JP2016045020A - Information processing system, information processing program, information processing device, and information processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To search for an optimum POI.SOLUTION: An information processing system 1 includes: route information acquisition means 15 that obtains information on a transfer route that uses at least public transportation; POI search location determination means 16 that determines a target location where a POI (Point Of Interest) is to be searched for, on the basis of the transfer route information; POI search means 24 that searches for a POI at the target location and/or in its periphery on the basis of a predetermined condition; and output information generation means 25 that generates output information containing the searched POI.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing system, an information processing program, an information processing apparatus, and an information processing method.

  There is known an apparatus having a function of searching for and displaying a POI (Point Of Interest) located around a recommended route for which a route search has been performed (see Patent Document 1). Further, a system is known that displays guidance information associated with a station that arrives next in a display form corresponding to the content (see Patent Document 2). The POI is a specific place or vehicle in which the user is interested, and is also called peripheral information. In the devices and systems disclosed in Patent Documents 1 and 2, it is intended to search and display peripheral information of a specific point on a recommended route or a traveling route.

JP 2008-209164 A JP 2013-238980 A

  However, neither of Patent Documents 1 and 2 discloses a mechanism for providing information indicating which POI is most desirable for the user when a plurality of POIs exist around the recommended route and the travel route. Therefore, despite the presence of a POI that is more desirable to the user, only suboptimal POI information is provided to the user, and as a result, the user may not be able to select an appropriate POI. In particular, when a user changes public transportation on the recommended route, the user always gets off the vehicle when changing, so if the user can provide POI information about the station, etc. where the transfer is made to the user, Although highly convenient, a service that provides a POI in association with transfer route information has not been provided.

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an information processing system, an information processing program, an information processing apparatus, and an information processing method capable of searching for an optimal POI in association with transfer route information and providing it to a user. .

According to one aspect of the present invention, route information acquisition means for acquiring transfer route information using at least public transportation,
POI search location determination means for determining a target location to be searched for POI based on the transfer route information;
POI search means for searching for the POI in the target location and / or the vicinity thereof based on a predetermined condition;
There is provided an information processing system comprising output information generation means for generating output information including the searched POI.

  According to the present invention, the optimum POI can be searched in association with the transfer route information and provided to the user.

1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an information processing system 1 according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The flowchart which shows the process sequence of the information processing system 1 by 1st Embodiment. The figure which shows the specific example in which the POI search location determination part 16 determines an object location. The figure which shows an example of the output information displayed on the display screen of the terminal device 2. The figure which shows the example which changed the display form from FIG. The block diagram which shows schematic structure of the information processing system 1 by the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows the specific example of POI search condition designation | designated part 20. FIG. The block diagram which shows schematic structure of the information processing system 1 by the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows the example of a display screen of the route information containing the advertisement information in the terminal device 2. The figure which shows an example of the output information displayed on the display screen of the terminal device 2 after a user touches the advertisement information 40 of FIG. The block diagram which shows schematic structure of the information processing system 1 by the 4th Embodiment of this invention. The flowchart which shows the processing operation of the information processing system 1 by 4th Embodiment. The flowchart which added the production | generation and provision process of the routing information at the time of stopping at POI in FIG.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an information processing system 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The information processing system 1 in FIG. 1 includes a terminal device 2 and a server 3. The terminal device 2 and the server 3 are connected to each other via a network 4 so that they can communicate with each other.

  Note that at least some of the functions of the terminal device 2 and the server 3 may be executed by a computer. The network 4 may be either a wired line or a wireless line, and the type and form of the line are not limited.

  First, the terminal device 2 will be described. The terminal device 2 is used by a user, and is, for example, a mobile electronic device such as a mobile phone, a smartphone, or a tablet terminal.

  As illustrated in FIG. 1, the terminal device 2 includes a communication unit 11, an operation input unit 12, an output unit 13, a positioning unit 14, a route information acquisition unit 15, a POI search location determination unit 16, and a control unit. 17.

  The communication unit 11 is a communication interface unit for transmitting and receiving information between the control unit 17 and the server 3 via the network 4.

