JP2001298537A - Local information distribution system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To speedily and surely transmit information at anytime and any place to a receiving person requiring some specific information. SOLUTION: Based on information about being in the range which is varying continuously that is held by a mobile network, whether a mobile telephone set exists or not in some specific local area is decided. By originating a call to the existing mobile telephone set then, the information is transmitted speedily and surely.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for transmitting a call to a specified or all mobile telephones based on distribution conditions registered in advance to a mobile telephone which can be received at a certain local area, thereby ensuring information transmission. Related to the method of distributing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a method of transmitting information to a person located in a local area depends on a method in which a sender and a receiver, such as a fixed telephone number, have a one-to-one telephone number, and a method using a facsimile or a letter with an address or name. are doing. In addition, urgent information related to life and property, such as weather information and disaster prevention information, is transmitted via a disaster prevention radio system managed by a local government through a disaster prevention communication system including loudspeakers installed in the area.

[0003] However, information transmission by mail involves a delay in transmission. In addition, information transmission by a fixed telephone or a facsimile cannot be transmitted due to the absence of a receiver. On the other hand, the method using the disaster prevention communication system has a drawback that it cannot be received depending on weather conditions such as wind and rain or the environment of the place where the receiver exists. An example is in a noise or a soundproof room.

[0004] That is, there is a problem in uncertainty of transmission to a receiver who needs information and promptness of transmission.

[0005]

A problem to be solved is that local information can be received only when a person who desires to receive information or who has agreed to forced transmission is present at the local time when the information is generated. The point is to implement the method.

Another object is to realize a method capable of receiving information according to the urgency of information registered in advance regardless of the location.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a call is originated to a mobile telephone located in an area covered by a radio base station, based on the location information of the mobile telephone held by a service control station constituting a mobile network. The main means is to transmit information.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Recipients who need specific information register information types and information reception levels in advance so that information can be transmitted without geographical restrictions within a range where mobile telephones can be transmitted and received. Implement the means to acquire.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of the local information distribution system. The system includes an input device 201, 202, 203, an output device 204, a central processing unit 200, and various files 302, 303, 304, 305, 306.

Reference numeral 100 denotes a mobile network (mobile communication network).
And manage and exchange mobile phones. Also, 301 is 6
02 is the recipient location information generated in the recipient location information registration procedure 3 shown in FIG.

Reference numeral 110 denotes a fixed network for managing and managing fixed telephones.
Exchange.

Reference numeral 120 denotes a public organization, a news organization, etc.
It is an organization that transmits public interest information such as disaster prevention information, or an organization that reports and reports various information.

Reference numeral 200 denotes a central processing unit.
Connection with external systems denoted by 0, 110, 120, 20
Transmission / reception of data indicated by 1, 202, 203, 204, 3
Management of data indicated by 02, 303, 304, 305, 306, 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 40
5, 406, 407, and 408.

Reference numeral 201 denotes an input device 1, which requests the identification number of a mobile phone existing in an area covered by a corresponding radio base station from 100 by using the position code of the radio base station as an argument, and acquires the identification number.

Reference numeral 202 denotes an input device 2 which fetches and stores weather information, news, and the like emitted from the news media 120 as distribution information, and simultaneously stores information occurrence time,
This device edits and registers the location where information is generated, transmission conditions, the position code of the corresponding wireless base station, and the like.

The information transmission conditions include information characteristics, information types, information transmission levels, and repetition conditions.

Reference numeral 203 denotes an input device 3 for registering a recipient who desires to receive a distribution service and setting reception conditions for determining under what conditions the recipient desires distribution.

The receiving conditions of the receiver include information characteristics, information types,
It consists of an information reception level, a reception time zone, a receiving means, and a receiving means.

The distribution condition is classified into a receiving condition of the receiver and a transmitting condition of the information, and the function indicated by 400 includes the registration of the receiver, the receiving condition of the receiver, the generation time and the location of the information,
Set and register information transmission conditions.

