JP2017073079A - Information processing device, information processing system, information providing method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information processing device that facilitates providing new information according to a user of an information terminal by combining information collected by a plurality of information providing units which provide provision information of a plurality of fields.SOLUTION: An information processing device, which provides an information terminal connected via a network with information according to a user of the information terminal, includes: a plurality of information providing units that obtains information of a predetermined field and stores it in a storage unit, and provides provision information of the predetermined field on the basis of the information stored in the storage unit; a first management unit that manages information for specifying a plurality of the information providing units that can be used by the user of the information terminal from among the plurality of information providing units; and a recommendation information providing unit that provides the information terminal with recommendation information that is information to be recommended to the user of the information terminal on the basis of the information stored in the storage unit by the plurality of information providing units that can be used by the user of the information terminal.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

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

  An energy management system (HEMS) that collects detection information on the amount of electricity, gas, water, etc. used in each household and provides each household with information in a predetermined format (for example, today's usage, this month's usage, etc.) : Home Energy Management System).

  In addition, information that calculates the average energy usage for each region from the energy usage obtained from multiple houses and displays the energy usage of each house and the average usage on the energy indicator of each house so that they can be compared. A providing system is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  For example, by combining the information providing systems as described above, information on multiple fields such as energy information and environmental information is collected, and provided information on multiple fields is individually provided to the information terminal based on the collected information. It is possible.

  However, in the conventional technology, even if information of a plurality of fields is collected by the information providing system, new information corresponding to the user of the information terminal is provided by combining the collected information of the plurality of fields. It was difficult.

  Embodiments of the present invention have been made in view of the above-described problems, and combine information collected by a plurality of information providing units that provide information provided in a plurality of fields to provide users of information terminals. An object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus that makes it easy to provide new information in response.

  In order to solve the above problems, an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is an information processing apparatus that provides information corresponding to a user of the information terminal to an information terminal connected via a network. A plurality of information providing units that obtain information on a predetermined field, store the information in a storage unit, and provide the provision information on the predetermined field based on the information stored in the storage unit; and Among these, the first management unit that manages the information that specifies the plurality of information providing units that can be used by the user of the information terminal, and the plurality of information providing units that can be used by the user of the information terminal A recommended information providing unit that provides the information terminal with recommended information that is recommended information to a user of the information terminal based on the information stored in the storage unit.

  According to the embodiment of the present invention, it is easy to provide new information according to the user of an information terminal by combining information collected by a plurality of information providing units that provide provided information in a plurality of fields. An information processing apparatus can be provided.

It is a figure showing an outline of an information processing system concerning one embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the hardware of the computer which concerns on one Embodiment. It is a functional block diagram of the service provision system which concerns on one Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the function structure of the information provision application which concerns on one Embodiment, and a recommendation management part. It is a figure (1) which shows the example of the collection information concerning one embodiment. It is a figure (2) which shows the example of the collection information concerning one embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the information which the service provision system which concerns on one Embodiment manages. It is a figure which shows the example of the recommendation setting information which concerns on one Embodiment. It is a function block diagram of the information terminal which concerns on one Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the outline | summary of the provision process of the recommendation which concerns on one Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the provision process of the recommendation which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the provision information which the service provision system which concerns on 1st Embodiment provides. It is a figure which shows the example of the provision information which the energy information provision application which concerns on 1st Embodiment provides. It is a figure which shows the example of the provision information which the environment information provision application which concerns on 1st Embodiment provides. It is a figure which shows the function structure of the information provision application which concerns on 2nd Embodiment, and a recommendation management part. It is a figure which shows the example of the log information which concerns on 2nd Embodiment, and recommendation setting information. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the provision process of the recommendation which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the recommendation setting information which concerns on 3rd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the provision process of the recommendation which concerns on 3rd Embodiment. It is a function block diagram of the service provision system which concerns on 4th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the plug-in management information which concerns on 4th Embodiment, and the information of an application. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the addition process of the application which concerns on 4th Embodiment.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

<System configuration>
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an overview of an information processing system according to an embodiment. The information processing system 100 includes, for example, a service providing system 110 connected to a network 140 such as the Internet or a LAN (Local Area Network), an external system 120, and an information terminal 130.

  The service providing system 110 acquires information in a plurality of fields from the external system 120 or the like, and uses the acquired information to provide various information and services to the user of the information terminal 130, or a plurality of information A system including a processing device.

  For example, the service providing system 110 distributes apartment information, city information, and the like to condominium residents. Alternatively, the service providing system 110 may provide a service to users other than the residents of the condominium, for example, users such as town councils, shopping streets, and companies.

  For example, the service providing system 110 uses the information acquisition unit 111 to acquire detection information such as energy information and environmental information, information on the surrounding area, and the like from the external system 120 connected via the network 140. The acquired information is stored in the information storage unit 114. In addition, the service providing system 110 authenticates the user information terminal 130 using the access control unit 112 and provides various information using the information providing unit 113 to the information terminal 130 that is permitted to be authenticated. To do.

  The information providing unit 113 includes, for example, an energy information providing unit 113a, an environment information providing unit 113b, an apartment information providing unit 113c, a commercial information providing unit 113d, a medical information providing unit 113e, an event information providing unit 113f, and the like.

  The energy information providing unit 113a provides, for example, energy information related to usage, charges, etc. of electricity, gas, water, etc. of the user's residence. The environment information providing unit 113b provides, for example, environment information regarding the weather, temperature, and the like of the area where the user lives. For example, the condominium information providing unit 113c provides condominium information on shared facilities, management associations, and the like to condominium residents.

  The commercial information providing unit 113d provides, for example, information regarding the area where the user lives, commercial facilities such as the nearest station, and commercial information regarding product information. The medical information providing unit 113e provides, for example, medical information related to medical care in the area where the user resides. The event information providing unit 113f provides event information regarding various events held in a region where the user resides.

  The energy information, the environment information, the apartment information, the commercial information, the medical information, the event information, and the like are examples of provided information in a plurality of fields provided by the service providing system 110.

  In addition, the service providing system 110 according to the present embodiment includes a recommendation providing unit 115. The recommendation providing unit 115 sends new information (hereinafter referred to as a recommendation) according to the user of the information terminal 130 based on the information of the plurality of fields stored in the information storage unit 114 by the information providing unit 113 to the information terminal. 130.

  For example, it is assumed that the recommendation providing unit 115 specifies that the amount of electricity used by the air conditioner is increasing in the user's residence based on the information stored in the information storage unit 114 by the energy information providing unit 113a. Moreover, the recommendation provision part 115 shall specify that the local temperature is not especially high based on the information which the environmental information provision part 113b memorize | stored in the information storage part 114. FIG. In such a case, the recommendation providing unit 115 provides a recommendation message (an example of recommended information) such as “Would you like to stop the air conditioner and open the window?” To the information terminal 130 of the user. .

  Further, as another example, the recommendation providing unit 115 determines whether or not the PM2.5 of a region (particle diameter is approximately 2.5 μm or less) based on the information stored in the information storage unit 114 by the environmental information providing unit 113b. ) That the measured value is high. In addition, the recommendation providing unit 115 specifies the product information of the mask corresponding to PM2.5 based on the information stored in the information storage unit 114 by the commercial information providing unit 113d. In such a case, the recommendation providing unit 115 recommends to the user's information terminal 130, for example, a recommendation message such as “Because there are many PM2.5, it is recommended to wear a PM2.5 compatible mask when going out”. In addition, for example, product information of the mask is provided.

  As described above, the recommendation providing unit 115 combines the information of a plurality of fields stored in the information storage unit 114 by the information providing unit 113 and provides new information according to the user of the information terminal 130 at an appropriate timing. To do.

  The external system 120 is, for example, an information processing system that provides a cloud service, a server device, or the like. In the example of FIG. 1, the detection information management system 121, the information provision system 122, the charging system 123, the web crawler system 124, and the like. included.

  The detection information management system 121 is an information processing apparatus that collects detection information detected by various detection apparatuses and provides the collected detection information to the service providing system 110 or the like, or a system that includes a plurality of information processing apparatuses. The detection information management system 121 includes, for example, an energy information management system that collects and provides detection information such as usage of electricity, gas, and water from a plurality of residences such as apartments, and detection of temperature, humidity, air, etc. An environmental information management system that collects and provides information is included.

  The information providing system 122 is an information processing apparatus that collects various information and provides the collected information to the service providing system 110 or the like, or a system including a plurality of information processing apparatuses. The information providing system 122 includes, for example, a local information providing system that provides information on local commercial facilities, medical institutions, events, etc., an information providing system that provides information on weather forecasts, news, trends, products, and the like. It is.

  The billing system 123 is a system including an information processing apparatus that performs payment of a usage fee of a user who uses the service providing system 110, for example, credit card settlement, bank withdrawal, or a plurality of information processing apparatuses.

