JP2009129002A - Information processor, program for information processor and information notification method for information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To select and notify a notification target effective to a user in consideration of positional relation between a present position of the user and the notification target having acquired data. <P>SOLUTION: This information processor has: a communication part for receiving a content transmitted from an information provision source device; a data storage processing part for classifying the received content and storing it as the acquired data; a notification part for notifying the user about notification information; a position information acquisition part for acquiring information for specifying the present position of the user; an input part for inputting setting data including a notification information determination condition for determining the notification information; and a notification information processing part for selecting the acquired data satisfying the notification information determination condition of the acquired data by use of the information for specifying the present position, and determining and generating the notification information related to the selected acquired data. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, and in particular, information having an information communication function or the like that acquires various information transmitted via a network and stores and broadcasts the acquired information and positional information in relation to each other. The present invention relates to a processing apparatus.

Conventionally, if a coupon issued by a store or the like is presented to the store, a service that enables discounts, preferential purchases or priority reservations of the products of the store has been performed.
The coupon includes a paper coupon attached to a magazine or the like, an electronic coupon attached to an e-mail, and the like.
For example, if the name of a store, address, map, telephone number, discounted product name, discount amount, etc. are listed on a paper coupon, the user who wants to receive the benefits such as the coupon must enter the coupon By using the information as a clue to find the location of the desired store, go to that store, and submit the coupon, you can receive a discount when purchasing the target product.

In addition, when an electronic coupon is transmitted to a mobile phone that is one of information processing devices, the user himself / herself searches for the store using information on the target store transmitted together with the electronic coupon and displays the electronic coupon. If presented at the store, the same service as a paper coupon can be received.
Since it is not necessary to cut and carry the coupon coupon like a paper coupon, the electronic coupon is highly convenient for the user and can be used in various media formats (for example, characters, graphics, still images, photos, videos). Since it can provide to a user, a user's attention level can also be raised.
JP 2002-236838 A JP 2003-263582 A

However, there is a high possibility that the user will lose the paper coupon, and management is troublesome when a large number of coupons are brought.
In the case of a conventional electronic coupon, for example, it is possible to store a large number of electronic coupons in the memory of a mobile phone, and there is no worry about physical loss, but a desired electronic coupon is searched and displayed on the screen. Sometimes it took time.

  In addition, information about the store that issued the coupon (store name, address, telephone number, map, etc.) can be stored in memory, but the user can perform specific operations by himself. It is necessary to check desired information (for example, a map) on the screen of the mobile phone. The more information on the coupon, the more time and effort it takes to find the desired information, and the burden on the user for information retrieval is increased. There was a problem of being big.

In particular, the information attached to the electronic coupon can be confirmed only when it is displayed on the screen of a mobile phone, for example, except when the user is familiar with memorization.
When the user goes to the desired store for the first time, it is possible to search while displaying the saved map on the screen, but if you are a user who is unfamiliar with the surrounding geography, you will be in the immediate vicinity However, it may not be noticed, and it may take time to find a store.

In addition, if you store the electronic coupon of the store to use the electronic coupon of a certain store, but do not know the location of the store, even if you happen to pass in front of the store, without knowing the store In some cases, it passed by and lost the opportunity to use the electronic coupon of the store.
In addition, even if you enter a store where you can use electronic coupons, if you find it difficult to search because there are many coupons stored, or if you forget that you can use electronic coupons, Since it was not able to present, the goods of the store may be purchased without receiving the privilege of a coupon.

As described above, in the conventional coupon usage system, in order to use a coupon, it is necessary to carry and carry many paper-based coupons, troublesome search operations for electronic coupons, and the burden on the user. In some cases, the use of coupons was impaired.
Therefore, when using a coupon, a coupon usage mode that reduces the burden on the user and does not impair the opportunity to use the coupon in the positional relationship between the current location of the user having the information processing apparatus and the coupon target store is desired. .

  Also, today, not only electronic coupons but also multimedia information including various contents is transmitted from an information providing destination via a network. When storing information desired by the user in the portable terminal, the source of the information or the position where the information exists is also stored, and then the position of the stored information existing in the vicinity of the current position of the user is If the user can be easily informed without burdens such as a search operation, the convenience of the user can be improved. Furthermore, if the opportunity for the user to use the coupon increases and the number of times the user's information is used increases, the use value of the information etc. will also improve, and it will bring economic effects to those who provide the coupon and information. Is possible.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, by using various acquisition data and position information, to reduce the burden on the user when using acquisition data such as electronic coupons, It is an object of the present invention to provide an information processing apparatus that can improve convenience.

The present invention relates to a communication unit that receives content transmitted from an information providing source device, a data storage processing unit that classifies the received content and stores it as acquired data, and a notification unit that notifies the user of notification information A position information acquisition unit for acquiring information for specifying the current position of the user, an input unit for inputting setting data including notification information determination conditions for determining the notification information, and information for specifying the current position And a notification information processing unit that selects acquisition data satisfying the notification information determination condition from among the acquired data and determines and generates notification information related to the selected acquisition data. A processing apparatus is provided.
According to this, since the notification information is determined based on the current position of the user and the input notification information determination condition, the notification information that satisfies the condition intended by the user can be notified from the acquired data. The burden on the user to use the data can be reduced.

Here, the notification information determination condition may include an upper limit distance corresponding to a radius of a circular area centered on the current position of the user.
Further, according to the present invention, the notification information processing unit reads the position information included in the stored acquired data, the position indicated by the information specifying the current position, and the position indicated by the read position information A position confirmation unit that calculates the distance, a notification information determination unit that selects acquisition data in which the distance calculated by the position confirmation unit is smaller than an upper limit distance included in the notification information determination condition, and the selected acquisition data A notification information generation unit that generates notification information to be notified to the user.
According to this, it is possible to notify the notification target related to the acquisition data existing at a position relatively close to the current position of the user, and it is possible to further improve the convenience of the user when using the acquisition data. In addition, when the user is near the notification target, the notification about the notification target is made, so that the possibility of the user going to the notification target can be increased, and the loss of the opportunity to use the information about the notification target is reduced. be able to.

Further, the received content includes notification target specifying information for specifying a target to be notified to the user, and the notification target specifying information includes identification information of the notification target, position information, and coupon information, and is stored. The acquired data includes notification target specifying information.
When the notification information determination condition includes the presence or absence of coupon information issued by the notification target, the notification information determination unit includes the coupon information in the notification target specifying information in the stored acquired data. It is characterized by confirming whether or not and acquiring data including coupon information is selected.
At this time, it is preferable that the notification information generated by the notification information generation unit includes the position information and coupon information to be notified.
According to this, since it is possible to inform the user of the coupon information and position of the notification target for the notification target that exists relatively near the user's current position, forgetting to use the coupon can be prevented, and when using the coupon The convenience of the user can be improved and the use of the coupon can be promoted.

