WO2023095320A1 - Information provision device, information provision system, information provision method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium - Google Patents

Abstract

An information provision device (10) comprises: an acquisition unit (11) that acquires position information of a user; a first determination unit (12) that determines, on the basis of the position information, whether or not the user has reached a first position associated with an object; a second determination unit (13) that determines whether or not the user has reached a second position closer to the object than the first position after reaching the first position; a selection unit (14) that selects, on the basis of history information including a history of determination results, a piece of content to be outputted from among a plurality of pieces of content associated with the object; and an output unit (15) that outputs the selected piece of content.

Description

INFORMATION PROVISION DEVICE, INFORMATION PROVISION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROVISION METHOD AND NON-TEMPORARY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM

The present disclosure relates to information providing devices, information providing systems, information providing methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media.

In recent years, as a service that utilizes a mobile terminal with a positioning function such as a smartphone, there is a known service that plays content associated with that location, triggered by the user's arrival at a predetermined location. The predetermined location can be set by a virtual geographical area called a geofence. For example, by setting a geofence for a guide target such as a tourist attraction or a store, a user terminal inside the geofence can be guided to the destination or the next guide target along the route. can be done.

As a related technology, Patent Document 1 discloses an information providing device capable of providing information to users who have entered a geofence. This information providing device includes a storage unit for storing map data including a target and a route to the target, area data for an area set at a position at a predetermined distance from the target, and position information of a user terminal. An acquisition unit that acquires the information and a control unit that transmits the information to the user terminal are provided.

JP 2021-085858 A

For example, suppose there are multiple guidance objects in a tourist attraction, and each guidance object is associated with content such as audio and video for guidance. The user approaches each guidance object while moving, and reproduces the content related to the guidance object on his/her own terminal. If the user is allowed to move freely along the route, the behavior typically occurs such as listening to a brief explanation about each guidance object at first, then returning to the guidance object of interest and listening to a more detailed explanation. I can. However, the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 does not consider such a problem because fixed content is associated with each object.

The present disclosure has been made to solve such problems, and provides an information providing device, an information providing system, and an information providing method capable of appropriately outputting content in accordance with the user's behavior with respect to an object. , and to provide a non-transitory computer-readable medium.

The information providing device according to the present disclosure is
Acquisition means for acquiring location information of a user;
a first determination means for determining whether or not the user has reached a first position associated with an object based on the position information;
a second determination means for determining whether or not the user has reached a second position closer to the object than the first position after reaching the first position;
determination means for determining content to be output from a plurality of contents associated with the object based on history information including history of determination results in the first and second determination means;
an output means for outputting the determined content.

The information provision system related to this disclosure is
a server;
and an information providing device,
The server is
having content storage means for storing a plurality of content associated with the object;
The information providing device is
Acquisition means for acquiring location information of a user;
a first determination means for determining whether or not the user has reached a first position associated with the object based on the position information;
a second determination means for determining whether or not the user has reached a second position closer to the object than the first position after reaching the first position;
determination means for determining content to be output from the plurality of contents based on history information including history of determination results in the first and second determination means;
and output means for acquiring the determined content from the server and outputting the content.

The information provision system related to this disclosure is
a server;
and an information providing device,
The server is
content storage means for storing a plurality of content items associated with an object;
A determination result as to whether or not the user has reached the first position associated with the object is acquired from the information providing device, and after reaching the first position, the object is located at the first position rather than the first position. a second determination means for determining whether the user has reached a second position close to
determining means for determining a content to be output from the plurality of contents based on history information including the obtained determination result and a history of the determination result in the second determining means;
The information providing device is
Acquisition means for acquiring location information of the user;
a first determination means for determining whether or not the user has arrived at the first position based on the position information and transmitting a determination result to the server;
and output means for acquiring the determined content from the server and outputting the content.

The information provision system related to this disclosure is
a server;
and an information providing device,
The server is
content storage means for storing a plurality of content items associated with an object;
a first determination means for acquiring position information of a user from the information providing device and determining whether or not the user has reached a first position associated with the object based on the position information;
a second determination means for determining whether or not the user has reached a second position closer to the object than the first position after reaching the first position;
determination means for determining content to be output from the plurality of contents based on history information including history of determination results in the first and second determination means;
The information providing device is
an acquisition means for acquiring the location information and transmitting it to the server;
and output means for acquiring the determined content from the server and outputting the content.

The information provision method related to this disclosure is
Get the user's location information,
Based on the position information, perform a first determination to determine whether the user has reached a first position associated with the target object;
After reaching the first position, a second determination is made to determine whether the user has reached a second position closer to the object than the first position,
determining content to be output from a plurality of contents associated with the object based on history information including a history of determination results in the first and second determinations;
Outputting the determined content.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing an information providing program according to the present disclosure is
a process of acquiring location information of the user;
a first determination process for determining whether or not the user has reached a first position associated with an object based on the position information;
A second determination process for determining whether or not the user has reached a second position closer to the object than the first position after reaching the first position;
A process of determining content to be output from a plurality of contents associated with the object based on history information including history of determination results in the first and second determinations;
a process of outputting the determined content;
run on the computer.

According to the present disclosure, it is possible to provide an information providing device, an information providing system, an information providing method, and a non-temporary computer-readable medium capable of appropriately outputting content in accordance with the user's action on the target object.

1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information providing device according to Embodiment 1; FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing an information providing method performed by the information providing device according to the first embodiment; 1 is a schematic diagram of an information providing system according to a second embodiment; FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the periphery of the object A shown in FIG. 3; FIG. FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a terminal (information providing device) according to the second embodiment; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of content information according to the second embodiment; FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of output history information according to the second embodiment; FIG. 9 is a flow chart showing an information providing method executed by the terminal according to the second embodiment; FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information providing system according to a third embodiment; FIG. FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information providing system according to a fourth embodiment; FIG. FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information providing system according to a fifth embodiment; FIG. FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information providing system according to a sixth embodiment; FIG. FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information providing system according to a seventh embodiment; FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information providing system according to an eighth embodiment; It is a figure which shows the structural example of hardware.

<Embodiment 1>
Embodiments of the present disclosure will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information providing device 10 according to this embodiment.
The information providing device 10 includes an acquisition unit 11 , a first determination unit 12 , a second determination unit 13 , a determination unit 14 and an output unit 15 .
The acquisition unit 11 acquires user position information.
The first determination unit 12 determines whether or not the user has reached the first position associated with the object based on the position information acquired by the acquisition unit 11 .
The second determination unit 13 determines whether or not the user has reached a second position closer to the object than the first position after reaching the first position.
The determination unit 14 determines content to be output from a plurality of contents associated with the object based on history information including history of determination results in the first determination unit 12 and the second determination unit 13 .
The output unit 15 outputs the content determined by the determination unit 14 .

