JP5698583B2 - Menu display system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention is communicatively connected to a mobile terminal having a display unit, it relates to the mobile terminal to Rume New display system to send information about the menu to be displayed on the display unit.

  In mobile terminals such as mobile phones and navigation devices, menu items associated with specific functions are displayed on a menu screen displayed on a display unit such as a liquid crystal panel, and the menu items displayed to the user are displayed. A menu display device that prompts the user to select a desired menu item is used.

  Many menu display devices display menu items hierarchically from the viewpoint of operability. In such a hierarchical menu display method, when one of the first main menu items (top layer) displayed on the menu screen is selected, a sub menu item corresponding to the selected main menu item is displayed on the menu screen. When one of the submenu items is displayed, a lower submenu item corresponding to the selected submenu item is further displayed. Thereby, the user can specify the content of the function to be executed in detail.

  For example, in the menu display device of the navigation device, when the main menu item “Destination Route Guidance” is selected, destination candidates such as “Home” and “Nearest Station” are displayed as submenu items as submenu items. By sequentially selecting these menu items displayed hierarchically, it is possible to designate one function such as “route guidance to“ home ””.

  Such a hierarchical menu is an effective method when detailed specifications regarding the operation contents are required as described above, but when selecting a function that is always executed repeatedly by specifying the same operation contents. In this case, the same operation must be repeated every time for the hierarchically displayed menu screen, which is a detour.

  For this reason, the history of combinations of main menu items and submenu items that have been input is conventionally stored so that menu selection can be completed with as few operations as possible for frequently executed functions. There is known a navigation system including a menu display device that automatically generates a combination of menu items with a high input frequency as a new main menu item (see Patent Document 1).

  By the way, the menu items displayed on the menu screen are common to an unspecified number of users such as “search for a route to a sightseeing spot in a sightseeing spot” in addition to menu items repeatedly selected by a specific user. Has a menu item selected. Such “menu items commonly selected by an unspecified number of users” often depend on the geographical location of the user, and from the viewpoint of the operability of the menu screen, It is desirable that the user is immediately displayed on the menu screen according to the current position of the user.

  However, in the above-described conventional menu display device, menu items are automatically generated based on the history of menu selection operations, so that an easy-to-operate menu is displayed for a user who has generated a new menu item. A certain number of operations is required until now, and menu items corresponding to the current position of the user cannot be displayed quickly on the menu display screen.

JP 2001-221644 A

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to quickly transmit a menu item corresponding to the current position to a portable terminal in a menu server, thereby improving the operability of menu selection. It is to improve.

The present invention includes a mobile terminal, which is connected communicably to the mobile terminal, menu consisting of a menu server where the mobile terminal identifies the areas belonging transmits the menu item information to the mobile terminal within the identified region a display system, before the Ki携 band terminal, a terminal information receiving means for receiving the terminal information containing the identification information of the current position information and the terminal location information the terminal information receiving unit is included in the received terminal information and based on the identification information of the terminal, the well as identify areas belongs portable terminal, a terminal identifying means for identifying the mobile terminal in the area, from Ki携 band terminal before the terminal identifying unit has identified, a selection information receiving means for receiving a selection menu information indicating a menu item associated with a specific function selected by the mobile terminal, included in the selection menu information Among the menu items, extracts a menu item selected in the region, to create a menu item information on the basis of the menu items extracted duplicate, the menu item information created, the terminal identification unit of the area a menu server but having, an item information transmitting means for transmitting the Ki携 band terminal before identified, the menu is communicably connected to the server, a said portable terminal having a display unit that displays the menu item The display unit is a menu display system including the portable terminal that displays the menu item received from the menu server separately from the menu item predetermined by the portable terminal .

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, in a menu server, the menu item according to a present position can be rapidly transmitted with respect to a portable terminal, and the operativity of menu selection can be improved.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the menu display system to which the menu server which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention is applied. It is a functional block diagram which shows the structure of the portable terminal which comprises the menu display system shown in FIG. It is a functional block diagram which shows the structure of the menu server which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the menu screen displayed on the operation display part of the portable terminal shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the main process of the portable terminal shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the transmission request response process of the portable terminal shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement procedure of the menu server which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the item information creation process of the menu server which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the display system with which the menu server which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention is applied. It is a functional block diagram which shows the structure of the menu server which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement procedure of the menu server which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the action analysis process of the menu server which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the item information creation process (2) of the menu server which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a menu display system to which a menu server according to the first embodiment of the present invention is applied.
The menu display system 1 includes a mobile terminal 2 and a menu server 4 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The mobile terminal 2 and the menu server 4 are connected via a communication line (not shown). They are connected to each other in a communicable state. In FIG. 1, the mobile terminal 2 and the menu server 4 are connected by wireless communication. However, the communication connection method is not limited to wireless, and may be wired communication such as the Internet, or wired such as the Internet. A method of connecting to the portable terminal 2 by wireless communication via a wireless relay facility connected by communication may be used.

