JP6749810B2 - Event notification system, electronic clock, and event notification method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an event notification system, an electronic timepiece, and an event notification method.

The event notification system includes an electronic device such as a smartphone and an electronic timepiece, and the electronic timepiece may notify the electronic timepiece of the occurrence of an event such as an incoming e-mail, and the electronic timepiece may take action to notify the user. Here, the electronic timepiece may communicate with an electronic device by short-range wireless communication based on a standard such as IEEE 802.15.

For example, Patent Document 1 describes a portable electronic device that causes an informing unit to notify a mail arrival at a predetermined time interval.

Patent No. 5782854

The short-distance wireless communication between the electronic device and the electronic timepiece has a communication interval of several tens of milliseconds to several seconds, and the shorter the communication interval, the more information can be transmitted, but the power consumption of the electronic timepiece increases. When the electronic device notifies the electronic timepiece of event occurrence information and the electronic timepiece performs an action to notify the occurrence of the event, if the communication interval is shortened, multiple events may occur within a few seconds. Although an electronic timepiece can perform an action each time, there is a concern that the power consumption of the electronic timepiece becomes large and the user may feel annoyed by frequent actions.

On the other hand, if the communication interval between the electronic device and the electronic timepiece is increased, the power consumption of the electronic timepiece is reduced, but when multiple events occur within a few seconds, it takes a long time to process all the events. Also, the promptness of the occurrence of the event becomes poor.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide an event notification system, an electronic timepiece, and an event notification method capable of preventing the annoyance caused by frequent actions and promptly reporting the latest event occurrence. That is.

The invention disclosed in the present application to solve the above-mentioned problems has various aspects, and the outline of representative aspects thereof is as follows.

(1) The event notification system receives an electronic device having an event occurrence information notification unit that notifies the external device of event occurrence information indicating that an event has occurred, and receives at least one or more of the event occurrence information from the electronic device. An event occurrence information receiving unit, an inquiry unit that makes inquiries about the received event occurrence information to the electronic device in order from the newest event to the oldest event, and an action based on the necessity of an action obtained from the inquiry result. And an electronic timepiece having the action timepiece, wherein the electronic timepiece relates to an event in which the action is executed by the action execution section and the inquiry by the inquiry section is performed lastly. When the event occurrence information is reached and/or the inquiry by the inquiry unit reaches the already-inquired event occurrence information, the action is restricted from being doubled.

(2) In (1), the inquiry unit is configured such that when an action is executed by the action execution unit, and when an inquiry made by the inquiry unit reaches event occurrence information related to an event in which the action is executed last. An event notification system for ending an inquiry when the inquiry by the inquiry unit reaches at least one of the event occurrence information already inquired.

(3) In the event notification system according to (1) or (2), the action execution unit executes different actions depending on the type of the event.

(4) In the event notification system according to (3), the electronic timepiece restricts double action execution for each type of the event.

(5) In the event notification system according to any one of (1) to (4), the action execution unit executes different actions depending on the priority of the event.

(6) In (5), the action execution unit preferentially executes an action for an event with a high priority with respect to an event with a different priority for an action for an event with a low priority. , Event notification system.

(7) In the event notification system according to any one of (1) to (6), the inquiry unit ends the inquiry when the number of continuous inquiries reaches a predetermined number.

(8) In any one of (1) to (7), the inquiry unit makes an inquiry to the electronic device at a predetermined cycle, and the number of received event occurrence information is a predetermined number or more. In this case, the event notification system that shortens the predetermined period.

(9) In any one of (1) to (8), the event occurrence information includes consecutive numbers according to an event occurrence order, and the electronic timepiece is an event related to an event in which an action is finally executed. A storage unit that stores the number of occurrence information, and the event occurrence information stored in the storage unit when the number of the newly received event occurrence information is less than or equal to the number of the event occurrence information that was received last And an erasing unit for erasing the number of the event notification system.

(10) In any one of (1) to (8), the event occurrence information includes consecutive numbers according to an event occurrence order, and the electronic timepiece is an event related to an event in which an action is last executed. A storage unit that stores the number of occurrence information, and the event occurrence information stored in the storage unit when the number of the newly received event occurrence information is less than or equal to the number of the event occurrence information that was received last And a subtraction unit that subtracts the number of the event occurrence information that is newly received from the number of the event occurrence information that is received last.

