JP4371865B2 - Information provision system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention obtains the link data from the broadcast wave broadcasted only in a predetermined range, about the information provision system of the detailed information on a network can be obtained easily by viewing the associated data.

  Conventionally, when a user of an arbitrary information site accesses a Web page or the like of the information site, the user himself / herself acquires link data such as a URL (Uniform Resource Locators) of the corresponding Web page, and sets the URL. Information desired by the user has been provided by accessing the corresponding web page by the user himself / herself. For example, a user who wants to obtain information on an arbitrary information site from a Web page uses a terminal device such as a mobile phone to send the text to the service provider of the information site using only the e-mail destination e-mail address. Information is obtained by sending a blank e-mail without the input of and accessing the web page using the URL described in the body of the reply mail from the service provider for the e-mail, or A user views a URL posted on an advertisement such as a poster of a service provider of an information site, and the user acquires information by directly inputting the URL information into a terminal device such as a mobile phone.

  In addition, when a person who wants to provide information in a specific area wants to send random information, first, the person who wants to receive information arbitrarily selects personal information such as an e-mail address for a terminal device such as a mobile phone in advance. Such as a wireless ID tag for identifying that the terminal device such as a mobile phone of the information reception candidate is located in an area or environment where information can be received. It was necessary to send information by e-mail etc. together with a special device.

Here, in order to simplify the operation of the user, the broadcast data is transmitted together with the broadcast, and the identification data of the information providing destination is detected by the detection means, and based on the identification data, the communication partner is A technique has been proposed in which a user of a wireless communication terminal can easily provide information to a partner designated by a broadcasting station without performing a special operation by transmitting information from the wireless communication terminal ( For example, see Patent Document 1).
JP 2003-101495 A

  However, in the above-described conventional example, there is a problem that the user has to perform complicated work such as exchange of blank mail with a service provider or the like and input of URL information to the terminal device.

  In addition, it is difficult for information requesters to use videos and other images, and it is necessary for information requesters to purchase expensive devices compatible with special devices, and terminals that can receive information are also limited. There was a problem of being done.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and automatically analyzes and acquires link data included in broadcast waves broadcast only within a predetermined range, and related data based on the link data. and to provide information providing system that can browse the detailed information on the network simply by automatically display.

The present invention relates to a broadcast wave output device that broadcasts video, still images, text, audio, or predetermined data using a radio wave similar to that of a television broadcast or a radio broadcast to a predetermined area, and a broadcast wave output thereof An information providing system including a broadcast providing device connected to the broadcast wave output device for controlling the operation of the device, and a terminal device connected to the broadcast providing device via a network,
  The broadcast providing apparatus includes a related database for registering related data in association with link data to the related data;
  The related data registration means for registering the related data and the link data in the related database,
  The broadcast wave output device includes a broadcast wave output means for outputting a broadcast wave used for broadcasting including broadcast data that is broadcast that can be received only in a predetermined area, and that includes broadcast data.
  The terminal device is a receivable area detecting means for detecting whether or not the terminal can receive the broadcast wave output by the broadcast wave output means of the broadcast wave output device;
  When the receivable area detection means detects that the broadcast wave can be received, the broadcast wave output by the broadcast wave output means of the broadcast wave output device is changed to a YES / NO button. Broadcast wave receiving means for receiving when YES is selected;
  Link data acquisition means for acquiring link data embedded in a momentary image being broadcast from the broadcast data of the broadcast using the broadcast wave received by the broadcast wave reception means to the related data;
  Related data acquisition means for searching the related database of the broadcast providing device based on the link data acquired by the link data acquisition means and acquiring the related data associated with the link data;
  Related data display means for displaying the related data used as a coupon acquired by the related data acquisition means;
  An information providing system is provided.

According to the information providing system of the present invention, a user acquires link data from a broadcast wave that is broadcast only within a predetermined range, and enters the broadcast content as an entrance without inputting the link data to the terminal device. By acquiring and browsing more detailed information related to the item automatically from the network using link data, the detailed information can be easily obtained without requiring a complicated operation.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In order to avoid any doubt in the interpretation of the meaning of the terms, here, the “information provider” refers to a restaurant menu that is a more detailed information that is broadcast from a TV commercial of a restaurant and linked from that CM. It is defined that this refers to a restaurant manager or a service company that creates such information in response to a request from the store manager or the store manager who creates a Web page for posting information such as the type and price of the restaurant. The “user” refers to a vacationer who passes near a restaurant, receives a CM broadcast of the restaurant by the terminal device, browses a menu of the restaurant of interest on a Web page, and eats at the restaurant. It is defined as a thing.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the information providing system includes a broadcast wave output device 1, a broadcast providing device 2 and a terminal device 3 connected to the broadcast wave output device 1, and the broadcast providing device 2 and the terminal. The apparatus 3 is connected via the network 100.

