WO2010084949A1

WO2010084949A1 - Information processing apparatus, information presenting method and information presenting program

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Publication number: WO2010084949A1
Application number: PCT/JP2010/050790
Authority: WO
Inventors: 文武村津
Original assignee: 日本電気株式会社
Priority date: 2009-01-26
Filing date: 2010-01-22
Publication date: 2010-07-29
Also published as: JPWO2010084949A1

Abstract

This invention enables a terminal apparatus having a limited display ability, such as a cellular telephone or a car navigation terminal, to effectively present information sources to the user. An information processing apparatus, which has a function to present information sources on a screen, comprises: an icon object managing unit (104) that adds, to an iconized information source, a priority level indicating the level of the relation between meta information representative of the contents of the information source and the meaning of the meta information, thereby managing the information source as an icon object; a field object managing unit (101) that manages, as field objects, background information, which includes a background image against which the icon object is displayed on the screen, and priority level gradient information used for determining the icon object displayed against the background image; and a layout calculating unit (105) that calculates a display position of the information source on the screen, using the meta information, priority level, background information and priority level gradient information in the icon and field objects of the icon and field object managing units.

Description

Information processing apparatus, information presentation method, and information presentation program

The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information presentation method, and an information presentation program having a function of presenting a plurality of iconified information sources on a screen.

Presentation of iconified information is performed in various scenes regardless of the type of terminal device such as a PC, a mobile phone, or a car navigation system and the content of the service. For example, in the case of a PC, icons relating to various applications and data are presented side by side on the desktop screen. In the case of a mobile phone, almost all devices have a function of displaying a screen in which each function is converted into an icon as a menu screen on which the functions can be listed. An example of a related technique for converting each function into an icon and displaying it on a screen is described in Patent Document 1, for example.

In a car navigation system, it is common to display the location information of a store located on a road as an icon together with route guidance. An example of this type of related technology is described in Patent Document 2, for example.

In recent years, web application environments called widgets that can be executed on the desktop have become widespread. One of the features of this application environment is that a number of applications having simple functions can be arranged on the desktop in the running state. In addition, this application environment has been ported not only to PCs but also to mobile terminals. An example of this type of related technology is described in Patent Document 3, for example.

JP 2006-185273 A JP 2007-303878 A JP 2007-166259 A

In an application execution environment such as a widget as described in Patent Document 3, a user can place a downloaded or push-delivered widget on the desktop as desired. When this is realized on a terminal device with limited display capability, the number of widgets that can be arranged by itself is limited. Furthermore, the display area of the widget itself needs to be significantly reduced, and the information presentation ability of the widget is reduced accordingly.

In recent years, on the Internet, the user himself / herself becomes an information transmission source, and an environment in which a service using the information source can be delivered to the user without paying a cost is being prepared. However, on terminal devices that have limited display capabilities, such as mobile phones and car navigation terminals, it is necessary for specific service providers to organize and construct information sources at the cost of cost, as in car navigation systems. Therefore, there is a problem that an open and large information source such as the Internet cannot be efficiently presented to the user.

(Object of invention)
The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to efficiently present an information source to a user even in a terminal device with limited display capability such as a mobile phone or a car navigation terminal. An information processing apparatus, an information presentation method, and an information presentation program.

The information processing apparatus according to the present invention is an information processing apparatus having a function of presenting an information source on a screen. The icon information source is associated with meta information representing the meaning of the information source and the meaning of the meta information. Icon object management means for managing as an icon object by adding a priority number indicating the strength of the degree, background information including a background image when the icon object is displayed on the screen, and an icon object displayed on the background image Field object management means for managing priority gradient information for identifying a field object as well as icon objects managed by the icon object management means and field object management means respectively, meta information in the field object, priority number, background information And priority gradient Using broadcast, and a layout calculating means for calculating a display position on the screen of the information sources.

An information presentation method according to the present invention is an information presentation method in an information processing apparatus having a function of presenting information on a screen, and meta information representing the meaning of the information source is added to the iconized information source, and the meta information includes A step of managing as an icon object by adding a priority number indicating the strength of the degree of association with the meaning possessed, background information including a background image when the icon object is displayed on the screen, and displaying on the background image On the screen of the information source using the step of managing the priority gradient information for identifying the icon object as a field object, and the meta information, priority number, background information, and priority gradient information in the icon object and the field object. Calculating the display position.

