JP2009265771A - Information providing system, information processor, information providing device, information processing method, information providing method, information processing program, information providing program, and information recording medium or the like - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the technical field of an information providing system or the like for disclosing location information. <P>SOLUTION: A Web server 1 (system control part 40) receives location information, and when the location shown by the received location information is matched with the location shown by already registered designation location information, the Web server 1 restricts the disclosure of the location information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present application relates to a technical field such as an information providing system that can disclose a user's position display to other users.

  In recent years, weblog (Weblog) services and chat services have become common as communication tools on the Internet.

  The web log service is abbreviated as “blog”, which is an abbreviation of the constituent word “Weblog”. The blog generally means a type of website that is updated daily. For example, articles and web pages such as news collected and stored by the founder of the weblog and published on the Internet. In addition, the reader of the article posted a link and added comments (articles) such as personal opinions, criticisms and explanations of the viewer, and the added comments were saved in chronological order. It is a website.

  In addition to the comment, information accompanying the comment such as a comment creation location is also written on the blog. In other words, it is possible to display the current position where a user has created a comment on a blog, and displaying the current position has an effect of giving a sense of reality to the comment on the blog. We are trying to improve.

  The chat service is a system or service that communicates by exchanging short sentences in real time like an actual conversation, unlike the blog that asynchronously exchanges a certain amount of contents.

  Also in the chat service, by displaying the current position between users who use chat, a sense of familiarity is provided between users, and the usability of the service is improved.

Patent Document 1 discloses an invention that can create and search a chat room based on position information and display the positions of participants during the chat.
JP 2003-058482 A

  However, in these blogs, displaying the current position where the user made a comment or displaying the current position of the user using chat in the chat service notifies the unspecified person of his / her whereabouts. As a result, problems such as infringement of the user's privacy are caused.

  In view of this, the present application considers solving such a point as one of the problems, and an information providing system, information processing apparatus, information providing apparatus, and information processing method capable of disclosing information in consideration of user safety An object is to provide an information providing method, an information processing program, an information providing program, a recording medium, and the like.

  In order to solve the above problem, the information processing apparatus according to claim 1 transmits position information input using an information processing apparatus owned by a user to another information processing apparatus owned by another user. The information processing apparatus provides the position information to the other user by displaying on the display unit of the other information processing apparatus, and the user desires to restrict browsing of the other user. Display means for displaying an input screen for inputting designated position information that is information about a designated position that is a position, storage means for storing the inputted designated position information, a position indicated by the position information, and the Transmission restriction means for restricting transmission of the position information when the designated positions match.

  The information providing system according to claim 6 includes an information processing apparatus including a transmission unit that inputs position information input using an information processing apparatus owned by a user and transmits the position information; The location created by one user, comprising: a receiving means for receiving the location information from an information processing device; and an information providing device comprising a disclosure means for making the received location information public on the network to the other users. An information providing system for providing information to other users, wherein the information processing apparatus includes designated position information that is information about a designated position that is a position where the user desires to restrict browsing of the other user. Display means for displaying an input screen for input, and the transmitting means further transmit the designated position information to the information providing apparatus, and the information providing apparatus receives the reception A storage means for receiving the inputted designated position information in the stage and storing the inputted designated position information, and restricting disclosure of the position information when the position indicated by the position information matches the designated position; And a disclosure restricting means.

  The invention of the information providing apparatus according to claim 10 comprises receiving means for receiving position information from the information processing apparatus, and publishing means for releasing the received position information on the network to the other users. The information providing apparatus for providing the position information created by one user to another user, wherein in the receiving means, the specified position is a position where the user desires to restrict browsing of the other user Receiving the established position information corresponding to the specified position information input through the input screen for inputting the specified position information that is information about the storage, and storing the specified position information, and the position indicated in the position information Public restriction means for restricting the disclosure of the position information when the designated positions match.

