JP5178258B2 - Data distribution apparatus, data distribution method, and data distribution program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a data distribution apparatus, a data distribution method, and a data distribution program.

Conventionally, information published in RSS (Resource, description, framework, Site, Summary) format is collected from a plurality of websites, and the collected information is provided to the user in a unified manner, or a certain amount of information is collected from the collected information. There is a system that provides a user with a screen sorted under conditions (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2).
JP 2006-139470 A JP 2007-36901 A

  In the conventional system, when the collected information is provided to the user, the character information is simply provided as character information. Therefore, if the information includes a place name, a person name, etc., the user fully understands the information unless he / she knows where the place indicated by the place name is and who is the person indicated by the person name. There is a problem that it cannot be used.

  For example, when providing character information acquired from a certain website to a user, the present invention adds visual information and / or auditory information related to the character information, and the character information is easily understood and utilized by the user. The purpose is to make it easy to do.

A data distribution apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention includes:
A database unit for storing a plurality of character data representing the object as character information by a storage device;
A data acquisition unit for acquiring text data of text posted on a website and including at least one character data stored in the database unit via a network;
Character data is extracted from the text data acquired by the data acquisition unit, and visual / auditory data that expresses an object represented by the extracted character data by at least one of visual information and auditory information is generated by the processing device. A data generator;
A data distribution unit that creates a web page that displays the text data acquired by the data acquisition unit and the visual / auditory data generated by the data generation unit, and distributes the web page via a network; Features.

The database unit stores a plurality of character data expressing a place as character information as an object, and further stores a plurality of point data indicating points on a map by a storage device,
The data generation unit extracts point data indicating a point corresponding to a place represented by the extracted character data from the database unit, and the point indicated by the extracted point data is converted into text data acquired by the data acquisition unit. Visual and auditory data expressed on a map is generated as a related point.

  When there are two or more places represented by the extracted character data, the data generation unit extracts point data indicating points corresponding to the respective places from the database unit, and sets the points indicated by the extracted point data. Visual and auditory data expressed on a separate map for each place is generated as a point related to the text data acquired by the data acquisition unit.

  When there are two or more places represented by the extracted character data, the data generation unit adjusts the size of the visual / auditory data map according to the number of character data representing each place. And

The data acquisition unit circulates a plurality of websites to acquire a plurality of text data,
The data distribution device further includes:
A data receiving unit for receiving position data indicating the position of the user terminal from the user terminal via the network;
The data generation unit is the text data acquired by the data acquisition unit only from the points indicated by the extracted point data within a certain range from the position of the user terminal indicated by the position data received by the data reception unit. Visual and auditory data to be expressed on a map is generated as a point related to.

The data acquisition unit circulates a plurality of websites to acquire a plurality of text data,
The data distribution device further includes:
A data selection unit that allows the user terminal to select one of the text data acquired by the data acquisition unit via a network;
The data generation unit may include only the points within a certain range from the point corresponding to the place represented by the character data extracted from the text data selected by the data selection unit among the points indicated by the extracted point data. Visual and auditory data to be expressed on a map as a point related to text data acquired by the data acquisition unit is generated.

  The database unit stores a plurality of character data expressing a place by at least one of an address and a landmark name, and further stores a plurality of point data indicating points on the map by latitude and longitude. .

The database unit stores a plurality of character data expressing the object by the name of the object, and further stores a plurality of image data indicating an image of the object by a storage device,
The data generation unit extracts image data indicating an image of an object represented by the extracted character data from the database unit, and generates visual / auditory data using the extracted image data. .

A data distribution method according to one aspect of the present invention includes:
A data distribution method using a data distribution device including a database unit that stores a plurality of character data representing character objects by character information using a storage device,
A first step in which a data acquisition unit of the data distribution apparatus acquires text data of text to be posted on a website and including at least one character data stored in the database unit via a network;
A data generation unit of the data distribution device extracts character data from the text data acquired in the first step, and expresses an object represented by the extracted character data by at least one of visual information and auditory information. A second step of generating visual and auditory data by the processing device;
The data distribution unit of the data distribution apparatus creates a web page that displays the text data acquired in the first step and the visual / auditory data generated in the second step, and the web page is transmitted via the network. And a third step of distributing.

A data distribution program according to one aspect of the present invention includes:
In a computer comprising a database unit that stores a plurality of character data representing character objects by character information,
Data acquisition processing for acquiring text data of text posted on a website and including text data including at least one character data stored in the database unit;
Character data is extracted from the text data acquired by the data acquisition process, and visual / auditory data that expresses an object represented by the extracted character data by at least one of visual information and auditory information is generated by the processing device. Data generation process,
Creating a web page that displays both the text data acquired by the data acquisition process and the visual and auditory data generated by the data generation process, and executing the data distribution process of distributing the web page via a network It is characterized by.

The database unit stores a plurality of character data expressing a place as character information as an object, and further stores a plurality of point data indicating points on a map by a storage device,
In the data generation process, point data indicating a point corresponding to a place represented by the extracted character data is extracted from the database unit, and the point indicated by the extracted point data is converted into the text data acquired by the data acquisition process. Visual and auditory data expressed on a map is generated as a related point.

  In the case where there are two or more places represented by the extracted character data, the data generation process extracts point data indicating points corresponding to the respective places from the database unit, and sets the points indicated by the extracted point data. Visual and auditory data expressed on a separate map for each place is generated as a point related to the text data acquired by the data acquisition process.

  In the data generation process, when there are two or more places represented by the extracted character data, the size of the visual / auditory data map is adjusted according to the number of character data representing each place. And

In the data acquisition process, a plurality of text data is acquired by visiting a plurality of websites,
The data distribution device further includes:
Causing the computer to execute data reception processing for receiving position data indicating the position of the user terminal from the user terminal via the network;
In the data generation process, the text data acquired by the data acquisition process is only the points within a certain range from the position of the user terminal indicated by the position data received by the data reception process among the points indicated by the extracted spot data. Visual and auditory data to be expressed on a map is generated as a point related to.

