JP4296325B2 - Information provision system - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a system for providing various information via communication.
[0002]
[Prior art]
For example, a store such as an amusement hall collects useful information from the outside for a customer who visits the store, displays it on a display terminal installed in the store, and provides it to its own customer was there.
As shown in FIG. 5, the computer 2 in the amusement hall 1 collects and stores information for the customer, for example, information about restaurants in the neighborhood of the store, and displays it on the display 3 installed in the store. It was supposed to be displayed. The display 3 may be provided anywhere in the game arcade, but may also be used to display game table information or the like adjacent to the game table.
In addition, the computer 2 of the game hall 1 is connected to a communication means N such as the Internet, and can be connected to the information provider side terminal 4 via this communication means.
[0003]
The information provider side terminal 4 is a terminal that provides information such as restaurants around the game hall 1, and uses the information provider side terminal 4 to register or update information in the computer 2. To do. The information provider may be a restaurant that provides information to the computer 2 or a third party that specializes in providing information. When the information content once registered in the computer 2 is different from the actual situation, for example, when the business hours of restaurants and the like are changed or the store is moved, each information provider Individually notified the computer 2 of the game hall 1 of the change of the information content.
In addition, the same information provider may provide the same information to a plurality of stores.
[0004]
[Patent Document 1]
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-160970
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In the system as described above, when there is a change in the information content, each information provider individually notifies update information using the information provider side terminal 4, so that there are a plurality of the same information providers. When information was provided to other stores, update information had to be notified as many as the number of stores, and the burden on the information provider was large. For this reason, even if the actual situation is different from the information content registered in advance, the contact may be delayed or left as it is.
On the other hand, if the information content is confirmed one by one from the game hall 1 to the information provider, the burden of the confirmation work is increased as the amount of information managed by the store increases. After all, it did not last long.
[0006]
As a result, the reliability of the information stored in the computer 2 is lowered, and there is a problem that valuable information cannot be provided to customers in the store.
An object of the present invention is to realize an information providing system capable of providing highly reliable information to an information receiver without burdening the information provider side and the information receiver side so much.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
A first invention includes a center server, a plurality of information provider side terminals and a plurality of receiver side terminals that are connectable to the center server, and the center server provides information from a plurality of information providers. The information confirmation screen for confirming whether or not the stored provision information is updated is displayed on the information provider terminal, and there is no need to update from the information provider side terminal via the information confirmation screen. when no signal is transmitted, and the reception date of the absence signal provides information of the last information date confirmed providing information to the association information check date update as stored, from the information provider's terminal, said information when the update information is transmitted via the confirmation screen, it stores the contents of the information as the latest advertisement as the last information check date of providing information input date of the information, associated to the provided information And updates and stores the broadcast confirmation day, when an access from the receiver's terminal, characterized in that displaying the said providing information and the last information check date to the receiver's terminal.
[0008]
The second invention is the first invention assumes, the center server, the above information confirmation screen has a feature in that themselves Ru display the contents of the latest providing information stored.
A third invention is, on the premise of the first or second invention, the center server, for each advertisement, stores the mail address of the information provider, for this e-mail address, the information provider side terminal has a feature that that sends reminder email to promote access to the information confirmation screen, the timing set in advance.
[0009]
4th invention presupposes the said 1st-3rd invention, the said center server memorize | stores the preset confirmation period, and specifies the provision information which does not contain the last information confirmation date in this confirmation period. has the feature that you stopped its specified advertisement, the display of the receiver's terminal.
[0010]
A fifth invention is, on the premise of the above inventions, the center server stores landmark additional information, which is information to be added to the landmark as the provided information, and stores the position information of the receiver terminal , providing information corresponding to the landmarks particular area including the position of the receiver terminal of this paste to the map information including the specific area, the map information of this specific URL the (uniform resource locator) while association with each other, each recipient terminal is characterized in that that will receive the map information by accessing the URL corresponding to the map information of the specific area, including its location.
[0011]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
1 to 4 show an embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 1, the system connects a plurality of information provider side terminals 4 and a center server S via a communication network N1, and connects the center server S to the center server S via a communication network N2. A plurality of receiver-side terminals 5 are connected.
The center server S is provided in an information center different from the information provider and the receiver.
[0012]
The receiver-side terminal 5 is a terminal that receives provided information provided via the center server S, and displays the provided information on a display (not shown) connected thereto. The receiver side terminal 5 can be installed in, for example, a game hall or a restaurant, and information can be provided to customers of the store.