  The broadcast wave output device 1 is preferably a device installed in the information provider's store or the like or in the vicinity thereof, but may be installed in a remote location. The broadcast wave output unit of the broadcast wave output device 1 outputs a broadcast wave that reaches a predetermined area such as a radius of several kilometers from the installation location of the broadcast wave output device 1. For example, it may be a UHF transmitter, a pager base station in a wide area network, a PHS base station, a small base station related to a mobile phone, a hot spot in a wireless local area network (LAN) or an RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) reader. The broadcast wave path includes, for example, UWB (Ultra Wide Band) for wireless communication, SMS (Short Message Service) for character message transmission / reception service of a mobile phone, or a transmission path in accordance with the transceiver mode standard of a mobile phone. Including.

  The broadcast providing device 2 is an information processing device having a function of controlling the operation of the broadcast wave output device 1 installed in an information provider's store or the like. For example, a personal computer is included.

  The terminal device 3 is an information processing device used by a user, and includes, for example, a personal computer, a mobile phone, a PHS (simple mobile phone), and a mobile information terminal. The communication means of the terminal device 3 may be either wired or wireless, and includes, for example, wireless LAN communication, Bluetooth, infrared communication, and the like.

  The network 100 may be any network and includes, for example, the Internet, a closed carrier network, an intranet, a broadcast network, or the like.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of the broadcast providing device 2 and the terminal device 3. As shown in FIG. 2, the broadcast providing apparatus 2 includes a related database 21 and a related data registration unit 22. In addition, the terminal device 3 includes a receivable area detection unit 31, a broadcast wave reception unit 32, a link data acquisition unit 33, a related data acquisition unit 34, and a related data display unit 35.

  When the terminal device 3 is a mobile phone, as an example, the antenna corresponds to the receivable area detection unit 31 and the broadcast wave reception unit 32, and a built-in CPU that executes predetermined processing acquires link data. The liquid crystal display corresponds to the related data display unit 35.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of related data registered in the related database 21 and link data to the related data. As shown in FIG. 3, the related data 302 is registered in association with the link data 301 to the related data. Thereby, one piece of related data 302 can be extracted based on one piece of link data 301. Further, a plurality of link data 301 and one related data 302 may be linked and registered. Even in this case, it is possible to acquire one related data 302 from one link data 301.

  The related data registration unit 22 of the broadcast providing apparatus 2 receives the related data 302 and the link data 301 from the data reception interface of the broadcast providing apparatus 2 and registers them in the related database 21 respectively. Note that not only registration but also updating may be performed.

  Here, the related data 302 relates to, for example, a Web page, and in that case, the link data 301 may relate to a URL for accessing the Web page. Further, when the related data 302 relates to voice guidance, the link data 301 may relate to a telephone number. Further, when the related data 302 is a file in which detailed information is described, the link data 301 may relate to an e-mail address.

  The broadcast providing apparatus 2 configured as described above is realized on a well-known single or a plurality of computer systems including a CPU, a memory, a data reception interface, an input / output device, an external storage device, and the like.

  Further, the related data registration unit 22 of the broadcast providing apparatus 2 is embodied as a processing routine by the CPU executing a predetermined command read into the memory. The predetermined command may be read from an external storage device or a network. Further, the related database 21 is embodied using a memory, an external storage device, or the like.

  Details of the operation of the information providing system according to the present embodiment configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is a flowchart of related data and link data registration processing by the broadcast providing device 2, FIG. 5 is a flowchart of link data acquisition processing from the broadcast received by the terminal device 3, and FIG. It is a flowchart of the related data acquisition process from the link data by. Hereinafter, each step of the flowchart is abbreviated as “S”.

  First, related data and link data registration processing by the broadcast providing apparatus 2 will be described with reference to FIG.

  When the information provider, such as a store or company, determines the details of the broadcast content to be broadcast, the related data 302 related to the broadcast content, and the link data 301 for accessing the related information, for example, new data registration A screen is displayed on the broadcast providing apparatus 2, and the input of the related data 302 and the link data 301 by the operator is received from the data reception interface of the broadcast providing apparatus 2 (S401).

  Then, the related data registration unit 22 registers the received related data 302 and link data 301 in the related database 21 in association with each other (S402). Here, the related data 302 registered in the related database 21 may be encrypted. Thereby, when a user acquires related information, possibility that related data will be falsified or stolen is reduced, and security can be improved.

  Next, the link data acquisition process from the received broadcast by the terminal device 3 will be described with reference to FIG.

  The receivable area detection unit 31 detects whether or not the own terminal device 3 exists at a position where the broadcast wave that reaches only the predetermined area output from the broadcast wave output device 1 can be received (S501). Here, as a detection method, for example, there is a method in which a radio wave intensity of a broadcast wave is detected using a detector such as an antenna and reception is possible when the radio wave intensity is equal to or higher than a predetermined intensity. According to this method, by directly receiving a broadcast wave, reception can be started from a position that is the farthest distance as a boundary line of the receivable area. As another method, the terminal device 3 is equipped with a GPS (Global Positioning Systems) function to grasp the position information of the own terminal device 3, and based on the position information, a broadcast wave receivable from the position is output. There is a method of searching a database in which position information of a nearby broadcast wave output device 1 is registered in advance and detecting a nearby broadcast wave output device 1 outputting a broadcast wave receivable from that position. . Note that the location information of the terminal device 3 may be grasped from the location information of the device serving as the relay device or base station of the terminal device 3. According to these methods, the receivable broadcast can be accurately specified from the position information of the own device, and the user can make use of the decision whether or not to receive the broadcast.

