JP3502810B2 - Position correspondence information providing apparatus, position correspondence information provision method, and communication terminal - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a position correspondence information providing apparatus, a position correspondence information providing method and a communication terminal for providing information corresponding to the position of a mobile communication terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in a communication system using a mobile communication terminal such as a PHS (Personal Handyphone System) or a mobile phone, a system for acquiring information on the current position of the mobile communication terminal has been put into practical use. There is. In such a system, the position information of the base station in communication with the mobile communication terminal is used as it is, or a plurality of signals transmitted and received between the mobile communication terminal and a plurality of base stations capable of communication are transmitted. By using signal strength information,
The position information of the mobile communication terminal is determined. This position information is displayed together with map information on the screen of a personal computer via the Internet, or is provided to the user as image information drawn on the map using a facsimile.

In recent years, a mobile terminal has a positioning system for acquiring position information using a GPS (Global Positioning System) using an artificial satellite, which is capable of displaying the current position of the terminal together with map information. Terminals have also been put to practical use.

On the other hand, a corresponding map is displayed based on position information such as latitude and longitude, and the geographical position and objective information such as the chome name, intersection store name, hospital, school, station name, etc. written on the map are acquired. A large number of map information providing systems have been put to practical use (see, for example, Japanese Patent No. 2756483, "Advertising Information Supply Method and Registration Method"). Also,
It is also practiced to connect a portable communication terminal to a portable personal computer or information terminal and use the position information obtained from the position information acquisition system described above. In this way, a device for accessing the map information providing system and acquiring the map information corresponding to the current position from the map information providing system and software for a portable personal computer have been put into practical use.

[0005]

In the conventional map information providing system as described above, the user selects information from a large number of provided objective information based on his / her own judgment criteria and uses the information he / she wants to use. Only need to be aware, which is often cumbersome. Therefore, it is desired to automatically process information filtering. In particular, when a portable information terminal is used, the display area of the display device is generally small and the display information is limited. Therefore, it is convenient if only the necessary information is extracted and displayed.

In recent years, a portable mobile communication terminal such as a PHS or a mobile phone is provided with a display device such as a liquid crystal display capable of displaying a plurality of characters and image information. Those capable of displaying character information and simple image information have been realized. However, at present, there is a problem that such a conventional portable mobile communication terminal does not support the above-described display of the map image information or cannot perform a practical display.

The present invention is a position-corresponding information providing device capable of automatically filtering a large number of information preset and provided in a map information providing system or the like based on position information such as latitude and longitude. An object is to provide a position correspondence information providing method and a communication terminal. The present invention also provides a position-corresponding information providing device and a position-corresponding information providing method, which allow practical use of geographical peripheral information provided based on position information in a portable terminal having a relatively small display device. The other purpose is to do.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides
In the position corresponding information providing device that provides various information to the communication terminal
Information provided based on the location of the communication terminal
A glue that specifies the range and group to which the communication terminal belongs
A storage unit that stores specific information associated with the communication terminal
And a positioning request specification for specifying the communication terminal of the positioning requester
Information and group identification information from the communication terminal of the positioning requester
The specific information receiving means for receiving and the specific information receiving means
The first group identified by the group identification information received from
Information about the communication terminals belonging to the group from the storage unit.
The location information is extracted and information about the extracted communication terminal is acquired.
Output to the acquisition system, and the first of the corresponding positioning target communication terminals
When the location information of is received from the location information acquisition system
Both require the positioning information received by the specific information receiving means.
Information on the communication terminal of the applicant is displayed on the location information acquisition system.
Output to the second system of the corresponding communication terminal of the positioning requester.
Position information receiving means for receiving position information, and the position information
The second position information received by the receiving means and the first glue
Based on the first position information of the communication terminal belonging to
Of the communication terminals belonging to the first group,
To the communication terminal of the positioning requester based on the position information of 2.
About the provided information range stored in the storage unit
Communication terminal extracting means for extracting a communication terminal included therein, and
Related information related to the position information based on the second position information
Related information extraction means for accessing related information and extracting related information
And the related information extracted by the related information extracting means.
To the communication terminal extracted by the communication terminal extracting means.
And related information output means for transmitting.
It In addition, the present invention provides a communication terminal with various information.
The location-dependent information providing device has nothing to do with the position of the communication terminal.
Correspond the own area defined by the person in charge to the communication terminal
Specify the storage unit to store and the communication terminal to be positioned
Being the notification destination of positioning target specific information and various information to be provided.
The notification requester specific information that identifies the communication terminal
A specific information receiving means for receiving from the communication terminal,
The positioning target specifying information received by the information receiving means is used for the position information.
It is output to the information acquisition system and the corresponding positioning target communication terminal
Location where location information is received from the location information acquisition system
Information is received by the information receiving means and the position information receiving means.
The location information of the positioning target communication terminal is stored in the storage unit.
About the own area that is stored for the positioning target communication terminal
If it is within the range, based on your own area
Access related information related to location information
And if not, the location information receiving means
Location based on the received location information of the positioning target communication terminal.
Access related information related to location information and extract related information.
The related information extracting means to be output and the related information extracting means.
The related information extracted by the specific information receiving means.
To the communication terminal specified by the received notification target specifying information
And related information output means for transmitting.
It In addition, the present invention provides a communication terminal with various information.
The communication terminal of the positioning requester
Positioning request to specify positioning request specific information and group specific information
Step of receiving specific information received from the communication terminal of the requester
And the provided information range specified based on the location of the communication terminal.
And the group that specifies the group to which the communication terminal belongs
The specific information is stored in advance in association with the communication terminal.
Stored in the storage unit at the specific information receiving step.
To the first group identified by the trusted group identification information
Extracted information about the communication terminal to which it belongs and extracted communication
Output information about the terminal to the location information acquisition system,
The first position information of the corresponding positioning target communication terminal is used as the position.
The specific information is received while being received from the information acquisition system.
About the communication terminal of the positioning requester received by the receiving means
All the information is output to the location information acquisition system and handled.
The position at which the second position information of the communication terminal of the positioning requester is received.
The device information receiving step and the position information receiving step
And the second position information received by the first group
Based on the first position information of the communication terminal to which it belongs,
The second rank among the communication terminals belonging to the first group
About the communication terminal of the positioning requester based on the location information
Included in the provided information range stored in the storage unit
Communication terminal extracting step of extracting a communication terminal
Based on the position information of 2 to the related information related to the position information
Related information extraction step to access and extract related information
And the relation extracted in the relation information extracting step.
Information extracted in the communication terminal extraction step
And a step of outputting related information to be transmitted to the communication terminal.
And are characterized. Further, the present invention provides various information to a communication terminal.
In the position corresponding information providing method for providing
Positioning target specifying information that specifies a communication terminal that provides
Notification target feature that identifies the communication terminal to be notified of various information
Constant information and specific information received from the communication terminal of the positioning requester.
In the information receiving step and the specific information receiving step
The received positioning target specific information is sent to the position information acquisition system.
Output the location information of the corresponding communication terminal for positioning and
Position information receiving step received from the device information acquisition system
And the information received in the position information receiving step
The position information of the positioning target communication terminal is not the position of the communication terminal.
The area of your own area defined in the relationship and stored in the storage unit in advance.
If you are in the area, you will be ranked based on your own area.
Access related information related to location information and extract related information.
And if not, the position information receiving step
In the position information of the positioning target communication terminal received in
Access related information related to location information based on
A related information extracting step for extracting linked information, and the related information
The related information extracted in the information extraction step is specified
Notification target specific information received in the information receiving step
Related information output step to be sent to the communication terminal specified by
Is provided.

