JP6655867B2 - Information processing system, information processing program, information processing apparatus, and information processing method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing system, an information processing program, an information processing device, and an information processing method.

  A device having a function of searching for and displaying a POI (Point Of Interest) located around a recommended route on which a route search has been performed is known (see Patent Document 1). There is also known a system for displaying guidance information associated with a station arriving next, in a display form according to the content (see Patent Document 2). The POI is a specific place, a vehicle, or the like that the user is interested in, and is also called peripheral information. The devices and systems disclosed in Patent Literatures 1 and 2 are designed to search and display peripheral information of a specific point on a recommended route or a traveling route.

JP 2008-209164 A JP 2013-238980 A

  However, when a plurality of POIs exist around the recommended route or the traveling route, a mechanism for providing information indicating which POI is most desirable for the user is not disclosed in any of Patent Documents 1 and 2. Therefore, despite the fact that there is a more desirable POI for the user, only the information of the sub-optimal POI is provided to the user, and as a result, the user may not be able to select an appropriate POI. In particular, when the user changes public transportation on the recommended route, the user always gets off the vehicle when making the transfer, so if the user can be provided with the POI information about the station or the like at which the transfer is performed, the user will be Although convenient, the service of providing a POI in association with the transfer route information has not been provided conventionally.

  It is an object of the present invention to provide an information processing system, an information processing program, an information processing apparatus, and an information processing method capable of searching for an optimum POI in association with transfer route information and providing the POI to a user. .

According to one aspect of the present invention, at least route information obtaining means for obtaining transfer route information using public transportation,
POI search location determining means for determining a target location to search for a POI based on the transfer route information;
POI search means for searching for the POI at and / or around the target location based on predetermined conditions;
And an output information generating means for generating output information including the searched POI.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to search for an optimal POI in association with transfer route information and provide the POI to a user.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an information processing system 1 according to a first embodiment of the present invention. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of the information processing system 1 according to the first embodiment. The figure which shows the specific example in which the POI search location determination part 16 determines a target location. The figure which shows an example of the output information displayed on the display screen of the terminal device 2. FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example in which the display mode is changed. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an information processing system 1 according to a second embodiment of the present invention. The figure which shows the specific example of the POI search condition specification part 20. FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an information processing system 1 according to a third embodiment of the present invention. The figure which shows the example of a display screen of the route information containing the advertising information in the terminal device 2. FIG. The figure which shows an example of the output information displayed on the display screen of the terminal device 2 after a user touches the advertisement information 40 of FIG. FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an information processing system 1 according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. 13 is a flowchart illustrating a processing operation of the information processing system 1 according to the fourth embodiment. FIG. 3 is a flowchart in which processing for generating and providing route information when a visit is made to a POI is added to FIG. 2;

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

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an information processing system 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The information processing system 1 of FIG. 1 includes a terminal device 2 and a server 3. The terminal device 2 and the server 3 are communicably connected to each other via a network 4.

  Note that at least some of the functions of the terminal device 2 and the server 3 may be executed by a computer. Further, the network 4 may be a wired line or a wireless line, and the type and form of the line are not limited.

  First, the terminal device 2 will be described. The terminal device 2 is used by a user and is, for example, a mobile electronic device such as a mobile phone, a smartphone, or a tablet terminal.

  As illustrated in FIG. 1, the terminal device 2 includes a communication unit 11, an operation input unit 12, an output unit 13, a positioning unit 14, a route information acquisition unit 15, a POI search location determination unit 16, a control unit, And 17.

  The communication unit 11 is a communication interface unit for transmitting and receiving information between the control unit 17 and the server 3 via the network 4.

  The operation input unit 12 is an interface for a user to input an operation (information) to the terminal device 2, and is, for example, a built-in microphone, a touch panel, a keyboard, or the like. For example, the user may input various information by operating a touch panel, a keyboard, or the like, or may input various information by voice via a built-in microphone. The information input by the user through the operation input unit 12 may include movement status information described later.

  The output unit 13 outputs various information to the user. The output unit 13 may be, for example, a video display unit such as a liquid crystal display, or an audio output unit such as a speaker or an earphone. When the operation input unit 12 is a touch panel, the operation input unit 12 may also serve as the output unit 13. The information output by the output unit 13 includes output information generated by the server 3 described later.