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing an information providing method performed by the information providing apparatus 10. As shown in FIG.
The acquisition unit 11 acquires user position information (S101).
The first determination unit 12 determines whether or not the user has reached the first position based on the acquired position information (S102). If the user has not reached the first position (NO in S102), the process ends. If the user has reached the first position (YES in S102), the second determination unit 13 determines whether the user has reached the second position (S103).

If the user has not reached the second position (NO in S103), the process ends. If the user has reached the second position (YES in S103), the determination unit 14 determines the position associated with the object based on the history information including the history of the determination results of the first determination unit 12 and the second determination unit 13. Contents to be output are determined from the plurality of contents (S104). The output unit 15 outputs the determined content (S105).

As described above, the information providing apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment determines whether or not the user has reached the first position, and if the user has reached the first position, determines whether or not the user has reached the second position. further determine whether The second position is closer to the object than the first position. Therefore, the information providing apparatus 10 can estimate that the user is interested in the target object by detecting that the user who has reached the first position has subsequently reached the second position.

Further, the information providing apparatus 10 determines content to be output from a plurality of contents associated with the object based on the history of the user's arrival at the first and second positions, and determines the content to be output. to output
As described above, according to the information providing apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment, content can be appropriately output according to the user's behavior with respect to the target object.

<Embodiment 2>
Embodiment 2 is a specific example of Embodiment 1 described above.
First, an overview of the information providing system 1000 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the information providing system 1000. As shown in FIG. The information providing system 1000 is a system capable of providing information on guidance objects to a user's terminal or the like. The information providing system 1000 can be used, for example, for use by tourists and visitors at sightseeing spots, art galleries, museums, and the like.

In the example shown in FIG. 3, three objects A to C to be guided to the user U who is the user of the information providing system 1000 are provided. Objects A to C are, for example, tourist attractions, shops, exhibits, or the like. Note that, hereinafter, the objects A to C may be collectively referred to simply as “objects” in some cases. A user U is, for example, a customer who has visited a tourist spot or an art museum.

The user U uses the information providing system 1000 to receive information about the object. For example, the user U uses the terminal 100 such as a smartphone owned by the user U to receive information about the object by reproducing audio content or video content about the object. The user U may use wireless communication such as Bluetooth (registered trademark) to reproduce audio content from an earphone or the like (not shown). The user U can tour tourist attractions while listening to voice guidance about the target object.

As shown in FIG. 3, the user U freely moves within the range including the objects A to C. A user U carries a terminal 100 on which a voice guidance service provided by the information providing system 1000 operates. A terminal 100 is a mobile information terminal owned by a user U. FIG. The terminal 100 stores information on geofences installed around each object. In this disclosure, a geofence may be defined as a geographic area of any shape. A geofence is associated with each object and stored in advance in the storage device of the terminal 100 as geofence definition information. Geofences Ga to Gc are associated with objects A to C, respectively.

Geofences Ga to Gc are set in predetermined areas so as to include objects A to C, respectively. Although the geofences Ga to Gc are circular in FIG. 3, they are not limited to this and may be set to any shape. For example, the geofences Ga to Gc may be set to shapes such as rectangles and ellipses.

Here, the geofence will be specifically described with reference to part of FIG. FIG. 4 is an enlarged view around the object A shown in FIG. In FIG. 3, the geofence Ga is shown to be circular in a predetermined area including the object A, but in FIG. It shows how it is set.

As shown in geofence Ga1, a geofence can be set as a group of multiple small circular geofences. Geofence Ga1 is configured by grouping five circular geofences, but the number of circular geofences is not limited to five. The geofence Ga1 may be configured to include any number of circular geofences in consideration of the flow line of the user U and the width of the passage. The same is true for geofences Ga2 and Ga3.

Each of the multiple circular geofences can be set by specifying the center coordinates (latitude and longitude) and radius. A plurality of circular geofences may overlap each other as shown in FIG. Moreover, these may be separated. The coordinates and radius of the center of the circular geofence are set in advance by the provider of the information providing system 1000 or the like, and stored in the terminal 100 via a predetermined application or the like. For example, when setting a rectangular geofence instead of a circular one, the rectangular geofence can be set by specifying the coordinates of four points.

Returning to FIG. 3, the description of the outline of the present disclosure is continued.
Assume that the user U enters the geofence Ga around the object A for the first time. The terminal 100 detects that the user U has entered the geofence Ga for the first time, and outputs a short audio content for arousing interest in the object A. FIG. Next, assume that the user U enters the geofence Gb or Gc around the object B or C for the first time. The terminal 100 outputs short audio content for arousing interest in the object B or C in the same manner as described above.

After that, assume that the user U re-enters the geofence Ga around the object A. At that time, the terminal 100 determines whether or not the user U has reached the vicinity area Ra of the object A within a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds) after entering the geofence Ga. The neighboring area Ra is, for example, an area within a predetermined distance threshold (for example, 2 m) from the object A. When the user U reaches the neighboring area Ra within a predetermined time, the terminal 100 presumes that the user U is interested in the object A, and outputs detailed explanation content about the object A. FIG.

The same applies to objects B and C. When the user U re-enters the geofence Gb or Gc, the terminal 100 determines whether or not the user U has reached the neighboring region Rb or Rc within a predetermined time after entering the geofence. Output detailed content. Note that different regions may be set for the geofences Ga to Gc and the neighboring regions Ra to Rc.

In this way, the information providing system 1000 estimates the user's interest in the object from the combination of the number of times the user has entered the same geofence and the temporal conditions related to the movement from entering the geofence to the near-object area. do. With such a configuration, the information providing system 1000 can provide a voice guidance service capable of outputting appropriate content according to the user's interest.

Next, the configuration of terminal 100 will be described using FIG. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the terminal (information providing device) 100. As shown in FIG.
The terminal 100 is an information processing device for executing the information providing method according to the present disclosure, and is an example of the information providing device 10 according to the first embodiment. By installing a predetermined application, the terminal 100 executes information processing via the application. Thereby, the terminal 100 provides the user U with the voice guidance service according to the present disclosure. The terminal 100 is, for example, a mobile phone terminal, a smart phone, a tablet terminal, or the like.

The terminal 100 includes an acquisition section 110 , a first determination section 120 , a second determination section 130 , a determination section 140 , an output section 150 , a history information storage section 160 , a content storage section 170 and a timer section 180 .

