JPH1091642A - Method and system for providing individual-oriented navigation information - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide navigation information, generated uniquely to a user, for the user by making the information directory management identifier of the navigation information correspond to an icon matched with an event including an information obtaining medium that the user uses in his or her actual living space and an information-present place. SOLUTION: The user obtain a desired icon from an icon file or a photograph, etc., taken by an electronic still camera and this is displayed at a display part 11 from an information input part 12. An authoring part 14 links the displayed icon with an information directory management identifier. The user sends a navigation information request out of the information input part 12 to an information storage management device 20 through an information transfer part 16 and an information transfer path 30. The information storage management device 20 transfers the navigation information to an individual-oriented navigation information generation part 15 through the information transfer part 16. The information generation part 15 transfers navigation screen information to an information display part 11 to display it.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and system for providing navigation information for individuals, and more particularly, to an information providing (retrieval) system, which uses a computer to change the form of information according to the real life space of the individual. The present invention relates to a personalized navigation information providing method and system that allows a user to search for information without being lost by reflecting the information on the human interface of the above information providing system.

More specifically, when arranging newspaper articles and the like in daily life, personal information such as the spine of a file is carefully categorized by labeling and the like, and personal information is also used when organizing electronic information. TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a personalized navigation information providing method and system for providing information such as a spine cover to a user with a variety of preferences.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional information providing (retrieval) system, when navigation information on an information menu screen created by an information provider in accordance with an information arrangement method determined in advance is provided to the information user, Requests the information provider to execute a process such as information search according to the navigation information.

[0004]

However, since the above-mentioned conventional system follows the information arrangement method determined in advance by the information provider, it does not always match the information existence, acquisition, and arrangement method in the real life space of the user. Instead, the information user must use the icon specified by the information provider to search for the target information or execute the application, and determine what the icon indicates. If the icon is forgotten or the icon is not easily associated with the information, there is a problem that processing cannot be executed even if the icon is clicked.

[0005] For this reason, in a situation where information has been dispersed due to the recent widespread use of the Internet WWW, the amount of information to be distributed has increased, and the location of the information has become increasingly unknown. In recent years, when electronic cameras and authoring tools have become widespread, information editing and processing functions on computer terminals for information users have been advanced.If it is not possible to personally manage the information you want to use, registration There is a problem that the information provided cannot be fully utilized.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and when organizing electronic information, a desired title is arranged in the same image as organizing information in a newspaper or the like according to the personal preference of the information user. It is an object of the present invention to provide a personalized navigation information providing method and system capable of providing a user with navigation information generated by adding a (back cover) to an icon.

[0007]

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining the principle of the present invention. The present invention provides a navigation information providing method for presenting an icon corresponding to the execution of a process by a computer to a user, wherein the information directory management identifier of the navigation information shared by the user provided by the information provider is stored in advance by the user. The icons are arranged in the virtual space on the computer terminal in association with the icons corresponding to the events including the information acquisition medium used in the living space and the information location.

According to the present invention, an icon is created by imaging an event used by a user in a real life space and displayed in a virtual space on a computer terminal (step 1), and an information directory management identifier is associated with an icon group. The navigation information related information is stored in association with the received information (step 2). When the user requests the provision of the navigation information (step 3), the stored navigation information related information and the information provision are provided. The information is compared with the navigation information related information provided by the user (step 4), and the navigation screen information is generated from the information in which the information directory management identifier is associated with the icon for the information that could be compared (step 5, Yes) (step 6). ), And provide it to the user (Step 7), and if the collation is not possible (Step 5, No) Issuing an icon creation request to the appropriate information directory for items unmatched (step 8).

According to the present invention, in step 6, the navigation screen information is transferred to the user in a hierarchical order according to a request from the user. Further, in the present invention, the navigation information related information is provided for each layer of the information directory management identifier.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the principle of the present invention. The present invention relates to a navigation information providing system for presenting an icon corresponding to processing execution of a computer to a user, and an information acquisition medium used in a real life space of the user for generating an icon from the user. Information input means 12 for receiving input of material information corresponding to an event including a location and instruction information of the user; information input means 12
Information display means 11 for displaying the information input from the user and the transferred information, and displaying the material information input from the information input means 12 as an icon on the virtual space of the information display means 11, and displaying the icon and the information provider. Authoring means 14 for associating an information directory management identifier of the user-shared navigation information provided by the device on the side with the user;
Navigation information management means 1 for managing the information associated with the authoring means 14 by adding navigation information related information to each level of the directory management identifier
3 and when a navigation information request is issued from the information input unit 12, navigation information corresponding to the navigation information request is obtained from the information provider side, and the information stored in the navigation information management unit 13 can be compared. In this case, if the information stored in the navigation information management means 13 is provided as the navigation screen setting information to the information display means 11 and the personalized navigation information creating means 15 is not collated, the information corresponding to the uncollated item is not applicable. Icon creation request means for issuing an icon creation request to the information directory.