  It is determined whether or not the own terminal device 3 is present at a position where the broadcast wave output from the broadcast wave output device 1 can be received (S502). A broadcast wave that reaches only a predetermined area output from the wave output device 1 is received (S503). On the other hand, if the terminal device 3 does not exist at a position where the broadcast wave can be received, the process returns to step 501 which is a routine for detection.

  Here, the broadcast using the received broadcast wave means sending a moving image, a still image, text, voice, or predetermined data using a radio wave similar to a television broadcast or a radio broadcast with low power. Alternatively, only data that is not visually recognized may be sent. Note that broadcasts are sent only to predetermined areas, unlike public broadcasts. A predetermined time, for example, 30 minutes may be a still image, and then a moving image may be broadcast repeatedly. The broadcast itself may constitute an advertisement CM or the like, or may be a CM in a TV program or the like. The broadcast channel may be single or plural. In the case of multiple broadcast channels, the broadcast wave receiving unit 32 may always receive a broadcast wave of only a fixed broadcast channel. It may be that the broadcast wave of the broadcast channel selected by is received. In order to efficiently use limited channel resources, a plurality of broadcast contents are broadcast in rotation, or one channel is shared and broadcast by the broadcast wave output device 1 located in a plurality of regions. Also good.

  The broadcast wave receiving unit 32 sets in advance conditions related to the broadcast content desired to be received, receives only the desired broadcast wave, or provides all the terminal devices for which YES / NO buttons are provided and YES is selected. 3 may be broadcasted simultaneously. Thereby, link data only to a specific user without affecting other users by sending a meaningless broadcast that is meaningful only to the specific terminal device 3 and has no effect on the other terminal device 3. 301 or related data 302 can be acquired.

  Furthermore, in order to constantly monitor the attraction congestion in theme parks, etc., a dedicated terminal as the terminal device 3 is equipped with a function such as Felica, and the data of the dedicated terminal is read at the entrance of the attraction, The aspect which receives the broadcast wave containing the congestion condition data from the broadcast wave output apparatus 1 of the attraction may be sufficient.

  Moreover, the broadcast using the broadcast wave received by the broadcast wave receiving unit 32 may be displayed on the screen by the broadcast content display unit 36 as shown in FIG. 7, for example. As a result, the user can visually grasp the contents of the broadcast and can accurately determine whether or not the related data needs to be acquired. Here, the broadcast content display unit 36 may be the same liquid crystal display as the related data display unit 35. For example, as shown in FIG. 8, the received broadcast is displayed even if the link data 301 is displayed in a predetermined lower area of the screen in the form of a still image or telop, and the moving image is displayed in the other upper area. Good.

  The link data acquisition unit 33 acquires the link data 301 for accessing the related data 302 from the broadcast data of the broadcast using the broadcast wave received by the broadcast wave receiving unit 32 (S504). Even if the link data 301 is embedded in the moving image data or the like of the broadcast content, the characters of the link data 301 are superimposed and displayed in the video or the like, or the image data is digitally processed to link the image data to the image data. It is also possible to hide 301. In addition, the timing of incorporating the link data 301 into the moving image data or the like of the broadcast content is the time when the broadcast wave is output by the broadcast wave output device 1 even when the moving image or the like as the broadcast content is produced. It may be any time.

  As a method of acquiring the link data 301 of the link data acquisition unit 33, image data is known for the received data of the entire broadcast or one image data designated by the user's operation using the pointer 70 as shown in FIG. For example, a method for determining whether or not a reserved word such as “http:” is included, or by capturing an image displayed on the display by pressing a predetermined button to obtain an OCR ( A method of automatically analyzing characters by an optical character reader) function may be applied. Further, the link data 301 may be one for one image data, or the image may be a sports player or the like, and the link data 301 may be embedded for each person's hat, clothes, shoes, and equipment. A method of searching and extracting a database in which coordinate position information and link data 301 are associated with each other based on the coordinate position of image data designated by a user by clicking or the like may be used. Further, when the received broadcast is in a mode in which the link data 301 is displayed in a predetermined lower area of the screen in a still image or telop format, the link data 301 of the corresponding area is acquired by pressing a predetermined button. It may be a method to do. An alarm notifying the timing of transmitting the link data 301 may be included in the broadcast to alert the user. In addition, when the broadcast is sending data that cannot be recognized visually or data whose meaning cannot be recognized, such as a predetermined character string, the link data acquisition unit 33 automatically links without the user's operation. Data 301 may be acquired. In that case, only the link data acquisition unit 33 of the terminal device 3 that is permitted to acquire the link data 301 by a predetermined mechanism or process may automatically acquire the link data 301. As a result, the terminal device 3 other than the specific terminal device 3 that is permitted to acquire the link data 301 can receive the link data 301 even if the terminal device 3 exists at a position where the broadcast wave can be received. Since it cannot be acquired, the broadcast is meaningless without any effect.