  The web crawler system 124 is an information processing apparatus that periodically acquires information such as texts and images on the web and automatically creates a database, or a system that includes a plurality of information processing apparatuses. The information providing unit 113 of the service providing system 110 may collect information using the web crawler system 124 as well as receiving information from the information providing system 122.

  For example, the event information providing unit 113 f collects various event-related information using the web crawler system 124, extracts information that is close to the region, the date of the event, and the like, and stores the information in the information storage unit 114. It may be stored as event information.

  Note that at least a part of the external system 120 may be included in the service providing system 110. For example, the service providing system 110 may have functions such as the web crawler system 124 and the detection information management system 121.

  The information terminal 130 is a terminal device for a user to use the service providing system 110, and includes, for example, a PC (Personal Computer) 131, a tablet terminal 132, a smartphone 133, an interphone 134, and the like.

  The PC 131, the tablet terminal 132, and the smartphone 133 are general-purpose information terminals 130 that are connected to the network 140 and can communicate with the service providing system 110. The interphone 134 is an information terminal 130 provided in a residence such as a condominium, for example, and includes a display device.

  In the above configuration, the user of the service providing system 110 requests the service providing system 110 to acquire information using, for example, a web browser of the information terminal 130.

  In the service providing system 110, the access control unit 112 authenticates the request information received from the information terminal 130, and the information providing unit 113 displays the requested information according to the request information permitted to be authenticated. Provide to the terminal 130.

  Furthermore, the service providing system 110 provides recommendations to the information terminal 130 (recommended information) recommended to the user of the information terminal 130 based on information of a plurality of fields stored in the information storage unit 114 by the information providing unit 113. To do.

  The system configuration in FIG. 1 is an example. For example, the information providing unit 113 may provide information in various fields other than the field information shown in FIG.

  The service providing system 110 may provide information based on information managed in the service providing system 110 or information acquired from the information terminal 130 or the like.

  Furthermore, the information providing unit 113 may be realized by a plurality of information processing apparatuses.

<Hardware configuration>
The hardware configuration of the service providing system 110 and the external system 120 according to the present embodiment includes an information processing apparatus having a general computer configuration or a combination of information processing apparatuses. The hardware configuration of the information terminal 130 includes a general computer configuration. Here, a typical hardware configuration example of a computer will be described.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example of a computer according to an embodiment. The computer 200 includes, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 201, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 202, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 203, a storage unit 204, a network I / F (Interface) unit 205, an input unit 206, and a display unit. 207, an external I / F unit 208, a bus 209, and the like.

  The CPU 201 is an arithmetic device that implements each function of the computer 200 by reading a program, data, and the like stored in the ROM 203, the storage unit 204, and the like onto the RAM 202 and executing processing. The RAM 202 is a volatile memory used as a work area for the CPU 201. The ROM 203 is a non-volatile memory that retains programs and data even when the power is turned off, and is configured by, for example, a flash ROM. The storage unit 204 is a storage device such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) or an SSD (Solid State Drive), and stores, for example, an OS (Operation System), applications, various data, and the like.

  The network I / F unit 205 is a communication interface such as a wired / wireless LAN for connecting the computer 200 to the network 140 and transmitting / receiving data to / from other computers, electronic devices, and the like.

  The input unit 206 is an input device such as a keyboard, a mouse, or a touch panel that accepts an input for operating the computer 200. The display unit 207 is a display device such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) that displays processing results of the computer 200 and the like. Note that the input unit 206 or the display unit 207 may be provided outside the computer 200. Further, the input unit 206 and the display unit 207 may be an integrated display input unit such as a touch panel display, for example.

  The external I / F unit 208 is an interface for connecting an external device to the computer 200. The external device includes, for example, a recording medium 210 such as a USB (Universal Serial Bus) memory, a memory card, an optical disk, and various electronic devices.

  The bus 209 is commonly connected to each of the above components, and transmits an address signal, a data signal, various control signals, and the like.

<Functional configuration>
Next, the functional configuration of the service providing system 110 will be described.

(Functional configuration of service providing system)
FIG. 3 is a functional configuration diagram of the service providing system according to the first embodiment. The service providing system 110 realizes an application (plug-in) 310, a platform 320, a storage unit 330, a framework 340, and the like, for example, by executing a predetermined program by the computer 200 shown in FIG.

  The application 310 includes a plurality of application programs (hereinafter referred to as applications) that operate on the platform 320 using the framework 340. The application 310 according to the present embodiment has, for example, a plug-in configuration corresponding to the framework 340. For example, the plug-in does not operate alone, but implements a predetermined function by being incorporated into the framework 340 as necessary.

  In the example of FIG. 3, the application 310 includes an energy information providing application 351a, an environment information providing application 351b, an apartment information providing application 351c, and the like. Further, the service providing system 110 can incorporate another information providing application 351x that operates on the platform 320 by using the framework 340. In addition, in the following description, when indicating any application among the energy information providing application 351a, the environment information providing application 351b, the apartment information providing application 351c, and other information providing applications 351x, “information providing application 351” is indicated. Use.

  The energy information provision application 351a implements a web service corresponding to the energy information provision unit 113a in FIG. 1, for example. For example, the energy information providing application 351a acquires information on energy such as electricity, gas, and water from the detection information management system 121 and stores the information in the collected information storage unit 385. In addition, the energy information providing application 351a provides the information terminal 130 of the user with provided information related to the usage amount of electricity, gas, water, and the like based on the information related to energy stored in the collected information storage unit 385.

  The environment information providing application 351b implements a web service corresponding to the environment information providing unit 113b in FIG. 1, for example. For example, the environment information provision application 351b acquires information on the environment such as temperature, humidity, and weather from the detection information management system 121 and the information provision system 122 and stores the information in the collected information storage unit 385. Further, the environment information providing application 351b provides the user information terminal 130 with environment-related provision information such as temperature, humidity, and weather based on the environment-related information stored in the collected information storage unit 385.

  The apartment information providing application 351c implements a web service corresponding to, for example, the apartment information providing unit 113c in FIG. For example, the apartment information provision application 351c acquires information on the apartment from, for example, the information provision system 122 and stores the information in the collected information storage unit 385. Further, the apartment information providing application 351c provides the information related to the apartment to the information terminal 130 of the user based on the information related to the apartment stored in the collected information storage unit 385.

  The framework 340 provides an API (Application Programming Interface) for the application 310 to use the platform 320 and a semi-completed program. The semi-completed program provided by the framework 340 has a structure and functions common to the information providing application 351 that provides information in the service providing system 110, and incorporates various information providing applications 351 created as plug-ins. be able to.

  By using the framework 340, the developer of the application 310 can easily develop the information providing application 351, and the service providing system 110 can easily manage the plurality of information providing applications 351 by a common procedure. become able to.

  The platform 320 includes, for example, an authentication unit 361, an account information management unit 362, a contract management unit 363, a service management unit 364, a plug-in management unit 365, a communication unit 366, an external system linkage unit 367, a data access unit 368, a recommendation management unit. 369, a log management unit 370, and the like.

  The authentication unit 361 authenticates the information terminal 130 using the service providing system 110 based on the account information of the user of the service providing system 110 managed by the account information management unit 362. The authentication unit 361 corresponds to, for example, the access control unit 112 in FIG.

  The account information management unit 362 stores account management information such as an account ID and password for identifying the user of the information terminal 130 in the account management information storage unit 381 of the log management unit and manages it. The account management information will be described later.

  The contract management unit (first management unit) 363 specifies information (for example, service ID) that identifies one or more information providing applications 351 that can be used by the user of the information terminal 130 among the plurality of information providing applications 351. Manage. For example, the contract management unit stores the contract management information stored in association with the account ID of the user of the information terminal 130, the service ID, and the billing destination information of the usage fee, in the storage unit 330. Store in 382 and manage. The contract management information will be described later.

  The service management unit 364 associates and manages a service ID for identifying a service provided by the service providing system 110 and an application ID for identifying the information providing application 351 corresponding to the service ID. In the present embodiment, a combination of a plurality of information providing applications 351 included in the service providing system 110 is referred to as a service.

  For example, the service providing system 110 provides a service (service A) that combines an energy information providing application 351a, an environment information providing application 351b, and an apartment information providing application 351c to residents of an apartment. On the other hand, the service providing system 110 provides a service (service B) in which the energy information providing application 351a and the environment information providing application 351b are combined for general users who are not residents of the apartment.

  As described above, the service providing system 110 provides various services by combining one or more information providing applications 351 according to the needs of the user.

  The service management unit 364 stores the service management information stored in association with the service ID for identifying the service and the application ID for identifying the information providing application 351 that can be used with the service ID, in the storage unit 330. The information is stored in the unit 383 and managed. The service management information will be described later.

