JP2013250883A - Information processing device, information processing method and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information processing device capable of providing information on facilities matching with user's favorite among the facilities available in the area to a user staying in an unfamiliar area.SOLUTION: An obtaining section 211 obtains positional information representing the position of a communication terminal owned by a user. An analyzing section 213 analyzes the tendency of facilities visited by the user based on the positional information obtained by the obtaining section 211. A determination section 212 determines experience value the user stays in the area on each of areas segmented into plural area based on the positional information obtained by the obtaining section 211. A selection section 214 that, when the position represented by the positional information is included in an area where the experience value determined by the determination section 212 is smaller than predetermined level, selects facilities corresponding to the tendency analyzed by the analyzing section among the plural facilities included in the area. A communication section 23 transmits the information on the facilities selected by the selection section 214 to the communication terminal owned by user.

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that provide information about a facility that matches a user's preference.

Information processing apparatuses that acquire position information indicating the position of a terminal carried by a user and provide facility information to the user have been developed.
For example, in Patent Literature 1, the evaluation information table is updated based on communication with the user terminal, the behavior history table is updated based on the user behavior information, the preference information is calculated, and the stay used by the user A server device is described that estimates time, calculates a planned residence time at a planned visit location by referring to a preference information table, generates plan information, and selects a suitable recommendation result by referring to preference information Yes.
Patent Document 2 describes a mail distribution system that promptly guides the nearest dealer when a user moves due to moving or the like.

JP 2011-60059 A JP 2005-71152 A

However, the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 presents a facility in the form of a detour course regardless of the number of past visits and places visited. Therefore, in Patent Document 1, the facility is not presented when the user visits an uninformed area (for example, an area visited for the first time or an area visited only a few times).
Moreover, the technique disclosed in Patent Document 2 only recommends a vehicle dealer based on the current position information regardless of the number of past visits and places visited. Therefore, even in Patent Document 2, the facility is not presented according to the user's preference.

  An object of the present invention is to notify, for example, a user staying in an unfamiliar area, from facilities located in that area, to the facility according to the user's preference.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, an information processing apparatus according to the present invention is based on acquisition means for acquiring position information indicating the position of a communication terminal possessed by a user, and position information acquired by the acquisition means. An analysis means for analyzing the tendency of the facility visited by the user, and an experience indicating the degree of experience that the user has stayed in the area for each of the divided areas based on the location information acquired by the acquisition means If the location indicated by the location information acquired by the acquisition means is included in an area where the identification means for specifying the value and the area where the experience value specified by the specification means does not satisfy a predetermined level, A selection unit that selects a facility corresponding to the trend analyzed by the analysis unit, and information on the facility selected by the selection unit Characterized by comprising a transmitting means for transmitting to the communication terminal.

  Preferably, the analysis unit classifies the location information into groups according to a predetermined rule, analyzes the tendency for each group, and the selection unit selects the location indicated by the location information as the region. When it is included, it is preferable to select a facility corresponding to the trend analyzed by the analysis unit for a group into which the position information is classified among a plurality of facilities located in the area.

  Preferably, the analysis unit classifies the position information into a group according to a distance between a position indicated by the position information and a predetermined position associated with the user, and analyzes the tendency. When the position indicated in the position information is included in the area, the selecting means is configured to allow the analysis means to select a group according to the distance between the position and the predetermined position among a plurality of facilities located in the area. Select a facility that corresponds to the analyzed trend.

  Preferably, the analysis unit classifies the position information into a group corresponding to an attribute of a region including the position indicated by the position information, analyzes the tendency, and the selection unit includes the position information. When the indicated position is included in the area, it is preferable to select a facility corresponding to the trend analyzed by the analysis unit for a group according to the attribute of the area including the position, from a plurality of facilities located in the area. .

  Preferably, the analysis means estimates the purpose of stay of the user at the position indicated by the position information, classifies the position information into a group according to the purpose, analyzes the tendency, When the position indicated by the position information is included in the area, the selecting means analyzes the group according to the purpose of the user's stay at the position among a plurality of facilities located in the area. It is recommended to select a facility corresponding to the trend.

  Preferably, the analyzing means assigns another user who owns the other communication terminal to the user when another communication terminal exists within a range determined from the position indicated by the position information. The position information is classified into a group according to the accompanying person, the trend is analyzed, and the selection means includes the position indicated by the position information in the region, Among a plurality of facilities located in the area, a facility corresponding to the trend analyzed by the analysis means for a group corresponding to a companion who owns another communication terminal existing within a range determined from the position. It is good to choose.

  Preferably, the selection means may select a larger number of facilities as the experience value specified by the specifying means is lower.

  Preferably, the selection unit specifies another user whose tendency similar to the user is analyzed by the analysis unit, and the other user among the plurality of facilities stays in the area. You may want to select the facility you visit.

  The information processing method according to the present invention is based on an acquisition step in which an information processing device acquires position information indicating a position of a communication terminal possessed by a user, and the position information acquired in the acquisition step. Based on the analysis step in which the information processing device analyzes the tendency of the facilities visited by the information processing apparatus and the location information acquired by the acquisition step, the user's experience of staying in the region is divided into a plurality of divided regions. An identification value indicating the abundance is indicated in the position information acquired by the acquisition step in an identification step in which the information processing device identifies, and an area where the experience value identified in the identification step is less than a predetermined level If a location is included, out of a plurality of facilities located in the area, a facility corresponding to the trend analyzed by the analysis step is selected. A selecting step wherein the information processing apparatus selects, information related to facilities selected by said selecting step to said communication terminal, said information processing apparatus is characterized in that it comprises a transmission step of transmitting.

