JP2002315059A - Method for Providing and Obtaining Guide Map Information Around Moving Point by Communication Network, Communication System and Program Thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] To provide guidance map information with services, events, and advertisements without requiring much time and cost, and
In a mobile phone, desired information that can be used at the current time at a moving point is easily and reliably selected and acquired. SOLUTION: A mobile terminal 1 determines its absolute position by GPS.
It measures and transfers the absolute position information measured by GPS via a wireless line connection, and displays the received guide map information. The information providing site communication system 5 updates and stores the information including the service and the event for each change, and fetches the information of the received absolute position information including the service and the event from the database. Further, map information corresponding to the received absolute position information is fetched from the database, guide map information in which information including services and events is described in the map information is generated and transferred to the mobile terminal 1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention provides information on various services, events (events) and advertisements around a traveling point, for example, from a website on an Internet communication network. The present invention relates to a method for providing and acquiring guidance map information around a moving point by a communication network acquired by a user of a mobile phone, and a communication system and program thereof.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a cellular mobile telephone system (PD) has been known.
C: Personal Digital Cellular Telecommunication Sys
tem, PHS: Personal Handyphone System)
For mobile phones with Internet access,
Various information is provided from a dedicated website. For example, various services, events (events), and advertisement information are provided by e-mail (e-mail magazine) and banners on a homepage (HP). In addition, introduction of desired stores and parking lots, such as around stations, through the Internet dedicated to mobile phones (provision and acquisition by information search) is also performed.

[0003] In such marketing by provision and acquisition by information search, it is necessary for the information provider to provide the mobile phone user with optimal services, contents of events and advertisements (information contents). So-called direct marketing. For this reason, personal attribute information is collected, and contents corresponding to the personal attribute information are transmitted by e-mail (e-mail magazine).

[0004] In this case, in order to transmit contents more suitable for the user of the portable telephone, detailed personality attribute information including personal preference is collected and corresponding to the personality attribute information, for example, It is necessary to select and send a favorite event (event). In this case, it takes a lot of time and money to collect the personality attribute information.

[0005] Further, the user of the portable telephone selects appropriate information from a large number of services, events, and advertisements. In this case, it is available at the moving point (for example, around the station or around a local business trip location) and at the current time, and various desired services and events (events) are available.
Is not readily apparent.

[0006]

As described above, the above conventional example has the following inconveniences. (1) It takes a lot of time and money to transmit information suitable for a user of a mobile phone on the information providing side. (2) The user of the mobile phone cannot use the mobile phone around the moving point and at the current time, and can easily and surely select and use desired information from many services, events and advertisements provided.

[0007] The present invention solves such problems in the prior art, and the guide map provider can use the service at the current time and around the moving point, and can provide various services, events (events), advertisements, and the like. An object of the present invention is to provide a method for providing and acquiring guide map information around a moving point by a communication network, a communication system and a program thereof, which can easily provide the posted guide map information without requiring much time and cost.

[0008] The present invention also provides a mobile phone user,
Guidance map information around a travel point by a communication network that allows easy and reliable selection and acquisition of desired information from services, events, and advertisement guide information provided around the travel point provided at the current time. Another object is to provide a providing and acquiring method, a communication system and a program thereof.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for providing and obtaining guide map information around a moving point by a communication network. The guide map information provided along with the location is provided by the device on the guide map providing side through the communication line network, and is acquired by the device on the mobile side, and the information including the service and the event is obtained by the guide map providing side. Updating and storing for each change, the mobile side measuring its absolute position, the mobile side connecting to the guidance map providing side by wireless line,
Transferring the absolute position information measured by the mobile side to the guide map providing side through the wireless line connection; and storing information including services and events that can correspond to the current time on the surrounding map of the absolute position information received by the guide map providing side in the database. From the database, and from the database, the map information corresponding to the absolute position information received by the guide map provider. The guide map provider generates information including the service and the event into the guide map information described in the map information. Performing the step of transferring the guide map information to the portable side through the wireless line connection, and displaying the guide map information from the guide map providing side on the portable side.

The method of providing and obtaining guide map information around a moving point by a communication network according to the present invention is a method of providing guide map information in which information including services and events around a moving point is posted together with a location on a map. A step of storing information including a service and an event for each information change provided by the apparatus provided by the apparatus through the communication line network and obtained by the apparatus on the mobile side; Measuring the mobile phone, specifying the information including the specific service and the event on the mobile side, connecting the mobile side to the guide map providing side by wireless line, and the absolute position information and specification measured by the mobile side by this wireless line connection. Transferring the information including the specified service and event to the guide map provider, and receiving the information by the guide map provider. Fetching from the database the information including the specified specific service and event that can correspond to the current time on the surrounding map of the absolute position information, and reading the map information corresponding to the absolute position information received by the guide map provider from the database. Importing, the guide map providing side generating information including the specified specific service and event into guide map information posted in the map information, and transferring the guide map information to the mobile side by the guide map providing side And displaying the guide map information from the guide map providing side on the mobile side.