  The positioning unit 14 measures the current position of the user (terminal device 2). The positioning unit 14 receives a signal from a GPS (Global Positioning System) satellite, for example, and measures the absolute position of the user (terminal device 2). Alternatively, the positioning unit 14 may perform positioning by receiving a radio wave from an access point as in WiFi positioning. Further, positioning may be performed using both a signal from a GPS satellite and a radio wave from an access point.

  The route information acquiring unit 15 acquires a route based on a user's request based on information input by the user through the operation input unit 12, or selects an arbitrary route from routes registered in advance as My routes. To get. More specifically, the route based on the user's request is a recommended route from the departure place specified by the user to the destination. The process of searching for a recommended route may be performed by the terminal device 2 or the server 3. When the operation is performed by the server 3, the information of the departure place and the destination input by the user through the operation input unit 12 of the terminal device 2 is transmitted to the server 3 via the communication unit 11, and the information of the departure place and the destination is used. The server 3 searches for a recommended route. The server 3 transmits the route information including the searched recommended route to the terminal device 2, and the route information obtaining unit 15 obtains the route information. The route information acquired by the route information acquisition unit 15 includes at least transfer route information using public transportation. Alternatively, the route information acquired by the route information acquiring unit 15 may acquire information on only the transfer route section from the recommended routes. In the following, an example in which the server 3 performs a search process for a recommended route will be described.

  The POI search location determination unit 16 determines a target location to search for a POI (Point Of Interest) based on the transfer route information acquired by the route acquisition unit. Here, the POI in the present embodiment is a store, facility, or the like around which the user is interested around the recommended route. The POI may be at least one of around a specific location on the recommended route and inside the vehicle used by the user on the recommended route. Since it is expected that the number of candidates that can be a POI will increase, the POI search location determination unit 16 determines in advance a target location to search for the POI in order to limit the search range of the POI to some extent. The target location includes a transfer station that performs a transfer on the recommended route. In addition, at least one of the vicinity of a specific place on the recommended route and the inside of the vehicle used by the user on the recommended route may be included in the target location. The information on the target location determined by the POI search location determination unit 16 is transmitted to the server 3 via the communication unit 11. As will be described later, the server 3 performs a process of searching for a POI for the target location determined by the POI search location determination unit 16 and / or its surroundings.

  In addition, the target location determined by the POI search location determination unit 16 may be, for example, each station on the recommended route. Alternatively, each station in the commuter pass section of the user on the recommended route may be set as the target location. Alternatively, a main station on the recommended route may be set as the target location. When the recommended route is long, the time required for searching for a POI can be shortened by restricting the target points for the POI search in the POI search point determining unit 16.

  In this specification, "station" means a place where transportation means stops to get on and off passengers, for example, a station when the transportation means is a train, a stop when the transportation means is a bus, and a traffic stop. If the agency is a ship, it means a port, if the agency is an airplane, it means an airport, and if the agency is a taxi, it means a taxi stand.

  The POI search location determination unit 16 may determine a target location based on information input by the user via the operation input unit 12, or may display some candidates for the target location on the display screen of the terminal device 2. , The user may select one of them. Alternatively, the POI search location determination unit 16 may automatically determine each station or transfer station on the recommended route or each station in a commuter pass section as a target location.

  The control unit 17 controls the operation of each unit in the terminal device 2. That is, the control unit 17 controls transmission of information input by the user through the operation input unit 12 to the server 3 via the communication unit 11 and control of reception of information transmitted from the server 3 via the communication unit 21. Then, the information of the recommended route transmitted from the server 3 is transmitted to the route information acquisition unit 15, and the output information transmitted from the server 3 is transmitted to the output unit 13. The control unit 17 also performs control of transmitting information of the target location determined by the POI search location determination unit 16 to the server 3 via the communication unit 11.

Next, the configuration of the server 3 will be described. The server 3 includes a communication unit 21, a storage unit 22, a route search unit 23, a POI search unit 24, an output information generation unit 25, and a control unit 26.
The communication unit 21 is a communication interface unit that transmits and receives information to and from the terminal device 2 via the network 4.

  The storage unit 22 has a map database 27 and a traffic-related information database 28.

  The map database 27 is a database that stores position information of transportation stations and information of routes passing through the stations. The station position information and the route information passing through the station may be stored in different databases.

  The traffic-related information database 28 is a database that stores traffic-related information. The traffic-related information database 28 has, for example, at least one of a timetable for each station and route, congestion information for each station, and operation information for each route.

