, 81) and the data compilation unit 44 (84) process the material record shown in FIG. 8, the data compilation unit 44 (84) adds to the electronic book ID and page number. The material record including the position information (latitude and longitude information) can be registered in the scrapbook storage unit 52 (92).

  Thereby, the data compilation part 44 (84) can assign a scrapbook page number based on the positional information of each page, when assigning a scrapbook page number to each selected page. That is, the data compilation unit 44 (84) can rearrange the pages of the scrapbook according to the position information of the user.

  Furthermore, if several areas are defined on the basis of the position information, such as “define within radius ○ km from reference latitude / longitude information as ** station peripheral area”, data compilation unit 44 (84) Can sort each page of the scrapbook by area. If the pages related to the area around the ** station are gathered in the scrapbook, the scrapbook is easy to read for the user.

  Alternatively, the data compiling unit 44 (84) may associate each page with time information (time) and register each page in the scrapbook storage unit 52 (92).

  According to the above configuration, when the data compilation unit 44 (84) assigns a scrapbook page number to each selected page, the data compilation unit 44 (84) can assign the scrapbook page number based on the time information of each page. That is, the data compilation unit 44 (84) can rearrange the pages of the scrapbook in time series. For example, it is assumed that a user visits a store A, a store B, a signage 4, a store D, and a store C in that order one day. In this case, the data compilation unit 44 (84), based on the visit time of the user, the page registered by the store A, the page registered by the store B, the page registered by the administrator of the signage 4, the page registered by the store D Scrapbook page numbers can be assigned in the order of pages registered by the store C,. Since the order of the pages of the scrapbook corresponds to the order visited by the user, the user can check the contents of the scrapbook while looking back at the places visited on this day.

  A method for associating time information with each page to be scrapped is not particularly limited. For example, the material request unit 41 may create a material request message by associating time information with position information, as shown in FIG. Thereby, in each downstream process, each material is always handled in a state in which position information and time information are associated with each other.

  Alternatively, in the action log storage unit 50 of the communication terminal device 1, when the position information and the time information are associated one-to-one, if the position information is associated with each material, the position information and the action log Based on the above, time information can be associated with each material.

  FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a data structure and a specific example of another example of the scrapbook stored in the scrapbook storage unit 52 (92). When the scrapbook is stored in the scrapbook storage unit 92 of the information supply server 3, a scrapbook is further provided for each user ID.

  The scrapbook shown in FIG. 22 is different from FIG. 10 and FIG. 17, and holds each attribute information of facility ID, position information, and time information for each page.

  If the scrapbook has the data structure shown in FIG. 22, the data compilation unit 44 (84), for each page of scrap material, the facility ID of the facility that registered the page, and the chance that the page is scrapped. The position information of the user and the time information at which the position information was acquired (the user was at the place) can be immediately read out from the scrapbook storage unit 52 (92).

  Therefore, the data compilation unit 44 (84) can easily rearrange the pages in the scrapbook based on the facility ID, time information (time), and position information (latitude and longitude information).

  FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating a specific example of the scrapbook operation screen displayed on the display unit 12 by the book presentation unit 45.

  As shown in FIG. 23, it is preferable that the book presenting unit 45 is configured so that the user can easily edit the scrapbook (page rearrangement and deletion) via the operation screen with a simple operation.

  The book presentation unit 45 displays GUI parts so that the sorting criteria can be selected from place, time, and facility. For example, when a location is selected, the data compilation unit 44 (84) sorts each page stored in the scrapbook storage unit 52 (92) based on time information, and reassigns a scrapbook page number. . Even after that, the user can switch to another standard (time, facility) with a simple operation, and can quickly change the page order of the scrapbook with an easy operation.

  Further, an unnecessary page may be deleted from the scrapbook by a tap operation (single or double tap) on the thumbnail of each page being previewed. When the operation unit 11 accepts the tap operation, the data compilation unit 44 (84) cancels the assignment of the scrapbook page number to the page selected by the tap operation. If there is a record that is registered in the scrapbook but not assigned with a scrapbook page number, the book presenting unit 45 displays an icon (such as a cross in FIG. 23) indicating that the record has been deleted on the corresponding page. May be.

<< Modification 2 >>
[More detailed action log]
Further, the communication terminal device 1 may include a short-range wireless communication unit 15. The short-range wireless communication unit 15 communicates with a short-range wireless communication device such as a POS terminal or a non-contact IC tag provided in a facility (such as the store in FIG. 2 and the signage 4 on the street). Then, the short-range wireless communication unit 15 may obtain a facility ID (facility identification information) upon arrival indicating that the facility has arrived from the short-range wireless communication device installed in the facility. Alternatively, a departure facility ID (facility identification information) indicating that the facility has departed may be acquired. The facility ID at arrival and the facility ID at departure can be used as more detailed position information than latitude and longitude information. That is, in the second modification, the short-range wireless communication unit 15 functions as a position detection unit for detecting the position of the communication terminal device 1, similarly to the positioning unit 14.

