JP2014082580A - Guide information distribution system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform automatic distribution of guide information only to a specific terminal in a group, for users visited in group and acting together, in response to the distribution area movement of users in a hall.SOLUTION: A guide information distribution system consists of a host system including a guide information database, and a plurality of mobile terminals receiving the guide information. A determination is made whether there is friend relationship between the users, from a friend list of users registered previously, and then a determination is made whether the users are acting together from location information of a mobile terminal, before distributing the guide information.

Description

  The present invention relates to a guide information distribution system for distributing guide information of each distribution area in a venue such as an exhibition hall from a host system to a mobile terminal device.

  In recent years, data distribution from an information distribution host system to a mobile terminal device such as a portable terminal via a wireless communication network generally provides necessary data to a user of the mobile terminal device. ing. In museums and art galleries, there is also a service for delivering information on exhibits to the mobile terminal devices of visitors and guiding them.

  As a publicly known technical document related to the present invention, there is the following Patent Document 1.

JP 2009-54165 A

  In the systems and services as described above, there is a problem that the burden of selecting necessary information and performing a receiving operation increases as the type and number of pieces of information that can be acquired increase. In addition, as the amount of data increases, the communication time and communication cost required for downloading also increase.

  Furthermore, in recent years, explanations of exhibits at exhibition halls are often made using moving images. However, when these videos are distributed to the mobile terminal devices of visitors, problems such as communication time and communication cost are likely to occur.

  The purpose of the present invention is to determine a group acting together for users visiting in a group, such as when delivering guide information of exhibits to a user's mobile terminal device at an exhibition hall, etc. It is an object of the present invention to provide a guide information distribution system capable of distributing information according to the area in the venue and the group composition of the group only to a specific terminal in the group.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides the following configurations.
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a guide information distribution system having a host system that can be connected to a user's mobile terminal device via a network, wherein the host system provides guide information for each of one or more distribution areas in a venue. Are registered for each user, terminal identification information for identifying the user's mobile terminal device, and friendship determination data unique to the user, and the user's mobile terminal device A user database in which position information indicating the current position and a friend group ID for identifying a friend group to which the user belongs can be registered for each user, terminal identification information of the user, and one or more other than the user Friend List Table that is registered for each user in association with a friend list that is a list of friend relationship determination data of other users When the terminal identification information is received from the mobile terminal device of a new visitor who has newly visited the venue, the new visitor user is referred to by referring to the friend list table and the user database based on the received terminal identification information. In addition, the new visitor and the visited user are in a friendship relationship by determining whether or not the data for determining each other's friendship exists in each friend list of the visited users who have already visited the venue. If it is determined that the new visitor and the visited user are in a friend relationship with the means for determining whether or not the visitor already has a friend group ID by referring to the user database. If the visited user who is in a friend relationship already has a friend group ID, the same as the user database of the new visitor A new friend group in the user database of each of the new visitor and the visited user if the visited user who is in a friend relationship with the means for registering the visitor group ID does not have the friend group ID Means for registering an ID, and when receiving a guide information distribution request together with terminal identification information and position information from a mobile terminal device of a visited user who has entered the distribution area, the user database based on the terminal identification information To obtain a friend group ID and obtain the location information of other visited users with the same friend group ID, and a certain distance between the visited user who made the distribution request and another visited user If the visitor who made the distribution request and other visited users are within a certain distance, the visitor who made the distribution request and others Means for distributing the guide information to any one of the visited users.

  In the above aspect, the attribute of the representative of the user is registered in the user database, and the means for distributing the guide information refers to the user database and the visited user who made the distribution request and others It is preferable that the guide information is distributed only to the mobile terminal devices of those who have representative attributes among the visited users.

  In the above aspect, the mobile terminal apparatus detects a data storage unit that stores position information of the distribution area in advance, a current position detection unit that receives a radio wave from an access point and detects a current position of the mobile device. A distribution request transmitting means for transmitting a distribution request for the guide information to the host system together with position information of the current position and the terminal identification information when the current position is within the distribution area; and the received from the host system It is preferable to provide guide information display means for displaying guide information.

The guide information distribution system of the present invention has the following effects.
(1) Based on the friendship between users and the location information of the current position, it is determined whether they belong to the same group and are acting together, and guide information is automatically given to one group acting together By distributing, distribution can be performed only to necessary users, and the load and cost of the system can be reduced.
(2) By distributing guide information only to one mobile terminal device in a group acting together, the load and cost of the system can be reduced.
(3) A group can be determined using existing information without registering a user as a group.