  The invention of the information processing method according to claim 11 transmits position information input using an information processing device owned by a user to another information processing device owned by another user, An information processing method for providing the position information to the other user by displaying it on a display unit of an information processing apparatus, wherein the specified position is a position where the user desires to restrict browsing of the other user A display step for displaying an input screen for inputting designated position information, which is information on the information, a storage step for storing the inputted designated position information, and a position indicated by the position information matches the designated position A transmission restriction step of restricting transmission of the position information in some cases.

  Further, the invention of the information providing method according to claim 12 includes a receiving step of receiving position information from the information processing device and a publishing step of releasing the received position information on the network to other users. In the information providing method for providing the position information created by one user to the other user, in the receiving step, the specified position that is the position where the user desires to restrict the viewing of the other user. Receiving the established position information corresponding to the specified position information input through the input screen for inputting the specified position information as information, and storing the input specified position information; and the position indicated by the position information And a disclosure limiting step of limiting the disclosure of the location information when the designated location matches.

  The invention of the information processing program according to claim 13 transmits position information input using an information processing apparatus owned by a user to another information processing apparatus owned by another user, and By displaying on the display unit of the information processing device, the computer included in the information processing device that provides the position information to the other user is a position where the user desires to restrict browsing of the other user. Display means for displaying an input screen for inputting designated position information, which is information about the designated position, storage means for storing the inputted designated position information, and the position indicated by the position information matches the designated position In this case, it is made to function as a transmission restriction means for restricting transmission of the position information.

  Further, the invention of the information providing program according to claim 14 is provided with receiving means for receiving position information from the information processing apparatus and disclosure means for releasing the received position information on the network to other users. The computer included in the information providing apparatus for providing the position information created by one user to the other user is a position at which the user desires to restrict the browsing of the other user in the receiving means. Storage means for receiving established position information corresponding to the designated position information inputted through an input screen for inputting designated position information, which is information about the designated position, and storing the inputted designated position information, by the position information When the indicated position coincides with the designated position, it is made to function as a public restricting means for restricting the disclosure of the position information. To.

Hereinafter, the best embodiment of the present application will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In addition, embodiment described below is embodiment at the time of applying this application with respect to an information provision system.
[1. Overview of information provision system and functions]
First, the configuration and functional overview of the information providing system S according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of an information providing system S according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the information providing system S includes a Web server 1 as an example of an information providing device, a database server 2 as an example of a storage unit, and a plurality of user terminals 3 a and 3 b as an example of an information processing device. It is comprised including.

  A plurality of user terminals 3a and the like and the Web server 1 can exchange data with each other via the network NW using, for example, TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) as a communication protocol. . The network NW is constructed by, for example, the Internet, a dedicated communication line (for example, a CATV (Community Antenna Television) line), a mobile communication network (including a base station), a gateway, and the like. The Web server 1 and the database server 2 can exchange data (information) with each other via, for example, a LAN (Local Area Network).

  In addition, data (information) can be transmitted and received between a plurality of user terminals using a wireless or wired communication line (for example, an infrared optical receiver or Bluetooth).

  In the information providing system S having such a configuration, the Web server 1 is a server computer installed to provide data registered in the database 2a through the network NW.

  More specifically, the user is information about a position (for example, a home, a recommended restaurant, a recommended amusement facility, or a facility around the home) using the user terminal 3a owned by the user. Location information (for example, information indicating the home address or the nearest station name if at home, store name of the recommended restaurant, etc. if the store is a recommended restaurant, information indicating the location or the nearest station name, recommended If it is an amusement facility, the name of the recommended amusement facility, information indicating the location or the nearest station name, if it is a facility around the home, the name of the facility around the home, information indicating the location or the name of the nearest station, etc. Hereinafter, "location information" And the input information is transmitted to the Web server 1. The Web server 1 receives the position information and registers it in the database 2a.

  Then, in order to make it possible to display the registered position information so that it can be viewed by other users, as an example, it functions as an information provision tool realized by PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) or the like. ing. In order to function as such an information providing tool, a Web server program, which will be described later, is installed in the Web server 1.

  In addition, the user includes information on a specified position (for example, the location of his / her home) that is desired to limit browsing (publication to other users) from other users among the positions included in the position information. Information, information indicating the current location indicated using GPS (Global Positioning System) mounted on the user's work location, school attending school, or a user terminal owned by the user described later, etc. Hereinafter, “designated location information” The designated position information is input, and is transmitted to the Web server 1 by the operation of the user terminal 3a or the like. The Web server 1 receives the designated position information and registers it in the database 2a. Note that the designated position information is a position where the user desires to restrict the disclosure to other users, and therefore can be recognized as a dangerous area.

  Then, when the position indicated by the position information received from a certain user matches the position indicated by the designated position information registered in the database 2a, the Web server 1 restricts browsing of the position information to other users. (For example, it can be browsed after a certain time has passed, the user who sent the location information can be browsed after a certain distance from the current location, or can be browsed if the user is away from the current location, or the user's explicit If you have permission, you can view it).

  The database server 2 is a server computer that manages the database 2a, and is realized by application of an RDBMS (relational database management system) such as MySQL. Specifically, the database server 2 performs processing such as new registration and update of data in the database 2a, information retrieval and output from the database 2a, in response to a request from the Web server 1 or a server computer (not shown). To do.

  In the database 2a, for example, position information input by the user, designated position information, and the like are registered for each user.

  The plurality of user terminals 3a and the like are used by a user to create position information and designated position information, transmit / receive position information and designated position information, or access the Web server 1 and use an information providing tool.

  More specifically, the user terminal 3 a or the like transmits (uploads) position information and designated position information to the Web server 1 using a Web server program installed in the Web server 1. It is also used to receive position information that can be viewed by all users.

  In addition, users such as a plurality of user terminals 3a can use these Web server programs and the like through a user interface. The user interface will be described in detail later. For example, the PHP executes a script language written in HTML or the like, and outputs the result as HTML data to a plurality of Web browsers such as the user terminals 3a (via the network NW). This is realized by transmitting.

  Further, as will be described in detail later, the designated position information can be registered also in a plurality of user terminals 3a and the like. When the user transmits / receives position information among a plurality of user terminals 3a and the like, the position indicated by the position information to be transmitted by the user on the transmission side and the designated position registered in the user terminal of the user on the transmission side If they match, the transmission of position information is restricted. In order to realize such a function, a user application program is installed in the user terminal 3a or the like.

  Next, the configuration and function of the Web server 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of the Web server 1 according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the Web server 1 includes an operation unit 31, a display unit 32 (for example, a liquid crystal display), a communication unit 33, a drive unit 34, a storage unit 35, an input / output interface 36, And a system control unit 40. The system control unit 40 and the input / output interface 36 are connected via a system bus 41.

  The operation unit 31 is, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, or the like, receives an operation instruction from an operator or the like, and outputs the instruction content to the system control unit 40 as an instruction signal. The display unit 32 is, for example, a liquid crystal display and displays information such as characters and images. The communication unit 33 is connected to the network NW or the like and controls the communication state with the database server 2, the user terminal 3a, and the like. The drive unit 34 reads data from a disk DK such as a flexible disk, a CD (Compact Disc), a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), etc., and records data on the disk DK. The storage unit 35 is, for example, a hard disk drive or the like, and records various programs and data. The input / output interface 36 performs interface processing between the operation unit 31 to the storage unit 35 and the system control unit 40. The system control unit 40 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 37, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 38, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 39, and the like.

  Furthermore, the storage unit 35 stores a predetermined operating system, the above-described Web server program, and the like. These programs may be acquired from other server devices or the like via the network NW, or may be recorded on a disk DK such as a CD-ROM and read via the drive unit 34. Anyway.

  In the present embodiment, the system control unit 40 constitutes an example of receiving means, disclosure means, and disclosure restriction means in the present invention.

  The system control unit 40 controls each unit of the Web server 1 by the CPU 37 reading and executing various programs stored in the ROM 38 and the storage unit 35, for example, the Web server program, etc. It is supposed to function as.

  The function as each means will be described later.

  Next, configurations and functions of the plurality of user terminals 3a (3b) will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of a schematic configuration of a plurality of user terminals 3a (3b) according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the user terminal 3a includes an operation unit 51, a display unit 52 (for example, a liquid crystal display), a communication unit 53, a drive unit 54, a storage unit 55, a GPS reception unit 65, An input / output interface 56 and a system control unit 60 are provided. The system control unit 60 and the input / output interface 56 are connected via a system bus 61.

  The operation unit 51 is, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, or a touch panel, and receives an operation instruction from an operator or the like, and outputs the instruction content to the system control unit 60 as an instruction signal. The display unit 52 is a liquid crystal display, for example, and displays information such as characters and images. The display unit also displays an input screen (see FIG. 5) for designated position information, a display screen (see FIG. 6) as an example of the Web server program, and the like. The communication unit 53 is connected to the network NW or the like and controls the communication state with the Web server 1 and the database server 2 or the like. For example, the drive unit 54 reads data from a disk DK such as a flexible disk, CD, or DVD, and records data or the like on the disk DK. The storage unit 55 is, for example, a hard disk drive or the like, and records various programs and data. In the storage unit 55, designated position information and position information input by the user are registered. As an input means, for example, a program corresponding to the above-described Web server program is installed in the system control unit 60, and is realized by executing this program. The input / output interface 56 performs interface processing between the operation unit 51 to the storage unit 55 and the GPS reception unit 65 and the system control unit 60. The system control unit 60 includes a CPU 57, a ROM 58, a RAM 59, and the like.

  The GPS receiving unit 65 receives a navigation radio wave output from a GPS satellite arranged in the satellite orbit and orbiting the earth via a GPS antenna (not shown), performs positioning based on the received signal, and outputs positioning data ( (Longitude and latitude information) is supplied to the system control unit 60.

  The communication unit 53 can transmit and receive data between a plurality of user terminals by applying, for example, an infrared light receiving element or BLUE TOOTH. In addition, since these are well-known techniques, detailed description is abbreviate | omitted.

  In the present embodiment, the system control unit 60 constitutes an example of a display unit, a transmission unit, a current position measurement unit, and a transmission control unit in the present invention. The system control unit 60 controls each unit of the user terminal 3a by the CPU 57 reading and executing various programs stored in the ROM 58 and the storage unit 55, and also functions as each unit described above. Yes.

  The function as each means will be described later.

  Next, an outline of the operation of the information providing system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an outline of the operation of the information providing system according to the present embodiment.

  In FIG. 4, for example, a certain user creates designated position information using a user interface installed in the user terminal 3a (step S1), and transmits the designated position information to the Web server 1 (step S2).

  Specifically, the system control unit 60 accesses the Web server 1 via the communication unit 53 and the network NW, for example, by executing a Web browser program, and displays various screen data provided from the Web server 1 It is displayed on the part 52. As the screen displayed in this way, there is an input screen (FIG. 5) of the designated position information, which will be described later. The system control unit 60 displays the designated position information input by the user through the input screen as a Web server. 1 is transmitted. Further, the system control unit 60 displays a display screen (FIG. 6) as an example of the Web server program provided from the Web server 1 on the display unit 52.

  Furthermore, the system control unit 60 transmits the designated position information and position information created by the user using the user terminal 3a or the like to the Web server 1 via the network NW through the display screen.

  In addition, the system control unit 40 receives designated position information and position information created by the user using the user terminal 3a or the like via the network NW. The designated position information and the position information received in this way are stored in the database server 2 and the database 2a.

  The Web server 1 receives the designated position information and registers it in the database 2a (step S10). The designated position information is input through an input screen output to a Web browser as a user interface of the user terminal 3a when the Web server program is executed, for example.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of an input screen for designated position information.

  A display screen 100 shown in FIG. 5 is an example of an input screen for designated position information, and a message “Please enter a place you do not want to publish” is displayed. In FIG. 5, as an example, designated position information input fields 101 to 103, a comment field 104, disclosure control content designation units 105 to 107, a comment field 108, a send button 108, and the like are displayed.

