JP3889196B2 - Information distribution system for mobile terminals - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a system for distributing regional information to a mobile terminal equipped with a GPS (Global Positioning System) via a computer network.
[0002]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In recent years, mobile terminals such as mobile phones equipped with a display and PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants) have become widespread, and along with the popularization, information such as advertisements is distributed via a telephone network etc. Services that display on other displays are also becoming popular.
[0003]
However, the conventional information distribution service for mobile terminals is such that the same information is uniformly distributed to mobile terminals subscribed to the information distribution service. Since it is not always necessary information, there is a problem that the user has to find out necessary information from among a lot of distributed information.
[0004]
The present invention has been made to solve the problems in the information distribution service for the conventional portable terminal as described above.
That is, an object of the present invention is to provide an information distribution system to a mobile terminal capable of distributing useful information to users in a timely manner.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object , the present invention comprises an information distribution server connected to a computer network, and a distribution information database in which data relating to information distributed by the information distribution server is stored. A map database site formed on a computer network, comprising: an information distribution site formed; a map server connected to a computer network; and a map information database in which map image data distributed by the map server is stored; An information distribution system comprising a mobile terminal capable of accessing the information distribution site and the map database site via a computer network, wherein the mobile terminal is equipped with a GPS for detecting the position of the mobile terminal And the position detected by the GPS Transmission / reception means for transmitting information to the information distribution server and the map server, receiving information distributed from the information distribution server and the map server, and processing the received information from the information distribution server and the map server Information processing means, and display means for outputting the processing result of the information processing means, and the information distribution server stores the information in the distribution information database based on the position information transmitted from the portable terminal. Information to be searched based on the coordinate data included in this information, to read information included in the area of the preset range, and to transmit to the mobile terminal The map server includes a reading unit, and the map server corresponds to the map corresponding to the map information database based on the position information transmitted from the portable terminal. Map image data reading means for reading image data and transmitting the image data to the mobile terminal is provided, and the information processing means of the mobile terminal is accessing the information distribution site and the map database site by the mobile terminal. In the state, based on the information including the coordinate data transmitted by the information reading unit and the map image data transmitted by the map image data reading unit, the coordinate data of the information on the map image of the map image data. It is characterized by displaying the position .
[0006]
An information distribution system to a portable terminal according to the present invention is a portable terminal with a global positioning system (GPS) mounted on the portable terminal turned on when the user uses the information distribution system. Is connected to a computer network such as the Internet to access an information distribution site.
[0007]
In this state, when the user carries the portable terminal and moves, the position where the user has moved is detected by the GPS, and the position information is obtained via a computer network at regular intervals, for example. It is transmitted to the information distribution server at the information distribution site.
[0008]
The information distribution server of the information distribution site obtains the coordinate data included in the advertisement information from the advertisement information stored in the distribution information database based on the position information transmitted from the mobile terminal. Based on the search, advertisement information such as stores included in a pre-set area is read out.
[0009]
Then, the map server of the map database site reads the corresponding map image data from the map information database and transmits it to the mobile terminal, so that the map image is displayed on the mobile terminal together with the location of the advertisement information provider. The Arbitrary advertisement information read in this way is transmitted to the mobile terminal via the computer network, and is displayed together with the map image on the display equipped in the mobile terminal.
[0010]
As described above, according to the present invention, as a user moves, the user can obtain timely advertisement information in a required area including the moving position.
[0011]
In addition to the above-described features, the information distribution system for portable terminals according to the present invention further includes a registered user database in which the information distribution site stores information related to user attributes. have been, the information distribution server, the reads attribute information of the user carrying the mobile terminal by an access from the portable terminal from the registered user database, the attribute information of the read user the It is characterized by reading out the distribution information from the distribution information database, based on the position information.
[0012]
According to the information distribution system to the portable terminal according to the present invention, when the user registers his / her attributes in advance in the information distribution site or when using the information distribution system, the registered data of the user is registered in the registered user database. To be recorded.
[0013]
Then, the information distribution server reads out the advertisement information to be distributed from the distribution information database corresponding to the position information transmitted from the portable terminal, from the registered user database, the user using the portable terminal The attribute data is read based on, for example, the telephone number of the portable terminal or the user's input, and only the advertisement information that matches the read user attribute is selected and read out and distributed to the portable terminal.
[0014]
In this way, the user registers attributes such as gender, age, occupation, and hobbies in the registered user database of the information distribution site so that advertisement information suitable for the user is distributed from the information distribution site. This makes it easier to pick up useful information for you.
[0017]
As a result, the user can use the distributed information more effectively.
[0018]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments that are considered to be most suitable for the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.
[0019]
FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an example of an embodiment of an information distribution system to a portable terminal according to the present invention.
This information distribution system to mobile terminals can be applied to various information distribution services such as weather forecasts and traffic information in addition to advertisement information. In the following, for example, sales information of department stores and shops A distribution service for advertising information such as lunch information and restaurant information will be described as an example.
[0020]
In FIG. 1, an information distribution site S1 is a site for distributing pre-registered advertisement information to a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone or a PDA via a computer network. The information distribution server S1a and a distribution information database S1b and a registered user database S1c are provided and connected to a computer network (Internet I in this example).
[0021]
The Internet I includes a map database site S2 including a map server S2a that searches for map image data and provides the map image data to the information terminal T, and a map database S2b that stores the map image data. It is connected.
[0022]
The mobile terminal T such as a mobile phone or a PDA has an Internet function that can connect to the information distribution site S1 and the map database site S2 via the Internet I from a public telephone line network (not shown).
[0023]
And this portable terminal T is equipped with GPS (Global Positioning System), detects the position by the satellite ST, and, when connected to the Internet I, distributes the position information via the Internet I. The message is transmitted to the site S1.
[0024]
The information distribution server S1a of the information distribution site S1 receives position information from the portable terminal T when accessed from the portable terminal T via the Internet I, and receives the position information received from the distribution information database S1b described later. The advertisement information for each region registered in advance is read out based on the information and transmitted to the portable terminal T.
[0025]
In the distribution information database S1b, data on advertisement information such as department store, store sale information, restaurant lunch information, and event information registered in advance is classified for each region or stored together with coordinate data based on latitude and longitude. Has been.
[0026]
The registered user database S1c stores data related to user information registered in advance, for example, data related to attributes such as sex, age, occupation, and hobbies of registered users.
[0027]
The map database site S2 is the map image data stored in the map database S2b in response to a transmission request sent from the mobile terminal T via the Internet I by the map server S2a. Are read out from the mobile phone and transmitted to the portable terminal T.
In FIG. 1, CS is a ground control station that manages the time signal of the satellite ST in the GPS.
[0028]
Next, a method for distributing information to the portable terminal T by the above information distribution system will be described.
[0029]
When using this information distribution system, the user connects the portable terminal T to the Internet I and accesses the information distribution site S1 with the GPS mounted on the portable terminal T turned on. deep.
[0030]
In this state, when the user carries the portable terminal T and moves, the moved position is detected by the GPS of the portable terminal T, and the detected position information is detected for a certain time (for example, Every 5 minutes), it is transmitted via the Internet I to the information distribution server S1a of the information distribution site S1.
[0031]
The information distribution server S1a of the information distribution site S1 is included in the advertisement information from the advertisement information stored in the distribution information database S1b based on the position information transmitted from the mobile terminal T. A search is performed based on the existing coordinate data, and advertisement information such as stores included in an area within a preset range is read out.
[0032]
At this time, the range of the advertisement information to be read is set in advance according to, for example, the distance from the point where the mobile terminal T is located, the required time, or the administrative division.
[0033]
Arbitrary advertisement information read in this way is transmitted to the mobile terminal T via the Internet I and displayed on a display provided in the mobile terminal T.
[0034]
Thus, as the user moves, the user can sequentially obtain advertisement information in a necessary range including the moving position in a timely manner.
[0035]
At this time, in the case where the position of, for example, a department store providing advertisement information is displayed on the mobile terminal T together with the advertisement information, the information distribution server S1a is an HTML indicating the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the map database site S2. Data is transmitted to the mobile terminal T.
[0036]
When the mobile terminal T accesses the map database site S2 based on this URL, the map server S2a of the map database site S2 reads the corresponding map image data from the map information database S2b and transmits it to the mobile terminal T. The map image is displayed on the display of the mobile terminal T together with the position of a department store or the like that provides advertisement information.
[0037]
When distributing information by the information distribution system as described above, the user registers attributes such as gender, age, occupation, and hobbies in the registered user database S1c of the information distribution site S1, so that the information distribution site Advertisement information suitable for the user can be distributed from S1.
[0038]
That is, if the user registers his / her attributes in advance in the information distribution site S1 or when starting to use the information distribution system, the registered data of the user is recorded in the registered user database S1c.
[0039]
The information distribution server S1a uses the portable terminal T from the registered user database S1c when reading the advertisement information to be distributed from the distribution information database S1b corresponding to the position information transmitted from the portable terminal T. The user attribute data is read out based on, for example, the telephone number of the mobile terminal T or the ID input by the user, and only the advertisement information that matches the read user attribute is selected and read out. Delivered to the terminal T.
[0040]
As a result, when the user is a young woman, for example, boutique information is selected and distributed, or when the housewife has a small child, bargain information on children's clothing is selected and distributed. This makes it possible to more easily pick up useful information.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an example of an embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
S1 ... Information distribution site S1a ... Information distribution server S1b ... Distribution information database S1c ... Registered user database S2 ... Map database site S2a ... Map server S2b ... Map database I ... Internet (computer network)
T ... Mobile terminal ST ... Satellite CS ... Ground control station

