JPH09223153A - Address-related information search method and system and application system using address-related information search system - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Problem] When searching related information corresponding to an address name from a database, it is possible to reduce the number of options displayed on the display and obtain desired information by an easy operation. An object of the present invention is to provide a method and system for searching various address-related information. An address-related information search method according to the present invention displays hierarchical map information, and when an arbitrary area is designated from the displayed map information, candidate address names existing under the area are selected. When the address name is displayed and the address name is designated, the address name is temporarily stored, the above processing is repeated until the lowest address name is reached, and the stored address names are combined. A series of address names is acquired by using the series of address names and information related to the address names is searched for.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and system for retrieving address-related information and an application system using the address-related information retrieval system, and more particularly to an address and a key address for retrieving information related to the address. Address-related information search method / system for generating first name, and address-related information search applicable to various purposes using information searched using the address-related information search system using the generated address name It relates to an application system using the system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in the case of obtaining related information about an address, there is a method of directly inputting an address name by using a kana or kanji or a method of selectively inputting from an address displayed on a menu.

As a first conventional method, an operator directly inputs an address name (kana or kanji) into an address name input field displayed on a display from an input device such as a keyboard, and stores related information. There is a method to retrieve the information related to the entered address name by searching the database that is stored.

As a second conventional method, there is a method of selecting an address name candidate displayed on the display. FIG. 16 is a flowchart for explaining the second conventional method. Step 101) Select the address name input field displayed on the display (field selection process).

Step 102) The address name group corresponding to the selected address name input field is displayed in the list box on the display (address name group display process). Step 103) Select the corresponding address name from the address name group displayed in the list box, and store the selected address name in the work memory (place name selection process).

Step 104) The address name group list in which the lower address name groups of the selected address names are stored is selected (lower address name group list selection process). Step 105) Determine whether the address name is the lowest,
If it is not the lowest rank, the processing from step 102 to step 104 is repeated. If it is the lowest, the process proceeds to step 106 (the lowest address determination process).

Step 106) If the address name is the lowest, the character strings in the work memory are combined to create an address name (address name combination process). Step 107) Based on the created address name, the related information corresponding to the address name is acquired (search execution process).

[0008]

However, in the above-mentioned first conventional method, unless the operator himself / herself inputs all the address names correctly from the input device such as the keyboard, the related information corresponding to the desired address name is not obtained. There is a problem that it cannot be obtained.

Further, in the above-mentioned second conventional method, since the address name is only selected, the input operation is reduced.
The displayed address name group may become huge. For example,
There are nearly 60 cities, wards, and counties in Tokyo, and these place names are all displayed on the display. Therefore, the operator can roll up the desired place name from a huge number of place names. Since it needs to be selected, there is a problem that it takes time.

As described above, in the conventional method, there is a method of displaying data by prefix matching of the input characters as a coping method of the input method, but the input is very troublesome in a portable terminal without a keyboard. There is. The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and solves the above-mentioned conventional problems and reduces the number of options displayed on a display when searching related information corresponding to an address name from a database. It is an object of the present invention to provide an address-related information search method and system capable of acquiring desired information by an easy operation.

A further object of the present invention is to provide an address-related information retrieval method and system that can easily retrieve address-related information even with a terminal that is not equipped with a keyboard or the like. . A further object of the present invention is to use an address-related information search system capable of searching the communication device identification information such as the communication device number corresponding to an address name and accessing the searched identification information. It is to provide an application system.

[0012] A further object of the present invention is to search for the identification information of the communication device corresponding to the address name, and to generate the information including the name posted in the telephone directory or the equivalent information. It is to provide an application system using a search system.

[0013]

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining the principle of the present invention. The address-related information search method of the present invention displays hierarchical map information (step 1),
When an arbitrary area is designated from the displayed map information (step 2), the address name candidates existing in the lower order of the area are displayed (step 3), and the address name is designated from the address name candidates (step 4). ), The address name is temporarily stored (step 5), the above process is repeated until the lowest address name is reached (step 6), and the stored address names are combined to form a series of addresses. The name is acquired (step 7), and information relating to the address name is searched for in the series of address names (step 8).

