JP2017058741A - Event information management device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an environment in which users can easily transmit and receive even small-scale event information so as not to be published on the Internet.SOLUTION: An event information registering unit 150 accepts event information containing at least event notification information, which is image data related to the event to be notified, event position information related to the event, and event date information from a user terminal 1S, and registers the event information. An output request accepting unit 151 accepts an event information output request containing at least a specified position from a user terminal 1R. An event information extracting unit 155 extracts the event information included in a prescribed movable region in which the specified position is a starting point according to the event information output request. A transmission control unit 156 controls transmission of the extracted event information to the user terminal 1R.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

  The present invention relates to an event information management system.

  Conventionally, a method has been proposed in which a server displays event information held in the vicinity on a screen of a search site in response to a request from a communication terminal device connected via a network (for example, Patent Documents). 1).

JP 2012-178071 A

  However, since the event information in the conventionally proposed method is limited to the information provided by the store that hosts the event itself or the information that is voluntarily acquired on the server side, it is limited to areas that are not posted on the Internet. No small event information was included.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and an object of the present invention is to provide an environment in which a user can easily transmit and receive even small-scale event information that is not posted on the Internet.

In order to achieve the above object, an event information management apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes
An event information registration unit that receives and registers event notification information that is image data related to an event to be notified, and event information including at least event position information and event date information related to the event from the first user terminal;
An output request receiving unit that receives an event information output request including at least a specified position from the second terminal;
In response to the event information output request, an event information extraction unit that extracts the event information included in a predetermined movable area starting from the designated position;
A transmission control unit that executes control to transmit the extracted event information to the second terminal;
Is provided.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the environment which can transmit / receive easily also about a small event information which is not published on the internet can be provided with respect to a user.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the event information management system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of a user terminal among the event information management systems of FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of a management apparatus among the event information management systems of FIG. It is a functional block diagram which shows an example of a functional structure of the transmission side user terminal among the event information management systems of FIG. It is a functional block diagram which shows an example of a functional structure of a management apparatus among the event information management systems of FIG. It is a functional block diagram which shows an example of a functional structure of the receiving side user terminal among the event information management systems of FIG. It is a figure which shows typically the flow of operation | movement of the event information management system of FIG.

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

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an event information management system according to an embodiment of the information processing system of the present invention.
The event information management system shown in FIG. 1 is configured by connecting a user terminal 1T, a user terminal 1R, and a management device 2 that manages an event to each other via a predetermined network N such as the Internet. .

  Here, an event refers to an event that is specified by a place and time among those in which one or more natural persons participate and perform some action.

The user terminal 1T is configured by a smartphone or the like, and transmits event information to the management device 2 based on the operation of the user UT.
The management device 2 is a server that manages various events, and for example, transmits and receives event information.
The user terminal 1R is configured by a smartphone or the like, and receives event information from the management device 2 based on the operation of the user UR.
The management device 2
Here, the event information refers to information for an organizer of a predetermined event (user UT in this example) to make the predetermined event known to a third party (user UR in this example). Then, at least information on event notification information, event position information, and event date information is included.
The event notification information refers to image data in which the contents of a predetermined event can be visually confirmed. For example, in the present embodiment, photo (image) data that conveys the contents of an event, such as a leaflet, a flyer, a poster, or a landscape, is adopted as event notification information.
Event position information refers to information indicating a place among a place and time for specifying a predetermined event. For example, in this embodiment, the user UT designates GPS (Global Positioning System) information included in metadata added to image data as event notification information or a map displayed on the user terminal 1T. Position information indicating the position is adopted as event notification information.
The event date information refers to information indicating time among a place and time for specifying a predetermined event. For example, in the present embodiment, information indicating the date and time when the event is held is used as the event date information.

  Thus, the user terminal 1T has a function for transmitting event information, while the user terminal 1R has a function for receiving event information.