  The operation input unit 12 is an interface for a user to input an operation (information) to the terminal device 2 and is, for example, a built-in microphone, a touch panel, a keyboard, or the like. For example, the user may input various information by operating a touch panel, a keyboard, or the like, or may input various information by voice through a built-in microphone. The information input by the user through the operation input unit 12 may include movement status information described later.

  The output unit 13 outputs various information to the user. The output unit 13 may be, for example, a video display unit such as a liquid crystal display or an audio output unit such as a speaker or an earphone. When the operation input unit 12 is a touch panel, the operation input unit 12 may also serve as the output unit 13. The information output by the output unit 13 includes output information generated by the server 3 described later.

  The positioning unit 14 measures the current position of the user (terminal device 2). For example, the positioning unit 14 receives a signal from a GPS (Global Positioning System) satellite and measures the absolute position of the user (terminal device 2). Alternatively, the positioning unit 14 may perform positioning by receiving radio waves from an access point, like WiFi positioning. Further, positioning may be performed using both a signal from a GPS satellite and a radio wave from an access point.

  The route information acquisition unit 15 acquires a route based on a user's request based on information input by the user using the operation input unit 12, or an arbitrary route from routes registered in advance as a My route. To get. More specifically, the route based on the user's request is a recommended route from the departure point specified by the user to the destination. The recommended route search process may be performed by the terminal device 2 or the server 3. When performed by the server 3, the information on the departure place and the destination input by the user through the operation input unit 12 of the terminal device 2 is transmitted to the server 3 through the communication unit 11, and the information on the departure place and the destination is used. The recommended route is searched in the server 3. The server 3 transmits route information including the searched recommended route to the terminal device 2, and the route information acquisition unit 15 acquires the route information. The route information acquired by the route information acquisition unit 15 includes at least transfer route information using public transportation. Alternatively, the route information acquired by the route information acquisition unit 15 may acquire only the transfer route section from the recommended routes. In the following, an example in which recommended route search processing is performed on the server 3 side will be described.

  The POI search location determination unit 16 determines a target location to be searched for POI (Point Of Interest) based on the transfer route information acquired by the route acquisition unit. Here, the POI in the present embodiment is a store, a facility, or the like in which the user around the recommended route is interested. There is a possibility that the POI exists in at least one of the vicinity of a specific place on the recommended route and the inside of the vehicle used by the user on the recommended route. Since it is expected that the number of candidates that can become POIs is increased, the POI search location determination unit 16 determines in advance the target locations to be searched for POIs in order to limit the POI search range to some extent. The target location includes a transfer station that transfers on the recommended route. In addition, at least one of the vicinity of a specific place on the recommended route and the inside of the vehicle used by the user on the recommended route may be included in the target location. Information on the target location determined by the POI search location determination unit 16 is transmitted to the server 3 via the communication unit 11. As will be described later, the server 3 performs a process of searching for the POI for the target location determined by the POI search location determination unit 16 and / or its periphery.

  In addition, the target location determined by the POI search location determination unit 16 may be, for example, each station on the recommended route. Alternatively, each station in the user's commuter pass section on the recommended route may be the target location. Alternatively, the main station on the recommended route may be the target location. When the recommended route is long, the POI search location determination unit 16 limits the target locations for the POI search, thereby reducing the time required for the POI search.

  In this specification, “station” means a place where transportation stops to get on and off passengers. For example, if the transportation is a train, a station, and if the transportation is a bus, a stop, When the engine is a ship, it means a port, when the transportation is an airplane, it means an airport, and when the transportation is a taxi, it means a taxi stand.

  The POI search location determination unit 16 may determine the target location based on information input by the user via the operation input unit 12, or displays some candidates for the target location on the display screen of the terminal device 2. , One of them may be selected by the user. Alternatively, the POI search location determination unit 16 may automatically determine each station or transfer station on the recommended route or each station in the commuter pass section as a target location.

  The control unit 17 controls the operation of each unit in the terminal device 2. That is, the control unit 17 controls the information input by the user via the operation input unit 12 to be transmitted to the server 3 via the communication unit 11 and the control for receiving the information transmitted from the server 3 via the communication unit 21. The recommended route information transmitted from the server 3 is transmitted to the route information acquisition unit 15, and the output information transmitted from the server 3 is transmitted to the output unit 13. The control unit 17 also performs control to transmit information on the target location determined by the POI search location determination unit 16 to the server 3 via the communication unit 11.

