JP7543453B2 - APPLICATION PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an application program, an information processing system, and an information processing method.

Conventionally, technology has been proposed for in-vehicle information devices that allows users to easily switch between applications displayed on a child screen, and to easily switch between full screen and child screen (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Patent No. 5040901

However, with conventional technology, it can be difficult for users to compare information about POIs covered in multiple tasks within an application.

The present invention has been made in consideration of these circumstances, and one of its objectives is to provide an application program, an information processing system, and an information processing method that can more easily compare information about POIs handled by multiple tasks in an application.

One aspect of the present invention is an application program for displaying POI information related to points of interest (POIs) on a terminal device, the application program managing tasks related to the display of the POI information, accepting a first operation for selecting multiple tasks from among the tasks managed by the terminal device, generating a comparison screen that displays POI information for multiple POIs of interest that are of interest in the multiple tasks selected by the first operation in a manner that allows comparison for each item included in the POI information, and displaying the generated comparison screen on a display unit of the terminal device.

According to one aspect of the present invention, a user can easily compare information about POIs covered in multiple tasks of an application.

1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of an information processing system 1. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a display example of map content. 1 is a sequence diagram showing a basic process flow of map content distribution in the information processing system 1. FIG. FIG. 11 is a first diagram showing an example of a comparison screen of the first aspect. FIG. 11 is a second diagram showing an example of the comparison screen of the first aspect. 13A and 13B are diagrams showing a long press operation as an example of an operation in which a user selects a POI whose POI information is to be fixed within the display range of the comparison tab TAB1. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of the operation of the map application 271 when a horizontal scroll operation is performed on a comparison tab TAB1 on which any POI information is fixed. 13 is a diagram showing an example in which a POI to be fixed is specified by a tap operation. FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a multitasking screen as an example of a user interface provided for a user to access a group of tasks managed by a map application 271. A figure showing a comparison tab T2 as an example of a comparison screen of a second aspect that is displayed when task images T1 and T2 are selected on multitask screen M1. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of task management information. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of a second comparison tab.

Below, with reference to the drawings, an embodiment of the application program, information processing system, and information processing method of the present invention will be described. For convenience of explanation, the application program will be described as a map application that displays information about POIs (Points of Interest) on a map, but it may be an application other than a map application as long as it handles information about POIs on a map. For example, the application program may be a navigation application that shows a route from a current location to a destination.

1. System configuration
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of an information processing system 1. The information processing system 1 includes an information processing device 100 and a terminal device 200. The information processing device 100 and the terminal device 200 communicate with each other via a network NW. The network NW includes, for example, a wide area network (WAN), a local area network (LAN), the Internet, a provider device, a wireless base station, a dedicated line, or some or all of the above. In FIG. 1, for convenience of explanation, the terminal device 200 and the information processing device 100 are shown independently, but some of the functions of the information processing device 100 described below may be included in the terminal device 200.

The terminal device 200 is a mobile phone such as a smartphone or a tablet terminal used by a user. In the terminal device 200, a map application 271 (described later) that works with the information processing device 100 is started by a user operation. Note that although only one terminal device 200 is shown in FIG. 1, multiple terminal devices 200 may be connected to the network NW.

The information processing device 100 is a computer that provides the terminal device 200 with POI information that indicates details of POIs on a map. The information processing device 100 includes a communication unit 110, a content distribution unit 120, and a storage unit 170.

The communication unit 110 is a communication interface for connecting to the network NW. The communication unit 110 is, for example, a network interface card.

The content distribution unit 120 is realized, for example, by a hardware processor such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) executing a program (software). The content distribution unit 120 may be realized by hardware (including circuitry) such as an LSI (Large Scale Integration), an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), an FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array), or a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), or may be realized by a combination of software and hardware. The program may be stored in advance in a storage device (a storage device with a non-transient storage medium) such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) or flash memory, or may be stored in a removable storage medium (non-transient storage medium) such as a DVD or CD-ROM, and installed in the storage device by inserting the storage medium into a drive device.

