JP2020101621A - Information processing apparatus, information processing method and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To improve a listing property on a map of a bookmark-registered site.SOLUTION: An information processing apparatus comprises: a storage section and a control section. The storage section stores bookmark registration information associated with a plurality of sites. The control section has a scale including the plurality of bookmark-registered sites, and generates a map image in which a plurality of markers corresponding to the plurality of sites are arranged.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program capable of controlling bookmark processing of web pages related to service facilities such as restaurants.

BACKGROUND ART Conventionally, when a user browses a specific web page using a user terminal such as a PC or a smartphone, bookmarks, caches, cookies, and the like exist as technologies that facilitate revisiting the page.

Among them, in the bookmark technology, it has been conventionally performed to display a list of bookmarked web pages. However, when each web page relates to a service facility such as a restaurant, it is considered that displaying a list of the existing locations of the service facility contributes to the convenience of the user.

The following Patent Document 1 describes that the closest main point is read out by searching from a plurality of main points registered in advance, and a map including both the search point and the read out main point is displayed.

JP, 2001-264084, A

However, in the technique described in Patent Document 1, only the registration points closest to the search point are displayed, so that the user cannot grasp all the registration points at a glance.

In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that can improve the listability of bookmarked points on a map.

To achieve the above object, an information processing device according to an aspect of the present invention includes a storage unit and a control unit. The storage unit stores bookmark registration information regarding a plurality of points. The control unit has a scale that includes all of the plurality of bookmark-registered points, and generates a map image in which a plurality of markers corresponding to the plurality of points are arranged.

With this configuration, the information processing device can output the map image in which all the markers related to the bookmarked points are plotted, so that the user can grasp all the bookmarked points at a time and improve the listability.

The control unit sets a scale so that the map image includes the plurality of points and the current location of the user terminal acquired from the user terminal, and arranges a marker corresponding to the current location on the map image. Good.

With this, the information processing apparatus can display a list of bookmark registration points while allowing the user to check the positional relationship with the current location.

Of the plurality of points, the control unit maps two points located at both ends in the east-west direction and two points located at both ends in the north-south direction, which have a long separation distance, to the map. When the display area of the image is located at both ends in the east-west direction or north-south direction, and if the display area includes the current location of the user terminal acquired from the user terminal, a sign corresponding to the current location is displayed on the map image. You may arrange.

As a result, the information processing apparatus displays the current location when the current location can be displayed without changing the minimum display range for including all bookmark points, and when the current location is displayed, the display range needs to be changed. By not displaying the current location, it is possible to prevent the visibility of the bookmark registration point from being deteriorated due to the display of the current location.

In the case where the current position is not included in the display range, the control unit is a scale corresponding to the display range, and the current position is one of north, south, east and west instead of a point located at either of the both ends. When the ratio with the scale corresponding to the display range enlarged to be the end of the is less than a predetermined ratio, the scale is set to include the current location and the marker corresponding to the current location is displayed on the map image. It may be placed on top.

As a result, the information processing apparatus displays the current location including the current location when the location is very close to the end of the display range even if the current location is outside the display range for including all bookmark points. As a result, it is possible to allow the user to grasp the positional relationship between the current location and the bookmark registration point while minimizing the reduction in the visibility of the bookmark registration point.

The control unit generates the map image at a scale including all of the plurality of points when the number of bookmark registrations is less than a predetermined number, and when the number of bookmark registrations is equal to or more than a predetermined number, among the plurality of points. The map image may be generated at a predetermined scale centering on the center point of a rectangle where each side intersects with each point located at the north, south, east, and west ends.

With this, when the number of bookmark registrations is large, the information processing apparatus can prevent the deterioration of visibility due to displaying all bookmark registration points by limiting the display range to a predetermined range as an exceptional process.

The above-mentioned control part WHEREIN: Of the two points located in the both ends of the east-west direction among the said several points, and the two points located in the both ends of the north-south direction, two points with a long distance are the east-west directions. Alternatively, the map image may be generated at a scale reduced by a predetermined ratio so that the scale is at both ends of the display range in the north-south direction.

With this, the information processing device causes the sign of the point displayed at the extreme end of the east-west direction or the north-south direction in the display range to be displayed at a position slightly apart from the boundary of the display range. It is possible to prevent the sign from being displayed at the boundary of the display range and reducing the visibility.