  The route search unit 23 performs a route search based on the route search conditions transmitted from the terminal device 2 such as a departure place, a destination, a transit point, a departure time, an arrival time, and a transportation system to be used to detect a recommended route. I do. The route search unit 23 may search for a recommended route including not only a route of public transportation but also a route of walking, cycling, private car, taxi, and the like. The route search unit 23 may search for one or more alternative routes in addition to the recommended route. The route information including the recommended route searched by the route search unit 23 is transmitted to the terminal device 2 via the communication unit 21.

  The POI search unit 24 searches for POIs from POI candidates based on predetermined conditions. The predetermined condition may be a condition specified by a user, a condition automatically selected based on a user's action history, or a condition specified in advance by the server 3 as described in detail in another embodiment described later. May be the condition specified by.

  The POI search unit 24 may search for a specific facility name (for example, Minato-ku Central Post Office) or a vehicle name (for example, a specific car number of a limited express train) as a POI, or a chain store name (for example, , A generic name such as a certain hamburger chain name or a line name (for example, a specific line name) may be searched as a POI, or a more conceptual category name (for example, a coffee shop or gas station) may be searched for as a POI. May be searched for.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of the information processing system 1 according to the first embodiment. The process in FIG. 2 is started when the user of the terminal device 2 inputs a condition for a route search using the operation input unit 12 (step S1). The route search conditions input by the user include a departure place, a current place, a transit point, a departure time, an arrival time and the like. When the departure point is the current position, the current position measured by the positioning unit 14 may be used.

  The route search condition input by the user is included in the route search request and transmitted to the server 3 via the communication unit 21 (step S2). The route search unit 23 in the server 3 that has received the route search condition performs a route search and generates route information including a recommended route (step S3). For route search, a map database or a traffic-related information database is used as needed. The communication unit 21 in the server 3 transmits the route information including the recommended route to the terminal device 2 (Step S4). The output unit 13 of the terminal device 2 that has received the route information displays the route information together with the recommended route on the display screen (Step S5).

  Thereafter, the user of the terminal device 2 specifies the POI search at an appropriate timing via the operation input unit 12 (Step S6). When or before step S6, the POI search location determination unit 16 determines a target location for which a POI search is to be performed.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a specific example in which the POI search location determination unit 16 determines a target location. FIG. 3 shows an example in which three candidates for a target location to be searched for a POI are displayed on the display screen of the terminal device 2. In the example of FIG. 3, three candidates, that is, a button B1 for searching for all stations, a button B2 for searching for transfer stations, and a button B3 for searching for a regular section are shown as candidates for target locations. When the user selects any one of these three candidate buttons B1 to B3, the selected candidate is determined as a target location for performing a POI search.

  Note that the search for all stations means that the POI is searched for all stations on the recommended route included in the route information acquired by the route information acquisition unit 15. The transfer station search is to search the POI for all transfer stations on the recommended route. The term “period section search” is intended to search for a POI for all commuter pass sections of the user on the recommended route. The reason why the transfer station search is provided is that since the user gets off the vehicle at the transfer station and gets on another vehicle, it is considered that stopping at the POI between the transfers does not burden the user so much. In addition, the reason why the regular section search is provided is that no additional fare is generated for getting on and off the vehicle within the section of the user's commuter pass.

  When the user specifies the POI search in step S6, a POI search request is transmitted to server 3 via communication unit 21 (step S7). Upon receiving the POI search request, the POI search unit 24 in the server 3 performs a POI search process for searching for a POI at the target location determined by the POI search location determination unit 16 (Step S8). As described above, various conditions are conceivable as conditions for searching for a POI, and any of them may be employed.

  When the search process by the POI search unit 24 is completed, the output information generation unit 25 generates output information including the POI by performing a process of rearranging and narrowing down the searched POIs (step S9).

  When there are a plurality of POIs searched by the POI search unit 24, the output information generation unit 25 refers to the result of the route search by the route search unit 23, and arrives at the destination and determines whether there is a transfer station to the destination. , And the facility information in the ticket gate, etc., and the POIs are rearranged in an order in which, for example, when the POI stops at the destination, it is expected that there is little deviation from the arrival time at the destination. When the customer information of the user is registered in the server 3 in advance, the customer information is referred to, the commuter pass section of the user is acquired, and only the commuter pass section and the POI in the transfer station premises are obtained. The POI may be extracted by narrowing down. Further, when only a POI search request is received from the user, the POIs may be rearranged in an order in which the deviation from the arrival time at the destination is expected to be small when the user stops at each POI. Alternatively, the list of stations on the recommended route may be presented to the user, and the POI may be narrowed down by allowing the user to select a POI category from among the POIs around the station selected by the user.