  The plug-in management unit (fourth management unit) 365 manages information on the application (plug-in) 310 installed in the service providing system 110. For example, the plug-in management unit 365 stores the plug-in management information in which the application ID of the installed information providing application 351 and the information of each information providing application 351 are stored in association with each other. It is stored in the storage unit 384 and managed. The plug-in management information will be described later.

  The communication unit 366 connects the service providing system 110 to the network 140 using, for example, the network I / F unit 205 of FIG. 2 and performs communication with the external system 120, the information terminal 130, and the like.

  The external system cooperation unit 367 acquires predetermined information from the external system 120 via the communication unit 366 in response to a request from the application 310 or the like. The external system cooperation unit 367 corresponds to, for example, the information acquisition unit 111 in FIG.

  For example, in response to a request from the application 310, the data access unit 368 performs processing such as writing and reading of data to and from each storage unit of the storage unit 330.

  The recommendation management unit 369 relates to a recommendation provided to the user of the information terminal 130 based on information stored in the collected information storage unit 385 by one or more information providing applications 351 that can be used by the user of the information terminal 130. Perform management.

  Details of the information providing application 351 and the recommendation management unit 369 will be described later with reference to FIG.

  The log management unit (third management unit) 370 stores, in the log information storage unit 388 of the storage unit 330, log information in which various events (events) occurring in the service providing system 110 are recorded in time series. ,to manage. The log information includes, for example, an operation log in which an operation of a user of the information terminal 130 is recorded, an access log in which an external access history is recorded, a debug log in which debugging information is recorded, and a use used for providing a recommendation. A person's action history is included.

  The storage unit 330 is realized by, for example, the storage unit 204 in FIG. 2, the RAM 202, and a program that operates on the CPU 201 in FIG. 2. The storage unit 330 includes, for example, an account management information storage unit 381, a contract management information storage unit 382, a service management information storage unit 383, a plug-in management information storage unit 384, a collection information storage unit 385, a recommendation setting information storage unit 386, a feedback An information storage unit 387, a log information storage unit 388, and the like are included.

  The account management information storage unit 381 stores account management information described later. The contract management information storage unit 382 stores contract management information described later. The service management information storage unit 383 stores service management information described later. The plug-in management information storage unit 384 stores plug-in management information described later.

  The collected information storage unit 385 stores collected information of a plurality of fields collected by the plurality of information providing applications 351. Collected information in a plurality of fields includes, for example, energy information, environment information, weather forecast information, and the like described later. The recommendation setting information storage unit 386 stores recommendation setting information described later.

  The feedback information storage unit 387 stores feedback information indicating the reaction of the user of the information terminal 130 to the recommendation provided to the information terminal 130 by the recommendation management unit 369 (for example, referring to or ignoring the recommendation). For example, the recommendation management unit 369 extracts the feedback information from the log information (such as an action history) stored in the log information storage unit 388 and stores the extracted information in the feedback information storage unit 387.

  The log information storage unit 388 stores log information in which various events that have occurred in the service providing system 110 are recorded in time series.

  The platform 320 includes a function common to a plurality of information providing applications 351 included in the application 310, a basic function used from the plurality of information providing applications 351, or the like. Functions of each unit included in the platform 320 are disclosed to the application 310 via the framework 340. In other words, the application 310 can use functions of each unit included in the platform 320 within a range provided by the framework 340.

  Note that the configurations of the application 310, the platform 320, the storage unit 330, and the framework 340 of the service providing system 110 illustrated in FIG. 3 are merely examples, and do not limit the scope of the present invention. For example, the service providing system 110 does not necessarily have a hierarchical configuration as shown in FIG.

  Next, functional configurations of the information providing application 351 and the recommendation management unit 369 will be described in detail.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the information providing application and the recommendation management unit according to the embodiment.

(Functional configuration of information providing application)
Each information providing application 351 includes, for example, an information collecting unit 401, an information managing unit 402, an information providing unit 403, and the like.

  The information collection unit 401 collects information on a field corresponding to the information providing application 351 from the external system 120 via the external system cooperation unit 367 and stores the information in the collection information storage unit 385.

  The information management unit 402 manages information collected by the information collection unit 401 and stored in the collected information storage unit 385.

  Based on the information collected by the information collecting unit 401 and stored in the collected information storage unit 385, the information created by the information management unit 402 and stored in the collected information storage unit 385, etc., the information providing unit 403 Is provided to the information terminal 130.

  For example, the information collection unit 401 of the energy information providing application 351a uses the external system cooperation unit 367 to acquire energy information from the detection information management system 121 every predetermined time (for example, every 30 minutes), and collect information storage Store in the unit 385.

  Note that the functional configuration of the information providing application 351 illustrated in FIG. 4 is an example. Further, each information providing application 351 acquires information on a predetermined field, stores it in the collected information storage unit (storage unit) 385, and provides the provided information on the predetermined field based on the information stored in the collected information storage unit 385. It is an example of the some information provision part 351 to provide.

(Example of collected information)
5 and 6 are diagrams illustrating examples of collected information according to an embodiment.

  FIG. 5A shows an example of energy information 501 every 30 minutes stored in the collected information storage unit 385 by the information collecting unit 401 of the energy information providing application 351a. In the example of FIG. 5 (A), the energy information 501 every 30 minutes includes, as items, “account ID”, “measurement date”, “measurement time”, “electricity consumption”, “gas usage”, “ Water usage "is included.

  “Account ID” is identification information for identifying the user of the information terminal 130. “Measurement date” is information indicating a date when energy information is measured. “Measurement time” is information indicating the time when energy information is measured. In the example of FIG. 5A, information indicating a time zone of 30 minutes such as “15: 30-15: 59” is stored.

  “Electricity usage” is information indicating the usage of electricity in the user's residence. “Gas consumption” is information indicating the gas usage in the user's residence. “Water usage” is information indicating the usage of water in the user's residence.

  In the energy information 501 every 30 minutes, for example, such energy information is sequentially stored every 30 minutes as shown in FIG. Note that FIG. 5A shows only information of one account ID “aaa”, but energy information corresponding to each user's residence is similarly stored in the energy information 501 every 30 minutes. It will be done.

  The data format such as the amount of electricity used, the amount of gas used, and the amount of water used may be any format, but as an example, an example of data on the amount of electricity used (every 30 minutes) is shown in FIG. .

  FIG. 5B is an example of the data 502 of electricity usage at the measurement time “15: 30-15: 50” of the energy information 501 every 30 minutes shown in FIG. In the example of FIG. 5B, the data 502 of electricity usage includes items “measurement time”, “time”, “main circuit”, “branch circuit 1 (air conditioner)”, “branch circuit 2 (living room). ) "," Branch circuit 3 (kitchen) "," branch circuit 4 (bedroom) ", and the like.

  The “measurement time” corresponds to the “measurement time” of the energy information 501 every 30 minutes shown in FIG.

  “Time” is information indicating, for example, the time when the detection information management system 121 collects data on the amount of electricity used from the user's residence. In the example of FIG. 5B, an example is shown in which the detection information management system 121 acquires data on the amount of electricity used at 5-minute intervals from the user's residence.

  The “main circuit” is data indicating the amount of electricity used in the electric system (main circuit) of the entire user's residence. In addition, the data which show the usage-amount of electricity are represented by units, such as a kilowatt hour (kWh) or a watt hour (Wh), for example.

  “Branch circuit 1 (air conditioner)” is data on the amount of electricity used corresponding to a branch circuit (breaker or the like) that supplies power to the outlet of the air conditioner in the user's residence. “Branch circuit 2 (living)” is data on the amount of electricity used corresponding to the branch circuit supplying power to the outlet, lighting, etc. in the living room of the user. The “branch circuit 3 (kitchen)” is data on the amount of electricity used corresponding to the branch circuit supplying power to the outlet, lighting, etc. of the kitchen in the user's residence. The “branch circuit 4 (bedroom)” is data on the amount of electricity used corresponding to the branch circuit supplying power to the outlet, lighting, etc. of the bedroom in the user's residence.

  Note that the number of branch circuit items illustrated in FIG. 5B is an example, and the electricity usage data 502 may include more branch circuit items.

  By using the electricity usage data 502 as shown in FIG. 5B, the recommendation management unit 369, for example, grasps the electricity usage in the user's residence at intervals of 5 minutes for each branch circuit, An appropriate recommendation can be provided to the information terminal 130 of the user.

  On the other hand, since the energy information 501 every 30 minutes has a large amount of data, it is not suitable for storing it in the collected information storage unit 385 for a long period of time.

  Therefore, the information management unit 402 of the energy information providing application 351a creates energy information for every hour, every day, and every month based on the energy information 501 every 30 minutes stored in the collected information storage unit 385. And stored in the collected information storage unit 385. Further, the information management unit 402 of the energy information providing application 351a deletes energy information that has passed a predetermined storage period from the collected information storage unit 385.

