JP2015115050A - Information processing apparatus, and information processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To help tourists easily find destinations they would be interested in visiting in the areas they are to visit.SOLUTION: Output means 101 outputs a plurality of travel information sets each of which includes lodging facility information regarding lodging facilities and visit destination information regarding visit destinations each associated with one or another of the lodging facilities. Booking accepting means 102 accepts from a tourist booking to stay at a lodging facility. Acquiring means 103 acquires, when the tourist books a lodging facility contained in one or another of the plurality of travel information sets outputted by the output means 101, identifying information that identifies the booked lodging facility. Notifying means 104 notifies the tourist, if he or she so requests, of visit destination information regarding the visit destination associated with the lodging facility identified by the identifying information acquired by the acquiring means 103.

Description

  The present invention relates to a technology for supporting travel.

  There are technologies to support travel. In Patent Document 1, a travel plan is created based on travel destination information searched based on a search key, and when the current time reaches the planned time included in the travel plan, the planned location corresponding to the planned time The technique which transmits the guidance information regarding to a user's portable terminal is described.

Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2002-099539

When a user goes on a trip, it is often the case that a place he / she wants to go to is selected as a visiting destination during the trip by comparing various sightseeing spots, local foods, and accommodation facilities. However, even if the destination is selected as such, it may not be possible to visit due to circumstances such as temporary closure of the facility at the destination. In addition, since the schedule is set with a margin, there may be a free time on the way. In such a case, if a good destination is found, the trip can be enhanced. However, in the technique of Patent Document 1, only the guidance information related to the place to be visited is presented to the user. Therefore, the user himself / herself searches for a destination that he / she wants to visit in a situation where he / she does not know the surroundings because of the destination. There must be.
In view of the above, an object of the present invention is to make it easier to find a place where a user wants to go in a travel destination.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an output means for outputting a plurality of travel information each including accommodation facility information relating to an accommodation facility staying at a travel destination, and visit destination information relating to a visit destination corresponding to the accommodation facility. And when the user reserves the accommodation facility indicated by the accommodation facility information included in any of the plurality of travel information output by the output means, the identification information for identifying the reserved accommodation facility is acquired. There is provided an information processing apparatus comprising: a first acquisition unit; and a notification unit that notifies the user of the visit destination information corresponding to an accommodation facility identified by the identification information acquired by the first acquisition unit.

And determining means for determining the priority of the visited information, wherein the notifying means prioritizes the visited information with a higher priority determined by the determined means over the visited information with a lower priority. Then, the user may be notified.
Further, the output means outputs the travel information to a display device, and the display device displays the visited site information included in the output travel information, and the user selects the displayed visited site information. Displays information about the destination indicated by the destination information and not included in the travel information, and the determining means displays whether the additional destination information is displayed. Accordingly, the priority of the visited information may be determined.

The determination unit may determine the priority according to a distance between a visit destination indicated by the visit destination information and an accommodation facility reserved by the user.
Further, the notification unit may perform the notification when requested by a user, and the determination unit may determine the priority of the visited information according to the time when the request is made.
In addition, the information processing apparatus includes a second acquisition unit that acquires weather information indicating the weather around the visit destination corresponding to the accommodation destination indicated by the accommodation facility information, and the determination unit includes the weather information acquired by the second acquisition unit. Depending on the weather shown, the priority of the visited information regarding the visited location from which the weather information was acquired may be determined.

  In addition, the visited place includes a eating and drinking facility for eating and drinking, and the notification means performs the notification when requested by the user, and the position of the user when the user makes the request The determination means calculates a time at which the user can visit the eating and drinking facility based on a distance between the position acquired by the third acquiring means and the eating and drinking facility, You may make higher the priority of the eating and drinking establishment in which the calculated said time is contained in a specific time slot | zone compared with the priority of the eating and drinking establishment in which the calculated time is not contained in the said time slot | zone.