The storage unit 170 is a HDD, a flash memory, a RAM (Random Access Memory), etc. The storage unit 170 may be a NAS (Network Attached Storage) device that the information processing device 100 can access via the network NW. The storage unit 170 stores information such as map information 171 and POI information 172. The map information 171 and POI information 172 are information used to generate map content. Details will be described later.

The terminal device 200 includes a communication unit 210, a display unit 220, an operation unit 230, a positioning unit 240, a control unit 250, and a memory unit 270. The communication unit 210 is a wireless communication module that performs wireless communication with a wireless base station connected to the network NW. The display unit 220 is a display device such as a liquid crystal display device. The operation unit 230 is a device that accepts operation instructions from a user. Note that the display unit 220 and the operation unit 230 may be configured as touch panel displays.

The positioning unit 240 is, for example, a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver. The positioning unit 240 performs positioning based on radio waves received from a satellite to identify the position of the terminal device 200 (i.e., the user's position). The terminal device 200 may also estimate the position of the terminal device 200 from the position of a wireless base station with which the communication unit 210 can communicate.

The control unit 250 is realized by a processor such as a CPU executing an application program stored in the storage unit 270. The control unit 250 may be realized by hardware such as an LSI, ASIC, or FPGA that has the same functions as a processor executing a program, or may be realized by software and hardware working together.

The storage unit 270 is realized, for example, by a RAM, a ROM, a HDD, a flash memory, or a hybrid storage device that combines two or more of these. The storage unit 270 stores information such as a map application 271, a task image 272, and a task management table 273. Details of this information will be described later.

The terminal device 200 periodically (e.g., every few seconds) transmits the position of the terminal device 200 identified by the positioning unit 240 to the information processing device 100 as current location information. The terminal device 200 also transmits search conditions for POIs set by the user to the information processing device 100, and obtains search results based on the search conditions from the information processing device 100.

In FIG. 1, the information processing device 100 generates data (hereinafter referred to as "map content data") for displaying map content on the terminal device 200 in response to a request from the terminal device 200, and transmits the data to the terminal device 200. The map content data is data used by a map application 271 of the terminal device 200, and the map application 271 uses the map content data to display the map content on the terminal device 200. The map content is content that displays POI information on a map of a specific area. The specific area is an area displayed as map content. The specific area may be set to include a specific point or facility specified by the user, or may be a variable area that changes depending on the current location of the terminal device 200. The information processing device 100 recognizes the specific area by interpreting the request from the terminal device 200, and generates map content data related to the specific area using information such as map information 171 and POI information 172 that are pre-stored in the storage unit 170.

2 is a diagram showing an example of a map content display. The display example of FIG. 2 is an example of map content that transitions to a detailed screen G22 that displays POI information related to the selected POI in response to the selection of a POI on the map screen G21. In the example of the map screen G21, an icon P21 represents the current position of the terminal device 200, and icons C21 to C24 are examples of POIs. The POI displayed on the map screen G21 may be a specific POI designated by the user, or may be one or more POIs that match search conditions designated by the user. Such display of map content can be realized, for example, by the map application 271 accepting a POI selection operation by the user, transmitting identification information of the selected POI to the information processing device 100, and the information processing device 100 extracting POI information about the POI recognized by the received identification information from the POI information 172 and transmitting it to the terminal device 200 together with partial map information including a specific area.

2. Processing of information processing system
3 is a sequence diagram showing a basic process flow of map content distribution in the information processing system 1. First, the control unit 250 of the terminal device 200 starts the map application 271 in response to a user operation (S1). Immediately after starting, the map application 271 requests map content data for displaying initial map content from the information processing device 100 (S2), and in response to this request, the content distribution unit 120 of the information processing device 100 generates the initial map content data (S3) and transmits the generated map content data to the terminal device 200 (S4). The map application 271 causes the display unit 220 to display the initial map content based on the map content data received from the information processing device 100 (S5).