In FIG. 1, a communication net N1 that connects the information provider side terminal 4 and a communication net N2 that connects the receiver side terminal 5 are shown separately. This is because the information provider and the receiver are separated and displayed in an easy-to-understand manner, but the communication networks N1 and N2 may be the same.
[0013]
As shown in FIG. 2, the center server S includes a processing unit 6 that performs data processing, a provision information storage unit 7, a map information storage unit 8, a provider information storage unit 9, and a recipient information storage unit 10. And. However, the processing unit and the storage unit may be provided in the center server S in hardware or may be realized in software, and either storage unit may be formed separately. May be connected.
[0014]
The provided information storage unit 7 stores information provided by an information provider. In this embodiment, the provided information is landmark additional information. The landmark additional information is information corresponding to the landmark on the map, and is, for example, business hours of a specific store displayed on the map, regular holiday, sale information, or the like. When a store corresponding to this landmark becomes an information provider that provides its own data, and when a third party becomes an information provider that provides information about a specific store to the center server S. There is.
[0015]
In the provided information storage unit 7, for example, data as shown in the table 11 of FIG. 3 is stored.
Table 11, the information number, and provide user ID that identifies the provider of the information, and confirmation cycle to check whether the information content has changed, a receiver ID identifying a receiver who receives this information This is data in which specific information contents are associated with the last information confirmation date when the information was last confirmed.
Since the provider ID is the ID of the provider who provided the information, it corresponds to the information on a one-to-one basis. However, since the receiver ID is the ID of the receiver who needs the information, a plurality of information is included in one information. A recipient ID may be associated.
[0016]
Which recipient needs which information is set in advance, but, as shown in this table 11, in addition to the method of storing each recipient in association with each information number There is also a method of setting necessary information types and unnecessary information types for each receiver. For example, if the recipient is an amusement hall and you want to provide only information about nearby restaurants and convenience stores to customers at your store, the types of information you want to provide are “restaurant information”, “convenience information” "Store information" may be set, or rival "game room information" may be set as the type of unnecessary information. However, when the same information is provided to all recipients, data that associates each information with the recipient is not necessary.
[0017]
The map information storage unit 8 of the center server S stores nationwide map data. The processing unit 6 creates map information in which the landmark additional information is pasted on the map of the map data, and provides it to the receiver-side terminal 5. The map information storage unit 8 stores both the map data to which the landmark additional information is not pasted and the map information to which the landmark additional information is pasted. Of course, the information may be stored in different storage units depending on the presence / absence of landmark additional information.
The provider information storage unit 9 stores the mail address of the information provider. This e-mail address is not limited to that of the information provider side terminal 4, but may be any address that can reliably contact the information provider. In addition, if there is information related to the information provider, the information is stored in the provider information storage unit 9.
[0018]
Further, the receiver information storage unit 10 is a place for storing information about the receiver. The receiver information includes position information of the receiver-side terminal. Specifically, an address, latitude / longitude information, and the like are associated with the receiver ID. Here, the location information of the receiver-side terminal is not the exact latitude / longitude information of the location where the receiver-side terminal 5 is installed, but the provided information using the receiver-side terminal 5 It may be a game hall to be displayed or position information for each restaurant. If it does so, even if the installation place of the receiver side terminal 5 moves in a wide store, it is not necessary to change position information.
[0019]
Further, the recipient information storage unit 10 stores a provision information URL corresponding to the recipient terminal 5. The URL for providing information is the URL for displaying the providing information for the provider terminal 5 when the receiver terminal 5 accesses, in this embodiment, the map information with the landmark additional information pasted. That is.
In addition, information for specifying information to be received by the receiver-side terminal 5 can be stored in the receiver information storage unit 10 as the receiver information.
[0020]
Next, a procedure in which the center server S provides information to the receiver-side terminal 5 using the system of this embodiment will be described.
The information center collects landmark additional information from a plurality of information providers and inputs it to the center server S. The landmark additional information may be input from the provider side terminal 4 via the communication network N1, or the collected information is manually input at the information center without using the provider side terminal 4. You may make it do.
[0021]
Necessary data is input to the center server S in addition to the above-described landmark additional information that is provision information as well as other storage units. When necessary data is input, the processing unit 6 creates map data for each receiving terminal. The processing unit 6 identifies an area including the position of the receiver-side terminal from the position information of each receiver stored in the receiver information storage unit 10, and includes necessary landmarks in the map data of the area. Create map information with additional information pasted. Further, the map information is stored in the map information storage unit 8 with a URL corresponding to the recipient.