  The designated position information input fields 101 to 103 are fields for inputting designated position information (for example, a place that the user does not disclose). The comment column 104 displays a comment that prompts the user to select specific contents for controlling the disclosure of the position information when the specified position information to be input and the position information transmitted by the user match.

  The disclosure restriction content designation sections 105 to 107 show an example of specific contents for controlling the disclosure of the position information. When the non-disclosure column 105 as the publication restriction content designation section is selected, the designated position information and the position information are displayed. If they match, the Web server 1 does not disclose (can browse) the position information. Further, when the disclosure column 106 is selected after a certain time has elapsed, the Web server 1 publishes the position information after a certain time has elapsed since the position information was transmitted. When the user selects 107 to be disclosed when the user is away from the transmitted location by a certain distance, the system control unit 40 publishes the location information when the user is away from the transmitted location by a certain distance. .

  Returning to the description of FIG. 4, the user then creates position information using the input screen (step S <b> 3), and transmits the position information to the Web server 1 in order to publish the position information to other users ( Step S4).

  The system control unit 40 determines whether or not the received position information falls within a certain range determined from the registered designated position information (determines whether or not the position indicated by the position information matches the specified position) (Step S11), if they match (Step S11: if they match), restrict the disclosure (viewing) of the received position information (for example, execute the content selected by the disclosure restriction content designating units 105 to 107 in FIG. 3) (Step S13).

  On the other hand, if they do not match (step S11: if they do not match), the position information is disclosed (position information is disclosed without restriction) (step S14).

  The disclosure of the position information (Step S13 and Step S14) is executed using, for example, a display screen as an example of a Web server program. A display screen as an example of such a Web server program is, for example, as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a display screen as an example of the Web server program. A blog display screen 200 as an example of the Web server program shown in FIG. 6 is an example of the above-described display screen, and a screen showing the position information received by the system control unit 40 is displayed.

  Specifically, the system control unit 40 displays the received position information on a display unit (not shown) such as another user terminal 3a in response to a browsing request of the other user terminal 3a, for example, The script language described in HTML or the like executes processing such as PHP for searching the content or generating a display screen, and outputs the processing result as HTML data to a web browser such as the user terminal 3a (via the network NW). Position information) is provided.

  More specifically, when the user requests browsing of the blog display screen from the user terminal 3a or the like to the Web server 1 using a Web browser, the blog display screen 200 is displayed on the display unit 52 of the user terminal 3a or the like described later. In FIG. 6, as an example, the operation menu column 201, the article title column 202, the article content column 203, the content reproduction area column 204, the article posting date column 205, the article posting time column 206, and the article creation location column. 207 etc. are displayed.

  In the operation menu column 201, a button for executing a function for managing a blog, a message with a link, and the like are provided. For example, to create an article on a blog, the “write article” portion in the operation menu column 201 is selected by operating the mouse or the like. Then, a dedicated article input form screen (not shown) is displayed, and for example, the title of the article or the contents of the article can be entered and a file can be attached. In addition, when the user wants to display other articles on the blog display screen after entering the article, the “posting article” portion in the operation menu column 201 is selected by operating the mouse or the like.

  Then, the system control unit 60 transmits the contents of these articles to the Web server 1. In this way, the user can transmit the content of the article including the position information to the Web server 1.

  The title column 202 displays the title of the article input by the user. In the title column 202, position information may be input. In this embodiment, “Restaurant OO” is displayed as the position information.

  The article content column 203 displays the contents of the article input by the user. In the article content column 203, position information may be input. In this embodiment, “ΔΔ town” and “Restaurant OO” are displayed as position information. In the content reproduction area column 204, a content file (for example, a moving image file or an audio file) attached by the user is displayed so as to be reproducible.

  In the content file, for example, data introducing a restaurant with video or audio is recorded, and position information can be recognized through hearing.

  The article posting date column 205 displays the date the article was posted, the article posting time column 206 displays the article posting time, and the article posting location column 207 displays the article posting location. Is done. Location information 207 may be input to the location 207 where the article is posted, and in this embodiment, home is displayed as the location information.

