JP6633827B2 - Information output device, information output method, and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information output device or the like that outputs information on a proposed action.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a car navigation device that stores GPS data of a traveled route has been developed (see Non-Patent Document 1).

"Gorilla", [online], Panasonic Corporation, [searched on August 27, 2014], Internet [URL; http://panasonic.jp/car/navi/products/GP747/]

  In a conventional navigation device or the like, an action cannot be proposed to a user based on past actions.

The information output device according to the first disclosure stores one or more pieces of action record information that is information about at least one stay point information that is information about an action record at a continuous time and that is information about a stay place. A current record information storage unit, a current position information receiving unit that receives current position information that is information indicating the current position, and one or more pieces of behavior record information from the current record information storage unit using the current position information. A stay point information acquisition unit that acquires one or more stay point information that one or more action record information has, and one or more stay point information acquired by the stay point information acquisition unit; The information output device includes an action suggestion unit that outputs suggested action information.

  With such a configuration, an action can be proposed to the user based on past actions.

The information output apparatus of the second disclosure, for the first disclosure, the action record information, theme information indicating the behavior of themes comes with correspondence, theme information reception for receiving theme information And a stay point information acquisition unit, using the current location information, specifying one or more action record information items corresponding to the theme information received by the theme information reception unit from the action record information storage unit, Is an information output device for acquiring one or more stay point information included in the action record information.

  With such a configuration, it is possible to propose an action according to a specified theme to the user based on past actions.

The present third disclosure of the information output device, for the second disclosed is information relating to the map, the information category information indicating a location category has information about one or more points marked with corresponding A map information storage unit in which map information is stored, and one or more category information corresponding to one or more stay point information included in one or more respective action record information stored in the action record information storage unit, The information output device further includes a theme information acquisition unit that acquires from a map information storage unit, acquires theme information using one or more category information, and associates the acquired theme information with action record information.

  With such a configuration, a theme corresponding to past actions can be determined.

The information output apparatus of the fourth disclosure, for the first to the third one of the disclosed, the action record information which the user identification information is information for identifying the user with the corresponding two or more An action record information receiving unit received from a terminal device, and an action of storing the action record information received by the action record information receiving unit in the action record information storage unit in association with the user identification information associated with the action record information. An information output device further including a recording information storage unit.

  With such a configuration, past actions can be shared among a plurality of terminal devices.

The information output apparatus of the fifth disclosure, for the fourth disclosed, staying point information acquisition unit, using the current position information, from the action record information storage unit, among the two or more terminal devices One or more action record information received from one terminal device is specified, one or more stay point information included in the one or more action record information is obtained, and the action suggestion unit is one or more of the one or more stay point information obtained by the stay point information obtaining unit. It is an information output device that transmits proposed action information to a terminal device different from the one terminal device using the stay point information of the user.

  With such a configuration, an action can be proposed to the user based on past actions at another terminal device.

The information output apparatus of the sixth disclosure, for the first to the fifth one of disclosure, the action record information, the user identification information are attached correspondence, the staying point information acquisition unit, One or more action record information corresponding to the user identification information corresponding to the current position information received by the current position information reception unit is specified from the action record information storage unit, and one or more stay points included in the one or more action record information It is an information output device for acquiring information.

  With such a configuration, an action can be proposed to the user based on the past action of the user.

The information output apparatus of the seventh disclosure, for the first to the fifth one of disclosure, the action record information, the user identification information are attached correspondence, the staying point information acquisition unit, One or more action record information corresponding to the user identification information different from the user identification information corresponding to the current position information received by the current position information reception unit is specified from the action record information storage unit, and the one or more action record information is It is an information output device for acquiring one or more stay point information.

  With such a configuration, an action can be proposed to one user based on past actions of another user.

The information output apparatus of the eighth disclosure for the seventh disclosure, and one or more action record information corresponding to the user identification information to which the current position information receiving unit corresponding to the current position information received, the user The apparatus further includes a similarity calculation unit that calculates a similarity with one or more pieces of action record information corresponding to user identification information different from the identification information, and the stay point information acquisition unit includes a similarity calculated by the similarity calculation unit, When the similarity is so high that the predetermined condition is satisfied, one or more action record information corresponding to the similarity is specified, and one or more stay point information included in the one or more action record information is obtained. It is an information output device.

  With such a configuration, it is possible to propose an action to one user based on past actions of another user whose past actions are similar.

The information output apparatus of the ninth disclosure, for the first to the eighth one of disclosure, further comprising an advertisement information storing unit in which one or more advertisement information which is information on advertisements are stored, The action suggestion unit is configured to acquire, from the advertisement information storage unit, one or more pieces of advertisement information corresponding to the one or more stay point information acquired by the stay point information acquisition unit, and the one or more advertisement information acquired by the acquisition unit. And an output unit for outputting the information as suggested action information.

  With such a configuration, an advertisement can be proposed to the user based on past behavior.

The information output apparatus of the tenth disclosure for the ninth disclosure, the advertisement information, with correspondence road-related information is information relating to the road point relevant to the advertisement indicated by the advertisement information faces is The current position information receiving unit receives the current position information associated with the road-related information, which is information on the road corresponding to the current position, and the obtaining unit obtains the one or more stay point information obtained by the stay point information obtaining unit. Output device for acquiring, from the advertisement information storage unit, one or more pieces of advertisement information corresponding to the same road-related information as the road-related information corresponding to the current position information, among the one or more pieces of advertisement information corresponding to the current position information It is.

  With such a configuration, an advertisement can be proposed to the user based on the past behavior and the road corresponding to the current position.

The information output apparatus of the eleventh disclosure for the disclosure of the ninth or tenth, the action record information, and with the corresponding theme information indicating the behavior of the theme, the advertisement information Is associated with the theme information which is information indicating the theme of the advertisement, and the acquiring means includes, among the one or more pieces of advertising information corresponding to the one or more staying point information acquired by the staying point information acquiring unit, the staying point information An information output device that acquires, from an advertisement information storage unit, one or more pieces of advertisement information associated with the same theme information as one or more pieces of behavior record information specified by an acquisition unit.

  With such a configuration, an advertisement can be proposed to the user based on a theme corresponding to past behavior.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to the information output device by this invention, an action can be proposed to a user based on past action.

Conceptual diagram of information output system 1 in the first embodiment Block diagram of the information output device 11 Block diagram of the terminal device 12 Flow chart for explaining the overall operation of the information output device 11 Flowchart for explaining the theme information acquisition process Flowchart for explaining similarity calculation processing Flowchart for explaining the stay point information acquisition process Flowchart for explaining the overall operation of the terminal device 12 Diagram showing an example of the same spot information Diagram showing an example of the same behavior record information Diagram showing an example of the same theme management information Diagram showing an example of the same behavior record information Diagram showing an example of the similarity A diagram showing an output example of the proposed action information (stay point information) Diagram showing an example of the advertisement information A diagram showing an output example of the proposed action information (advertising information) Diagram showing an output example of the proposed action information (route information) FIG. 4 is a block diagram of an information output device 21 according to the second embodiment. Flow chart for explaining the overall operation of the information output device 21 Overview of computer system in the above embodiment Block diagram of computer system in the above embodiment

  Hereinafter, embodiments of an information output device and the like according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that components denoted by the same reference numerals in the embodiments perform the same operation, and thus the description thereof may not be repeated. Further, the format and content of each piece of information described in the present embodiment are merely examples, and any format and content can be used as long as the meaning of each piece of information can be shown.

(Embodiment 1)
In the present embodiment, an information output system 1 including an information output device 11 and two or more terminal devices 12 will be described. The information output device 11 receives and accumulates action record information transmitted from, for example, two or more terminal devices 12. In addition, for example, in response to receiving the current position information transmitted from the terminal device 12, the information output device 11 acquires one or more stay point information corresponding to the current position information. In addition, the information output device 11 transmits the suggested action information to the terminal device 12 that has transmitted the current position information, for example, using the one or more stay point information. In addition, the terminal device 12 acquires behavior record information according to the behavior of the user who owns the terminal device 12, and transmits the behavior record information to the information output device 11. In addition, the terminal device 12 transmits, for example, current position information to the information output device 11, and receives suggested action information in response to the transmission. The terminal device 12 outputs, for example, the received suggested action information.

  FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of an information output system 1 according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 1, an information output device 11 and two or more terminal devices 12 can communicate with each other via a communication unit 13. The information output device 11 is a so-called server device. The terminal device 12 is, for example, a car navigation device, a smartphone, a tablet PC, a mobile phone, or the like. The communication unit 13 is a wireless or wired communication line, such as the Internet, an intranet, a LAN (Local Area Network), or a public telephone line network.

  Further, the two or more terminal devices 12 are usually installed on a moving body, and move with the movement of the moving body. The moving object is, for example, an automobile, a motorcycle, a bicycle, or the like. In addition, the moving object may include a person. That is, the terminal device 12 installed in a person is the terminal device 12 owned by the person (user).

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the information output device 11 according to the present embodiment. The information output device 11 includes a storage unit 111, a reception unit 112, an action record information accumulation unit 113, a theme information acquisition unit 114, a similarity calculation unit 115, a stay point information acquisition unit 116, and an action proposal unit 117. The storage unit 111 includes an action record information storage unit 1111, a map information storage unit 1112, and an advertisement information storage unit 1113. The receiving unit 112 includes an action record information receiving unit 1121, a current position information receiving unit 1122, and a theme information receiving unit 1123. The action suggestion unit 117 includes an acquisition unit 1171 and an output unit 1172.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram of terminal device 12 in the present embodiment. The terminal device 12 includes a terminal storage unit 121, a terminal reception unit 122, a terminal acquisition unit 123, a terminal transmission unit 124, a terminal reception unit 125, and a terminal output unit 126.

  The storage unit 111 stores information. The information is usually stored in each unit included in the storage unit 111.

  The action record information storage unit 1111 stores one or more pieces of action record information. The action record information is information relating to the action record. In addition, the action is usually an action in a continuous time. The action in the continuous time is, for example, an action in a predetermined time, an action from a predetermined first time to a predetermined second time, and two actions that are temporally continuous. For example, the time from the previous action to the later action is short enough to satisfy a predetermined condition. The behavior is, for example, staying at a point, passing through a point, and the like. The point is usually a point on a map. In addition, it can be said that the action record information is, for example, information indicating a history of actions at successive times.

  Here, the information on the point is hereinafter referred to as point information as appropriate. It can be said that point information is information indicating a point. The point information usually has information indicating the name of the point. The point information includes, for example, information indicating the position of the point. The position is usually latitude and longitude. The position may be, for example, coordinates on a map. The position may include, for example, a height (altitude). Further, the point information may include, for example, information indicating an attribute of the point (hereinafter, appropriately referred to as an attribute value). The type of the attribute of the point does not matter. The attribute of the point is, for example, a telephone number, a mail address, an address, business hours, business contents, a sale item, a category, and the like. The category may be referred to as, for example, a genre, a classification, or a type. The category is, for example, "restaurant", "clothing store", "bookstore", "convenience store", "shopping mall", and the like. Further, the attribute value may be associated with, for example, point information. Further, all information included in the spot information may be used as the attribute value.

  The behavior record information has one or more stay point information. Stay point information is information on a stay point (hereinafter, appropriately referred to as a stay point). In addition, the staying point includes a staying point, a drop-in point, a visited point, a stroll point, a wandering point, and the like, and is widely understood. The staying point is usually a point that has stayed for a long time to satisfy a predetermined condition.

  The action record information usually includes action start point information and action end point information. The action start point information is information on a point where the action is started. The action end point information is information on a point where the action has ended. The action record information may include, for example, one or more passing point information. Passing point information is information on a passing point. In addition, the passing point may be, for example, a point that has been staying for a short time so as to satisfy a predetermined condition.

  Note that the stay point information, the action start point information, the action end point information, and the pass point information are each a type of point information. That is, the data format and data structure of the stay point information and the like are the same as the above-mentioned point information. Therefore, it can be said that the action record information is a set of two or more spot information. The information indicating the position is hereinafter referred to as position information as appropriate.

  Further, for example, theme information may be associated with the action record information. The theme information is information indicating a theme. The theme may be referred to as, for example, purpose, content, title, and the like. The theme is, for example, "shopping", "sightseeing", "eating and walking", "date", and the like. The theme information associated with the action record information indicates the theme of the action indicated by the action record information. The theme information is usually the theme information acquired by the theme information acquisition unit 114 described later. The theme information may be, for example, theme information transmitted from the terminal device 12. In this case, the theme information is usually transmitted from the terminal device 12 in association with the action record information. The behavior record information is received by a behavior record information receiving unit 1121 described below.

  Further, for example, user identification information may be associated with the behavior record information. The user identification information is information for identifying a user. Therefore, the user identification information associated with the action record information identifies the user who has taken the action indicated by the action record information. The user identification information is, for example, the name of the user, an account used by the user, an ID, and the like. Note that the user identification information is usually user identification information transmitted from the terminal device 12. In this case, the user identification information is usually transmitted from the terminal device 12 in association with the action record information. The behavior record information is received by a behavior record information receiving unit 1121 described below.