  In addition, the program according to the present invention includes an acquisition unit that acquires position information indicating a position of a communication terminal possessed by a user, and a facility visited by the user based on the position information acquired by the acquisition unit. Specific for identifying the experience value indicating the degree of experience of the user staying in the area for each of the divided areas based on the position information acquired by the acquiring means and the analyzing means for analyzing the tendency of If the location indicated by the location information acquired by the acquisition means is included in an area where the experience value specified by the means and the specifying means does not satisfy a predetermined level, a plurality of facilities located in the area are included. Among them, the selecting means for selecting a facility corresponding to the tendency analyzed by the analyzing means, and the information about the facility selected by the selecting means are Is a program for functioning as a transmitting means for transmitting to the terminal.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the facility along the user's preference can be notified from the facilities located in the area toward the user who stays in the unfamiliar area, for example.

It is a figure showing the outline of the information processing system concerning this embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows each structure of a communication terminal and information processing apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of a subscriber database. It is a figure which shows an example of a history database. It is a figure which shows an example of a facility database. It is a figure for demonstrating specifying the facility which the user of the communication terminal visited. It is a figure which shows an example of a pattern database. It is a figure which shows the functional structure of the control part of information processing apparatus. It is a sequence diagram showing the flow of operation of an information processing system. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the operation | movement which updates a pattern database. It is a flow figure for explaining operation of selection of a recommendation facility.

1. Embodiment 1-1. Overall Configuration of Information Processing System FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overview of an information processing system 9 according to this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1A, the information processing system 9 includes a communication terminal 1, an information processing device 2, and a communication line 3 that connects them.

  FIG. 1B describes an example of a detailed configuration of the information processing system 9. The information processing system 9 includes a plurality of communication terminals 1 (1a, 1b,...), An information processing device 2, a communication line 3, a plurality of base stations 4 (4a, 4b,...), And a plurality of exchanges 5 (5a). , 5b,...) And a location register 6. Each base station 4 emits an assigned radio wave to an area around the base station 4 and establishes communication between the communication terminal 1 and the exchange 5. The exchange 5 is a computer having a function of an exchange, manages one or more base stations 4 and performs communication such as detection of a communication start request from the communication terminal 1 to formation of a communication path, detection of communication end, and release of the communication path. Perform a series of processing to realize The location register 6 is a device that registers position information received by the communication terminal 1 from the base station 4, and associates a cell that is a range covered by the base station 4 with the communication terminal 1 existing in the cell.

1-2. Terminal Configuration FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configurations of the communication terminal 1 and the information processing apparatus 2. In this block diagram, the base station 4, the exchange 5 and the location register 6 are omitted. The communication terminal 1 includes a control unit 11, a storage unit 12, a communication unit 13, an operation unit 14, a display unit 15, a sound collection unit 16, a sound emission unit 17, and a positioning unit 18, which are connected to each other via a bus. Has been. The communication terminal 1 is a mobile phone that is connected to the communication line 3 by the communication unit 13 and communicates with other communication terminals 1 and the information processing apparatus 2 via the communication line 3.

  The control unit 11 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and a timer. The CPU reads out the control program stored in the storage unit 12 or the ROM, loads it into the RAM, and executes it to control each unit of the communication terminal 1 via the bus, in addition to the call function and the communication function. The functions described later are realized. The RAM functions as a work area when the CPU processes each data. The timer calculates the current time using an oscillation circuit or the like. Information indicating the calculated current time is used by the CPU. The storage unit 12 is a large-capacity storage unit such as, for example, a solid state drive (SSD), and stores a program read by the control unit 11.

The operation unit 14 includes a coordinate acquisition unit and operation buttons for inputting various instructions, receives an operation by the user, and supplies a signal corresponding to the operation content to the control unit 11.
The display unit 15 is a display device that uses liquid crystal or the like, and displays an image in accordance with an instruction from the control unit 11.
The sound collection unit 16 includes a microphone 161 that generates a sound signal corresponding to the surrounding sound, converts the generated sound signal into a digital signal, and supplies the digital signal to the control unit 11.
The sound emitting unit 17 includes a speaker 171 that generates sound. Under the control of the control unit 11, the sound output unit 17 converts the instructed sound signal into an analog signal and causes the speaker 171 to generate sound corresponding to the signal.

The communication unit 13 communicates with other communication terminals 1 and the information processing apparatus 2 via the communication line 3 under the control of the control unit 11.
The positioning unit 18 measures the position of the communication terminal 1 based on a GPS (Global Positioning System) positioning method. And the communication terminal 1 includes the positional information which shows the position of the communication terminal 1 which the positioning part 18 measured in the signal transmitted toward the information processing apparatus 2. FIG. The position information is, for example, data including numerical values respectively representing latitude and longitude.

1-3. Configuration of Information Processing Device As shown in FIG. 2, the information processing device 2 includes a control unit 21, a storage unit 22, and a communication unit 23. The control unit 21 includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like, and controls each unit of the information processing apparatus 2 by the CPU reading and executing a program stored in the ROM or the storage unit 22.
The communication unit 23 is an interface that communicates with the communication terminal 1 via the communication line 3.
The storage unit 22 is a large-capacity storage unit such as a hard disk drive (HDD) and stores a program read by the CPU. In addition, the storage unit 22 stores a subscriber database (hereinafter, “database” is represented as DB in the figure) 221, a history database 222, a facility database 223, and a pattern database 224.

(1) Configuration of Subscriber Database FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the subscriber database 221. In the subscriber database 221, registration information regarding the subscriber name, telephone number, home area, and the relationship between the user of the communication terminal 1 and the user of the other communication terminal 1 is described in association with each other.