  Further, the present invention provides an output step in which the information processing apparatus outputs a plurality of pieces of travel information each including accommodation facility information relating to an accommodation facility staying at a travel destination, and visit destination information relating to a visit destination corresponding to the accommodation facility; When the user reserves an accommodation facility indicated by the accommodation facility information included in any of the plurality of travel information output in the output step, the information processing apparatus identifies the accommodation facility that has made the reservation A first acquisition step of acquiring identification information, and a notification in which the information processing apparatus notifies the user of the destination information of the destination corresponding to the accommodation facility identified by the identification information acquired in the first acquisition step An information processing method comprising steps.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it can make it easy to find the visiting place that a user wants to go in a travel destination.

The figure which shows an example of the whole structure of the travel assistance system of 1st Embodiment. The figure which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of a user apparatus The figure which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of information processing apparatus The figure which shows an example of a function structure of information processing apparatus An example of a via page Figure showing an example of the travel information page The figure which shows an example of the displayed reservation information and visited information Sequence diagram showing an example of the operation of each device in the acquisition process Sequence diagram showing an example of operation of each device in notification processing The figure which shows an example of a function structure of the information processing apparatus of 2nd Embodiment. The figure which shows an example of the determined priority The figure which shows an example of the visited information displayed on the position according to a priority The figure which shows an example of a function structure of the information processing apparatus of a modification The figure which shows an example of a function structure of the information processing apparatus of a modification

[1] First Embodiment [1-1] Overall Configuration FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of the overall configuration of a travel support system according to a first embodiment. In this example, a travel support system 1 including an information processing device 10, a user device 20, and a network 2 to which these devices are connected is shown. The travel support system 1 is used when a user plans a trip or travels, and supports the user's trip. The network 2 is a system that performs communication including the Internet and a mobile communication network, and mediates exchange of data between devices connected to the system.

The user device 20 is a device carried by the user, such as a smartphone, a tablet terminal, or a personal computer. The user device 20 has a browser function. Using the browser function, the user browses a travel site on the Internet to refer to a travel plan, or makes a reservation for an accommodation facility to stay at a travel destination. The information processing apparatus 10 is a device that has a web server function and provides a user with a service for reserving a travel site or an accommodation facility.

[1-2] Hardware Configuration FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the user device 20. The user device 20 is a computer that includes a control unit 21, a storage unit 22, a communication unit 23, and a UI (User Interface) unit 24. The control unit 21 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and a real-time clock. The CPU is stored in the ROM or the storage unit 22 using the RAM as a work area. The operation of each part is controlled by executing a program. The real time clock calculates the current date and time and notifies the CPU.

The storage unit 22 includes a flash memory and the like, and stores data and programs used by the control unit 21 for control. The communication unit 23 includes a communication circuit for performing communication, and exchanges data via the network 2. The UI unit 24 includes a display surface and a touch panel overlaid on the display surface, and receives an operation from the user and displays an image. The UI unit 24 supplies operation data corresponding to the received user operation to the control unit 21, and the control unit 21 performs processing according to the operation data. The user device 20 is a display device that displays an image in this way.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the information processing apparatus 10. The information processing apparatus 10 is a computer that includes a control unit 11, a storage unit 12, and a communication unit 13. Each of these units has the same configuration as each unit having the same name included in the user device 20.

[1-3] Functional configuration The storage unit 12 of the information processing apparatus 10 stores a travel support program for supporting a traveler's trip. The control unit 11 executes this travel support program to control each unit, thereby realizing each function described below.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the information processing apparatus 10. The information processing apparatus 10 includes an output unit 101, a reservation receiving unit 102, an acquisition unit 103, and a notification unit 104.

[1-3-1] Output unit 101
The output means 101 includes a plurality of information each including information regarding an accommodation facility staying at a travel destination (hereinafter referred to as “accommodation facility information”) and information regarding a visit destination corresponding to the accommodation facility (hereinafter referred to as “visit destination information”). It is a means for outputting information. These pieces of information are information that can be used as a reference when deciding on accommodation facilities and destinations at travel destinations. The destination included in the travel information is, for example, a place visited by a traveler on the destination, such as a sightseeing spot, a hot spring facility, an amusement park facility, a restaurant facility, or the like. For example, travel information is created by a service provider that assists in planning a trip, and the service provider may be visited by users who have stayed at each accommodation (usually visits around the accommodation). Travel information including the destination) as a destination corresponding to the accommodation facility is created.