  As described above, the system control unit 40 determines whether or not the position indicated by the position information matches the designated position, and if it matches, the position information is displayed before other users can view it. Is restricted (see step S11).

  Specifically, the article title column 202, the article content column 203, the article creation location column 207, and the like displayed on the blog display screen 200 shown in FIG. 6 include position information. These pieces of positional information are, for example, those transmitted by the user who posted the blog article using the user terminal 3a and displayed so that other users can view them under the system control unit 40.

  When a user registers information indicating his / her home as the specified position information and this user creates and posts a blog article at his / her home, the position indicated by the specified position information The home and the home as the position indicated by the position information match. In this case, the system control unit 40 does not display the content of the article transmitted by the user or the display of the posted location, or makes it public for all users to view after a certain period of time since the article was posted, etc. There are restrictions on the release.

  Specifically, for example, the user can determine whether or not to disclose the contents of the article title column 202, the article content column 203, and the article creation location column 207 including the character string corresponding to the designated position. A confirmation message is presented, and if the user permits, it is made public.

  Furthermore, as a limitation of publication, for example, the contents of the article title column 202, the article content column 203, and the article creation location column 207 including the character string corresponding to the designated position are not made public until a predetermined time has elapsed. Although the contents of the article title column 202 and the article content column 203 are made public, the location column 207 where the article is created is not made public until a predetermined time has elapsed.

  If the current position measured by the GPS receiver of the user terminal 3a matches the position information, the article title field 202 containing the character string corresponding to the designated position after a certain distance is left, and the contents of the article The contents of the column 203 and the location column 207 where the article is created can be published, or the location column 207 where the article is created can be published.

  Specifically, the system control unit 60 calculates the current position of the user terminal 3a based on the data regarding the position supplied from the GPS receiving unit 65. The current position thus calculated is transmitted as position information to the Web server 1 via the communication unit 53 or displayed on the display unit 52 under the control of the system control unit 60.

  In addition, when the current position measured by the GPS receiving unit of the user terminal 3a matches the position information, if it is away from the current position (for example, moving from the current position at a constant speed) In the title column 202 of the article including the character string corresponding to the designated position, the content column 203 of the article, and the location column 207 where the article was created. The contents can be published, or the location field 207 where the article is created can be published.

  In this way, for example, when a user posts an article from home, it is possible to restrict that the contents are immediately published so that it can be viewed by all users. It is possible to prevent privacy infringement and stalking by a third party due to disclosure of whereabouts.

  In addition, when the location information is included in the content file attached by the user, the system control unit 40 determines whether or not it matches the specified location information before displaying it so that other users can view it. In some cases, it can be restricted.

  Specifically, the system control unit 40 converts audio data included in the content file into text data, and extracts keywords from the text data. The extraction of these keywords is realized by, for example, a speech recognition technique using a hidden Markov model, but since it is a known means, detailed description thereof is omitted. Then, it is determined whether or not the extracted keyword and the position indicated by the designated position information match. If they match, the disclosure is restricted.

  Returning to the description of FIG. 4, the system control unit 40 determines whether or not the designated position information has been changed or updated by the user (step S14). Specifically, when the user creates or updates the designated position information (step S5) and transmits the designated position information to the Web server 1 (step S6), the system control unit 40 changes or updates the designated position information. (Step S14: YES), the process returns to the operation of Step S10, and the designated position information is registered.

  If the designated position information has not been updated, it is determined that the designated position information has not been changed or updated (step S14: NO), the process may be terminated, or the designated position information has been changed or updated for a certain period of time. If not, it may be automatically disclosed (step S15).

  In the present embodiment, as described above, position information can be transmitted and received between user terminals. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an outline when position information is transmitted and received between user terminals according to the present embodiment.

  In FIG. 7, for example, a certain user 1 creates designated position information in advance using a user application program or the like as a user interface installed in the user terminal 3a (step S30). Register in the storage unit 3a (step S31).

