WO2015097744A1

WO2015097744A1 - Vacant time information providing system

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Publication number: WO2015097744A1
Application number: PCT/JP2013/084447
Authority: WO
Inventors: 嘉菊谷; 守杉原
Original assignee: 山中祐一; 嘉菊谷
Priority date: 2013-12-24
Filing date: 2013-12-24
Publication date: 2015-07-02

Abstract

Information relating to a stopping-by destination, to which a user stops by in order to spend vacant time, is provided to a user terminal by means of a simple operation. In a vacant time information providing system (1), a user terminal (2) identifies and displays vacant time periods on the basis of a schedule that has already been stored in a terminal storage unit, generates location information for a vacant time period (62) selected from the displayed vacant time periods, and sends said location information to a server device (3). The server device (3) searches for and sends to the user terminal (2) a nearby stopping-by destination using the location information and time information for the received vacant time period (62). The user terminal (2) displays the received stopping-by destination as a stopping-by destination to which the user can stop by during the selected vacant time period.

Description

Air-time information provision system

The present invention relates to a system for providing useful information for free time, and particularly suitable for a user, for example, an event, a movie theater, a museum, a store, a restaurant, etc. The present invention relates to a system that provides information about a stopover to a user terminal with a simple operation.

Patent Documents 1 to 4 disclose a system for creating a schedule. In particular, in Patent Documents 1 to 3, a free time in a schedule is selected, and a new schedule is registered in the free time. Moreover, in patent document 4, the time at the time of going through a customer's address from the address of the business activity route once scheduled is calculated, and is presented as a visitable customer candidate.

JP 2011-095843 A JP-A-10-283403 JP 2013-186629 A JP 2011-002887 A

However, even if, for example, an outside sales schedule or the like is generated using a system for creating these schedules, it is difficult to avoid the occurrence of free time between business schedules that change in time. In this case, for example, a person in charge of outside sales closes the free time near the visited place.
In general, stores, restaurants, etc. can be considered as places to stop such free time, but the person in charge is to continue eating and drinking many times a day at the end of the schedule It is only painful for me.
In addition to this, for example, an event, a movie theater, a museum, etc. can be considered as a stop-by place for vacating free time. However, if the instinct at each business location does not work, it will be difficult for outside sales representatives or the like to close the free time toward these locations within a limited time. Especially in movies, the screening times are divided into small parts, so even if you can go to the cinema with a local intuition, you can hardly see the movie from the beginning.

In addition, users such as outside sales representatives may use the user terminal to check the movie show time on the spot, but not only for the confusing local insight, but also for identifying nearby theaters. If accurate information is not known, for example, it is necessary to search information on the movie theater itself with a search engine in order to specify information about a movie theater in the vicinity of the movie theater. It takes a lot of time and effort to check the start time of the movie, and a limited amount of time is wasted.
As a result, users such as those in charge of outside sales give up searching for events, movie theaters, museums, etc. using the user terminal even though they have a user terminal, and they are unwillingly vacant. I spend my time at stores and restaurants near my destination.

In this way, it is possible to provide information about a stop-by destination such as an event, a movie theater, a museum, a store, a restaurant, etc. where the user stops to have a free time with a simple operation to the user terminal, Potentially sought after.

In the system for providing space-time information according to the present invention, a user terminal having a terminal storage unit that can store a user's schedule and a server device having a server storage unit that stores information about a stop-by location that the user can stop by are connected to a communication network. It is a space-time information providing system connected by.
Then, when a predetermined schedule is stored in the terminal storage unit, the user terminal includes, in addition to the predetermined schedule time zone, a schedule table including a free time zone in which no schedule is scheduled in the terminal storage unit, which can be selected in order of time. Based on the terminal display device that displays and the user operation for the free time zone displayed on the terminal display device, the free time zone operated by the user is selected from the free time zones displayed on the terminal display device. A terminal selection unit, a terminal generation unit that generates position information about an unoccupied time zone selected by the terminal selection unit, and the unoccupied time zone information as an unoccupied time zone selected by the terminal selection unit. A terminal communication device that transmits at least the position information generated by the terminal generation unit to the server device together with the time information.
Further, the server device stores at least the position information together with the time information among the server communication device that receives information about the free time zone from the terminal communication unit and the information about the free time zone received by the server communication device. And a server search unit for searching for a nearby stop-by destination that can be visited in the free time zone.
In addition, the server communication device transmits information stored in the server storage unit about a nearby stop-by destination searched by the server search unit to the terminal communication device, and the terminal display device displays the free time displayed on the terminal display device. In response to a user operation on the band, information about a nearby stop-by destination received by the terminal communication device is displayed.

In the present invention, an unoccupied free time zone specified as having no plan based on the schedule stored in the terminal storage unit is displayed on the user terminal in a selectable manner, and the unoccupied free time zone is displayed based on the display. When selected by the user, position information is generated for an empty time zone that originally has no position information because there is no plan, and the position information is transmitted from the user terminal to the server device together with the time information. In addition, the server device uses the location information together with the time information received from the user terminal to search for a nearby stop where the user can stop, such as an event that can be stopped, for example, in a free time zone, Information about the searched nearby stop is transmitted to the user terminal. Thereby, according to the user operation with respect to the vacant time slot | zone which is not scheduled to be displayed on the terminal display device, the user terminal can display information on a nearby stop destination that can be stopped in the vacant time slot.
Therefore, the user can simply stop at an unscheduled free time zone displayed together with a predetermined scheduled time zone on the terminal display device, for example, and can stop at the free time zone with one tap. Information is available. As a result, for example, when a short vacant time period such as 30 minutes or 1 hour occurs, the user can easily operate information on nearby stops without wasting the short time for searching for the stop. It is easy to obtain, and it is possible to spend a comfortable and meaningful time immediately at the stopping place, immediately going to the stopping place without any trouble.
In addition, in the terminal display device, when the default schedule is stored in the terminal storage unit, the vacant time zone with no schedule is displayed as a schedule along with the default schedule time zone in order of time. Therefore, even when a plurality of unoccupied free time zones are displayed on the terminal display device, the user wants to search for a stop based on the display in time order with the default schedule on the terminal display device. You can select the free time zone appropriately. In addition, since a predetermined schedule is displayed on the terminal display device in order of time and can be used as a scheduler, the user does not need to use another scheduler or the like. It is possible to easily search for a stop in time zone.