  Further, the two or more pieces of point information included in the action record information may have, for example, an order. The order is, for example, the order in which the user stayed. In this case, information indicating the order (hereinafter, appropriately referred to as order information) is associated with each of the two or more pieces of point information.

  The map information storage unit 1112 stores map information. Map information is information about a map. Further, the type of the map indicated by the map information and the data format of the map information are not limited. The type of the map is, for example, a topographic map, a terrain map, a geological map, a land use map, a house map, a route map, a road map, a guide map, an aerial photograph, a satellite photograph, and the like. The data format is, for example, raster data, vector data, KIWI format, or the like.

  The map information has, for example, one or more pieces of point information. Further, for example, information indicating a category (hereinafter, appropriately referred to as category information) may be associated with one or more pieces of point information included in the map information. Further, the category information may be a type of attribute value included in the point information.

  The map information has, for example, one or more road information. The road information is information on roads on a map. The road on the map is usually a section constituting the road on the map (hereinafter, appropriately referred to as a road section). The road information includes, for example, information for identifying the road, information indicating the type of the road, information indicating the positions of both ends of the road, and the like. The information for identifying the road is usually information indicating the name of the road. The information for identifying a road may be, for example, a road ID. The road information includes, for example, information indicating a road score, the number of lanes of the road, the traveling direction of the road, and the like. The score is usually a cost used when searching for a route.

  The map information has, for example, one or more pieces of point information. The point information is information about a point on a map. The point information includes, for example, information indicating the position of the point. Further, the point information may include, for example, information for identifying the point, information indicating the type of the point, and the like. The information for identifying a point is usually information indicating the name of the point. Also, the type of the point does not matter. Types of points are, for example, intersections, rest points, tourist attractions, stations, restaurants, various stores, and the like. The rest point is, for example, a gas station or a so-called convenience store. Further, the point may be, for example, an end point of a road.

  The advertisement information storage unit 1113 stores one or more pieces of advertisement information. The advertisement information is information about an advertisement. The content of the advertisement does not matter. The content of the advertisement is, for example, so-called sale guidance, store introduction, and the like. Further, the data format of the advertisement information does not matter. The data format is, for example, an image, a character (text), or the like. The data format may be, for example, voice.

  Further, one or more attribute values may be associated with the advertisement information, for example. The attribute value is usually information indicating an attribute of a point related to the advertisement indicated by the advertisement information. That is, the attribute value associated with the advertisement information is usually the same as the attribute value of the point information.

  The advertisement information may be associated with road-related information. The road-related information is information on a road or a lane facing a point related to the advertisement indicated by the advertisement information. The road-related information is, for example, information indicating the name of the road, the traveling direction of the lane, the positional relationship of the lane, and the like. The information indicating the name of the road is, for example, “National highway 1”, “Prefectural road 25”, “XX street”, “XX highway”, and the like. The information indicating the traveling direction of the lane is, for example, “up line”, “down”, “going north”, “lane going east”, and the like. The positional relationship between the lanes is, for example, the positional relationship between the lane facing the point and the opposite lane. In addition, it can be said that the positional relationship of the lane is, for example, the direction of the lane. The information indicating the positional relationship of the lanes is, for example, “East”, “West Lane”, and the like.

  The advertisement information may be associated with theme information. The theme information associated with the advertisement information indicates the theme of the advertisement indicated by the advertisement information.

  The road-related information and the theme information may be a type of attribute value associated with the advertisement information.

  The receiving unit 112 receives information. Accepting means obtaining information input from an input device such as a touch panel or keyboard, obtaining information stored in a recording medium such as an optical disk, a magnetic disk, or a semiconductor memory, and transmitting the information via a wired or wireless communication line. This is a concept that includes the reception of the received information.

  In addition, the receiving unit 112 generally receives information from each unit included in the receiving unit 112. Further, the information may be received by the receiving unit 112, for example. In the present embodiment, reception of information by the reception unit 112 is usually reception.

  The behavior record information receiving unit 1121 receives behavior record information from each of the two or more terminal devices 12. The action record information is usually associated with user identification information. Further, for example, theme information may be associated with the action record information. Further, the action record information may be associated with terminal identification information. The terminal identification information is information for identifying the terminal device 12. The terminal identification information is, for example, an IP address, a MAC address, an individual identification number, and the like. The action record information associated with the user identification information is hereinafter referred to as user action record information as appropriate.

  The current position information receiving unit 1122 receives the current position information from each of the two or more terminal devices 12. The current position information is position information indicating the current position. That is, the current position information receiving unit 1122 receives the current position information indicating the current position of the terminal device 12 from each of the two or more terminal devices 12.

  The current position information received from the terminal device 12 may be associated with, for example, theme information. In this case, the theme information is normally received by a theme information receiving unit 1123 described below. In addition, for example, road-related information may be associated with the current position information. The road-related information is information on a road corresponding to the current position of the terminal device 12. The road corresponding to the current position is, for example, a road facing a point at the current position, a road facing a sidewalk at the current position, and the like. Further, the current position information may be associated with, for example, user identification information and terminal identification information.

  The theme information receiving unit 1123 receives theme information from each of the two or more terminal devices 12. The theme information is usually theme information corresponding to the action record information (information indicating the theme of the action indicated by the action record information).

  The theme information received from the terminal device 12 may be associated with, for example, current position information. In this case, the current position information is received by the current position information receiving unit 1122 as described above. The theme information may be associated with, for example, road-related information, user identification information, and the like.

  The action record information storage unit 113 stores the action record information received by the action record information receiving unit 1121 in the action record information storage unit 1111. The action record information is usually associated with information such as user identification information and terminal identification information. Therefore, the behavior record information storage unit 113 accumulates the behavior record information received by the behavior record information receiving unit 1121 together with the information associated with the behavior record information.

  The theme information acquisition unit 114 acquires theme information corresponding to one or more pieces of action record information. Then, the theme information acquisition unit 114 associates the acquired theme information with the action record information for which the theme information is to be acquired. The term "correspond to the action record information" means to store theme information in association with the action record information.

  In addition, the theme information acquisition unit 114 usually acquires theme information using one or more category information corresponding to one or more pieces of stay point information included in one action record information. The theme information acquisition unit 114 usually acquires category information corresponding to stay point information from the map information storage unit 1112. Specifically, in this case, the theme information acquisition unit 114 acquires the category information that is the location information included in the map information and is associated with the same location information as the stay location information. Then, the theme information obtaining unit 114 obtains theme information using the obtained one or more category information. Further, for example, when the stay point information is associated with the category information in advance, the theme information obtaining unit 114 may use the category information.

  A method of acquiring theme information using one or more category information is, for example, as follows. The theme information acquisition unit 114 previously holds, for example, one or more correspondence information (hereinafter, appropriately referred to as theme management information) between one or more conditions regarding category information (hereinafter, appropriately referred to as category conditions) and theme information. are doing. The theme management information may be stored in the storage unit 111, for example. Then, the theme information acquiring unit 114 determines which one or more category information used for acquiring the theme information satisfies one or more category conditions. Then, the theme information acquisition unit 114 acquires, from the theme management information, theme information corresponding to the category condition satisfied by the one or more category information.

  The category conditions include, for example, that one or more category information has a predetermined category information, one or more category information has a predetermined ratio or a predetermined number or more of the category information, and the like. It is. Specifically, the category condition is, for example, “category information⊃restaurant”. The category condition means that one or more category information has category information “restaurant”. The category condition is, for example, “(restaurant ≧ 10% or more) & (clothing store ≧ 80% or more)”. The category condition means that one or more category information has category information “restaurant” of 10% or more and category information “clothing store” of 80% or more.

  The timing at which the theme information acquisition unit 114 acquires the theme information does not matter. The theme information acquisition unit 114 usually automatically acquires theme information. Further, for example, every time the behavior record information is accumulated in the behavior record information storage unit 1111, the theme information acquisition unit 114 acquires theme information corresponding to the accumulated behavior record information. Further, the theme information acquiring unit 114 may, for example, periodically (whenever a predetermined period elapses) change the theme information from one or more pieces of action record information stored in the action record information storage unit 1111. One piece of action record information that is not associated is specified, and theme information corresponding to the action record information is acquired.

  The similarity calculator 115 calculates the similarity. The similarity is usually information indicating the degree of similarity. In this case, the similarity is usually a numerical value. The similarity may be, for example, information indicating whether or not they are similar. In this case, the similarity is usually a so-called flag. When the similarity is a numerical value, the similarity is information indicating that the larger the numerical value is, the more similar the image is. When the similarity is a numerical value, the similarity may be, for example, information indicating that the smaller the numerical value is, the more similar the similarity is.

  Further, the similarity calculation unit 115 calculates, for example, the similarity between users. In this case, for example, the similarity calculating unit 115 uses the one or more pieces of action record information corresponding to one piece of user identification information and the one or more pieces of action record information corresponding to another piece of user identification information, and Is calculated. Further, the similarity calculating unit 115 calculates the similarity between the action record information, for example. In this case, the similarity calculation unit 115 calculates the similarity between the action record information using, for example, one action record information and another action record information. Also, the timing at which the similarity calculating section 115 calculates the similarity does not matter. Hereinafter, the method, procedure, timing, and the like of calculating the similarity will be described separately for the case of calculating the similarity between users and the case of calculating the similarity between action record information.

  (1) When calculating the similarity between users

  (1-1) For example, each time the current position information receiving unit 1122 or the theme information receiving unit 1123 receives the user identification information, the similarity calculation unit 115 compares the user identified by the user identification information with another one. The similarity with each user described above is calculated. In this case, for example, first, the similarity calculation unit 115 first acquires one or more pieces of action record information corresponding to the received user identification information from the action record information storage unit 1111. A set of the one or more pieces of action record information is defined as a self-user action record information group. Further, the similarity calculation unit 115 acquires one or more pieces of action record information corresponding to user identification information other than the received user identification information from the action record information storage unit 1111 for each user identification information. A set of one or more pieces of action record information for each piece of the user identification information is defined as a different user action record information group. Then, the similarity calculation unit 115 calculates the similarity between the own user action record information group and one or more different user action record information groups. Then, for example, each time the similarity is calculated, the similarity calculation unit 115 associates the user identification information corresponding to each of the two sets of the action record information used for the calculation of the similarity with, for example, an action record. The information is stored in the information storage unit 1111. At this time, the similarity calculating section 115 may accumulate the information in the storage section 111, for example.

  (1-2) For example, each time the action record information accumulation unit 113 accumulates action record information, the similarity calculation unit 115 determines whether the user identified by the user identification information associated with the action record information, Is calculated for one or more users. The method and procedure for calculating the similarity between users in this case are the same as those in the above (1-1), and a description thereof will be omitted. That is, in this case, the similarity calculation unit 115 receives the user identification information associated with the accumulated action record information by the current position information reception unit 1122 or the theme information reception unit 1123 in (1-1) above. The similarity is calculated as the user identification information.

  (1-3) The similarity calculating unit 115 calculates the similarity between users periodically (every time a predetermined period elapses), for example. In this case, for example, the similarity calculation unit 115 first obtains all user identification information from the action record information storage unit 1111 without duplication. Then, the similarity calculation unit 115 acquires one piece of user identification information from the acquired user identification information. Subsequent processing is the same as (1-1) above, and a description thereof will not be repeated. That is, in this case, the similarity calculation unit 115 determines that the obtained one user identification information is the user identification information received by the current position information reception unit 1122 or the theme information reception unit 1123 in (1-1) above. Calculate the similarity.

  (2) When calculating the similarity between action record information

  (2-1) Each time the current position information receiving unit 1122 or the theme information receiving unit 1123 receives the user identification information, the similarity calculation unit 115 stores one or more action record information items corresponding to the user identification information. And one or more pieces of action record information corresponding to user identification information other than the user identification information. In this case, for example, first, the similarity calculation unit 115 first acquires one or more pieces of action record information corresponding to the received user identification information from the action record information storage unit 1111. The one or more pieces of action record information are referred to as own user action record information. In addition, the similarity calculation unit 115 acquires one or more pieces of action record information corresponding to user identification information other than the received user identification information from the action record information storage unit 1111. The one or more pieces of action record information are referred to as different user action record information. Then, the similarity calculation unit 115 calculates the similarity between the one or more own user action record information and the one or more different user action record information. Then, for example, each time the similarity is calculated, the similarity calculation unit 115 associates the information for identifying the own user action record information used for calculating the similarity with the information for identifying the different user action record information. In addition, for example, it is stored in the action record information storage unit 1111. At this time, the similarity calculating section 115 may accumulate the information in the storage section 111, for example.

  (2-2) For example, every time the action record information accumulating section 113 accumulates action record information, the similarity calculation section 115 stores the action record information and the user identification information other than the user identification information associated with the action record information. The similarity with one or more pieces of action record information corresponding to the user identification information is calculated. The method and procedure for calculating the similarity of the action record information hall in this case are the same as those in the above (2-1), and thus description thereof will be omitted. That is, in this case, the similarity calculation unit 115 determines that the accumulated action record information is the own user action record information in the above (2-1), and the user other than the user identification information associated with the action record information. The similarity is calculated assuming that one or more pieces of action record information corresponding to the identification information are the different user action record information in (2-1).

