JP2006093876A - Information provision system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information provision system capable of informing of a temporal factor of an event in an optimum timing by using a mobile phone. <P>SOLUTION: The mobile phone reads and interprets a two-dimensional code 3 including information with respect to the event, monitors an optimum alarm timing for informing of the temporal factor included in the interpreted information, and raises an alarm in the alarm timing. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an information providing system that uses a mobile terminal and provides information to a user of the mobile terminal.

  For events such as concerts, movies, plays, and performances, tickets are reserved and sold before the event. This reservation and sales can be found in magazines and websites.

  Event ticket reservations and sales, especially when they start, are often forgotten, even if they are grasped once in a magazine. In that case, the desired ticket cannot be obtained. In particular, popular tickets are sold out as soon as reservations and sales begin, and are difficult to obtain.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an information providing system capable of accurately transmitting event timing requirements at an optimal timing using a portable terminal.

  The information providing system of the invention according to claim 1 provides means for providing a two-dimensional code including information related to an event, and the time requirement included in the decoded information by reading and decoding the two-dimensional code. And a portable terminal that emits an alarm at an optimal alarm timing for notification.

  An information providing system according to a second aspect of the present invention includes a means for providing a two-dimensional code including information related to an event, and an application program for reading the two-dimensional code and executing a process according to the read result. It has a stored server and receiving means for receiving the application program from the server. Based on the application program received by the receiving means, the barcode is read and decoded, and is included in the decoded information. A portable terminal that monitors an alarm timing optimum for informing the time requirement and issues an alarm at the alarm timing.

  The information providing system of the invention according to claim 3 limits the alarm timing and alarm. The alarm timing is the timing immediately before the reservation or sale of the event ticket is started. The alarm is a display and a sound for notifying the user of the mobile terminal that reservation of an event ticket or the start of sales is imminent.

  According to the information providing system of the present invention, the time requirement of an event can be accurately transmitted at an optimal timing using a mobile terminal.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
In FIG. 1, an information providing company 1 provides information about an event, publishes a publication, for example, a magazine 2, ships and sells it to the market, and can be accessed from the outside via the Internet (also called a home page). ). This Web site can be viewed by access from a terminal such as the personal computer 4. At this time, the information providing company 1 generates a matrix type two-dimensional code (also referred to as a QR code) 3 as shown in FIG. 2 on the basis of the data structure specifications publicly disclosed by the application providing company 10 in advance. The generated two-dimensional code 3 is printed on an arbitrary page of the magazine 2 and is also made public on the website. The two-dimensional code 3 includes information on events such as concerts, movies, plays, performances, garbage collection, aerobics classes, and so-called event information.

  A server 11 is installed in the application providing company 10. The server 11 stores an application program for reading the two-dimensional code 3 and executing processing corresponding to the reading result.

  The reader who purchased the magazine 2 obtains the information described in the magazine 2 by normal visual observation, and reads the two-dimensional code 3 of the magazine 2 with his / her camera-equipped mobile terminal such as a mobile phone 20. Can do. In addition, the user of the mobile phone device 20 may access the Web site of the information providing company 1 with the personal computer 4 to read the two-dimensional code 3 disclosed on the Web site with the mobile phone device 20. it can.

  The cellular phone 20 includes a CPU 21 as a main control unit, a display unit 22 having a color liquid crystal screen, an operation unit 23 including various key buttons, a transmission / reception unit 24 for transmitting / receiving data to / from the outside via a wireless telephone line, and an imaging unit. CCD camera 25, ROM 26 for storing control programs, rewritable nonvolatile memory 27 for storing various information, sound generator 28 for generating notification sounds (melody sounds, etc.), and timer 29 for measuring the passage of date and time have.

  The transmission / reception unit 24 is used as reception means for receiving (downloading) an application program stored in the server 11 of the application providing company 10. The CCD camera 25 can be used as a reading unit for a magazine 2 or a two-dimensional code 3 on a website in addition to being used as a normal photographic camera.

The CPU 21 has the following means (1) to (4) as main functions related to the present invention.
(1) Reading means for reading the two-dimensional code 3 by the CCD camera 25 based on the application program received by the transmission / reception unit 24.

  (2) Decoding means for decoding information read by the reading means based on the application program.