In the address-related information retrieval method of the present invention,
A hierarchical map information and a correspondence table of a hierarchical address name group list corresponding to each area included in the map information are prepared, and a map of a certain hierarchy of the hierarchical map information is prepared. When the information is displayed and a certain area on the displayed map information of the certain hierarchy is designated, the correspondence table is referred to obtain the address name group list corresponding to the designated area, and the address name group list is obtained. The address name corresponding to the designated area that belongs to is acquired and displayed, and when a part or all of the displayed address name is selected, information regarding the selected address name is searched.

Further, in the above address-related information retrieval method, the displayed information is selected using the pointing device. FIG. 2 is a principle block diagram of the address-related information search system of the present invention. The address-related information search system of the present invention includes map information storage means 700 for storing hierarchical map information, address name group storage means 800 for storing a hierarchical address name group list, and map information. Correspondence table storage means 210 for storing a correspondence table between each area and the list of address names, display means 500 for displaying map information and address names, and an area designated by the map information displayed by the display means 500 are designated. Input means 110 for accepting designation of part or all of the address name displayed by the display means, address-related information storage means 900 for storing address-related information, and at least one address name,
When the information retrieval unit 990 for retrieving the address-related information and the display unit 500 display the map information of a certain layer from the map information storage unit 210 and the input unit 110 notifies the area designation of the map information, the correspondence table Storage means 210
Is displayed, and the address names existing under the designated area are listed and displayed. When a part or all of the listed address names are designated by the input means 110, the information retrieval means 990 is displayed. And a control means 300 for instructing a search for information corresponding to the designated address.

Further, the control means 300 inputs a plurality of address names, retrieves the information corresponding to the address names, and obtains all the retrieved information with respect to the item attributes in the all retrieved information. It further includes a first alignment processing means for performing the alignment processing focusing on the above, and a first alignment information acquisition means for acquiring a part or all of the information subjected to the alignment processing by the first alignment processing means.

When at least one area to be searched is input, the control means 300 instructs the information search means 990 to perform a search based on the area, and acquires the area.
Second alignment processing means for performing alignment processing by paying attention to item attributes for all searched information corresponding to all address names, and part or all of the information aligned by the second alignment processing means And second alignment information acquisition means for performing the above.

The input means 110 uses a pointing device. FIG. 3 is a principle configuration diagram of an application system of the first address-related information search system of the present invention. An application system of an address-related information retrieval system of the present invention is a communication device identification information storage unit 910 that stores information including communication device identification information used to access a partner communication device represented by a communication device number, and a hierarchy. Map information storage means 700 for storing the converted map information, and address name group storage means 800 for storing a hierarchical address name group list
And a correspondence table storage unit 210 for storing a correspondence table between each area included in the map information and the address name group list, a display unit 500 for displaying the map information and the address name, and a display unit 500 for displaying. An input unit 110 for designating an area from the map information, or for accepting designation of part or all of the address name displayed by the display unit 500;
Based on the communication device identification information retrieved by the access information retrieval unit 980, which receives at least one address name and retrieves information corresponding to the address name from the communication device identification information storage unit 910,
It has a communication device access means 920 for accessing a communication device having the communication device identification information, and a control means 300 for controlling each means.

Further, the control means 300 in the application system of the address related information retrieval system described above has the display means 50.
When the map information of a certain hierarchy is displayed from the map information storage means 700 and the area having the map information is designated by the input means 110, the address name under the area designated by the correspondence table storage means 210 is displayed. When a part or all of the address names listed by the display instructing means for listing and instructing to display on the display means 500 are designated, the address name designated by the access information searching means 980. And an access instruction means for instructing the communication device access means 920 to access the communication device corresponding to the communication device identification information retrieved by the access information retrieval means 980. Including and

A pointing device is used as the input means in the application system of the address-related information retrieval system. FIG. 4 is a principle configuration diagram of an application system of the second address-related information search system of the present invention.