Next, the configuration of the server 3 will be described. The server 3 includes a communication unit 21, a storage unit 22, a route search unit 23, a POI search unit 24, an output information generation unit 25, and a control unit 26.
The communication unit 21 is a communication interface unit that transmits and receives information to and from the terminal device 2 via the network 4.

  The storage unit 22 includes a map database 27 and a traffic related information database 28.

  The map database 27 is a database that stores position information of transportation stations and information on routes passing through the stations. Note that the station position information and the route information passing through the station may be stored in different databases.

  The traffic related information database 28 is a database that stores traffic related information. The traffic-related information database 28 includes, for example, at least one of a timetable for each station and route, congestion information for each station, and operation information for each route.

  The route search unit 23 detects a recommended route by performing a route search based on route search conditions transmitted from the terminal device 2 such as a departure point, a destination, a transit point, a departure time, an arrival time, and a transportation system to be used. To do. The route search unit 23 may search for a recommended route including not only a route for public transportation but also a route such as a walk, a bicycle, a private car, and a taxi. In addition to the recommended route, the route search unit 23 may search for one or more alternative routes. The route information including the recommended route searched by the route search unit 23 is transmitted to the terminal device 2 via the communication unit 21.

  The POI search unit 24 searches for a POI from POI candidates based on a predetermined condition. The predetermined condition may be a condition specified by the user, a condition automatically selected based on the user's action history, or the server 3 in advance, as will be described in detail in another embodiment described later. The condition specified by may be used.

  The POI search unit 24 may search a specific facility name (for example, Minato City Central Post Office) or a vehicle name (for example, a specific car number of a certain express train) as a POI, or a name of a chain store (for example, A generic name such as a certain hamburger chain name) or a route name (for example, a specific route name) may be searched as POI, and a higher-level conceptual category name (for example, a coffee shop or a gas station) may be searched for as POI. You may search as.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the information processing system 1 according to the first embodiment. The process of FIG. 2 is started when the user of the terminal device 2 inputs a route search condition using the operation input unit 12 (step S1). The route search conditions input by the user are a departure point, a current location, a transit point, a departure time, an arrival time, and the like. In the case where the departure location is the current location, the current location measured by the positioning unit 14 may be used.

  The route search conditions input by the user are included in the route search request and transmitted to the server 3 via the communication unit 21 (step S2). Receiving the route search conditions, the route search unit 23 in the server 3 performs route search and generates route information including the recommended route (step S3). For the route search, a map database or a traffic related information database is used as necessary. The communication unit 21 in the server 3 transmits route information including the recommended route to the terminal device 2 (step S4). The output unit 13 of the terminal device 2 that has received the route information displays the route information together with the recommended route on the display screen (step S5).

  Thereafter, the user of the terminal device 2 designates POI search at an appropriate timing via the operation input unit 12 (step S6). When performing step S6 or before that, the POI search location determination unit 16 determines a target location to be subjected to the POI search.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a specific example in which the POI search location determination unit 16 determines the target location. FIG. 3 shows an example in which three candidates for a target portion to be subjected to POI search are displayed on the display screen of the terminal device 2. In the example of FIG. 3, there are three target station candidates: a search button B1 for searching all stations, a button B2 for searching for a transfer station, and a button B3 for searching for a regular section. When the user selects any one of these three candidate buttons B1 to B3, the selected candidate is determined as a target location to be subjected to POI search.

  The all station search is intended to perform POI search for all stations on the recommended route included in the route information acquired by the route information acquisition unit 15. The transfer station search is intended to perform POI search for all transfer stations on the recommended route. The term “interval search” is intended to perform a POI search for all user commuter pass segments on the recommended route. The reason why the transfer station search is provided is that the user gets off the vehicle at the transfer station and gets on another vehicle, so it is considered that it is not so burdensome for the user to stop at the POI between transfers. Also, the reason for providing a regular section search is that no additional fare is required for getting on and off within the section of the user's commuter pass.

  When the user designates POI search in step S6, a POI search request is transmitted to the server 3 via the communication unit 21 (step S7). When a POI search request is received, the POI search unit 24 in the server 3 performs a POI search process for searching for a POI at the target location determined by the POI search location determination unit 16 (step S8). As described above, various conditions can be considered for searching for the POI, and any of them may be adopted.