  The information providing unit 403 of the energy information providing application 351a uses the energy information created by the information management unit 402, for example, to provide provided information indicating the transition of the amount of electricity used every hour, every day, every month, It can be provided to the information terminal 130.

  FIG. 6A shows an example of environment information 601 stored in the collected information storage unit 385 by the information collection unit 401 of the environment information providing application 351b. In the example of FIG. 6A, the environment information 601 includes, as items, “measurement device ID”, “measurement date”, “measurement time”, “temperature”, “humidity”, “PM2.5”, “radiation”. ”,“ Atmospheric pressure ”,“ pollen ”and the like are included.

  The “measurement device ID” is identification information for identifying a measurement device that is installed in, for example, a town and measures environmental information. “Measurement date” is information indicating a date when environmental information is measured. “Measurement time” is information indicating the time when the environmental information is measured. In the example of FIG. 5A, information indicating a time zone of 30 minutes such as “15: 30-15: 59” is stored. “Temperature”, “humidity”, “PM2.5”, “radiation”, “atmospheric pressure”, and “pollen” are respectively measured by the measurement device for temperature, humidity, PM2.5, radiation, atmospheric pressure, and pollen. It is the measured value of the measurement item. Note that the measurement items illustrated in FIG. 6A are merely examples. For example, the environment information 601 may include various information such as wind direction, wind speed, illuminance, and precipitation.

  The information collection unit 401 of the environment information providing application 351b acquires not only the environment information 601 acquired from the detection information management system 121 but also information such as weather forecast from the information providing system 122 and stores it in the collected information storage unit 385. can do.

  FIG. 6B shows an example of weather forecast information (every day) 602 stored in the collection information storage unit 385 by the information collection unit 401 of the environment information provision application 351b. In the example of FIG. 6B, the weather forecast information (every day) 602 includes, as items, “location”, “date”, “weather”, “wind direction”, “wind speed”, “precipitation”, “precipitation” "Probability", "Minimum temperature", "Maximum temperature", "Humidity", etc. are included.

  “Location” is information indicating an area corresponding to the weather forecast, and corresponds to, for example, an area where the service providing system 110 provides a service. “Date” is information indicating a date corresponding to the weather forecast. “Weather”, “wind direction”, “wind speed”, “precipitation amount”, “precipitation probability”, “minimum temperature”, “maximum temperature”, “humidity”, and the like are examples of information included in the weather forecast.

  FIG. 6C shows an example of weather forecast information (every hour) 603 stored in the collected information storage unit 385 by the information collection unit 401 of the environment information providing application 351b. In the example of FIG. 6C, the weather forecast information (every hour) 603 includes, as items, “location”, “date”, “time”, “weather”, “atmospheric pressure”, “precipitation”, “ “Wind direction”, “wind speed”, “temperature”, “humidity”, “cloud cover” and the like are included.

  “Location” is information indicating an area corresponding to the weather forecast. “Date” and “Time” are information indicating the date and time corresponding to the weather forecast, respectively. “Weather”, “atmospheric pressure”, “precipitation”, “wind direction”, “wind speed”, “temperature”, “humidity”, “cloud cover”, and the like are examples of information included in the weather forecast. The cloud amount is, for example, information indicating the cloud amount as a numerical value in nine steps from 0 (small) to 9 (large).

  For example, by using information as illustrated in FIG. 6, the recommendation management unit 369 can grasp environmental information in an area where the user's residence is located, and can provide an appropriate recommendation to the user's information terminal 130. .

(Function configuration of the recommendation management department)
As illustrated in FIG. 4, the recommendation management unit 369 includes, for example, a recommendation providing unit 411, a setting information management unit 412, and the like.

  The recommendation providing unit (recommended information providing unit) 411 uses the information terminal 130 of the information terminal 130 based on information stored in the collected information storage unit 385 by one or more information providing applications 351 that can be used by the user of the information terminal 130. A recommendation recommended to the user is provided to the information terminal 130.

  The setting information management unit (second management unit) 412 stores, in the recommendation setting information storage unit 386, recommendation setting information in which a plurality of recommendations and information related to conditions for providing each recommendation are associated and stored. Manage.

(Example of information managed by the service providing system)
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of information managed by the service providing system according to an embodiment.

  FIG. 7A is an example of account management information 701 that is stored and managed in the account management information storage unit 381 by the account information management unit 362. In the example of FIG. 7A, the account management information 701 includes items such as “account ID”, “password”, “last name”, “first name”, and “mail address” as items.

  “Account ID” is identification information that is registered in the service providing system 110 and identifies the user of the information terminal 130. “Password” is an example of authentication information corresponding to an account ID. “Last name” and “First name” are the user's last name and first name. “Mail address” is the user's mail address.

  For example, the service providing system 110 can display the name of the user in the provided information provided to the information terminal 130 or the recommendation using “first name” and “first name”. Further, the service providing system 110 may notify a message to “email address” when there is no response to an important recommendation provided to the information terminal 130.

  FIG. 7B is an example of the contract management information 702 that the contract management unit 363 stores and manages in the contract management information storage unit 382. In the example of FIG. 7B, the contract management information 702 includes information such as “account ID”, “service ID”, and “billing destination information” as items.

  “Account ID” corresponds to “Account ID” in FIG.

  “Service ID” is identification information for identifying a service that can be used by each account ID. “Billing destination information” is information indicating a billing destination of a user's usage fee.

  FIG. 7C is an example of service management information 703 that the service management unit 364 stores and manages in the service management information storage unit 383. In the example of FIG. 7C, the service management information 703 includes information such as “service ID”, “service name”, and “available application ID” as items.

  The “service ID” corresponds to the “service ID” in FIG. “Service name” is information indicating the name of the service. The “available application ID” is the application ID of the information providing application 351 that can be used with the “service ID”. For example, a user who contracts a service “A course” corresponding to the service ID “SV0001” can use the information providing application 351 corresponding to the application IDs “AP001”, “AP002”, and “AP003”. .

  The service ID is an example of information that identifies one or more information providing applications 351 that can be used with the user's account ID. For example, the contract management information 702 may store combinations of available application IDs instead of service IDs.

  FIG. 7D is an example of plug-in management information 704 that is stored and managed in the plug-in management information storage unit 384 by the plug-in management unit 365. In the example of FIG. 7D, the plug-in management information 704 includes information such as “application ID” and “application (plug-in)”.

  The “application ID” is identification information for identifying the information providing application 351. “App (plug-in)” is information indicating the information providing application 351. In the example of FIG. 7D, for example, it is indicated that the information providing application 351 corresponding to the application ID “AP0001” is the energy information providing application 351a.

(Example of recommendation setting information)
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of recommendation setting information according to an embodiment. The recommendation setting information 801 illustrated in FIG. 8 includes information such as “recommendation ID”, “recommendation (message)”, “display condition”, and “corresponding application ID” as items.

  “Recommendation ID” is identification information for identifying a recommendation. “Recommendation (message)” is a recommendation message provided to the information terminal 130 by the recommendation providing unit 411. The recommendation message is an example of a recommendation. The recommendation may be, for example, an image (including a still image and a moving image), sound, and the like.

  The “display condition” is information relating to a condition for displaying each recommendation. The “corresponding application ID” is an application ID of the information providing application 351 corresponding to each display condition.

  For example, the recommendation providing unit 411 responds when the information stored in the collected information storage unit 385 by one or more information providing applications 351 that can be used by the user of the information terminal 130 satisfies all the “display conditions”. The recommendation is provided to the information terminal 130.

  For example, it is assumed that the user of the account ID “bbb” shown in FIG. 7B is not a condominium resident, and has contracted the B course (service ID “SV0002”) that does not use the condominium information providing application 351c.

  In this case, in the recommendation setting information 801 shown in FIG. 8, the recommendation with the recommendation ID “20001” is not provided to the user with the account ID “bbb” who cannot use the corresponding application ID “AP003”.

  As described above, the recommendation providing unit 411 according to the present embodiment provides information (recommendation) according to the user of the information terminal 130 based on the information of a plurality of fields stored in the collected information storage unit 385. Can do.

(Functional configuration of information terminal)
FIG. 9 is a functional configuration diagram of an information terminal according to an embodiment. The information terminal 130 realizes a communication unit 901, a display control unit 902, an input reception unit 903, and the like by executing a predetermined program by the computer 200 shown in FIG.

  The communication unit 901 uses the network I / F unit 205 in FIG. 2 to connect the information terminal 130 to the network 140 and communicate with the service providing system 110 or the like.

  The display control unit 902 displays provided information, recommendations, and the like provided from the service providing system 110 on, for example, the display unit 207 in FIG.

  The input receiving unit 903 receives a user input operation to the information terminal 130 using, for example, the input unit 206 of FIG.

