JP7419622B2 - Terminal with information provision software and communication function - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to information providing software that provides information from one user to another.

In recent years, with the development of the information society, people's communication has become more diverse. In addition to telephone calls, virtual communication tools that use various telecommunication lines are becoming widespread, such as video calls, email and other message functions. Under these circumstances, as the convenience of virtual communication tools improves, the value of real communication where people meet face-to-face is increasing.

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2006-172333

Considering the importance of such real communication, Patent Document 1 (Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2006-172333) states that ``The matching system includes a GPS positioning unit 102 that calculates position information at predetermined intervals, and a mobile communication terminal 100. a short-range communication unit 108 that performs short-range communication between the two and acquires identification information of the other party; a matching mode transition condition storage unit 110A that maintains a predetermined space for transitioning from a communication state to a matching mode; and position information of a mobile communication terminal. is located in a predetermined space, a matching mode transition control unit 111B determines to transition to matching mode, activates a short-range communication unit, and transmits the other party's identification information and self-identification information to the information server; It includes a database that holds profile information and matching conditions transmitted from the terminal for each identification information, and a matching determination unit 203 that refers to the database, determines the degree of matching of the other party's profile information with the matching conditions, and sends a reply. ” (see abstract).

Problems that the invention aims to solve

In the technology of Patent Document 1, after performing short-range communication between mobile communication terminals and transitioning to matching mode, identification information of the other party and self is transmitted to an information server using short-range communication, and the mobile communication terminals match the matching conditions of the mobile communication terminal. The matching determination result is sent to the own mobile communication terminal.
That is, the mobile communication terminal communicates with an unspecified number of users within a predetermined range of its own mobile communication terminal, and determines users who match its own matching conditions. The purpose is to identify users who match one's own matching conditions, and there is no consideration of how to build a relationship with the identified users. In real communication, it is difficult to establish communication simply by meeting one's own matching conditions, and it is not easy to communicate with a matching partner who matches one's one-sided matching conditions.
That is, the prior art disclosed in Patent Document 1 is aimed at finding a partner who matches one's matching conditions, and does not take into consideration real communication with the matched partner or what happens after the meeting.
The present invention aims to provide a means to enhance communication between users after they meet face-to-face.

Means to solve problems

An example of the information providing software according to the present invention is information providing software that has a storage section in which predetermined information is stored and a control section that provides the information stored in the storage section to other software. , the control unit stores the first user specified information specified by the first user in the storage unit; and the user identification process specifies a second user within a predetermined range of the first user. , a confirmation step of confirming with the first user that the first user-specified information will be sent to the identified second user; and a confirmation step that confirms that the first user-specified information will be sent to the identified second user. meeting information storage for storing meeting information in the storage unit, including information indicating that the first user and the second user have met, and information on the date and time when the first user specified information is transmitted. and a transmitting step of transmitting the first user designation information and meeting information to the identified second user.

Effect of the invention

According to the present invention, it is possible to enhance communication between users after they meet face-to-face.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a relationship in which information providing software of the present invention communicates with a server using a mobile phone communication network. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a user interface of the information providing software of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a user interface of the information providing software of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a user interface of the information providing software of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a user interface of the information providing software of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a user interface of the information providing software of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a user interface of the information providing software of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a communication procedure between the information providing software of the present invention and a server.

Hereinafter, embodiments and examples will be described using the drawings, but when the same reference numerals are used in different drawings, they have the same configuration, and therefore the description will be omitted.
An embodiment of the present invention will be described using FIG. A server 100s, a communication terminal 100a on which the information providing software of the present invention (hereinafter also referred to as an information providing application) can be used, and a communication terminal 100b in which the information providing software is installed communicate with each other via a mobile phone communication network 100z. It is connected to the. The network 100z can be implemented as long as it is connected to the Internet via a mobile phone network, wireless communication, or the like. The information providing software can be implemented as long as it can be installed on the communication terminals 100a and 100b or accessed via a web browser. The implementation method is not limited to these methods, and any other possible implementation method may be used.

