JP2002335576A - Radio information delivering system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system in which information limited to an area is delivered inexpensively to a radio terminal, a user acquires only personally useful information and the user's need can be grasped. SOLUTION: Summarized information limited to an area is delivered, as index information, to a user and the user selects only required information. The selected information is recorded as marketing information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for distributing information related to an area to a wireless portable terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a system such as a PHS or J-Phone station, a technique has been realized in which the current position of a terminal is acquired and area-limited information or the like relating to a corresponding area is distributed based on the position information. Similarly, various methods have been proposed for acquiring terminal location information and distributing area-limited information on the area. In recent years, mobile phones (wireless mobile browser terminals) that can access sites on the Internet such as i-mode have exploded, and the chances of accessing the Internet from mobile phones have increased. Access is becoming possible.

[0003] However, as is well known, there are a huge number of sites that can be connected from a mobile phone (mobile browser terminal), and it is difficult for users to easily access target area-limited information. In some cases, it was difficult for users to access the site easily due to the high communication fee for browsing the site in order to obtain the URL. Therefore, instead of immediately accessing and acquiring the site-specific information and distributing the region-specific information by another method, a method has been proposed in which the user selects necessary information from there and obtains only the relevant information. I have.

[0004]

As described above, instead of directly accessing a site such as the Internet, only the essence of the local information is distributed by another method, and only the information required by the user is obtained. Although such a method has been proposed, most of the information distributed here is advertising information. However, at present, there is no system that collects marketing information such as who acquired the distributed advertisement information. Since the advertisement has been distributed, a system for collecting marketing data including the effect of the advertisement distribution has been long-awaited.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present inventors have conducted intensive studies and have taken the following means.
That is, in an information distribution system including a wireless terminal that acquires information by wireless communication means and a database stored and organized according to an area that supplies information to the wireless terminal, and a server accessible from the wireless terminal,
Index information distribution means for distributing, by wireless communication means, index information including at least an information identifier for identifying information stored in the server and a position constraint identifier indicating a position constraint of information obtainable by the information identifier; Index information acquisition means for acquiring information to the wireless terminal, current position acquisition means for acquiring the current position of the wireless terminal, selection means for the user to select the index information, current position acquisition for the wireless portable terminal Position constraint determining means for comparing the current position of the wireless terminal obtained by the means with the position constraint condition identifier of the index and determining whether the corresponding information index satisfies the position constraint. Access means to access the relevant information on Heather will identify the user when accessed, it is sufficient to provide a user access log means for performing a storage location information and access information for the user of the terminal and the identified user information.

The wireless communication means of the wireless terminal may be at least one communication means including at least a wireless communication means using a two-way wireless public line (PHS or mobile communication network). Second communication means different from the wireless communication means using the two-way wireless public line to be accessed may be provided. If index information is distributed via a normal two-way wireless public line, communication costs such as packet charges increase, and the burden on the user increases. Therefore, the burden on the user can be reduced by using another communication means.

Further, the second communication means may be any short-range wireless communication means within a wireless reach of 500 m. For example, if a Bluetooth or wireless LAN system is used, the limited range of the wireless communication means is limited, so that it is possible to easily perform area-limited distribution. Alternatively, the second communication unit may be a wireless communication unit having a one-way broadcast function such as a pager radio wave or a broadcast radio band. In this case, the local information may be selected by the position information acquisition system of the wireless terminal.

Further, the above-mentioned user specification may be performed by the terminal ID (terminal identifier) of the wireless terminal. The user information may be called by the terminal ID when the user accesses, and the necessary information may be recorded and stored.

The information stored by the user access log means includes access time, location information of the access wireless terminal,
At least one selected from the attribute information of the accessed user, the attribute information of the accessed information, the content of the accessed information, and the browsing history information of the user in the accessed site may be used. Then, by analyzing this information as needed, it is sufficient to extract marketing data such as, for example, access status by user attribute and region.

For the index information, index storing means is provided in the above-mentioned wireless terminal, and the index information of this storing means is displayed at the request of the user, and the user can obtain the desired information of the user at the desired time by the selecting means. What is necessary is just to make it selectable.

[0011]

Embodiments will be described in more detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an overview of the entire configuration of the present invention, and 104
Is a server center. Reference numeral 103 stores information for each region, reference numeral 102 denotes a personal DB that stores personal information, and reference numeral 103 denotes a log D that stores an access log.
B. In the personal database 102, the user's personal terminal I
D, attribute information is stored. This server center is connected to a wireless public line base station and a short-range wireless base station such as Bluetooth in each area via a network. A wireless terminal 107 of the user is connected to the short-range wireless base station 106 and the wireless public line base station 106 as necessary.

Although the distribution to the user's wireless terminal is performed by Bluetooth or the like, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, broadcast waves may be used. In this case, a means for receiving the broadcast wave may be provided in the wireless terminal. Index information of regional information is delivered to the user's wireless terminal 107. The configuration is based on identifier, name, latitude, longitude, effective range, start time, end time, and size information as shown in FIG. It is configured. This index information is one piece of area-limited information, and the identifier is information for identifying the area-limited information, and is required when the user's wireless terminal accesses the information.

The name is a character string that briefly indicates the content of the area-limited information, and the latitude and longitude indicate the center position of the area where the information is valid. The effective range is an effective radius and indicates the effective range of the corresponding information. The start time and the end time indicate the start and end of the time during which the corresponding information can be accessed. The size indicates the size of the corresponding information.

