JP5202992B2 - Communication terminal device, program, and usage information distribution system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication terminal device, a program, and a usage information distribution system.

  A parent who has a child who uses transportation or the like may want to know whether the child has safely passed a transportation station or the like. Patent Document 1 discloses a communication terminal and an information communication system that automatically transmit an e-mail to a specified destination after a ticket gate at a specified station. In the technique of Patent Literature 1, a station that automatically transmits an e-mail, a destination of e-mail transmission, and the like are stored in advance in a terminal storage unit. Then, when the user enters or enters the station, the communication terminal is brought close to the automatic ticket gate. Then, the automatic ticket gate determines whether or not the gate can be passed, and if the gate passage determination result is acceptable, the ticket gate station information that can identify the station that performed the ticket gate is transmitted to the communication terminal. In the communication terminal, the received ticket gate station information is compared with the stored automatic transmission station, and if they are the same, an electronic mail is transmitted to the stored destination.

JP 2004-178471 A

However, in the above-described conventional technology, the application for comparing the ticket gate station information received at the communication terminal with the automatically transmitting station stored in the communication terminal and transmitting an e-mail to the destination stored in the same case Must be activated at all times. There is a problem that the memory of the communication terminal is consumed if the application is always activated.
Further, if the application is always started, there is a problem that power is consumed correspondingly.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and transmits passage information relating to a station using electronic mail of a communication terminal device without wasting memory and power wastefully. Objective.

The present invention is a communication terminal device having an IC chip, an information processing means, and a mail processing means, wherein the information processing means includes a setting means for setting a mail transmission condition, and the IC chip, When an activation request is received from a station service device , the information processing unit activation unit that activates the information processing unit, the usage information acquisition unit that acquires the usage information about the station from the IC chip, and the usage information acquisition unit Determining means for determining whether or not the usage information and the mail transmission condition set by the setting means match, and the determination means determines that the usage information and the mail transmission condition match. when the mail processing unit starting means for starting the mail processing unit, wherein the usage information acquired in the usage information acquiring means, preset Merua And less, a has an information providing means for providing to said mail processing means, of the use information in said setting means, all passing information when it passes through the automatic ticket gate is the public transportation equipment, When the transmission is set, the determination by the determination means whether or not the usage information matches the mail transmission condition is omitted .
The program of the present invention, an IC chip, an information processing means, the computer according to a communication terminal having a mail processing unit, and a setting step of setting a mail transmission conditions, via the IC chip, the station When the activation request is received from the business equipment, the information processing means activation step for activating the information processing means, the utilization information obtaining step for obtaining the utilization information relating to the station from the IC chip, and the utilization information obtaining step are obtained. It is determined that the usage information and the mail transmission condition set in the setting step match, and the determination step determines whether the usage information and the mail transmission condition match in the determination step. The mail processing means starting step for starting the mail processing means and the usage information acquiring step. An information providing step of providing the obtained mail information and a preset mail address to the mail processing means , wherein the setting information includes the use information in the setting step. When it is set to transmit all passing information when passing through the automatic ticket gate, which is a station service device, it is determined whether or not the usage information in the determination step matches the mail transmission condition. Is omitted .
The present invention is a usage information distribution system including a station service device, a communication terminal device, and a mail server, and the communication terminal device includes an IC chip, an information processing unit, and a mail processing unit. The information processing means includes a setting means for setting a mail transmission condition, an information processing means starting means for starting the information processing means upon receiving a start request from a station service device via the IC chip , Determining whether usage information acquisition means for acquiring usage information relating to a station from an IC chip, usage information acquired by the usage information acquisition means, and mail transmission conditions set by the setting means match. a determining means for, with the use information in the determination means, wherein when the mail transmission conditions, is determined to match, the mail processing unit starting means for starting the mail processing unit Wherein the usage information acquired in the usage information acquiring means includes an information providing means for providing a preset mail address, to the mail processing unit, a, of the use information in said setting means, wherein When it is set to transmit all passing information when passing through an automatic ticket gate that is a station service device, it is determined whether or not the usage information by the determining means matches the mail transmission condition. The mail processing means sets the usage information and the mail address provided by the information providing means to an electronic mail, and transmits the electronic mail to the mail server.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the passage information which concerns on a station can be transmitted using the email of a communication terminal device, without consuming memory and electric power wastefully.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a system configuration of the usage information distribution system 100. Processing performed by the usage information distribution system 100 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The usage information distribution system 100 includes a communication terminal device 20, an automatic ticket gate 30, and a mail server 40. The communication terminal device 20 and the mail server 40 are connected via the network 10.