FIG. 1 is a schematic system configuration diagram of an example of an air-time information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of an example of hardware of the mobile terminal in FIG. FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of an example of hardware of the search server device of FIG. FIG. 4 is a schematic sequence diagram illustrating an example of a crawl operation of the search server device of FIG. FIG. 5 is a schematic data structure explanatory diagram of an example of an index database stored in the server storage device of the search server apparatus of FIG. FIG. 6 is a schematic sequence diagram illustrating an example of a destination search display operation by the mobile terminal and the search server device of FIG. FIG. 7 is a schematic data structure explanatory diagram of an example of schedule data stored in the terminal storage device of the mobile terminal in FIG. FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of an example of a schedule screen displayed on the terminal display device of the mobile terminal in FIG. FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of an example of a destination list searched by the destination search display operation of FIG. 6 based on the index database of FIG. FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a stop-list display screen displayed on the terminal display device of the mobile terminal shown in FIG. FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of an example of a setting item list that can be set on the terminal display device of the mobile terminal of FIG.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic system configuration diagram of an example of an air-time information providing system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The free / busy information providing system 1 in FIG. 1 is a system that provides information on a stopover suitable for spending in a user's free time. The space-time information providing system 1 includes a mobile terminal (MT) 2 and a search server device (SRCH_SVR: Search Server) 3 as examples of user terminals. The mobile terminal 2 and the search server device 3 are connected to each other via a communication network 4 so that data communication is possible.

The communication network 4 is, for example, the Internet, a mobile phone network, or an integrated communication network in which these are connected by a protocol conversion device. In these communication networks 4, for example, an IP (Internet Protocol) address is individually assigned to a device such as the mobile terminal 2 connected to the communication network 4. The transmission source device and the transmission destination device divide data into packet units, and send and receive data packets with IP addresses. The data packet is packet-transmitted in the communication network 4 based on the destination IP address, and is transmitted to the destination device.

Further, for example, another server device (Source Server) 5 for world wide web service is connected to the communication network 4.
In FIG. 1, as the other server devices 5, for example, a first movie theater server device (T1_SVR) 5A operated by a first movie theater showing a movie, and a second movie theater server device (T2_SVR) operated by a second movie theater. ) 5B, an event server device (EV_SVR) 5C operated by an event company that provides event information, and a restaurant information server device (RT_SVR) 5D operated by an information provider that provides restaurant information are illustrated.
The first movie theater server device 5A obtains information such as the screening schedule of the movie to be shown in the first movie theater, the location of the first movie theater, and the like on the “Uniform Resource Indicator (URI) website of“ m1.jp ”, for example. provide.
The second movie theater server device 5B provides information such as the screening schedule of the movie to be screened in the second movie theater and the location of the second movie theater on the website of the URI “m2.jp”.
The event server device 5C provides information such as the schedule of the event that the event company sells tickets, the venue, etc., for example, on the website of the URI of “event.com”. Further, the event server device 5C may provide information such as an opening schedule of a museum, a location, and the like.
The restaurant information server device 5D provides information such as the service time of the restaurant with which the information provider is affiliated and the location of the restaurant, for example, on the website of the URI “rtrnt.co.jp”.
In addition, the other server device 5 may provide not only the information provided on the browseable website but also the data including predetermined information associated with the URI and providing this.

The user individually accesses the other server device 5 through the communication network 4 from the portable terminal 2 by inputting the URIs of these other server devices 5 to the portable terminal 2, and from the website, for example, the movie show time and movie You can get information about the museum.
In addition, the user searches for the names of the first movie theater and the second movie theater by searching for the name of the movie using the mobile terminal 2 by using the website search service, and other search sites are displayed from the search result screen. The server device 5 can be accessed individually. Based on the acquired information, the user can enjoy movies, events, meals, and the like.
However, when creating a planned schedule in advance, the user can obtain information on a desired event, movie, museum, store, restaurant by operating the mobile terminal 2 described above. In the case of time or the like, it takes time and effort to acquire information on nearby stops by searching, so it is difficult to find suitable events, movies, museums, stores, and restaurants nearby. For example, it takes a lot of time and labor to find the start time of a movie at a nearby movie theater, and a limited amount of time is wasted.
As a result, a user such as a person in charge of outside sales gives up searching for an event, a movie theater, a museum, etc. using the mobile terminal 2 in spite of having the mobile terminal 2 and unwillingly. Spend some free time at stores, restaurants, etc. near your visit.

In this way, it is possible to provide the mobile terminal 2 with a simple operation to provide information about a stop-by destination such as an event, a movie theater, a museum, a store, or a restaurant where the user stops to have a free time. Potentially sought after.
For this reason, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, a search server device 3 that provides information on a stop-off destination such as an event, a movie theater, a museum, a store, or a restaurant to the mobile terminal 2 is connected to the communication network 4. However, by suitably using the default user schedule stored in the portable terminal 2 or the like, the search server device 3 can stop at the portable terminal 2 in a free time by a simple operation. Provide information on where to stop. This will be described in detail below.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of an example of hardware of the mobile terminal 2 of FIG.
The portable terminal 2 is a computer device used by a user. The user browses, for example, a schedule on the mobile terminal 2.
Examples of the portable terminal 2 include a cellular phone, a smart phone, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a tablet personal computer, and a notebook personal computer.
2 includes a terminal communication device (MT_COM) 11, a terminal display device (MT_DISP) 12, a terminal input device (MT_OPE) 13, a position detection device (MT_POSITION) 14, a terminal timer device (MT_TMR) 15, a terminal processor. A device (MT_PSR) 16, a terminal storage device (MT_MEM) 17, and a terminal external bus 18 for connecting them are included.