An information processing method according to another aspect of the present invention is
Store bookmark registration information about multiple points,
Generating a map image having a scale that includes all of the plurality of bookmarked points and arranging a plurality of markers corresponding to the plurality of points.

A program according to another aspect of the present invention, an information processing device,
Storing bookmark registration information for multiple points,
A step of generating a map image having a scale including all the plurality of bookmarked points and arranging a plurality of markers corresponding to the plurality of points.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to improve the listability of bookmarked points on a map. However, this effect does not limit the present invention.

It is the figure which showed the structure of the restaurant information provision system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is the figure which showed the hardware constitutions of the restaurant information provision server which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It It is a figure showing composition of a database which a restaurant information service server concerning one embodiment of the present invention has. It is a flow chart which shows a flow of bookmark place list display processing by a restaurant information service server concerning one embodiment of the present invention. It is the figure which showed the example of the bookmark location list screen displayed on a user terminal in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the bookmark spot list display process by the restaurant information provision server in other embodiment of this invention.

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

[System configuration]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a restaurant information providing system according to the present embodiment.

As shown in the figure, this system includes a restaurant information providing server 100 on the Internet 50 and a plurality of user terminals 200.

The restaurant information providing server 100 is a web server that operates a portal site that publishes information about restaurants. The restaurant information providing server 100 is connected to a plurality of user terminals 200 via the Internet 50.

The restaurant information providing server 100 provides a restaurant information search system for the user of the user terminal 200 on the portal site. Specifically, the restaurant information providing server 100 searches for restaurant information that matches the search condition based on the search request from the user terminal 200, generates a web page in which the search result is posted, and sends it to the user terminal 200. Send.

The user terminals 200 (200A, 200B, 200C...) are terminals used by users, and are, for example, smartphones, mobile phones, tablet PCs (Personal Computers), notebook PCs, desktop PCs, and the like.

The user terminal 200 determines a restaurant search condition based on a user operation, and transmits a restaurant search request based on the search condition to the restaurant information providing server 100 via the portal site or a corresponding application, A web page of a search result or a web page of a desired restaurant (restaurant information page) among the search results is received and displayed on the screen by a browser or the like.

In the present embodiment, the restaurant information providing server 100 has a function of displaying a list of icons indicating the location (bookmark registration point) of the restaurant information page bookmarked by the user on the portal site on the map. Hereinafter, details of such bookmark point list display processing will be described.

[Hardware configuration of restaurant information server]
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration of the restaurant information providing server 100. As shown in FIG. 1, the restaurant information providing server 100 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 12, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 13, an input/output interface 15, and these components are connected to each other. The bus 14 is provided.

The CPU 11 appropriately accesses the RAM 13 and the like as necessary and performs overall control of all blocks of the restaurant information providing server 100 while performing various arithmetic processes. The ROM 12 is a non-volatile memory in which an OS to be executed by the CPU 11 and firmware such as programs and various parameters are fixedly stored. The RAM 13 is used as a work area of the CPU 11, etc., and temporarily holds the OS, various applications being executed, and various data being processed.

A display unit 16, an operation reception unit 17, a storage unit 18, a communication unit 19, and the like are connected to the input/output interface 15.

The display unit 16 is a display device using, for example, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), an OELD (Organic ElectroLuminescence Display), a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube), or the like.

The operation reception unit 17 is, for example, a pointing device such as a mouse, a keyboard, a touch panel, and other input devices. When the operation reception unit 17 is a touch panel, the touch panel can be integrated with the display unit 16.

The storage unit 18 is a nonvolatile memory such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), a flash memory (SSD; Solid State Drive), or other solid-state memory. The storage unit 18 stores the OS, various applications, and various data.

In particular, in the present embodiment, the storage unit 18 stores the restaurant information of each restaurant, the user information about the user of each user terminal 200, and the like, and the restaurant information providing server 100 registers bookmarks by using these data. The application and other programs for executing the bookmark point list display processing including the display processing are stored. As will be described later, the storage unit 18 has a restaurant information database, a user information database, and a bookmark information database as databases including such data.

The communication unit 19 is, for example, a NIC (Network Interface Card) for Ethernet, various modules for wireless communication such as a wireless LAN, and is responsible for communication processing with the user terminal 200.