However, when mounting on an actual smartphone or the like, it is rare to install either a transmission function or a reception function, and in many cases, both a transmission function and a reception function are installed. is assumed.
Therefore, hereinafter, a user terminal equipped with both a transmission function and a reception function, that is, a combination of the user terminal 1T and the user terminal 1R is referred to as a “user terminal 1”.
That is, in practice, each of the two or more user terminals 1 can transmit and receive various types of information such as event information to and from the other user terminals 1 and the management device 2.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the user terminal 1 in the event information management system of FIG.

  The user terminal 1 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 12, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 13, a bus 14, an input / output interface 15, an input unit 16, and a display unit 17. An imaging unit 18, a GPS unit 19, a storage unit 20, a communication unit 21, and a drive 22.

The CPU 11 executes various processes according to a program recorded in the ROM 12 or a program loaded from the storage unit 20 to the RAM 13.
The RAM 13 appropriately stores data necessary for the CPU 11 to execute various processes.

  The CPU 11, ROM 12, and RAM 13 are connected to each other via a bus 14. An input / output interface 15 is also connected to the bus 14. An input unit 16, a display unit 17, an imaging unit 18, a GPS unit 19, a storage unit 20, a communication unit 21, and a drive 22 are connected to the input / output interface 15.

The input unit 16 includes, for example, a capacitance type or resistive film type (pressure-sensitive type) position input sensor stacked on the display surface of the display unit 17 and detects the coordinates of the position where the touch operation is performed.
Here, the touch operation refers to an operation of touching or approaching an object with respect to the input unit 16. The object in contact with or close to the input unit 16 is, for example, a user's finger or a touch pen. Hereinafter, the position where the touch operation is performed is referred to as “touch position”, and the coordinates of the touch position are referred to as “touch coordinates”.
The display unit 17 is configured by a display such as a liquid crystal and displays various images.
Thus, in the present embodiment, the input unit 16 and the display unit 17 constitute a touch panel.

The imaging unit 18 images a subject such as a leaflet, a flyer, a poster, or a landscape, and outputs image data obtained as a result. That is, in the present embodiment, image data output from the imaging unit 18 may be employed as event notification information.
The GPS unit 19 includes an antenna, receives GPS signals from a plurality of GPS satellites, acquires position information indicating the current position (latitude, longitude) of the user terminal 1 from the GPS signals, and outputs it as GPS information To do. When the GPS information output in this way is included in the metadata of the event notification information and the image data output from the imaging unit 18, the GPS information may be adopted as event position information.
The storage unit 20 includes a hard disk, a DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory), and the like, and stores various data.
The communication unit 21 controls communication performed with another device (in the present embodiment, another user terminal 1 or the management device 2) via the network N.

  The drive 22 is provided as necessary. A removable medium 31 composed of a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a semiconductor memory, or the like is appropriately attached to the drive 22. The program read from the removable medium 31 by the drive 22 is installed in the storage unit 20 as necessary. The removable media 31 can also store various data stored in the storage unit 20 in the same manner as the storage unit 20.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the management apparatus 2 in the event information management system of FIG.

The management device 2 includes a CPU 51, a ROM 52, a RAM 53, a bus 54, an input / output interface 55, an output unit 56, an input unit 57, a storage unit 58, a communication unit 59, and a drive 60. Yes.
Since the configuration of the management device 2 is basically the same as the configuration excluding the touch panel of the user terminal 1, the description thereof is omitted here.

A function capable of executing various processes related to event information is realized by the cooperation of the various hardware and various software of the user terminals 1T and 1R and the management apparatus 2.
Functional block diagrams for realizing such functions are shown in FIGS.
FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of the user terminal 1T on the transmission side in the event information management system of FIG.
FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of the management apparatus 2 in the event information management system of FIG.
FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of the user terminal 1R on the receiving side in the event information management system of FIG.

