JP2021192211A - Information processing device, information processing method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To prevent a count of search results for service facilities to be shown on a map from becoming too many.SOLUTION: An information processing system includes: a storage section for storing facility information pertaining to a plurality of service facilities including locations corresponding to positions on a map image; and a control section for obtaining information indicating a search referential position designated by a user terminal, and searching service facilities present within a first distance range from the search referential position. The control section searches the service facilities present within a second distance range narrower than the first distance range if a count of the searched service facilities is greater than a prescribed count or greater than a prescribed count range.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 a web page related to a service facility such as a restaurant.

Conventionally, there has been a technique for displaying search results of service facilities such as restaurants on a map.

For example, in the following Patent Document 1, the search process is first executed in a narrow search range including the position of the own vehicle, the search results are displayed together with the map image of the search range, and the search result items intended by the user can be obtained. If not, a navigation device that expands the search range and executes the search process again is disclosed.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2001-27536

However, depending on the search conditions specified by the user, contrary to the above, it may be possible to obtain more search results than the user intended, but in the technique described in Patent Document 1, in such a case, Since it cannot be handled and a large number of search results are displayed in a concentrated manner on the map, it takes time and effort for the user to select one of the service facilities from the search results.

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 capable of preventing the number of search results of service facilities displayed on a map from becoming too large. There is something in it.

In order to achieve the above object, the information processing system according to one embodiment of the present invention is designated by a storage unit for storing facility information about a plurality of service facilities including a location corresponding to a position on a map image, and a user terminal. It has a control unit that acquires information indicating a search reference position and searches for a service facility existing within a first distance range from the search reference position. When the number of the searched service facilities is larger than a predetermined number or a predetermined number range, the control unit searches for service facilities existing in a second distance range narrower than the first distance range.

As a result, the information processing system narrows the search range to the second distance range when the number of searches for service facilities becomes too large if the first distance range from the search reference position is set as the search range, and a large number of search results are displayed on the map. It is possible to prevent the user from being difficult to see because it is displayed on the screen, and to reduce the trouble of selecting one of the service facilities from the search results. Here, the information processing system may be composed of one or a plurality of information processing devices.

The control unit may reduce the second distance range until service facilities within the predetermined number or within the predetermined number range are searched.

As a result, the information processing system can further reduce the difficulty of viewing the search results and further reduce the time and effort of the user by limiting the number of searches to a predetermined number or less.

The control unit may transmit a map image in which an icon corresponding to the service facility searched within the second distance range is arranged to the user terminal.

When the search reference position is changed by the user terminal, the control unit is searched before the change among the service facilities searched within the predetermined second distance range from the changed search reference position. Icons corresponding to service facilities other than service facilities may be placed on the above map image.

As a result, when the search range is changed, the information processing system can make the user understand only the new service facility by not displaying the icon of the service facility that has already been confirmed before the change. Here, the change of the search range may be realized by the user scrolling the map image on the user terminal, or may be realized by moving the current position of the user terminal.

When the search reference position is changed by the user terminal, the control unit is a service that was searched before the change among the service facilities searched within the second distance range from the changed search reference position. The icon corresponding to the facility and the icon corresponding to the service facility newly searched after the change may be arranged in the above map image in different modes.

As a result, when the search range is changed, the information processing system arranges the icon of the service facility that has already been confirmed before the change in a form different from the icon of the newly searched service facility, thereby providing a new service. It is possible to distinguish the facility from the service facility that has already been confirmed and let the user understand it. Here, the different aspects are, for example, the size, color, brightness, and the like of the icon, but the present invention is not limited to this.

When the change distance of the search reference position changed by the user of the user terminal is less than a predetermined distance, the control unit may not perform a search based on the changed search reference position.

As a result, the information processing system executes the search process each time even if it is assumed that there is no change in the search results, such as when the user unintentionally moves the position slightly or scrolls the map image slightly. It is possible to prevent the processing load from becoming large. The predetermined distance is, for example, 3 m, 5 m, 10 m, etc., but is not limited thereto.

The information processing method according to another embodiment of the present invention
Memorize facility information about multiple service facilities, including locations corresponding to locations on map images,
The information indicating the search reference position specified by the user terminal is acquired, the service facility existing within the first distance range from the search reference position is searched, and the service facility is searched.
When the number of the searched service facilities is larger than the predetermined number or the predetermined number range, the service facilities existing in the second distance range narrower than the first distance range are searched.

