JP4130720B2 - Information display method and information display system - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a technique for providing information content, and more particularly, to a method for displaying map information related to information content to a user.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, services that display a map or the like on a terminal and provide various information have become widespread. For example, there is a service in which a map around the current position is displayed on a laptop computer connected to a mobile phone or the like to obtain information on nearby stores.
FIG. 1 shows a configuration example of a system in a conventional technique in which a certain information content provider displays a map related to the provided content. As shown in the figure, information is transmitted to a user from an information server connected to the Internet via a network such as the Internet. When displaying a route map, it is necessary to generate a map image in advance in the information server and describe it in information content that provides a link to the image.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the above conventional technology, the information provider itself has to generate a map image, and the information provider cannot easily provide a map display service.
The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object thereof is to provide a method that enables an information content provider to easily provide a map to a user.
[0004]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention can be configured as follows.
[0005]
The present invention includes a cellular phone, a first gateway connected to a mobile phone network, a second gateway connected to the first gateway, is connected to the second gateway, the terminal of the mobile telephone An information display method in a map information system having a customer database storing an ID, a map server connected to the second gateway, and an information content providing server, wherein the information is based on a request from the mobile phone The content providing server transmits information content including information with a specific tag including a store name, a phone number, or an address to the mobile phone, and the mobile phone includes a store name, a phone number, or Information with the specific tag, which is the same information as the address, is displayed on the screen, and when the information is selected, the mobile phone Send a request for the map information toward the map server having a map information corresponding to the information, the first gateway adds the terminal ID of the mobile telephone to the request, the terminal ID is added the sends a request to the second gateway, said second gateway, the request is transmitted to the map server after the terminal ID is confirmed that it is stored in the customer database, the map server the The information display method transmits the map information to the mobile phone based on a request, and the mobile phone acquires and displays the map information.
[0006]
According to the present invention, an information content provider provides a map display service by simply describing a specific tag (eg, <map>) in a store name, telephone number, or address without describing a link to a map image. be able to. Therefore, it is not necessary for the content provider to prepare a map in advance, which is effective in reducing costs.
The information display method of the present invention is connected to a mobile phone, a first gateway connected to the mobile phone network, a second gateway connected to the first gateway, and the second gateway. An information display method in a map information system having a customer database storing a terminal ID of the mobile phone, a map server connected to the second gateway, and an information content providing server, Based on the request, the information content providing server transmits information content including information with a specific tag including a store name, a telephone number, or an address to the mobile phone, and the mobile phone is included in the specific tag. When the information with the specific tag that is the same information as the store name, phone number, or address is displayed on the screen, and the information is selected The mobile phone toward the map server having route guidance information corresponding to the information to send a request for the route guidance information, the first gateway adds the terminal ID of the mobile telephone to the request, the transmitting the request to the terminal ID is added to the second gateway, said second gateway, transmits the request after the terminal ID is confirmed that it is stored in the customer database in the map server and, the map server generates a route guidance map and route guidance statement on the basis of the request, the said route guidance map and route guidance statement sent to the mobile phone, the mobile phone the route guidance map and route guidance statement It can also be configured to display.
[0007]
According to the present invention, an information provider can easily perform a route guidance service.
[0008]
The present invention also provides a mobile phone, a first gateway connected to the mobile phone network, a second gateway connected to the first gateway, and the second gateway connected to the second gateway, An information display system comprising a customer database storing a terminal ID of the mobile phone, a map server connected to the second gateway, and an information content providing server, wherein the information content provision is based on a request from the mobile phone The server transmits information content including information with a specific tag including a store name, a telephone number, or an address to the mobile phone, and the mobile phone includes the store name, the telephone number, or the address included in the specific tag. Information with the specific tag that is the same information is displayed on the screen, and when the information is selected, the mobile phone corresponds to the information. Send a request for the map information toward the map server having map information, said first gateway adds the terminal ID of the mobile telephone to the request, the said request the terminal ID is added first transmitted to the second gateway, said second gateway, the request is transmitted to the map server after the terminal ID is confirmed that it is stored in the customer database, wherein the map server based on the request The map information may be transmitted to the mobile phone, and the mobile phone may be configured to acquire and display the map information.
