JP2018036698A - Information processing device and method, program, and information processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide information effectively.SOLUTION: An information processing system comprises a first information processing device, and a second information processing device connected to a plurality of first information processing devices through a network. The first information processing device creates a predetermined range and sets topics in the range. The second information processing device manages the created range and the topics set in the range, causes the first information processing device to display the ranked topics and when an arbitrary first information processing device votes a topic, causes the first information processing device which has voted to temporarily display related information about the topic.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 16

Description

  The present technology relates to an information processing device and method, a program, and an information processing system, and particularly relates to an information processing device and method, a program, and an information processing system that can provide information more effectively.

  A network centering on the Internet is widespread, and various information is provided via the network. Various proposals have also been made regarding methods of providing information (for example, Patent Document 1).

  Various information can be searched via the Internet. For example, when a predetermined keyword is searched by a desktop personal computer, there is a system that displays an advertisement related to the keyword at the end of the screen. According to such a system, since the advertisement regarding the theme which the user is interested in can be provided, the effect of the advertisement can be improved.

JP2016-146210A

  However, the user performs a search when the object to be examined is clearly conscious, and when the interest is ambiguous, the search is not used, so it is difficult to provide an accurate advertisement. Therefore, a system that can provide information more effectively is expected.

  This technique is made in view of such a situation, and makes it possible to provide information more effectively.

  One aspect of the present technology is an information processing apparatus that displays a topic by ranking and temporarily displays related information related to the topic when the ranking of the topic changes.

  The related information may be displayed adjacent to the topic whose rank has changed in the ranking list.

  When the topic is voted, it can be displayed at the top of the ranking.

  The related information may be displayed for a first time from when the topic is ranked at the top of the ranking.

  If the topic is ranked at the top of the ranking and then voted again within a second time longer than the first time from when it was ranked at the top, the ranking may not change.

  The related information can also be displayed only for the first time if it is voted again within the second time.

  A predetermined range for setting the topic may be created.

  The addition of the topic may be possible within the range in which the topic is set.

  Voting of the topic may be possible inside and outside the topic-set range.

  When the related information related to the topic is newly registered, the related information may be temporarily displayed adjacent to the topic.

  When the related information related to the voted topic is newly registered, if the topic ranking list is not displayed, the related information can be displayed on an edge of the screen or a dialog.

  The vote can be canceled.

  The “interesting” button operated at the time of voting can be in a different state when the voting mode changes.

  The related information displayed on the information processing apparatus that has performed the voting may be different from the related information displayed on the information processing apparatus on which the voting has been performed by another information processing apparatus.

  One aspect of the present technology is an information processing method in which topics are ranked and displayed, and related information related to the topic is temporarily displayed when the ranking of the topic changes.

  One aspect of the present technology is a computer program for controlling the operation of an information processing device, and when the computer ranks and displays a topic and the ranking of the topic changes, the computer program relates to the topic. This is a program for executing processing for temporarily displaying related information.

  One aspect of the present technology is an information processing system including a first information processing device and a second information processing device connected to the plurality of first information processing devices via a network. The first information processing device creates a predetermined range and sets a topic in the range; the second information processing device manages the created range and the topic set in the range; When the topic is ranked and displayed on the first information processing apparatus, and any of the first information processing apparatuses has voted for the topic, the relation related to the topic to the voted first information processing apparatus An information processing system for temporarily displaying information.

  In one aspect of the present technology, related information related to a topic is temporarily displayed when the topics are ranked and displayed and the ranking of the topics changes.

As described above, according to one aspect of the present technology, information can be effectively provided.
Note that the effects described in this specification are merely examples, and are not limited, and may have additional effects.

It is a block diagram showing the composition of the information processing system of this art. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of an information terminal. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a server. It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure of an information terminal. It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure of a server. It is a flowchart explaining the process of an information terminal. It is a figure which shows a home screen. It is a flowchart explaining the process of a server. It is a flowchart explaining the creation process of the field of an information terminal. It is a figure which shows the creation screen of a place. It is a figure which shows the screen of a map display. It is a flowchart explaining the creation process of a server field. It is a flowchart explaining the hot topic process of the home screen of an information terminal. It is a flowchart explaining the hot topic process of the home screen of an information terminal. It is a figure which shows the screen of a hot topic list. It is a figure which shows the screen of a hot topic list. It is a figure explaining the change of the "I care" button. It is a figure which shows a menu. It is a flowchart explaining the hot topic process of the home screen of a server. It is a flowchart explaining the hot topic process of the home screen of a server. It is a flowchart explaining the hot topic addition process of an information terminal. It is a flowchart explaining the hot topic addition process of a server. It is a flowchart explaining the message input process of an information terminal. It is a figure which shows the screen of a timeline. It is a flowchart explaining the message input process of a server. It is a flowchart explaining the update process regarding the field of an information terminal. It is a flowchart explaining the update process regarding the field of a server. It is a flowchart explaining the topic selection process of an information terminal. It is a flowchart explaining the topic selection process of a server. It is a flowchart explaining the map display process of an information terminal. It is a figure which shows a map display screen. It is a flowchart explaining the map display process of a server.

Hereinafter, an embodiment for carrying out the present technology will be described. The description will be given in the following order.
1. Information processing system (FIGS. 1 to 5)
2. Information terminal and server processing (FIGS. 6 to 8)
3. Field creation processing (FIGS. 9 to 12)
4). Hot topic processing of home screen (FIGS. 13 to 20)
5. Topic addition processing (FIGS. 21 and 22)
6). Message input processing (FIGS. 23 to 25)
7). Update process (FIGS. 26 and 27)
8). Topic selection processing (FIGS. 28 and 29)
9. Map display processing (FIGS. 30 to 32)

<Information processing system (FIGS. 1 to 5)>
Hereinafter, the configuration of the information processing system of the present technology will be described. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an information processing system according to the present technology. As shown in FIG. 1, the information processing system 11 includes an arbitrary plural (four in FIG. 1) information terminals 21-1 to 21-4 and a server 22 connected to them via a network 23. It consists of. In the following description, the information terminals 21-1 to 21-4 are simply referred to as information terminals 21 when it is not necessary to distinguish them individually.

  The information terminal 21 that is an information processing apparatus is configured by an information processing apparatus that is mainly carried, such as a mobile phone, a smartphone, and a tablet. The network 23 is configured by a telephone line network, the Internet, or the like.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the information terminal. In FIG. 2, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 121 executes various processes according to a program stored in a ROM (Read Only Memory) 122 or a program loaded from a storage unit 128 to a RAM (Random Access Memory) 123. To do. The RAM 123 also appropriately stores data necessary for the CPU 121 to execute various processes.

  The CPU 121, ROM 122, and RAM 123 are connected to each other via a bus 124. An input / output interface 125 is also connected to the bus 124.

  The input / output interface 125 is connected to an input unit 126 including buttons and a touch panel, a display including LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), and an output unit 127 including speakers and earphones. In addition, a storage unit 128 configured by a hard disk, a semiconductor memory, and the like, a communication unit 129, and a position detection unit 130 are connected. The communication unit 129 performs communication processing via the network 23. The position detection unit 130 detects the position of the information terminal 21 using, for example, GPS (Global Positioning System).

  When a series of processing is executed by software, a program constituting the software is installed in the storage unit 128 from the network 23 or a recording medium such as the removable medium 232 in FIG.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the server. The server 22 that is an information processing apparatus is configured by, for example, a personal computer. The server 22 includes a CPU 221, ROM 222, RAM 223, bus 224, input / output interface 225, input unit 226, output unit 227, storage unit 228, and communication unit 229. These have configurations and functions corresponding to the CPU 121, ROM 122, RAM 123, bus 124, input / output interface 125, input unit 126, output unit 127, storage unit 128, and communication unit 129 of the corresponding names in FIG. Yes.

  A drive 231 is connected to the input / output interface 225 of the server 22 as necessary, and a removable medium 232 made up of a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a semiconductor memory, or the like is appropriately attached. Then, the computer program read from them is installed in the storage unit 228 as necessary.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the information terminal. The information terminal 21 includes a communication unit 301, a determination unit 302, an input unit 303, a display unit 304, and a detection unit 305. These are functionally configured by, for example, a program.

  The communication unit 301 controls the communication unit 129 in FIG. 2 and executes communication with the server 22. The determination unit 302 executes various determination processes, for example, whether the “I care” button has been operated. The input unit 303 executes various input processes such as inputting characters according to user operations. A display unit 304 controls display of a screen or the like. The detection unit 305 controls the position detection unit 130 to detect the current position of the information terminal 21.

  FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the server. The server 22 includes a communication unit 401, a setting unit 402, a determination unit 403, a creation unit 404, an update unit 405, and a search unit 406. These are functionally configured by, for example, a program.

  The communication unit 401 controls the communication unit 229 in FIG. 3 and executes communication with the information terminal 21. The setting unit 402 executes various setting processes such as setting the mode of the “interesting” button. The determination unit 403 executes various determination processes, such as whether an “interesting” button operation signal has been received, for example.

  The creation unit 404 executes various creation processes such as creating a predetermined field. The update unit 405 executes various update processes such as updating the ranking, for example. The search unit 406 executes various search processes such as searching for related information.

  Signals are exchanged between the units shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 as necessary.

<Processing of information terminal and server (FIGS. 6 to 8)>
Next, processing of the information terminal and the server will be described. First, the processing of the information terminal 21 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining processing of the information terminal.

  In step S <b> 11, the communication unit 301 controls the communication unit 129 to access the server 22. In step S12, the display unit 304 displays the home screen. That is, when the program of the information processing system 11 is started in the information terminal 21, access is automatically performed and the home screen is transmitted from the server 22 (see step S31 in FIG. 8 described later), the communication unit 301 receives this, and the display unit 304 displays the home screen on the display of the output unit 127. In this way, the home screen as shown in FIG. 7 is displayed.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a home screen. On the home screen, images such as “hot topic”, “near place”, “hot place”, “new place”, “map display”, “create place” are displayed. These images are displayed when the user scrolls up and down the screen. FIG. 7 shows a state where images of “hot topic”, “near field”, and “hot field” are displayed.

  In the “hot topic” image, topics ranked up to the third rank are displayed. The first is "What's the line?", The second is "Replacement of shops", and the third is the topic "Do not read the air, think for yourself" . It is shown that the titles of the places where the three ranks are set are “Harajuku”, “Harajuku”, and “IT Symposium”, respectively.

  In the “hot topic” on the home screen in FIG. 7, hot topics through all places and the number of voters for each are displayed. On the other hand, the hot topic of FIG. 15 to be described later displays the topic and the number of voters for each place.

  In the image of “near field” where the field near the information terminal 21 is displayed, three fields titled “Harajuku”, “Odaiba”, and “IT Symposium” are displayed. A part of the three places is displayed in the “hot place”, which is a place where updates such as postings and voting on topics are displayed in order of frequent updates.

  At the bottom of the home screen, icons of “Home”, “Place created”, “Place joined”, “Favorites”, and “Account” are displayed in order from the left. By operating these icons, corresponding images are displayed. FIG. 7 shows a state in which the “home” icon is operated.

  Returning to FIG. 6, after the process of step S <b> 12, in steps S <b> 13 to S <b> 17, any one of the hot topic process on the home screen, the nearby field process, the hot field process, the new field process, and the map display process is executed. Is done. These are executed when the user instructs corresponding processing, that is, when the corresponding image is operated on the home screen. When the user does not instruct a corresponding process, these processes are skipped.

  In step S <b> 18, the determination unit 302 determines whether the login state is set. In the login state, a field creation process is executed in step S19. If not in the login state, a login process is executed in step S20. Details will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 to 12. When creating a place, the user is required to log in by entering an e-mail address or the like.

  In step S21, the determination unit 302 determines whether termination is instructed. If the user does not instruct the end of the operation, the process returns to step S12, and the subsequent processes are repeated. If termination is instructed, the process is terminated.

  Next, processing of the server 22 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the processing of the server.