The initial map content may display content for the initial display target area. The initial display target area may be automatically set based on the current position of the terminal device 200 or the position information of a preset specific point, or the display target area of the map content from the previous use of the map app 271 (previous use) may be carried over. The initial map content may not display POIs, may display POIs that were displayed the previous time, or may display POIs that match the search conditions from the previous use.

Then, the operation unit 230 accepts a user operation on the map application 271 (S6). For example, the operation unit 230 accepts an operation to change the display target area, or an operation to specify or change search conditions for a POI. The map application 271 transmits a map content data update request to the information processing device 100 in accordance with the content of the user operation input via the operation unit 230 (S7). In response to this request, the content distribution unit 120 in the information processing device 100 generates update data for the map content (S8) and transmits the generated update data to the terminal device 200 (S9). The map application 271 updates the display of the map content based on the update data received from the information processing device 100 (S10).

For example, when an operation to change the display target area (such as a swipe operation on the map) is performed, the map application 271 changes the range of the map displayed in the map content. Also, for example, when a search condition for a POI is specified (or changed), a POI that matches the specified (or changed) search condition in the display target area is identified and displayed on the map. The display of the POI may be a display of an image showing the POI, or may involve the display of POI information. In addition, the map application 271 may update the display content of the map content as the terminal device 200 moves by acquiring update data as the terminal device 200 moves while changing the display target area as the terminal device 200 moves.

In this way, after the map application 271 is started, it repeatedly executes steps S6 to S10, and the terminal device 200 accepts operations such as changing the display area or changing the search conditions for POIs at any time, and obtains update data according to the changes from the information processing device 100 at any time, thereby enabling the display content of the map content to be updated at any time.

The information processing system 1 of this embodiment provides the user with map content as described above, and further provides a user interface (hereinafter referred to as a "comparison screen") for easily comparing POI information related to POIs displayed on the map of the map content among multiple POIs. For example, the POI information comparison screen is realized by the content distribution unit 120 of the information processing device 100 generating map content data including the comparison screen and transmitting it to the terminal device 200. Also, for example, the POI information comparison screen can be realized by being incorporated into the program of the map application 271 of the terminal device 200. The POI information comparison screen may be realized by any method or a combination of both, as long as it is capable of displaying a comparison screen of the type described below.

Below, as examples of the configuration of a POI information comparison screen, we will explain a first type of comparison screen that compares POI information between multiple POIs displayed on the same map, and a second type of comparison screen that compares POI information between multiple POIs managed by each task across multiple tasks.

<3. Comparison screen of the first embodiment>
4 and 5 are diagrams showing a comparison tab as an example of the comparison screen of the first embodiment. As described above, the comparison screen of the first embodiment is a user interface for comparing POI information between multiple POIs displayed on the same map. The example of FIG. 4 shows a first comparison tab TAB4 as a comparison screen for POI information of four POIs 41 to POI 44 displayed on the same first map MAP1. The four POIs may be those specified by the user, or may be those that match the POI search conditions specified by the user.

In this example, the first comparison tab TAB4 is arranged horizontally with the POI information INF41 and INF42 of POI41 and POI42 of the four POIs mentioned above corresponding to the same items. Display example G41 shows, as an example of a method of displaying the first comparison tab TAB4, a state in which the first comparison tab TAB4 is pulled out from the bottom of the screen of the display unit 220 while the first map MAP1 is being displayed. In this case, the map application 271 may be configured to detect that a swipe operation directed upward from the bottom of the screen has been input by the operation unit 230 in a situation in which multiple POIs are displayed on the first map MAP1, and to display the first comparison tab TAB4.

For example, the map application 271 may store in the terminal device 200 the POI information INF41-INF44 of each POI acquired from the information processing device 100 when displaying POI41-POI44 on the first map MAP1, and generate the first comparison tab TAB4 based on the POI information stored in the terminal device 200 in response to input of a display operation for the first comparison tab TAB4. Furthermore, the generation of the first comparison tab TAB4 is executed when POI41-POI44 are displayed on the first map MAP1, and may be generated in advance before the display operation for the first comparison tab TAB4 is input.