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an internal configuration diagram of the mobile terminal apparatus. FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of the user database. FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of the friend list. FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of a guide information distribution request frame and a reply frame. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing friend group determination processing of the host system. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the distribution process of the host system.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a guide information distribution system to which the present invention is applied will be described.
FIG. 1 is a schematic system configuration diagram showing an example of an embodiment of the present invention. The guide information distribution system is mainly configured by a host system 2 having a guide information database 1 and a plurality of mobile terminal devices 3a, 3b, and 3n that receive guide information from the host system 2. The mobile terminal devices 3a, 3b, 3n are connected to the access point 4 via a wireless line. The access point 4 is connected to a network 5 by a wired public line network, and the host system 2 is connected to the network 5. Accordingly, the mobile terminal devices 3a, 3b, and 3n are connected to the host system 2 through the wireless line reaching the access point 4 and the wired network 5.

  The host system 2 is a computer device into which a predetermined program is introduced, and the CPU implements each function described below by reading the program into a memory and executing it. In addition to the guide information database 1, the host system 2 is provided with a user database 6 and a friend list table 9.

  In the guide information database 1 of the host system 2, for example, guide information such as explanation of exhibits at an exhibition hall or the like is registered. The guide information is associated with position information of an area where each exhibit exists (corresponding to a guide information distribution area). Preferably, the guide information is associated with a group configuration of user groups to be distributed in one distribution area. The group configuration information indicating the group configuration is, for example, information such as a group composed only of women or a group including children. Guide information for women, guide information that can be easily understood by children, and the like are distributed. The guide information is distributed to one or a plurality of mobile terminal devices of the user group that has reached the corresponding distribution area. Preferably, the message is distributed to one mobile terminal device in the user group.

  In addition, the user database 6 has the mobile terminal devices 3a, 3b, 3n owned (carried at the time of use) of the user who receives the distribution of guide information stored in the guide information database 1 using this system. Information is stored. The user information includes pre-registration information, user location information, guide information distribution status, and the like. The friend list table 9 stores information on the user's friend list.

  The host system 2 includes a data processing unit 7 that updates and searches the guide information database 1 and the user database 6, and a transmission / reception unit 8 that performs transmission and reception with the mobile terminal devices 3a, 3b, and 3n.

  The mobile terminal devices 3a, 3b, and 3n may be computer devices into which a predetermined program that implements functions described below, such as a communication function with the host system 2 and a function of detecting the current position of the own device, is installed. The specific form may be, for example, a user's mobile phone, portable information terminal, or the like.

  In the following description of FIGS. 2 to 7, the reference numerals shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 may be referred to in the description of other drawings.

FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing the configuration of the mobile terminal devices 3a, 3b, 3n shown in FIG.
As main elements, a position detection unit 21 that receives a radio wave from the access point 4 to detect the current position of the own device, and that the own device is in the distribution area based on the current position detected by the position detection unit 21. An area determination unit 22 to detect, a transmission / reception unit 23 that transmits a distribution request to the host system 2, a data storage unit 24 that stores guide information received from the host system 2, and a display unit 25 that displays the received guide information. Configured.

  Here, based on the current position detected by the position detection unit 21, the area determination unit 22 detects that its own device has reached a distribution area in a venue such as an exhibition hall, and the transmission / reception unit 23 uses the host as a trigger. A distribution request is transmitted to the system 2. The “distribution area” is a section having a predetermined area in a venue such as an exhibition hall and is a distribution target of predetermined guide information. One or more distribution areas are provided in the venue. The position information of one or a plurality of distribution areas in the venue is transmitted from the host system 2 when the user visits and is stored in the mobile terminal device. That is, the location information of the distribution area is stored in advance in the mobile terminal device before the user starts moving in the venue.

FIG. 3 is a configuration example of the user database 6 shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, user name 30, attribute flag 31, terminal identification information 32, telephone number 33, SNS (Social Networking Service) account 34, group configuration determination information 35, visit flag 36, friend group ID 37, position information 38, and distribution flag 39 are registered. The mobile terminal device is registered before the user visits the venue (including the case where the user enters the venue).

The user name 30 is the name of the user.
The attribute flag 31 is information indicating that the user is a representative of a predetermined group (for example, a representative of a family such as a father or a representative of an organization such as a tour guide). If it is a representative, “True” is registered, and if it is not a representative, “False” is registered.

  The terminal identification information 32 is information uniquely identified by the system and assigned to the mobile terminal device. Distribution from the host system 2 is performed to the mobile terminal device having the terminal identification information registered here.