  (2-3) The similarity calculation unit 115 calculates the similarity between the action record information periodically (every time a predetermined period elapses), for example. In this case, for example, the similarity calculation unit 115 first acquires one piece of action record information from the action record information storage unit 1111. Then, the similarity calculation unit 115 acquires one or more pieces of action record information corresponding to user identification information other than the user identification information associated with the one action record information from the action record information storage unit 1111. Subsequent processing is the same as the above (2-1), and a description thereof will not be repeated. That is, in this case, the similarity calculation unit 115 determines that the acquired one piece of action record information is the own user action record information in the above (2-1), and other than the user identification information associated with the action record information. The similarity is calculated assuming that one or more pieces of action record information corresponding to the user identification information are the different user action record information in the above (2-1).

  Further, the method or procedure for calculating the similarity is not limited. The similarity calculating unit 115 converts the action record information or the set of action record information into a so-called vector using, for example, one or more pieces of point information included in the action record information or the set of action record information. To vectorize means to calculate a vector. The vector usually has two or more parameters. The parameter is, for example, (1) the number of pieces of point information included in the action record information or a set of action record information, and (2) the point information when the point information is classified by the associated category information or attribute value. , The number of point information belonging to each class, the ratio of the number of (2) to the number of (3) and (1), and the like. Then, the similarity calculator 115 calculates the similarity between the two calculated vectors. Since a method and procedure for calculating the similarity between two vectors are known, detailed description thereof is omitted.

  The stay point information acquisition unit 116 acquires one or more stay point information from the action record information storage unit 1111. For example, the stay point information acquisition unit 116 specifies one or more pieces of action record information from the action record information storage unit 1111. The specification may be acquisition. Then, the stay point information acquisition unit 116 acquires one or more stay point information included in the one or more action record information. The method, procedure, and the like for the stay point information acquisition unit 116 to specify one or more pieces of action record information are as follows, for example.

  (1) The stay point information acquisition unit 116 specifies, for example, one or more pieces of action record information corresponding to the current location information. The current position information is the current position information received by the current position information receiving unit 1122. In this case, for example, the stay point information acquisition unit 116 uses the received current position information to set a condition in which the distance to the position indicated by the current position information is predetermined (hereinafter, appropriately referred to as a current distance condition). One or more pieces of action record information having action start point information or action end point information indicating a point closer to the satisfaction are specified. Further, the stay point information acquisition unit 116 has, for example, using the received current position information, action start point information or action end point information having information indicating a range on a map including the position indicated by the current position information. Identify one or more action record information. Further, the action start point information or the action end point information may be, for example, stay point information or pass point information.

  (2) The stay point information acquisition unit 116 specifies, for example, one or more pieces of action record information corresponding to the current location information and the theme information. The theme information is the theme information received by the theme information receiving unit 1123. In this case, for example, first, the stay point information acquisition unit 116 specifies one or more pieces of action record information corresponding to the current position information, as described in (1) above, using the received current position information. Then, for example, using the received theme information, the staying point information acquisition unit 116 may select one or more actions that are associated with the same theme information as the theme information from the one or more specified action record information. Identify recorded information.

  (3) The stay point information acquisition unit 116 specifies, for example, one or more pieces of action record information corresponding to the current position information and the user identification information. The user identification information is, for example, the user identification information received by the current position information receiving unit 1122 together with the current position information. The user identification information is, for example, the user identification information received by the theme information receiving unit 1123 together with the theme information. In this case, for example, first, the stay point information acquisition unit 116 specifies one or more pieces of action record information corresponding to the current position information, as described in (1) above, using the received current position information. Then, using the received user identification information, for example, the stay point information acquisition unit 116 associates the same user identification information with the same user identification information from the one or more specified action record information. The above action record information is specified.

  When specifying one or more pieces of action record information corresponding to the current location information and the user identification information, the stay point information acquisition unit 116 may, for example, correspond to the current location information and use a user different from the user identification information. One or more action record information corresponding to the identification information may be specified. This means that one or more pieces of action record information of another user are specified. In this case, the stay point information acquisition unit 116 may specify one or more pieces of action record information based on, for example, the similarity.

  Specifically, the stay point information acquisition unit 116 specifies one or more pieces of action record information of another user using, for example, the similarity between the users. In this case, the stay point information acquisition unit 116 acquires, for example, the similarity between one or more users corresponding to the received user identification information from the action record information storage unit 1111. Then, it is determined whether or not the acquired similarity between one or more users satisfies a predetermined condition (hereinafter, appropriately referred to as a user similar condition). Then, the stay point information acquisition unit 116 acquires the user identification information of another user associated with the similarity satisfying the user similarity condition. The user identification information is referred to as different user identification information. Then, the stay point information acquisition unit 116 specifies one or more pieces of action record information corresponding to the different user identification information from the action record information storage unit 1111. Then, the stay point information acquisition unit 116 specifies one or more pieces of action record information corresponding to the received current position information from the one or more pieces of specified action record information.

  In addition, the stay point information acquisition unit 116 specifies one or more pieces of action record information of another user using, for example, the similarity between the pieces of action record information. In this case, the stay point information acquisition unit 116 specifies, for example, one or more pieces of action record information corresponding to the received current position information from the action record information storage unit 1111. Then, the stay point information acquisition unit 116 associates the identified one or more pieces of action record information with the action record information associated with the same user identification information as the received user identification information, and a user different from the received user identification information. Classify into action record information associated with identification information. The former action record information is defined as own user action record information. The latter action record information is referred to as different user action record information. Then, the stay point information acquisition unit 116 determines the degree of similarity between the one or more own user action record information and the one or more different user action record information by a predetermined condition (hereinafter, appropriately referred to as an action record similar condition). J) is determined. Then, the stay point information acquisition unit 116 specifies the different user action record information corresponding to the degree of similarity that satisfies the action record similarity condition from the one or more different user action record information.

  (4) The stay point information acquisition unit 116 specifies, for example, one or more pieces of action record information corresponding to the current position information and the terminal identification information. The terminal identification information is, for example, terminal identification information received by the current position information receiving unit 1122 together with the current position information. The terminal identification information is, for example, the terminal identification information received by the theme information receiving unit 1123 together with the theme information. In this case, for example, first, the stay point information acquisition unit 116 specifies one or more pieces of action record information corresponding to the current position information, as described in (1) above, using the received current position information. Then, for example, using the received terminal identification information, the stay point information acquisition unit 116 associates the same user identification information with the terminal identification information among the one or more specified action record information. The above action record information is specified. In addition, at this time, the stay point information acquisition unit 116 may, for example, select one or more pieces of action record information associated with user identification information different from the terminal identification information from the one or more pieces of specified action record information. It may be specified.

  (5) The stay point information acquisition unit 116 specifies, for example, one or more pieces of action record information corresponding to the current location information, theme information, and user identification information. In this case, for example, first, the stay location information acquiring unit 116 uses the received current position information and theme information to record one or more action records corresponding to the current position information and theme information as described in (2) above. Identify information. Then, using the received user identification information, for example, the stay point information acquisition unit 116 associates the same user identification information with the same user identification information from the one or more specified action record information. The above action record information is specified. At this time, the stay point information acquiring unit 116 may specify, for example, one or more pieces of action record information associated with user identification information different from the user identification information.

  When specifying one or more pieces of action record information corresponding to the current location information, the theme information, and the user identification information, the stay point information acquisition unit 116 may, for example, perform the following based on the similarity, as in (3) above. The above action record information may be specified. In this case, the stay point information acquisition unit 116 specifies one or more pieces of action record information as in (3) above. Then, the stay point information acquisition unit 116 specifies one or more pieces of action record information associated with the same theme information as the received theme information from the one or more pieces of specified action record information.

  (6) The stay point information acquisition unit 116 specifies, for example, one or more pieces of action record information corresponding to the current position information, theme information, and terminal identification information. In this case, the stay point information acquisition unit 116 uses the received current position information and the theme information, for example, to store one or more action record information corresponding to the current position information and the theme information as described in (2) above. Identify. Then, for example, using the received terminal identification information, the stay point information acquisition unit 116 associates the same terminal identification information with the same terminal identification information among the one or more specified action record information. The above action record information is specified. At this time, the stay point information acquisition unit 116 may specify, for example, one or more pieces of action record information associated with terminal identification information different from the terminal identification information.

  (7) The stay point information acquisition unit 116 specifies, for example, one or more pieces of action record information corresponding to the current position information, the user identification information, and the terminal identification information. In this case, the stay point information acquisition unit 116 uses the received current position information and user identification information to record one or more action records corresponding to the current position information and user identification information as described in (3) above. Identify information. Preferably, the one or more action record information is, for example, action record information associated with the same user identification information as the received user identification information. Then, for example, using the received terminal identification information, the stay point information acquisition unit 116 associates the same terminal identification information with the same terminal identification information among the one or more specified action record information. The above action record information is specified. At this time, the stay point information acquisition unit 116 may specify, for example, one or more pieces of action record information associated with terminal identification information different from the terminal identification information.

  (8) The stay point information acquisition unit 116 specifies, for example, one or more pieces of action record information corresponding to the current position information, theme information, user identification information, and terminal identification information. In this case, for example, the stay point information acquisition unit 116 uses the received current position information, theme information, and user identification information to correspond to the current position information, theme information, and user identification information as described in (5) above. One or more action record information items to be specified are specified. Preferably, the one or more action record information is, for example, action record information associated with the same theme information and user identification information as the received theme information and user identification information. Then, for example, using the received terminal identification information, the stay point information acquisition unit 116 associates the same terminal identification information with the same terminal identification information among the one or more specified action record information. The above action record information is specified. At this time, the stay point information acquisition unit 116 may specify, for example, one or more pieces of action record information associated with terminal identification information different from the terminal identification information.

  In specifying the one or more pieces of action record information, the order of the information used does not matter. In other words, in specifying the one or more pieces of the action record information, the order in which the one or more pieces of the action record information as the specific candidates are narrowed does not matter. That is, for example, the stay point information acquisition unit 116 specifies one or more pieces of action record information associated with the same theme information as the received theme information, and then receives from the one or more pieces of action record information. One or more action record information corresponding to the current position information may be specified. Further, for example, after identifying the at least one piece of action record information associated with the terminal identification information different from the received terminal identification information, the stay point information acquisition unit 116 may select, from the one or more pieces of action record information, One or more action record information items associated with the same user identification information as the received user identification information may be specified. Also, for example, after identifying one or more pieces of action record information different from the received user identification information, the stay point information acquisition unit 116 may select the same theme as the received theme information from the one or more pieces of action record information. One or more pieces of action record information associated with the information may be specified, and one or more pieces of action record information corresponding to the received current position information may be specified from the one or more pieces of action record information.

  The action suggestion unit 117 acquires and outputs information. Output means display on a display, projection using a projector, printing on a printer, sound output, transmission to an external device, storage on a recording medium, processing results to another processing device or another program, etc. This is a concept that includes delivery. As for transmission, accumulation, and delivery of the processing result, the output target is finally presented to the user.

  In addition, for example, when acquiring information, the behavior suggestion unit 117 acquires information by the acquisition unit 1171 provided in the behavior proposal unit 117. In addition, for example, when outputting information, the action suggestion unit 117 outputs information by the output unit 1172 included in the action suggestion unit 117. Further, the acquisition and output of the information may be performed by, for example, the behavior suggestion unit 117. In the present embodiment, the output of information by the action suggestion unit 117 (output unit 1172) is usually transmission. The transmission is transmission to the terminal device 12.

  The obtaining unit 1171 obtains suggested action information. The suggested action information is information on an action to be proposed to the user. The suggested action information is, for example, point information, advertisement information, route information, and the like. The route information is information indicating a route. The route is usually a route from the current position to the destination. The route information usually has two pieces of position information indicating the position of a start point (departure place) and the position of an end point (destination). In addition, the route information may include, for example, one or more pieces of location information indicating the location of a waypoint in addition to the two pieces of location information. The route information may be, for example, information composed of the two or three or more pieces of position information. The position and the position information may be a point and point information. The route information may include, for example, one or more pieces of road information on a road connecting between two positions or two points.

  The acquiring unit 1171 acquires, for example, one or more stay point information acquired by the stay point information acquiring unit 116 as the suggested action information.

  In addition, the acquisition unit 1171 acquires, for example, advertisement information corresponding to one or more pieces of stay point information acquired by the stay point information acquisition unit 116 from the advertisement information storage unit 1113 as suggested action information. The acquisition unit 1171 acquires, for example, advertisement information in which one or more attribute values included in the staying point information are associated with one or more attribute values that are similar enough to satisfy a predetermined condition. At this time, the acquisition unit 1171 calculates, for example, the similarity between one or more attribute values of one piece of stay point information and one or more attribute values associated with one piece of advertisement information. The method and procedure for calculating the similarity are the same as, for example, the method and procedure for calculating the similarity between one piece of action record information and another piece of action record information. Then, the acquiring unit 1171 determines, for example, whether or not the similarity satisfies a predetermined condition (hereinafter, appropriately referred to as an attribute value similar condition). Then, the obtaining unit 1171 obtains, from one or more pieces of advertisement information, advertisement information corresponding to the similarity satisfying the attribute value similarity condition.