The application system of the address-related information retrieval system of the present invention is the publication information including the communication device identification information used for accessing the partner communication device represented by the communication device number and the publication name or equivalent information in the telephone directory. The communication device identification information storage means 910 for storing the information, the publication information storage means 940 for storing the publication name of the telephone directory or information equivalent to the publication name, and the map information storage means 700 for storing the hierarchical map information. An address name group storage means 800 for storing a hierarchical address name group list, a correspondence table storage means 210 for storing a correspondence table between each area included in the map information and the address name group list, and map information. , And an address name, and an area from the map information displayed by the display means 500, or the display means 500.
The input means 110 for accepting designation of part or all of the address name displayed by, and the publication name information searching means 970 for searching the communication device identification information and the publication information based on the address name of the search target accepted by the input means 110. And a data generation unit 950 that generates new data or a new data group based on the information retrieved by the publication name information retrieval unit 970, and a control unit 300 that controls each unit.

The control means 300 in the application system of the second address-related information retrieval system of the present invention displays the map information of a certain layer from the map information storage means on the display means 500, and the map information is inputted by the input means 110. When a certain area is designated, a list of address names under the designated area is listed from the correspondence table storage means 210, a display instruction means for instructing to display on the display means 500, and a list from the input means 110. When a part or all of the designated address name is designated, the publication name information retrieval means 970 is instructed to retrieve information corresponding to the designated address name, and the data generation means 950 is instructed. , A data generation instruction means for instructing to generate new data or a data group based on the information retrieved by the publication name information retrieval means 970. Including the door.

A pointing device is used as the input means 110 in the application system of the second address-related information retrieval system of the present invention. As described above, the address-related information search method of the present invention displays hierarchical map information, prompts the operator to designate an arbitrary area from the displayed map information, and further selects the lower area of the area on the selected map. The existing address name candidates are displayed, and by specifying the address name from the address name candidates, instead of displaying the address name candidates centrally as in the past, the map and the subordinate of the map are displayed. Since the list of candidate address names to be displayed is displayed in a list, the range of items to be selected is narrowed down, so that the time taken to select an address name is shortened.

In this way, the selected address names are temporarily stored, and when the selection of the lowest address name is completed, the address names are combined to form a series of address names. You can get it. It is possible to search for information related to the acquired address name using the acquired address name as a key. Therefore, the time required for generating a key for information retrieval and information retrieval is reduced.

When selecting an item on the displayed map and selecting an address name listed,
Since a pointing device is used, there are no input mistakes such as input from the keyboard, and even with a mobile terminal that does not have a keyboard, you can simply click on the displayed item to select it. Is possible.

Further, according to the application system of the present invention, the address number obtained as described above is used as a key to search for the access number of the communication device, and the searched access number can be automatically accessed. . Further, according to the application system of the present invention, the posted name and the access number of the communication device that are posted in the telephone directory and the like are searched by using the address name obtained as described above as a key, and the searched posted name and access are searched. It becomes possible to build a new data group (file) etc. by acquiring the number, and it becomes possible to build a database that has not only the telephone number corresponding to the published name but also the access number of the Internet etc. .

[0027]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION FIG. 5 shows the system configuration of the present invention. The search system shown in the figure includes an input unit 100 having a pointing device 110, a storage unit 200 having an area-list name conversion table 210, and a control unit 30.
0, output unit 400, display unit 500, work memory 60
0, a schematic map database 700 having a hierarchical structure, an address name group list 800 having a hierarchical structure, and a related information database 900.

Next, an outline of the operation in the above configuration will be described. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an outline of the operation of the present invention. Step 201) The address name input field for searching is displayed on the display unit 500, and the operator selects a desired field from the displayed field items by clicking the desired field with the pointing device 110. In the address name input field, "prefecture", "city / county", "ward / town / village / large letter", "letter / chome", etc. are displayed in order from the highest level to the lowest level of the hierarchical structure (field selection). process).

Step 202) Next, Step 201
The schematic map corresponding to the input item selected in step 1 is searched from the schematic map database 700 and displayed. For example, when "prefecture" is designated in step 201, a map of the whole of Japan is displayed. That is, from the schematic map database 700, the map with the highest hierarchy is searched and displayed. Further, in step 201, when a lower level than “prefecture” is selected, for example, when “city / county” is selected, the city name in the address name input field,
It is also possible to input the county name with a keyboard or the like to specify and directly display the map information.

