JP2005191911A - Information provision system and communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information provision system for simultaneously and surely obtaining accurate information changing in real time, and also to provide a communication terminal. <P>SOLUTION: The information provision system comprises: a system server 4 for managing information relating to a radio base station for connecting a portable telephone for providing the information, specifying a position to which the information requested from the portable telephone belongs and specifying the radio base station of an area to which the position belongs; an exchange 3 for establishing connection with the portable telephone present in the area covered by the radio base station specified in the system server 4; and a mail server 6 for transmitting electronic mail including a message requesting peripheral information to the portable telephone with which the connection is established, receiving the electronic mail returned from the portable telephone, and transmitting the electronic mail including the information sent from the portable telephone to the portable telephone which requests the information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an information providing system, and more particularly to an information providing system and a communication terminal that provide information on a corresponding area when there is a request for information on a predetermined area sent from a predetermined communication terminal.

  Conventionally, by using a CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) type mobile phone system or a PHS system, the owner of the mobile phone or PHS has acquired various information in the vicinity of the current position. Also, in a cellular phone system corresponding to a system called IS-95 among CDMA systems, the cellular phone can acquire its own position by GPS, thereby making narrower detailed information such as surrounding map information. Can be provided to the owner.

  In Patent Document 1, various types of information are stored in advance in a database, the current position of the communication terminal is specified, information related to the specified position is searched from the database, and the obtained information is stored in the communication terminal. A technique related to information distribution to be transmitted is disclosed.

Patent Document 2 prepares a database in which the position of a communication terminal is measured and each measurement result, the communication terminal, and personal information regarding the owner of the communication terminal are related, and members registered in this database are listed. This is managed by grouping each location range, and when another owner enters the location within the location range, the communication terminal also performs this operation by performing certain operations. Disclosed is a technique related to a mobile communication system that joins a position range group and provides personal information belonging to the same group to the communication terminal or designates the position range and provides personal information belonging to a corresponding group. Has been.
JP 2001-359162 A JP 2000-270358 A

  By the way, in the technique described in Patent Document 1, information that can be acquired by the owner of the mobile phone is information accumulated in advance, and information that changes in real time, for example, congestion of tourist spots, road congestion, etc. It does not correspond to the situation.

  In addition, in the technique described in Patent Document 2, it is possible to provide such information by adding information that changes in real time to personal information. Therefore, it is difficult to obtain information from various angles at the same time.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and provides information that enables information to be obtained in a narrow area, particularly accurate information that changes in real time, at once and reliably. It is an object to provide a system and a communication terminal.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the invention described in claim 1 provides a plurality of areas for providing information on the area to the communication terminal when there is a request for information on the predetermined area sent from the communication terminal. In the information providing system for connecting to the wireless base station, connection information management means for managing information related to the connection of the communication terminal connected to the wireless base station for each of the wireless base stations in the plurality of areas, A radio base station specifying means for specifying a position of a communication terminal that has requested the area information and managing an area to which the position belongs based on the connection information managing means, and the radio base station specifying means A connection control means for establishing a connection with a communication terminal existing in the area covered by the radio base station identified by, and the connection is established by the connection control means A message transmission means for transmitting a message requesting peripheral information to the communication terminal, and information reception for receiving information returned from the communication terminal with which the connection has been established in response to the message transmitted by the message transmission means Means and information transmitting means for transmitting the information received by the information receiving means to the communication terminal that has requested the information of the predetermined area.

  The invention according to claim 2 further comprises request means for requesting a reply of identification data for identifying itself to the communication terminal with which connection is established by the connection control means in the invention according to claim 1. It is characterized by that.

  A third aspect of the present invention provides the terminal information storage according to the second aspect of the present invention, wherein information indicating whether or not to permit reception of a message requesting the peripheral information and the identification data are stored in association with each other. The message transmission means further includes a communication terminal corresponding to an identification code stored in the terminal information storage means with the reception permission information among the communication terminals established by the connection control means. A message for requesting information is transmitted.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the communication terminal, the position information acquisition means for acquiring the position information, the storage means for storing various data associated with the position information acquired by the position information acquisition means, and the information A receiving means for receiving the requested message, a reading means for reading out the corresponding data from the storage means based on the positional information included in the message received by the receiving means, and the data read by the reading means Transmission means for transmitting the attached message.