  In addition, the acquisition unit 1171 is, for example, the same as the road-related information associated with the received current location information among the one or more pieces of advertisement information corresponding to the one or more stay location information acquired by the stay location information acquisition unit 116. One or more pieces of advertisement information associated with the road-related information may be acquired from the advertisement information storage unit 1113. In other words, this means that the advertisement information relating to points existing in the traveling direction or direction of the road (lane) on which the user is moving is acquired.

  In addition, the acquisition unit 1171 may include, for example, one or more pieces of action record information specified by the stay point information acquisition unit 116 among one or more pieces of advertisement information corresponding to the one or more stay point information acquired by the stay point information acquisition unit 116. One or more pieces of advertisement information associated with the same theme information as the corresponding theme information may be acquired from the advertisement information storage unit 1113.

  In addition, the acquisition unit 1171 may include, for example, position information indicating that the distance from the position indicated by the position information included in the one or more pieces of the stay point information acquired by the stay point information acquisition unit 116 is such that the distance is closer enough to satisfy a predetermined condition. May be acquired from the advertisement information storage unit 1113.

  In addition, the acquisition unit 1171 searches for a route that uses a point indicated by one or more pieces of each stay point information acquired by the stay point information acquisition unit 116 as a transit point, and outputs the route information indicating the route to the proposed action information. To get as Specifically, the acquiring unit 1171 applies, for example, the received current position information and one or more stay point information acquired by the stay point information acquiring unit 116 to the map information. The map information is map information stored in the map information storage unit 1112. “Applying the current position information to the map information” means, for example, that the position on the map indicated by the current position information is the departure point and the destination. “Applying stay point information to map information” means, for example, that a point on a map indicated by the stay point information is set as a transit point. Then, the acquisition unit 1171 searches for a route from the departure place to the destination via the transit point. At this time, the acquisition unit 1171 normally uses the score of the road information of the map information as the cost of the route. At this time, the acquisition unit 1171 usually searches for a route with the smallest total score.

  It should be noted that a solution (algorithm) of the shortest route problem is usually used for searching for a route. The "solution of the shortest path problem" is, for example, the Dijkstra method or the A * algorithm. In addition, since these solutions and methods and procedures for acquiring route information are known, detailed description thereof is omitted.

  Further, the acquisition unit 1171 may set, for example, the current position indicated by the current position information as the departure point, and, for example, set the destination indicated by one or more pieces of the stay point information acquired by the stay point information acquisition unit 116. May be searched, and one or more pieces of route information indicating the one or more routes may be acquired.

  The output unit 1172 transmits the suggested action information acquired by the acquisition unit 1171 to the terminal device 12. The terminal device 12 is, for example, the terminal device 12 identified by the terminal identification information associated with the current position information received by the current position information receiving unit 1122. The terminal device 12 is, for example, the terminal device 12 identified by the terminal identification information associated with the theme information received by the theme information receiving unit 1123. For example, when the obtaining unit 1171 obtains one or more stay point information as the proposed behavior information, the output unit 1172 transmits the proposed behavior information to the terminal device 12. Further, for example, when the obtaining unit 1171 obtains one or more pieces of advertisement information as the proposed behavior information, the output unit 1172 transmits the proposed behavior information to the terminal device 12. In addition, for example, when the obtaining unit 1171 obtains one or more pieces of route information as suggested action information, the output unit 1172 transmits the suggested action information to the terminal device 12.

  Information is stored in the terminal storage unit 121 that configures the terminal device 12. The information is map information, user identification information, terminal identification information, and the like. The user identification information is information for identifying a user who owns the terminal device 12. The terminal identification information is information for identifying the terminal device 12.

  Further, the terminal storage unit 121 may store, for example, one or more pieces of point information. The point information is, for example, stay point information. Further, the one or more stay point information is, for example, action record information having the one or more stay point information.

  The terminal receiving unit 122 receives information, instructions, and the like. The information is, for example, theme information. The theme information is, for example, information indicating a theme for the behavior of the user who owns the terminal device 12. In other words, the theme information is, for example, theme information for the action record information transmitted to the information output device 11. The theme information is, for example, information indicating the theme of the action record information having the stay point information received from the information output device 11. In other words, the theme information is, for example, theme information transmitted to the information output device 11 in order to specify the staying point information to be received.

  The instruction received by the terminal receiving unit 122 is, for example, a transmission instruction. The transmission instruction is an instruction to transmit information. The information transmitted by the transmission instruction is, for example, action record information, current position information, theme information, user identification information, terminal identification information, and the like. The action record information is action record information acquired by the terminal acquisition unit 123 described later. The current position information is current position information acquired by a terminal acquisition unit 123 described later. The theme information is the theme information received by the terminal receiving unit 122. The user identification information is user identification information stored in the terminal storage unit 121. The terminal identification information is terminal identification information stored in the terminal storage unit 121.

  The instruction received by the terminal receiving unit 122 may be, for example, a recording start instruction, a recording end instruction, or the like. The recording start instruction is an instruction to start acquiring point information corresponding to the current position information. The recording end instruction is an instruction to end acquisition of the point information corresponding to the current position information.

  The terminal acquisition unit 123 acquires information. The information is, for example, current position information, point information, and the like. The current position information is position information indicating the current position of the terminal device 12.

  The terminal acquisition unit 123 automatically acquires the current position information, for example. Further, the terminal acquisition unit 123 acquires the current position information, for example, periodically (every time a predetermined period elapses). Note that the timing for acquiring the current position information does not matter.

  In addition, for example, each time the current position information is obtained, the terminal obtaining unit 123 obtains point information corresponding to the current position information from the map information. The point information corresponding to the current position information is point information on a point including the current position indicated by the current position information. The map information is map information stored in the terminal storage unit 121. In addition, for example, when the acquired point information is the same as the previously acquired point information, the terminal acquisition unit 123 does not acquire the point information. In addition, the terminal acquisition unit 123 accumulates the acquired point information in the terminal storage unit 121, for example. In addition, due to the accumulation, the action record information including the one or more pieces of point information is accumulated in the terminal storage unit 121.

  In addition, for example, the terminal acquisition unit 123 acquires the point information from when the recording start condition is satisfied to when the recording end condition is satisfied. The recording start condition is a condition for starting acquisition of point information. The recording end condition is a condition for ending the acquisition of the point information. The recording start condition may be, for example, a condition for starting acquisition of the current position information. The recording end condition may be, for example, a condition for ending the acquisition of the current position information.

The recording start condition is, for example, a condition relating to an instruction received by the receiving unit 112, a condition relating to time, a condition relating to a point, a condition relating to a moving speed, and the like. Conditions relating instruction receiving unit 11 2 is accepted, for example, it is that the receiving unit 11 2 has accepted the instruction to start recording. The condition regarding the time is, for example, that a predetermined time has come. The condition relating to a point is, for example, that the user has departed from a predetermined point (for example, home). The condition relating to the moving speed is, for example, that the moving speed is higher than a predetermined speed.

The recording end condition is, for example, a condition related to an instruction received by the receiving unit 112, a condition related to time, a condition related to time, a condition related to a point, and the like. Conditions relating instruction receiving unit 11 2 is accepted, for example, it is that the receiving unit 11 2 has accepted the recording end instruction. The condition regarding the time is, for example, that a predetermined time has come. The condition relating to time is, for example, that the user has not moved for a predetermined time or more. The condition relating to a point is, for example, that the vehicle has arrived at a predetermined point (for example, home).

  Further, the terminal acquisition unit 123 acquires, for example, one or more pieces of point information from when the recording start condition is satisfied to when the recording end condition is satisfied, and stores the one or more point information as action record information. It is preferable that the information is stored in the unit 121. That is, it is preferable that the terminal acquisition unit 123 accumulates the action record information in the terminal storage unit 121 every time the action record information having one or more pieces of point information can be acquired.

  Also, the terminal acquisition unit 123 may accumulate one or more current position information acquired during a period from satisfying the recording start condition to satisfying the recording end condition in the terminal storage unit 121 as action record information. Good. In this case, the action record information is information having one or more pieces of position information.

  The terminal transmission unit 124 transmits information to the information output device 11. The information is, for example, action record information, current position information, theme information, and the like. The action record information is action record information stored in the terminal storage unit 121. The current position information is the current position information acquired by the terminal acquisition unit 123. The theme information is the theme information received by the terminal receiving unit 122.

  For example, each time the terminal acquisition unit 123 acquires the behavior record information, the terminal transmission unit 124 transmits the behavior record information. Each time the action record information is acquired, for example, each time the acquisition and accumulation of the point information by the terminal acquisition unit 123 ends. Further, the terminal transmitting unit 124 transmits the current position information, for example, every time the terminal receiving unit 122 receives a transmission instruction. The terminal transmitting unit 124 transmits the theme information, for example, every time the terminal receiving unit 122 receives the theme information. When transmitting the behavior record information, the terminal transmitting unit 124 deletes the behavior record information from the terminal storage unit 121 after transmitting the behavior record information.

  Further, when transmitting the above-described action record information and the like, the terminal transmission unit 124 may transmit the action record information and the like in association with, for example, user identification information and terminal identification information. The user identification information and the terminal identification information are information stored in the terminal storage unit 121. Further, for example, when the terminal receiving unit 122 receives the theme information for the action record information after the terminal obtaining unit 123 completes the acquisition and accumulation of the location information, the terminal transmitting unit 124 also stores the theme information. The action record information may be transmitted in association with the action record information.

  In addition, for example, when the terminal receiving unit 122 receives the theme information, or when the terminal receiving unit 122 receives a transmission instruction after receiving the theme information, the terminal transmitting unit 124 includes: It is preferable to transmit the current location information, the user identification information, and the terminal identification information. In this case, the four pieces of information are usually associated with each other.

  The terminal receiving unit 125 receives information from the information output device 11. The information is suggested action information. In addition, the suggested action information is, for example, one or more stay point information, one or more advertisement information, one or more route information, and the like. In addition, the terminal receiving unit 125 receives the suggested action information in response to the transmission of the current position information by the terminal transmitting unit 124, for example.

  The terminal output unit 126 outputs the proposed action information received by the terminal receiving unit 125. In addition, the terminal output unit 126 normally outputs the suggested action information together with the map information. The map information is map information stored in the terminal storage unit 121. For example, when the proposed action information is one or more staying point information, the terminal output unit 126 compares the staying point information and the map information so that the point indicated by the staying point information is written on the map. Is output. When the proposed action information is one or more pieces of advertisement information, the terminal output unit 126 outputs the advertisement information and the map information such that a point corresponding to the advertisement information is written on a map. . When the proposed action information is one or more pieces of route information, the terminal output unit 126 outputs the route information and the map information such that the route indicated by the route information is written on the map. .

  Note that the storage unit 111, the action record information storage unit 1111, the map information storage unit 1112, the advertisement information storage unit 1113, and the terminal storage unit 121 are preferably non-volatile storage media, but can be realized by volatile storage media. It is. The process of storing the predetermined information in the storage unit 111 or the like does not matter. For example, the predetermined information may be stored in the storage unit 211 or the like via a recording medium, a communication line, an input device, or the like.

  The receiving unit 112, the action record information receiving unit 1121, the current position information receiving unit 1122, the theme information receiving unit 1123, and the terminal receiving unit 125 are usually realized by wireless or wired communication means, but receive broadcasts. It may be realized by means.

  In addition, the action record information storage unit 113, the theme information acquisition unit 114, the similarity calculation unit 115, the stay point information acquisition unit 116, the action suggestion unit 117, the acquisition unit 1171, and the terminal acquisition unit 123 usually use an MPU Can be realized. The processing procedure of the action record information storage unit 113 and the like is generally realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. The action record information storage unit 113 and the like may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  Further, the output unit 1172 and the terminal transmission unit 124 are generally realized by a wireless or wired communication unit, but may be realized by a broadcasting unit.

  Further, the input means such as information and instructions in the terminal receiving unit 122 may be anything such as a menu screen or a keyboard. The terminal receiving unit 122 can be realized by control software for a menu screen, a device driver for input means such as a keyboard, or the like.

  In addition, the terminal output unit 126 may or may not include an output device such as a display or a speaker. The terminal output unit 126 can be realized by driver software for an output device, or driver software for an output device and an output device.

  Next, the overall operation of the information output system 1 will be described using a flowchart. The i-th information in the predetermined information is described as “information [i]”. First, the overall operation of the information output device 11 will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

  (Step S401) The action record information storage unit 113 determines whether the action record information receiving unit 1121 has received action record information. If received, the process proceeds to step S402; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S407. The action record information is associated with, for example, user identification information and terminal identification information.

  (Step S402) The action record information storage unit 113 stores the action record information received in step S401 in the action record information storage unit 1111 together with information associated with the action record information.

  (Step S403) The theme information acquisition unit 114 acquires theme information corresponding to the action record information accumulated in step S402. Details of this processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  (Step S404) The theme information acquisition unit 114 accumulates the theme information acquired in step S403 in the action record information storage unit 1111 in association with the action record information accumulated in step S402.

  (Step S405) The similarity calculation unit 115 calculates the similarity between the action record information accumulated in step S402 and one or more other pieces of action record information. Details of this processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  (Step S406) The similarity calculation unit 115 stores the calculated similarity in the storage unit 111.