In addition, in response to an input of a display operation for the first comparison tab TAB4, the map application 271 may request the information processing device 100 to generate the first comparison tab TAB4 by transmitting identification information of the POIs 41 to 44 displayed on the first map MAP1 to the information processing device 100. In this case, in the information processing device 100, in response to the request to generate the first comparison tab TAB4, the content distribution unit 120 generates data (hereinafter referred to as "comparison tab data") for displaying the first comparison tab TAB4 on the terminal device 200 side and transmits it to the terminal device 200. In the terminal device 200, the map application 271 may display the first comparison tab TAB4 on the display unit 220 based on the comparison tab data received from the information processing device 100.

In this way, the generation of the first comparison tab TAB4 may be performed by the map application 271 running on the terminal device 200, or may be performed by the content distribution unit 120 of the information processing device 100. For simplicity, the following description of the display process of a similar first comparison tab will be given assuming that the map application 271 of the terminal device 200 generates the first comparison tab, but in the display process of the first comparison tab (and the second comparison tab described below), the generation of the first comparison tab (and the second comparison tab) may also be performed by the information processing device 100, as in the description here.

Display examples G42 and G43 show the state in which the first comparison tab TAB4, which was pulled out from the bottom of the screen in display example G41, is pulled up to the top of the screen. The display of the first comparison tab TAB4 does not necessarily have to fit the entire screen size of the display unit 220 of the terminal device 200. For example, the first comparison tab TAB4 may be configured to be vertically scrollable as in display examples G42 and G43, and configured to display comparison information of a desired item by vertical scrolling. The first comparison tab TAB4 in display examples G42 and G43 is an example in which POI information of the same item is displayed side by side for POI41 and POI42. In this example, a comparison display is performed for the image IM, basic information BI, review ranking CR, route information RI, summary information OV, and access link CL to the review. In addition, the first comparison tab TAB4 may display a map display button B1 to return to the display of the first map MAP1, as shown in display examples G42 and G43.

The word-of-mouth ranking CR here is a ranking display of the results of evaluations of POIs by an unspecified number of users through voting. Display example G42 is an example in which the first place evaluation result for POI41 is "secret spot" and the second place is "lively atmosphere", and the first place evaluation result for POI42 is "lively atmosphere" and the second place is "secret spot". In this way, the word-of-mouth ranking CR may be a ranking display of the evaluation results for each POI, or a ranking display of the evaluation results for all POIs. Also, in vertical scrolling of the first comparison tab TAB4, some items of POI information may be fixed as headings so that they do not scroll. Display example G43 shows a case in which the basic information BI is fixed as a heading.

As shown in FIG. 5, the first comparison tab TAB5 may be configured to be scrollable horizontally in addition to vertically, and may be configured to display information on desired POIs side by side by scrolling horizontally. FIG. 5 shows a state in which the first comparison tab TAB5 includes POI information INF51-INF54 of all POIs 51-POIs 54 displayed on the first map MAP1, and the display of POI information INF51 and INF52 is located within the display range. FIG. 5 shows a schematic diagram of the entire vertical range of POI information in which each item is arranged vertically, but what is actually displayed on the screen is information that fits within the screen range D of the display unit 220. In the state shown in FIG. 5, the user can move POI information INF53 or INF54 to the inside of the range D of the display screen by scrolling the first comparison tab TAB5 horizontally to the left. Note that the map application 271 may be configured to display specific POI information fixed within the range D of the display screen. In this case, the first comparison tab TAB5 may be configured so that the POI information to be compared, which is displayed next to the fixed POI information, can be changed by a horizontal scroll operation.