  When the search process by the POI search unit 24 is completed, the output information generation unit 25 performs output processing including POI by rearranging and narrowing down the searched POIs (step S9).

  When there are a plurality of POIs searched by the POI search unit 24, the output information generation unit 25 refers to the result of the route search by the route search unit 23, arrives at the destination, and whether there is a transfer station to the destination The facility information in the ticket gate is grasped, and for example, when stopping at the POI, the POIs are rearranged in the order in which it is expected that there is little difference from the arrival time at the destination. In addition, when the customer information of the user is registered in the server 3 in advance, the customer's commuter pass section is acquired with reference to the customer information, and only the commuter pass section and the POI on the premises of the transfer station are acquired. The POI may be extracted after narrowing down. In addition, when there is only a POI search request from the user, the POIs may be rearranged in the order in which the deviation from the arrival time at the destination is expected to be small when visiting each POI. Alternatively, the list of stations on the recommended route may be presented to the user, and the POI may be further narrowed down by allowing the user to select a POI category from among the POIs around the station selected by the user.

  The output information generation unit 25 rearranges and narrows down the POIs using the method described above or other methods, and generates output information including the POIs. The generated output information is transmitted to the terminal device 2 via the communication unit 21 (step S10). The output unit 13 of the terminal device 2 displays the received output information on the display screen (step S11).

  In step S11, the output information displayed on the display screen of the terminal device 2 may be displayed as a screen separate from the route information, or may be displayed superimposed on the route information. The output information displayed on the display screen of the terminal device 2 may include information obtained by arranging searched POIs in order of priority. The order of priorities took into account the order of less arrival time to the destination, the order of the lowest fare to the destination, the order of the least number of transfers, the current time and POI opening or business hours. It may be at least one in order, or may be in other priority order.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of output information displayed on the display screen of the terminal device 2. FIG. 4 shows an example in which a plurality of POIs are displayed in a list format as peripheral spots in the order of short distance from the nearest station on the recommended route. FIG. 4 shows an example in which a financial institution is designated as the POI. The top line on the display screen in FIG. 4 indicates the POI located at the shortest distance, and the POI whose distance is longer toward the bottom of the screen.

  In FIG. 4, the distance from the nearest station is shown as a numerical value on the right side of each row. By seeing this numerical value, the user can estimate the time to reach each POI, but instead of showing the distance or together with the distance, You may display the approximate time of how many minutes it takes to walk.

  The display form of the output information is not limited to that shown in FIG. Higher priority POIs may be highlighted. As specific examples of the highlight display, for example, the display size may be increased, the color may be displayed with a conspicuous color or character decoration, or a special index (such as a mark) may be added. As described above, according to the priority, any one of the display size, display decoration, and display color may be changed, or the presence or absence of an index may be used. Figure 5 shows three star marks at the closest financial institution location, two star marks at the second closest financial institution location, and one star at the third closest financial institution location. An example is shown.

  The process of changing the display form of the output information based on the priority is performed by the output information generation unit 25 in the server 3. Alternatively, after the output information is received by the terminal device 2, the display form of the output information may be changed and displayed in the terminal device 2 based on the priority.

  As described above, in the first embodiment, since the POI is collectively searched for all the target locations around the recommended route, more POIs can be obtained in a shorter time than when the POI is individually searched for each station. Since the user does not have to specify the POI search for each station, the user can be saved. By searching for a POI across the board, it becomes easy to select an optimal POI from the searched POIs. Therefore, for example, the user can quickly and accurately search for a POI with the least deviation from the recommended route. In particular, in this embodiment, since the POI can be searched by determining the transfer station on the recommended route as the target location, the POI around the transfer station can be provided to the user, and the convenience for the user is improved. That is, according to the present embodiment, when the user gets off the vehicle at the transfer station, the user can stop at the POI, and the user can stop at the POI without taking time and effort.

(Second Embodiment)
In the second embodiment described below, the user designates a POI search condition.

  FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the information processing system 1 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The information processing system 1 in FIG. 6 is different from the terminal device 2 in FIG. 1 in that a candidate display unit 18, a candidate selection unit 19, and a POI search condition designation unit 20 are newly added in the terminal device 2. The internal configuration of the server 3 is the same as that of the server 3 in FIG.

  The candidate display unit 18 displays a plurality of candidates that can be a predetermined condition for the POI search unit 24 to search for a POI. The candidate selection unit 19 selects one from a plurality of candidates displayed by the candidate display unit 18. The candidate selection unit 19 selects a touched candidate by touching any one of a plurality of candidate buttons displayed on the display screen.

  The POI search condition specifying unit 20 specifies a predetermined condition for the POI search unit 24 in the server 3 to search for a POI based on the candidate selected by the candidate selection unit 19. Here, the predetermined condition may be a condition for selecting a specific facility, place, vehicle name, or the like, or a condition for comprehensively selecting a facility, place, vehicle, or the like. Further, a condition within a predetermined distance from the recommended route searched by the route search unit 23 may be used as a condition, or a condition that the recommended route can be returned within a predetermined time may be used.

  Since the user can specify any method for specifying the POI search condition, the user directly inputs the POI search condition via the operation input unit 12 without providing the candidate display unit 18 and the candidate selection unit 19. Also good.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a specific example of the POI search condition specifying unit 20. In the example of FIG. 7, a plurality of buttons for designating predetermined conditions for searching for POI are displayed on the display screen of the terminal device 2. For example, when the user touches the gourmet button B4, a restaurant is designated as a predetermined condition. Further, when the hotel button B5 is touched, the accommodation facility is designated as a predetermined condition. When the cafe button B6 is touched, a coffee shop (cafe) is designated as a predetermined condition. When the other button B7 is touched, a facility other than the restaurant, the accommodation facility, and the coffee shop is designated as the predetermined condition.

  Each button in FIG. 7 may be hierarchized. That is, when any one of the buttons in FIG. 7 is touched, a plurality of more detailed selection buttons may be displayed, and the user may specify detailed conditions.

  The conditions specified by the POI search condition specifying unit 20 are transmitted to the server 3 via the communication unit 11. The server 3 searches for the POI at the target location based on the condition specified by the POI search condition specifying unit 20.

  As described above, the POI search condition specified by the POI search condition specifying unit 20 may be a condition specified by a specific product name, service name, store name, facility name, or the like. It may be a condition specified by category such as a typical product name, service name, store name, or facility name. When the user touches a facility around the recommended route displayed on the display screen of the terminal device 2 so that the user can easily specify the POI search condition, a menu for entering the search condition related to the facility is displayed. May be. Alternatively, icons, buttons, links, etc. for inputting search conditions may be displayed. Also, POI search conditions may be designated by voice input. Further, when the search condition for the designated POI is transmitted to the server 3, the recommended route information may be transmitted in association with the server 3. Alternatively, if the history information of the recommended route transmitted from the server 3 to the terminal device 2 is managed on the server 3 side, when the POI search condition is transmitted from the terminal device 2 to the server 3, the recommended information is stored in the server 3. There is no need to send to.

  As described above, in the second embodiment, since the user can specify the POI search condition in the terminal device 2, the POI desired by the user can be quickly and cross-sectionally searched.

(Third embodiment)
In the third embodiment described below, a POI search is performed based on advertisement information that is an example of route-related information related to route information.

  FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the information processing system 1 according to the third embodiment of the present invention. In the information processing system 1 of FIG. 8, an advertisement information generation unit 29 is added to the server 3 as compared to FIG. 6, and an advertisement information database 30 is provided in the storage unit 22 in the server 3.

  The advertisement information generation unit 29 in the server 3 generates advertisement information related to the route information including the recommended route generated by the route search unit 23 performing the route search. For example, when there is a specific store that provides advertisement information around the recommended route, the advertisement information generation unit 29 generates the advertisement information in association with the recommended route. An advertisement information database 30 is provided in the storage unit 22 in the server 3 of FIG. In this advertisement information database 30, advertisement information is stored in association with a store in a specific place. When the route search unit 23 generates a recommended route, the advertisement information generation unit 29 searches the advertisement information database 30 for advertisement information of stores around the recommended route, and if necessary, the advertisement information database. The advertisement information is acquired from 30, and the advertisement information associated with the recommended route is generated.