  The invention according to claim 5 is the invention according to claim 4, further comprising an imaging means, wherein the data is a still image file associated with position information.

  According to a sixth aspect of the invention, there is provided the video camera according to the fourth aspect, further comprising moving image photographing means, wherein the data is a moving image file associated with position information.

  According to the first aspect of the invention, the owner (user) of the communication terminal designates an area for which information is desired, and requests the information from the operator of the information providing system, thereby changing in real time. Accurate information can be obtained at once and reliably.

  According to the second aspect of the invention, the owner of the communication terminal on the information providing side can be specified.

  According to the invention described in claim 3, the operator of the information providing system can grasp in advance the communication terminal that is permitted to receive the message when transmitting the information request message, and how many reply messages can be received. It becomes possible to estimate whether.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, when a message requesting peripheral information is received from the information providing system, and the owner (user) of the mobile phone creates information content for this message, the input operation is simplified. Can be.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, in the fourth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to easily attach a still image file photographed by the own terminal as a file to be attached.

  According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, in the fourth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to easily attach a moving image file photographed by the own terminal as a file to be attached.

  Hereinafter, when the present invention is applied to a mobile phone system, the carrying of the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

First Embodiment First, a first embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram common to the embodiments of the present invention. The information providing system according to the present embodiment is applied to a mobile phone system to which a CDMA system typified by the IS-95 system is applied. The information providing system is connected to an external communication terminal (referred to as “owner of the mobile phone (11-13, 16)”) via the Internet 10 and the public line network 17 (referred to as “owner of the mobile phone (11-13, 16)”). Communication unit 1 connected to and communicated with mobile phones (communication terminals) 11 to 13 and 16 via wireless base stations 7 to 9 and information transmitted to the mobile phones 11 to 13 and 16 are processed. And an information processing control unit 2 to be managed, and a GPS satellite 100 for the mobile phones 11 to 13 and 16 to acquire their own positions.

  The communication unit 1 is provided with an exchange 3, a system server 4 that manages information related to mobile phones, a Web server 5, and a mail server 6.

  In the system server 4, the location where these mobile phones exist is specified from the terminal identification information from the mobile phones 11 to 13 and 16, and the radio that covers this area is based on the information about the managed radio base station. A base station is specified. For example, in FIG. 1, in the position where the mobile phone 16 that has acquired its own position by the GPS satellite 100 exists, the wireless base station 7 is specified. Stations 8 and 9 are specified.

  Further, in the system server 4, information on the mobile phones 11 to 13, 16, for example, terminal identification information (identification data) for identifying these mobile phones, information specifying the owner, user ID, e-mail address, etc. It is preferable that reception / non-permission of e-mail including a message (referred to as an “information request message”) requesting information around a predetermined area from a mobile phone is managed in association with each other.

The exchange 3 functions as connection control means for establishing connections with the mobile phones 11 to 13 and 16 via the radio base stations 7 to 9.
In this exchange 3, connections with mobile phones 11 to 13 and 16 existing in areas covered by the radio base stations 7 to 9 specified by the system server 4 are established. For example, in FIG. 1, a mobile phone 16 exists as a mobile phone existing in an area covered by the radio base station 7 specified by the system server 4, and a mobile phone exists in an area 15 covered by the radio base station 8. Mobile phones 12 and 13 exist, and mobile phones 11 and 12 exist as mobile phones in the area 14 covered by the radio base station 9.

  Further, in the exchange 3, a signal requesting to return the terminal identification information of each mobile phone is sent to the mobile phone once connected. As described above, by requesting the terminal identification information and managing the terminal identification information in the system server 4, the mobile telephone of the owner who has shown the intention of providing information in advance among the mobile telephones that are connected. Thus, it becomes possible to send an e-mail including the information request message only to this particular mobile phone.

  The mail server 6 transmits / receives e-mails to / from an external mobile phone via the Internet 10 or the public line network 17, and e-mails to the mobile phones 11 to 13 and 16 which are connected via the radio base stations 7 to 9. Send and receive.

  In the mail server 6, an e-mail from the external mobile phone to the mobile phone, an e-mail from the mobile phones 11 to 13 and 16 to the external mobile phone, and an electronic mail between the mobile phones 11 to 13 and 16. Mail is sent and received. That is, an electronic mail sent from a transmission source is received once and the electronic mail is transmitted to a designated transmission destination.