Examples of the function of the information providing software of the present invention for transmitting user information will be described below using FIGS. 2 to 4, and the functions of receiving user information of the information providing software will be described using FIGS. 5 to 7. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a user interface of the information providing software 120a installed in the communication terminal 100a of FIG. 1. That is, the input and output screens of the information providing software 120a displayed on the display unit of the communication terminal 100a are shown. Each of the communication terminals 100a and 100b is provided with a touch panel type display section, and the touch panel is both an input section and an output section for displaying images, character strings, etc.; , a user interface, a display section, an input section, or an output section. Further, the first user is also called user A, and the second user is also called user B.

First user information 210a indicating information on user A who uses the information providing software 120a, second user information 210b indicating information on users who have exchanged information with the user, and third user information 210c. shown. Furthermore, if the number of users who have exchanged information with the first user is large, other users are further displayed at the bottom, and the user information can be confirmed by scrolling or the like. At this time, by tapping the photo or icon shown on the left side of the second user information 210b, the enlarged photo or icon can be displayed. Further, by tapping the items "User B" and "...", detailed information about User B, comments set in advance by User B, etc. can be displayed in detail.

Three icons are shown in the function column 220, and when the person icon on the left side is tapped, the user information shown in FIG. 2 is displayed. Furthermore, when the map icon in the center is tapped, the map function shown in FIG. 4 is displayed, as will be explained using FIG. 4. Additionally, icons with other functions can be placed on the right side.
By tapping the first user information 210a, the user A can transition to the screen shown in FIG. 3. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a user interface for setting information sent by user A to other users who use the information providing software of the present invention.

FIG. 3 shows first user specified information 320a, 320b, and 320c that user A desires to transmit to other users. Also shown is date and time information 310a on which the first user specification information was specified, which is the date on which these first user specification information 320a, 320b, and 320c were specified. Next, in the lower part of FIG. 3, past designated date and time information 310b in which user A designated past first user designated information 320d that he wishes to transmit to another user is shown.

Further, the first user specified information 320a, 320b, and 320c each display a photo, a greeting card, a web URL and a screenshot of a part thereof, or a part of the web content to which the URL is accessed. The information is not limited to these examples, and any electronic information such as moving images, audio, text data, etc. can be specified. These first user specification information 320a, 320b, and 320c are information in which user A's desired date and time indicated in the specified date and time information 310a is registered in advance. When User A directly meets other users, User A can provide this information to other users, and the other users that User A has met can discuss these contents, and after the actual meeting. communication can be improved.

In other words, user A registers the first user specified information 320a, 320b, 320c that he wants to convey to others, and the date and time information 310a specified by the first user specified information is displayed together as the registration date. ing. Further, past information is displayed in the column of past specified date and time information 310b. What User A wants to tell now is displayed in the column of date and time information 310a, and what he wanted to tell in the past is displayed in the column of date and time information 310b specified in the past. What the user A has said or wanted to say can be displayed all at once, and communication between the user A and the other users can be activated. Furthermore, by collectively displaying the information discussed in the past, it is possible to prevent the topics discussed in the past from being provided redundantly, which further improves the communication efficiency between user A and other users.

Next, a method for detecting the position of user B will be explained using FIG. 4. FIG. 4 shows a screen that changes when the map icon shown in FIG. 2 is tapped. Furthermore, if the communication terminals 100a and 100b shown in FIG. 1 are terminals that can each acquire location information without touching the map icon, and the other communication terminal exists within a predetermined range of one communication terminal, , the screen shown in FIG. 4 can be displayed as if it were interrupted by another screen.
In FIG. 4, a crossroads map 400 is shown on the upper side. The map 400 shows a pin icon 410a indicating the position of user A, a broken line 420 indicating a predetermined distance from the pin icon 410a, and a pin icon 410b indicating the position of user B located within the broken line 420. A broken line 420 indicates that user B is within a predetermined range of user A who uses the information providing software 120a.