An information presentation program according to the present invention is an information presentation program that operates on an information processing apparatus having a function of presenting information on a screen, and the information source has an iconic information source and the meaning of the information source. Processing to manage as an icon object by adding a priority number indicating the strength of the degree of association between the meta information to be represented and the meaning of the meta information, and background information including a background image when the icon object is displayed on the screen And processing to manage the priority gradient information for specifying the icon object to be displayed on the background image as a field object, the meta information in the icon object and the field object, the priority number, the background information and the priority gradient information. And processing for calculating the display position of the information source on the screen.

According to the present invention, an information source can be efficiently presented to a user even in a terminal device with limited display capability such as a mobile phone or a car navigation terminal.

It is a block diagram which shows the whole structure of the information presentation system by the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the conversion method of the input result in the operation input reception part of the information presentation system by 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement content of the information presentation system by 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the priority gradient information of the field object in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the icon object arrangement | positioning calculation result by the layout calculating part of the information presentation system by 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the whole structure of the information presentation system by the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement content of the information presentation system by 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the screen display in the screen display part of the information presentation system by 2nd Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware structural example of the terminal device by embodiment of this invention.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

(First embodiment)
Referring to FIG. 1, the first embodiment of the present invention is realized on a terminal device 100 that is an information processing device having a function of presenting information to a user through a screen. As the terminal device 100, for example, an information processing device with limited display capability such as a mobile phone or a car navigation terminal is used.

The terminal device 100 includes a field object management unit 101, an operation input reception unit 102, a sensor information input reception unit 103, an icon object management unit 104, a layout calculation unit 105, a conflict management unit 106, and a screen display unit 107. And an object data storage unit 108.

The field object management unit 101 has a function of selecting an appropriate field object based on the input of the terminal user and sensor information acquired by the terminal device, and sending the field object to the layout calculation unit 105.

The field object is used to allow the user to recognize the background on which the icons are displayed when displaying the icon object as information to be presented to the terminal user, and has background information and priority gradient information. .

Here, the background information is image information representing a background image when a single or a plurality of icon objects are displayed on the terminal device screen. In general, the screen display unit 107, which is a screen display device included in the terminal device 100, has a certain screen size. However, the size of the area in which the background information is expressed is not limited to this screen size.

The priority gradient information is information for determining at which point in the background information the icon object that is given meaning by the meta information is arranged. Specifically, a reference point where an icon object having specific meta information should be placed at an arbitrary point in the background information area, an effective range centered on the reference point, and an effective range from the reference point. It consists of a representation of the gradient of strength of relevance acting on the icon object over the outer edge.

複数 Multiple priority gradient information corresponding to specific meta information can be held in one field object.

A plurality of field objects to be selected are acquired from the object data storage unit 108 described later.

The operation input receiving unit 102 has a function of receiving an operation of a terminal user via a physical device (for example, a button or a touch panel), converting the input result (operation content), and sending it to the field object management unit 101.

Specifically, the conversion of the input result in the operation input receiving unit 102 is a conversion from the operation input information of the terminal user to meta information held by the reference point of the priority gradient information included in the icon object and the field object. I mean.

FIG. 2 shows a specific example of conversion of input results in the operation input receiving unit 102.

Suppose that a terminal user uses a menu application having a screen design capable of switching a plurality of tags on the terminal device 100 as shown in FIG. In this menu application, information indicating a situation desired by the user such as “shopping”, “meal”, and “play” is shown as a tag. When the terminal user operates the touch panel or the like to select each tag, the field object corresponding to each tag is developed on the screen of the screen display unit 107.

In the case of this specific example, a software event such as “clicking a tag on the screen via the touch panel” corresponds to the operation input information of the terminal user, and this is the input result. If the touched tag is “shopping”, the meta information obtained as a result of conversion by the operation input receiving unit 102 is “shopping”.

The field object management unit 101 obtains specific meta information from the input from the operation input reception unit 102, and selects an appropriate field object from the object data storage unit 108 that stores the field object managed by itself.

The sensor information input receiving unit 103 has a function of collecting information output from the sensors included in the terminal device 100, processing the information, and sending it to the field object management unit 101.

