JP2002051377A - Service-providing method of backing up personal registered information stored in portable communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a service providing method capable of easily backing up personal registered information stored in a portable communication terminal, even if the portable communication terminal is lost or stolen, without deteriorating the portable communication terminal in daily handling quality. SOLUTION: This is a service-providing method for backing up personal registered information, stored in a portable communication terminal by which a service provider, who is requested by a user of the portable communication terminal to back up personal registered information stored in his portable communication terminal, requests the user of the portable communication terminal to send the personal registered information, based on the information as to the previously registered portable communication terminal of the user, the user of the portable communication terminal, who is requested by the service provider for sending personal registered information, sends the personal registered information, ensuring a communication channel between itself and the service provider. The service provider preserves the personal registered information received via the communication channel.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to the prevention of unauthorized use of personal registration information stored in a portable communication terminal when the portable communication terminal is lost or stolen, and the time required for restoring the personal registration information. The present invention relates to a method of providing a backup service that can reduce the number of backup services.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, portable communication terminals such as a portable telephone having a function of connecting to the Internet and a terminal connected to the portable telephone have begun to spread. For example, a service for mobile phones called i-mode, which realizes an Internet connection function using a packet transmission / reception function, has reached 60
It gained as many as 100,000 users. Also, with the spread of i-mode, there have been many users whose information processing devices used for the first time are mobile phones. On the other hand, with the increase in the number of mobile phone users, accidents such as misplaced or stolen mobile phones have begun to increase.

A mobile phone having information processing capability not only records a telephone number and a schedule in a memory of a main body as in the related art, but also an e-mail address, a text of a mail itself, and a URL indicating a specific Web page. Are stored in the recording means of the main body. Since email is often used for personal communication, it is presumed that there are many things related to personal privacy. In addition, by examining the registered URL, it is possible to know what content the owner is interested in.

As described above, by checking information such as an e-mail address, a telephone number, an address book, an e-mail, and a URL, it becomes possible to obtain information relating to personal privacy. Or if stolen, leaking personal privacy to others,
Unauthorized call by the acquirer, access to paid content,
And other concerns. Also, since the data to be registered in the mobile phone has increased compared to before, if a new mobile phone is acquired because it has been lost or stolen, the personal registration information registered in the mobile phone is re-input to the new terminal Doing it has become a very difficult task.

[0005] Currently, illegal calls and access to paid contents can be dealt with by notifying the access from a specific terminal on the base station side by the base station on the basis of notification from the user to the carrier. On the other hand, it is difficult to prevent access to personal registration information recorded on a mobile phone at the same time as compatibility with everyday use. For example, JP-A-8-3
In Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 14805, when password input fails, the data recorded on the mobile phone is transmitted to the server to propose protection of personal data.
In everyday use, it is difficult for a user to input a password to access a call, e-mail, access to Web data, or refer to a schedule, and it is expected that the user will not use the password in reality.

In order to reduce the trouble of re-entering personal registration information, a method has been devised in which a personal computer is connected to a mobile phone and personal registration information recorded on the mobile phone is stored in the personal computer. . The user connects the mobile phone and the personal computer with an RS-232C cable or the like, and activates a data management application on the personal computer. The application obtains data of the recording unit of the mobile phone by transmitting a predetermined command to the mobile phone.

At this time, if the contents (binary data itself) of the memory of the mobile phone are stored as they are, it is impossible to reuse the data when the model is changed. Therefore, based on the knowledge of the recording format of the mobile phone, the content is analyzed, and data such as a telephone number and a schedule are associated with an identifier indicating what type of data is stored in the personal computer. Conversely, when returning data to the mobile phone, binary data is created based on the knowledge of the recording format of the mobile phone and transmitted to the mobile phone along with a storage instruction. Alternatively, when a protocol for acquiring individual data is determined, it is possible to acquire data from a mobile phone and store data in the mobile phone according to the protocol. However, such a method
It is necessary to have a personal computer in addition to a mobile phone, and if not, the user will be required to purchase additional equipment. If you do not have a personal computer and a dedicated application, registering personal registration information in a new terminal requires a great deal of effort.

[0008]

As described above, conventionally,
If a mobile communication terminal that stores personal registration information such as a mobile phone is lost or stolen, it is easy to back up the personal registration information stored in the mobile communication terminal while ensuring daily usability. There was no problem.

Therefore, the present invention can easily back up personal registration information stored in a portable communication terminal even if the portable communication terminal is lost or stolen, without impairing the daily usability of the portable communication terminal. The purpose is to provide a backup service providing method. It is another object of the present invention to provide a backup service providing method capable of easily registering the same personal registration information in a new terminal. In particular, an object of the present invention is to provide an effective backup service even when the mobile communication terminal is out of the communication range, when the data amount of the personal registration information is large, and when it is difficult to continuously communicate. It is another object of the present invention to provide a backup service capable of preventing unauthorized use of personal registration information stored in a lost or stolen mobile communication terminal and realizing protection of personal registration information.