[0011] The method of the present invention further comprises, after the step of measuring the absolute position of the portable side, a step of specifying a display range on a map including a distance from the absolute position of the guide map information, and After the step of generating the guide map information by the guide map provider, the guide map provider uses the new guide map information of the display range on the map including the distance from the absolute position specified by the mobile phone. And a step of regenerating the data.

According to the method of the present invention, when the portable side moves and the absolute position information obtained by measurement changes during the wireless line connection between the portable side and the guide map providing side, new absolute position information is provided to the guide map. Further comprising a step of transferring the guide map information to the display map based on the new absolute position information received by the guide map provider. The method further comprises the step of regenerating the information into the guide map information.

The method of the present invention is characterized in that the absolute position information measured by the portable side is calculated by receiving satellite radio waves.

In the method of the present invention, in the step of taking in map information corresponding to the absolute position information received by the guide map providing side from a database, the map information is used for two-dimensional display or three-dimensional display by three-dimensional simulation. It is characterized in that it is generated as image information.

[0015] In the method of the present invention, after the guide map providing side generates the information including the service and the event into the guide map information described in the map information, the information including the service and the event in the guide map information is provided. And performing a process for generating audio output and / or map information into a moving image.

The guide map information providing and acquiring communication system according to the present invention provides, through a communication network, guide map information in which information including services and events in the vicinity of a traveling point is posted together with a location on a map. The terminal obtains its absolute position, measures its absolute position, transfers the measured absolute position information through a wireless line connection, and displays the received guide map information on the mobile terminal and information including services and events. Update and store for each change, and of the absolute position information received from the portable terminal, information including services and events is taken from the database, and map information corresponding to the received absolute position information is taken from the database, Information including services and events is generated as guide map information posted in the map information, and the Is characterized with the guide map information communication system for transferring, that said communication terminal and a guide map information communication system and a radio communication network for line connection comprising a radio section to.

The guide map information providing and acquiring communication system according to the present invention provides, through a communication network, guide map information in which information including services and events in the vicinity of a moving point is posted on a map together with a location, and a portable terminal. A mobile terminal that transfers the measured self-absolute position information and the information including the specified specific service and event through a wireless line, and displays the transferred guide map information; and Information including a specific service and event specified by storing the information including the event every time the information is changed, and fetching the absolute position information received from the mobile terminal from a database corresponding to the current time on a peripheral map. The guide map information published in the map information fetched from the database corresponding to the absolute position information received Forms a guide map information communication system to be transferred to said portable terminal, said communication terminal and a guide map information communication system is characterized by comprising a radio communication network for line connection comprising a radio section.

In the communication system according to the present invention, the portable terminal includes a portable telephone for executing mobile communication, and a GPS device for receiving a satellite radio wave, measuring a self-absolute position and transmitting the measured absolute position to the portable telephone. Features.

In the communication system according to the present invention, the transfer image for transferring guide map information to the guide map information communication system by generating information for two-dimensional display and / or three-dimensional image display by three-dimensional simulation. It is characterized by comprising processing means and transfer audio image processing means for generating and transferring map information as information for audio output and / or moving images.

The communication system according to the present invention comprises: a reception image processing means for receiving and displaying a three-dimensional image by a two-dimensional display or a three-dimensional simulation received from the guidance map information communication system on the portable terminal; And an audio / video processing unit for receiving and displaying audio output and / or moving image information received from the information communication system.

The communication system according to the present invention is characterized in that the wireless communication network is a network under a TCP / IP environment.

The program according to the present invention includes a step of measuring a self-absolute position, a step of transferring the absolute position information through a wireless line, and a map of a surrounding area of the transferred self-absolute position and information of services and events. It is characterized in that the control with the step of displaying the guide map information is executed by a substantial computer.

The program according to the present invention includes a step of measuring a self-absolute position, a step of specifying information including a specific service and an event, and a step of transmitting information including the absolute position information and the specified specific service and event to a wireless line. Through a computer, and controlling the display of a guide map information carrying information including a specific map of the designated service and event, and a step of displaying a map of the surroundings of the transmitted absolute absolute position and a step of transmitting the information. Features.

[0024] The program of the present invention updates and stores information including services and events for each change,
Including, from a database, information including a service and an event on a peripheral map corresponding to the received absolute position information, importing map information corresponding to the received absolute position information from a database, including the imported service and event It is characterized in that a substantial computer executes control of a step of generating guide map information posted in the map information having the information taken therein and a step of transferring the guide map information.

The program according to the present invention stores information including a service and an event for each change of the information, and a specified specific service and event corresponding to the current time on the peripheral map of the received absolute position information. Fetching information including the information from the database, fetching the map information corresponding to the received absolute position information from the database, and providing the information including the service and the event according to the fetched designation in the fetched map information. It is characterized in that a substantial computer executes control of a step of generating map information and a step of transferring the guide map information.