[0009]
The present invention also provides a mobile phone, a first gateway connected to the mobile phone network, a second gateway connected to the first gateway, and the second gateway connected to the second gateway, An information display system comprising a customer database storing a terminal ID of the mobile phone, a map server connected to the second gateway, and an information content providing server, wherein the information content provision is based on a request from the mobile phone The server transmits information content including information with a specific tag including a store name, a telephone number, or an address to the mobile phone, and the mobile phone includes the store name, the telephone number, or the address included in the specific tag. Information with the specific tag that is the same information is displayed on the screen, and when the information is selected, the mobile phone corresponds to the information. Send a request for the route guidance information toward the map server having route guidance information, the first gateway adds the terminal ID of the mobile telephone to the request, the request to which the terminal ID is added transmitted to the second gateway, said second gateway, the terminal ID is sent the request after confirming that it is stored in the customer database on the map server, the map server to the request The route guidance map and the route guidance sentence are generated based on the route guidance map and the route guidance sentence are transmitted to the mobile phone, and the mobile phone may be configured to display the route guidance map and the route guidance sentence.
[0011]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
FIG. 2 shows the configuration of a map display system that realizes the above map display. As shown in the figure, the map display system includes a mobile phone network 100, the Internet 103, and information content providing servers 101 and 102. The cellular phone network 100 includes a cellular phone 111, a cellular network 109, a cellular network 110, a gateway server 1 (108), a gateway server 2 (107), a customer DB 106, an information content providing server 105, and a map server 104. Gateway server 1 (108) is a gateway for communicating with a mobile phone, and assigns a terminal ID to a request from the mobile phone, and sends a response to the mobile phone to which the designated terminal ID is assigned. Control to transmit to the mobile phone.
[0012]
The gateway 2 (107) identifies which address the request from the mobile phone or the like is directed to, and determines whether access to the address is permitted or not with reference to the customer DB 106. When access is not permitted, access is denied, and when access is permitted, relay to the address is performed. The response refers to the gateway in which the destination terminal (mobile phone) is accommodated from the customer DB and accesses the gateway. Gateway server 1 (107) in FIG. 2 is one such gateway.
[0013]
The customer DB 106 is a database having server information (such as an address for providing a service) accessible to the mobile phone and gateway information currently stored. The information providing servers 101 and 102 are connected to the gateway server 2 (107) via a dedicated line or the Internet, and generate and distribute information according to a request from the gateway server 2 (107).
[0014]
Further, the information providing server 102 (or 101) provides information content to a mobile phone or a PC connected to the Internet via the Internet.
In this configuration, first, the mobile phone 111 requests and receives content in the information providing server 102. If the content is, for example, a list of stores and their phone numbers, and the user of the mobile phone 111 wants to know the location of a specific store therein, the phone number of the store in the received content is When selected, the map server 104 transmits store map information corresponding to the telephone number to the mobile phone 111, and the mobile phone displays the map.
[0015]
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a command sequence in this system. A command sequence will be described with reference to FIG.
First, the mobile phone requests content from the information providing server. The information providing server transmits the content to the mobile phone based on the request. The mobile phone displays the content on the screen. Then, the user selects a telephone number or the like of a place where the user wants to know the route in the content.
[0016]
Next, the mobile phone transmits the destination information and the requested map type as an information request to the gateway server 1 (108) via the mobile network 109. Gateway server 1 (108) adds the current location information and terminal ID of the mobile phone. Note that the current location information may be included when the mobile phone makes an information request.
The mobile phone can transmit longitude / latitude, address, telephone number, store name, and the like as current position information. When the mobile phone sets the current position blank, the gateway server 1 (108) sets, for example, the nearest station of the destination as the current position. The destination information includes longitude / latitude, address, telephone number, store name, and the like. As the requested map type, a simple route map or a route map to which peripheral information is added can be designated. The terminal ID is an ID number of a terminal accommodated in the mobile phone network.
