JP5492266B2 - Information distribution apparatus, information distribution method and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information distribution apparatus, an information distribution method, and a program for distributing information to an information processing terminal mounted on a mobile body.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an advertisement system is known in which a taxi includes an in-vehicle terminal, and advertisement data is distributed and displayed from the server to the in-vehicle terminal. A taxi passenger views the displayed advertisement data. As this advertisement system, there is known an advertisement system that displays advertisement data corresponding to a destination when a destination advertisement instruction is input by a passenger who wants to know the destination information (see Patent Document 1).

  In addition, the movement history of a plurality of users is recorded, and a staying place that is a certain distance away from the reference section as a place to stay exceeding a certain frequency is extracted from the movement history as a visiting section. There is known an in-vehicle information providing apparatus that provides information related to a visit section recorded in a movement history of another person to the user when the user moves (see Patent Document 2).

  In addition, the information distribution server transmits transmission information at the time of boarding that differs depending on the boarding location (stop) to the mobile phone of the customer who boarded the bus for each stop depending on the current location of the bus in operation. There is known an advertising system for displaying (see Patent Document 3).

Japanese Patent No. 4027272 Japanese Patent No. 3722444 JP 2001-283089 A

  However, if a conventional system that displays an advertisement corresponding to the current location is applied to a taxi, even if an advertisement related to the current location is displayed in the taxi that is running, an advertisement of the advertiser's store that is passing while driving will be hit. The passengers could not do anything other than taking notes. For this reason, the advertisement corresponding to the current location is not useful for passengers, and the probability of leading to attracting customers and selling products is low.

  In addition, in the conventional information providing apparatus that provides the user with information related to the visiting section, information is provided to the user when the current location is the visiting section, and thus the travel time to the visiting section cannot be effectively used.

  Moreover, in the conventional system which displays the advertisement corresponding to the destination in a taxi, the destination of a taxi is not necessarily a passenger's destination. For example, the destination of a passenger who takes a taxi after visiting the destination is often a home or work place within the living area. For this reason, there is a possibility that the advertisement corresponding to the destination does not lead to the passenger's willingness to visit the store or the purchase intention of the product.

  An object of the present invention is to effectively use a travel time until a moving body such as a taxi arrives at a destination and to provide distribution information such as advertisement information useful to a recipient such as a passenger on the moving body It is to be.

In order to solve the above problems, an information distribution apparatus according to the present invention provides:
An information distribution device that is communicatively connected to a mobile body management device that manages a departure place and a destination of a mobile body, and an information processing terminal that is mounted on the mobile body,
The range information of the area and the distribution information related to the area are stored in association with each other, and the identification information of the recipient of the distribution information and the range information of the area of the living area of the provider are stored in association with each other. Storage means for
Receiving means for receiving the identification information of the moving object, the starting point information and the destination information of the moving object from the moving object management device;
Obtaining means for obtaining identification information of a recipient on the moving body corresponding to the received identification information of the moving body;
Read out the range information of the living area corresponding to the acquired identification information of the recipient from the storage means, the received starting place information and the area information of the read out living area A discriminating means for discriminating whether or not the destination information is within the living area;
When at least one of the received departure place information and destination information is outside the living area, the distribution corresponding to the range information of the area including at least one of the starting place information and the destination information outside the living area from the storage means Transmitting means for reading the information and transmitting the information to an information processing terminal corresponding to the received identification information of the moving object.

The storage means stores distribution information not related to the area,
Preferably, the transmission means reads out distribution information not related to the area from the storage means and transmits it to the information processing terminal when both the received departure place information and destination information are within the living area. .

  In addition, when both the received departure place information and destination information are out of the living area, the transmission means reads out distribution information corresponding to range information of an area including the destination information from the storage means. It is preferable to transmit to the information processing terminal.

  In addition, the acquisition unit acquires the identification information of the recipient input to the input unit installed in the mobile body as the identification information of the recipient corresponding to the received identification information of the mobile body. Is preferred.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the said moving body is a taxi and the said recipient is a passenger of a taxi.