  In the subscriber name column of the subscriber database 221, the name of the user who owns the corresponding communication terminal 1 is described. In the telephone number column, a telephone number assigned to the communication terminal 1 is described. In the home area column, an area in which the home of the user of the communication terminal 1 is located is described. Here, the region is generally a range wider than the range where the facility is located, for example, an administrative division. Here, the region indicates a range on the ground surface by a plurality of numerical values. For example, a circular region has latitude and longitude information indicating the coordinates of the center point of the circle and the radius of the circle. It is expressed in combination with information indicating the length. The region may be represented by combining latitude and longitude information indicating coordinates of each vertex of the polygon, for example. In this case, the region represented by these pieces of information is a region enclosed inside the polygon. The registration information is information registered in advance for other users who have some relationship with the user. The registration information includes information unique to the above-mentioned “other users” (registration I, registration II,... In FIG. 3) and information on the attributes of the “other users” (attribute I, attribute II, FIG. Attribute III, ...) may be included. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 3, the registration information describes the telephone number of the communication terminal 1 of the family living with the user as the unique information described above. Describes the relationship of the family as seen from.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the telephone number of the communication terminal 1 of the user “Ichiro” is “N1”, and the home area is “R1”. And the telephone number “N2” of the communication terminal 1 possessed by another user is registered as registration I which is one of the registration information, and the registration I and the attribute I are associated with each other. As described in attribute I, the relationship of “another user” who has the communication terminal 1 to which the telephone number registered as registration I is assigned is “daughter” as viewed from “Ichiro”.

(2) Configuration of History Database FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the history database 222. The history database 222 has a telephone number list 2220 and a history list 2221. The telephone number list 2220 is a list in which each telephone number of the plurality of communication terminals 1 is described. The history list 2221 is a list associated with each telephone number described in the telephone number list 2220, and records a history of the position where the communication terminal 1 identified by the telephone number is located. Specifically, the history list 2221 is a list including a set of time and coordinates when the communication terminal 1 is present.

(3) Configuration of Facility Database FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the facility database 223. The facility database 223 stores identification information, area information, and attribute information in association with each other. In the column of identification information I, the name of the facility is described. In the column of identification information II, the address of the facility is described. In the area information column, data such as coordinates indicating the area where the facility is located is described. In each column of attributes I, II, and III, various attributes representing characteristics of the facility such as the type of business, scale, and price range handled by the facility are described. For example, in the facility database 223 shown in FIG. 5, the facility named “Bistro A” is located at “G town E address” and the area information is “Ra”. This facility has “restaurants” as its business category, handles “French”, and its price range is “5,000 yen / person”.

  Further, in the facility database 223, when “region” is described in the attribute I, the name of this region is described in the corresponding identification information I column, and this region is described in the region information column. Data indicating the area where the object is located is described. In this case, the data indicated in the area information column generally represents a wider range than the data described in the area information column for the facility. For example, since the areas indicated by the area information Ra, Rb, Rc, and Rd are all areas of the facility located in “G town”, they are respectively included in the areas indicated by the area information R1.

  The control unit 21 of the information processing apparatus 2 identifies the facility where the predetermined communication terminal 1 is located by combining the subscriber database 221, the history database 222, and the facility database 223, and thereby the user of the communication terminal 1 Identify the facilities visited by. FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining that the facility visited by the user of the communication terminal 1 is specified based on the history database 222 shown in FIG. 4. As shown in FIG. 4, the communication terminal 1 whose telephone number is “N1” is located at coordinates (X1, Y1) at “2012/10/01 10:15”, and “2012 / 10/01 10:16 "at the coordinates (X2, Y2). The communication terminal 1 is located at coordinates (X3, Y3) at “2012/10/01 10:38” and located at coordinates (X4, Y4) at “2012/10/01 17:00”. doing.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the coordinates (X1, Y1) are within the area indicated by the area information “Rd”, and the coordinates (X2, Y2) are outside the area indicated by the area information “Rd”. Therefore, based on these, the information processing apparatus 2 can, for example, “XX” where the user of the communication terminal 1 is located in the area indicated by the area information “Rd” until 10:15 on October 1, 2012. It is estimated that he was in the “house” and went out of this “house” by 10:16.

  Also, as shown in FIG. 6, the coordinates (X3, Y3) are in the area indicated by the area information “Rb”, and the coordinates (X4, Y4) are in the area indicated by the area information “Ra”. Therefore, the information processing apparatus 2 visits the amusement park “B Land” located in the area indicated by the area information “Rb” by 10:38 on the same day, and the area by 17:00 on the same day. It is estimated that the user visited a French restaurant “Bistro A” located in the area indicated by the information “Ra”.

  The subscriber database 221 shown in FIG. 3 describes that the home area indicating the area including the home of the communication terminal 1 is “R1”. Then, the house “XX House” indicated by the area information “Rd”, the amusement park “B Land” located in the area indicated by the area information “Rb”, and the area information “Ra” are indicated. The French restaurant “Bistro A” located in the area is located in G town. Therefore, the information processing apparatus 2 estimates that the user has not left the home area “R1” in the above-described visit route.

(4) Configuration of Pattern Database FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the pattern database 224. The pattern database 224 includes a telephone number list 2240 and a pattern list 2241. The telephone number list 2240 is a list in which each telephone number of the plurality of communication terminals 1 is described. The pattern list 2241 is a list associated with each telephone number described in the telephone number list 2240, and based on the history of the position where the communication terminal 1 identified by the telephone number is located, the communication terminal It shows the tendency of facilities visited by one user. In the pattern list 2241, the identification information of the facility visited by the user is classified by the time zone of the visit and the attributes of the accompanying person, and the number of visits of the facility visited by the same companion in the same time zone is totaled, respectively. Has been.

  Here, in general, the purpose of the user's action often varies depending on who is with whom at which time. Therefore, the information processing apparatus 2 analyzes the tendency of the facilities visited by the user according to various purposes by classifying the visited facilities into groups corresponding to the time zone and accompanying persons at that time.

  For example, according to the pattern database 224 shown in FIG. 7, the user having the communication terminal 1 with the telephone number “N1” has visited “Bistro A” 15 times with his wife and daughter on a public holiday. I understand. According to the pattern database 224 shown in FIG. 7, it can be seen that the user visits the “bistro A” twice with his wife on a weekday night. These are common in that the user visits the same facility, but because the time zone and accompanying persons are different, they are classified into different groups, and are tabulated separately.