  First, the functional configuration of the user terminal 1T on the transmission side in the event information management system of FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 4, in the CPU 11 or the like of the user terminal 1T, the event notification information acquisition unit 101, the event position information acquisition unit 102, the event date information acquisition unit 103, the event category classification unit 104, and event information generation The unit 105, the transmission control unit 106, the map image generation unit 107, the date selection image generation unit 108, and the display control unit 109 function.
An event content image DB 201 is provided in one area of the storage unit 20.

The event content image DB 201 stores data of an image captured by the imaging unit 18 as event notification information.
As described above, the event notification information may be image data related to a predetermined event to be notified, and it is not particularly essential that the image is captured by the imaging unit 18. That is, the user terminal 1T may acquire data of an image captured by another device as event notification information and store it in the event content image DB 201.

  The event notification information acquisition unit 101 acquires event notification information from the event content image DB 201.

The event position information acquisition unit 102 acquires event position information from the event content image DB 201 and the input unit 16.
The method for acquiring the event position information is not particularly limited and may be arbitrary. For example, in the present embodiment, the following three methods are employed.

The first method of acquiring event position information is a method of acquiring from event metadata as follows.
That is, there are cases where metadata is attached to image data as event notification information as described above. Therefore, when the location information (GPS information or the like) is included in the metadata of the event notification information (image data), the event location information acquisition unit 102 acquires the location information as event location information.

The second method of acquiring event position information is a method of acquiring event position information from event notification information as follows.
That is, the event notification information may include information indicating the location of the predetermined event (for example, a character string indicating the location, a building or a landscape that can identify the location) as an image.
Therefore, the event position information acquisition unit 102 performs various image processing on the event notification information (image data), and extracts predetermined position information by performing various analyzes based on the processing results. The event position information acquisition unit 102 acquires the position information extracted in this way as event position information.

The third method of acquiring event position information is a method of acquiring a position designated by the user UT on the map displayed on the display unit 17 of the user terminal 1T as event position information.
That is, the map image generation unit 107 generates data of an image indicating a map (hereinafter referred to as “map image”). The map image data may be acquired from the outside.
The display control unit 109 executes control to display the map image on the display unit 17.
The user UT performs a touch operation (for example, a tap operation) on a position desired to be specified such as an event holding position in the map image displayed on the display unit 17.
Then, the input unit 16 inputs the position where the touch operation is performed (coordinates on the screen of the display unit 17) to the event position information acquisition unit 102. The event position information acquisition unit 102 recognizes predetermined position information (address, latitude / longitude of the actual location) based on the correspondence relationship between the input position and the map image. The event position information acquisition unit 102 acquires the position information recognized in this way as event position information.

The event date information acquisition unit 103 acquires event date information from the event content image DB 201 or the input unit 16.
The acquisition method of event date information is not particularly limited and may be arbitrary. For example, in the present embodiment, the following three methods are employed.

The first method of acquiring event date information is a method of acquiring from the metadata as follows.
That is, there are cases where metadata is attached to image data as event notification information as described above. Therefore, when the time information is included in the metadata of the event notification information (image data), the event date information acquisition unit 103 acquires the time information as event date information.

The second method of acquiring event date information is a method of acquiring event date information from event notification information as follows.
In other words, the event notification information may include information indicating the holding time or time zone of the predetermined event (for example, a character string indicating the holding time) as an image.
Therefore, the event date information acquisition unit 103 performs various types of image processing on the event notification information (image data), and extracts predetermined position information by performing various types of analysis based on the processing results. The event position information acquisition unit 102 acquires the position information extracted in this way as event position information.

A third method for acquiring event date information acquires, as event date information, information indicating a date selected by the user UT in a GUI (Graphical User Interface) image displayed on the display unit 17 of the user terminal 1T. It is a technique.
That is, the date selection image generation unit 108 generates data of a GUI image (hereinafter referred to as “date selection image”) for selecting a date.
The display control unit 109 executes control to display the date selection image on the display unit 17.
The user UT selects a desired date by performing a predetermined touch operation on the date selection image displayed on the display unit 17.
Then, the input unit 16 inputs the content of the touch operation to the event date information acquisition unit 103. The event date information acquisition unit 132 recognizes the date selected by the user UT based on the content of the touch operation input in this way. The event date information acquisition unit 103 acquires information indicating the date recognized in this way as event date information.