  The communication terminal device 20 includes a non-contact IC chip (IC chip) 21 in which a storage device is built. The non-contact IC chip 21 can perform wireless communication with a reader / writer device 32 provided in the automatic ticket gate 30. In addition, a mail application and a portable application are mounted on the communication terminal device 20. Here, the portable application is an application that performs processing for providing passage information and the like described later stored in the non-contact IC chip 21 to the mail application. The mail application is an application that sets passage information provided from a portable application in an electronic mail and performs processing for transmitting the electronic mail to a transmission destination.

The automatic ticket gate 30 includes a reader / writer device 32. The reader / writer device 32 performs processing for reading and writing information stored in the non-contact IC chip 21 of the communication terminal device 20. The automatic ticket gate 30 opens and closes the gate device of the automatic ticket gate 30 based on the information read by the reader / writer device 32.
The mail server 40 distributes the electronic mail transmitted by the communication terminal apparatus 20 to a communication terminal apparatus or a personal computer related to the mail address set in the electronic mail.

  Next, a process for distributing an e-mail in which passage information is set when passing through the automatic ticket gate 30 using the communication terminal device 20 will be described. Here, the communication terminal device 20 is set with a destination mail address for sending an e-mail in which passage information is set, and a mail transmission condition that is a condition for sending the e-mail. And

  First, when the user brings the communication terminal device 20 close to the reader / writer device 32 of the automatic ticket gate 30 in order to pass through the automatic ticket gate 30, the reader / writer device 32 sends the passage information such as station information to the non-contact IC chip 21. Write to. At this time, the reader / writer device 32 requests activation of the portable application via the non-contact IC chip 21.

  The portable application activated in response to the activation request reads the passage information written in the non-contact IC chip 21 and is set in the communication terminal device 20 and the read passage information (or station information included in the passage information). It is determined whether the e-mail transmission condition matches. When they match, the portable application requests activation of the mail application, and provides the read passage information and the mail address set in the communication terminal device 20 to the mail application.

  The mail application activated in response to the activation request sets the provided mail address and passage information in an electronic mail, and transmits the electronic mail. The transmitted electronic mail is transmitted to the mail server 40 via the network 10. The mail server 40 transmits an e-mail to the e-mail address set for the e-mail. Note that the activated portable application and the mail application end their operations after the mail application transmits an e-mail.

As described above, according to the usage information distribution system 100 shown in FIG. 1, when the user passes the automatic ticket gate 30 using the communication terminal device 20 and the passage information matches the mail transmission condition, the set mail address is set. An e-mail containing passage information is automatically sent to the address.
Further, the portable application and the mail application are not always activated in the communication terminal device 20. That is, the portable application is activated based on the activation request from the automatic ticket gate 30. Further, the mail application is activated based on the activation request from the portable application. Therefore, since these applications are activated only when necessary, the memory of the communication terminal device 20 is not always used and wasteful power is not consumed.

Next, the communication terminal device 20 among the components of the usage information distribution system 100 will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the communication terminal device 20. The communication terminal device 20 is, for example, a mobile phone or a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant). The communication terminal device 20 includes the non-contact IC chip 21 as described above. The non-contact IC chip 21 includes a chip side CPU 22, a chip side communication device 23, and a chip side storage device 24.
The chip-side communication device 23 is an antenna formed of a coil or the like. The chip-side communication device 23 can perform wireless communication with the reader / writer device 32 provided in the station service equipment of the station such as the automatic ticket gate 30.