Further, together with the display of the schematic map, area selection items for selecting an area are displayed in the display area around the map. (Schematic Map Display Process) Step 203) The operator specifies the area name for which the related information is to be searched by clicking the pointing device 110 from the displayed area selection items. (Region selection process) Step 204) The control unit 300 sets the area name selected by the operator in Step 203 to the address name group list 8
00 is searched and converted into an address name list. (Address Name-List Name Conversion Process) Step 205) An address name list for the selected area is displayed on the display unit 500. (Address Name Group Display Process) Step 206) A selected address name is selected from the displayed address name list using the pointing device 110, and the selected address name is stored in the work memory 600.

Step 207) It is judged whether the address name selected in Step 206 is the lowest rank, and if it is not the lowest rank, the routine proceeds to Step 202. If it is the lowest, the process proceeds to step 208. Here, in the determination of whether the address name is the lowest, if the address name list is blank, it is determined that the address name is the lowest.

Step 208) The address names from the highest to the lowest stored in the work memory 600 are combined. Step 209) The related information database 900 is searched using the address names combined in Step 208 to acquire the related information corresponding to the selected address name.

As described above, according to the present invention, the clickable selection items are displayed on the display unit 500 and designated by the pointing device, whereby the lowest address name is acquired in order from the highest address name. Is possible
It becomes possible to search the related information by the acquired address name, and it is possible to easily acquire the address name to be searched without inputting the address name in kana or kanji with the keyboard. Therefore, it is possible to easily obtain desired information from a mobile terminal that is not equipped with a keyword.

[0034]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. << First Embodiment >> As a first embodiment, an example of acquiring an address name and searching for related information corresponding to the address name will be described.

FIG. 7 shows a display example of a field selection screen displayed on the display unit of the first embodiment of the present invention. In the example of the figure, a field in which a general area such as a prefecture can be selected is displayed, and the operator clicks on the pointing device 110 to specify the field (step 201). An example will be described below in which "prefecture" is designated by the operator and finally "Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo" is input.

Next, since "prefecture" has been designated in the above, the general map database 700 is searched to display a national general map as shown in FIG. The schematic map database 700 has map information having a hierarchical structure as shown in FIG. In the figure, each map information is composed of map information and link information for each layer. For example, link information of prefecture map information is Hokkaido, Tohoku region, ...
Nine links to the Okinawa region are stored. For example, the link information for the Kanto region stores links to Tochigi prefecture, Tokyo prefecture, ... Chiba prefecture. The link information of Tokyo stores the links to the cities in Tokyo, and the link information of the cities in Tokyo stores the links to the areas within the cities. Information has no links. That is, the information of the area of the municipality is the lowest information.

FIG. 10 shows an example of the structure of the first address name group list of the present invention. In the example shown in the figure, a schematic map name corresponding to each address name is described, and the schematic map name is used to search the schematic map database 700 as shown in FIG. 9 described above. It should be noted that each address name in the address name group list has link information (not shown) for representing a hierarchical structure. The link information uses a thesaurus or the like.

When the operator designates "prefecture" in step 201, the control section 300
A map of Japan is displayed by dividing Japan into nine blocks of Hokkaido, Tohoku, Kanto, Chubu, Kansai, China, Kyushu, and Okinawa (step 202). The operator designates the region displayed in FIG. 8 with the pointing device. In this example, it is assumed that "Kanto region" is clicked (step 203).

Next, since the clicked area is the "Kanto region", the area-list name conversion table 210 of the storage unit 200 is referred to and the "Kanto region" is converted into the list name of the address name. Area I of this "Kanto area"
When D is “Z-3” in advance, in the example of FIG. 11, “ka”
Acquire a list of address names "nto.dat" (Step 2
04).

Next, as shown in FIG. 12, an address name list corresponding to the selected "Kanto region" is displayed. In the example of the figure, the address name list 800 is searched by "kanto.dat", and "Ibaraki prefecture", "Tochigi prefecture", "Gunma prefecture", "Saitama prefecture", "Chiba prefecture", "Tokyo" , "Kanagawa Prefecture" and "Yamanashi Prefecture" are displayed on the right side of the national map displayed in step 202 (step 20).
5).

As a result, the operator selects the corresponding address name from the displayed address group list and stores it in the area a of the work memory 900. In this example, "Tokyo" is clicked and designated by the pointing device 110 (step 206). Further, as shown in FIG. 10, the display map name corresponding to the place name is linked to this list, so that the linked map name is not displayed in the list box. Further, when the outline map name is blank in the address name group list, it means that the address name is the lowest.