If the predetermined range of the dashed line 420 is set to a small value while taking into account the identification error of the location information, the user A and the user B are shown to be meeting face-to-face. At this time, user A can permit user B to transmit the first user specified information 320a, 320b, and 320c specified in FIG. 3 using the transmission confirmation unit 430.
By tapping the "YES" button on the transmission confirmation section 430 of the user A, the first user specified information 320a and the like are transmitted from the user A to the user B within a predetermined range. As a result, user A can transmit what he wants to convey to user B whom he has met in person, and user B, who has received the message, can ask questions about the topic, so that smooth communication can be achieved. An example of detailed communication processing will be described later using FIG. 8.

Next, FIG. 5 describes the information providing software 120b used by user B. Although the information providing software 120b also has the functions described in FIGS. 2 to 4, the process by which user B receives the first user specified information 320a, 320b, and 320c from user A will be described using FIG.
Information about user B who uses the information providing software 120b is shown in 510b. This screen is displayed when user A and user B are within a predetermined range, as explained in FIG. 4. Further, the reception confirmation unit 530, which is a user-specified information reception interface, displays the user A's icon, the user A's name, and the user A's comment.

Furthermore, a reception confirmation section 530 for confirming whether or not to receive the first user specified information that is about to be sent from user A is displayed, and by tapping "YES", user B can receive the first user specified information. Information 210a can be received.

At this time, the details will be explained using FIG. 8, but not only the first user specified information 320a, 320b, 320c, but also the date and time information indicating that the user A and the user B met, and the first user Information on the date and time at which the designation information 320a, 320b, and 320c will be transmitted is also received. The date and time information indicating that the meeting occurred and the transmitted date and time information are collectively referred to as meeting information.

After user B taps the "YES" button on the reception confirmation unit 530, user A's information providing software 120a receives the tapped information, generates face-to-face information, and sends the information to user B's information providing software 120b. First user specification information 320a, 320b, 320c specified in advance and the generated meeting information are transmitted.

By performing a confirmation process in which user B taps "YES" or "NO" on the reception confirmation section 530, it is possible to prevent user A from being mistaken for another user. In other words, user B can confirm that the information is about user A, who is directly facing him, and can prevent him from accidentally receiving information about a third party. This can prevent malicious users from indiscriminately sending images and URLs to third parties and other users from receiving them.

Next, a screen that displays the meeting information received by user B and the first user specified information 320a, 320b, and 320c will be described using FIG. 6.
In FIG. 6, from top to bottom, the information providing software 120b used by user B includes second user information 210b regarding user B, first user information 210a regarding user A, and information on the date and time of the meeting. Included meeting information 315f and first user specified information 320a, 320b, and 320c are displayed.

This screen is information transmitted from the information providing software 120a used by user A after user B taps "YES" on reception confirmation section 530 shown in FIG. In other words, by confirming "YES" in the reception confirmation unit 530, what the user A wants to convey or what he wants to talk about with the user B is delivered to the information providing software 120b used by the user B. be.

Here, meeting information 315f is displayed together with first user specified information 320a, 320b, and 320c. This meeting information 315f is a general term for date and time information indicating that the meeting occurred and information on the date and time to be transmitted, but it is sufficient if information on either one of the dates and times is shown.

The information indicating that the two have met may be generated based on the case where the information providing software 120a receives information when "YES" is tapped on the reception confirmation section 530. In this case, it can be said that the meeting was confirmed based on the person receiving the information. Furthermore, if it is the date and time of transmission, information on the date and time of transmission can be generated based on the time when user A wishes to transmit or actually transmits. In this case, it is possible to set the time based on the sending side, so even if the sending attempt fails, the sending side still has the time to send, so the first user-specified information can be set later. Even if 320a or the like is transmitted, the date and time when user A and user B met can be specified by reading the date and time information when the transmission failed.