  (3) Monitoring means for monitoring the optimal alarm timing for notifying the time requirement contained in the information decoded by the decoding means based on the application program. The optimal alarm timing is, for example, a timing immediately before reservation or sales of an event ticket is started.

  (4) Notification means for issuing an alarm at an optimal alarm timing based on monitoring by the monitoring means based on the application program. The alarm is a display and sound for notifying the user of the mobile phone device 20 that an event ticket reservation or sales start is imminent.

Next, the operation will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.
It is determined whether or not the application program of the server 11 is stored in the memory 27 (step 101). If it has not been stored yet (NO in step 101), the mobile phone 20 enters the download website of the server 11 in response to a request operation of the application program by the user of the mobile phone 20 (YES in step 102). The top page of the website is connected and displayed on the display unit 22 of the cellular phone 20 as shown in FIG. When “download” is designated on this display screen, the application program in the server 11 is downloaded to the mobile phone 20 (step 103). The downloaded application program is stored in the memory 27 of the mobile phone 20.

  In a state where the application program has already been stored (YES in step 101) or in a state where the application program has been downloaded (and stored) by the user's requested operation as described above, the alarm mode is set by the operation of the mobile phone device 20. When set (YES in step 104), as shown in FIG. 6, a standby screen for the alarm function is displayed on the display unit 22 of the cellular phone 20 (step 105). When “menu” is selected on the standby screen for the alarm function (YES in step 106), the menu screen for the alarm function is displayed on the display unit 22 of the cellular phone 20, as shown in FIG. Step 109).

  If “end” is selected on the standby screen for the alarm function (NO in step 106, YES in step 107), the standby screen for the alarm function ends (step 108). By this termination, the cellular phone 20 returns from the alarm mode to the normal mode.

  On the menu screen, one of “QR code reading mode” for reading the two-dimensional code 3, “alarm list” for displaying alarm information, and “standby screen setting” for setting an image of the standby screen can be selected. (Steps 110, 111, 112). When the “QR code reading mode” is set (YES in step 110), the CCD camera 25 of the mobile phone 20 is activated (step 114). With the activated CCD camera 25, the two-dimensional code 3 on the magazine 2 or the two-dimensional code 3 on the display of the personal computer 4 can be read. That is, by putting the two-dimensional code 3 in the visual field of the CCD camera 25, the two-dimensional code 3 is displayed on the display unit 22 as shown in FIG. By performing a reading operation in this state, the two-dimensional code 3 is actually read.

  When the reading of the two-dimensional code 3 is completed (YES in step 114), the CCD camera 25 is stopped and the read two-dimensional code 3 is decoded (step 115). Then, as shown in FIG. 9, a reading completion screen for notifying completion of reading is displayed on the display unit 22 (step 116). On the reading completion screen, an explanatory note indicating that the decoded event information is, for example, “July ticket release information” is displayed. If a save operation is performed in this state (YES in step 117), the decoded event information is stored in addition to the alarm list in the memory 27 (step 120). If a cancel operation is performed (NO in step 117, YES in step 118), the display returns to the standby screen display (step 105). With this return, the read information and the decoded event information are erased.

  As the event information is added to the alarm list in the memory 27, the contents of the alarm list are displayed on the display unit 22 as shown in FIG. 10 (step 121). As the contents of the alarm list, there are various event information such as “Minato-ku Akasaka Garbage Collection Date” and “Aerobics Classroom July” in addition to “July Ticket Release Information” which is the event information read this time. The user of the mobile phone device 20 can specify any one event information from the displayed event information.

  For example, when “July ticket sale information” is designated (YES in step 122), “Mr. ABCDE7 / 25” or “Yamakawa”, which is the specific content of “July ticket sale information”, is shown in FIG. Event information (concert information) such as “Kita 7/18” is displayed side by side. The user of the mobile phone device 20 can delete unnecessary information from the displayed event information, and can check and edit the alarm notification content of the event information.

  For example, when “Mr. ABCDE7 / 25” is designated (YES in step 125), an editing screen related to alarm notification of “Mr.ABCDE7 / 25” is displayed on the display unit 22 as shown in FIG. 127). When the item of “alarm setting” is selected on this editing screen (YES in step 128), the time requirement included in “Mr. ABCDE7 / 25”, that is, the reservation start date and time and sales start date and time of the ticket are notified. The optimal alarm timing is monitored through the timer unit 29 (step 129). The optimal alarm timing is a timing immediately before the reservation start time or the sales start time, for example, 5 minutes before.