The information input means 12 transmits at least an editing information item including an instruction to select an icon arranged in the information space, an arrangement position, an instruction to link between icons, and an instruction to link an icon to directory information. input.

The personal navigation information managing means 13 manages information associated with the authoring means 14 for each screen. Further, the personal navigation information creating means 13 includes a matching means for matching the navigation information related information managed by the navigation information managing means 13 with the provided navigation information related information of the provided navigation information.

As described above, the present invention realizes a virtual space close to the real life of the user on the display means on the computer terminal, and arranges information close to the real life environment using the information directory identifier and the icon. By doing so, it is possible to estimate the location of information to be searched or processed based on the user's experience of using information in the real life space.

[0014] That is, a material to be arranged on the display screen as an icon is selected by the user from a material that can be independently imaged by the user in a daily environment as an icon, and an information provider sharing the icon with the user from the information provider. The navigation information to be provided is stored in association with an information directory management identifier having a hierarchical structure, and at the time of a navigation information provision request, the navigation information items provided by the information provider and the stored information directory management identifier are stored. If the corresponding information of the matched icon is matched and matched, the icon is the same as the item of the navigation information provided by the information provider. Information retrieval and processing execution. If the collation fails, an icon creation request is issued to the corresponding information directory for the uncollated item,
It is possible to obtain an item that matches the item of the navigation information provided by the information provider for other items.

[0015]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 3 shows the configuration of a personal navigation information providing system according to the present invention. The system shown in the figure receives an input of an icon from a user, gives meaning to the icon using directory information, generates navigation information unique to the user, and responds to a request from the user. A navigation information processing device 10 for presenting navigation information generated by the user in response to the information, an information storage management device 20 having directory information of user-common navigation information for linking with an icon, and the navigation information processing device 10 It comprises an information transfer path 30 connecting the information storage management device 20.

The navigation information processing apparatus 10 includes an information display unit 1 for displaying navigation information, icons, and the like.
1. An information input unit 12 for receiving an input of an icon or an instruction from a user, and managing a directory management identifier of navigation information provided from the information storage management device 20 and an icon displayed on an information display unit 11 in association with each other. A navigation information management unit 13 for creating icons, arranging the icons on the information display unit 11, an authoring unit 14 for linking with the information directory management identifier, and managing the original navigation information transferred from the information provider for the information directory management. It is composed of a personalized navigation information creation unit 15 for creating navigation information for a user using icons based on the identifier, and an information transfer unit 16 for transferring information to and from the information storage management device 20 of the information provider.

The function of each of the above components will be described in detail. The information display unit 11 displays personal navigation information and the like created by the personal navigation information creating unit 15. The information input unit 12 issues a navigation screen setting information registration request and a navigation information request, and also issues an instruction to select an information space icon, an arrangement position, a link between icons, an enlargement / reduction of an information space icon, and a movement, which are input by a user. And other editing information. As an information space icon input by the user, for example,
There are a photo icon photographed by an electronic still camera or the like, a sample icon (icon file) registered and distributed in advance, and the like.

The navigation information management unit 13 manages navigation screen setting information registration information transferred from the authoring unit 14. Navigation information management unit 13
The navigation screen setting information managed by (1) includes an information directory management identifier common to all users, an ID of each provided information, summary information (such as title information of each stored information), and access destination information (such as a URL).

The authoring unit 14 creates an information acquisition space, pastes each item of an information directory management identifier on an icon displayed in the space, creates a personal navigation screen, and sends the navigation information management unit 13 a screen for each screen. To be stored. The authoring unit 14 provides a guidance function for creating a hierarchical information acquisition space,
It has an information space icon management function (hierarchical management), an information space icon arrangement function, an information space icon link management function, and an information space icon editing / processing (enlargement / reduction, movement, etc.) function.