  In step S31, when the communication unit 401 receives access from the information terminal 21 (the process of step S11 in FIG. 6 described above), the communication unit 401 outputs a home screen to the information terminal 21. As described above, the home screen is received and displayed on the information terminal 21 (the process in step S12 in FIG. 6 described above). Although details will be described later with reference to FIG. 17, the “worried” button 1501 is first set to the unvoted mode, and then sequentially changed to the immediately-voting mode and the voted mode.

  A process corresponding to the process selected in step S32 is executed. That is, when the information terminal 21 selects a hot topic process on the home screen, a nearby field process, a hot field process, a newly arrived field process, a map display process, or the like, a corresponding process is executed. In the following, the hot topic processing of the home screen will be mainly described as a typical example in this case with reference to FIG. 19 and FIG. 20, but the other processing is performed in the same manner.

  In step S <b> 33, the communication unit 401 executes a login process when logged in by the information terminal 21. If logged in, a field creation process is executed in step S34. That is, as described above, the information terminal 21 logs in when creating a place, so the place creation process is executed.

  In step S35, the determination unit 403 determines whether termination is instructed. If the administrator of the server 22 does not instruct the end of the operation, the process returns to step S31, and the subsequent processes are repeated. If termination is instructed, the process is terminated.

<Place creation process (FIGS. 9 to 12)>
Next, the process for creating a place will be described. As described above, when creating a place, the user of the information terminal 21 logs in by entering an email address. As a result, the “Create a place” screen is displayed, and when it is selected, the processing of FIG. 9 is executed. FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining a process for creating a field of the information terminal.

  In step S41, the display unit 304 displays a “create new place” screen. That is, when the user logs in, the server 22 transmits a “create new place” screen (the process in step S61 in FIG. 12 described later). The “Create” screen appears. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a place creation screen. The user performs an operation for inputting necessary conditions in this screen. The input unit 303 inputs characters corresponding to user operations.

  In the example shown in FIG. 10, “Kenta-kun, Asami-san Wedding” is entered as the title of the new place. The center of the venue is said to be "Ebisu 4-chome, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo ...". The radius of the effective range can be set to any one of 500 m, 1 km, 5 km, and 10 km. The expiration date can be set to 3 hours, 6 hours, 12 hours, or 24 hours from the input date and time. In the example of FIG. 10, June 10, 2016, 12:19 3 hours are set from 21 seconds. Also, by operating the “Create new topic” field, a topic can be set for the place to be created.

  The range of the place to be created can be confirmed from the map screen. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a map display screen. The map screen shown in FIG. 11 is displayed by operating the symbol indicating the transition in the right direction displayed at the right end of the “center” column from the “create new place” screen shown in FIG. The On this map, a radius range 1101 set from the set “center” is displayed as a created place. The user can confirm the range of the field from this map. The user can move to an arbitrary position by dragging a circle shown as the range 1101 and set the range 1101 there. In addition to the interests explicitly indicated by the user, more effective related information can be displayed by adding the location attribute.

  Although details will be described later, the user of each information terminal 21 is allowed to add a topic or input a message when located inside the field, but not when located outside. Therefore, the creator of the place can add a topic or restrict the range for inputting a message in advance. However, creation of venues and voting of topics are allowed even from outside the venue. By restricting the input of topics and messages from outside the scope, noise from outside the parties can be prevented, and by allowing viewing and voting from outside the scope, it is possible to convey interest through voting and at the same time Information can be referenced.

  Returning to FIG. 9, when the “create new place” screen is displayed, in step S <b> 42, the determination unit 302 determines whether a condition has been input. When a new field condition is input, the communication unit 301 outputs the condition to the server 22 in step S43. That is, the conditions such as the title, center, effective range, and expiration date shown in FIG. 10 are output to the server 22. If no condition is input, the process of step S43 is skipped.

  Next, a process for creating a server field will be described. FIG. 12 is a flowchart for explaining a server field creation process. In step S <b> 61, the communication unit 401 outputs a “create new place” screen to the information terminal 21. That is, when the information terminal 21 logs in, a screen “Create a new place” is transmitted to the information terminal 21 and displayed (the process in step S41 in FIG. 9 described above).

  In step S62, the creation unit 404 creates, registers, and manages a place corresponding to the condition. That is, the field of conditions transmitted from the information terminal 21 in step S43 in FIG. 9 is created and managed.

  In addition to the areas described above, the venue can be created for users of specific contents and websites, or for companies in the company or event participants.

<Home topic hot topic processing (FIGS. 13 to 20)>
Next, home topic hot topic processing will be described. 13 and 14 are flowcharts for explaining hot topic processing on the home screen of the information terminal. This process is executed when the user of the information terminal 21 selects any one of “hot topics” from the home screen, and selects a place corresponding to the topic.

  In step S81, the display unit 304 displays a hot topic screen. At this time, the “interesting” button is set to the non-voting mode. That is, as will be described later, when the processing of the hot topic on the home screen is instructed, the server 22 sets the mode of the “interesting” button based on the user's voting history and outputs it to the information terminal 21. (Processing in step S111 in FIG. 19 described later). When the voting has not yet been performed, the mode of the “interesting” button is set to the non-voting mode. As a result, a screen as shown in FIG. 15 is displayed on the information terminal 21.

  Or, a user in Harajuku selects “Harajuku” from “Nearby Place”, or a user who wants to have a year-end party at a new store selects “Replacement Harajuku” and enters the venue. Thus, for example, a timeline screen as shown in FIG. 24 described later is displayed. When swiped further from the timeline screen, a hot topic list screen as shown in FIG. 15 is displayed.

  FIG. 15 shows a hot topic list screen. In the example of FIG. 15, “Harajuku” is displayed at the top of the screen, which indicates that the hot topic list is “Harajuku”. On the lower left side, a “hot topic” column is provided, and on the right side, a “ranking” column is provided. FIG. 15 shows a state where the “hot topic” column on the left side is selected. When the “Ranking” column on the right side is operated, a “Ranking” screen is displayed instead of “Hot Topic”.