  The output information generation unit 25 rearranges and narrows down the POIs by the above-described method or another method, and generates output information including the POI. The generated output information is transmitted to the terminal device 2 via the communication unit 21 (Step S10). The output unit 13 of the terminal device 2 displays the received output information on the display screen (Step S11).

  In step S11, the output information displayed on the display screen of the terminal device 2 may be displayed as a screen separate from the route information, or may be displayed so as to be superimposed on the route information. The output information displayed on the display screen of the terminal device 2 may include information in which the searched POIs are arranged in order of priority. The order of priority takes into account the order in which the arrival time to the destination is small, the order in which the fare to the destination is low, the order in which the number of transfers is small, the current time and the opening or opening hours of the POI. The order may be at least one of the above, or another priority order.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of output information displayed on the display screen of the terminal device 2. FIG. 4 shows an example in which a plurality of POIs are arranged and displayed in the form of a list as peripheral spots in ascending order of distance from the nearest station on the recommended route. FIG. 4 shows an example in which a financial institution is designated as the POI. The top row on the display screen of FIG. 4 indicates the POI located at the shortest distance, and the POI whose distance is longer toward the lower part of the screen.

  In FIG. 4, the distance from the nearest station is indicated by a numerical value on the right side of each line, and by looking at this numerical value, the user can estimate the time to reach each POI, but instead of indicating the distance, or together with the distance, , The approximate time of how many minutes it takes to walk may be displayed.

  The display form of the output information is not limited to that shown in FIG. Higher priority POIs may be highlighted. As specific examples of the highlighted display, for example, the display size may be increased, the display may be displayed in a conspicuous color or character decoration, or a special index (a mark or the like) may be added. As described above, any one of the display size, the display decoration, and the display color may be changed according to the priority, or the presence or absence of the index may be used for the distinction. FIG. 5 shows three star marks at the nearest financial institution location from the nearest station, two star marks at the second nearest financial institution location, and one star mark at the third nearest financial institution location. An example is shown.

  The process of changing the display mode of the output information based on the priority is performed by the output information generation unit 25 in the server 3. Alternatively, after the output information is received by the terminal device 2, the display mode of the output information may be changed and displayed in the terminal device 2 based on the priority.

  As described above, in the first embodiment, since POIs are collectively searched for all target locations around the recommended route, a large number of POIs can be obtained in a shorter time than when individual POIs are searched for each station. Can be searched, and the user does not need to specify the POI search for each station, so that the user can save time and effort. By traversing the POIs, it becomes easier to select the optimum POI from the searched POIs. Therefore, for example, the user can quickly and accurately search for a POI with the least deviation from the recommended route. In particular, in the present embodiment, since the transfer station on the recommended route can be determined as the target location and the POI can be searched, the POI around the transfer station can be provided to the user, and the convenience of the user is improved. That is, according to the present embodiment, when the user gets off the vehicle at the transfer station, the user can stop at the POI, and the user can stop at the POI without any trouble and time.

(Second embodiment)
In a second embodiment described below, a user specifies a POI search condition.

  FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the information processing system 1 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The information processing system 1 of FIG. 6 differs from the terminal device 2 of FIG. 1 in that a candidate display unit 18, a candidate selection unit 19, and a POI search condition designating unit 20 are newly added in the terminal device 2. The internal configuration of the server 3 is the same as that of the server 3 in FIG.

  The candidate display unit 18 displays a plurality of candidates that can serve as predetermined conditions for the POI search unit 24 to search for a POI. The candidate selection unit 19 selects one from the plurality of candidates displayed by the candidate display unit 18. The candidate selection unit 19 selects the touched candidate by the user touching one of the plurality of candidate buttons displayed on the display screen.

  The POI search condition specification unit 20 specifies a predetermined condition for the POI search unit 24 in the server 3 to search for a POI based on the candidate selected by the candidate selection unit 19. Here, the predetermined condition may be a condition for selecting a specific facility, place, vehicle name, or the like, or may be a condition for comprehensively selecting a facility, place, vehicle, or the like. Further, the condition may be within a predetermined distance from the recommended route searched by the route searching unit 23, or the condition may be that the user can return to the recommended route within a predetermined time.