Further, the notification unit includes a display unit that displays the generated notification information so that the display unit can geographically understand the current position of the user and the position of the notification target included in the notification information. It is characterized by displaying. For example, if the current position and the position of the notification target are illustrated on the map of the display screen, the user can easily go to the notification target.
Furthermore, when the notification information includes coupon information to be notified, the display unit displays the information so that it can be understood that the notification target issues coupon information. According to this, it can notify a user easily that the alerting | reporting object has issued the coupon.

In addition, the input unit includes a selection unit capable of selecting the position of the notification target displayed on the display unit, and corresponds to the selected position when the position of the notification target is selected by the selection unit. The notification target specifying information to be notified is displayed on the display unit.
According to this, when a user makes a selection by his / her own intention, information on a notification target that the user wants to know can be displayed, and more effective notification can be performed.

Furthermore, the notification unit may include a voice output unit that outputs the generated notification information by voice.
Further, the position information acquisition unit may acquire information for specifying the current position using a position measurement function using GPS. According to this, even if the information processing apparatus is a portable terminal, the current position information can be acquired by wireless communication.

  The present invention also provides a communication function for receiving content transmitted from an information providing source device, a data storage processing function for classifying the received content and storing it as acquired data, and reporting notification information to the user. A notification function, a position information acquisition function for acquiring information for specifying the current position of the user, an input function for inputting setting data including notification information determination conditions for determining the notification information, and the current position are specified. In order to cause a computer to realize a notification information processing function that uses information to select acquisition data satisfying the notification information determination condition from among the acquisition data, and to determine and generate notification information related to the selected acquisition data A program for the information processing apparatus is provided.

  According to this invention, using the information specifying the current position of the user and the acquired data acquired from the received content, the notification information to be notified to the user is determined and generated based on the input notification information determination condition. Therefore, information that is effective for the user can be easily notified in relation to the current position where the user is located without imposing an operation burden on the user, and the convenience of the user when using the notification information can be improved. .

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, this invention is not limited by description of the following examples.
<Configuration of Information Processing Apparatus of the Invention>
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of an information processing apparatus according to the present invention.
The information processing apparatus 1 according to the present invention includes a communication unit 11 that receives various contents transmitted or broadcast from the information providing source apparatus 3 via the network 2, and further knows the current position of the information processing apparatus 1. The position information acquisition part 15 which receives the information which can be performed is provided.
The information processing apparatus 1 is an apparatus having a communication function capable of receiving such various types of information. For example, a portable terminal such as a notebook personal computer, a PDA, a mobile phone, a PHS, or a portable navigation apparatus can be used. .
Hereinafter, the information processing apparatus 1 of the present invention is also referred to as a portable terminal or simply a terminal TE.

  The communication unit 11 has a function of connecting to the Internet, a wired LAN, a wireless LAN, CATV and other communication lines capable of bidirectional communication, and further, digital content broadcast unidirectionally via the Internet or CATV. It is preferable to have a receivable connection function.

Here, the digital content is not only simple text information, audio, graphics, still images, and moving images, but also multimedia information in which these various types of information are mixed (for example, information that can be displayed by a web browser), unidirectionally. It means a radio broadcast program, a television broadcast program, a text broadcast program, etc. to be transmitted.
The information providing source device 3 means a server storing a large number of digital contents, a program broadcasting device of a broadcasting station, or the like. Hereinafter, the information providing source device 3 is also referred to as a server.

  In addition, since the information processing apparatus 1 of the present invention has a notification function for a moving user as will be described later, it is preferable that the information processing apparatus 1 is a portable and small portable terminal. It is preferable to have a function of wirelessly communicating with 2 and a so-called tuner function capable of selectively receiving a broadcast program.

The position information acquisition unit 15 has a function of receiving a radio wave for position specification sent by wireless communication, and has a function of calculating the current position of the terminal TE from the received radio wave.
For example, a position measurement function by so-called GPS (Global Positioning System) may be provided.
In addition, a position acquisition function may be provided that receives radio signals transmitted from position information transmitting apparatuses installed at a number of specific points in the city and specifies the current position of the terminal TE.
In particular, it is preferable to have such a position acquisition function in order to identify the current position when the user is in a place where a radio wave from a satellite used for GPS cannot be received (for example, in a building, underground mall, etc.). .
In the following embodiments, the position information acquisition unit 15 will be described as having a position measurement function using GPS in order to calculate the exact position of the terminal TE as much as possible.

  Data received by the communication unit 11 (referred to as acquisition data 23) and data generated from the radio signal received by the position information acquisition unit 15 (referred to as current position information 24) are stored in the storage unit 22. The

Here, the acquisition data 23 is digital content as described above, and includes various types of information. For example, when digital content of one store is received, in addition to character information (identification information to be notified) specifying the store, map information indicating the position, image information indicating an advertisement such as a bargain, and the state of the store The introduced video information, electronic coupon information, etc. are included.
These pieces of information correspond to notification target specifying information for specifying a target to be notified to the user.

The data received by the communication unit 11 is categorized by the acquired data classification unit 13 based on the classification of the preset information form, and in a form that can be used for future notification by the data storage processing unit 14. The converted data is stored in the storage unit 22 as acquired data 23.
The notification target can be any item included in the content, but also includes, for example, stores that sell products, buildings such as department stores, stations, parks, and bridges.

The current position information 24 includes, for example, longitude information and latitude information, and is stored in such a form that the current position of the terminal TE can be displayed on a map that is displayed on the display screen of the terminal TE at the time of notification later. It is preferable.
The current position information 24 is preferably acquired in real time in order to display and notify the current position that changes with the moving user as accurately as possible.

The input unit 12 is a part where the user sets and inputs information necessary for using the terminal TE. In addition to a keyboard, a numeric keypad, a dedicated button, a pointing device (mouse, trackball, pen, etc.), handwritten characters Graphic input, speech recognition input, etc. can be used.
Data input from the input unit 12 is stored in the storage unit 22 as setting data 25.
As the setting data 25, for example, personal information (name, address, gender, date of birth, telephone number, hometown) of the user, field information of interest to the user (for example, home appliances, meals, sports, books, clothes, etc.) ), Hobbies, occupations, etc.
The input data also includes setting data such as notification information determination conditions for determining information to be notified later, date and time information, distance information from the current position (upper limit distance), and the like.