  The advertisement information is transmitted to the terminal device 2 via the communication unit 21 together with the route information obtained by the route search unit 23 performing the route search. The output unit 13 in the terminal device 2 displays route information including advertisement information on the display screen. The advertisement information may include information for a limited time. For example, advertisement information with information for a limited time such as “30 yen discount at convenience store A” or “10 times the point at store B” may be displayed on the display screen of the terminal device 2. In addition, when there is a plurality of advertisement information on the recommended route and there is no space for displaying all advertisement information on the display screen of the terminal device 2, priority is given to each advertisement information in the advertisement information database 30 in the server 3 in advance. And may be provided to the terminal device 2 in descending order of advertisement information.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a display screen example of route information including advertisement information in the terminal device 2. The display screen of FIG. 9 includes a recommended route and advertisement information 40. The advertisement information 40 in FIG. 9 shows an example of a convenience store banner advertisement named “ACE convenience store”, but the display form of the advertisement information is not limited to that shown in FIG.

  When the user touches the advertisement information 40 on the display screen, the POI search condition designating unit 20 designates the advertisement information 40 touched by the user as the POI search condition, and transmits it to the server 3 via the communication unit 11. The POI search unit 24 in the server 3 searches for a POI related to the advertisement information 40 touched by the user.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of output information displayed on the display screen of the terminal device 2 after the user touches the advertisement information 40 in FIG. 9. FIG. 10 shows an example in which the advertisement information touched by the user is a convenience store. In the example of FIG. 10, the location information of all convenience stores existing around the recommended route is displayed in order according to the traveling direction of the recommended route. In addition, when there are convenience stores near the recommended route and convenience stores far from the recommended route, priority is given to the POI by giving priority to the POI, such as displaying convenience stores near the distance. It is desirable to display each POI in such a display form that the degree can be easily grasped.

  Further, when the advertisement information database 30 stores coupon information together with the advertisement information, the coupon information may be displayed together when displaying each POI information.

  FIG. 10 shows an example in which a convenience store, which is an example of POI, is displayed in a list format. However, POI information (such as a mark or a store logo) is superimposed on map information including recommended routes instead of the list format. May be displayed.

  Although FIGS. 8 to 10 show examples in which advertisement information related to route information is generated and provided to the user, information related to route information, that is, route related information is not necessarily limited to advertisement information. For example, the route-related information may be environmental information such as weather, temperature, and humidity at each location on the recommended route, tourist guide information at each location on the recommended route, or other various types of information. As described above, the advertisement information generation unit 29 in FIG. 8 can be replaced with a route-related information generation unit that provides some route-related information.

  As described above, in the third embodiment, the advertisement information is displayed together with the recommended route, and when the user of the terminal device 2 touches the advertisement information, the advertisement information is automatically specified as the POI search condition, and the server 3 Since the POI is searched by the user, the user does not need to explicitly specify the POI search condition, thereby saving the user's trouble.

(Fourth embodiment)
In the fourth embodiment described below, POI search conditions are automatically set based on a user's past action history.

  FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the information processing system 1 according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention. Compared to FIG. 1, the information processing system 1 in FIG. 11 includes a customer information database (action history storage unit) 31 added to the storage unit 22 in the server 3 and a POI in the server 3 instead of in the terminal device 2. A search condition designation unit 32 is provided.

  The customer information database 31 stores the action history of each user who is the owner of the terminal device 2. Here, the action history is history information of the POI search conditions designated by the user in the past, history information of products and services purchased by the user in the past, and places (or boardings) where the user has visited (or boarded) in the past (or Vehicle) history information and the like.

  The POI search condition designating unit 32 searches the customer information database 31 to acquire past user action history, and sets POI search conditions based on the user action history.

  The POI search condition specifying unit 32 may be provided on the terminal device 2 side. In this case, the action history information of the user acquired from the customer information database 31 is transmitted from the server 3 to the terminal device 2 via the communication unit 21, and the POI search in the terminal device 2 is performed with reference to the action history information. The condition designating unit designates the POI search condition.

  FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the processing operation of the information processing system 1 according to the fourth embodiment. Steps S11 to S13 are the same as steps S1 to S3 in FIG. 2, based on the route search conditions input by the user at the terminal device 2, route search is performed by the server 3, and route information including recommended routes Is generated. Next, the POI search condition designation unit 32 in the server 3 searches the customer information database 31 and designates the POI search condition based on the past user action history (step S14).

  Thereafter, when the user makes a POI search request at the terminal device 2, the server 3 searches for the POI by performing the POI search based on the POI search conditions specified at step S14 (step S19). Thereafter, processing similar to that in steps S8 to S10 in FIG. 2 is performed (steps S19 to S22).

  As described above, in the fourth embodiment, since the action history of each user is managed by the server 3, the optimum POI search condition for each user can be automatically specified based on the action history. Therefore, similarly to the third embodiment, the user does not need to explicitly specify the POI search condition, and the user's labor can be saved.

(Fifth embodiment)
In the first to fourth embodiments described above, an example in which output information including the POI searched by the POI search unit 24 is transmitted from the server 3 to the terminal device 2 and the output information is displayed on the display screen of the terminal device 2. However, the output information including the POI may include route information when the POI is stopped. That is, the server 3 may provide the terminal device 2 with route information when not stopping at the POI and route information when stopping at the POI.

  FIG. 13 is obtained by adding processing for generating and providing route information when the user stops at the POI to the flowchart of FIG. In FIG. 13, the same step numbers are given to the processes common to FIG. In FIG. 13, after a POI search is performed in step S8 and a POI is searched, a route search when a stop is made at the searched POI is performed to detect a corrected recommended route (step S31). In this specification, the recommended route corrected in this way is referred to as a stop-by route.

  In this step S31, when a plurality of POIs are searched in step S8, a plurality of drop-in routes when stopping separately at each POI are detected. For example, in step S31, a stop-off route in which at least one of the arrival time and the fare is a predetermined value or less is detected from the route information obtained by the route search in step S3. The processing in step S31 corresponds to a stop-by route information generating unit.

  The stop-off route is included in the output information together with the POI information and transmitted from the server 3 to the terminal device 2. The output unit 13 in the terminal device 2 displays the POI information included in the output information (step S10), and when the user selects one of the POIs (step S32), the case where the selected POI stops The stop-by route is displayed (step S33).

  Although FIG. 13 shows an example in which steps S31 to S33 are added to the processing operation of FIG. 2 according to the first embodiment, the same processing as steps S31 to S33 is performed on the processing operation according to the second to fourth embodiments. May be added.

  As described above, in the fifth embodiment, since a stop-by route when stopping at the searched POI is searched and provided to the user, the user can quickly grasp the route when stopping at the POI and stop at the POI. It will be possible to accurately determine whether or not it should be.

  At least a part of the information processing system 1 described in the above-described embodiment may be configured by hardware or software. When configured by software, a program for realizing at least a part of the functions of the information processing system 1 may be stored in a recording medium such as a flexible disk or a CD-ROM, and read and executed by a computer. The recording medium is not limited to a removable medium such as a magnetic disk or an optical disk, but may be a fixed recording medium such as a hard disk device or a memory.

  Further, a program that realizes at least a part of the functions of the information processing system 1 may be distributed via a communication line (including wireless communication) such as the Internet. Further, the program may be distributed in a state where the program is encrypted, modulated or compressed, and stored in a recording medium via a wired line such as the Internet or a wireless line.

Further, the information processing system 1 may be caused to function by one or a plurality of information processing apparatuses.
In the case of using a plurality of information processing apparatuses, one of the information processing apparatuses may be a computer, and the function may be realized as at least one means of the information processing system 1 by the computer executing a predetermined program.