(11) In any one of (1) to (10), the electronic timepiece receives new event occurrence information from the electronic device by the event occurrence information receiving unit during an inquiry by the inquiry unit. An event notification system for determining whether to interrupt or continue the inquiry according to the type of event related to the inquiry by the inquiry unit.

(12) In the event notification system according to (11), when the electronic timepiece interrupts the inquiry by the inquiry unit, the inquiry is restarted from the event occurrence information related to the latest event.

(13) In any one of (1) to (12), the electronic device, in response to an inquiry from the inquiry unit, requires an action request for notifying whether or not an action regarding the event occurrence information related to the inquiry is necessary. An event notification system further comprising a rejection notification unit.

(14) In any one of (1) to (12), the electronic device, in response to an inquiry from the inquiry unit, detailed event information for notifying detailed event information about the event occurrence information related to the inquiry. The inquiring unit further includes an inquiring unit that inquires of the electronic device about whether or not an action is required for the detailed event information, and the electronic device responds to the inquiry regarding whether or not the action is necessary. The event notification system further comprising an action necessity/non-necessity notifying unit for notifying necessity/non-necessity of an action for the detailed event information.

(15) In any one of (1) to (12), the electronic device, in response to an inquiry from the inquiry unit, detailed event information for notifying detailed event information about the event occurrence information related to the inquiry. The event notification system further includes a notification unit, and the electronic timepiece further includes an action necessity determination unit that determines, based on the event detailed information, whether an action regarding the event occurrence information related to the inquiry is necessary.

(16) The electronic timepiece has an event occurrence information reception unit that receives at least one event occurrence information indicating that an event has occurred from the electronic device, and the received event in the order from the newest event to the oldest event. In the case where an action is performed by the action execution unit, an inquiry unit that makes an inquiry about the occurrence information to the electronic device and an action execution unit that executes the action based on the necessity of the action obtained from the inquiry result are provided. And at least one of the case where the inquiry by the inquiry unit reaches the event occurrence information related to the event in which the action is executed last, and the case where the inquiry by the inquiry unit reaches the event occurrence information for which the inquiry has already been made. Limits the double execution of actions.

(17) In the event notification method, an electronic device notifies an electronic timepiece of event occurrence information indicating that an event has occurred, and the electronic timepiece receives at least one or more of the event occurrence information from the electronic device, The clock makes an inquiry about the received event occurrence information to the electronic device in the order from the newest event to the oldest event, and the electronic clock executes the action based on the necessity of the action obtained from the inquiry result. , The electronic timepiece at least when the action is executed, when the inquiry reaches the event occurrence information relating to the event for which the action is executed last, and when the inquiry reaches the event occurrence information that has already been inquired. In either case, limit double action execution.

According to the aspects (1), (2), (13) to (17) of the present invention described above, an event notification system and an electronic timepiece capable of preventing the troublesomeness caused by frequent actions and promptly reporting the latest event occurrence. And an event notification method is obtained.

Further, according to the above aspect (3) of the present invention, in addition to the occurrence of the event, the type of the event is notified.

Further, according to the above aspect (4) of the present invention, it is possible to prevent the troublesomeness of frequent actions for each of different types of events.

Further, according to the above aspect (5) of the present invention, in addition to the occurrence of the event, the notification of the priority is notified.

Further, according to the above aspect (6) of the present invention, it is possible to prevent the troublesomeness of frequent actions for each of the events having different priorities.

Further, according to the aspect (7) of the present invention, it is possible to prevent the processing of the event occurrence information from taking a long time.

Further, according to the above aspect (8) of the present invention, it is possible to prevent the processing of the event occurrence information from taking a long time and improve the promptness of the event occurrence.

Further, according to the aspect (9) of the present invention, it is possible to prevent the event in which the last action was performed from being mistakenly recognized.

Further, according to the above aspect (10) of the present invention, it is possible to prevent the event in which the last action was performed from being mistakenly recognized, and reduce the time required to inquire about the event occurrence information.

Further, according to the aspect (11) of the present invention, when an event occurs additionally, the inquiry regarding the event to be notified in advance is continued, and the occurrence of the event can be appropriately notified to the user.