  When the optimal alarm timing is reached (YES in step 130), as shown in FIG. 13, an alarm display screen is displayed on the display unit 22 to notify that the reservation start is imminent, and the reservation start is imminent. An alarm sound, for example, a melody sound for notifying that is emitted from the sound generation unit 28 (step 131). The user of the cellular phone device 20 can accurately grasp that the reservation of the ticket is immediately started by the alarm display and the alarm sound. The alarm screen includes a display of a website address for making a reservation via the network. The reservation can be completed by accessing the Web site address from the mobile phone 20.

  When an end operation is performed on the alarm display screen (YES in step 132), the alarm display and alarm sound generation end (step 133).

  When a re-notification operation is performed on the alarm display screen (NO in step 132, YES in step 134), the alarm display and alarm sound generation are finished (step 135), and the time count t is started in the timer unit 29. (Step 136). When the time count t reaches the predetermined time t1 (YES in step 137), the time count t is cleared (step 138), and alarm display and alarm sound generation are repeated again (step 131).

  When “menu” is selected on the alarm list display screen in step 121 (NO in step 122, YES in step 123), the display returns to the menu screen (step 109). Also on the event information display screen in step 124, when “menu” is selected (NO in step 125, YES in step 126), the display returns to the menu screen (step 109).

  When “alarm list” is selected on the menu screen (YES in step 111), the contents of the alarm list are displayed (step 121). When “standby screen setting” is selected on the menu screen (YES in step 112), an arbitrary image in the mobile phone 20 can be selected and set as a standby image (step 105).

  As described above, by reading and decoding a two-dimensional code including information on events, the optimal alarm timing for notifying the timing requirements included in the decoded information is monitored. Since the alarm is generated, the timing requirement of the event can be accurately communicated at the optimum timing using the mobile phone 20. Therefore, it is possible to reliably obtain the desired ticket.

In the above embodiment, the case where the event is a concert has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to a concert, and various events can be dealt with, and any event can be appropriately timed. .
In addition, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment as it is, and can be embodied by modifying the constituent elements without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. Moreover, various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of constituent elements disclosed in the embodiment. For example, some components may be deleted from all the components shown in the embodiment. Furthermore, you may combine the component covering different embodiment suitably.

The block diagram which shows the structure of one Embodiment. The figure which shows the example of the two-dimensional code in one Embodiment. The flowchart for demonstrating the effect | action of one Embodiment. The flowchart following FIG. The figure which shows the top screen of the Web site for download in one Embodiment. The figure which shows the standby screen of the alarm function in one Embodiment. The figure which shows the menu screen of the alarm function in one Embodiment. The figure which shows the display screen at the time of reading of the two-dimensional code in one Embodiment. The figure which shows the reading completion screen in one Embodiment. The figure which shows the display screen of the alarm list in one Embodiment. The figure which shows the display screen of each designated event information in one Embodiment. The figure which shows the edit screen regarding the alarm alerting | reporting in one Embodiment. The figure which shows the alarm display screen in one Embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Information provision company, 2 ... Magazine, 3 ... Two-dimensional code, 10 ... Application provision company, 11 ... Server, 20 ... Mobile phone, 21 ... CPU, 22 ... Display part, 23 ... Operation part, 24 ... Transmission / reception part 25 ... CCD camera, 26 ... ROM, 27 ... rewritable non-volatile memory, 28 ... sound generator, 29 ... timer

Claims (3)

Means for providing a two-dimensional code containing information about the event;
A portable terminal that reads and decodes the two-dimensional code and issues an alarm at an optimal alarm timing to inform the timing requirements contained in the decoded information;
An information providing system characterized by comprising: Means for providing a two-dimensional code containing information about the event;
A server in which an application program for reading the two-dimensional code and executing processing according to the reading result is stored;
Receiving means for receiving the application program from the server, and reading and decoding the bar code on the basis of the application program received by the receiving means to inform the time requirement contained in the decoded information A mobile device that monitors the optimal alarm timing and issues an alarm at that alarm timing,
An information providing system characterized by comprising: The alarm timing is a timing immediately before reservation or sales of an event ticket is started,
The alarm is a display and sound for informing the user of the mobile terminal that an event ticket reservation or sales start is imminent.
The information providing system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that

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