The storage unit 12 stores a plurality of web pages each including accommodation facility information and visited site information. Hereinafter, these web pages are referred to as “travel information pages”. The storage unit 12 also stores a web page that is routed to the travel information page. Hereinafter, such a web page is referred to as a “route page”.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a via page. 5A and 5B, web pages W1 and W2 are displayed on the UI unit 24 of the user device 20, respectively. For example, when the user device 20 accesses a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the web page W 1, the output unit 101 outputs the web page W 1 to the user device 20. The web page W1 includes images A1, A2, and A3 including character strings “travel to be healed”, “travel to feel history”, and “travel to see a superb view”, respectively.

  For example, when the image A1 is selected by the user, the output unit 101 outputs the web page W2. The web page W2 includes images indicating six plans, “Plan A”, “Plan B”,. For example, when the user selects Plan A, the output unit 101 outputs the above-described travel information page as a web page representing the Plan A. Thus, the web pages W1 and W2 are via pages that lead to the travel information page. The web page W1 is also the top page of the web page provided by the information processing apparatus 10.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the travel information page. The web page W3 illustrated in FIG. 6 includes columns of “sightseeing spot”, “local gourmet”, and “recommended accommodation”. In the “Sightseeing Spot” column, photos and names of the three tourist spots from B1 to B3 are shown. In the “Local Gourmet” column, photos and names of the three restaurants from C1 to C3 are displayed. It is shown. These photos and names are information on the destinations that may be visited when the user travels on Plan A, that is, the destination information.

  In the “Recommended Inn” column, photographs and names of three accommodation facilities D1 to D3 are shown. These photographs and names are information on accommodation facilities, that is, accommodation facility information. Thus, the web page W3 is a travel information page including accommodation facility information and visited information associated therewith. The storage unit 12 stores a plurality of travel information pages respectively corresponding to the prepared travel plans. The output unit 101 outputs a travel information page corresponding to the selected travel plan even when another travel plan is selected.

[1-3-2] Reservation receiving means 102
The reservation accepting unit 102 is a unit that accepts a user's accommodation facility reservation. In the present embodiment, the web page W3 shown in FIG. 6 includes a link to a web page (hereinafter referred to as “reservation page”) for reserving each accommodation facility. When the user selects this link, the reservation receiving unit 102 outputs a corresponding reservation page to the user device 20. When the user inputs an accommodation date, the number of guests, a user ID (Identification) for identifying the user, etc. on the reservation page and performs an operation to confirm the reservation, the reservation accepting means 102 displays the details of the reservation (of the accommodation facility). Reservation information indicating a name, a user's name, a staying date, the number of guests, a staying fee, etc.) is transmitted to a predetermined destination for the reserved accommodation facility, for example. This confirms the reservation of the inn. The reservation receiving unit 102 supplies the reservation information to the acquiring unit 103 in association with the user ID.

[1-3-3] Acquisition Unit 103
When the user reserves the accommodation facility indicated by the accommodation facility information included in any of the plurality of travel information output by the output unit 101, the acquisition unit 103 provides identification information for identifying the reserved accommodation facility. It is a means to acquire. For example, the acquiring unit 103 acquires the name of the accommodation facility indicated by the reservation information supplied from the reservation receiving unit 102 as identification information. In the present embodiment, the acquisition unit 103 also acquires reservation information itself indicating the content of the user's reservation. The acquisition unit 103 supplies the acquired identification information and reservation information to the notification unit 104 together with the user ID associated with the reservation information.

[1-3-4] Notification means 104
The notification unit 104 is a unit that notifies the user of the visit destination information corresponding to the accommodation facility identified by the identification information acquired by the acquisition unit 103. The visit destination information notified in this way is the visit destination information included in the same travel information as the accommodation facility information related to the accommodation facility identified by the acquired identification information. In the present embodiment, the notification means 104 notifies the visited information together when notifying reservation information indicating the content of the user's reservation. When the user performs an operation of requesting reservation information by inputting the user ID used for the reservation of the accommodation facility to the user device 20, the user device 20 receives the input user ID and request data indicating this request. It transmits to the information processing apparatus 10.