  (Step S407) The stay point information acquisition unit 116 determines whether or not the current position information receiving unit 1122 and the theme information receiving unit 1123 have received the current position information, theme information, user identification information, and terminal identification information. If received, the process proceeds to step S408; otherwise, the process returns to step S401.

  (Step S408) The staying point information acquisition unit 116 acquires one or more staying point information using the current position information received by the current position information receiving unit 1122 and the theme information receiving unit 1123, and the like. Details of this processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  (Step S409) The acquiring unit 1171 determines the type of the proposed action information to be acquired. For example, the determination is performed by the acquisition unit 1171 previously holding information indicating the type and using the information. Then, when the proposed action information to be acquired is stay point information, the process proceeds to step S410, when the acquired action information is advertisement information, the process proceeds to step S411, and when it is route information, the process proceeds to step S413.

  (Step S410) The acquisition unit 1171 acquires one or more stay point information acquired in step S408 as proposed action information.

  (Step S411) The output unit 1172 transmits the one or more stay point information acquired in step S410 to the terminal device 12. The terminal device 12 is the terminal device 12 identified by the terminal identification information received in step S407. Then, the process returns to step S401.

  (Step S412) The obtaining unit 1171 obtains one or more pieces of advertisement information corresponding to the one or more pieces of stay point information obtained in step S408 from the advertisement information storage unit 1113 as proposed action information.

  (Step S413) The output unit 1172 transmits the one or more pieces of advertisement information acquired in step S412 to the terminal device 12. The terminal device 12 is the terminal device 12 identified by the terminal identification information received in step S407. Then, the process returns to step S401.

  (Step S414) The acquisition unit 1171 searches for a route related to the point indicated by the one or more stay point information using the one or more stay point information acquired in Step S408, and the one or more routes indicating the route. Information is obtained as suggested action information.

  (Step S415) The output unit 1172 transmits the one or more pieces of route information acquired in step S414 to the terminal device 12. The terminal device 12 is the terminal device 12 identified by the terminal identification information received in step S407. Then, the process returns to step S401.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 4, the processing may be terminated by turning off the power or interrupting the termination of the processing.

  When the theme information is associated with the action record information received in step S401 of the flowchart of FIG. 4, the theme information acquisition unit 114 does not acquire the theme information corresponding to the action record information (step S403, Step S404 is not performed).

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the process of acquiring theme information in step S403 of the flowchart in FIG. In the flowchart of FIG. 5, it is assumed that the theme information acquisition unit 114 previously holds m pieces of theme management information.

  (Step S501) The theme information acquisition unit 114 sets 1 to a counter i.

  (Step S502) The theme information acquisition unit 114 sets the category condition [i], which is the category condition of the theme management information [i], as the two or more category information included in the action record information accumulated by the action record information accumulation unit 113. It is determined whether or not the condition is satisfied. If so, the process proceeds to step S503; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S504.

  (Step S503) The theme information acquisition unit 114 acquires theme information [i] that is the theme information included in the theme management information [i].

  (Step S504) The theme information acquisition unit 114 determines whether i is m. If m, the process returns to the host process; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S505.

  (Step S505) The theme information acquisition unit 114 increments i by one. Then, the process returns to step S502.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the similarity calculation processing in step S405 of the flowchart in FIG. In the flowchart of FIG. 6, it is assumed that m pieces of action record information are stored in the action record information storage unit 1111 in addition to the action record information accumulated by the action record information accumulation unit 113.

  (Step S <b> 601) The similarity calculation unit 115 converts the accumulated behavior record information, which is the behavior record information accumulated by the behavior record information accumulation unit 113, into a vector, and calculates a vector corresponding to the behavior record information.

  (Step S602) The similarity calculation section 115 sets 1 to a counter i.

  (Step S603) The similarity calculation unit 115 converts the stored behavior record information [i], which is the behavior record information stored in the behavior record information storage unit 1111, into a vector, and calculates a vector corresponding to the behavior record information.

  (Step S604) The similarity calculation unit 115 calculates the similarity between the two vectors calculated in step S601 and step S603.

  (Step S605) The similarity calculation unit 115 sets information for identifying the accumulated action recording information in the variable ID1.

  (Step S606) The similarity calculation unit 115 sets information for identifying the stored action record information [i] in the variable ID2.

  (Step S607) The similarity calculating unit 115 sets ID1, ID2, and the similarity calculated in step S604 in an array sim [i] for storing the similarity.

  (Step S608) The similarity calculation section 115 determines whether or not i is m. If m, the process returns to the higher-level process; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S609.

  (Step S609) The similarity calculation unit 115 increments i by one. Then, the process returns to step S603.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the acquisition processing of stay point information in step S408 of the flowchart of FIG. In the flowchart of FIG. 7, it is assumed that the action record information storage unit 1111 stores m pieces of action record information.

  (Step S701) The stay point information acquisition unit 116 sets 1 to a counter i.

  (Step S702) The stay point information acquisition unit 116 determines whether or not to use the similarity to acquire the stay point information. If so, the process proceeds to step S707; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S703.

  (Step S703) The stay location information acquisition unit 116 uses the current location information received by the current location information reception unit 1122 and two or more pieces of location information included in the action record information [i] to determine the current location information. Two or more distances between the current position indicated and the point indicated by the two or more pieces of point information are calculated. Then, the stay point information acquisition unit 116 determines whether any of the two or more distances satisfies the current distance condition. If the condition is satisfied, the process proceeds to step S704; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S713.

  (Step S704) The stay point information acquisition unit 116 determines whether the theme information associated with the action record information [i] is the same as the reception theme information that is the theme information received by the theme information reception unit 1123. to decide. If they are the same, the process proceeds to step S705; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S713.

  (Step S705) The stay point information acquisition unit 116 determines that the user identification information associated with the action record information [i] is the user identification information received by the current location information reception unit 1122 or the theme information reception unit 1123. It is determined whether it is the same as the identification information. If they are the same, the process proceeds to step S706; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S713.

  (Step S706) The stay point information acquisition unit 116 determines that the terminal identification information associated with the action record information [i] is the terminal identification information received by the current location information reception unit 1122 or the theme information reception unit 1123. It is determined whether it is the same as the identification information. If they are the same, the process proceeds to step S711; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S713.

  (Step S707) The stay location information acquisition unit 116 uses the current location information received by the current location information reception unit 1122 and two or more pieces of location information included in the action record information [i] to determine the current location information. Two or more distances between the current position indicated and the point indicated by the two or more pieces of point information are calculated. Then, the stay point information acquisition unit 116 determines whether any of the two or more distances satisfies the current distance condition. If the condition is satisfied, the process proceeds to step S708; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S713.

  (Step S708) The stay point information acquisition unit 116 determines whether or not the theme information associated with the action record information [i] is the same as the reception theme information that is the theme information received by the theme information reception unit 1123. to decide. If they are the same, the process proceeds to step S709; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S713.

  (Step S709) The stay point information acquisition unit 116 determines that the user identification information associated with the action record information [i] is the user identification information received by the current location information reception unit 1122 or the theme information reception unit 1123. It is determined whether it is different from the identification information. If they are different, the process proceeds to step S710; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S713.

  (Step S710) The stay point information acquisition unit 116 determines whether or not the similarity corresponding to the action record information [i] satisfies the action record similarity condition. The similarity is, for example, the similarity between the behavior record information associated with the same user identification information as the received user identification information and the behavior record information [i]. If the action record similarity condition is satisfied, the process proceeds to step S711; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S713.

  (Step S711) The stay point information acquisition unit 116 acquires the action record information [i].

  (Step S712) The stay point information acquisition unit 116 acquires the stay point information included in the action record information acquired in step S711.

  (Step S713) The stay point information acquisition unit 116 determines whether or not i is m. If m, the process returns to the higher-level process; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S714.

  (Step S714) The stay point information acquisition unit 116 increments i by one. Then, the process returns to step S702.

  Next, the overall operation of the terminal device 12 will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

  (Step S801) The terminal device 12 determines whether or not the terminal receiving unit 122 has received a power-on instruction. If accepted, the process proceeds to step S802; otherwise, the process returns to step S801.

  (Step S802) The terminal device 12 performs power ON processing.

  (Step S803) The terminal acquisition unit 123 starts acquiring current position information. Thereafter, the terminal acquisition unit 123 periodically acquires the current position information until the power of the terminal device 12 is turned off.

  (Step S804) The terminal acquisition unit 123 determines whether or not the terminal device 12 satisfies the recording start condition. If the condition is satisfied, the process proceeds to step S805; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S811.

  (Step S805) The terminal acquisition unit 123 determines whether the current location information has been acquired. If acquired, the process proceeds to step S806; otherwise, the process returns to step S805.

  (Step S806) The terminal acquisition unit 123 specifies the point information corresponding to the current position information acquired in Step S805 from the map information stored in the terminal storage unit 121.

  (Step S807) The terminal acquisition unit 123 determines whether or not the specific point information, which is the point information specified in step S806, and the acquired point information, which is the point information acquired immediately before, are different. If not, the process proceeds to step S808; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S809. If there is no point information acquired immediately before (the first acquisition of point information), the process unconditionally proceeds to step S808.

  (Step S808) The terminal acquisition unit 123 acquires the point information specified in Step S806.

  (Step S809) The terminal acquisition unit 123 determines whether the terminal device 12 satisfies the recording end condition. If so, the process proceeds to step S810; otherwise, the process returns to step S805.

  (Step S810) The terminal transmitting unit 124 transmits the one or more pieces of point information acquired in Step S808 to the information output device 11 as action record information. At this time, the terminal transmission unit 124 transmits the action record information in association with, for example, the user identification information and the terminal identification information stored in the terminal storage unit 121.

  (Step S811) The terminal transmitting unit 124 determines whether the terminal receiving unit 122 has received theme information. If accepted, the process proceeds to step S812; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S816.

  (Step S812) The terminal transmission unit 124 determines whether the terminal reception unit 122 has received a transmission instruction. If accepted, the process proceeds to step S813; otherwise, the process returns to step S812.

  (Step S813) The terminal transmission unit 124 handles the current position information acquired immediately before by the terminal acquisition unit 123, the theme information received in step S811, the user identification information stored in the terminal storage unit 121, the terminal identification information, and the like. In addition, the information is transmitted to the information output device 11.

  (Step S814) The terminal output unit 126 determines whether the terminal receiving unit 125 has received the proposed action information. If received, the process proceeds to step S815; otherwise, the process returns to step S814.

  (Step S815) The terminal output unit 126 outputs the suggested action information received in step S814 together with the map information.

  (Step S816) The terminal device 12 determines whether or not the terminal receiving unit 122 has received a power-off instruction. If accepted, the process proceeds to step S817; otherwise, the process returns to step S803.

  (Step S817) The terminal device 12 performs power-off processing. Then, the process returns to step S801.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 8, the processing may be ended by turning off the power or interrupting the end of the processing.

  Note that the overall operation of the information output system 1 described above is only an example. That is, the overall operation of the information output system 1 is not limited to the above description.

(Concrete example)
Next, a specific example of the operation of the information output system 1 will be described. In this specific example, the information output device 11 is a so-called server device (hereinafter, appropriately referred to as a server). In addition, the terminal device 12 is assumed to be a smartphone (hereinafter, appropriately referred to as a smartphone) and a car navigation device (hereinafter, appropriately referred to as a car navigation). It is assumed that the terminal device 12 is owned by the user. Also, the terminal device 12 owned by the same user is given the same code as the code given to the user, and is described. That is, for example, a smartphone owned by the user A is represented by a smartphone A, a car navigation system owned by the user A is represented by a car navigation system A, a smartphone owned by the user B is represented by a smartphone B, and a car navigation system owned by the user B is represented by a car navigation system B. Shall be.

(Example 1)
In this example, an example in which action record information is accumulated in the information output device 11 (action record information storage unit 1111) will be described. In this example, it is assumed that the same user identification information is stored in advance in the terminal storage unit 121 of the terminal device 12 owned by the same user. It is assumed that terminal identification information is stored in the terminal storage unit 121 in advance. It is also assumed that the terminal storage unit 121 stores map information having point information shown in FIG. The spot information includes an ID for uniquely identifying a record, information indicating a spot name (item name: name), information indicating a position of the spot (item name: position), and information indicating a category of the spot (item name). : Category), information indicating a telephone number (item name: telephone number), and information indicating an address (item name: address).

  First, it is assumed that the user A goes out of the house on foot while carrying the smartphone A. Then, the terminal acquisition unit 123 of the smartphone A determines that the smartphone A satisfies the recording start condition. Then, the terminal acquisition unit 123 starts acquiring point information corresponding to the current position information. Then, the terminal acquisition unit 123 acquires point information indicating the home of the user A. The point information is stored in advance in the terminal storage unit 121, for example.

  Next, it is assumed that the user A has visited a certain general store. Then, the terminal acquisition unit 123 acquires the location information indicating the general store from the location information in FIG. 9 using the current location information acquired immediately before.

  Next, it is assumed that the user A has passed through a certain park. Then, the terminal acquisition unit 123 acquires the point information indicating the park from the point information in FIG. 9 using the current position information acquired immediately before.

  Next, it is assumed that the user A has visited a certain convenience store. Then, the terminal acquisition unit 123 acquires the location information indicating the convenience store from the location information in FIG. 9 using the current location information acquired immediately before.