<Process flow>
FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an outline of recommendation providing processing according to an embodiment. Since specific recommendation provision processing is described in the first to third embodiments, only the outline will be described here.

  In step S1001, when the recommendation providing process is started, the recommendation providing unit 411 of the service providing system 110 includes an application ID of one or more information providing applications 351 that can be used by the user of the information terminal 130 that is the provision target of the recommendation. Is identified.

  For example, the recommendation providing unit 411 acquires a service ID corresponding to the account ID of the user of the information terminal 130 based on the contract management information 702 illustrated in FIG. Since the service ID is associated with the available application ID by the service management information 703, the recommendation providing unit 411 uses the acquired service ID to identify the information providing application 351 that can be used by the user of the information terminal 130. An application ID can be specified.

  As an example, it is assumed that the account ID of the user of the information terminal 130 is “bbb”. In this case, the recommendation providing unit 411 acquires the service ID “sv0002” corresponding to the account ID “bbb” from the contract management information 702 illustrated in FIG. The service ID “sv0002” is associated with the application IDs “AP001” and “AP002” by the service management information 703 shown in FIG. Therefore, the recommendation providing unit 411 can specify that the application IDs available to the user of the information terminal 130 are “AP001” and “AP002” based on the acquired service ID “sv0002”.

  In step S1002, the recommendation providing unit 411 determines that the information stored in the collected information storage unit 385 by the one or more available information providing applications 351 specified in step S1001 satisfies the recommendation display condition of the recommendation setting information 801. Determine whether or not.

For example, it is assumed that application IDs that can be used by the user of the information terminal 130 are “AP001” and “AP002”. In this case, the information stored in the collected information storage unit 385 by the energy information providing application 351a corresponding to the application ID “AP001” corresponds to, for example, the energy information 501 illustrated in FIG. The information stored in the collected information storage unit 385 by the environment information providing application 351b corresponding to the application ID “AP002” corresponds to, for example, the environment information 601 and the weather forecast information 602 and 603 shown in FIG .

  The recommendation providing unit 411 determines whether or not these pieces of information satisfy display conditions for each recommendation in the recommendation setting information 801 illustrated in FIG. 8, for example.

  Preferably, the recommendation providing unit 411 includes a recommendation including a corresponding application ID other than the application IDs “AP001” and “AP002” that can be used by the user of the information terminal 130 among the plurality of recommendations included in the recommendation setting information 801. Exclude the display conditions.

  For example, in the example of FIG. 8, the recommendation IDs “20001”, “30001”, and “30002” include the corresponding application IDs other than the application IDs “AP001” and “AP002”. Also good. This is because the information providing application 351 corresponding to the application IDs “AP001” and “AP002” cannot satisfy these “display conditions” with only the information stored in the collected information storage unit 385. As a result, the load caused by the display condition determination process can be reduced.

  In the recommendation setting information 801, the recommendation providing unit 411 ends the process when there is no recommendation in which the energy information 501, the environment information 601, the weather forecast information 602 and 603, etc. satisfy all the “display conditions”. On the other hand, in the recommendation setting information 801, the recommendation providing unit 411 proceeds to step S1003 when there is a recommendation in which the energy information 501, the environment information 601, the weather forecast information 602 and 603, etc. satisfy all the “display conditions”. Let

  In step S <b> 1003, the recommendation providing unit 411 sends recommendations to the information terminal 130 that the energy information 501, the environment information 601, the weather forecast information 602 and 603, etc. satisfy all the “display conditions” in the recommendation setting information 801. provide.

  For example, the energy information 501 corresponding to the account ID of the user of the information terminal 130 satisfies the display condition “the power usage of the branch circuit 1 (air conditioner) is 100 Wh or more for 12 hours continuously” in the recommendation setting information 801 in FIG. It shall be. Further, it is assumed that the environment information 601 satisfies the recommendation setting information display conditions “temperature 27 ° C. or lower” and “humidity 70% or lower” in FIG. In this case, the information terminal 130 is provided with the recommendation message “Would you like to stop the air conditioner and open the window?” With the recommendation ID “10001” corresponding to the above display condition.

  Preferably, the recommendation providing unit 411 provides a recommendation that satisfies the display condition to the information terminal 130 via the information providing application 351.

  If there are a plurality of recommendations that satisfy the display condition in step S1003, the recommendation providing unit 411 provides a predetermined number (for example, one) of recommendations to the information terminal 130 from among the plurality of recommendations that satisfy the display condition. To do.

  At this time, the recommendation providing unit 411 may select a predetermined number of recommendations, for example, at random from among a plurality of recommendations that satisfy the display condition. Further, the recommendation providing unit 411 may be a unit that selects a predetermined number of recommendations in descending order of priority from among a plurality of recommendations that satisfy the display condition.

  Alternatively, the recommendation providing unit 411 may provide all of the plurality of recommendations that satisfy the display condition, and the information providing application 351 or the information terminal 130 may select a recommendation to be displayed.

  Next, a specific information providing method by the service providing system 110 will be described.

[First Embodiment]
In the first embodiment, an example in which the recommendation providing unit 411 provides a recommendation in response to a recommendation acquisition request from the information providing application 351 will be described.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a recommendation providing process according to the first embodiment.

  In step S <b> 1101, when the recommendation providing unit 411 of the service providing system 110 receives a recommendation acquisition request from the information providing application 351, the recommendation providing unit 411 executes the processing from step S <b> 1102 onward. It is assumed that the recommendation acquisition request includes the account ID of the user of the information terminal 130 to be provided with the recommendation.

  In step S1102, the recommendation providing unit 411 identifies the application IDs of one or more information providing applications 351 that can be used by the user of the information terminal 130 based on the account ID included in the recommendation acquisition request. This process corresponds to the process of step S1001 in FIG.

  In step S1103, the recommendation providing unit 411 confirms steps S1104 to S1106 for the Nth recommendation in the recommendation setting information 801. Note that N is a natural number equal to or greater than 1, and the initial value is 1.

  In step S1104, the recommendation providing unit 411 determines whether or not the Nth recommendation corresponds to the information providing application 351 that is the request source of the acquisition request. For example, in the recommendation setting information 801 illustrated in FIG. 8, the recommendation providing unit 411 determines whether the request source application ID is included in the “corresponding application ID” of the recommendation setting information 801.

  If the Nth recommendation does not correspond to the information providing application 351 that is the request source of the acquisition request, the recommendation providing unit 411 shifts the processing to step S1108. On the other hand, when the Nth recommendation corresponds to the information providing application 351 that is the request source of the acquisition request, the recommendation providing unit 411 shifts the processing to step S1105.

  In step S1105, the recommendation providing unit 411 determines whether or not the Nth recommendation can be used with one or more application IDs specified in step S1102. For example, in the recommendation setting information 801 illustrated in FIG. 8, when the “corresponding application ID” of the Nth recommendation includes an application ID different from one or more specified application IDs, the recommendation providing unit 411 includes N Determine that no eye recommendation is available. On the other hand, when the “corresponding application ID” of the Nth recommendation does not include an application different from the specified one or more application IDs, the recommendation providing unit 411 determines that the Nth recommendation can be used. To do.

  If the Nth recommendation is not usable with the one or more application IDs identified in step S1102, the recommendation providing unit 411 shifts the processing to step S1108. On the other hand, when the Nth recommendation is available with one or more application IDs identified in step S1102, the recommendation providing unit 411 shifts the processing to step S1106.

  When the process proceeds to step S1106, the recommendation providing unit 411 displays the information of the Nth recommendation as the information stored in the collected information storage unit 385 by the information providing application 351 corresponding to the one or more application IDs specified in step S1102. Determine whether the condition is met. This process is the same as the process in step S1002 of FIG.

  If the display condition for the Nth recommendation is not satisfied, the recommendation providing unit 411 shifts the process to step S1108. On the other hand, when the display condition for the Nth recommendation is satisfied, the recommendation providing unit 411 shifts the processing to step S1107.

  In step S1107, the recommendation providing unit 411 stores the Nth recommendation (or recommendation ID) in the recommendation candidate list. It is assumed that the recommendation candidate list is stored in a predetermined storage area such as the RAM 202 and the storage unit 204 in FIG.

  In step S1108, the recommendation providing unit 411 determines whether or not the confirmation in steps S1104 to S1106 has been confirmed for all the recommendations in the recommendation setting information 801. For example, the recommendation providing unit 411 determines whether or not the value of N has reached the total number of recommended data stored in the recommendation setting information 801.

  If all the recommendations in the recommendation setting information 801 have not been confirmed in steps S1104 to S1106, the recommendation providing unit 411 adds 1 to N in step S1109 and shifts the processing to step S1103. On the other hand, when confirmation of steps S1104 to S1106 has been made for all the recommendations of the recommendation setting information 801, the recommendation providing unit 411 shifts the processing to step S1110.