The collection and processing of the sensor information in the sensor information input receiving unit 103 is specifically the priority gradient information included in the icon object and the field object from the sensor-specific value output from the sensor included in the terminal device 100. This means the conversion to meta information of the reference point. Specific examples are shown below.

For example, it is assumed that the terminal device 100 is equipped with a GPS (Global Positioning System) as a sensor, and the user who owns the terminal device 100 has moved to the vicinity of Shinagawa.

The sensor information input receiving unit 103 recognizes that the current location is around Shinagawa based on the latitude / longitude information acquired from the GPS. The recognition method applies the latitude and longitude obtained from GPS from the map information. The map information may be held as internal data by the sensor information input receiving unit 103 or may be obtained by communication with the outside. In any case, as a result, the sensor information input receiving unit 103 acquires the meta information “Shinagawa area”.

The field object management unit 101 obtains specific meta information from the input from the sensor information input reception unit 103, and selects an appropriate one from the object data storage unit 108 that stores field objects managed by itself.

The icon object management unit 104 has a function of selecting an icon object, which will be described later, based on the priority gradient information of the field object selected by the field object management unit 101.

The icon object is for presenting information to the terminal user, and includes icon information, display area information, meta information, and priority number information.

The icon information is image information in which information to be transmitted on the screen of the screen display unit 107 of the terminal device 100 is expressed by a simplified picture or symbol in order to present it to the terminal user. The display area information is information indicating the image size of the icon information. The meta information is information for objectively giving meaning to the content of information held by the icon object.

Priority level information represents the strength of relevance to the meaning of icon objects classified by meta information. When a plurality of icon objects are classified according to the same meta information, the icon objects are used for evaluating the order of the relevance of the icon objects.

A plurality of icon objects to be selected are acquired from the object data storage unit 108.

The layout calculation unit 105 receives the field object and the icon object from the field object management unit 101 and the icon object management unit 104, respectively, and determines the field object from the priority gradient information that the field object has, the meta information that the icon object has, and the priority number information. It has a function of calculating the display position of the icon object arranged above.

The layout calculation unit 105 sends the calculation result to the screen display unit 107.

The conflict management unit 106 has a function of correcting the display positions of the plurality of icon objects calculated by the layout calculation unit 105 when they overlap each other.

The overlapping display of icon objects is detected based on the display area information held by the icon objects.

As a specific correction method, a method of moving icon objects that are overlapped on the display to a position where no overlap occurs or a method of hiding any of the overlapping icon objects is conceivable.

When moving overlapping icon objects to a position where they do not overlap, move which icon object in which direction from the reference point for the meta information of the field object based on the meta information and priority number of each icon object. To decide. More specifically, by comparing the priority numbers, icon objects set low are arranged farther from the reference point, and icon objects set higher are arranged closer to the reference point. If the priority numbers are exactly the same, they are moved to the same position on the priority gradient of the field object.

The display position of the icon object corrected by the conflict management unit 106 is fed back to the layout calculation unit 105 and recalculated. If a new conflict (overlap) occurs as a result of the calculation, the conflict management unit 106 executes the conflict resolution process again.

The screen display unit 107 actually presents the field object and the icon object received the output instruction by the layout calculation unit 105 to the terminal user through the monitor device or the like.

The object data storage unit 108 stores field objects and icon objects, and sends them to the field object management unit 101 and the icon object management unit 104 as necessary.

The object data storage unit 108 may be realized by a storage device such as a hard disk device in the terminal device 100, or although not shown, a virtual storage device existing on the network or a main storage device on the network You may implement | achieve with the cache with respect to.

(Operation of the first embodiment)
Next, the overall operation in the first embodiment described above will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, the operation input receiving unit 102 converts the operation content from the terminal user of the terminal device 100 into meta information, and notifies the field object management unit 101 (step A101).

Next, the sensor information input receiving unit 103 collects information from the sensor of the terminal device 100, converts the information into meta information, and notifies the field object management unit 101 (step A102).

The terminal sensor assumed here includes a physical sensor that can be directly mounted on the terminal device 100 such as a GPS, an RFID / IC card reader, and an acceleration sensor, as well as an external terminal device obtained through short-range wireless communication such as Bluetooth. Including sensors.