The terminal communication device 11 transmits and receives communication data bidirectionally by wireless communication with, for example, a base station of the communication network 4. Examples of wireless communication standards include wireless communication standards such as IEEE (The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.) 802.11, IEEE802.15, IEEE802.20, IEEE802.22, W-CDMA, CDMA2000, HSPA, LTE, etc. There are mobile communication standards. The terminal communication device 11 may perform wireless communication with, for example, a base station or an access point of the communication network 4 by a wireless communication method compliant with any standard. The terminal communication device 11 outputs the received communication data to the terminal processor device 16 through the terminal external bus 18. The terminal communication device 11 transmits communication data input from the terminal processor device 16 through the terminal external bus 18. Note that the terminal communication device 11 may be connected to an access point of the communication network 4 by a LAN cable and perform bidirectional data communication by wired communication.
Further, the terminal communication device 11 does not directly wirelessly communicate with, for example, a base station or an access point of the communication network 4, but with, for example, a base station or an access point of the communication network 4 via another communication device. Wireless communication may be performed indirectly between the two. Examples of other communication devices include a computer device and a router device that have a wireless communication function and can communicate with, for example, a base station and an access point of the communication network 4. Further, for communication between other communication devices and the terminal communication device 11, a communication method based on a short-range wireless communication standard such as IEEE 802.15.1 may be used.

The terminal display device 12 includes a liquid crystal panel such as TFT (Thin Film Transistor). The terminal display device 12 displays display data input from the terminal processor device 16 through the terminal external bus 18. Thereby, the display screen of the terminal display device 12 is updated with the display data output from the terminal processor device 16.

The terminal input device 13 has, for example, a touch panel arranged so as to overlap the display surface of the liquid crystal panel. The touch panel may be a pressure-sensitive type or a capacitive type, for example. The terminal input device 13 outputs operation data such as a position operated on the display screen to the terminal processor device 16 through the terminal external bus 18 in accordance with a user operation.

The position detection device 14 is, for example, a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver. The position detection device 14 receives a GPS signal, generates position information, and outputs the generated position information to the terminal processor device 16 through the terminal external bus 18 as position information of the mobile terminal 2. The position detection device 14 acquires position information of the base station from a base station with which the mobile terminal 2 can communicate, and outputs the acquired position information of the base station to the terminal processor device 16 as position information of the mobile terminal 2. Also good.

The terminal timer device 15 measures the current time, for example. The terminal timer device 15 outputs the time information to be measured to the terminal processor device 16 through the terminal external bus 18 as current time information. Instead of the terminal timer device 15, the time information obtained from the base station or GPS signal by the position detection device 14 may be output to the terminal processor device 16 as current time information.

The terminal storage device 17 includes, for example, a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), an SSD (Solid State Drive), a hard disk drive, and the like. The terminal storage device 17 stores, for example, a terminal program (MT_PRGM) 19 and schedule data (Schedule) 20 for a user-specified schedule.
The terminal program 19 stored in the terminal storage device 17 may be composed of, for example, an operating system program for the mobile terminal 2 and an application program that operates on the operating system program. Even if the operating system program and the application program are stored in the terminal storage device 17 by being downloaded from a server device (not shown) to the portable terminal 2 via a transmission medium such as the communication network 4, the CD-ROM ( What is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium such as a Compact Disc Read Only Memory may be stored in the terminal storage device 17 by being installed in the portable terminal 2.

The terminal processor device 16 is a microcomputer such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) or a DSP (Digital Signal Processor). The terminal processor device 16 executes a terminal program stored in the terminal storage device 17. Thereby, a terminal control unit (MT_CTRL) 21 is realized in the terminal processor device 16 of the mobile terminal 2. The terminal control unit 21 manages the device of the mobile terminal 2 based on the terminal program, and inputs / outputs data to / from the device.

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of an example of hardware of the search server device 3 of FIG.
The search server device 3 is a computer device that provides free time information to the mobile terminal 2 used by the user.
Examples of the search server device 3 include a blade computer device and a desktop computer device. The search server device 3 may be a parallel distributed computer device to which a plurality of computer devices are connected.
The search server device 3 of FIG. 3 includes a server communication device (SVR_COM) 31, a server display device (SVR_DISP) 32, a server input device (SVR_OPE) 33, a server processor device (SVR_PSR) 34, a server storage device (SVR_MEM) 35, and It has a server external bus 36 for connecting them.

The server communication device 31 is connected to the access point device of the communication network 4 by, for example, an optical cable or a coaxial cable. The server communication device 31 transmits and receives data to and from the access point device by wired communication. The server communication device 31 outputs the received communication data to the server processor device 34 through the server external bus 36. The server communication device 31 transmits communication data input from the server processor device 34 through the server external bus 36.

The server display device 32 includes, for example, a liquid crystal panel, a plasma display device, and a CRT (Cathode Ray Ray Tube). The server display device 32 displays display data input from the server processor device 34 through the server external bus 36.

The server input device 33 has, for example, a touch panel, a keyboard, and a pointer. The server input device 33 outputs operation data corresponding to a user operation to the server processor device 34 through the server external bus 36.

The server storage device 35 is composed of, for example, a hard disk drive, SSD, ROM, RAM, or the like. The server storage device 35 may be configured by a plurality of storage server devices. The server storage device 35 stores, for example, a server program (SVR_PRGM) 37 and an index database (Index_DB) 38 in which information related to a stop by which the user can stop is registered.
The server program 37 stored in the server storage device 35 may be composed of, for example, an operating system program of the search server device 3 and an application program that operates on the operating system program. Even if the operating system program and the application program are stored in the server storage device 35 by being downloaded from a server device (not shown) to the search server device 3 via a transmission medium such as the communication network 4, the CD-ROM What is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium such as the above may be stored in the server storage device 35 by installing in the search server device 3.

The server processor device 34 is a microcomputer such as a CPU or DSP. The server processor device 34 may be configured by a plurality of processing server devices. The server processor device 34 executes a server program stored in the server storage device 35. Thereby, a server control unit (SVR_CTRL) 39 is realized in the server processor device 34 of the search server device 3. The server control unit 39 manages the device of the search server device 3 based on the server program, and inputs / outputs data to / from the device.