According to the present invention as described above, the guide map providing side can be used around the moving point and at the current time,
It automatically provides guide map information on various services, events (events) and advertisements, especially desired information designated by the mobile phone.

In this case, the guide map providing side (guide map information communication system) does not need to select and transmit a content more suitable for the user of the portable terminal (mobile phone). In other words, there is no need to collect personality attribute information including personal preference and the like and select information corresponding to the attribute information (for example, select an event that matches the personality attribute information) and transmit it. That is, it is sufficient to provide the various services and events through the guide map providing side (guide map information communication system) in the same manner as in the related art.

Therefore, the guide map providing side (guide map information communication system) can save the guide map information on the various services, events and advertisements at the current time, for example, on the Internet communication network, for a great amount of time and money. It can be provided easily without need.

The present invention also provides a mobile phone user
At the current time around the moving point and at the current time, it is possible to easily and surely select and acquire desired information from various kinds of services and events provided by the guide map providing side (guide map information communication system) and the guide map information on which advertisements are posted. Become like

[0030]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, an embodiment of a method for providing and obtaining guide map information around a moving point by a communication network, a communication system and a program thereof according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an external view showing the configuration of a communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG.
This example has a mobile terminal 1 that performs a mobile telephone and measures the current absolute position (latitude, longitude) by a global positioning system (GPS). This mobile terminal 1 is used for a cell base station / exchange control station (BS / MCC) in a wireless section (air interface).
2 and displays “acquired peripheral information” by Internet mobile phone processing along with conventional telephone calls.

The “acquired peripheral information” is “guide map information on services, events (events), and advertisements that can be used by the user of the mobile phone 1 around the moving point and at the current time”.

Further, in this example, the cell base station / switching control station 2 and the Internet gateway (GW) 3 are connected to the Internet network 4 and are provided to the portable terminal 1 through the Internet network 4 "provided peripheral information". Is transmitted.

The "provided peripheral information" includes "photographs showing the contents of various desired services, dates and times of events (events), fees, start and end times, etc., which are available at the current time around the moving point. Along with the map and description,
Detailed information including advertisements ”.

The Internet network 4 is an Internet working function device (IWF), not shown, installed by an Internet service provider (ISP) on a digital / analog fixed communication network (ISDN / PSTN). PDC method / P
This is a communication network configuration in which an editing server (not shown) for performing a display dedicated to a mobile phone is arranged on the (HS system).

The information providing site communication system 5 includes a control server 6 for executing system control, a map database device 7 storing map information, and an information database device 8 storing various information of various services, events, and advertisements. And

The information providing site communication system 5
It has many information providing computers 9 for requesting various services, events and advertisements.

Although the map database device 7 and the information database device 8 are integrally formed with the information providing site communication system 5, the information providing site communication system 5 and the map database device 7 are provided on the Internet network 4. Alternatively, the information database device 8 may be arranged at a distance, and a series of processes described below may be executed by two-way communication.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the portable terminal 1 in FIG. In FIG. 2, a mobile terminal 1 is a cellular mobile telephone system (PDC system / PHS system) and has a web browser (for example, an HTML tag description dedicated to mobile communication) for accessing an information providing site communication system 5. Mobile phone 1 equipped with
It has a GPS receiver 30 for detecting absolute position information (latitude, longitude) of the receiving point together with 0.

The portable telephone 10 has, for example, the following PDC system configuration. The mobile phone 10 includes a wireless transmission / reception unit 11, a modulation / demodulation unit 12, and a time division / multiplex separation unit 1.
3, a codec (encoding / decoding) unit 14, a transmission microphone 15, a reception speaker 16, and a frequency switching synthesizer control and reception field strength (RSS)
I) a reception processing unit 17 for performing detection, a microprocessor (MPU) 18, a display unit 19 such as an incoming call display light emitting diode or a liquid crystal display, a keypad 20 including numeric keys and their function keys, and an external interface (I /
F) A configuration including a unit 21 and a memory 22.

The GPS receiver 30 has, for example, the following configuration. The GPS receiver 30 includes GPS radio waves Wa, from at least three GPS satellites sat flying in the sky.
A digital signal for calculating current absolute position (latitude, longitude) information, together with a planar polarization omnidirectional receiving antenna 31 for receiving Wb and Wc, and a wireless receiving unit 32 for performing high-frequency amplification, frequency conversion, and detection. Processor (DSP) 33
And operation unit 34 for instructing measurement transfer of current absolute position information
And a font circuit 35 for converting character size and the like
And, for example, a VR that converts image data into display data.
The configuration includes an AM 36, a memory 37, and an interface (I / F) unit 38 for exchanging data with the mobile phone 10.