Note that the order of step A101 and step A102 may be reversed. Furthermore, either one of the steps may be omitted.

The field object management unit 101 selects and determines an appropriate field object from the object data storage unit 108 based on the meta information obtained in step A101 and step A102 (step A103).

The selection of the field object by the field object management unit 101 is based on the meta information associated with the reference point in the priority gradient information of the field object based on the meta information received from the operation input receiving unit 102 or the sensor information input receiving unit 103. This is performed based on the matching processing result.

For example, the matching process in the case where the meta information is expressed in a text format is a process corresponding to character string comparison.

Furthermore, the matching process in the case where the meta information is expressed in RDF (Resource Description Framework) is a process corresponding to a search using an RDF query language such as SPARQL.

When the field object is determined in step A103, the field object management unit 101 notifies the icon object management unit 104 and the layout calculation unit 105 of the selected field object (step A104).

Next, the icon object management unit 104 notified of the field object selected in step A104 determines the object data from the meta information associated with the reference point included in the priority gradient information of the notified field object. A related icon object is selected from the storage unit 108 (step A105).

The selection of the icon object by the icon object management unit 104 is based on the same meta information based on the meta information associated with the reference point included in the priority gradient information of the field object notified from the field object management unit 101. This is done by matching the icon object with the.

As in the case of step A103, the matching process uses a character string search when the meta information is expressed in a text format, and a search method using the RDF query language when the meta information is expressed in RDF.

The icon object selected in step A105 is notified to the layout calculation unit 105 by the icon object management unit 104 (step A106).

In step A104 and step A106, the layout calculation unit 105 that has been notified of the field object and the icon object related to the field object based on the priority gradient information included in the field object and the meta information and priority number information included in the icon object. Next, the display position of the icon object on the field object is calculated (step A107).

Hereinafter, the calculation method of the display position of the icon object in step A107 will be described in detail.

As a specific example, a case is assumed where one field object F_OBJ and three icon objects I_OBJ1, I_OBJ2, and I_OBJ3 are sent from the field object management unit 101 and the icon object management unit 104.

Also, it is assumed that the reference point included in the priority gradient information of the field object F_OBJ is one, and the meta information of the reference point is the same as the meta information of the icon objects I_OBJ1 to I_OBJ3.

FIG. 4 illustrates the background information and priority gradient information that the field object F_OBJ has. The priority gradient information can be expressed as contour lines in which the priority number of the reference point X is “100”, the priority number of the outer periphery of the effective range is “0”, and points having the same priority number in the effective range are connected by lines. The graph below the contour map is a cross-sectional view of the straight line L.

Now, the priority numbers of the three icon objects I_OBJ1 to I_OBJ3 are P1, P2, and P3, respectively, and are determined as follows.
P1 = 50
P2 = 10
P3 = 25

The layout calculation unit 105 searches for an icon object having the maximum priority number. As a result, it is found that the icon object I_OBJ1 is the maximum, and it is determined that this icon object is arranged on the reference point X of the field object.

Next, relative ratios P2 ′ and P3 ′ of the priority numbers of the other icon object icon objects I_OBJ2 and I_OBJ3 when P1 ′ = 100 are obtained with respect to the priority number P1 of the icon object I_OBJ1 having the maximum priority number. .
P1 ′ = 100
P2 ′ = 20
P3 ′ = 50

The values of P1 ', P2' and P3 'thus determined are arranged on contour lines corresponding to the respective values of the priority gradient information in FIG. The arrangement result of the icon objects I_OBJ1 to I_OBJ3 in this case is as shown in FIG.

Next, the layout calculation unit 105 transmits the display positions of the plurality of icon objects obtained in step A107 and the display area information held by each icon object to the conflict management unit 106 (step A108).

The conflict management unit 106 determines whether there is an overlap (competition) on the display of the icon object based on the transmitted display position and display area information of each icon object (step A109).

If there is an overlap of icon objects, the conflict management unit 106 recalculates the display position of the icon object where the overlap has occurred so that the overlap does not occur, and returns the result to the layout calculation unit 105 (step). A110).

In step A110, the conflict management unit 106 may eliminate the overlap by hiding any of the icon objects where the overlap occurs instead of recalculating the display position.