1-4. Functional Configuration of Information Processing Device FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the control unit 21 of the information processing device 2. The acquisition unit 211, the identification unit 212, the analysis unit 213, and the selection unit 214 illustrated in FIG. 8 are all realized by the control unit 21 executing a program.

  The communication terminal 1 measures the position of its own terminal periodically, for example, every other minute by the positioning unit 18, and obtains time information indicating the time of the measurement and position information indicating the measured position. 2 to send. The acquisition unit 211 sequentially acquires time information and position information transmitted from the communication terminal 1 possessed by the user, arranges the sets of the acquired time information and position information in time series, and records the history list 2221. Is generated. The acquisition unit 211 stores the generated history list 2221 in association with the telephone number of the communication terminal 1 described in the telephone number list 2220. Thereby, the acquisition unit 211 generates the history database 222. The history database 222 is stored in the storage unit 22.

  Based on the location information acquired by the acquisition unit 211, the subscriber database 221, and the history database 222, the specifying unit 212 includes the location indicated by the location information indicated by the user of the communication terminal 1 that transmitted the location information. Identify experience points that indicate how much you have stayed in the area. This experience value is expressed as a higher value as the experience of staying in the above-mentioned area increases. For example, the experience value means a degree corresponding to the number of stays in the area, the total period of stay in the area, or the like. This experience value may be represented by the number of times or the total period, or may be represented by a plurality of predetermined categories. Here, the experience value in each area is represented by two categories of “high” indicating that the area includes the home and “low” indicating that the area is other than that.

  Specifically, the specifying unit 212 compares the position indicated by the newest position information (hereinafter referred to as the current position) among the acquired position information with the home area described in the subscriber database 221, and this is the home area. It is determined whether it is included in. When determining that the current position is included in the home area, the specifying unit 212 specifies the experience value in the area including the current position as “high”. Further, when determining that the current position is not included in the home area, the specifying unit 212 specifies the experience value as “low”.

  The analysis unit 213 analyzes the tendency of the facility visited by the user based on the position information acquired by the acquisition unit 211. Specifically, the analysis unit 213 extracts a set of time information and position information from the history list 2221 associated with the telephone number of the communication terminal 1 in the history database 222, and uses these as the attribute of the time zone and the accompanying person. Sort by each. The time zone corresponding to each group is divided in advance according to whether it is a holiday or weekday, and another combination of daytime or nighttime, such as `` holiday day '', `` holiday night '', `` weekday daytime '', `` weekday night ''. It is specified by assigning the time indicated by the time information included in the set to the set time zone.

  A companion corresponding to each group is specified by the analysis unit 213 performing the following processing. That is, the analysis unit 213 identifies the telephone number of the communication terminal 1 of the family living with the user from the registration information included in the subscriber database 221, and the history list 2221 associated with the identified telephone number. Is searched from the history database 222. Then, the analysis unit 213 obtains the distance between the position described in the found history list 2221 and the position described in the history list 2221 associated with the telephone number of the user's communication terminal 1. When the obtained distance is below the determined threshold, the analysis unit 213 determines that the above-described family communication terminal 1 exists within the range determined from the user communication terminal 1, and accompanies this family. Identify as a person.

  The above-mentioned sets are classified into groups for each time zone and accompanying attributes. The analysis unit 213 analyzes the tendency of the facility visited by the user by identifying the facility visited by the user for each group and counting the number of times the user visited for each identified facility. The tabulation results are stored in the storage unit 22 as the pattern database 224.

  The control unit 21 determines whether or not the current position is included in an area where the experience value specified by the specifying unit 212 does not satisfy a predetermined level. Here, the predetermined level is a condition that the home is included in this case, and the area that does not satisfy the predetermined level is the area that is specified as “low” as described above. When it is determined that the current position is included in an area other than the area including the home, the control unit 21 functions as the selection unit 214. Specifically, the selection unit 214 refers to the facility database 223 and the pattern database 224 and selects a facility corresponding to the trend analyzed by the analysis unit 213 from a plurality of facilities located in the area including the current position.

  The facility corresponding to the trend is selected by the following process, for example. That is, the selection unit 214 specifies the current time zone and the accompanying person who is currently accompanying the user. Then, the selection unit 214 refers to the pattern database 224 and compares the number of times counted by the analysis unit 213 for the facility visited by the user together with the accompanying person during the time period. Then, the selection unit 214 selects the facility having the largest number of visits from the facilities described in the pattern database 224, and reads the identification information of the facility. The selection unit 214 searches the facility database 223 for the read identification information, and specifies the attribute of the facility identified by the identification information. Then, the selection unit 214 identifies region information indicating the region including the current position described above from the facility database 223, is associated with the region information, and is also associated with the attribute. Select the identification information of the facility. A facility identified by this identification information is a facility corresponding to the above tendency.

1-5. Operation Next, the operation of the information processing system 9 according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram illustrating an operation flow of the information processing system 9. The communication terminal 1 measures the position of its own terminal by the positioning unit 18 (step S101), and transmits position information indicating the measured position to the information processing apparatus 2 together with time information indicating the time of the measurement (step S102). The information processing device 2 acquires a set of time information and position information from the communication terminal 1 and accumulates it in the history database 222 (step S103), and for each region divided into a plurality based on the acquired position information, The experience value of the user who owns the communication terminal 1 is specified (step S104).

  Then, the information processing apparatus 2 determines whether or not the current position is included in an area where the identified experience value does not satisfy a predetermined level (step S105). When the current position is not included in the above area (step S105; NO), the information processing apparatus 2 updates the pattern database 224 based on the current position (step S106). Thereby, the tendency of the facility which a user visits in the area where experience value is more than a predetermined level is analyzed.

  On the other hand, when the current position is included in the above area (step S105; YES), the information processing apparatus 2 refers to the pattern database 224 to analyze the tendency of the facilities visited by the user in the past, and is located in the above area. A facility corresponding to the analyzed tendency is selected as a “recommended facility” from the plurality of facilities being operated (step S107). The information processing apparatus 2 transmits information regarding the selected recommended facility to the communication terminal 1 (step S108).