  The link data 301 may be serially transmitted with moving image data or the like of broadcast contents by broadcast waves, or may be transmitted in parallel using a plurality of lines. Further, an alarm for notifying the timing of transmitting the link data 301 may be included in the broadcast to alert the user.

  Next, related data acquisition processing from link data by the terminal device 3 will be described with reference to FIG.

  The related data acquisition unit 34 transmits the link data 301 acquired by the link data acquisition unit 33 to the broadcast providing device 2 (S601). The timing at which the link data 301 is transmitted to the broadcast providing apparatus 2 may be transmitted automatically by the user's predetermined operation or by the related data acquisition unit 34 without the user's operation.

  Then, the broadcast providing apparatus 2 receives the link data 301 transmitted from the related data acquisition unit 34 (S602), and whether or not the link data 301 that matches the related database 21 is registered based on the link data 301. Is searched (S603).

  When the matching link data 301 is not registered, a predetermined error message may be displayed on the related data display unit 35 of the terminal device 3 and the process may be terminated (S604). On the other hand, when the matching link data 301 is registered, the related data 302 registered in association with the link data 301 is acquired, and the related data 302 is transmitted to the terminal device 3 (S605). .

  The related data acquisition unit 34 of the terminal device 3 receives the related data 302 transmitted from the broadcast providing device 2 (S606), and displays the related data 302 on the related data display unit 35 as shown in FIG. 9, for example. (S607). The display unit 35 may display a web page or a videophone screen such as a still image or a moving image that is the acquired related data 302, and an option for the user to answer a question is displayed. May be. Further, when the related data display unit 35 and the broadcast content display unit 36 are realized by the same display or the like, the related data 302 and the broadcast content are respectively reduced and divided on the left, right, top, bottom or end of the screen. May be displayed.

  As a method of using the screen or the like displayed on the display unit 35, there is a coupon that can be used at an information provider's store or the like. Only the user who can acquire the link data 301 embedded in the very momentary image being broadcast can obtain the coupon, and the information provider can also attract customers by a method similar to forklift. In addition, for example, a free gift is presented to a user who has received broadcasts from a plurality of stores of department stores in the Tokyo metropolitan area and has collected related data 302 as proof of stopping at all stores. The information provider can also attract customers by using a technique similar to the stamp rally.

  The information providing system according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. When the terminal device 3 does not analyze the link data 301 from the image data or the like as the broadcast content, but the broadcast providing device 2 analyzes the link data 301, the same information providing function as in the above embodiment is provided. It is realized.

  The substantial configuration of the broadcast providing apparatus 2 is the same as that of the above-described embodiment described with reference to FIG. 2, but the related database 21, the related data registration unit 22, and the basic data receiving unit 23, A link data analysis unit 24 and a related data acquisition unit 25 are provided. Moreover, although the substantial structure of the terminal device 3 is the same as that of said embodiment demonstrated with reference to FIG. 2, the receivable area detection part 31, the broadcast wave receiving part 32, and a related data acquisition part 34, a related data display unit 35, a basic data acquisition unit 37, and a basic data transmission unit 38.

  Next, processing for analyzing link data 301 and acquiring related data 302 in the information distribution system of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The broadcast providing device 2 registers the related data 302 and the link data 301 in the related database 21 by using the related data registration unit 22 (S401, S402), and the terminal device 3 can receive the broadcast by the receivable area detecting unit 31. The process from detecting whether the area is a small area and receiving the broadcast by the broadcast wave receiving unit 32 (S501 to S503) is the same as in the above embodiment.

  The basic data acquisition unit 37 of the terminal device 3 acquires basic data 303 including link data 301 for accessing the related data 302 from broadcast data of the broadcast using the broadcast wave received by the broadcast wave receiving unit 32. (S1001). Here, the basic data 303 is, for example, one-screen data including link data 301 displayed on a display among moving image data of broadcast contents captured by a user pressing a predetermined button.

  The basic data transmitting unit 38 of the terminal device 3 transmits the basic data 303 acquired by the basic data acquiring unit 37 to the basic data receiving unit 23 of the broadcast providing device 2 (S1002), and the basic data receiving unit of the broadcast providing device 2 23 receives the transmitted basic data 303 (S1003).

  The link data analysis unit 24 of the broadcast providing apparatus 2 analyzes the received basic data 303 and extracts link data 301 for accessing the related data 302 (S1004). As an analysis method, the same method as the acquisition method of the link data 301 of the link data acquisition part 33 in said embodiment is applicable.

  The related data obtaining unit 25 of the broadcast providing apparatus 2 searches whether the link data 301 that matches the related database 21 is registered based on the link data 301 analyzed by the link data analyzing unit 24 (S1005).