  Upon receiving the request data, the notification unit 104 identifies the accommodation facility identification information and the reservation information associated with the user ID indicated by the request data among the user IDs supplied from the acquisition unit 103. The notification unit 104 reads a travel information page including accommodation facility information related to the accommodation facility identified by the identified identification information from the storage unit 12, and visit information included in the travel information page together with the identified reservation information. 20 to send. As described above, the user device 20 is a display device that displays an image, and displays the transmitted information.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the displayed reservation information and visited information. In this example, reservation information E1 and visited information group E2 are displayed on the UI unit 24 of the user device 20. The reservation information E1 includes the name of the accommodation facility “identification facility D1” (identification information in this example), the accommodation date, and the like. Visit destination information group E2 includes visits such as “sightseeing spot B1” and “restaurant C3” included in web page W3 which is the travel information page shown in FIG. 6 which is the same as the accommodation information of “accommodation facility D1”. The destination information is included. By being displayed in this manner, the reservation information E1 and the visit destination information corresponding to the reserved accommodation indicated by the reservation information are included in the same travel information as the accommodation information related to the accommodation. The user is notified of the visited site information.

[1-4] Operation Based on the above configuration, each device included in the travel support system 1 notifies the user of the acquisition processing for acquiring the accommodation facility identification information and the reservation information described above, and the reservation information and the visit destination information. Perform notification processing.
FIG. 8 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of the operation of each device in the acquisition process. The acquisition process is started when the user performs an operation (for example, an operation for inputting a URL) that causes the user device 20 to access, for example, the web page W1 illustrated in FIG.

  First, the user device 20 and the information processing device 10 exchange data (step S11), and the user device 20 displays, for example, a web page W3 that is a travel information page shown in FIG. 6 (step S12). Step S11 is an operation performed by the output means 101. Next, when the user selects a reservation page for the accommodation facility, the user device 20 and the information processing device 10 exchange data (step S13), and the user device 20 displays the reservation page (step S14).

  Subsequently, when the user inputs items necessary for the reservation, the user device 20 receives the input (step S15), and transmits the input necessary items to the information processing device 10 (step S16). The information processing apparatus 10 accepts a reservation based on the transmitted necessary items (step S17). Steps S13, S16, and S17 are operations performed by the reservation accepting unit 102. Then, the information processing apparatus 10 acquires the identification information of the reserved accommodation facility and the reservation information indicating the details of the reservation (step S18). Step S18 is an operation performed by the acquisition unit 103. The above acquisition process is performed every time various users reserve an accommodation facility.

  FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of the operation of each device in the notification process. The notification process is started when the user performs an operation for requesting the reservation information and the visit destination information to the user device 20. First, the user device 20 receives this request operation (step S21), and transmits the above-described request data (data indicating a user ID and a request) to the information processing device 10 (step S22). When receiving the request data, the information processing apparatus 10 identifies the information associated with the user ID indicated by the received request data from the identification information and the reservation information acquired in step S18 of FIG. 8 (step S23). . Next, the information processing apparatus 10 reads the travel information page based on the identified identification information (step S24), and stores the visited information included in the read travel information page in the user apparatus 20 together with the identified reservation information. Transmit (step S25). The user device 20 displays the transmitted reservation information call destination information as shown in FIG. 7, for example (step S26). Steps S22 to S25 are operations performed by the notification unit 104.

[1-5] Effect of First Embodiment When visiting a travel destination, it may be necessary to search for a new visit destination by canceling the schedule of the visit or having free time. In this case, in this embodiment, the user simply performs an operation of requesting reservation information, and the visit destination information included in the same travel information page as the reserved accommodation facility, that is, the visit corresponding to the reserved accommodation facility It is possible to notify the destination together. Then, if the travel information page is created so as to include a destination (usually a destination around the accommodation facility) that the user staying at the reserved accommodation facility often visits, the user is notified. You can search for new places to visit.