Further, according to the above aspect (12) of the present invention, even during the inquiry by the inquiry unit, the latest event is inquired, and the promptness of the event is improved.

It is a top view showing an example of the appearance of the electronic timepiece concerning a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the physical constitution of the event notification system which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram of the event notification system which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the number of the event occurrence information received by the electronic timepiece which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. 6 is a first flowchart of an event notification process executed in the event notification system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart of the 1st subroutine of the event notification process performed in the event notification system which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a 2nd flowchart of the event notification process performed in the event notification system which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart of the 2nd subroutine of the event notification process performed in the event notification system which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. 6A is a first example of action execution processing by the electronic timepiece according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 6 is a flowchart of action execution processing for each event type by the electronic timepiece according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 9 is a second example of action execution processing by the electronic timepiece according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 6 is a flowchart of action execution processing for each priority by the electronic timepiece according to the first embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart of the inquiry period setting process by the electronic timepiece according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 5 is a flowchart of a process of deleting the number of event occurrence information by the electronic timepiece according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 6 is a flowchart of a process of subtracting the number of event occurrence information by the electronic timepiece according to the first embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the number of the event occurrence information additionally received by the electronic timepiece which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart of the inquiry interruption process by the electronic timepiece according to the first embodiment of the present invention. It is a functional block diagram of the event notification system which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart of the event notification process performed in the event notification system which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram of the event notification system which concerns on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart of the event notification process performed in the event notification system which concerns on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[First Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an example of the external appearance of an electronic timepiece 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The electronic timepiece 1 according to the present embodiment has the appearance of a so-called analog wristwatch and performs short-range wireless communication with the mobile terminal 30 which is an electronic device. A communication circuit and an antenna for performing short-distance wireless communication are housed inside a case that is an exterior (watch case). The standard of short-range wireless communication is not particularly limited and may be any known standard, but in this embodiment, BLE (Bluetooth (registered trademark) Low Energy) is used. The electronic timepiece 1 has a crown 2 used for time adjustment of a time hand and use of a function, and a push button 4.

The electronic timepiece 1 has a dial 10 inside a case which is an exterior (watch case). On the dial plate 10, a connection process display 11 indicating that the electronic timepiece 1 is performing a process of establishing a connection with the mobile terminal 30, and a link loss display indicating that the connection with the mobile terminal 30 has been disconnected. 12, an e-mail reception display 13 that notifies the mobile terminal 30 that an e-mail has been received, and an incoming call display 14 that notifies the mobile terminal 30 that an incoming call has arrived. The electronic timepiece 1 displays each information to the user by pointing any one of the connection processing display 11, the link loss display 12, the electronic mail reception display 13 and the incoming call display 14 by the second hand 22 described later.

The electronic timepiece 1 has a first auxiliary hand 15, and has a 24-hour display 15a that indicates the current time in a 24-hour system by the first auxiliary hand 15. Further, the electronic timepiece 1 has a second auxiliary hand 16, and the second auxiliary hand 16 indicates a remaining charge amount indicator 16a indicating the remaining charge amount of the secondary battery in four stages of "0" to "3". The second auxiliary needle 16 displays the current day of the week as "Sunday" to "Saturday" 16b, the second auxiliary needle 16 indicates the alarm function setting as "ON" or "OFF", and the alarm setting display 16c. The connection state display 16d that indicates the connection state of the short-distance wireless communication with the mobile terminal 30 by the second auxiliary needle 16 is “ON” or “OFF”. Further, the electronic timepiece 1 has the third auxiliary hand 17, and indicates that the present time display function is set by pointing the "TME" with the third auxiliary hand 17, and the third auxiliary hand 17 indicates "CHR". Indicates that the chronograph function is set, the third auxiliary needle 17 indicates "ALM" to indicate that the alarm function is set, and the third auxiliary needle 17 indicates "L-". The function setting display 17a indicates that the local time display function is set by pointing to "TM".

The electronic timepiece 1 has a plurality of time hands driven by a motor. Specifically, the electronic timepiece 1 has an hour hand 20, a minute hand 21, and a second hand 22 driven by a stepping motor as time hands. However, the electronic timepiece 1 may have hands other than these hands as time hands. Further, the time hand is an analog display member for indicating some time, and a typical one is a pointer, but as a special one, a rotating disk, a retrograde, etc. may be included in the time hand.