An information distribution method according to the present invention includes:
Receiving the identification information of the moving body and the starting point information and the destination information of the moving body from the moving body management device that manages the starting position and the destination of the moving body;
Obtaining identification information of a recipient of distribution information on the moving body corresponding to the received identification information of the moving body;
Storage means for storing area range information and distribution information related to the area in association with each other, and storing identification information of the recipient and area information of the area of the recipient's living area in association with each other From the area information of the living area corresponding to the acquired identification information of the recipient, the received departure place information and destination information are read out based on the read area information of the living area. A step of determining whether or not the user is in a living area;
When at least one of the received departure place information and destination information is outside the living area, the distribution corresponding to the range information of the area including at least one of the starting place information and the destination information outside the living area from the storage means Reading the information and transmitting the information to the information processing terminal corresponding to the received identification information of the moving object.

The program according to the present invention is:
A computer of an information distribution apparatus that is connected to a mobile body management apparatus that manages a departure place and a destination of the mobile body, and an information processing terminal that is mounted on the mobile body,
The range information of the area and the distribution information related to the area are stored in association with each other, and the identification information of the recipient of the distribution information and the range information of the area of the living area of the provider are stored in association with each other. Storage means,
Receiving means for receiving the identification information of the moving body, the departure place information and the destination information of the moving body from the moving body management device;
Obtaining means for obtaining identification information of a recipient on the moving body corresponding to the received identification information of the moving body;
Read out the range information of the living area corresponding to the acquired identification information of the recipient from the storage means, the received starting place information and the area information of the read out living area A discriminating means for discriminating whether or not the destination information is within the living area;
When at least one of the received departure place information and destination information is outside the living area, the distribution corresponding to the range information of the area including at least one of the starting place information and the destination information outside the living area from the storage means Transmitting means for reading information and transmitting the information to an information processing terminal corresponding to the received identification information of the moving body;
To function as.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, while being able to use effectively the movement time until a mobile body arrives at a destination, useful delivery information can be provided to the recipient on the mobile body.

It is a block diagram which shows the information delivery system of embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows a passenger management database. It is a figure which shows a regional information database. It is a figure which shows ID management table. It is a flowchart which shows an advertisement information delivery process. It is a flowchart which shows an advertisement information display process.

  Embodiments according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present invention is not limited to the illustrated example.

[1. Embodiment]
[1-1. Explanation of device configuration]
The apparatus configuration of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an information distribution system 1 according to the present embodiment.

  The information distribution system 1 distributes advertisement information as distribution information to an information processing terminal mounted on a taxi as a moving body that is dispatched in response to a request from a requester, and displays advertisement information on the information processing terminal, This is a system that provides advertisement information to passengers who are recipients of advertisement information in a taxi. The requester of taxi dispatch is a clerk who requests taxi dispatch to a store for a customer who plans to take a taxi or a customer who has eaten at a restaurant such as a restaurant. These taxi customers and store customers become taxi passengers.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the information distribution system 1 includes an information distribution device 10, a taxi dispatch device 20 as a mobile management device, a requesting PC (Personal Computer) 30, base stations 40 and 50, and taxi movement. The station apparatus 60, the information processing terminal 70, and the input part 80 as an input means are provided.

  The taxi dispatch device 20, the requester PC 30, the base station 40, and the taxi mobile station device 60 function as a taxi dispatch system that dispatches a taxi to the requested location when requested by the request source. The taxi mobile station device 60, the information processing terminal 70, and the input unit 80 are mounted on one taxi T1. Further, the taxi dispatch device 20 and the requester PC 30 are connected to each other via a communication network N. The communication network N is the Internet or the like.

  In the information distribution system 1 in FIG. 1, one taxi T <b> 1 is shown as a representative, and the number of taxis and the taxi mobile station device 60, the information processing terminal 70, and the input unit 80 installed in the taxi are illustrated. The number of units is not limited to one each.