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a position correspondence information providing system according to the present invention. The basic function of this system is to use position information such as latitude and longitude information, information indicating attributes specified by the user, and area information (range specification information) that specifies a geographical area, and To provide information to the three parties. More specifically, information (registration information) that is registered and managed in advance in the map and the map-related database in the map-related information server 200, that is, chome name, main landmark, station name, store information, etc. (information 50
It is in the area specified by the area information from 1),
And, information (related information) related to the designated attribute is filtered (extracted) and selected, and information such as a chome name, a landmark, and a store is notified to the user or a third party in characters. At this time, the designation of the information attribute and the like by the user, the acquisition of the filtered result, or the notification to the third party is performed, for example, by directly connecting to the position information providing server 100 via a communication line, or It is performed using an electronic mail addressed to the information providing server 100. In other words, in this system, the user defines in advance the user definition such as information attributes and area information that the user wants to use by using the email, or by using the email requesting the information provision at the time of use. To do.
Then, the information in the map-related information database that corresponds to the specified area is automatically filtered to extract information that is related to the specified attribute, and only the information that the user needs is It is automatically extracted. In the present embodiment, the position information search target (positioning target) is the mobile communication terminal itself (in this case, the terminal 4 that requests the position information providing server 100 to provide information).
01). That is, the mobile communication terminal 40
1 is a terminal for positioning request, positioning target, and result reception,
The mobile communication terminals 402, 402 ... Are set as the result receiving terminals.

The position correspondence information providing system shown in FIG.
An information providing server 100 that provides position correspondence information in response to an information request sent by electronic mail via the Internet 1, a map and map related information server 200 that provides maps and map related information, and a mobile communication network. 2 and a position information acquisition server 300 that acquires the position information of each mobile communication terminal wirelessly connected to the mobile communication terminal 2. In this example, the mobile communication terminal 401, which is a PHS terminal or a mobile phone terminal, makes a positioning request and serves as a positioning target, and provides position corresponding information according to its own position information to the position information providing server 100. Is requested using an electronic mail, and the position correspondence information, which is a search result provided in the form of an electronic mail, is received from the position information providing server 100 as a terminal to be received. Further, in response to a request from the mobile communication terminal 401, the location information providing server 100 also sends the mobile communication terminal 401 to the mobile communication terminals 402, 402 such as PHS terminals and mobile phone terminals that are the receiving terminals. Same mobile communication terminal 401
The electronic mail of the position correspondence information which is the search result corresponding to the position information is sent.

FIG. 1 shows the processing procedure in the above configuration.
2 and FIG. 3 showing the state of the display screen of the portable communication terminal 401 at each processing stage.
First, in the present system, the user of the portable communication terminal 401 uses the portable communication terminal 401 (or a personal computer (not shown) or the like) via the Internet 1 before using the position information providing server 100.
Set up and register the information required to provide location information by sending an e-mail to (or directly accessing). This pre-registration is performed for each terminal, and the registration terminal information 50 is registered for each terminal in the location information providing server 100.
It is managed as 2,502, ....