In the data acquisition process, a plurality of text data is acquired by visiting a plurality of websites,
The data distribution device further includes:
Causing the computer to execute a data selection process that causes the user terminal to select one of the text data acquired by the data acquisition process via a network;
In the data generation process, only the points within a certain range from the point corresponding to the place represented by the character data extracted from the text data selected by the data selection process among the points indicated by the extracted point data are Visual and auditory data expressed on a map is generated as a point related to text data acquired by the data acquisition process.

  The database unit stores a plurality of character data expressing a place by at least one of an address and a landmark name, and further stores a plurality of point data indicating points on the map by latitude and longitude. .

The database unit stores a plurality of character data expressing the object by the name of the object, and further stores a plurality of image data indicating an image of the object by a storage device,
In the data generation process, image data indicating an image of an object represented by the extracted character data is extracted from the database unit, and visual / auditory data is generated using the extracted image data. .

  According to one aspect of the present invention, in the data distribution device, the data acquisition unit includes text data of text that is posted on a website and includes at least one character data that expresses the object with character information. And the data generation unit extracts character data from the text data acquired by the data acquisition unit, and expresses the object represented by the extracted character data by at least one of visual information and auditory information. -Auditory data is generated, and the data distribution unit creates a web page that displays the text data acquired by the data acquisition unit and the visual / auditory data generated by the data generation unit, and distributes the web page By doing so, the contents of the text data can be easily understood and utilized by the user.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of functions of the data distribution apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment.

  In FIG. 1, the data distribution apparatus 100 collects text data 301 of sentences posted on a website 210 via the Internet 220. The website 210 is a group of web pages published on the Internet 220 mainly by a web server. Here, it is assumed that the data distribution apparatus 100 is equipped with an RSS reader 101. The data distribution apparatus 100 uses this RSS reader 101 to collect RSS (Resource, Description, Framework, Site, and Summary) articles that are examples of the text data 301. The RSS article is data in which headlines, summaries, update dates and the like of news such as news and blogs posted on a web page are described in XML (Extensible Markup Language). The RSS version of the RSS article may be 0.9, 1.0, or 2.0. As an example of the text data 301, other than RSS articles, for example, data described in XML in the format of Atom (Atom / Syndication / Format) can be cited. However, the text data 301 is data described in a method other than XML. It doesn't matter.

  The data distribution apparatus 100 stores character data 302 representing a place with character information in a database or the like in advance. Then, the data distribution apparatus 100 searches the text data 301 collected via the Internet 220 and extracts the character data 302 included in the text data 301. Here, it is assumed that the data distribution apparatus 100 is equipped with a high-speed search engine 102 having a position information acquisition filter function. Then, the data distribution apparatus 100 searches for RSS articles collected by the RSS reader 101 using the position information acquisition filter function of the high-speed search engine 102, and an address (prefecture, city, town, village) as an example of character data 302 , Street address, etc.) and landmark names (museums, stations, etc.). The position information acquisition filter function is a function that performs text search at high speed and with high accuracy using an information detection formula, and acquires words representing addresses, landmarks, and the like from the text as position information. The information detection formula is created based on address information published by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan and is defined by regular expressions, for example.

  The data distribution apparatus 100 specifies which point on the map corresponds to the place represented by the character data 302 extracted by searching the text data 301. Here, it is assumed that the data distribution apparatus 100 is equipped with the position information / latitude / longitude conversion engine 103. Then, the data distribution apparatus 100 uses the position information / latitude / longitude conversion engine 103 to convert the position information extracted by the high-speed search engine 102 into latitude / longitude. The latitude and longitude corresponding to the position information is specified based on address information published by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan or the like. For example, the Geospatial Information Authority establishes standard points for addresses and landmark names, and publishes the latitude and longitude of the standard points as part of the address information. Can be converted.

  The data distribution apparatus 100 generates visual / auditory data 303 that expresses a place represented by the character data 302 by at least one of visual information and auditory information. Specifically, the visual / auditory data 303 represents a point corresponding to a place represented by the character data 302 on the map as a point related to the text data 301 from which the character data 302 is extracted. It is. Here, it is assumed that the data distribution apparatus 100 includes the map display engine 104. The data distribution apparatus 100 uses this map display engine 104 to create an RSS distribution map, which is an example of the visual / auditory data 303. The RSS distribution map is a map showing that the RSS article that is the source of extraction of the position information corresponding to the latitude / longitude is related to the latitude / longitude specified by the position information / latitude / longitude conversion engine 103.

  The data distribution apparatus 100 creates a web page 401 that displays text data 301 and visual / auditory data 303 and provides the web page 401 to a plurality of user terminals 230 via the Internet 220. The user terminal 230 is, for example, a mobile phone, a PC (personal computer), or a PDA (Personal / Digital / Assistant), and has a function of browsing the web page 401 by a web browser. Here, it is assumed that the data distribution apparatus 100 functions as an ASP (Application Service Service Provider) server for the user terminal 230. Then, the data distribution apparatus 100 provides the user terminal 230 with a service for collectively distributing the RSS articles collected by the RSS reader 101 and the RSS distribution map created by the map display engine 104 to one web page 401 as an ASP service. .

  The data distribution apparatus 100 may store information related to each user's preference in advance in a database or the like, and use this information to adjust the content of the web page 401 provided for each user terminal 230. The data distribution apparatus 100 may acquire information such as the current location and current time of the user terminal 230 and adjust the content of the web page 401 provided for each user terminal 230 using this information.