  Then, the user 1 creates position information (step S32), and issues a transmission instruction to transmit the position information to another user 2 (step S33). Such position information is attached to, for example, the address of an address book stored in the user terminal 3a, a message that can be transmitted and received between users, and the like.

  Then, the system control unit 60 of the user terminal determines whether or not the designated position indicated by the designated position information registered in advance by the user 1 matches the position indicated by the position information (the designated position information and the position information match). (Step S34) If they match (Step S34: Match), the transmission of the position information data corresponding to the position information is restricted (for example, the transmission is possible after a certain time has passed, or the user who has transmitted the position information is the current position) The transmission can be performed after a certain distance has elapsed, or the transmission can be performed when the user 1 expressly permits (step S35). Then, the process ends.

  On the other hand, if they do not match (step S34: mismatch), the position information is transmitted to the user terminal 3b owned by another user 2 (step S36). Then, the process ends.

  As described above, according to the above embodiment, the system control unit 40, when the position indicated by the position information received from a certain user matches the position indicated by the designated position information registered in the database 2a, Restrict viewing of location information to other users (for example, allow viewing after a certain period of time, allow viewing when the user who sent the location information is a certain distance away from the current location, or allow user explicit permission If it is, you can view it).

  Therefore, when a user posts an article from home, if the contents are immediately published to all users so that the contents can be viewed, infringement of privacy due to disclosure of his / her location to an unspecified number of users. It is possible to prevent third-party stalking.

  Further, the system control unit 60 stores the position indicated by the position information transmitted by the user on the transmission side and the user terminal of the user on the transmission side when the user transmits and receives the position information between the plurality of user terminals 3a and the like. When the positions indicated by the designated position information registered in the unit 53 match, the transmission of the position information is restricted (for example, the transmission is possible after a certain time has passed, or the user who has transmitted the position information is a certain distance from the current position) If it is separated, it can be transmitted, or it can be transmitted if there is an explicit permission from the user).

  In the above-described embodiment, an example in which the present application is applied to the information providing system S has been described. However, for example, the present invention is applied to, for example, a mobile phone, a personal computer, and other electronic devices for in-vehicle use and home use. It is applicable to.

It is a figure which shows an example of schematic structure of the information provision system S which concerns on this embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows an example of schematic structure of the Web server 1 which concerns on this embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows an example of schematic structure of the some user terminal 3a (3b) which concerns on this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the information provision system S which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the input screen of designation | designated position information. It is a figure which shows the display screen as an example of a Web server program. It is a flowchart which shows the outline | summary in the case of performing transmission / reception of positional information between the user terminals which concern on this embodiment.

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1 Web server 2 Database server 2a Database 3a User terminal 3b User terminal 31, 51 Operation unit 32, 52 Display unit 33, 53 Communication unit 34, 54 Drive unit 35, 55 Storage unit 36, 56 Input / output interface 37, 57 CPU
38, 58 ROM
39, 59 RAM
40, 60 System controller 65 GPS receiver NW Network S Information providing system

Claims (15)