  The event category classification unit 104, based on event notification information, event location information, event date information, etc., about the event to be notified, that is, based on the location, period, content, etc. where the event is held, Perform category classification of the target event.

The event information generating unit 105 generates information including at least event notification information, event position information, and event date information regarding the event to be notified as event information of the event to be notified.
Here, “at least” is because the event information can include other information. For example, the category classified by the event category classification unit 104 can be included in the event information.

  Here, from the viewpoint of the user UT, it is not necessary to input characters, and event information can be generated (event notification entry) in three simple steps, such as photography, position and date selection operations (touch operations). This is very convenient for the user UT.

  The transmission control unit 106 performs control to transmit the event information generated in this way to the management apparatus 2 via the communication unit 21 and the network N (FIG. 1).

  Next, the functional configuration of the management device 2 in the event information management system of FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 5, in the CPU 51 or the like of the management device 2, the event information registration unit 150, the output request reception unit 151, the movable area specifying unit 152, the date specifying unit 153, the category specifying unit 154, The event information extraction unit 155 and the transmission control unit 156 function.
An event information DB 301 is provided in one area of the storage unit 58.

  The event information registration unit 150 registers the event information by acquiring the event information transmitted from the user terminal 1T via the communication unit 59 and storing it in the event information DB 301.

The output request receiving unit 151 receives an event information output request transmitted from the user terminal 1R via the communication unit 59.
Here, the event information output request refers to a request for outputting event information that matches a predetermined condition. Although the predetermined condition is not particularly limited, for example, in the present embodiment, a condition of an event held at a place designated by the user UR or in the vicinity thereof (a place where the user UR can move within a predetermined time) is adopted. Suppose that
In order to determine whether or not this condition is satisfied, it is assumed that location information regarding a location designated by the user UR is included at least in the event information output request.
Specifically, for example, as the position information regarding the place designated by the user UR, for example, GPS information (current position information) of the user terminal 1R used by the user UR can be adopted, or the display unit 17 of the user terminal 1R can be used. Position information relating to a location designated by the user UR on the displayed map may be employed.

  The movable area specifying unit 152 recognizes a position designated by the user UR (hereinafter referred to as “designated position”) based on the position information included in the event information output request, and uses the designated position as a starting point. Identifies a region that can move within a predetermined time (hereinafter referred to as a “movable region”).

The method for identifying the movable area is not particularly limited.
For example, it is possible to employ a first method of determining by a circle having a predetermined radius starting from a designated position, that is, using a CF: Hough model.
In addition, for example, the second method of setting and determining a predetermined route for each predetermined moving means starting from the designated position can be employed. As the predetermined moving means, for example, walking, bicycles, automobiles, trains, airplanes, etc. can be adopted. Further, two or more types of moving means may be combined.
Further, for example, a third method can be adopted in which the determination is made based on a range that can be moved within a predetermined time (for example, 10 minutes) starting from the designated position.
These methods can be arbitrarily combined. For example, since the range that can be moved within a predetermined time differs depending on the moving means, it is preferable to combine the second method and the third method.

Here, the event information output request may include the date and period (hereinafter referred to as “designated date”) designated by the user UR in addition to the designated position of the user UR.
In this case, the date specifying unit 153 specifies the date and period of the event to be output based on the date specified by the user UR.
Here, “based on the user UR specified date” is described because the “user UR specified date” is not necessarily the “date and period of the event to be output”. That is, for example, the date specifying unit 153 sets a date or period similar to the “specified date of the user UR” as the “date or period of the event to be output”, even if it is not the “specified date of the user UR” itself. You may specify.