FIG. 2 shows a flow of extracting index information from the regional DB. First, index information is extracted from the regional DB of the area A in FIG. 1103, and the extracted index information is transmitted to the short-range wireless area A base station 106 via the net. Next, this index information is transmitted to the user's wireless terminal 107 via Bluetooth. FIG. 6 shows an index information display screen distributed to the user.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the user's wireless terminal. First, index information is acquired by Bluetooth. Then, the user selects necessary index information from the index information by using the user interface. Then, the index information is compared with the position acquired by the current position acquisition means to determine whether or not the constraint condition is satisfied. When the constraint condition is satisfied, the corresponding information may be accessed by the identifier to browse the necessary information. . The GPS is suitable for the current position acquisition means here, but various methods may be used, for example, a method of detecting the position of the wireless terminal by the base station may be used. Further, here, the wireless terminal is provided with the position constraint determining means, but this may be performed on a server.

FIG. 4 shows the overall flow. First, index information is delivered to the user's wireless terminal, and the user selects a necessary index. Here, it is assumed that Uda My Concert is selected from the user wireless terminal selection screen of FIG. The current position of the wireless terminal is acquired and compared with the selected index information to determine whether the position constraint condition is satisfied. If the position constraint is not satisfied, it is impossible to access the corresponding information, and the fact is displayed on the wireless terminal.

If the location constraint is satisfied, the corresponding information of the server center is accessed by the identifier via the wireless public circuit base station 106 shown in FIG. At this time, user authentication and user identification are performed using the terminal ID of the wireless terminal.
The screen at the time of access is shown in FIG. Here, it is a numbered ticket for a concert ticket of Uda Mai, and a numbered ticket for a concert starting at 13:00 at Tokyo DEF Hall on June 10, 2001 is shown. The user can make a reservation by further pressing the reservation button.

User authentication and user identification are performed with reference to the personal DB of FIG. FIG. 8 shows an example of the user's personal attribute at this time. User operation on the site, such as specifying the user information (user's personal attribute, etc.), the user's location information (wireless terminal location information), the relevant information selected by the user, and pressing the reservation button as necessary The history is similarly recorded in the log DB 10 of FIG.
1 is stored. By analyzing this log, for example, it is possible to analyze marketing data for access information for each region and for each user attribute. Further, by accumulating the individual access logs, it becomes possible to analyze individual marketing data such as individual hobbies and preferences. FIG. 9 shows an example of accumulating access logs of individuals.

In the above embodiment, the case where the user's wireless terminal has two communication means has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. FIG. 10 shows this state, but the distribution of the index information may be performed through a normal 1005 wireless public line base station, and the other parts are the same as in the above-described embodiment.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention, an index of area-limited information is distributed to users in the corresponding area, and the user can access only necessary information. Since the access status can be accumulated, useful marketing data can be collected.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a general overview of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a distribution flow of index information.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a wireless terminal.

[FIG. 4] Overall flow

FIG. 5 is a format example of index information.

FIG. 6 is a screen display example of index information.

FIG. 7 is a display example of area-limited information.

FIG. 8 shows an example of a user's personal attribute.

FIG. 9: User's personal access log

FIG. 10 shows an example in which index information distribution and information access use the same communication means.

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Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. An information distribution system comprising a wireless terminal for acquiring information by wireless communication means, and a database stored and organized according to a region for supplying information to the wireless terminal, the server being accessible from the wireless terminal. Index information distribution means for distributing, by wireless communication means, at least an information identifier for identifying information stored in the server and index information including a position constraint condition identifier indicating a position constraint of information obtainable by the information identifier, Index information acquiring means for acquiring index information to the wireless terminal, current position acquiring means for acquiring the current position of the wireless terminal, index information selecting means for allowing the user to select the index information from the index information, Wireless terminal acquired by position acquisition means Position constraint determination means for comparing the current position and the position constraint condition identifier of the index relevant information index to determine satisfies the constraint position,
Access means for accessing the corresponding information of the server according to the information identifier of the index, identifying the user when the user accesses, and storing the identified user information, the terminal location information of the user and the accessed information A wireless information distribution system comprising a user access log means. 2. The wireless information distribution system according to claim 1, wherein said wireless communication means of said wireless terminal is at least one communication means including wireless communication means using at least a two-way wireless public line. 3. The wireless information according to claim 3, wherein said index distribution means has second communication means different from wireless communication means using a two-way wireless public line for accessing said server. Delivery system. 4. The wireless communication system according to claim 2, wherein said second communication means is a wireless coverage area.
3. The wireless information distribution system according to claim 2, wherein the wireless information distribution system is a short-range wireless communication unit within m. 5. The wireless information distribution system according to claim 2, wherein said second communication means is a wireless communication means having a one-way broadcast function. 6. The wireless communication method according to claim 1, wherein the user identification is performed by a terminal
2. The wireless information distribution system according to claim 1, wherein the wireless information distribution is performed using D (terminal identifier). 7. The information stored by the user access log means includes access time, location information of the access wireless terminal, attribute information of the accessed user, attribute information of the accessed information, information contents of the accessed information, and information of the accessed site. Claim 1 characterized by at least one selected from the browsing history information of the corresponding user.
Wireless information distribution system according to the item. 8. The index information has index storing means in the wireless terminal, and displays the index information of the storing means as desired, and the user can select desired information of the user at a desired time by the selecting means. The wireless information distribution system according to claim 1, wherein: