INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROVIDING PROCESSING PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROVIDING PROCESSING PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON, AND INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD

• US 20130039540A1
• Filed: 04/28/2011
• Published: 02/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rakuten Group, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Rakuten, Inc. (Rakuten Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: Takami, Shinya
• Granted Patent: US 9,064,020 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/103
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries

Abstract

There are provided an information providing device, an information providing processing program, and an information providing method which can efficiently recommend information related to a shooting spot matching a user'"'"'s preference. An information providing server is configured to decide a coincidence between user object information included in image data registered by a given user, and representative object information of a location whose position can be specified, and notify location information associated with the representative object information, to the user based on a decision result of the coincidence.

Claims

1-12. -12. (canceled)

13. An information providing device comprising:

an object information acquiring means that refers to image data and position information in an image data memory means that stores the image data associated with user identification information for identifying a user, and the position information of the image data, and acquires object information included in the image data associated with position information within a predetermined range from each location per location whose position can be specified;

a representative object information determining means that determines, per location, the object information satisfying a predetermined condition as representative object information of the location based on the object information acquired per location;

a user object information acquiring means that acquires, from the picture of the image data stored in association with the user identification information of the user, the object information represented by the picture, as user object information of the user;

a deciding means that decides a coincidence between the acquired user object information and the determined representative object information of the location; and

a notifying means that notifies location information related to the location stored in a location information memory means in association with the representative object information, to the user identified from the user identification information based on a decision result of the coincidence by the deciding means.

14. The information providing device according to claim 13,

wherein the object information acquiring means acquires the object information included in each image data for a location at which a number of items of image data associated with the position information within the predetermined range from the location among a plurality of locations whose positions can be specified is a predetermined number or more.

15. The information providing device according to claim 13, further comprising:

a position information acquiring means that acquires position information indicating a current position of the user; and

a location specifying means that specifies the location within the predetermined range from the current position of the user indicated by the acquired position information, from the plurality of locations whose positions can be specified,

wherein the object information acquiring means acquires the object information included in the image data associated with the position information within the predetermined range from each location per location specified by the location specifying means.

16. The information providing device according to claim 14, further comprising:

a position information acquiring means that acquires position information indicating a current position of the user; and

a location specifying means that specifies the location within the predetermined range from the current position of the user indicated by the acquired position information, from the plurality of locations whose positions can be specified,

wherein the object information acquiring means acquires the object information included in the image data associated with the position information within the predetermined range from each location per location specified by the location specifying means.

17. The information providing device according to claim 13, further comprising:

a position information acquiring means that acquires position information indicating a current position of a user,

wherein the deciding means decides a coincidence between representative object information of a location within the predetermined range from the current position of the user indicated by the acquired position information of the representative object information stored in the location information memory means, and the acquired user object information.

18. The information providing device according to claim 14, further comprising:

a position information acquiring means that acquires position information indicating a current position of a user,

wherein the deciding means decides a coincidence between representative object information of a location within the predetermined range from the current position of the user indicated by the acquired position information of the representative object information stored in the location information memory means, and the acquired user object information.

19. The information providing device according to claim 13,

wherein the object information acquiring means acquires the object information other than object information of a specific type from the image data.

20. The information providing device according to claim 14,

wherein the object information acquiring means acquires the object information other than object information of a specific type from the image data.

21. The information providing device according to claim 13,

wherein the notifying means removes the location information of the location matching the position information of the image data associated with the user identification information of the user, from the location information which is a notification target for the user.

22. The information providing device according to claim 14,

wherein the notifying means removes the location information of the location matching the position information of the image data associated with the user identification information of the user, from the location information which is a notification target for the user.

23. The information providing device according to claim 13,

wherein the notifying means removes the location information of the location matching the position information of the image data including the user object information associated with the user identification information of the user, from the location information which is a notification target for the user.

24. The information providing device according to claim 14,

wherein the notifying means removes the location information of the location matching the position information of the image data including the user object information associated with the user identification information of the user, from the location information which is a notification target for the user.

25. The information providing device according to claim 13,

wherein the user object information acquiring means acquires the user object information of the user from the image data stored in association with the user identification information of the user.

26. The information providing device according to claim 14,

wherein the user object information acquiring means acquires the user object information of the user from the image data stored in association with the user identification information of the user.

27. The information providing device according to claim 13,

wherein the user object information acquiring means acquires object information other than object information of a specific type from the image data as the user object information.

28. The information providing device according to claim 14,

wherein the user object information acquiring means acquires object information other than object information of a specific type from the image data as the user object information.

29. An information providing method executed by a computer comprising:

a step of referring to image data and position information in an image data memory means that stores the image data associated with user identification information for identifying a user, and the position information of the image data, and acquiring object information included in the image data associated with position information within a predetermined range from each location per location whose position can be specified;

a step of determining, per location, the object information satisfying a predetermined condition as representative object information of the location based on the object information acquired per location;

a step of acquiring, from the picture of the image data stored in association with the user identification information of the user, the object information represented by the picture, as user object information of the user;

a step of deciding a coincidence between the acquired user object information and the determined representative object information of the location; and

a step of notifying location information related to the location stored in a location information memory means in association with the representative object information, to the user identified from the user identification information based on a decision result of the coincidence.