For example, the distance information from the current position corresponds to a radius (eg, 500 m) of a circular area centered on the current position of the user, and a desired notification target existing within this radius is stored at the time of notification information processing. Used to select from the part 22.
Although details will be described later, for example, within the area of predetermined distance information (for example, 500 m) from the current position of the terminal TE in a state where the position information of ten stores is already stored in the storage unit 22 as the acquired data 23 If it is determined that the positions of three stores are included, only these three stores are selected as notification targets.

  However, if the display is rectangular and a rectangular map is displayed, the distance from the center to the vertex of the rectangle, centered on the intersection of the diagonals of the rectangle, is the distance information from the current position (upper limit distance) ). In this case, when it is assumed that the current position of the user is at the center of the rectangle, the half length of the diagonal line is distance information from the current position. Then, it is checked whether or not there is a store in the rectangular area, and the store in the rectangular area may be selected as a notification target.

Further, the input unit 12 may include a selection unit for selecting the position of the notification target in order to display more detailed information regarding the notified target.
As the selection unit, a pointing device can be used. For example, when the display unit is a touch panel, a pen can be used. Or when displaying a cursor on a display part, you may use the movement key and trackball which can move the cursor up and down, right and left. When such a selection unit is provided, for example, when the positions of three stores selected as notification targets are displayed on the display unit, if the position of one store is indicated with a pen, the acquired data of the store is used. The notification target specifying information that has already been stored can be read out and displayed on the display unit.
More specifically, among the notification target specific information of the store, information necessary for the user, for example, a store name, a telephone number, a closed day, a business type, etc. are displayed in the vicinity of the store position display. Can do. In addition, when the introduction movie or still image of the store is stored, the movie or still image may be reproduced.

The acquired data classification unit 13 is a part that classifies various data received by the communication unit 11 based on a classification of a predetermined information form. For example, the received data is one store information, which is multimedia information composed of characters, a map, and a movie, and information including identification data that indicates which part of the data is a character, a map, and a movie, respectively. In some cases, the character data portion, the map data portion, and the moving image data portion are each divided using the identification data as a clue.
In addition, information (name, address, telephone number, business hours, business classification, age group, etc.), location information of the store, and product discount information (coupon information) are specified in the character data portion. If it is included, the information is identified and extracted.

For example, if a Western restaurant information is received as a specific example, the received data includes the following information.
(1) Data start identification data: D01
(2) Store name: AAA
(3) Store industry: cafeteria (4) Industry subcategory: Western restaurant (5) Address: 1-15-1 ABCD-cho, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0011
(6) Phone number: 06-6111-1234
(7) Opening hours: Weekdays, 10: 00-20: 00
(8) Closed days: Sunday (9) Coupon information 1: 10% discount on all products (10) Coupon expiration date: Valid from 2007.5.1 to 5.5 (11) Product name (price): S01 (1000 yen) ), S02 (800 yen) ...
(12) Map: File 001
(13) Still image: store file 002, product image file 003
(14) Movie: Product introduction file 004
(15) Homepage URL: HTTP://abcd.jp/index.html/
(16) GPS information: latitude 12.34, longitude 156.78
(17) Data end identification data: D02

Here, when the GPS information (16) cannot be obtained directly, the GPS information can also be calculated from the address (5).
As described above, the acquired data classification unit 13 recognizes data from the data start identification data (D01) to the data end identification data (D02) as one data module, and further includes a plurality of data included therein. Are classified by assigning identification information (code) to each item (store name, store industry, etc.).

When it is known that these items are transmitted in a predetermined format in advance, the data of each item may be cut out based on the format. However, it is considered that the content that is broadcast is not always transmitted in this order and that not all items are included. In such a case, each item may be cut out by recognizing a characteristic portion such as a data array of each item from a series of transmitted content data.
For example, in the case of teletext, if the text data contains characters such as “city” or “ku”, the data before and after it is recognized as an address, and a series of numbers that look like an area code are counted. Is followed by a phone number, and if there is a character string pattern beginning with “http: //”, it may be recognized as a URL.

The data storage processing unit 14 converts the received data (2) to (16) thus classified into a form that can be read for each item, and stores the acquired data 23 in the storage unit 22.
In the above specific example, the data from items (2) to (10) is character data, and is stored in association with the identification code of each item.
Since items (12) to (14) are image data, for example, after compression processing, they are stored together with an identification code. Further, the GPS information of the item (16) is stored in a form that can be compared with the position information obtained by the position information acquisition unit 15.

In FIG. 1, the storage unit 22 is a memory that stores various types of information, for example, a memory that stores acquisition data 23, current position information 24, setting data 25, and the like.
A control program for controlling the operation of the terminal TE of the present invention is also stored in the storage unit 22. Such a storage unit 22 can be a semiconductor memory such as a RAM, a ROM, or a flash memory, a removable small medium such as an IC card memory, or a fixed storage medium such as a hard disk.
The acquired data 23 and the setting data 25 are stored in a nonvolatile rewritable memory.

The position confirmation unit 16 in FIG. 1 is a part that reads out information related to the position among the information included in the acquired data 23 and checks the relationship with the current position information 24.
For example, if the acquired data 23 includes GPS information (G001, G002,... G100) of 100 stores, the position indicated by each of the 100 GPS information, the position indicated by the current position information 24, and Distance L (L1, L2,... L100) is calculated.

This distance L indicates the distance between the current position where the user having the terminal TE is located and the location where each store has been stored, and by checking this distance L, the user can be located close to which store. I can see.
In addition to this distance L, for example, by considering the store industry in the acquired data, only the store of the industry preferred by the user is selected, and a plurality of stores are listed in order from the user's current position. You can also

  Further, if only the store having the coupon information is selected from among the listed stores by considering the coupon information 1 as described above, the user having the terminal TE in order from the current position to the user It is possible to notify only stores having coupon information (product discounts, etc.) at stores preferred by customers. Moreover, assuming that setting data (notification information determination condition) “notify stores with current coupon information in the industry (for example, meals) preferred by the user in the order closer to the current position” is set in advance, A desired store can be easily confirmed without performing any operation of searching for such a store in TE.

The distance L calculated by the position confirmation unit 16 is used by the notification information determination unit 17. The notification information determination unit 17 is a part that determines the content to be notified to the user using the distance calculated by the position confirmation unit 16 based on predetermined notification information determination conditions.
Various conditions for determining the content to be notified (notification information determination condition) are conceivable, but are stored in advance as setting data 25.

The determination condition may be stored in a ROM or the like as setting data that is determined in advance at the time of designing the information processing apparatus of the present invention and fixed before shipment.
For example, if a determination condition meaning “notify a store that currently exists within a radius of 100 m from the current position and issues a store that currently issues coupons” (condition 001) is stored in advance in a predetermined data format. Good. However, since the contents to be notified differ for each user, it is preferable that the user can change or newly set the determination condition. In the above condition 001, the radius may be set as a variable, and when this condition is actually used, the user may input a numerical value of the radius.

Therefore, it is preferable to prepare an input mode for setting the determination condition in advance so that the user can change or set the determination condition with an easy operation.
In addition, a plurality of determination conditions may be set, and the user may be able to select which determination condition is used for notification. For example, identification names of a plurality of determination conditions may be displayed in a list on the display unit, and the user may select which conditions are used for notification.

In addition, there is no appropriate determination condition set in advance, and there is a case where it is desired to immediately notify the condition desired by the user. Therefore, it is preferable to have a mode in which the user can easily perform setting input.
For example, when the distance information from the current position (upper limit distance) is set to 100 m in advance, the user inputs “ramen” to create a determination condition that automatically sets the industry subcategory as ramen. May be. In this case, a ramen shop within 100 m from the current position is extracted from the acquired data and notified.
In addition, when the user inputs “coupon” or by voice input, a decision such as “notify the store that currently exists within 100 m from the current position and that issues a coupon” is made. A condition may be automatically created, and a store that matches the determination condition may be extracted from the acquired data and notified.

As described above, various notification information determination conditions and determination processes used by the notification information determination unit 17 can be considered, and not all conditions can be listed, but an embodiment will be described later.
In particular, the present invention is characterized in that the content to be notified is selected based on the relationship between the acquired information and the current position information of the terminal TE without a complicated operation by the user.
Therefore, in this invention, since it is considered that there are many cases where the location and information of a store or the like existing near the current location of the user are reported, distance information from the current location as described above is included in the notification information determination condition. It is preferable to include (upper distance Lmax).
That is, when the upper limit distance Lmax is set in advance, a notification target existing in a circular area having the upper limit distance Lmax as a radius around the current position of the terminal TE held by the user is extracted.

For example, if “upper limit distance Lmax = 100 m” (J01) is set, the acquired data is searched for data with a distance of 100 m or less between the GPS information and the current position, and such a condition is set. Acquired data having GPS information to be satisfied is extracted and determined as notification information.
In addition to the upper limit distance Lmax, the following determination condition is also used as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this.
(J02) The store industry is a restaurant.
(J03) Being within business hours.
(J04) There is currently coupon information.
(J05) There must be 1000 yen or less in the products sold.

If five determination conditions are set in advance as described above, the notification information determination unit 17 searches the stored acquisition data 23 and checks whether there is any that satisfies all the conditions of J01 to J05. For example, it is checked whether or not there is information (3) having a store business type that matches the condition J02 in the acquired data. Furthermore, when checking condition J04, the coupon information 1 of (9) and (10) in the acquired data and the contents of the coupon deadline are checked.
By performing such a check, acquired data that satisfies a predetermined determination condition is selected. That is, an object (store) to be notified is determined. For example, if there are three stores that match all the determination conditions within a range of 100 m from the current position, the three stores are determined (selected) as notification targets.
Also, instead of checking the circular area with the upper limit distance as the radius, as described above, the half length of the diagonal line of the rectangular area displayed on the display unit is the distance information (upper limit distance) from the current position. The rectangular area may be checked.

The notification information generation unit 18 is a part that generates notification information to be provided to the notification unit 19 using the acquired data selected by the notification information determination unit 17.
For example, as described above, if three stores are determined as notification targets, information to be notified is extracted from the acquired data for the three stores and is output to the notification unit 19. Is generated. In this case, (2) store name, (6) telephone number, and (9) coupon information 1 are extracted from the acquired data of the three stores, and notification information is generated in the form of character data, and the terminal A list may be displayed on the TE display screen.

Alternatively, only (16) GPS information of three stores is extracted, map data of an area including the current position is acquired, and the positions of the three stores in the map data are specified using the GPS information. The notification information may be generated in the form of graphic data (map) so that the store position can be visually recognized. In this case, a map showing the current position and the positions of the three stores is displayed on the display screen of the terminal TE.
The notification information generated in this way is preferably converted into information using figures, symbols, icons, images, etc. in addition to data consisting only of characters in response to a user request.
In addition, notification by voice, flashing display of a store position, or icon display of a different color or shape for each business type may be performed. Furthermore, when the store position on the map is selected by the selection unit described above, the store name or the like of the store may be displayed, or it may be notified by voice that there is a store name or a coupon.

As described above, visual and auditory methods can be considered as the notification method, but the notification unit 19 includes a display unit 20 and an audio output unit 21 as shown in FIG.
A display panel such as an LCD or an EL element can be used for the display unit 20, and it is preferable that information can be displayed in all forms such as characters, figures, still images, and moving images, as in a conventional portable terminal.
As described above, the notification information generated by the notification information generation unit 18 is given to the display unit 20 or the audio output unit 21 of the notification unit 19 and output as visual information or auditory information. However, the output of the notification information is not limited to display and audio output. In the case of the terminal TE having a printing function, notification information including characters and figures may be printed on a sheet.

The above is the configuration block of an embodiment of the information processing apparatus of the present invention. The configuration block of this apparatus is realized mainly by a microcomputer comprising a CPU, ROM, RAM, I / O controller, timer, and the like. .
In particular, the acquired data classification unit 13, the data storage processing unit 14, the position information acquisition unit 15, the position confirmation unit 16, the notification information determination unit 17, and the notification information generation unit 18 are based on a control program stored in a ROM or the like. This is realized by the CPU operating each hardware organically.

<Description of schematic operation of information processing apparatus of this invention>
FIG. 2 shows a flowchart of an embodiment of the schematic operation of the information processing apparatus of the present invention.
The information processing apparatus 1 according to the present invention receives information transmitted from the information providing source apparatus 3 and the current position information 24 of the apparatus 1 via the network 2, and sets notification information determination conditions set in advance. Based on the above, notification information is determined and output by display or the like.
Therefore, it mainly includes a setting process (step S2), a storage process (step S4), and a notification process (steps S6 to S10).