Here, it is determined whether or not the selected address name "Tokyo" is the lowest address (step 20).
7). In this example, since the general map name corresponding to “Tokyo” exists in the address name group list shown in FIG. 10, it is determined that “Tokyo” is not the lowest rank, and the processing from steps 202 to 207 is performed. repeat.

Next, "Tokyo" is designated in the above, and since it is not the lowest rank, "toky" is displayed as shown in FIG.
A map of Tokyo corresponding to "o.map" is displayed (step 205). The map is divided into 8 blocks, and the operator clicks "23 wards eastern part" (step 2).
06). As a result, the control unit 300 refers to the address name group list 800 to obtain the list name corresponding to "link to eastern part of 23 wards", and as shown in FIG. 13, "Chiyoda ward", " Acquire and display a list of address name counties consisting of "Chuo Ward", "Sumida Ward", "Koto Ward", and "Edogawa Ward".

Here, the operator selects "Chiyoda Ward". The selected "Chiyoda Ward" is the work memory 600
Is stored in the area b. Next, a map corresponding to the address name "Chiyoda Ward" is displayed, and the town name displayed on the displayed map of Chiyoda Ward is selected. In this example, "Yurakucho" is selected. This selected "Yurakucho" is a work memory 600
Stored in the area c. Since the general map name corresponding to the address name “Yurakucho” does not exist in the address name group list 800, the “Yurakucho” is the lowest rank.

Next, the address names stored in the work memory 600 are combined into a formal address name (step 20).
8). In this example, in the area a of the work memory 600,
Since “Tokyo”, “Chiyoda-ku” in area b, and “Yurakucho” in area c are stored, it is possible to obtain “Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo” by taking them out and putting them together.

Further, the control section 300 searches the related information database 900 for the acquired "Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo" to acquire the information related to the address name (step 209). As a result, according to the first embodiment described above, the operator only needs to select and input the displayed map information and the address name list lower than the map information by using the pointing device, and the related information can be easily obtained. An address name for searching the database 900 can be acquired. Further, it is possible to obtain desired address names by selecting desired map information and address name selection candidates using a mouse or the like without requiring input from the keyboard.

<< Second Embodiment >> Next, as a second embodiment of the present invention, in the above first embodiment, access to the partner communication device represented by the communication device number from the acquired address. An example of an application system for searching communication device identification information (access number) for accessing and accessing the access number will be described.

FIG. 14 shows the system configuration of the second embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the same components as those in FIG. 5 are designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted. The system shown in the figure includes a pointing device 110, an area-
List name conversion table 210, output unit 400, display unit 5
00, work memory 600, schematic map database 70
0, address name group list 800, access number database 910, access section 920 and company classification database 9
30.

In the following example, "Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo-
An example of accessing the terminal of the communication information company A will be described. It is assumed that “aaaaaa” is stored in the access number database 910 as the identification information of the company A terminal. (1) First, the control unit 300 displays a screen for field selection on the display unit 500.

(2) Here, the operator selects "prefecture". As a result, a map of Japan will be displayed on the display unit 5.
Displayed above 00. (3) Here, the operator selects “Tokyo”. As a result, “Tokyo” is stored in the area a of the work memory 600.

(4) The control unit 300 is, for example, as shown in FIG.
When the map of "Tokyo" as shown in Fig. 2 is displayed, the operator selects "23 wards eastern part" from the map. Thereby, the control unit 300 refers to the area-list name conversion table 210 and displays a list of the address name groups of the five wards shown in the upper right part of the map of FIG.

(5) The operator selects "Chiyoda Ward" from the list display of the address name group. The selected address name “Chiyoda-ku” is the area b of the work memory 600.
Stored in. (6) Next, referring to the address name group list 800 based on the selected "Chiyoda Ward", "chiyoda.map" is acquired, and the schematic map database 700 is searched based on the "chiyoda.map". Then, the map of Chiyoda-ku is displayed on the display unit 500. It is assumed that Chiyoda Ward is divided into 10 blocks and displayed on the map. It is assumed that the operator has selected "Chiyoda-ku tenth district" from the block.