After it is determined in step A109 that there is no overlap in display of icon objects, or after the conflict is resolved in step A110, the layout calculation unit 105 displays the field object and icon object to be displayed, and each icon object. Is displayed to the screen display unit 107 (step A111).

Finally, the screen display unit 107 displays the field object and icon object specified in step A111 on the screen device (step A112).

(Effects of the first embodiment)
According to the first embodiment, the information source iconized by the icon object is displayed on the background screen by the field object based on the calculation result by the meta information, the priority number, and the priority gradient of the field object and the icon object. By arranging them, an icon related to an image received by the user from the background screen is displayed on the screen, so that the user can recognize information sources displayed on the screen. For this reason, even in a terminal device having a limited display capability, an efficient information source can be presented to the user.

In addition, the conflict management unit determines whether or not there is an overlap in the display of each icon object, and when the icon object overlaps, recalculates the display position of the icon object so that the overlap does not occur. Further, it is possible to prevent the user's cognitive deterioration due to the overlap of icon objects and the increase in the number of display icons, and it is possible to efficiently present the information source to the user.

In particular, the terminal device is an environment where the display capability of a display device such as a portable terminal device is limited, and the information source is an open source such as the Internet and a system that targets a large amount of information. It is more suitable for it.

(Second Embodiment)
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 6, the information presentation system according to the second embodiment connects a server 200 having a function of providing a Web service to a user, and the server 200 via a network 400 such as the Internet. The terminal device 300 used when the user actually receives the message is included. As the terminal device 300, for example, an information processing device with limited display capability such as a mobile phone or a car navigation terminal is used.

Furthermore, the configuration of the server 200 will be described in detail. The server 200 includes a web service providing unit 201, a web service resource storage unit 202, and a field object storage unit 203.

The web service providing unit 201 has a function of providing a web service to the terminal device 300. Specifically, service information resources such as media information such as images and moving images and text information acquired from the Web service resource storage unit 202 are provided to the terminal device 300 via a communication protocol such as HTTP. Further, in addition to the service information resource described above, a field object acquired from the field object storage unit 203 described later is provided.

The web service resource storage unit 202 stores service information resources necessary for providing a web service.

The field object storage unit 203 stores the field object described in the first embodiment.

Next, the terminal device 300 will be described in detail. The terminal device 300 includes a Web service execution unit 301, an icon object management unit 302, an icon object storage unit 303, a layout calculation unit 304, a conflict management unit 305, and a screen display unit 306.

The Web service execution unit 301 determines a user request or service usage status from a terminal operation by the user, sends the information (user request or service usage status) to the Web service providing unit 201, and responds as a Web service. Service information resources and field objects necessary for use of the service are received from the Web service providing unit 201. The service information resource is sent to the screen display unit 306 according to the service usage status of the user. Similarly, field objects are sent to the layout calculation unit 304 according to the service usage status of the user, and at the same time, information indicating what field objects are sent to the layout calculation unit 304 is notified to the icon object management unit 302. Is done.

The icon object management unit 302 has a function of selecting the icon object shown in the first embodiment based on the priority gradient information of the field object received from the Web service execution unit 301. A plurality of icon objects to be selected are acquired from the icon object storage unit 303.

The icon object storage unit 303 stores icon objects. The icon object storage unit 303 may be realized by a storage device such as a hard disk device in the terminal device 300, a virtual storage device existing on the network, a cache for a main storage device on the network, or the like. It may be realized with.

The layout calculation unit 304 receives a field object and an icon object from the Web service execution unit 301 and the icon object management unit 302, respectively, and based on the priority gradient information that the field object has, the meta information that the icon object has, and the priority number information, It has a function of calculating the display position of the icon object arranged on the field object.

The layout calculation unit 304 sends the calculation result to the screen display unit 306.

In the same way as the conflict management unit 106 shown in the first embodiment, the conflict management unit 305 displays the display positions of the plurality of icon objects calculated by the layout calculation unit 304 when they overlap. Has a function to modify.

The screen display unit 306 is a terminal user who actually receives service information resources such as images, moving images, and texts acquired from the Web service execution unit 301 and field objects and icon objects received by the layout calculation unit 304 through a monitor device or the like. To present.