[0010]

According to the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a personal registration information backup service of a portable communication terminal, the service provider receiving a request for the personal registration information backup service from a user of the portable communication terminal comprises: The mobile communication terminal requests transmission of the personal registration information to the mobile communication terminal based on information about the mobile communication terminal of the user registered in advance, and the mobile communication terminal receiving the transmission request from the service provider provides the service provision service. The personal registration information is transmitted by securing a communication path with the service provider, and the service provider stores the personal registration information received via the communication path.

According to the present invention, the personal registration information stored in the portable communication terminal can be easily backed up even if the portable communication terminal is lost or stolen without impairing the daily usability of the portable communication terminal. .

Preferably, when the portable communication terminal resumes transmission after the transmission of the personal registration information is interrupted,
Unregistered personal registration information is transmitted based on the transmission history up to the time of interruption, or when the service provider resumes transmission after the transmission of the personal registration information is interrupted, By transmitting the unregistered personal registration information to the mobile communication terminal based on the above, particularly when the mobile communication terminal is out of the communication range or when the data amount of the personal registration information is large, it is difficult to continuously communicate. It is also effective in cases.

[0013] When the user who has requested the backup service is the person to whom the backup service is applied, the service provider requests the portable communication terminal of the user to transmit the personal registration information, thereby providing the backup service. Can be paid.

When the service provider saves all the personal registration information of the portable communication terminal, the personal registration information can be protected by deleting the personal registration information from the portable communication terminal.

[0015] When the service provider requests the portable communication terminal to transmit the personal registration information, the function of the portable communication terminal is restricted (for example, a calling operation for making a call or Internet connection is invalidated). ), It is possible to prevent the portable communication terminal and its personal registration information from being used illegally.

The service provider, which has received a predetermined request from the user, transmits a predetermined signal to the mobile communication terminal based on information about the mobile communication terminal of the user registered in advance, and the predetermined signal is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal. Receives the personal registration information transmitted from the service provider, and saves the personal registration information. Even if the mobile communication terminal is lost or stolen, backup of the personal registration information stored in the mobile communication terminal and registration of the same personal registration information in a new terminal can be easily performed even if the mobile communication terminal is lost or stolen.

Preferably, when the portable communication terminal resumes receiving after the reception of the personal registration information is interrupted,
By requesting the service provider to transmit unregistered personal registration information based on the reception history up to the interruption, particularly when the mobile communication terminal is out of the communication range or when the data amount of the personal registration information is large, It is also effective when it is difficult to communicate continuously.

[0018]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an example of the overall configuration of a system for providing a backup service according to this embodiment. A provider that provides a backup service (here, a communication service is provided for simplicity of explanation) And a plurality of (for example, three in this case) base stations 2a,
2b, 2c (hereinafter, these are collectively referred to as base station 2)
Are connected so as to be able to communicate with each other via a predetermined network, and each base station 2 communicates with a portable communication terminal (hereinafter simply referred to as a portable terminal) 1 such as a portable telephone in the area. It is supposed to do.

Here, each base station 2a, 2b, 2
The identifier of c is “BSa”, “BSb”, and “BSc”, and the terminal identifier of the mobile terminal 1 is “TE1”.

In FIG. 1, a server 10 is a portable terminal 1
Backup disk 5 for storing personal registration information, user database 6 for managing information on users who receive services, history database 7 for recording the history of backup work, location information database 8 for registering location information of portable terminal 1 , And a communication unit 4 for transmitting and receiving data.

The base station 2 implements voice communication and various data communication services to the portable terminal 1 in a communicable state within a specific range called an area. The base station 2 and the mobile terminal 1 implement a predetermined protocol,
Regularly check which mobile devices belong to the area,
The presence of the mobile terminal 1 is reported to the carrier server 10.

As shown in FIG. 3, the user database 6 of the server 10 stores user identification information such as a user's name, address, and date of birth, a mobile phone number, a mobile terminal, and the like. 1, a terminal identifier, flag information indicating the presence / absence of subscription to the backup service, and the like are stored in association with each other.

It is assumed that the backup service is charged. In order to receive the provision of this service, it is necessary to declare the subscription to the service to the provider in advance. At that time, payment of fees and the like are performed. When the user subscribes to the backup service, flag information indicating that fact is stored in the user database 7.

As shown in FIG. 4, the location information database 8 contains location information reported from the base station 2 (for example, information indicating which base station 2 is present in the area of the base station 2).
Here, for simplicity, the identifier of the base station 2) is stored in association with a mobile phone number, a terminal identifier, and the like. For example, information about the user can be searched using user identification information such as the user's name and date of birth as a key.

When a connection request to the portable terminal 1 occurs, the location information stored in the location information database 8 identifies which base station 2 area the portable terminal 1 is located in. Therefore, the base station 2 connectable to the portable terminal 1 is selected, and a line connection with the portable terminal 1 is performed.

The history database 7 records the progress of the work as history data when the backup service is provided. For example, since a transaction number is issued for each work, as shown in FIG. 5B, the user identification information and the transaction number are recorded in association with each other, and as shown in FIG. History data is stored in association with each transaction number.