  When the matching link data 301 is not registered, a predetermined error message may be displayed on the related data display unit 35 of the terminal device 3 and the process may be terminated (S1006). On the other hand, when the matching link data 301 is registered, the related data 302 registered in association with the link data 301 is acquired, and the related data 302 is transmitted to the terminal device 3 (S1007). .

  The related data acquisition unit 34 of the terminal device 3 receives the related data 302 transmitted from the broadcast providing device 2 (S1008), and displays the related data 302 on the related data display unit 35 (SS1009).

  According to the above-described embodiment, it is not necessary to provide a complicated mechanism for analyzing link data from broadcast data received on the terminal device 3 side, so that the manufacturing cost can be reduced and the risk of failure occurrence is also reduced. It is possible. Then, the user can automatically acquire and browse more detailed information related to the broadcast content using the link data analyzed on the broadcast providing apparatus 2 side with the broadcast content as an entrance.

  The information providing system according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Prior to the broadcast, data such as broadcast contents is registered in the center device 4 so as to be searchable, and the information providing function similar to the above embodiment or the first embodiment is realized.

  The substantial configuration of the broadcast providing apparatus 2 is the same as that of the above-described embodiment or Example 1 described with reference to FIG. 2, but includes a broadcast detailed data transmission unit 26. The substantial configuration of the terminal device 3 is the same as that of the above-described embodiment or example 1 described with reference to FIG.

  The center device 4 is an information processing device installed in an information provider's store or the like having a function of centrally managing each broadcast providing device 2 and each terminal device 3. For example, a workstation is included.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the center device 4. As shown in FIG. 4, the center device 4 includes a broadcast detailed database 51, a broadcast detailed data receiving unit 52, and a broadcast detailed data registration unit 53.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of data such as broadcast contents registered in the broadcast detail database 51. As shown in FIG. 12, area data 1201 is registered in association with broadcast content data 1202 and broadcast time data 1203. Not all data items are necessarily registered. In addition, data items such as genres of broadcast contents may be registered.

  Next, processing for searching for and acquiring registered broadcast content data 1202 and the like in the information distribution system of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The processing in FIG. 4, FIG. 5, FIG. 6, or FIG. 10 of the broadcast providing device 2 and the terminal device 3 is the same as that in the above-described embodiment or example 1.

  When a store or company, which is an information provider, decides the broadcast contents to be broadcast, the broadcast time and the details of the broadcast area, the broadcast detailed data transmission unit 26 of the broadcast providing apparatus 2 reads the area data 1201 and the broadcast contents. Data 1202 and broadcast time data 1203 are transmitted to the center apparatus 4 (S1301).

  Then, the broadcast detail data receiving unit 52 of the center apparatus 4 registers the received area data 1201, broadcast content data 1202, and broadcast time data 1203 in the broadcast detail database 51 in association with each other (S1302). Here, each data registered in the broadcast details database 51 may be encrypted. Thereby, security can be improved. The area data 1201, the broadcast content data 1202, the broadcast time data 1203, and the like may be registered and managed in a timetable server or the like separate from the center apparatus 4.

  Then, the broadcast detailed data obtaining unit 39 of the terminal device 3 stores the broadcast detailed data 51 of the center device 4 in the broadcast detailed database 51 based on at least one of the keywords relating to the area data 1201, the broadcast content data 1202, and the broadcast time data 1203 input by the user. It is searched whether or not matching data is registered (S1303, S1304).

  When the matching data is not registered, a predetermined error message may be displayed on the related data display unit 35 of the terminal device 3 and the processing may be terminated (S1305). On the other hand, if matching data is registered, the data and other area data 1201, broadcast content data 1202, and broadcast time data 1203 registered in association with each other are acquired, and these data are stored in the terminal device. 3 (S1306). Thereby, the user can know in advance what kind of broadcast content can be received in what area and in what broadcast time.

  If the broadcast channel that can be viewed from the current location of the terminal device 3 is searched based on the position data of the terminal device 3 and the area data 1201, the data obtained in step 1306 is displayed within what number m from the current location. Whether there is a receivable broadcast or the like may be displayed as a search result in a list or in a mapped form on a predetermined map as a search result in order from the shortest distance.

  Further, when the terminal device 3 makes an inquiry to the broadcast detail database 51 of the center device 4, user authentication is performed, and the inquiry history for each user is managed by the database based on the identification information such as the user ID, and the information provider Can be used for analysis or marketing.

  Further, when the center device 4 grasps and stores the contents of the Web page or the like that is the related data 302 registered in the related database 21, for example, when the user inputs the keyword “miso ramen” from the terminal device 3, “ A list of broadcast channels having related data 302 including “Miso Ramen” may be displayed. Thereby, it becomes possible to meticulously correspond to the purpose of use of the user.

  According to the above embodiment, the user can know when, where and what kind of broadcast contents have been broadcast in the past, or what kind of broadcast will be made in the future. In addition, it is possible to receive a broadcast according to the preference by its own voluntary selection, and automatically acquire and browse more detailed information related to the broadcast content via the link data.