  In addition, when deciding on an accommodation facility to stay at a travel destination, not only the charm of the accommodation facility, but also whether there are attractions in the surrounding destinations such as sightseeing spots and local gourmets is easily affected. That is, there is a high possibility that the user felt a stronger attraction than these destinations included in other travel information pages. According to the present embodiment, by notifying such a destination, it is possible to easily find a destination that the user wants to go to in the travel destination.

[2] Second Embodiment Hereinafter, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described focusing on differences from the first embodiment. In the second embodiment, a priority is given to the visited information, and the visited information is notified according to the priority.
FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the information processing apparatus 10 according to the second embodiment. FIG. 10 shows an information processing apparatus 10a including a determining unit 105 in addition to the units shown in FIG.

  The determining means 105 is a means for determining the priority of the visited information. The determination unit 105 determines the priority as follows, for example. When the output unit 101 outputs the travel information to the user device 20 that is a display device, the user device 20 displays the visit destination information included in the output travel information as shown in FIG. 6, for example. Each visit destination information on the web page W3 shown in FIG. 6 has a link to additional visit destination information that is information about the visit destination indicated by each visit destination information and was not included in the travel information. Therefore, when the visitor information is selected by the user, the user device 20 displays additional visitor information for the visitor information. The determining means 105 determines the priority of the visited information depending on whether or not this additional visited information is displayed.

In the present embodiment, the determination unit 105 represents the priority with a score, and the higher the score, the higher the priority. For example, the determining unit 105 counts the number of times the additional visited information is displayed, and determines the counted number as the priority of the original visited information.
FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of the determined priorities. In FIG. 11, “3” is given for the visit destination information of “sightseeing spot B1”, “restaurant C2”, “tourist spot B3”, “tourist spot B2”, “restaurant C1”, and “restaurant C3”. , “2”, “2”, “1”, “1”, and “0” are determined to be determined. In this case, the priority of “sightseeing spot B1” is the highest, and the priority of “restaurant C3” is the lowest. The determination unit 105 supplies determination data indicating the determined priority and visited information to the notification unit 104.

The notification unit 104 notifies the user of the high-priority visit destination information determined by the determination unit 105 in preference to the low-priority visit destination information. When transmitting the visitor information to the user device 20, the notification unit 104 transmits instruction information for instructing each visitor information to be displayed at a position corresponding to the priority.
FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of the visited site information displayed at a position corresponding to the priority. In FIG. 12, “sightseeing spot B1”, “restaurant C2”, “tourist spot B3”, “tourist spot” are respectively displayed in the upper left, upper right, lower left, and lower right of the column of visited information in the UI unit 24 of the user device 20. B2 "is displayed. Further, when the user scrolls downward, the visit destination information arranged below is displayed.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the notification unit 104 transmits instruction information instructing to place the visitor information with higher priority closer to the upper left corner. In a general web page, contents are arranged from the upper left corner toward the lower right corner, and information that is desired to be transmitted to the user is often arranged at a position closer to the upper left corner. In other words, the notification unit 104 transmits the above-described instruction information so that the high priority visit information (for example, the sightseeing spot B1) is given priority over the low priority visit information (for example, the sightseeing spot B2). Notify the user.

  In the present embodiment, as described above, the visit destination information is notified according to the priority. Thus, for example, in the example of FIG. 12, the user can view high-priority visit information such as the sightseeing spot B1 without scrolling, but the low-priority visit information such as the restaurant C1. Cannot be seen without scrolling. As described above, according to the present embodiment, a higher priority is determined for the destination information that is more attractive to the user, so that the destination that the user wants to go to is higher than when notification is performed regardless of the priority. It is possible to reduce the time and labor of the user for searching.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the higher the priority is determined as the number of times the additional visited information is displayed increases. When a user considers an accommodation where he / she stays, he / she tries to know the details of the destination information that he / she feels attractive in order to check whether or not the surrounding destination is attractive. Additional visit information may be displayed many times. In such a case, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to determine a higher priority for visit destination information that has a greater appeal to the user.

[3] Modified Examples Each of the above-described embodiments is merely an example of the embodiment of the present invention, and may be modified as follows. Moreover, you may implement each embodiment mentioned above and each modification shown below, combining each as needed.