  Note that the method of specifying the POI search condition by the user is arbitrary, and the user directly inputs the POI search condition via the operation input unit 12 without providing the candidate display unit 18 and the candidate selection unit 19. Is also good.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a specific example of the POI search condition specifying unit 20. In the example of FIG. 7, a plurality of buttons for designating predetermined conditions for searching for a POI are displayed on the display screen of the terminal device 2. For example, when the user touches the gourmet button B4, the restaurant is specified as a predetermined condition. When the hotel button B5 is touched, the accommodation facility is specified as a predetermined condition. When the cafe button B6 is touched, a coffee shop (cafe) is designated as a predetermined condition. When the other button B7 is touched, facilities other than restaurants, accommodation facilities, and coffee shops are designated as predetermined conditions.

  Note that each button in FIG. 7 may be hierarchized. That is, when one of the buttons in FIG. 7 is touched, a plurality of finer selection buttons may be displayed, and the user may specify detailed conditions.

  The condition specified by the POI search condition specifying unit 20 is transmitted to the server 3 via the communication unit 11. The server 3 searches for a POI at a target location based on the condition specified by the POI search condition specifying unit 20.

  As described above, the POI search condition specified by the POI search condition specification unit 20 may be a condition specified by a specific product name, service name, store name, facility name, or the like, or may be comprehensive (higher concept). Conditions specified by category such as typical product names, service names, store names, or facility names may be used. When the user touches a facility or the like around the recommended route displayed on the display screen of the terminal device 2 so that the user can easily specify the search condition of the POI, a menu or the like for inputting the search condition related to the facility or the like is displayed. May be. Alternatively, icons, buttons, links, and the like for inputting search conditions may be displayed. Further, a search condition of the POI may be designated by voice input. Furthermore, when the search condition of the designated POI is transmitted to the server 3, the information of the recommended route may be transmitted to the server 3. Alternatively, if the history information of the recommended route transmitted from the server 3 to the terminal device 2 is managed by the server 3, the recommended information is transmitted to the server 3 when the terminal device 2 transmits the POI search condition to the server 3. No need to send to.

  As described above, in the second embodiment, since the user can specify the POI search conditions on the terminal device 2, it is possible to quickly and transversely search for the POI desired by the user.

(Third embodiment)
In the third embodiment described below, a POI search is performed based on advertisement information which is an example of route-related information related to route information.

  FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the information processing system 1 according to the third embodiment of the present invention. The information processing system 1 of FIG. 8 differs from that of FIG. 6 in that an advertisement information generation unit 29 is added to the server 3, and the storage unit 22 in the server 3 is provided with an advertisement information database 30.

  The advertisement information generation unit 29 in the server 3 generates advertisement information related to the route information including the recommended route generated by performing the route search by the route search unit 23. For example, when there is a specific store that provides advertisement information around the recommended route, the advertisement information generating unit 29 generates the advertisement information in association with the recommended route. An advertisement information database 30 is provided in the storage unit 22 in the server 3 in FIG. The advertisement information database 30 stores advertisement information in association with a store or the like at a specific place. When the route search unit 23 generates a recommended route, the advertisement information generation unit 29 searches whether or not the advertisement information of the stores around the recommended route is in the advertisement information database 30 and, if necessary, the advertisement information database 30. Advertisement information is acquired from 30 to generate advertisement information associated with the recommended route.

  The advertisement information is transmitted to the terminal device 2 via the communication unit 21 together with the route information obtained by the route search unit 23 searching for a route. The output unit 13 in the terminal device 2 displays the route information including the advertisement information on the display screen. The advertisement information may include information for a limited time. For example, advertisement information with information for a limited time, such as "30 yen discount on rice at convenience store A" or "10 times points at store B", may be displayed on the display screen of the terminal device 2. When there are a plurality of pieces of advertisement information on the recommended route and there is no space for displaying all pieces of advertisement information on the display screen of the terminal device 2, the advertisement information is stored in the advertisement information database 30 in the server 3 in advance. , And the advertisement information may be provided to the terminal device 2 in ascending order of priority.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen of the route information including the advertisement information in the terminal device 2. The display screen of FIG. 9 includes a recommended route and advertisement information 40. The advertisement information 40 in FIG. 9 shows an example of a banner advertisement of a convenience store named “Ace Convenience Store”, but the display form of the advertisement information is not limited to that shown in FIG.