In FIG. 2, first, in step S1, the presence / absence of a setting request is checked. A user inputs a request for inputting setting data by the input unit 12. For example, if the dedicated key for entering the setting input mode is depressed, it is determined that there is a setting request, and the process proceeds to step S2. When there is no input of the dedicated key, the process proceeds to step S3.
In step S2, a setting process for setting data including conditions for determining notification information is performed by the user. The setting data 25 is stored in the storage unit 22.
In step S3, the communication unit 11 checks whether information from the information providing source device 3 has been received. If there is received data, the process proceeds to step S4, where the received data is classified and stored.
Here, the received data is classified according to preset classification items, and is stored in the storage unit 22 as acquired data 23.

If there is no received data, the process proceeds to step S5.
However, the data reception process by the communication unit 11 is executed as an interrupt process, and a flag indicating “received data” is set every time data in a predetermined block unit is received. In step S3, this flag is set. It may be checked whether or not “reception data exists” is indicated.

In step S5, it is checked whether there is a notification output request.
Here, for example, it is checked whether there is an input of a dedicated key indicating a “notification output request” from the user. When the dedicated key is input, the process proceeds to step S6, and notification processing (steps S6 to S10) is executed. When there is no input, the process returns to step S1.
Further, without checking the input of the dedicated key in step S5, the process may always proceed to step S6 to perform the notification process regardless of whether there is a notification output request.

In step S6, information on the current position of the terminal TE is acquired.
For example, GPS radio waves are received, and position information for specifying the current position is calculated from the radio waves. In addition, since it is preferable to acquire the current position information in real time, the processing in step S6 may be performed constantly by multitask processing or interruption processing. The calculated current position information 24 is stored in the storage unit 22.

In step S7, the content of the acquired data stored in the storage unit 22 is checked, and information regarding the position included therein is confirmed. Specifically, for example, the GPS information included in the acquired data is read out and temporarily stored so that it can be used in the next step S8.
Here, distance information is calculated from the read GPS information and the current position information 24 and temporarily stored.
In step S8, notification information determination processing is performed. Here, as described above, using the position information of the acquired data, the current position information 24, and the calculated distance information, the acquired data satisfying the predetermined determination condition is selected, and the notification target is specified. Then, notification information regarding the notification target is determined.

In step S9, the content of information to be output to the notification unit 19 is generated for the determined notification information. For example, when displaying on the display part 20, the information alert | reported visually using character data, map information, etc. is produced | generated.
In step S <b> 10, the generated notification information is given to the notification unit 19, and is output by display or voice by the notification unit 19 to notify the user.
After the notification of the determined notification information is completed, the process returns to step S1 to repeat the process in preparation for the next data reception or the like. Alternatively, although not shown, it is confirmed whether there is any other information to be notified, and if there is, the process may return to step S6, and if not, the process may return to step S1.

<Example>
Below, based on a concrete Example, each processing content of the setting process (step S2) of this invention, a preservation | save process (step S4), and alerting | reporting process (steps S6-S10) is demonstrated.

1. Setting process (step S2)
Here, an example of the setting process in step S2 of FIG. 2 will be described.
In the setting process, setting data 25 such as notification information determination conditions and user personal information is input. Input is performed by the user using a keyboard or pen. Alternatively, character data printed on a magazine or the like, a map, a two-dimensional bar code, or the like may be input as a photograph.
In the case of a two-dimensional barcode, if the store name, address, coupon information, and the like are included in the barcode, the information can be converted into text data, which is convenient because it saves the user from inputting characters.
Also, a setting-dedicated key may be provided, and when this dedicated key is input, a setting input mode is entered, a predetermined setting menu is displayed, and setting data is input according to the menu display.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of an example of the setting data.
User personal information is information for identifying a user, and is not limited to this.
Here, the preference field means a field of information that the user wants to be notified of, for example, a field in which the user is interested, fashion, Japanese food, beauty treatment, sports, and the like. This preference field can be used when determining information to be notified.

In FIG. 3, conditions 1 to 4 indicate one example of notification information determination conditions.
For example, the condition 1 means that a convenience store in an area within a radius of 100 m centered on the current position is selected as a notification target.
When this condition is selected and the notification process is executed, store data having an upper limit distance Lmax ≦ 100 m and the type of business = “convenience store” is extracted from the stored acquired data, and information on the corresponding store ( For example, the position and store name) are displayed on the map.

Similarly, for condition 2, the acquired data that satisfies all the six condition items set in advance is extracted and notified.
The same applies to conditions 3 and 4.
In the case of condition 3, the upper limit distance (Lmax) is not set, but as set in the “others” item, only five stores are extracted in order from the extracted “coffee shops” in the order closer to the current position. Informed.

2. Saving process (step S4)
Here, the storage process in step S4 of FIG. 2 will be described.
In the saving process, the received data is classified according to preset items and saved in the storage unit 22 as acquired data 23.
For example, if the received data consists of data such as text data, maps, figures, photos, etc., and the order of the information sent is specified, classify the data in the order of its known format, save.

FIG. 4 shows an embodiment of received data according to the present invention.
Here, received information data mainly composed of text and graphics and received broadcast data transmitted by digital broadcasting are shown as an example.
The received information data in FIG. 4 shows the data transmitted in a predetermined order.
That is, the received information data is data that starts with “start code”, continues with data such as “store name” and “business type” in a predetermined order, and ends with “end code”. Items from “store name” to “others” are not limited to these, and are not limited to this order.
Even if the transmission order is not known in advance, for example, if the received data is sent as a pair with the specific code indicating “store name” and the actual store name, the specific code indicating the store name is specified. By searching the code, the actual store name paired with this can be taken out.

  Here, “map”, “store photo”, and “product photo” indicate that they are attached as one image file and transmitted instead of text information. Therefore, when the “reception information data” in FIG. 4 is received, for example, a folder named “store name =“ restaurant A10 ”is created in the storage unit, and“ others ”from“ store name ”are included in the folder. The text data up to and an image file such as a map are stored as one piece of acquired data.

The received broadcast data in FIG. 4 is so-called multimedia information of digital contents, and is composed of video information and character information.
Here, the video information is video data of a television program displayed on the display screen of the terminal TE, and includes audio information. For example, one piece of video information starts with a start code, followed by video and audio content such as a map, a store introduction video, and a product introduction video, and ends with an end code.
For example, the video information is saved as one mpeg file.