  When the communication terminal 1 acquires information on the recommended facility from the information processing apparatus 2, the communication terminal 1 presents (for example, displays) the acquired information on the recommended facility on the display unit 15 or the like (step S109).

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of updating the pattern database 224 in step S106 described above. The control unit 21 of the information processing device 2 specifies the facility that the user is currently visiting based on the current position and the set of time information and position information accumulated in the history database 222, and the user It is determined whether or not a certain time has passed since the last visit (step S201). When it is determined that a certain amount of time has not elapsed since the user visited this facility (step S201; NO), the control unit 21 ends the process. On the other hand, when it is determined that a certain time or more has elapsed since the user visited this facility (step S201; YES), the control unit 21 specifies the time zone when the user visited this facility (step S201). S202), the accompanying person when visiting this facility is specified (step S203). Then, the control unit 21 updates the pattern database 224 by adding 1 to the number of visits to the above-mentioned facility that is tabulated for each time zone and accompanying person in the pattern database 224 (step S204). End the analysis process. In addition, the control part 21 may memorize | store the content added most recently, and, when performing this process next time, may refer to the memorize | stored content and may make it not add the number of visits redundantly.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of selecting a recommended facility in step S107 described above. The control unit 21 of the information processing device 2 specifies the current time from the latest time information acquired from the communication terminal 1 in step S102 shown in FIG. And the control part 21 specifies the time slot | zone in which this present time is contained (step S301), and specifies the present companion from the newest positional information acquired from the communication terminal 1 (step S302). Here, the information processing apparatus 2 acquires position information from a plurality of communication terminals 1 including the user's communication terminal 1. And the control part 21 of the information processing apparatus 2 specifies the positional information acquired from the other communication terminal 1 previously registered in the subscriber database 221, and the position shown by the specified positional information and the above-mentioned user's The distance from the position indicated by the position information of the communication terminal 1 is calculated. Then, when the calculated distance is less than the determined threshold, the control unit 21 specifies the other user who possesses the above-mentioned “other communication terminal 1” as the accompanying user of the above-described user.

  The control unit 21 refers to the pattern database 224 and identifies the facility having the highest number of visits by the user together with the identified accompanying person in the identified time zone (step S303). Then, the control unit 21 refers to the facility database 223 and searches for a facility having an attribute similar to the identified facility among the plurality of facilities located in the area including the current position. Is selected as a recommended facility corresponding to (step S304). Here, the fact that the facility attributes are close means that some or all of the plurality of attributes (attribute I, attribute II, attribute III) associated with the facility are common.

1-6. Operation Example For example, the route of the visit shown in FIG. 6 does not leave the user outside the home area “R1”. Therefore, in step S105 of the flow shown in FIG. 9, the control unit 21 determines that the current position is not included in an area where the experience value is less than the predetermined level. Therefore, the control unit 21 advances the process to step S106 and updates the pattern database 224.

  On the other hand, when the user's communication terminal 1 is located at the coordinates (X5, Y5) shown in FIG. 6, the current position is in the area indicated by the area information “R2” (specifically, “L village”). is there. Therefore, the control unit 21 of the information processing device 2 determines in step S105 described above that the current position is included in an area where the experience value does not satisfy the predetermined level. Therefore, the control part 21 performs the process of step S107 and step S108.

  In step S107, the control unit 21 analyzes the tendency of the facilities visited by the user in the past with reference to the pattern database 224, and from among a plurality of facilities located in an area where the experience value does not reach a predetermined level. The facility corresponding to the analyzed tendency is selected as the “recommended facility”.

  At this time, if the current time is included in the daytime of a public holiday, the control unit 21 specifies the current time zone as “holiday day” in step S301 shown in FIG. Then, within the range determined from the communication terminal 1 of the user “Ichiro”, the communication terminal 1 whose telephone number is “N2” and the communication terminal 1 whose telephone number is “N3” exist. Then, in step S302 illustrated in FIG. 11, the control unit 21 specifies the current accompanying person as “Hanako” and “Kaori”. As shown in the subscriber database 221 of FIG. 3, “Hanako” is “Daughter” of “Ichiro”, and “Kaori” is “Wife” of “Ichiro”.

  In step S303 illustrated in FIG. 11, the control unit 21 identifies the facility that “Ichiro”, the user of the communication terminal 1, visited most frequently together with “wife” and “daughter” during “holiday day”. . For example, when the pattern database 224 shown in FIG. 7 is generated by the analysis unit 213 described above, the user of the communication terminal 1 whose telephone number is “N1” (ie, “Ichiro”) He visits Bistro A 15 times with his wife and daughter during the daytime on public holidays. This is the most frequent visit to the facility.

  In step S304 shown in FIG. 11, the control unit 21 selects a facility having an attribute similar to that of “bistro A” from the facilities located in “L village” that is the area indicated by the region information “R2”. To do. According to the facility database 223 shown in FIG. 5, the facilities located in “L village” include “hotel P”, “bistro J” and “K hotel”. The attribute information I of the facility “Bistro A” visited most by the user is “Restaurant”, the attribute information II is “French”, and the attribute information III is “5,000 yen / person”.

  On the other hand, attribute information I of “hotel P” is “accommodation facility”, attribute information II is “medium-scale”, and attribute information III is not described. Therefore, the attribute of “hotel P” is not close to the attribute of “bistro A”. Further, the attribute information I of “K restaurant” is “restaurant”, the attribute information II is “Chinese”, and the attribute information III is “2,000 yen / person”. That is, the attribute of “K Hotel” is the same as that of “Bistro A” with respect to the attribute information I, and thus is closer to the attribute of “Bistro A” than the attribute of “Hotel P”. However, the attributes described in the attribute information II and the attribute information III are different.