[3-1] Distance to accommodation facility In the second embodiment, the priority may be determined by a different method. In the present modification, the determination unit 105 determines the priority according to the distance between the visit destination indicated by the visit destination information and the accommodation facility reserved by the user. In the example of FIG. 7, it is assumed that the restaurant C3, the tourist spot B2, the restaurant C1, the restaurant C2, the tourist spot B1, and the tourist spot B3 are in order from the closest distance to the accommodation facility D1.

In this case, the determination means 105 sets the priority of the restaurant C3 to the highest, and lowers the priority in the order of B2, C1, C2, and B1, and then sets the priority of the sightseeing spot B3 to the lowest. According to the present modification, for example, when the time for visiting a visit destination is short, it is possible to give priority to notification of visit destination information about a visit destination that is close to the accommodation facility and is easy for the user to visit.
The “distance” in the present modification may be a linear distance or a distance along the road. It may also be a distance along the route of transportation. In short, it should be shown that the shorter the distance, the easier it is to visit the destination.

[3-2] Time when Notification is Requested In addition, when the notification unit 104 performs notification when requested by the user as described in the embodiment, the determination unit 105 performs the request. Depending on the time (hereinafter referred to as “request time”), the priority of the visited information may be determined. For example, when the requested time is a meal time zone (11:30 to 13:30, 18:00 to 20:00, etc.), the determining means 105 increases the priority of the information related to the restaurant among the visited information. In addition, when the request time is dusk, the determining unit 105 increases the priority of the information related to the sightseeing spot where the scenery at dusk is beautiful among the visited information. In addition, the determination unit 105 may request the requested time in a visitable time zone when the visitable time zone of the visited facility is restricted (for example, a tourist facility that opens at 10:00 and closes at 17:00). If it is included, the priority of the destination information regarding the destination is increased, and if the requested time is included in other time zones, the priority is decreased.

The determination unit 105 calculates a time when the user can visit the destination based on the distance from the user's current position to the destination and the requested time, and prioritizes according to the calculated visitable time. The degree may be determined. In this case, the determination unit 105 determines the priority using a visitable time instead of the request time described above.
According to this modified example, when there is a visitor whose attractiveness varies depending on the time of visit, when the attractiveness of the visitor is large, the priority of the visitor information regarding the visitor can be increased. As a result, it is possible to improve the satisfaction level when the user visits the visited place with reference to the notified visited place information as compared with the case where the notification is made regardless of the request time.

[3-3] Weather at Visit Destination In addition, the priority may be determined according to the weather at the visit destination.
FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the information processing apparatus according to the present modification. In FIG. 13, an information processing apparatus 10 b including a second acquisition unit 106 in addition to the units illustrated in FIG. 10 is illustrated. The second acquisition means 106 is means for acquiring weather information indicating the weather around the visit destination corresponding to the visit destination information included in the same travel information as the accommodation facility information, that is, the accommodation destination indicated by the accommodation facility information. It is. For example, the second acquisition means 106 searches the weather on an Internet search site based on the name of such a visited place, and acquires the search result as weather information. When the weather is not searched by this method, the second acquisition unit 106 uses the address searched if the visited information includes the address of the visited destination, and uses the address searched based on the name otherwise. Search the weather. The second acquisition unit 106 supplies the weather information acquired in this way to the determination unit 105.

  The determining unit 105 determines the priority of the destination information regarding the destination from which the weather information has been acquired, according to the weather indicated by the weather information acquired by the second acquiring unit 106. For example, when the visited place is a place enjoyed outdoors by a user such as a mountain, a lake, or a garden, the determining unit 105 increases the priority when weather information indicating sunny is acquired, and the weather information indicating rain is displayed. When acquired, the priority is lowered. In addition, when the visited place is a place enjoyed indoors by a user, such as an art museum, a local museum, or a restaurant, the determining unit 105 increases the priority when weather information indicating rain is acquired.

  The magnitude of attraction varies depending on the weather when visiting these destinations. According to this modified example, when there is such a visit destination, when the appeal of the visit destination is great, the priority of the visit destination information regarding the visit destination can be increased, thereby relating to the weather information. Compared with the case where the notification is performed without any problem, the satisfaction degree when the user visits the visited place can be improved with reference to the notified visited place information.