  The telephone number 33 is a telephone number when the mobile terminal device is a mobile phone. The SNS account 34 is a user account in the SNS used by the user. The telephone number 33 or the SNS account 34 is identification information assigned to the user by another appropriate system not related to the present system. In this system, these are used for determination of a friend group. Therefore, if neither the telephone number 33 nor the SNS account 34 is registered, the friend group cannot be determined. A telephone number or an SNS account, which is unique identification information for identifying a user, is referred to as “friend relationship determination data” in this specification. In the present specification, “friend group” is not limited to the meaning of a general friend or acquaintance, but is used to mean a group or group having a certain relationship. Therefore, families and tour groups are also treated as one of friend groups.

  The group configuration determination information 35 is information that is referred to when distributing guide information according to the member configuration of the group when distributing the guide information by dividing the user into groups, for example, gender, age, occupation, etc. Register.

  The visit flag 36 is information indicating whether the user stays in the venue (“True”) or not (“False”), and is updated when the user visits or leaves.

  The friend group ID 37 is identification information automatically assigned in order to uniquely identify the friend group to which the user belongs when dividing the user into friend groups having a friend relationship. If the user does not belong to any friend group, the friend group ID 37 is “0”.

  The position information 38 is information indicating the current position of the user (that is, the mobile terminal device), and is represented by two-dimensional coordinates.

  The distribution flag 39 is information indicating whether the guide information has been distributed (“True”) or not (“False”), and is updated when the guide information is distributed. When a plurality of distribution areas are provided, a plurality of distribution flags 39 corresponding to each guide information of the plurality of distribution areas are provided.

  The host system 2 periodically acquires location information from the user's mobile terminal device, and registers and updates the location information 38 in the user database 6. The mobile terminal apparatus determines the position information of the current position of the own apparatus from the radio wave intensity of a plurality of wireless LAN access points installed in the venue.

  The guide information is distributed based on the friend group ID 37 and the position information 38 registered in the user database 6, and one or a plurality of mobile terminals among users belonging to the same friend group and within a certain range. For the device, preferably for one mobile terminal device. Whether or not it is within a certain range is determined by calculating the distance between the two mobile terminal devices based on the position information. When the guide information is distributed, the distribution flag 39 of the corresponding user in the user database 6 is updated to “distributed”.

  As described above, the user name 30, the attribute 31, the terminal identification information 32, the telephone number 33, the SNS account 34, and the group configuration determination information 35 are registered when the user database 6 is newly registered. The visit flag 36, the friend group ID 37, the position information 38, and the distribution flag 39 are registered or updated during the period from when the user comes to the venue until the user leaves the venue.

  FIG. 4 is a configuration example of the friend list table 9 shown in FIG. The friend list table is used in cooperation with the user database of FIG.

  The terminal identification information 41 corresponds to the terminal identification information 32 in the user database in FIG. The registration date and time 42 is the date and time when the friend list 43 is registered. The friend list 43 is an address book data or SNS friend list. “Address book data” is a list of telephone numbers registered in the address book of the user's mobile terminal device. The “SNS friend list” is a list of SNS accounts of persons connected with friends in the SNS used by the user. That is, the friend list 43 of a certain user is composed of data for determining friendship of one or a plurality of other users other than the user.

  The friend list 43 is registered at the same time as the user registration or after the user registration. It is also possible to re-register another friend list in place of the already registered friend list. The determination of the friend relationship between the two users is performed based on the friend list 43.

  Based on the friend list 43 of the friend list table 9, the users are divided into friend groups, and the friend group ID 37 of the user database 6 is registered. When a user has a friendship with at least one user of a friend group member, the user becomes a member of the friend group. “Two users are in a friend relationship” refers to a relationship in which data for determining friendship between each other is registered in the friend list 43. For example, user B's friend relationship determination data (phone number or SNS account) is registered in the user A's friend list, and the user A's friend relationship determination data ( (Phone number or SNS account) is registered.

  FIG. 5 shows an example of a delivery request frame transmitted to the host system 2 by the mobile terminal devices 3a, 3b, and 3n and a reply frame created by the host system 2 in response to the delivery request from the mobile terminal device. FIG.