Next, the information collection operation of the stop-by destination by the search server device 3 will be described.
FIG. 4 is a schematic sequence diagram of an example of a crawl operation (Crawl Process) of the search server device 3 of FIG. FIG. 4 shows another server device 5 that can be accessed by the mobile terminal 2 together with the search server device 3. Time flows from top to bottom. The crawl operation in FIG. 4 is executed by the server control unit 39 of the search server device 3.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a schematic data structure of an example of the index database 38 stored in the server storage device of the search server device 3 of FIG. Each row is an index record 41 for each stop. In the index record 41, a search character string (Search Text data) and information on a stop-by destination are associated with each other. In the index record 41 of FIG. 5, as the information on the stop, the date (Date) and time period (Time Period) at which the stop can be visited, the name of the stop (Index Name), the address (Index Address), information The URI of the original server device is described.
For example, the index record 41 in the uppermost row in FIG. 5 is a movie screening record. The screening date is “2013/10/29”, the screening time zone is “10: 00-11: 40”, and the name of the movie to be screened is “ “Film1”, the screening place “Tokyo, Shinjuku,...”, And the URI “m1.jp” of the other server device 5 of the information providing source. Further, “201331029001140 SNJK” including the movie showing time and the showing place as a character string is associated as a search character string. Here, “SNJK” means the Shinjuku area in Tokyo, Japan. For example, “GNZ” in the index record 41 on the fourth line means the Ginza area in Tokyo, Japan.
The index record 41 at the bottom of FIG. 5 is an IT technology event record held in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, USA. The date is “2013/12/10” and the time zone is “10”. : 18:00 to 18:00 ”, the name of the event to be held“ IT Event ”, the location“ California, San Jose,... ”, And the URI“ event.com ”of the other server device 5 of the information provider Has been. Further, “2013121010001800 SNJS” including the event holding time and the holding place as a character string is associated as a search character string. Here, “SNJS” means San Jose.

In the crawl operation of FIG. 4 for collecting stop-point information, the server control unit 39 of the search server device 3 sends a request (Request) specifying a URI to the other server device 5 to be crawled from the server communication device 31. Transmit (SND. Request, step ST1). The other server device 5 receives the request (RCV. Request, step ST2), and transmits response data (Response Data) including the web page of the designated URI (SND. Response, step ST3).
In the search server device 3, the server communication device 31 receives the response data (RCV. Response, step ST 4), and the server control unit 39 searches for the stop destination from the stop destination information included in the received data. A search character string to be used (Search Text data) is generated (GEN. STD, step ST5).
The search character string in FIG. 5 includes the date and time (date, start time, and end time) at which the stop can stop and the area to which the stop belongs. In this case, the server control unit 39 of the search server device 3 generates a search character string by extracting the date and address of the stopover from the received data.
After generating the search character string of the stoppage based on the received data, the server control unit 39 of the search server device 3 uses the extracted stop destination index data (Index Data) as the index record 41 in the server storage device unit. It is additionally registered in the index database 38 (REG. Index, step ST6). Thereafter, the server control unit 39 of the search server device 3 determines whether or not the crawling operation can be terminated (FIN. Crawl ?, step ST8). When an unprocessed crawl operation remains, the server control unit 39 of the search server device 3 repeats the processes of steps ST1 to ST7 described above. As a result, a plurality of index records 41 are registered in the index database 38 of the server storage device 35 as shown in FIG.
Note that when registering the index records 41, the server control unit 39 of the search server device 3 sorts the plurality of index records 41 registered in the index database 38 so as to be organized by date or region, for example. (SORT. Index, step ST7).
In addition, the server control unit 39 of the search server device 3 acquires not only information on other publicly available server devices 5 but also information on server devices that are not open to the public. 41 may be registered in the index database 38 of the server storage device 35. Further, the server control unit 39 of the search server device 3 registers the index record 41 of the stop-off destination that is not provided from the other server device 5 in the index database 38 based on the information input from the server input device 33. Also good.

In the index database 38 of FIG. 5, in order from the top, four movie screening schedules acquired from the first movie theater server device 5A, four movie screening schedules acquired from the second movie theater server device 5B, An event schedule acquired from the event server device 5C, a restaurant opening schedule of two restaurants acquired from the restaurant information server device 5D, and a restaurant opening schedule of one restaurant registered manually are registered. ing. Movies are registered not in movie theaters but in movie screening units.
As described above, for example, by registering the index record 41 not in units of movie theaters but in units of movie screening schedules, it is possible to search a plurality of movie screening schedules shown in one movie theater as individual stops. It becomes possible.