Claims (1)

An information distribution server connected to a computer network, a distribution information database storing data related to information distributed by the information distribution server, and a registered user database storing information related to user attributes are provided on the computer network. The formed information distribution site,
A map database site formed on a computer network, comprising: a map server connected to a computer network; and a map information database storing map image data distributed by the map server;
An information distribution system comprising a mobile terminal accessible to the information distribution site and the map database site via a computer network,
The portable terminal is
While equipped with a GPS that detects the position of the mobile terminal,
Transmits the position information the GPS has detected to the information distribution server, receives the information distributed from each of the map server and the information distribution server, to process the information received and the information distribution server from the map server Information processing means;
Display means for outputting the processing result of the information processing means,
The information distribution server is
Based on the position information transmitted from the mobile terminal, a search is performed based on the coordinate data included in the information from the advertisement information stored in the distribution information database, The advertisement information included in the set area is read , and the attribute information of the user carrying the portable terminal is read from the registered user database by accessing from the portable terminal, and this reading is performed. The advertisement information suitable for the attribute information of the selected user is selected from the read advertisement information and transmitted to the mobile terminal, and the map image data of the area including the selected advertisement information is accessed. Comprising information reading means for transmitting information to the portable terminal;
The map server
Based on the access information, it comprises map image data reading means for reading out the map image data of the area including the advertisement information selected by the information distribution server from the map information database, and transmitting the map image data to the portable terminal.
The information processing means of the portable terminal accesses the information distribution site, receives the advertisement information and the access information transmitted by the information reading means, and accesses the map database site based on the access information Then, the map image data transmitted from the map image data reading means is received, and the position of the advertisement information transmitted by the information reading means is transmitted from the map image data reading means based on the coordinate data. An information distribution system to a portable terminal, wherein the display means displays the map image data together with a map image of the map image data .

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