  The chip-side storage device 24 is a non-volatile memory that can perform writing, for example. The chip-side storage device 24 has an area for storing identification information of a non-contact IC chip, an area for storing commuter pass information, an SF area for storing electronic value information, an area for storing usage information, and the like. ing. Here, the usage information includes passage information and product sales information. Passage information is information when passing through the automatic ticket gate 30. Station information of the automatic ticket gates that have passed through, and entry / exit indicating whether the ticket has passed through the automatic ticket gates or entered the station. Information, date and time information passed. The passing information may include limited express information indicating that the limited express is used. Further, the product sales information is information when an article is purchased using the electronic value of the non-contact IC chip 21 in a store installed inside or outside the station, and the station information, the store where the store where the article was purchased is installed, and the store Information, purchase date and time information. The chip-side storage device 24 can store identification information, commuter pass information, electronic value information, and usage information.

  The chip side CPU 22 controls the entire IC chip 21. The chip-side CPU 22 stores, for example, electronic value information and passage information received by the chip-side communication device 23 from the reader / writer device 32 of the automatic ticket gate 30 in the chip-side storage device 24 or is stored in the chip-side storage device 24. The process of providing the usage information and the like to a portable application to be described later is performed.

  In addition, the communication terminal device 20 includes a main body side CPU 25, an input device 26, a display device 27, a main body side storage device 28, and a main body side communication device 29. The input device 26 is, for example, an operation button. The user can use the input device 26 to instruct the communication terminal device 20 and set mail transmission conditions to be described later. The display device 27 is a liquid crystal display, for example. The communication terminal device 20 displays the content on the display device 27 or displays the content input by the user via the input device 26.

  The main body storage device 28 stores a program (portable program) corresponding to a portable application which is an example of information processing means, a program (mail program) corresponding to a mail application which is an example of mail processing means, and the like. Yes. Here, the portable program is not limited to the case where the portable program is stored in advance in the main body side storage device 28, and the user may download the program from a web server or the like (not shown) via the network 10 and store it in the main body side storage device 28. Good. On the other hand, the mail program is assumed to be stored in the main body storage device 28 in advance. Further, the main body storage device 28 stores mail transmission conditions set by the user.

The main body storage device 28 stores usage information and the like acquired from the non-contact IC chip 21 by the portable application.
A portable application is realized by the main body CPU 25 executing the portable program stored in the main body storage device 28. Further, the main body CPU 25 executes a mail program stored in the main body storage device 28, thereby realizing a mail application. Here, if the program is executed and the state in which the application is activated is continued, that is, if the application is always stored in the work area of the main body side storage device 28, the work area of the main body side storage device 28 is occupied. At this time, when another application is activated, if the work area of the main body storage device 28 is small, the activation and execution of the application are hindered. Moreover, if the state which started the application is continued, the power of the communication terminal device 20 will be consumed wastefully.

  The main body side communication device 29 is an antenna. The main body side communication device 29 can send and receive electronic mail to and from the mail server 40 via the network 10.

  Further, the communication terminal device 20 can set the mail transmission condition of the usage information and the mail address of the transmission destination. Next, a method for setting mail transmission conditions will be described. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a mail transmission condition setting screen. Here, the setting screen shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the display device 27 when the user activates the portable application and selects the transmission condition setting menu, for example.

  In the setting screen shown in FIG. 3, a column 61 is a route name input column for inputting a route name. A column 62 is a station name input column for inputting a station name. A column 63a is a check box to be checked when it is desired to send an e-mail as a mail transmission condition when entering the station premises after passing through the ticket gate of the station name input in the column 62. A column 63b is a check box to be checked when it is desired to send an e-mail as a mail transmission condition when passing through the ticket gate of the station name input in the column 62 and entering the station premises. A column 64 is a day of the week input column for inputting a day of the week. A column 65 is an input column for inputting a time zone. Each of the input fields 61 to 65 shown in FIG. 3 may be configured to be selectable from a plurality of route names, station names, and the like by a so-called pop-up menu so that the user can directly input via the input device 26. You may comprise. A column 66 is a check box that is checked when it is desired to send an e-mail as a mail sending condition when an article is purchased at a store installed inside or outside the station. A column 67 is a check box to be checked when it is desired to transmit all pieces of passage information by e-mail ignoring the mail transmission conditions set in the columns 61 to 65.