  The position information acquisition unit 40 may acquire the facility ID at arrival or the facility ID at departure as position information. Further, the position information acquisition unit 40 may acquire the time when the arrival facility ID or departure facility ID is acquired, that is, the arrival time or departure time, as time information. The position information acquisition unit 40 associates the arrival (departure) facility ID and the arrival (departure) time, and stores the information in the action log storage unit 50 as a more detailed action log than the latitude and longitude information.

  FIG. 24 is a diagram illustrating a data structure and a specific example of another example of the action log stored in the action log storage unit 50.

  FIG. 25 is a diagram illustrating a data structure and a specific example of another example of the scrapbook stored in the scrapbook storage unit 52 (92).

  When the near field communication unit 15 performs near field communication with each facility device to acquire the arrival / departure facility ID, as shown in FIG. Is stored in the action log storage unit 50.

  The position information acquisition unit 40 can acquire the arrival / departure facility ID in addition to or instead of the latitude / longitude information acquired based on the positioning data of the positioning unit 14.

  In the example illustrated in FIG. 24, the facility ID upon arrival is configured by a combination of a facility ID (for example, SH0001) and an identifier (IN) indicating arrival at the facility, for example. “IN_SH0001” indicates that the user has arrived at the store A. The departure facility ID is, for example, configured by a combination of a facility ID (for example, SH0001) and an identifier (OUT) indicating that the facility has departed. “OUT_SH0001” indicates that the user has left the store A.

  When the location information acquisition unit 40 acquires the arrival / departure facility ID instead of the latitude / longitude information, the arrival / departure facility ID can be handled as location information in each downstream process. For example, the material extraction unit 61 (48, 87) refers to the registration information DB storage unit 70 and is registered based on the facility ID (that is, position information) included in the arrival / departure facility ID. The electronic book ID and page number can be extracted. The material selection unit 43 (63, 81) can select each material (electronic book ID and page number) associated with the arrival / departure facility ID and the arrival / departure time. Then, as shown in FIG. 25, the data compilation unit 44 (84), for the electronic book ID and page number of each material, arrives / departure facility ID (position information), arrival / departure time (time information), and The facility ID can be associated and stored in the scrapbook storage unit 52 (92).

  Alternatively, the position information acquisition unit 40 may acquire the arrival / departure facility ID in addition to the latitude and longitude. In this case, as shown in FIG. 24, the position information acquisition unit 40 is located at any point in the stay time with respect to the position information (arrival / departure facility ID) acquired from the short-range wireless communication unit 15. The position information (latitude / longitude information) acquired from the above is associated and stored in the action log storage unit 50.

  As a result, the material (electronic book ID and page number) associated with the facility ID and the latitude / longitude information is selected by the material selection unit 43 (63, 81). Then, the data compilation unit 44 (84) can associate the arrival / departure facility ID with the selected material. This is because the data compiling unit 44 (84) refers to the action log storage unit 50 and can grasp the correspondence between the latitude / longitude information and the arrival / departure facility ID.

  Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 25, the data compiling unit 44 (84) may add the staying time of the user at the facility as attribute information to each material (each page of the scrapbook) based on the arrival / departure times. Good. Thereby, the data compilation part 44 (84) can rearrange each page according to stay time (= user interest level).

[About the action log when visiting the same facility multiple times]
It is assumed that the user visits the same facility multiple times in a short period of time (eg, during a day). Corresponding to such a situation, a scrapbook that further reflects the user's behavior can be compiled by managing the action log and the attribute information of the scrapbook as follows.

  FIG. 26 is a diagram illustrating a data structure and a specific example of still another example of the scrapbook stored in the scrapbook storage unit 52 (92).

  Specifically, the scrapbook shown in FIG. 26 differs from the scrapbook shown in FIG. 25 in the following points. In the example shown in FIG. 25, when the user visits the same facility a plurality of times, the same page related to the facility is scraped into the scrapbook every time the visit is made. However, in the example shown in FIG. 26, when there are duplicate records of the same material registered by the same facility, the data compilation unit 44 (84) normalizes these records and combines them into one record. Exclude. Since the number of overlapping records before grouping indicates the number of visits, the data compilation unit 44 (84) further stores attribute information of the number of visits in association with the grouped records. Furthermore, the stay time at each visit is totaled, and the attribute information of the total stay time is stored in association with the record after the summation.

  Specifically, since the data compilation unit 44 (84) has the record of the scrapbook page number P.01 and the record of P.06 shown in FIG. 25, these are shown in FIG. , Scrapbook page number P.01 records. The total stay time in the record P.01 in FIG. 26 is obtained by the sum of the stay time in the record P.01 in FIG. 25 and the stay time in the record P.06. The number of visits in the record of P.01 in FIG. 26 is the number of original records before being combined in this record (that is, a total of two records, the record of P.01 in FIG. 25 and the record of P.06). Based on.

  Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 26, the data compiling unit 44 (84) receives the first arrival time at the first visit (for example, 2012/1/20 13:09 in FIG. 25) when the same facility is visited a plurality of times. 05) and / or the last departure time at the time of the last visit (for example, 2012/1/20 19:05:30 in FIG. 25) may be included in each record as time information.