The information characteristic set in the transmission condition sets whether the information is necessary only for the receiver existing in the local area or is required regardless of the existing location. The information characteristic set in the reception condition sets whether the information is desired to be received only when the mobile terminal is located in the corresponding local area or the information is desired to be received regardless of the existing location. In addition, the information characteristic set in the reception condition enables the information characteristic set in the transmission condition to be set as a default value.

The information type indicates a genre of information such as disaster prevention information, politics / economics, entertainment / sports, crime / accident, traffic-related information, and the like.

The information reception level and the information transmission level are classified according to the degree of urgency, such as urgent information, information to be transmitted promptly, and information to be transmitted for the time being. The reception level of the receiver is set according to the transmission level given to the information to be transmitted.

The reception time zone specifies whether information generated within a specified time is to be received.

The receiving means specifies whether transmission is by voice or text information by mail.

As to whether or not reception is possible, whether or not reception is possible is registered for each receiving means in a time zone.

The repetition condition sets the time for continuing the transmission processing and the time interval for the transmission processing.

Reference numeral 204 denotes an output device 1 which performs a function of 400, 401, 402, 403, 404 on the information obtained from 202 and makes a call using the identification information of the mobile telephone obtained from 201. .

FIG. 2 shows a processing procedure of a program performed by the local information distribution system. Our system is 30
2 distribution information reception file, 303 distribution service registrant file, 304 distribution target person file, 305 wireless base station position information file, 306 place name / map file, and 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 40
5, 406, 407 and 408.

Reference numeral 301 denotes recipient position information. The mobile device performs location registration based on information from the base station, and then changes the location area, when the power of the mobile device is turned off and on, when the information sent from the base station is different from the location information recorded in the mobile device. Make a location registration request to the network. (RCR
STD-27H standard procedure). At this time, the service content of the subscriber is referred to, and if the service corresponds to the distribution service, the receiver location information is generated. The receiver location information is a file from which the identification number of the mobile phone existing in the area covered by the radio base station can be obtained from the position code of the radio base station. The receiver location information file uses the location code of the wireless base station as a master key and the subscriber identification code as an alternative key.

Reference numeral 302 denotes a distribution information reception file,
02 is generated by adding information by a process indicated by reference numeral 400 to the information obtained through “02”. This file is generated each time information is generated, and is managed in chronological order.

Reference numeral 303 denotes a distribution service registrant file in which a recipient who desires a distribution service is registered in advance through the file 203. In addition to the information for identifying the mobile phone, the receiving conditions of the receiver and the transfer destination for realizing the alternative contact (transfer) for the receiver whose transmission information has not been received in the process of 405 are stored and managed.

Reference numeral 304 denotes a distribution target file, which manages transmission targets extracted based on the receiving conditions of the receiver and the transmission conditions of the distribution information. The extraction process of the transmission target person is performed according to the reception conditions (type and characteristics) desired by the receiver and the occurrence of information 20 each time.
It is extracted by the transmission conditions (type and characteristics) of the information edited and registered in step 2. The process of extracting a recipient who wishes to distribute only when the mobile phone is located in the local area obtains the identification number of the mobile phone existing in the area covered by the corresponding wireless base station from 301 through 201 and matches with the registrant of 303. In this case, it is stored as a transmission target person. In this case, the transmission target is repeatedly extracted for a certain period according to the repetition condition input in 202, and the transmission process is repeated. For this reason, the number of recipients existing in the local area increases or decreases for a certain period. On the other hand, when the receiver needs information without being limited to the local area, the transmission processing is not restricted by the geographical conditions, and thus the information is stored as a transmission target only according to distribution conditions excluding information characteristics. This file is 302
Is generated each time new information is registered, and is managed in chronological order in conjunction with 302.

A wireless base station position information file 305 stores a position code for each wireless base station.