When the user finishes setting the mail transmission conditions and inputs the confirmation button of the input device 26, the portable application stores the set mail transmission conditions in the main body storage device 28. The transmission condition setting menu is not limited to the setting screen shown in FIG. For example, the number of route names and station names that can be input may be increased, and the setting screen may be configured to include a check box for selecting whether to include a case where a limited express is used. If there is a blank field among the input fields 61 to 65, the portable application determines that there is no setting for the blank field and stores the mail transmission condition. That is, for example, when “Chuo Line” is entered in the route name entry field 61 and the other entry fields are blank, the person enters and leaves the station premises of any station belonging to the Chuo Line regardless of the day of the week and the time zone. This is the mail transmission condition.
Moreover, in the communication terminal device 20, the mail address which transmits an electronic mail can be set as a transmission destination. As a method for setting an e-mail address, as in the case of setting the e-mail transmission conditions described above, for example, an e-mail address setting screen for inputting an e-mail address by a user starting a portable application and selecting an e-mail address setting menu Is displayed. When the user inputs a mail address and completes the setting, the portable application stores the set mail address in the main body storage device 28.

Next, among the components of the usage information distribution system 100, the automatic ticket gate 30 will be described. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the automatic ticket checker 30. A plurality of automatic ticket gates 30 are installed in the station premises, for example. The automatic ticket gate 30 includes a ticket gate side CPU 31, a reader / writer device 32, a ticket gate side storage device 33, and a gate device 34.
As described above, the reader / writer device 32 can perform wireless communication with the chip-side communication device 23 of the non-contact IC chip 21 of the communication terminal device 20. Under the control of the ticket gate side CPU 31, the reader / writer device 32 serves as identification information, commuter pass information, electronic value information, and usage information of the non-contact IC chip 21 stored in the chip-side storage device 24 of the non-contact IC chip 21. The passage information and the like are read, and electronic value information and passage information and the like are written in the chip-side storage device 24. Further, the reader / writer device 32 makes a startup request to the portable application via the non-contact IC chip 21 when or after the passage information is written in the chip side storage device 24 under the control of the ticket gate side CPU 31. Is also sent.

The ticket gate storage device 33 stores a program that is executed when the automatic ticket gate 30 is turned on, a ticket processing program that is executed when the ticket gate CPU 31 performs the ticket processing, and the like.
The gate device 34 is provided to be openable and closable on both sides through the passage of the automatic ticket gate 30. The gate device 34 is blocked under the control of the ticket gate side CPU 31 to prevent the user from passing through the automatic ticket gate 30, and to allow the user to pass through the automatic ticket gate 30 by opening the gate device 34.
The ticket gate side CPU 31 controls the automatic ticket gate 30 as a whole. The ticket gate side CPU 31 executes, for example, the identification ticket stored in the non-contact IC chip 21 or performs the ticket gate processing by executing the ticket gate processing program stored in the ticket gate side storage device 33. The processing in the automatic ticket gate 30 described later is realized.

  Next, among the components of the usage information distribution system 100, the mail server 40 will be described. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the mail server 40. The mail server 40 is an existing server that provides, for example, an electronic mail system in each communication terminal device 20. The mail server 40 includes a server side CPU 41, a server side storage device 42, and a server side communication device 43.

  The server-side storage device 42 stores a distribution program that distributes the received electronic mail to the mail address set in the electronic mail. The server side communication device 43 is an antenna, for example. The server-side communication device 43 can send and receive electronic mail to and from each communication terminal device 20 via the network 10. The server-side communication device 43 is not limited to being built in the mail server 40, and may be installed at a location different from the mail server 40, for example, as an antenna tower.