Here, the constituent elements of the registered terminal information 502 will be described. The registered terminal information 502 is information managed for each terminal, and includes information registered in advance such as a telephone number of the terminal, an authentication number (personal identification number or password), ... URL (Uniform Resource Locato) of the corresponding map, which is information that is stored and managed
r) and messages. In the example shown in FIG. 1, the registered terminal information 502 is the telephone number, the authentication number, the notification group name, the search group name, the search notification group name, the attribute information, the provided information range, the own area, and the UR of the corresponding map.
It is composed of L and message information. The telephone number is information indicating the telephone number of each terminal (or the terminal identification number for identifying the terminal). The authentication number is information set for each telephone number, and the location information providing server 10
0 and information used as a password when accessing the position information acquisition server 300. The notification group name is information indicating the name of the group when one or more notification destinations of the position information are registered as a group. A plurality of notification group names can be registered in the registration terminal information 502, and as information of each notification group,
Information of electronic mail addresses of one or a plurality of members (a plurality of addresses per member is possible) is registered in association with each group. The search group name is information indicating the name of a group when registering one or a plurality of terminals to be searched for position information as a group. Multiple search group names can be registered, and the information of each search group is associated with one or more members' telephone numbers and e-mail addresses (multiple addresses per member is possible). It is designed to be registered. In this example, it is assumed that any of the search groups is registered so as to include the terminal 401 as a member.

The search notification group name is information indicating a group of which the terminals to be searched and notified are members. In this embodiment, the terminal 401 is subject to search and notification. In the present embodiment, corresponding to each search notification group name, the password information for searching and notifying the group, the user name of each terminal, the telephone number and the e-mail address are stored.

The information attribute is an attribute designated by the user and functions as a parameter for the user to extract the map-related information. For example, the nearest station name, park name,
Intersection name, hospital name, firefighting signature, post office, chome name, bank,
It is a temple or the like, and a large number of predetermined information attributes are set in advance. The attribute information is information that specifies which of the plurality of information attributes is valid (or invalid). This attribute information serves as a reference when filtering the position correspondence information. For example,
If you enable the nearest station name and disable the chome name,
The location information providing server 100 provides information on the nearest station name near the location of the terminal (the mobile communication terminal 401 in the example of FIG. 1) to be searched for location, but does not provide the information on the chome name.

Both the provided information range and the own area are area information (range designation information) for designating a range to be used.
Is a kind of. The provided information range is the position range (area) of the map-related information that is the target of information extraction, that is, the target of use, that is, the position range of the search target terminal relative to the position of the position search target terminal on the map. This is the specified information. For example, it is set such that information within a radius of 1 km from the target is targeted for information provision, or only information distant from the target by a radius of 500 m or more is targeted for use. on the other hand,
The own area is information for setting an area to be used according to an arbitrary definition for each user. Normally, without being constrained by a quantitative expression such as a radius (m) from a fixed (absolute) position on a map, a region of any shape (rectangular, annular, or semicircular region based on the fixed position) ), An area corresponding to an administrative district, or an arbitrary number of pieces of latitude / longitude information (coordinate points) to define one's own area. The provided information range and the own area can be set so that the own area is preferentially used, for example. More specifically,
When the terminal to be searched is located within the area where the own area is defined, the own area is used as the usage range, and the provided information range is applied to the area where the own area is not defined. be able to. The attribute information and the range designation information described above function as extraction information for extracting related information. The above information is information registered in advance as the registered terminal information 502. The information once registered is retained until the next rewriting. The rewriting of these pieces of information can be executed at any timing.

The URL of the corresponding map is information indicating an address used when the peripheral map of the acquired position information of the search target terminal is provided via the Internet. The user can refer to the URL of the corresponding map included in the provided information (that is, the information provided by the email from the location information providing server 100).
More specifically, by accessing the URL of the corresponding map using browsing software such as a WWW (World Wide Web) browser on a personal computer, a mobile information terminal, or the like, the peripheral map image of the terminal to be searched can be browsed. It will be possible. The image data of the corresponding map is provided by, for example, the position information providing server 100 or the map and map related information server 200. The message is character information added to the provided information and sent to the notified terminal. For example,
It can be used as a memorandum for the user when requesting information, or as information indicating a contact item to a user of another terminal.

Next, referring to FIG. 2, the portable communication terminal 40
The state of the display screen at the time of registration of the registered terminal information 502 will be described using 1. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing changes in the display contents of the environment setting screen, which is a screen when setting the registered terminal information 502. First, when one of a plurality of operators (not shown) provided in the mobile communication terminal 401 is operated to perform an operation of displaying an environment setting screen, a menu screen 601 is displayed. With the menu screen 601 displayed, press the number keys 1 to 5 directly, or
The display can be switched to any one of the screens 602 to 606 by operating the cursor key to specify a predetermined item and then operating the execution key or the like. Screen 601
Then, for example, if the number key 1 is pressed, the display is switched to the screen 602 for selecting and setting the information attribute to be used. On the screen 602, by selecting one or a plurality of numbers and then pressing the OK key, the attribute information indicating that the selected information attribute is valid is set. Note that in FIG. 2 and subsequent drawings, the information within the solid line frame 602a is the character information that is actually displayed, and the solid line frame 602a
Information outside a (Information inside the frame 602b of the chain line in this figure)
Indicates the information displayed when the scroll key or the cursor key is operated. That is, in the information attribute registration screen 602, a character string of “information attribute desired to be used”,
The options are: 1. Nearest station, 2. School name, 3. Intersection, 4. Fire station, 5. Police box name, 6. Post office, 7. Bank,
8. The character string corresponding to "convenience store" is actually displayed, the character "OK" is not displayed, and it can be displayed by operating a scroll key or the like. The character string is just an example of the information attributes registered as registration information.Since the display screen of the mobile communication terminal is relatively small, displaying all of the registration information for convenience is rather convenient. Therefore, it is possible to narrow down the information attributes to be displayed by the mobile communication terminal.

