INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM

• US 20100169004A1
• Filed: 11/19/2009
• Published: 07/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: TSUYUHARA, Tomohiro, YASUMI, Manabu, ONO, Kenichi, KONISHI, Toru
• Granted Patent: US 8,392,389 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/207
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3679 Retrieval, searching and output of POI information, e.g. hotels, restaurants, shops, filling stations, parking facilities G01C21/3611 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

An information processing apparatus is provided which includes an acquired information storage unit capable of storing acquired information that associates one or a plurality of pieces of mutually different position information and an acquisition count of each of one or the plurality of pieces of position information, an acquisition unit that acquires the position information indicating a position of a local apparatus, an acquisition count measuring unit that, when the acquisition unit acquires the position information, adds a predetermined value to the acquisition count associated with the acquired position information, and a control unit that sorts the acquired information stored in the acquired information storage unit in descending order of the acquisition count.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

an acquired information storage unit capable of storing acquired information that associates one or a plurality of pieces of mutually different position information and an acquisition count of each of one or the plurality of pieces of position information;

an acquisition unit that acquires the position information indicating a position of a local apparatus;

an acquisition count measuring unit that, when the acquisition unit acquires the position information, adds a predetermined value to the acquisition count associated with the acquired position information; and

a control unit that sorts the acquired information stored in the acquired information storage unit in descending order of the acquisition count.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a display unit, wherein

the control unit

causes the display unit to display the position information of the acquired information stored in the acquired information storage unit in the sorted order.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

a storage unit that stores browsing data identification information to identify browsing data displayed in the display unit, wherein

the control unit

further causes the display unit to display the browsing data identification information stored in the storage unit.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising:

an input unit, wherein

the control unit

when the input unit accepts input of position selection information to select one piece of the position information displayed in the display unit and browsing data selection information to select one piece of the browsing data identification information displayed in the display unit, acquires the browsing data identified by the browsing data identification information selected based on the browsing data selection information and related to the position information selected based on the position selection information from another apparatus and causes the display unit to display the browsing data.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein

the storage unit

further stores time zone conditions indicating conditions for a date, a day of week or a time associated with the browsing data identification information and

the control unit

acquires a current date, day of week or time as current information, determines whether the acquired current information satisfies the time zone conditions and, if it is determined that the time zone conditions are satisfied, causes the display unit to display the browsing data identification information associated with the time zone conditions.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein

the storage unit

further stores a search keyword indicating a term specified as a key when a search is performed by the control unit and

the control unit

causes the display unit to display the search keywords stored in the storage unit and, when the input unit further accepts input of search keyword selection information to select one of the search keywords displayed in the display unit, acquires the browsing data identified by the browsing data identification information selected based on the browsing data selection information, related to the position information selected based on the position selection information, and related to the search keyword selected based on the search keyword selection information from another apparatus and causes the display unit to display the browsing data.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

an input unit; and

a storage unit that stores group identification data to identify a belonging group of a user, wherein

the control unit

causes the display unit to display the group identification data stored in the storage unit and, when the input unit accepts input of position selection information to select one piece of the position information displayed in the display unit and group selection information to select one piece of the group identification data displayed in the display unit, acquires the browsing data related to the group identification data selected based on the group selection information and related to the position information selected based on the position selection information from another apparatus and causes the display unit to display the browsing data.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

an input unit;

a storage unit that stores content data; and

a reproducing unit that, when the content data stored in the storage unit is reproduced, acquires information about the reproduced content data and causes the storage unit to store the information as related information, wherein

the control unit

causes the display unit to display the related information stored in the storage unit and, when the input unit accepts input of position selection information to select one piece of the position information displayed in the display unit and related information selection information to select the related information displayed in the display unit, acquires the browsing data related to the related information selected based on the related information selection information and related to the position information selected based on the position selection information from another apparatus and causes the display unit to display the browsing data.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

an input unit;