  As modifications of the present embodiment, the following modes can be implemented.

  First, the data distribution apparatus 100 collects RSS articles from the website 210 by the RSS reader 101. Then, the data distribution apparatus 100 selects, from the collected RSS articles, an RSS article that specifies that the user receives distribution, and an RSS article that is uniquely determined that the data distribution apparatus 100 matches the user's preference. . The data distribution apparatus 100 includes position information (word, sentence, sentence that can specify a location such as address, telephone number, latitude and longitude) and time information (year, month, date, time) from the selected RSS article sentence. Are extracted by the high-speed search engine 102. Subsequently, the data distribution apparatus 100 converts the extracted position information into latitude and longitude by the position information / latitude / longitude conversion engine 103.

  Next, the data distribution apparatus 100 displays the latitude / longitude and time information on the location where the user is present and / or the current time, the location and / or time specified by the user, the location registered in advance by the user, and / or The RSS articles are sorted in ascending order of distance and time difference compared to the time. Then, the data distribution device 100 creates an RSS distribution map in which RSS articles having higher ranks are pasted to the corresponding latitude and longitude positions or associated by a predetermined method. Continuously, the data distribution apparatus 100 collects the created RSS distribution map together with the RSS article on the web page 401 and distributes it to the user terminal 230. Using the user terminal 230, the user can browse an RSS article associated with or associated with each latitude and longitude while referring to the RSS distribution map in the web page 401.

  According to the above-described modification, the data distribution apparatus 100 is configured such that the location where the user is present and / or the current time, the location and / or time specified by the user, the location and / or time registered in advance by the user, etc. Since information related to the Internet is searched from the Internet 220, selected, and distributed, it is possible to provide individual information for each user according to the needs of each user. It becomes possible to raise.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the data distribution apparatus 100.

  2, the data distribution apparatus 100 includes a database unit 111, a data acquisition unit 112, a data generation unit 113, a data distribution unit 114, a data selection unit 115, and a data reception unit 116. Although not shown, the data distribution device 100 includes hardware such as a storage device, a processing device, an input device, and an output device. The hardware is used by each unit of the data distribution apparatus 100.

  The database unit 111 stores, in advance, a plurality of point data 304 indicating points on the map in addition to the character data 302 expressing the place by character information. Here, it is assumed that the character data 302 represents a place by at least one of an address and a landmark name. Further, it is assumed that the point data 304 indicates the point on the map corresponding to the address or landmark name expressing the place by latitude and longitude.

  The data acquisition unit 112 can be implemented by the RSS reader 101 described above, for example. The data acquisition unit 112 circulates a plurality of websites 210 and acquires a plurality of text data 301 of texts posted on each website 210 via the Internet 220. At this time, the database unit 111 stores the text data 301 acquired by the data acquisition unit 112 using a storage device. The text data 301 includes at least one character data 302 stored in the database unit 111.

  The data generation unit 113 can be implemented by, for example, the high-speed search engine 102, the position information / latitude / longitude conversion engine 103, and the map display engine 104 described above. The data generation unit 113 reads the text data 301 acquired by the data acquisition unit 112 from the database unit 111. The data generation unit 113 extracts character data 302 from the read text data 301, and extracts point data 304 indicating points corresponding to the place represented by the extracted character data 302 from the database unit 111. The data generation unit 113 uses the processing device to generate visual / auditory data 303 that represents the point indicated by the extracted point data 304 on the map as a point related to the text data 301 acquired by the data acquisition unit 112. At this time, the database unit 111 stores the visual / auditory data 303 generated by the data generation unit 113 by the storage device.

  The data distribution unit 114 reads the text data 301 acquired by the data acquisition unit 112 and the visual / auditory data 303 generated by the data generation unit 113 from the database unit 111. The data distribution unit 114 creates a web page 401 that displays the read text data 301 and visual / auditory data 303 together, and distributes the web page 401 to the user terminal 230 via the Internet 220.

  The data selection unit 115 causes the user terminal 230 to select one of the text data 301 acquired by the data acquisition unit 112 via the Internet 220. At this time, the data generation unit 113 corresponds to a place represented by the character data 302 extracted from the text data 301 selected by the data selection unit 115 among the points indicated by the point data 304 extracted from the database unit 111. Visual / auditory data 303 is generated that expresses only a point on the map as a point related to the text data 301 acquired by the data acquisition unit 112.

  The data receiving unit 116 receives position data (not shown) indicating the position of the user terminal 230 from the user terminal 230 via the Internet 220. At this time, the data generation unit 113 selects only points within a certain range from the position of the user terminal 230 indicated by the position data received by the data receiving unit 116 among the points indicated by the point data 304 extracted from the database unit 111. Visual / auditory data 303 expressed on a map as a point related to the text data 301 acquired by the data acquisition unit 112 is generated.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the data distribution apparatus 100.

  In FIG. 3, a data distribution apparatus 100 is a computer, and includes a display device 901 having a CRT (Cathode / Ray / Tube) or LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) display screen, a keyboard 902 (K / B), a mouse 903, and an FDD 904 ( Hardware such as a flexible disk, a drive, a CDD 905 (Compact, a disk, and a drive), and a printer device 906 are provided, and these are connected by a cable or a signal line.

  The data distribution apparatus 100 includes a CPU 911 (Central Processing Unit) that executes a program. The CPU 911 is an example of a processing device. The CPU 911 includes a ROM 913 (Read / Only / Memory), a RAM 914 (Random / Access / Memory), a communication board 915, a display device 901, a keyboard 902, a mouse 903, an FDD904, a CDD905, a printer device 906, and a magnetic disk. It is connected to the device 920 and controls these hardware devices. Instead of the magnetic disk device 920, a storage medium such as an optical disk device or a memory card reader / writer may be used.