When recording the history data, for example,
(1) When connection to the portable terminal 1 is attempted but cannot be established because the portable terminal 1 is turned off or out of the service area, (2) when the backup operation is completed, (3) the portable terminal (1) when the personal registration information is deleted from (1), (4) when various calling functions such as the call function and the Internet connection function of the portable terminal 1 are invalidated, (5) when the backup work is interrupted, and (6) when the backup work is interrupted. When the restored personal registration information is restored, (6) when the restore operation is interrupted, and the like.

As shown in FIG. 6, the backup database 5 stores the backed up personal registration information files together with the personal registration information management information files.

FIG. 2 shows a configuration example of a portable terminal 1 possessed by each user and capable of receiving the backup service according to the present embodiment.

For example, the portable terminal 1 transmits a CP
U201, RAM 202, ROM 203, D / A conversion unit 226, A / D conversion unit 221, communication unit 223, display unit 205 such as a liquid crystal display, key input unit 206, selection instruction unit 207, EEPROM (Electric Era)
sable and Programmable RO
M) 208 and the like are connected and configured.

The configuration relating to the voice call is the same as that of a conventional mobile phone. For example, the communication unit 223 performs location registration with the base station 2 and performs call control at the time of calling and receiving calls to transfer data. Transmission and reception are performed, and when communication is completed, call control for disconnection is performed, and during communication, handover and the like are performed. Each mobile terminal 229 is provided with a terminal identifier and stored in the communication unit 223.

When receiving a connection request from the base station 2, the communication unit 223 outputs a ringing tone from the speaker 227 or drives the eccentric motor 228 to vibrate the housing of the portable terminal. Call attention of the user who is the owner of the mobile terminal. After the user's instruction to acknowledge the connection, the carrier establishes a line connection between the two points and communication starts.

At the time of communication, the portable terminal 1 converts the audio input from the microphone 220 from an analog signal to a digital signal by the A / D converter 221, performs a compression process of digital data under the control of the CPU 201, The signal is transmitted to the nearby base station 2 through the communication unit 223. The communication unit 223
Are subjected to decompression processing and the like under the control of the CPU 201 to return to the original signals, and the D / A converter 226
Is converted from a digital signal to an analog signal, and is output from the speaker 227.

Further, in addition to the call, the CPU 20 executes a predetermined program for transmitting and receiving data.
1. ROM 202 for storing programs and dictionary data;
A RAM 203 for storing temporary variables and data, an EEPROM 208 for storing personal registration information, etc., a display unit 205 for displaying data, a key input unit 206 for inputting telephone numbers, numbers and characters, menu selection, etc. There is a selection instruction unit 207 for performing.

The personal registration information is information registered by a user who is the owner of the portable terminal 1 for personal use, and includes a telephone number, an address book, a schedule, an e-mail address, an e-mail text itself, URL indicating a specific Web page, credit number, I for specific service
D, password, and the like.

The portable terminal 1 has a call function and a data communication function. However, even if the portable terminal 1 has only a data communication function without a call function, the service according to the present embodiment can be provided. Can receive. In this case, the personal registration information includes data of a specific application, text of a word processor, spreadsheet data, still images, music data, and the like. When the personal registration information is backed up or restored, these data are indicated. Data transmission and reception are performed between the system and the mobile terminal 1 together with the identifier.

When personal registration information is transmitted and received between the portable terminal 1 and the server 10, it is desirable that the personal registration information be encrypted. This encryption process is performed under the control of the CPU 201 when the portable terminal 1 creates a packet of personal registration information at the time of backup. The server 10 may store the personal registration information as it is, or may store the personal registration information after decrypting it using a common key (secret key) between the mobile terminal 1 and the server 10. You may. At the time of restoration, the mobile terminal 1 is connected to the server 1
When the personal registration information transmitted from 0 is received, it is decrypted and stored. Since the encryption / decryption processing of the personal registration information is not the gist of the present invention, the description is omitted.

Hereinafter, a procedure for providing a data backup service by the system having the configuration shown in FIG. 1 will be described.

(First Embodiment) Assuming that the user has lost or stolen the portable terminal 1, a processing procedure between the server 10 and the portable terminal 1 when providing a data backup service Will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS.

The user who has lost or stolen the portable terminal 1 informs the service provider (provider) of the fact and requests the provision of the service. As a request method, a method using a telephone, a facsimile, an e-mail, a Web page, or the like can be considered. At this time, besides the user directly requesting the provider, the user may deliver to the agency, and the operator of the agency may request provision of the service to the user through a web page or the like.

Upon receiving this service provision request (step S 1), the provider sends the server 10
An instruction to start service provision is input together with the identification information of the user. For example, when a request is received by telephone or facsimile, the operator accesses the server 10 and inputs an instruction to start service provision. When a request is received by e-mail or Web page, it is possible to analyze the contents of the request and automatically input an instruction to start service provision to the server 10.

Upon receiving the service provision start instruction, the server 10 searches the user database 6 using the user identification information as a key, and acquires the terminal identifier (for example, “TE1”) of the portable terminal 1 of the user. (Step S
2).