  The information distribution device 10 is a device that distributes advertisement information as distribution information to the information processing terminal 70 of the taxi T1 that is dispatched by the taxi dispatch device 20. The advertisement information may include, for example, at least image information of a still image or a moving image, and may include audio information corresponding to the image information.

  The taxi dispatch device 20 is a server device installed at a taxi dispatch center as a facility for taxi dispatch. The taxi dispatch device 20 includes a control unit, a communication unit, a display unit, a storage unit, and an operation unit (all not shown). The control unit of the taxi dispatch device 20 manages real-time position information of each taxi through communication with the taxi mobile station device 60 of the taxi to be managed via the communication unit. In addition, the storage unit of the taxi dispatch device 20 stores a customer management database having data related to taxi customers.

  Then, the control unit of the taxi dispatch device 20 receives the taxi dispatch request information transmitted from the requester PC 30. The request information includes the customer name, the vehicle location, and the number of customers who are passengers of taxis to be dispatched. The control unit of the taxi dispatch device 20 searches for the number of taxis for the number of requested vehicles near the dispatch location from the location information of each taxi based on the dispatch location and the number of vehicles included in the request information. Then, when a taxi is searched, the control unit of the taxi dispatching device 20 transmits, to the taxi mobile station device 60 mounted on the taxi, the instruction information for dispatching the request information to the dispatch location by the communication unit. Moreover, the control part of the taxi dispatching apparatus 20 receives the input destination information from the taxi mobile station apparatus 60 of the taxi dispatched by the communication part. Thus, the taxi dispatch device 20 manages the departure place information and the destination information of the taxi. In addition, after moving to the destination of the passenger in the taxi that has been dispatched, the data related to the passenger in the customer management database in the storage unit of the taxi dispatching device 20 is updated according to the request information and the input information in the taxi mobile station device 60 Is done.

  In addition, when the operator receives a request for taxi dispatch from the requester by telephone at the taxi dispatch center, the control unit of the taxi dispatching apparatus 20 receives the operation information of the request information from the operator via the operation unit. It is also possible to input.

  The request source PC 30 is a PC owned by the request source. The requester PC 30 includes a control unit, a communication unit, a display unit, and an operation unit (all not shown). The control unit of the requester PC 30 inputs, via the operation unit, the customer name, the dispatch location, the number, etc. of the customer who becomes the passenger of the taxi to be dispatched from the requester customer or the store clerk. The control unit of the request source PC 30 creates request information including the input information, and transmits the request information to the taxi dispatch apparatus 20 via the communication network N by the communication unit.

  The base station 40 is a base station that relays taxi radio communication. The base station 40 performs wired communication with the taxi dispatch device 20, performs wireless communication with the taxi mobile station device 60, and relays communication between the taxi dispatch device 20 and the taxi mobile station device 60.

  The taxi mobile station device 60 is an information processing device installed on the front panel or the like in the taxi T1. The taxi mobile station device 60 includes a control unit, a communication unit, a display unit, and an operation unit (all not shown). The control unit of the taxi mobile station device 60 receives dispatching instruction information from the taxi dispatching device 20 through the communication unit, and displays it on the display unit. The taxi mobile station device 60 includes a positioning unit using GPS (Global Positioning System) or the like. The control unit of the taxi mobile station device 60 transmits the position information of the own vehicle measured by the positioning unit to the taxi allocation device 20 by the communication unit. Moreover, the control part of the taxi mobile station apparatus 60 receives the input of the destination information from the driver instructed by the passenger by the operation part, and transmits the destination information to the taxi dispatch apparatus 20 by the communication part.

  The base station 50 is a base station that relays wireless communication for the information processing terminal 70. The wireless communication for the information processing terminal 70 is, for example, wireless communication such as third generation mobile communication (3G (3rd Generation)) or LTE (Long Term Evolution). The base station 50 performs wired communication with the information distribution device 10, performs wireless communication with the information processing terminal 70, and relays communication between the information distribution device 10 and the information processing terminal 70.