  The server side CPU 41 controls the mail server 40 as a whole. The server-side CPU 41 receives the e-mail via the server-side communication device 43 by executing the distribution program stored in the server-side storage device 42, or sends the e-mail to the e-mail address set in the e-mail. Realize the process to distribute.

  Next, processing performed by the components of the usage information distribution system 100 described above will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of sequence processing performed in the usage information distribution system 100. Here, it is assumed that the user of the communication terminal device 20 brings the communication terminal device 20 close to the reader / writer device 32 of the automatic ticket gate 30 in order to pass through the automatic ticket gate 30.

  First, in step S <b> 10, the reader / writer device 32 of the automatic ticket gate 30 reads identification information from the chip-side storage device 24 of the non-contact IC chip 21 of the adjacent communication terminal device 20. Next, in step S11, the ticket gate side CPU 31 performs identification processing for determining the validity of the non-contact IC chip 21 based on the read identification information. Here, when it is determined that the non-contact IC chip 21 is not valid, the ticket gate side CPU 31 stops the processing after step S12 and performs, for example, processing for closing the gate device 34. On the other hand, if it is determined that the non-contact IC chip 21 is valid, the ticket gate side CPU 31 proceeds to the next step.

  In step S <b> 12, the reader / writer device 32 of the automatic ticket checker 30 further reads commuter pass information, electronic value information, and passage information from the chip-side storage device 24 of the non-contact IC chip 21. Next, in step S13, the ticket gate side CPU 31 performs a ticket gate process based on the read commuter pass information, electronic value information, and passage information. More specifically, the ticket gate side CPU 31 determines whether or not there is an electronic value that can be used within the section of the commuter pass based on the commuter pass information, and whether or not there is an electronic value that can be withdrawn based on the electronic value information. Judgment. When the ticket gate side 34 is not used within the commuter pass section or when there is no electronic value that can be withdrawn, the ticket gate side CPU 31 closes the gate device 34 and closes the user's The passage of the automatic ticket gate 30 is prevented.

  In step S <b> 14, the reader / writer device 32 writes the electronic value information that has been withdrawn into the chip-side storage device 24 of the non-contact IC chip 21 or writes passage information under the control of the ticket gate-side CPU 31. . Here, the passage information is, for example, date and time information, entrance / exit information, station information, etc., as shown in FIG. The date and time information is the date and time when the automatic ticket gate 30 passes. The entrance / exit information is information indicating whether the vehicle has entered the station premises through the automatic ticket gate 30 or entered the station premises. When entering through the automatic ticket gate 30, the ticket gate entrance is written. When entering through the automatic ticket gate 30, the ticket gate appearance is written. Station information indicates the station name of the station that entered or entered. The passing information shown in FIG. 6 is the information when the automatic ticket gate at Tachikawa Station entered the city on November 13, 2007 at 17:20.

Subsequently, in step S <b> 15, the reader / writer device 32 transmits an activation request to the portable application via the non-contact IC chip 21 under the control of the ticket gate side CPU 31. Note that the present invention is not limited to the case where an activation request is transmitted to the portable application via the non-contact IC chip 21, and the chip side is triggered by the passage information being written in the chip-side storage device 24 of the non-contact IC chip 21. The CPU 22 may transmit an activation request to the portable application.
Next, in step S <b> 16, the portable application performs an activation process based on the activation request from the reader / writer device 32. More specifically, the main body CPU 25 activates a portable application based on a portable program stored in the main body storage device 28. As described above, since the portable application is activated based on the activation request from the automatic ticket checker 30, there is no need to always maintain the activated state.

  In step S <b> 17, the portable application requests passage information stored in the chip-side storage device 24 of the non-contact IC chip 21. Here, the portable application is programmed to request passage information stored in the chip-side storage device 24 of the non-contact IC chip 21 at the same time as being activated. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and in step S15, an instruction to read the passage information stored in the chip-side storage device 24 may be included in the activation request transmitted to the portable application. .