As a result, the content that user A wants to talk about and the date and time information when the information was directly received from user A are stored and displayed in the information providing software 120b used by user B. Therefore, user B can know what user A has said, and when user B and user A meet face-to-face, communication can be improved using these contents 320a, 320b, and 320c.

In addition, when user B meets user A next time, by checking the meeting information 315f before meeting user A, user B can remember the date and time of the past meeting and the contents of the conversation with user A, and talk about the last meeting. can speak easily. In addition, since you can confirm in advance what you talked about when you met in the past, you can start talking about other topics without repeating things, making it possible to communicate efficiently.

Next, a user interface for confirming that user A has directly met user C will be described using FIG. 7. FIG. 7 shows the information providing software 120a, and third user information 210c is displayed below the first user information 210a.

At the bottom of the third user information 210c, first user specification information 320d is displayed together with meeting information 315g. This face-to-face information 315g indicates the date when user A and user C met face-to-face last time, and first user specification information 320d specifies content that user A wants to convey to user C before the date shown in face-to-face information 315g. This shows that the Further, at the bottom, first user specified information 320e is displayed together with meeting information 315h. This face-to-face information 315h indicates the date when user A and user C met before the date shown in face-to-face information 315g, and the first user specified information 320e is conveyed by user A to user C before the date shown in face-to-face information 315h. This indicates that you have specified the desired content.

Furthermore, as a modified example, if past date and time information indicating that the first user and the second user met in the past than the date and time information is stored in the storage unit of the information providing software, Other user specification information specified by the first user from the date and time included in the past date and time information to the date and time included in the date and time information can also be transmitted together. In this case, it is also possible to indicate that there is something that the first user wants to convey, using a different display from the meeting information 315g and 315h. In other words, if the first user has specified information that he or she wants to convey between the day they met in the past and the day they meet now, that information can be expressed in a different way than on the day they met, and the second user's This means that it can be displayed on the information providing software 120b. This allows the second user to know the topics that the first user wanted to talk about on days when the two users are not together, and can stimulate communication.

By displaying the first user specified information 320d and 320e together with the meeting information 315g and 315h, the user A can confirm the topics of the meeting with the user C in the past. As mentioned above, it is possible to communicate based on the topic of the last meeting, and it is also possible to communicate without duplicating past topics. Furthermore, real communication can be made more efficient by having information about past meetings between the user and the communication partner, making it possible to recall from memory the record of the last meeting, what was said, or the contents of what was said. As a result, users of the information providing software according to the present invention can communicate more smoothly than ever before. In turn, it is possible to realize a new form of communication that has never existed before.

Next, a procedure in which the first information providing software 120a communicates with the second information providing software 120b via the server 100z will be described using FIG. 8. The base of the arrow indicates the sending source, and the tip of the arrow indicates the receiving source. Since the description of the drawings omits the reference numerals of the transmission source and other components, a supplementary explanation will be provided below with the addition of the transmission source and the reference numerals.

In advance, the first information providing software 120a transmits first user specification information (320a, etc.) set for user A to the server 100z (S1010). Next, the location information of the communication terminal 100a linked to the first information providing software 120a is transmitted to the server 100z (S1020). At this time, the location information of the communication terminal 100a is determined by specifying or separately inputting the location information of the communication terminal 100a such as GPS (Global Positioning System), GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System), wireless communication with a base station of a mobile phone communication network, etc. It may be anything that can be input by any means. Alternatively, a combination of these may be used. The location information of the second communication terminal 100b linked to the second information providing software 120b is transmitted to the server 100z (S1030). Note that S1020 and S1030 can be performed in the reverse order, and the positions of the communication terminals 100a and 100b on which the first information providing software 120a and the second information providing software 120b are installed are specified before the next step S1040. That's fine.