Figure 6 is a diagram showing a long press operation as an example of an operation in which a user selects a POI whose POI information is to be fixed within the display range of the first comparison tab TAB6. Display example G61 in Figure 6 shows a state in which the first comparison tab TAB6 displays POI information INF61 and INF62 in order from the left. POI information INF61 is the POI information of POI61, and POI information INF62 is the POI information of POI62. In this state, when an operation of long pressing POI62 is input on the first map MAP1, the map application 271 fixes the POI information INF62 of the selected POI62 to a predetermined position on the first comparison tab TAB6. Display example G62 shows a state in which the POI information INF62 of the POI62 selected as the fixing target is fixed to the left end of the first comparison tab TAB6. As a result, in the display example G62, the POI information INF61 is displayed to the right of the fixed POI information INF62. Note that the map application 271 may be configured to highlight on the first map MAP1 the POI whose POI information is fixed to the first comparison tab TAB6.

In the first comparison tab TAB6, not all POI information is necessarily displayed within the screen range of the display unit 220, and the POI information for some POIs may be hidden outside the screen range. In this case, as described above, the first comparison tab TAB6 may be configured so that the hidden POI information can be moved into the display range by a horizontal scroll operation (see FIG. 5). However, such display control may also be applied when the display of POI information for any POI is fixed on the first comparison tab TAB6, as in the example of FIG. 6.

7 is a diagram showing an example of the operation of the map application 271 when a horizontal scroll operation is performed on the first comparison tab TAB7 on which any POI information is fixed. Display example G71 shows a state in which POI information INF71 and INF72 are displayed on the first comparison tab TAB7, and the display of POI information INF71 is fixed. In this state, non-displayed POI information may exist to the right of the non-fixed POI information INF72. Then, in the state of display example G71, when a swipe operation is performed to move POI information INF72 to the left, the map application 271 moves the non-displayed POI information arranged to the right of POI information INF72 into the display range. Display example G72 shows a state in which POI information INF73 is moved into the display range in place of POI information INF72 in the first comparison tab TAB7 by a swipe operation. Note that the swipe operation is an example of a scroll operation, but is not limited thereto. For example, scrolling may be achieved by operating a scroll bar.

Being able to fix the display of POI information for a desired POI in this way allows the user to easily compare POI information for a POI of interest on the map with other POIs. Also, being able to switch between non-fixed POI information by scrolling in the first comparison tab allows the user to easily switch between POI information to be compared with the fixed POI information. In this way, the comparison screen of the first aspect in this embodiment allows the user to easily compare information for multiple POIs on the map.

The fixed display of POI information in the first comparison tab may be released by a long press operation similar to the operation of selecting the fixed target. Furthermore, the operation of selecting the POI to be fixed (hereinafter referred to as the "fixing operation") may be realized by an operation other than a long press. Furthermore, the operation of selecting POI information to be the target of comparison display with respect to the fixed POI information may also be realized by a long press or other selection operation. For example, a long press on another POI when certain POI information is displayed in a fixed state may be interpreted as an operation of making the POI information of that POI the target of comparison display.

For example, FIG. 8 shows an example in which the POI information to be the subject of the comparative display is specified by tapping on the corresponding POI on the first map MAP1. The dashed arrow in the figure indicates the correspondence between the POI on the first map MAP1 and the POI information displayed on the first comparison tab TAB8. Display example G81 shows a state in which POI information INF82 is displayed as the subject of the comparative display for the fixed POI information INF81. In this state, when POI83 displayed on the first map MAP1 is selected by tapping, the map application 271 scrolls the first comparison tab TAB8 horizontally to the right or left, thereby displaying the POI information INF83 of the selected POI83 to the right of the POI information INF81 as the subject of the comparative display.

The map application 271 may also highlight on the first map MAP1 the POIs whose POI information display is fixed in the first comparison tab. When multiple POIs to be fixed are selected, the map application 271 may fix the display of the POI information for the selected multiple POIs in the first comparison tab. The map application 271 may also be configured to simultaneously display three or more pieces of POI information in the display of the first comparison tab. The map application 271 may also change the number of pieces of POI information to be simultaneously displayed in the first comparison tab in response to a specified operation being performed. The map application 271 may also be configured to simultaneously display the number of pieces of POI information specified by the above-mentioned specified operation in the first comparison tab.