  Next, it is assumed that the user A has visited a certain bookstore. Then, the terminal acquisition unit 123 acquires the location information indicating the bookstore from the location information in FIG. 9 using the current location information acquired immediately before.

  Next, it is assumed that the user A has returned home. Then, the terminal acquisition unit 123 determines that the smartphone A satisfies the recording end condition. Then, the terminal acquisition unit 123 acquires point information indicating the home of the user A. Then, the terminal obtaining unit 123 ends obtaining the point information corresponding to the current position information. Then, the terminal acquisition unit 123 configures action record information in association with the acquired one or more pieces of point information, and stores the action record information in the terminal storage unit 121. At this time, the terminal acquisition unit 123 associates the point information in the order of acquisition.

  Next, the terminal transmission unit 124 associates the action record information accumulated by the terminal acquisition unit 123 with the user identification information and the terminal identification information stored in the terminal storage unit 121, and transmits the action record information to the server. Then, the action record information receiving unit 1121 of the server receives the action record information associated with the user identification information and the terminal identification information. Then, the action record information accumulation unit 113 accumulates the action record information in the action record information storage unit 1111 in a state where the user identification information and the terminal identification information are associated with each other.

  Further, for example, it is assumed that the time becomes “0: 0: 0” in the internal clock of the car navigation system A, which is the car navigation system installed in the car owned by the user A. Then, the terminal acquisition unit 123 of the car navigation system A determines that the car navigation system A satisfies the recording start condition. Then, the terminal acquisition unit 123 starts acquiring point information corresponding to the current position information. Then, the terminal acquisition unit 123 acquires point information indicating the home of the user A. The point information is stored in advance in the terminal storage unit 121, for example.

  Next, it is assumed that the user A gets into a car owned by the user and goes out of the house. Then, it is assumed that the user A has visited a certain convenience store. Then, the terminal acquisition unit 123 acquires the location information indicating the convenience store from the location information in FIG. 9 using the current location information acquired immediately before.

  Next, it is assumed that the user A has visited a certain shopping mall. Then, the terminal acquisition unit 123 acquires the location information indicating the shopping mall from the location information in FIG. 9 using the current location information acquired immediately before.

  Next, it is assumed that the user A has visited a certain clothing store. Then, the terminal acquisition unit 123 acquires the location information indicating the clothing store from the location information in FIG. 9 using the current location information acquired immediately before.

  Next, it is assumed that the user A has returned home. Then, the terminal acquisition unit 123 acquires point information indicating the home of the user A using the current position information acquired immediately before.

  Next, it is assumed that the time has reached “24:00:00” in the internal clock of the car navigation system A. Then, the terminal acquisition unit 123 of the car navigation system A determines that the car navigation system A satisfies the recording end condition. Then, the terminal obtaining unit 123 ends obtaining the point information corresponding to the current position information. Then, the terminal acquisition unit 123 configures action record information in association with the acquired one or more pieces of point information, and stores the action record information in the terminal storage unit 121. At this time, the terminal acquisition unit 123 associates the point information in the order of acquisition.

  Next, the terminal transmission unit 124 transmits the action record information accumulated by the terminal acquisition unit 123 to the server in the same manner as described above. Then, the action record information storage unit 113 of the server stores the action record information received by the action record information reception unit 1121 in the action record information storage unit 1111 in the same manner as described above.

  Further, for example, it is assumed that user B is staying at a travel destination hotel. Then, it is assumed that the time of the internal clock of the smartphone B owned by the user B has reached “0: 0: 0”. Then, the terminal acquisition unit 123 of the smartphone B determines that the smartphone B satisfies the recording start condition. Then, the terminal acquisition unit 123 starts acquiring point information corresponding to the current position information. Then, the terminal acquisition unit 123 acquires point information indicating the hotel in which the user is staying from the point information in FIG.

  Next, it is assumed that the user B goes out of the hotel where he / she is staying while carrying the smartphone B. Then, it is assumed that the user B has visited a certain temple. Then, the terminal acquisition unit 123 acquires the point information indicating the temple from the point information in FIG. 9 using the current position information acquired immediately before.

  Next, it is assumed that the user B has visited another temple different from the temple. Then, the terminal acquisition unit 123 acquires the point information indicating the temple from the point information in FIG. 9 using the current position information acquired immediately before.

  Next, it is assumed that the user B has visited a certain cafe. Then, the terminal acquisition unit 123 acquires the point information indicating the cafe from the point information in FIG. 9 using the current position information acquired immediately before.

  Next, it is assumed that the user B has visited a certain restaurant. Then, the terminal acquisition unit 123 acquires the point information indicating the restaurant from the point information in FIG. 9 using the current position information acquired immediately before.

  Next, it is assumed that the time has reached “24:00:00” in the internal clock of the smartphone B. Then, the terminal acquisition unit 123 of the smartphone B determines that the smartphone B satisfies the recording end condition. Then, the terminal obtaining unit 123 ends obtaining the point information corresponding to the current position information. Then, the terminal acquisition unit 123 accumulates the action record information as described above, and the terminal transmission unit 124 transmits the action record information to the server as described above. Then, the action record information is stored in the action record information storage unit 1111 of the server in the same manner as described above.

  Next, it is assumed that the time of the internal clock of the smartphone B has reached “0: 0: 0”. Then, the terminal acquisition unit 123 of the smartphone B determines that the smartphone B satisfies the recording start condition. Then, the terminal acquisition unit 123 starts acquiring point information corresponding to the current position information. Then, the terminal acquisition unit 123 acquires the point information indicating the restaurant from the point information in FIG.

  Next, it is assumed that the user B has returned to the hotel where he stayed. Then, the terminal acquisition unit 123 acquires point information indicating the hotel using the current location information acquired immediately before.

  Next, it is assumed that six hours have elapsed since the point information indicating the hotel was obtained without obtaining the point information other than the point information. This means that the smartphone B has not moved out of the hotel for six hours. Then, the terminal acquisition unit 123 of the smartphone B determines that the smartphone B satisfies the recording end condition. Then, the terminal obtaining unit 123 ends obtaining the point information corresponding to the current position information. Then, the terminal acquisition unit 123 accumulates the action record information as described above, and the terminal transmission unit 124 transmits the action record information to the server as described above. Then, the action record information is stored in the action record information storage unit 1111 of the server in the same manner as described above.

  The action record information stored in the action record information storage unit 1111 as described above is, for example, FIG. In FIG. 10, the action record information is associated with an ID for uniquely identifying a record, user identification information (item name: user), and terminal identification information (item name: terminal). In FIG. 10, the action record information has one or more pieces of point information. The spot information is information indicating the name of the spot or an ID for identifying the spot information in FIG. Further, the point information is associated with information indicating whether the point information is action start point information, action end point information, stay point information, or pass point information.

(Example 2)
In this example, an example of acquiring theme information will be described. In this example, it is assumed that the action record information storage unit 1111 stores the action record information of FIG. Further, it is assumed that the theme information acquisition unit 114 previously holds theme management information shown in FIG. The theme management information includes an ID for uniquely specifying a record, a category condition (item name: condition), and theme information (item name: theme).

  First, for example, it is assumed that the action record information storage unit 113 stores the action record information of “ID = 015” in FIG. 10 in the action record information storage unit 1111. Then, the theme information obtaining unit 114 determines that the theme information corresponding to the action record information is to be obtained. Then, the theme information obtaining unit 114 obtains one or more category information items included in the one or more spot information items included in the action record information.

  Next, the theme information acquiring unit 114 determines which one or more of the acquired category information satisfies any of the category conditions in FIG. Here, it is assumed that the one or more category information satisfies the category condition “(“ bookstore ”≧ 80%)” of “ID = 011” in FIG. Then, the theme information acquisition unit 114 determines that the one or more category conditions satisfy the category condition of “ID = 011” in FIG. Then, the theme information acquisition unit 114 acquires the theme information “Bookstore tour” of “ID = 011” in FIG. 11.

  Next, the theme information acquisition unit 114 accumulates the acquired theme information “Bookstore tour” in the behavior record information storage unit 1111 in association with the behavior record information of “ID = 015” in FIG.

  The action record information associated with the theme information as described above is, for example, FIG.

(Example 3)
In this example, an example of calculating the similarity between two pieces of action record information will be described. In this example, it is assumed that the action record information storage unit 1111 stores the action record information of FIG.

  First, for example, it is assumed that the theme information of “ID = 025” in FIG. 12 is accumulated in the action record information storage unit 1111 by the theme information acquisition unit 114. Then, the similarity calculation unit 115 determines that the similarity corresponding to the action record information (hereinafter, appropriately referred to as accumulated action record information) is calculated. Then, the similarity calculation unit 115 generates one or more pieces of action record information associated with user identification information different from the user identification information associated with the accumulated action record information (hereinafter referred to as stored action record information as appropriate). ) Is acquired from the action record information storage unit 1111.

  Next, the similarity calculation unit 115 converts each of one piece of stored action record information and one or more stored action record information into a vector. Here, the similarity calculation unit 115 determines the number of pieces of point information included in the action record information (hereinafter, appropriately referred to as the number of all pieces of point information), and the number of pieces of point information classified based on one or more predetermined category information. It is assumed that a vector is calculated using the ratio of the number to the total number of point information as a parameter. Then, the similarity calculation unit 115 first counts the number of pieces of point information included in the accumulated behavior record information with respect to the accumulated behavior record information, and acquires the total number of point information. Further, the similarity calculation unit 115 classifies one or more pieces of point information included in the accumulated action record information for each predetermined category information. Then, the similarity calculation unit 115 counts the number of pieces of point information belonging to the classification for each classification. Note that the classification and the counting of the number may be, for example, counting the number of pieces of point information having the same category information as the category information for each of the predetermined category information. Then, the similarity calculation unit 115 calculates, for example, the vector “(10, 0.5, 0.3, 0.1, 0, 0.1, 0)” for the accumulated behavior record information. The parameters of the vector include, in order, the number of all point information, the ratio of the number of point information having category information “restaurant” to the total number of point information, and the point information having category information “clothing store” to the total number of point information. Ratio, the ratio of the number of point information having category information "convenience store" to the total number of point information, the ratio of the number of point information having category information "sports shop" to the total number of point information, the category to the total number of point information It shows the ratio of the number of point information having the information “sightseeing spot” and the ratio of the number of the point information having the category information “bookstore” to the total number of the point information.

  Next, the similarity calculation unit 115 calculates a vector for each of the acquired one or more stored behavior record information, in the same manner as the accumulated behavior record information.

  Next, the similarity calculation unit 115 calculates the similarity between the vector for the stored behavior record information and the one or more vectors for one or more stored behavior record information. Then, the similarity calculation unit 115 associates the information for identifying the stored behavior record information with the information for identifying the stored behavior record information used for the calculation, with the calculated similarity.

  Next, the similarity calculation unit 115 stores the calculated one or more similarities in the action record information storage unit 1111. The similarity is, for example, FIG. In FIG. 13, the similarity includes an ID for uniquely identifying a record and two pieces of identification information for identifying two pieces of action record information indicating the degree of similarity by the similarity (item name: identification information 1, Identification information 2) is associated. The identification information is the ID in FIG.

(Example 4)
In this example, an example will be described in which one or more stay point information is obtained and output as suggested action information. That is, in this example, it is assumed that it is determined in advance that one or more stay point information is acquired as the suggested action information. It is also assumed that the action record information storage unit 1111 stores the action record information of FIG.

  First, it is assumed that the current position information receiving unit 1122 of the server has received current position information, theme information, user identification information, and terminal identification information from a certain smartphone. For example, the theme information may be received by the theme information receiving unit 1123. Then, the stay point information acquisition unit 116 specifies one or more pieces of action record information corresponding to the current position information and the like from the action record information in FIG. The specific method or procedure or the like is usually predetermined, and the stay point information acquisition unit 116 specifies one or more pieces of action record information by the predetermined method or procedure or the like. Then, the stay point information acquiring unit 116 acquires one or more stay point information included in the specified action record information.

  Next, the obtaining unit 1171 obtains one or more stay point information obtained by the stay point information obtaining unit 116 as suggested action information. Then, the output unit 1172 transmits one or more stay point information, which is the suggested action information, to the above-described smartphone.

  Next, the terminal receiving unit 125 of the smartphone receives one or more stay point information that is the suggested action information. Then, the terminal output unit 126 outputs the one or more stay point information together with the map information stored in the terminal storage unit 121. FIG. 14 shows an example of the output. In FIG. 14, an icon for displaying an attribute value or the like of the stay point information is displayed at a point indicated by the stay point information.

(Example 5)
In this example, an example will be described in which one or more pieces of advertisement information are acquired and output as suggested action information. That is, in this example, it is assumed that it is determined in advance that one or more pieces of advertisement information are acquired as the suggested action information. It is also assumed that the action record information storage unit 1111 stores the action record information of FIG. It is also assumed that the advertisement information shown in FIG. 15 is stored in the advertisement information storage unit 1113. The advertisement information (item name: advertisement) is associated with an ID for uniquely specifying a record and point information (item name: point). The spot information is information indicating the name of the spot or an ID for identifying the spot information in FIG. The advertisement information is a file name of the advertisement information.