a storage unit that stores application data as well as browsing data identification information to identify browsing data displayed in the display unit and associates application data identification information to identify the application data, an activation count indicating a number of times of activating the application data, and position information for storage; and

an activation count measuring unit that, when the application data stored in the storage unit is activated by the control unit, adds a predetermined value to the activation count associated with the position information indicating the position of the local apparatus during activation of the application acquired by the acquisition unit and the application data identification information corresponding to the activated application data, wherein

the control unit

further causes the display unit to display the browsing data identification information in accordance with the application data identification information corresponding to the position information indicating the current position acquired by the acquisition unit and the activation count and, when the input unit accepts input of position selection information to select one piece of the position information displayed in the display unit and browsing data selection information to select one piece of the browsing data identification information displayed in the display unit, acquires the browsing data related to the browsing data identification information selected based on the browsing data selection information and related to the position information selected based on the position selection information from another apparatus and causes the display unit to display the browsing data.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

an input unit;

a storage unit that stores content data as well as browsing data identification information to identify browsing data displayed in the display unit, associates content data identification information to identify the content data and content analysis results obtained by analyzing the content data for storage, and associates the content data identification information, a reproduction count indicating a number of times of reproducing the content data, and position information for storage; and

an reproducing unit that, when the content data stored in the storage unit is reproduced, adds a predetermined value to the reproduction count associated with the position information indicating the position of the local apparatus during reproduction of the content data acquired by the acquisition unit and the content data identification information corresponding to the reproduced content data, wherein

the control unit

further causes the display unit to display the browsing data identification information in accordance with the content analysis results corresponding to the content data identification information corresponding to the position information indicating the current position acquired by the acquisition unit and the reproduction count and, when the input unit accepts input of position selection information to select one piece of the position information displayed in the display unit and browsing data selection information to select one piece of the browsing data identification information displayed in the display unit, acquires the browsing data related to the browsing data identification information selected based on the browsing data selection information and related to the position information selected based on the position selection information from another apparatus and causes the display unit to display the browsing data.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the acquired information storage unit

stores address information as the position information and

the acquisition count measuring unit

converts, when the acquisition unit acquires the position information, the acquired position information into address information and adds a predetermined value to the acquisition count associated with the address information.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the acquired information storage unit

stores neighboring station information as the position information and

the acquisition count measuring unit

converts, when the acquisition unit acquires the position information, the acquired position information into neighboring station information indicating a neighboring station present near the position information and adds a predetermined value to the acquisition count associated with the neighboring station information.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising:

a display unit; and

a storage unit that stores browsing data identification information to identify browsing data displayed in the display unit and associates route information indicating a route and station information indicating a station present on the route for storage, wherein

the control unit

causes the display unit to display the neighboring station information of the acquired information stored in the acquired information storage unit after being sorted in descending order of the acquisition count associated with the neighboring station information and acquires the station information that is associated with the route information in which the neighboring station information is present and is not the neighboring station information from the storage unit to cause the display unit to display the station information.

14. An information processing method for an information processing apparatus having an acquired information storage unit capable of storing acquired information that associates one or a plurality of pieces of mutually different position information and an acquisition count of each of one or the plurality of pieces of position information, an acquisition unit, an acquisition count measuring unit, and a control unit, comprising the steps of:

acquiring position information indicating a position of a local apparatus by the acquisition unit;

adding a predetermined value to the acquisition count associated with the acquired position information by the acquisition count measuring unit; and

sorting the acquired information stored in an acquired information storage unit in descending order of the acquisition count by the control unit.

15. A program causing a computer to function as an information processing apparatus, comprising:

an acquired information storage unit capable of storing acquired information that associates one or a plurality of pieces of mutually different position information and an acquisition count of each of one or the plurality of pieces of position information;

an acquisition unit that acquires the position information indicating a position of a local apparatus;

an acquisition count measuring unit that, when the acquisition unit acquires the position information, adds a predetermined value to the acquisition count associated with the acquired position information; and

a control unit that sorts the acquired information stored in the acquired information storage unit in descending order of the acquisition count.