[3-4] Eating and drinking facilities In addition, when the eating and drinking facilities for eating and drinking are included in the visited place as in the embodiment, the priority may be determined as follows.
FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the information processing apparatus according to the present modification. In FIG. 14, an information processing apparatus 10 c including a third acquisition unit 107 in addition to the units illustrated in FIG. 10 is illustrated. The third acquisition means 107 is a means for acquiring the position of the user (hereinafter referred to as “requested position”) when the user makes the request when the notification means 104 makes a notification when requested by the user. It is. In the present modification, for example, the user device 20 includes positioning means for measuring the position of the own device, and the position indicating the position measured by the positioning device when the request data described above is transmitted to the information processing device 10. Send data together. The third acquisition unit 107 acquires the position indicated by the received position data as the requested position. The third acquisition means 107 supplies the request time position data indicating the request time position acquired in this way to the determination means 105.

  The determining unit 105 calculates a time when the user can visit the eating and drinking facility based on the distance between the requesting position acquired by the third acquiring unit 107 and the eating and drinking facility (hereinafter referred to as “requested distance”). The priority of the eating and drinking establishment in which the calculated time is included in the specific time zone is set higher than the priority of the eating and drinking facility in which the calculated time is not included in the time zone. For example, if the current time is in the morning, the specific time zone is a lunch time zone (11:30 to 13:30, etc.), and if the current time is after the lunch time zone, the dinner time zone ( 18:00 to 20:00). The determination unit 105 calculates, for example, a time after the time when the time obtained by dividing the requested distance by a predetermined value has elapsed from the current time as the visitable time. As the predetermined value here, for example, 20 (unit is km) is determined as the value of the distance that the user can move per hour.

  If the current time is 10 o'clock, the determining means 105 calculates the visitable time as 10: 00 + 40 ÷ 20 = 12: 00 or later if the requested distance of the eating facility C1 is 40 km, and the eating facility C2 If the requested distance is 80 km, the visitable time is calculated as 10: 00 + 80 ÷ 20 = 14: 00 or later. In this case, the determination means 105 determines the priority of the eating and drinking facility C1 in which the visitable time (after 12:00) is included in a specific time zone (11:30 to 13:30), the visitable time (after 14:00) ) Is higher than the priority of the eating facility C2 not included in the specific time zone.

  Visits to eating and drinking facilities are often performed at specific times such as lunch, dinner, and snacks. According to this modified example, the priority of the visitor information regarding such a relocation of food and drink can be increased when it can be visited in a specific time zone, and can be lowered when it cannot be visited. As a result, eating and drinking establishments that can be visited at specific times are given priority over non-eating and drinking establishments, so it is likely to be able to visit at certain times as compared to when notifications are made regardless of the times that can be visited. It is possible to make it easier for the user to determine a suitable eating and drinking facility.

[3-5] Reservation Method In the embodiment, the information processing apparatus accepts a reservation for an accommodation facility, but the present invention is not limited to this, and another apparatus may accept a reservation. This apparatus is, for example, a reservation reception apparatus provided by a provider different from the provider of the service that supports the travel planning described above. In this case, when the reservation receiving apparatus receives a reservation, the first acquisition unit 103 transmits the reservation information associated with the user ID to the information processing apparatus, so that the first acquisition unit 103 indicates the accommodation facility indicated by the transmitted reservation information. Is acquired as identification information. According to this modification, it is possible to notify the visitor information to the user who uses the accommodation facility reservation service provided by various business operators.

[3-6] Notification Timing In the embodiment, the notification unit 104 notifies the visit destination information when notifying reservation information as well. However, the notification means 104 may notify the visit destination information at other timings. . For example, the notification unit 104 may notify the number of days determined from the reservation date (three days ago or the day before), or may notify the check-in time of the accommodation facility. In addition, the notification unit 104 may acquire the position of the user device 20 on the accommodation date at predetermined time intervals, and may notify when the same position as the accommodation facility is acquired. In short, the notification unit 104 may notify at any time as long as it is convenient for the user.