FIG. 6 is a schematic sequence diagram illustrating an example of a search destination display operation (Search Process) by the mobile terminal 2 and the search server device 3 of FIG. FIG. 6 shows a search server device 3 that can be accessed by the mobile terminal 2 together with the mobile terminal 2. Time flows from top to bottom. 6 is executed between the terminal control unit 21 of the mobile terminal 2 and the server control unit 39 of the search server device 3.
FIG. 7 is a schematic data structure explanatory diagram of an example of schedule data 20 stored in the terminal storage device 17 of the mobile terminal 2 of FIG. FIG. 7 shows two schedule records 51 for the user of the mobile terminal 2. In each schedule record 51, a schedule date (Date), a time period (Time Period), a location of the schedule destination (Address), and a schedule content (Matter) are registered. For example, in the schedule record 51 on the first line, the schedule date “2013/10/29”, the schedule time zone “10: 00-12: 00”, the schedule location (address) “Tokyo, Shinjuku,... ”, The scheduled content“ MeetUp1 ”is registered.
FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of an example of a schedule screen displayed on the terminal display device 12 of the mobile terminal 2 of FIG. The schedule screen of FIG. 8 includes two schedule boxes 61 for displaying the contents of the two schedules of FIG. 7, a first available time zone box (VTP1) 62 for displaying the available time zone of the day, and a second available time zone. Five empty time zone boxes 62 of a box (VTP2) 62, a third empty time zone box (VTP3) 62, a fourth empty time zone box (VTP4) 62, and a fifth empty time zone box (VTP5) 62 are arranged in time order. They are displayed side by side so that they can be selected. Further, a date button 63 for one week and a setting button 64 are displayed on the schedule screen so as to be selectable.
FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of an example of a stop destination list searched by the search destination display operation of FIG. 6 based on the index database 38 of FIG. FIG. 9 is a stop-by list searched based on the selection of the third empty time zone box 62 of FIG. The data extracted from each stop is composed of a date, a time period, a name, an address, and a URI.
In FIG. 9, among the stops that are registered in the index database 38 of FIG. 5, there are three stops that can stop in the Shinjuku area from 12:00 to 14:00 on October 29, 2013. It is shown in the figure. Specifically, a movie extraction record 71 to be screened from 12:00 to 13:40 in Shinjuku, an event extraction record 71 opened in Shinjuku from 10:00 to 18:00, and 7 to 20:00 in Shinjuku An extracted record 71 of the opened coffee shop is shown.
FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a visited list display screen displayed on the terminal display device 12 of the mobile terminal 2 of FIG. On the display screen of the stop destination list of FIG. 10, stop destination boxes 81 indicating the three stop destinations of FIG. 9 are displayed in a selectable manner. In addition, on the display screen of the stop-by list, stop-by-stop classification tags 82 are displayed side by side, and a map (MAP) 83 of the searched area is displayed below the tag. On this map 83, the points of each stop that are displayed in the stop list are displayed as marks. In FIG. 10, as the classification tag 82, for example, an all tag (ALL), a movie tag (Movie), a meeting tag (MeetUp), and a lunch tag (Lunch) are illustrated. For example, when a movie tag (Movie) is selected and operated, the display screen of the stop-by list is switched from the state shown in FIG. 10 so that only the movie screening schedule included in the search result is displayed.
In addition, the some classification tag 82 of FIG. 10 is an example, You may use the classification tags 82 other than this. For example, the all tag (ALL) may be eliminated, and a classification tag 82 for a specific genre, for example, an event tag may be added instead.

6, the terminal control unit 21 of the portable terminal 2 reads the schedule data 20 stored in the terminal storage device 17 (RD. Schedule, step ST11), and defines the date to be displayed. Identify free time slots on the schedule based on the schedule. The terminal control unit 21 of the portable terminal 2 generates vacant time zone data for each identified vacant time zone (GEN. VTPD (Vacant Time Period Data), step ST12).
For example, when specifying a free time zone from 6 o'clock to 21 o'clock for the schedule data 20 in FIG. 7, free time zone data from 6 o'clock to 10 o'clock, free time zone data from 12 o'clock to 14 o'clock, 17 Free time zone data from time to 21:00 is generated. The idle time zone data is stored in the RAM of the terminal storage device 17, for example.
The free time zone data only needs to include at least one of the start time and end time of the corresponding free time zone. For example, the vacant time zone data from 17:00 to 21:00 may include only 17:00, which is the start time of the vacant time zone.

After generating the idle time zone data based on the schedule data 20, the terminal control unit 21 of the mobile terminal 2 displays a schedule display screen for displaying the generated idle time zone data and the schedule of the read schedule data 20 in order of time. It is displayed on the display device 12 (DISP. Schedule, step ST13). The terminal display device 12 displays a schedule display screen shown in FIG. The free time zone (VTP) is also displayed.
In FIG. 8, five schedule boxes 61 to five free time zone boxes 62 from the first free time zone box 62 to display the free time of the day divided into segments with a limit of 3 hours are displayed. An empty time zone box 62 is displayed so that it can be selected in order of time. In this case, as the free time zone data, the free time zone data from 6 to 9 o'clock, the free time zone data from 9 o'clock to 10 o'clock, the free time zone data from 12 o'clock to 14 o'clock, Free time zone data from 17:00 to 20:00 and free time zone data from 20:00 to 21:00 are generated.
In addition, about the free time zone, the information provided to the user can be narrowed down more appropriately by dividing it into segments as a plurality of free time zones with a certain amount of time as the limit, without making it an unnecessarily long time. It is preferable because it is possible. In this case, the longest time may be other than 3 hours. Also, the free time zone may be divided according to the weather and other factors. By dividing according to the weather, it is possible to provide information by switching between a stopover suitable for clear weather and a stopover suitable for raining according to the weather.
Based on this display, the user can grasp the schedule of the day and the free time zone in the morning of the day, for example.

After the schedule screen including the free time zone box 62 is displayed on the terminal display device 12, the terminal control unit 21 of the mobile terminal 2 receives a terminal operation by the user. The terminal control unit 21 selects a display object operated by the user from the display objects displayed on the display device based on the operation data from the terminal input device 13.
For example, as shown by the arrow in FIG. 8, when a user operation (User Operation) is performed on the third empty time zone box 62, the empty time zone of the third empty time zone box 62 operated by the user. Is selected (SEL. VTP, step ST14).

After selecting the empty time zone in the empty time zone box 62 operated by the user, the terminal control unit 21 of the mobile terminal 2 generates position information about the selected empty time zone that is not scheduled (GEN. Position of VTP). Step ST15).
For example, the terminal control unit 21 acquires the position information input from the position detection device 14 as the current position information of the user who owns the mobile terminal 2. In addition to this, for example, when a search area is set in advance, position information of the set area is acquired.
In addition, for example, the terminal control unit 21 displays, on the schedule screen displayed on the terminal display device 12, position information such as the address of the planned place in the scheduled time zone immediately before the selected free time zone, Alternatively, position information such as the address of the planned place in the scheduled time period immediately after the selected unoccupied time period may be acquired as position information about the selected unoccupied time period. In this case, the terminal control unit 21 specifies a schedule based on the display, and reads information on the specified planned location from the terminal storage device 17. In this way, by using the schedule data 20 defined in advance for the user, the terminal control unit 21 can predict the position information of the area that is actually expected in the idle time zone with high accuracy.

