JP4948332B2 - Service information providing system using portable terminal - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a service information providing system capable of obtaining service information around a place by communicating a portable terminal such as a portable game machine with a device having a fixed place.

Restaurants, grocery stores, bookstores, stationery shops, in Miseya such as clothing stores, for example, the current in the genre of dining options, if there is any kind of menu, in the time zone in which there is, for example, to a 20 percent discount for a particular menu The contents of services such as blogs, information magazines, the Internet, etc., and what kind of clothing is available in the genre of the clothing store, when the special sale date is, what kind of product is available In the same way, we are trying to increase sales by soliciting customers.
When the user obtains the information on the service content, it is necessary to input location information of an area where a store providing a service to a PC or the like, time information for receiving the service, and the like are input. Therefore, in order to obtain the service contents of the store, it takes time and effort to input location information, time information, etc. of a desired area, and a communication fee is generated for connection for information retrieval. Furthermore, when the search itself is unfamiliar with the search itself, the search may take a long time.

  Using a mobile phone, PDA or other communication information terminal equipped with a function to connect to a communication network such as the Internet as an information provision system, the owner of this device can use various commercial / entertainment facilities such as large complex stores and large-scale leisure facilities. There has been proposed a guidance system that assists in grasping the current location of a facility in a facility or the like, and obtaining useful information for each location to effectively use these facilities (Patent Document 1).

This system converts various guidance information related to in-house structures, equipment, services, etc. in various large-scale facilities that users actually use while moving to data based on map information that can grasp their positional relationship, and any position Is downloaded to a portable communication information terminal in an arbitrary size via a communication network at a desired location inside or outside the facility and displayed on an attached monitor.
JP 2007-18472 A

However, Patent Document 1 also accesses the facility information server with a connection fee, and inputs location information of the area desired by the user and information for specifying the facility, which takes time and effort to operate. Further, the floor map of the facility desired by the search target is displayed on the portable terminal for confirming the location of the facility, and the display content is not information displayed for receiving a service from the store.
From such a background, the user can make an information provision request to the information providing terminal without performing operations such as position information input, and can receive the service of the store desired by the user by the service information displayed on the portable terminal. desired.
The present invention addresses the above-mentioned drawbacks and needs. The purpose is to obtain information about the services of stores of each genre that exist around the current location of the user by the user communicating with the information providing terminal having fixed location information through the mobile terminal, and the user in that area It is possible to obtain services such as coupon coupons at the store desired by the user without spending time and communication costs for information acquisition, reducing the trouble of inputting location information in areas where communication is specialized and receiving services. It is to provide a service information providing system that can do this.

In order to achieve the above object, claim 1 of the present invention provides a communication network, store location data, genre data, store name data, menu or product type data, map data, service provision contents, and an information provision terminal device. there is input information group range specifying information specifying a range exists, the service information creating apparatus for creating a data format that can display service information of the service provider by using these information in the mobile terminal, wherein the said communication network A location information server device that searches for a corresponding information providing terminal device according to range designation information of an information group sent from the information creating device, and transmits an information group and service information corresponding to the corresponding information providing terminal device via the communication network; a communication function by radio to a predetermined range as a service area, transmitted from the position information server apparatus That is stored in the information supplying terminal device corresponding information group and service information received by the storage unit, 1 and more information supplying terminal device which is fixedly installed at an arbitrary position, respectively, the communication function of communicating with the information supplying terminal device And the information providing terminal device covering the service area is requested by the communication function to provide the information group and the service information. A mobile terminal that receives the information group and service information sent in response to the request and stores them in a built-in memory unit, and when the mobile terminal receives provision of service information from the information providing terminal device, program is transmitted to display information on the display unit, the contents of the information groups and service information received by the mobile terminal of said mobile terminal To display a plane display unit, or be configured to display the service information in the print output, completing the service user of the portable terminal by operating the button which is added to the service of displaying on the mobile device Thus, even if the user of the portable terminal next displays the same service in the same service area, the same service is displayed .
Claim 2 of the present invention designates a communication network, store location data, genre data, store name data, menu or product type data, map data, service provision contents, and a range in which an information provision terminal device exists. An information group of range designation information is input, and using this information, service information creation apparatus that creates service information of the service provider in a data format that can be displayed on a mobile terminal, and service information and information group created by the information creation apparatus Information providing terminal having a wireless communication function having a predetermined area as a service area, and having a portable type storage means for storing data and a slot for connecting the portable type storage means cases, be stored in the storage unit reads the information group and the service information from the portable type storage means connected to the slot , 1 and more information supplying terminal device which is fixedly installed at an arbitrary position, respectively, has a communication function of communicating with the information supplying terminal device, entering either of the service area of said one or more information supplying terminal device In this case, the communication function requests the information providing terminal device that covers the service area to provide the information group and service information, receives the information group and service information sent in response to the request, and stores them in the built-in memory unit. A portable terminal for storing information, and when the portable terminal receives provision of service information from the information providing terminal device, a program for displaying the service information on a display unit is transmitted , and the information group and service received by the portable terminal configuration of such a content of the information display to display, or the service information in the print output on the screen display unit of the mobile terminal The user of the mobile terminal displays the same service within the same service area by operating the button added to the service displayed on the mobile terminal and completing the service. Even if it is made to do, it displays that it is completed to the same service .
According to a third aspect of the present invention, the service information is displayed on the screen display unit of the portable terminal according to the first or second aspect of the invention, or the service information is printed out and then displayed when a predetermined operation is performed. Characterized by invalidation or erasure.