Although not shown, the hardware configuration of the user terminal 200 is the same as the hardware configuration of the restaurant information providing server 100.

[Database configuration of restaurant information server]
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a database included in the restaurant information providing server 100.

As shown in the figure, the restaurant information providing server 100 includes a restaurant information database 31, a user information database 32, and a bookmark information database 33 in the storage unit 18.

The restaurant information database 31 has, for each restaurant, a store name and location (latitude/longitude) information of the restaurant, an ID (facility ID) for identifying the restaurant, and a category of business/service of the restaurant. Information, contents for introducing the restaurant, that is, information indicating characteristics of the service facility such as PR sentences of the service facility, event information performed by the restaurant, area information where the restaurant is located, address of the restaurant, telephone It stores information such as a number, image data on restaurants (introducing restaurants), menu information on menus provided by restaurants, business hours, website URL, and the like.

The menu information is information corresponding to the menu posted on the site of each restaurant on the portal site, and stores the menu name of a plurality of menus that each restaurant can provide, for each restaurant. .. The menu information may be stored for each menu category such as appetizer/main, lunch/dinner/course. If the image data corresponds to the menu, the image data is stored in association with the menu information.

The area information is, for example, in units of prefectures, but the information may be stored in units of a narrower range such as municipalities. The category information may include, for example, main categories such as Japanese food, Chinese food, Italian food, French food, and yakiniku, as well as more detailed subcategories such as yakitori and tempura in Japanese food, and pasta and pizza in Italian food.

The user information database 32 stores information about a user who owns the user terminal 200 and who is a user (member) of the restaurant information service via the portal site provided by the restaurant information providing server 100. Specifically, the user information database 42 stores information such as user ID, password, name, mail address, telephone number, address, age (layer), sex, and birthday for each user.

The bookmark information database 33 stores the URL of the restaurant information page for which a bookmark registration request has been made from the user terminal 200 in association with the restaurant information.

These databases are used by being referred to each other as needed in the bookmark point list display processing by the restaurant information providing server 100 described later.

In addition to these databases, the restaurant information providing server 100 may store map image data including the location of the restaurant of the bookmark registration target for the bookmark point list display processing, but own it. Instead, map image data existing in the cloud in the form of GIS (geographic information system) data and available for free may be used.

[Operation of restaurant information providing server]
Next, the operation of the restaurant information providing server 100 configured as above will be described. The operation is executed by the cooperation of the CPU 11 of the restaurant information providing server 100 and the hardware such as the communication unit 19 and the software stored in the storage unit 18. In the following description, the CPU 11 will be the main subject of operation for convenience.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a flow of bookmark point list display processing by the restaurant information providing server 100.

As shown in the figure, the CPU 11 of the restaurant information providing server 100 first lists on the map the location (bookmark registration point) of the restaurant bookmarked by the user terminal 200 that has logged in to the portal site. It is determined whether a display request has been received (step 41).

Subsequently, the CPU 11 refers to the bookmark information database 33 and acquires the position information (latitude/longitude information) of the restaurant corresponding to all the bookmark information of the request source user (step 42).

Subsequently, the CPU 11 acquires the current position information of the user terminal 200 from the user terminal 200 (step 43). The acquisition of the current position may be performed simultaneously with the display request for the bookmark registration point.

Subsequently, the CPU 11 has the latitude (in the case of north-south) or the longitude (in the case of east-west) of two points at both ends in the east-west direction and two points at both ends in the north-south direction among all the bookmark registration points. It is assumed that the two points with the longer separation distances are the both ends in the east-west direction or the north-south direction, and a temporary display range of the map image is set at a scale corresponding thereto (step 44). The distance between the two points is obtained, for example, from the position information (latitude/longitude information) of each restaurant stored in the restaurant information database 31. Here, it is assumed that the display range of the map image is rectangular and the aspect ratio thereof is predetermined.

Then, the CPU 11 determines the display range of the reduced scale of the map corresponding to the temporary display range by a predetermined ratio (for example, about 5%) as the actual display range (step 45). That is, the CPU 11 determines, as the actual display range, a display range in which the viewable area on the map is widened by a predetermined ratio from the temporary display range.

Subsequently, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the current position of the user terminal 200 is included in the temporary display range (step 46).