  The RAM 914 is an example of a volatile memory. The storage media of the ROM 913, the FDD 904, the CDD 905, and the magnetic disk device 920 are an example of a nonvolatile memory. These are examples of the storage device. A communication board 915, a keyboard 902, a mouse 903, an FDD 904, a CDD 905, and the like are examples of input devices. The communication board 915, the display device 901, the printer device 906, and the like are examples of output devices.

  The communication board 915 is connected to the Internet 220 via a LAN (local area network) or the like. The communication board 915 is connected to the Internet 220 via a WAN (wide area network) such as an IP-VPN (Internet, Protocol, Private, Network), a wide area LAN, and an ATM (Asynchronous, Transfer, Mode) network. It does not matter. LAN, WAN, and the Internet 220 are examples of networks.

  The magnetic disk device 920 stores an operating system 921 (OS), a window system 922, a program group 923, and a file group 924. The programs in the program group 923 are executed by the CPU 911, the operating system 921, and the window system 922. The program group 923 stores a program for executing a function described as “˜unit” in the description of the present embodiment. The program is read and executed by the CPU 911. The file group 924 includes data and information described as “˜data”, “˜information”, “˜ID (identifier)”, “˜flag”, and “˜result” in the description of this embodiment. Signal values, variable values, and parameters are stored as items of “˜file”, “˜database”, and “˜table”. The “˜file”, “˜database”, and “˜table” are stored in a storage medium such as a disk or a memory. Data, information, signal values, variable values, and parameters stored in a storage medium such as a disk or memory are read out to the main memory or cache memory by the CPU 911 via a read / write circuit, and extracted, searched, referenced, compared, and calculated. Used for processing (operation) of the CPU 911 such as calculation / control / output / printing / display. Data, information, signal values, variable values, and parameters are temporarily stored in the main memory, cache memory, and buffer memory during processing of the CPU 911 such as extraction, search, reference, comparison, calculation, control, output, printing, and display. Is remembered.

  In addition, the arrows in the block diagrams and flowcharts used in the description of this embodiment mainly indicate input / output of data and signals, and the data and signals are the memory such as the RAM 914, the flexible disk (FD) of the FDD 904, and the compact of the CDD 905. Recording is performed on a recording medium such as a disk (CD), a magnetic disk of the magnetic disk device 920, another optical disk, a mini disk (MD), or a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc). Data and signals are transmitted by a bus 912, a signal line, a cable, and other transmission media.

  In addition, what is described as “˜unit” in the description of this embodiment may be “˜circuit”, “˜device”, “˜device”, and “˜step”, “˜process”. , “˜procedure”, and “˜processing”. That is, what is described as “˜unit” may be realized by firmware stored in the ROM 913. Alternatively, it may be realized only by software, or only by hardware such as an element, a device, a board, and wiring, or a combination of software and hardware, and further by a combination of firmware. Firmware and software are stored as programs in a recording medium such as a magnetic disk, flexible disk, optical disk, compact disk, minidisk, or DVD. This program is read by the CPU 911 and executed by the CPU 911. That is, the program causes the computer to function as “to part” described in the description of the present embodiment. Alternatively, it causes the computer to execute the procedures and methods described in the description of the present embodiment.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the data distribution apparatus 100 (data distribution method according to the present embodiment). FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of web pages 400 and 401 a that the data distribution apparatus 100 distributes to the user terminal 230.

  In the following, the flow of FIG. 4 will be described using the example of FIG.

  In step S <b> 101 (data acquisition processing), the data acquisition unit 112 circulates a plurality of websites 210 and acquires a plurality of RSS articles (an example of text data 301) via the Internet 220. In this example, the data acquisition unit 112 acquires an RSS article “A precious cultural heritage at the A museum ...”, an RSS article “M Marathon 2008 is 2 days ...”, and the like. The database unit 111 stores the RSS article acquired by the data acquisition unit 112 using a storage device.

  In step S102 (data selection processing), the data selection unit 115 creates a web page 400 that displays a list of RSS articles acquired in step S101, and distributes the web page 400 to the user terminal 230 via the Internet 220. When the user selects one RSS article from the list displayed on the web page 400 at the user terminal 230, the user terminal 230 transmits a request for browsing the RSS article. Receive via the Internet 220. In this example, an RSS article “A precious cultural heritage at the A museum ...” is selected by the user.

  In step S103 (data generation process), the data generation unit 113 reads the RSS article selected by the user from the database unit 111 based on the browsing request received in step S102. The data generation unit 113 extracts the landmark name (an example of the character data 302) from the read RSS article, and stores the point data 304 indicating the latitude and longitude corresponding to the place represented by the extracted landmark name as the database unit. Extract from 111. In this example, the name of the landmark “A museum” is extracted by the data generation unit 113. The data generation unit 113 corresponds to a place represented by the latitude and longitude indicated by the point data 304 extracted from the database unit 111, that is, the landmark name extracted from the RSS article selected by the data selection unit 115 by the user. An RSS distribution map (an example of visual / auditory data 303) that expresses latitude and longitude as points related to an RSS article is generated by the processing device. In this example, the data generation unit 113 generates an RSS distribution map in which the latitude and longitude of “A Museum” are indicated by circles as points related to the RSS article “A museum has a precious cultural heritage ...”. . The database unit 111 stores the RSS distribution map generated by the data generation unit 113 using a storage device.