According to the above configuration, since the position information is known, the surrounding information can be accurately transmitted to the user. Since the information provider can communicate with users who are close to each other, it is possible to efficiently provide service information to users who need little time and space costs to go to the service information provision site. it can. Since the user who receives the information, that is, the user can acquire the information of the area range close to the position where the user is, the user can go to the place where the service information is provided with little time and space cost.
At a store where an information providing terminal is installed, service information (such as coupons) around the store can be provided to attract customers to the store and peripheral services.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a service information providing system using a portable terminal according to the present invention. In this embodiment, information providing terminal devices whose position information is fixed are respectively installed in a number of game centers (game stores).
The service information providing system according to the present invention includes a service information creating device 1, a location information server device 2, and information providing terminal devices 3-1 to 3-n connected to a network, and the information providing terminal devices 3-1 to 3- The mobile game machine 4 includes a wireless LAN communication unit that wirelessly communicates with the information providing terminal devices 3-1 to 3-n within the n wireless LAN service areas.

  The service information creation device 1 creates service information at the request of a service provider (a restaurant, a store such as a general store). If it is location data of the store, store genre data, store name data, restaurant , Menu data indicating the type of menu to be provided, map data for guiding the location of the store, information indicating what service is provided, range for specifying the range in which the information providing terminal device exists The designation information is input as input information from the operation unit, and each piece of information is processed and processed into a format that can be displayed on the portable game machine. For example, it is made so that a coupon of a service provided by a store can be displayed on a display unit of a portable game machine and has a predetermined layout. At this time, input information such as the address (position) of the requester is displayed at a predetermined position of the coupon, and further, a document, an image (guidance map, in-store) showing each information of the store providing the service at a display position other than the coupon Are made in a size that can be displayed on a portable game machine. In addition, event information etc. performed in this area may be created and sent together with service information as described later.

The service information creation device 1 sends, to the location information server device 2 via the network, range designation information for searching for information providing terminal devices that provide information together with service information, store information documents, images, and the like thus created. Send.
The location information server device 2 searches the information providing terminal devices 3-1 to 3-n for information providing terminal devices corresponding to the transmitted range designation information. Then, the document and image of service information corresponding to the range designation information and store information are transmitted to the information providing terminal device corresponding to the range designation information, that is, installed at the position indicated by the range designation information.
The information providing terminal devices 3-1 to 3-n store the received service information and store information documents and images in the memory unit. Documents and images of service information of each client and store information belonging to the same range designation information are stored in the memory unit in this way. The information providing terminal devices 3-1 to 3-n have a wireless LAN function, and when a request for providing information is sent from a portable game machine that enters the service area, a memory is stored in the requested portable game machine. Information in the department will be returned. At this time, a program for displaying service information and the like sent to the portable game machine on the display unit of the portable game machine is also sent.

