JP2004070701A - Information processing system, communication device, and information output device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem in a conventional portable terminal such as cellular phone that a user does not frequently find information for the delivery of e-mail to the cellular phone or the presence of recording information of answer phone. <P>SOLUTION: In this information processing system having a communication device for receiving information from the outside and an information output device, when the positional relation between the communication device and the information output device satisfies a fixed condition, the information related to the information received by the communication device is transmitted to the information output device and outputted therefrom. According to such an information processing system, the user is made to be aware of the presence of the information delivered to the communication device. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an information processing system for transmitting and receiving information, and a communication device and the like constituting the information processing system.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been a technology for displaying various information of home electronic devices on a display device having a large screen, such as a television. In this technique, the user is conscious of transmitting information to a large-screen television for display.
[0003]
In addition, small-screen mobile terminals such as mobile phones have become widespread. Users transmit and receive e-mails using such mobile terminals and exchange information using telephones.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the above-described related art, there are many cases where the user does not notice the e-mail that has arrived at the portable terminal or the information that the recorded information of the answering machine exists.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is an information processing system having a communication device and an information output device that receive information from the outside, when the positional relationship between the communication device and the information output device satisfies a certain condition, An information processing system in which information related to information received by a communication device is transmitted to an information output device and output. The information processing system reminds a user of information reaching the communication device.
[0006]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that, in this embodiment, components using the same reference numerals, steps in a flowchart, and the like have the same function, and therefore, description thereof may be omitted once.
[0007]
FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of an information processing system according to an embodiment. The information processing system includes a communication device 11 and an information output device 12. The communication device 11 is, for example, a mobile phone. The information output device 12 is, for example, a television. When the mobile phone approaches the TV and the positional relationship between the two devices satisfies a certain condition, the mobile phone receives the information from the outside, transmits the held information to the TV, and displays it on the TV. Is done.
[0008]
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the information processing system according to the embodiment. The communication device 11 includes a first information receiving unit 1101, an information holding unit 1102, and an information transmitting unit 1103. The information output device 12 has a second information receiving unit 1201 and an information output unit 1202.
[0009]
First information receiving section 1101 receives information. This information is, for example, electronic mail information. However, the structure and type of information are not limited. The first information receiving unit 1101 is generally realized by a wireless communication unit, but may be realized by a unit for receiving a broadcast.
[0010]
The information holding unit 1102 holds information that the first information receiving unit 1101 has received from outside. The information holding unit 1102 may be a non-volatile recording medium or a volatile recording medium.
[0011]
The information transmitting unit 1103 transmits information held by the information holding unit 1102. The information transmitting unit 1103 always transmits information. The information transmitting unit 1103 can be realized by, for example, wireless communication means such as Bluetooth.
[0012]
The second information receiving unit 1201 receives information from the communication device 11. The second information receiving unit 1201 can be realized by wireless communication means such as Bluetooth. Therefore, for example, the second information receiving unit 1201 receives the information when the information is transmitted from the information transmitting unit 1103 that constantly transmits the information.
[0013]
The information output unit 1202 outputs the information received by the second information receiving unit 1201. The output here refers to display on a display, audio output to a speaker, printing on a printer, or a combination thereof. The information output unit 1202 usually includes a display.
[0014]
Hereinafter, a typical operation of the information processing system will be described. First, the operation of the communication device 11 will be described. The first information receiving unit 1101 receives information from outside. The information holding unit 1102 accumulates and holds the information received from the outside by the first information receiving unit 1101. In this state, the information transmitting unit 1103 acquires the information held by the information holding unit 1102, and repeatedly transmits the information to the outside.
[0015]
Next, the operation of the information output device 12 will be described. The second information receiving unit 1201 of the information output device 12 can always receive information, and outputs the information when receiving the information.
[0016]
Hereinafter, a specific operation of the information processing system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to a conceptual diagram of the information processing system in FIG. First, a first example will be described. The communication device in FIG. 1 is a so-called mobile phone. The information output device is a so-called television. Mobile phones and televisions have Bluetooth communication means, and mobile phones always transmit information that meets predetermined conditions to the outside using Bluetooth, among the information held by mobile phones. ing. On the other hand, a television receives and outputs information transmitted using Bluetooth.
[0017]
Here, the mobile phone holds the mail information shown in FIG. This mail information manages one or more records having “check”, “sender”, “contents”, and “reception date and time”. “Check” is information indicating whether or not the mail has been opened. If the check is “1”, it means that the mail of the record has been opened. “Sender” is information for identifying the person who sent the mail. “Content” is the content of the mail, and “Reception date and time” is the date and time when the mail was received.
[0018]
The mobile phone constantly transmits the number of unread mails, mail icons, and the like from the mail information in FIG. 3 to the outside repeatedly. Here, the mobile phone transmits the number of unread mails “1”, a mail icon, and help information for the next operation to the outside using Bluetooth.
[0019]