The server 10 searches the location information database 8 based on the obtained terminal identifier to check which base station area the mobile terminal 1 belongs to. When the position information can be retrieved from the database 8 (when connection is possible), a backup request signal of personal registration information is transmitted to the base station 2 (step S3, step S3).
4).

At this time, when the mobile terminal 1 is powered on and is in a call waiting state, it is possible to determine to which base station 2 it belongs, but if the mobile terminal 1 is not powered on, If the mobile terminal 1 exists outside the area, the backup request signal cannot be transmitted. In such a case, information such as the user identification information, the date and time, and the number of connection attempts are recorded together in the history database 7 as history data (step S15), and the user or the operator is notified that connection is not possible (step S15). Step S16).

The base station that has received the backup request signal transmits the backup request signal to the terminal corresponding to the terminal identifier. Alternatively, the backup request signal may be broadcast to all the mobile terminals within the area of the base station 2 by adding the terminal identifier.

Next, the flowchart of FIG. 8 showing the processing operation of the portable terminal 1 will be described together. When the communication unit 223 of the mobile terminal 1 detects the backup request signal from the base station 2 (Step S20), it sends an interrupt signal to the CPU 201. The CPU 201 executes a predetermined subroutine process for transmitting the personal registration information to the server by interruption.

In this subroutine, in order to transmit a packet to a predetermined server (here, server 10), a connection establishment request is made to the base station 2 in the area where it is located (step S21). If the connection with the server 10 has been successfully established (step S2
2) The CPU 201 stores information relating to one or a plurality of personal registration information files stored in the EEPROM 208 (for example, an identifier indicating that the information is related to the personal registration information file, the number of files, a file name, File size, file creation time, attribute information,
The personal registration information management information is hereinafter referred to as the number of packets for transmitting the file of personal registration information), and a packet for transmitting the personal registration information management information is created. 10 (step S23). If the personal registration information management information is larger than the data amount of the predetermined payload of the packet,
Divide into multiple packets and send. The protocol used for file transmission is FTP (File Trans
fer Protocol) or HTTP (Hypert)
An existing protocol such as ext Transfer Protocol (ext Transfer Protocol) or a uniquely defined protocol may be used.

If a connection cannot be established in step S22, a connection establishment request is made to the base station 2 at regular intervals. After detecting the backup request signal, the mobile terminal 1 disables access to personal registration information and various outgoing operations such as a call function and an Internet connection function. Display unit 20 displays a message for urging a user who is not a valid user to make a predetermined report to a predetermined place.
5 is displayed.

Next, in order to transmit each file data of the personal registration information, the personal registration information file in the EEPROM 208 is sequentially accessed, each file data is divided into data of a predetermined length, and a packet is created. (Step S24). The packet includes a file identifier, a file number indicating the number of the file, information on the size of the file, and a packet number indicating the number of the packet in the file. And sends it to the server 10 (step S25). Each time one packet is transmitted, the packet number is increased, and the process is repeated until transmission of all packets for one file is completed (step S2).
6). When the transmission of one file is completed (step S26, step S27), the packet number is initialized (step S28), the file number is increased by one, and the process returns to step S24 to access the next file.

This operation is repeated until all files have been transmitted (step S27). After sending all files,
Upon receiving the work completion message from the server 10 (step S29), the established connection is disconnected (step S30).

On the other hand, when the server 10 receives a connection request from the portable terminal 1 (step S5), it waits for personal registration information reception, and receives personal registration information management information (step S6). A disk space of a necessary capacity for the backup disk 5 is secured (step S7). Next, the system waits for the reception of the file of the individual registration information. If the file is divided into a plurality of packets, the reception of all the packets of each file is confirmed (step S8), and the files are merged into one file. Then, as one personal registration information file, its file name, time information, and the like are added and stored in the backup disk 5 (step S9).

When the backup operation for all files is completed (step S10), a backup operation completion message is transmitted to the portable terminal 1 (step S11).
The location information of the base station 2 to which the mobile terminal 1 belongs is acquired (step S12), and the saved file identifier, the user identification information such as the name of the service requester, and the date and time are combined and recorded as history data in the history database 7. (Step S13). The backup completion message and the location information of the mobile phone are notified to the mobile terminal 1 together (step S1).
4).

When transmitting the personal registration information management information, the portable terminal 1 selects files that can be regarded as personal registration information based on the file extension, file attributes, and the like, and separates the individual files. Even when sending, by sending only files that correspond to personal files,
The time required for backup can be reduced. As a result, it is possible to quickly protect personal registration information and reduce communication costs required for backup.

If the connection is disconnected due to the mobile terminal 1 being moved out of the area of the base station 2 during the backup operation of the personal registration information, the information on which packet of which file has been transmitted is provided. EEP
The information is recorded in the ROM 208, and when the user moves into the area of the base station 2 next, the connection with the server 10 is established again, and the transmission of untransmitted files and packets is resumed from the state where the backup operation is interrupted. At this time, the access to the personal registration information and the predetermined operation related to various transmission functions are also invalidated. At this time, a predetermined notification is sent to a predetermined place to a user who is not a valid user who currently has the mobile terminal 1. A message prompting the user to perform
To be displayed.