The program according to another embodiment of the present invention can be applied to an information processing apparatus.
A step to store facility information about multiple service facilities, including locations corresponding to locations on the map image,
A step of acquiring information indicating a search reference position specified by a user terminal and searching for a service facility existing within the first distance range from the search reference position, and
When the number of the searched service facilities is larger than the predetermined number or larger than the predetermined number range, the step of searching for the service facilities existing in the second distance range narrower than the first distance range is executed.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to prevent the number of search results for service facilities displayed on the map from becoming too large. However, the effect does not limit the present invention.

It is a figure which showed the structure of the restaurant information provision system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which showed the hardware configuration of the restaurant information provision server which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. To. It is a figure which showed the structure of the database which the restaurant information providing server which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention has. It is a flowchart which showed the flow of the restaurant search result map display processing by the restaurant information providing server which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which showed the example of the restaurant search result display screen displayed on the user terminal in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which showed the flow of the display processing when the search reference position is changed by the restaurant information providing server which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which showed the example of the restaurant search result display screen displayed on the user terminal when the search reference position is changed in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which showed the example of the restaurant search result display screen displayed on the user terminal when the search reference position is changed in one 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 on which information about restaurants is posted. 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 conditions based on the search request from the user terminal 200, generates a web page containing the search results, and sends the user terminal 200 to the user terminal 200. Send.

The user terminal 200 (200A, 200B, 200C ...) is a terminal used by the user, and is, for example, a smartphone, a mobile phone, a tablet PC (Personal Computer), a notebook PC, a desktop PC, or the like.

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

Further, the restaurant information providing server 100 displays a map that displays an icon indicating the location of the searched restaurant on the map, in addition to the list display screen that displays a list of information about the searched restaurant as the above search result. It is possible to generate a screen. Hereinafter, details of such restaurant search result map display processing will be described. The list display and the map display are examples of the display mode of the restaurant search result, and the search result may be displayed in any display mode.

[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 the figure, the restaurant information providing server 100 connects 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 to each other. The bus 14 is provided.

The CPU 11 appropriately accesses the RAM 13 and the like as necessary, and comprehensively controls each block of the restaurant information providing server 100 while performing various arithmetic processes. The ROM 12 is a non-volatile memory in which firmware such as an OS, a program, and various parameters to be executed by the CPU 11 is fixedly stored. The RAM 13 is used as a work area of the CPU 11, and temporarily holds an 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 OLELD (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, or other input device. When the operation reception unit 17 is a touch panel, the touch panel may be integrated with the display unit 16.

The storage unit 18 is a non-volatile memory such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), a flash memory (SSD; Solid State Drive), or another solid-state memory. The OS, various applications, and various data are stored in the storage unit 18.

In particular, in the present embodiment, the storage unit 18 stores restaurant information of each restaurant, user information about the user of each user terminal 200, and the like, and the restaurant information providing server 100 searches for restaurants using these data. It stores applications and other programs for executing result map display processing. As will be described later, the storage unit 18 has a restaurant information database, a user information database, and a map information database as a database containing such data.

The communication unit 19 is, for example, various modules for wireless communication such as a NIC (Network Interface Card) for Ethernet and 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. Further, an application for connecting to the restaurant information providing server 100 and executing a restaurant search process is installed in the user terminal 200.

[Database configuration of restaurant information providing 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 has a restaurant information database 31, a user information database 32, and a map information database 33 in the storage unit 18.

The restaurant information database 31 includes the restaurant name and location (latitude / longitude) information of the restaurant, the ID (facility ID) for identifying the restaurant, and the business category / service category of the restaurant for each restaurant. Information, information introducing the restaurant, that is, information showing the characteristics of the service facility such as PR text 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 numbers, image data related to restaurants (introducing restaurants), menu information related to menus provided by restaurants, business hours, and website URLs.

The above menu information is information corresponding to the menu posted on the site of each restaurant on the above portal site, and the menu names of a plurality of menus that can be provided by each restaurant are stored for each restaurant. .. The menu information may be stored for each menu category such as appetizer / main, lunch / dinner / course, and the like. When the image data corresponds to a menu, the image data is stored in association with the menu information.

The above area information is, for example, a prefecture unit, but the information may be stored in a narrower range unit such as a city, ward, town, or village. The above category information may include, for example, a main category such as Japanese food, Chinese food, Italian food, French food, and yakiniku, as well as more detailed subcategories such as yakitori / tempura in Japanese food and pasta / pizza in Italian food.

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

The map information database 33 stores map image data including the location of each restaurant and other data necessary for displaying the map image. However, the restaurant information providing server 100 does not possess the map image data by itself, and may use the map image data that is available free of charge in the form of, for example, GIS (geographic information system) data on the cloud.

Each of these databases is used by being referred to each other as necessary in the restaurant search result map display processing by the restaurant information providing server 100 described later.