  In step S104 (data distribution processing), the data distribution unit 114 reads from the database unit 111 the RSS distribution map generated in step S103 and the RSS article selected by the user in step S102. The data distribution unit 114 creates a web page 401 a that displays the read RSS distribution map and the RSS article together, and distributes the web page 401 a to the user terminal 230 via the Internet 220. In this example, the name of the landmark “A museum” extracted in step S103 is highlighted in the text of the RSS article displayed on the web page 401a. The RSS article displayed on the web page 401a may be a summary of the original text (news, blog, etc.) or the original text itself. In the latter case, the original sentence may be acquired as a part of the RSS article in step S101, or may be separately acquired from the corresponding website 210 in step S102 and subsequent steps. In addition, in the RSS distribution map displayed on the web page 401a, an icon or a pointer is provided at a point related to the RSS article, and when the icon or pointer is clicked, an explanation voice related to the RSS article is output or a video related to the RSS article is displayed. It may be played back.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the operation of the data distribution apparatus 100. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of web pages 400 and 401b distributed by the data distribution apparatus 100 to the user terminal 230.

  Hereinafter, the flow of FIG. 6 will be described using the example of FIG.

  Step S111 (data acquisition processing) is the same as step S101 in FIG.

  In step S112 (data selection processing), the data selection unit 115 displays a list of RSS articles acquired in step S101 and a web page that displays a link to a list of RSS articles related to the current location of the user terminal 230. 400 is created, and this web page 400 is distributed to the user terminal 230 via the Internet 220. When the user selects a link displayed on the web page 400 at the user terminal 230, the user terminal 230 transmits a browsing request for the link destination, so the data selection unit 115 receives the browsing request via the Internet 220. In this example, the link indicated as “peripheral information” is selected by the user.

  When the user selects the link displayed on the web page 400 on the user terminal 230, the user terminal 230 not only receives a browsing request but also the own position acquired by the user terminal 230 using GPS (Global Positioning System) or the like. Is also transmitted. In step S113 (data reception processing), the data reception unit 116 receives this position data from the user terminal 230 via the Internet 220.

  In step S114 (data generation processing), the data generation unit 113 reads the RSS article acquired in step S111 from the database unit 111 based on the browsing request received in step S112. The data generation unit 113 extracts the address and landmark name (an example of the character data 302) from the read RSS article, and the point data indicating the latitude and longitude corresponding to the place represented by the extracted address and landmark name 304 is extracted from the database unit 111. In this example, the names of landmarks “A museum” and “B station” and an address “C city C city 1-chome” are extracted by the data generation unit 113. The data generation unit 113 has a latitude within a certain range (for example, within 10 km) from the position of the user terminal 230 indicated by the position data received in step S113 among the latitude and longitude indicated by the point data 304 extracted from the database unit 111. An RSS distribution map (an example of visual / auditory data 303) that expresses only longitude as a point related to an RSS article is generated by the processing device. In this example, the position of the user terminal 230 is represented by an asterisk, and the latitude and longitude of “A museum” is a point related to the RSS article (A) “A museum has a precious cultural heritage ...” The latitude / longitude of “C station C city 1-chome” is defined as the location related to the RSS article (B) that “the number of users at B station on New Year's Eve is the highest ever ...” The data generation unit 113 generates an RSS distribution map represented as a point related to the RSS article (C) “Widely believed as an urban legend related to the Imperial Palace in C city C 1-chome”. The database unit 111 stores the RSS distribution map generated by the data generation unit 113 using a storage device.

  In step S115 (data distribution processing), the data distribution unit 114 reads from the database unit 111 the RSS distribution map generated in step S114 and the RSS article where the relevant point exists in the RSS distribution map. The data distribution unit 114 creates a web page 401 b that displays the read RSS distribution map and the RSS article together, and distributes the web page 401 b to the user terminal 230 via the Internet 220. In this example, in the sentence of the RSS article (A) displayed on the web page 401b, the name of the landmark “A museum” extracted in step S114 is highlighted. The landmark name “B station” in the RSS article (B) and the address “C city C city 1-chome” in the RSS article (C) are also highlighted. In this example, the arrangement order of the RSS articles (A) to (C) displayed on the web page 401b is set according to the distance between the point related to each RSS article and the position of the user terminal 230. Has been. This arrangement order may be set according to, for example, the degree of matching between the content of each RSS article and the user's preference. Note that the RSS article displayed on the web page 401b may be a summary of the original text (news, blog, etc.) or the original text itself, similarly to the web page 401a of FIG. In addition, in the RSS distribution map displayed on the web page 401b, an icon or a pointer is provided at a point related to the RSS article, and when the icon or pointer is clicked, an explanation voice related to the RSS article is output or a video related to the RSS article is displayed. It may be played back.

  After step S115, as in step S102 of FIG. 4, when the user selects one RSS article displayed on the web page 401b on the user terminal 230, the user terminal 230 transmits a request to view the RSS article. May be. In this case, after the data selection unit 115 receives this browsing request via the Internet 220, the processing after step S103 in FIG. 4 is performed.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the data distribution apparatus 100 provides character information acquired from a certain website 210 to a user, the data distribution device 100 displays visual information and / or auditory information related to the character information. In addition, the character information can be easily understood and used by the user.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, the data distribution apparatus 100 automatically selects character information related to the vicinity of the current location of the user from character information acquired from various websites 210, and the character information is It is possible to provide visual information and / or auditory information indicating where it relates to the user, and then provide the character information to the user, so that the character information useful to the user can be further understood and utilized by the user. Easy to do.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
In the present embodiment, differences from the first embodiment will be mainly described.

  The configuration of data distribution apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment shown in FIG.

  As in the first embodiment, the data selection unit 115 causes the user terminal 230 to select one of the text data 301 acquired by the data acquisition unit 112 via the Internet 220. In the present embodiment, at this time, the data generation unit 113 represents the character data 302 extracted from the text data 301 selected by the data selection unit 115 among the points indicated by the point data 304 extracted from the database unit 111. Visual / auditory data 303 is generated for expressing on the map only points within a certain range from the point corresponding to the place to be displayed as points related to the text data 301 acquired by the data acquisition unit 112.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the operation of the data distribution apparatus 100 (data distribution method according to the present embodiment). FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of web pages 400 and 401 c that the data distribution apparatus 100 distributes to the user terminal 230.