  First, it is assumed that the current position information receiving unit 1122 of the server has received current position information, theme information, user identification information, and terminal identification information from a certain smartphone. For example, the theme information may be received by the theme information receiving unit 1123. Then, the stay point information acquisition unit 116 specifies one or more pieces of action record information corresponding to the current position information and the like from the action record information in FIG. The specific method or procedure or the like is usually predetermined, and the stay point information acquisition unit 116 specifies one or more pieces of action record information by the predetermined method or procedure or the like. Then, the stay point information acquiring unit 116 acquires one or more stay point information included in the specified action record information.

  Next, the acquisition unit 1171 acquires the advertisement information corresponding to the one or more pieces of the stay point information acquired by the stay point information acquisition unit 116 from the advertisement information in FIG. 15 as the proposed behavior information. At this time, the obtaining unit 1171 obtains, for example, advertisement information associated with the same ID as the ID associated with the stay location information, as the advertisement information corresponding to the location information. Then, the output unit 1172 transmits one or more pieces of advertisement information, which is the suggested action information, to the above-described smartphone together with stay point information corresponding to the one or more pieces of advertisement information.

  Next, the terminal receiving unit 125 of the smartphone receives one or more pieces of advertisement information that is the suggested action information. Then, the terminal output unit 126 outputs the one or more pieces of advertisement information together with the map information stored in the terminal storage unit 121. FIG. 16 shows an example of the output. In FIG. 16, an icon for displaying the advertisement information is displayed at a point indicated by the stay point information corresponding to the advertisement information.

(Example 6)
In this example, an example will be described in which one or more pieces of route information are acquired and output as suggested action information. That is, in this example, it is assumed that it is determined in advance that one or more pieces of route information are acquired as the suggested action information. Further, the acquiring unit 1171 sets the current position indicated by the current position information as the departure point and the destination, and sets the one or more points indicated by the one or more pieces of the stay point information acquired by the stay point information acquiring unit 116 as a route. Shall be searched.

  First, it is assumed that the current position information receiving unit 1122 of the server has received current position information, theme information, user identification information, and terminal identification information from a certain smartphone. For example, the theme information may be received by the theme information receiving unit 1123. Then, the stay point information acquisition unit 116 specifies one or more pieces of action record information corresponding to the current position information and the like from the action record information in FIG. The specific method or procedure or the like is usually predetermined, and the stay point information acquisition unit 116 specifies one or more pieces of action record information by the predetermined method or procedure or the like. Then, the stay point information acquiring unit 116 acquires one or more stay point information included in the specified action record information.

  Next, the obtaining unit 1171 stores the current position information received by the current position information receiving unit 1122 and one or more stay point information obtained by the stay point information obtaining unit 116 in the map information stored in the map information storage unit 1112. Apply to information. Then, the acquiring unit 1171 searches for a route that has the current position as the departure point and the destination, and has at least one stay point as a waypoint. Then, the obtaining unit 1171 obtains route information indicating the route as proposed action information. Then, the output unit 1172 transmits the route information that is the suggested action information to the above-described smartphone.

  Next, the terminal receiving unit 125 of the smartphone receives the route information that is the suggested action information. Then, the terminal output unit 126 outputs the route information together with the map information stored in the terminal storage unit 121. FIG. 17 shows an example of the output. In FIG. 17, a route is displayed on a map.

  As described above, according to the information output system 1 of the present embodiment, an action can be proposed to the user based on the past action. Specifically, according to the information output system 1 according to the present embodiment, it is possible to propose an action to the user by, for example, outputting point information. Further, according to the information output system 1 according to the present embodiment, it is possible to propose an action to the user by, for example, outputting advertisement information. Further, according to the information output system 1 according to the present embodiment, it is possible to propose an action to the user, for example, by outputting route information.

  Also, according to the information output system 1 according to the present embodiment, for example, an action can be proposed to a user based on the action of another user.

  Further, according to the information output system 1 according to the present embodiment, for example, records of past actions can be shared between different terminal devices 12 owned by the same user. Thereby, for example, even in the terminal device 12 different from the terminal device 12 owned at the time of the past action, it is possible to propose an action based on the past action.

(Embodiment 2)
In the present embodiment, an information output device 21 that records a series of actions and proposes an action based on the actions will be described.

  Note that the information output device 11 in the first embodiment is a server device in a so-called server-client system, whereas the information output device 21 in the present embodiment is a so-called stand-alone device. That is, the information output device 21 in the present embodiment is, for example, a car navigation device, a smartphone, a tablet PC, a mobile phone, or the like.

  FIG. 18 is a block diagram of the information output device 21 according to the present embodiment. The information output device 21 includes a storage unit 211, a reception unit 212, an action record information accumulation unit 213, a theme information acquisition unit 214, a stay point information acquisition unit 216, and an action proposal unit 217. The storage unit 211 includes an action record information storage unit 2111, a map information storage unit 2112, and an advertisement information storage unit 2113. The receiving unit 212 includes a current position information receiving unit 2122 and a theme information receiving unit 2123. The action proposing unit 217 includes an acquisition unit 2171 and an output unit 2172.

  The storage unit 211 stores information. The information is usually stored in each unit included in the storage unit 211.

  The action record information storage unit 2111 stores one or more pieces of action record information. For example, theme information may be associated with the action record information. The theme information is usually the theme information acquired by the theme information acquisition unit 214 described later. The theme information may be, for example, theme information received by a theme information receiving unit 2123 described below.

  The map information storage unit 2112 stores map information.

  The advertisement information storage unit 2113 stores one or more pieces of advertisement information.

The receiving unit 212 receives information and instructions. In addition, the receiving unit 212 normally receives information from each unit included in the receiving unit 212. The information may be received by the receiving unit 212, for example. In the present embodiment, the reception of information by the reception unit 212 may be, for example, acquisition.

  The current position information receiving unit 2122 acquires the current position information. The current position information is position information indicating the current position of the information output device 21. Further, the current position information receiving unit 2122 automatically acquires the current position information, for example. In addition, the current position information receiving unit 2122 acquires the current position information, for example, periodically (every time a predetermined period elapses). Note that the timing for acquiring the current position information does not matter.

  The theme information receiving unit 2123 receives theme information.

  The action record information storage unit 213 acquires one or more pieces of action record information, and stores the action record information in the action record information storage unit 2111. The processing and operation performed by the behavior record information storage unit 213 are the same as the acquisition and storage of the behavior record information performed by the terminal acquisition unit 123, except that the acquired behavior record information is stored in the behavior record information storage unit 2111. Therefore, the description is omitted.

  The theme information acquisition unit 214 acquires theme information corresponding to one or more pieces of action record information. Then, the theme information acquisition unit 214 associates the acquired theme information with the action record information for which the theme information is to be acquired. The timing at which the theme information acquisition unit 214 acquires the theme information does not matter. The theme information acquiring unit 214 acquires, for example, every time the behavior record information is accumulated in the behavior record information storage unit 2111, theme information corresponding to the accumulated behavior record information. In addition, the theme information acquisition unit 214 periodically associates the theme information from one or more pieces of action record information stored in the action record information storage unit 2111 (each time a predetermined period elapses). One action record information that does not exist is specified, and theme information corresponding to the action record information is acquired.

  Note that the processing and operation performed by the theme information obtaining unit 214 are the same as the processing and operation performed by the theme information obtaining unit 114, and a description thereof will be omitted.

  The stay point information acquisition unit 216 acquires one or more stay point information from the action record information storage unit 2111. For example, the stay point information acquisition unit 216 specifies one or more pieces of action record information from the action record information storage unit 2111. The specification may be acquisition. Then, the stay point information acquisition unit 216 acquires one or more stay point information included in the one or more action record information. The method and procedure for specifying the one or more action record information by the stay point information acquisition unit 216 are, for example, as follows.

  (1) The stay point information acquisition unit 216 specifies, for example, one or more pieces of action record information corresponding to the current location information. The current position information is the current position information acquired by the current position information receiving unit 2122. In this case, the stay point information acquisition unit 216 uses, for example, the received current position information, the action start point information or the action end point indicating a point closer to the position indicated by the current position information so as to satisfy the current distance condition. Identify one or more action record information with information. Further, the action start point information or the action end point information may be, for example, stay point information or pass point information.

  (2) The stay point information acquisition unit 216 specifies, for example, one or more pieces of action record information corresponding to the current position information and the theme information. The theme information is the theme information received by the theme information receiving unit 2123. In this case, for example, first, the stay location information acquisition unit 216 specifies one or more action record information corresponding to the current position information as described in (1) above, using the received current position information. Then, for example, using the received theme information, the staying point information acquisition unit 216 may select one or more actions that are associated with the same theme information as the theme information from the specified one or more action record information. Identify recorded information.

  The action proposal unit 217 performs acquisition and output of information. For example, when acquiring information, the action proposing unit 217 obtains information using the obtaining unit 2171 included in the action proposing unit 217. In addition, for example, when outputting information, the action proposing unit 217 outputs information by the output unit 1172 included in the action proposing unit 217. Further, the acquisition and output of the information may be performed by, for example, the behavior suggestion unit 117.

  The obtaining unit 2171 obtains the suggested action information. Note that the processing and operation performed by the acquisition unit 2171 are the same as the processing and operation performed by the acquisition unit 1171, and a description thereof will not be repeated.

  The output unit 2172 outputs the suggested action information acquired by the acquisition unit 2171. For example, when the acquiring unit 2171 acquires one or more stay point information as the suggested behavior information, the output unit 2172 outputs the proposed behavior information. Further, for example, when the obtaining unit 2171 obtains one or more pieces of advertisement information as the proposed behavior information, the output unit 2172 outputs the proposed behavior information. In addition, for example, when the obtaining unit 2171 obtains one or more pieces of route information as suggested action information, the output unit 2172 outputs the suggested action information.

  The output unit 2172 normally outputs the suggested action information together with the map information. The map information is map information stored in the map information storage unit 2112. For example, when the suggested action information is one or more staying point information, the output unit 2172 outputs the staying point information and the map information so that the point indicated by the staying point information is written on the map. Output. When the proposed action information is one or more pieces of advertisement information, the output unit 2172 outputs the advertisement information and the map information so that a point corresponding to the advertisement information is written on the map. When the suggested action information is one or more pieces of route information, the output unit 2172 outputs the route information and the map information so that the route indicated by the route information is written on the map.

  Note that the storage unit 211, the action record information storage unit 2111, the map information storage unit 2112, and the advertisement information storage unit 2113 are preferably non-volatile storage media, but may be realized by volatile storage media. The process of storing the predetermined information in the storage unit 211 or the like does not matter. For example, the predetermined information may be stored in the storage unit 211 or the like via a recording medium, a communication line, an input device, or the like.

  In addition, the input unit such as the information and the instruction in the reception unit 212 and the theme information reception unit 2123 may be anything such as a menu screen or a keyboard. The accepting unit 212 can be realized by control software for a menu screen, a device driver for input means such as a keyboard, or the like.

In addition, the current position information receiving section 2122 usually obtains the current position information from a satellite navigation system (such as a GPS receiver) or a device that receives position information from a base station for mobile communication. In this case, the current position information receiving unit 212 may include these devices, or may be realized by these devices. Further, the processing procedure of the current position information receiving unit 2122 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM.

  In addition, the action record information storage unit 213, the theme information acquisition unit 214, the stay point information acquisition unit 216, the action proposal unit 217, and the acquisition unit 2171 can be generally realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the action record information storage unit 113 and the like is generally realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. The action record information storage unit 113 and the like may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The output unit 2172 may or may not include an output device such as a display or a speaker. The terminal output unit 126 can be realized by driver software for an output device, or driver software for an output device and an output device.

  Next, the overall operation of the information output device 21 will be described using a flowchart. The i-th information in the predetermined information is described as “information [i]”. FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing the overall operation of the information output device 21.

  (Step S1901) The information output device 21 determines whether the receiving unit 212 has received a power-on instruction. If accepted, the process proceeds to step S1902; otherwise, the process returns to step S1901.

  (Step S1902) The information output device 21 performs power-on processing.

  (Step S1903) The current position information receiving unit 2122 starts acquiring current position information. Thereafter, the current position information receiving unit 2122 periodically acquires the current position information until the power of the information output device 21 is turned off.

  (Step S1904) The action record information accumulation unit 213 determines whether or not the information output device satisfies the recording start condition. If so, the process proceeds to step S1905; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S1913.

  (Step S1905) The action record information storage unit 213 determines whether the current position information receiving unit 2122 has acquired the current position information. If acquired, the process proceeds to step S1906; otherwise, the process returns to step S1905.

  (Step S1906) The action record information accumulation unit 213 specifies the point information corresponding to the current position information acquired by the current position information reception unit 2122 from the map information stored in the map information storage unit 2112.

  (Step S1907) The action record information accumulation unit 213 determines whether or not the specific point information that is the point information specified in step S1906 and the acquired point information that is the point information acquired immediately before are different. If different, the process proceeds to step S1908; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S1909. If there is no point information acquired immediately before (the first acquisition of point information), the process unconditionally proceeds to step S1908.

  (Step S1908) The action record information accumulation unit 213 acquires the point information specified in step S1906.