First, the content storage unit 170 will be explained. The content storage unit 170 is a database that associates and stores a plurality of content items according to the interest of the user U for each of the set geofences. A plurality of pieces of content are output according to the current position of the user U and the number of times the object has reached the vicinity area. The plurality of contents includes a first content that is output when the user U reaches the first position for the first time and a second content that is output when the user U reaches the second position.

Here, the first position, second position, first content, and second content will be explained. The first position is a position set for determining whether or not to provide the user U with the first content. The first location is also used together with the second location to determine whether to provide the second content.

The first content is content that is output when it is detected that the user has reached the first position for the first time. The first content may include, for example, a brief introductory text about the object.

The second position is a position set for determining whether or not to provide the user U with the second content. The second position is set closer to the object than the first position.

The second content is content that is output when it is detected that the user has reached the second position. A predetermined condition, such as staying at the second position for a predetermined time or more, may be provided for the output of the second content. The second content may contain more detailed content regarding the object than the first content. The second content is, for example, a description of the target object. Also, a plurality of second contents may be provided.

The first and second positions may be the position of a certain point or an area having a predetermined area, as long as the position can be specified. The first and second positions may be set in advance by associating the respective coordinates with the object, or may be set as relative distances from the object. In this embodiment, the first position is a position on the geofence, and the second position is a position within the vicinity area Ra near the object. The neighboring area Ra is an area where the relative distance to the object is within a predetermined threshold.

Not limited to this, both the first and second positions may be set as positions on the geofence. That is, for the same object, geofences may be defined in a nested fashion, with the outer geofence being the first position and the inner geofence being the second position. Also, both the first and second positions may be set using the relative distance to the object. For example, a neighboring region Ra1 and a neighboring region Ra2 closer to the object than the neighboring region Ra1 are defined. In this case, the neighboring region Ra1 may be the first position, and the neighboring region Ra2 may be the second position.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the content information 171 stored in the content storage unit 170. As shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the content information 171 is information in which, for example, a content ID 1711, an output count 1712, an object ID 1713, a mode 1714, and content 1715 are associated with each other.

The content ID 1711 is information for identifying content.
The output count 1712 is information indicating the number of times the content has been output. For example, when the user U enters the geofence for the first time, the content is output for the first time, so the content with the number of outputs "1" is reproduced. The number of times of output 1712 corresponds to the number of times of output n in the flowchart described later.
The object ID 1713 is information for identifying the object.

The mode 1714 is information indicating the content output mode. A plurality of modes 1714 may be set according to the level of user U's interest, such as "interest arousing mode", "detailed mode 1", "detailed mode 2", and "detailed mode 3" shown in the figure. By associating the output count 1712 with the mode 1714, it is possible to set the output mode according to the number of times the user U has approached the object.

The "interest arousing mode" corresponds to the first content described above. Further, "detailed mode 1" to "detailed mode 3" correspond to the above-described second content. When the number of output times is small, content is set to encourage interest in the object, and as the number of output times increases, more detailed content is set.

For example, when the user U enters the geofence Ga for the first time, the number of times of output is 1, so the content in the "interest arousing mode" with the content ID "A1" is output. Also, when the user U enters the geofence Ga for the second time and satisfies the predetermined condition, the number of outputs is two. In this case, the content of "detailed mode 1" with content ID "A2" is output. Then, when the user U enters the geofence Ga again and satisfies the predetermined condition, the number of output times is 3, so the content of the content ID "A3" and "detailed mode 2" is output. By doing so, the terminal 100 can output content including more detailed information as the number of times the content is output increases.

The content 1715 is information including the details of the content provided to the user U. The content 1715 may include, for example, descriptions of objects, facility event information, coupon information, sightseeing information, route guidance, traffic information, congestion status, and the like. The content 1715 may be information in any format as long as it can be output by the output device of the terminal 100 . Content 1715 is stored in the form of, for example, audio, still images, moving images, characters, and the like. The content 1715 may include video, audio AR (Augmented Reality), and the like. Content 1715 includes content according to user U's level of interest so as to correspond to mode 1714 .

Although FIG. 6 shows an example in which four types of variations are stored as contents for each of the objects A and B, the number and contents of variations are not limited to this. For example, in FIG. 6, one "interest arousing mode" content is provided for each object, but a plurality of such content may be provided. Also, although different contents are set for the objects A and B here, contents common to the objects A and B may be set. Also, here, the number of times of output 1712 indicates the total number of times of output of the first and second contents, but may indicate the number of times of output of each of the first and second contents.

Returning to FIG. 5, the description is continued.
The history information storage unit 160 is a database that stores history information including history of determination results in the first determination unit 120 and the second determination unit 130, which will be described later. The history information includes, for example, output history information 161 indicating the output history of content output according to the determination result.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the output history information 161. As shown in FIG. The output history information 161 is, for example, information in which an object ID 1611 and output content 1612 are associated with each other.
The target object ID 1611 is information for identifying the target object. The target object ID 1611 corresponds to the target object ID 1713 .
The output content 1612 is information indicating the output history of content. Here, a content ID 1711 is used to indicate content that has already been output. For example, for the object A, the contents "A1" and "A2" have been output, and for the object B, the content "B1" has been output. There is no output history for objects C and D.

As will be described later, in the present embodiment, content is output according to the determination results of the first determination unit 120 and the second determination unit 130, so the determination results and the output history information 161 correspond to each other. is not limited to For example, the content may not be output even if the determination condition is satisfied. As the history information, only the determination results may be used.

Returning to FIG. 5, the description is continued.
The acquisition unit 110 is an example of the acquisition unit 11 according to the first embodiment. Acquisition unit 110 acquires user U's position information. Acquisition section 110 acquires the current location of terminal 100 using, for example, a GPS device capable of acquiring location information of terminal 100 by receiving GPS (Global Positioning System) satellite signals. Since the user carries the terminal 100, the current location of the terminal 100 can be regarded as the current location of the user U in this embodiment. The acquisition unit 110 acquires the latitude and longitude of the user U's current location.

The acquisition unit 110 may acquire the location information of the user U using means other than GPS. For example, the acquisition unit 110 obtains the current position of the user U using various sensing means such as a GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) device other than GPS, a beacon using Bluetooth (registered trademark), an acceleration sensor, or a gyro sensor. can be measured.

Typically, the acquisition unit 110 measures the current position of the terminal 100 using the positioning means described above at predetermined time intervals (eg, 10 seconds). Also, the acquisition unit 110 may acquire position information at different time intervals according to the position of the user U. FIG. For example, from the time the user U enters the geofence to the time he/she leaves the geofence, the current position is measured at shorter time intervals (for example, 1 second) than when the user U is outside the geofence. By increasing the positioning frequency according to the current position of the user U in this way, the terminal 100 can quickly detect the approach of the user U to the target object.