  By inserting a card storing game software into the slot of the portable game machine 4, the game software in the card can be executed. In addition to this, the portable game machine 4 has a wireless LAN function. When the user enters the wireless LAN service area of the information providing terminal device installed at a fixed position, the portable game machine 4 can perform a predetermined operation on the information providing terminal device. A request for providing information can be sent by wireless communication. As a result, the requested information providing terminal device reads the service information and the like from the memory unit and transmits them to the portable game machine 4. The information is stored in the memory unit of the portable game machine 4, and service information and the like can be displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 5 by starting a display program transmitted at the same time.

The user of the portable game machine knows the detailed information about the store and looks at the map displayed together with this information, knows the location of the store providing the service, displays the coupon on the liquid crystal display at the store, and displays the store By showing it to you, you can receive a service with a coupon.
When it is confirmed that the service is provided at the store, the user of the portable game machine operates the service “completed” displayed on the portable game machine in the presence of the person in the store. The coupon ticket has a button for selecting “Done”, and the service provision is completed by pressing the button. The service provision can be completed by performing an operation of deleting information on the coupon ticket of the portable game machine.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing details of the service information creation apparatus.
The service information creation device 1 includes an operation unit 20, a ROM 21, a RAM 22, a communication unit 23, a CPU 24, an image processing unit 25, and an image display unit 26.
Information on the client of the store is input from the operation unit 20. The ROM 21 stores service information, event information, a portable display creation program for creating a document or an image, and a control program for controlling the entire device so that it can be displayed in the size of the liquid crystal display unit of the portable game machine. . The RAM 22 is used not only as a calculation work area but also for temporarily storing data.

  The CPU 24 implements the functions of the control unit 24a and the information creation unit 24b by reading the control program and the portable display creation program. When operation information is input from the operation unit 20, a screen for creating service information and the like is displayed on the image display unit 26 by the processing of the image processing unit 25. When the operator of the device inputs information about the store, service information, event information, store information document, image, etc. of the liquid crystal display unit size of the portable game machine are created.

FIG. 8 shows an example of information input to create information on restaurants and other genres.
The restaurant input information includes area name, information provider genre, store name, menu, service features, map, and ticket. For example, in the service provider information 1 of (a), “Shinjuku-ku Shinjuku Station area” “Western food” , Japanese food ”,“ XXX ”,“ Yakiniku set meal, fried shrimp, eel, oden ”,“ can be reserved ”,“ guide map ”,“ coupon ticket ”. Then, a guide document having a layout as shown in FIG. A button is made on the coupon ticket and the map, and when the button is pressed, for example, a coupon ticket as shown in FIG. 7A is displayed. In this example, “Chinese”, “○ × △ □ 苑”, “Menu ○○ ××”, “2 discount”, “Reception”, “OK button” are displayed in the frame, and “Coupon” is displayed at the bottom of the frame. Ticket "is displayed.
FIG. 7B shows a state where the coupon is used and the OK button is operated to change the display to “Done”. When it has been used in this way, it returns to the service area of the same information providing terminal device again, and even if the same information is received, the display of “completed” is displayed on the received coupon.

In addition to this, there is general store information as an example of the service provider. The input information of the service provider information n in FIG. 8C includes the area name, the information provider genre, the store name, the product name, the service characteristics, the map, Tickets, "Shinjuku Station area around Shinjuku-ku", "Import, domestic, dining area", "XXXXX", "Tablecloth, Spoon", "□□□□, XXXXXX", "Guide map", "Service ticket" Is the data.
The store information, the service information, and the range designation information created in this way by the information creation unit 24b are sent to the location information server device 2 via the communication unit 23 and the Internet.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing details of the location information server device.
The location information server device 2 includes a communication unit 30, a database 31, a CPU 32, and a ROM 33. The control unit 32 a, the information receiving unit 32 b, and the information distributing unit 32 c of the CPU 32 are realized by each program stored in the ROM 33.
When store information, its service information, and range specification information are sent from the communication unit 30, the information reception unit 32b receives the information and stores it in the storage area 31a for each range specification in the database 31. The information distribution unit 32c searches for the corresponding information providing terminal device based on the range designation information stored in the range designation specific storage area 31a, and searches the information providing terminal device for the range designation type via the communication unit 30 and the Internet. The store information in the storage area 31a and its service information are transmitted.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing details of the information providing terminal device.
The information providing terminal devices 3-1 to 3-n include a communication unit 41, a CPU 42, a wireless LAN communication unit 43, a memory unit 44, and a ROM 45.
The communication unit 41 receives store information and service information sent from the location information server device 2. The ROM 45 stores a control program for controlling the entire apparatus and an information transmission / reception program for transmitting / receiving information.

