JP2015215695A - Information processor, program and content providing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a user with information corresponding to a combination by combining operations for designating a direction.SOLUTION: An object A1 is an object (an icon or the like) for searching restaurant information. An information processor executes a search with "a distance" as a search condition when detecting an operation for designating an upper direction to the object A1, and on the other hand, executes a search with "a price" as a search condition when detecting an operation for designating a lower direction to the object A1. In addition, the information processor executes a search ("and" search or "or" search) using both "the distance" and "the price" as search conditions when continuously detecting operations for designating the upper direction and the lower direction to the object A1.

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for providing content to a user.

  As a technique for providing content according to a user's operation, for example, in Patent Document 1, when an operation corresponding to two or more axial directions is input, an image is applied by applying a classification standard corresponding to each axial direction. Searching for is described. The classification criteria here are time, place, person, and the like.

JP 2011-060272 A

The technique described in Patent Document 1 searches for an image with any one of predetermined classification criteria by an operation corresponding to a predetermined axial direction.
On the other hand, an object of the present invention is to provide a user with information corresponding to a combination by combining operations for designating directions.

  The present invention includes a detection unit that detects a user operation, and an output unit that outputs content corresponding to the operation detected by the detection unit, wherein the output unit specifies a first direction. When an operation is detected, content corresponding to the first attribute is output, and after the first operation is detected, a second operation that specifies a second direction different from the first direction is detected. In such a case, there is provided an information processing apparatus that outputs content according to the first attribute and a second attribute different from the first attribute.

When the second operation is detected after the first operation is detected, the output unit further repeats the first operation or the second operation one or more times. The content may be output by changing the weighting of the first attribute and the second attribute according to the number of times of the first operation and the second operation.
The output unit corresponds to the first information corresponding to the first attribute and the second information corresponding to the second attribute according to the number of times of the first operation and the second operation. You may output the content included in a ratio.
The output unit may change the second attribute according to the number of times of the second operation when the second operation is repeated a plurality of times after the first operation is detected. Also good.
The information processing apparatus includes a search unit that searches for information. The first attribute and the second attribute indicate different search conditions. The search unit includes the first operation and the first attribute. When two operations are detected, the search may be executed using the search condition indicated by the first attribute and the search condition indicated by the second attribute.
The detection unit may detect a method of the first operation and the second operation, and the output unit may output content according to the method detected by the detection unit.

  The present invention is a program for causing a computer to execute a first step of detecting a user operation and a second step of outputting content corresponding to the detected operation. In step 2, when a first operation designating a first direction is detected, content corresponding to a first attribute is output, and the first direction is detected after the first operation is detected. A program is provided for outputting content according to the first attribute and a second attribute different from the first attribute when a second operation specifying a second direction different from the first attribute is detected. .

  Further, the present invention is a content providing method for detecting a user operation and providing the user with content corresponding to the detected operation, wherein the first operation specifying the first direction is detected. When a second operation that outputs content corresponding to the first attribute and designates a second direction different from the first direction after the first operation is detected is detected. A content providing method for outputting content according to the first attribute and a second attribute different from the first attribute is provided.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a user with information corresponding to a combination by combining operations for specifying directions.

Block diagram showing overall configuration of communication system Block diagram showing hardware configuration of communication terminal The figure which illustrates the screen for displaying the contents Figure showing an example of content display Diagram for explaining correspondence between user operation and content Diagram for explaining correspondence between user operation and content Block diagram showing functional configuration of communication terminal The flowchart which shows the process which a communication terminal performs Diagram illustrating attribute switching Diagram illustrating attribute switching Diagram illustrating attribute switching Figure illustrating search conditions

[First embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a communication system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The communication system 10 includes a communication terminal 100 and a content server 200 and has a configuration in which these are connected by a network 300. Note that only one communication terminal 100 and one content server 200 are shown here for convenience of explanation, but a plurality of communication terminals 100 and content servers 200 may actually exist.

  The communication system 10 is a system for distributing and browsing content. Content (digital content) here refers to all information exchanged electronically, such as web pages that introduce restaurants and lodging facilities, news and blog articles, each user's contributions to SNS (Social Networking Service), etc. Is included. The content may include music data and moving image data.