The processing of the digital signal processor 33 can also be realized by a combination of a microcomputer and a program (software) that operate similarly. Further, the GPS receiver 30 is configured integrally with the mobile terminal 1 in the mobile terminal 1.
Alternatively, a separate configuration in which the GPS receiver 30 is provided externally may be used.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the information providing site communication system 5 in FIG. In FIG. 3, the information providing site communication system 5 of this example has a TCP / IP
(Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protoco
l) It is constructed as a LAN system that executes.

The LAN system includes a line connection device (for example, a digital terminal connection device / DSU, a router having a firewall application for preventing intrusion, etc.) 41. Further, the LAN system includes a Web (Web) server 42, which is a main computer for executing basic communication processing, and an FTP (File).
Transfer Protocol) FTP server 4 for file transfer
3 and an encrypted communication protocol (SSL: Secure Sockets
Layer), and a database server 45 for controlling the storage of information by the relational processing of the map database device 7 and the information database device 8 and the reading by the tracking process.

The information providing site communication system 5
Is an example configuration, and when the data processing amount is small, one web server 42 may have the function of the entire information providing site communication system 5 described above.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, the mobile phone 10 of the mobile terminal 1 performs a mobile phone operation, and converts access to the Internet network 4 by a web browser (application) to a communication protocol conversion (Internet GW3) and a communication protocol conversion (Internet GW3). Cell base station / switching control station (BS / MC
C) It is executed by air interface processing with 2. The mobile phone 10 is, for example, a TDMA / TDMA
/ TDD system (PDC system / PHS system of ARIB-27 / 28 standard in Japan), CDMA system (TIA standard IS95 system / N / W-CDMA of IMT-2000)
Etc.), and accesses the information providing site communication system 5 via the Internet network 4 to the information providing site communication system 5 via the Internet network 4 using a web browser.

The mobile telephone 10 performs voice communication and data communication at, for example, one time slot / transmission speed of 32 kb / s or two time slots / transmission speed of 32 kb / s × 2 (64 kb / s). When the mobile phone 10 moves into the service area of the cell base station / switching control station 2, it scans and monitors the control channel (CCH) and supplements the control channel with the maximum received electric field strength. After this location registration,
A communication sequence for a known call (outgoing) or incoming call (incoming) is executed.

Further, the GPS receiver 30 of the portable terminal 1
The current absolute position (latitude, longitude) by the global azimuth measurement (abbreviated as GPS measurement) system is detected. That is, at least three GPS satellites flying in the sky
The GPS radio waves Wa, Wb, and Wc transmitted by at are received by the planar polarization omnidirectional reception antenna 3 and the wireless reception unit 32, and the absolute position of the reception point is detected.

The absolute position information is detected by the digital signal processor 33 which processes spectrum despreading, distance measurement, Doppler measurement, and trajectory database, and performs position calculation and moving speed azimuth calculation from these information. The current absolute position information is transferred from the interface unit 38 to the mobile phone 10 by an instruction operation of the operation unit 34.

After the first absolute position is detected and transferred, in other words, when the absolute position information is different from the previous value, the new absolute position information is automatically transferred to the cellular phone 10, and As described below, the mobile terminal 1 can obtain continuous guide map information.

In FIGS. 1 and 3, the information providing site communication system 5 receives the absolute position information from the mobile terminal 1 through the Internet access, and performs the “providing” by the tracking process in the map database device 7 and the information database device 8, respectively. Guide map information to which "surrounding information" is added is transmitted.

In this case, the information providing site communication system 5
Control server 6 receives the absolute position information (latitude and longitude) from the mobile terminal 1 at the moving point, and provides the guide map information to which the “provided peripheral information” is added to the mobile terminal 1 from the Internet network 4. Execute the control to perform.

In this case, the control server 6 reads out the map information stored in the map database device 7 in correspondence with the absolute position information from the portable terminal 1. In addition, the control server 6 can use the map read out from the map database device 7 at the current time, and also displays a photograph, a map, and the like, which show desired various service contents, dates and times of events (events), fees, start and end times, and the like. Detailed information including an advertisement is attached together with the description in the processing of the information database device 8. In this tracking process, for example, SQL
(Relational database processing using Structured Query Language).

The web server 42 shown in FIG. 3 has a communication connection process using TCP / IP, which is well known as Internet communication, and a processing function using HTML (HyperText Markup Language) (text, audio, JPEG still image or MPEG moving image processing by data compression). , And HTTP (Hypertext Tr
ansport Protocol), two-way communication by hyperlink function, file transfer by FTP server 43,
And an external application by a CGI (Common Gateway Interface). It is equipped with a web browser (application) for e-mail communication and Internet surfing.

Further, the map database device 7 stores a bitmap image file for processing map information, for example, a TIFF (Tagged Image File Form).
along with at), precise map information that maintains the image at the time of creation regardless of the model and font used, and data conversion with “provided peripheral information (especially photos)” and “acquired peripheral information” are possible.
For example, map information of a high-resolution image is generated and processed by a PDF (Portable Document Format) file.