When determining that the current position of the user terminal 200 is included in the temporary display range (Yes), the CPU 11 maps the icons at positions corresponding to all the bookmark registration points and at positions corresponding to the current position. An image is generated (step 47).

On the other hand, when determining that the current position of the user terminal 200 is not included in the temporary display range (No), the CPU 11 generates a map image in which icons are arranged only at the positions corresponding to all the bookmark registration points (step 48). ).

Then, the CPU 11 transmits the generated map image to the user terminal 200 (step 49).

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a map image showing a list of bookmark registration points generated by the restaurant information providing server 100 and transmitted to and displayed on the user terminal 200. The map image generation processing by the CPU 11 will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in the figure, in this example, a total of nine bookmark registration points are stored in the user terminal 200, and of these, two points B1 and B2 located at both ends in the east-west direction are separated in longitude. The distance and the latitude separation distance between the two points B3 and B4 located at both ends in the north-south direction are longer in the former case. Therefore, the CPU 11 sets the temporary display range Rt in which the points B1 and B2 are both ends in the east-west direction of the map image.

Since the CPU 11 and the current position P of the user terminal 200 are included in the provisional display range Rt, the display range corresponding to the scale obtained by reducing the scale of the provisional display range Rt by a predetermined ratio (the cover area is enlarged by the arrow in the figure). (Display range) is set as the actual display range R, and a map image is generated in which icons are arranged at positions corresponding to all bookmark registration points including the points B1 to B4 and the current position P, respectively.

Thereby, the restaurant information providing server 100 displays the current location if the current location can be displayed without changing the minimum display range for including all bookmark registration points, and the display range is changed when the current location is displayed. By not displaying the current location when necessary, it is possible to prevent the visibility of the bookmark registration point from being deteriorated due to the display of the current location.

Further, the restaurant information providing server 100 causes the icon of the point displayed at the end of the display range in the east-west direction or the north-south direction to be displayed at a position slightly inward from the boundary of the display range. By doing so, it is possible to prevent the icon from being displayed at the boundary of the display range and deteriorating the visibility.

A hyperlink to the corresponding restaurant information (store name, menu, nearest station information, etc.) is set in the icon indicating the bookmark registration point, and the user can tap/click the icon to open the restaurant information. Can be viewed.

[Summary]
As described above, according to the present embodiment, the restaurant information providing server 100 can output the map image in which all the icons B related to the bookmarked restaurant points are plotted, so that the user registers all bookmarks. The points can be grasped at once and the list can be improved.

[Modification]
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but can be variously modified without departing from the scope of the present invention.

In the above-described embodiment, the restaurant information providing server 100 determines that the current location of the user terminal 200 is in the case where the current location of the user terminal 200 is included in the temporary display range Rt having the bookmark registration points at both ends in the east-west direction or the north-south direction as both ends. The icon corresponding to is also arranged in the map image, and when it is not included in the temporary display range Rt, the icon corresponding to the current position is not arranged in the map image. However, the restaurant information providing server 100 may arrange the icon corresponding to the current location on the map image regardless of the position of the current location (whether or not it is included in the temporary display range Rt).

In addition, when the current location is not included in the temporary display range, the current location is replaced by a point corresponding to the temporary display range and one of the two ends, and the current location is either one of the north, south, east, and west edges. If the ratio with the scale corresponding to the display range enlarged to be less than a predetermined ratio (for example, about 0.8 or 0.9), the scale is set to include the current position and the current position is set. The icon corresponding to may be arranged on the map image.

As a result, the restaurant information providing server 100 determines that the current location of the user terminal 200 is in a position very close to the end of the display range even if the current location is outside the display range because all bookmark registration points are included. Displays the map image with the scale adjusted to include the current location, so that the user can understand the positional relationship between the current location and the bookmark registration point while minimizing the reduction in the visibility of the bookmark registration point. it can.

In the above-described embodiment, the restaurant information providing server 100 always generates the map image so that all bookmark registration points are included. However, the restaurant information providing server 100 may generate a map image at a scale including all bookmark registration points as described above when the number of registered bookmarks is less than a predetermined number (for example, 10 or 30). Good. FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the list display processing in this case. Then, the restaurant information providing server 100, when the number of registered bookmarks is a predetermined number or more, as shown in the figure, among the bookmarked registration points, the points located at the north, south, east, and west ends (B1, B2, B3, B4) generates a map image at a predetermined scale (for example, 1/50,000, 1/100,000, etc., corresponding to the display range R in the figure) around the center point C of the rectangle S where each side intersects. May be.