As described above, according to the first embodiment, the provider who has received the request for the backup service of the personal registration information from the user of the portable terminal 1 can obtain the information on the portable terminal 1 of the registered user in advance. Requesting the mobile terminal to transmit the personal registration information based on the mobile terminal 1.
The server 10 stores the personal registration information received via this communication path by securing a communication path between the mobile terminal 1 and the user, and the user loses or stolen the portable terminal 1 possessed by the user. Even in this case, the personal registration information can be easily backed up in the server 10. At this time, for example, even if the mobile terminal 1 moves out of the communication area area during the backup work and the work is interrupted, the transmission history of the personal registration information transmitted until the work was interrupted is stored in the (mobile terminal 1).
), The backup operation can be easily resumed from the interrupted state when the communication returns to the area based on the transmission history and communication becomes possible. In addition, on the mobile terminal 1 side, the protection of the personal registration information can be realized by invalidating the operation regarding the access to the personal registration information and the various transmission functions.

In the above embodiment, the personal registration information of the portable terminal 1 is backed up in case of theft or loss.
Not only in this case, the personal registration information is periodically
It is also possible to backup. In this case, when transmitting the personal registration information, a difference from the situation of the previous backup is detected, and a packet is created from the difference data and transmitted. Communication costs can be further reduced. If the mobile terminal 1 is lost, there is no possibility that the mobile terminal 1 will be permanently out of the service area. Therefore, periodically backing up the personal registration information is necessary if the mobile terminal 1 is actually lost or stolen. This is a useful method to consider.

When the backup operation is resumed after the interruption of the backup operation, the backup operation may be restarted from the beginning, not limited to the case where the operation is resumed from the interrupted state as described above.

(Second Embodiment) Hereinafter, the second embodiment will be described with respect to only parts different from the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 9, when the server 10 receives a service provision request (step S1), the server 10 creates a user database based on the user identification information such as the user's name, date of birth, and address obtained with the request. 6 to determine whether the user is a subscriber to the backup service (step S101, step S1).
02). For example, as shown in FIG. 3, a flag indicating the presence or absence of service subscription is stored in the user database 6, so that a person whose flag is "1" is a subscriber of the backup service. . For subscribers, FIG.
Step S2 and subsequent steps are continued, but for those who are not subscribers, that is, for those whose flag is "0", the service is provided to the service requester to the effect that the backup service is a paid service. At this time, it is confirmed that payment of a fee is required separately and whether or not the service is still provided (step S103). At this time, a predetermined fee is also presented. If consent has been obtained from the user or if payment of the fee has been confirmed (step S104), the processing after step S2 in FIG. 7 is continued. If no consent is obtained, end the work.

At this time, when using the backup service, a method of collecting money from the user, such as a method of charging a call charge of the portable terminal 1, a method of having a credit number input to the portable terminal 1, or a method such as an agency The user may be paid by cash.

(Third Embodiment) Hereinafter, a third embodiment will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG. 10 only for parts different from the first embodiment. Although three steps are executed in FIG. 10, the order of execution is not limited to this, and may be any order. Alternatively, only one of the steps may be executed.

The server 10 completes the backup work in step S 11 of FIG. 7, transmits a work completion message to the portable terminal 1, and then deletes the personal registration information stored in the portable telephone 1. A registration information deletion instruction is transmitted to the mobile terminal 1 (step S201),
Further, a command for disabling various calling functions such as a telephone call function and an Internet connection function is transmitted (step S202), and an unauthorized user who currently has the portable terminal 1 is urged to notify a predetermined place of a predetermined notification. A message display instruction is transmitted (step S203), and the process proceeds to step S12 in FIG.

Upon receiving the personal registration information erasing command, the portable terminal 1 deletes the personal registration information recorded in the EEPROM 208. Alternatively, if light security is sufficient, set an access prohibition flag in the file attribute,
The same effect can be obtained by a method of prohibiting access to the corresponding file until a release signal transmitted separately from the server 10 is received.

When the portable terminal 1 receives the command for disabling the call function or the Internet connection function, the portable terminal 1 sets a flag for disabling the function in the communication unit 223, for example,
Each time a predetermined operation for making a call is performed (by an unauthorized user who has acquired the portable terminal 1), the operation is invalidated by referring to the flag.

When the portable terminal 1 receives a display instruction of a message for urging the user to make a prescribed report to a prescribed place, the portable terminal 1 is turned on or performs a prescribed operation. The message is presented on the display unit 205.

It should be noted that a command for disabling the call function and the Internet connection function is transmitted (step S202), and a message for prompting an unauthorized user who currently has the portable terminal 1 to make a predetermined report to a predetermined place is displayed. The transmission of the command (step S203) may be executed at any stage after step S5 in FIG. 7 in addition to the above. Further, since the mobile terminal 1 detects the backup request signal in step S20 of FIG. 8, the above-described call function and the Internet connection function are invalidated, and the unauthorized user who currently owns the mobile terminal 1 is placed in a predetermined place. May be displayed to prompt the user to make a notification.