<4. Comparison screen of second embodiment>
The comparison screen of the second aspect is a user interface for comparing POI information between multiple POIs managed by each task among multiple tasks. The task here means a unit when managing map content as different instances (entities). For example, a task is managed for each request for providing map content to the information processing device 100 that occurs in the terminal device 200. A task is not limited to a task that requests a specific type of map content. For example, a task may request POI information about a specified POI, may request search results for POIs that meet specified conditions, or may request route information about a specified POI. The comparison screen of the second aspect provides a user interface that enables a comparison of POI information managed for each task among multiple tasks when the map application 271 has a function of managing POI information for each task (hereinafter referred to as "multitasking").

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a multitasking screen as an example of a user interface provided for a user to access a group of tasks managed by the map application 271. The multitasking screen M1 is a screen that displays a selectable list of tasks managed by the map application 271. The multitasking screen M1 is displayed on the display unit 220 when a predetermined operation is performed on the map application 271.

For example, the multitasking screen M1 displays a list of images (hereinafter referred to as "task images") showing an outline of each task being managed. FIG. 9 is an example of the multitasking screen M1 including task images T1 to T6 of the first to sixth tasks #1 to #6. In the multitasking screen M1, the map application 271 may appropriately change the image resolution to display the task images. The multitasking screen M1 may simultaneously display the task images of all tasks within the screen range, or may be configured to display some task images within the screen range and display other task images by scrolling. When one of the task images displayed in the list is selected, the map application 271 transitions the selected task to an active state that the user can operate, and manages the other tasks as inactive. In general, active tasks are executed in the foreground, and inactive tasks are executed or suspended in the background.

The second aspect of the comparison screen is provided to enable comparison of the POI information managed by each task between tasks managed by such a multitasking function. For example, the map application 271 may be configured to display the second aspect of the comparison screen in response to multiple tasks being selected on the multitasking screen M1.

Figure 10 shows a second comparison tab TAB10 as an example of a comparison screen in a second mode that is displayed when two task images are selected on the multitask screen. Here, it is assumed that POI101 and POI102 are associated with one of the two selected tasks as POIs of interest, and POI103 and POI104 are associated with the other as POIs of interest. Figure 10 shows a second comparison tab TAB10 that displays POI information for these POI101 to POI104 in a comparative manner. The example of Figure 10 shows a state in which POI information INF103 and INF102 of POI103 and POI102 of these POIs of interest are displayed within the display range of the second comparison tab TAB10. The second comparison tab TAB10 may be configured to allow user operations similar to those of the first comparison tab (such as vertical scrolling, horizontal scrolling, and operations for fixing or unfixing POI information). While the first map MAP1 displays POIs of interest that are confined to a certain task, the second map MAP2 displays POIs of interest for multiple tasks.

When multiple tasks are selected on the multitasking screen, the map application 271 may display multiple POIs of interest related to the selected tasks on the map. FIG. 10 shows an example in which POIs of interest in two selected tasks are displayed on the second map MAP2 together with the second comparison tab TAB10. The second comparison tab TAB10 may be displayed in response to a swipe operation from the bottom of the screen to the top of the screen, as in the case of the first comparison tab. In addition, display of the second map MAP2 is not essential when displaying the second comparison tab TAB10. The map application 271 may directly transition from the multitasking screen to the second comparison tab TAB10 in response to multiple task images being selected on the multitasking screen, or may display the second comparison tab TAB10 in response to the above swipe operation when multiple task images are selected on the multitasking screen.

To display such a second comparison tab, it is necessary to manage at least the POI information that can be the subject of comparison display for each task. For this reason, the map application 271 has a function to update the management information (hereinafter referred to as "task management information") of the POI that is the focus of attention in each task according to the state of the task being executed. Note that the task being executed here refers to both active and inactive tasks, and is a task that is managed in an active state or in a state that can transition to an active state.

Figure 11 is a diagram showing an example of task management information. For example, the task management information is managed by a task management table 273 in which an execution state, a task image ID, and a task state are associated with a task ID that is uniquely assigned to each task currently being executed. The execution state represents the management state of the task currently being executed. Here, for example, each task is managed in either an active or inactive state. The task image ID is identification information for the task image. The map application 271 can access the actual task image based on the task image ID. The task image ID may be path information for accessing the task image.