  In the following, the flow of FIG. 8 will be described using the example of FIG.

  Step S201 (data acquisition processing) is the same as step S101 in FIG. Step S202 (data selection processing) is the same as step S102 in FIG.

  In step S203 (data generation process), the data generation unit 113 reads the RSS article acquired in step S201 from the database unit 111 based on the browsing request received in step S202. The data generation unit 113 extracts the address and landmark name (an example of the character data 302) from the read RSS article, and the point data indicating the latitude and longitude corresponding to the place represented by the extracted address and landmark name 304 is extracted from the database unit 111. In this example, the names of landmarks “A museum” and “B station” and an address “C city C city 1-chome” are extracted by the data generation unit 113. The data generation unit 113 includes the latitude and longitude corresponding to the place represented by the landmark name extracted from the RSS article selected by the user in step S202 out of the latitude and longitude indicated by the point data 304 extracted from the database unit 111. The processing apparatus generates an RSS distribution map (an example of visual / auditory data 303) that expresses only latitude and longitude within a certain range (for example, within 10 km) as a point related to an RSS article. In this example, the latitude and longitude of “A Museum” is indicated by a circle as a point related to the RSS article (A) “Precious cultural heritage is ... at A Museum” and the latitude and longitude of “B Station”. As the point related to the RSS article (B) that “the number of users of B station on New Year's Eve is the highest ever ...”, the latitude and longitude of “C prefecture C city 1 chome” is set to “C prefecture C city 1 chome The data generation unit 113 generates an RSS distribution map that represents a point related to the RSS article (C), “It is widely believed as an urban legend related to the detached palace. The database unit 111 stores the RSS distribution map generated by the data generation unit 113 using a storage device.

  In step S204 (data distribution processing), the data distribution unit 114 reads from the database unit 111 the RSS distribution map generated in step S203 and the RSS article where the relevant point exists in the RSS distribution map. The data distribution unit 114 creates a web page 401 c that displays the read RSS distribution map and the RSS article together, and distributes the web page 401 c to the user terminal 230 via the Internet 220. In this example, in the sentence of the RSS article (A) displayed on the web page 401c, the name of the landmark “A museum” extracted in step S203 is highlighted. The landmark name “B station” in the RSS article (B) and the address “C city C city 1-chome” in the RSS article (C) are also highlighted. In this example, the RSS article (B) and (C) displayed in the web page 401c are arranged in a distance between a point related to each RSS article and a point related to the RSS article (A). It is set according to. This arrangement order may be set according to, for example, the degree of matching between the content of each RSS article and the user's preference. Note that the RSS article displayed on the web page 401c may be a summary of the original sentence (news, blog, etc.) or the original sentence itself, as with the web page 401a of FIG. Moreover, in the RSS distribution map displayed on the web page 401c, an icon or a pointer is provided at a point related to the RSS article, and when the icon or pointer is clicked, an explanation voice related to the RSS article is output or a video related to the RSS article is displayed. It may be played back.

  After step S204, as in step S102 of FIG. 4, when the user selects one RSS article displayed on the web page 401c on the user terminal 230, the user terminal 230 transmits a request for browsing the RSS article. May be. In this case, after the data selection unit 115 receives this browsing request via the Internet 220, the processing after step S103 in FIG. 4 is performed.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the data distribution apparatus 100 retrieves character information related to the area surrounding the character information selected by the user from the character information acquired from various websites 210. Character information useful for the user can be automatically provided and the character information can be provided to the user after adding visual information and / or auditory information indicating where the character information relates to. Can be more easily understood and utilized by the user.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
In the present embodiment, differences from the first embodiment will be mainly described.

  The configuration of data distribution apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment shown in FIG.

  In the present embodiment, when there are two or more places represented by the character data 302 extracted from the database unit 111, the data generation unit 113 receives the point data 304 indicating the points corresponding to the respective places from the database unit 111. Extract. The data generation unit 113 generates visual / auditory data 303 that represents a point indicated by the extracted point data 304 as a point related to the text data 301 acquired by the data acquisition unit 112 on a separate map for each place. Further, in this case, the data generation unit 113 adjusts the size of the map of the visual / auditory data 303 in accordance with the number of character data 302 representing each place.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the operation of the data distribution apparatus 100 (data distribution method according to the present embodiment). FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of web pages 400 and 401 d that the data distribution apparatus 100 distributes to the user terminal 230.

  Hereinafter, the flow of FIG. 10 will be described using the example of FIG.

  Step S301 (data acquisition processing) is the same as step S101 in FIG. Step S302 (data selection processing) is the same as step S102 of FIG. 4, but in this example, the RSS article “M Marathon 2008 is 2 days ...” is selected by the user.