[0022]
That is, when a specific recipient terminal 5 accesses a URL for himself / herself, a map of an area including the location of his / her store is displayed. Then, when the landmark portion where the additional information is pasted is clicked, the store's telephone number, business hours, etc. are displayed.
The landmark additional information added to the map is previously set as necessary information in association with the recipient.
[0023]
Various methods can be considered as the method for specifying the area. For example, the area within the same town is set as a display area based on the location of a specific recipient and a radius of 500 m or an address of a store or the like corresponding to the recipient. Alternatively, a plurality of scales of map information including the receiver's store and the like may be prepared, and a desired scale may be selected while being displayed on the receiver-side terminal 5.
[0024]
Further, the processing unit 6 transmits an access reminder email to the information provider so as to access the provided information confirmation screen 12 shown in FIG. 4 based on the confirmation cycle of the table 11 of FIG. For example, in the table 11 of FIG. 3, the information provider ID of the information number 1 is 001 and the confirmation cycle is 30 days.
Therefore, the processing unit 6 automatically transmits the reminder mail to the information provider of ID001 every 30 days after the provision information of the information number 1 is input.
Here, the destination to which the access reminder mail is transmitted is the mail address stored in the provider information storage unit 9. Then, at the same time as this reminder mail, or separately, the URL of the provided information confirmation screen 12 must be notified to the information provider.
[0025]
When the information provider who receives the reminder mail accesses the URL for the information confirmation screen from the information provider side terminal 4, the provision information confirmation screen 12 of FIG. 4 is displayed. The provision information confirmation screen 12 is a screen created by the processing unit 6 of the center server S for each provision information, and is stored with a URL for a specific information confirmation screen.
The provided information confirmation screen 12 includes an information content display area 13 that displays the latest information content at that time, a no-click button 14 that is clicked when there is no change in the information content, and the date when the information content was confirmed last time. The final information confirmation date display field 15 for displaying the final information confirmation date, and a send button 16 are provided.
[0026]
The information provider looks at the information content display area on the provided information confirmation screen 12 to confirm whether the information content provided by the information provider matches the current situation, and if the information content needs to be updated. If it is determined, the information in the information content display area 13 is changed. When the information content is changed, the transmission button 16 is clicked. When the transmission button 16 is clicked, the information content in the information content display area 13 is transmitted to the center server S. In the center server S, the processing unit 6 makes the received information content the latest provided information, and stores the input date in the provided information storage unit 7 as the last information confirmation date.
And the process part 6 displays the provision information updated and the last information confirmation date which is the update date with respect to the access from the receiver side terminal 5. FIG.
[0027]
On the other hand, when the information provider determines that the information content displayed on the provided information confirmation screen 12 does not need to be updated, the information provider clicks the none button 14 on the screen 12. When the no button 14 is clicked, only the no signal is transmitted to the center server S. The processing unit 6 that has received this information uses the date as the final information confirmation date and stores the date in the provision information storage unit 7 in association with the corresponding provision information.
This information, when displayed on the receiver's terminal 5, information content is identical to the last information check date earlier, only the final information check date is updated.
[0028]
As described above, each advertisement is stored in association with the final information date confirmed, the receiver's terminal 5, so that the last information check date is displayed, the recipient provides information displayed Can be measured accurately. For example, even if the information content has not changed after a long time, if the last information confirmation date of the information is close, the reliability of the provided information is high and the last information confirmation date is very old It can be assumed that the reliability of the provided information is low.
As in this embodiment, if the information content display area 13 for displaying the latest information content is provided on the provided information confirmation screen 12, the information provider can confirm the content provided by the information provider on the spot. Convenient. However, the provided information confirmation screen 12 may not include the information content display area 13.
[0029]
In addition, if it is on the information provider side, a reminder e-mail is sent periodically to access the provided information confirmation screen 12, so if you access according to the reminder, you can confirm the information you provided Can be simple. Compared to taking action to update information on its own, there is less loss of updating. Furthermore, when there is no change in the information content, it is troublesome to bother to inform the information center about this, but if the provided information confirmation screen 12 is displayed and only the none button 14 is clicked. It ’s not too much trouble. In particular, when the information provider wants to use his / her provided information effectively, it is considered that the provided information is updated and confirmed more reliably.
[0030]
Further, the processing unit 6 deletes the provision information from the provision information storage unit 7 when no update data is transmitted or no signal is transmitted within the preset confirmation period after the reminder mail is transmitted. You can also set it up. This is because information that has not been confirmed for a long time is judged to have low reliability, and such low-reliability information is prevented from being disclosed to the recipient. In this embodiment, when the center server S does not receive an answer via the provided information confirmation screen 12 within a preset confirmation period, that is, when the last information confirmation date is not included in the confirmation period. The corresponding provision information is deleted, but it may be temporarily not displayed on the receiver side terminal 5 without being deleted. In that case, after that, the reminder mail is transmitted, and the display on the receiving terminal 5 is resumed when the reply to the provided information confirmation screen 12 is transmitted.