When the Bluetooth radio wave reaches the television, the television receives the number “1” of unread mail and the mail icon. Then, the television displays a screen as shown in FIG. According to FIG. 4, help information for the next operation is also displayed. Then, the user presses the “*” button according to the displayed help. Then, the content of the unread e-mail "How are you?" Is sent from the mobile phone to the television. The television receives the contents of the unread mail and displays it as shown in FIG. Then, the mobile phone changes from an unread state to a read state in response to the content of the mail being transmitted to the television. That is, the value of “check” corresponding to the content of the mail “Is it fine?” Is “1” (see FIG. 6).
[0020]
Next, a second example will be described using a conceptual diagram of the information processing system in FIG. The communication device in the second example is also a mobile phone, and the information output device is a television. Then, the ultrasonic waves are output from the television to the mobile phone. The mobile phone is configured to return ultrasonic waves to the television in response to the ultrasonic waves. Then, it is determined whether or not the positional relationship between the television and the mobile phone satisfies a certain condition by exchanging ultrasonic waves. Here, it is assumed that the certain condition is a condition that there is no obstacle between the television and the mobile phone and the straight-line distance is within 5 meters. In such a case, the user holding the mobile phone can always see the pictures and characters displayed on the screen of the television.
[0021]
In the above state, the mobile phone holds the recording presence information on the information that the answering machine is being recorded. This information is information downloaded from the server device of the telephone service operating company. It is assumed that the recording presence information is indicated by a telephone icon on the display of the mobile phone.
[0022]
In such a situation, it is assumed that the user of the mobile phone has brought the mobile phone and has come to a location where there is no obstacle within 5 meters from the screen of the television. Next, the television judges that the above-mentioned certain condition is satisfied, and instructs to transmit if predetermined information is held in the mobile phone. The predetermined information here is recording presence information.
[0023]
The mobile phone receives the above-mentioned instruction, and transmits the held recording presence information to the television. It is assumed that the recording presence information includes a telephone icon, a character string “answering machine”, voice data “there is an answering machine”, and help information for the next operation.
[0024]
Next, the television receives and outputs the recording presence information. The state of this output is shown in FIG. According to FIG. 8, no help information is displayed.
Next, the television displays the help information for the next operation after the sound output ends. This display example is shown in FIG.
[0025]
Next, the user presses a designated button on the mobile phone. Then, the mobile phone goes to the server device to obtain information recorded on the answering machine, and sends the information to the television. The television receives and outputs the recorded information of the answering machine. This output is shown in FIG. In such a case, the information recorded by the answering machine may be output by a mobile phone.
[0026]
As described above, according to the present embodiment, when there is a communication device having a fixed positional relationship with the information output device, the information held by the communication device is automatically displayed on the information output device. Through such processing, information about information received from the outside without knowing it is output at an appropriate place to remind the user of the communication device. When the information received from the outside is the information of the e-mail, for example, the information on the information received from the outside is the presence or absence of the unread e-mail. The information on the information received from the outside may be the information itself received from the outside. The contents of information such as e-mails are, for example, anniversaries, business schedules, information on ceremonial occasions, messages from family members, and the like. Since these are often urgent and important, it is particularly important to let them know that they are receiving such information.
[0027]
In this embodiment, an example in which information is transmitted and received when the communication device and the information output device can communicate with each other has been described. However, in such a case, the positional relationship between the communication device and the information output device is constant. It can be said that this condition is satisfied. In other words, that the positional relationship satisfies a certain condition means that the relative positional relationship between the two devices is constant, such as that both devices are within a certain distance and that both devices can transmit and receive information. Say if the relationship is.
[0028]
Further, it goes without saying that the method of determining whether the positional relationship satisfies a certain condition is not limited to the above-described example.
In this embodiment, the information output device is preferably a television having a large screen. However, the information output device need not be a television as long as it can output information.
Further, in the present embodiment, the communication device is preferably a mobile phone, but it is needless to say that the communication device is not limited to the mobile phone.
[0029]
Furthermore, the operations of the communication device and the information output device described in the present embodiment may be realized by software, and the software may be placed on a server, for example, and the software may be distributed by software download. Further, the software may be recorded on a recording medium such as a CD-ROM and distributed.
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, when there is a communication device having a certain positional relationship with the information output device, the information held by the communication device can be automatically output to the information output device.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of an information processing system according to an embodiment; FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an information processing system according to an embodiment; FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of mail information according to the embodiment; FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a screen display example in the embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of mail information in the embodiment. FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram of an information processing system in the embodiment. 8 is a diagram showing an example of information output in the embodiment; FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of information output in the embodiment; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of information output in the embodiment;
Reference Signs List 11 communication device 12 information output device 1101 first information receiving unit 1102 information holding unit 1103 information transmitting unit 1201 second information receiving unit 1202 information output unit

Claims (3)

In an information processing system having a communication device that receives information from outside and an information output device,
When the positional relationship between the communication device and the information output device satisfies a certain condition,
An information processing system in which information on information received by the communication device is transmitted to the information output device and output. A communication device constituting the information processing system according to claim 1. An information output device constituting the information processing system according to claim 1.

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