MOBILE TERMINAL, LOCATION INFORMATION RELATED CONTENT PROVIDING SERVER, CONTENT PANEL DISPLAY METHOD, AND MOBILE TERMINAL PROGRAM

• US 20160007145A1
• Filed: 09/22/2014
• Published: 01/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Optim LLC
• Original Assignee: Optim LLC
• Inventors: SUGAYA, Shunji
• Granted Patent: US 9,532,167 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information

Abstract

A content is provided based on a questionnaire using a wireless communication. The mobile terminal 10 communicatively connected to a location information related content providing server 200 performs a wireless communication or a short-range wireless communication, acquires a wireless ID of a counterpart terminal used for the wireless communication or the short-range wireless communication, and transmits the acquired wireless ID or location information acquired from the wireless ID to the location information related content providing server 200. The mobile terminal 10 receives a content that is within a predetermined range from the transmitted location information or location information identified by the transmitted wireless ID from the location information related content providing server 200, displays a link to the content on a screen, and detects that the user physically has contact with the content by a short-range wireless communication or location information acquisition including a scheme using the wireless ID.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal communicatively connected to a location information related content providing server, the mobile terminal comprising:

a wireless communication module configured to perform a wireless communication or a short-range wireless communication;

a wireless ID acquisition module configured to acquire a wireless ID of a counterpart terminal used for the wireless communication or the short-range wireless communication;

a wireless ID transmission module configured to transmit the acquired wireless ID or location information acquired from the wireless ID to the location information related content providing server;

a content reception module configured to receive a content that is within a predetermined range from the transmitted location information or location information identified by the transmitted wireless ID from the location information related content providing server;

a content display module configured to display the content or a link to the content on a screen; and

a content contact detection module configured to detect that the user physically has contact with the content by a short-range wireless communication or location information acquisition including a scheme using the wireless ID.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

a direction acquisition module configured to acquire a direction to which the mobile terminal is oriented; and

a positional relationship computing module configured to compute a positional relationship between the mobile terminal and the content based on location information of the mobile terminal, the direction, and the acquired location information of the content,

wherein the content display module comprises;

a content panelization module configured to display the content or the link on a panel;

a panel size determination module configured to increase a size of the panel as a distance included in the positional relationship is shorter; and

a panel positioning module configured to match a direction of the panel from a reference point of the screen with a direction included in the positional relationship.

3. A location information related content providing server that is connected to a mobile terminal, the location information related content providing server comprising:

a storage unit including a location information related content database in which information and contents are associated with each other and are stored and a content history database storing physical contacts of users with the contents;

a wireless ID reception module configured to receive from the mobile terminal a wireless ID or location information acquired from the wireless ID;

a location information identification module configured to identify the location information of the mobile terminal from the wireless ID when receiving no location information from the mobile terminal;

a content extraction module configured to extract from the location information related content database a content that is within a predetermined range from the location information of the mobile terminal;

a content transmission module configured to transmit the extracted content to the mobile terminal;

a contact detection reception module configured to receive from the mobile terminal a detection of contact of a user with the content together with an identifier of the mobile terminal; and

a contact history storage module configured to store the received detection and the identifier of the mobile terminal to the content contact history database as a contact history.

4. The location information related content providing server of claim 3, further comprising

a post-contact message transmission module configured to transmit a message to be displayed on the mobile terminal by movement by a distance predefined for the content or lapse of time after receiving the detection of contact.

5. The location information related content providing server of claim 3, wherein the content extraction module changes a detail of the extracted content based on a number of detections of contact that are received for the mobile terminal.

6. A method of displaying a content by a mobile terminal communicatively connected to a location information related content providing server, the method comprising:

performing a wireless communication or a short-range wireless communication;

acquiring a wireless ID of a counterpart terminal used for the wireless communication or the short-range wireless communication;

transmitting the acquired wireless ID or location information acquired from the wireless ID to the location information related content providing server;

receiving a content that is within a predetermined range from the transmitted location information or location information identified by the transmitted wireless ID from the location information related content providing server;

displaying content or a link to the content on a screen; and

detecting that the user physically has contact with the content by a short-range wireless communication or location information acquisition including a scheme using the wireless ID.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

acquiring a direction to which the mobile terminal is oriented; and

computing a positional relationship between the mobile terminal and the content based on location information of the mobile terminal, the direction, and the acquired location information of the content,

wherein displaying the content or the link to the content comprises;

displaying the content or the link on a panel;

increasing a size of the panel as a distance included in the positional relationship is shorter; and

matching a direction of the panel from a reference point of the screen with a direction included in the positional relationship.

8. A recording medium that stores a program for executing a content display method on a mobile terminal communicatively connected to a location information related content providing server, the method comprising:

performing a wireless communication or a short-range wireless communication;

acquiring a wireless ID of a counterpart terminal used for the wireless communication or the short-range wireless communication;

transmitting the acquired wireless ID or location information acquired from the wireless ID to the location information related content providing server;

receiving a content that is within a predetermined range from the transmitted location information or location information identified by the transmitted wireless ID from the location information related content providing server;

displaying the content or a link to the content on a screen; and

detecting that the user physically has contact with the content by a short-range wireless communication or location information acquisition including a scheme using the wireless ID.

9. The recording medium of claim 8, wherein the method further comprises:

acquiring a direction to which the mobile terminal is oriented; and

computing a positional relationship between the mobile terminal and the content based on location information of the mobile terminal, the direction, and the acquired location information of the content,

wherein displaying the content or the link to the content comprises;

displaying the content or the link on a panel;

increasing a size of the panel as a distance included in the positional relationship is shorter; and

matching a direction of the panel from a reference point of the screen with a direction included in the positional relationship.