  According to the above configuration, compared to the scrapbook of FIG. 25, the scrapbook does not duplicate the same page, and it is possible to provide the user with a more organized scrapbook.

  In addition, the data compilation unit 44 (84) can sort the scrap pages based on the first arrival time, the last departure time, the total stay time, the number of visits, and the like, and the scrapbook that further reflects the user's behavior. Can be compiled.

<< Modification 3 >>
In each of the above-described embodiments, when a material collection trigger occurs, the material extraction unit 61 (48, 87) extracts the material related to the user's position, and further, the material selection unit 43 (63, 81). ) Is a configuration in which the user selects the material of the magazine that has been purchased at the time point described above.

  However, it is assumed that the material that has been screened out at the above time point because the user has not purchased the product becomes a target of selection by the user purchasing a new magazine later. Therefore, in the information acquisition support device according to the second, third, fifth, and sixth embodiments of the present invention, the material that the material selection unit 43 (63, 81) has previously screened is used as a magazine newly purchased by the user. It is preferable that the included page can be retroactively added to the scrapbook.

  FIG. 27 is a flowchart showing the flow of other information acquisition support processing executed by the information acquisition support device (communication terminal device 1, information management server 2, and information supply server 3) in the second embodiment (FIG. 13). .

  For example, when the user operates a purchase button to purchase a new magazine (hereinafter referred to as a new magazine), or the latest issue of a regularly subscribed magazine (hereinafter referred to as a new magazine) is issued, Embodiment 2 Similarly, magazine purchase and sale (settlement) processing is executed between the purchase processing unit 46 of the communication terminal device 1 and the sales processing unit 83 of the information supply server 3 (S401, S402). Then, the sales processing unit 83 refers to the archive DB storage unit 90 and registers a newly purchased magazine record (electronic book ID and purchase date) in the archive DB of the user of the communication terminal device 1. Alternatively, if a record has already been registered, the “recommended” flag is rewritten to the date of purchase (S403). Further, the purchase processing unit 46 of the communication terminal device 1 may register information about a new magazine in the local archive DB storage unit 51.

  When new magazine information is registered in the archive DB storage unit 51, the material request unit 41 refers to the scrapbook storage unit 52 (FIG. 22, FIG. 25, or FIG. 26), and The facility ID associated with the page is acquired (S404). The material request unit 41 transmits a material request message including the user ID of the user of the communication terminal device 1 and the facility ID acquired in S404 to the information management server 2 (S405). This material request message inquires the information management server 2 and the information supply server 3 whether there is any page that can be newly added to the scrapbook at the present time, going back to the past user's action range.

  The position information acquisition unit 60 of the information management server 2 analyzes the material request message. Since the position information is not included here, the position information acquisition unit 60 acquires the facility ID instead of the position information (S406).

  The material extraction unit 61 refers to the registration information DB storage unit 70 and searches the registration information DB for a material that matches the facility ID acquired in S406. If a material that matches the acquired facility ID is registered in the registration information DB (YES in S407), the material extraction unit 61 extracts an electronic book ID and a page number for specifying the page of the magazine ( S408). If there are a plurality of corresponding pages for one facility ID, the material extraction unit 61 can extract a plurality. If there are a plurality of acquired facility IDs, the material extracting unit 61 extracts a material (page) corresponding to each facility ID.

  The extraction result notification unit 62 of the information management server 2 includes an extraction result including the electronic book ID and page number of one or more pages extracted by the material extraction unit 61 and the user ID included in the material request message. A response message is generated and transmitted to the information supply server 3 (S409). When a plurality of facility IDs are included in the material request message, the extraction result notification unit 62 includes the electronic book ID and page number of each page extracted for each facility ID in the extraction result response message.

  On the other hand, if no material that matches the acquired facility ID is detected (NO in S407), there is no material to respond to the material request message, and the transaction based on the material request message ends. To do. The information management server 2 prepares for reception of the next material request message. In this case (NO in S407), the extraction result notification unit 62 may return a notification that the material has not been extracted as a response to the material request message.

  Subsequently, upon receiving the extraction result response message, the extraction result acquisition unit 80 of the information supply server 3 acquires the electronic book ID and page number of the extracted page and the user ID included therein (S410). .

  The material selection unit 81 refers to the archive DB stored in the archive DB storage unit 90, and extracts a record that is associated with the user ID and in which the purchase date is recorded. Here, in particular, the material selection unit 81 preferably extracts only the record just updated in S403 from the viewpoint of efficiency. Then, it is determined whether or not the electronic book ID of the page acquired in S410 matches any of the electronic book IDs of the records extracted from the archive DB (S411). That is, it is determined whether or not the electronic book of the page acquired in S410 is newly purchased in S401 by the user corresponding to the user ID.

  Here, when the acquired electronic book ID does not match any of the electronic book IDs of the new purchase record extracted from the archive DB (NO in S411), the material selection unit 81 designates the page as the above user. Not selected as material to add to your scrapbook.