A personal navigation information generator 15
Sends a command to the navigation information management unit 13 to arrange location information, an information directory management identifier,
The information of the information space icon and the information storage icon constituting the information space are acquired. The information transfer unit 16 transfers the information acquired from the information storage management device 20 via the information transfer path 30 to the personal navigation information creation unit 15 and the authoring unit 14.

The information storage management device 20 stores directory configuration information, summary information of each provided information, and navigation information such as management ID information. Below, according to FIG.
A series of processes will be described. FIG. 4 shows a processing sequence of the personal navigation information providing method of the present invention.

In the following processing, first, the user places a desired icon in the information space, and shows the processing for registering the navigation screen setting information, and then obtains the navigation information uniquely generated by the user. The processing will be described. Step 101) The user acquires a desired icon from the information input unit 12 from an icon file or a photograph acquired from the electronic still camera, and displays the icon on the information display unit 11. Then, the authoring unit 14 links the displayed icon with the information directory management identifier.

Step 102) When a navigation screen setting information registration request is issued from the information input unit 12 to the authoring unit 14, the authoring unit 14 requests the navigation information management unit 13 to register the navigation screen setting information. I do.

Step 103) Accordingly, the navigation information management unit 13 manages information such as the icon and an information directory management identifier linked to the icon for each screen. FIG. 5 shows the contents of the navigation screen setting information registration request 31 at this time. As shown in the figure, the navigation screen setting information registration request includes a screen number, an upper link screen number, an upper link icon number, a lower link screen number, an icon number, XY coordinates and size, icon image information, and k links. It consists of target navigation information.

Next, a process performed when a user requests navigation information will be described. Step 104) The user issues a navigation information request 32 from the information input unit 12 to the information transfer unit 16. At this time, the issued navigation information request 32 is composed of the terminal ID of the user and the date and time of the navigation information request, as shown in FIG.

Step 105) The information transfer section 16 sends the navigation information request message 33 to the information storage management device 20 via the information transfer path 30. In addition,
The navigation information request message 33 has the same contents as the navigation information request shown in FIG.

Step 106) Information storage management device 20
Requests the transfer of navigation information based on the navigation information request message 33, and transfers the navigation information message 34 to the information transfer unit 16 of the navigation information processing apparatus 10 via the information transfer path 30. As shown in FIG. 7, the navigation information message 34 includes a navigation information update date and time, a navigation information item number, and k navigation information titles. In addition,
Information transferred from the information storage management device 20 to the information transfer unit 16 of the navigation information processing device is transferred in a file format. Step 107) Information transfer unit 16
Receives the navigation information message 34, the navigation information 35 is transferred to the personalized navigation information creating unit 15. The navigation information 35 transferred at this time has the same configuration as the navigation information message 34 shown in FIG.

Step 108) The personal navigation information creating unit 15 issues a navigation screen setting information call request 36 to the navigation information managing unit 13. The navigation screen setting information call request 36
Is composed of a screen number and a navigation information update date and time as shown in FIG.

Step 109) Accordingly, the navigation information management unit 13 performs a search using the screen number of the navigation screen setting information call request 36 and the navigation information update date and time as keys.
7 is transferred to the personalized navigation information creating unit 15. As shown in FIG. 9, the navigation screen setting information 37 has the same contents as the contents of the above-described navigation screen setting information registration request 31 shown in FIG.

Step 110) In step 107, the personalized navigation information creating section 15 transfers the navigation information 35 and the navigation screen setting information 37 acquired from the navigation information managing section 13.
Collation of the navigation information item number.

Step 111) If collation is successful,
The personal navigation information creating unit 15 repeatedly transfers the navigation screen information shown in FIG. 10 to the information display unit 11 in a hierarchical order according to a request from the user. The navigation screen information 38 has the same configuration as the navigation screen setting information 37 shown in FIG. If the collation fails, an icon creation request for the corresponding information directory is made for an uncollated item.

Thus, the information display unit 1 is displayed to the user.
1, the navigation screen information 38 is displayed.

[0033]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining the authoring process according to one embodiment of the present invention. (1) First, an information acquisition space is created. In this example, the processing is performed for the building level. When the user selects a sample icon registered in advance from the icon selection menu from the information input unit 12 and distributed, and a photographic icon photographed by an electronic still camera or the like according to a daily life style, the authoring unit 14 uses the icon. Drag / drop the icon into the information acquisition space created by the user.