In step S18, the chip side CPU 22 transmits the passage information stored in the chip side storage device 24 to the portable application.
In step S <b> 19, when the portable application acquires the passage information, the portable application stores the acquired passage information in the work area of the main body side storage device 28.
In step S20, the portable application determines whether or not the acquired passage information matches a preset mail transmission condition. Here, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, the obtained passage information is “date and time information is 17:20 on Tuesday, November 13, 2007, entrance and exit information is a ticket gate entry and passage station information is Tachikawa Station”. . In addition, as shown in Fig. 3, the mail transmission conditions that have been set are as follows: "Route name is Chuo Line, station name is Tachikawa and Tokyo (both entrance and departure are checked), day of the week is Monday to Friday, time The band is assumed to be from 8:00 to 18:00. In this case, since the acquired passage information is included in the mail transmission condition, the portable application determines that the passage information matches the mail transmission condition. Next, the portable application proceeds to the process of step S21. If the passage information does not match the mail transmission condition, the portable application ends the operation and ends the process of distributing the usage information.

In step S21, the portable application transmits an activation request to the mail application.
In step S22, the mail application performs a process of starting based on the start request. More specifically, the main body CPU 25 activates a mail application based on a mail program stored in the main body storage device 28. As described above, since the portable application activates the mail application when the passage information matches the mail transmission condition, the mail application does not always need to be kept activated.

  In step S23, the portable application provides the mail application with the passage information matched in the determination in step S20 and the preset mail address. At this time, the portable application performs conversion so that the passing information to be provided can be pasted into an e-mail created by the mail application, and provides the converted data to the mail application. For example, the portable application converts the passage information shown in FIG. 3 into, for example, “November 13, 2007, 17:20 I left Tachikawa Station”. In addition, the portable application adds attribute information, for example, “text” to the converted passage information.

In step S <b> 24, the mail application sets additional information in which “text” is added to the attribute information among the provided information as the text of the email. In addition, the mail application sets the provided mail address as an e-mail destination. Note that the mail application may set, for example, “passage information mail” as the subject of the e-mail.
In step S <b> 25, the mail application transmits the created email to the mail server 40 via the main body side communication device 29 when the creation of the email is completed.
In step S26, the mail application transmits information indicating that the electronic mail has been transmitted to the portable application.

  Thereafter, in step S27, the mail application ends the operation. In step S28, the portable application that has received the information indicating that the e-mail has been transmitted from the mail application ends the operation.

In step S <b> 29, the server side CPU 41 of the mail server 40 distributes the email received from the communication terminal device 20 to the email address set in the email via the server side communication device 43.
In step S30, a CPU such as a communication terminal device or a personal computer that has received the e-mail from the mail server 40 notifies the user that the e-mail has been received, for example. Passage information such as “I left Tachikawa station on November 13, 2007 at 17:20” as shown in FIG. 6 set in the mail is displayed on the display device.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the portable application is activated based on the activation request transmitted from the reader / writer device 32 via the non-contact IC chip 21. The portable application ends activation after transmission of the e-mail in which the passage information is set is completed. That is, since the portable application is activated only when the passage information is transmitted by e-mail, the work area of the main body storage device 28 is not always consumed.

  The mail application is activated based on a request for activation of the portable application when the passage information matches the mail transmission condition. In addition, the mail application ends activation after the transmission of the electronic mail in which the passage information is set is completed. That is, since the mail application is activated only when the passage information is transmitted by electronic mail, the work area of the main body storage device 28 is not always consumed.

In this way, applications (portable applications, mail applications) related to passing information distribution need not always be kept activated, and therefore have little effect on the execution or activation of other applications. . That is, it is possible to reduce the memory occupation when other applications are activated due to the activation of applications related to passage information distribution at all times. In addition, by constantly starting an application relating to passage information distribution, it is possible to reduce contention when other applications are started.
Furthermore, since the application relating to passage information distribution does not need to be kept activated, the power consumed in the communication terminal device 20 is reduced.