(Fourth Embodiment) Hereinafter, the fourth embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 11 only for parts different from the first embodiment. Although three steps are executed in FIG. 11, the order of execution is not limited to this, and may be any order. Alternatively, only one of the steps may be executed.

After transmitting all the personal registration information files in step S27 of FIG. 8, the portable terminal 1 waits for the reception of a work completion message from the server 10, and after receiving the message (step S29), issues a personal registration information deletion command. Upon receipt, the personal registration information recorded in the EEPROM 208 is deleted. After completing the deletion of the personal registration information, the mobile terminal 1
The personal registration information deletion completion message is transmitted to the server 10. When the server 10 receives the completion message (step 211), the server 10 records history data indicating that the deletion of the personal registration information is completed in the history database 7 (FIG. 7). Step S13).

Similarly, when the portable terminal 1 receives a command for disabling various calling functions such as a call function and an Internet connection function from the server 10, it sets a flag for disabling the function in the communication unit 223, for example. When the server 10 receives the completion message (step 212), the server 10 records history data indicating that the invalidation of the call function and the Internet connection function is completed in the history database 7 (step 212). Step S13 in FIG. 7).

Similarly, when the portable terminal 1 receives a message display instruction for urging the user to make a prescribed report to a prescribed place from the server 10, the portable terminal 1 is thereafter turned on. Then (or when a predetermined operation is performed), a flag for presenting the message on the display unit 205 is set, and the display completion message is sent to the server 1.
Send to 0. Upon receiving the completion message (step 213), the server 10 records history data indicating that the message is displayed in the history database 7 (step S13 in FIG. 7).

The server 10 may receive the completion message (step S212, step S213) at any stage after step S5 in FIG. 7 other than the above.

(Fifth Embodiment) Hereinafter, a fifth embodiment will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG. 12 only for parts different from the first embodiment.

In the first embodiment, the server 10
In step S3 of FIG. 7, it is determined whether or not connection with the target portable terminal 1 is possible to transmit a backup request signal. If connection is not possible, the process proceeds to step S15.
After saving the history data, the backup operation is temporarily interrupted (step S16). The server 10 reads the mobile terminal 1 that could not be connected from the history database 7 at regular intervals.
(Step S301), and if such a mobile terminal 1 exists (step S302), the location information of the mobile terminal 1 is searched from the location information database 8 and a connection is attempted again (step S303). . If the location information of the mobile terminal 1 is registered in the location information database 8 and the connection via the base station 2 based on the location information is successful, the process proceeds to step S4 in FIG. continue. If the connection cannot be established, it is determined whether or not the number of connection attempts up to now, including the current connection attempt, exceeds a predetermined number of times (step S304). Step S
Return to 15. If the specified number of times has been exceeded, the operator or the user who has requested the backup service is notified that the backup was unsuccessful (step S30).
5).

(Sixth Embodiment) Hereinafter, a sixth embodiment will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG. 13 only for parts different from the first embodiment.

Here, in the first embodiment, an example of a coping method when the portable terminal 1 moves out of the communication area is shown, but an implementation on the server side will be described.

As in the first embodiment, when the portable terminal 1 moves out of the communication area during the transmission of the personal registration information file, the server 10 receives the connection disconnection message from the base station 2. (Step S401).
The server 10 stores the identification information of the user and the mobile terminal 1.
In addition to the terminal identifier, the time, the received file name, the file number, the packet number, and the like, history data indicating that the backup operation is being performed is recorded in the history database 7 (step S402).

The server 10 retrieves, from the history database 7 at regular time intervals, the portable terminal 1 whose backup work has been interrupted.
Is searched (step S403), and if such a mobile terminal exists (step S404), the location information database 8 is searched, and if the location information of the mobile terminal 1 is registered in the location information database 8, Attempt to connect to the mobile terminal 1 via the base station 2 based on the location information (step S405, step S40).
7). When connection with the mobile terminal 1 is established, the mobile terminal 1 is notified of the received file number, packet number, and the like recorded as history data, and requests transmission of only unreceived packets and files. Then, the backup operation is restarted from the interrupted state (step S408).

If the connection cannot be established, it is determined whether or not the number of connection attempts up to now, including the connection attempt made this time, exceeds a predetermined number of times (step S4).
09) If within the specified number of times, the process returns to step S402.
If the predetermined number of times has been exceeded, the fact that the backup was unsuccessful is notified to the operator or the user who has requested the backup service (step S410).

As described above, even if the portable terminal 1 moves out of the communication area during the backup operation between the server 10 and the portable terminal 1, the operation is interrupted.
By recording the reception history of the personal registration information received until the communication is interrupted, the backup operation can be easily resumed from the interrupted state when the communication returns to the area based on the reception history and communication becomes possible.

(Seventh Embodiment) Hereinafter, a seventh embodiment will be described with reference to flowcharts shown in FIGS. 14 and 15 only for parts different from the first embodiment.