The event information output request may include a category designated by the user UR (hereinafter referred to as “designated category”) in addition to the designated location of the user UR.
In this case, the category specifying unit 154 specifies the category of the event to be output based on the designated category.
Here, “based on the specified category” is described because “the specified category” is not necessarily “the category of the event to be output” as it is. That is, for example, the category specifying unit 154 may specify a category similar to the “specified category” as the “category of the event to be output”, not the “specified category” itself.

  The event information extraction unit 155 outputs the event information to be output based on at least the movable area and, if necessary, the date / period specified by the date specifying unit 153 and the category specified by the category specifying unit 154. Extracted from the event information DB 301.

  The transmission control unit 156 performs control to transmit the event information drawn by the event information extraction unit 155 to the user terminal 1R via the communication unit 59 and the network N.

  Next, the functional configuration of the user terminal 1R on the receiving side in the event information management system in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 6, in the CPU 11 or the like of the user terminal 1 </ b> R, the specified position acquisition unit 121, the specified date acquisition unit 122, the specified category acquisition unit 123, the output request generation unit 124, and the event information acquisition unit 125 The map image generation unit 107, the date selection image generation unit 108, and the display control unit 109 function.

The specified position acquisition unit 121 acquires the specified position of the user UR from the input unit 16 or the GPS unit 19.
The acquisition method of the designated position is not particularly limited and may be arbitrary. For example, in the present embodiment, the following two methods are employed.

  A first method for acquiring the designated position is a method for acquiring the current position based on GPS information output from the GPS unit 19.

The second technique for acquiring the designated position is a technique for obtaining the position designated by the user UR on the map displayed on the display unit 17 of the user terminal 1R as the designated position.
That is, the map image generation unit 107 generates map image data. The map image data may be acquired from the outside. The display control unit 109 executes control to display the map image on the display unit 17.
The user UR performs a touch operation (for example, a tap operation) on a desired position in the map image displayed on the display unit 17.
Then, the input unit 16 inputs the position (coordinates on the screen of the display unit 17) where the touch operation is performed to the designated position acquisition unit 121. The designated position acquisition unit 121 recognizes a predetermined position (actual location address, latitude / longitude) based on the correspondence relationship between the input position and the map image. The specified position acquisition unit 121 acquires the position recognized in this way as the specified position.

The specified date acquisition unit 122 acquires the specified date of the user UR from the input unit 16.
The acquisition method of the designated date is not particularly limited and may be arbitrary. For example, in the present embodiment, a technique is employed in which the date selected by the user UR is acquired as the designated date in the date selection image displayed on the display unit 17 of the user terminal 1R.
That is, the date selection image generation unit 108 generates date selection image data. The display control unit 109 executes control to display the date selection image on the display unit 17.
The user UR selects a desired date by performing a predetermined touch operation on the date selection image displayed on the display unit 17.
Then, the input unit 16 inputs the content of the touch operation to the specified date acquisition unit 122. The designated date acquisition unit 122 recognizes the date selected by the user UR based on the content of the touch operation input in this way. The specified date acquisition unit 122 acquires the date recognized in this way as the specified date.

The designated category obtaining unit 123 obtains the designated category of the user UR from the input unit 16.
The acquisition method of the designated category is not particularly limited and may be arbitrary. For example, in the present embodiment, a method of acquiring a category input by a touch operation of the user UR as a designated category is employed.

  The output request generation unit 124 generates an event information output request including at least a specified position and further including a specified date and a specified category as necessary.

The event information output request is transmitted from the communication unit 21 to the management apparatus 2 via the network N.
When event information extracted by the management apparatus 2 is transmitted via the network N in response to such an event information output request, the event information acquisition unit 125 acquires the event information via the communication unit 21. To do.
The display control unit 109 executes control for causing the display unit 17 to display an image based on the event information, for example, an image corresponding to the event notification information.

The functional configurations of the user terminals 1T and 1R and the management device 2 have been described above.
Next, processing executed by the user terminals 1T and 1R and the management apparatus 2 having such a functional configuration will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram schematically showing an operation flow of the event information management system of FIG.