  When the mobile terminal devices 3a, 3b, 3n request the host system 2 for distribution, as shown in FIG. 5A, a guide information distribution request command 51, current position information 52, source terminal identification information 53 Create and send a delivery request frame consisting of

  In response to the distribution request from the mobile terminal device, the host system 2 creates a reply information frame including transmission destination terminal identification information 54, guide information 55, and guide target position information 56, as shown in FIG. A response is made to the requesting mobile terminal device. Here, the guide target position information 56 is information for identifying which distribution area in the venue the guide information transmitted to the mobile terminal device is, and the mobile terminal device that has received this reply frame Guide information is displayed according to the current position of the device itself.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an outline of the friend group determination process of the host system 2.
Since the mobile terminal device pre-registered in the user database 6 is connected to the wireless LAN access point 4 installed in the venue, the host system 2 has a newly visited user (“new visitor”). (Refer to step 601 and step 602). At this time, the terminal identification information is transmitted from the mobile terminal device of the new visitor user to the host system 2. The host system 2 refers to the user database 6 based on the terminal identification information, and updates the visit flag 36 of the new visitor user to “True”.

  When the terminal identification information is received from the mobile terminal device for the first time (when the visit flag is set to “True”), the host system 2 determines the friend group of the new visitor user. In order to determine the friend group of the new visitor, the friend list table 9 is referred to based on the terminal identification information, and the friend relationship determination data (phone number or SNS) registered in the friend list 43 of the new visitor Acquire all accounts. Other users having friend relationship determination data (phone number or SNS account) that matches the friend relationship determination data acquired from the friend list 43 are searched from the user database 6 (step 603). This search targets users who have already visited (referred to as “visited users”), that is, users whose visit flag 36 is “True”.

  As a result of the search, it is determined whether or not there is a person having friend relationship determination data that matches the friend relationship determination data included in the friend list 43 of the new visitor among the visited users (step) 604). If it does not exist, no friend group is created (step 611). If it exists, the friend list 43 of the visited user's friend list table 9 is searched (step 605), and whether or not the new visitor's friend relationship determination data (phone number or SNS account) is registered. Is determined (step 606). Thereby, it is determined whether the new visitor and the visited user have a friendship.

  When the new visitor's friend relationship determination data is registered in the visited user's friend list 43, it is determined that the new visitor and the visited user are in a friendship relationship. Subsequently, the friend group ID 37 in the user database 6 of the visited user is checked (step 607), and the visited user already belongs to another friend group (that is, has a friend group ID). It is determined whether or not (step 608). If the visited user belongs to an existing friend group, the new visitor is added to the existing friend group (step 609). At this time, the friend group ID of the existing friend group is registered in the friend group ID 37 in the user database 6 of the new visitor.

  If there are multiple visited users who have a friendship relationship with a new visitor and those visited users belong to different friend groups, for example, Add new visitors to a friend group of visited users with close location information.

  If the visited user does not belong to any friend group, a new friend group is created, and the new friend group ID is assigned to each visitor user and new visitor user 6 friend database 6. Register in the group ID 37 (step 610).

  If there is no visited user who has a friendship relationship with the new visitor at step 606, no friend group is created (step 611).

  The host system 2 detects the exit of the visited user when the connection of the mobile terminal device to the wireless LAN access point 4 is disconnected (step 612). When the guide information is distributed to the mobile terminal device, the distribution flag 39 in the user database is updated from “True” to “False” (Steps 613 and 614).

  Finally, the visit flag 36 is updated to “False”, and the friend group ID 37 is updated to “0” (step 615). The mobile terminal devices 3a, 3b, 3n detect that their own terminal is disconnected from the wireless LAN access point 4, and delete the distributed guide information.

  When a plurality of members of a friend group are within one distribution area with respect to the friend group defined by the above method, preferably one representative of the friend group is targeted for distribution. The representative is, for example, a father when the friend group is a family, or a tour guide when the group is a tourist group. If the user is a representative, “True” is registered in the attribute 31 of the user database 6. Further, when the friend group is friends and the representative is not registered, the person who has the largest number of members in the friend group in the friend group is determined as the representative when the guide information is distributed. When the representative is determined based on the number of members in the friend relationship, the number of members in the friend group in the friend relationship is acquired using the friend list 43 of the friend list table 9, and the representative is determined. In addition, although only one representative is suitable, as another example, there may be two or three or more.

  In the distribution of guide information, dedicated guide information is distributed for each distribution area in the venue. That is, when it is detected that a user has come to the distribution area, it is determined whether or not there are users belonging to the same friend group in the vicinity, and guide information is distributed according to the determination result.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an outline of guide information distribution of the host system 2.
The mobile terminal devices 3a, 3b, and 3n transmit a guide information distribution request to the host system 2 when the current position of the own device enters the distribution area. The location information of the distribution area in the venue is transmitted from the host system 2 to the mobile terminal device at the time of arrival and is stored in the data storage unit of the mobile terminal device. The mobile terminal apparatus detects that the mobile terminal apparatus has entered the distribution area based on the distribution area position information and the position information of the own terminal acquired from the access point 4.