In addition, character information is received almost simultaneously with such video information. For example, the character information is transmitted as a pair of a specific code of each information item and each information content. Then, using the specific code as a clue, the information contents of each pair are classified and stored.
If the order in which the character information is transmitted is unknown and the specific code of the information item is not assigned, the contents of each information item are extracted by extracting the data array or specific keyword contained in the character information. Estimate and cut out.

For example, if a character such as “city” or “ku” is extracted from the character information and an address specifying the character array is detected, that portion is cut out as address data. Alternatively, if a keyword such as “TEL” or “telephone number” is detected, and then a specific digit string is detected, that portion may be cut out as a telephone number.
If there is a character symbol string starting with “http: //”, that portion may be cut out as a URL. The cut out information may be presented to the user and inquired about whether or not it has been cut out correctly so that the user can correct it.
However, in order to reliably classify the character information, it is preferable that each information is transmitted together with the specific code of each information item.

Also in the case of received broadcast data, one folder is created for each store, and character information of the store and video information such as maps and videos are stored in the folder.
Moreover, as shown in FIG. 4, it is preferable that information for accurately specifying the location of the store, for example, GPS information, is also included in the received data. When the GPS data itself is included in the received data, it is stored as the GPS information of the store. The GPS information includes, for example, latitude information and longitude information.
Alternatively, when the GPS information itself is not included in the received information, the information providing source device 3 or the dedicated server that holds the position information via the network 2 using the address or telephone number of the store To obtain GPS information.
The data received in this way is classified and stored for each store, but the stored acquired data is used to select a notification target during the notification process.

FIG. 5 shows an explanatory diagram of one embodiment of the stored data of the present invention. The saved data corresponds to the acquired data 23 saved in the storage unit 22.
Here, a case where acquired data of N stores (1, 2,... N) classified as described above is stored is shown.
For example, the acquired data of the store 2 includes character data, GPS information, a graphic file, and a video file, and is stored in one folder. The character data indicates that the store name = B10, the type of business = beauty salon, and the coupon information = 20% OFF.
Further, it is shown that the graphic file of the store 3 is composed of files such as a map and a store photo.
Further, it is shown that the GPS information of the store N includes latitude information “north latitude 40.35” and longitude information “east longitude 135.27”.

In FIG. 5, the current position information 24 stored in the storage unit 22 is position information acquired using the GPS position measurement function, and includes latitude information and longitude information in the same manner as the GPS position information. .
In the notification process, the distance L from the current position to each store is calculated from the current position information 24 and the GPS information of each store. Then, the distance L is compared with the upper limit distance (Lmax) of the setting data, and the notification target is selected.

3. Notification process (steps S6 to S10)
Here, an example of the notification process in steps S6 to S10 in FIG. 2 will be described.
First, in step S6, the position information acquisition unit 15 receives radio waves transmitted from a plurality of artificial satellites, and measures the geographical position of the terminal TE from the relative positional relationship and time of the radio waves. GPS information (latitude information, longitude information) is calculated.
The calculated GPS information is stored in the storage unit 22 as current position information 24. In order to accurately identify the position of the moving user, the current position information is updated, for example, every few seconds. As the position measurement function using GPS, a function conventionally used can be used.

Next, in step S7, the content of the acquired data stored in the storage unit 22 is checked, and the GPS information of a certain store is read out. For example, when GPS information is included as in the reception information data of FIG. 4, the GPS information is read out. If it is not included, GPS information is calculated using data such as an address in the acquired data.
The read GPS information is compared with the current position information calculated in step S6, and a distance L between them is obtained. That is, the straight line distance L from the current position to the store is calculated.
Here, assuming that the acquired data is 100 stores (M001 to M100), the straight line distance (L001 to L100) from the current position is calculated for each of the 100 stores. The 100 straight line distances are temporarily stored in the storage unit 22.

Next, in step S8, a notification target that satisfies the condition is specified using the notification information determination condition as shown in FIG. For example, if 10 stores out of 100 stores with acquired data satisfy the notification information determination condition, the 10 stores are selected as notification targets.
When many notification information determination conditions are set, the user selects which one to use. Alternatively, if there is no intentional selection by the user himself, a decision condition that is frequently used may be selected in advance.
Using the selected notification information determination condition, a notification target having acquisition data that satisfies the condition is selected from the acquired data and the straight line distance L obtained in step S7.

FIG. 6 shows a specific example of the notification information determination condition and an explanatory diagram of a specific example of the notification target selected using this condition.
In FIG. 6, it is assumed that acquired data of 15 stores is stored in the storage unit 22. Here, of the acquired data, only the store name, the business type, and the content of the coupon are illustrated. Moreover, the straight line distance L from the current position calculated in step S7 is illustrated for each store.
For example, “Store 001” indicates that the type of business is “Convenience store”, the coupon information “−10% discount” is effectively present, and exists at a position of 70 m in a linear distance from the current position where the user is present. ing.

In FIG. 6, the Example of three alerting | reporting information determination conditions (J1-J3) is shown.
For example, the condition J1 indicates that the upper limit distance (Lmax) is 100 m and the type of industry is “convenience store”. However, this condition indicates that “the convenience store existing within a circular area within a radius of 100 m from the current position is , Select it as a notification target ”.
Further, the condition J2 means “select a store that exists in a circular area within a radius of 150 m from the current position and currently has coupon information as a notification target”.
The condition J3 means that a store satisfying all three conditions (upper distance, business type, coupon availability) is selected as a notification target.

For example, assume that the user selects condition J1. At this time, the data that satisfies the two conditions included in the condition J1 is selected from the 15 acquired data stored.
First, a straight line distance L that is smaller than the upper limit distance (Lmax) (L ≦ Lmax) is extracted. Under the condition J1, since the upper limit distance (Lmax) is 100 m, seven stores (001, 004, 006, 007, 011, 012, 015) having a linear distance L smaller than 100 are extracted as candidates.
Next, out of these seven stores, those whose type of business is “Convenience store” are extracted. In this embodiment, four stores (001,007,011,015) are selected as notification targets.

  In this case, assuming that a map within a radius of 100 m from the current position is displayed on the display screen of the terminal TE, the positions of the four selected stores are identified and displayed on the map. For example, if the blinking display is made with a red mark, the user can easily confirm the positions of the four stores.

When the condition J2 is selected, the type of business is not limited, but the store with the current coupon information is selected at a store within 150 m from the current position.
In FIG. 6, three stores (001, 005, 006) are selected as notification targets. In this case as well, the positions of the three stores may be identified and displayed on the map displayed on the terminal TE.
However, since the types of business are different, it is convenient for the user to display using marks of different colors for each type of business. For example, it may be displayed in different colors such that the convenience store is red, the Japanese food is blue, and the western food is yellow.