  Further, in the example of FIG. 15, in the hot topic list, “what line?”, “Replacement of shops”, “year-end party”, “illumination”, “pancake”, “bargain”, “Meiji Shrine” Are displayed as the first to seventh topics. This “hot topic” is a ranking of topics that have recently attracted attention. The numbers of voters for these topics are displayed as 110, 23, 14, 14, 12, 8, and 11, respectively. At the right end of each topic, an “I care” button 1501 that is operated when voting for the topic is displayed. The sixth “bargain” voter is 8, but since it has been voted recently, it is ranked higher than the seventh “Meiji Jingu” with 11 voters.

  Conventionally, in chats, bulletin boards, etc., posts (noise) that are far from the target discussion such as “sleepy” or “hungry” occupy most of the timeline, and important posts may be missed. Topics that participants are interested in (for example, fields, viewpoints, keywords, etc.) can be input, displayed, and voted independently of the message, allowing topics such as “sleepy” and “hungry” Even if votes are concentrated on the top, for example, it does not occupy the ranking up to the 10th place and produces an effect of not overlooking important topics. Moreover, interest is generated by voting by other users who are ranked higher even temporarily, and voting is generated. By linking them, the interest of participants is gathered.

  At the bottom of the screen, a column “Add Topic” is provided. This field is operated when adding a topic.

  In step S <b> 82, the determination unit 302 determines whether the “I care” button 1501 has been operated. If there is a topic of interest among the displayed topics, the user can make an intention display of “I'm interested” by operating the “I care” button 1501 corresponding to the topic. .

  If the “worried” button 1501 is not operated, the process returns to step S81, and the same process is repeated. When the “I care” button 1501 is operated, the communication unit 301 outputs an “I care” button operation signal to the server 22 in step S83.

  As will be described later, at this time, the server 22 changes the mode of the “interesting” button 1501 to the mode immediately after voting, updates the ranking, and searches for related information related to the voted topic. Then, the hot topic screen of the “I care” button 1501 that has been updated and the mode has been changed to the mode immediately after voting and related information are transmitted to the information terminal 21 (the processing of steps S113 to S117 in FIG. 19 described later) ). Therefore, in step S84, the display unit 304 of the information terminal 21 displays the hot topic screen of the “I care” button 1501 that has been updated and the mode has been changed to the mode immediately after voting. In step S85, the display unit 304 displays related information for a certain period of time. This state is shown in FIG.

  FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating a hot topic screen. FIG. 16 shows an example of voting on the topic “year-end party” ranked third in FIG. 15. As shown in FIG. 16, the voted topic “Year-end party” is ranked at the top, and related information is displayed in the ranking list so as to be adjacent thereto. That is, the topic “Year-end party” is set as the first topic, and the topic “year-end party” is displayed as related information at the position in the ranking list below (the position of the second topic “Replacement of shops” in FIG. 15). "AAA cafe" which is advertising information related to is displayed. Furthermore, in this example, as the second related information, a message posted by “BBB Host” as word-of-mouth information on the topic of “Year-end party” in “Harajuku” is below the first advertisement information (see FIG. 15). 3rd topic “Year-end party”).

  As shown in FIG. 16, the “Worried” button 1501 of the topic “Bannenkai” ranked at the top is changed from the non-voting mode to the mode immediately after voting, but below the second “illumination”. The topic mode remains unvoted mode. That is, the mode is set for each user, and the second and lower topics are voted by other users, but are not voting themselves, so they remain in the unvoted mode. .

  Ranking in the hot topic is performed based on the evaluation score of each topic. The evaluation score is calculated as the total score of the voting score corresponding to the number of votes and the time variable that increases immediately after voting and then decreases with the passage of time. The time variable is a numerical value that takes a sufficiently large value that exceeds the evaluation score of the topic that has been ranked highest before the voting, and then decreases exponentially. Therefore, each topic in the hot topic is always ranked at the top immediately after voting. In the example of FIG. 16, the number of voters for the topic “Year-end party” is increased from 14 shown in FIG.

  However, it is the case in the hot topic that is ranked highest immediately after voting. In the example of FIG. 16, in the state where the “ranking” screen is displayed by operating the “ranking” column, the ranking is determined only by the number of voters. Therefore, the “ranking” screen may not be ranked at the top immediately after voting.

  As described above, when the ranking of the topic changes, related information related to the topic is displayed. Therefore, the related information is displayed at the timing when the user explicitly transmits interest, and the related information matching the user in both contents and timing can be displayed, which is easily accepted by the user. The related information is temporarily displayed. Therefore, it is suppressed that the visual recognition of the topic in the ranking list is hindered for a long time.

  Further, the related information is displayed in the ranking list so as to be adjacent to the topic whose rank has changed. Moreover, it is displayed only in a part of the ranking list (in the example of FIG. 16, two display columns among the eight rank display columns from No. 1 to No. 8). Therefore, even when the range of displays for displaying information such as mobile phones and smartphones is narrow, it is possible to effectively display related information without disturbing the presentation of the topic that is the original information (without frustrating the user). Can be appealed to. There is no need to switch screens to display related information.

Furthermore, when the present technology is applied to an advertisement presentation system, the following effects can be realized as compared with existing methods.
(1) A narrow display screen such as a smartphone cannot secure a large range for advertisement. If the range is forcibly widened, it is inconvenient for the user, leaving the user, and reducing the profitability of the system. According to the present technology, such a situation is prevented.
(2) Since display advertisements, timeline advertisements, and the like are presented based on the user's past history, it is difficult to provide information that meets current interests. According to the present technology, information suitable for the current interest can be presented.
(3) Since the advertisement based on the keyword to be searched is a case where the user searches with a clear awareness of the object to be examined, the object is too limited. According to this technology, the user can specify a topic of interest with a simple operation by simply clicking on the “Worry” button. Can be presented.

  Note that the present technology can also be applied to a case where the display range of the display is relatively wide, such as a desktop personal computer.

  Since the related information is displayed only for a certain time (for example, 10 seconds (first time)), the related display is erased when the time elapses. Accordingly, the display in the ranking list is in the order of “Year-end party”, “What procession?”, “Replacement of shops”, “Illumination”, “Pancake”, “Bargain”, “Meiji Jingu”.