  In the present embodiment, the mail server 6 transmits an e-mail including an information request message created by the information processing control unit 2 to the mobile phones 11 to 13, while the information provided from the mobile phones 11 to 136. Is transmitted to the desired mobile phone 16. The system server 4 manages information related to the mobile phones 11 to 13 and 16 and requests the mobile phones 11 to 13 and 16 to which the connection is established from the exchange 3 to return the terminal identification information. When an e-mail including an information request message is transmitted to the mobile phones 11 to 13, the e-mail is transmitted only to the owner's mobile phone whose connection has been established and has indicated the intention to receive the e-mail. can do.

  The Web server 5 functions to control connection with a mobile phone Internet 10 and to manage connection with other networks (not shown) such as a LAN (Local Area Network) and a WAN (Wide Area Network). is there.

  When there is an information request from the mobile phone 16, the information processing control unit 2 creates an e-mail including an information request message as shown in FIG. 6 and sends it to the mail server 6. Also, based on the information sent from the mobile phone 16, an e-mail including a reply message addressed to the mobile phone 16 that requested the information is created and sent to the mail server 6. Information is provided by transmitting the electronic mail to the mobile phone 16. At this time, information specifying the information provider, such as the address of the information provider's mobile phone, is deleted.

  The mobile phones 11 to 13 are owned by the information provider. The owner provides surrounding information by replying to an e-mail including an information request message sent from the mail server 6. In addition, the mobile phones 11 to 13 and 16 are configured to send pre-assigned terminal identification information to the exchange 3 in accordance with a terminal identification information request from the exchange 3.

  Next, the circuit configuration of the mobile phones 11 to 13 and 16 is shown in FIG. Each of the mobile phones 11 to 13 and 16 has an imaging function and a function of attaching a still image and a moving image captured by the imaging function to an email and transmitting them. Except for the telephone number, e-mail address, and authentication information when connected to WWW10), the circuit configuration of the mobile phone 11 will be described in detail.

  In the figure, a wireless unit 1102 performs modulation / demodulation based on the PSK method and terminal authentication processing based on the CDMA method, such as transmitting and receiving voice and data (mail data) via the antenna 1101 and modulating / demodulating the wirelessly. The input unit 1110 includes keys including a numeric keypad, an off-hook key, an on-hook key, a center key, a cursor key, and various function keys, and converts various instructions from the owner into command signals and outputs them to the control unit 1103.

  The control unit 1103 controls the mobile phone including WWW connection control. Also, if the image data shot in the camera mode is a still image, JPEG compression generates a still image file, and if it is a moving image, the image and sound are compressed by an encoding method compliant with MPEG-4, and a moving image file Is generated. The control unit 1103 includes a CLEP audio decoding processing circuit, a packet data generation circuit, and a packet data restoration circuit. Data processing according to the communication protocol, acquired from the GPS satellite 100, and corrected through the radio base stations 7 to 9 Communication processing including acquisition of the processed location information of the terminal is performed.

  The system ROM 1105 stores a basic system program and various authentication data mainly for controlling overall wireless communication processing in the mobile phone. The audio interface 1106 performs input / output processing of the audio signal processed by the communication data processing unit 1104, inputs audio from the microphone 1108 or the recording microphone 1109, converts it to an audio signal, and converts the audio signal from the speaker 1107. Output.

The address data bus processing unit 1111 controls and manages data input / output timing and the like with the peripheral circuit (dotted line frame). The RAM 1112 stores various data generated in the device, such as data used in the telephone mode, such as address book data and mail data, and still image files and moving image files including image data shot in the camera mode. . The program ROM 1113 is composed of a rewritable flash ROM, and stores various application programs.
Note that the still image file and the moving image file captured by the terminal itself have an area for storing the position information acquired by the communication data processing unit 1104.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a data structure of a still image file including image data photographed by the mobile phone 11. In the figure, a still image file 200 has a data structure in accordance with the DCF (Exif) standard. That is, the header 201 stores a main image information storage unit that stores a title of image data that has been captured and subjected to JPEG compression processing, a manufacturer name of the camera module, and the like.
A shooting information storage unit that stores shooting information such as exposure time, lens F value, and ISO sensitivity, and a position information storage unit acquired by the communication data processing unit 1104 are set. The thumbnail 202 is set with reduced image data having 160 × 120 pixels by reducing the main image data 203.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a data structure of a moving image file including moving image data shot by the mobile phone 11. In the figure, a moving image file 300 includes attached information 301 in which position information and copyright information are set, file information 302 in which various header information is set, and stream data 303.