  In the configuration described above, the menu server 4 transmits menu item information including menu items to be displayed on each portable terminal 2 to each portable terminal 2. Here, the menu item information can be configured by a list of menu item names indicating menu items, for example.

The characteristic operation of the menu server 4 is as follows.
When one mobile terminal 2 enters the predetermined area (service area) on the predetermined map while transmitting the terminal information including the position information of the current position to the menu server 4, the menu server 4 It detects that the mobile terminal 2 has entered the service area, acquires the menu item selected in the other mobile terminal 2 from the other mobile terminals 2 existing in the service area, and displays the operation display unit 24 (FIG. As the menu item to be displayed in 2), the menu item information indicating part or all of the acquired menu item is transmitted to the one mobile terminal 2.

  Here, a menu item peculiar to the service area, for example, the menu item “Search around the electronic store” in the service area “Akihabara” (location search of an electric store around the current position) is generally Each of the other mobile terminals 2 existing in the service area is individually selected. For this reason, the menu item acquired by the menu server 4 from the other portable terminal 2 includes the “menu item specific to the service area” as described above.

  As described above, the menu server 4 sets overlapping menu items acquired from a plurality of other mobile terminals 2 as menu items to be displayed on the one mobile terminal 2, and stores menu item information indicating these menu items. , To the one mobile terminal 2. As a result, the one portable terminal 2 can quickly display the menu item corresponding to the current position on the menu screen based on the menu item information received from the menu server 4.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the mobile terminal 2 constituting the menu display system 1.
The portable terminal 2 is a communication unit 22 that communicates with the menu server 4, a display unit that displays a menu screen, and a menu selection unit that allows the user to select one menu item displayed on the menu screen. There are also an operation display unit 24 such as a touch panel, a GPS module 26 which is a positioning unit for measuring the current position and receives GPS satellite radio waves and acquires position information (latitude and longitude) of the current position, and an operation display. A control unit 28 for displaying menu items on the unit 24 and a storage unit 30 are provided.

  The storage unit 30 includes a non-volatile memory such as NVRAM (Non-Volatile Random Access Memory), for example, and includes a selection history storage unit 302 that stores a history of menu items selected by the user using the operation display unit 24 (selected menu history). Have.

  The control unit 28 is a computer having a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory) in which a program is written, a RAM (Random Access Memory) for temporary storage of data, and the like. Terminal information transmission means 282 for transmitting terminal information including position information of the current position to the menu server 4 and menu item information indicating menu items to be displayed on the operation display unit 24 of the portable terminal 2 are received from the menu server 4. Item information receiving means 284.

  The control unit 28 is selected by the display operation unit 24 from the display control unit 286 that displays the menu item specified by the menu item information received by the item information reception unit 284 on the operation display unit 24 and the menu server 4. A selection menu history stored in the selection history storage unit 302 is transmitted to the menu server 4 as the selected menu information when a signal requesting transmission of selected menu information indicating the selected menu item (selection information transmission request) is received. Information transmission means 288.

  Each means described above is a function realizing means of the control unit (computer) 28 realized by a program. The computer program can be stored in any computer-readable storage medium.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the menu server 4.
The menu server 4 includes a communication unit 42 that performs communication with the mobile terminal 2, a processing unit 44, and a storage unit 46.
The processing unit 44 is a computer having a CPU, a ROM in which a program is written, a RAM for temporarily storing data, and the like, and includes a terminal information receiving unit 442 that receives terminal information transmitted from the mobile terminal 2, and terminal information Terminal specifying means 444 for specifying another mobile terminal 2 in a predetermined area (service area) including the current position of one mobile terminal 2 based on position information included in the terminal information received by the receiving means 442; have.

  In addition, the processing unit 44 transmits a selection information transmission request for requesting transmission of selection menu information to the other portable terminal 2 identified by the terminal identification unit 444, and the selection information transmission unit 288 of the other portable terminal 2 is transmitted. The selection information receiving means 446 for receiving the selection menu information transmitted by the user, and the extraction means 448 for extracting the menu items from the selection menu information received by the selection information receiving means 446 and creating the menu item information based on the extracted menu items. And item information transmitting means 450 for transmitting the created menu item information to the one portable terminal 2.