  The communication terminal 100 is a computer device for browsing content. The communication terminal 100 may be a wireless communication terminal, or may be connected to the network 300 by wire. In the following, it is assumed that the communication terminal 100 is a portable wireless communication terminal such as a smartphone or a tablet terminal, and has a touch screen display. The communication terminal 100 corresponds to a client device for the content server 200.

  The content server 200 is a server device for distributing content. Content server 200 is a content of a predetermined genre such that, for example, one content server 200 distributes news, and another content server 200 distributes information about restaurants (hereinafter referred to as “restaurant information”). However, the same content server 200 may distribute contents of a plurality of genres. Hereinafter, a business that distributes content is referred to as a “content provider”. The user of the communication terminal 100 can select a content provider who desires distribution of content to his / her communication terminal 100 from among a plurality of content providers, and can receive distribution of content from the selected content provider. The content server 200 may have a so-called search engine function.

  The network 300 is a network that connects the communication terminal 100 and the content server 200 to each other. The network 300 includes, for example, the Internet. The network 300 may include a mobile communication network and a wireless local area network (LAN) depending on the communication method of the communication terminal 100.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the communication terminal 100. The communication terminal 100 includes at least a control unit 110, a storage unit 120, a communication unit 130, and a touch screen unit 140. Communication terminal 100 may be configured to include other components (not shown) such as a speaker, a microphone, and a vibrator, or may include input means (such as various keys) other than touch screen unit 140. Communication terminal 100 may have a positioning function using GPS (Global Positioning System) or the like, and may be configured to identify the current location.

  The control unit 110 is means for controlling the operation of each unit of the communication terminal 100. The control unit 110 includes an arithmetic processing device such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and an application processor, and a memory (main storage device), and controls the operation of each unit of the communication terminal 100 by executing a program. The control unit 110 has a function of controlling content reception and display. This function may be implemented at an OS (Operating System) level or may be realized by a predetermined application program.

  The storage unit 120 is means for storing data used in the communication terminal 100. The storage unit 120 is configured by, for example, a flash memory or a hard disk. Further, the storage unit 120 may include a reader / writer of a removable storage medium (removable medium) such as a memory card, and may be configured to exchange data with the storage medium. The storage unit 120 can store a program executed by the control unit 110 and data (image data or the like) used when the program is executed.

  The communication unit 130 is means for transmitting and receiving data. The communication unit 130 performs communication via the network 300 and receives content from the content server 200. The communication unit 130 includes a baseband processor and an antenna, and transmits and receives data by performing modulation and demodulation according to the network 300. Further, the communication unit 130 may include a configuration in which the communication unit 130 is directly connected to another communication terminal (ie, not via the network 300) by NFC (Near Field Communication) or the like.

  The touch screen unit 140 is a means for displaying information and receiving user input operations. More specifically, the touch screen unit 140 includes a display unit 141 and a sensor unit 142. The display unit 141 includes a display panel including a liquid crystal element, an organic EL (electroluminescence) element, and the like and a drive circuit thereof, and displays an image according to the image data supplied from the control unit 110. The sensor unit 142 includes a sensor that senses a user's input operation on the display area of the display unit 141 by a predetermined method (such as a resistance film method or a capacitance method), and inputs data indicating the user's input operation to the control unit 110. To supply. The input data here is, for example, data indicating a position (coordinates) on the display area. The input operation here is typically performed with a fingertip, but may be performed with an instrument such as a stylus pen.

  Note that the touch screen unit 140 is preferably compatible with so-called multi-touch. That is, it is desirable that the touch screen unit 140 is configured to be able to accept operations such as “pinch-in” for bringing two fingers close and “pinch-out” for moving two fingers away.

  Based on this configuration, the communication terminal 100 displays a screen for displaying content. This screen may be a so-called standby screen or may be a dedicated screen displayed by executing a predetermined application program. The communication terminal 100 can display content distributed by the content provider in a display area assigned to each of the plurality of content providers.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a screen for displaying content. On the screen shown in FIG. 3, an object A1 for searching for restaurant information and an object B1 for displaying news are displayed. The objects A1 and B1 correspond to so-called icons, for example. Although illustration is omitted here, the number of objects displayed on the screen may be larger or smaller (that is, three or more). Many such objects may be arranged on the touch screen unit 140 of the communication terminal 100.