  The CPU 42 implements the functions of the control unit 42a and the information transmission / reception unit 42b by reading the control program and the information transmission / reception program. When the information transmission / reception unit 42 b receives store information and service information from the communication unit 41, the information transmission / reception unit 42 b stores the information in the memory unit 44. The memory unit 44 stores a portable game machine display program for displaying in the size of the liquid crystal display unit of the portable game machine. When there is a request for information reception from the portable game machine via the wireless LAN communication unit 43, the information transmission / reception unit 42b reads out the portable display program, store information, and service information from the memory unit 44 and transmits them.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing details of the portable game machine.
The portable game machine 4 includes a wireless LAN communication unit 51, a CPU 52, a card control unit 53, a memory card slot 54, an operation unit 55, a ROM 56, a liquid crystal display unit 57, and a RAM 58, and a memory card 60 containing a game program is mounted. Is possible.
When the memory card 60 is inserted into the memory card slot 54, the card control unit 53 reads the program in the card and stores it in the RAM 58.
The ROM 56 stores a control program for controlling the entire portable game machine, a game processing program for executing the game, and a communication program for performing communication processing. The RAM 58 is used as a calculation work area in addition to the game program.

  The CPU 52 implements the functions of the control unit 52a, the communication processing unit 52b, and the game processing unit 52c by reading the control program, the game processing program, and the communication program, respectively. When the user enters the service area of a certain information providing terminal device, the wireless LAN communication unit 51 can perform communication. When the user performs a predetermined operation, the communication processing unit 52 b is activated, and a menu screen for requesting information is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 57. By operating the menu screen, the wireless LAN communication unit 51 transmits an information request. When the information providing terminal device receives this request and receives the portable display program, store information, and service information, the communication processing unit 52b stores the information in the RAM 58, and the liquid crystal display unit is activated by starting the portable display program. Store information is displayed at 57. Information on each store can be displayed in order on the liquid crystal display by scrolling. When the user presses the coupon button for the desired store information, the coupon for that store is displayed. It is also possible to print a coupon using a printing device (not shown).

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing another embodiment of a service information providing system using a portable terminal according to the present invention.
In this embodiment, the store information, the service information, and the range designation information described in FIG. 1 are copied and stored in the auxiliary storage device 12 that can be transported from the service information creation device 11. The auxiliary storage device 12 moves through a human hand or the like and is physically connected to the information providing terminal device 13. As the auxiliary storage device 12, an HDD, a USB flash memory, an SD card, or the like can be used.
The information providing terminal device 13 has the same circuit configuration as the information providing terminal devices 3-1 to 3-n described with reference to FIG. 1 except for the circuit unit for receiving from the auxiliary storage device 12. The configuration of the portable game machine 14 is the same circuit configuration as the portable game machine 4 described with reference to FIG.

  The information providing terminal device 13 is effective when the system of the present invention is realized in a facility where no facility for connecting to the Internet is installed. The service information creation device 11 is a stationary or portable notebook personal computer.

In the above embodiment, the example in which the information providing terminal device is installed in a store such as a game center has been described. However, the present invention is similarly applied to the case where the information providing terminal device is installed at home or other places. Can be applied. In such a case, service information of stores existing near the home or around other places is obtained.
In addition, for a device that does not include a wireless LAN communication unit in the portable game machine 4, a wireless LAN adapter may be attached to a slot into which a storage card is inserted to have a wireless function. Furthermore, even when a PDA having a wireless LAN function is used as a portable terminal instead of a portable game machine, the present invention can be similarly configured. Furthermore, when the portable game machine or PDA does not have a wireless function, a memory card slot is provided in the information providing terminal device, and a memory card to be inserted into the memory card slot of the portable game machine or PDA is inserted into the memory card slot of the information providing terminal device. However, the present invention can also be applied by transmitting and receiving information.

  An information providing terminal device installed in a store such as an event facility or a game center, a service information creation device and a location information server device installed in an arbitrary place, and a mobile terminal carried by the user, It is a system that provides service information of stores around the store.

It is a block diagram which shows embodiment of the service information provision system using the portable terminal by this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the detail of a service information creation apparatus. It is a block diagram which shows the detail of a positional infomation server apparatus. It is a block diagram which shows the detail of an information provision terminal device. It is a block diagram which shows the detail of a portable game machine. It is a block diagram which shows other embodiment of the service information provision system using the portable terminal by this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the service information displayed on the display part of a portable game machine. It is a figure which shows an example of the data structure of the information of a shop.

Explanation of symbols

1 Service information creation device
2 Location information server device
3. Information provision terminal device
4 portable game machines
5 Screen of portable game machine 6 Service provider

Claims (3)

A communication network;
Store location data, genre data, store name data, menu or product type data, map data, service provision content, and information group of range designation information for designating the range in which the information provision terminal device exists are input. and service information creating apparatus for creating a data format that can display service information of the service provider in a mobile terminal using,
A position for searching for an information providing terminal device corresponding to range designation information of an information group sent from the information creation device through the communication network, and transmitting an information group and service information corresponding to the information providing terminal device through the communication network An information server device;
It has a wireless communication function with a predetermined range as a service area , receives the information group corresponding to the information providing terminal device and the service information sent from the location information server device, and stores it in the storage unit , One or more information providing terminal devices each fixedly installed at an arbitrary position ;
A communication function that communicates with the information providing terminal device , and if the communication function enters one of the service areas of the one or more information providing terminal devices, the information providing terminal device that covers the service area by the communication function A mobile terminal that requests provision of an information group and service information, receives the information group and service information sent in response to the request, and stores them in the built-in memory unit;
When the portable terminal receives service information provided from the information providing terminal device, a program for displaying the service information on the display unit is transmitted , and the information group received by the portable terminal and the contents of the service information are stored in the portable terminal. Configured to display on screen display or to display service information in print output ,
The user of the portable terminal completes the service by operating a button added to the service displayed on the portable terminal, so that the user of the portable terminal next displays the same service in the same service area. A service information providing system using a portable terminal, characterized in that the same service is already displayed . A communication network;
Store location data, genre data, store name data, menu or product type data, map data, service provision content, and information group of range designation information for designating the range in which the information provision terminal device exists are input. and service information creating apparatus for creating a data format that can display service information of the service provider in a mobile terminal using,
Portable storage means for storing service information and information group created by the information creation device;
In the case of an information providing terminal having a slot for connecting the portable type storage means and having a wireless communication function having a predetermined range as a service area and corresponding to the range designation information, the portable unit connected to the slot One or more information providing terminal devices fixedly installed at arbitrary positions, each of which stores information groups and service information from a type of storage means and stores them in a storage unit;
A communication function that communicates with the information providing terminal device , and if the communication function enters one of the service areas of the one or more information providing terminal devices, the information providing terminal device that covers the service area by the communication function A mobile terminal that requests provision of an information group and service information, receives the information group and service information sent in response to the request, and stores them in the built-in memory unit;
When the portable terminal receives service information provided from the information providing terminal device, a program for displaying the service information on the display unit is transmitted , and the information group received by the portable terminal and the contents of the service information are stored in the portable terminal. Configured to display on screen display or to display service information in print output ,
The user of the portable terminal completes the service by operating a button added to the service displayed on the portable terminal, so that the user of the portable terminal next displays the same service in the same service area. A service information providing system using a portable terminal, characterized in that the same service is already displayed . After the to display the service information on the screen display unit of the portable terminal, or the service information printed out, when the predetermined operation, according to claim 1 or characterized by disabling or erasing the display 2 A service information providing system using the described portable terminal.

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