(Operation of Second Embodiment)
Next, the overall operation in the second embodiment described above will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

The flowchart shown in FIG. 7 will be described from the time when the user of the terminal device 300 accesses the server 200 using the terminal device 300 and starts using the Web service.

First, the Web service execution unit 301 of the server 200 detects the terminal operation of the user who is going to use the Web service, and requests the Web service providing unit 201 to acquire the service information resource requested by the user (Step B101). ).

As a specific example of the detection of the terminal operation of the user who intends to use the Web service in Step B101, it is assumed that the user activates / operates a browser or other Web application. At that time, the content of the service information resource requested from the Web service execution unit 301 to the Web service providing unit 201 is, for example, a browser, the HTML source indicated by the URL transmitted from the Web service execution unit 301. Determined based on content.

In step B101, the web service providing unit 201 that has received the request from the web service execution unit 301 sends a service information resource necessary for providing the web service from the web service resource storage unit 202 according to the content of the request, and the field. Each field object is acquired from the object storage unit 203 and transmitted to the Web service execution unit 301 (step B102).

As a specific example of the method for determining the field object in step B102, a field object is fixedly associated with the service information resource, and is selected according to the request content sent from the Web service execution unit 301. Select a field object corresponding to the service information resource to be selected, or perform data mining of the service information resource selected by the Web service providing unit 201, and search for related field objects based on the meta information obtained as a result It is possible to obtain such a method.

Next, the Web service execution unit 301 sends the service information resource acquired in Step B102 to the screen display unit 306 (Step B103).

Further, the Web service execution unit 301 sends the field object acquired in step B102 to the layout calculation unit 304 and the icon object management unit 302 (step B104).

Upon receiving the field object in step B104, the icon object management unit 302 selects a related icon object based on the field object information (step B105).

The method for selecting an icon object is the same as the method by the icon object management unit 104 in the first embodiment.

Thereafter, from step B106 to step B111, processing similar to that from step A106 to step A111 in FIG. 6 in the first embodiment is executed.

Finally, the screen display unit 306 displays the field object and icon object obtained from the layout calculation unit 304 together with the service information resource obtained in step B103, and the display position of the icon object on the screen (step B112).

FIG. 8 shows a screen display example by the screen display unit 306 in step B112.

Info_R in the figure is a screen provided by the Web service providing unit 201 displayed by the screen display unit 306 based on the service information resource. I_OBJ04 and I_OBJ05 are icon objects displayed on the screen Info_R. In appearance, the service information resource becomes the background, and the icon object is arranged thereon. At this time, it is desirable that the background image of the field object is transparent or translucent.

(Effects of the second embodiment)
In the second embodiment, as in the first embodiment described above, the icon related to the image received by the user from the background screen is displayed on the screen, so that it is displayed on the screen for the user. Increase awareness of information sources.

In addition, when icon objects overlap, recalculating the display position of the icon object so as not to cause overlap prevents the user's cognitive deterioration due to the overlap of icon objects and the increase in the number of display icons. It is possible to present the information source to the user efficiently.

Next, a hardware configuration example of the terminal device 100 (300) according to the above embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example of the terminal device 100 (300).

Referring to FIG. 9, the terminal device 100 (300) can be realized by a hardware configuration similar to that of a general computer device, and from a memory such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 401, a RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like. A main storage unit 402 used for a data work area and a temporary data save area, a communication unit 403 that transmits / receives data via a network, an input / output interface unit 404 that transmits / receives data by connecting to an external device, A ROM (Read Only Memory), a hard disk device composed of a non-volatile memory such as a magnetic disk, a semiconductor memory, etc., an auxiliary storage unit 405, a system bus 406 for interconnecting the above components of the information processing device, a display And an output device 407 and input device 408 such as a keyboard apparatus or the like.

The terminal device 100 (300) according to the present embodiment mounts a circuit component, which is a hardware component such as an LSI (Large Scale Integration), in which a program for executing an information presentation process is incorporated, thereby operating the hardware. Of course, a program that provides the functions of the field object management unit 101, the icon object management unit 104, the layout calculation unit 105, and the conflict management unit 106 is stored in the auxiliary storage unit 405, and the program is stored. It can also be realized by software by being loaded into the main storage unit 402 and executed by the CPU 401.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments, the present invention is not necessarily limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the technical idea. .