  The attribute information I of “Bistro J” is “restaurant”, the attribute information II is “French”, and the attribute information III is “5,000 yen / person”. That is, the attribute of “bistro J” is common to the attribute of “bistro A” in the attribute information I, II, and III. Therefore, the control unit 21 selects “Bistro J” as a recommended facility.

  When the information processing apparatus 2 selects a recommended facility, information about the recommended facility is transmitted to the communication terminal 1 in step S108 shown in FIG. 9, and this information is displayed on the display unit 15 of the communication terminal 1 in step S109. The With the above configuration, the user of the communication terminal 1 recommends the information processing apparatus 2 when going to an area where the home is not included, depending on the tendency of the visited facility in the area where the home is included. Receive information about recommended facilities. Since this recommended facility is similar to the facility used by the user in the vicinity of the home in terms of its attributes, the information processing system 9 can select the preference even when the user is staying in an unguided area. It is possible to inform the user of facilities along the line.

2. Modification The above is the description of the embodiment, but the contents of this embodiment can be modified as follows. Further, the following modifications may be combined.

(1) In the embodiment, the positioning unit 18 performs positioning by specifying the position of the own terminal using GPS, but may perform positioning using another configuration. For example, when the communication terminal 1 is a mobile phone that periodically detects the identification information of the nearest base station 4, the positioning unit 18 determines the position of the communication terminal 1 based on the identification information of the base station 4. You may specify. Further, the positioning unit 18 may specify the position of the communication terminal 1 based on an SSID (Service Set Identifier) of a wireless local area network (LAN).

(2) When there is an external device that specifies the position of the communication terminal 1, the communication terminal 1 may not include the positioning unit 18. For example, the communication terminal 1 is configured to be able to transmit identification information of its own terminal stored in the ROM to an external reading device by radio wave non-contact short-range communication called RFID (Radio Frequency Identification). Has been. And if the communication terminal 1 moves, the reader provided near the position will read the identification information of the communication terminal 1. Then, the information processing device 2 acquires the identification information of the communication terminal 1 read by the reading device, and specifies the position of the communication terminal 1 in combination with the identification information and information on the position where the reading device is installed. May be.

(3) Further, the information processing device 2 requests and acquires the position information registered in the location register 6 via the communication line 3, and specifies the position of the communication terminal 1 based on the acquired position information. May be. Thereby, since the base station 4 that covers the cell in which the communication terminal 1 exists is specified, the information processing apparatus 2 specifies the position of the communication terminal 1 in units of cells.

(4) In the above-described embodiment, the information processing apparatus 2 has acquired a set of time information and position information from the communication terminal 1, but the time at which the information processing apparatus 2 has acquired position information from the communication terminal 1 is determined. The communication terminal 1 may be regarded as the time at the position indicated by the position information, and the time information indicating the time may be stored in the history database 222 in association with the acquired position information.

(5) In the above-described embodiment, the specifying unit 212 determines whether or not the current position is included in the home region, and the experience value is divided into two categories of “high” or “low” according to the determination result. Although specified as either, the experience value may be determined by other modes. For example, the specifying unit 212 may specify a region where the current position is included and count the total number of times and the total time that the user of the communication terminal 1 stayed in that region. Then, the less the number of times of aggregation or the shorter the total time of aggregation, the lower the user experience value in this area may be specified. In this case, as indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 8, the identifying unit 212 refers to the facility database 223 in addition to the subscriber database 221 and the history database 222 and identifies an area including the current position. . In this case, the home area may not be described in the subscriber database 221.

(6) In the above-described embodiment, the analysis unit 213 extracts a set of time information and position information from the history list 2221 associated with the telephone number of the communication terminal 1 in the history database 222, and uses these as time. Although the classification is performed for each band and accompanying person attribute, the condition for classifying the position information is not limited to the time band and accompanying person attribute. For example, the position information may be classified according to the distance between the position indicated by the position information and a predetermined position associated with the user (for example, the position of each user's home). For example, if the position of the communication terminal 1 indicated by the position information is within 10 km (kilometers) from the home, it is considered that the user is out for daily use. If the position is within 10 km from the home and within 100 km, a day trip or As long as it is in a business trip, if it is in a place exceeding 100 km from home, it may be classified as an overnight trip or a business trip. This is because the current situation of the user is likely to change depending on the distance from the home, and the attributes of the recommended facility are considered to be different depending on the current situation.

  In this case, when analyzing the tendency of the facilities visited by the user, the control unit 21 obtains the distance between the position where the user stays and the position of the user's home, and assigns these facilities to the group for each obtained distance. Can be classified and the number of visits can be tabulated. Then, when selecting the recommended facility, the information processing device 2 obtains the distance between the current position and the position of the user's home, and selects the facility corresponding to the tendency analyzed for the group according to the obtained distance. That's fine.

  According to this configuration, for example, when a user stays for the first time in an area 200 km west from home (in this case, it is assumed that a trip or a business trip is accompanied by accommodation), the user has previously stayed in an area 200 km east from home. Using the tendency of the facility visited by the user, the information processing apparatus 2 causes the communication terminal 1 possessed by the user to present the facility located in the area.

(7) Further, the condition for classifying the position information may be an attribute of a region including the position indicated by the position information. The user's behavior may differ depending on whether the area where the user is staying is a city or a tourist spot. Therefore, for example, when analyzing the tendency of the facility visited by the user, the control unit 21 of the information processing apparatus 2 extracts a facility whose time from the visit to the user leaving is a certain time or more. . And the control part 21 specifies the attribute of the area | region where those extracted facilities are referred with reference to the facility database 223. FIG. And the control part 21 should just total the frequency | count of the visit of the facility mentioned above for every attribute of a region.

  In this case, when selecting the recommended facility, the control unit 21 may identify an attribute of the region including the current position and select a facility corresponding to the tendency analyzed for the group according to the region attribute. . According to this configuration, for example, when a user first stays in a certain sightseeing spot, the information processing device 2 uses the tendency of visiting facilities in other sightseeing spots where the user has stayed in the past, so that the information processing apparatus 2 The facility located on the ground is presented to the communication terminal 1 owned by the user.

(8) The condition for classifying the position information may be the purpose of the user staying at the position indicated by the position information. For example, the user's schedule is stored in the storage unit 22 of the information processing device 2, and the control unit 21 of the information processing device 2 refers to this schedule, so that the current position of the communication terminal 1 possessed by the user is stored. The purpose of the user's stay in may be specified. In this schedule, for example, “business trip” and “family trip” are described as the purpose of stay.

  Then, for example, when analyzing the tendency of the facility visited by the user, the control unit 21 of the information processing apparatus 2 extracts a facility whose time from the visit to the user leaving is a certain time or more. . And the control part 21 should just count the visit frequency | count of the facility mentioned above for every purpose with reference to the above-mentioned schedule, pinpointing the purpose of a user's stay for every time.

  In this case, when selecting the recommended facility, the control unit 21 specifies the purpose of the user's stay at the current time and the current position, and selects the facility corresponding to the tendency analyzed for the group according to the purpose. Good. According to this configuration, the information processing device 2 causes the communication terminal 1 possessed by the user to present a facility that matches the user's past tendency according to the purpose of the user's stay.

(9) There may be no condition for classifying the position information. In short, the control unit 21 of the information processing device 2 has a plurality of facilities located in an area where the location of the communication terminal 1 possessed by the user is included in an area where the experience value of the user does not satisfy a predetermined level. Of these, a facility corresponding to the tendency of facilities visited by the user in the past may be selected.

(10) In the above-described embodiment, when the location of the communication terminal 1 possessed by the user is included in an area where the experience value of the user does not satisfy a predetermined level, the control unit 21 of the information processing device 2 Identifies the facility that has visited the most times in the past, and has selected one facility that has an attribute similar to that of the facility from among the plurality of facilities located in the above-mentioned area. The number of is not limited to one and may be two or more. In addition, the control unit 21 specifies the number of facilities that the user has visited in the past in the order determined in descending order, and identifies a plurality of facilities that are close in attributes to the plurality of facilities. You may choose from. In addition, the control unit 21 may select, from a plurality of facilities located in the area, the identified above-mentioned facility and a facility that is determined to be close to a predetermined level or more regarding the attribute. When there is no corresponding facility, the control unit 21 may present the fact to the communication terminal 1 possessed by the user.

(11) In the above-described embodiment or modification, the position of the communication terminal 1 possessed by the user in an area where the user's experience value is less than a predetermined level regardless of whether the user's experience value is high or low. Is included, the control unit 21 of the information processing apparatus 2 has selected a predetermined number of facilities from among a plurality of facilities located in the area. It may be decided according to the experience value. For example, you may comprise the control part 21 of the information processing apparatus 2 so that many facilities may be selected, so that a user's experience value is low.

(12) When the location of the communication terminal 1 possessed by the user is included in an area where the experience value of the user does not satisfy the predetermined level, the control unit 21 of the information processing device 2 is different from the user And the facility corresponding to this tendency may be presented to the communication terminal 1 possessed by the user. In this case, when selecting the recommended facility, the control unit 21 identifies another user who has been analyzed for a tendency similar to the tendency of the facility visited by the user, and from among the plurality of facilities located in the above-described region. The facility visited when the “other user” is staying in the area may be selected.

(13) When the communication terminal 1 acquires the information related to the recommended facility from the information processing apparatus 2, the information is displayed on the display unit 15. However, the presentation of the information related to the recommended facility is not limited to the display. For example, information regarding recommended facilities may be voiced and emitted by the sound emission unit 17.

(14) In the above-described embodiment, when the information processing apparatus 2 acquires the position information from the communication terminal 1, the information processing apparatus 2 specifies the experience value of the user who owns the communication terminal 1 for each of the divided areas based on the position information. However, the timing at which the information processing device 2 specifies the experience value of the user is not limited to this. For example, the information processing apparatus 2 may specify the experience value of the user when the position information is acquired from the communication terminal 1 immediately after a predetermined time of the day has passed. In this case, the experience value of the user once specified may be used without being changed until it is specified next time. When staying somewhere on a business trip or a trip, the place where the user is based is generally an accommodation facility. Therefore, for example, by setting the estimated time at which the user is sleeping, such as 4:00 am in the day, to the above timing, the information processing apparatus 2 can establish a facility (accommodation facility) based on the user. The experience value of the user is specified for a region including Therefore, for example, the possibility that the information processing apparatus 2 specifies the experience value during movement is suppressed.

(15) Although the home area is described in the subscriber database 221 in the above-described embodiment, the home area may be input by the user via the communication terminal 1. In this case, the information processing device 2 may acquire the home region input by the user from the communication terminal 1 and specify the user's experience value based on the home region. In this case, the home area input by the user may not be described in the subscriber database 221.

  Also, the home area may be estimated from the history database 222. For example, the control unit 21 of the information processing device 2 uses the history list 2221 associated with the telephone number of the communication terminal 1 in the history database 222 to determine the time zone (for example, from 1:00 am) for the communication terminal 1. It is also possible to count the locations located at midnight until 4 am, and estimate the home area based on the distribution of the totaled positions.

(16) In the above-described embodiment, the communication terminal 1 periodically measures the position of its own terminal and transmits the position information indicating the measured position to the information processing device 2. The timing for transmitting the position information to the apparatus 2 is not limited to this. For example, the communication terminal 1 may transmit the above-described position information to the information processing device 2 at a timing when the user operates the operation unit 14 of the communication terminal 1 and gives a predetermined instruction to the communication terminal 1.

(17) In the above-described embodiment, when the current position is included in an area where the user's experience value does not satisfy a predetermined level, the information processing apparatus 2 acquires the position information from the user's communication terminal 1. The information regarding the facility corresponding to the tendency of the facility visited by the user is transmitted to the communication terminal 1 from the plurality of facilities located in the area. The information processing device 2 transmits the information regarding the facility to the communication terminal. The timing to transmit to 1 is not limited to this. For example, when the information processing apparatus 2 acquires the position information together with an instruction to request facility information from the communication terminal 1, the information processing apparatus 2 may transmit the information.