  When the host system 2 receives the distribution request (step 701), the host system 2 searches the user database 6 and acquires the position information 38 of the mobile terminal device of another user having the same friend group ID as the user who requested the distribution. (Step 702), the distance between the two terminals (that is, the distance between the user requesting the distribution request and another user) is calculated in comparison with the position information of the mobile terminal device of the user requesting the distribution request. (Step 703, Step 704). If this distance is less than or equal to a certain value, it is determined that the users of the two terminals are acting together.

  When there is no user who belongs to the same friend group and is acting together, the guide information database is searched (step 705), and the guide information corresponding to the distribution area is searched for the mobile terminal device of the distribution request source. Is distributed (step 706), and the distribution flag 38 is updated to "True" (step 707).

  When there is a user who belongs to the same friend group and is acting together, the distribution flag 38 of the user database 6 is referred to (step 708), and the mobile terminal device of any user is informed of the distribution area. It is determined whether or not the guide information has been distributed (step 709). When there is no mobile terminal device for which guide information is distributed, information corresponding to the group configuration of the friend group to which the terminal belongs belongs to the mobile terminal device of the representative of the friend group. The group configuration of the friend group is determined by referring to the group configuration determination information 35 in the user database 6, and the guide information for the group configuration is searched from the guide information database 1 (step 705) and distributed (step 706). ). After distribution, the distribution flag 39 for the mobile terminal device that has been distributed is updated to “True” (step 707).

  In step 709, when the guide information of the distribution area has been distributed to any mobile terminal device of the user who is acting together, the guide information is not distributed to the distribution request source user (step 710). .

  1: guide information database, 2: host system, 3a, 3b, 3n: mobile terminal device, 4: wireless LAN access point, 5: network, 6: user database, 7: data processing unit, 8: transmission / reception unit, 9 : Friend list table, 21: position detection unit, 22: area determination unit, 23: transmission / reception unit, 24: data storage unit, 25: display unit

Claims (3)

In a guide information distribution system having a host system connectable to a user's mobile terminal device via a network, the host system includes:
A guide information database storing guide information for each of one or more distribution areas in the venue;
The terminal identification information for identifying the user's mobile terminal device and the friend relationship determination data unique to the user are registered for each user, and the location information indicating the current location of the user's mobile terminal device and the user A user database capable of registering for each user a friend group ID for identifying the friend group to which the user belongs;
A friend list table in which the terminal identification information of a user and a friend list that is a list of friendship determination data of one or more other users other than the user are associated with each other and registered for each user;
When receiving terminal identification information from a mobile terminal device of a new visitor who has newly arrived at the venue, referring to the friend list table and the user database based on the received terminal identification information, the new visitor and Whether the new visitor and the visited user are in a friend relationship by determining whether or not each other's friendship determination data exists in each friend list of the visited user who has already visited the venue Means for determining whether or not,
When it is determined that the new visitor and the visited user are in a friendship relationship, it is determined whether the visited user already has a friend group ID by referring to the user database. Means,
If a visited user in a friend relationship already has a friend group ID, means for registering the same friend group ID in the user database of the new visitor,
Means for registering a new friend group ID in the user database of each of the new visitor and the visited user, if the visited user who is in a friend relationship does not have a friend group ID;
When receiving a request for distributing the guide information together with terminal identification information and position information from the mobile terminal device of the visited user who has entered the distribution area, the friend group ID is referred to the user database based on the terminal identification information. As well as the location information of other visited users with the same friend group ID, and whether or not the visited user who made the distribution request and the other visited users are within a certain distance Means to
If the visited user who made the delivery request and another visited user are within a certain distance, one or more of the visited users and other visited users who made the delivery request Means for distributing the guide information to a terminal device, and a guide information distribution system.   The attribute of the representative of the user is registered in the user database, and the means for distributing the guide information refers to the user database and the visited user who made the distribution request and other visited users The guide information distribution system according to claim 1, wherein the guide information is distributed only to a mobile terminal device of a person having a representative attribute among the persons. The mobile terminal device includes a data storage unit that stores location information of the distribution area in advance, a current location detection unit that detects a current location of the device by receiving radio waves from an access point, and the detected current location is A distribution request transmission means for transmitting a distribution request for the guide information to the host system together with the position information of the current position and the terminal identification information when within the distribution area, and the guide information received from the host system The guide information distribution system according to claim 1, further comprising guide information display means for performing the operation.

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