  Each means described above is a function realizing means of the processing unit (computer) 44 realized by a program. The computer program can be stored in any computer-readable storage medium.

  The storage unit 46 includes area storage means 462 for storing area data indicating each predetermined service area. Here, “region data indicating each service region” can be, for example, a set of data indicating latitude and longitude at points arranged at equal intervals on the boundary line of each service region.

  As the service area, a certain area on the map, for example, an area around Akihabara Station or around Ginza can be defined. Further, it is not necessary that the entire range on the map is any service area. For example, in a mountainous area with a low population density or an area where fields are spread, it is not always necessary to set a service area.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a menu screen displayed on the operation display unit 24 of the mobile terminal 2.
On the menu screen shown in FIG. 4, nine menu items are displayed in three rows and three columns. Each menu item is composed of a menu item name, a number assigned to the menu item name, and a rectangular icon predetermined according to the menu item name. Each menu item can be selected by a user operation. For example, the number assigned to each menu item name is associated with the input keys “1”, “2”,..., “0”, and the input keys “1”, “2”,. When any of “0” is input, the display area corresponding to the input number is enlarged on the screen, and the function of each menu item is executed. In the case of a touch panel, the selected display area can be enlarged. The number and position of menu items can be changed as appropriate according to the size of the screen and user settings.

  The menu screen includes a menu item display column displayed based on the menu item information received from the menu server 4 and a menu item display column determined in advance by the portable terminal 2. The menu item displayed by the large rectangular icon on the first line indicates the menu item displayed by the portable terminal 2 based on the menu item information received from the menu server 4, and the menu items on the second and third lines Indicates menu items predetermined in the mobile terminal 2. The menu items on the second and third rows can be freely selected by the user. Note that the icon is not limited to a rectangle, and the size and shape may be changed. The image may not be an icon but may be an image made up of characters or an image combining icons and characters. Further, the image may be an image showing the associated function. If the image when the associated function is executed is reduced, or the image obtained when the associated function is executed is deformed, the menu item is selected in advance when the user selects the menu item. Since the function corresponding to is executed and the corresponding image is created and displayed as a menu item, the selected function can be displayed immediately. Note that the scale of the map may be changed between when each menu item is displayed and when the function of the selected menu item is executed.

  Here, the menu item information received from the menu server 4 is composed of, for example, a list of menu item names. The mobile terminal 2 that has received the menu item information extracts the menu item name from the menu item information. Each extracted menu item name has a number corresponding to the display position on the menu screen and the menu item name. A menu item is configured with a predetermined rectangular icon, and each configured menu item is displayed on the menu screen as shown in FIG.

  In the menu screen shown in FIG. 4, menu items based on the menu item information received from the menu server 4 are displayed with icons larger than other menu items in order to distinguish them from other menu items. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the distinction can also be made using a method such as changing the color of the icon or the character color of the menu item name.

  Next, the operation of the mobile terminal 2 constituting the menu display system 1 will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. Here, the portable terminal 2 performs the following two processes.

a. Main processing (Figure 5)
The terminal information is transmitted to the menu server 4, the menu item specified by the menu item information transmitted from the menu server 4 is displayed on the operation display unit 24, and the menu item selected by the user by the operation display unit 24 is displayed. This is a process of storing the recorded selection menu history in the selection history storage means 302.
b. Transmission request response processing (FIG. 6)
This is a process of receiving a selection information transmission request transmitted from the menu server 4 and transmitting the selection menu history stored in the selection history storage unit 302 to the menu server 4 as selection menu information.

  Hereinafter, the two processes performed by the mobile terminal 2 will be described in order.

(1) Main process First, the procedure of the main process of the portable terminal 2 is demonstrated according to the flowchart shown in FIG.
When the user turns on the mobile terminal 2 or starts an application for displaying menu items (S101), the terminal information transmission unit 282 acquires position information (latitude / longitude) of the current position from the GPS module 26 ( (S102), terminal information including the acquired position information, time information indicating the current time, and an identification ID for identifying the device itself is transmitted to the menu server 4 (S103). The current time can be obtained from a timer (not shown) provided in the control unit 28 or the like.

  Here, the terminal information transmitted from the portable terminal 2 is received by the menu server 4 (step S302 in FIG. 7), and the menu server 4 that has received the terminal information transmits the menu item information to the portable terminal 2. (Step S306 in FIG. 7). The operation procedure of the menu server 4 will be described later.

  Next, the item information receiving unit 284 of the portable terminal 2 receives the menu item information transmitted from the menu server 4 (S104), and the display control unit 286 displays the menu item specified by the received menu item information, The information is displayed on the menu screen displayed by the operation display unit 24 (S105). Here, the user can execute a desired function by selecting one of the menu items displayed on the menu screen by the operation display unit 24. If the menu item cannot be received from the menu server 4, the menu item is not displayed.

  The execution of the function may be executed by the mobile terminal 2 alone, or may be executed with the support of a server provided for function execution. For example, in the case of a route search to a desired point, the mobile terminal 2 may have the map information and perform the route search alone and display it, or a route search to the point may be performed on a server having the map information. The search result may be received and displayed.

  Subsequently, when the user selects one of the menu items by the operation display unit 24, the control unit 28 acquires the position information of the current position by the GPS module 26, and the selected menu item, the position information of the current position, and the like. Is added to the selection menu history stored in the selection history storage unit 302 (S106), the process returns to step S102 and the process is repeated. When the menu item displayed on the operation display unit 24 is a hierarchical menu composed of main menu items and submenu items, the menu item recorded in the selected menu history includes the operation display unit 24. The combination of the main menu item and the sub menu item selected by (1) is included.

  The processes in steps S102 to S106 may be periodically executed at a predetermined time interval (for example, every 5 minutes), or may be executed at a timing as necessary, such as when the user operates the portable terminal 2. Also good. Moreover, this process is complete | finished when a user turns off the power supply of the portable terminal 2, or complete | finishes an application.

(2) Transmission Request Response Processing Next, the transmission request response processing procedure of the mobile terminal 2 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. This process starts when the communication unit 22 of the mobile terminal 2 receives the selection information transmission request (step S403 in FIG. 8) transmitted from the menu server 4, and is executed in parallel with the main process described above.

  When the process is started, the selection information transmission unit 288 of the control unit 28 first reads the selection menu history stored in the selection history storage unit 302 (S201), and transmits the read selection menu history to the menu server 4 as selection menu information. (S202), the process ends.

  Next, the operation of the menu server 4 constituting the menu display system 1 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  When the user turns on the menu server 4 (S301), the terminal information receiving unit 442 receives terminal information transmitted from each portable terminal 2 (S302). This terminal information is transmitted from each portable terminal 2 in step S103 of FIG.

  Next, the terminal specifying means 444 is based on the location information included in the received terminal information and the area data stored in the area storage means 462, and the mobile phone that is in one of the service areas specified by the area data. Terminal 2 (in-area terminal) is specified (S303). If the in-area terminal cannot be specified, that is, if any mobile terminal 2 is outside the service area, the process returns to step S302 and the process is repeated.

  Next, the processing unit 44 determines the identified one in-region terminal as a processing target (processing target terminal) (S304), and performs item information creation processing (S305). In this item information creation process, selection menu information is acquired from another mobile terminal 2 existing in the same service area as the processing target terminal, and the menu item selected in the service area is extracted from the selection menu information. Then, menu item information is created based on the extracted menu item. The procedure of the item information creation process will be described later.

  Next, whether the item information transmitting unit 450 has transmitted the menu item information created by the item information creating process in step S305 to the processing target terminal (S306), and then has the item information creating process finished for all in-area terminals? It is determined whether or not (S307), and when the process is completed (S307, Yes), the process returns to step S302 to repeat the process. If there is no menu item information, no menu item information is transmitted.

On the other hand, when the item information creation processing has not been completed for all the in-region terminals (No in S307), the in-region terminal that has not yet performed the item information creation processing is determined as the processing target terminal (S308), The process returns to S305 and is repeated.
Note that this process ends when the user turns off the menu server 4.

  Next, the procedure of the item information creation process (step S305 in FIG. 7) of the menu server 4 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  When the process is started, the terminal specifying unit 444 determines whether there is another mobile terminal 2 in the service area where the processing target terminal exists (S401), and if it exists (S401, Yes), The other portable terminal 2 existing in the service area is identified (S402), and the processing unit 44 sends a signal (selection information transmission request) for requesting the identified other portable terminal 2 to transmit selection menu information. Transmit (S403). Thereby, the other portable terminal 2 starts the transmission request response process shown in FIG. 6, and the menu server 4 stores the selection menu history stored in the selection history storage unit 302 of the portable terminal 2 as selection menu information. (Step S202 in FIG. 6).

  Next, the selection information receiving unit 446 receives selection menu information transmitted from another mobile terminal 2 (S404). Subsequently, the extracting unit 448 extracts the menu item selected in the service area from the selection menu information received by the selection information receiving unit 446 (S405), and displays the extracted menu item on the portable terminal 2. Menu item information to be a menu item is created (S406), and the process is terminated. Here, when there are overlapping menu items among the menu items extracted from the selection menu history of the other mobile terminal 2, the overlapping menu items are combined into one and the menu items are sorted in the order of the overlapping number. Then, menu item information may be created by extracting a predetermined number of menu items from the top.

  As described above, the menu item extracted from the selection menu information of the other mobile terminal 2 is a menu item unique to the current service area, and many other mobile terminals existing in the service area. Many menu items selected by 2, that is, menu items used by an unspecified number of people are included. For example, if the service area is in the vicinity of Akihabara, “Search around the electronics store” (location search for electronics stores in the vicinity of the current location); if the service area is around Ginza, search around the “brand store” (current location) Menu items such as “Search for locations of brand stores in the vicinity of” are included. It is also possible to store the collected menu items and make them menu items specific to the service area. In this case, the portable terminal 2 that has transmitted the selection menu history as the selection menu information to the menu server 4 is included in the other portable terminals 2.

Similarly, if the service area is a high-end commercial area, search for nearby shops such as brand shops, theaters, and cafes and route search to these facilities. If the service area is a normal commercial area, the cinema, convenience store, first If the service area is a sightseeing spot, search for nearby places such as food stores and route search for these facilities will include menu items such as search around the tourist spots, rental cars, etc. and route search to these facilities. .
Further, in the menu server 4, when the mobile terminal 2 enters the service area, the number of times of entry (number of visits) and the date and time of entry (time and day of the week) are stored, and the number of times of entry and entry in the service area are stored. Another portable terminal 2 having a close date and time may be identified and the selected menu item information may be created. Thereby, it is possible to extract menu items according to the visit frequency and visit date / time of the service area. For example, in the mobile terminal 2 that visits the service area every day, “transfer guidance” for moving to another service area, and in the mobile terminal 2 that occasionally visits, because it is unfamiliar with the service area, A menu item such as “Return” is included.

  The mobile terminal 2 acquires the menu item as described above extracted from the selection menu information of the other mobile terminal 2 from the menu item information transmitted from the menu server 4, and the menu on the menu screen of the operation display unit 24. It is displayed in the display field of menu item information received from the server (step S105 in FIG. 5). Thereby, the portable terminal 2 can quickly display the menu item corresponding to the current position on the operation display unit 24.

  On the other hand, in step S401, when there is no service area including the current position of the mobile terminal 2 that has transmitted the terminal information (No in S401), a menu item that sets a predetermined menu item as a menu item to be displayed on the mobile terminal 2 Information is created (S407), and the process ends. The predetermined menu items can be stored in the storage unit 46 in advance.

  In the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the menu server 4 sequentially sets the menu item information to the mobile terminal 2 in the predetermined area by setting the terminal in one area as the processing target terminal. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the same menu item information may be transmitted to all the mobile terminals 2 in a predetermined area at a time.

Next, a menu server according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a menu display system to which the menu server according to the present embodiment is applied.
The menu display system 1 ′ includes a mobile terminal 2 and a menu server 4 ′, and the mobile terminal 2 and the menu server 4 ′ are connected to each other in a communicable state via a communication line (not shown). ing.

  FIG. 10 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the menu server 4 'according to the present embodiment. 9 and 10, the same components as those of the menu display system 1 shown in FIG. 1 and the menu server 4 shown in FIG. 3 are denoted by the same reference numerals.

The menu server 4 ′ includes a communication unit 42 that performs communication with the mobile terminal 2, a processing unit 44 ′, and a storage unit 46 ′.
The storage unit 46 ′ has the same configuration as the storage unit 46 included in the menu server 4 according to the first embodiment, but further includes location information included in the terminal information received by the terminal information receiving unit 442 from the mobile terminal 2. For each mobile terminal 2, the history storage means 464 that stores the time information and the time information as the movement history of the mobile terminal 2, and the behavior trend information given to each mobile terminal 2 based on the movement history by the behavior analysis means 452 described later. And behavior information storage means 466 for storing.

  The processing unit 44 ′ has the same configuration as the processing unit 44 included in the menu server 4 according to the first embodiment, but includes a terminal specifying unit 444 ′ described later instead of the terminal specifying unit 444. The behavior analysis means for analyzing the behavior tendency of the user who possesses each portable terminal 2 based on the movement history stored in the history storage means 464 and giving behavior tendency information representing the behavior tendency of the user to each portable terminal 2 452.

  Similarly to the terminal specifying unit 444, the terminal specifying unit 444 ′ is in the same service area as the one mobile terminal 2 based on the position information included in the terminal information received from each mobile terminal 2 by the terminal information receiving unit 442. Although the other portable terminal 2 is specified, the other portable terminal 2 to which the same behavior tendency information as that of the one portable terminal 2 is assigned is specified from the specified other portable terminals 2.

  The menu server 4 ′ having the above configuration exists in the same service area as that of the one mobile terminal 2 and is a selection menu of another mobile terminal 2 to which the same behavior tendency information as that of the one mobile terminal 2 is given. A menu item input in the service area is extracted from the history, and menu item information created based on the extracted menu item is transmitted to the one mobile terminal 2. Here, the behavior tendency information given to each portable terminal 2 reflects the behavior tendency based on the hobbies and preferences of the user who owns the portable terminal 2. For this reason, according to this embodiment, each portable terminal 2 can display the menu item more suitable for the user on the operation display unit 24.

  Next, the operation procedure of the menu server 4 'of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  When the user turns on the menu server 4 '(S501), the terminal information receiving unit 442 receives terminal information transmitted from each portable terminal 2 (S502). This terminal information is transmitted from each portable terminal 2 in step S103 of FIG.

  Next, the processing unit 44 ′ stores, in the history storage unit 464 for each portable terminal 2, a movement history composed of position information and time information included in the terminal information received by the terminal information receiving unit 442 (S503). . Subsequently, the behavior analysis unit 452 executes behavior analysis processing (S504). In this behavior analysis process, based on the movement history stored in the history storage unit 464, the behavior tendency of the user who owns each portable terminal 2 is analyzed, and the behavior tendency indicating the behavior tendency of the user for each portable terminal 2 is analyzed. Information is provided, and the assigned behavior tendency information is stored in the behavior information storage unit 466 for each portable terminal 2. The procedure of the behavior analysis process will be described later.

  Next, the terminal specifying unit 444 ′ determines any service area specified by the area data based on the position information included in the terminal information received in step S502 and the area data stored in the area storage unit 462. The mobile terminal 2 (in-area terminal) contained in the area is specified (S505). If the in-area terminal cannot be identified, that is, if any of the mobile terminals 2 is outside the service area, the process returns to step S502 as the abnormality process and the process is repeated.

  Subsequently, the processing unit 44 'determines the identified one in-region terminal as a processing target (processing target terminal) (S506), and executes an item information creation process (2) (S507). The procedure of the item information creation process (2) will be described later.

Next, the item information transmission unit 450 transmits the menu item information created by the item information creation process (2) in step S507 to the processing target terminal (S508), and then the item information creation process ( It is determined whether or not (2) is finished (S509), and when finished (S509, Yes), the process returns to step S502 and the process is repeated.
On the other hand, when the item information creation process (2) has not been completed for all the in-area terminals (S509, No), the in-area terminal that has not yet been subjected to the item information creation process is determined as the process target terminal (S510). ), Returning to step S507, the process is repeated.
This process ends when the user turns off the menu server 4 '.

Next, the procedure of the behavior analysis process (step S504 in FIG. 11) performed by the menu server 4 ′ will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.
When the behavior analysis process is started, first, the behavior analysis unit 452 analyzes the behavior tendency of the user of each portable terminal 2 based on the movement history stored in the history storage unit 464 (S601), and according to the analysis result. Then, behavior tendency information indicating the user's behavior tendency is assigned to each mobile terminal 2 (S602), and the assigned behavior tendency information is stored in the behavior information storage unit 466 for each mobile terminal 2 (S603). The process ends.

  Here, the behavior trend analysis performed in step S601 of FIG. 12 can use, for example, a method described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2009-43057. That is, the movement history of the mobile terminal 2 is regarded as a user's action history, and when it stays at the same place on weekdays, the place is estimated as a workplace, and when it stays at the same place at night, that place Is estimated to be home. In addition, if there is a spot that stays for a certain period of time (about 30 minutes) in the lunch hour (12:00 to 14:00), etc., by comparing the spot with the map data, Get information about your preferences.

  In step S602 of FIG. 12, according to the analysis result of the movement history as described above regarding each mobile terminal 2, “going to eat out”, “hobbies are OO”, “commuting time is XX hours or more”, etc. are determined in advance. The behavior tendency information indicating the behavior tendency of the user is given to each mobile terminal 2. A plurality of behavior tendency information may be given to the same mobile terminal 2.

  Next, the procedure of the item information creation process (2) (step S507 in FIG. 11) performed by the menu server 4 'will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  When the process is started, the terminal specifying unit 444 ′ determines whether or not there is another mobile terminal 2 that is in the service area where the processing target terminal exists and is given the same behavior tendency information as the processing target terminal. Determine (S701), and if it exists (S701, Yes), specify another mobile terminal 2 that is in the service area where the processing target terminal exists and is given the same behavior tendency information as the processing target terminal (S702).

  Steps S703 to S707 other than the above are the same as steps S403 to S407 shown in FIG.

  In the flowcharts shown in FIG. 11 to FIG. 13, the menu server 4 ′ sets menu items to the mobile terminal 2 in a predetermined area sequentially by setting the terminal in one area as a processing target terminal. Although the configuration is such that the information is transmitted, the present invention is not limited to this, and the same menu item information may be transmitted to all the mobile terminals 2 in a predetermined area at a time.

  Further, in step S701 of FIG. 13, the terminal specifying unit 444 ′ specifies another mobile terminal 2 to which the same action tendency information as that of the processing target terminal is specified. Another mobile terminal 2 having the trend information may be specified. For example, behavior tendency information such as “I often go to Western restaurants”, “I often go out to eat out”, and “Hobbies eat and walk” can be handled as similar behavior tendency information. Specifically, a list of behavior tendency information to be treated as similar in advance is stored in the storage unit 46 ′, and in step S701 of FIG. 13, the information is referred to and another portable terminal having similar behavior tendency information is stored. 2 can be specified.

  In step S705 of FIG. 13, the extraction unit 448 extracts the menu item selected in the service area from the selection menu information received by the selection information reception unit 446, as in step S405 of FIG. In addition, a menu item corresponding to the behavior tendency information given to the processing target terminal may be further extracted from the extracted menu items. For example, when the behavior tendency information “I often go to Western restaurants” is given, the menu item “Route search to the nearest Italian restaurant” may be extracted.

  Specifically, correspondence information storage means for storing correspondence information indicating correspondence between each behavior tendency information and a predetermined menu item related to the behavior tendency information is provided in the storage unit 46 ′, and FIG. In step S705, by referring to the correspondence information stored in the correspondence information storage means, the menu corresponding to the action tendency information given to the processing target terminal from the selection menu history acquired from the other portable terminal 2 Items can be extracted.

  Here, the extracting means 448 uses each behavior tendency information for each behavior tendency information given to the portable terminal 2 in the predetermined area from the selection menu history acquired from the portable terminal 2 in the predetermined area. The menu item corresponding to may be extracted. In this case, the menu item information including the menu item corresponding to the behavior tendency information can be transmitted to the portable terminal 2 to which the same or similar behavior tendency information is given at a time.

  In addition, when there is no other portable terminal 2 existing in the same service area as the processing target terminal in step S701 in FIG. 13, or the same processing target terminal in the other portable terminals 2 existing in the service area. If there is no other portable terminal 2 having behavior tendency information (No in step S701 in FIG. 13), the item information creation process (2) is terminated without executing step S707 in FIG. 13, and the step in FIG. In step S508, the menu item information may not be transmitted.

  As described above, according to the first or second embodiment, when one mobile terminal 2 transmits terminal information, the menu server 4 or 4 ′ is a predetermined area where the one mobile terminal 2 exists. Menu item information indicating that the menu item that has been selected in the other mobile terminal 2 is acquired from the other mobile terminal 2 in the mobile terminal 2 and the acquired menu item is displayed as a menu item to be displayed in the mobile terminal 2 To the one portable terminal 2. Thereby, each portable terminal 2 can promptly display an optimal menu item corresponding to the current position without a user performing a special operation.

  Note that menu items that do not use position information, for example, including setting menu items may be displayed as menu items. Further, there may be a menu item for changing the display position and a menu item for not changing the display position. Menu items that do not change the display position may be displayed at a specific display position, or the user may determine the display position.

  In the embodiment, the menu item that has been selected in the other mobile terminal 2 is acquired and transmitted to the mobile terminal 2. In the menu server 4, the menu item is adapted to the characteristics of the service area. May be held in advance. For example, the menu server 4 searches for facilities existing in each service area and aggregates them for each genre, and creates peripheral search menu item information for many genres. As a result, it is possible to display the “search around the electric shop” menu item in the vicinity of Akihabara and the “search around the gas station” menu item in a service area such as a sightseeing spot in the suburbs. Furthermore, the menu items previously stored in the menu server 4 and the menu items acquired from other portable terminals 2 in the service area as in the embodiment may be displayed in combination.