In the electronic timepiece 1, a windshield made of a transparent material such as glass is attached to the body so as to cover the dial plate 10. Also, on the side opposite to the windshield, a back cover is attached to the case. In the present specification, hereinafter, the direction in which the windshield of the electronic timepiece 1 is arranged (the front side in the plane of FIG. 1) is called the front side, and the direction in which the case back is arranged (the back side in the plane of FIG. 1) is called the back side.

The design of the electronic timepiece 1 shown in FIG. 1 is an example. In addition to those shown here, for example, the body may be a rectangular shape instead of the round shape, and the presence, the number, and the arrangement of the crown 2 and the push buttons 4 are arbitrary. Further, in the present embodiment, the pointers are the hour hand 20, the minute hand 21, the second hand 22, the first sub needle 15, the second sub needle 16, and the third sub needle 17, which are six in total, but the present invention is not limited to this. You may add or delete the guideline for displaying.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the physical configuration of the event notification system 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The event notification system 100 includes a mobile terminal 30 which is an electronic device and an electronic timepiece 1. The electronic timepiece 1 transmits and receives radio waves used for short-range wireless communication in the timepiece communication unit 62 including an antenna. The electronic timepiece 1 receives, for example, a radio wave encoded with event occurrence information from the mobile terminal 30. The received radio wave is decoded by the encode/decode circuit 41 and passed to the controller 40. The controller 40 is a microcomputer that controls the overall operation of the electronic timepiece 1, has a clock circuit inside, and has a function of measuring the internal time. The internal time is corrected based on the time information transmitted from the mobile terminal 30 and kept accurate.

A signal from an input unit (crown 2 and push button 4) that receives an operation from the outside by the user is input to the controller 40. Further, the controller 40 outputs a signal for driving the motor 42 based on the internal time, drives the hands (hour hand 20, minute hand 21, and second hand 22) and displays the time. Further, a signal corresponding to the state of the electronic timepiece 1 and the information received from the mobile terminal 30 is output to the motor 42, and the first auxiliary hand 15, the second auxiliary hand 16 and the third auxiliary hand 17 are driven. The number of motors 42 for driving the hands is not limited to one, and a plurality of motors may be provided according to the number of hands to be operated independently. In addition, the controller 40 outputs a signal that causes the buzzer 18 to generate a sound. Any kind of buzzer 18 may be used, for example, a piezoelectric buzzer may be used.

The electronic timepiece 1 according to this embodiment includes a solar cell 43. The electric power obtained by the power generation by the solar cell 43 is stored in the battery 44. Electric power is supplied from the battery 44 to the encode/decode circuit 41 and the controller 40. The switch 45 is a switch that switches ON/OFF of power supply to the encode/decode circuit 41, and is controlled by the controller 40. Since the encoding/decoding circuit 41 that operates at a high frequency consumes a large amount of power, the controller 40 turns on the switch 45 only when transmitting and receiving radio waves to operate the encoding/decoding circuit 41, and otherwise operates the switch 45. Turn off to reduce power consumption.

The short-distance wireless communication by the electronic timepiece 1 is performed from the time when the last time adjustment was made, when a request was made by the user through the input means such as the crown 2 or the push button 4, or when a predetermined time was reached. May be performed based on the elapsed time, the amount of power generated by the solar cell 43, other information indicating the surrounding environment of the electronic timepiece 1, or the like.

The mobile terminal 30 transmits and receives radio waves used for short-range wireless communication in the terminal communication unit 54 including an antenna. The mobile terminal 30 encodes the time correction information by the encoding/decoding circuit 32 and transmits it to the electronic timepiece 1, for example. The mobile terminal 30 is wirelessly connected to an internet line or a telephone line to acquire time information, send/receive e-mail, or perform telephone communication. A CPU (Central Processing Unit) 31 controls the operation of the entire mobile terminal 30, has a clock circuit inside thereof, and has a function of measuring an internal time. The clock circuit is appropriately corrected based on the time information acquired from the internet line to maintain accurate timekeeping.