In the example of FIG. 11A, the icon of the building is an icon indicating "company", the icon of the train is an icon indicating "commuting", and the icon of the entrance is an icon indicating "home". (2) Select an information acquisition space. In the example of FIG. 11B, in order to create a more detailed (lower link) information acquisition space (room level of a room),
Select the icon indicating the entrance and select the "room" icon for "home".

(3) Create further information acquisition space.
Drag / drop a pre-registered and distributed sample icon input by a user or a photo icon taken by an electronic still camera or the like into an information acquisition space created according to a daily lifestyle. In the example of FIG. 11 (c), since the icon of the entrance which means “home” selected in FIG. 11 (b) is selected from the room selection icon menu, a photo icon representing the “room” of “home” is displayed. Let it.

(4) Create a further information acquisition space.
In the example of FIG. 11D, “TV” and “Table” are designated from the selected storage icon menu for the photo icon that images “room” displayed in (3) above. (5) Paste the information directory management identifier of the hierarchy corresponding to the information storage icons “TV” and “table” in the information acquisition space. The information directory management identifier is distributed by dragging / dropping each item of the information directory management identifier to the source icon in the information acquisition space. The target icon, link information, and position information are managed by the navigation information management unit 13. FIG.
In 1 (e), for example, for the icon “TV”, “political information” is pasted to the icon as an icon for acquiring political information.

Next, an example of pasting an information directory management identifier to an icon will be described. FIG. 12 shows a screen configuration in the authoring process according to one embodiment of the present invention. In the drawing, it is assumed that the navigation information management unit 13 has a tree structure indicating links of navigation information of a directory.

Here, three icons "building", "train" and "entrance" are displayed to the user in FIG. 12a. At this time, the authoring unit 14 sets the navigation information management unit 13 for the icon “train”.
Paste the information directory management identifier "transportation" obtained from the above, the icon number of the icon indicating "train", the display position of the icon, the icon image information (train), and the navigation information (item Number) (= transportation).

Further, among the icons displayed in FIG. 12a, when the user designates the icon "entrance" from the information input section 12, an icon indicating "room" is displayed as shown in FIG. 12b. . For the icon “room”, the information directory management identifiers “politics” and “appreciation” obtained from the navigation information management unit 13 are pasted, and the icon number of the icon indicating “room”, the display position of the icon, and the icon image Information (room) and navigation information (= politics, appreciation) of the link target of the icon are set.

Further, in FIG. 12A, by clicking the icon "Building", the icon "Office" shown in FIG. 12C is displayed. Among the icons “office”, the icon “magazine” displayed at a position close to the “cabinet” of the displayed icon
, The information directory management identifier “economic” acquired from the navigation information management unit 13 is pasted, and the icon “material file” is pasted with the information directory management identifier “meeting material”. Thus, the icon numbers of the icons "Office", "Magazine", and "Material File", the display positions of the icons, and the icon images (room, magazine, and material files)
And the navigation information (=
Economy, meeting materials).

As described above, the authoring unit 14 registers the icon on which the information directory management identifier is pasted in the navigation information management unit 13. As described above, the present invention provides a user's own living environment (for example, a company,
By displaying the icons corresponding to the commuting environment and the home environment in the information space, selecting the icons, generating more detailed icons, and embedding the information directory management identifier for each icon, A unique icon is generated. In other words, for the icon "company", the "phone book" is used as an information directory management identifier for the icon "desk" by using the "desk" of an image lower than the icon as the icon, and thereby the "phone book" is When using the icon, select the upper-level icon "Company", and when the icon "Company" is displayed, click the icon to display the lower-level icon "Desk". Since "telephone directory" is pasted on the "desk" as the information directory management identifier, the information of "telephone directory" can be obtained by clicking the icon "desk".

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but can be variously modified and applied within the scope of the claims.

[0043]

As described above, according to the method and system for providing personal navigation information of the present invention, in the information providing (retrieval) system, the information providing form adapted to the real life space of the individual can be provided by using a virtual computer. The user can search without hesitation about the location of the information by using the personalized navigation information created based on the presence of the information in the space.

By using such navigation information which can be set independently for each user, even a user who does not know the term of a specialized icon can take a picture with a predetermined icon file or an electronic still camera. By using the photograph or the like as an icon, in the above-described embodiment, for example, when the target of taking in political and economic news is “TV” on a daily basis, the icon of the “TV” is displayed on the display screen. By displaying the information on the virtual space and assigning and storing the information directory management identifier of the navigation information shared by the user, when requesting the provision of political or economic information, the icon of the “TV” is displayed. By specifying the information, the information can be obtained.