  When the user touches the advertisement information 40 on the display screen, the POI search condition specification unit 20 specifies the advertisement information 40 touched by the user as a search condition of the POI, and transmits it to the server 3 via the communication unit 11. The POI search unit 24 in the server 3 searches for a POI related to the advertisement information 40 touched by the user.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of output information displayed on the display screen of the terminal device 2 after the user touches the advertisement information 40 of FIG. FIG. 10 shows an example in which the advertisement information touched by the user is a convenience store. In the example of FIG. 10, the location information of all the convenience stores existing around the recommended route is displayed in order according to the traveling direction of the recommended route. If there is a convenience store near the recommended route and a convenience store far from the recommended route, priority is given to the POI such as giving priority to the convenience store near the recommended route. It is desirable to display each POI in a display form that allows the degree to be easily grasped.

  Further, when the advertisement information database 30 stores the coupon information together with the advertisement information, the coupon information may also be displayed when displaying each POI information.

  FIG. 10 shows an example in which a convenience store, which is an example of a POI, is displayed in a list format, but the POI information (a mark, a store logo, etc.) is superimposed on map information including a recommended route instead of the list format. May be displayed.

  8 to 10 show an example in which the advertisement information related to the route information is generated and provided to the user, but the information related to the route information, that is, the route related information is not necessarily limited to the advertisement information. For example, the route-related information may be environmental information such as weather, temperature, and humidity of each location on the recommended route, sightseeing guide information of each location on the recommended route, or various other information. As described above, the advertisement information generation unit 29 in FIG. 8 can be replaced with a route-related information generation unit that provides some route-related information.

  As described above, in the third embodiment, the advertisement information is displayed together with the recommended route, and when the user of the terminal device 2 touches the advertisement information, the advertisement information is automatically specified as a POI search condition, and the server 3 , The user does not have to explicitly specify the POI search conditions, and the user can save time and effort.

(Fourth embodiment)
In a fourth embodiment described below, a POI search condition is automatically set based on a past action history of a user.

  FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of an information processing system 1 according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention. In the information processing system 1 of FIG. 11, a customer information database (action history storage unit) 31 is added to the storage unit 22 in the server 3 and a POI is stored in the server 3 instead of in the terminal device 2 as compared with FIG. A search condition specification unit 32 is provided.

  The customer information database 31 stores the action history of each user who is the owner of the terminal device 2. Here, the action history is history information of POI search conditions specified by the user in the past, history information of products and services purchased by the user in the past, a place visited (or boarded) by the user in the past (or Vehicle) history information.

  The POI search condition specification unit 32 searches the customer information database 31 to acquire a past user's action history, and sets a POI search condition based on the user's action history.

  Note that the POI search condition specifying unit 32 may be provided on the terminal device 2 side. In this case, the user's action history information acquired from the customer information database 31 is transmitted from the server 3 to the terminal device 2 via the communication unit 21, and the POI search in the terminal device 2 is performed with reference to the action history information. The condition specifying section specifies the POI search conditions.

  FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a processing operation of the information processing system 1 according to the fourth embodiment. Steps S11 to S13 are the same as steps S1 to S3 in FIG. 2. The server 3 performs a route search based on the route search conditions input by the user on the terminal device 2, and includes route information including a recommended route. Generate Next, the POI search condition specification unit 32 in the server 3 searches the customer information database 31, and specifies the search conditions of the POI based on the past action history of the user (step S14).

  Thereafter, when the user makes a request for a POI search at the terminal device 2, the server 3 performs a POI search based on the POI search conditions specified in step S14 to search for the POI (step S19). Thereafter, the same processing as steps S8 to S10 in FIG. 2 is performed (steps S19 to S22).

  As described above, in the fourth embodiment, since the action history of each user is managed by the server 3, it is possible to automatically specify the optimum POI search condition for each user based on the action history. Therefore, as in the third embodiment, the user does not need to explicitly specify the POI search condition, and the user can save time and effort.