  In the above description, the related information is displayed when the rank is increased. However, since the rank is changed when the rank is decreased, the related information can be displayed.

  Note that the present technology can also be applied to a case where the topic is not a character but a figure, a photograph, or the like, or a topic is arranged in the horizontal direction instead of the vertical direction.

  FIG. 17 is a diagram for explaining a change in the “interesting” button. The “I'm interested” button 1501 of the topic “Year-end party” is in the unvoted mode in FIG. 15, but in the mode immediately after voting in FIG. In the present technology, as shown in FIG. 17, the “I'm interested” button 1501 of a topic that has not yet been voted (unvoted mode) is displayed in a predetermined state (for example, gray) and voted ( The “I'm interested” button 1501 of the topic “mode immediately after voting” is displayed in another state (for example, red). Then, when the state of the mode immediately after voting has elapsed for a certain time (in this example, 60 minutes (second time)), the mode is determined to have been voted, and the “careful” button 1501 is further in another state (for example, basically It is displayed in gray and only part of it is red.

  In this way, since the “interesting” button is displayed in a different color, shape, or other state for each mode, the user can reliably recognize the current mode.

  Returning to FIG. 13, in step S <b> 86, the determination unit 302 determines whether the “I care” button 1501 has been operated. If it is determined in the mode immediately after voting that the “interesting” button 1501 has not yet been operated, the determination unit 302 determines in step S87 whether a hot topic screen in the voted mode has been received. That is, as will be described later, when 60 minutes have elapsed in the mode immediately after voting, the server 22 changes the mode of the “interesting” button 1501 to the voted mode, and transmits the hot topic screen in the voted mode. (Processing of Step S118 to Step S121 in FIG. 20 described later). If the hot topic screen in the voted mode has not been received yet, the process returns to step S86, and the subsequent processes are repeated.

  If it is determined in step S86 that the “worried” button 1501 has been operated, the communication unit 301 outputs a “worried” button operation signal to the server 22 in step S88. At this time, as will be described later, the server 22 does not update the ranking, but transmits a hot topic screen in the mode immediately after voting and related information for a certain period of time (steps S118 and S119 in FIG. 20 described later, and step S115 in FIG. 19). Thru | or the process of step S117). Accordingly, the display unit 304 displays a hot topic screen in the mode immediately after voting in step S89, and displays related information for a predetermined time in step S90. As a result, the user can display the related information that has already disappeared after the display time has elapsed, by operating the “interesting” button again in the mode immediately after voting. Thereafter, the process returns to step S86.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in step S87 that the voted mode hot topic screen has been received (that is, when the state immediately after voting mode has elapsed for 60 minutes), the process of step S91 is executed. That is, the display unit 304 displays the voted mode hot topic screen output by the server 22 in the process of step S125 of FIG.

  In step S <b> 92, the determination unit 302 determines whether the “I care” button 1501 has been operated. In a case where the “worried” button 1501 is not operated in the voted mode, the determination unit 302 determines in step S95 whether the “worried” button 1501 has been pressed for a long time. When canceling “interesting” or deleting a topic, the user presses and holds the “interesting” button 1501. If the “worried” button 1501 is not pressed for a long time, the process returns to step S92, and the subsequent processes are repeated.

  If it is determined in step S92 that the “worried” button 1501 has been operated, the communication unit 301 outputs a “worried” button operation signal to the server 22 in step S93. When the server 22 receives an “interesting” button operation signal in the voted mode, the server 22 updates the ranking and transmits a hot topic screen in the voted mode (processing in steps S121 to S125 in FIG. 20 described later). ). Therefore, the display unit 304 of the information terminal 21 displays the voted mode hot topic screen in step S94. Accordingly, the ranking is updated, and the topic can be refocused on other users.

  If it is not determined that the “Worry” button 1501 has been pressed for a long time, the processes in steps S92 to S95 are repeated.

  If it is determined in step S95 that the “I care” button 1501 has been pressed for a long time, the display unit 304 displays a menu in step S96. FIG. 18 shows a menu. The “worried” button 1501 is pressed for a long time when canceling “worried” or deleting a topic. Therefore, for example, as shown in FIG. 18, when the “I care about” button 1501 of the topic “Illumination” is pressed for a long time, the “Cancel” “Cancel” field appears below the “Illumination” field. , A menu having a column of “[Administrator] Delete this topic” is displayed. However, the column “[Administrator] Delete This Topic” is displayed only when the user is an administrator.

  When the user cancels “interesting”, that is, when a user who has voted for a predetermined topic cancels the vote, the user operates the “cancel” “interesting” column. Further, when deleting a topic, the user operates a column of “[Administrator] Delete this topic”. However, only the creator of the place where the topic is set (place manager) can delete the topic.

  In step S <b> 97, the determination unit 302 determines whether “I care” has been canceled. That is, it is determined whether the “Cancel” column has been operated. When “I'm interested” is canceled, the communication unit 301 outputs a corresponding operation signal to the server 22 in step S98. That is, when the “cancel” column is operated, the operation signal is output.

  If “worried” is not canceled, the process of step S98 is skipped.

  In the above, “can be canceled” in the voted mode, but “cancel” can be canceled in the mode immediately after voting. .

  Next, hot topic processing on the home screen of the server 22 will be described. 19 and 20 are flowcharts for explaining hot topic processing on the home screen of the server. This process is executed by selecting one of the “hot topics” from the home screen by the user and selecting a place corresponding to the topic.

  In step S <b> 111, the setting unit 402 sets the mode of the “interesting” button for each hot topic in the field based on the user's voting history, and the communication unit 401 outputs the hot topic ranking to the information terminal 21. . As described above, the information terminal 21 receives and displays the hot topic screen in the non-voting mode (processing in step S81 in FIG. 13). In step S <b> 112, the determination unit 403 determines whether an “I care” button operation signal has been received. If not received, the process returns to step S111, and the subsequent processes are repeated.

  When it is determined in step S112 that the “worried” button operation signal has been received, in step S113, the setting unit 402 sets the corresponding “worried” button to the mode immediately after voting. In step S114, the update unit 405 updates the ranking. In other words, the voted topics are ranked at the top, and the ranking up to that point is sequentially lowered.