According to the present invention, the present invention can be applied to an information distribution system that push-distributes advertisement information and information useful for a user to a mobile terminal.

This application claims priority based on Japanese Patent Application No. 2009-013813 filed on Jan. 26, 2009, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein.

Claims

In an information processing apparatus having a function of presenting an information source on a screen,
Icon object management means for managing as an icon object by adding, to an iconized information source, meta information representing the meaning of the information source and a priority number indicating the strength of the degree of association between the meaning of the meta information When,
Field object management means for managing background information including a background image when displaying the icon object on the screen, and priority gradient information for specifying the icon object to be displayed on the background image as a field object; ,
A screen of the information source using the icon object and the meta information, the priority number, the background information, and the priority gradient information in the field object managed by the icon object management unit and the field object management unit, respectively. An information processing apparatus comprising: a layout calculation means for calculating an upper display position.
The field object management means selects an appropriate field object from an object data storage unit that stores the icon object and the field object based on predetermined meta information notified from outside, and selects the selected field object. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus notifies the icon object management means.
In an information processing apparatus having a function of presenting information on a screen,
Connected to a server having a function of providing a predetermined service via a network,
Icon object management means for managing as an icon object by adding, to an iconized information source, meta information representing the meaning of the information source and a priority number indicating the strength of the degree of association between the meaning of the meta information When,
Information resources of the service sent from the server, background information including a background image when the icon object is displayed on the screen, associated with the information resource of the service, and the icon object to be displayed on the background image Means for receiving a field object including priority gradient information for identifying
On the screen of the information source, using the icon object managed by the icon object management means, the meta information in the field object received from the server, the priority number, the background information and the priority gradient information An information processing apparatus comprising: a layout calculation unit that calculates a display position of
The background information includes a reference point having the meta information as an attribute at an arbitrary point in the background image, and an effective range in which the meta information acts around the reference point,
The information processing according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the priority gradient information includes information indicating a gradient of strength of semantic relevance to the meta information within the effective range. apparatus.
The icon object management unit selects a related icon object from the object data storage unit based on meta information associated with a reference point included in the priority gradient information of the notified field object. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4.
The layout calculation means searches for an icon object having the highest priority number, determines to place the icon object having the highest priority number on a predetermined reference point of the field object,
Next, a relative ratio of the priority numbers of the other icon objects to the icon object having the highest priority number is obtained,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a position where the other icon object is arranged is obtained based on a relative ratio of the priority numbers.
When there is an overlap in the display position between the icon objects calculated by the layout calculation means, the apparatus has a conflict management means for correcting the display position to a position where no overlap occurs based on the display area of the icon object and the priority number. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus is an information processing apparatus.
When there is an overlap in the display position between the icon objects calculated by the layout calculation means, there is a conflict management means for hiding all but the icon objects with the highest priority from the overlapping icon objects. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus is an information processing apparatus.
An information presentation method in an information processing apparatus having a function of presenting information on a screen,
Adding to the iconified information source a meta information representing the meaning of the information source and a priority number indicating the strength of the degree of association between the meaning of the meta information and managing as an icon object;
Managing background information including a background image when displaying the icon object on a screen, and priority gradient information for specifying the icon object to be displayed on the background image as field objects;
Calculating the display position of the information source on the screen using the meta information in the icon object and the field object, the priority number, the background information, and the priority gradient information. Information presentation method.
In the field object management step, based on predetermined meta information notified from the outside, an appropriate field object is selected from the object data storage unit that stores the icon object and the field object, and the selected field object is The information presenting method according to claim 9, wherein the icon object managing step is notified.
An information presentation method in an information processing apparatus having a function of presenting information on a screen,
Adding to the iconified information source a meta information representing the meaning of the information source and a priority number indicating the strength of the degree of association between the meaning of the meta information and managing as an icon object;
An information resource of the service sent from a server connected via a network and having a function of providing a predetermined service, and a background image associated with the information resource of the service when displaying the icon object on the screen Receiving a field object including background information and priority gradient information for identifying the icon object to be displayed on the background image;