[0017]
Subsequently, the gateway server 1 (108) transmits the current location information, destination information, requested map type, and terminal ID to the gateway server 2 (107). The gateway server 2 (107) refers to the customer DB 106 and checks the terminal ID. Here, if the terminal ID is not in the customer DB, or if there is no terminal ID, access is denied. If the terminal ID chucking result is good, an information request is transmitted to the map server 104.
[0018]
The map server 104 generates a guide map and a guide sentence. The map server 104 transmits a result product, a guidance map, and a guidance sentence to the gateway server 2 (107) as a processing result notification.
The result product includes the number of map files, the distance to the destination, the number of route landmarks, the number of surrounding landmarks, the number of route guidance sentences, and the like. The guidance map is a map file, and the guidance text is route landmark information (name, address, phone number), peripheral landmark information (name, address, phone number), route guidance text, and the like. The result product can be, for example, one HTML document composed of the above information.
[0019]
Subsequently, the gateway server 2 (107) refers to the gateway in which the destination mobile phone is accommodated from the customer DB 106, and transmits a processing result notification to the gateway, for example, the gateway server 1 (108). Then, the gateway server 1 transmits the processing result notification to the mobile phone, so that the mobile phone can see desired route guidance information.
[0020]
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display screen when content from the information providing server is displayed on the mobile phone. For example, the restaurant map is displayed by selecting a telephone number by key operation.
5 and 6 are diagrams showing information transmitted from the information content provider. In this embodiment, the information is created as a document based on HTML. The HTML-based language shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 is a subset version of the HTML language, close to the specification of a language called compact HTML (C-HTML), and linked with the numeric keypad and call function. Tags to be used are defined for mobile phones. As shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, the map server searches for the corresponding map information and transmits the map information to the mobile phone by selecting the information with the map tag in the original description on the screen. To do.
[0021]
FIG. 7 shows an example in which route guidance is performed based on information transmitted by the map server. In the figure, the screen displayed on the mobile phone is changed as shown in (a) to (d) by the operator's key input to provide route guidance.
(A) represents the first screen of route guidance starting from JR Kamakura Station and destined for the Kamakura police. As shown in the figure, the distance from the start point to the destination is shown, and a building or the like (hereinafter referred to as a landmark) as a mark is indicated by a numerical or character icon on the map. A route guidance sentence is shown at the bottom of the screen. In the route guidance sentence, an icon corresponding to the icon on the map is displayed, and when the icon is keyed, a transition to the guidance sentence around the landmark corresponding to the icon is made.
[0022]
In FIG. 7, when 1 is input on the screen (a), the screen (b) is displayed. When 2 is input on the screen (b), the screen (c) is displayed. Similarly, the destination is indicated (d ) Screen. Thus, since an appropriate guidance sentence and a map are displayed along the process, the operability is good even with a small screen mobile phone.
FIG. 8 shows an example of HTML-based language data generated by the map server for transmission to the mobile phone, and corresponds to the screen display shown in FIG. The mobile phone interprets this HTML document and displays a map. In FIG. 8, for example, a screen in which 1 is entered at accesskey = 1 corresponds to FIG. 7B.
[0023]
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention.
[0024]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, the information content provider simply describes a specific tag (for example, <map>) in the store name, telephone number, or address without describing a link to the map image. Display services can be provided. Therefore, it is not necessary for the content provider to prepare a map in advance, which is effective in reducing costs.
[0025]
Further, since a link to a map server can be easily generated from a document describing an address or the like, a map search can be performed with a simple key operation.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an information display system in the prior art.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an information display system in an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a command sequence of the information display system in the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of content display on a screen of a mobile phone.
FIG. 5 is a first example of an HTML-based document describing content.
FIG. 6 is a second example of an HTML-based document describing content.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of route guidance on a screen of a mobile phone.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of data output by a map server for a mobile phone.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Mobile telephone network 101, 102 Information provision server 103 Internet 104 Map server 105 Information provision server 106 Customer DB
107 Gateway server 2
108 Gateway server 1
109 cellular network 110 cellular network 111 cellular phone

Claims (4)

A mobile phone, a first gateway connected to the mobile phone network, a second gateway connected to the first gateway, and a terminal ID of the mobile phone connected to the second gateway An information display method in a map information system having a customer database, a map server connected to the second gateway, and an information content providing server,
Based on a request from the mobile phone, the information content providing server transmits information content including information with a specific tag including a store name, a telephone number, or an address to the mobile phone, and the mobile phone The information with the specific tag that is the same information as the store name, phone number, or address included in the tag is displayed on the screen, and when the information is selected, the mobile phone displays the map information corresponding to the information Sending a request for the map information to the map server having
The first gateway adds a terminal ID of the mobile phone to the request, transmits the request with the terminal ID added to the second gateway, and the second gateway has the terminal ID of the terminal After confirming that it is stored in the customer database, the request is transmitted to the map server, the map server transmits the map information to the mobile phone based on the request, and the mobile phone acquires the map information. And displaying the information. A mobile phone, a first gateway connected to the mobile phone network, a second gateway connected to the first gateway, and a terminal ID of the mobile phone connected to the second gateway An information display method in a map information system having a customer database, a map server connected to the second gateway, and an information content providing server,
Based on a request from the mobile phone, the information content providing server transmits information content including information with a specific tag including a store name, a telephone number, or an address to the mobile phone, and the mobile phone The information with the specific tag that is the same information as the store name, phone number, or address included in the tag is displayed on the screen, and when the information is selected, the mobile phone provides route guidance corresponding to the information. Sending a request for the route guidance information to the map server having information,
The first gateway adds a terminal ID of the mobile phone to the request, transmits the request with the terminal ID added to the second gateway, and the second gateway has the terminal ID of the terminal After confirming that it is stored in the customer database, the request is transmitted to the map server , the map server generates a route guidance map and a route guidance sentence based on the request, and the route guidance map and An information display method, wherein a route guidance sentence is transmitted, and the mobile phone displays the route guidance map and the route guidance sentence. A mobile phone, a first gateway connected to the mobile phone network, a second gateway connected to the first gateway, and a terminal ID of the mobile phone connected to the second gateway An information display system comprising a customer database, a map server connected to the second gateway, and an information content providing server,
Based on a request from the mobile phone, the information content providing server transmits information content including information with a specific tag including a store name, a telephone number, or an address to the mobile phone, and the mobile phone The information with the specific tag that is the same information as the store name, phone number, or address included in the tag is displayed on the screen, and when the information is selected, the mobile phone displays the map information corresponding to the information Sending a request for the map information to the map server having
The first gateway adds a terminal ID of the mobile phone to the request, transmits the request with the terminal ID added to the second gateway, and the second gateway has the terminal ID of the terminal After confirming that it is stored in the customer database, the request is transmitted to the map server, the map server transmits the map information to the mobile phone based on the request, and the mobile phone acquires the map information. An information display system characterized by being displayed. A mobile phone, a first gateway connected to the mobile phone network, a second gateway connected to the first gateway, and a terminal ID of the mobile phone connected to the second gateway An information display system comprising a customer database, a map server connected to the second gateway, and an information content providing server,
Based on a request from the mobile phone, the information content providing server transmits information content including information with a specific tag including a store name, a telephone number, or an address to the mobile phone, and the mobile phone The information with the specific tag that is the same information as the store name, phone number, or address included in the tag is displayed on the screen, and when the information is selected, the mobile phone provides route guidance corresponding to the information. Sending a request for the route guidance information to the map server having information,
The first gateway adds a terminal ID of the mobile phone to the request, transmits the request with the terminal ID added to the second gateway, and the second gateway has the terminal ID of the terminal After confirming that it is stored in the customer database, the request is transmitted to the map server , the map server generates a route guidance map and a route guidance sentence based on the request, and the route guidance map and An information display system, wherein a route guidance sentence is transmitted, and the mobile phone displays the route guidance map and the route guidance sentence.

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