The first determination unit 120 is an example of the first determination unit 12 in the first embodiment. The first determination unit 120 determines whether or not the user has reached the first position associated with the object, based on the position information of the user U acquired by the acquisition unit 110 .

The first determination unit 120 compares the location information acquired by the acquisition unit 110 with the geofence definition information, and determines whether or not the user U has reached the geofence. In the following description, this determination will be referred to as the first determination. When the user U reaches the geofence, the first determination unit 120 detects that the user U has entered the geofence.

The second determination unit 130 is an example of the second determination unit 13 in the first embodiment. The second determination unit 130 determines whether or not the user U has reached a second position closer to the object than the first position after reaching the first position, based on the position information of the user U. Hereinafter, this determination will be referred to as a second determination.

For example, in the example shown in FIG. 4, the second determination unit 130 determines whether or not the user U has entered the neighboring area Ra after entering the geofence Ga. The neighboring area Ra is an area where the relative distance d between the object A and the user U is within a predetermined distance threshold value P (for example, 2 m). The entry into the geofence Ga may be made from any of the geofences Ga1 to Ga3.

With reference to FIG. 4, the determination logic when re-entering the geofence will be described in more detail.
First, the second determination unit 130 acquires the current position of the user U using functions such as GNSS, and measures d. As the movement of the user U after entering the geofence, there are cases where the user U approaches the object and cases where the user U leaves the object. When the user U approaches the object, d decreases, and when the user U moves away from the object, d increases.

When the user U approaches the object, the second determination unit 130 determines that the user U has reached the vicinity area Ra of the object when d is equal to or less than P. In this case, the second determination unit 130 estimates that the user U is interested in the target object A. As a result, the output of the content related to the object A is determined in the determination unit 140, which will be described later.

In addition, the second determination unit 130 adds a condition that the user U reaches the neighboring area Ra within a predetermined time after entering the geofence Ga and that the user U stays in the neighboring area Ra for a predetermined time or longer. It may be estimated that the user is interested in the guidance target. By doing so, it is possible not to output the content when the user U simply passes through the neighboring area Ra.

For example, the second determination unit 130 performs the second determination on the condition that the elapsed time T1 from when the user U enters the geofence Ga to when the user U enters the neighboring area Ra is shorter than a predetermined time threshold Ta. Ta is an effective time for determining whether or not the user U has entered the neighboring area Ra.

In addition, the second determination unit 130 performs the second determination with the additional condition that the elapsed time T2 after the user U entered the neighboring area Ra is longer than the predetermined time threshold Tb. Tb is a time threshold for determining that the user U has stayed in the neighboring area Ra.

The second determination unit 130 may consider both Ta and Tb or either one of them in the second determination. Here, the second determination will be described taking into account both Ta and Tb. After the user U enters the geofence Ga, the second determination unit 130 determines whether or not the condition d≦P is satisfied when the condition T1<Ta is satisfied. When d≦P is satisfied, the second determination unit 130 further determines whether or not the condition of T2>Tb is satisfied. The second determination unit 130 determines that the user U has entered the neighboring area Ra when T2>Tb is satisfied. Thereby, the second determination unit 130 estimates that the user U is interested in the target object A.

In this way, by considering the time from entering the geofence Ga to approaching the object A and the time after approaching the object A, the user U simply passed near the object A. or whether the object A has been approached with interest.

Note that, instead of comparing T1 and Ta, the second determination unit 130 determines whether the average moving speed from entering the geofence Ga to reaching the neighboring area Ra is equal to or greater than a predetermined value (for example, 4 km/h). A second determination may be made as a condition. If the user U's average moving speed is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, it can be estimated that the user U is interested in the target object A.

Further, the second determination unit 130 may detect the change in d over time, and determine that the user U is not interested in the object A when d increases. The second determination unit 130 may compare the average moving speed at which the user U moves away from the object A with a predetermined value in the same manner as described above.

Returning to FIG. 5, the description is continued.
The determining unit 140 is an example of the determining unit 14 according to the first embodiment. Based on the output history information 161 stored in the history information storage unit 160, the determination unit 140 determines content to be output from a plurality of contents associated with the object.

When the user U reaches the geofence, the determination unit 140 refers to the output history information 161 and determines whether or not there is an output history of the first content. The decision unit 140 decides to output the first content when there is no output history of the first content. For example, in the example of FIG. 4, when the first determination unit 120 detects that the user U has entered the geofence Ga, the determination unit 140 refers to the output history information 161 to refer to the content " A1” is output. If the content "A1" has not been output, the determining unit 140 determines to output the content "A1". By doing so, the terminal 100 can output the first content by using the first entry into the geofence Ga as a trigger.

It should be noted that in the present embodiment, a configuration is described in which the first content is output with the first entry into the geofence as a trigger, but the present invention is not limited to this. It may be configured such that the first content is not output when entering the geofence for the first time. In this case, the first entry into the geofence can be used as a trigger for transitioning to the determination process of the second determination unit 130 .

Also, the determining unit 140 determines output of the second content, triggered by the user U entering the neighboring area Ra. As described using FIG. 6, a plurality of second contents are provided. The determination unit 140 determines the second content to be output from the plurality of contents according to the number of times the neighboring area Ra is reached. The number of arrivals to the neighboring area Ra corresponds to the number of times the content is output.

For example, assume that content "A1" has already been output. The decision unit 140 decides to output the content "A2" and thereafter according to the number of times the neighboring area Ra is reached. For example, when the content "A1" has been output and the content "A2" has not been output, the number of times of reaching the neighboring area Ra is zero. In this case, the decision unit 140 decides to output the content "A2". Moreover, when the content "A2" has been output and the content "A3" has not been output, the number of times of reaching the neighboring area Ra is one. In this case, the output of content "A3" is determined. In this way, the determining unit 140 determines content to be output so that more detailed content is output as the number of times of reaching the neighboring area Ra increases. By doing so, it is possible to provide the user U with content according to the degree of interest of the user U.

Furthermore, the determination unit 140 may determine content to be output according to changes in the distance from the object to the user U. For example, when d increases, the determination unit 140 determines output of content that stimulates the interest of the object in the user U who is moving away from the object.

Also, the determination unit 140 may determine the content to be output according to the output history information 161 of another object. For example, it is assumed that the user U in the neighboring area Ra has used the object B in advance. The determining unit 140 determines contents including the relationship between the target object B and the target object A, information on benefits that the user of the target object B can obtain by using the target object A, and the like. For example, the determination unit 140 may determine content that includes a message such as "You can see XX related to object B in object A."

Also, the determination unit 140 may detect the moving direction of the user U and determine content that guides the user to another target object. For example, a content including a message such as "Target C also sells XX similar to Target A." may be determined.