  Returning to FIG. 2, the display module system driver 1117 drives the sub display unit 1118, the main display unit 1119, and the LEDs 1120 and 1121. The sound source IC 1114 generates a ring tone. The AMP 1115 amplifies the audio signal from the sound source IC 1114 and outputs it from the speaker 1116. The imaging device 1123 is configured by a CCD or a CMOS, and captures an image focused by the imaging lens 1124 as a color image. The DSP 1122 encodes the image captured by the imaging device 1123.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the information providing system according to the present embodiment. The owner (not shown) of the mobile phone 16 shown in FIG. 1 requests information on the point X extending over the areas 14 and 15. An e-mail is transmitted to the communication unit 1, and in accordance with this request, an e-mail requesting provision of information is transmitted from the mobile phones 11 to 13 existing in the areas 14 and 15 covering the point X, and the returned information is The processing on the system server 4 side when transmitting to the mobile phone 16 will be described.

  First, the owner operates his / her mobile phone 16 to access the system server 4 to display the screen 40 returned in response to an instruction from the system server 4 to identify the user ID and information for identifying himself / herself. The information for specifying the desired location is input. Then, the key of the input unit 1110 corresponding to the transmission button 20 is operated. Then, the input instruction information is sent to the mail server 6 via the system server 4, and an information request from the owner is received (step S1).

  FIG. 6 shows a display example of the screen 40. In this input screen 40, a message prompting the user to input “Please enter your user ID and the place where you want information”, and user ID input A window 18 and a location input window 19 are provided, and a transmission button 20 for transmitting the input content to the position data extracting unit 3 and a cancel button 21 for canceling the input content are provided. Then, the owner of the mobile phone 16 inputs arbitrary information on the input screen 40 and transmits it to the mail server 6.

  The mail server 6 receives an information request from the mobile phone 16 via the system server 4, and the system server 4, based on the information about the point X by the information request, the radio base station 8 that covers this place, 9 is identified (step S2).

  Further, the exchange 3 establishes a connection with the mobile phones 11 to 13 existing in the areas 14 and 15 covered by the radio base stations 8 and 9 via the specified radio base stations 8 and 9 (steps). S3) The mobile telephones 11 to 13 with which this connection has been established are prompted to return their respective terminal identification information (step S4).

  At this time, the mobile phone 16 does not transmit the terminal identification information because the connection is established without passing through any of the specified radio base stations 8 and 9.

  The terminal identification information returned from the mobile phones 11 to 13 is sent to the system server 4, which mobile phone has established a connection via which radio base station, that is, which mobile phone is close to the point X. Information about each mobile phone, such as a user ID and an e-mail address, is detected.

  In the information processing control unit 2, an information request message is created (step S5) and transmitted from the mail server 6 to the corresponding mobile phones 11 to 13 in accordance with the information related to the mobile phone 12 specified by the system server 4 (step S6). ).

  Then, in the mobile phones 11 to 13 that have received the information request message, the surroundings at that time are input according to the information request message. For example, in FIG. 7, radio buttons, an information input window 25, and a transmission button 26 corresponding to the weather input button 23 and the temperature input button 24 are displayed. Then, the owner of the mobile phone 12 clicks the “sunny” weather input button 23 as the information of the point X, clicks the “hot” temperature input button 24, and further displays a “XX event” in the information input window 25. When the user inputs "" and operates the send button 26, the input information is sent to the mail server 6 as a reply message and received (step S7).

  Data sent from the mobile phones 11 to 13 is sent from the mail server 6 to the information processing control unit 2, and the information processing control unit 2 uses a predetermined information display screen, for example, an information screen 28 as shown in FIG. Image data corresponding to the screen 33 as shown in FIG. 9 or the screen 35 as shown in FIG. 10 is created, and this image data is sent to the mobile phone 16 via the Internet 10 (step S8). Information provision according to the present embodiment ends.

  At this time, the information processing control unit 2 deletes information regarding the transmission source mobile phone from the reply messages from the mobile phones 11 to 13.

  On the mobile phone 16, an information screen 28 for displaying a reply message as shown in FIG. 8 is displayed. The owner of the mobile phone 16 displays a weather display field 29, an air temperature display field 30, and an information display field 31 on the information screen 28. You can see and confirm the contents. After confirmation, the information screen 28 can be closed by clicking the close button 32. In FIG. 4, a reply message is displayed in the vicinity of the station where it is sunny, hot, and has an event, so there are more people than usual.