After generating position information about an unscheduled vacant time zone, the terminal control unit 21 of the mobile terminal 2 transmits information on the selected unscheduled vacant time zone from the terminal communication device 11 to the search server device 3 ( SND. VTPI (Vacant Time Period Information), step ST16). The free time zone information that is not scheduled to be transmitted includes the free time zone time information and the generated free time zone position information. Information on the unscheduled free time zone is received by the server communication device 31 of the search server device 3 through the communication network 4 (RCV. VTPI, step ST17).

When the information of the unoccupied free time zone is received, the server control unit 39 of the search server device 3 uses the received free time zone information to search the index database 38 and can drop in the free time zone. Is searched (SRCH. SBP (Stop-by Position), step ST18).
For example, when the free time zone information is designated from 12:00 to 14:00 on October 29, 2013 as shown in FIG. 9, the server control unit 39 uses the index database 38 in FIG. The index record 41 at one stop is extracted. If the server control unit 39 determines that the movie record time index record 41 is based on the name or the like, the server control unit 39 extracts a nearby movie theater that is in the designated area and includes the show time in the time zone. To do. Further, when the server control unit 39 determines that the index record 41 of a store such as a restaurant is based on the name or the like, the server control unit 39 extracts a nearby store that is in the designated area and is open during the time period. . The three stop-by index records 41 in FIG. 9 are records extracted by such a search process.

After extracting the stop for the unscheduled free time zone, the server control unit 39 of the search server device 3 transmits the extracted stop destination information from the server communication device 31 to the mobile terminal 2 (SND. SBPI ( Stop By Position Information), step ST19). As shown in FIG. 9, the information on the stop destination to be transmitted includes information such as a date, a time zone, a stop destination name, a stop destination address, and a URI of a website introducing the stop destination. The stop-by information is received by the terminal communication device 11 of the portable terminal 2 through the communication network 4 (RCV. SBPI, step ST20).

When the terminal processor device 16 of the portable terminal 2 receives the information about the nearby stop where the stop is possible in the free time zone, the terminal processor device 16 of the portable terminal 2 stores the received information in the terminal storage device 17 and selects the stop to be displayed (SEL SBP, step ST21), the terminal display device 12 is made to display a list of selected stops (DISP. SBP, step ST22).
The terminal processor device 16 may narrow down and display the received stop-off destinations, for example, in order to limit the number of displays.
Then, the terminal processor device 16 first selects all the received stops, and causes the terminal display device 12 to display a list of all the received stops as shown in FIG. Further, for example, when a movie tag is operated, the terminal processor device 16 selects a stop for the movie screening from the received stops, and causes the terminal display device 12 to display a list.
Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the display of the terminal display device 12 is switched from the screen of FIG. 8 in which the free time zone is selected to the screen of FIG. Therefore, the user can stop at the selected free time zone only by selecting and operating one free time zone on the display screen of the schedule including the free time zone, that is, by performing only one tap operation. You can get information about nearby stops. Not only information on fixed stops such as stores and restaurants, but also information on irregular stops on events, movies, museums, etc. can be obtained.
Further, when the user operates the displayed stop-by box 81, the terminal processor device 16 of the mobile terminal 2 uses the URI corresponding to the operated stop-by box 81, and the other server device of the information providing source 5 is accessed. Further, the terminal processor device 16 of the mobile terminal 2 acquires, for example, web page data corresponding to the URI from the other server device 5 and displays it on the terminal display device 12. Thereby, the user can acquire detailed information about a nearby stop-by destination where the stop is possible.

As described above, in the present embodiment, an unoccupied free time zone specified as having no plan based on the schedule stored in the terminal storage device 17 is displayed on the mobile terminal 2 so as to be selectable, and there is no plan. When a free time zone is selected by the user, position information is generated for a free time zone that does not originally have position information because there is no plan, and the position information is stored together with time information of the free time zone. 2 to the search server device 3. In addition, the search server device 3 uses the location information together with the time information of the free time zone received from the mobile terminal 2, and from the information about the stop location where the user can stop, the nearby stop location where the user can stop in the free time zone And information on the nearby stop-off destination that has been searched is transmitted to the portable terminal 2. Thereby, according to the user operation with respect to the empty time zone which is not scheduled to be displayed on the terminal display device 12, the mobile terminal 2 can display information about a nearby stop where the user can stop in the selected empty time zone.
Therefore, for example, the user can make a stop in the selected free time zone by, for example, one-tap operation by operating the terminal display device 12 for the free time zone that is not scheduled to be displayed together with the predetermined scheduled time zone. Get information on possible nearby stops. As a result, for example, when a short vacant period such as 30 minutes or 1 hour occurs, the user does not waste the short time for searching for a nearby stop, etc. It can be easily obtained through simple operations, and it is possible to immediately head to the stop where the information was obtained without any trouble and spend a comfortable and meaningful time at the stop. You can stop at irregular destinations such as events, movies, and museums.
In addition, in the terminal display device 12, when there is a default schedule stored in the terminal storage device 17, the unoccupied time slot without a schedule is displayed as a schedule along with the default schedule time zone in order of time. . Therefore, the user wants to search for a stop-by destination based on the display in time order with the predetermined schedule on the terminal display device 12 even when a plurality of unoccupied free time zones are displayed on the terminal display device 12. A desired free time zone can be selected appropriately. In addition, since the predetermined schedule is displayed in time order on the terminal display device 12, the display screen for selecting the free time zone can also be used as a scheduler. The user does not need to use another scheduler or the like, and as a result, in the scheduler of the present embodiment that is normally used, it is possible to easily search for a stop point in the free time zone.
Further, when there is no predetermined schedule, since the idle time is divided into segments for each idle time zone and displayed in order of time on the terminal display device 12, even users who do not use the scheduler have their own idle time. You can select a time zone.
In this way, the free time is displayed as a selectable display object (free time box 62) on the display screen and materialized, and position information of the free time is generated in accordance with the selection, so that it is suitable in the free time. It is possible to display information on nearby stops that can stop at the mobile terminal 2 together. The user can easily operate the information on the stop that can be visited in the free time zone without performing the operation of accessing the plurality of other server devices 5 that provide the information on each stop destination candidate site in the free time zone. Can be obtained at.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of an example of a setting item list that can be set on the terminal display device 12 of the mobile terminal 2 of FIG.
In FIG. 11, as setting items (Property) by the user in the mobile terminal 2, position information setting (Search Area), language setting (Language), display start time setting (Start Time), and display end time setting of the free time zone (End Time), body calendar usage setting (Calendar1), bounce setting (Bounds), scroll bar setting (Scroll Bar), calendar setting (Calendar2), free time zone setting (Segmentation of VTP), less than 30 minutes A free time zone setting (Short VTP) and a search condition setting (Search Condition) are shown.
Each setting item in FIG. 11 can be set by selecting the setting button 64 on the schedule screen in FIG.