  In step S1110, the recommendation providing unit 411 notifies the request source information providing application 351 of one or more recommendations stored in the recommendation candidate list.

  The request source information provision application 351 causes the information terminal 130 to display a recommendation (for example, a recommendation message) notified from the recommendation provision unit 411 along with the provision information provided by the information provision application 351. At this time, the recommendation displayed by the information providing application 351 becomes a recommendation message related to the information providing application 351, for example, by the process of step S1104 in FIG.

  As described above, the recommendation providing unit 411 according to the present embodiment provides the recommendation to the information terminal 130 via the information providing application 351.

<Example of provided information>
FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of provision information provided by the service provision system according to the first embodiment.

  When a user registered in the service providing system 110 accesses the service providing system 110 using a web browser or the like of the information terminal 130, for example, a main menu 1200 as illustrated in FIG. 12 is displayed on the display unit 207 of the information terminal 130. Etc. are displayed.

  In the example of FIG. 12, the main menu 1200 includes information on electricity usage 1201 provided by the energy information provision application 351a, information on gas usage 1202, information on water usage 1203, and the like. The main menu 1200 includes information such as environment information 1204 provided by the environment information providing application 351b and apartment information 1205 provided by the apartment information providing application 351c.

  The user selects, for example, the electricity usage information 1201 in the main menu 1200, for example, to display “today” electricity usage information 1300 as shown in FIG. 13 on the display unit of the information terminal 130. 207 or the like.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of provided information provided by the energy information providing application according to the first embodiment. “Today” electricity usage information 1300 shown in FIG. 13 is an example of provision information provided by the energy information provision application 351a.

  In the example of FIG. 13, the “today” electricity usage information 1300 includes a button 1301 for displaying “today” electricity usage and a button 1302 for displaying “this month” electricity usage. It is displayed. FIG. 13 shows an example of provision information when the button 1301 for displaying the electricity usage amount of “today” is selected.

  The “today” electricity usage information 1300 includes, for example, information 1303 indicating today's electricity usage, a bar graph 1304 indicating changes in today's electricity usage, a line graph 1305 indicating changes in electricity usage yesterday, And hourly electricity usage information 1306 and the like.

  For example, the information on the amount of electricity used is created based on the energy information 501 stored in the collected information storage unit 385 by the energy information providing application 351a.

  Preferably, the energy information providing application 351a displays a bar graph 1308 or the like having a different color when the hourly electricity consumption exceeds a predetermined hourly target value 1307 (for example, 1.5 kWh). To encourage users to save power.

  Further, in the electricity usage information 1300 for “today”, a recommendation 1309 provided to the information terminal 130 by the recommendation providing unit 411 of the service providing system 110 via the energy information providing application 351a is displayed.

  This recommendation 1309 is recommended to the user of the information terminal 130 created based on the information stored in the collected information storage unit 385 by one or more information providing applications 351 that can be used by the user of the information terminal 130. Recommended information (recommended message) is displayed.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of information provided by the environment information providing application according to the first embodiment. The user of the information terminal 130 selects the environment information 1204 in the main menu 1200 shown in FIG. 12, for example, and the environment information details 1400 as shown in FIG. Can be displayed.

  In the example of FIG. 14, the environment information details 1400 displays environment information 1401 including information such as temperature, humidity, weather, precipitation probability, and pollen.

  Further, in the environment information details 1400, a recommendation 1402 provided to the information terminal 130 by the recommendation providing unit 411 of the service providing system 110 via the environment information providing application 351b is displayed.

  Furthermore, the environment information details 1400 include a plurality of recommendations 1403 to 1405 that the recommendation providing unit 411 provides to the information terminal 130 via the environment information providing application 351b.

  The plurality of recommendations 1403 to 1405 may be displayed, for example, when the user of the information terminal 130 selects the recommendation 1402 or may be displayed from the beginning. .

  In addition, the plurality of recommendations 1403 to 1405 may be capable of displaying more recommendation messages by the user scrolling the screen, for example.

  Preferably, the number of recommendations included in the provided information provided to the information terminal 130 by the information providing application 351 is determined by the information providing application 351 in accordance with the size and resolution of the screen of the information terminal 130.

  Thus, in the present embodiment, the user of the information terminal 130 created based on the information stored in the collected information storage unit 385 by one or more information providing applications 351 that can be used by the user of the information terminal 130. Recommended information (recommendation) recommended for the information terminal 130 is provided to the information terminal 130.

  In this embodiment, since a recommendation 1309 related to the information providing application 351 that provides the information to be provided to the information terminal 130 is provided, the user of the information terminal 130 is now interested in the field of interest. Appropriate information is provided to the information terminal 130.

[Second Embodiment]
In the first embodiment, an example has been described in which the recommendation providing unit 411 provides a recommendation in response to a recommendation acquisition request from the information providing application 351. In the second embodiment, an example in which the recommendation providing unit 411 provides a recommendation according to a predetermined event (event) specified by the log management unit 370 will be described. Thereby, the recommendation provision part 411 can provide the recommendation regarding the information to the information terminal 130 timely, for example, when an event with high importance generate | occur | produces.

<Functional configuration>
FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the information providing application and the recommendation management unit according to the second embodiment. In addition to the configuration of the recommendation management unit 369 according to the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 4, a log management unit 370 and a log information storage unit 388 are added to the functional configuration of the recommendation management unit 369 illustrated in FIG. 15. The other functional configuration is the same as the functional configuration shown in FIG.

  As described above, the log management unit 370 stores log information in which various events occurring in the service providing system 110 are recorded in time series in the log information storage unit 388 of the storage unit 330 and manages the log information.

  As described above, the log information storage unit 388 stores log information in which various events that have occurred in the service providing system 110 are recorded in time series.

(Example of log information and recommendation setting information)
FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of log information and recommendation setting information according to the second embodiment.

  FIG. 16A is an example of log information 1601 that the log management unit 370 stores and manages in the log information storage unit 388. In the example of FIG. 16A, the log information 1601 includes items such as “account ID”, “occurrence date / time”, “occurrence source”, “event”, “event ID”, and the like.

  “Account ID” is identification information for identifying the user of the information terminal 130. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 16A, the log management unit 370 desirably manages log information for each account ID.

  “Occurrence date and time” is information indicating the date and time when the event occurred. The generation source is information for specifying the information providing application 351 in which the event has occurred, the service, and the like. For example, an application ID, a service ID, or the like is used.

  “Event” is information on an event that has occurred, and includes, for example, an operation on the information terminal 130, displayed provision information, a displayed recommendation, an event that has occurred in each information provision application 351, and the like.

  “Event ID” is identification information for identifying an event. In the example of FIG. 16A, an event ID corresponding to “exceeding target value of electricity usage (1 hour)” is stored.

  When a predetermined event occurs, the log management unit 370 according to the present embodiment notifies the recommendation management unit 369 of an event ID corresponding to the event. Therefore, an event ID does not have to be assigned to a non-target event for which the log management unit 370 does not notify the recommendation management unit 369.

  FIG. 16B is an example of recommendation setting information according to the second embodiment. The recommendation setting information 1602 illustrated in FIG. 16 includes an item “corresponding event ID” in addition to the items included in the recommendation setting information 801 according to the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 8. The “corresponding event ID” is information indicating a recommendation corresponding to the event ID notified from the log management unit 370.

  For example, when an event ID is notified from the log management unit 370, the recommendation providing unit 411 can identify a recommendation corresponding to the event that has occurred by referring to “corresponding event”.

<Process flow>
FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a recommendation providing process according to the second embodiment.

  In step S <b> 1701, when the recommendation providing unit 411 of the service providing system 110 receives an event notification indicating that a predetermined event has occurred from the log management unit 370, the recommendation providing unit 411 executes the processing from step S <b> 1702. The event notification notified from the log management unit 370 includes, for example, an event ID for identifying the event and an account ID for identifying the account corresponding to the event.

  In step S1702, the recommendation providing unit 411 acquires an event ID included in the event notification and an account ID corresponding to the event.

  In step S1703, the recommendation providing unit 411 acquires the application IDs of one or more information providing applications 351 that can be used with the acquired account ID. This process is similar to the process of step S1001 in FIG.

  In step S1704, the recommendation providing unit 411 extracts the recommendation corresponding to the acquired event ID from the recommendation setting information 1602.

  In step S1705, the recommendation providing unit 411 determines whether the recommendation extracted in step S1704 can be used with one or more application IDs acquired in step S1703. For example, in the recommendation setting information 1602 illustrated in FIG. 16B, when the “corresponding application ID” of the extracted recommendation includes an application ID different from one or more specified application IDs, the recommendation providing unit 411 extracts The recommended recommendation is not available. On the other hand, when the extracted “relevant application ID” of the recommendation does not include an application different from the identified one or more application IDs, the recommendation providing unit 411 determines that the extracted recommendation can be used.