  Further, the mobile phone 16 may display the screen 33 as shown in FIG. In this case, the owner of the mobile phone 16 can switch the screen to the information screen 28 shown in FIG. 8 by clicking on the portion corresponding to the information that he / she wants to confirm from the display list 34. Further, a screen 35 as shown in FIG. 10 may be displayed. In this case, the owner of the mobile phone 16 can switch the screen to the screen 33 shown in FIG. 8 by clicking the portion displayed in the message from the subject list 37, and further, from the display list 34 of the screen 33 The information screen 28 can be displayed by clicking on the part.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the owner of the mobile phone 16 designates the area where information is desired, for example, the point X, and requests the information from the communication unit 2 operated by the operator of the information providing system. Thus, it becomes possible to obtain accurate information that changes particularly in real time at a time.

  Further, by requesting the terminal identification information of each mobile phone to each mobile phone to which connection is established from the exchange 3, in FIG. 1, the mobile phones 11 to 13, based on the returned terminal identification information, The operator of the information providing system can know which mobile phone the connection is established with. Based on the terminal identification information captured at the time of providing information, the owner of the mobile phone that provides the information is specified, and points are added by providing information to this owner. This score can be reflected in a service such as a discount on the call charge. Therefore, since the mobile phone owner can be encouraged to actively provide information, the operator of the information providing system can easily collect information, and the information to the mobile phone owner (user) can be collected. Provision becomes easy.

  Also, by deleting the information about the mobile phone of the sender from the reply message from the mobile phone on the information providing side, and sending the contents of this reply message, the safety of personal information on the information providing side can be improved. It is possible to provide more positive information.

Second Embodiment A second embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG.
In the present embodiment, when the information providing system 1 shown in FIG. 1 is used and the owner of the mobile phone 16 specifies a point X for which information is desired, the radio base stations 8 and 9 covering the areas 14 and 15 are specified. Then, the mail server 6 to the mobile phone 12 that is individually connected to all the specified wireless base stations among the mobile phones 11 to 13 to which the connection from the exchange 3 is established is shown in FIG. The second embodiment is the same as the first embodiment except that an e-mail including an information request message as shown in FIG.

Next, the operation of the second embodiment will be described.
FIG. 11 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the information providing system of the second embodiment.

  The owner of the mobile phone 16 makes a predetermined input according to the screen 40 as shown in FIG. 6 and operates the key of the input unit 1110 corresponding to the transmission button 20. A request for information relating to, for example, the point X created by this operation is received by the mail server 6 via the system server 4 (step S11), and the radio base stations 8, 9 which are the corresponding radio base stations are received by the system server 4. Is established (step S12), the connection with the mobile phones 11 to 13 existing in the areas 14 and 15 covered by the wireless base station identified by the exchange 3 is established (step S13), and the cellular phone with which the connection is established Terminal identification information is requested from the telephone (step S14).

  Here, in the system server 4, a mobile phone to which connection has been established via all of the plurality of radio base stations specified by the system server 4 is specified, and this mobile phone such as an e-mail address of the mobile phone. The information regarding is sent to the information processing control unit 2 (step S15). In FIG. 1, only the cellular phone 12 to which connection is established via both the radio base stations 8 and 9 specified in step S12 is specified.

  After that, as in the first embodiment, the information processing control unit 2 includes an e-mail including an information request message with the e-mail address of the mobile phone specified by the system server 4 as the destination (see FIG. 3). Is created and sent to the mail server 6 (step S16), and the mail server 6 sends this electronic mail (step S17).

  When the owner of the mobile phone 12 performs input in accordance with the received e-mail and operates the key of the input unit 1110 corresponding to the send button 26, the input data is sent to the mail server 6 and received (step S18). ). Thereby, information is provided from the owner of the mobile phone 12.

  Further, the information processing control unit 2 displays image data for displaying a reply message for providing information on the point X based on the data from the mobile phone 12 received by the mail server 6 (see FIGS. 4 to 6). ) Is created and transmitted to the mobile phone 16 (step S19), and the information provision ends.

  According to the present embodiment, it becomes possible to collect more accurate information focused on the region than the effect obtained in the first embodiment, and only desired information is transmitted to the user. .