In step S <b> 1, the event notification information acquisition unit 101 of the user terminal 1 </ b> T acquires image data such as a printed flyer, a handwritten flyer, a landscape, and the like regarding the event to be notified as event notification information of the event to be notified.
In the example of FIG. 7, the image data as the event notification information is captured by the imaging unit 18 of the user terminal 1T, but this is only an example. That is, the image data as event notification information may be acquired by the user terminal 1T via a predetermined network N such as the Internet.

In step S2, the event information generation unit 105 of the user terminal 1T generates event information of an event to be notified.
That is, as described above, each of the event position information acquisition unit 102, the event date information acquisition unit 103, and the event category classification unit 104 includes event position information, event date information, and a category for each event to be notified. Etc.
The event information generation unit 105 generates event notification information, event position information, event date information, and information including a category as event information of the event to be notified.

  In step S <b> 3, the transmission control unit 106 of the user terminal 1 </ b> T transmits event information to the management apparatus 2 via the communication unit 21 and the network N.

  In step S11, the event information registration unit 150 of the management device 2 acquires the event information transmitted from the user terminal 1T in the process of step S3 via the communication unit 59 and stores it in the event information DB 301. Register the event information.

Here, it is assumed that the process of step S21 is executed in the user terminal 1R.
That is, in step S21, the specified position acquisition unit 121, the specified date acquisition unit 122, and the specified category acquisition unit 123 of the user terminal 1R each acquire the specified position, the specified date, and the specified category.

  In step S22, the output request generation unit 124 of the user terminal 1R generates an event information output request including the specified position, the specified date, and the specified category, and transmits the event information output request from the communication unit 21 to the management apparatus 2 via the network N. .

In step S12, the output request reception unit 151 of the management apparatus 2 receives the event information output request by acquiring the event information output request transmitted from the user terminal 1R in the process of step S22 via the communication unit 59. .
In step S13, the event information extraction unit 155 extracts event information from the event information DB 301 based on the event information output request accepted in step S12.
In step S14, the transmission control unit 156 transmits the event information to the user terminal 1R via the communication unit 59 and the network N.

  In step S23, the event information acquisition unit 125 of the user terminal 1R receives the event information transmitted from the management apparatus 2 via the network N in the process of step S14 via the communication unit 21. The display control unit 109 causes the display unit 17 to display an image based on the event information, for example, an image corresponding to the event notification information.

  Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and modifications, improvements, and the like within the scope that can achieve the object of the present invention are included in the present invention. It is.

  For example, the hardware configurations shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 are merely examples for achieving the object of the present invention, and are not particularly limited.

  Also, the functional block diagrams shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 are merely examples and are not particularly limited. That is, it is sufficient that the information processing system has a function capable of executing the above-described series of processing as a whole, and what functional blocks are used to realize this function is particularly shown in the examples of FIGS. It is not limited.

Further, the location of the functional block is not limited to that shown in FIGS.
In addition, one functional block may be constituted by hardware alone, software alone, or a combination thereof.

When the processing of each functional block is executed by software, a program constituting the software is installed on a computer or the like from a network or a recording medium.
The computer may be a computer incorporated in dedicated hardware. The computer may be a computer capable of executing various functions by installing various programs, for example, a general-purpose smartphone or personal computer other than a server.

  The recording medium including such a program is not only constituted by a removable medium distributed separately from the apparatus main body in order to provide the program to each store, but is also preinstalled in the apparatus main body in each store. It is composed of a provided recording medium or the like.

  In the present specification, the steps for describing the program recorded on the recording medium are not limited to the processing performed in time series according to the order, but may be performed in parallel or individually even if not necessarily performed in time series. The process to be executed is also included.

  Further, in the present specification, the term “system” means an overall apparatus composed of a plurality of devices, a plurality of means, and the like.

In summary, the event information management apparatus to which the present invention is applied only needs to have the following configuration, and can take various embodiments including the above-described embodiments.
That is, the event information management apparatus (for example, the management apparatus 2 in FIG. 1) to which the present invention is applied is
Event notification information, which is image data related to an event to be notified, and event information including at least event position information and event date information related to the event are received from a first user terminal (for example, user terminal 1S in FIG. 1) and registered. An event information registration unit (for example, the event information registration unit 150 in FIG. 5);
An output request receiving unit (for example, the output request receiving unit 151 of FIG. 5) that receives an event information output request including at least the designated position from the second terminal (for example, the user terminal 1R of FIG. 1);
In response to the event information output request, an event information extraction unit (for example, event information extraction unit 155 in FIG. 5) that extracts the event information included in a predetermined movable area starting from the designated position;
A transmission control unit (for example, the transmission control unit 156 in FIG. 5) that executes control to transmit the extracted event information to the second terminal;
Is provided.
As a result, it is possible to provide an environment where users can easily transmit and receive even small-scale event information that is not posted on the Internet.
Furthermore, the event information management apparatus to which the present invention to which the present invention is applied can also realize the following technology. In addition, in the following description, in order to make an understanding easy, it demonstrates using the code | symbol of the above-mentioned embodiment.

  For example, an expiration date may be set for event information (event notification information). That is, information indicating the expiration date can be included in the event information.

For example, the management device 2 counts the number of viewers for each event information, and includes the number of viewers for each event information in the event information transmitted to the user terminal 1R, whereby the event information of the event information is displayed on the user terminal 1R. The number of viewers can be displayed.
Thereby, the user UR can grasp the attention level of the event information displayed on the user terminal 1R.

Further, it is possible to follow users such as event notifiers and event notification information mediators (curators, ambassadors), and to confirm the followers as followers.
A follower (mainly a viewer) may be able to receive a notification of information transmission of a follower.
For example, the user UR can follow a specific user UT. The user UT can confirm the user UR that has been followed on the user terminal 1T as a follower.
Thereby, since the user UT can confirm the status of the user UR that is a follower on the user terminal 1T, the user UR can confirm the reaction of the user UR to the event announced by the user UT.
Conversely, the user UR who is a follower can receive a notification from the management device 2 that the user UT has transmitted information when the user UT that has been followed transmits information.

Further, the user terminal 1 can store the position information displayed in the past as a history, and can display the position displayed in the past when inputting the event position information or displaying the event information.
Thereby, since the user UR can select the position information from the list, the event information can be efficiently acquired.

Further, the user terminal 1R can individually classify event information acquired from the management device 2 as favorites.
Thereby, the user UR can browse the event information efficiently by classifying the event information acquired in the past as being a favorite or something that he / she wants to browse many times.

In addition, the management device 2 can provide a comment field in the event information, and attach the contents written in the comment field to the user UT that transmitted the event information or the user UR that acquired the event information. .
Thereby, the user UT or the user UR can tell the content of the comment to other users UR by writing a comment from the user terminal 1 to the event information.

Moreover, the management apparatus 2 can provide a notification function for event information.
As a result, the user UT that transmitted the event information and the user UR that acquired the event information can confirm the content of the report.

Moreover, the management apparatus 2 can manage each user's profile information separately, and can transmit each user's profile information with respect to the user terminal UT or the user terminal UR.
Thereby, the management apparatus 2 transmits each user's profile information with respect to the user terminal 1T or the user terminal IR as needed, and the user UT or the user UR confirms the profile information of each user. be able to.

When the management device 2 receives an event information output request from the user terminal 1R, the management device 2 moves to the movable area specified based on the location information about the place specified by the user UR included in the event information output request. Event information included in the movable area can be voluntarily transmitted to another user terminal 1R that exists.

  Thereby, the management apparatus 2 is the same not only with respect to the user UR which transmitted the said event information output request with respect to the event information output request from the user terminal 1R by the user UR, but with respect to other user terminals 1R. Since event information can be push-distributed, event information can be efficiently known.