  In step S115, the search unit 406 searches for related information related to the voted topic. The related information may be stored in advance or may be searched through the network 23 centering on the Internet. In step S <b> 116, the communication unit 401 outputs the hot topic list screen set to the immediately after voting mode to the information terminal 21. The hot topic screen set in the mode immediately after voting is received and displayed by the information terminal 21 as described above (the process of step S84 in FIG. 13). In step S117, the communication unit 401 outputs the related information to the fixed time information terminal 21. As described above, this causes the information terminal 21 to display related information for a certain period of time on the hot topic screen set to the mode immediately after voting (processing in step S85 in FIG. 13).

  Next, in step S118, the determination unit 403 determines whether 60 minutes have elapsed since setting the mode immediately after voting (that is, after outputting the hot topic screen). If 60 minutes have not yet elapsed, in step S119, the determination unit 403 determines whether or not an “interesting” button operation signal has been received. That is, when the “interesting” button 1501 is operated in the mode immediately after voting in the information terminal 21, the operation signal is output (processing in step S88 in FIG. 13).

  When the “interesting” button operation signal is received in the mode immediately after voting, the process returns to step S115, and the processes of step S116, step S117, etc. are repeated thereafter. That is, related information is searched, and the hot topic screen in the mode immediately after voting and related information for a certain period of time are output to the information terminal 21. These are received and displayed at the information terminal 21 (the processes of steps S89 and S90 in FIG. 13). However, in this case, the ranking is not updated.

  If it is determined in step S118 that 60 minutes have elapsed, in step S120, the setting unit 402 sets the “interesting” button 1501 to the voted mode. In step S <b> 121, the communication unit 401 outputs the hot topic screen in the voted mode to the information terminal 21. As described above, the hot topic screen in the voted mode is displayed on the information terminal 21 (processing in step S91 in FIG. 13).

  When the hot topic screen is in the voted mode, an operation signal for canceling “interesting” or deleting a topic is transmitted from the information terminal 21 (processing in steps S96 to S98 in FIG. 14). In step S122, the determination unit 403 determines whether a cancel operation signal has been received.

  When the operation signal for canceling “worried” is not received, the determination unit 403 determines in step S123 whether the “worried” button operation signal has been received. That is, as described above, when an operation signal for canceling “interesting” or deleting a topic is not received (that is, when the “interesting” button 1501 is not pressed for a long time), the “interesting” button is operated. A signal may be transmitted (the process from step S92 to step S95 in FIG. 14).

  When the “interesting” button operation signal is not received in the voted mode, the process returns to step S122, and the subsequent processes are repeated. When the “interesting” button operation signal is received in the voted mode, the update unit 405 updates the ranking in step S124. In step S <b> 125, the communication unit 401 outputs the voted mode hot topic screen with the updated ranking to the information terminal 21. The hot topic screen in the voted mode with the updated ranking is displayed on the information terminal 21 (the process in step S94 in FIG. 14). Thereafter, the process returns to step S122, and the subsequent processes are repeated.

  If it is determined in step S122 that a cancel operation signal has been received, the setting unit 402 cancels “I care” in step S126. In other words, when an operation signal for canceling “interesting” is received, the voting of the topic “interesting” is cancelled. In step S127, the update unit 405 updates the ranking.

  If the ranking changes to the top, not only the advertising information is displayed as relevant information to the person who voted, but all the other users explain the topic term instead of the advertising information. Information and detailed information can also be displayed as related information. Accordingly, it is possible to stimulate other users' interests and promote voting by using information such as photos that supplement the content of the topic or inflict interest. As a result, a common theme within the community called the venue is amplified.

  In addition, when a new message is posted from another user in relation to a voted topic, the message can be displayed under the topic. This is effective when it is desired to complete a topic ranking screen (without displaying a timeline screen) such as a signage or a projector. In addition, when a new message is posted from another user in relation to a voted topic, when the information terminal 21 of the person is turned off or another application is in use (topic When the ranking list is not displayed, the push notification from the server 22 can notify the end of the screen or dialog that there is a post related to the voted topic.

  When the push notification is unnecessary because the user is no longer interested or the like, the user can cancel voting on the topic as described above. In this way, the status of the participant's interest is constantly updated.

  Note that the time for which the related information is displayed on the information terminal 21 of another user can be changed, for example, the longer the number of votes for the topic is, the longer the time is. For example, when the time for clicking the related information is as short as 2 to 3 seconds, the display time is changed to a time shorter than the above 10 seconds or displayed as 8 to 10 seconds. In the case of time limit, it can be changed by making it longer.

<Topic addition processing (FIGS. 21 and 22)>
The user can add any topic. Hereinafter, processing in this case will be described with reference to FIGS. 21 and 22.

  FIG. 21 is a flowchart for explaining hot topic addition processing of the information terminal. In this case, the hot topic list screen as shown in FIG. 15 is displayed. The hot topic screen shown in FIG. 15 is displayed as follows, as described above, when one of the “hot topics” is selected from the home screen, a place corresponding to the topic is selected and displayed. Can be displayed. That is, for example, when any one of the places displayed in the “near field”, “hot field”, “new field”, and “map display” on the home screen is selected, a timeline (a diagram to be described later) is displayed. 24) is displayed. When this timeline is swiped to the left, the hot topic list screen of FIG. 15 is displayed. At the bottom, there is a column “Add topic”. When this “add topic” field is operated, the hot topic addition process of FIG. 21 is executed.

  In step S161, the determination unit 302 determines whether the current position is inside the field. As described above, topics are set for each place. FIG. 15 shows a hot topic screen titled “Harajuku”. As described with reference to FIGS. 10 and 11, the field 1101 is set. In step S161, it is determined whether the current position of the information terminal 21 is inside the place where the topic is to be added (inside the range 1101). The detection unit 305 controls the position detection unit 130 to detect the current position of the information terminal 21. When a place to add a topic is designated, the range of the place can be detected from the place information provided from the server 22, so that it is possible to determine whether the current position is inside the place. Of course, this determination can be executed by the server 22.