  The information processing terminal 70 is an information processing terminal such as a tablet PC installed on the back surface of the front seat in the taxi T1, and may be configured to be removable from the installation portion. The information processing terminal 70 includes a control unit, a communication unit, a display unit, an audio output unit, and an operation unit (all not shown). The control unit of the information processing terminal 70 receives the advertisement information from the information distribution device 10 through the communication unit, displays the advertisement information on the display unit, and outputs the audio information to the audio output unit when the advertisement information includes audio information. Let The passenger of the taxi T1 browses the advertisement information displayed on the display unit of the information processing terminal 70.

  The input unit 80 is connected to the taxi mobile station device 60, receives input of the passenger ID of the passenger of the taxi T <b> 1, and outputs it to the taxi mobile station device 60. The control unit of the taxi mobile station device 60 transmits the passenger ID input by the input unit 80 together with the taxi ID, the destination information, and the like to the taxi dispatch device by the communication unit.

  For example, it is assumed that a passenger has a membership card for contactless communication such as NFC (Near Field Communication) of a taxi company of taxi T1, and a passenger ID as a member ID is written on the membership card. The input unit 80 reads the passenger ID from the membership card held by the passenger by non-contact communication.

  In addition, the input part 80 is not limited to the structure which reads passenger ID from the membership card of non-contact communication. The input unit 80 may be configured to read a passenger ID from a card other than non-contact communication such as a magnetic card, or an input unit such as a touch panel that receives an operation input of the passenger ID from a passenger or a driver.

[1-1-1. Description of Internal Configuration of Information Distribution Device 10]
As shown in FIG. 1, the information distribution apparatus 10 includes a control unit 11 as a determination unit, a storage unit 12 as a storage unit, and a communication unit 13. The control unit 11 and the communication unit 13 function as a reception unit, an acquisition unit, and a transmission unit.

  The control unit 11 includes a central processing unit (CPU), a read only memory (ROM), and a random access memory (RAM). The control unit 11 executes various processes in cooperation with the CPU, which is read from the ROM and appropriately developed in the RAM, and the CPU. The ROM of the control unit 11 stores an advertisement information distribution program for executing the advertisement information distribution process.

  The storage unit 12 is a storage unit such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive). The storage unit 12 stores a passenger management database 100 described later, an advertisement file as advertisement information, a region information database 200, and an ID management table 300.

  The communication unit 13 is a communication unit configured by a communication card or the like. The communication unit 13 communicates with the taxi dispatch device 20 and the base station 50 that are connected for communication.

[1-2. Explanation of information structure]
With reference to FIGS. 2-4, the information memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 12 of the information delivery apparatus 10 is demonstrated. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the passenger management database 100. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the regional information database 200. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the ID management table 300.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the passenger management database 100 has fields such as a passenger ID 101, a home position 102, a home area ID 103, a work location 104, a work area ID 105, and the like.

  Passenger ID 101 is identification information of a taxi passenger. The home position 102 is home position information as a living area of the passenger with the passenger ID 101, and is latitude / longitude information. The home area ID 103 is identification information of an area where the home position 102 is included. This area is an area of land in an arbitrarily set range, for example, an area centered on a station or the like, or an area divided according to administrative divisions.

  The office location 104 is location information of the office as the living area of the passenger with the passenger ID 101, and is latitude / longitude information. The home position 102 and the work location 104 may be position information indicated by an address or the like. The work area ID 105 is identification information of an area where the work position 104 is included.

  In the present embodiment, the passenger management database 100 is described as having a region ID field in the region including the home and work place as the passenger's living area. However, the passenger management database 100 may include a region ID in another living area. . Other living areas include areas where passengers go to schools and passengers 'homes, etc., and are areas of passengers' living areas identified by various methods based on passenger movement logs. May be. In addition, the passenger management database 100 may have a configuration including other information fields such as a telephone number of a passenger corresponding to the passenger ID 101.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the area information database 200 has fields of area ID 201, area name 202, range information 203, and advertisement file name 204.