  The object A1 is an object for searching for restaurant information at a predetermined place in response to an operation by the user, and restaurant information can be searched using a plurality of search conditions. Here, there are two search conditions: “distance” from a certain place and standard “price” required for eating and drinking. In the following, it is assumed that the object A1 searches for restaurant information around the current location based on the positioning function. However, the object A1 may be configured so that the user can input a place where the restaurant information is to be searched. In addition, the restaurant information includes information necessary for a search in addition to information for introducing restaurants (in this example, information indicating a location, an average budget, etc.).

  On the other hand, the object B1 is an object for displaying domestic and foreign news, and can display a predetermined number of domestic news and overseas news. The displayed news may be periodically distributed (that is, updated) by the content server 200 or may be received each time triggered by a user operation. Note that the news here includes meta information indicating the genre of the news (in this example, “domestic” or “overseas”). If the object B1 is an object for searching for news, the news may include information necessary for searching for time, region (prefecture, municipality), and the like.

  Objects A1 and B1 can accept an operation for designating a direction. When receiving an operation for specifying a direction in the objects A1 and B1, the communication terminal 100 displays content corresponding to the direction specified by the operation. Here, the operation to specify the direction is a “flick operation” in which a finger is gently touched while touching the screen. However, an operation that can specify a predetermined direction based on a certain position. Any operation can be used.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a display example of content. When receiving an operation for designating a predetermined direction for the object A1, the communication terminal 100 displays the sub-object A2. Similarly, when receiving an operation for designating a predetermined direction for the object B1, the communication terminal 100 displays the sub-object B2. The sub-object A2 is an object that displays a list of restaurant information that matches the search conditions specified by the user. On the other hand, the sub-object B2 is an object that displays a list of domestic news and overseas news at a rate specified by the user. The character strings displayed in the sub-objects A2 and B2 are links (hyperlinks) corresponding to the headings of the respective information, and by selecting this, it is possible to display more detailed information.

  5 and 6 are diagrams for explaining the correspondence between user operations and content. Note that the number of arrows shown in the figure represents the number of upward or downward flick operations. In the example shown in FIG. 5, when the user performs an upward flick operation on the object A1, the communication terminal 100 searches for a search using “distance” as a search condition, that is, restaurant information of restaurants near the current location. . On the other hand, when the user performs a downward flick operation on the object A1, the communication terminal 100 searches for a search with “price” as a search condition, that is, restaurant information of restaurants that can eat and drink at low cost.

  In this case, when the user performs an upward flick operation and a downward flick operation on the object A1 in succession, the communication terminal 100 combines “distance” and “price” with a search condition. In other words, the restaurant information of restaurants that can eat and drink at a lower cost and closer to the current location is searched. The search here is a so-called and search. Further, the order of flick operations in this case is not particularly limited, and any direction may be designated first.

  Furthermore, when the user performs an upward flick operation or a downward flick operation again on the object A1, the communication terminal 100 changes the search condition so as to narrow down the search result. Specifically, the communication terminal 100, when each of the upward flick operation and the downward flick operation is performed once, restaurant information within “2 km” from the current location and the price within “2000 yen”. On the other hand, if the upward flick operation is performed once more, the search condition regarding the distance is narrowed down, and the restaurant information within “1 km” from the current location and the price within “2000 yen” is searched. In addition, when the communication terminal 100 performs an upward flick operation once and a downward flick operation twice, restaurant information within “2 km” from the current location and price within “1000 yen” is displayed. Search for. That is, when the flick operation in the upward direction or the downward direction is performed a plurality of times, the communication terminal 100 narrows down the search condition in the direction corresponding to the operation and executes a search in which the search condition is weighted.

  Note that the user may perform the upward or downward flick operation three or more times. In this case, for example, the communication terminal 100 changes the distance-related search condition to “500 m” if the upward flick operation is 3 times, and the price-related search condition is “500 m” if the downward flick operation is 3 times. The search condition may be narrowed down every time the number of flick operations increases, such as changing within 500 yen, but it is desirable to set a certain lower limit (or upper limit).

  On the other hand, in the example shown in FIG. 6, when the user performs an upward flick operation on the object B1, the communication terminal 100 displays only domestic news on the sub-object B2. When the user performs a downward flick operation on the object B1, the communication terminal 100 displays only foreign news on the sub-object B2.

  In this case, if the user performs an upward flick operation and a downward flick operation on the object B1 in succession, the communication terminal 100 displays half of domestic news and overseas news. . That is, the ratio of domestic news to overseas news at this time is “1: 1”.