  Based on the above description, those skilled in the art may be able to conceive additional effects and various modifications of the present invention, but the aspects of the present invention are not limited to the individual embodiments described above. . Various additions, modifications, and partial deletions can be made without departing from the concept and spirit of the present invention derived from the contents defined in the claims and equivalents thereof.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Information processing system 1, 2 Terminal device, 3 Server, 4 Network, 11 Communication part, 12 Operation input part, 13 Output part, 14 Positioning part, 15 Path information acquisition part, 16 POI search location determination part, 17 Control part, 21 communication unit, 22 storage unit, 23 route search unit, 24 POI search unit, 25 output information generation unit, 26 control unit, 27 map database, 28 traffic related information database

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Route information acquisition means for acquiring transfer route information using at least public transportation;
POI search point determination means for determining a target point to be searched for POI (Point Of Interest) based on the transfer route information;
POI search means for searching for the POI in the target location and / or the vicinity thereof based on a predetermined condition;
An information processing system comprising: output information generating means for generating output information including the searched POI.   The output information generation means includes the order in which the arrival time to the destination included in the transfer route information is small, the order in which the fare to the destination is low, the order in which the number of transfers is small, the current time and the opening time. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the information processing system is at least one or a combination thereof in the order taken into consideration.   3. The information according to claim 1, wherein the output information generation unit generates the output information in which a display form of the POI searched by the POI search unit is made different based on a priority. 4. Processing system.   The difference in the display form includes at least one of a change in display size, a change in display decoration, a change in display color, and an additional display of a specific index. Information processing system.   The target location includes a station included in the acquired transfer route information, a main station among the stations included in the acquired transfer route information, a station in a regular section possessed by the user, and the acquired transfer route. The information according to any one of claims 1 to 4, comprising at least one of a station to which a user changes among stations included in the information and an inside of a specific vehicle used in the transfer route information. Processing system.   The POI search means searches for at least one of the POI within a predetermined distance from the route included in the acquired transfer route information and the POI that can return to the route included in the acquired transfer route information within a predetermined time. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the information processing system is an information processing system. POI search condition designating means for designating the predetermined condition;
A candidate display unit for displaying a plurality of candidates for the predetermined condition;
Candidate selection means for allowing a user to select at least one of the plurality of candidates,
The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the POI search condition designating unit designates the predetermined condition based on a candidate selected by the candidate selection unit. Route-related information generating means for generating route-related information related to the acquired transfer route information,
The output information generation means generates the output information including the route related information,
8. The information according to claim 7, wherein when the user selects the route related information included in the output information, the POI search condition specifying means specifies the predetermined condition based on the route related information. Processing system. POI search condition designating means for designating the predetermined condition;
An action history storage unit for storing an individual user's action history,
The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the POI search condition designating unit designates the predetermined condition based on the accumulated action history. A stop route information generating means for generating stop route information when the POI searched by the POI search means is stopped,
The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the route information acquisition unit acquires the stop route information in addition to the transfer route information.   The information according to claim 10, wherein the stop route information generation unit generates the stop route information in which at least one of an arrival time and a fare is a predetermined value or less with the transfer route information. Processing system. Computer
Route information acquisition means for acquiring transfer route information using at least public transport,
POI search point determination means for determining a target point for searching for POI (Point Of Interest) based on the transfer route information;
POI search means for searching for the POI in the target location and / or the vicinity thereof based on a predetermined condition;
And an information processing program for functioning as output information generation means for generating output information including the searched POI. In order to cause the information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 11 to function by a plurality of information processing devices communicably connected,
An information processing program for causing one of the information processing apparatuses to function as at least one of the respective units in the information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 11.   The information processing program for functioning a computer as at least one of each means in the information processing system in any one of Claims 1-11. By a plurality of information processing devices connected to be able to communicate,
Route information acquisition means for acquiring transfer route information using at least public transportation;
POI search point determination means for determining a target point to be searched for POI (Point Of Interest) based on the transfer route information;
POI search means for searching for the POI in the target location and / or the vicinity thereof based on a predetermined condition;
Output information generating means for generating output information including the searched POI;
In order to construct an information processing system equipped with
An information processing apparatus comprising at least one of the above means. Obtaining transit route information using at least public transport,
Determining a target location to be searched for POI (Point Of Interest) based on the transfer route information;
Searching for the POI in the target location and / or the vicinity thereof based on a predetermined condition;
Generating output information including the searched POI. An information processing method comprising: Route search means for generating transfer route information using at least public transport,
POI search means for searching for a POI (Point Of Interest) determined on the basis of the transfer route information and / or the POI in and around the target location based on a predetermined condition;
Output information generating means for generating output information including the searched POI;
Communication means for transmitting the route information and the output information to a terminal device;
An information processing apparatus comprising:

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