  The area ID 201 is area identification information. The region name 202 is a region name corresponding to the region ID 201. The range information 203 is information indicating the range of the region corresponding to the region ID 201, and is range information indicating the latitude and longitude of the range included in the region. The range information 203 may be range information indicated by an address or the like included in the area. The advertisement file name 204 is the name of the advertisement file related to the area with the area ID 201. The advertisement file with the advertisement file name 204 is a file for displaying an advertisement of a store existing in the region of the region ID 201, an advertisement of a product sold in the store, an advertisement such as an event held in the region. is there.

  The advertisement file name 204 includes an advertisement file name when the area ID 201 is 0 (NULL value). The advertisement file name 204 when the region ID 201 is 0 is an advertisement file name of an advertisement not related to the region. The advertisement not related to the region is, for example, a general advertisement such as an image advertisement of a company deployed nationwide or an advertisement of a product sold nationwide.

  As illustrated in FIG. 4, the ID management table 300 includes a taxi ID 301 and a terminal ID 302.

  The taxi ID 301 is identification information of a taxi such as a taxi T1. The terminal ID 302 is identification information of the information processing terminal 70 installed in the taxi corresponding to the taxi ID 301. The terminal ID of the information processing terminal 70 may be the same as the taxi ID.

[1-3. Description of operation of information distribution system 1]
The operation of the information distribution system 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the advertisement information distribution process. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the advertisement information display process.

  First, an advertisement information distribution process executed by the information distribution device 10 will be described with reference to FIG. First, a customer or a store clerk as a requester for requesting taxi dispatch operates and inputs information on the customer name, dispatch location, and quantity for request to the requester PC 30. The requester PC 30 creates request information in response to an operation input by a customer or a store clerk, and transmits the request information to the taxi dispatch apparatus 20 via the communication network N. The taxi dispatch device 20 receives the request information from the requester PC 30, searches for an appropriate taxi according to the request information, and gives a dispatch instruction to the dispatch location. That is, the taxi dispatch device 20 transmits the dispatch information including request information to the taxi mobile station device 60 of the taxi with the taxi ID to dispatch.

  The taxi mobile station device 60 receives the dispatch information and displays it on the display unit. As a result, the driver can visually check the displayed dispatch information and drive the taxi to the dispatch location. When the dispatched taxi arrives at the place of dispatch, the driver confirms the customer name, guides the customer to the seat as a passenger, prompts the passenger to hold the membership card over the input unit 80, and is held over. The passenger ID is read from the membership card by the input unit 80, and the destination information notified to the passenger is input to the operation unit of the taxi mobile station device 60. The taxi mobile station device 60 acquires the passenger ID read by the input unit 80 and the destination information input by the operation, and transmits the taxi ID together with the taxi ID to the taxi dispatch device 20 by the communication unit. After inputting the passenger ID, the driver drives and moves the taxi from the departure place to the destination.

  The taxi dispatch device 20 receives the taxi ID, passenger ID and destination information from the taxi mobile station device 60 through the communication unit, and receives the received taxi ID, departure location information as the dispatch location, and the received passenger ID and destination information. Are transmitted to the information distribution apparatus 10. The departure place information and the destination information are assumed to be latitude and longitude information of the departure place and the destination.

  The control unit 11 of the information distribution device 10 uses the communication unit 13 to start receiving the taxi ID, passenger ID, departure point information, and destination information of the taxi dispatched from the taxi allocation device 20 as a trigger. Run.

  As shown in FIG. 5, in the information distribution device 10, the control unit 11 first receives the taxi ID, passenger ID, departure point information, and destination information of the taxi dispatched from the taxi dispatching device 20 through the communication unit 13 ( Step S11). And the control part 11 reads the passenger management database 100 memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 12, and searches the home area ID103 and work area ID105 which are area IDs of the living area corresponding to the passenger ID101 received by step S11. (Step S12).

  And the control part 11 reads the area | region information database 200 memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 12, and reads the range information 203 of the living sphere corresponding to area ID201 of the home area ID103 and work area ID105 which were searched by step S12 ( Step S13).