The task state is information that indicates the operating state of the map content in each task. For example, the task state includes information such as the display range of the map, identification information of the POI of interest (POI_ID), the selection state, the contents of the comparison tab, and the display state of the comparison tab. Note that the POI of interest here means a POI that is identified through user operation in each task. For example, a specific POI that the user specifies on the map, or a POI extracted using search criteria specified by the user, is a POI of interest. On the other hand, structures such as buildings and roads that are simply displayed as part of the map are not POIs of interest.

The task state may be this information itself, or may be address information of a memory area in which the operational state of the map content is saved. The map application 271 can transition the execution state of a specified task to an active state by restoring the operational state of the task with reference to the task state. The map application 271 can also recognize a POI of interest in each task by referring to the task state.

By managing the status of each task using this type of task management table 273, when multiple tasks are specified on the multitask screen M1, the map application 271 can display a second comparison tab by associating the POI information of the POI of interest for each task with a common item.

12 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of the second comparison tab. In the example of FIG. 12, the contents of the second comparison tab are shown in the form of a comparison table TBL in which the same items of each POI information are represented in the same row, but the display unit 220 of the terminal device 200 displays information from the illustrated comparison table TBL that fits within the screen range of the display unit 220. If non-common items exist in some of the POIs of interest, the map application 271 may display the items as blanks or "-" for the POIs of interest that do not have non-common items, as shown in FIG. 12. Conversely, the map application 271 may be configured to display only the common items for comparison and not display the non-common items. The map application 271 may also be configured to allow the user to change the display or non-display of non-common items by setting or performing a specified operation.

As described above, the map application 271 running on the terminal device 200 works in cooperation with the information processing device 100 to display the first comparison tab or the second comparison tab, making it easier to compare information about multiple POIs on the map.

<Modification>
The order of arrangement of the POI information in the comparison tab may be determined based on the positional relationship between the POI and the current location of the terminal device 200. For example, in the case of Fig. 5, the POIs 51 to 54 are closest to the current location P51 of the terminal device 200 in the order of POI 51, POI 54, POI 53, and POI 52. In this case, the map application 271 may be configured to display the POI information in the comparison tab in the order of POI 51, POI 54, POI 53, and POI 52 from the left.

This method of determining the display order may also be applied when the display of any of the POI information is fixed to the comparison tab. For example, in the above example, when POI information INF51 of POI51 is fixed, the other POI information of the attention POI52, POI53, and POI54 may be arranged to the right of POI information INF51 in order of proximity to the current position P51 of the terminal device 200 (in the order POI54, POI53, and POI52).

In addition, when the display of any POI information is fixed on the comparison tab, the order of arrangement of the POI information on the comparison tab may be determined based on the position of the fixed POI instead of the current position of the terminal device 200. For example, in the above example, when POI information INF52 of POI52 is fixed, POI51, POI53, and POI54 are closer to POI52 in the order of POI53, POI51, and POI54, so in this case, the POI information of POI51, POI53, and POI54 may be arranged to the right of POI information INF52 in the order of closest to the fixed POI52 (POI53, POI51, and POI54).

In addition, in such a method of determining the display order, the distance between the terminal device 200 and the POI, which is an index for determining the arrangement order, may be replaced with another index value. For example, the similarity between each POI may be cited as an example of the other index value. In this case, the similarity between the POI may be determined by any method. For example, the similarity may be determined based on the genre of the POI, may be determined based on the similarity of items, may be determined based on the closeness of each item value, or may be determined by a combination of these.

In this case, the map application 271 first determines a POI that serves as a reference for placement (hereinafter referred to as the "reference POI"), calculates the similarity of other POIs to the reference POI, and places the POI information to the right of the POI information of the reference POI in order of decreasing similarity. Note that the reference POI in this case may be determined based on a user's operation, or may be determined based on the current position of the terminal device 200. For example, the reference POI may be a POI fixed to the comparison tab, or may be a POI of interest that is located closest to the terminal device 200.