(Fifth embodiment)
In the first to fourth embodiments described above, an example in which output information including the POI searched by the POI search unit 24 is transmitted from the server 3 to the terminal device 2 and the output information is displayed on the display screen of the terminal device 2 However, the output information including the POI may include the route information when the user stops at the POI. That is, the server 3 may provide the terminal device 2 with the route information when not stopping at the POI and the route information when stopping at the POI.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart obtained by adding processing of generating and providing route information when a visit is made to a POI to the flowchart of FIG. In FIG. 13, the same steps as those in FIG. 2 are denoted by the same step numbers. In FIG. 13, after the POI is searched in step S8 to search for the POI, a route search is performed when the user stops by the searched POI, and a corrected recommended route is detected (step S31). In this specification, the recommended route modified in this way is referred to as a stop-by route.

  In this step S31, when a plurality of POIs are searched in step S8, a plurality of drop-off routes in a case where each POI is dropped off separately are detected. For example, in step S31, a drop-off route in which at least one of the arrival time and the fare is equal to or less than a predetermined value is detected between the route information obtained in the route search in step S3. The process in step S31 corresponds to a stopover route information generating unit.

  The drop-off route is transmitted from the server 3 to the terminal device 2 in the output information together with the POI information. The output unit 13 in the terminal device 2 displays the POI information included in the output information (step S10), and when the user selects any of the POIs (step S32), the output unit 13 stops at the selected POI. A drop-off route is displayed (step S33).

  FIG. 13 shows an example in which steps S31 to S33 are added to the processing operation of FIG. 2 according to the first embodiment, but the same processing as steps S31 to S33 is added to the processing operation according to the second to fourth embodiments. May be added.

  As described above, in the fifth embodiment, the user can quickly find the route when stopping at the POI and search for the stopping route when stopping at the POI, and provide the user with the stopping route. It will be possible to accurately determine whether or not to do so.

  At least a part of the information processing system 1 described in the above embodiment may be configured by hardware or may be configured by software. When configured by software, a program that implements at least a part of the functions of the information processing system 1 may be stored in a recording medium such as a flexible disk or a CD-ROM, and may be read and executed by a computer. The recording medium is not limited to a removable medium such as a magnetic disk or an optical disk, but may be a fixed recording medium such as a hard disk device or a memory.

  Further, a program that realizes at least a part of the functions of the information processing system 1 may be distributed via a communication line (including wireless communication) such as the Internet. Further, the program may be distributed in an encrypted, modulated, or compressed state via a wired or wireless line such as the Internet, or stored in a recording medium.

Further, the information processing system 1 may be caused to function by one or a plurality of information processing devices.
When a plurality of information processing apparatuses are used, one of the information processing apparatuses may be a computer, and the computer may execute a predetermined program to realize a function as at least one unit of the information processing system 1.

  Based on the above description, those skilled in the art may be able to conceive additional effects and various modifications of the present invention, but aspects of the present invention are not limited to the individual embodiments described above. . Various additions, changes, and partial deletions can be made without departing from the concept and spirit of the present invention derived from the contents defined in the claims and equivalents thereof.

  1 information processing system 1, 2 terminal device, 3 server, 4 network, 11 communication unit, 12 operation input unit, 13 output unit, 14 positioning unit, 15 route information acquisition unit, 16 POI search location determination unit, 17 control unit, 21 communication unit, 22 storage unit, 23 route search unit, 24 POI search unit, 25 output information generation unit, 26 control unit, 27 map database, 28 traffic related information database

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Route information obtaining means for obtaining at least transfer route information using public transportation;
POI search point determining means for determining a target point to be searched for a POI (Point Of Interest) from a plurality of options including all stop locations, transfer locations, and commuter pass sections based on the transfer route information;
POI search means for searching for the POI at and / or around the target location based on predetermined conditions;
Output information generating means for generating output information relating to the searched POI,
The output information generating means may determine the order of the difference in arrival time to the destination included in the transfer route information, the order of the fare to the destination, the order of the lowest fare, the order of the small number of transfers, the current time and the opening time. An information processing system, wherein the output information is generated by arranging the POIs in at least one of the order taken into consideration or a combination thereof.   2. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the output information generation unit generates the output information in which a display form is different from the POI searched by the POI search unit based on a priority. 3. .   The information processing system according to claim 2, wherein the difference in the display mode includes at least one of a change in display size, a change in display decoration, a change in display color, and an additional display of a specific index. Route information obtaining means for obtaining at least transfer route information using public transportation;
POI search means for searching for a POI (Point Of Interest) based on the transfer route information;
Output information generating means for generating output information relating to the searched POI,
The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the output information generating means generates the output information by arranging the POIs in an order in which a difference in arrival time to a destination included in the transfer route information is small .   The POI search means searches for at least one of the POI within a predetermined distance from the route included in the obtained transfer route information and the POI that can return to the route included in the obtained transfer route information within a predetermined time. The information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein: POI search condition specifying means for specifying the predetermined condition;
A candidate display unit for displaying a plurality of candidates under the predetermined condition,
Candidate selection means for allowing the user to select at least one of the plurality of candidates,
4. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the POI search condition specifying unit specifies the predetermined condition based on a candidate selected by the candidate selecting unit. 5. A route-related information generating unit that generates route-related information related to the obtained transfer route information;
The output information generation unit generates the output information including the route-related information,
7. The information according to claim 6, wherein when the user selects the route-related information included in the output information, the POI search condition designating unit designates the predetermined condition based on the route-related information. Processing system. POI search condition specifying means for specifying the predetermined condition;
An action history storage unit that stores the action history of each user,
4. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the POI search condition specifying unit specifies the predetermined condition based on the accumulated action history. 5. Stopping-path information generating means for generating stopping-path information when stopping at the POI searched by the POI searching means;
The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the route information acquisition unit acquires the stop-by route information in addition to the transfer route information.   The drop-off route information generating means may generate the drop-off route information, when compared with the transfer route information, when the arrival time is before a predetermined time and / or when the fare is at least one of a predetermined amount or less. The information processing system according to claim 9, wherein: Computer
Route information obtaining means for obtaining at least transfer route information using public transportation,
POI search point determining means for determining a target point to be searched for a POI (Point Of Interest) from a plurality of options including all stop locations, transfer locations, and commuter pass sections based on the transfer route information,
POI search means for searching for the POI at and / or around the target location based on predetermined conditions;
And the order in which the difference in the arrival time to the destination included in the transfer route information is small, the order in which the fare to the destination is low, the order in which the number of transfers is small, and the order in which the current time and opening hours are taken into account. An information processing program for functioning as output information generating means for rearranging the searched POIs and generating output information related to the POIs with at least one of or a combination thereof. In order to make the information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 10 function by a plurality of information processing apparatuses communicably connected,
An information processing program for causing one of the information processing devices to function as at least one of the units in the information processing system according to claim 1.   An information processing program for causing a computer to function as at least one of the units in the information processing system according to claim 1. By a plurality of information processing devices communicably connected,
Route information obtaining means for obtaining at least transfer route information using public transportation;
POI search point determining means for determining a target point to be searched for a POI (Point Of Interest) from a plurality of options including all stop locations, transfer locations, and commuter pass sections based on the transfer route information;
POI search means for searching for the POI at and / or around the target location based on predetermined conditions;
The order in which the difference in arrival time to the destination included in the transfer route information is small, the order in which the fare to the destination is low, the order in which the number of transfers is small, the order in which the current time and opening time are taken into account, Output information generating means for rearranging the searched POIs and generating output information related to the POIs with at least one of or a combination thereof;
To configure an information processing system with
An information processing apparatus comprising at least one of the above means. Obtaining at least transfer route information using public transportation;
Determining a target location to search for a POI (Point Of Interest) from a plurality of options including all stop locations, transfer locations, and commuter pass sections based on the transfer route information;
Retrieving the POI at and / or around the target location based on predetermined conditions;
The order in which the difference in arrival time to the destination included in the transfer route information is small, the order in which the fare to the destination is low, the order in which the number of transfers is small, the order in which the current time and opening hours are taken into account, Rearranging the searched POIs with at least one or a combination thereof to generate output information related to the POIs, and causing the computer to execute the information processing method. Route search means for generating at least transfer route information using public transportation;
Based on the transfer route information, a POI (Point Of Interest) determined from among a plurality of options including all stop locations, transfer locations, and commuter pass sections, and / or a POI at a target location and / or its surroundings. POI search means for searching based on predetermined conditions;
The order in which the difference in arrival time to the destination included in the transfer route information is small, the order in which the fare to the destination is low, the order in which the number of transfers is small, the order in which the current time and opening hours are taken into account, Output information generating means for rearranging the searched POIs and generating output information related to the POIs with at least one of or a combination thereof;
Communication means for transmitting the transfer route information and the output information to a terminal device;
An information processing apparatus comprising:

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