  Further, when the user performs an upward flick operation or a downward flick operation on the object B1 again, the communication terminal 100 causes the communication terminal 100 to display the ratio of domestic news and overseas news displayed on the sub-object B2. To change. Specifically, in the case where the upward flick operation is performed once and the downward flick operation is performed twice, the communication terminal 100 sets the ratio of domestic news to overseas news as “1: 2”. On the other hand, if the upward flick operation is performed twice and the downward flick operation is performed once, the ratio of domestic news to overseas news is set to “2: 1”. Change the percentage (ie number of cases).

  The sub-object A2 (B2) may be displayed at a predetermined position (for example, the lower part) with respect to the object A1 (B1), but may be displayed in a direction designated by the user by a flick operation. Further, for example, when an upward flick operation and a downward flick operation are performed on the object A1, the communication terminal 100 displays the search results under the search conditions corresponding to the respective operations in the respective directions. Then, the user may be able to compare both search results.

  FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the communication terminal 100 related to content display. The control unit 110 of the communication terminal 100 functions as a detection unit 111, an output unit 112, a determination unit 113, and a search unit 114 when displaying content. The control unit 110 realizes the detection unit 111, the output unit 112, the determination unit 113, and the search unit 114 by software processing.

  The detection unit 111 is means for detecting a user operation. Specifically, the detection unit 111 detects an operation on the display area (screen) of the touch screen unit 140. The detection unit 111 can detect what operation the user has performed based on the input data supplied from the touch screen unit 140. That is, it can be said that the detection unit 111 interprets the operation intended by the user based on the coordinates (and its time change) indicated by the input data. The operations detected by the detection unit 111 include, for example, the “flick operation” described above, a “tap operation” in which a finger is lightly brought into contact with one point on the screen, a “double tap operation” in which the tap operation is repeated twice in succession. Including.

  Further, the detection unit 111 can detect an operation for designating a predetermined direction with respect to an object displayed in the display area. The direction detected by the detection unit 111 is determined for each object, but does not have to be the same for all objects. For example, one (or both) of the above-described flick operations on the object A1 or B1 may be in the right direction or the left direction.

  It should be noted that the operation on the object does not necessarily exactly coincide with these directions. For example, a flick operation in a direction slightly deviating from the upward direction (in a strict sense) may be performed on the object A1. The detection unit 111 regards such an operation as an operation in the closest direction among the directions determined in advance for each object (in the case of the object A1, two directions, upward and downward).

  The output unit 112 is means for outputting content. The output unit 112 controls the output of content according to the operation detected by the detection unit 11. The output unit 112 can output content corresponding to the direction indicated by the detected operation, particularly when an operation for designating a predetermined direction with respect to the object is detected. Here, “output” refers to supplying content to a means according to the purpose. For example, when displaying content, the output unit 112 supplies the content to the touch screen unit 140. Further, the output unit 112 may be configured to read and output the content stored in the storage unit 120 in addition to downloading and outputting the content via the communication unit 130.

  In this embodiment, a predetermined attribute may be assigned to the direction of the operation on the object. The attributes here are search conditions, news genres, and the like. For example, in the case of the object A1, a search condition “distance” is assigned to “upward”, and a search condition “price” is assigned to “downward”. In the case of the object B1, the genre of “domestic” is assigned to “upward”, and the genre of “overseas” is assigned to “downward”. When the output unit 112 detects an operation in a direction to which a predetermined attribute is assigned, the output unit 112 outputs content corresponding to the attribute. In addition, when the output unit 112 detects an operation in a direction to which a predetermined attribute is assigned a plurality of times, the output unit 112 outputs the content according to the attribute and the number of times.

  The determination unit 113 is a unit that determines a ratio of contribution of each attribute when a plurality of attributes are used in combination when outputting content. It can be said that the ratio here is a weighting of each attribute. The determination unit 113 determines a ratio corresponding to the operation based on the difference between the direction of the operation detected by the detection unit 111 and the direction to which the attribute is assigned. For example, in the example of the object B1 described above, the determination unit 113 increases the ratio of “domestic” news as the direction of the user's flick operation is closer to “upward”, while the direction of the user's flick operation is “ If it is close to “downward”, increase the ratio of “overseas” news.