[3-7] Notification according to priority The notification unit 104 may perform notification according to priority by a method different from that of the second embodiment. For example, the notification unit 104 performs notification according to the priority by transmitting instruction information instructing to display the visit information having a high priority in a larger image than the visit information having a low priority. Also good. Similarly, the color and shape of the image may be different, or the priority may be expressed by a character string such as “You seem to be particularly interested in this place to visit”. In short, the notification unit 104 may perform notification according to the priority so that the user can recognize the high priority of the visited information.

[3-8] Category of Invention The present invention can be understood as a travel support system including these devices in addition to the information processing device and the user device. The present invention can also be understood as an information processing method for realizing processing performed by the information processing apparatus and the user apparatus. The processing here is, for example, the acquisition processing shown in FIG. 8 or the notification processing shown in FIG. The present invention can also be understood as a program for causing a computer such as an information processing apparatus to function as each unit shown in FIG. This program may be provided in the form of a recording medium such as an optical disk storing the program, or may be provided in the form of being downloaded to a computer via a network such as the Internet, and making it available for installation. You may do.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Travel assistance system, 2 ... Network, 10 information processing apparatus, 20 ... User apparatus, 11, 21 ... Control part, 12, 22 ... Memory | storage part, 13, 23 ... Communication part, 24 ... UI part, 101 ... Output means , 102 ... Reservation accepting means, 103 ... First acquisition means, 104 ... Notification means, 105 ... Determination means, 106 ... Second acquisition means, 107 ... Third acquisition means.

Claims (8)

Output means for outputting a plurality of pieces of travel information each including accommodation information on accommodation facilities staying at the travel destination and visit destination information corresponding to the destination corresponding to the accommodation facility;
When the user reserves an accommodation facility indicated by the accommodation facility information included in any of the plurality of travel information output by the output means, first identification information for identifying the reserved accommodation facility is acquired. Acquisition means;
An information processing apparatus comprising: notification means for notifying the user of the visit destination information of a visit destination corresponding to an accommodation facility identified by the identification information acquired by the first acquisition means. Determining means for determining the priority of the visited information;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the notification unit notifies the user of the visit destination information having a high priority determined by the determination unit in preference to the visit destination information having a low priority. The output means outputs the travel information to a display device,
The display device displays the visit destination information included in the output travel information, and when the user selects the displayed visit destination information, the display device is information related to the visit destination indicated by the visit destination information. View additional visit information that was not included in the trip information,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the determining unit determines the priority of the visited information according to whether or not the additional visited information is displayed. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the determination unit determines the priority according to a distance between a visit destination indicated by the visit destination information and an accommodation facility reserved by the user. The notification means performs the notification when requested by a user,
The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the determination unit determines the priority of the visited information according to a time when the request is made. A second acquisition means for acquiring weather information indicating the weather around the visited place corresponding to the accommodation indicated by the accommodation facility information;
The determination unit determines a priority of the visited information regarding a visited destination from which the weather information is acquired according to the weather indicated by the weather information acquired by the second acquiring unit. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1. The visited location includes an eating and drinking facility for eating and drinking,
The notification means performs the notification when requested by a user,
Comprising third acquisition means for acquiring the position of the user when the user makes the request;
The determining means calculates a time at which the user can visit the eating and drinking facility based on a distance between the position acquired by the third acquiring means and the eating and drinking facility, and the calculated time is in a specific time zone. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 6, wherein the priority of the included eating facility is set higher than the priority of the eating facility where the calculated time is not included in the time zone. An output step of outputting a plurality of travel information each including information on an accommodation facility where the information processing apparatus stays at a travel destination and visit destination information regarding a visit destination corresponding to the accommodation facility;
Identification that identifies the reserved accommodation facility when the user reserves the accommodation facility indicated by the accommodation facility information included in any of the plurality of travel information output in the output step. A first acquisition step of acquiring information;
An information processing method comprising: a notifying step in which the information processing apparatus notifies the user of the visited site information of a visited site corresponding to the accommodation facility identified by the identification information acquired in the first acquiring step.

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