  If the extracted recommendation is not available, the recommendation providing unit 411 ends the process. On the other hand, when the extracted recommendation is usable, the recommendation providing unit 411 shifts the processing to step S1706.

  In step S1706, the recommendation providing unit 411 determines whether the information providing application 351 corresponding to the one or more application IDs specified in step S1703 satisfies the display condition of the recommendation extracted by the information stored in the collected information storage unit 385. Determine whether. This process is the same as the process of step S1002 in FIG. 10, for example.

  When the display condition of the extracted recommendation is not satisfied, the recommendation providing unit 411 ends the process. On the other hand, when the extracted recommendation display conditions are satisfied, the recommendation providing unit 411 shifts the processing to step S1707.

  In step S1707, the recommendation providing unit 411 provides a recommendation that satisfies the display condition to the information terminal 130 corresponding to the account ID. For example, the recommendation providing unit 411 transmits a recommendation display request including an account ID and a recommendation to the information providing application 351 corresponding to the one or more application IDs acquired in step S1703.

  The information providing application 351 that has received the recommendation display request from the recommendation providing unit 411 provides the requested recommendation when providing the information to the information terminal 130 corresponding to the account ID included in the recommendation display request, for example. Is displayed on the information terminal 130.

  For example, in the log information 1601 shown in FIG. 16A, the information terminal 130 with the account ID “aaa” has the environment information provided by the environment information providing application 351b at the time “20xx.10.01 14:12:38”. Is displayed.

  In this state, when an event corresponding to the event ID “IV001” occurs at time “20xx.10.01 14:15:00”, the environment information providing application 351b responds to the event display request with the event ID “IV001”. ”Is displayed.

  Thus, according to the present embodiment, for example, when the user of the information terminal 130 browses the environmental information and exceeds the target value of the electric usage, the target value of the electric usage is set in the recommendation of the environmental information. Recommendations related to exceeding will be provided.

  Note that the recommendation providing process illustrated in FIG. 17 is preferably executed in parallel with, for example, the recommendation providing process according to the first embodiment illustrated in FIG. 11.

[Third Embodiment]
In the first and second embodiments, when the information stored in the collected information storage unit 385 by one or more information providing applications 351 that can be used by the user of the information terminal 130 satisfies the display condition of the recommendation setting information In addition, a corresponding recommendation is provided to the information terminal 130.

  Therefore, for example, when the information stored in the collected information storage unit 385 does not satisfy the recommendation setting information display condition, the recommendation of the information terminal 130 is not updated. In the third embodiment, an example of a method for updating a recommendation in such a case will be described.

  FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of recommendation setting information according to the third embodiment. In the recommendation setting information 1801 shown in FIG. 18, for example, an alternative recommendation 1802 to be displayed when “there is no recommendation satisfying the display condition” is added to the recommendation setting information 801 shown in FIG. 8. Also, in the recommendation setting information 1801 shown in FIG. 18, “priority” 1803 is added as an item.

  The alternative recommendation 1802 is an example of a recommendation provided by the recommendation providing unit 411 when there is no recommendation satisfying the display condition in the recommendation having a predetermined priority (for example, priority 1 to 3).

  The “priority” 1803 is information indicating the priority of the recommendation. For example, the smaller the numerical value, the higher the priority.

<Process flow>
FIG. 19 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a recommendation providing process according to the third embodiment. The basic process is the same as the recommendation providing process according to the embodiment shown in FIG.

  In step S1901, when the recommendation providing process is started, the recommendation providing unit 411 of the service providing system 110 includes the application ID of one or more information providing applications 351 that can be used by the user of the information terminal 130 that is the recommendation providing target. Is identified.

  In step S1902, the recommendation providing unit 411 determines that the information stored in the collected information storage unit 385 by one or more available information providing applications 351 is a recommendation with a predetermined priority (eg, 1 to 3) of the recommendation setting information 1801. It is determined whether or not the display condition is satisfied.

  If the recommendation display condition of a predetermined priority (for example, 1 to 3) is satisfied, the recommendation providing unit 411 shifts the process to step S1903. On the other hand, when the display condition of the recommendation with the predetermined priority is not satisfied, the recommendation providing unit 411 shifts the processing to step S1904.

  In step S1903, the recommendation providing unit 411 provides the information terminal 130 with the recommendation satisfying the display condition of the recommendation with the predetermined priority via the information providing application 351, for example.

  On the other hand, when the process proceeds to step S 1904, the recommendation providing unit 411 provides the information terminal 130 with an alternative recommendation 1802 to be displayed when “there is no recommendation that satisfies the display condition”.

  With the above processing, the recommendation provided to the information terminal 130 can be updated even when there is no recommendation satisfying the display condition of the recommendation with the predetermined priority in the recommendation setting information 1801.

  In the recommendation setting information 1801 shown in FIG. 18, it is desirable that the number of alternative recommendations 1802 is large (for example, 10 or more).

  The recommendation providing unit 411 provides a predetermined number (for example, one) of recommendations from the alternative recommendation 1802 to the information terminal 130. At this time, the recommendation providing unit 411 may randomly select a recommendation to be provided, or may sequentially select the recommendation to be provided.

  The recommendation providing unit 411 preferably refers to the “corresponding application ID” of the recommendation setting information 1801 and provides the information terminal 130 with a recommendation corresponding to the information providing application 351 for which the information terminal 130 is providing information. .

  Further, information on a period (for example, November to February) to be displayed in the “display condition” of the alternative recommendation 1802 is registered, and the recommendation providing unit 411 provides the information terminal 130 with a recommendation according to the season. It may be what you do.

[Fourth Embodiment]
FIG. 20 is a functional configuration diagram of the service providing system according to the fourth embodiment. The service providing system 110 includes a framework 340, and a plug-in corresponding to the framework 340 (for example, the information providing application 2001 to be added in FIG. 20) can be added to the service providing system.

  FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating an example of plug-in management information and application information according to the fourth embodiment.

  FIG. 21A is a diagram illustrating an example of plug-in management information according to the fourth embodiment. In addition to the items included in the plug-in management information 704 according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 7D, the plug-in management information 2101 shown in FIG. Items such as “App” are included.

  The “depending application” information is information indicating another information providing application 351 necessary for the service providing system 110 to provide a recommendation corresponding to the information providing application 351, for example.

  The information of “exclusive applications” is information indicating other information providing applications 351 that cannot be installed together with the information providing application 351 in the service providing system 110 (cannot coexist).

  FIGS. 21B to 21D are diagrams illustrating an example of application information added to the service providing system 110. Each information providing application 351 according to the present embodiment is a plug-in corresponding to the framework 340 of the service providing system 110, and has, for example, the application information illustrated in FIGS. To do.

  In the application information 2102 shown in FIG. 21B, the “commercial information providing application” with the application ID “AP004” indicates that the dependent application is “AP002” and there is no application in an exclusive relationship. .

  In the plug-in management information 2101, the service providing system 110 has the application ID “AP002” on which the application ID “AP004” depends, and there is no application that has an exclusive relationship with the application ID “AP004”. Therefore, the commercial information providing application with the application ID “AP004” can be added to the service providing system 110 as a plug-in.

  Next, in the application information 2103 shown in FIG. 21C, the “different energy information providing application” with the application ID “AP010” has a dependent application “AP002” and there is no exclusive application. It is shown.

  However, in the plug-in management information 2101, the service providing system 110 has an energy information providing application (application ID “AP001”) that has an exclusive relationship with the application IDs “AP010” and “AP020”. Therefore, another energy information providing application with the application ID “AP010” cannot be added to the service providing system 110 as a plug-in.

  Furthermore, in the application information 2102 shown in FIG. 21D, the “event information providing application” with the application ID “AP006” has “AP002” and “AP004” depending on the application, and there is no exclusive application. It has been shown.

  In the plug-in management information 2101, the service providing system 110 has only “AP002” among the application IDs “AP002” and “AP004” on which the application ID “AP006” depends. Further, in the service providing system 110, there is no application that has an exclusive relationship with the application ID “AP006”. Therefore, the event information providing application with the application ID “AP006” cannot be added as a plug-in to the service providing system 110. However, after the commercial information providing application with the application ID “AP004” is added, the plug It is possible to add as in.

<Process flow>
FIG. 22 is a flowchart illustrating an example of application addition processing according to the fourth embodiment.

  For example, the plug-in management unit 365 of the service providing system 110 performs an application addition process illustrated in FIG. 22 in response to an addition request for an information provision application 2001 to be added (hereinafter referred to as an application 2001).

  In step S2201, the plug-in management unit 365 of the service providing system 110 acquires the application information of the application 2001 to be added.