  The search unit 114 is a means for searching for information. That is, the search unit 114 functions when outputting content that requires information search. The search unit 114 sets a search condition corresponding to the operation detected by the detection unit 111, and executes a search using the search condition. Specifically, the search unit 114 transmits a search query indicating a search condition corresponding to the operation detected by the detection unit 111 to the content server 200 and receives content corresponding to the search condition from the content server 200.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating processing executed by the communication terminal 100 when outputting content. First, the control unit 110 of the communication terminal 100 detects a user operation for designating a predetermined direction (step SA1). Note that if the operation at this time is not an operation on a specific object, the control unit 110 does not need to execute the following processing.

  When the user operation is detected, the control unit 110 waits for the next operation for a predetermined time (step SA2). The waiting time at this time is, for example, about 1 to 2 seconds, but it may be longer or shorter. This standby time is a time provided for determining whether or not an operation for designating a direction is continuously performed.

  When the standby time expires, control unit 110 determines whether or not an operation for designating a predetermined direction is detected again within the standby time (step SA3). Here, when an operation for designating a predetermined direction is detected again, the control unit 110 executes the processes after step SA2 again. That is, the control unit 110 waits for the next operation for a predetermined time. The waiting time when the processing after step SA2 is executed again may be set differently instead of being uniform.

  On the other hand, when an operation for designating a predetermined direction is not detected within the standby time, the control unit 110 ends the detection of the operation and specifies the object on which the user has performed the operation (step SA4). The control unit 110 stores a correspondence relationship between each object and its display position, and can specify an object operated by the user based on input data supplied from the touch screen unit 140.

  Here, the control unit 110 compares the direction of the operation detected in steps SA1 and SA3 with the direction assigned to the attribute corresponding to the object specified in step SA4, and determines the attribute of the content to be output and its The ratio is determined (step SA5). For example, if the operation is performed on the above-described object A1, the control unit 110 determines how many times the upward and downward flick operations are detected, and according to the detected number of times. Determine search conditions.

  Finally, the control unit 110 acquires and outputs content corresponding to the attribute determined in step SA5 and its ratio (step SA6). Acquisition here includes what reads content from the memory | storage part 120, and what receives via the communication part 130. FIG. For example, at this time, the control unit 110 may request the content server 200 for content including information on a predetermined attribute and receive the content. Alternatively, the control unit 110 may record information on each attribute in the storage unit 120 in advance. Of the recorded information, information corresponding to a user operation may be read to generate content. When the user performs an operation again after outputting the content, the control unit 110 may further execute a search based on the output result.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the user can obtain information corresponding to the combination by performing a combination of operations for designating directions. Therefore, the user can execute a search combining a plurality of search conditions and a browsing of content combining information of a plurality of genres by a simpler and more intuitive operation than before. Also, the user can easily change the weighting when combining a plurality of search conditions and the ratio when combining information of a plurality of genres depending on the operation of specifying the direction and the number of times.

[Second Embodiment]
Although the present embodiment has the same hardware configuration as that of the first embodiment described above, the operation when a flick operation is performed a plurality of times on an object is different from that of the first embodiment. Therefore, in the following description, common points with the first embodiment will be omitted as appropriate, and description will be made focusing on differences from the first embodiment.

  One of the features of this embodiment is the operation when the user repeats the operation of designating the same direction a plurality of times. In this embodiment, the communication terminal 100 is configured to change the attribute itself corresponding to the direction when an operation for designating the same direction is performed a plurality of times. That is, when the user performs an operation for designating the same direction a plurality of times, the attribute relating to the information to be acquired can be switched to another attribute.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating switching of attributes. The example shown in FIG. 9 uses an object A1 similar to that shown in FIG. In this example, when the communication terminal 100 detects a downward flick operation once after detecting an upward flick operation, the search condition corresponding to the downward direction is “price”, and “distance” and “ Perform an AND search using "Price" as a search condition.

  On the other hand, if another downward flick operation is detected, that is, a total of two times, a search condition corresponding to the downward direction is set to “evaluation”, and search using “distance” and “evaluation” as search conditions. Execute. In addition, the evaluation here is determined by the user who visited each restaurant, and is ranked according to the score or the number of stars based on a predetermined evaluation standard.

  At this time, the communication terminal 100 may display the search condition applied by the current operation on the object A1 (or its vicinity). In this way, it is possible to easily show the user what kind of search is executed.