Next, the server 100z transmits to the first information providing software 120a that the second communication terminal 100b is within a predetermined range of the first communication terminal 100a (S1040). Upon receiving a request from the first information providing software 120a, the server 100z may notify that the communication terminal 100b of the information providing software 120b exists within a predetermined range of the communication terminal 100a of the first information providing software 100a. . In other words, pull-type information distribution can be performed. As a result, the user A of the first information providing software 100a has directly met the user B of the second information providing software 100a, and the user A transmits the first specified information 320a etc. to the user B who is directly meeting. becomes possible. Furthermore, even if there is no request from the information providing software 120a, if the server side has the location information of the communication terminal 100a and the communication terminal 100b, if the other exists within a predetermined range based on one of them, can also perform push-type information distribution.

User A transmits to the server information that the user A desires to transmit, such as the first user specified information 320a, to the user B with whom the user A directly meets (S1050). By meeting face-to-face, user A can send web information, photos, etc. that he or she wants to convey or discuss to the person in front of him, thereby preventing erroneous transmission.

Next, user A transmits information that user A wishes to transmit to user B, such as the first user specified information 320a, to the second information providing software (S1060). That is, this is a step of confirming with user B whether or not to receive user A's information. By performing confirmation, erroneous transmission can be prevented. This step corresponds to the "YES" or "NO" button of the reception confirmation unit 530 shown in FIG. At this time, the reception confirmation unit 530 can provide an opportunity for user B to judge whether or not to receive the message by showing a part of the web, a part of the photo, or something that has been processed such as blurring. . In this case, this can be implemented by storing the first designation information 320a etc. in advance in the server 100z and performing processing such as blurring in the section.

After that, user B transmits information that he/she wishes to receive, such as the first user specification information 320a, to the server 100z (S1070). In other words, this is a process in which user B returns information that authorizes reception in response to user A's transmission request.

Then, the server 100z transmits information that user B desires to receive, such as the first user specification information 320a, to the information providing software 120a (S1080).

The information providing software 120a that has received the information that the user B desires to receive, such as the first user specified information 320a, generates the meeting information 315f shown in FIG. 6. The generated meeting information 315f, the date and time when the first user specified information 320a, etc. are to be transmitted, and information specifying the first user specified information 320a, etc. to be transmitted are transmitted to the server 100z (S1090).

Note that if the information providing software 100a transmits the first user specified information 320a, etc. to the server 100z in advance in S1010, and the first user specified information 320a, etc. is stored in the server 100z, the process proceeds to S1090, which will be described later. Therefore, the information provider 00a can eliminate the need to transmit the first user specified information 320a and the like to the server 100z. In other words, the information providing software 100a transmits the target information to be transmitted in S1100 by simply sending an instruction to the server 100z to transmit the first information providing software 320a to be transmitted to the information providing software 100b. I can do it.

In this case, the amount of information transmitted in step S1090 becomes smaller, so communication errors can be prevented. Moreover, not only can the processing speed be improved, but also the transmission waiting time can be reduced, so that user B can know user A's information more quickly. In turn, communication between users can be made more active.

In other words, to summarize the steps and interface operations described above, the control section of the information providing software performs a user specified information storage step of storing first user specified information specified by the first user in the storage section; A user identification step of identifying a second user within a predetermined range of the first user; and a confirmation step of confirming to the first user that the first user specified information is to be sent to the identified second user. If it is confirmed in the confirmation process that the first user-specified information is to be transmitted, information indicating that the first user and the second user have met and the first user-specified information are transmitted. a meeting information storage step of storing meeting information including date and time information in a storage unit; and a sending step of transmitting the first user designated information and the meeting information to the identified second user. It is something to do.

Communication is not something where only one party discloses information to the other party or only one party obtains information from the other party, but rather it is established when both parties disclose their own information to each other. Therefore, it is important to disclose the information you have disclosed to others. However, in the conventional technology, it was considered that oneself unilaterally acquires information of another person. On the other hand, the present invention provides an information disclosure means different from the prior art by mutually disclosing oneself. This allows you to have real communication and build relationships of trust with others. In other words, it becomes possible to accelerate or strengthen real communication, which was not possible with conventional technology.