  In step S303 (data generation processing), the data generation unit 113 reads the RSS article selected by the user from the database unit 111 based on the browsing request received in step S302. The data generation unit 113 extracts a landmark name (an example of the character data 302) from the read RSS article. If there are two or more places represented by the extracted landmark names, the data generation unit 113 corresponds to each place. The point data 304 indicating the latitude and longitude is extracted from the database unit 111. In this example, the data generation unit 113 extracts the landmark name “M prefectural office” twice and the landmark name “N stadium” once. The data generation unit 113 corresponds to a place represented by the latitude and longitude indicated by the point data 304 extracted from the database unit 111, that is, the landmark name extracted from the RSS article selected by the data selection unit 115 by the user. An RSS distribution map (an example of visual / auditory data 303) that expresses latitude and longitude as points related to an RSS article is generated for each location by the processing device. If the text of the RSS article contains many addresses and landmark names that represent a place, the data generation unit 113 sets the size of the RSS distribution map at that place large. On the other hand, the data generation unit 113 sets the size of the RSS distribution map at the location to be small if the RSS article text does not include many addresses or landmark names that represent the location. In this example, the latitude and longitude of “M prefectural office” are indicated by circles as points related to the RSS article “M Marathon 2008 is 2nd ...”, and latitude and longitude of “N Stadium” The data generation unit 113 generates an RSS distribution map that is represented by triangles as points related to the same RSS article. The former RSS distribution map is generated with a size larger than the latter RSS distribution map. This is because the landmark name “M Prefectural Office” appears twice in the RSS article text, whereas the landmark name “N Stadium” appears only once. The size of the RSS distribution map may be determined individually according to the number of appearances, or may be determined according to the ratio of the numbers of appearances. The database unit 111 stores the RSS distribution map generated by the data generation unit 113 using a storage device.

  In step S304 (data distribution processing), the data distribution unit 114 reads from the database unit 111 the RSS distribution map generated in step S103 and the RSS article selected by the user in step S102. The data distribution unit 114 creates a web page 401 d that displays the read RSS distribution map and the RSS article together, and distributes the web page 401 d to the user terminal 230 via the Internet 220. In this example, the names of landmarks “M prefectural office” and “N stadium” extracted in step S303 are highlighted in the text of the RSS article displayed on the web page 401d. Note that the RSS article displayed on the web page 401d may be a summary of the original sentence (news, blog, etc.) or the original sentence itself, similarly to the web page 401a of FIG. Moreover, in the RSS distribution map displayed on the web page 401d, an icon or a pointer is provided at a point related to the RSS article, and when the icon or pointer is clicked, an explanation voice related to the RSS article is output or a video related to the RSS article is displayed. It may be played back.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the data distribution apparatus 100 provides character information acquired from a certain website 210 to a user, the data distribution device 100 displays visual information and / or auditory information related to the character information. If necessary, two or more types can be added so that the user can easily understand and utilize the character information.

Embodiment 4 FIG.
In the present embodiment, differences from the first embodiment will be mainly described.

  FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a configuration of data distribution apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment.

  In FIG. 12, the data distribution apparatus 100 includes a database unit 111, a data acquisition unit 112, a data generation unit 113, a data distribution unit 114, a data selection unit 115, and a data reception unit 116, as in the first embodiment.

  In the present embodiment, the database unit 111 stores a plurality of character data 302 that represents an object by the name of the object and image data 305 that represents the object by an image of the object in a storage device in advance. In the first embodiment, the character data 302 is only data representing a place as an object. Here, the character data 302 includes character data 302 representing a person as a target object. Further, it is assumed that the image data 305 represents a person with a photograph of the person. In addition to the place and the person, any object such as an animal, a store, or a building can be used as the object. In addition to pictures, pictures, moving pictures, and the like can be used as images.

  As in the first embodiment, the data generation unit 113 reads the text data 301 acquired by the data acquisition unit 112 from the database unit 111. In the present embodiment, the data generation unit 113 extracts character data 302 from the read text data 301, and expresses an object represented by the extracted character data 302 by at least one of visual information and auditory information. Visual / auditory data 303 is generated using image data 305 stored in the database unit 111.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the operation of the data distribution apparatus 100 (data distribution method according to the present embodiment). FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of web pages 400 and 401 e that the data distribution apparatus 100 distributes to the user terminal 230.

  Hereinafter, the flow of FIG. 13 will be described using the example of FIG.

  Step S401 (data acquisition processing) is the same as step S101 in FIG. Step S402 (data selection processing) is the same as step S102 in FIG.

  In step S403 (data generation process), the data generation unit 113 reads the RSS article selected by the user from the database unit 111 based on the browsing request received in step S402. The data generation unit 113 extracts the landmark name (an example of the character data 302) from the read RSS article, and stores the point data 304 indicating the latitude and longitude corresponding to the place represented by the extracted landmark name as the database unit. Extract from 111. In this example, the name of the landmark “A museum” is extracted by the data generation unit 113. In addition, the data generation unit 113 extracts a person name (an example of the character data 302) from the read RSS article, and extracts image data 305 that is a photograph of a person represented by the extracted person name from the database unit 111. In this example, the name “Professor S” is extracted by the data generation unit 113. The data generation unit 113 corresponds to a place represented by the latitude and longitude indicated by the point data 304 extracted from the database unit 111, that is, the landmark name extracted from the RSS article selected by the data selection unit 115 by the user. An RSS distribution map (an example of visual / auditory data 303) that expresses latitude and longitude as points related to an RSS article is generated by the processing device. In this example, the data generation unit 113 generates an RSS distribution map in which the latitude and longitude of “A Museum” are indicated by circles as points related to the RSS article “A museum has a precious cultural heritage ...”. . The data generation unit 113 adds the image data 305 extracted from the database unit 111 to the generated RSS distribution map. The database unit 111 stores the RSS distribution map using a storage device.