Note that the determination unit 140 may determine the content to be output in consideration of the date and time of the output history. For example, the determination unit 140 may determine content by excluding output histories before a predetermined date and time (for example, one year).

The output unit 150 is an example of the output unit 15 in the first embodiment. The output unit 150 outputs the content determined by the determination unit 140 . For example, the output unit 150 outputs audio content using output means such as earphones, headphones, a headset, a hearable device, or a speaker. These output means may be connected to the terminal 100 by wire or wirelessly. The output unit 150 may output content such as characters and images using output means such as a display, or may output video content in which images and sounds are combined.

Also, the output unit 150 may output content using a sound image localization technique using a head-related transfer function. The terminal 100 presets the position of the object as the sound image localization position. The output unit 150 creates sound data for the right ear and the left ear based on the position of the user U who has reached a predetermined position and the distance and direction to the object, and outputs the sound data to the respective earphones. By doing so, the user U can perceive the output audio content as directional audio. Since the sound source sounds as if the sound source exists in or near the object, the user U can easily recognize which object the output content relates to. Moreover, by doing so, it is possible to more strongly arouse the interest of the user U in the target object. The output unit 150 may perform sound image localization both when reaching the geofence and when reaching the neighboring area Ra, or may perform only one of them.

The timer unit 180 measures the elapsed time starting from a predetermined event. Timer section 180 measures T1 and T2 described above.

It should be noted that the configuration shown in FIG. 5 is merely an example, and terminal 100 may be configured using a device in which a plurality of configurations are integrated. For example, each functional unit in terminal 100 may perform distributed processing using a device such as a server, as in an embodiment to be described later.

Next, the information providing method according to this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an information providing method executed by the terminal 100. As shown in FIG. Here, the behavior of the user U with respect to the object A will be described as an example.

First, the first determination unit 120 detects the entry of the user U into the geofence Ga based on the user's location information acquired by the acquisition unit 110 . When the terminal 100 detects that the user U has entered the geofence Ga, the terminal 100 executes the following steps.

The determining unit 140 refers to the output history information 161 and acquires the number of times n of content output (S1). For example, when the user U enters the geofence Ga for the first time, the output count n=0 because there is no content output history regarding the object A. FIG. Also, when the geofence Ga is entered for the second time or later, n≠0 because there is an output history of content related to the object A. When the number of outputs n=0 (n=0 in S1), the determination unit 140 determines output of the first content, and the output unit 150 outputs the content (S2). The first content is, for example, the content of the "interest arousing mode" indicated by the content ID "A1" in FIG. After outputting the first content, the output unit 150 updates the output history information 161 and terminates the process. Note that the terminal 100 may be configured to end the process without outputting the first content. In that case, the output unit 150 records in the output history information 161 that the geofence has been entered for the first time.

In step S1, if there is at least one content output history in the past (n≠0 in S1), the timer unit 180 starts counting the time T1 after entering the geofence Ga (S3). The acquisition unit 110 measures the relative distance d between the object A within the geofence Ga that has entered and the current position of the user U (S4).

The second determination unit 130 compares T1 and Ta, and determines whether T1<Ta (for example, 30 seconds) (S5). Ta is an effective time for determining whether or not the user U has entered the neighboring area Ra. If not T1<Ta (NO in S5), the process ends.

If T1<Ta (YES in S5), the second determination unit 130 compares d with a distance threshold value P (for example, 2 m) and determines whether d≦P (S6). P is a set value for defining that the object A and the user U are close to each other. If d≦P (YES in S6), the second determination unit 130 determines that the user U has come close enough to the object A. If it is not d≦P (NO in S6), the process returns to step S4, and the subsequent processes are repeated.

If d≤P (YES in S6), the timer unit 180 starts counting the elapsed time T2 after d≤P (S7). T2 is the staying time of the user U in the neighboring area Ra.

The second determination unit 130 determines whether d≤P and T1<Ta (S8). If either or both of d≦P and T1<Ta are not satisfied (NO in S8), the process is terminated. If the conditions d≦P and T1<Ta are satisfied (YES in S8), the second determination unit 130 compares T2 with Tb (for example, 5 seconds) to determine whether T2>Tb. Determine (S9). Tb is a set value for determining that the user U has stayed in the neighboring area Ra. If not T2>Tb (NO in S9), return to step S8 and repeat the process.

If T2>Tb (YES in S9), the determination unit 140 determines the second content to be output (S10). The second content is, for example, the content of "detailed mode 1" to "detailed mode 3" indicated by the content IDs "A2" to "A4" in FIG. The determination unit 140 refers to the content information 171 and selects the content corresponding to n from the content corresponding to the geofence Ga. For example, when the n-th variation was output last time, the output unit 150 selects the (n+1)-th variation and determines it as content to be output.

Also, the determining unit 140 may determine the content to be output according to the time change of d. For example, when d increases, the determination unit 140 determines output of content that stimulates interest in the object A to the user U who is moving away from the object A. FIG. Also, the determination unit 140 may determine the content to be output according to the output history information 161 of another object. For example, when the user U has used the object B in advance, interest in the object A can be aroused by outputting content showing the relationship between the object B and the object A. Furthermore, the determining unit 140 may detect the moving direction of the user U and determine content that guides the user to another target object. Note that the determination unit 140 may determine the content to be output in consideration of the date and time of the output history.

Note that if all variations have been output by the previous output, the determining unit 140 may determine the last variation as the content to be output. By doing so, it is possible to repeatedly output the content showing the most detailed content.

The output unit 150 outputs the determined content (S11). The output unit 150 outputs audio content and the like using output means such as earphones and a display. The output unit 150 may output content using sound image localization technology. The output unit 150 stores the information of the output content in the output history information 161 and updates the output history information 161 .

As described above, in the information providing system 1000 according to the present embodiment, the terminal 100 acquires the location information of the user U in the acquisition unit 110 . The first determination unit 120 determines whether or not the user U has entered the geofence based on the position information. When the user U enters the geofence for the first time, the determination unit 140 determines to output the first content that arouses the user U's interest in the object, and the output unit 150 outputs this.

Also, when the user U enters the geofence again, the second determination unit 130 determines whether or not the user U has entered the neighboring area based on the user U's position information. At this time, the second determination unit 130 determines whether or not the time since the user U entered the geofence is less than the predetermined time. Also, the second determination unit 130 determines whether or not the user U has stayed in the vicinity area for a predetermined time or longer. The second determination unit 130 estimates that the user U is interested in the object when these conditions are satisfied. In this case, the determining unit 140 determines the content to be output from the second content including more detailed content, according to the number of times the neighboring area is reached. The output unit 150 outputs the determined content to earphones or a display.