  Here, if the acquired electronic book ID matches one of the electronic book IDs of the new purchase record extracted from the archive DB (YES in S411), the page specified by the electronic book ID and the page number Is newly selected as the material of the scrapbook (S412). In addition, when the extraction result response message includes a plurality of sets of electronic book IDs and page numbers, the material selection unit 81 performs the determination of S411 for each set.

  Subsequent to S <b> 412, the selected material transmission unit 82 generates an additional response message including the electronic book ID and page number of one or more pages reselected by the material selection unit 81, and transmits the additional response message to the communication terminal device 1. (S413). In S405, when a plurality of facility IDs are transmitted, the selected material transmitting unit 82 includes the electronic book ID and page number selected for each facility ID in the additional response message.

  Subsequently, when the data compilation unit 44 of the communication terminal device 1 receives the addition response message, the data compilation unit 44 acquires the electronic book ID and the page number of the page newly selected to be added to the scrapbook included therein (S414). .

  Based on the acquired electronic book ID and page number of the page, the data compiling unit 44 acquires page data of the page specified by the electronic book ID and page number from the archive DB storage unit 51 (S415). If the page body (page data) is not stored locally, the data compilation unit 44 accesses the device or recording medium in which the page data is stored, and acquires the page data. Then, the data compilation unit 44 adds the acquired page data to the scrapbook (S416).

  The subsequent processing is as shown in S216 and subsequent steps in FIG.

  In addition, when the information acquisition support apparatus of Embodiment 5 (FIG. 20) implement | achieves the information acquisition support process shown in FIG. 27, S409 and S410 are not performed. Then, S411 and S412 are executed by the material selection unit 63 of the information management server 2, and S413 is executed by the selection material transmission unit 64 of the information management server 2. The other processes are executed as shown in FIG.

  Alternatively, when the information acquisition support apparatus of the third embodiment (FIG. 16) realizes the information acquisition support process shown in FIG. 27, if the information supply server 3 is YES in S411, instead of executing S412 and subsequent steps. , S311 and subsequent steps shown in FIG. 18 are executed.

  Alternatively, when the information acquisition support apparatus of the sixth embodiment (FIG. 21) realizes the information acquisition support process shown in FIG. 27, the material request unit 41 of the communication terminal apparatus 1 transmits the material request message in S405. It transmits to the information supply server 3. Then, S406 is executed by the position information acquisition unit 86 of the information supply server 3, and S407 and S408 are executed by the material extraction unit 87 of the information supply server 3. S409 and S410 are not executed. Then, after S411 is executed by the material selection unit 81, if YES in S411, the information supply server 3 executes S311 and subsequent steps shown in FIG. 18 instead of executing S412 and subsequent steps.

  Note that this modification can also be applied to the information acquisition support apparatuses of the first and fourth embodiments. For example, when a new magazine is added to the archive DB storage unit 51 of the communication terminal device 1, the material request unit 41 uses the facility ID of the scrapbook as a query and adds an additional scrap to the information management server 2. Inquire about materials to be used (Fig. 1). Alternatively, when a new magazine is added, the material extraction unit 48 searches the registration information DB storage unit 70 for additional material to be scrapped based on the facility ID of the scrapbook (FIG. 19). ).

  Alternatively, the information acquisition support apparatus acquires the location information of the past user from the action log storage unit 50 instead of the facility ID, and based on the acquired location information and the electronic book ID of the new magazine in the past. It may be configured to extract the material retroactively.

  In this case, the material extraction unit 61 (48, 87) extracts a page to be additionally scrapped from the registration information DB based on the position information and the electronic book ID of the new magazine. be able to. Since each material extracted here is already known to be scrapped (newly purchased), each of these materials is subjected to processing by the material selection unit 43 (63, 81). There is no need.

  Each material extracted by the material extraction unit 61 (48, 87) is added to the scrapbook by the data compilation unit 44 (84).

  In addition, when a new magazine is added, the function of the third modification of scraping each page of a new magazine based on the relationship with the past action place is desired by the user of the communication terminal device 1 It is preferable that the specification is such that it can be set effectively in the communication terminal device 1 only.

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As illustrated in FIG. 7, the registration information DB stored in the registration information DB storage unit 70 may have a data structure that holds additional information in association with each page registered by each facility. The additional information is information prepared by each facility that registers the page, and is information that is used as an incentive for urging the user to visit and purchase, such as bargain information and coupons.

  The additional information is treated as attribute information in the same manner as the position information, time information, facility ID, and the like described above. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 22, the data compilation unit 44 (84) can associate the additional information with each page of the scrapbook and register it in the scrapbook storage unit 52 (92). The additional information is not limited to this, but includes, for example, discount coupons, bargain information, premium application tickets, link information for acquiring these additional information, access information to mail order sites, and the like.