Each of these devices performs a file transfer by a well-known IP packet by a TCP / IP link in two-way communication. The transfer processing on the Internet in this communication network is executed by an object instruction in HTTP (an instruction to a radio button, an anchor, a push button or the like by a coordinate input device such as a click / mouse). In this case, a transmission end description character (FIN) for opening the TCP connection, a transmission acknowledgment character (ACK), and the like are stored in the file format, and the file transfer is executed based on the identification.

FIG. 4 is a sequence flowchart showing a transmission procedure and a processing procedure of the entire operation in the embodiment. In FIG. 4, first, the information providing computer 9 creates a content related to “provided peripheral information” to the mobile terminal 1 (step Sa). Then, a line connection (link open) is made to the information providing site communication system 5 by calling and accessing via the Internet GW 3 and the Internet network 4, and the content of “providing peripheral information” is transferred (step Sb).

Next, the GPS receiver 30 performs GPS measurement of the absolute position (latitude, longitude) (step S1).
Further, the measurement of the absolute position information is determined to be completed, and the obtained absolute position information is instructed from the operation unit 34 to the mobile phone 10 or is automatically transferred (step S2).

The information providing site communication system 5
It is determined whether the content of “provided peripheral information” is taken in from the information providing computer 9 (step S30) and stored in the information database device 8 (step S31).

Further, the mobile phone 10 sets desired information for the information providing site communication system 5. For example, the user inputs desired information (category setting information as appropriate) for each category, such as provision of a score at the time of purchase of a store, merchandise discount service, contents during a theater or a movie theater, and an event such as a concert (step). SA).

The category setting need not be performed. In this case, as will be described later, the information providing site communication system 5 provides guidance map information that lists various service contents, events, and advertisements available at the current time around the moving point. In addition, the mobile phone 10 acquires and displays, as “acquired peripheral information”, guidance map information that is not narrowed down by category setting.

After step SA, the mobile phone 10
A call is made to the connected telephone number and accessed to make a line connection (link open), and the absolute position information of the current moving point is transferred (step SB, SC).

The information providing site communication system 5 determines whether the absolute position information is taken in (step S32), and determines the absolute position information when the user of the mobile phone 10 is moving by car or train. As described above, the contents relating to the “provided peripheral information” in a relatively wide range on the map corresponding to a wide range of distances are extracted from the information database device 8. Further, the content (selected information from the events such as the provision of the score at the time of purchasing the information store, the merchandise discount service, the contents during the operation of the theater and the movie theater, and the concert) based on the category setting set by the mobile phone 10 is described. The information database device 8 is searched and retrieved (step S33). The processing of the subroutine of step S33 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

It is to be noted that enlarged guide map information of a relatively narrow range on the map corresponding to the distance when the user of the mobile phone 10 moves on foot is designated from this relatively wide range (FIG. 2). This will be described in detail below).
Alternatively, a relatively narrow range may be specified from the beginning when a call is made or accessed from the mobile phone 10, and the guide map information of the enlarged portion may be extracted.

Next, the information providing site communication system 5
Mobile phone 10 taken from information database device 8
Extract category setting information according to the specification of. The map information in the range corresponding to the category setting information is extracted from the map database device 7. Then, information based on the category setting information is superimposed on the map information to generate guide map information centered on the absolute position information from the mobile phone 10 (step S33). The information providing site communication system 5 transfers this guide map to the mobile phone 10 through the link.

The portable telephone 10 determines whether or not the guide map has been taken in (step SD), and displays the guide map on the screen (step SE). Then, a subroutine of display switching (relatively wide range or relatively narrow range (partial enlargement) on the map) shown in FIG. 6 is performed (step SF).

Note that the GPS receiver 30 moves during the GPS measurement operation and the link setting, and when a new absolute position is measured, automatically transfers it to the mobile phone 10 (step S3). As a result, new guide map information is generated by the information providing site communication system 5 to the mobile phone 10 and automatically and continuously transferred. In addition, using a Java program installed in the mobile phone 10, the updated absolute position is determined at regular intervals by the mobile phone 1.
It can also be set to be transferred to 0.

Incidentally, this re-introduction of the guide map is as follows.
It may be appropriately performed by a manual operation on the mobile phone 10.

Further, when the content relating to the new “provided peripheral information” is created in the information providing computer 9 (step Sc), the information providing site communication system 5 is executed through the same processing through the constant line connection (link open). To the information database device 8
Or overwrite and store. Thus, the latest “provided peripheral information” is always generated.

Next, the main parts in the above description of the operation will be described in detail.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the subroutine in FIG. 4, and FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing another subroutine processing procedure in FIG. FIGS. 7, 8, and 9 are views showing different display screen examples in the embodiment.