  In step S2202, the plug-in management unit 365 determines whether the application 2001 is a permitted application. The permitted application is, for example, a plug-in corresponding to the framework 340 provided by the service providing system 110 or an information providing application 351 or the like registered in advance in the plug-in management unit 365. is there.

  If the application 2001 to be added is not a permitted application, the plug-in management unit 365 displays an error in step S2208 and ends the process. On the other hand, if the application 2001 to be added is a permitted application, the plug-in management unit 365 shifts the processing to step S2203.

  In step S2203, the plug-in management unit 365 determines whether another application on which the application 2001 to be added depends on the plug-in management information 2101 and the acquired application information exists in the service providing system 110. Judge whether or not.

  If there is no other application on the service providing system 110 on which the application 2001 to be added depends, the plug-in management unit 365 displays an error in step S2208 and ends the process. On the other hand, when another application on which the added application 2001 depends is present in the service providing system 110, the plug-in management unit 365 shifts the processing to step S2204.

  In step S2204, the plug-in management unit 365 determines whether there is an application in the service providing system 110 that is exclusive to the application 2001 to be added based on the plug-in management information 2101 and the acquired application information. Judging.

  If there is an application exclusive to the application 2001 to be added in the service providing system 110, the plug-in management unit 365 displays an error in step S2208 and ends the process. On the other hand, when there is no application exclusive to the application 2001 to be added in the service providing system 110, the plug-in management unit 365 shifts the processing to step S2205.

  In step S2205, the plug-in management unit 365 adds information on the application 2001 to be added to the plug-in management information 2101.

  Preferably, in step S2206, the setting information management unit 412 of the service providing system 110 updates the recommendation setting information stored in the recommendation setting information storage unit 386. For example, the recommendation setting information storage unit 386 may enable a disabled recommendation corresponding to the added application 2001 among the recommendations stored in the recommendation setting information. Alternatively, the recommendation setting information storage unit 386 may add a recommendation corresponding to the added application 2001 to the recommendation setting information in response to a request from the added application 2001.

  Note that the processing in step S2206 is not essential, and the administrator, an external device, or the like may update the recommendation setting information at another timing.

  In step S2207, the plug-in management information 2101 activates the added application 2001.

  With the above processing, the service providing system 110 can add a new information providing application 351 later. In addition, since the structure, function, and the like common to each information providing application 351 are provided by the framework 340, development of the information providing application 351 to be added is facilitated. Furthermore, the service providing system 110 can easily manage the added information providing application 351 using the framework 340 in the same procedure as the existing information providing application 351.

<Summary>
An information processing apparatus (110) according to an embodiment of the present invention includes:
An information processing apparatus (110) for providing information corresponding to a user of the information terminal (130) to an information terminal (130) connected via a network,
A plurality of information providing units (351) for acquiring information on a predetermined field, storing the information in the storage unit (385), and providing the provided information on the predetermined field based on the information stored in the storage unit (385); ,
A first management unit (363) that manages information for identifying the plurality of information providing units (351) that can be used by a user of the information terminal (139) among the plurality of information providing units (351); ,
Recommended to the user of the information terminal (130) based on the information stored in the storage unit (385) by the plurality of information providing units (351) that can be used by the user of the information terminal (130) A recommended information providing unit (411) for providing recommended information as information to the information terminal (130);
Have

  Accordingly, it is possible to easily provide new information according to the user of the information terminal (130) by combining information collected by the plurality of information providing units (351) that provide the provided information in a plurality of fields. An information processing apparatus (119) can be provided.

  The reference numerals and names in the parentheses are given for ease of understanding, and are merely examples, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

100 Information processing system 110 Service providing system (information processing apparatus)
130 Information terminal 310 Application (plug-in)
340 Framework 351 Information Provision Application (Information Provision Department)
351a Energy information provision application (an example of multiple information provision units)
351b Environmental information provision application (an example of multiple information provision units)
351c Mansion information provision application (an example of multiple information provision units)
363 Contract Management Department (First Management Department)
364 Service management unit 365 Plug-in management unit (fourth management unit)
370 Log management unit (third management unit)
385 Collected information storage unit (storage unit)
411 Recommendation providing department (recommended information providing department)
412 Setting information management unit (second management unit)
801, 1602, 1801 Recommendation setting information (setting information)

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Claims (16)

An information processing apparatus for providing information corresponding to a user of the information terminal to an information terminal connected via a network,
A plurality of information providing units that obtain information of a predetermined field, store the information in a storage unit, and provide the provision information of the predetermined field based on the information stored in the storage unit;
A first management unit that manages information that identifies a plurality of the information providing units available to a user of the information terminal among the plurality of information providing units;
Providing the information terminal with recommended information, which is information recommended to the user of the information terminal, based on information stored in the storage unit by the plurality of information providing units available to the user of the information terminal A recommended information provider,
An information processing apparatus. A second management unit that manages setting information stored in association with a plurality of candidates for the recommended information recommended to the user and information related to conditions for providing each recommended information;
The recommended information providing unit
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recommended information is provided to the information terminal based on the setting information. The recommended information providing unit
The information processing according to claim 2, wherein information stored in the storage unit by a plurality of the information providing units that can be used by a user of the information terminal provides the recommended information satisfying the condition to the information terminal. apparatus. The recommended information providing unit
The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the recommended information is provided to the information terminal via one or more information providing units that can be used by a user of the information terminal. The recommended information providing unit
2. The recommended information corresponding to the one information providing unit is notified to the one information providing unit in response to a request for obtaining the recommended information from the one information providing unit that can be used by the information terminal. Information processing apparatus as described in any one of thru | or 4. A third management unit for collecting and managing information indicating that an event corresponding to a user of the information terminal has occurred;
The recommended information providing unit
The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein when a predetermined event corresponding to a user of the information terminal occurs, the recommended information corresponding to the predetermined event is provided to the information terminal. . The setting information includes
If the above condition is not satisfied, including alternative recommended information to be provided to the information terminal,
The recommended information providing unit
When the information stored in the storage unit by a plurality of the information providing units that can be used by the user of the information terminal does not satisfy the condition for providing the recommended information, the alternative recommended information is displayed as the information terminal. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 2 and 3, wherein the information processing apparatus is provided. The recommended information providing unit
8. The information terminal according to claim 2, wherein when there are a plurality of pieces of recommended information recommended to a user of the information terminal, a predetermined number of the recommended information is provided to the information terminal from among the plurality of recommended information. The information processing apparatus according to one item. The recommended information providing unit
The said recommendation information provided to the said information terminal is determined based on the priority of the said recommendation information, when there exists the said some recommendation information recommended to the user of the said information terminal. The information processing apparatus described in 1. The recommended information providing unit
10. When there are a plurality of recommended information recommended to a user of the information terminal, the recommended information to be provided to the information terminal is randomly determined from the plurality of recommended information. The information processing apparatus described in 1. A fourth management unit that manages the plurality of information providing units included in the information processing apparatus;
The fourth management unit
The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 10, which manages information of another information providing unit necessary for providing the recommended information corresponding to the information providing unit. The fourth management unit
The information processing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the information processing apparatus manages information of another information providing unit that cannot coexist with the information providing unit. The plurality of information providing units are:
The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 12, wherein the information processing apparatus is a plug-in corresponding to a framework provided by the information processing apparatus. An information processing system including an information terminal and an information processing apparatus that provides information corresponding to a user of the information terminal to the information terminal connected via a network,
A plurality of information providing units that obtain information of a predetermined field, store the information in a storage unit, and provide the provision information of the predetermined field based on the information stored in the storage unit;
A first management unit that manages information that identifies a plurality of the information providing units available to a user of the information terminal among the plurality of information providing units;
Providing the information terminal with recommended information, which is information recommended to the user of the information terminal, based on information stored in the storage unit by the plurality of information providing units available to the user of the information terminal A recommended information provider,
An information processing system. A computer that provides information corresponding to a user of the information terminal to an information terminal connected via a network,
A plurality of information providing units that obtain information of a predetermined field, store the information in a storage unit, and provide the provision information of the predetermined field based on the information stored in the storage unit;
A first management unit that manages information that identifies a plurality of the information providing units available to a user of the information terminal among the plurality of information providing units;
Providing the information terminal with recommended information, which is information recommended to the user of the information terminal, based on information stored in the storage unit by the plurality of information providing units available to the user of the information terminal A recommended information provider,
Program to function as. An information providing method by a computer for providing information corresponding to a user of the information terminal to an information terminal connected via a network,
The computer is
Acquire information from multiple fields and store it in the storage unit.
Among the plurality of fields, identify a plurality of fields that can be used by the user of the information terminal,
Among the information stored in the storage unit, recommended information that is information recommended to the user of the information terminal based on information of a plurality of fields that can be used by the user of the information terminal, and among the plurality of fields An information providing method comprising: providing information on at least one field to the information terminal.

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