  Hereinafter, an information providing system according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Data such as broadcast contents received by the user in the past so as to be searchable is registered in the center device 4 to realize the information providing function similar to the above-described embodiment and each example.

  The substantial configurations of the broadcast providing device 2 and the terminal device 3 are the same as those of the above-described embodiment and each example described with reference to FIG. 2, and the substantial configuration of the center device 4 is also illustrated in FIG. The embodiment is the same as the embodiment and each example described with reference to FIG. 2, but includes a history database 54, a history data registration unit 55, a history search unit 56, and a playback unit 57.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of data such as broadcast contents registered in the history database 54. As shown in FIG. 14, at least one of broadcast content data 1401, link data 301, and related data 302 is identification data 1402 for specifying broadcast content data 1401, identification data 1403 for specifying link data 301, and related data. 302 is registered in association with at least one of identification data 1404 for specifying 302, broadcast content data 1401, link data 301, user identification data 1405 of the user who acquired the related data 302, time data 1406, and position data 1407. In addition, data items such as genres of broadcast contents may be registered.

  Next, processing for searching for and acquiring registered broadcast content data 1401 and the like in the information distribution system of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The processing in FIG. 4, FIG. 5, FIG. 6, or FIG. 10 of the broadcast providing apparatus 2 and the terminal apparatus 3 is the same as that in the above embodiment or each example.

  When the user receives a broadcast by the terminal device 3 and uses the link data 301 or the related data 302, the history data registration unit 55 of the center device 4 displays the broadcast content data 1401, the link data 301, the related data 302, and the identification data. 1402, identification data 1403, identification data 1404, user identification data 1405, time data 1406, and position data 1407 are associated with each other and registered in the history database 54 (S1501). Note that these pieces of data separate from the center device 4 may be registered and managed.

  Then, the history search unit 56 of the center device 4 is based on a keyword related to at least one of identification data 1402, identification data 1403, identification data 1404, user identification data 1405, time data 1406, and position data 1407 input by the user. It is searched whether or not data matching the history database 54 of the center device 4 is registered (S1502, S1503).

  If no matching data is registered, a predetermined error message may be displayed on the related data display unit 35 of the terminal device 3 and the process may be terminated (S1504). On the other hand, if matching data is registered, the data and other data registered in association with the data are acquired, and these data are reproduced (S1505). Thereby, the user can know the broadcast content, link data, or related data used in the past based on, for example, information obtained by a word of mouth from a third party several days later.

  In step 1505, the data of the broadcast content is stored in a HDD (Hard Disk Drive) or the like of the center device 4 for recording or playback, or the video displayed on the terminal device 3 is temporarily stopped. Even if it is a case, a moving image may be restarted from the time of interruption.

  Simply leaving a history of the broadcast may cause a situation that the user cannot remember after a lapse of a certain time. To avoid this, the user inputs and records comment information such as a store name at the same time. Alternatively, the terminal device 3 may be displayed by mapping the user's route on the predetermined map to reproduce the user's route on which position and position.

  The history of the link data of the received broadcast may be displayed as a list when the screen of the terminal device 3 receiving and displaying the broadcast is switched. The link data is automatically acquired by a user's button press operation or for a broadcast that satisfies a predetermined condition set in advance, retained until a predetermined time or a predetermined amount is exceeded, and is deleted when the value is exceeded. It may be.

  Further, the terminal device 3 instead of the center device 4 may include a history database, a history data registration unit, a history search unit, and a playback unit, and each of the center device 4 and the terminal device 3 is a history database. A history data registration unit, a history search unit, and a playback unit may be provided. As a result, the user can easily know when and where what kind of information has been viewed by the terminal device of his / her own device, and obtain broadcast contents, link data and related data again based on past behavior patterns. You can browse.

  According to the above embodiment, the user can know who, when, where, and what information was browsed even when it is difficult to accurately identify the location and time at which the information was received. In addition, the broadcast contents, link data, and related data can be acquired and viewed again based on past behavior patterns without providing a complicated mechanism necessary for storing and retrieving history data in the terminal device.

  The information providing system according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described below. The terminal device 3 is further provided with a function for a user viewing the related data 302 to send a reply to the broadcast providing device 2, thereby realizing the information providing function similar to the above embodiment and each example.

  The substantial configurations of the broadcast providing device 2 and the center device 4 are the same as those of the above-described embodiment and each example described with reference to FIG. 2, and the substantial configuration of the terminal device 3 is also illustrated in FIG. Although the same as the above-described embodiment and each example described with reference to FIG.

  Next, processing for searching and acquiring registered broadcast content data 1401 and the like in the information distribution system of the present embodiment will be described.

  The processes in the broadcast providing device 2, the terminal device 3, and the center device 4 are basically the same as those in the above embodiment or each example. However, when the user browses the related data 302 displayed on the related data display unit 35 of the terminal device 3 and makes a response to the related data 302, the reply information transmitting unit 40 of the terminal device 3 The reply information is transmitted to the broadcast providing device 2. As a result, two-way communication between the user and the information provider is realized, and information can be transmitted to each other instead of unilaterally transmitting information, and mutual feedback can be achieved.