In this way, the information providing system 1000 can determine each event of the first entry into the geofence and the approach to the object after entering the geofence, and output content corresponding to each event. As a result, when the user U enters the geofence for the first time, a short guidance for arousing interest is played, and after the user U tours each object and listens to a brief explanation, the user U becomes interested and visits the geofence again. It is possible to provide detailed guidance when entering. Further, since the interest of the user U can be estimated based on the user U's entry into the geofence and movement to the vicinity of the target object, the information providing system 1000 can provide content variations according to the interest of the user U. can be output.

<Embodiment 3>
Next, the information providing system 1a according to this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In the above-described embodiments, all functions are configured to be incorporated into terminal 100 . In the present embodiment, the server has some of these functions, so that similar functions are realized using a client-server configuration.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the information providing system 1a. The information providing system 1a includes a server 20a and an information providing device 10a. The server 20a includes a content storage unit 21 that stores a plurality of content items associated with objects.

The information providing device 10 a includes an acquisition unit 11 , a first determination unit 12 , a second determination unit 13 , a determination unit 14 and an output unit 15 . Since the acquisition unit 11, the first determination unit 12, the second determination unit 13, and the determination unit 14 are the same as those in the first embodiment, description thereof is omitted. The output unit 15 acquires the determined content from the server 20a and outputs it.
According to the information providing system 1a according to this embodiment, the same effects as those of the above-described embodiment can be obtained.

<Embodiment 4>
Embodiment 4 is a specific example of Embodiment 3 described above.
FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information providing system 1000a according to this embodiment. The information providing system 1000a includes a server 200a and a terminal 100a. The server 200a and the terminal 100a are examples of the server 20a and the information providing device 10a of the third embodiment, respectively. Each function provided in the server 200a and the terminal 100a corresponds to each function of the terminal 100 described in the second embodiment, so redundant description will be omitted as appropriate.

The server 200a and the terminal 100a are connected via a network N. The network N is, for example, a wireless communication line.
The server 200 a includes a content storage section 270 and a communication section 290 . The content storage unit 270 corresponds to the content storage unit 170 of the terminal 100 described in the second embodiment. A communication unit 290 is a communication interface with the network N. FIG.

The terminal 100 a includes an acquisition unit 110 , a first determination unit 120 , a second determination unit 130 , a determination unit 140 , an output unit 150 , a history information storage unit 160 , a timer unit 180 and a communication unit 190 . A communication unit 190 is a communication interface with the network N. FIG. The output unit 150 requests the content determined by the determination unit 140 from the server 200a via the network N, and acquires the content from the server 200a. The output unit 150 outputs the acquired content.

The configuration other than the above corresponds to each functional unit in the second embodiment, so detailed description is omitted. With such a configuration, according to the information providing system 1000a according to this embodiment, it is possible to achieve the same effects as those of the above-described embodiments.

<Embodiment 5>
Next, the information providing system 1b according to this embodiment will be described. In this embodiment, a server has some functions of the information providing device 10a in the information providing system 1a described in the third embodiment. Descriptions of portions that overlap with the third embodiment will be omitted as appropriate.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the information providing system 1b according to this embodiment. The information providing system 1b includes a server 20b and an information providing device 10b. The server 20 b includes a content storage unit 21 , a second determination unit 23 and a determination unit 24 . The second determination unit 23 and determination unit 24 correspond to the second determination unit 13 and determination unit 14 of the first embodiment.

The second determination unit 23 acquires the determination result as to whether or not the user U has arrived at the first position from the information providing device 10b, and after reaching the first position, the second determination unit 23 determines whether or not the user U has reached the first position. It is determined whether or not the user U has reached the second position. The determination unit 24 determines the content to be output from the plurality of contents based on history information including the history of the determination result obtained from the information providing apparatus 10b and the determination result of the second determination unit 23 .

The information providing device 10 b includes an acquisition unit 11 , a first determination unit 12 and an output unit 15 . Since the acquisition unit 11 is the same as that of the first embodiment, the description thereof is omitted. The first determination unit 12 determines whether or not the user U has reached the first position based on the position information, and transmits the determination result to the server 20b. The output unit 15 acquires the content determined by the determination unit 24 from the server 20b and outputs it.
According to the information providing system 1b according to this embodiment, the same effects as those of the above-described embodiment can be obtained.

<Embodiment 6>
Embodiment 6 is a specific example of Embodiment 5 described above.
FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information providing system 1000b according to this embodiment. The information providing system 1000b includes a server 200b and a terminal 100b. The server 200b and the terminal 100b are examples of the server 20b and the information providing device 10b of the fifth embodiment, respectively. Each function provided by the server 200b and the terminal 100b corresponds to each function of the terminal 100 described in the second embodiment, and redundant description will be omitted as appropriate.

As shown in FIG. 12, the server 200b includes a second determination section 230, a determination section 240, a history information storage section 260, and a timer section 280 in addition to the configuration of the server 200a shown in FIG.

The terminal 100b transmits the location information of the user U acquired by the acquisition unit 110 and the result of the first determination by the first determination unit 120 to the server 200b at predetermined time intervals. Based on these pieces of information, the server 200b makes a second determination in the second determination section 230, and determines the content to be output in the determination section 240. FIG. Also, the server 200b transmits the determined content to the terminal 100b. The terminal 100b acquires content from the server 200b and outputs the content through the output unit 150. FIG.
According to the information providing system 1000b according to this embodiment, the same effects as those of the above-described embodiments can be obtained.

<Embodiment 7>
Next, the information providing system 1c according to this embodiment will be described. In this embodiment, the server further has the function of the first determination unit 12 of the information providing device 10b in addition to the function of the server 20b described in the fifth embodiment. Descriptions of portions that overlap with the fifth embodiment will be omitted as appropriate.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information providing system 1c according to this embodiment. The information providing system 1c includes a server 20c and an information providing device 10c.
The server 20 c includes a content storage section 21 , a first determination section 22 , a second determination section 23 and a determination section 24 . The first determination unit 22 acquires the position information of the user U from the information providing device 10c, and determines whether or not the user U has reached the first position associated with the target based on the position information. . Since the configuration other than the first determination unit 12 is the same as that described above, the description is omitted.

The information providing device 10c includes only an acquisition unit 11 and an output unit 15. FIG. The acquisition unit 11 acquires position information and transmits it to the server 20c. The output unit 15 acquires the determined content from the server 20c and outputs it.
According to the information providing system 1c according to this embodiment, the same effects as those of the above-described embodiment can be obtained.