The position information input using the information processing apparatus owned by the user is transmitted to another information processing apparatus owned by another user and displayed on the display unit of the other information processing apparatus, thereby the position information An information processing apparatus that provides the other user with
Display means for displaying an input screen for inputting designated position information, which is information about a designated position, which is a position where the user desires to restrict browsing of the other user;
Storage means for storing the input designated position information;
Transmission restriction means for restricting transmission of the position information when the position indicated by the position information matches the designated position;
An information processing apparatus comprising: The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,
The information transmission apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transmission restriction unit causes a user to select whether or not to transmit the position information. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,
The information transmission apparatus, wherein the transmission restriction unit transmits the position information after a predetermined period. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The information processing apparatus further comprises current position measuring means for measuring a current position,
The information transmission apparatus, wherein the transmission restriction unit transmits the position information when a predetermined distance is away from the current position indicated by the current position measurement unit. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The information processing apparatus further comprises current position measuring means for measuring a current position,
The information processing apparatus, wherein the transmission restriction unit transmits the position information when it is away from a current position indicated by the current position measurement unit. An information processing apparatus including a transmission unit that inputs position information input using an information processing apparatus owned by a user and transmits the position information; a reception unit that receives the position information from the information processing apparatus; and the reception An information providing system comprising an information providing device including a disclosure unit that publishes the position information made on the network to the other users, and provides the position information created by one user to the other users,
The information processing apparatus includes:
Display means for displaying an input screen for inputting designated position information, which is information about a designated position, which is a position where the user desires to restrict browsing of the other user;
The transmitting means further transmits the designated position information to the information providing apparatus,
The information providing apparatus includes:
Storage means for receiving the inputted designated position information in the receiving means and storing the inputted designated position information;
An information providing system comprising: a disclosure restriction unit that restricts disclosure of the position information when the position indicated by the position information matches the designated position. The information providing system according to claim 6,
The information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the disclosure restriction unit causes a user to select whether or not to perform the transmission. In the information provision system of Claim 6 or 7,
The information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the disclosure restricting means discloses the position information after a predetermined period of time. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 6 to 8,
The information processing apparatus further includes a current position measuring unit that measures a current position,
The transmitting means transmits a current position corresponding to a current position measured by the current position measuring means;
The disclosure restricting means publishes the position information when the position information and the current position coincide with each other, when the position information is a predetermined distance away from the current position. By providing receiving means for receiving position information from the information processing apparatus and publishing means for releasing the received position information on the network to the other users, the position information created by one user is provided to other users. An information providing device to provide to
In the receiving means, an establishment corresponding to the designated position information inputted through an input screen for inputting designated position information which is information about a designated position which is a position where the user desires to restrict browsing of the other user. Storage means for receiving position information and storing the specified position information;
An information providing apparatus comprising: a disclosure restriction unit that restricts disclosure of the position information when the position indicated by the position information matches the designated position. The position information input using the information processing apparatus owned by the user is transmitted to another information processing apparatus owned by another user and displayed on the display unit of the other information processing apparatus, thereby the position information An information processing method for providing to other users,
A display step of displaying an input screen for inputting designated position information, which is information about a designated position, which is a position where the user desires to restrict browsing of the other user;
A storage step of storing the input designated position information;
A transmission restriction step of restricting transmission of the position information when the position indicated by the position information matches the designated position;
An information processing apparatus comprising: By providing a receiving step of receiving position information from the information processing apparatus and a publicizing step of releasing the received position information on the network to other users, the position information created by one user is added to the other user. In the information provision method provided to
In the receiving step, an establishment corresponding to the designated position information input through an input screen for inputting designated position information that is information about a designated position that is a position where the user desires to restrict browsing of the other user. A storage step of receiving position information and storing the input designated position information;
A disclosure limiting step of limiting the disclosure of the location information when the location indicated by the location information matches the designated location;
An information providing method comprising: The position information input using the information processing apparatus owned by the user is transmitted to another information processing apparatus owned by another user and displayed on the display unit of the other information processing apparatus, thereby the position information A computer included in the information processing apparatus that provides the other user with
Display means for displaying an input screen for inputting designated position information, which is information about a designated position, which is a position where the user desires to restrict browsing of the other user;
Storage means for storing the inputted designated position information;
Transmission restriction means for restricting transmission of the position information when the position indicated by the position information matches the designated position;
An information processing program that functions as a computer program. By providing a receiving means for receiving position information from the information processing apparatus and a publishing means for releasing the received position information on the network to other users, the position information created by one user is provided to the other users. A computer included in the information providing device to be provided to
In the receiving means, an establishment corresponding to the designated position information inputted through an input screen for inputting designated position information which is information about a designated position which is a position where the user desires to restrict browsing of the other user. Storage means for receiving position information and storing the input designated position information;
Disclosure restriction means for restricting disclosure of the position information when the position indicated by the position information matches the designated position;
An information providing program characterized by functioning as   17. A recording medium in which the information processing program according to claim 15 is recorded so as to be readable by a computer.

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