On the other hand, when "2. Target designated range" is selected on the menu screen 601 of FIG. 2, the display is switched to the screen 603 for selecting the registered items of the target designated range. On the screen 603, a character string “1.25 m, 2.500 m, 3.1 km, which indicates the selection items 1 to 4 of the target specified range, together with the character string“ target specified range ”
"4.5km" and the letters "OK" indicating that the selection has been confirmed are displayed.
The registered value in the target designated range is selected by pressing the "K" key or the like. When the "OK" key or the like is pressed, the display state of the screen is switched to the menu screen 601.

If the item 3 "Notify group registration" is selected while the menu screen 601 is displayed, a screen 604 is displayed. Here, the target to be notified of the provided information is set in group units. The registration items are the group name, the password that is the authentication information when the group is set as the notification destination, the name of the user who is a member of the group and is actually notified, and the email It is an email address. In this case, the group name “DDD”, password “SSSS”, its member name “HHHHHH” and email address “XX
When "XX @ XXXXXX" is input and the "OK" key is further operated, these items are set.
When the "K" key is operated, the display screen returns to the screen 601. When item 4 or item 5 is selected on the menu screen 601, a screen 6 for registering a search group is displayed.
05 or screen 606 for registration of search notification group
The display switches to. In this embodiment, the mobile communication terminal 401, which is a request source (positioning request source) requesting positioning (in this specification, refers to sounding for capturing the position of the terminal),
The terminal is a location information search target (positioning target) for positioning, and a search result notification destination (in other words, a result receiving destination from the viewpoint of a user who receives the result). Therefore, the same information as the search notification group is registered in the search group. In this case, the group name "AAA"
Password "BBBB" and its member, terminal 40
User name “HHHH” and email address “XXXX @ XXX”
"XXX" and the phone number "XXX-XXXX-XXXX" are entered,
Each item is set by operating the "OK" key. After completing the setting of each item as described above, when instructing the completion of environment setting / registration on a predetermined screen,
Information indicating the contents of each item set or selected, information on the authentication number set / stored in the terminal 401 or input by the user, and the terminal 4 concerned.
The telephone number 01 is transmitted to the location information providing server 100 by electronic mail. The location information providing server 100 that has received the e-mail performs the authentication process based on the information of the telephone number and the authentication number of the terminal 401. Then, when it is confirmed that the information is from a regular terminal or user registered in advance, the registered terminal information 502 corresponding to the terminal 401 is registered based on the information of the electronic mail. Further, after that, when the registered information is changed, it is changed.

The processing procedure for actually requesting the provision of information after the terminal information to be registered in advance is set as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 3. On the mobile communication terminal 401, the operation of displaying the screen 701 (FIG. 3) for instructing the “self-location service” requesting the provision of each piece of information related to its own location information, and the screen next to the screen 701 (notification group) While displaying the screen 702 for selecting the and the screen 703 for inputting a message), according to the instruction of each screen, the telephone number to be positioned (in this case, the telephone number of the own terminal 401),
Authentication number, notification group name (search notification group "AAA" of which terminal 401 is a member) and its password ("BBB
B ”) and information such as a message, and
In response to the operation of the operator indicating the completion of input, each of these pieces of input information is replaced with a control character string requesting information provision and added to the header information of the e-mail, for example, and position information is provided by this e-mail. It is transmitted to the server 100 (in FIG. 1).

The location information providing server 100 that has received the e-mail requesting the information provision from the portable communication terminal 401.
Performs terminal authentication processing by phone number and authentication number,
After confirming that the information is from the terminal that can accept the processing, the notification group authentication processing is executed based on the information of the notification group name and the password. After the authentication processing is normally completed, the location information providing server 100 provides the location information acquisition server 30 with information indicating the telephone number and the authentication number.
To 0 (in FIG. 1). Location information acquisition server 30
0 executes the authentication process based on the telephone number and the authentication number. Then, if the processing can be performed normally, the position information acquisition server 300 transmits a control signal to the mobile communication terminal 401 by the telephone number in the mobile communication network 2, and based on the reply status from the mobile communication terminal 401, for example. hand,
A base station is specified and position information such as latitude and longitude information of the mobile communication terminal 401 is acquired. Location information acquisition server 300
Transmits the acquired position information such as latitude and longitude information together with the telephone number to the position information providing server 100 (in FIG. 1). In this case, the location information providing server 100 can identify which terminal the location information is by grasping the telephone number. In addition, when each authentication process is not normally completed, an email notifying that is sent back to the terminal 401, and the process is stopped.

Next, the location information providing server 100 determines each of the telephone number, the obtained location information, the attribute information set in the registered terminal information 502 corresponding to the terminal 401, and the provided information range (or own area). The information is transmitted to the map and map-related information server 200 (in FIG. 1). The map and map-related information server 200 searches the map-related information database for map-related information (text information) related to these, based on the received information,
A telephone number is added to the search result and transmitted to the location information providing server 100 (in FIG. 1). In this case, the telephone number is used as identification information for the information. In the case of the present embodiment, the information that exists within the provided information range and is searched for as being related to the attribute information is the nearest station, main landmark, chome name, nearby store, and URL of the corresponding map. These are information attributes registered as registered terminal information of the terminal 401 and validated in the attribute information. In other words, the information related to the information attribute designated as valid by the registered attribute information is extracted. In addition, in the present embodiment, the map and the map-related information server 200 transmits the information of the advertising contract store within the provided information range, in addition to the above-mentioned information, although the information is not related to the attribute information. I am trying to do it. The information about the advertising contract store is information (setting information) that is set by the user in advance and is forcibly added by the system regardless of filtering. This is information that is not related to the information attribute selected by the user. The location information providing server 100 edits the information received from the map and the map-related information server 200 into an email format and sends (notifies) the email address designated by the notification group name (left in FIG. 1). Arrow). In this case, the notified e-mail includes the telephone number, the nearest station, the main landmark, the chome name, the nearby store, the advertising contract store, and the URL of the corresponding map.
An example of a state where the received electronic mail is displayed on the mobile communication terminal 401 is shown as a screen 801 in FIG.