<Embodiment 8>
Embodiment 8 is a specific example of Embodiment 7 described above.
FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information providing system 1000c according to this embodiment. The information providing system 1000c includes a server 200c and a terminal 100c. The server 200c and the terminal 100c are examples of the server 20c and the information providing device 10c of the seventh embodiment, respectively. Each function provided by the server 200c and the terminal 100c corresponds to each function of the terminal 100 described in the second embodiment, and redundant description will be omitted as appropriate.

As shown in FIG. 14, the server 200c has a first determination unit 220 in addition to the configuration of the server 200b shown in FIG. The first determination unit 220 acquires the position information of the user U from the terminal 100c, and determines whether or not the user U has reached the first position associated with the object based on the position information.

Also, the terminal 100c includes only the acquisition unit 110, the output unit 150, and the communication unit 190. FIG. The acquisition unit 110 acquires the location information of the user U and transmits it to the server 200c at predetermined time intervals. The output unit 150 acquires the content determined by the determination unit 240 of the server 200c from the server 200c and outputs the content.
According to the information providing system 1000c according to this embodiment, the same effects as those of the above-described embodiments can be obtained.

<Hardware configuration example>
Each functional configuration unit of the terminals 100, 100a to 100c and servers 200a to 200c described above may be implemented by hardware (eg, hardwired electronic circuits) that implements each functional configuration unit. It may be realized by a combination of software and software (for example, a combination of an electronic circuit and a program for controlling it). A case will be described below in which each functional component of the terminal 100 and the like is implemented by a combination of hardware and software.

FIG. 15 is a block diagram illustrating the hardware configuration of a computer 900 that implements the terminal 100 and the like. Computer 900 may be a dedicated computer designed to implement terminal 100 or the like, or may be a general-purpose computer. The computer 900 may be a portable computer such as a smart phone or a tablet terminal.

For example, by installing a predetermined application on the computer 900, the computer 900 implements each function of the terminal 100 and the like. The application is configured by a program for realizing the functional components of the terminal 100 and the like.

Computer 900 has bus 902 , processor 904 , memory 906 , storage device 908 , input/output interface 910 and network interface 912 . A bus 902 is a data transmission path for the processor 904, memory 906, storage device 908, input/output interface 910, and network interface 912 to transmit and receive data to and from each other. However, the method of connecting the processors 904 and the like to each other is not limited to bus connection.

The processor 904 is various processors such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), or an FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array). The memory 906 is a main memory implemented using a RAM (Random Access Memory) or the like. The storage device 908 is an auxiliary storage device implemented using a hard disk, SSD (Solid State Drive), memory card, ROM (Read Only Memory), or the like.

The input/output interface 910 is an interface for connecting the computer 900 and input/output devices. For example, the input/output interface 910 is connected to an input device such as a keyboard and an output device such as a display device, earphones, or speakers.

A network interface 912 is an interface for connecting the computer 900 to a network. This network may be a LAN (Local Area Network) or a WAN (Wide Area Network).

The storage device 908 stores a program that implements each functional component of the terminal 100 (program that implements the application described above). The processor 904 implements each functional component of the terminal 100 and the like by reading this program into the memory 906 and executing it.

Each of the processors executes a program containing a group of instructions for causing the computer to execute the algorithms explained using the drawings. This program includes instructions (or software code) that, when read into a computer, cause the computer to perform one or more of the functions described in the embodiments. The program may be stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium or tangible storage medium. By way of example, and not limitation, computer readable media or tangible storage media may include random-access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), flash memory, solid-state drives (SSD) or other memory technology, CDs - ROM, digital versatile disc (DVD), Blu-ray disc or other optical disc storage, magnetic cassette, magnetic tape, magnetic disc storage or other magnetic storage device. The program may be transmitted on a transitory computer-readable medium or communication medium. By way of example, and not limitation, transitory computer readable media or communication media include electrical, optical, acoustic, or other forms of propagated signals.

It should be noted that the present disclosure is not limited to the above embodiments, and can be modified as appropriate without departing from the scope. For example, in the above description, the second position is closer to the object than the first position, but the position is not limited to this. For example, the first and second positions may be set at the same distance from the object when the width of the passage is narrow and there is no need to separately provide the first and second positions. For example, in the example of FIG. 3, the first and second positions may both be the geofence Ga, or both be the neighboring area Ra.

Some or all of the above embodiments can also be described as the following additional remarks, but are not limited to the following.

(Appendix 1)
Acquisition means for acquiring location information of a user;
a first determination means for determining whether or not the user has reached a first position associated with an object based on the position information;
a second determination means for determining whether or not the user has reached a second position closer to the object than the first position after reaching the first position;
determination means for determining content to be output from a plurality of contents associated with the object based on history information including history of determination results in the first and second determination means;
and output means for outputting the determined content.
(Appendix 2)
The information providing apparatus according to appendix 1, wherein the history information includes output history information of the content output based on the determination result.
(Appendix 3)
3. The information providing apparatus according to appendix 1 or 2, wherein the plurality of contents includes first content and second content, and the second content includes more detailed content regarding the target than the first content.
(Appendix 4)
when the user reaches the first location,
The information providing apparatus according to appendix 3, wherein the determining means determines whether or not the history information includes an output history of the first content, and determines output of the first content if the output history does not exist.
(Appendix 5)
A plurality of the second contents are provided,
5. The information providing apparatus according to appendix 3 or 4, wherein the determining means determines the second content to be output according to the number of times the second position is reached.
(Appendix 6)
The second determination means determines that the user has reached the second position when a predetermined time or more has elapsed since the distance from the object to the user became equal to or less than a predetermined distance. The information providing device according to any one of items 1 and 2.
(Appendix 7)
7. The information providing apparatus according to any one of Additions 1 to 6, wherein the determining means determines the content to be output according to a change in distance from the object to the user.
(Appendix 8)
8. The information providing apparatus according to any one of appendices 1 to 7, wherein the determination means determines the content to be output according to the history information of the other object.
(Appendix 9)
a server;
and an information providing device,
The server is
having content storage means for storing a plurality of content associated with the object;
The information providing device is
Acquisition means for acquiring location information of a user;
a first determination means for determining whether or not the user has reached a first position associated with the object based on the position information;
a second determination means for determining whether or not the user has reached a second position closer to the object than the first position after reaching the first position;
determination means for determining content to be output from the plurality of contents based on history information including history of determination results in the first and second determination means;
An information providing system, comprising output means for acquiring the determined content from the server and outputting the content.
(Appendix 10)
a server;
and an information providing device,
The server is
content storage means for storing a plurality of content items associated with an object;
A determination result as to whether or not the user has reached the first position associated with the object is acquired from the information providing device, and after reaching the first position, the object is located at the first position rather than the first position. a second determination means for determining whether the user has reached a second position close to
determining means for determining a content to be output from the plurality of contents based on history information including the obtained determination result and a history of the determination result in the second determining means;
The information providing device is
Acquisition means for acquiring location information of the user;
a first determination means for determining whether or not the user has arrived at the first position based on the position information and transmitting a determination result to the server;
An information providing system, comprising output means for acquiring the determined content from the server and outputting the content.
(Appendix 11)
a server;
and an information providing device,
The server is
content storage means for storing a plurality of content items associated with an object;
a first determination means for acquiring position information of a user from the information providing device and determining whether or not the user has reached a first position associated with the object based on the position information;
a second determination means for determining whether or not the user has reached a second position closer to the object than the first position after reaching the first position;
determination means for determining content to be output from the plurality of contents based on history information including history of determination results in the first and second determination means;
The information providing device is
an acquisition means for acquiring the location information and transmitting it to the server;
An information providing system, comprising output means for acquiring the determined content from the server and outputting the content.
(Appendix 12)
12. The information providing system according to any one of appendices 9 to 11, wherein the history information includes output history information of the content output based on the determination result.
(Appendix 13)
Get the user's location information,
Based on the position information, perform a first determination to determine whether the user has reached a first position associated with the target object;
After reaching the first position, a second determination is made to determine whether the user has reached a second position closer to the object than the first position,
determining content to be output from a plurality of contents associated with the object based on history information including a history of determination results in the first and second determinations;
An information providing method for outputting the determined content.
(Appendix 14)
a process of acquiring location information of the user;
a first determination process for determining whether or not the user has reached a first position associated with an object based on the position information;
A second determination process for determining whether or not the user has reached a second position closer to the object than the first position after reaching the first position;
A process of determining content to be output from a plurality of contents associated with the object based on history information including history of determination results in the first and second determinations;
a process of outputting the determined content;
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing an information providing program that causes a computer to execute