  And the control part 11 discriminate | determines whether the destination information received by step S11 is contained in the range information 203 of the life zone read by step S13, and is in the range of a life zone (step S14). . When the destination information is within the life zone (step S14; YES), the control unit 11 includes the departure place information received at step S11 in the life zone range information 203 read out at step S13. It is determined whether it is within the range (step S15).

  When the departure place information is within the living area (step S15; YES), the control unit 11 searches the regional information database 200 for the advertisement file name 204 of the general advertisement whose region ID 201 is 0, and searches the storage unit 12 for the search. The advertisement file with the advertisement file name 204 is read (step S16).

  When the destination information is outside the living area (step S14; NO), the control unit 11 searches the regional information database 200 for the advertisement file name 204 corresponding to the range information 203 including the destination information, and stores the advertisement file name 204 from the storage unit 12. The advertisement file with the searched advertisement file name 204 is read (step S17).

  When the departure place information is out of the living area (step S15; NO), the control unit 11 searches the regional information database 200 for the advertisement file name 204 corresponding to the range information 203 including the departure place information, and stores it from the storage unit 12. Then, the advertisement file having the searched advertisement file name 204 is read (step S18).

  And the control part 11 reads ID management table 300 memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 12, reads terminal ID302 corresponding to the taxi ID301 received by step S11 in ID management table 300, and the communication part 13 performs step S16. The advertisement file read in S17 or S18 is transmitted to the information processing terminal 70 corresponding to the read terminal ID 302 (step S19), and the advertisement information distribution process is terminated.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 6, an advertisement information display process executed by the information processing terminal 70 will be described. In response to step S19 of the advertisement information distribution process, the control unit of the information processing terminal 70 executes the advertisement information display process, triggered by the start of reception of the advertisement file from the information distribution apparatus 10 by the communication unit. For example, the advertisement information display process is started after a passenger ID is input at the input unit 80 and then after a taxi is started from the departure place to the destination.

  As shown in FIG. 6, first, the control unit of the information processing terminal 70 completes receiving the advertisement file from the information distribution device 10 by the communication unit (step S21). Then, the control unit of the information processing terminal 70 displays the advertisement file received in step S21 on the display unit (step S22), and ends the advertisement information display process. In step S22, the control unit of the information processing terminal 70 causes the audio output unit to output audio information when the advertisement file includes audio information.

[1-4. Effects of the embodiment]
As described above, according to the present embodiment, the information distribution device 10 receives the taxi ID, departure place information, destination information, and passenger ID of the taxi from the taxi dispatch device 20. And the information delivery apparatus 10 is the range information 203 corresponding to the home area ID 103 and the work area ID 105 of the living area corresponding to the received passenger ID 101 from the passenger management database 100 and the area information database 200 stored in the storage unit 12. And the received departure place information and destination information are included in the read life area range information 203 to determine whether or not it is within the life area. Then, when at least one of the departure place information and the destination information is out of the living area, the information distribution apparatus 10 serves as distribution information corresponding to the range information 203 of the area including the starting place information or the destination information that is out of the living area. The advertisement file is read from the storage unit 12 and transmitted to the information processing terminal 70 having the terminal ID 302 corresponding to the received taxi ID 301 by the communication unit 13 using the ID management table 300.

  For this reason, while the taxi is moving, the information processing terminal 70 displays an advertisement file corresponding to the departure place information or the destination information outside the passenger's living area, and the advertisement file can be browsed by the passenger, so the taxi arrives at the destination. In addition to being able to effectively use the travel time up to, it is possible to provide advertisement information that is useful for taxi passengers and that is highly effective for advertising outside the living area.

  Further, when both the received departure place information and destination information are within the living area, the information distribution apparatus 10 reads out an advertisement file not related to the area from the storage unit 12 and transmits it to the information processing terminal 70. For this reason, when the departure place information and the destination information are within the living area, it is possible to prevent the provision of advertising information corresponding to the living area that is not useful to the passenger, and it is useful for the passenger and has an advertising effect regardless of the living area. High advertising information can be provided.