  When displaying the page of the scrapbook associated with the additional information, the book presenting unit 45 displays the page as shown in FIG. 28A and also indicates that there is additional information on the page. 5 is displayed. When the user taps the icon 5, the book presentation unit 45 displays additional information (here, a discount coupon) corresponding to the icon 5 on the display unit 12 as shown in FIG.

  When the page to which the additional information is added is scrapped by the data compilation unit 44 (84), the book presentation unit 45 preferably notifies the user immediately. This is because the additional information includes information such as a discount ticket that is more advantageous when viewed by the user at the facility.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, the information acquisition support apparatus is configured to handle scrap materials in units of pages of an electronic book. However, the present invention is not limited to such a configuration, and the information acquisition support apparatus of the present invention further breaks down the electronic book page into several articles as shown in FIG. May be configured to identify each article. In this case, the data compilation unit 44 (84) specifies each of the materials by the electronic book ID, the page number, and the article ID. Then, the data compilation unit 44 (84) assigns a scrapbook page number and a page area number to each material (article). The page area number is a number for dividing one page of the scrapbook into several areas and identifying each area.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, one scrapbook is held for one communication terminal device 1 (one user). Each material was scraped into one scrapbook regardless of classification. However, the scrapbook may be configured to hold a plurality of books for each classification. And each material may be the structure scrapped by the scrapbook of an applicable classification according to classification.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 7, classification attribute information is given to each material (page or article) according to its contents. As shown in FIG. 30, the scrapbook storage unit 52 (92) stores a plurality of types of scrapbooks for each classification.

  The data compiling unit 44 (84) refers to the classification associated with the material to be scrapped, and adds the material to the scrapbook of the corresponding classification. For example, when the page “EB0001 P.30” of the classification “women's clothing” shown in FIG. 7 is scrapped, the data compilation unit 44 (84) includes the classification “women's clothing” among the four scrapbooks shown in FIG. The above page “EB0001 P.30” is added to the scrapbook with the scrapbook ID “SB0001” associated with “”.

  If there is no classification associated with the scrap target material that matches the classification of the scrapbook stored in the scrapbook storage section 52 (92), the data compilation section 44 (84). May newly create a scrapbook corresponding to a new classification.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, the case where the compilation data generated and updated by the data compilation unit 44 (84) is a scrapbook has been described. However, the data compilation unit 44 (84) may handle a bookmark list as compilation data. FIG. 31 is a diagram showing a data structure and a specific example of a bookmark list stored in the scrapbook storage unit 52 (92). A plurality of bookmarks are managed in the bookmark list, and one bookmark corresponds to one material (which may be a page or an article).

  As shown in FIG. 32A, the book presenting unit 45 displays each bookmark on the display unit 12 so that the user can select each bookmark based on the bookmark list in FIG.

  When the user selects a desired bookmark (for example, bookmark 1), the book presenting unit 45 reads a magazine page corresponding to the designated bookmark 1 as shown in FIG. indicate. At this time, it is preferable that the book presenting unit 45 displays the icon of the bookmark 1 on the page corresponding to the bookmark 1. The bookmark list is different from the scrapbook in that it is not a data structure having page information separately from the original magazine.

  In each of the above-described embodiments (particularly, Embodiments 2, 3, 5, 6), the material selection unit 43 (63, 81) is a page of a magazine that has not been purchased, which is a candidate for scrapping. The selected material transmission unit 64 (82) recommends the purchase of the magazine, but the information acquisition support device of the present invention is not limited to this.

  The user may be configured to operate the communication terminal device 1 to set an upper limit amount that can be automatically purchased (downloaded) for the information supply server 3. In this case, even when the material selection unit 43 (63, 81) determines that the scrap candidate page is a page of an unpurchased magazine, the material selection unit 43 (63, 81) does not immediately remove the page from the scrap target. The material selection unit 43 (63, 81) first compares the upper limit amount set by the user with the magazine fee. If the magazine fee is equal to or less than the upper limit amount, the page is set as a scrap target. Can be selected.

  The data compilation unit 44 (84) in the information acquisition support apparatus of the present invention can compile a scrapbook based on the issue date, purchase date, the number of times the user browses the electronic book purchased by the user.

  For example, the data compilation unit 44 (84) (i) does not scrap pages of magazines with an old issue date (or purchase date), and (ii) assigns page numbers in order of new magazines with an issue date (or purchase date). (iii) Assign a previous (or later) page number to a magazine page with fewer browsing times. (iv) Delete the magazine page from the scrapbook when the publication date (or purchase date) is older than a certain level. (It is not deleted from the magazine itself).