First, the search (step S33 subroutine) in FIG. 4 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 5, in the step S33 subroutine in FIG. 4, the information providing site communication system 5
It is determined whether the absolute position information is fetched from 0 (Step S)
33a), as in the case where the user of the mobile phone 10 is traveling by car or train, the content (“providing peripheral information”) of a relatively wide range on a predetermined map corresponding to the wide range thereof ( Information providing computer 9
Is provided from the information database device 8, and a “flag Fa” is set (step S33b).

Next, it is determined whether or not the category setting information set by the mobile phone 10 is to be fetched (step S33).
c) Next, event information such as the provision of a score corresponding to the category setting information at the time of store purchase, the merchandise discount service, the contents of the theater and the movie theater being held, and the concert is extracted by the information database device 8 by selective search. The flag Fb is set (step S33d).

Then, the setting of each of the “flag Fa” and “flag Fb” is determined (step S33e), and information of one or both of the “flags Fa and Fb” is superimposed on the map extracted from the map database 9. In addition, guide map information centering on the absolute position information from the mobile phone 10 is generated (step S33f).

Note that this processing procedure may be reversed. That is, first, the map is read, and thereafter, the “flag Fa,
One or both pieces of information of “Fb” may be superimposed.

Next, the display switching (step SF subroutine) in FIG. 4 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. In FIG. 6, first, in the mobile phone 10 that has received the transfer of the guide map from the information providing site communication system 5, an instruction of the guide map search processing mode of a relatively wide range or a narrow range (partly enlarged) is issued from the keypad 20. Then, the search processing mode is determined (step SFa), and the following search conditions (1), (2), and (3) are input from the keypad 20 (step SFb), and the search is executed. Each is displayed on the screen (steps SFe, SF
d).

(1) Instruction for searching (reading) a guide map in a relatively wide range shown in FIG. 7 (2) Instruction for searching (reading) a guide map in a relatively narrow range (partially enlarged) shown in FIG. 8 (3) Instructions for displaying detailed contents of various services and events, advertisements, etc. on the read guidance map shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 shows (1) a guide map of a relatively wide range, for example, a map corresponding to a wide range of travel distance such as when the user of the mobile phone 10 is moving by car or train. The above shows a relatively wide range. Note that (1) the guide map of a relatively wide range can be used even when the user of the mobile phone 10 is not familiar with the geography of the area due to a business trip or the like.

In FIG. 7, the absolute position (latitude, longitude) of the GPS measurement point, that is, the user position of the mobile phone 10 is indicated by “x”, and in this example, the “x” is centered. The range of the various services, events, and advertisements implemented is indicated by “dotted lines”.

The range of execution of various services, events, and advertisements in the “dotted line” range is determined by instructions on the keypad 20 (see FIG. 2) as described later. It is also possible to newly import through a connection (link).

Next, in response to an instruction from the keypad 20 (see FIG. 2), a guide map of (2) a relatively narrow range (partially enlarged) shown in FIG. 8 is displayed. In this guide map, various services, events, and advertisements implemented at various places on the map are labeled with "numbers for the places and names of buildings and shops and service names or names of events, advertisers, etc." It is displayed with a. By pointing the keypad 20 to the object of "the place ... the name of the advertiser or the like" or inputting the number (number) on the map on this display screen, various services and events shown in FIG. The details are displayed.

Here, detailed contents of various services, events, and advertisements are described together with the "place ... name of advertiser or the like". Although specific examples of the detailed contents are omitted, for example, the names and addresses of shops and buildings, fees and periods of services and events, a reservation method, current vacancy / fullness, and the like are described.

Next, an example of switching the display screens shown in FIGS. 7 to 9 will be described.

(A) The mobile phone 10 fetches the information shown in FIGS. 7A to 9C from the information providing site communication system 5 at a time, and then selects and reads out and displays the information on the mobile phone 10.

In this case, the information providing site communication system 5 simultaneously transmits the relatively wide range and the relatively narrow range (partial enlargement) and the detailed contents of FIGS. 7A to 9C to the mobile phone 10. , And these information to the mobile phone 10
In the memory 22.

Thereafter, a guide map of a relatively wide range shown in FIG. 7A is first displayed, and then a “dotted line” range on the guide map of a relatively wide range is designated from the keypad 20. The guide map of a relatively narrow range (partly enlarged) of FIG. 8B is displayed.

Further, when the object of the "place ... name of advertiser or the like" on the guide map in a relatively narrow range (partly enlarged) is designated by the keypad 20, or when the number (number) on the map is inputted. , Detailed contents of various services, events and advertisements shown in FIG.

(B) The portable telephone 10 sequentially reads and displays a relatively wide range and a relatively narrow range (partly enlarged) and detailed contents of FIGS. 7 (1) to 9 (3) on a link.