(7) Based on this "Chiyoda-ku tenth district", the control unit 300 displays the town name (address name) on the map of "Chiyoda-ku" from the area-list name conversion table 210.
Are listed and displayed, and the operator selects “Yurakucho” from the list and stores the “Yurakucho” in the area c of the work memory 600.

(8) Next, the control unit 300 acquires "Tokyo" from the area a of the work memory 600, "Chiyoda-ku" from the area b, and "Yurakucho" from the area c, and combines them.
Acquires "Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo". (9) Further, the control unit 300 displays the company classification information on the display unit 500. The company classification includes, for example, the food industry, the transportation industry, the communication industry, etc. The company classification is listed and displayed on the display unit 500.

(10) When the operator selects "communication industry" from the displayed company classification, the control unit 300
The company name corresponding to the telecommunications industry is acquired from the company classification database 930, and the list is displayed and displayed on the display unit 500. (11) The operator selects a desired company name "telecommunications company A" from the displayed company names. As a result, the control unit 300 searches the access number database 910 based on the “communication company A”, and transfers the acquired terminal number “aaaaa” of the communication company A to the access unit 920.

(12) As a result, the access unit 920
Accesses the communication device with the terminal number “aaaaa”. Thus, according to the present embodiment, the company classification information is acquired using the address name acquired by the related information search system as a key, and the access number database 910 is further searched using the company name acquired from the company classification information. By doing so, it is possible to obtain the access number of a certain company.

In the second embodiment, the company classification information is searched, but the present invention is not limited to this example. For example, instead of the company classification database, the first name of the target name to be accessed is searched. A method of displaying characters in the order of Japanese syllabary, inputting the first character corresponding to the target name from the Japanese syllabary, further displaying selection candidates to narrow down the search target name, and presenting it to the operator for selection. There is also. Further, there is also a method of combining a company classification database and a method of displaying candidates in the order of the Japanese syllabary to acquire certain company classification information from the company classification information, rearranging and displaying the company classification information in the order of the Japanese syllabary, and allowing the selection. is there.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the access number of the communication device corresponding to the retrieved address name (company name, etc.) is acquired by combining various retrieval information, and the access number is automatically obtained. Access to. << Third Embodiment >> Next, as a third embodiment of the present invention,
In the first embodiment described above, the communication device identification information (access number) for accessing the partner communication device represented by the communication device number from the acquired address and the name etc. in the telephone directory are searched, An example of generating other data based on the acquired information will be shown.

FIG. 15 shows the system configuration of the third embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the same components as those in FIG. 5 are designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted. The system shown in the figure includes a pointing device 110, an area-
List name conversion table 210, output unit 400, display unit 5
00, work memory 600, schematic map database 70
0, address name group list 800, access number database 910, telephone directory information database 940, data generation unit 950, and publication information file 960.

(1) of the operation in the above second embodiment
Since the processing from (8) to (8) is the same, the description of the operation is omitted. (9) When the information up to “Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo” is acquired by the processing up to (8) in the second embodiment described above, the control unit 300 reads the publication name from the telephone directory information database 940 and displays it. It is displayed on the part 500.

(10) The operator selects a desired publication name from the displayed publication names. For example, it is assumed that the operator selects "Company B". The control unit 300 searches the access number database 910 with the selected publication name “Company B” and acquires the access number corresponding to the publication name.

(11) The control unit 300 transfers the access number “bbbbbb” of the communication terminal of “Company B” acquired from the access number database 910 to the data generation unit 950. (12) The data generation unit 950 stores the publication name “B company” and the access number “bbbbbb” in the publication information file 960 in association with each other.

As described above, according to the third embodiment, based on the address information acquired by the address-related information search system, the posted name or equivalent information described in the telephone directory or the like is searched for, By searching the access number database 910 based on the acquired publication name and the like and acquiring the access number of the communication device corresponding to the publication name, the access number of the Internet or the like other than the information published in the telephone directory. It is possible to obtain the access number easily by using the system when the other party's access number is unknown when sending e-mail. Become.

In each of the above-mentioned embodiments, the map display level of selecting a map to be displayed is lower than that of prefectures. However, the present invention is not limited to this example.
The map information may be global. In the above example, when selecting the field, an example is shown in which the highest item of the map information, "state," is selected, but if the item "state" is selected, the highest item is displayed. It is possible to specify by clicking the "Region" etc. from the displayed map information of the displayed map information, but if "City / County" shown in Fig. 7 is selected when selecting the field, Requires keyboard input of city, county name. However, if the city name or the county name is entered by keyboard, the process of displaying / selecting map information can be shortcut. However, in this case, character input from the keyboard is required, and therefore, it is outside the scope of the present invention.

Further, as the portable terminal to be used, the present system can be used not only for a personal computer but also for a telephone equipped with a display. In addition,
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications and applications are possible within the scope of the claims.

[0066]

As described above, according to the related information search method / system and the applied system of the related information search system of the present invention, the selection candidates are presented to the user by listing the map information and the address name. This makes it easier to select address name candidates for searching related information.
In addition to reducing the selection time, you can simply click the displayed candidate with the pointing device, so you do not need to use the keyboard, you can prevent input mistakes, and it is a mobile terminal that does not have a keyboard. Even if it can be used.

In the application system using the related information search system, the access number of the communication device is searched using the address name acquired by the related information search system, and the searched access number is automatically accessed. It becomes possible. In addition, in the application system using the related information search system, the address name acquired by the related information search system is used to search for a publication name or the like described in the telephone directory, and the address name is used to identify the communication device. It is possible to search the access number and the like, and build another new database using the publication name and the access number.
As a result, it becomes possible to easily obtain the destination information of the electronic mail on the Internet or the like.

As described above, according to the present invention, it becomes easy to obtain the address name which is the key for searching the information, and the time required for inputting the address name is reduced. Is greatly shortened.

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FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining the principle of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a principle configuration diagram of an address-related information search system of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a principle configuration diagram of an application system of the first address-related information search system of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a principle configuration diagram of an application system of a second address-related information search system of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a system configuration diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an outline of the operation of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display example of a field selection screen displayed on the display unit according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a schematic map (prefectures) of the first embodiment of the present invention.
Is a display example of.

FIG. 9 is a configuration diagram of a schematic map database according to the first embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 10 is a configuration diagram of an address name group list according to the first embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 11 is an example of an area-list name conversion table according to the first embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 12 is a display example of an address name according to the first embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 13 is a display example of a linked map according to the first embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 14 is a system configuration diagram of a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a system configuration diagram of a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart for explaining a second conventional method.

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100 input unit 110 input means, pointing device 200 storage unit 210 correspondence table storage unit, area-list name conversion table 300 control unit, control unit 400 output unit 500 display unit, display unit 600 work memory 700 map information storage unit 800 address name Group storage means 900 Address related information storage means, related information database 910 Communication device identification information storage means, access number database 920 Communication device access means, access control unit 930 Company classification database 940 Posted information storage means, Phonebook information database 950 Data generation Means, data generation section 960 new data, posted information file 980 access information search means 990 information search means

Claims (13)