Third Embodiment A third embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail. Also in the third embodiment, the information providing system 1 shown in FIG. 1 is used. However, in this embodiment, when the owner of the mobile phone 16 specifies a point X for which information is desired, areas 14 and 15 are displayed. The mobile telephones 11 to 13 to which the wireless base stations 8 and 9 to be covered are identified and the connection from the exchange 3 is established are searched for still image files, moving image files and the like in which position information corresponding to the point X is stored. This is the same as in the first embodiment except that a mail is sent to the mail server 6 as information to be provided.

  Next, the operation of the third embodiment mobile phone will be described. FIG. 12 is a flowchart for explaining processing when the mobile phone 11 to 13 of this embodiment receives an information request message from the system server 4 (mail server 6). FIG. 13 illustrates a display mode on the main display unit 1116 of the mobile phone 11 to 13, and FIG. 14 illustrates a display mode on the main display unit 1116 of the mobile phone 16.

  It is assumed that the mobile phones 11 to 13 are normally set in a standby state waiting for an incoming voice call or incoming mail. In this state, it is determined whether or not there is an incoming mail (step S21). If no incoming mail is detected, the process returns to the standby state. If an incoming mail is detected, it is determined whether the sender of the mail is an information request message from the system server 4 or a normal incoming mail (step) S22). At this time, whether the information request message from the system server 4 or the normal mail is, for example, a character such as “information request” is included in the subject (subject) of the mail data, or as the mail address of the sender It may be discriminated that a special character meaning the system server 4 is included or an address corresponding to a specific mailing list is included as a destination mail address.

  If it is determined in step S22 that the mail is a normal mail, the mail mode is entered and processing such as browsing or replying to the mail text is performed (step S23). (Step S24). The display mode of the main display unit 1119 on the cellular phones 11 to 13 at this time is the same as that in FIG. 7 in the first and second embodiments, but when the information request message arrives, the input shown in FIG. It is desirable to display access information (URL) to the form. In addition, when receiving the information request message, the mobile phones 11 to 13 obtain the position information of the point X that is the target of the information request included in the information request message at that time.

  When the position information of the point X is acquired from the information request message, the mobile phones 11 to 13 search the RAM 1112 to read out the still image file and the moving image file associated with the position information (step S25), and As a result of the search, the presence / absence of a still image file and a moving image file associated with the position information of the point X is determined (step S26). As a result of the determination, if there is no still image file or moving image file associated with the position information of the point X, a setting is made to transmit only text (character data) information based on the input form shown in FIG. If there are still image files and moving image files associated with the position information of the point X (step S30), a list of files associated with the position information of the point X is displayed (step S27).

  The owner (operator) of the cellular phones 11 to 13 operates the input unit 1110 to select a file that seems to be suitable for providing information from the displayed file list. In this case, it is desirable not only to display a list of file names but also to display a reduced image based on thumbnail data in the case of a still image file and to perform preview playback on a selection screen if it is a moving image file. Then, the cellular phones 11 to 13 determine whether or not the owner's selection operation or determination operation has been detected (step S28), and whether or not the file attachment is canceled by the owner's intention (step S29).

  When the cancellation of the file attachment is detected, the process proceeds to step S30, and a setting is made to transmit only text (character data) information based on the input form shown in FIG. On the other hand, when the selection or determination of the file is detected, a setting for transmitting the information of the file attachment text is performed (step S31).

  FIG. 13 shows a display mode of the main display unit 1116 of the mobile phones 11 to 13 in this case. In the figure, an input window 36 for inputting a file name of an attached file is displayed in addition to radio buttons corresponding to the weather input button 23 and the temperature input button 24, an information input window 25, and a transmission button 26, respectively. Then, the owner of the mobile phones 11 to 13 clicks the “sunny” weather input button 23 as the information of the point X, clicks the “hot” temperature input button 24, and further displays “XX event” in the information input window 25. It seems that there are more people than usual. ”, The location information of this point X is associated, and the file name of the still image file or movie file to be uploaded to the system server 4 is entered in step S28. Input by selection / determination. Note that the input for the transmission of text-only information has been described in detail in the first and second embodiments, and the description thereof will be omitted (step S32).

  Then, it is determined whether or not an input instruction for the send button 26 has been made (step S33). If no instruction has been given, the process returns to step S32 again. If an instruction has been given, the input text ( Then, the still image file and the moving image file) are transmitted to the system server 4 and the process is terminated.