In this case, the information providing site communication system 5
Is transmitted to the mobile phone 10, and then the mobile phone 10 transmits a command for requesting a relatively narrow range of guide map information on the link between the information providing site communication system 5 and the mobile phone 10. To transfer. Then, the information providing site communication system 5 transfers the guide map information in the relatively narrow range.

Further, an object of "number, building or shop name and service name or event name" on the guide map of a relatively narrow range (partly enlarged) is designated by the keypad 20, or the number (number) on the map is displayed. ), The information providing site communication system 5 causes the various services and events shown in FIG.
The details of the advertisement are transferred, and the display is performed on the mobile phone 10.

In the above-described embodiment, FIGS. 7 and 8 show not only two-dimensional screen display but also three-dimensional map image display of map information stored in the map database device 7 by three-dimensional simulation. In the three-dimensional simulation, data processing and display processing are known as three-dimensional display using three-dimensional image processing and three-dimensional graphics, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Further, the information providing site communication system 5
However, by providing the guide map information by the “Java applet” of the Web server (see FIG. 3), the voice and the dynamic display screen can be provided. This allows the user of the portable terminal 1 to more easily and reliably grasp the geography at an unfamiliar business trip place or the like.

Note that the process of outputting the voice and the dynamic image display of the characters described in the guide map information by the "Java applet" is known, and the detailed description is omitted.

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As is apparent from the above description, according to the method for providing and acquiring guide map information around a moving point by the communication network of the present invention, the communication system and the program thereof, the guide map providing side operates around the moving point. It is available at the current time, and automatically provides guide map information on which various services, events and advertisements are posted, particularly desired information designated by the mobile side.

As a result, there is an effect that the guide map provider can easily provide the guide map information carrying various services, events, and advertisements at the current time to the mobile phone without requiring much time and money. Have.

Further, according to the present invention, the user of the portable telephone (portable side) can use various services and events provided by the guide map providing side (guidance map information communication system) around the moving point and at the current time. This has the effect that desired information can be easily and reliably selected and acquired from the guide map information on which the advertisement has been posted.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external configuration diagram illustrating a communication network configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the mobile terminal in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an information providing site communication system in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a sequence flowchart showing a transmission procedure and a processing procedure of the entire operation in the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a subroutine in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing another subroutine processing procedure in FIG. 4;

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen of a wide-area guide map according to the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a display screen example of a partially enlarged guide map according to the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen for explaining detailed contents in a guide map according to the embodiment.

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 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mobile terminal 4 Internet circuit network 5 Information providing site communication system 6 Control server 7 Map database device 8 Information database device 9 Information providing computer 10 Mobile phone 30 GPS receiver 33 Digital signal processor 42 Web server

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Claims (17)