A signal from the input unit 50 (touch panel) that accepts an external operation by the user is input to the CPU 31. Further, a video signal is output from the CPU 31 to the display unit 51 (liquid crystal display). The mobile terminal 30 includes a battery 33, and power is supplied from the battery 33 to the encode/decode circuit 32 and the CPU 31.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the event notification system 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The mobile terminal 30 includes an input unit 50, a display unit 51, a terminal control unit 52, and a terminal communication unit 54. The input unit 50 receives an operation of the user of the mobile terminal 30 and inputs the input to the terminal control unit 52 of the mobile terminal 30, and is a touch panel in the case of the present embodiment. The display unit 51 displays various information to the user, and is a liquid crystal display in this embodiment.

The terminal control unit 52 includes the CPU 31 and controls the entire mobile terminal 30. The terminal control unit 52 includes an action necessity determination unit 52a, an event type determination unit 52b, and a priority determination unit 52c. The action necessity determination unit 52a determines whether or not an action needs to be executed when an event occurs. Here, the event means an event that should be notified to the user that it has occurred, and is, for example, an email, an incoming call or message, a notification from an application, or the like. In addition, the action means an operation of notifying the user of the occurrence of an event, and in the event notification system 100 according to the present embodiment, the buzzer 18 sounds. The event type determination unit 52b determines the type of event. The type of event is a specific type of event, and includes, for example, e-mail, incoming call and message, notification from an application, and the like. The priority determination unit 52c determines the priority regarding event notification. The priority may not be set, or may be set in multiple stages.

The terminal communication unit 54 includes an event occurrence information notification unit 54a and an action necessity notification unit 54b. The event occurrence information notification unit 54a notifies the external device of event occurrence information indicating that an event has occurred. The event occurrence information may be any information as long as it can identify the occurrence of an event. In the event notification system 100 according to the present embodiment, the event occurrence information includes consecutive numbers according to the event occurrence order. The action necessity notification unit 54b notifies the electronic timepiece 1 of the necessity of the action determined by the action necessity determination unit 52a. The action necessity/unnecessity notifying unit 54b may notify the electronic timepiece 1 of necessity of action for each event type determined by the event type determining unit 52b, or for each priority determined by the priority determining unit 52c. The electronic timepiece 1 may be notified of the necessity of action.

The electronic timepiece 1 includes a number storage unit 60, a buzzer 18, a timepiece control unit 61, and a timepiece communication unit 62. The number storage unit 60 stores the number of the event occurrence information relating to the event in which the action was last executed.

The clock control unit 61 includes an action execution unit 61a, an inquiry unit 61b, and a deletion unit 61d. The inquiry unit 61b also includes a cycle setting unit 61c. The inquiry unit 61b makes inquiries to the mobile terminal 30 regarding the event occurrence information received from the mobile terminal 30 (electronic device) in the order from the newest event to the oldest event. The action execution unit 61a executes the action based on the necessity of the action obtained from the inquiry result of the inquiry unit 61b. The cycle setting unit 61c makes an inquiry to the mobile terminal 30 at a predetermined cycle, and shortens the predetermined cycle when the number of received event occurrence information is equal to or larger than the predetermined number. The erasing unit 61d erases the number of the event occurrence information stored in the number storage unit 60 when the number of the newly received event occurrence information is less than or equal to the number of the last event occurrence information received. The subtraction unit 61e receives the event occurrence information number stored in the number storage unit 60 at least at the end when the newly received event occurrence information number is less than or equal to the last received event occurrence information number. The number of the newly received event occurrence information is subtracted from the number of the event occurrence information that has been received.

The clock communication unit 62 includes an event occurrence information reception unit 62a and an inquiry transmission unit 62b. The event occurrence information receiving unit 62a receives at least one event occurrence information from the mobile terminal 30. The inquiry transmitting unit 62b receives the inquiry from the inquiry unit 61b and transmits it to the mobile terminal 30.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing numbers of event occurrence information received by the electronic timepiece 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The event occurrence information is information indicating that an event has occurred in the mobile terminal 30, and includes consecutive numbers according to the event occurrence order. In the figure, the downward arrow described on the left side indicates the notification order of the event occurrence information (event occurrence order). Also, the numbers of the event occurrence information from 1 to 8 are shown. The event occurrence information of number "1" is the event occurrence information received most recently, and the event occurrence information of number "8" is the event occurrence information received most recently. The individual event occurrence information is, for example, notification of incoming e-mail or incoming call.