  Further, when both the received departure place information and destination information are out of the living area, the information distribution device 10 reads out an advertisement file corresponding to the area range information 203 including the destination information from the storage unit 12. To the information processing terminal 70. For this reason, when the departure place information and the destination information are outside the living area, the advertisement file corresponding to the destination information to be moved is preferentially distributed over the departure place information, so that the advertisement is more useful and highly effective for the passengers. Can provide information.

  Further, the information distribution device 10 receives the passenger ID input to the input unit 80 via the taxi dispatch device 20 as the passenger ID corresponding to the received taxi ID. For this reason, the passenger ID of the passenger who got on the taxi can be easily acquired.

In the above description, the example in which the ROM is used as the computer-readable medium of the program according to the present invention has been disclosed, but the present invention is not limited to this example.
As other computer-readable media, it is possible to apply a rewritable memory such as a flash memory or a portable recording medium such as a USB (Universal Bus) memory.
A carrier wave is also applied to the present invention as a medium for providing program data according to the present invention via a communication line.

  The description in the above embodiment is an example of the information distribution apparatus, the information distribution method, and the program according to the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to this.

  In the said embodiment, although the input part 80 was set as the structure which receives the input of passenger ID and outputs it to the taxi mobile station apparatus 60, it is not limited to this. For example, the information processing terminal 70 may be configured to function as a passenger ID input unit. The control unit of the information processing terminal 70 receives an input of a passenger ID from an operation unit (not shown) such as a touch panel, and transmits the passenger ID and the terminal ID to the information distribution device 10 by the communication unit.

  In the above embodiment, when both the departure point information and the destination information are out of the living area, the information distribution device 10 is configured to transmit the advertisement file corresponding to the destination information to the information processing terminal 70. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when both the departure place information and the destination information are outside the living area, the information distribution device 10 transmits an advertisement file corresponding to the departure place information and an advertisement file corresponding to the destination information to the information processing terminal 70, The processing terminal 70 may be configured to display both of these advertisement files in order. It is preferable to prioritize the advertisement file corresponding to the destination information for this display order, but for example, the required time is calculated based on the route from the departure place to the destination, and a point in the middle of the required time is predicted. The current location is tracked and an advertisement file corresponding to the departure point information is displayed while the taxi travels from the departure point to the intermediate point, and an advertisement file corresponding to the destination information is displayed until the taxi travels from the intermediate point to the destination. It may be configured to display.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the information delivery apparatus 10 was set as the structure which transmits the advertisement file of the area outside a life zone to the information processing terminal 70 as delivery information, it is not limited to this. For example, the information distribution device 10 may be configured to transmit other distribution information to the information processing terminal 70 such as guidance information such as historical landmarks in areas outside the living area, weather forecasts, traffic congestion information, and the like in the area. Further, the information distribution apparatus 10 may be configured to transmit other distribution information not related to the region such as national news and economic information to the information processing terminal 70 as the distribution information not related to the region.

  In the above embodiment, a taxi is used as the moving body, the recipient is a taxi passenger, and the taxi dispatching apparatus 20 as the moving body management apparatus receives information from the requesting PC 30 and the taxi mobile station apparatus 60. Although the structure which manages the departure place information and destination information of a taxi using etc. was demonstrated, it is not limited to this. For example, the mobile body is a car such as a passenger car, the recipient is a car occupant (driver, passenger), and the navigation device mounted on the car functions as a mobile station device and an information processing terminal. It is good. The navigation device includes a control unit, a display unit, an operation unit, a communication unit, and the like (all not shown). The control unit of the navigation device receives the input of the departure place information and the destination information of the vehicle from the passenger through the operation unit, and transmits the information to the mobile body management device through the communication unit. Then, the information distribution device 10 receives the vehicle departure point information and destination information from the mobile management device in the same manner as the advertisement information distribution process of the above embodiment, selects an advertisement file as distribution information, and performs navigation. Send to device. And the control part of a navigation apparatus receives an advertisement file by a communication part, and displays it on a display part. The passenger browses the displayed advertisement file.

  Further, the moving body is not limited to an automobile, and may be other moving bodies such as a vehicle other than an automobile, a ship, and an aircraft.