  When the current position is not inside the field (that is, when the current position is outside the field), in step S165, the display unit 304 displays an error. For example, a message “Cannot register (out of valid range)” is displayed in the “Add topic” field. This allows the user to know that adding a topic is not allowed because the current position is outside the field. By not allowing the addition of topics from outside the venue, it is possible to suppress the addition of topics that are not based on the situation of the venue.

  If the current position is inside the field, the determination unit 302 determines in step S162 whether a topic has been input. When the current position is inside the field, when the “add topic” field is operated, a keyboard is displayed on the screen of the information terminal 21. The user can input a topic by operating it.

  When a topic is input, the communication unit 301 outputs the input topic to the server 22 in step S163. At this time, the server 22 transmits related information related to the topic for a certain period of time (the process of step S184 in FIG. 22 described later). Therefore, in step S164, the display unit 304 displays the ranking and inserts related information for a predetermined time. If a topic is not input, the processes in steps S163 and S164 are skipped.

  Next, the topic addition processing of the server 22 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 22 is a flowchart for explaining the hot topic addition processing of the server.

  In step S181, the communication unit 401 receives the topic output by the information terminal 21 in step S163 of FIG. In step S182, the update unit 405 updates the ranking. In step S183, the search unit 406 searches for related information related to the added topic.

  In step S184, the communication unit 401 outputs the ranking to the information terminal 21 and inserts related information for a predetermined time. This is received and displayed on the information terminal 21 (processing in step S164 in FIG. 21).

<Message input processing (FIGS. 23 to 25)>
The user can input an arbitrary message. Hereinafter, the processing in this case will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 23 is a flowchart for explaining message input processing of the information terminal. FIG. 24 is a diagram showing a timeline screen. FIG. 24 can be displayed as follows. That is, for example, when any one of the places displayed in the “near place”, “hot place”, “new place”, and “map display” on the home screen is selected, the time shown in FIG. A line is displayed. At the bottom, a “message input” field is provided. When this “input message” field is operated, the message input process of the information terminal in FIG. 23 is executed.

  In step S201, the determination unit 302 determines whether the current position is inside the field. As described with reference to FIG. 21, when the current position is outside the field, addition of a topic is not permitted, but when the current position is outside the field, message input is not permitted. Therefore, if the current position is outside the field, the display unit 304 displays an error in step S205. For example, a message such as “Cannot post (out of valid range)” is displayed in the “Enter message” field. Accordingly, the user can know that the message input is not allowed because the current position is outside the field. By not allowing the input of messages from outside the venue, it is possible to suppress the posting of messages that are not based on the situation of the venue.

  If the current position is inside the field, the determination unit 302 determines in step S202 whether a message has been input. When the current position is inside the field, the keyboard is displayed on the screen of the information terminal 21 when the “input message” field is operated. The user can operate it and input a message.

  When a message is input, the communication unit 301 outputs the input message to the server 22 in step S203. At this time, the server 22 transmits the timeline to which the message is added (the process of step S223 in FIG. 25 described later). Therefore, in step S204, the display unit 304 displays a timeline. If no message is input, the processes in steps S203 and S204 are skipped.

  Next, message input processing of the server 22 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 25 is a flowchart for explaining message input processing of the server.

  In step S221, the communication unit 401 receives the message output from the information terminal 21 in step S203 of FIG. In step S222, the update unit 405 adds a message to the timeline. In step S223, the communication unit 401 outputs the timeline to which the message is added to the information terminal 21. This is received and displayed on the information terminal 21 (processing in step S204 in FIG. 23).

<Update process (FIGS. 26 and 27)>
As described above, the hot topic ranking is updated when a topic is voted, but it is also periodically updated. Processing in this case will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 26 is a flowchart illustrating an update process related to the field of the information terminal. In step S241, the determination unit 302 determines whether an updated hot topic list displayed for each place has been received. That is, as will be described later, the server 22 updates the hot topic ranking displayed every 2 seconds, and transmits the updated hot topic to the information terminal 21 (step of FIG. 27 described later). Processing of S261 to S263). When the updated hot topic list displayed for each place is received, in step S242, the determination unit 302 determines whether the hot topic list screen is being displayed. When the hot topic list screen is being displayed, in step S243, the display unit 304 displays the updated hot topic. If it is determined in step S241 that the updated hot topic has not been received, and if it is determined in step S242 that the hot topic list screen is not being displayed, the process of step S243 is skipped.

  In step S244, the determination unit 302 determines whether an updated timeline has been received. When the timeline is received, in step S245, the determination unit 302 determines whether the timeline is being displayed. If the timeline is being displayed, the display unit 304 displays the updated timeline in step S246.

  When it is determined in step S245 that the timeline is not being displayed, in step S247, the display unit 304 displays a newly added message in the timeline on a part of the screen.

  If it is determined in step S244 that the updated timeline has not been received, the processes in steps S246 and S247 are not executed.

  Corresponding to the operation of the information terminal 21, the server 22 operates as follows. The operation will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 27 is a flowchart illustrating an update process related to the server location.

  In step S261, the determination unit 403 determines whether the ranking has been updated by the hot topic process. If the ranking has not been updated by the hot topic process, the determination unit 403 determines in step S262 whether 2 seconds have elapsed since the previous update. If 2 seconds have elapsed, the update unit 405 recalculates the hot topic ranking in step S263.

  If it is determined in step S261 that the ranking has been updated by the hot topic process, if it is determined in step S262 that 2 seconds have not elapsed, or after the process of step S263, the process of step S264 is executed. In step S264, the communication unit 401 outputs the updated hot topic to the information terminal 21.

  In step S265, the determination unit 403 determines whether the hot topic is updated on the home screen. In the case of updating the hot topic ranking on the home screen, in step S266, the determination unit 403 determines whether 5 minutes have passed since the previous update. If 5 minutes have elapsed, the communication unit 401 outputs the updated hot topic of the home screen to the information terminal 21 in step S267. In the “hot topic” on this home screen, hot topics for all places are updated. If it is determined in step S265 that the hot topic is not updated on the home screen, or if it is determined in step S266 that five minutes have not yet elapsed since the previous update, the process of step S267 is skipped.