[Claims] 1. Displaying hierarchical map information, and when an arbitrary area is designated from the displayed map information, an address name candidate existing in a lower level of the area is displayed, and the address name candidate is changed to an address. When a name is specified, the address name is temporarily stored, the above process is repeated until the lowest address name is obtained, and the stored address names are combined to obtain a series of address names. A method for searching address-related information, characterized in that information related to the address name is searched for in the series of address names. 2. A hierarchical map information and a correspondence table of a hierarchical address name group list corresponding to each area included in the map information are prepared, and the hierarchical map information of the hierarchical map information is prepared. Among them, when the map information of a certain hierarchy is displayed and a certain area on the displayed map information of the certain hierarchy is designated, the correspondence name table is referred to and the list of address name groups corresponding to the designated area is displayed. Acquires and displays the address names that belong to the specified area and belongs to the address name group list, and when some or all of the displayed address names are selected, information about the selected address names The method for retrieving address-related information according to claim 1, wherein. 3. The address-related information retrieval method according to claim 1, wherein the displayed information is selected using a pointing device. 4. A map information storage means for storing hierarchical map information, an address name group storage means for storing a hierarchical address name group list, each area included in the map information, and the address. Correspondence table storage means for storing a correspondence table with the name group list, display means for displaying the map information and the address name, and designating an area from the map information displayed by the notation means, or Input means for accepting designation of a part or all of the address name displayed by the display means, information retrieval means for accepting at least one address name, and retrieving information on the address name, and the map by the display means. When the map information of a certain layer is displayed from the information storage means and the area designation of the map information is notified by the input means, the correspondence table storage means is searched and designated. Address names existing under the area are listed and displayed, and when a part or all of the listed address names are designated by the input means, the information retrieval means responds to the designated address. Address-related information retrieval system having a control means for instructing retrieval of information to be stored. 5. The control means pays attention to an item attribute in all searched information, with respect to all searched information acquired by inputting a plurality of address names and searching information corresponding to the address names. 5. The method further comprising: first sorting processing means for performing sorting processing by performing the sorting processing; and first sorting information obtaining means for obtaining a part or all of the information sorted by the first sorting processing means. Address related information retrieval system. 6. The control means, when at least one area to be searched is input, sets all search target information corresponding to all address names acquired by instructing the information search means to search based on the area. On the other hand, there are provided a second sorting processing means for performing sorting processing while paying attention to the item attribute, and a second sorting information acquisition means for obtaining a part or all of the information sorted by the second sorting processing means. The address-related information search system according to claim 4, further comprising: 7. The address-related information retrieval system according to claim 4, wherein the input means uses a pointing device. 8. A communication device identification information storage means for storing information including communication device identification information used to access a partner communication device represented by a communication device number, and a map for storing hierarchical map information. Information storage means, address name group storage means for storing a hierarchical address name group list, correspondence table storage means for storing a correspondence table of each area included in the map information and the address name group list, Display means for displaying the map information and the address name, and an area designated by the map information displayed by the display means, or a part or all of the address name displayed by the display means Input means for accepting the designation of, and access information retrieval means for accepting at least one address name and retrieving information corresponding to the address name from the communication device identification information storage means, A communication device access unit for accessing a communication device having the communication device identification information based on the communication device identification information retrieved by the access information retrieval unit, and a control unit for controlling each unit. Application system using address-related information retrieval system. 9. The control means displays the map information of a certain level from the map information storage means on the display means, and when the area with the map information is designated by the input means, the correspondence table storage means When a part or all of the listed address names are specified from the input means, the display instruction means for instructing to list the address names under the area designated by the above and displaying them on the display means A search instruction means for instructing a search for information corresponding to the address name specified by the access information search means, and the communication device access means corresponding to the communication device identification information searched by the access information search means. 9. An application system using the address-related information retrieval system according to claim 8, further comprising an access instruction means for instructing to access the communication device. 10. The application system using the address-related information retrieval system according to claim 8, wherein the input means uses a pointing device. 11. Communication device identification information storage means for storing communication device identification information used to access a partner communication device represented by a communication device number and publication information including a publication name or equivalent information in a telephone directory, A publication information storage means for storing the publication name of the telephone directory or information equivalent to the publication name, a map information storage means for storing hierarchical map information, and an address for storing a hierarchical address name group list. Name group storage means, each area included in the map information, a correspondence table storage means for storing a correspondence table of the address name group list, a display means for displaying the map information and the address name, Input means for designating an area from the map information displayed by the notation means, or for accepting designation of part or all of the address name displayed by the display means; Publication name information searching means for searching the communication device identification information and the publication information based on the address name of the search object received by means, and new data or data based on the information searched by the publication name information searching means An application system using an address-related information search system, comprising: a data generation unit that generates a group; and a control unit that controls each unit. 12. The control means displays the map information of a certain layer from the map information storage means on the display means, and when the area with the map information is designated by the input means, the correspondence table storage means When a part or all of the listed address names are specified from the input means, the display instruction means for instructing to list the address names under the area designated by the above and displaying them on the display means A search instruction means for instructing the publication name information search means to search for information corresponding to a designated address name, and the data generation means based on the information retrieved by the publication name information search means. 12. An application system using the address-related information retrieval system according to claim 11, further comprising data generation instruction means for instructing to generate new data or a data group. 13. An application system using an address-related information search system according to claim 11, wherein the input means uses a pointing device.