[0031]
In this way, if the information provider fails to confirm the information content, if the information provider does not display the provided information, if the information provider wants to provide his / her own information, the information provider will surely confirm the information. To do.
Various settings can be considered as the confirmation period. For example, if you send a reminder email and set a certain period as a confirmation period, or if you want a certain period to be a confirmation period from the previous information confirmation date, set the check date regardless of the reminder email or past information confirmation date Then, there is a case where a certain period is set as a confirmation period retroactively from the check date. Then, if there is no answer within the confirmation period, the display of the provided information is stopped.
[0032]
In the system of the embodiment, data to be displayed on the receiver side terminal, finally, since it is clear what times confirmed information of can and this for measuring the reliability of the information. In addition, there is no need for the information receiver to check with the information provider whether the information content has been updated.
In addition, since the information provider can easily update and confirm the information content, it is less likely to fail to update or confirm. As a result, the reliability of the provided information is increased.
Further, information that has not been confirmed can be prevented from displaying the provided information, and the reliability of the displayed information can be further improved.
Therefore, the receiver can obtain highly reliable information, and can also provide useful information to his customers.
[0033]
【The invention's effect】
According to the first to fifth inventions, by providing a center server between the information provider and the receiver, information updating and confirmation can be managed collectively at the center. That is, there is no need for the information provider to transmit update information or a confirmation signal to each receiver.
Further, since the information provider can easily confirm the information contents by using the information confirmation screen, the confirmation can be surely performed.
[0034]
According to the second invention, the information provider can confirm the content of the information provided by himself / herself on the spot by looking at the information confirmation screen.
According to the third invention, it is possible to prompt the information provider to confirm the information content periodically. Moreover, it is not necessary for the receiver side to individually prompt the information provider to confirm the information content, or to inquire whether there is an update.
[0035]
According to the fourth aspect of the invention, it is possible to prevent the provided information whose contents have not been confirmed for a certain period or longer from being displayed on the receiver side terminal. Accordingly, only more reliable information is provided to the recipient.
According to the fifth aspect of the invention, the recipient can obtain map information around his / her own by simply accessing the dedicated URL through the recipient-side terminal. There is no need to narrow down the necessary area from a wide range of map information.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration in the center server of the embodiment.
FIG. 3 is an example of data stored in a provision information storage unit according to the embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a provided information confirmation screen according to the embodiment.
FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of a conventional information providing system.
[Explanation of symbols]
S Center server 4 Information provider side terminal 5 Receiver side terminal 12 Information confirmation screen 13 Information content commission display area 15 Last information confirmation date display field

Claims (5)

A center server, and a plurality of information provider-side terminals and a plurality of receiver-side terminals that are connectable to the center server. The center server stores and stores information provided from a plurality of information providers. An information confirmation screen for confirming whether or not the provided information is updated is displayed on the information provider terminal, and a signal indicating that no update is necessary is transmitted from the information provider side terminal via the information confirmation screen. when in the reception date of the absence signal provides information of the last information date confirmed providing information to the association information check date update as stored, from the information provider terminal, via the information confirmation screen update when information is transmitted, and stores the information contents as the latest advertisement input date of the information as a final information check date of advertisement, additional information confirmation day associating the advertisement And then stored, when an access from the recipient terminal, the information providing system for displaying the provided information and the last information check date to the receiver's terminal.   The information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the center server displays the content of the latest provided information stored therein on the information confirmation screen.   The center server stores the email address of the information provider for each provided information, and sends a reminder email for prompting the information provider terminal to access the information confirmation screen for this email address. The information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the information providing system transmits the information at a preset timing.   The center server stores a preset confirmation period, identifies provision information that does not include the last information confirmation date within the confirmation period, and stops displaying the identified provision information on the receiver side terminal. The information provision system of any one of Claims 1-3.   The center server stores landmark addition information, which is information to be added to the landmark as the provision information, and stores location information of the receiver side terminal, in a specific area including the location of the receiver terminal. The provided information corresponding to the landmark is pasted on the map information including the specific area, and a specific URL (uniform resource locator) is stored in association with the map information. 5. The information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the map information is received by accessing a URL corresponding to the map information of the specific area including the position of the map.

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