Another example of an index value is the evaluation value of each POI. In this case, the evaluation value of the POI may be determined based on any criteria. For example, the evaluation value may be determined based on the genre or item similarity, item values, etc., similar to the similarity described above, or may be determined by a combination of these. Also, for example, the evaluation value may be determined based on user word-of-mouth evaluations given to each POI, ranking results, etc.

In this case, the map application 271 may arrange the POI information in the comparison tab in order of the POI with the highest evaluation value, or, as in the case of similarity, may first determine a reference POI, obtain the evaluation value of each POI, and arrange the POI information to the right of the POI information of the reference POI in order of the POI with the highest evaluation value. Note that, in this case as well, the reference POI may be determined based on a user operation, or may be determined based on the current position of the terminal device 200.

In the above embodiment, a case has been described in which POI information is arranged to the right in the comparison tab in order of priority, but the direction in which POI information is arranged is not limited to the right. For example, POI information may be arranged to the left in order of priority. Also, in the above embodiment, a case has been described in which POI information is arranged horizontally, but POI information may be arranged vertically.

The above describes the form for carrying out the present invention using an embodiment, but the present invention is not limited to such an embodiment, and various modifications and substitutions can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

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Claims (7)

An application program for displaying POI information relating to a POI (Point of Interest) on a terminal device,
managing a task related to the display of the POI information, the task being managed in either an active state or an inactive state;
Displaying a multitasking screen that displays a list of the managed tasks;
accepting a first operation of selecting a plurality of tasks from among the tasks displayed in a list on the multitask screen ;
accepting a second operation when the plurality of tasks are selected on the multitasking screen;
displaying, on a map, POI information of a plurality of attention POIs that are of interest in a plurality of tasks selected by the first operation, and generating a comparison screen that displays each item included in the POI information in a comparative manner;
accepting the second operation while the map is displayed;
The generated comparison screen is displayed in response to the second operation ,
Accepting a selection operation for the plurality of POIs of interest displayed on the map;
in response to the selection operation, a display position of the POI information on the comparison screen is fixed for a POI of interest selected by the selection operation among the plurality of pieces of POI information displayed on the comparison screen;
Application program. The second operation is a swipe operation from a bottom to an top of a screen of the terminal device .
2. The application program according to claim 1 . The terminal device,
determining an arrangement of the plurality of pieces of POI information to be displayed on the comparison screen based on the positions of the corresponding plurality of pieces of interest POI;
2. The application program according to claim 1. The terminal device,
determining an arrangement of the plurality of pieces of POI information to be displayed on the comparison screen based on evaluations of the corresponding plurality of pieces of interest POI;
2. The application program according to claim 1. The selection operation is an operation of selecting any POI displayed on the map by long pressing or tapping.
2. The application program according to claim 1 . An application program according to any one of claims 1 to 5 ;
an information processing device that provides POI information related to the POI of interest to the application program;
An information processing system comprising: An information processing method in which a terminal device displays POI information related to a POI (Point of Interest) by executing an application program, comprising:
Managing a task related to the display of the POI information, the task being managed in either an active state or an inactive state;
displaying a multitasking screen displaying a list of the managed tasks;
accepting a first operation for selecting a plurality of tasks from among the tasks displayed in a list on the multitask screen ;
accepting a second operation when the plurality of tasks are selected on the multitasking screen;
displaying, on a map, POI information of a plurality of attention POIs that are of interest in the plurality of tasks selected by the first operation, and generating a comparison screen that displays each item included in the POI information in a comparative manner;
accepting the second operation while the map is displayed;
The generated comparison screen is displayed in response to the second operation ,
accepting a selection operation for the plurality of interest POIs displayed on the map;
in response to the selection operation, fixing a display position of the POI information on the comparison screen for a POI of interest selected by the selection operation among the plurality of pieces of POI information displayed on the comparison screen;
Information processing methods.

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