  At this time, when the user UR who uses the user terminal 1R that is the target of the push distribution resides in a region other than the movable region (for example, when the user UR accidentally exists in the movable region due to travel or the like). If the user UR browses the event information and takes an action such as participating in the event, the event has expanded the trade area by the push delivery. This can be confirmed by tracking the user's profile information, event information browsing history, push distribution history, comment history, and the like.

  In addition, acquisition of the information regarding the residence area of the user UR who became the push delivery target obtained by the follow-up survey is not limited to the user UT that has transmitted the event information from the user terminal 1R to the management device 2, and the user UT followers can also be acquired.

  The event information that can be transmitted from the user terminal 1R to the management device 2 by the user UT includes important information belonging to a region such as public disaster prevention crime prevention. Specifically, for example, information on local disaster prevention drills, information on evacuation sites at the time of disaster, and the like can be mentioned.

In addition, on the user terminal 1R, advertisements related to events, companies, organizations, organizations, and the like that are limited to a certain range from the point designated by the user UR can be displayed for a fee.
The period for displaying the advertisement can be arbitrarily specified by the person who requests the display of the advertisement. In addition, the number of times an advertisement is displayed, a time zone, and the like can be specified by a probability distribution.

  The person who requests the display of the advertisement is not limited to the person who holds the event, and may be a company, organization, or organization that does not plan to hold the event.

  As a method for placing an advertisement, a method for placing an advertisement-dedicated frame on a part of the screen output to the display unit 17 of the user terminal 1R (advertisement using a fixed frame), an event to be output to the display unit 17 of the user terminal 1R A method of posting information so that the user UR is not stressed as much as possible by incorporating the advertisement into the information (native advertisement), and an advertisement related to an event or a company highly related to the place or category specified by the user UR. There is a method of placing a notice prominently according to the advertisement fee (listing advertisement).

  As a result, it is possible to display, on the user terminal 1R, preferentially and efficiently advertisements related to events, companies, etc. that are highly relevant to places of interest to the user UR.

  Moreover, the user UT can attach the coupon which gives a certain privilege to a participant and a user about the said event to the event information to transmit. The coupon can be displayed on the user terminal 1R in the same manner as the advertisement posting method described above.

When the user UR views the coupon on the user terminal 1R, event information related to the coupon is displayed on the user terminal 1R.
Thereby, the user UT can push event information to the user UR.

  In addition, when the user UR browses the event information, the management device 2 transmits the position information about the user terminal 1R of the user UR to the user terminal 1T of the user UT that transmitted the event information to the management device 2. Can do.

  Thereby, since the user UT can obtain position information about the user UR who is interested in the event information transmitted by himself / herself and browsed, it can be used as big data and marketing data by accumulating the position information. Can do.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,1T, 1R ... User terminal, 2 ... Management apparatus, 101 ... Event notification information acquisition part, 102 ... Event position information acquisition part, 103 ... Event date information acquisition part, 104 ... Event category classification unit, 105 ... event information generation unit, 106 ... transmission control unit, 107 ... map image generation unit, 108 ... date selection image generation unit, 109 ... display control unit, 121 ... designated position acquisition unit, 122 ... designated date acquisition unit, 123 ... designated category acquisition unit, 124 ... output request generation unit, 125 ... event information acquisition unit, 150 ... event Information registration unit, 151... Output request reception unit, 152... Movable area identification unit, 153... Date identification unit, 154... Category identification unit, 155.・Transmission control unit, 201 ... event content image DB, 301 ... event information DB

Claims (1)

An event information registration unit that receives and registers event notification information that is image data related to an event to be notified, and event information including at least event position information and event date information related to the event from the first user terminal;
An output request receiving unit that receives an event information output request including at least a specified position from the second terminal;
In response to the event information output request, an event information extraction unit that extracts the event information included in a predetermined movable area starting from the designated position;
A transmission control unit that executes control to transmit the extracted event information to the second terminal;
An event information management device comprising:

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