A first user using a communication terminal 100a with the information providing software 120a installed sends the first user specified information 320a etc. to a second user using the communication terminal 100b with the information providing software 120b installed. An example of transmitting the following will be described.

In the embodiment described above, the first user specification information 320a is transmitted from the first user, whose representative example is user A, to the second user, whose representative example is user B. By performing the step of transmitting the information from the information providing software 120b to the information providing software 120a, information is transmitted, and as a result, information can be exchanged.

Further, in S1050 to S1100, the information can be read as not only being transmitted from the first user to the second user but also mutually exchanging information. In this case, after the second user confirms that the information will be exchanged without repeating the transmission process twice, the server 100z sends the second user specified information (not shown) to the information providing software 120a in S1100. By mutually transmitting the first user specified information 320a, etc. to the information providing software 120b, information exchange becomes possible. In this case, the confirmation process is performed only once, which facilitates communication.

In Embodiment 1, the method of using location information and two-dimensional codes of the communication terminals 100a and 100b was explained, but there is also an implementation that confirms that they have met directly and prevents information from being sent to an unexpected third party. Let's discuss an example.

Methods that use either location information or 2D code reading, etc., include falsifying location information or sending 2D codes between users who do not meet face-to-face using email or message exchange applications. It may be possible to do so.

Prevent communication with third parties, an unspecified number of users, and users outside the specified range by using means of physically approaching communication within a specified range of location information and by reading two-dimensional codes can do.

In the third embodiment, the first user is not a natural person, and a function such as a beacon that can deliver information within a predetermined period of time will be described. Here, the first user specification information can be specified in advance, for example, information on events to be held around the beacon, information on the surrounding environment, or information such as coupons. In this case, it is possible to request that the first user specification information in S1050 shown in FIG. 8 be automatically distributed to the second users within a predetermined range. Thereby, information can be provided to the second user who approaches an event, store, or the like.

Each of the configurations of the embodiments described above is an example of the present invention, and even if some parts are changed from each other, the configurations can be implemented without departing from the technical idea of the present invention.

120a, 120b...Information providing software, 210a...First user information, 210b...Second user information, 210c...Third user information, 310a...Date and time information, 320a...Date and time information specified in the past, 320a , 320b, 320c...first user specified information

Claims (3)

A first communication terminal used by a first user, a second communication terminal used by a second user, and a communication terminal that communicates with the first communication terminal or the second communication terminal via a network. An information providing system comprising a server,
The server is
acquired by means for acquiring first user specified information specified in advance by the first user from the first communication terminal and position information of the first communication terminal provided in the first communication terminal; and second location information obtained from the second communication terminal by a means for obtaining location information of the second communication terminal provided in the second communication terminal. receive,
When it is specified that the first communication terminal and the second communication terminal exist within a predetermined range based on the first location information and the second location information,
After receiving first information from the first communication terminal to the effect that the first user is permitted to transmit the first user specified information, a part of the first user specified information or Generating fully processed processed information and information on the date and time when transmitting the first user specified information is permitted,
transmitting the processed information to the second communication terminal;
After receiving second information from the second communication terminal to the effect that the second user is permitted to receive the first user specified information, the first user and the second user generate face-to-face information indicating that they met face-to-face,
transmitting one or more of the face-to-face information or the date and time information and the first user specified information to the second communication terminal;
An information provision system featuring: In the information providing system according to claim 1,
The meeting information may further include the first location information or the second location information.
An information provision system featuring: In the information providing system according to claim 1,
When the server stores information on the date and time of a meeting between the first user and the second user that was generated in the past before the time when the date and time information was generated; teeth,
The server transmits information to the second communication terminal from another person specified by the first user between the time when the information on the date and time of the past meeting was generated and the time when the information on the date and time was generated. Submit user-specified information
An information provision system featuring:

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