When the condition J3 is selected, in the example of the acquired data in FIG. 6, two stores (002, 005) are selected as notification targets that satisfy the three conditions. In this case, the positions of the two stores are identified and displayed on the map. Moreover, when there is room in the display space on the screen, for example, the contents of coupon information of two stores may be displayed.
Alternatively, the coupon information may be analyzed to display coupon information of coupon information having more advantageous discount contents.
As described above, the notification target is determined in step S8.

In step S9, information to be notified is generated for the determined notification target. When a map is displayed on the screen of the terminal TE, display information is generated by combining the map and data indicating the position of the notification target. Or when displaying as character data, a store name, an address, etc. are read and the character information of the selected store is produced | generated.
In the case of notifying by voice, information to be notified to the user such as a store name and an address is extracted to generate a synthesized voice.
The notification information generated in this way is given to the display unit 20 and the audio output unit 21.

In step S10, the generated notification information is notified to the user visually or audibly using a display unit or an audio output unit.
FIG. 7 shows an example of the notification information displayed on the display screen of the terminal TE. Here, marks (circles) indicating the positions of the three stores are displayed in the map information. This display corresponds to the case where three notification targets are selected under the condition J2.
In the case of the condition J2, since the selected business type of the notification target is different, the colors of the three position marks may be different. Alternatively, the position mark may be blinked for more clarity.

8, 9 and 10 show other embodiments of the notification information.
FIG. 8 shows an embodiment in which detailed information of a specific notification target among the selected notification targets is displayed.
Here, it is assumed that the user selects one display mark with the pen among the three notification targets shown in FIG. At this time, predetermined information is read from the acquired data about the notification target and displayed.

In FIG. 8, the name of the store to be notified (Teruya), the type of business (Western food), and information on regular holidays (today, regular holidays) are displayed.
What is displayed as the detailed information is set in advance. Alternatively, each time a display mark is selected with a pen, some acquired data may be displayed in order. For example, in the display state of FIG. 8, when the display mark is further pushed down with a pen, the display may be switched to the store address and telephone number.

  In addition, when video information is stored for this store, the video information stored in the storage unit 22 is reproduced on the screen by the user selecting and inputting the display portion “recording” in FIG. 8 with a pen. You may make it do.

FIG. 9 shows an embodiment in which the detailed information of the selected notification target is displayed. Here, although it was in agreement with determination conditions, it has shown that the time limit of the coupon information of the store has expired now. Moreover, in order to call attention, the content of such detailed information may be notified by voice.
Further, what detailed information should be notified may be set in advance by the user. Alternatively, priorities may be given to the detailed information, and the detailed information may be displayed in descending order.

FIG. 10 shows an example in which the detailed information of the selected notification target and the graphic data are displayed. These pieces of information are not displayed immediately when they are generated in step S9, but are displayed when the distance between the current position of the user and the position of the notification target is closer than a certain set distance. It may be.
For example, in the above condition J2, the store is selected as the notification target when the notification target enters within 150 m from the current position. However, the store moves and the store enters within 30 m from the user's current position. 10 may be displayed as shown in FIG. 10 and further alerted by voice that there is a coupon.

Thereby, when coming to a store very close to the store where the coupon information exists, the user can be informed of the detailed information of the store, so that the possibility of the user going to the store and using the coupon is further increased. it can.
That is, for the user, the coupon that the user currently has can be used immediately, and for the store that provides the coupon, the opportunity for the user to use the coupon can be increased.
In addition, even if the user forgets the existence of the coupon, when it happens to pass near the store that issues the coupon, it is notified that the store with the coupon is nearby, so the viewpoint of promoting the use of the coupon It is very effective.
As described above, the information notified when the user is considerably close to the notification target is not limited to FIG. If there is video information in the acquisition data to be notified, video information recorded in advance may be automatically reproduced instead of graphic data.

Although the example which outputs alerting | reporting information was illustrated in FIGS. 7-10, it is not restricted to this. Various other notification methods are conceivable. For example, priorities may be given in advance to the contents of notification, and some of the higher priority items may be displayed, or the items with higher priority numbers may be displayed in order from a higher priority level. Also good.
Here, the priority order means, for example, the order in which the expiration date of the coupon comes, and the priority order is increased as the expiration date becomes earlier. By raising the priority of notifications for coupons that expire early, it is possible to increase the possibility of preventing the expiration of the coupon without using the coupon.

In addition, priorities are given in advance to those that are of interest to the user, and notifications are made in order from the highest priority among the types of business that are of interest to the user among those that are hit as notification targets. Good.
According to this, when there are a lot of hit notification targets, not all are notified, but what the user is interested in is preferentially notified, so that more effective notification for the user is possible.

In addition, even if the selected determination condition is satisfied in consideration of user preference information, stores that do not meet the user preference may be excluded from notification targets.
For example, a setting for excluding a CD rental store from the notification target is made in advance, and even if there is a CD rental store that satisfies the selected notification information determination condition, the store is not included in the notification target. In this way, when there are a large number of notification targets, the notification targets can be effectively reduced, and only the notification target that is truly required by the user can be notified.

<Example of storage and notification processing of received broadcast data>
Here, a digital broadcast broadcast from a broadcasting station is received, information included therein is stored as acquired data, a notification target that matches the notification information determination condition is selected, and the stored video information and the like are reproduced. An example of notification will be described.

FIG. 11 shows a flowchart of an example of a process for storing received broadcast data.
In FIG. 11, first, in step S31, a TV broadcast is received.
Next, in step S32, the TV program recording in step S33 is started by detecting a flag for indicating coupon information defined in the text broadcasting of digital broadcasting. This flag can be realized by defining using character data such as “* coupon start *”. Further, even when there is no flag for indicating coupon information, the TV program recording can be started by an action such as the user manually pressing the recording button.

  Accompanying the start of recording in step S33, along with the recording of the moving image data, character data by text broadcasting is detected and acquired in step S34. The acquired character data is extracted as information that limits the location of the store that handles the coupon, using characteristic words included therein. For example, in step S35, if there are characters "city", "town", and "village", the data before and after that are cut out with a blank portion and a blank portion, and the information is determined as address data.