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

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the flow of the restaurant search result map display process by the restaurant information providing server 100.

As shown in the figure, the CPU 11 of the restaurant information providing server 100 first determines whether or not a restaurant search request based on the current position of the user terminal 200 is received from the user terminal 200 via, for example, an application (step). 41). This is transmitted when the user specifies, for example, a mode for searching a restaurant from the current location and presses the search button.

When it is determined that the search request has been received (Yes), the CPU 11 acquires the current position information of the requesting user terminal 200 (step 42). The current location information is acquired by the application and included in the search request and transmitted.

Subsequently, the CPU 11 searches for a restaurant having a location within the first distance range from the current position using the current position as the search reference position (step 43). The first distance is, for example, 300 m, 500 m, 1 km, etc., but is not limited to this. The location of the restaurant is obtained from the restaurant information database 31.

Subsequently, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the number of search results is equal to or less than a predetermined number (step 44). The predetermined number is, for example, 10, 20, 30, 50, etc., but is not limited to this.

When it is determined that the number of search results exceeds a predetermined number (No), the CPU 11 changes the search range to a second distance range narrower than the first distance range, and eats and drinks having a location within the second distance range. Search the store again (step 45). Here, the second distance is, for example, 700 m when the first distance is 1 km, 300 m when the first distance is 500 m, and the like, but is not limited thereto.

Subsequently, the CPU 11 again determines whether or not the number of search results of the re-searched restaurant is equal to or less than the predetermined number (step 44). If it is determined that the number of search results still exceeds the predetermined number (No), the CPU 11 reduces the second distance and repeats the re-search process until the number of search results is equal to or less than the predetermined number.

When it is determined that the number of search results is less than or equal to a predetermined number (Yes in step 44), the CPU 11 displays a map image within the predetermined distance range centered on the current position of the user terminal 100 from the map information database 33. The icon corresponding to the current position and the icon corresponding to the location position of the restaurant are placed on the map image obtained (step 46).

Then, the CPU 11 transmits and displays a web page (map search result page) including the map image in which the icon is arranged to the user terminal 200 as a restaurant search result (step 47).

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a map search result page generated by the restaurant information providing server 100 and displayed on the user terminal 200. FIG. 3A is an example in which, when a restaurant exceeding a predetermined number is searched within the first distance range, the icon corresponding to the search result is temporarily displayed as it is, and FIG. This is a display example in which the search range is reduced to the second distance range so that the number of search results is equal to or less than the predetermined number with respect to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 3B, the map search result page M includes a current position icon U indicating the current position of the user terminal 200 and a restaurant icon R corresponding to the location position of the searched restaurant.

As shown in the figure (A), if the reduction process of the search range from the first distance range (S1 in the figure) to the second distance range (S2 in the figure) is not executed, the search result page is used. Will display a large number of icons including the icon H indicated by the broken line in the figure.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, as shown in the figure, the search range is set from the first distance range (S1 in the figure) to a predetermined number (20 in the case of the figure) or less. The restaurant is reduced to a narrow second distance range (S2 in the figure) (the second distance range is further reduced until the number becomes less than a predetermined number), the restaurant is searched again, and the result is displayed on the map search result page M.

Next, the operation of the restaurant information providing server 100 when the search reference position is changed by the user terminal 200 will be described. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation flow of the restaurant information providing server 100 when the search reference position is changed.

As shown in the figure, first, the CPU 11 determines whether or not a request for changing the search reference position on the map search result page has been received from the user terminal 200 (step 61). The search reference position change request is transmitted, for example, when the user scrolls the map search result page in either direction, or when an arbitrary position on the map search result page is specified (tap, etc.). In addition to that, when the user terminal 200 moves and the current position changes, it may be regarded as a request to change the search reference position that the current position after the change is transmitted to the restaurant information providing server 100.

When it is determined that the request for changing the search reference position has been received (Yes), the CPU 11 is within the first distance range from the changed position (for example, the first distance from the center of the map search result page moved by scrolling). A restaurant having a location within the range) is searched for (step 63).

Subsequently, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the number of search results is equal to or less than a predetermined number, as in the case of FIG. 4 above (step 64).

When it is determined that the number of search results exceeds a predetermined number (No), the CPU 11 changes the search range to a second distance range narrower than the first distance range, as in the case of FIG. Re-search for restaurants that have a location within a two-distance range (step 65). Similar to the case of FIG. 4, the CPU 11 reduces the second distance range and repeats the re-search process until the number of searches for restaurants is equal to or less than a predetermined number.