By the above processing, the portable communication terminal 401
Then, it is possible to acquire the map-related information around the self position as the information after being automatically selected according to the desired information attribute. Further, this information can be acquired as character information. Therefore, even a terminal such as a PHS terminal or a mobile phone terminal that has only a display device having a relatively small display area can obtain the position-related information in a form that is easy to use. In the above configuration,
The location information acquisition server 3 obtains the location information of the positioning target terminal.
Although it is supposed to be acquired by 00, for example, GP
In the case of a terminal device including a position information acquisition device by S, or in a terminal that can directly obtain information specifying a base station from a PHS network or the like, the acquired position information and information about the base station are sent in the form of an electronic mail. May be transmitted to the position information providing server 100, and the position information of the terminal may be determined in the position information providing server 100 based on the information. Further, in the above embodiment, the map and map-related information server 200 performs selection processing of map-related information related to position information based on the provided information range and attribute information. From the map and the map-related information server 200, only the positional information such as the telephone number and the latitude / longitude information and each information of the provided information range are transmitted, and the position information providing server 1 is obtained from the search result obtained based on the information.
In 00, filtering processing based on attribute information may be executed.

Further, in the above description of the processing procedure of the configuration of FIG. 1, the group name including the requesting mobile communication terminal 401 is designated as the notification group name, and only the mobile communication terminal 401 is the recipient of the search result. However, for example, if a group name including the other mobile communication terminals 402 and 402 is registered in advance as a notification group name, an e-mail including the search result of the position correspondence information based on the position information of the terminal 401 will be displayed. The terminals 402 and 402 can be transmitted as the receiving addresses (the right arrow in FIG. 1). It should be noted that it is desirable to perform some kind of confirmation processing for the processing for registering or using the telephone number or mail address of another person other than his / her own terminal, that is, the other person to be searched or notified. For example, when the position information providing server 100 receives an e-mail requesting such registration settings, it sends an e-mail confirming whether registration is possible to the e-mail address of the registered user, and permits registration. Only when the e-mail to the effect is returned, the registered terminal information 502 is registered.
This confirmation processing may be confirmation by telephone or mail instead of electronic mail. By providing this confirmation processing, it is possible to avoid registration of an incorrect e-mail address and registration of an unintended user as a search target or a notification target.

Next, a modification of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. The embodiment shown in FIG. 4 is an embodiment in which the positioning target and the receiving target are a plurality of terminals. 4, the same components as those in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals. In addition, a reference numeral added to the end of the reference numeral is attached to the partially modified configuration. In the present embodiment, the mobile communication terminal 411 of the user A is used as a positioning request terminal, a positioning target, and a result reception terminal, and the mobile communication terminal 412 of the user B and the mobile communication terminal 413 of the user C are used as positioning target terminals. Then, the mobile communication terminal 414 of the user E and the mobile communication terminal 415 of the user F are set as the result receiving terminal. In the configuration shown in FIG. 4, as a registration item of the registered terminal information 502a, an item that can be set in advance as to whether or not it can be set as a positioning target is newly provided. The searchable / non-searchable item is information indicating whether or not the setting is possible when another person tries to set himself / herself as a positioning target.

In the configuration shown in FIG. 4, the user A of the mobile communication terminal 411 operates the terminal 411 when using
On the screen 704 shown in FIG. 5, the search group name selection is selected, on the screen 705, the group name “A” including the users A, B, and C is selected, and the search group name is selected on another screen not shown. Enter the password, and click on screen 70
4, it is assumed that the notification group name selection is selected, the group name “K” including the users A, E, and F is selected on the screen 706, and the password of the notification group name is input on another screen not shown. . In addition, the user A displays a predetermined screen 7
It is assumed that a message including character information is input at 07.
If a predetermined operation requesting the provision of position information is performed after this input processing, each of the telephone number of the terminal 411, the authentication number, the notification group name and password entered above, the search group name and password, and the message will be displayed. An electronic mail including the information is transmitted to the position information providing server 100a (in FIG. 4). Location information providing server 100a
After completing the predetermined authentication processing for the search group, obtains the telephone numbers 1 to 3 (displayed as telephone numbers 1 to N in FIG. 4) of the terminals 411 to 413 from the registered terminal information 502a and the like,
The information is sent to the location information acquisition server 300 together with the authentication number sent from the terminal 411 (in FIG. 4). Here, like the telephone numbers 1 to 3 of the terminals 411 to 413 in the present embodiment, the information specifying the terminal to be positioned is referred to as the positioning target terminal specifying information. Location information acquisition server 30
0 is the terminal 411-413 corresponding to each telephone number 1-3
The location information such as latitude and longitude information is acquired, and the obtained information is transmitted to the location information providing server 100a together with the telephone number (in FIG. 4).

The location information providing server 100a includes the terminal 4
Telephone numbers 1 to 3 corresponding to 11 to 413, position information of three corresponding numbers, and registered terminal information 50 of the terminal 411.
The attribute information and each information 503 of the provided information range registered in 2a are transmitted to the map and map-related information server 200 (in FIG. 6). The map and map-related information server 200, based on this attribute information and provided information range,
Extract map-related information related to three different position information. Then, the information 504 of the nearest station, the main landmark, and the chome name, which consist of the three different kinds of extracted contents, are associated with the respective telephone numbers 1 to 3, and the position information providing server 10
0a (in FIG. 4).