1a to 1c, 1000, 1000a to 1000c Information providing system 10, 10a to 10c Information providing device 100, 100a to 100c Terminal (information providing device)
20a to 20c, 200a to 200c servers 11, 110 acquisition units 12, 22, 120, 220 first determination units 13, 23, 130, 230 second determination units 14, 24, 140, 240 determination units 15, 150 output unit 21 , 170, 270 content storage units 160, 260 history information storage units 180, 280 timer units 190, 290 communication unit 161 output history information 1611 object ID
1612 Output content 171 Content information 1711 Content ID
1712 Output count 1713 Object ID
1714 Mode 1715 Content 900 Computer 902 Bus 904 Processor 906 Memory 908 Storage Device 910 Input/Output Interface 912 Network Interfaces A to C Objects Ga to Gc, Ga1 to Ga3 Geofences Ra to Rc Nearby Area N Network U Users

Claims (14)

1. Acquisition means for acquiring location information of a user;
   a first determination means for determining whether or not the user has reached a first position associated with an object based on the position information;
   a second determination means for determining whether or not the user has reached a second position closer to the object than the first position after reaching the first position;
   determination means for determining content to be output from a plurality of contents associated with the object based on history information including history of determination results in the first and second determination means;
   and output means for outputting the determined content.
2. The information providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the history information includes output history information of the content output based on the determination result.
3. 3. The information providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of contents includes first content and second content, and the second content includes more detailed content regarding the object than the first content.
4. when the user reaches the first location,
   4. The information providing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said determining means determines whether or not said history information includes an output history of said first content, and determines output of said first content when said output history does not exist. .
5. A plurality of the second contents are provided,
   5. The information providing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the determining means determines the second content to be output according to the number of times the second location is reached.
6. Claims 1 to 5, wherein said second determination means determines that said user has reached said second position when a predetermined time or more has elapsed since the distance from said object to said user became equal to or less than a predetermined distance. The information providing device according to any one of .
7. 7. The information providing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein said determining means determines said content to be output according to a change in distance from said object to said user.
8. 8. The information providing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein said determining means determines said content to be output according to said history information of another said object.
9. a server;
   and an information providing device,
   The server is
   having content storage means for storing a plurality of content associated with the object;
   The information providing device is
   Acquisition means for acquiring location information of a user;
   a first determination means for determining whether or not the user has reached a first position associated with the object based on the position information;
   a second determination means for determining whether or not the user has reached a second position closer to the object than the first position after reaching the first position;
   determination means for determining content to be output from the plurality of contents based on history information including history of determination results in the first and second determination means;
   An information providing system, comprising output means for acquiring the determined content from the server and outputting the content.
10. a server;
    and an information providing device,
    The server is
    content storage means for storing a plurality of content items associated with an object;
    A determination result as to whether or not the user has reached the first position associated with the object is acquired from the information providing device, and after reaching the first position, the object is located at the first position rather than the first position. a second determination means for determining whether the user has reached a second position close to
    determining means for determining a content to be output from the plurality of contents based on history information including the obtained determination result and a history of the determination result in the second determining means;
    The information providing device is
    Acquisition means for acquiring location information of the user;
    a first determination means for determining whether or not the user has arrived at the first position based on the position information and transmitting a determination result to the server;
    An information providing system, comprising output means for acquiring the determined content from the server and outputting the content.
11. a server;
    and an information providing device,
    The server is
    content storage means for storing a plurality of content items associated with an object;
    a first determination means for acquiring position information of a user from the information providing device and determining whether or not the user has reached a first position associated with the object based on the position information;
    a second determination means for determining whether or not the user has reached a second position closer to the object than the first position after reaching the first position;
    determination means for determining content to be output from the plurality of contents based on history information including history of determination results in the first and second determination means;
    The information providing device is
    an acquisition means for acquiring the location information and transmitting it to the server;
    An information providing system, comprising output means for acquiring the determined content from the server and outputting the content.
12. 12. The information providing system according to any one of claims 9 to 11, wherein said history information includes output history information of said content output based on said determination result.
13. Get the user's location information,
    Based on the position information, perform a first determination to determine whether the user has reached a first position associated with the target object;
    After reaching the first position, a second determination is made to determine whether the user has reached a second position closer to the object than the first position,
    determining content to be output from a plurality of contents associated with the object based on history information including a history of determination results in the first and second determinations;
    An information providing method for outputting the determined content.
14. a process of acquiring location information of the user;
    a first determination process for determining whether or not the user has reached a first position associated with an object based on the position information;
    A second determination process for determining whether or not the user has reached a second position closer to the object than the first position after reaching the first position;
    A process of determining content to be output from a plurality of contents associated with the object based on history information including history of determination results in the first and second determinations;
    a process of outputting the determined content;
    A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing an information providing program that causes a computer to execute

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