  (Step S1909) The action record information accumulation unit 213 determines whether or not the information output device 21 satisfies the recording end condition. If so, the process proceeds to step S1910; otherwise, the process returns to step S1905.

  (Step S1910) The action record information storage unit 213 stores the one or more pieces of point information acquired in Step S1908 in the action record information storage unit 2111 as action record information.

  (Step S1911) The theme information acquisition unit 214 acquires theme information corresponding to the action record information accumulated in step S1910. Details of this processing are the same as those in the flowchart of FIG.

  (Step S1912) The theme information acquisition unit 214 accumulates the theme information acquired in step S1911 in the behavior record information storage unit 2111 in association with the behavior record information accumulated in step S1910.

  (Step S1913) The stay point information acquisition unit 216 determines whether or not the theme information reception unit 2123 has received theme information. If accepted, the process proceeds to step S1914; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S1917.

  (Step S1914) The stay point information acquisition unit 216 stores the current position information acquired immediately before by the current position information reception unit 2122 and one or more pieces of activity record information corresponding to the theme information received in Step S1913 into the action record information storage unit. 2111. Then, the stay point information acquisition unit 216 acquires one or more stay point information included in the one or more specified activity record information.

  (Step S1915) The obtaining unit 2171 obtains action record information using the one or more stay point information obtained in Step S1914. The details of this process are the same as those in steps S409, S410, S412, and S414 in the flowchart of FIG.

  (Step S1916) The output unit 2172 outputs the suggested action information acquired in Step S1915 together with the map information.

  (Step S1917) The information output device 21 determines whether the receiving unit 212 has received a power-off instruction. If accepted, the process proceeds to step S1918; otherwise, the process returns to step S1904.

  (Step S1918) The information output device 21 performs a power OFF process. Then, the process returns to step S1901.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 19, the processing may be terminated by powering off or interruption for terminating the processing.

  The overall operation of the information output device 21 described above is only an example. That is, the overall operation of the information output device 21 is not limited to the above description.

  Further, a specific example of the operation of the information output device 21 is the same as the specific example of the operation of the information output device 11 and the terminal device 12 (this has already been described in the first embodiment), and a description thereof will be omitted. That is, the specific example of the operation of the information output device 21 is obtained by appropriately replacing the specific example of the first embodiment with the processing and operation of the information output device 21.

  As described above, according to the information output device 21 of the present embodiment, an action can be proposed to the user based on past actions. Specifically, according to the information output device 21 of the present embodiment, it is possible to propose an action to the user by, for example, outputting point information. Further, according to the information output device 21 according to the present embodiment, for example, by outputting advertisement information, it is possible to propose an action to the user. Further, according to the information output device 21 according to the present embodiment, for example, by outputting route information, it is possible to propose an action to the user.

  Also, in each of the above embodiments, it goes without saying that two or more communication means existing in one device may be physically realized by one medium.

  Further, as described above, the information output device in each of the above embodiments may be a server device in a server / client system, or may be a stand-alone device.

  Further, in each of the above embodiments, each process or each function may be realized by being centrally processed by a single device or a single system, or may be distributed by a plurality of devices or a plurality of systems. It may be realized by being processed.

  Further, in each of the above embodiments, each component may be configured by dedicated hardware, or a component that can be realized by software may be realized by executing a program. For example, each component can be realized by a program execution unit such as a CPU reading and executing a software program recorded on a recording medium such as a hard disk or a semiconductor memory.

  The software that implements the information output device 11 and the information output device 21 in each of the above embodiments is, for example, the following program. In other words, this program stores information on one or more pieces of behavior record information, which is information on behavior records at consecutive times, and information on at least one or more staying place information, which is information on staying places. A current position information receiving unit that receives a current position information, which is information indicating a current position, identifying one or more pieces of action record information from the action record information storage unit using the current position information; And a stay point information acquisition unit that acquires one or more stay point information that the one or more action record information has, and information about the action to be proposed using the one or more stay point information acquired by the stay point information acquisition unit. This is a program for functioning as an action proposal unit that outputs suggested action information.

  The software that implements the terminal device 12 in each of the above embodiments is, for example, the following program. That is, the program includes a terminal acquisition unit that acquires action record information and current location information, a terminal transmission unit that sends the action record information and the current location information to an information output device, and a transmission of the current location information. Accordingly, the terminal device includes a terminal receiving unit that receives suggested action information from the information output device, and a terminal output unit that outputs the suggested action information.

  Note that, in the above-described program, functions realized by the program do not include functions that can be realized only by hardware.

  The above program may be executed by being downloaded from a server or the like, or a program recorded on a predetermined recording medium (for example, an optical disk such as a CD-ROM, a magnetic disk, a semiconductor memory, etc.) may be read. May be performed by Further, this program may be used as a program constituting a program product.

  Further, the computer that executes the program may be a single computer or a plurality of computers. That is, centralized processing or distributed processing may be performed.

  FIG. 20 is a schematic diagram of a computer system 9 that executes the above-described program to realize the information output device and the like of the above-described embodiment. The above-described embodiments can be realized by computer hardware and a computer program executed thereon.

  20, the computer system 9 includes a computer 901 including a CD-ROM drive 9011, a keyboard 902, a mouse 903, and a monitor 904.

FIG. 21 is a block diagram of the computer system 9. In Figure 21, the computer 901 includes, in addition to the CD-ROM drive 9011, and MPU90 12, a ROM 90 13 for storing a program such as a startup program is connected to the MPU90 12, temporarily the command of an application program comprises a RAM 90 14 for providing temporary storage space stores application programs, system programs, and a hard disk 9015 for storing data, and a bus 9016 that connects the CD-ROM drive 9011, MPU9012 like each other . Although not shown here, the computer 901 may further include a network card for providing a connection to a LAN.

  A program that causes the computer system 9 to execute the functions of the information output device and the like according to the above-described embodiment may be stored in the CD-ROM 9101, inserted into the CD-ROM drive 9011, and further transferred to the hard disk 9015. Alternatively, the program may be transmitted to the computer 901 via a network (not shown) and stored in the hard disk 9015. The program is loaded into the RAM 9014 at the time of execution. The program may be loaded directly from the CD-ROM 9101 or from a network.

  The program does not necessarily include an operating system (OS) or a third-party program that causes the computer 901 to execute the functions of the information output device or the like in the above-described embodiment. The program only needs to include a part of an instruction for calling an appropriate function (module) in a controlled manner and obtaining a desired result. It is well known how the computer system 9 operates, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

  In addition, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various changes can be made, and it goes without saying that these are also included in the scope of the present invention.

  As described above, the information output device according to the present invention has an effect that an action can be proposed to a user based on past actions, and is useful as a portable terminal having a navigation function.

Reference Signs List 1 information output system 11, 21 information output device 12 terminal device 13 communication means 111, 211 storage unit 112, 212 reception unit 113, 213 action record information storage unit 114, 214 theme information acquisition unit 115 similarity calculation unit 116, 216 stay Point information acquisition unit 117, 217 Action proposal unit 121 Terminal storage unit 122 Terminal reception unit 123 Terminal acquisition unit 124 Terminal transmission unit 125 Terminal reception unit 126 Terminal output unit 1111, 2111 Action record information storage unit 1112, 2112 Map information storage unit 1113 , 2113 advertisement information storage section 1121 action record information receiving section 1122, 2122 current position information receiving section 1123, 2123 theme information receiving section 1171, 2171 acquisition means 1172, 2172 output means

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An action record information storage unit that stores information of action records at continuous time, and action record information having at least stay point information about a stay point is stored.
A current position information receiving unit that receives current position information indicating a current position;
The Get the vector using the stay point information which the activity record information to which the current position information receiving unit corresponding to the user identification information identifying the user corresponding to the current position information received has, from that of the user identification information and it said different using the dwell point information set having the action record information or the action record information corresponding to the user identification information to retrieve the vector, similarity calculation unit for calculating a similarity between the vector,
When the similarity calculated by the similarity calculation unit indicates that the similarities are similar enough to satisfy a predetermined condition, the action record information corresponding to the similarity is identified from the action record information storage unit. And a stay point information acquisition unit that acquires the stay point information of the action record information;
Using the stay point information the staying point information acquisition unit has acquired, it includes the action suggestion section for outputting proposed action information about the action proposed, and
The similarity calculation unit, the number of the classified location information based on a predetermined category information and the number information you and calculates the vector with the ratio parameters for spot information having the activity record information Output device. The action record information is associated with theme information indicating a theme of the action,
A theme information receiving unit that receives the theme information;
The stay point information acquisition unit specifies the behavior record information corresponding to the theme information received by the theme information reception unit from the behavior record information storage unit using the current location information, and the behavior record information is The information output device according to claim 1, wherein the stay point information having the information is acquired. A map information storage unit that stores map information having information on a point associated with category information indicating a category of the point, the information about the map;
Acquiring the category information corresponding to each of the dwell point information respectively the activity record information stored in the action record information storing portion has from the map information storage section, the theme information with the category information acquired, acquisition was the theme information mapped to the action record information theme information acquisition unit and, further comprising second aspect of the information output device. The action record information which the user identification information with corresponding, and behavioral recording information receiving unit that receives from the two or more terminal devices,
An action record information storage unit that stores the action record information received by the action record information receiving unit in the action record information storage unit in association with the user identification information associated with the action record information ; The information output device according to claim 1, further comprising: The stay point information acquisition unit specifies the action record information received from one of the two or more terminal devices from the action record information storage unit using the current position information, and Acquiring the stay point information that the information has,
The action suggestion unit is a terminal device of a user of the one terminal device using the stay point information acquired by the stay point information acquisition unit, and the terminal device different from the one terminal device, The information output device according to claim 4, wherein the information output device transmits the behavior information. The action record information, the user identification information are attached correspondence,
The stay point information acquisition unit specifies the action record information corresponding to the user identification information corresponding to the current position information received by the current position information reception unit from the action record information storage unit, and The information output device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the stay point information included in the information is acquired. Further comprising an advertisement information storage unit in which advertisement information relating to the advertisement is stored,
The action proposal unit includes:
Acquisition means for acquiring the advertisement information corresponding to the stay point information acquired by the stay point information acquisition unit from the advertisement information storage unit,
The information output device according to claim 1, further comprising: an output unit configured to output the advertisement information acquired by the acquisition unit as the suggested behavior information. The advertisement information is associated with road-related information on a road facing a point related to the advertisement indicated by the advertisement information,
The current position information receiving unit receives the current position information road-related information about the road corresponding to the current position with the corresponding,
The acquisition unit is associated with the same road-related information as the road-related information associated with the current location information, of the advertisement information corresponding to the stay-point information acquired by the stay-point information acquisition unit. The information output device according to claim 7, wherein the advertisement information is obtained from the advertisement information storage unit. The action record information is associated with theme information indicating a theme of the action,
The advertisement information is associated with theme information indicating the theme of the advertisement,
Said acquisition means, said one of said advertisement information staying point information acquisition unit corresponding to the acquired staying point information, theme information identical to that the staying point information acquisition unit is attached corresponding to the activity record information specified 9. The information output device according to claim 7, wherein the advertisement information associated with the theme information is obtained from the advertisement information storage unit. An activity record information storage unit that stores information on the record of the activity over a continuous period of time and at least activity record information having stay location information on a stay location, a current position information reception unit, a similarity calculation unit, An information output method performed using a point information acquisition unit and an action proposal unit,
A current position information receiving step of receiving the current position information indicating the current position,
The similarity calculation unit, the acquisition vectors using the stay point information which the activity record information corresponding to the user identification information identifying a user corresponding to the current position information received by the current position information receiving step has and obtains the vector using the stay point information included in said set of behavioral recording information or the action record information corresponding to different ones of the user identification information and the user identification information, and calculates the similarity between the vector A similarity calculation step;
When the stay point information acquisition unit indicates that the similarity calculated in the similarity calculation step is similar enough to satisfy a predetermined condition, the action record information corresponding to the similarity Is specified from the action record information storage unit, a stay point information obtaining step of obtaining the stay point information of the action record information,
The action suggestion unit, by using the stay point information acquired by the dwell point information obtaining step includes a behavior proposed step of outputting proposed action information about the action proposed, and
The similarity calculation step, the number of the classified location information based on a predetermined category information, you and calculates the vector with the ratio parameters for the number of point information which the activity record information has information output method. A computer that can access an action record information storage unit in which action record information having at least stay point information about a stay point is stored.
A current position information receiving unit that receives current position information indicating the current position,
The Get the vector using the stay point information which the activity record information to which the current position information receiving unit corresponding to the user identification information identifying the user corresponding to the current position information received has, from that of the user identification information the action record information or by using the dwell point information set having the action record information to get the vector, similarity calculation unit for calculating a similarity between the vector corresponding to a different said user identification information,
When the similarity calculated by the similarity calculation unit indicates that the similarities are similar enough to satisfy a predetermined condition, the action record information corresponding to the similarity is identified from the action record information storage unit. And a stay point information acquisition unit that acquires the stay point information of the action record information;
Using the stay point information obtained by the stay point information acquisition unit, function as an action proposal unit that outputs proposed action information on the action to be proposed ,
The similarity calculation unit, a predetermined number of the classified location information based on the category information, wherein the activity record information calculation to order the program vector having a ratio parameter for the number of point information included in the.

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