As a result, when the number of bookmark registrations is large, the restaurant information providing server 100 limits the display range to a predetermined range as an exception process, thereby preventing a reduction in visibility due to displaying all bookmark registration points. it can.

In the above-described embodiment, the icon is displayed as a mark indicating the bookmark registration point (and the current location), but instead of or in addition to the icon, character information or image information indicating restaurant-related information such as a restaurant name is displayed. It may be displayed as a sign.

In the above-described embodiment, the description has been made on the assumption that one spot (positional information) is registered by bookmark registration of one restaurant page on the portal site. However, for example, a plurality of restaurants on one web page. If points of facilities such as shops are associated (eg, summary page of multiple restaurants or introduction pages of multiple shops of the same management base), multiple points are registered by bookmarking one page, They may be shown on the map image.

In the above-described embodiment, the restaurant is taken as an example of the service facility, but the service facility is not limited to the restaurant, and for example, accommodation facilities such as hotels/inns, various sports facilities such as tennis, basketball, golf, and karaoke. The present invention can be similarly applied to various service facilities having an actual address such as recreation facilities such as bowling and treatment facilities such as massage and beauty treatment salons. In this case, the bookmark registration target is a web page related to those service facilities, and various information processing devices can perform the functions of the present invention instead of the restaurant information providing server 100.

Among the inventions described in the claims of the present application, the invention described as "information processing method" is such that each step is automatically performed by at least one device such as a computer by information processing by software. Yes, it is not something that a person uses a device such as a computer. That is, the “information processing method” is an information processing method using computer software, and is not a method in which a human operates a computing tool called a computer.

11... CPU
18... Storage unit 19... Communication unit 31... Restaurant information database 32... User information database 33... Bookmark information database 100... Restaurant information providing server 200... User terminal B... Bookmark point icon P... Current location icon R... Display range

Claims (8)

A storage unit that stores bookmark registration information regarding a plurality of points,
An information processing apparatus, comprising: a control unit that has a scale including all of the plurality of bookmarked points and that generates a map image in which a plurality of markers corresponding to the plurality of points are arranged. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
The control unit sets a scale so that the map image includes the plurality of points and the current location of the user terminal acquired from the user terminal, and places a marker corresponding to the current location on the map image. Processing equipment. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
Of the plurality of points, the control unit maps two points located at both ends in the east-west direction and two points located at both ends in the north-south direction with a long separation distance to the map. When the display area of the image is located at both ends in the east-west direction or the north-south direction, and if the display area includes the current location of the user terminal acquired from the user terminal, a marker corresponding to the current location is displayed on the map image. Information processing device to be placed. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein
In the case where the current position is not included in the display range, the control unit is a scale corresponding to the display range, and the current position is either north, south, east, or west instead of a point located at either of the both ends. When the ratio with the scale corresponding to the display range enlarged to be the end is less than a predetermined ratio, the scale is set so as to include the current location, and the marker corresponding to the current location is displayed on the map image. Information processing device placed on top. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
When the number of bookmark registrations is less than a predetermined number, the control unit generates the map image at a scale that includes all of the plurality of points, and when the number of bookmark registrations is a predetermined number or more, among the plurality of points. An information processing device for generating the map image at a predetermined scale centering on a central point of a rectangle where each side intersects each point located at the north, south, east, and west ends. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 3 to 5,
Of the plurality of points, the control unit has two points located at both ends in the east-west direction and two points located at both ends in the north-south direction, and two points having a long separation distance are in the east-west direction. Alternatively, an information processing apparatus that generates the map image at a scale reduced by a predetermined ratio from a scale that is at both ends of the display range in the north-south direction. Store bookmark registration information about multiple points,
An information processing method for generating a map image having a scale including all of a plurality of bookmarked points and arranging a plurality of markers corresponding to the plurality of points. In the information processing device,
Storing bookmark registration information for multiple points,
A program having a scale including all of the plurality of bookmarked points, and generating a map image in which a plurality of markers corresponding to the plurality of points are arranged.

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