When it is desired not only to search for information but also to execute an application for a totaling operation, a "calculator" or the like which is routinely related is used as a target icon, and a "totaling" is set as an information directory management identifier of navigation information. By associating the “process”, it is possible to execute the application for the tallying process by specifying the “calculator” icon.

As described above, the files are classified by labeling or the like by elaborating personal ideas such as the spine of the file.
Electronic information can be organized by utilizing personal preferences, and the location of a search target can be easily estimated. Therefore, there is no need to store the types of icons provided by an information provider. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining the principle of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a principle configuration diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a personal navigation information providing system of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a processing sequence of the personal navigation information providing method of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the contents of a navigation screen setting information registration request at the time of navigation information registration according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing contents of a navigation request and a navigation information request message of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing contents of a navigation information message and navigation information of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the contents of a navigation screen setting information call request issued from the personal navigation information creation unit of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing contents of navigation screen setting information of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing contents of navigation screen information passed to a user of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining an authoring process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a screen configuration in an authoring process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Navigation information processing apparatus 11 Information display part, information display means 12 Information input part, information input means 13 Navigation information management part, navigation information management means 14 Authoring part, authoring means 15 Personal navigation information creation part, Personal navigation information creation Means 16 Information transfer unit 20 Information storage management device, information provider side device 30 Information transfer path 31 Navigation screen setting information registration request 32 Navigation information request 33 Navigation information request message 34 Navigation information message 35 Navigation information 36 Navigation screen setting information call Request 37 Navigation screen setting information 38 Navigation screen information

Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁶ Identification code FI G06F 15/403 360Z

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A navigation information providing method for presenting to a user an icon corresponding to the execution of a process by a computer, the information directory management identifier of navigation information shared by the user provided by the information provider in advance, A method for providing navigation information for individuals, wherein the icon is arranged in a virtual space on a computer terminal in correspondence with an icon corresponding to an event including an information acquisition medium and an information location used in a real life space. 2. An icon that images an event used by the user in a real life space is generated and displayed in a virtual space on the computer terminal, and the information directory management identifier is associated with the icon group. The navigation information related information is stored in association with the information, and when the user requests the provision of the navigation information, the stored navigation information related information and the navigation information provided by the information provider are provided. The related information is collated, and navigation screen information is generated from the information in which the information directory management identifier and the icon are associated with the collated information and provided to the user. 2. The personal navigation system according to claim 1, wherein the user makes an icon creation request for the information directory. Deployment information providing method. 3. The personal navigation information providing method according to claim 2, wherein the navigation screen information is transferred to the user in a hierarchical order according to a request of the user. 4. The personal navigation information providing method according to claim 2, wherein the navigation information related information is provided for each hierarchy of the information directory management identifier. 5. A navigation information providing system for presenting an icon corresponding to processing execution of a computer to a user, comprising: an information acquisition medium used in a real life space of the user for generating an icon from the user; Material information corresponding to an event including an information location, and information input means for receiving input of the user's instruction information, information display means for displaying information input from the information input means and transferred information, The material information input from the information input means is displayed as an icon in a virtual space of the information display means, and the icon and an information directory management identifier of navigation information shared by a user provided from a device on the information provider side Authoring means for associating the information with the directory management information with the information associated with the authoring means. Navigation information management means for assigning and managing navigation information related information for each child layer; and when a navigation information request is issued from the information input means, navigation information corresponding to the navigation information request is transmitted to the information provider. And providing the information stored in the navigation information management means to the information display means as navigation screen setting information when the information stored in the navigation information management means can be collated. A personal navigation information providing system, comprising: a creation unit; and an icon creation request unit for issuing an icon creation request for an information directory for an uncollated item when collation is not possible. 6. The information input means inputs at least an editing information item including an instruction for selecting an icon arranged in the information space, an arrangement position, an instruction for linking between icons, and an instruction for linking the icon with directory information. The personal navigation information providing system according to claim 5, wherein 7. The personal navigation information providing system according to claim 5, wherein said navigation information management means manages information associated with said authoring means for each screen. 8. The personal navigation information creating means includes a collating means for collating the navigation information related information managed by the navigation information managing means with the provided navigation information related information of the provided navigation information. 5. The personal navigation system according to 5.