JP2003294478A - System, apparatus and method for notification of information - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information notification system by which own positional information or the like is notified precisely to a plurality of arbitrary notification destinations, and to provide an information notification apparatus and an information notification method. <P>SOLUTION: The information notification system is provided with the information notification apparatus 200 used to notify notification information including positional information on a terminal device 100 to other devices. The terminal device is provided with a positional-information acquisition means 150, a positional-information transmission means 190, and a notification-instruction transmission means 190. The information notification apparatus is provided with a notification-destination control means 270 used to store information on the other devices of a notification destination, a positional-information reception means 190, a notification-instruction reception means 210, and notification- information transmission means 220, 231, 232 used to transmit the notification information including the positional information to the other devices of the notification destination registered in the notification-destination control means. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information notifying system, an information notifying apparatus and an information notifying method for notifying other devices of position information of a terminal device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a person gets lost or needs help in an emergency, it is necessary to immediately inform his / her family of his / her position.

[0003]

At this time, there is a problem that a telephone or the like cannot accurately inform the other party of his / her position. In addition, the destination for notification is 1
Only in one place, it was difficult to notify multiple parties quickly.

In view of the above points, the present invention provides an information notifying system, an information notifying apparatus and an information notifying method capable of accurately notifying own position information and the like to a plurality of arbitrary notification destinations. To aim.

[0005]

According to the invention of claim 1, the above object is to notify a terminal device and other devices of notification information including position information of the terminal device based on an instruction from the terminal device. An information notification system for enabling the position information acquisition device for acquiring its own position information, and transmitting the position information to the information notification device. Location information transmission means,
A notification instruction transmitting unit for transmitting a notification instruction for notifying the other device, wherein the information notification device includes a notification destination information management unit that stores information of the other device of the notification destination,
A position information receiving unit for receiving the position information of the terminal device, a notification instruction receiving unit for receiving the notification instruction of the terminal device, and a notification destination registered in the notification destination information managing unit. This is achieved by an information notification system, characterized in that the apparatus further comprises notification information transmitting means for transmitting notification information including the position information to another device.

According to the configuration of claim 1, since the terminal device includes the position information acquisition means, the position of the terminal device can be grasped. Further, it has a position information transmitting means for transmitting its own position information to the information notifying device, and the information notifying device has a position information receiving means for receiving the position information. Therefore, the information notification device can acquire the position information of the terminal device. Further, in the information notification device, the notification destination information management means stores information of another device of the notification destination.

On the other hand, the terminal device has a notification instruction transmitting means for transmitting a notification instruction to notify the other device. Further, the information notification device has a notification instruction receiving means for receiving the notification instruction. Therefore, the information notification device can acquire the notification instruction. Further, the information notification device also has a notification information transmission means for transmitting the notification information including the position information to another device of the notification destination registered in the notification destination information management means.

As described above, the information notification device can obtain the position information and the notification instruction of the terminal device, and according to the notification instruction, the notification information including the position information is transmitted to the notification information transmitting means. Therefore, it is possible to make a call to another registered device. It should be noted that the other device of this notification destination can be arbitrarily set by the user in advance, and a plurality of devices can be set in advance. Since the notification condition can be set or changed arbitrarily and easily according to the needs of the user, the convenience of the user is improved.

Preferably, according to the invention of claim 2, in the configuration of claim 1, the position information transmitted by the position information transmitting means of the terminal device and the notification transmitted by the notification instruction transmitting means. The instruction is transmitted to the position information receiving unit and the notification instruction receiving unit of the information notifying apparatus via the Internet, and the position information receiving unit and the notification instruction receiving unit are WEB management server and / or electronic mail management server. The information notification system is characterized by being configured by.

According to the structure of claim 2, the position information transmitted by the position information transmitting means of the terminal device and the notification instruction transmitted by the notification instruction transmitting means are notified of the information via the Internet. The position information receiving means and the notification instruction receiving means of the device are transmitted, and the position information receiving means and the notification instruction receiving means are configured by a WEB management server and / or an electronic mail management server. Therefore, the position information of the terminal device and the like are easily transmitted.