  The location information may be obtained from a mobile phone base station or the like.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, the communication terminal device, the information management server, and various devices of the information supply server that constitute the information acquisition support system, the action log storage unit, the archive DB storage unit, the scrapbook storage unit, and the registration Various storage units such as an information DB storage unit and an electronic book DB storage unit may be realized by cloud computing.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible within the scope shown in the claims, and embodiments obtained by appropriately combining technical means disclosed in different embodiments. Is also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

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Finally, each block of the information acquisition support device (communication terminal device 1, information management server 2 and information supply server 3), in particular, the position information acquisition unit 40, the material request unit 41, the extraction result acquisition unit 42, and the material selection unit 43. , Data compilation unit 44, book presentation unit 45, purchase processing unit 46, compilation data acquisition unit 47, material extraction unit 48, position information acquisition unit 60, material extraction unit 61, extraction result notification unit 62, material selection unit 63, selection Material transmission unit 64, extraction result acquisition unit 80, material selection unit 81, selected material transmission unit 82, sales processing unit 83, data compilation unit 84, compilation data supply unit 85, position information acquisition unit 86, and material extraction unit 87 May be configured by hardware logic, or may be realized by software using a CPU as follows.

  That is, the information acquisition support apparatus includes a CPU (central processing unit) that executes instructions of a control program that realizes each function, a ROM (read only memory) that stores the program, and a RAM (random access memory) that expands the program. And a storage device (recording medium) such as a memory for storing the program and various data. An object of the present invention is to provide a recording medium on which a program code (execution format program, intermediate code program, source program) of an information acquisition support apparatus, which is software that realizes the above-described functions, is recorded in a computer-readable manner. This can also be achieved by supplying the information acquisition support apparatus and reading and executing the program code recorded on the recording medium by the computer (or CPU or MPU).

  Examples of the recording medium include a tape system such as a magnetic tape and a cassette tape, a magnetic disk such as a floppy (registered trademark) disk / hard disk, and an optical disk such as a CD-ROM / MO / MD / DVD / CD-R. Card system such as IC card, IC card (including memory card) / optical card, or semiconductor memory system such as mask ROM / EPROM / EEPROM / flash ROM.

  The information acquisition support device may be configured to be connectable to a communication network, and the program code may be supplied via the communication network. The communication network is not particularly limited. For example, the Internet, intranet, extranet, LAN, ISDN, VAN, CATV communication network, virtual private network, telephone line network, mobile communication network, satellite communication. A net or the like is available. Further, the transmission medium constituting the communication network is not particularly limited. For example, even in the case of wired such as IEEE 1394, USB, power line carrier, cable TV line, telephone line, ADSL line, etc., infrared rays such as IrDA and remote control, Bluetooth ( (Registered Trademark), 802.11 wireless, HDR (High Data Rate), mobile phone network, satellite line, terrestrial digital network, and the like can also be used. The present invention can also be realized in the form of a computer data signal embedded in a carrier wave in which the program code is embodied by electronic transmission.

  The present invention suitably functions as an information acquisition support apparatus that supports user information acquisition in a network environment in which the user can acquire any information via a network. The information acquisition support device of the present invention may be applied to a communication terminal device carried by a user, or may be applied to an information management server that manages information (materials) to be acquired based on a position. You may apply to the information supply server which supplies information (material) to this communication terminal device. The information acquisition support device of the present invention may be realized by a plurality of devices among the communication terminal device, the information management server, and the information supply server.

1 Communication terminal device (information acquisition support device)
2 Information management server (information acquisition support device)
3 Information supply server (information acquisition support device)
4 Signage (facility)
5 Icon 10 Control unit 11 Operation unit 12 Display unit 13 Storage unit 14 Positioning unit (position detection unit)
15 Short-range wireless communication unit (position detection unit)
20 control unit 21 storage unit 30 control unit 31 storage unit 40 position information acquisition unit (position information acquisition means)
41 Material request section (material request means)
42 Extraction result acquisition unit (material acquisition means)
43 Material Selection Department (Material Selection Method)
44 Data compilation part (data compilation means)
45 Book presentation section (information presentation means)
46 Purchase Processing Unit (Purchase Processing Means)
47 Compilation data acquisition unit (editing data acquisition means)
48 Material extraction unit (material extraction means)
50 Action log storage unit 51 Library DB storage unit (content list storage unit)
52 Scrapbook storage unit 60 Position information acquisition unit (position information acquisition means)
61 Material extraction unit (material extraction means)
62 Extraction result notification unit (extraction result notification means)
63 Material selection section (material selection means)
64 Selected Material Transmitter (Notification Transmitter)
70 Registration Information DB Storage Unit (Registration Information Storage Unit)
80 Extraction result acquisition unit (extraction result acquisition means)
81 Material selection section (material selection means)
82 Selected material transmitter (notification transmitter)
83 Sales processing department (sales processing means)
84 Data compilation part (data compilation means)
85 Compilation data supply unit 86 Position information acquisition unit (position information acquisition means)
87 Material extraction unit (material extraction means)
90 Archive DB storage (content list storage)
91 Electronic book DB storage unit (content storage unit)
92 Scrapbook storage (editing data storage)
100 Information acquisition support system

Claims (29)