When it is determined that the number of search results is less than or equal to a predetermined number (Yes in step 64), the CPU 11 has the icon U corresponding to the current position on the map image and the location of the restaurant, as in the case of FIG. The icon R corresponding to is arranged (step 66).

Here, the CPU 11 determines whether or not there is an icon that has already been displayed before the change of the search reference position among the arranged icons (step 67).

When it is determined that the icon displayed before the change of the search reference position exists (Yes), the CPU 11 excludes the icon from the arrangement on the map image (step 68), and then the map including the map image. Send the search result page (step 69).

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a map search result page generated by the restaurant information providing server 100 and displayed on the user terminal 200 when the search reference position is changed.

The example of the figure shows a display example when the user changes the search reference position by scrolling the map search result page M to the right as shown in FIG. 5 (B), for example. As shown in the figure, in the map search result page M, among the restaurant icons corresponding to the searched restaurants, the icon H, which was shown as the restaurant icon R before the change, is changed after the change. It is hidden and only the newly searched restaurant icon R is displayed.

As a result, the restaurant information providing server 100 can make the user grasp only the restaurant newly searched by changing the search reference position as a selection candidate. This is effective when the change of the search reference position is due to the fact that the restaurant of interest to the user cannot be found.

[summary]
As described above, according to the present embodiment, the restaurant information providing server 100 sets the search range to the second when the number of searches for the restaurant becomes too large when the first distance range from the search reference position is set as the search range. By narrowing the distance range, it is possible to prevent a large number of search results from being displayed on the map and make it difficult for the user to see, and it is possible to reduce the trouble of selecting one of the restaurants from the search results.

Further, as a result, the restaurant information providing server 100 can reduce the processing load when trying to display the corresponding icons on the map image in a limited range at once when a large number of restaurants are searched. can.

[Modification example]
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be variously modified without departing from the gist of the present invention.

In the above-described embodiment, the CPU 11 of the restaurant information providing server 100 has an icon corresponding to the restaurant searched before the change when the search reference position of the restaurant is changed by the user of the user terminal 200. Was hidden, and only the icon corresponding to the newly searched restaurant after the change was displayed. Instead, the CPU 11 uses the icon corresponding to the restaurant searched before the change and the service facility newly searched after the change among the restaurants searched based on the changed search reference position. The corresponding icon may be arranged on the map image in a different manner. As a result, the restaurant information providing server 100 can make the user understand the restaurant newly searched by changing the search reference position, distinguishing it from the restaurant that has already been confirmed.

FIG. 8 shows an example of the map search result page in this case. As shown in the figure, the restaurant icon R2 that was displayed before the change of the search reference position is displayed, for example, semi-transparently, and the restaurant icon R1 of the restaurant newly searched after the change is colored opaquely. It is displayed. Not only such a difference in transparency, but also, for example, the restaurant icon that was displayed before the change of the search reference position due to the difference in the color of the icon and the difference in the size of the icon, and the food and drink newly searched after the change. It may be displayed separately from the store icon.

In the above-described embodiment, when the change distance of the search reference position changed by the user of the user terminal 200 is less than the predetermined distance, the restaurant information providing server 100 does not have to perform the search based on the changed search reference position. good. The predetermined distance is, for example, 3m, 5m, 10m, etc. when the search reference position is changed due to the movement of the user terminal, and the search reference is obtained by the user changing the search reference position on the map or scrolling the map. When the position is changed, it is the distance (pixels, etc.) on the map corresponding to the above 3m, 5m, 10m, etc., but is not limited to these.

Further, in the above embodiment, the restaurant information providing server 100 may search for a restaurant according to the direction in which the user terminal 200 (display) is facing. In this case, the restaurant information providing server 100 executes a restaurant re-search process based on the changed azimuth when the azimuth is changed even if the position of the user terminal 200 is not changed. If is less than a predetermined angle (for example, 5 degrees, 10 degrees, etc.), the re-search process may not be executed.

As a result, the restaurant information providing server 100 performs search processing each time even if it is assumed that there is no change in the search result, such as when the user unintentionally moves the position slightly or scrolls the map image slightly. Can be prevented from being executed and the processing load becoming large.

In the above-described embodiment, an example of searching for a restaurant using the current position of the user terminal 200 as a search reference position is shown. However, in the restaurant information providing server 100, for example, the user has a predetermined position different from the current position on the map image. It is also possible to display the search results in the same way when the position of is specified. For example, the user can specify an arbitrary point on the map image as the search reference position, or can specify a spot such as a station or a building. Further, the user can also specify the center of the area as the search reference position by selecting an arbitrary area based on the area information included in the restaurant information database 31.