The position information providing server 100a notifies the information edited based on the received information 504. More specifically, the location information providing server 100a refers to the notification group name registered in the registered terminal information 502a corresponding to the terminal 411 and the member information set in the notification group, and is registered as a member. It is transmitted to the terminals 411, 414, and 415 that are in the form of electronic mail (FIG. 4, ...). here,
The information of the members set in this notification group is
It is used as information that identifies the recipient (recipient identification information). In this case, the location information providing server 100a, the corresponding map URL information related to each location information, and the users A, B, and C of the terminals 411 to 413 that are the positioning targets.
Name information and two or more telephone numbers registered in the registered terminal information 502a, 502a, 502a corresponding to each of the terminals 411 to 413, the telephone number used when searching the location information and other Information in which the telephone number information and the message input by the user A are added is created as a search result, and each terminal 411, 414, and 415 is created.
The e-mail is sent to each of the registered e-mail addresses corresponding to the above as a notification destination.

FIG. 6 shows each terminal 4 owned by each user A to C.
The state of the display screen when the search results corresponding to 11 to 413 are displayed on any of the terminals 411, 414, and 415 of the users A, E, and F is shown. Screens 802 to 804 are respectively displayed on the terminal 411.
Information such as the chome name of the surrounding area, the nearest station, and a message based on the position information of ˜413 is displayed. In addition, the display form of the search results corresponding to the plurality of search target terminals, for example, first display a list of user names of the search target terminals,
It is possible to display the information of the selected user using a display form having a hierarchical structure such as displaying the information on the next screen.

Next, another embodiment of the position correspondence information providing system according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. It should be noted that the same or corresponding configurations as those of the above-described respective embodiments are shown by using the same reference symbols or symbols with an alphabetic character "b" added. In this embodiment, a plurality of mobile communication terminals are set as targets for search and notification, and for the position information corresponding to each terminal, for example, provided information registered in a fixed terminal 421 such as a personal computer. It realizes a function of executing filtering based on range or attribute information and delivering information such as a message issued from the fixed terminal 421 to the mobile communication terminal corresponding to the extracted position information by e-mail. is there. For example, N (for example, about 1000) mobile communication terminals 422, 422, ... Connectable to the mobile communication network 2 are registered as one search notification group. In this case, the registration terminal information 5 of the registration destination
02b is a fixed terminal 421 such as a personal computer
Is information corresponding to. The notification destination of the search result is the mobile communication terminals 422, 422 having the positional information related to the provided information range or the attribute information of the registered terminal information 502b corresponding to the fixed terminal 421 in the mobile communication terminals 422, 422 ,.
22, some terminals (terminals 423, 42 in FIG. 7)
3, ...)).

In the configuration of FIG. 7, information such as that shown in the screen 606 of FIG. 2 regarding the mobile communication terminals 422, 422, ... Which is to be searched and notified in advance is transmitted from the fixed terminal 421 using a predetermined software application. It is transmitted to the position information providing server 100b by mail and registered as registered terminal information 502b corresponding to the fixed terminal 421. When making a positioning request, the fixed terminal 421 displays a screen for selecting a search notification group name and inputting a corresponding group password as shown in a screen 708 of FIG. 8 and performing a predetermined key operation. Enter the group name and group password with. The search notification group name and group password input using the screen 708, the telephone number of the fixed terminal 421, the authentication number registered in advance, and the message information input by operating the keyboard in advance are transmitted via the Internet 1. , And is transmitted to the position information providing server 100b by electronic mail (in FIG. 7).

When the location information providing server 100b performs the authentication processing based on the telephone number and the authentication number, the search notification group name and password, and the authentication processing based on the notification group name and password, and the authentication processing ends normally. Only, the plurality of (N) telephone numbers registered as members in the search notification group are transmitted to the location information acquisition server 300 together with the authentication information including the telephone number and password corresponding to the fixed terminal 421 (FIG. 7). The location information acquisition server 300 acquires N pieces of location information consisting of longitude / latitude information of each terminal 422, 422, ... Corresponding to N telephone numbers or information indicating that acquisition is not possible, etc. The information is transmitted to the position information providing server 100b (in FIG. 7).

The location information providing server 100b is the terminal 4
22, 422, ... Phone numbers 1 to N and N corresponding position information, attribute information registered in the registered terminal information 502b of the terminal 421, and each information 503b of the provided information map. And to the map related information server 200 (FIG. 7). The map and map-related information server 200 extracts M pieces of map-related information (M is an integer equal to or less than N) related thereto based on the received attribute information, the provided information range, and the like. Then, M pieces of extracted information corresponding to the M pieces of telephone numbers are transmitted to the position information providing server 100b as information 504b (in FIG. 7). Here, for example, all the information attributes in the attribute information are invalid, and the provided information range is within a radius of 250 m from the position of the fixed terminal 421. By doing this, N
From the terminals (422, 422, ...) Of the terminals (1000, for example), M terminals (for example, 50), 423, 423 ,. Information providing server 100b
Will be transmitted as information 504b.

The position information providing server 100b sends the message information registered by the fixed terminal 421 as an electronic mail to the electronic mail addresses corresponding to the extracted M terminals 423, 423, .. 7, ...). As a result, the terminals 423, 423, ... Positioned within a radius of 250 m from the fixed terminal 421, for example.
Is provided with information as shown as a screen 805 in FIG. Here, the fixed terminal 421 is “sushi ○ ×”
In this store, an example of distributing the guide information as a message is shown.

As described above, according to the configuration shown in FIG. 7, the information notification destination is selected from the information notification destinations registered in advance according to a predetermined condition, and the information notification destination selected in advance is set. It is possible to notify the information that has been made.