Further, the e-mail in which passage information transmitted from the communication terminal device 20 is set may use the existing network 10 configured between the communication terminal devices 20. Therefore, it is not necessary to construct a server that exclusively distributes e-mails set with passage information, and the entire system can be configured easily.
In addition, processing is performed in the communication terminal device 20 after the communication terminal device 20 acquires the passage information from the reader / writer device 32 and receives an activation request for the portable application until the e-mail is transmitted. Therefore, since communication is not performed between the communication terminal device 20 and another device, the communication terminal device 20 can process the acquired passing information in real time, and can quickly transmit an e-mail. Can do.
Further, only the passage information that matches the mail transmission condition among the received passage information can be set in the electronic mail and distributed. That is, by restricting the mail transmission conditions, only necessary passage information can be distributed by electronic mail.

  In the above description, a case has been described in which only passage information among use information is set as e-mail and distributed. However, the present invention is not limited to this case. For example, in the transmission condition setting menu shown in FIG. 3, if the check box in the column 66 is checked, the sales information of the usage information may be set in an e-mail and distributed. When a user purchases an article using an electronic value stored in the non-contact IC chip 21 at a store installed inside or outside the station, an e-mail is distributed to a set e-mail address.

More specifically, a reader / writer device is arranged in the store. The reader / writer device of the store performs processing of reading electronic value information and writing product sales information as electronic value information and usage information. Here, when the user brings the non-contact IC chip 21 of the communication terminal device 20 close to the store in order to purchase goods at the store, the reader / writer device performs identification processing, withdrawal of electronic value, and the like. Further, the reader / writer device writes the electronic value information that has been withdrawn into the chip-side storage device 24 of the non-contact IC chip 21 or writes product sales information. Here, the product sales information includes station information where the store is installed, store information, purchase date and time information, and the like. As the product sales information, for example, the station information is Tachikawa Station, the store information is NEWDAYS, and the date and time information is 17:20 on November 13, 2007.
Thereafter, the reader / writer device transmits an activation request to the portable application through the non-contact IC chip 21 in the same manner as in the process of step S15 described above. Thereafter, processing is performed in the same manner as in the above-described embodiment. For example, an e-mail “November 13, 2007, 17:20 Purchased goods at NEWDAYS at Tachikawa Station” is delivered to a set e-mail address. Is done.

  Further, in the above description, in step S20, the portable application has described the process of determining whether the acquired passage information matches a preset mail transmission condition. Not limited to cases. For example, in the transmission condition setting menu shown in FIG. 3, when the check box indicating that all passage information in the column 67 is transmitted is checked, the portable application determines the passage information and the mail transmission condition in step S20. The determination of whether or not matches may be omitted.

  Further, in the above description, in order to set the mail transmission condition, the case where the portable application stores the mail transmission condition in the main body storage device 28 by the user input on the setting screen shown in FIG. However, it is not limited to this case. For example, you may comprise so that mail transmission conditions can be set remotely from another communication terminal device or a personal computer.

More specifically, a user who owns another communication terminal device uses an email application of the other communication terminal device to send an e-mail whose destination is the communication terminal device 20 that uses the usage information distribution system 100. create. At this time, the route name, station name, entry / exit information, day of the week, and time zone that are to be set as the mail transmission conditions are entered in the body of the electronic mail to be created.
When the mail application of the destination communication terminal apparatus 20 receives the email, the portable application of the destination communication terminal apparatus 20 determines whether the email address of the email transmission source is a legitimate transmission source email address. Determine. In the case of a valid sender mail address, the portable application stores the route name, station name, entrance / exit information, day of the week, and time zone entered in the body of the email in the main body storage device 28 as mail transmission conditions. If the mail address of the transmitted e-mail is not a valid transmission source, the portable application is not stored in the main body storage device 28. Here, whether or not the sender's email address is valid is determined by checking whether the portable application stores, for example, a sender email address that may set a mail transmission condition in the main body storage device 28. The determination may be made based on whether or not the address matches.
As mentioned above, according to embodiment mentioned above, the passage information concerning a station can be transmitted using the electronic mail of a communication terminal device, without consuming memory and electric power wastefully.