In this case, the restaurant information providing server 100 receives the position information (latitude / longitude information) of the position designated by the user on the map from the user terminal 200 together with the search request, and is within the first distance range from the designated position. If the number of search results is less than or equal to a predetermined number, the restaurant within the narrower second distance range is searched.

In the above-described embodiment, whether or not the restaurant information providing server 100 performs the search process within the second distance range depending on whether or not the number of search results of the restaurants within the first distance range is a predetermined number or less. It was decided whether or not to further reduce the second distance range. However, this "predetermined number" may not be a single number but may be a numerical range having a predetermined width (for example, 20 to 30 cases). As a result, by giving a range to the numerical value that becomes the threshold value, it is possible to reduce the number of times the process of re-searching is repeated by reducing the second distance range and reduce the processing load.

The restaurant information providing server 100 shown in the above-described embodiment may be configured as a system in which its functions are distributed to a plurality of servers and information processing devices.

In the above-described embodiment, the operation of the restaurant information providing server 100 when the search reference position shown in FIG. 6 is changed is to search for a restaurant existing within the first distance range from the search reference position and search. When the number of restaurants served is larger than a predetermined number, it is assumed that a restaurant existing in a second distance range narrower than the first distance range is searched. However, the operation when the search reference position is changed may be executed without assuming the reduction of the search range from the first distance range to the second distance range.

That is, the restaurant information providing server 100 searches for restaurants existing within a predetermined distance (300 m, 500 m, 1 km, etc.) from the search reference position, and a map image in which icons corresponding to the searched restaurants are arranged. Was sent to the user terminal 200, and when the search reference position was changed by the user terminal 200, among the restaurants searched within the predetermined distance range from the changed search reference position, the restaurant was searched before the change. An icon corresponding to a restaurant excluding the restaurant may be arranged on the map image and transmitted to the user terminal 200.

In the above-described embodiment, the service facility is an example of a restaurant, but the service facility is not limited to the restaurant, for example, accommodation facilities such as hotels and inns, various sports facilities such as tennis, basketball, and golf, and karaoke. -The present invention is similarly applicable to various service facilities having actual addresses, such as recreational facilities such as bowling, beauty salons, and treatment facilities such as massage and beauty treatment salons. In this case, the restaurant information providing server 100 also functions as a server corresponding to each service facility other than the restaurant.

Among the inventions described in the claims of the present application, the invention described as "information processing method" is such that at least one device such as a computer automatically performs each step by information processing by software. Yes, it is not something that humans do using devices such as computers. That is, the "information processing method" is an information processing method using computer software, not a method in which a human operates a calculation tool called a computer.

11 ... CPU
18 ... Storage unit 19 ... Communication unit 31 ... Restaurant information database 32 ... User information database 33 ... Map information database 100 ... Restaurant information providing server 200 ... User terminal M ... Map search result page U ... User position icon R ... Restaurant icon

Claims (4)

A storage unit that stores facility information about multiple service facilities, including locations that correspond to locations on the map image.
The information indicating the search reference position specified by the user terminal is acquired, the service facility existing within the predetermined distance range from the search reference position is searched, and the icon corresponding to the service facility searched within the predetermined distance range is displayed. It is equipped with a control unit that transmits the arranged map image to the user terminal.
When the search reference position is changed by the user terminal, the control unit is a service facility searched before the change among the service facilities searched within the predetermined distance range from the changed search reference position. An information processing system that arranges icons corresponding to service facilities other than the above on the map image. The information processing system according to claim 1.
The control unit is an information processing system that does not perform a search based on the changed search reference position when the change distance of the search reference position changed by the user of the user terminal is less than a predetermined distance. Memorize facility information about multiple service facilities, including locations corresponding to locations on map images,
Acquires information indicating the search reference position specified by the user terminal, searches for service facilities existing within a predetermined distance range from the search reference position, and searches for the service facility.
A map image with an icon corresponding to the service facility searched within the predetermined distance range is transmitted to the user terminal.
When the search reference position is changed by the user terminal, the service facilities searched within the predetermined distance range from the changed search reference position, excluding the service facilities searched before the change. An information processing method for arranging a corresponding icon on the map image. For information processing equipment
A step to store facility information about multiple service facilities, including locations corresponding to locations on the map image,
A step of acquiring information indicating a search reference position specified by a user terminal and searching for a service facility existing within a predetermined distance range from the search reference position, and
A step of transmitting a map image in which an icon corresponding to the service facility searched within the predetermined distance range is arranged to the user terminal, and
When the search reference position is changed by the user terminal, the service facilities searched within the predetermined distance range from the changed search reference position, excluding the service facilities searched before the change. A program that executes the step of arranging the corresponding icon on the map image.

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