In other words, the following is obtained. FIG. 9 is a block diagram for supplementarily explaining the configuration shown in FIG. In this case, all the information attributes in the attribute information are invalid, and the provided information range is within a radius of 250 m from the position of the fixed terminal 421. By doing this, the mobile communication network 2 is registered in advance as a search and notification target.
Out of N (for example, 1000) mobile communication terminals 422, 422, ...
M (for example, 50) terminals 42 located within 50 m
2, 422, ... Can be extracted. That is, the terminals 422, 422, ...
It is divided into those that are both positioning targets and results reception. In FIG. 7, what becomes both of them is the terminal 42.
It was distinguished as 3,423, .... In FIG. 9, the terminals 422, 422, ... Within a radius of 250 m correspond to this. The terminal that is both the positioning target and the result reception terminal is notified of the message of the guide information of the store “Sushi ○ ×” input in the fixed terminal 421 (left arrow in FIG. 9). Further, for confirmation, the same message is notified to the fixed terminal 421 (right arrow in FIG. 9).
As described above, according to the present embodiment, among the members of the preset search notification group, only the members (positioning target = recipient) in the desired range (for example, the vicinity of the own store) are assigned their own It becomes possible to notify the guide information of the store (including information such as the address and the nearest station) as a message.

In each of the above-described embodiments, the information is provided once at the timing when the e-mail requesting the information from the information request source (positioning requester) is sent. For example, the information may be repeatedly provided at intervals, a predetermined number of times, or a predetermined time. In this case, for example, information such as information providing time, information providing interval and number of times is set as the registered terminal information, and this information is referred to. Alternatively, a plurality of pieces of attribute information may be registered, and may be selected and used at appropriate times. Further, a logical operation may be performed on two or more registered attribute information, and the result may be used for filtering. For example, when there are two pieces of attribute information, the logical product, the logical sum, and the difference between the two may be used for filtering. Further, in each of the above embodiments, the position information acquisition server 300 is used as the position information acquisition system, but the position information acquisition system is not limited to this and may be any device that can acquire the position information of the communication terminal. The position information acquisition system in this specification means a generic name of means for acquiring the position information of a communication terminal. Further, the position information providing server 100 (100a, 100b), the map / map-related information server 200, and the position information acquisition server 300 may be in any connection form such as direct connection, LAN, or the Internet. . Further, as described above, the map and the map-related information server 200 can be filtered, or the data read from the map and the map-related information server 200 can be filtered. As described above, in the present invention, the connection information storage unit may have any connection system as long as it can access the filtering unit (related information extracting unit). Therefore,
It may be configured to access a map information providing system or the like that is commonly used for other services.

[0038]

As described above, according to the present invention, a large amount of information preset and provided in a map information providing system or the like is automatically filtered based on position information such as latitude and longitude. Therefore, it is possible to significantly reduce the labor involved in the selection of information when using the information, as compared with the related art. Further, according to the present invention, since it is possible to provide geographical information provided based on position information as character information, information is practically displayed on a portable terminal having a relatively small display device. Will be able to.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of a position correspondence information providing system (apparatus) according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a portable communication terminal 401 in the system of FIG.
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a display state of a screen during registration processing of prior information by a user.

FIG. 3 is a portable communication terminal 401 in the system of FIG.
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a display state of a screen when the system is used and a search result is displayed.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of another embodiment of the position correspondence information providing system according to the present invention.

5 is a portable communication terminal 411 in the system of FIG.
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a display state of a screen when the system is used by the computer.

6 is a portable communication terminal 411 in the system of FIG.
Alternatively, a schematic diagram showing a display state of a screen when displaying search results on the mobile communication terminals 414 and 415.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the configuration of another embodiment of the position correspondence information providing system according to the present invention.

8 is a schematic diagram showing a screen display state when the system is used by the fixed terminal 421 in the system of FIG. 7 and a search result is displayed on the mobile communication terminal 423. FIG.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram for supplementarily explaining the configuration of another embodiment of the position correspondence information providing system according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Internet 2 Mobile communication network (PHS, mobile phone network) 100, 100a, 100b Position information providing server (positioning target person information receiving means, position information receiving means, related information extraction means, related information output means) 200 Map and map Related information server 300 Position information acquisition server (position information acquisition system) 401, 402, 411-415, 422, 423 Mobile communication terminal 421 Fixed terminal 502, 502a, 502b Registered terminal information

Front page continuation (72) Inventor Takashi Tsukada 3-29, Kanda Jinbocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Inside CyberMap Japan Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Koichi Naruzawa 1-1-5, Taito, Taito-ku, Tokyo Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (56) References JP-A-10-21259 (JP, A) JP-A-11-39323 (JP, A) JP-A-11-265398 (JP, A) JP-A-9-257501 (JP, A) JP-A-11-51666 (JP, A) JP-A-11-65434 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G01S 5/00-5/14 G06F 17/00

Claims (15)