Of the communication terminal device and the information management server included in the information acquisition support system that supports user information acquisition of the communication terminal device, the information acquisition support device realized by the communication terminal device,
Position information acquisition means for acquiring position information representing the position of the communication terminal device from a position detection unit for detecting the position of the communication terminal device;
Material request means for transmitting the position information acquired by the position information acquisition means to the information management server, and requesting the material of the compilation data composed of a plurality of pieces of information;
As a response to the request from the material request means, material acquisition means for acquiring material identification information for specifying the material associated with the position information from the information management server;
The material specified by the acquired material identification information with reference to the content list storage unit that stores a list of content for which the user has browsing authority is a material included in any content in the list. In some cases, the information acquisition support apparatus includes a material selection unit that selects the material as a compilation target material constituting the compilation data. An information acquisition support device realized by the information management server among the communication terminal device and the information management server included in the information acquisition support system for supporting information acquisition of the user of the communication terminal device,
Position information acquisition means for acquiring position information representing the position of the communication terminal device from the communication terminal device requesting the material of compilation data composed of a plurality of pieces of information;
A material extraction unit that extracts a material associated with the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit with reference to a registration information storage unit that stores a correspondence relationship between the position information and the material;
The material identification information for identifying the material extracted by the material extracting means is transmitted to the communication terminal device, and whether the material is included in the content that the user has the viewing authority for the communication terminal device. An information acquisition support apparatus comprising: an extraction result notification means for determining whether or not. An information acquisition support device realized by the information management server among the communication terminal device, the information management server, and the information supply server included in the information acquisition support system that supports the user information acquisition of the communication terminal device. And
Position information acquisition means for acquiring position information representing the position of the communication terminal device from the communication terminal device requesting the material of compilation data composed of a plurality of pieces of information;
A material extraction unit that extracts a material associated with the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit with reference to a registration information storage unit that stores a correspondence relationship between the position information and the material;
The material identification information that identifies the material extracted by the material extraction means, and the user identification information that identifies the user of the communication terminal device are transmitted to the information supply server, and the material is transferred to the information supply server. An information acquisition support apparatus comprising: extraction result notification means for determining whether or not the material is included in the content for which the user has browsing authority. An information acquisition support device realized by the information supply server among the communication terminal device, the information management server, and the information supply server included in the information acquisition support system that supports the user information acquisition of the communication terminal device. And
Extraction result acquisition means for acquiring the material identification information and the user identification information from an information management server as an information acquisition support device according to claim 3;
The material specified by the acquired material identification information is associated with the acquired user identification information with reference to a content list storage unit that stores a list of contents for which the user has browsing authority for each user. An information acquisition support apparatus comprising: a material selection unit that selects a material as a compilation target material constituting the compilation data when the material is included in any content in the list . An information acquisition support device for supporting information acquisition of a user of a communication terminal device,
Position information acquisition means for acquiring position information representing the position of the communication terminal device from the communication terminal device;
A material extracting unit that extracts a material associated with the position information acquired by the position information acquiring unit with reference to a registration information storage unit that stores a correspondence relationship between the position information and a material of compilation data composed of a plurality of pieces of information When,
When the material extracted by the material extraction means is a material included in any of the contents in the list with reference to a content list storage unit that stores a list of content for which the user has browsing authority An information acquisition support apparatus comprising: a material selection unit that selects the material as a compilation target material constituting the compilation data.   The information acquisition support apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the information acquisition support apparatus is realized by the communication terminal apparatus.   The information acquisition support apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the information acquisition support apparatus is realized by an information management server that manages a correspondence relationship between the position information and the material.   The information acquisition support apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the information acquisition support apparatus is realized by an information supply server that supplies content including one or more materials to the communication terminal apparatus.   6. The information acquisition support apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the information acquisition support apparatus is realized by the communication terminal apparatus and an information management server that manages a correspondence relationship between the position information and the material.   The information acquisition support device includes the communication terminal device, an information management server that manages a correspondence relationship between the position information and the material, and an information supply server that supplies content including one or more materials to the communication terminal device. It implement | achieves, The information acquisition assistance apparatus of Claim 5 characterized by the above-mentioned.   When the material extracted by the material extraction unit is not selected as a material to be compiled by the material selection unit, a notification recommending the purchase of content including the material is transmitted to the communication terminal device of the user. The information acquisition support apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising a notification transmission unit. When the material extracted by the material extraction unit is not selected as a compilation target material by the material selection unit, and the fee of the content including the material is equal to or less than a predetermined amount, the content list A sales processing means for adding the content to the list in the storage unit;
12. The information acquisition support apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the material selection unit reselects the material of the content newly added by the sales processing unit as a compilation target material.   The data editing means for collecting the editing target materials selected by the material selection means and generating the editing data is provided. The information acquisition support apparatus according to item 1. The compilation data includes a plurality of materials to which an index number is assigned, and each material is further associated with one or more attribute information on the material,
14. The information acquisition support apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the data compilation unit assigns an index number to each material based on attribute information of each material. The attribute information is position information associated with each material in the registration information storage unit that stores the correspondence between the position information and the material.