  For example, a broadcast that the sale of freshly baked bread is started from the bread store installed in the basement of the department store, and the user sends an e-mail for reserving freshly baked bread from the terminal device 3 It may be to do. Further, for example, the information provider may broadcast a question in a quiz format, and the user may send an answer by e-mail from the terminal device 3 in one of 1 to 5. Further, for example, the user who is the parent of the lost child may request the information provider of the lost child information center to make a lost child guidance broadcast using the videophone function from the terminal device 3. Also, for example, an information provider broadcasts a TV shopping together with a reception telephone number, and a user who wants to purchase automatically sends a telephone number from the terminal device 3 based on the telephone number information as the link data 301 and places an order. It may be done. Further, for example, at a prep school or a university, broadcasting regarding lecture guidance or class cancellation information may be performed, and a user who is a student may transmit evaluation information for a lecture from the terminal device 3 by e-mail.

  In addition, if reply information is always transmitted via a predetermined broadcasting station, etc., information management is performed, and reply information from a malicious user that harms the benefit of the information provider is eliminated to ensure safe and smooth transmission. Bi-directional communication can be realized.

  According to the said Example, after browsing a relevant data, a user can transmit information himself / herself to an information provider based on the relevant data, and can perform two-way communication.

  Hereinafter, an information providing system according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The terminal device 3 is further provided with a function of displaying the positional relationship between the own device and the broadcast wave output device 1 to realize the information providing function similar to the above-described embodiment and each example.

  The substantial configurations of the broadcast wave output device 1, the broadcast providing device 2, and the center device 4 are the same as those in the above-described embodiment and each example described with reference to FIG. A substantial configuration is the same as that of the above-described embodiment and each example described with reference to FIG. 2, but includes a positional relationship display unit 41.

  Next, processing for grasping and displaying the positional relationship between the terminal device 3 and the broadcast wave output device 1 in the information distribution system of the present embodiment will be described.

  The processes in the broadcast wave output device 1, the broadcast providing device 2, the terminal device 3, and the center device 4 are basically the same as those in the above embodiment or each example. However, the positional relationship display unit 41 of the terminal device 3 displays the position data of the broadcast wave output device 1 and an arbitrary time point when the user receives a broadcast by the terminal device 3 and / or acquires the related data 302. For example, the positional relationship between the broadcast wave output device 1 and the terminal device 3 is displayed as shown in FIG. Further, the distance between the broadcast wave output device 1 and the terminal device 3, the required time, and the like may be displayed together. As a result, the information provider that broadcasts a broadcast that can be received in a relatively small area has broadcast contents that attract the user's interest in order to attract the user to a store or the like where the broadcast wave output device 1 is provided. The user can determine whether or not to stop at the store or the like from a distance situation, and can grasp the route when actually stopping, which is beneficial to both the information provider and the user.

  The position data of the broadcast wave output device 1 may be embedded in the broadcast wave data and displayed when the terminal device 3 receives the broadcast. Thereby, the user can know the position of the broadcast wave output device 1 that is broadcasting while receiving the broadcast. In addition, the position data of the broadcast wave output device 1 is incorporated in the link data 301 and is acquired when the terminal device 3 acquires the link data 301 and is displayed when the related data 302 is acquired. There may be. Thereby, the user can know the position of the broadcast wave output device 1 at the time when the user is interested by browsing the related data 302 and is likely to visit.

  The position data of the terminal device 3 on the user side is to be obtained by grasping the position information of the own terminal device 3 using a GPS function or the like by a mechanism such as the receivable area detection unit 31 described above. Also good.

  Further, the distance, route, required time, etc. between the broadcast wave output device 1 and the terminal device 3 are calculated or determined from differences in longitude, latitude, height, etc. using a known map database, etc., based on the position data of both. May be. The display on the terminal device 3 may be a display on a part of the liquid crystal display, or may be displayed for the first time when the user presses a predetermined button.

  According to the above embodiment, the user can grasp the positional relationship between his / her current location and the place where the broadcast wave output device is installed, and what route and how much time and distance the place is. It is possible to determine whether it is possible to arrive.

  The information providing system according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention will be described below. The information providing apparatus 2 or the center apparatus 4 may be provided with a mechanism for performing a billing process according to the user's use of the system or the degree of customer collection. As a result, it is possible to secure the economic benefit of operating the system by the information provider or the management service provider of the center device.

  Further, the terminal device 3 may be provided with a mechanism capable of upgrading the software of the terminal device 3 from the carrier via a mobile network or the like. Thereby, the malfunction that a broadcast cannot be received by the model number difference, the version upgrade of the terminal device 3, etc. can be avoided.

  Further, the program for realizing the functions of the broadcast wave output device 1, the information providing device 2, the terminal device 3, and the center device 4 in the above embodiment and each example is read by each device and executed. You may perform the process which implement | achieves the function of a system. Further, the program is transmitted to another computer system by a transmission wave through a CD-ROM or magneto-optical disk as a computer-readable recording medium, or through the Internet or a telephone line as a transmission medium. Also good.