  The input information is displayed on the main display unit 1116 of the mobile phone 16 as shown in FIG. That is, on the information screen 28, the owner of the mobile phone 16 can confirm the contents by viewing the weather display field 29, the temperature display field 30, and the information display field 31 on the information screen 28. After confirmation, the information screen 28 can be closed by clicking the close button 32. In addition, in FIG. 4, there is a reply message stating that there are some events in the vicinity of XX station, and it is sunny, hot, and there are more people than usual, and the attached still image file or movie An image 37 based on the file is displayed.

  Therefore, according to the third embodiment, since the information desired to be known can be obtained by the image (image) as compared with the information provision only of characters, the owner of the mobile phone 16 can more intuitively recognize the point. Information can be obtained.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and it is needless to say that modifications can be made as appropriate without departing from the object of the present invention.

It is a system configuration figure in an embodiment of the invention. It is a circuit block diagram of the mobile telephone in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the data structure of the still image file memorize | stored in RAM of a mobile telephone. It is a figure which shows the data structure of the moving image file memorize | stored in RAM of a mobile telephone. It is a flowchart explaining the effect | action of 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the input screen at the time of requesting information from a mobile phone in the first embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the information request message transmitted with respect to the mobile telephone with which the connection was established from the information provision system in the said 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the information screen which displays the reply message which is the information provided to the owner of a mobile telephone in the said 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen which shows the information which the owner of a mobile telephone provides in the said 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows another example of the screen which shows the information which the owner of a mobile telephone provides in the said 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart explaining the effect | action of the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart explaining the process in the mobile telephone of the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a display example of the mobile phone on the information providing side in the third embodiment. It is a display example of the mobile phone on the information receiving side in the third embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Communication part 2 Information processing control part (Message transmission means, information reception means, information transmission means 3 Exchange (connection control means)
4 System server (connection information management means, radio base station identification means, request means, terminal information storage means)
6 Mail server (message sending means, information receiving means, information sending means)
7, 8, 9 Wireless base station 11, 12, 13, 16 Mobile phone (communication terminal)
1101 Antenna (receiving means, transmitting means)
1102 Radio unit (reception means, transmission means)
1103 Control unit (reading means)
1104 Communication data processing unit (location information acquisition means)
1112 RAM (storage means)
1123 Imaging device (imaging means, moving image photographing means)

Claims (6)

In the information providing system for connecting to the wireless base station of a plurality of areas, providing information on the area to the communication terminal when there is a request for information on the predetermined area sent from the communication terminal,
For each of the radio base stations in the plurality of areas, connection information management means for managing information related to the connection of a communication terminal connected to the radio base station;
A radio base station specifying means for specifying a position of a communication terminal that has requested the information of the predetermined area, and managing a radio base station that manages the area to which the position belongs, based on the connection information management means;
Connection control means for establishing a connection with a communication terminal existing in an area covered by the wireless base station specified by the wireless base station specifying means;
Message transmitting means for transmitting a message requesting peripheral information to the communication terminal established by the connection control means;
In response to the message transmitted by the message transmitting means, information receiving means for receiving information returned from the communication terminal with which the connection has been established;
An information providing system comprising: information transmitting means for transmitting information received by the information receiving means to a communication terminal that has requested information on the predetermined area. 2. The information providing system according to claim 1, further comprising request means for requesting a reply of identification data for identifying itself to a communication terminal to which connection has been established by the connection control means. Terminal information storage means for storing information indicating whether to permit reception of a message requesting the peripheral information and the identification data in association with each other;
The message transmission means requests a peripheral terminal to request a communication terminal corresponding to an identification code in which reception permission information is stored in the terminal information storage means among the communication terminals established by the connection control means. The information providing system according to claim 2, wherein: Position information acquisition means for acquiring position information;
Storage means for storing various data associated with the position information acquired by the position information acquisition means;
Receiving means for receiving a message requesting information;
A reading means for reading out the corresponding data from the storage means based on the position information included in the message received by the receiving means;
A communication terminal comprising: transmission means for transmitting a message attached with data read by the reading means. Further comprising an imaging means,
The communication terminal according to claim 4, wherein the data is a still image file associated with position information. It further comprises a video shooting means,
The communication terminal according to claim 4, wherein the data is a moving image file associated with position information.

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