15. The information acquisition support apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the data compilation unit assigns an index number to each material based on position information of each material included in the compilation data. The registration information storage unit is associated with facility identification information for identifying the facility registered in the registration information storage unit with the correspondence between the position information and the material,
The attribute information is facility identification information associated with each material in the registration information storage unit,
16. The information acquisition support apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the data compilation unit assigns an index number to each material based on facility identification information of each material included in the compilation data. Time information indicating the time when the position information is acquired is associated with the position information indicating the position of the communication terminal apparatus acquired by the communication terminal apparatus.
The attribute information is time information corresponding to position information associated with each material in the registration information storage unit,
16. The information acquisition support apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the data compilation unit assigns an index number to each material based on time information of each material included in the compilation data.   The information presenting means for displaying each material included in the compilation data on the display unit of the communication terminal device according to an assigned index number is provided. The information acquisition support device according to item. The content is an electronic book composed of a plurality of pages,
The material is an individual page included in the electronic book,
The information acquisition support device according to any one of claims 1 to 18, wherein the compilation data is a scrapbook obtained by collecting specific pages included in an electronic book as a compilation target material. The content is an electronic book composed of a plurality of pages,
The material is an individual page included in the electronic book,
19. The information acquisition according to claim 1, wherein the compilation data is a bookmark list obtained by collecting link information to a specific page included in an electronic book as a compilation target material. Support device.   21. The information acquisition support apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the position information is latitude / longitude information measured by a position detection unit of the communication terminal apparatus.   The position information is facility identification information for identifying the facility, which is acquired from a short-range wireless communication device installed in the facility by a position detection unit of the communication terminal device. The information acquisition support device according to any one of the above. An information acquisition support method realized by the communication terminal device among the communication terminal device and the information management server included in the information acquisition support system that supports user information acquisition of the communication terminal device,
A position information acquisition step of acquiring position information representing the position of the communication terminal device from a position detection unit that detects the position of the communication terminal device;
A material request step for transmitting the position information acquired in the position information acquisition step to the information management server, and requesting material of compilation data composed of a plurality of pieces of information;
As a response to the request in the material request step, a material acquisition step for acquiring material identification information for specifying a material associated with the position information from the information management server;
The material specified by the acquired material identification information with reference to the content list storage unit that stores a list of content for which the user has browsing authority is a material included in any content in the list. In some cases, the information acquisition support method includes a material selection step of selecting the material as a compilation target material constituting the compilation data. An information acquisition support method realized by the information management server among the communication terminal device and the information management server included in the information acquisition support system for supporting the information acquisition of the user of the communication terminal device,
A position information acquisition step for acquiring position information representing the position of the communication terminal device from the communication terminal device requesting the material of the compilation data composed of a plurality of pieces of information;
A material extraction step of extracting a material associated with the position information acquired in the position information acquisition step with reference to a registration information storage unit that stores a correspondence relationship between the position information and the material;
The material identification information for specifying the material extracted in the material extraction step is transmitted to the communication terminal device, and the material is included in the content that the user has the authority to view in the communication terminal device. And an extraction result notifying step for determining whether or not the information acquisition support method. An information acquisition support method realized by the information management server among the communication terminal device, the information management server, and the information supply server included in the information acquisition support system that supports information acquisition of the user of the communication terminal device. And
A position information acquisition step for acquiring position information representing the position of the communication terminal device from the communication terminal device requesting the material of the compilation data composed of a plurality of pieces of information;
A material extraction step of extracting a material associated with the position information acquired in the position information acquisition step with reference to a registration information storage unit that stores a correspondence relationship between the position information and the material;
The material identification information for identifying the material extracted in the material extraction step and the user identification information for identifying the user of the communication terminal device are transmitted to the information supply server, and the material is stored in the information supply server. And an extraction result notifying step for determining whether or not the material is included in the content for which the user has browsing authority. An information acquisition support method realized by the information supply server among the communication terminal device, the information management server, and the information supply server included in the information acquisition support system for supporting information acquisition of the user of the communication terminal device. And
An extraction result acquisition step of acquiring the material identification information and the user identification information from an information management server as an information acquisition support device according to claim 3;
The material specified by the material identification information acquired in the extraction result acquisition step is acquired by referring to a content list storage unit that stores a list of contents for which the user has browsing authority for each user. A material selection step of selecting the material as a compilation target material constituting the compilation data when the material is included in any content in the list associated with the user identification information acquired in the step An information acquisition support method comprising: An information acquisition support method for supporting information acquisition of a user of a communication terminal device,
A position information acquisition step of acquiring position information representing the position of the communication terminal apparatus from the communication terminal apparatus;
Material extraction that extracts the material associated with the position information acquired in the position information acquisition step with reference to the registration information storage unit that stores the correspondence between the position information and the material of the compilation data composed of a plurality of information Steps,
When the material extracted in the material extraction step is a material included in any content in the list with reference to a content list storage unit that stores a list of content for which the user has browsing authority A material selection step of selecting the material as a compilation target material constituting the compilation data.   A control program for causing a computer to function as each unit of the information acquisition support device according to any one of claims 1 to 22.   A computer-readable recording medium on which the control program according to claim 28 is recorded.

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