  Further, not only the menu item corresponding to the current position but also a menu item having similar behavior tendency information may be extracted. At that time, the menu server 4 acquires and totals the menu items selected by the mobile terminal 2 to which the same or similar behavior tendency information is given in advance, regardless of the service area, A predetermined number of menu items can be extracted from the top by sorting. Thus, for example, when the behavior tendency information that the user frequently goes to the Western restaurant is given, the “popular“ Western restaurant ”ranking”, “the secret information of the“ Western restaurant ”, etc.” may be displayed. it can. Thereby, a menu item suitable for the user's preference can be displayed. Furthermore, the menu items previously collected by the menu server 4 and the menu items acquired from other portable terminals 2 in the service area as in the embodiment may be displayed in combination.

  Further, the menu item has been described in the case where the menu item information is transmitted from the menu server 4 in response to a request from the mobile terminal 2, but the menu item information is transmitted from the menu server 4 to the mobile terminal 2 without a request from the mobile terminal 2. May be transmitted.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1, 1 '... Menu display system, 2 ... Portable terminal, 4, 4' ... Menu server, 22, 42 ... Communication part, 24 ... Operation display part, 26 ... GPS Module, 28... Control unit, 30, 46, 46 '... storage unit, 44, 44' ... processing unit, 282 ... terminal information transmission means, 284 ... item information reception means, 286 ... display control means, 288 ... selection information transmission means, 302 ... selection history storage means, 442 ... terminal information reception means, 444,444 '... terminal identification means, 446 ... selection Information receiving means, 448 ... extraction means, 450 ... item information transmission means, 452 ... action analysis means, 462 ... area storage means, 464 ... history storage means, 466 ... action information Storage means.

Claims (5)

A menu display system comprising a mobile terminal and a menu server that is communicably connected to the mobile terminal , specifies an area to which the mobile terminal belongs, and transmits menu item information to the mobile terminal in the specified area. And
Before Ki携 band terminal, a terminal information receiving means for receiving the terminal information containing the identification information of the current position information and the terminal,
A terminal specifying means for specifying an area to which the mobile terminal belongs based on position information included in the terminal information received by the terminal information receiving means and identification information of the terminal , and for specifying the mobile terminal in the area ; ,
From Ki携 zone terminal before said terminal identifying means has identified a selection information receiving means for receiving a selection menu information indicating a menu item associated with a specific function selected by the mobile terminal,
Of the menu items included in the selected menu information, extract the menu item selected in the area, create menu item information based on the menu item extracted redundantly,
The menu item information created, the item information transmitting means for transmitting the Ki携 band terminal before said terminal identifying means of the region has been identified,
And the menu server having a,
The portable terminal comprising a display unit that is communicably connected to the menu server and displays the menu item,
The display unit displays the menu item received from the menu server separately from the menu item predetermined on the mobile terminal;
A menu display system . In the menu display system according to claim 1,
A menu display system in which the selection menu information received by the selection information receiving means includes position information indicating the position of the portable terminal when the menu item is selected for each menu item selected by a user. In the menu display system according to claim 1,
The terminal information includes time information indicating a time when the mobile terminal is present at a position indicated by current position information,
The menu server stores history information and time information included in the terminal information received by the terminal information receiving means as a movement history of the mobile terminal;
Based on the movement history stored in the said history storage means, over the previous Ki携 band terminal, a behavior analysis means for applying a behavioral tendency information representative of the behavior tendency of the user before Ki携 band terminal,
Have
The terminal specifying means is further provided with the predetermined behavior tendency information predetermined as the same behavior tendency information or similar behavior tendency information from among the mobile terminals in a predetermined area. A menu display system that identifies mobile devices. In the menu display system according to claim 3,
The menu server, the correspondence information storage means for storing correspondence information indicating a correspondence relationship between predetermined said menu items related to the behavior tendency information and the behavior trend information,
Based on the correspondence information stored in the correspondence information storage means, an extraction for extracting a related menu item for each behavior tendency information from the menu items included in the selection menu information received by the selection information receiving means Means,
Have
The item information transmission means includes a menu item corresponding to the behavior tendency information extracted by the extraction means for the portable terminal that is in a predetermined area and is given the same behavior tendency information. A menu display system that transmits menu item information. In the menu display system according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The menu server has area storage means for storing area information indicating a geographical position of a predetermined area;
The terminal specifying unit is a menu display system that specifies the portable terminal based on region information stored in the region storage unit.

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