<Topic selection processing (FIGS. 28 and 29)>
Next, the topic selection process will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 28 is a flowchart for explaining topic selection processing of the information terminal. This process is started when a predetermined topic is selected, for example, when the hot topic list screen shown in FIG. 15 is displayed.

  In step S301 of FIG. 28, the determination unit 302 of the information terminal 21 determines whether a predetermined topic in the hot topic has been selected. For example, it is determined whether one topic is selected from the topics on the hot topic list screen shown in FIG. 15 (whether an area other than the “interesting” button 1501 in the topic column has been operated). If a topic is selected, the communication unit 301 outputs a selection signal for the selected topic to the server 22 in step S302. As will be described later, in response to this selection signal, the server 22 transmits a timeline of the selected topic (processing in step S352 of FIG. 29 described later). Therefore, in step S303, the display unit 303 displays the timeline of the selected topic transmitted from the server 22.

  If it is determined in step S301 that a predetermined topic in the hot topic has not been selected, the processes in steps S302 and S303 are skipped.

  Corresponding to the operation of the information terminal 21, the server 22 operates as follows. The operation will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 29 is a flowchart for explaining the server topic selection processing.

  In step S351, the determination unit 403 determines whether a topic selection signal has been received. That is, it is determined whether the topic selection signal output in step S302 of FIG. 28 is received from the information terminal 21. When the topic selection signal is received, the communication unit 401 outputs the timeline of the selected topic to the information terminal 21 in step S352.

  For example, when a topic having the title “What matrix?” Is selected from the hot topic list shown in FIG. 15, a timeline as shown in FIG. 24 is displayed. In the timeline shown in FIG. 24, messages associated with the topic “What matrix?” Are sequentially displayed.

<Map display processing (FIGS. 30 to 32)>
Next, map display processing will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 30 is a flowchart for explaining map display processing of the information terminal. This process is executed when the “map display” field is selected from the home screen.

  In step S371, the determination unit 302 determines whether “map display” is selected. When “map display” is selected, the communication unit 401 outputs a map display selection signal to the server 22 in step S372. As described above, at this time, the server 22 transmits a map display screen (processing in step S392 in FIG. 32 described later). Therefore, in step S373, the display unit 304 displays a map display screen as shown in FIG. 31, for example.

  FIG. 31 is a diagram showing a map display screen. The user of the information terminal 21 can confirm that a place centering on “Shibuya” and a place centering on “Harajuku” are formed by looking at the map display screen of FIG. By selecting predetermined places as necessary, topics and messages of those places can be viewed. The user can check places in not only Japan but also any region in the world.

  Corresponding to the operation of the information terminal 21, the server 22 operates as follows. The operation will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 32 is a flowchart for explaining map display processing of the server.

  In step S391, the determination unit 403 determines whether a map display selection signal is received. As described above, when “map display” is selected by the user of the information terminal 21, a map display selection signal is transmitted to the server 22 (processing in step S372 of FIG. 30). When the map display selection signal is received, the communication unit 401 outputs a map display screen to the information terminal 21 in step S392. As described above, this map display screen is displayed on the information terminal 21 (the process in step S373 in FIG. 30 described above). When the map display selection signal is not received, the process of step S392 is skipped.

  As described above, according to the present technology, it is possible to display community interests and posts by an application in the information terminal 21. Participants' interests can be displayed next to the materials at lectures, etc., using projectors or the like. On the digital signage, it is possible to display the interests of nearby users, and to display the guidance of the secretariat, the postings of advertising users, and the like.

  The series of processes described above can be executed by hardware or can be executed by software. Also, some of the processing of the information terminal 21 and the server 22 can be executed by the other.

  In this specification, the steps of the program described in the flowchart are executed in parallel or individually even if they are not necessarily processed in time series, as well as the processes performed in time series in the order described. The processing to be performed is also included.

  Further, in this specification, the system represents the entire apparatus constituted by a plurality of apparatuses.

  The present technology may have various modifications without departing from the essence thereof.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Information processing system, 21 Information terminal, 22 Server, 23 Network, 301 Communication part, 302 Judgment part, 303 Input part, 304 Display part, 305 Detection part, 401 Communication part, 402 Setting part, 403 Judgment part, 404 Creation part 405 Update unit 406 Search unit

Claims (17)

Rank and display topics,
An information processing apparatus that temporarily displays related information related to the topic when the ranking of the topic changes. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the related information is displayed so as to be adjacent to the topic whose rank has changed in the ranking list. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the topic is displayed at the top of the ranking when voted. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the related information is displayed for a first time from when the topic is ranked at the top of the ranking. The ranking does not change when the topic is voted again within a second time longer than the first time since the topic was ranked at the top of the ranking after being ranked at the top. The information processing apparatus described. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the related information is displayed only for the first time even when voted again within the second time. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a predetermined range for setting the topic can be created. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the topic can be added inside the range in which the topic is set. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the voting of the topic is possible inside and outside the range set as the topic. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein when the related information related to the topic is newly registered, the related information is temporarily displayed adjacent to the topic. The information processing according to claim 10, wherein when the related information related to the voted topic is newly registered, the related information is displayed on an end of a screen or a dialog unless a topic ranking list is displayed. apparatus. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the vote can be canceled.

The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the “interesting” button operated during voting is in a different state when the voting mode changes. The related information displayed on the information processing apparatus that has performed the voting is different from the related information displayed on the information processing apparatus on which the voting has been performed by another information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus described. Rank and display topics,
An information processing method for temporarily displaying related information related to the topic when the ranking of the topic changes. A computer program for controlling the operation of an information processing apparatus,
In the computer,
Rank and display topics,
A program for executing a process of temporarily displaying related information related to a topic when the ranking of the topic changes. An information processing system comprising a first information processing device and a second information processing device connected to the plurality of first information processing devices via a network,
The first information processing apparatus includes:
Create a predetermined range,
Set a topic in the range,
The second information processing apparatus
Manage the created scope and the topic set in the scope;
Ranking the topics and displaying them on the first information processing apparatus,
An information processing system that temporarily displays related information related to the topic on the voted first information processing device when the arbitrary first information processing device has voted for the topic.

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