Calculating the display position of the information source on the screen using the icon object and the meta information in the field object received from the server, the priority number, the background information and the priority gradient information; An information presentation method comprising:
The background information includes a reference point having the meta information as an attribute at an arbitrary point in the background image, and an effective range in which the meta information acts around the reference point,
The information presentation according to any one of claims 9 to 11, wherein the priority gradient information includes information indicating a gradient of strength of semantic relevance to the meta information within the effective range. Method.
In the icon object management step, a related icon object is selected from the object data storage unit based on meta information associated with a reference point included in the priority gradient information of the notified field object. The information presentation method according to any one of claims 9 to 12.
In the layout calculation step, the icon object having the maximum priority number is searched, and it is determined that the icon object having the maximum priority number is arranged on a predetermined reference point of the field object,
Next, a relative ratio of the priority numbers of the other icon objects to the icon object having the highest priority number is obtained,
The information presentation method according to claim 9, wherein a position where the other icon object is arranged is obtained based on a relative ratio of the priority numbers.
When there is an overlap in the display position between the icon objects calculated in the layout calculation step, a conflict management step of correcting the display position to a position where no overlap occurs based on the display area of the icon object and the priority number is included. The information presentation method according to any one of claims 9 to 14, wherein
A conflict management step of hiding all but the icon objects having the highest priority from the overlapping icon objects when the display positions between the icon objects calculated in the layout calculating step overlap. The information presentation method according to any one of claims 9 to 14, wherein
An information presentation program that operates on an information processing apparatus having a function of presenting information on a screen,
In the information processing apparatus,
A process of adding to the iconified information source a meta information representing the meaning of the information source and a priority number indicating the strength of the degree of association between the meaning of the meta information and managing as an icon object;
Processing for managing background information including a background image when displaying the icon object on the screen, and priority gradient information for specifying the icon object to be displayed on the background image as a field object;
A process of calculating a display position of the information source on the screen using the meta information, the priority number, the background information, and the priority gradient information in the icon object and the field object; Characteristic information presentation program.
Based on the predetermined meta information collected in the field object management process, an appropriate field object is selected from the object data storage unit for storing the icon object and the field object, and the selected field object is managed by the icon object management. The information presentation program according to claim 17, wherein the processing is notified.
An information presentation program that operates on an information processing apparatus having a function of presenting information on a screen,
In the information processing apparatus,
A process of adding to the iconified information source a meta information representing the meaning of the information source and a priority number indicating the strength of the degree of association between the meaning of the meta information and managing as an icon object;
An information resource of the service sent from a server connected via a network and having a function of providing a predetermined service, and a background image associated with the information resource of the service when displaying the icon object on the screen Receiving a field object including background information and priority gradient information for specifying the icon object to be displayed on the background image;
Processing for calculating a display position of the information source on the screen using the icon object, the meta information in the field object received from the server, the priority number, the background information, and the priority gradient information; An information presentation program characterized by causing
The background information includes a reference point having the meta information as an attribute at an arbitrary point in the background image, and an effective range in which the meta information acts around the reference point,
The information presentation according to any one of claims 17 to 19, wherein the priority gradient information includes information indicating a gradient of strength of semantic relevance to the meta information within the effective range. program.
In the icon object management process, a related icon object is selected from the object data storage unit based on meta information associated with a reference point included in the priority gradient information of the notified field object. The information presentation program according to any one of claims 17 to 20.
In the layout calculation process, the icon object having the highest priority number is searched, and the icon object having the highest priority number is determined to be placed on a predetermined reference point of the field object,
Next, a relative ratio of the priority numbers of the other icon objects to the icon object having the highest priority number is obtained,
The information presentation program according to any one of claims 17 to 21, wherein a position where the other icon object is arranged is obtained based on a relative ratio of the priority numbers.
When there is an overlap in the display position between the icon objects calculated in the layout calculation process, a conflict management process is performed to correct the display position to a position where no overlap occurs based on the display area of the icon object and the priority number. The information presentation program according to any one of claims 17 to 22, wherein the program is presented.
When there is an overlap in the display position between the icon objects calculated in the layout calculation process, a conflict management process is made to hide all of the icon objects other than the icon object with the highest priority from the overlapping icon objects. The information presentation program according to any one of claims 17 to 22, wherein the program is presented.