(57) [Claims] 1. Position support for providing various information to a communication terminal
In the information providing device, the provided information range specified based on the position of the communication terminal
And group specification that specifies the group to which the communication terminal belongs
A storage unit that stores information in association with the communication terminal, and positioning request specifying information that specifies the communication terminal of the positioning requester.
And group specific information from the communication terminal of the positioning requester
Specific information receiving means and the group specific information received by the specific information receiving means.
Regarding communication terminals belonging to the first group specified by the information
Information is extracted from the storage unit and stored in the extracted communication terminal.
Outputs the current information to the location information acquisition system and responds
Acquisition of the first position information of the positioning target communication terminal
While receiving from the system, the specific information receiving means
About the communication terminal of the positioning requester received by
Is output to the location information acquisition system and the corresponding positioning
Location information reception that receives the second location information of the communication terminal of the applicant
The communication means, the second position information received by the position information receiving means, and the second position information
The first position information of the communication terminals belonging to the first group
Of the communication terminals belonging to the first group based on
Of the position requesters based on the second position information
The provision stored in the storage unit for the communication terminal
Communication terminal extractor for extracting communication terminals included in the information range
A step and an association related to the location information based on the second location information
Related information extractor who accesses information and extracts related information
And the related information extracted by the related information extracting means,
Send to the communication terminal extracted by the communication terminal extracting means.
Associated position information output means
Information providing device. 2. Position correspondence for providing various information to a communication terminal
In the information providing device, the own area defined regardless of the position of the communication terminal
A storage unit that stores the correspondence with the communication terminal, and positioning target specifying information that specifies the communication terminal that is a positioning target.
And the communication terminal to be notified of various information to be provided.
Receiving the notification target specific information from the communication terminal of the positioning requester
Specific information receiving means and the positioning target specific information received by the specific information receiving means.
The information is output to the location information acquisition system and the corresponding positioning target
Receives location information of communication terminals from the location information acquisition system.
The position information receiving unit that receives the position information and the positioning target information received by the position information receiving unit.
The location information of the receiving terminal is stored in the storage unit.
Shows within your own area that is remembered about
Location information based on your own area
Access relevant information to extract relevant information,
If not, the positioning information received by the position information receiving means is received.
Related to location information based on location information of target communication terminal
Related information extraction to access related information and extract related information
The output means and the related information extracted by the related information extracting means
In the notification target specific information received by the specific information receiving means
Related information output means for transmitting to a more specified communication terminal,
A position corresponding information providing device, comprising: 3. The related information extracting means further comprises:
Based on extraction information preset by the position requester
Access related information related to location information
3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein
Position corresponding information providing device. 4. A communication terminal of the positioning requester,
The communication terminal is the same as the target communication terminal.
Position corresponding information providing device. 5. The attribute in which the extracted information indicates an attribute of information
Position correspondence according to claim 3, characterized in that it includes information.
Information providing device. 6. The related information output means outputs the related information.
The related information extracted by the extraction means is set in advance to the setting information.
And send it to the communication terminal that is the notification destination.
The position correspondence information providing device according to claim 2. 7. Related information extracted by said related information extraction means
Distribution is claims 1, characterized in that a text information
6. The position correspondence information providing device according to any one of 6. 8. The communication terminals to be notified are divided into groups.
The position according to claim 2, wherein the position is managed only.
Corresponding information providing device. 9. The communication terminals of the positioning target persons are divided into groups.
The position according to claim 2, wherein the position is managed only.
Corresponding information providing device. 10. The communication terminal as the notification destination and the positioning
Predetermined one of the target communication terminals as one group
The position correspondence information according to claim 2, which is managed.
Information provision device. 11. The positioning target terminal specifying information is a telephone number.
The position correspondence information according to claim 2, wherein the position correspondence information is included.
Information provision device. 12. The position information includes latitude and longitude information.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that
Position corresponding information providing device. 13. Related information by said related information extraction means
Extraction must be performed at a frequency preset by the positioning requester.
13. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that
Position corresponding information providing device. 14. A position pair for providing various information to a communication terminal
In the response information providing method, the positioning request specifying information for specifying the communication terminal of the positioning requester and the group
Receives loop identification information from the communication terminal of the positioning requester
The specific information receiving step, and the provided information range specified based on the position of the communication terminal,
Group identification specifying the group to which the communication terminal belongs
Information is stored in advance in association with the communication terminal.
It is received from the storage unit in the specific information receiving step.
Belongs to the first group specified by the specified group identification information
Information about the communication terminal
Output information to the location information acquisition system
The first position information of the positioning target communication terminal
Receive from the acquisition system and receive the specific information
About the communication terminal of the positioning requester received by the means
The information is output to the location information acquisition system and the corresponding measurement
Position information for receiving the second position information of the communication terminal of the position requester
And a second position received in the position information receiving step.
Location information and the first of the communication terminals belonging to the first group.
Belonging to the first group based on the position information of 1
Of the communication terminals based on the second position information
The communication terminal of the positioning requester is stored in the storage unit.
It is possible to extract communication terminals included in the provided information range.
A step of extracting a mobile terminal, and an association relating to the location information based on the second location information.
Relevant information extractor to access relevant information and extract relevant information
And the related information extracted in the related information extracting step.
The communication extracted in the communication terminal extracting step
And a related information output step of transmitting to the terminal.
A method for providing characteristic position-corresponding information. 15. A position pair for providing various information to a communication terminal
In the response information providing method, the positioning target identification information that identifies the communication terminal that is the positioning target
And the notification target identification information that identifies the communication terminal that is the notification destination of the various information to be provided.
The specific information receiving step received from the applicant's communication terminal, and the positioning target received in the specific information receiving step
Output the specific information to the location information acquisition system and
Position information acquisition system for the position information of the target communication terminal
A position information receiving step of receiving from, the positioning received in the position information receiving step
The location information of the target communication terminal is independent of the location of the communication terminal
Within the area of your area defined in
Location information based on your area,
Access related information related to information and extract related information
If not, go to the location information receiving step.
Based on the position information of the positioning target communication terminal received in
Access related information related to location information
Related information extraction step and the related information extracted in the related information extraction step of extracting information
Oite received notification pairs in the specific information receiving step of
Related information transmitted to the communication terminal identified by the elephant identification information
Position correspondence information, comprising:
Information provision method.