Preferably, according to the invention of claim 3, in the configuration of claim 2, as the notification information transmitting means of the information notification device, the WEB management server, the electronic mail management server, the facsimile management server and the CTI.
(Computer Telephony Integ
The information notification system according to claim 2, further comprising a ratio server.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the WEB management server, the electronic mail management server, the facsimile management server, and the CTI (Computer Telephony) are used as the notification information transmitting means of the information notification device.
Integration server. Therefore, other terminal devices of the notification destination include not only a personal computer (PC) and a mobile phone, but also a facsimile device and a telephone. Therefore, since the type of the notification destination device is not selected, it is possible to select the device suitable for the situation of the notification destination.

Preferably, according to the invention of claim 4, in the structure of claim 3, the information notifying device is provided with an address and telephone number managing means and a notification text managing means. It is an information notification system.

According to the configuration of claim 4, since it has the management means such as the address and the telephone number, the position information of the terminal device can be converted into the address information. Therefore, it is possible to notify the notification destination device of the position information as the address information instead of the latitude and longitude. Further, since the notification text management means is provided, it is possible to attach the notification text input in advance to the position information and send it to the notification destination device.

Preferably, according to the invention of claim 5, in the structure of claim 4, the information notification device is provided with map information management means.

According to the structure of claim 5, the information notification device is provided with map information management means. Therefore, in the case of a personal computer (PC), a mobile phone, and a facsimile device as the other terminal device of the notification destination, the map information of the map information management means is represented by the latitude and longitude information which is the position information of the terminal device. By searching and cutting out the map information, it can be notified as information including the map information. As a result, the addressee and the map information are notified to the notification destination, which makes the position information easier to understand.

Preferably, according to the invention of claim 6, in the configuration of claim 3, the CTI server is provided with a voice synthesizing means, which is an information notification system.

According to the structure of claim 6, the CTI server is provided with a voice synthesizing means. Therefore, when the device of the notification destination is a telephone, the generated information can be read aloud and notified by the voice synthesizing means.

Preferably, according to the invention of claim 7, in the structure of claim 5 or 6, the information notifying device has a routing means for displaying guide information of a route between two points on a map. This is an information notification system characterized in that

According to the configuration of claim 7, when the other device of the notification destination of the terminal device is transmitting its position information to the information notification device, as in the case of the terminal device, the information is transmitted. Since the notification device has acquired the position information at these two points, it is possible to notify the notification destination device of the guidance information between these two points. Therefore, it is possible to notify the position information of the terminal device to the other device of the notification destination more easily.

According to the invention of claim 8, the object is an information notifying device for notifying other devices of notification information including position information of the terminal device based on a notification instruction of the terminal device, A notification destination information management unit that stores information of another device of the notification destination, a position information reception unit that receives the position information of the terminal device, and a notification instruction of the terminal device A notification instruction receiving means; and a notification information transmitting means for transmitting notification information including the position information to another device of the notification destination registered in the notification destination information management means. This is achieved by a characteristic information notification device.

According to the configuration of claim 8, the position information of the terminal device can be acquired in the same manner as in claim 1. Further, in substantially the same manner as in claim 1, the position information and the notification instruction from the terminal device are acquired, and the notification information including the position information is registered by the notification information transmission acquisition according to the notification instruction. You can call other devices that are running. It should be noted that the other device of this notification destination can be arbitrarily set by the user in advance, and a plurality of devices can be set in advance. The notification condition can be set or changed arbitrarily and easily according to the needs of the user, and the convenience of the user is improved.

According to the invention of claim 9, the information notifying device notifies the other device of the notification information including the position information of the terminal device based on the instruction of the terminal device of the user. The notification destination information registration step in which the user registers another device as a notification destination in the notification destination information management means of the information notification device, and the terminal device of the user is Position information acquiring step of acquiring the position information of the position information transmitting step of transmitting the position information acquired in the position information acquiring step to the information notification device by the position information transmitting means; A position information receiving step of receiving position information by the position information receiving means of the information notifying device, and a notification instruction transmitting step of causing the user's terminal device to transmit a notification instruction for notifying the other device by the notification instruction transmitting means. When The notification instruction receiving step for receiving the notification instruction of the terminal device of the user by the notification instruction receiving means, and the other device of the notification destination registered in the notification destination information managing means include the position information. And a notification information sending step of sending the notification information by the notification information sending means.

