JP2003006081A - Area information distribution system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an area information distribution system capable of accurately informing a user of optimum area information concerned with a user's current position and more expanding the application format of a terminal. SOLUTION: The latitude and longitude of a current position are detected by a GPS device and the current position is transmitted to a center as positional information together with a user number. In the case that the user number has been previously registered, the current position of a portable telephone 1 is detected from the transmitted positional information. Stores information within a radius of 1 km around the detected position is retrieved and read out from a database 12 and transmitted and displayed on the portable telephone 1.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a regional information distribution system for distributing regional information relating to a user's current position to a user.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A portable telephone is known as a portable terminal for transmitting / receiving and displaying information. In addition to the usual telephone conversation, the usage of this mobile phone includes sending and receiving e-mail, browsing Web sites, receiving and executing application programs.

[0003]

There is a remarkable spread of mobile telephones, and with the spread thereof, further expansion of usage forms is strongly desired. The present invention takes the above circumstances into consideration, and an object of the present invention is to provide an area information distribution system capable of accurately informing the user of optimum area information related to the current position of the user.

[0004]

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an area information distribution system which is carried by a user, detects a current position, transmits position information indicating the current position together with user identification information, and A terminal for receiving and displaying the display information transmitted from the outside, a receiving means for receiving the position information and the identification information transmitted from the terminal, and the identification information received by the receiving means previously registered A determination unit that determines whether the current position of the terminal is detected from the position information received by the reception unit when the determination result of the determination unit is affirmative, and various area information is stored. The storage means, the reading means for searching and reading the area information within the predetermined range including the detection position of the detecting means from the storage means, and the area information read by the reading means for the display information. And a, and transmitting means for transmitting to the terminal as a.

In the area information distribution system of the invention according to claim 2, the terminal is limited in the invention according to claim 1. The terminal is a satellite navigation position detection device that detects the current position, and a mobile phone that transmits and receives and displays information.
Consists of.

[0006]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a mobile phone carried by a user, which can send and receive and display information. A satellite navigation position detecting device (hereinafter referred to as a GPS device) 2 is connected to the mobile phone 1 as a current position detecting means by a cable.

The mobile phone 1 and the GPS device 2 detect the current position (latitude / longitude) and send position information representing the current position together with user identification information, for example, a mobile phone number (hereinafter referred to as user number). And a terminal configured to receive and display the display information transmitted from the outside.

The position information and the user number transmitted from the mobile phone 1 are sent to the center via the mobile phone network. At the center, a server 11, a database (DB) 12 that is a storage unit, and a receiving device 13 are installed. The receiving device 13 receives the position information and the user number transmitted from the mobile phone 1. The database 12 stores, as various area information, for example, names of many stores (store names), types of each store, business hours of each store, maps of each store, and the like.

The server 11 has a judging means for judging whether or not the user number received by the receiving device 13 is registered in advance, and is received by the receiving device 13 when the judgment result of this judging means is affirmative. Detecting means for detecting the current position of the mobile phone 1 from the position information, and within a predetermined range including the detected position of the detecting means (within a radius of 1 km centering on the current position)
Means for retrieving and reading the regional information (store information) from the database 12 and transmitting means for transmitting the regional information read by the reading means as display information to the mobile phone 1 via the Internet network in the form of being attached to an e-mail. ,
And so on.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described. The GPS device 2 is connected to the mobile phone 1 and the call button of the GPS device 2 is pressed. Then, the GPS device 2 causes the satellite 3
The latitude and longitude of the current position are detected based on the radio waves from. The detected current position is transmitted to the center together with the user number as position information.

The transmitted position information and user number are received by the receiving device 13, and the received information is supplied to the server 11. The server 11 determines whether or not the user number is registered in advance, and only when the determination result is affirmative, the current position of the mobile phone 1 is detected from the position information. Then, the store information within a radius of 1 km centered on the detected current position is searched and read from the database 12, and the read store information is used as display information for the mobile phone 1 of the user number received above. Sent to.

The mobile phone 1 receives the shop information transmitted from the server 11 and displays it on the display screen. By looking at the display screen, the user having the mobile phone 1 can see what kind of store is within a radius of 1 km centered on the current position, whether there is a desired store, and if there is a desired store. Whether or not the store is still open can be accurately detected by linking with the current position of the user.

In particular, since the GPS device 2 is used, the detection accuracy of the current position is high, and therefore high reliability as a regional information distribution system can be secured. Moreover, only the registrant of the user number can receive the provision of the store information. In other words, it will be possible to limit the supply of highly valuable information that has been collected at high cost only to specific persons, and in order to pay for it, collect membership fees from specific persons, while ensuring sufficient commercial profitability. It becomes possible to provide. For the mobile phone 1, the usage pattern is greatly expanded and further spread.

In the above embodiment, the case where the position information is store information has been described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this.
Furthermore, it is possible to make appropriate settings such as adding information about public facilities.

[0016]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide the area information distribution system capable of accurately notifying the user of the optimum area information related to the current position of the user.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of an embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Mobile telephone device, 2 ... GPS device (satellite navigation position detection device), 3 ... Satellite, 11 ... Server, 12 ... Database (storage means), 13 ... Receiving device

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A terminal for detecting a current position, transmitting position information representing the current position together with user identification information, and receiving and displaying display information transmitted from the outside, and a terminal transmitted from the terminal. Receiving means for receiving the positional information and the identification information, the determining means for determining whether the identification information received by the receiving means is registered in advance, and the determination result of the determining means is affirmative The detecting means for detecting the current position of the terminal from the position information received by the receiving means, the storing means for storing various area information, and the area information within a predetermined range including the detecting position of the detecting means. A regional information comprising: a reading unit that searches and reads from the storage unit; and a transmitting unit that transmits the regional information read by the reading unit to the terminal as the display information. Delivery system. 2. The regional information distribution system according to claim 1, wherein the terminal includes a satellite navigation position detection device that detects a current position, and a mobile phone that transmits and receives and displays information. Local information distribution system.