(18) In the above-described embodiment, the control unit 21 of the information processing device 2 updates the pattern database 224 when it is determined that the current position is not included in an area where the experience value is less than a predetermined level. However, the timing for performing the process of updating the pattern database 224 is not limited to this. For example, the control unit 21 may update the pattern database 224 immediately after accumulating a set of time information and position information acquired from the communication terminal 1 in the history database 222. In this case, the pattern database 224 is updated even if the current position is not included in an area where the user's experience value is less than a predetermined level.

  In the above-described embodiment, the control unit 21 of the information processing apparatus 2 updates the pattern database 224 every time the user visits one of the facilities and spends a certain time or more. Each time the selection is made, the pattern database 224 may be newly generated with reference to the user visit history stored in the history database 222.

(19) A program executed by the control unit 21 of the information processing apparatus 2 is read by a computer device such as a magnetic recording medium such as a magnetic tape or a magnetic disk, an optical recording medium such as an optical disk, a magneto-optical recording medium, or a semiconductor memory. It may be provided in a state stored in a possible recording medium. It is also possible to download this program via a network such as the Internet. Note that various devices other than the CPU may be applied as the control means exemplified by the control unit 21 described above. For example, a dedicated processor or the like is used.

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Claims (11)

Obtaining means for obtaining position information indicating the position of the communication terminal possessed by the user;
Analyzing means for analyzing the tendency of the facility visited by the user based on the position information acquired by the acquiring means;
Based on the position information acquired by the acquisition means, for each area divided into a plurality, a specifying means for specifying an experience value indicating the degree of experience that the user has stayed in the area;
When the location indicated by the location information acquired by the acquisition unit is included in a region where the experience value specified by the specification unit does not satisfy a predetermined level, among the plurality of facilities located in the region, the A selection means for selecting a facility corresponding to the trend analyzed by the analysis means;
An information processing apparatus comprising: a transmission unit configured to transmit information regarding the facility selected by the selection unit to the communication terminal. The analysis means classifies the position information into groups according to a predetermined rule, analyzes the tendency for each group,
When the position indicated by the position information is included in the area, the selection means is configured to analyze the group analyzed by the analysis means for a group in which the position information is classified among a plurality of facilities located in the area. The corresponding facility is selected. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the corresponding facility is selected. The analyzing means classifies the position information into a group according to a distance between a position indicated by the position information and a predetermined position associated with the user, and analyzes the tendency.
When the position indicated by the position information is included in the area, the selecting means is configured to analyze the group according to the distance between the position and the predetermined position among a plurality of facilities located in the area. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a facility corresponding to the tendency analyzed by the user is selected. The analysis means classifies the position information into groups according to the attributes of the region including the position indicated by the position information, and analyzes the tendency.
When the position indicated in the position information is included in the area, the selecting means analyzes the group according to the attribute of the area including the position among a plurality of facilities located in the area. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, wherein a facility corresponding to the tendency is selected. The analysis means estimates the purpose of stay of the user at the position indicated by the position information, classifies the position information into a group according to the purpose, and analyzes the tendency,
When the position indicated by the position information is included in the area, the selecting means is configured to select the group according to the purpose of the user's stay at the position among a plurality of facilities located in the area. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a facility corresponding to the analyzed tendency is selected. The analysis means classifies the position information into a group according to the time when the position information is acquired, and analyzes the tendency.
When the position indicated by the position information is included in the area, the selecting means analyzes the group according to the time at which the position information is acquired among a plurality of facilities located in the area. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a facility corresponding to the tendency is selected. The analysis means, when another communication terminal exists within a range determined from the position indicated by the position information, identifies another user who owns the other communication terminal as a companion of the user And classifying the location information into groups according to the accompanying person and analyzing the trend,
When the position indicated by the position information is included in the area, the selecting means selects other communication terminals that exist within a range determined from the position among a plurality of facilities located in the area. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 6, wherein a facility corresponding to a tendency analyzed by the analysis unit is selected for a group corresponding to the accompanying person. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the selection unit selects a larger number of facilities as the experience value specified by the specifying unit is lower. The selecting means identifies another user whose tendency similar to the user is analyzed by the analyzing means, and among the plurality of facilities, the facility visited when the other user is staying in the area The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus is selected. An acquisition step in which the information processing apparatus acquires position information indicating the position of the communication terminal possessed by the user;
Based on the location information acquired by the acquisition step, an analysis step in which the information processing apparatus analyzes the tendency of the facility visited by the user;
A specific step in which the information processing device identifies an experience value indicating the degree of experience that the user has stayed in the area for each of the divided areas based on the position information acquired in the acquisition step;
When the location indicated in the location information acquired by the acquisition step is included in a region where the experience value specified by the specification step is less than a predetermined level, among the plurality of facilities located in the region, the A selection step in which the information processing apparatus selects a facility corresponding to the trend analyzed by the analysis step;
A transmission step in which the information processing apparatus transmits information on the facility selected in the selection step to the communication terminal. Computer
Obtaining means for obtaining position information indicating the position of the communication terminal possessed by the user;
Analyzing means for analyzing the tendency of the facility visited by the user based on the position information acquired by the acquiring means;
Based on the position information acquired by the acquisition means, for each area divided into a plurality, a specifying means for specifying an experience value indicating the degree of experience that the user has stayed in the area;
When the location indicated by the location information acquired by the acquisition unit is included in a region where the experience value specified by the specification unit does not satisfy a predetermined level, among the plurality of facilities located in the region, the A selection means for selecting a facility corresponding to the trend analyzed by the analysis means;
The program for functioning as a transmission means which transmits the information regarding the facility selected by the selection means to the communication terminal.

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