  Similar to the above address, the telephone number is determined in step S36, the Internet homepage (URL) is determined in step S37, and any one of “address”, “phone number”, and “URL” is determined. Since the location can be limited, store location information is stored in step S38, coupon information is obtained in step S39, store information (regular holiday) is obtained in step S40, and genre (preference) information is obtained in step S41. Finally, the TV program recording is ended using character data such as “* coupon end *” as in the beginning, and information acquisition from the character data is also ended at the same time. When the broadcast data is not in a fixed format, for example, as a method of identifying coupon information from character data, the terms “coupon”, “% OFF”, “ Matching with characters such as “increase” is performed, and if there is a corresponding phrase, the data before and after it are cut out at the blank portion and the blank portion, and the information is determined as coupon information.

  In steps S44, S45, S46, and S47, the information obtained above is collated with the map database equipped in the apparatus. If there is matching position information, the recording time is recorded in the recording data in step S49. , Store fixed holidays, coupon time limit, genre (preference) information is attached, and based on the position information that is accurately determined, it is linked with the map data as “recorded with position information” and stored.

  If no matching position information exists, the map data provided in the present apparatus is checked, and in step S48, the recording time, the regular holiday of the store, the coupon expiration date, and the genre (preference) information are attached to the recording data. Then, recording data “without position information” is once created, and in step S50, position information is manually input, linked with map data, and stored.

FIG. 12 shows a flowchart of an embodiment of notification processing of received broadcast data.
In FIG. 12, first, in step S61, a proximity distance for notification is set. This set distance is not the distance range to be displayed on the map, but is used when notifying the display using another means in addition to the display means on the display when the user is closer to the store with the coupon information. To do.
Next, in step S62, the current position information of the user is acquired from GPS or the like, and in step S63, a map of the current location is displayed on the display.

  Subsequently, in steps S64, S65, and S66, the stored recorded data database is sorted in the range of the displayed map position. In step S65, there is coupon information, and in step S66, store information is included therein. Extract what is there.

  Further, from step S67 to step S76, the position of the store is displayed on the map displayed on the display with a mark divided in color for each store genre. In step S68, it is determined whether or not the mark is to be pointed. If so, the display method is determined based on whether or not it is a regular holiday in step S69 and whether or not the coupon is within the deadline in step S71. At the same time, a recording button is displayed on the map.

  If it is determined in step S68 that the mark is not pointed, it is determined whether or not it is within the proximity distance set in step S61. If it is within the set proximity distance, the recorded data is automatically reproduced. This notification method may be an alert only by voice.

1 is a configuration block diagram of an embodiment of an information processing apparatus of the present invention. It is a flowchart of schematic operation | movement of one Example of the information processing apparatus of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of one Example of the setting data of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of one Example of the reception data of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of one Example of the preservation | save data of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of one Example of the alerting | reporting object selected with the alerting | reporting information determination conditions of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of one Example of the display of the alerting | reporting information of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of one Example of the display of the alerting | reporting information of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of one Example of the display of the alerting | reporting information of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of one Example of the display of the alerting | reporting information of this invention. It is a flowchart of one Example of the preservation | save process of the received broadcast data of this invention. It is a flowchart of one Example of the alerting | reporting process of the received broadcast data of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Information processing apparatus 2 Network 3 Information provision source apparatus 11 Communication part 12 Input part 13 Acquisition data classification part 14 Data storage process part 15 Position information acquisition part 16 Position confirmation part 17 Notification information determination part 18 Notification information generation part 19 Notification part 20 Display unit 21 Audio output unit 22 Storage unit 23 Acquired data 24 Current position information 25 Setting data

Claims (13)

A communication unit that receives content transmitted from the information providing source device;
A data storage processing unit that classifies received content and stores it as acquired data;
A notification unit that notifies the user of notification information;
A position information acquisition unit that acquires information identifying the current position of the user;
An input unit for inputting setting data including broadcast information determination conditions for determining the broadcast information;
A notification information processing unit that selects acquisition data satisfying the notification information determination condition from the acquired data using the information specifying the current position, and determines and generates notification information related to the selected acquisition data; An information processing apparatus comprising the information processing apparatus.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the notification information determination condition includes an upper limit distance corresponding to a radius of a circular area centered on the current position of the user. The notification information processing unit
A position confirmation unit that reads position information included in the stored acquired data and calculates a distance between a position indicated by the information specifying the current position and a position indicated by the read position information;
A notification information determination unit that selects acquisition data in which the distance calculated by the position confirmation unit is smaller than an upper limit distance included in the notification information determination condition;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a notification information generation unit that generates notification information to be notified to the user from the selected acquired data. The received content includes notification target specifying information for specifying a target to be notified to the user,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the notification target specifying information includes identification information of the notification target, position information, and coupon information, and the stored acquisition data includes the notification target specifying information.   When the notification information determination condition includes the presence or absence of coupon information issued by the notification target, whether the notification information determination unit includes coupon information in the notification target specifying information in the stored acquired data. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein acquisition data including coupon information is selected.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the notification information generated by the notification information generation unit includes position information and coupon information to be notified. The notification unit includes a display unit that displays the generated notification information;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the display unit displays the current position of the user and the position of the notification target included in the notification information so as to be geographically understood.   8. The information according to claim 7, wherein when the notification information includes coupon information to be notified, information is displayed on the display unit so that it can be seen that the notification target is issuing coupon information. Processing equipment. The input unit includes a selection unit that can select a position of a notification target displayed on the display unit,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein when the notification target position is selected by the selection unit, notification target identification information of the notification target corresponding to the selected position is displayed on the display unit.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the notification unit includes a voice output unit that outputs the generated notification information by voice.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the position information acquisition unit acquires information for specifying a user's current position using a position measurement function using GPS. A communication function for receiving content transmitted from the information providing source device;
A data storage processing function that classifies received content and stores it as acquired data,
A notification function for notifying the user of notification information;
A location information acquisition function for acquiring information identifying the current location of the user;
An input function for inputting setting data including broadcast information determination conditions for determining the broadcast information;
A notification information processing function for selecting acquisition data satisfying the notification information determination condition from among the acquisition data using the information for specifying the current position, and determining and generating notification information related to the selected acquisition data; A program for an information processing apparatus to be realized by a computer. A communication step of receiving content transmitted from the information providing source device;
A data storage processing step for classifying received content and storing it as acquired data;
A location information acquisition step for acquiring information identifying the current location of the user;
An input step of inputting setting data including notification information determination conditions for determining notification information to be notified to the user;
A notification information processing step of selecting the acquisition data satisfying the notification information determination condition among the acquisition data using the information specifying the current position, and determining and generating notification information related to the selected acquisition data;
An information notification method for an information processing apparatus, comprising: a notification step for notifying a user of notification information.