  The above-described embodiments and examples are preferred embodiments of the present invention, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. For example, when appreciating paintings at art museums, etc., each picture is provided with a broadcast wave output device 1 to broadcast explanations of the paintings, or used for mobile sales using a mobile library or a car such as stone shochu. Also, street performers use it to attract customers, broadcast where parking spaces are empty, use it for catering or delivery services to deliverable areas, ramen shops, etc. Is applicable to an embodiment that broadcasts an actual congestion situation.

  In the above embodiment or each example, the system configuration in which the broadcast wave output device 1, the information providing device 2, and the center device 4 are connected as separate devices has been described. However, each function has one computer system. As a matter of course, the present invention can also be applied to a configuration in which a plurality of server devices and the like are added for each configuration and function implemented as:

It is a figure which shows the structure of the system in embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the function of the broadcast provision apparatus and terminal device in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the data structure of the related database in embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement of the related data and link data registration process of the broadcast provision apparatus in embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement of the link data acquisition process from the broadcast of the terminal device in embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement of the related data acquisition process from the link data of the terminal device in embodiment of this invention. It is an example of the screen displayed on the broadcast content display part in embodiment of this invention. It is an example of the screen displayed on the broadcast content display part in embodiment of this invention. It is an example of the screen which displays the acquired related data in the embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement of the link data analysis process of the broadcast provision apparatus in Example 1 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the function of the center apparatus in Example 2 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the data structure of the broadcast detailed database in Example 2 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement of the search process of the center apparatus in Example 2 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the data structure of the history database in Example 3 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the search process of the center apparatus in Example 3 of this invention. It is an example of the screen which displays the positional relationship in Example 5 of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Broadcast wave output apparatus 2 Broadcast provision apparatus 3 Terminal apparatus 100 Network

Claims (6)

A broadcast wave output device that broadcasts video, still images, text, audio, or predetermined data using a radio wave similar to that of a television broadcast or radio broadcast to a predetermined area, and the operation of the broadcast wave output device. An information providing system including a broadcast providing device connected to the broadcast wave output device to be controlled, and a terminal device connected to the broadcast providing device via a network,
The broadcast providing apparatus includes a related database for registering related data in association with link data to the related data;
The related data registration means for registering the related data and the link data in the related database,
The broadcast wave output device includes a broadcast wave output means for outputting a broadcast wave used for broadcasting including broadcast data that is broadcast that can be received only in a predetermined area, and that includes broadcast data .
The terminal device is a receivable area detecting means for detecting whether or not the terminal can receive the broadcast wave output by the broadcast wave output means of the broadcast wave output device;
When the receivable area detection means detects that the broadcast wave can be received, the broadcast wave output by the broadcast wave output means of the broadcast wave output device is changed to a YES / NO button. Broadcast wave receiving means for receiving when YES is selected ;
Link data acquisition means for acquiring link data embedded in a momentary image being broadcast from the broadcast data of the broadcast using the broadcast wave received by the broadcast wave reception means to the related data;
Related data acquisition means for searching the related database of the broadcast providing device based on the link data acquired by the link data acquisition means and acquiring the related data associated with the link data;
Related data display means for displaying the related data used as a coupon acquired by the related data acquisition means;
An information providing system comprising: The terminal device includes: broadcast content data of the broadcast in which the broadcast wave received by the broadcast wave reception unit is used; the link data acquired by the link data acquisition unit; and the related data acquired by the related data acquisition unit. At least one is associated with at least one of the broadcast content data, the identification data for specifying the link data and the related data, and the user identification data of the user who acquired the data, time data, and position data A history database to register,
  History data registration means for registering the broadcast content data, the link data, the related data, the identification data, the user identification data, the time data and the position data in the history database;
  The history database is searched based on the identification data input by the user, and at least one of the corresponding broadcast content data, the link data, the related data, the user identification data, the time data, and the position data is obtained. History retrieval means to obtain;
  Playback means for playing back at least one of the broadcast content data acquired by the history search means, the link data, the related data, the user identification data, the time data, and the position data;
  The information providing system according to claim 1, further comprising: The terminal device includes reply information transmitting means for transmitting, to the broadcast providing apparatus, reply information for allowing the user who has viewed the related data displayed by the related data display means to respond to the related data. The information providing system according to claim 1 or 2. The receivable area detecting means of the terminal device is an area in which the broadcast wave can be received based on radio wave intensity information of the broadcast wave output by the broadcast wave output means of the broadcast wave output device. The information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the information providing system detects whether or not. The said terminal device is provided with the broadcast content display means which displays the broadcast content of the said broadcast in which the said broadcast wave received by the said broadcast wave receiving means is used. Information providing system described. 6. The related data registered in the related database of the broadcast providing apparatus acquired by the terminal device via a network is encrypted. Information provision system.

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