Reference numeral 306 denotes a place name / map file, which is an electronic map in which a radio base station and a service area are written on a map of Japan.

Reference numeral 400 denotes recipient information, recipient receiving conditions,
This is a function for setting distribution conditions including information transmission conditions and registration of information reception date / time and occurrence location. Also, based on the location where the information is generated and the location information of the wireless base station, the location code of the wireless base station (hereinafter referred to as the applicable wireless base station) installed in the area that needs to be transmitted as local information is selected and registered.

A receiver 401 determines a receiver that is needed only when it is located in a local area and a receiver that is needed wherever it is based on the distribution conditions (characteristics of information) set in 400.
The former is a function of transferring control to the processing of 402, and the latter is a function of transferring control to the processing of 403.

402 receives the control from 401 and 30
2, the position code of the corresponding radio base station is extracted, and 201
Function to pass to.

Reference numeral 403 denotes a function for generating a distribution target person file based on the receiver position information obtained from 201, 100, and 301 and the information set in 302, 303, and 400.

Reference numeral 404 denotes a function for taking out the receiving condition of the receiver from 304 and determining whether or not the receiving is possible and the receiving condition.

Reference numeral 405 denotes a function for individually calling according to the receiving means described in 304 and distributing information.

Step 406 determines whether or not the distribution has been completed. If the distribution has not been completed, the call is repeated a certain number of times. Also, as the distribution completion result, the reached / unreached category is set to 304.
This is the function to be stored in

Reference numeral 407 denotes a function for updating 304 as a distribution completion person for the transmission target person whose distribution has been completed.

In step 408, acquisition of a person in the area is repeated for a certain period of time in accordance with the repetition conditions set in step 202, and 304 is updated and control is passed to 404. 4
For information that is not limited to the area determined in 01, all processes related to the in-zone information are omitted.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a function of determining distribution conditions based on information characteristics. By clarifying the relationship between the information characteristic of the transmission condition and the information characteristic of the reception condition, the transmission method based on the distribution condition is specified.

FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram showing the data structure of main files 302 and 303 managed by the local information distribution system.

FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing the location in the mobile network of the receiver location information required for distribution by the local information distribution system.

Reference numeral 501 denotes a gateway exchange. An exchange that connects between networks such as connecting a mobile network and a fixed network. When a call is sent from a fixed telephone to a mobile telephone, the terminal enters the gateway exchange through a fixed network, connects to the service control office, performs various checks, and selects a subscriber exchange to connect.

Reference numeral 502 denotes a local exchange. When making a call from a mobile phone to a mobile phone, the mobile phone enters the local exchange through a radio base station, checks the subscriber data at the service control station, authenticates the calling terminal, and uses the location information to determine the subscriber in which the mobile phone is located. After identifying the exchange and analyzing whether or not a service connection is possible, the mobile station enters the relevant subscriber exchange, makes a simultaneous call from the radio base station, and connects to the mobile telephone.

Reference numeral 503 denotes a service control station, which controls subscriber data exchanged in the mobile network, location information necessary for mobile station management, and the like. In response to an inquiry from the subscriber exchange / gateway exchange, processing such as reading subscriber data, enabling / disabling service connection, authentication of a calling terminal, and selecting a subscriber exchange in which a mobile telephone is located based on location information is performed. .

Reference numeral 504 denotes subscriber data and location information.
The mobile network must always manage the location information of the mobile station,
The mobile station model, service type, service connection information, authentication information, local exchange number, location information, subscriber telephone number, and mobile device included in the service control station at the home position of the mobile station. This is subscriber data and position information storing numbers and the like.

Reference numeral 505 denotes a wireless base station. At the same time as transmitting and receiving signals between the local exchange and the mobile station, the state of the radio wave from the mobile station is monitored, and when the radio wave becomes weak, a connection change request is made to another base station with a strong radio wave.

