ELECTRONIC GUIDE SYSTEM, CONTENTS SERVER FOR ELECTRONIC GUIDE SYSTEM, PORTABLE ELECTRONIC GUIDE DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC GUIDE SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A device comprising:
- a display unit to control display of a map on a screen display, wherein the map includes an area through which a user moved and one or more routes in the area determined from map data,wherein the display unit is operable to control plotting on the map displayed on the screen display of a user route the user moved through based on user action history information representative of the user route the user moved through, wherein the user action history information includes positional information identifying user positions and wherein the user route is displayed on the map by plotting markings over the map to show a movement track of the user, the markings being plotted based on the positional information identifying user positions,wherein the display unit is operable to control display of a thumbnail of an image, the image taken by the user in the area, on the same screen display with the map displayed with the markings showing the movement track of the user and in a display area external to the map, the thumbnail specified to be displayed in the display area based on shooting time of the image and time information in the user action history identifying times at which the user is located at respective positions, andwherein the display unit is operable to control display of the thumbnail, in response to user operation, to be laid out on a site on the map displayed on the same screen display with the markings showing the movement track of the user, the site corresponding to the location at which the image is taken, based on shooting time of the image and time information in the user action history identifying times at which the user is located at respective positions.
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Abstract
Tour guide contents stored in a tour guide apparatus carried by a user at a tour destination are provided with points of interest information and map data. This information includes latitude and longitude information for the site of each point of interest, and information on the providers of the information and the categories of information. The latitude and longitude information is provided for each site in relation to map data. By matching these pieces of latitude and longitude information to the map data, points of interest information can be laid out on the map and displayed. This makes it possible to select interesting site information to be displayed on the map based on the information provider, for example, points of interest information provided by provider A for restaurants and another set of information provided by provider B for hotels.
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25 Claims
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1. A device comprising:
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a display unit to control display of a map on a screen display, wherein the map includes an area through which a user moved and one or more routes in the area determined from map data, wherein the display unit is operable to control plotting on the map displayed on the screen display of a user route the user moved through based on user action history information representative of the user route the user moved through, wherein the user action history information includes positional information identifying user positions and wherein the user route is displayed on the map by plotting markings over the map to show a movement track of the user, the markings being plotted based on the positional information identifying user positions, wherein the display unit is operable to control display of a thumbnail of an image, the image taken by the user in the area, on the same screen display with the map displayed with the markings showing the movement track of the user and in a display area external to the map, the thumbnail specified to be displayed in the display area based on shooting time of the image and time information in the user action history identifying times at which the user is located at respective positions, and wherein the display unit is operable to control display of the thumbnail, in response to user operation, to be laid out on a site on the map displayed on the same screen display with the markings showing the movement track of the user, the site corresponding to the location at which the image is taken, based on shooting time of the image and time information in the user action history identifying times at which the user is located at respective positions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A device comprising:
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a display unit to control display of a map on a screen display, wherein the map includes an area through which a user moved, wherein the display unit is operable to control display on the map of user created information including an image created by the user based on user action history information, wherein the user created information includes time of creation information identifying time at which the user created the user created information, wherein the user action history information includes positional information identifying positions of the user during movement of the user and time information identifying times at which the user is located at the respective positions, and wherein, in response to user operation when a thumbnail image of the image is displayed simultaneously with and external to the map, the thumbnail specified to be displayed simultaneously with and external to the map based on matching the time at which the user created the image identified in the time of creation information with the times at which the user is located at the respective positions during the user'"'"'s movement identified in the time information of the user action history information, the thumbnail image is displayed on the map based on matching the time at which the user created the user created information identified in the time of creation information with the times at which the user is located at the respective positions during the user'"'"'s movement identified in the time information of the user action history information; an information acquisition unit to acquire from predetermined guide information site information including positional information specifying a position of a place of interest, the place of interest being among a plurality of places of interest indicated in the predetermined guide information; and an identifying unit to identify, using the site information acquired from the predetermined guide information, a place of interest at which the user created information is created by the user based on matching the time of creation information identifying the time at which the user created the user created information to the time information in the user action history information identifying the time at which the user is located at the position of the place of interest specified by the positional information of the site information. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method comprising:
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controlling, by a processor, display of a map on a screen display, wherein the map includes an area through which a user moved and one or more routes in the area determined from map data; controlling, by the processor, plotting on the map displayed on the screen display of a user route the user moved through based on user action history information representative of the user route the user moved through, wherein the user action history information includes positional information identifying user positions and wherein the user route is displayed on the map by plotting markings over the map to show a movement track of the user, the markings being plotted based on the positional information identifying user positions; controlling display of a thumbnail of an image, the image taken by the user in the area, on the same screen display with the map displayed with the markings showing the movement track of the user and in a display area external to the map, the thumbnail specified to be displayed in the display area based on shooting time of the image and time information in the user action history identifying times at which the user is located at respective positions, and controlling display of the thumbnail, in response to user operation, to be laid out on a site on the map displayed on the same screen display with the markings showing the movement track of the user, the site corresponding to the location at which the image is taken, based on shooting time of the image and time information in the user action history identifying times at which the user is located at respective positions. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method comprising:
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controlling, by a processor, display of a map on a screen display, wherein the map includes an area through which a user moved; controlling, by the processor, display on the map of user created information including an image created by the user based on user action history information, wherein the user created information includes time of creation information identifying time at which the user created the user created information, wherein the user action history information includes positional information identifying positions of the user during movement of the user and time information identifying times at which the user is located at the respective positions, and wherein, in response to user operation when a thumbnail image of the image is displayed simultaneously with and external to the map, the thumbnail specified to be displayed simultaneously with and external to the map based on matching the time at which the user created the image identified in the time of creation information with the times at which the user is located at the respective positions during the user'"'"'s movement identified in the time information of the user action history information, the thumbnail image is displayed on the map based on matching the time at which the user created the user created information identified in the time of creation information with the times at which the user is located at the respective positions during the user'"'"'s movement identified in the time information of the user action history information; acquiring, from predetermined guide information, site information including positional information specifying a position of a place of interest, the place of interest being among a plurality of places of interest indicated in the predetermined guide information; and identifying, using the site information acquired from the predetermined guide information, a place of interest at which the user created information is created by the user based on matching the time of creation information identifying the time at which the user created the user created information to the time information in the user action history information identifying the time at which the user is located at the position of the place of interest specified by the positional information of the site information. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:
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controlling display of a map on a screen display, wherein the map includes an area through which a user moved and one or more routes in the area determined from map data; controlling plotting on the map displayed on the screen display of a user route the user moved through based on user action history information representative of the user route the user moved through, wherein the user action history information includes positional information identifying user positions and wherein the user route is displayed on the map by plotting markings over the map to show a movement track of the user, the markings being plotted based on the positional information identifying user positions; controlling display of a thumbnail of an image, the image taken by the user in the area, on the same screen display with the map displayed with the markings showing the movement track of the user and in a display area external to the map, the thumbnail specified to be displayed in the display area based on shooting time of the image and time information in the user action history identifying times at which the user is located at respective positions; and controlling display of the thumbnail, in response to user operation, to be laid out on a site on the map displayed on the same screen display with the markings showing the movement track of the user, the site corresponding to the location at which the image is taken, based on shooting time of the image and time information in the user action history identifying times at which the user is located at respective positions.
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