[Claims] 1. A method in which a guide map providing apparatus provides guide map information in which information including services and events in the vicinity of a traveling point are displayed on a map together with a location, through a communication network and a mobile apparatus acquires the guide map information. Wherein the guide map provider updates and stores the information including the service and the event every time the information is changed, the mobile side measures its own absolute position, and the mobile side transmits a wireless link to the guide map provider. Connecting, transferring the absolute position information measured by the mobile side to the guide map providing side through the wireless line connection, and a service and event that can correspond to the current time on the peripheral map of the absolute position information received by the guide map providing side Fetching information including the information from the database, and responding to the absolute position information received by the guide map provider. Loading map information from a database; generating a guide map providing side with information including the service and the event as guide map information posted on the map information; wirelessly transmitting the guide map information to the mobile side; A method for providing and acquiring guide map information around a moving point by a communication network, comprising: transferring over a line connection; and displaying guide map information from the guide map providing side on the mobile side. 2. A method in which a guide map providing device provides information via a communication network, and guide information is provided on a map together with a location including information on services and events in the vicinity of a moving point and a mobile device obtains the guide map information. Where the guide map provider stores information including services and events for each change of the information, the mobile side measures its absolute position, and the mobile side specifies information including specific services and events. Performing the steps of: connecting the mobile side to the guide map providing side by wireless line; transferring the absolute position information measured by the mobile side and information including the specified specific service and event to the guide map providing side by the wireless line connection. The designated map which can correspond to the current time on the surrounding map of the absolute position information received by the guide map provider. Loading information including a specific service and event from a database; loading map information corresponding to the absolute position information received by the guide map provider from the database; and providing the guide map provider with the specified service and event. Generating information to be included in the guide map information included in the map information; transferring the guide map information to a mobile phone by a guide map provider; and displaying the guide map information from the guide map provider by the mobile phone. A method for providing and obtaining guidance map information around a moving point by a communication network, comprising: 3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: a step of, after the step of measuring the absolute position of the mobile phone, specifying a display range on a map including a distance from the absolute position of the guide map information, and providing a guide map. After the step of generating guide map information by the side, the guide map provider regenerates the guide map information into new guide map information of a display range on a map including a distance from an absolute position designated by the mobile phone. The method for providing and acquiring guide map information around a moving point by the communication network according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising: 4. When the mobile side moves during the wireless line connection between the mobile side and the guide map providing side, and the absolute position information obtained by measurement changes, new absolute position information is transferred to the guide map providing side. The method further comprises the step of: generating guidance map information by the guide map provider; and providing the guide map information to the guide map information of a display range based on the new absolute position information received by the guide map provider. 3. The method for providing and acquiring guide map information around a moving point by a communication network according to claim 1, further comprising the step of regenerating the map information. 5. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein said mobile station calculates its absolute position information by receiving satellite radio waves.
Or a method for providing and obtaining guide map information around a moving point by the communication network according to 2. 6. A step of loading map information corresponding to the absolute position information received by the guide map provider from a database, wherein the map information is generated as image information for two-dimensional display or three-dimensional display by three-dimensional simulation. 3. The method for providing and obtaining guide map information around a moving point by a communication network according to claim 1 or 2. 7. A step in which the guide map providing side generates information including the service and the event into guide map information described in the map information, and then outputs information including the service and the event in the guide map information by voice output and The method for providing and acquiring guide map information around a moving point by a communication network according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a step of performing processing for generating map information into a moving image. 8. A guide map information providing and acquiring communication system for providing guide map information in which information including services and events in the vicinity of a moving point are posted together with a location on a map through a communication network, and which is acquired by a portable terminal. The mobile terminal that measures its absolute position, transfers the measured absolute position information via a wireless line connection, and displays the received guide map information, and updates the information including services and events with each change And store the information including the service and the event of the absolute position information received from the portable terminal from the database, and fetch the map information corresponding to the received absolute position information from the database, and execute the service and the event. Proposal for generating the information including the information into the guide map information published in the map information and transferring it to the portable terminal Map information communication system and, the route guide map providing and acquiring a communication system characterized by comprising a radio communication network for line connection with the communication terminal and the route guide map communication system includes a radio section. 9. Providing, via a communication network, guide map information in which information including services and events around a moving point is posted on a map together with a location, and providing and obtaining communication of guide map information obtained by a portable terminal. In the system, a mobile terminal that transfers measured self-absolute position information and information including a specified specific service and event through a wireless line, and displays the transferred guide map information; The information including the specified specific service and the event stored from the database corresponding to the current time on the peripheral map of the absolute position information received from the portable terminal is stored for each information change, and Generate guide map information published in the map information fetched from the database corresponding to the received absolute position information and A guide map information communication system for transferring to a portable terminal; and a wireless communication line network for connecting the communication terminal and the guide map information communication system including a wireless section. And acquisition communication system. 10. The mobile terminal, comprising: a mobile phone that executes mobile communication; and a GPS device that receives satellite radio waves, measures its own absolute position, and transfers it to the mobile phone. Item 9. The communication system for providing and obtaining guide map information according to item 8 or 9. 11. A transfer image processing means for generating and transferring information for two-dimensional display and / or three-dimensional image display by three-dimensional simulation, to the guide map information communication system, 10. The guide map information providing and acquiring communication system according to claim 8, further comprising: a transfer voice image processing unit that generates and transfers information to voice output and / or moving image information. 12. The two-dimensional display received from the guidance map information communication system,
Or a reception image processing means for receiving and displaying a three-dimensional image by a three-dimensional simulation, a voice image processing means for receiving and displaying voice output and / or moving image information received from the guidance map information communication system, 10. The communication system for providing and obtaining guide map information according to claim 8, further comprising: 13. The guide map information providing and obtaining communication system according to claim 8, wherein the wireless communication network is a network under a TCP / IP environment. 14. A step of measuring a self-absolute position, a step of transferring the absolute position information via a wireless line, and a step of: transmitting a map of a surrounding area of the transferred self-absolute position and information of services and events. A program for causing a computer to substantially perform the control of the displaying step. 15. A step of measuring a self-absolute position, a step of specifying information including a specific service and an event, and a step of transferring absolute information and information including the specified specific service and event via a wireless line. Displaying the transferred surrounding map of the self-absolute position and the guide map information on which the information including the specified specific service and event is displayed; and . 16. A step of updating and storing information including a service and an event for each change, a step of importing information including a service and an event on a peripheral map corresponding to the received absolute position information from a database, A step of importing map information corresponding to absolute position information from a database; a step of generating guide map information published in the map information which incorporates the information including the acquired service and event; and a step of transferring the guide map information And a program that is executed by a substantial computer. 17. A step of storing information including a service and an event for each change of the information, and information including a specified specific service and event corresponding to the current time on the peripheral map of the received absolute position information. A step of importing map information corresponding to the received absolute position information from the database; a step of generating guide map information that publishes the information including the service and event by the designated service and event in the acquired map information. And a step of transmitting the guide map information.