Reference numeral 506 denotes a common channel signal network. It reads subscriber data from the service control station and exchanges connection requests and disconnection requests between the subscriber exchange and the gateway exchange, and between the subscriber exchanges. It is a network for exchanging control signals of a mobile network such as a position registration request signal generated by powering on / off of a mobile telephone and movement (location change) of a wireless area.

FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram showing the registration processing of the receiver location information, and shows the relationship between the location registration request made by the mobile station and the receiver location information registration processing.

Reference numeral 600 denotes a receiver location information registration procedure 1, which is a location registration request made by the mobile station. In a mobile communication system based on the cell system, since a mobile device itself moves spatially, a mobile network must always know where the mobile device is. The mobile station performs location registration using information from the base station, and then changes the location area, and when the location information recorded in the mobile station when the power of the mobile station is turned off and on is different from the information sent from the base station, the network is Request a location registration. (Standard procedure of RCR STD-27H)

Reference numeral 601 denotes a receiver location information registration procedure 2, in which a subscriber exchange,
Update the location information through the service control station.

Reference numeral 602 denotes a receiver location information registration procedure 3. At the time of the update shown in 601, whether or not the local information distribution service can be connected is checked from the subscriber data. Add / update subscriber location information.

According to the present invention, living information (earthquake, earthquake, etc.) limited to a relatively small area out of information for preserving life property is provided.
Tsunami, radiation leakage, traffic accidents, plant accidents, harmful drug spills, lightning, torrential rain, storm surges, landslides, announcements, etc.)
A means for faster and more reliable transmission is realized. Specifically, disaster information (examples: the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, the Tokai-mura nuclear fuel cycle radiation leak accident, the storm surge in the Matsuai area of Shiranui-cho, the southwest off Hokkaido earthquake (tsunami in Okushiri Island and the Aonae area), etc.) is the earliest local information. Distribution enables the preservation of life property.

Further, freshness of information is of utmost importance in a field where agile action is required for events occurring in economic activities and the like. It can also be applied to applications that require immediate information acquisition.

The present invention can be applied to a wide range of applications by determining the characteristics of information, setting the degree of urgency for each type of information, and enabling information distribution and selection of distribution means according to the settings.

[0060]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a local information distribution system.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram of functions and procedures of a local information distribution system.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a function of determining distribution conditions based on information characteristics.

FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram showing a data structure of a main file of the local information distribution system.

FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing a configuration position in a mobile network of receiver location information required by the local information distribution system.

FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram showing a receiver location information registration process.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 100 mobile network 110 fixed network 120 public organization, news organization, etc. 201 input device 1 202 input device 2 203 input device 3 204 output device 1 200 central processing unit 301 receiver location information 302 distribution information reception file 303 distribution service registrant File 304 Distribution target file 305 Wireless base station position information file 306 Place name / map file 400 Distribution condition setting function 401 Information characteristic determination function 402 Applicable wireless base station selection function 403 Distribution target file generation function 404 Distribution condition determination function 405 Function of distributing information to the corresponding person 406 Function of determining whether distribution has been completed 407 Function of updating distribution target person information 408 Function of determining repetition conditions 501 Gateway exchange 502 Subscriber exchange 503 Service control station 504 Subscriber data and location information 50 The radio base station 506 common channel signaling network 600 recipient location information registration procedure 1 601 recipient location information registration procedure 2 602 recipient location information registration procedure 3

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A method according to claim 1, wherein a call can be made to a specific or all mobile telephones based on distribution conditions registered in advance for a mobile telephone which can be received at a certain location and information is reliably distributed. Local information distribution system. 2. In response to a request for an identification number of a mobile telephone located in a specific location, which is performed by the system on a mobile network, the system is located in an area covered by the corresponding wireless base station from a position code of the wireless base station. A registration method of subscriber location information to be distributed (hereinafter referred to as receiver location information) having a function of searching for and outputting a mobile phone identification number.