It is a figure which shows an example of the system configuration | structure of a utilization information delivery system. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of a communication terminal device. It is a figure which shows an example of the setting screen of mail transmission conditions. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of an automatic ticket gate. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of a mail server. It is a figure which shows an example of the sequence process of a passage information delivery system.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Usage information distribution system 10 Network 20 Communication terminal device 21 Non-contact IC chip 22 Chip side CPU
23 Chip side communication device 24 Chip side storage device 25 Main body side CPU
26 Input device 27 Display device 28 Main body side storage device 29 Main body side communication device 30 Automatic ticket gate 31 Ticket gate CPU
32 Reader / Writer Device 33 Ticket Gate Side Storage Device 34 Gate Device 40 Mail Server 41 Server Side CPU
42 Server storage device 43 Server side communication device

Claims (5)

A communication terminal device having an IC chip, information processing means, and mail processing means,
The information processing means includes
A setting means for setting e-mail transmission conditions;
Information processing means starting means for starting the information processing means upon receiving a start request from the station service equipment via the IC chip ;
Usage information acquisition means for acquiring usage information relating to a station from the IC chip;
A determination unit that determines whether or not the usage information acquired by the usage information acquisition unit matches the mail transmission condition set by the setting unit;
A mail processing means starting means for starting the mail processing means when the use information and the mail transmission condition are determined to match in the determination means;
Information providing means for providing the mail processing means with the usage information acquired by the usage information acquiring means and a preset mail address;
In the setting means, among the usage information, when it is set to transmit all passage information when passing through the automatic ticket gate that is the station service device,
A communication terminal apparatus characterized by omitting the determination as to whether or not the usage information by the determination means matches the mail transmission condition . The setting means, the communication terminal apparatus according to claim 1, characterized that you set the email address. The IC chip, the public transportation performed equipment and communication, the communication terminal apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that acquires and stores the usage information. And IC chip, an information processing means, a mail processing unit, a computer according to a communication terminal device having a,
A setting step for setting email sending conditions;
When receiving an activation request from the station service equipment via the IC chip, an information processing means activation step for activating the information processing means;
A usage information acquisition step of acquiring usage information relating to the station from the IC chip;
A determination step for determining whether or not the usage information acquired in the usage information acquisition step matches the mail transmission condition set in the setting step;
A mail processing means starting step for starting the mail processing means when it is determined in the determination step that the usage information and the mail transmission condition match;
An information providing step of providing the usage information acquired in the usage information acquisition step and a preset email address to the email processing means, and a program for executing the program,
In the setting step, in the usage information, when all passage information when passing through the automatic ticket gate that is the station service device is set to be transmitted,
A program that omits the determination as to whether or not the usage information in the determination step matches the mail transmission condition . A usage information distribution system including a station service device, a communication terminal device, and a mail server,
The communication terminal device has an IC chip, information processing means, and mail processing means,
The information processing means includes
A setting means for setting e-mail transmission conditions;
Information processing means starting means for starting the information processing means upon receiving a start request from the station service equipment via the IC chip ;
Usage information acquisition means for acquiring usage information relating to a station from the IC chip;
A determination unit that determines whether or not the usage information acquired by the usage information acquisition unit matches the mail transmission condition set by the setting unit;
A mail processing means starting means for starting the mail processing means when the use information and the mail transmission condition are determined to match in the determination means;
Information providing means for providing the mail processing means with the usage information acquired by the usage information acquiring means and a preset mail address;
In the setting means, among the usage information, when it is set to transmit all passage information when passing through the automatic ticket gate that is the station service device,
The determination of whether or not the usage information by the determination unit and the mail transmission condition match is omitted,
The mail processing unit sets the usage information and the mail address provided by the information providing unit to an electronic mail, and transmits the electronic mail to the mail server.

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