According to the structure of claim 9, the user is provided with a notification destination information registration step of registering another device as a notification destination in the notification destination information management means of the information notification device. Therefore, the user can arbitrarily select a plurality of other devices to be notified beforehand.
You can register. In addition, the terminal device of the user uses the position information acquisition unit to acquire the position information acquisition process of the self and the position information acquired in the position information acquisition process by the position information transmission unit. And a position information receiving step of receiving the position information of the terminal device of the user by the position information receiving means of the information notification device. Therefore, the user can grasp his / her own position information by the terminal device, and can send this own position information to the information notification device.

In addition, a notification instruction transmitting step in which the user terminal device transmits a notification instruction for notifying the other device by the notification instruction transmitting means, and a notification instruction reception of the notification instruction of the user terminal device. And a notification information transmitting step of transmitting the notification information including the position information to another device of the notification destination registered in the notification destination information managing means by the notification information transmitting means. And have. Therefore, the notification device, in accordance with the notification instruction of the terminal device, notifies the notification information to the other device registered in advance in the notification destination information management means as the notification destination by the notification information transmission means. You can make a call. It should be noted that the other device of this notification destination can be arbitrarily set by the user in advance, and a plurality of devices can be set in advance, so when notifying other devices of information such as the position information of the terminal device, The notification condition can be set or changed arbitrarily and easily according to the needs of the user, and the convenience of the user is improved.

[0026]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. still,
Since the embodiment described below is a preferred specific example of the present invention, various technically preferable limitations are attached, but the scope of the present invention particularly limits the present invention in the following description. Unless stated otherwise, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments.

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing an information notification system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. (Outline of the overall configuration of the information notification system 10)
As shown in FIG. 1, a fishing information sharing system 10 of the present embodiment is a terminal device such as a PDA (Person).
al digital assistant 100, mobile phone 110, and service center 200, which is an information notification device connected via the Internet 11.
have. The service center 200 is also connected to the telephone station 300.

(Regarding PDA 100, mobile phone 110, etc.) FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram showing the main hardware configuration of the PDA 100 of FIG. The mobile phone 110 has a similar configuration. Further, as the terminal device of the present invention,
Only the PDA 100 and the mobile phone 110 necessarily include a personal computer (PC) and the like.

As shown in FIG. 2, the PDA 100 is equipped with, for example, a computer. Therefore,
The hardware configuration is, for example, a CPU via the bus 111.
(Central Processing Unit)
120, ROM (Read Only Memory)
130, RAM (Random Access Mem)
ory) 140 and the like are arranged.

A GPS device 150, a power supply unit 160, a display device controller 170, a key controller matrix 180, an internet connection modem 190, etc. are also arranged via the bus 111.

The bus 111 has the function of connecting all devices and is an internal bus having an address and a data path. The CPU controls the ROM and the like connected to the bus in addition to the processing of a predetermined program. The ROM stores the above-mentioned programs and various information. ROM is
FLASH RO, a rewritable non-volatile memory
M may be included. Such a FLASH ROM
Stores, for example, data downloaded through a network. The RAM has a function as an area for comparing the contents of the memory during the program processing and for executing the program.

(GPS device 150, power supply unit 1
60, display device controller 170, key controller matrix 180, Internet connection modem 1
The GPS device 150 is a position information acquisition means for acquiring its own position information. Specifically, the GPS device 150 uses the GPS (Global)
This is a device for operating the Positioning System function. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 2, by communicating with the GPS satellites 13, it is possible to identify and acquire own position data by latitude and longitude.

The power supply unit 160 is a device for powering the PDA 100, and is a display device controller 17
0 and the key controller matrix 180 is PDA1
00 is a device for operation such as a display which is a display unit of 00 and a keyboard which is an input unit of information.

The internet connection modem 190 is a position information transmitting means for transmitting the position information acquired by the GPS device 150 to the service center 200 of FIG. 1, and also sends a notification instruction for notifying other devices described later. It is also a means for transmitting notification instructions. Specifically, the internet connection modem 190 is a communication device for transmitting information of the PDA 100 to the internet 11. The mobile phone 110 shown in FIG. 2 also has such a GPS function and an Internet network communication function.

(About Service Center 200 etc.) FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram showing the main software configuration of the service server arranged in the service center 200 of FIG. 1. The service server of this service center 200 is composed of a computer and the like. Further, various servers and databases provided in the service server are also formed by computers and the like. Therefore, these are operated by the bus, the CPU, the RAM, the ROM, etc., similarly to the hardware configuration of the PDA 100.

The service center 200 shown in FIG. 3 is a PDA.
Based on an instruction to a terminal device such as 100, the notification information including the position information of the PDA 100 or the like is notified to another device. Specifically, the service server of the service center 200 has a WEB server 210 and a mail relay server 220 for receiving information transmitted via the Internet 11.

(About the WEB server 210 and the mail relay server 220, etc.) The WEB server 210 is a WEB management server and is a position information receiving means for receiving the position information of the terminal device such as the PDA 100, PD, etc.
It is a notification instruction receiving means for receiving a notification instruction described later such as A100. Further, the WEB server 210 transmits the notification information for transmitting the notification information including the position information of the PDA 100 or the like to another device (the mobile phone 110 or the like) of the notification destination registered in the notification destination information management means described later. It is also a means.

Specifically, the WEB server 210 is the HTT.
It is a P server and the PDA 100 is the Internet network 11
It provides a home page etc. for accessing via. In addition, as shown in FIG.
Since the user authentication server 211 is connected to 0,
For each terminal device such as the PDA 100 that accesses the WEB server 210, it is possible to determine whether or not the user is a member of this information notification system.

On the other hand, the service center 200 also has a mail relay server 220, which is an electronic mail management server, and this mail relay server 220 is mainly a notification registered in a notification destination information management means described later. It is a notification information transmitting means for transmitting the notification information including the position information of the PDA 100 or the like to the other device (the mobile phone 110 or the like). For example, another device of the registered notification destination,
A predetermined electronic mail or the like is transmitted to a terminal device such as the PDA 100. Also, this mail relay server 2
20 can also be configured to receive an electronic mail from a terminal device such as each PDA 100.

Further, the service server of the service center 200 has a notification device control server 230, as shown in FIG. Notification device control server 230
When the WEB server 210 receives a notification instruction from a terminal device such as the PDA 100 described later, the WEB server 210 transmits the notification information including the position information of the PDA 100 to another device that is a notification destination registered in advance. It is a server that does. The notification device control server 230 is connected to the mail relay server 220 and is a facsimile management server such as a facsimile server 231 or a CTI (Co).
mputer Telephony Integrat
Ion) server 232.

(Facsimile Server 231 and CTI Server 232, etc.) As shown in FIG. 3, the facsimile server 231 is configured to be connected to the telephone station 300, and a telephone line or the like can be connected to a facsimile device which is another device. You can send information via. Also, CT
The I server 232, as shown in FIG.
33, a voice synthesizing engine 234 which is a voice synthesizing means, a voice information database 234a, a telephone line connecting section 232 and the like. Therefore, the CTI control unit 23
3 is a configuration capable of reading a voice, which is generated information synthesized by the voice information of the voice synthesis engine 234 and the voice information of the voice information database 234a, through a telephone line or the like and transmitting the voice information to a telephone which is another device. Has become.

Therefore, the other device to which the service center 200 is notified is the personal computer (P
C), the mobile phone 110, the facsimile device, and the telephone are included, which is excellent in convenience because the user can freely select a device suitable for the situation of the notification destination regardless of the type of the notification destination device. .

The service server of the service center 200 further includes an error mail processing server 250 and a mail processing server 260 related to the mail relay server 220, a file server 240 and the like.

Further, the service center 200, as shown in FIG. 3, has a user information database 270, a map database 280, and an address / telephone number database 2.
Has 90.

(Regarding the user information database 270, the map database 280, the address / telephone number database 290, etc.) The user information database 270 is
It is a notification destination information management unit that stores information of other devices (a mobile phone 110 etc.) of a notification destination that the user wants to notify, which will be described later. That is, this user information database 2
In the field 70, for example, the mail address of the mobile phone 110 that is the notification destination, the FAX number of the facsimile device, the telephone number of the telephone, and the like are registered. Further, the user information database 270 also stores a notification text when the notification text is attached when the notification destination is notified. In addition, a map database 280 that is a map information management means, an address /
Address / telephone database 29, which is a means of managing telephone numbers
0 is also provided.

Further, the service center 200 is shown in FIG.
As shown in, a routing engine 201 is provided. The routing engine 201 is a routing unit that shows guide information of a route between two points on a map. Specifically, the other device of the notification destination is the mobile phone 110 of FIG. 3, and when the service center 20 has acquired the position information, as in the case of the PDA 100, the mobile phone 110 and the mobile phone 110 of FIG. It operates when notifying the mobile phone 110, which is the notification destination, of information such as the shortest route which is guidance information between two points with the phone 110.

In addition, the service center 200 also has a charging server 202, and is configured to charge the registered user of the service center 200 based on, for example, the number of times of use within a month. .

The information notification system 10 according to the present embodiment is configured as described above, and an operation example thereof will be described below. For example, when a child gets lost, PD
The notification from the child who has A100 will be described on the assumption that the notification is sent to the mobile phone 110 of the mother, the FAX of the father's company, and the phone of the grandmother's house.

FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart showing an operation example of the information notification system 10. (Regarding user registration) First, this information notification system 1
A user who wants to use 0 performs user registration (S in FIG. 4).
T1). For example, a user may use the PDA 100 shown in FIG.
When the user accesses to, a registration window or the like is provided on the WEB server 210, and the necessary items are input according to the instruction. That is, data relating to the PDA 100 owned by the child is registered.

Then, when the child's PDA 100 notifies the notification instruction, the mother's mobile phone 110 and the mail address, which are the notification destinations, the father's office facsimile machine and FAX number, and the grandmother's home telephone and phone are called. Register the number. (Notification destination information registration step in which the user registers another device (mobile phone 110, FAX, telephone) as a notification destination in the notification destination information management means (user information database 270) of the information notification device (200). Note that the notification instruction from the child is specifically sent by the child pressing the emergency button. Also, the mother's mobile phone 11
It is assumed that 0 has already been registered in the information notification system 10.

Further, the notification text to be attached when the notification is sent to the notification destination is input. For example, "I'm lost". Further, since the mother is already registered and is a member of the information notification system 10, the service center 200 can obtain the position information of the mobile phone 110 which is the terminal device possessed by the mother. For this reason, when a child gets lost, the position of the child and the mother are compared, and it is set whether or not to present the shortest route. Here, it is assumed that it is set to be presented.

Also, the mobile phone 110 of the mother and the FA of the father
When notifying X, whether to attach the address information and the map information is selected. Here, it is assumed that the attachment is selected. This completes the registration of the notification destination etc. (ST2).

As to the PDA 100 carried by the child (for example, when the child gets lost), as shown in FIG.
Since it has the GPS device 150, the position information is G
It is acquired as latitude and longitude information through communication with the PS satellite 13 (position information acquisition step in which the user terminal device (100) acquires position information of its own position acquisition means (150)).

Then, when the child actually gets lost, the emergency button of the PDA 100 shown in FIG. 2 is pushed (ST3). Then, the PDA 100 generates an emergency signal that is a notification instruction, and the PDA 100 uses the Internet connection modem 190 or the like to transmit to the service center 200, and at the same time, the position information (latitude and longitude information) acquired by the GPS device 150 is also transmitted. The information is transmitted to the service center 200 via the Internet network 11 (the position information acquired in the position information acquisition step is transferred to the position information transmitting means (19
(0) Position information transmitting step of transmitting to the information notifying device (200)) (The terminal device (100) of the user transmits the notification instruction to notify the other device by the notification instruction transmitting means (Internet connection modem 190). Notification instruction sending process).

In the service center 200, the WEB server 210 obtains this position information and the notification instruction, and processes them according to the information registered in the user information database 270 (the position information of the user's terminal device (100) is information. Position information receiving means (210) of the notification device (200)
Position information receiving step of receiving at (user's terminal device (1
00) notification instruction receiving means (210) for receiving the notification instruction by the notification instruction receiving means (210)). That is, it is divided into a case of notifying by e-mail (mother), a case of notifying by FAX (father), and a case of notifying by telephone (grandmother). Each of them will be described below.

(For Notification to Mother by E-mail, etc.) First, the service center 200 determines that the child's PDA
The position information of latitude and longitude obtained from 100 is acquired from the address / telephone database 290 and converted into address information (ST5). That is, for example, "... prefecture ...
・ It becomes address information such as "city ... town ... house number". next,
A map database 28 based on the latitude and longitude information.
The map information is searched from 0, the map information is cut out, and the map information is attached as a file.

Next, the user information database 270 is searched for the presence or absence of a notification sentence, and processing is performed so as to add the notification sentence "I got lost" (ST7). Next, from the registered mobile phone terminal 110 of the mother shown in FIG. 3,
Similarly, the position information (latitude and longitude information) is acquired, and the routing engine 201 determines the shortest route between the position of the child's PDA 100 and the position of the mother's mobile phone 110. Then, the map information of the map database 280 is acquired, data on which directions are indicated by lines or the like are generated on the map, and an attached file is created (ST8).

Then, the address information, the map information, the notification text, the shortest route information and the like are transmitted from the mail relay server 220 of the service center 200 as an electronic mail to the mother's mobile phone 110 (notification destination information management means ( 27
To another device (110) of the notification destination registered in 0),
Notification information transmitting step of transmitting by the notification information transmitting means (220) for transmitting notification information including position information (ST
9). Therefore, the mother is immediately notified by email that the child has been lost. At the same time, the address of the lost point can be obtained as text information and also as map information. Further, since the shortest route between the place where the mother is present and the place where the child is now is also shown on the map, it is possible to effectively provide the mother with easy-to-understand information.

As to the case of notifying the father by FAX, as shown in FIG. 4, when the father's company is notified by FAX, as in the case of notifying the mother by e-mail, the positional information (latitude and longitude) is transmitted. Information) to address information (ST
5) The map information is cut out (ST6), and the notification text is added (ST7). After that, in this embodiment, since the father's terminal device is not registered as a member,
The FAX of the father's company is notified via a telephone line or the like via the facsimile server 231 of FIG. 3 without performing processing in the routing engine 201. (Notification information transmitting step of transmitting the notification information including position information to the other device (FAX) of the notification destination registered in the notification destination information management means (270) by the notification information transmission means (231)) ) (ST10). At this time, FAX of father's company
Routing engine 20
By the processing in 1, the shortest route between the two points will be presented on the map.

Thus, as in the case of the mother, the father is immediately notified by FAX that the child has become lost. At the same time, since the address of the lost point can be obtained as character information and also as map information, it is possible to effectively provide easy-to-understand information to the father.

(Regarding Notification to Grandmother by Telephone) As shown in FIG. 4, when notifying a grandmother's house by telephone, the position information (latitude and longitude) is transmitted as in the case of notifying the mother by e-mail. Information) is converted into address information (ST5). Then, the notification sentence addition process (ST7) is performed. After that, it is processed by the CTI server 232 of FIG. 3 (ST11). That is, the address information and the information of the notification text are generated into a voice signal by the voice synthesis engine 234 or the like, the generated information (TEXT) is read aloud, and the voice is notified to the grandmother's house by telephone (notification of destination information). Means (2
To another device (telephone) of the notification destination registered in 70),
A notification information transmitting step of transmitting by the notification information transmitting means (232) for transmitting notification information including position information.

In this way, just as in the case of the mother, the grandmother is immediately notified by telephone that the child has become lost. At the same time, since the address of the lost point and the notification text are notified as voice information, it is possible to effectively provide information that is easy for the grandmother to understand.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the user can arbitrarily register a plurality of notification destinations such as the mobile phone 110, the FAX, and the telephone. In addition, in response to an emergency signal from a child, the mobile phone 110 and FA that have been registered in advance are
Immediately, X and the telephone are provided with the location information of the lost child by the address, the map and the like. Therefore, since the mother, father and grandmother can immediately pick up the child, the information notification system 10 can be used with peace of mind.

Further, in the present embodiment, the example of the above-mentioned lost child has been described, but in addition to this, for example, when making a contact to return home at the same time, when the same information is desired to be transmitted to a large number of people at the same time, the self is sent to himself. It can be used for various purposes such as setting to call. This is because the information notifying system 10 can arbitrarily set other devices to be notified in advance and can set a plurality of devices. That is, this is because the system is easy to use because the notification condition can be set or changed arbitrarily and easily according to the needs of the user.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. Further, the above-described respective embodiments may be configured by being combined with each other.

[0066]

As described above, according to the present invention, there is provided an information notification system, an information notification device, and an information notification method which can accurately notify one's own position information and the like to a plurality of arbitrary notification destinations. Can be provided.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing an information notification system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram showing a main hardware configuration of the PDA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram showing a main software configuration and the like of a service server arranged in the service center of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart showing an operation example of the information notification system.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Information notification system 10, 11 ... Internet network, 13 ... GPS satellite, 100 ... PD
A, 110 ... Mobile phone, PDA, 111 ... Bus, 120 ... CPU, 130 ... ROM, 140
... RAM, 150 ... GPS device, 160 ...
..Power supply unit, 170 ... Key controller matrix, 190 ... Internet connection modem, 2
00 ... Service center, 201 ... Routing engine, 202 ... Billing server, 210 ... W
EB server, 211 ... User authentication server, 220.
..Mail relay server, 230 ... Notification device control server, 231, ... Facsimile server, 232 ...
CTI server, 233 ... CTI control unit, 234
..Voice synthesis engine, 234a ... voice information database, 235 ... telephone line connection unit, 240 ... file server, 250 ... error mail processing server,
260 ... Mail processing server, 270 ... User information database, 280 ... Map database, 29
0 ... Address / phone database

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. An information notification system comprising: a terminal device; and an information notification device for notifying other devices of notification information including position information of the terminal device based on an instruction from the terminal device, The terminal device includes a position information acquisition unit for acquiring its own position information, a position information transmission unit for transmitting the position information to the information notification device, and a notification instruction for notifying the other device. A notification instruction transmitting means for transmitting, the information notification device, a notification destination information management means for storing information of another device of the notification destination, and for receiving the position information of the terminal device Position information receiving means, notification instruction receiving means for receiving the notification instruction of the terminal device, notification information including the position information in another device of the notification destination registered in the notification destination information management means From Information notification system characterized in that it includes a notification information transmitting means for, the. 2. The position information receiving unit of the information notifying apparatus transmits the position information transmitted by the position information transmitting unit of the terminal device and the notification instruction transmitted by the notification instruction transmitting unit via the Internet. And the notification instruction receiving means, the position information receiving means and the notification instruction receiving means
The information notification system according to claim 1, which is configured by a B management server and / or an electronic mail management server. 3. The WEB management server, the electronic mail management server, the facsimile management server, and the CTI (Comp) as the notification information transmitting means of the information notification device.
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n) The information notification system according to claim 2, further comprising a server. 4. The information notification system according to claim 3, wherein the information notification device is provided with an address and telephone number management means and a notification text management means. 5. The information notification system according to claim 4, wherein the information notification device includes map information management means. 6. The information notification system according to claim 3, wherein the CTI server includes a voice synthesizing unit. 7. The information notification system according to claim 5, wherein the information notification device has a routing means for displaying guide information of a route between two points on a map. 8. An information notifying device for notifying another device of notification information including position information of the terminal device based on a notification instruction of the terminal device, and storing information of the other device of the notification destination. Notification destination information managing means, position information receiving means for receiving the position information of the terminal device, notification instruction receiving means for receiving the notification instruction of the terminal device, and notification destination information management An information notification device, comprising: a notification information transmitting device for transmitting notification information including the position information to another device of the notification destination registered in the device. 9. An information notification method in which an information notification device notifies other devices of notification information including position information of the terminal device based on an instruction from the user's terminal device, wherein the user notifies the information notification device. A notification destination information registration step of registering another device as a notification destination in the notification destination information management means, and a position information acquisition step in which the user's terminal device acquires its own position information by the position information acquisition means, A position information transmitting step of transmitting the position information acquired in the position information acquiring step to the information notification device by a position information transmission means, and receiving the position information of the user terminal device in the position information reception device of the information notification device. A position information receiving step of receiving by a means, a notification instruction transmitting step in which the terminal device of the user transmits a notification instruction to notify the other device by a notification instruction transmitting means, the notification of the terminal device of the user A notification instruction receiving step for receiving the instruction by the notification instruction receiving means, and transmitting the notification information including the position information to the other device of the notification destination registered in the notification destination information management means by the notification information transmitting means. And a notification information transmitting step.