In the seventh embodiment, the lost or stolen mobile phone 1 is safely returned to the user who is the legitimate owner of the mobile terminal 1, or, for example, the user is lost or stolen. Since the restored mobile terminal does not easily return, the server in the case where the personal registration information already backed up is stored (restored) again in the mobile terminal 1 of the user on the assumption that the mobile terminal 1 is newly purchased. The processing operations of the mobile terminal 10 and the mobile terminal 1 will be described. FIG. 14 shows the processing operation of the server 10, FIG.
Shows the processing operation of the mobile terminal.

The provider issues a request for restoring the backed up personal registration information by telephone, fax, e-mail, W
Accepted through eb page etc. At this time, besides the user directly requesting the provider, the user may send the request to the agency and the operator of the agency may electronically make a restore request through a Web page or the like.

Upon receiving the restore request (step S501), the provider inputs a restore start instruction to the server 10 together with the user's identification information and the like. For example, when a request is received by telephone or facsimile, the operator accesses the server 10 and inputs a restore start instruction. When a request is received by an e-mail or a Web page, it is possible to analyze the contents of the request and automatically input an instruction to start restoration to the server 10.

When the server 10 receives the restoration start instruction, the server 10 searches the user database 6 or the history database 7 using the user identification information as a key, and identifies the terminal identifier of the portable terminal 1 of the user (for example, “TE1”). Is acquired (step S502).

The server 10 searches the location information database 8 using the terminal identifier as a key to check which base station area the terminal belongs to. If the location information is registered, the personal registration An information restore request signal is transmitted to the base station 2 together with the terminal identification information (step S503, step S504). At this time, when the power of the portable terminal 1 is turned on and the mobile terminal 1 is in a call waiting state, it is possible to determine to which base station 2 the terminal belongs.
When the power of the mobile terminal 1 is turned off or when the mobile terminal 1 exists outside the communication area, the restore request signal cannot be transmitted. In such a case, information such as the user identification information, the date and time of the restoration request, the number of connection attempts, and the like is used as the history data as the history database 7.
(Step S513), and notifies the user or the operator that the connection cannot be established (step S51).
4).

When receiving the restore request signal, base station 2 transmits the restore request signal to portable terminal 1 corresponding to the terminal identification number attached thereto. Alternatively, the same effect can be obtained by adding a terminal identifier and broadcasting a restore request signal to all mobile terminals within the area of the base station 2.

Hereinafter, the processing operation of the portable terminal shown in FIG. 15 will be described together. In FIG. 15, when the communication unit 223 of the mobile terminal 1 detects a request signal for restoring personal registration information from the base station 2 (step S601), the CPU 20
1 to send an interrupt signal. The CPU 201 executes a predetermined subroutine process for restoring personal registration information by interruption.

In this subroutine, in order to receive a packet from a predetermined server (here, server 10), a connection establishment request is made to the base station 2 in the area where the server itself is located (step S602). If the connection with the server 10 is successfully established, as shown in FIG. 14, the server 10 reads out the personal registration information management information file of the user from the backup disk 5 and transmits the file (step S506). The terminal 1 receives it (step S604 in FIG. 15). In FIG. 15, when a connection cannot be established, a connection establishment request is made to the base station 2 at regular intervals (steps S603 and S602).

On the other hand, in FIG. 14, the server 10 sequentially reads out the file of the personal registration information of the user from the backup disk 5 and creates and transmits the packet while dividing it as necessary (step S507). The packet includes, for example, a file identifier, a file number indicating the number of the file, information on the size of the file, and a packet number indicating the number of the packet in the file. It is added to the head and transmitted to the mobile terminal 1. The necessary number of packets are transmitted for each file (step S508), and the process is repeated until all files are transmitted (step S50).
9).

The portable terminal 1 receives individual files based on the personal registration information management information. If the file is divided into a plurality of packets, the reception of all the packets is confirmed (step S605, step S606),
The received file is merged into one file and stored in the EEPROM 208 (step S607).

When the portable terminal 1 confirms that all files have been received with reference to the personal registration information management information (step S608), the portable terminal 1 transmits a restoration work completion message to the server 10 (step S609), and establishes the connection. The connection is disconnected (step S610), and a restoration work completion message is displayed on the display unit 205 (step S61).
1).

On the other hand, when the transmission of all the files is completed, the server 10 waits for the reception of the restoration work completion message from the portable terminal 1, and upon receiving the message (step S510), a history indicating that the restoration has been completed. The data is stored in the history database 7 (step S51)
1) Notify the operator of a work completion message (step S512).

Note that when the server 10 transmits the packet of the personal registration information to the portable terminal 1 (during the restoration work), the portable terminal 1 gets out of the communication area, and the connection is disconnected. , The mobile terminal 1 stores information indicating which packet of which file has been received by EEP.
If the file is recorded in the ROM 208 and then moves into the area of the base station, the process proceeds to step S602 in FIG. 15 to re-establish a connection with the server 10 and to transmit the received file number, packet number, and the like to the server 10. Restart the restore operation from the interrupted state by notifying.

Thereafter, as described in the third and fourth embodiments, when the call function and the Internet connection function are invalidated, a predetermined flag is reset so that they become valid.

As described above, when the user retrieves the portable terminal 1 or newly purchases the portable terminal 1, the portable terminal 1 initiatively establishes a communication path and establishes a server 10
The personal registration information backed up in the mobile terminal 1
Can easily be stored again. At this time, for example, even when the mobile terminal 1 moves out of the communication area area during the restoration work and the work is interrupted, the reception history of the personal registration information received before the interruption is recorded (in the mobile terminal 1). Accordingly, when the communication returns to the area based on the reception history and communication becomes possible, the restoration work can be easily restarted from the interrupted state.

When the restoration operation is resumed after the interruption of the restoration operation, the restoration operation may be restarted from the beginning, not limited to the case where the operation is resumed from the suspended state as described above.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described first to seventh embodiments, and can be variously modified in an implementation stage without departing from the gist of the invention. Furthermore, the above embodiments include inventions at various stages, and various inventions can be extracted by appropriate combinations of a plurality of disclosed configuration requirements. For example, even if some components are deleted from all the components shown in the embodiments, (at least one of) the problems described in the column of the problem to be solved by the invention can be solved, and the effect of the invention can be solved. If at least one of the effects described in (1) is obtained, a configuration from which this component is deleted can be extracted as an invention.

[0098]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Even if the mobile communication terminal is lost or stolen, the backup of the personal registration information stored in the mobile communication terminal and the registration of the same personal registration information to the new terminal can be performed even if the mobile communication terminal is lost or stolen Easy to do.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a system for providing a backup service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a mobile communication terminal.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of data storage in a user database.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a data storage example of a position information database.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of data storage in a history database.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of data storage on a backup disk.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the processing operation of the server during the backup service according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining a processing operation of the mobile communication terminal when a backup service is provided.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a processing operation of the server according to the second embodiment of the present invention, in the case where it is determined whether a user who has requested a backup service is a backup service application target person. Flowchart.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining a processing operation of the server according to the third embodiment of the present invention in the case where personal registration information is deleted and functions of the mobile communication terminal are restricted.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a processing operation of a server according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention, the processing operation of receiving a response from a mobile communication terminal when deleting personal registration information and limiting functions of the mobile communication terminal. The flowchart for doing.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a processing operation of the server according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention, which is performed until a request for transmitting personal registration information is made to the mobile communication terminal.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a processing operation of the server according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention, in which transmission of personal registration information is interrupted during a backup operation and then the backup operation is resumed. Flowchart.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating a processing operation of the server according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention, the processing operation when restoring backed-up personal registration information to a mobile communication terminal.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating a processing operation of the mobile communication terminal according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention, the processing operation being performed when restoring backed-up personal registration information to the mobile communication terminal.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Portable communication terminal 2 ... Base station 4 ... Communication part 5 ... Backup disk 6 ... User database 7 ... History database 8 ... Location information database 10 ... Server 200 ... Bus 201 ... CPU 202 ... RAM 205 ... Display part 206 ... Key input Unit 207 selection instruction unit 208 EEPROM 220 microphone 221 A / D conversion unit 223 communication unit 226 D / A conversion unit 227 speaker 228 eccentric motor

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A method for providing a backup service of personal registration information of a mobile communication terminal, wherein a service provider that receives a request for a backup service of the personal registration information from a user of the mobile communication terminal includes: The mobile communication terminal requests transmission of the personal registration information to the mobile communication terminal based on the information about the mobile communication terminal, and the mobile communication terminal that has received the transmission request from the service provider communicates with the service provider by a communication path. And transmitting the personal registration information while the service provider stores the personal registration information received via the communication path. 2. The personal communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein when the transmission of the personal registration information is interrupted, when the transmission is restarted, the personal communication information is transmitted based on a transmission history up to the interruption. The backup service providing method according to claim 1. 3. When the service provider resumes transmission after the transmission of the personal registration information is interrupted, the service provider causes the portable communication terminal to transmit unreceived personal registration information based on the reception history up to the interruption. 2. The backup service providing method according to claim 1, wherein: 4. The service provider requests transmission of the personal registration information to a mobile communication terminal of the user when a user who has requested the backup service is a person to whom the backup service is applied. The backup service providing method according to claim 1, wherein 5. The backup service according to claim 1, wherein when the service provider saves all the personal registration information of the mobile communication terminal, the personal registration information is deleted from the mobile communication terminal. Delivery method. 6. The backup service providing method according to claim 1, wherein when the service provider requests the mobile communication terminal to transmit the personal registration information, a function of the mobile communication terminal is restricted. . 7. The service provider, which has received a predetermined request from the user, transmits a predetermined signal to the mobile communication terminal based on information about the mobile communication terminal of the user registered in advance, and The mobile communication terminal that has received the signal secures a communication path with the service provider,
2. The backup service providing method according to claim 1, wherein the personal registration information transmitted from the service provider is received and stored. 8. The portable communication terminal, when resuming the reception of the personal registration information after the reception of the personal registration information is interrupted, transmits the transmission of the unreceived personal registration information to the service provider based on the reception history up to the interruption. The backup service providing method according to claim 7, wherein the request is issued.