  Similarly, when the communication terminal 100 detects the downward flick operation three times, the communication terminal 100 sets the search condition corresponding to the downward direction to “reservable” and detects the downward flick operation four times. The search conditions are sequentially switched such that the search condition corresponding to the downward direction is “no smoking seated”. Although not shown here, when the communication terminal 100 detects the downward flick operation five times, the communication terminal 100 returns to the same search condition as when the flick operation is detected once and searches for “price”. The search used for the condition may be executed, or a search condition different from any of the cases of 1 to 4 times may be applied.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating another example of attribute switching. In this example, the search condition corresponds to a cooking genre. For example, if the communication terminal 100 detects a downward flick operation once after detecting an upward flick operation, the search condition corresponding to the downward direction is “Japanese food”, and “distance” and “Japanese food” Perform an AND search using as a search condition. The restaurant information obtained by this search is for restaurants that provide Japanese food near the current location.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating another example of attribute switching. The example shown in FIG. 9 uses an object B1 similar to that shown in FIG. In this example, when the communication terminal 100 detects the downward flick operation once after detecting the upward flick operation, the communication terminal 100 sets the news genre corresponding to the downward direction to “overseas”, while down Is detected once more, the news genre corresponding to the downward direction is changed to “politics”.

[Modification]
The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above, but can be implemented in other embodiments. The following is an example of another embodiment of the present invention. Note that these modifications can be appropriately combined as necessary.

(1) FIG. 12 is a diagram showing another example of search conditions. Here, the objects A3 and A4 are objects for searching for restaurant information, like the object A1 described above. However, the object A3 is different from the object A1 in that a search condition regarding “price” is set in the vertical direction and a search condition regarding “distance” is set in the horizontal direction. In this example, the search condition of “(Price) is high” is set in the upward direction for the object A3, while the concept opposite to the upward direction of “(Price) is low” is set in the downward direction. The search condition to represent is set. In the case of this example, when the user performs an operation for designating a certain direction and then performs an operation for designating a direction opposite to the direction, the user can cancel the previously performed operation.

(2) In the embodiment described above, the user needs to wait for a predetermined time in order to view the content (see step SA2). In order to eliminate this waiting time, the communication terminal 100 may execute a process of accepting a predetermined operation for instructing display of content instead of the processes of steps SA2 and SA3. For example, at this time, the user may perform another operation (tap or the like) different from the flick operation on the object (A1 or B1). In this case, the communication terminal 100 may execute the processes after step SA4 with this operation as a trigger.

(3) When the communication terminal 100 detects operations for designating a plurality of different directions, the communication terminal 100 may vary the weighting of the attribute corresponding to each direction according to the order in which these operations are detected. For example, when an operation for designating the second direction is detected after an operation for designating the first direction is detected, the communication terminal 100 assigns a second weight to the first attribute corresponding to the first direction. The weight of the second attribute corresponding to the direction may be larger.

(4) An operation on an object may or may not have its starting point in the object. For example, the “operation direction” in the present invention may be distinguished by “a direction from the inside to the outside of the object” and “a direction from the outside to the inside of the object”. As an example, in the example shown in FIG. 12, when a flick operation is performed from the inside of the object A3 upward, a search condition of “high” is set, while from the outside of the object A3 downward. When the flick operation is performed, the search condition “cheap” may be set. Note that the user may repeat such an operation a plurality of times.

(5) The search executed by the communication terminal 100 may be an or search (search for information satisfying any of the plurality of search conditions) instead of an and search (search for information satisfying all of the plurality of search conditions). . Further, the communication terminal 100 may operate so as to widen the search condition instead of narrowing down when a flick operation designating the same direction is detected a plurality of times.

  Alternatively, the communication terminal 100 may detect the operation method in addition to the direction of the operation, and selectively execute either the and search or the or search according to the detected operation method. The operation method here is distinguished by the number of fingers performing the flick operation, the speed (or finger pressure) at which the flick operation is performed, and the like. For example, the communication terminal 100 is configured to perform an and search when a one-finger flick operation is detected, and to perform an or search when a two-finger flick operation is detected. Alternatively, the correspondence between the operation and the search may be reversed. In this way, it is possible to vary the content to be output depending on the operation method.

(6) In the above-described embodiment, the communication terminal 100 is described to display content in response to an operation for specifying a direction performed by the user. However, the communication terminal 100 may operate differently. For example, the operation for specifying the direction may be an operation for setting the type of content displayed on the communication terminal 100 in advance. Specifically, when using the object B1 described above, the user can set in advance the genre of news displayed by the object and its ratio by a flick operation. At this time, the communication terminal 100 displays content according to the previous setting when an operation different from the flick operation (for example, a tap operation on the object B1) is received or at a predetermined timing.