  In step S404 (data distribution processing), the data distribution unit 114 reads the RSS distribution map generated in step S403 and the RSS article selected by the user in step S402 from the database unit 111. The data distribution unit 114 creates a web page 401e that displays the read RSS distribution map and the RSS article together, and distributes the web page 401e to the user terminal 230 via the Internet 220. In this example, in the text of the RSS article displayed on the web page 401e, the name of the landmark “A museum” and the name of “Prof. S” extracted in step S403 are highlighted. Note that the RSS article displayed on the web page 401e may be a summary of the original sentence (news, blog, etc.) or the original sentence itself, similarly to the web page 401a of FIG. Moreover, in the RSS distribution map displayed on the web page 401e, an icon or a pointer is provided at a point related to the RSS article, and when the icon or pointer is clicked, an explanation voice related to the RSS article is output or a video related to the RSS article is displayed. It may be played back.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the data distribution apparatus 100 provides character information acquired from a certain website 210 to a user, the data distribution device 100 displays visual information and / or auditory information related to the character information. If necessary, two or more types can be added so that the user can easily understand and utilize the character information.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, you may implement combining 2 or more embodiment among these. Alternatively, one of these embodiments may be partially implemented. Or you may implement combining two or more embodiment among these partially.

3 is a diagram illustrating an outline of functions of the data distribution apparatus according to Embodiment 1. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a data distribution device according to Embodiment 1. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a data distribution apparatus according to Embodiment 1. FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation of the data distribution apparatus according to the first embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the web page which the data delivery apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1 delivers to a user terminal. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation of the data distribution apparatus according to the first embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the web page which the data delivery apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1 delivers to a user terminal. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation of the data distribution apparatus according to the second embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the web page which the data delivery apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 2 delivers to a user terminal. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation of the data distribution apparatus according to the third embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the web page which the data delivery apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 3 delivers to a user terminal. FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a data distribution device according to a fourth embodiment. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the operation of the data distribution apparatus according to the fourth embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the web page which the data delivery apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 4 delivers to a user terminal.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Data delivery apparatus, 101 RSS reader, 102 Fast search engine, 103 Location information / latitude / longitude conversion engine, 104 Map display engine, 111 Database part, 112 Data acquisition part, 113 Data generation part, 114 Data delivery part, 115 Data selection Part, 116 data receiving part, 210 website, 220 internet, 230 user terminal, 301 text data, 302 character data, 303 visual / auditory data, 304 point data, 305 image data, 400, 401, 401a to e web page, 901 Display device, 902 keyboard, 903 mouse, 904 FDD, 905 CDD, 906 printer device, 911 CPU, 912 bus, 913 ROM, 914 RAM, 915 communication board, 92 Magnetic disk drive, 921 operating system, 922 Window system, 923 Program group, 924 File group.

Claims (5)

A database unit that stores a plurality of character data that expresses a place by character information by a storage device, and stores a plurality of point data indicating points on a map by the storage device ,
A data acquisition unit for acquiring text data of text posted on a website and including at least one character data stored in the database unit via a network;
Character data is extracted from the text data acquired by the data acquisition unit, point data indicating a point corresponding to a place represented by the extracted character data is extracted from the database unit, and the point indicated by the extracted point data is A data generation unit that generates a map expressed by the processing device as a point related to the text data acquired by the data acquisition unit ;
A web page for displaying the text data acquired by the data acquisition unit and the map generated by the data generation unit together, and a data distribution unit for distributing the web page via a network ;
When there are two or more places represented by the extracted character data, the data generation unit extracts point data indicating points corresponding to the respective places from the database unit, and for each place, the extracted point data Generate a separate map expressing the indicated point as a point related to the text data acquired by the data acquisition unit, increase the size of the map of the place where the number of extracted character data is large, and the number of extracted character data data distribution apparatus according to claim that you set a small little place map size of. The database unit stores a plurality of character data expressing a place by at least one of an address and a landmark name, and further stores a plurality of point data indicating points on the map by latitude and longitude. The data distribution apparatus according to claim 1 . A data distribution method that uses a data distribution device including a database unit that stores a plurality of character data representing a place by character information by a storage device and stores a plurality of point data indicating points on a map by the storage device ,
A first step in which a data acquisition unit of the data distribution apparatus acquires text data of text to be posted on a website and including at least one character data stored in the database unit via a network;
A data generation unit of the data distribution device extracts character data from the text data acquired in the first step, and extracts point data indicating a point corresponding to a place represented by the extracted character data from the database unit. A second step of generating, by the processing device, a map that expresses a point indicated by the extracted point data as a point related to the text data acquired in the first step ;
A data distribution unit of the data distribution apparatus creates a web page that displays the text data acquired in the first step and the map generated in the second step, and distributes the web page via the network. With 3 steps ,
In the second step, when there are two or more places represented by the extracted character data, spot data indicating points corresponding to the respective places are extracted from the database unit, and for each place, A separate map that expresses the indicated point as a point related to the text data acquired in the first step is generated, the map size of the place where the number of extracted character data is large is increased, and the number of extracted character data is data delivery method which is characterized that you set a small little place map size of. A computer having a database unit that stores a plurality of character data expressing a place by character information by a storage device and stores a plurality of point data indicating points on a map by a storage device ,
Data acquisition processing for acquiring text data of text posted on a website and including text data including at least one character data stored in the database unit;
Character data is extracted from the text data acquired by the data acquisition process, point data indicating a point corresponding to a place represented by the extracted character data is extracted from the database unit, and the point indicated by the extracted point data is A data generation process for generating, by a processing device, a map expressed as a spot related to the text data acquired by the data acquisition process ;
Create a web page that displays the text data acquired by the data acquisition process and the map generated by the data generation process, and execute a data distribution process of distributing the web page via a network ,
In the case where there are two or more places represented by the extracted character data, the data generation process extracts point data indicating points corresponding to each place from the database unit, and for each place, the extracted point data Generate a separate map expressing the indicated point as a point related to the text data acquired by the data acquisition process, increase the size of the map where the number of extracted character data is large, and the number of extracted character data data distribution program which is characterized that you set a small little place map size of. The database unit stores a plurality of character data expressing a place by at least one of an address and a landmark name, and further stores a plurality of point data indicating points on the map by latitude and longitude. The data distribution program according to claim 4 .

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