In the position information setting of the free time zone, how to generate the position information of the free time zone is set. In FIG. 11, as the set value (Value), automatic (Auto), present location (Present POS.), Previous planned location (Prev. POS.), Subsequent planned location (Post POS.), Designated (Shinjuku) (DSG ( Designation) SNJK), designation (Ginza) (DSG GNZ), etc. are shown.
Here, the current location is a setting in which the current location at the time when a free time zone is selected is used as position information of the free time zone. In this case, it is possible to search for a nearby stop at a site where a free time zone occurs.
The previous planned location is a setting in which the planned location immediately before the selected free time zone is used as position information of the free time zone. In this case, it is possible to search for a stopover near the previous planned site.
Further, the post-scheduled location is a setting in which the planned location immediately after the selected vacant time zone is used as position information of the vacant time zone. In this case, it is possible to search for a stopover near the planned future location.
In addition, the designation (Shinjuku) is a setting in which the area around Shinjuku Ward in Tokyo, Japan is used as position information in the free time zone. You can use it when you want to spend your free time around Shinjuku.

In addition, “automatic” is a setting for automatically selecting one from the current location, the previous planned location, the subsequent planned location, and the designated location. For example, the current time measured by the terminal timer is compared with the selected free time zone, and if the current time is included in the selected free time zone, the current location is selected. In other cases, the presence / absence of the previous planned site and the subsequent planned site is further determined, and if either exists, the existing planned site is selected. When both planned locations exist, either one may be preferentially selected or an intermediate waypoint between them may be selected. If there is no previous planned site and no later planned site, the designated site is selected. In this way, by automatically switching the position information of the free time zone, it is possible to provide information on a nearby nearby stop suitable for the use situation of the user.
The search result in FIG. 9 is a result of searching for the current location when the user is staying in Shinjuku. Alternatively, the search is performed by setting “specified (Shinjuku)” as the setting value.

In language setting, set the language used for display. FIG. 11 shows Japanese (English) and English (English) as set values. The schedule display screen of FIG. 8 is a case where Japanese is set as a set value.

In the display start time setting, set the display start time of the free time zone displayed in the schedule. In FIG. 11, the set values are illustrated as 0 (00:00), 3 (03:00), 6 (06:00), 9 (09:00), and 12:00 (12:00). Has been. The schedule display screen of FIG. 8 is a case where “6 o'clock” is set as a set value.

In the display end time setting, set the display end time of the free time zone displayed in the schedule. FIG. 11 shows set values of 18:00 (18:00), 21:00 (21:00), and 24:00 (24:00). The schedule display screen of FIG. 8 is a screen when “21:00” is set as a set value.

In the use setting of the main body calendar, whether to use the calendar installed in the mobile terminal 2 is set. FIG. 11 shows used (used) and unused (unused) as setting values. The schedule display screen of FIG. 8 is a screen when “not used” is set as a set value.

In the bounce setting, set whether or not to display the boundary (bounce) of the free time zone. FIG. 11 shows used (used) and unused (unused) as setting values. The schedule display screen in FIG. 8 is a screen when “use” is set as a set value.

Scroll bar setting sets whether to display the scroll bar on the schedule display screen. FIG. 11 shows display (DISPDIS (Displayed)) and non-display (ND (Not Displayed)) as setting values. The schedule display screen of FIG. 8 is a case where “not display” is set as a setting value.

In calendar setting, set whether to create a calendar. FIG. 11 shows the generation (Generated) and the non-creation (Ingenerated) as setting values. The schedule display screen in FIG. 8 is a screen when “create” is set as a setting value. Therefore, by selecting the date button 63 for one week in FIG. 8, it is possible to display the free time zone for each day for the free time for one week. The user can acquire information on the stop-off destination of the free time zone even for the free time zone after tomorrow.

In the free time division setting, whether to divide the free time based on the length of time is set. FIG. 11 shows the setting values every 3 hours (3 hour limit) and not divided (ND (Not divided)). The schedule display screen of FIG. 8 is a case where “every 3 hours” is set as a set value. Therefore, according to the schedule data 20 of FIG. 7, only three free time zones before and after two schedules and in the middle are generated, but five free time zones are generated as shown in FIG.
It should be noted that the user may be allowed to set whether or not to divide the free time according to the weather.

In the setting of the free time zone of less than 30 minutes, set whether to display the free time zone of less than 30 minutes. FIG. 11 shows display (DISPDIS (Displayed)) and non-display (ND (Not Displayed)) as setting values. The schedule display screen in FIG. 8 is a screen when “display” is set as a set value. However, since the schedule data 20 in FIG. 7 does not have a free time zone of less than 30 minutes, the schedule display screen in FIG. 8 is displayed even when “not display” is set as the set value.

In the search condition setting, set the search condition for the stop. FIG. 11 shows only the start time (Start Time only), the start time and the end time (Start and End Times) as set values. The search in FIG. 9 is an example when “start time and end time” are set.

The above embodiment is an example of a preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited to this, and various modifications or changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention.

For example, in the above embodiment, the terminal used by the user for displaying the free time zone in the schedule is the mobile terminal 2.
In addition, for example, the user terminal may be a desktop personal computer installed and used.