(7) When the information corresponding to a plurality of attributes is displayed in combination, the communication terminal 100 may change the display area according to the direction of the user's operation instead of the display number. For example, when the user performs the upward flick operation once on the object B1 described above and then performs the downward flick operation once or a plurality of times, the communication terminal 100 can perform the downward flick operation once. If there is, the ratio of the display area of domestic news and overseas news is set to “1: 1”, while if the downward flick operation is performed twice, the ratio of the display area of domestic news and overseas news is You may operate | move so that it may be set to "1: 2."

(8) The above-described embodiment is an example in which a region (object) for receiving a user operation is different from a region for displaying content. However, the present invention may display content corresponding to the operation in the area where the operation for designating the direction is detected.

(9) The present invention can be applied not only to searching for information via a network, but also to searching for so-called local files, that is, information stored in the device itself.

(10) In the present invention, the direction of operation is not limited to a two-dimensional direction on the screen. That is, the operation referred to here may include an operation for designating the depth direction of the screen. The communication terminal 100 can also assign a predetermined attribute to such a depth direction.

(11) The communication terminal according to the present invention is not limited to the one provided with the touch screen display. For example, the user may perform an input operation on the touch pad (also referred to as a track pad). The user may perform an input operation using a pointing device such as a mouse.

(12) The communication terminal according to the present invention may be a notebook (laptop) or desktop personal computer, a portable game machine or music player, an electronic book reader, or the like. Further, the communication terminal according to the present invention is not limited to a portable terminal.

  In addition, the present invention is not a communication terminal, but an information processing device for controlling output (display) of information in the communication terminal, a program for causing a computer (CPU or the like) to function as the information processing device, and a content It may be provided in a form such as a providing method. Further, the program according to the present invention can be provided in a form recorded on a recording medium such as an optical disk or a form that can be downloaded to an information processing apparatus via a network such as the Internet and installed and used. is there.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Communication system 100 ... Communication terminal 110 ... Control part 111 ... Detection part 112 ... Output part 113 ... Determination part 114 ... Search part 120 ... Storage part 130 ... Communication part 140 ... Touch screen part 141 ... display unit 142 ... sensor unit 200 ... content server 300 ... network

Claims (8)

A detection unit for detecting a user operation;
An output unit that outputs content corresponding to the operation detected by the detection unit;
The output unit is
When a first operation for specifying the first direction is detected, content corresponding to the first attribute is output,
When a second operation that specifies a second direction different from the first direction is detected after the first operation is detected, the first attribute is different from the first attribute. An information processing apparatus that outputs content according to two attributes. In the case where the second operation is detected after the first operation is detected, the output unit, when the first operation or the second operation is further repeated one or more times, The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the content is output by changing the weighting of the first attribute and the second attribute according to the number of times of the first operation and the second operation. The output unit outputs first information corresponding to the first attribute and second information corresponding to the second attribute at a ratio according to the number of times of the first operation and the second operation. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein content that is included is output. The output unit, when the second operation is repeated a plurality of times after the first operation is detected, makes the second attribute different according to the number of times of the second operation. The information processing apparatus described in 1. It has a search unit that searches for information,
The first attribute and the second attribute indicate different search conditions,
The search unit executes a search using the search condition indicated by the first attribute and the search condition indicated by the second attribute when the first operation and the second operation are detected. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4. The detection unit detects the method of the first operation and the second operation,
The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the output unit outputs content corresponding to a method detected by the detection unit. On the computer,
A first step of detecting a user operation;
A program for executing a second step of outputting content corresponding to the detected operation,
In the second step,
When a first operation for specifying the first direction is detected, content corresponding to the first attribute is output,
When a second operation that specifies a second direction different from the first direction is detected after the first operation is detected, the first attribute is different from the first attribute. A program that outputs content according to two attributes. A content providing method for detecting a user operation and providing the user with content corresponding to the detected operation,
When a first operation for specifying the first direction is detected, content corresponding to the first attribute is output,
When a second operation that specifies a second direction different from the first direction is detected after the first operation is detected, the first attribute is different from the first attribute. A content providing method for outputting content according to two attributes.

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