  Moreover, it is needless to say that the detailed configuration and detailed operation of each component of the information distribution system 1 in the above embodiment can be changed as appropriate without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

  The embodiment disclosed this time should be considered as illustrative in all points and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

1 Information distribution system 10 Information distribution device 11 Control unit 12 Storage unit 13 Communication unit 20 Taxi dispatch device 30 Requester PC
40, 50 Base station 60 Taxi mobile station device 70 Information processing terminal T1 Taxi

Claims (7)

An information distribution device that is communicatively connected to a mobile body management device that manages a departure place and a destination of a mobile body, and an information processing terminal that is mounted on the mobile body,
The range information of the area and the distribution information related to the area are stored in association with each other, and the identification information of the recipient of the distribution information and the range information of the area of the living area of the provider are stored in association with each other. Storage means for
Receiving means for receiving the identification information of the moving object, the starting point information and the destination information of the moving object from the moving object management device;
Obtaining means for obtaining identification information of a recipient on the moving body corresponding to the received identification information of the moving body;
Read out the range information of the living area corresponding to the acquired identification information of the recipient from the storage means, the received starting place information and the area information of the read out living area A discriminating means for discriminating whether or not the destination information is within the living area;
When at least one of the received departure place information and destination information is outside the living area, the distribution corresponding to the range information of the area including at least one of the starting place information and the destination information outside the living area from the storage means An information distribution apparatus comprising: a transmission unit that reads information and transmits the information to an information processing terminal corresponding to the received identification information of the moving object. The storage means stores distribution information not related to a region,
The transmission means reads out distribution information not related to the area from the storage means and transmits it to the information processing terminal when both the received departure place information and destination information are within the living area. The information distribution device described in 1.   The transmission means reads out distribution information corresponding to range information of a region including the destination information from the storage means when both the received departure place information and destination information are outside the living area, and the information The information distribution apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information distribution apparatus transmits the information to a processing terminal.   The acquisition means acquires the identification information of the recipient input to the input means installed in the mobile body as the identification information of the recipient corresponding to the received identification information of the mobile body. To 4. The information delivery device according to any one of 3 to 4. The moving body is a taxi,
The information delivery apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recipient is a taxi passenger. Receiving the identification information of the moving body and the starting point information and the destination information of the moving body from the moving body management device that manages the starting position and the destination of the moving body;
Obtaining identification information of a recipient of distribution information on the moving body corresponding to the received identification information of the moving body;
Storage means for storing area range information and distribution information related to the area in association with each other, and storing identification information of the recipient and area information of the area of the recipient's living area in association with each other From the area information of the living area corresponding to the acquired identification information of the recipient, the received departure place information and destination information are read out based on the read area information of the living area. A step of determining whether or not the user is in a living area;
When at least one of the received departure place information and destination information is outside the living area, the distribution corresponding to the range information of the area including at least one of the starting place information and the destination information outside the living area from the storage means Reading information and transmitting the information to an information processing terminal corresponding to the received identification information of the mobile object. A computer of an information distribution apparatus that is connected to a mobile body management apparatus that manages a departure place and a destination of the mobile body, and an information processing terminal that is mounted on the mobile body,
The range information of the area and the distribution information related to the area are stored in association with each other, and the identification information of the recipient of the distribution information and the range information of the area of the living area of the provider are stored in association with each other. Storage means,
Receiving means for receiving the identification information of the moving body, the departure place information and the destination information of the moving body from the moving body management device;
Obtaining means for obtaining identification information of a recipient on the moving body corresponding to the received identification information of the moving body;
Read out the range information of the living area corresponding to the acquired identification information of the recipient from the storage means, the received starting place information and the area information of the read out living area A discriminating means for discriminating whether or not the destination information is within the living area;
When at least one of the received departure place information and destination information is outside the living area, the distribution corresponding to the range information of the area including at least one of the starting place information and the destination information outside the living area from the storage means Transmitting means for reading information and transmitting the information to an information processing terminal corresponding to the received identification information of the moving body;
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