In the above-described embodiment, the mobile terminal 2 generates one location information as the location information of the free time zone.
In addition to this, for example, the mobile terminal 2 may generate position information of a plurality of vacant time zones, and the search server device 3 may use these plurality of locations for the search. As a result, for example, when different planned locations are registered before and after the vacant time zone, it is possible to obtain information on a stop-by destination for each planned location. It is also possible to obtain information on the stopover about the waypoint.
Furthermore, for example, the search server device 3 may search for information other than the stop-by location using only the time information of the free time zone. Examples of such information include a home page and an electronic book that can be read in a predetermined time. By transmitting these pieces of information together from the search server device 3 to the mobile terminal 2, the user can operate the mobile terminal 2 at, for example, an extracted stop, and read the homepage or electronic book in the idle time. it can. Free time can be used effectively.
Further, the mobile terminal 2 or the search server device 3 may further search, for example, a TODO list and extract and display events that can be processed within the free time. Free time can be used effectively.

In the above-described embodiment, the server control unit 39 of the search server device 3 searches the index database 38 using the received information on the free time zone, and the near-by destination index record 41 that can drop in the free time zone. To extract.
In addition to this, for example, the server control unit 39 uses the movement distance, the movement time, and the like from the position of the received position information of the free time zone to the position of each stop as additional conditions, and extracts the stop destination index record 41 to be extracted. You may narrow down. The moving distance may be, for example, a distance between two points, and the server control unit 39 calculates the distance between the two points when searching the index records 41 of each stop-by, for example, a stop-by destination close to a predetermined distance or less. The index record 41 may be extracted. The moving time may be set time corresponding to walking, bicycle, automobile, bus, airplane, etc. as the moving means, for example, and the server control unit 39 sets the moving means set when searching the index record 41 at each stop. The movement time between two points may be calculated, and for example, an index record 41 that is close to the destination within a predetermined time may be extracted.

In the above embodiment, when searching for a nearby stop-off destination from the index database 38, the search character string is the search target.
In addition to this, for example, the server control unit 39 may also search other data of the index database 38. For example, by using an address as a search target, the range extracted by the search can be narrowed. As a result, for example, it is possible to extract only a stop point within a predetermined radius range from the position information point by searching. Further, the server control unit 39 may extract the stop-off destinations in the order from the location of the position information until, for example, the number of extracted cases reaches a predetermined number.

In the above embodiment, the index database 38 is searched based on the free time zone and the position information, and the stopover destination is extracted.
In addition to this, for example, the type of the movie to stop at is set in the portable terminal 2, and based on this setting, the index database 38 is searched using information other than the free time zone and the position information, and the set type is set. It may be possible to extract only the stop-off point.

In the above embodiment, the server control unit 39 of the search server device 3 transmits the extracted information on the stop-off destination from the server communication device 31 to the mobile terminal 2.
In addition to this, for example, the server control unit 39 may transmit information other than the extracted information on the stop-by destination from the server communication device 31 to the mobile terminal 2. Such information includes, for example, the moving distance or moving time from the position of the position information in the free time zone to each stop-off position.
When such additional information is received, the mobile terminal 2 may display the received additional information in, for example, the drop-off destination boxes 81 of the respective drop-off destinations.
In addition to this, for example, the mobile terminal 2 classifies the received stop index record 41 as a destination for each moving means, selects a corresponding classification according to the moving means selected based on the user operation, You may make it display the stop point included in the selected classification | category. In particular, for example, by setting a circular movement range by walking, a donut movement range by bicycle, and a donut movement range by automobile, the map is displayed in the map 83 simply by switching the selection of the moving means. The drop-off mark can be switched between a circle, a small donut, and a large donut. In the display of the map 83, it is difficult to overlap a plurality of marks, and it is easy to see. In this case, the server control unit 39 may extract a stop-by point within the moving range by the moving means having the longest moving distance by searching and transmit it to the portable terminal 2.

In the above-described embodiment, the index database 38 stores information on stop-by destinations such as events, movie theaters, art museums, stores, restaurants, etc. where the user stops in order to have free time, and the visits stored in the index database 38 are stored. Information about the destination is provided to the portable terminal 2.
In addition to this, for example, the index database 38 stores, as information other than the stoppage destination, for example, an unread electronic book that can be read in the free time, unprocessed work left unhandled, information on miscellaneous tasks, and the like. Information other than the stop-by location stored in 38 may be provided to the portable terminal 2. Further, the stop-by information and other information may be stored in a server device other than the index database 38.

1 free / busy information provision system, 2 mobile terminal (user terminal), 3 search server device (server device), 4 communication network, 11 terminal communication device, 12 terminal display device, 17 terminal storage device (terminal storage unit), 20 schedule Data, 21 terminal control unit (terminal selection unit, terminal generation unit), 31 server communication device, 35 server storage device (server storage unit), 38 index database, 39 server control unit (server search unit), 51 scheduled record (default) Schedule), 61 schedule box (default scheduled time zone), 62 free time zone box (vacant time zone)

Claims

A space-time information providing system in which a user terminal having a terminal storage unit that can store a user's schedule and a server device having a server storage unit that stores information about a stop-by destination that the user can stop by are connected via a communication network. There,
The user terminal is
When a predetermined schedule is stored in the terminal storage unit, a terminal that displays the schedule including a predetermined schedule time zone and a free time zone in which no schedule is scheduled in the terminal storage unit in order of time. A display device;
Based on a user operation for a free time zone displayed on the terminal display device, a terminal selection unit that selects a free time zone operated by the user from the free time zones displayed on the terminal display device;
A terminal generation unit for generating position information about an unoccupied free time zone selected by the terminal selection unit;
A terminal communication device that transmits at least the position information generated by the terminal generation unit to the server device together with the time information of the empty time zone as information of the empty time zone that is not scheduled to be selected by the terminal selection unit;
Have
The server device
A server communication device that receives information about a free time zone from the terminal communication device;
Of the information about the free time zone received by the server communication device, the server storage unit is searched using at least the position information together with the time information, and a nearby stop destination that can be dropped in the free time zone is searched. A server search unit;
Have
The server communication device transmits information stored in the server storage unit about a nearby stop-by destination searched by the server search unit to the terminal communication device,
The terminal display device displays information on a nearby stop received by the terminal communication device in response to a user operation for an empty time zone displayed on the terminal display device;
Air-time information provision system.