In the example shown in the figure, among the numbers of the event occurrence information, the event occurrence information of the numbers “1” to “5” has been previously notified from the mobile terminal 30, and the event occurrence information of the numbers “6” to “8”. The event occurrence information is notified this time from the mobile terminal 30. Of these, the event occurrence information with the number “3” is the event occurrence information related to the event in which the action was last executed, and is stored in the number storage unit 60. Further, the event occurrence information with the numbers “5” and “4” has been inquired by the inquiry unit 61b last time.

In the electronic timepiece 1, when the action is executed by the action executing unit 61a, the inquiry by the inquiry unit 61b reaches the event occurrence information related to the event in which the action is finally executed, and the inquiry by the inquiry unit 61b is already inquired. The action is restricted from being performed twice when at least one of the event occurrence information is reached. More specifically, the inquiry unit 61b of the electronic timepiece 1 receives the event occurrence information relating to the event in which the action was last executed when the action was executed by the action execution unit 61a and the inquiry by the inquiry unit 61b. In the case and/or in the case where the inquiry by the inquiry unit 61b reaches the event occurrence information already inquired, the inquiry is ended.

In the following, first, a description will be given of a process of restricting double execution of an action when the action execution unit 61a executes the action. Next, a description will be given of the process of limiting the double execution of the action when the event occurrence information related to the event in which the action is executed last is reached. After that, a process of limiting double execution of an action when the inquiry by the inquiry unit 61b reaches the already-inquired event occurrence information will be described.

The inquiry unit 61b of the electronic timepiece 1 makes an inquiry to the mobile terminal 30 regarding the received event occurrence information in the order from the newest event to the oldest event. In the case of the example shown in the figure, the inquiry unit 61b makes an inquiry to the mobile terminal 30 regarding the event occurrence information of the number "8" which is the latest event occurrence information. The mobile terminal 30 according to the present embodiment includes an action necessity determination unit 52a, determines whether an action is necessary for the inquired event occurrence information, and notifies the electronic timepiece 1 by the action necessity notification unit 54b. In the electronic timepiece 1, when the action necessity determination unit 52a determines that the action is required, the action execution unit 61a executes the action. The execution of the action is, for example, the sounding of the buzzer 18. When an action is executed by the action execution unit 61a, the electronic timepiece 1 ends the inquiry by the inquiry unit 61b and restricts the action from being executed twice.

According to the event notification system 100 according to the present embodiment, the inquiry unit 61b can inquire about the occurrence of the latest event by inquiring about the event occurrence information in the order of going back from the latest event. As a result, even if a new event occurrence information is received while inquiring about the event occurrence information, whether or not an action is necessary for the latest event is determined, and the promptness of the event occurrence is maintained. Be done. Further, by ending the inquiry when the action is executed, it is possible to prevent the troublesomeness caused by the frequent execution of the action.

On the other hand, when the action necessity determination unit 52a determines that no action is required, the inquiry unit 61b makes an inquiry to the mobile terminal 30 regarding the event occurrence information of the number “7” that is the second latest event occurrence information. When no action is required for the event occurrence information of the number “7”, the inquiry unit 61b makes an inquiry about the event occurrence information of the number “6”, which is the third newest event occurrence information, to the mobile terminal 30. When no action is required for the event occurrence information of the number “6”, the inquiry unit 61b makes an inquiry about the event occurrence information of the number “5”, which is the fourth newest event occurrence information, to the mobile terminal 30. When no action is required for the event occurrence information of the number “5”, the inquiry unit 61b makes an inquiry about the event occurrence information of the number “4”, which is the fifth newest event occurrence information, to the mobile terminal 30.

If no action is required for the event occurrence information of the numbers "8" to "4", the new event occurrence information is the event occurrence information of the number "3", but the event occurrence information of the number "3" is , Event occurrence information relating to the event in which the action was last executed. When inquiring about the event occurrence information of the number “3”, the inquiry by the inquiry unit 61b reaches the event occurrence information regarding the event for which the action was executed last, and the electronic timepiece 1 makes the inquiry by the inquiry unit 61b. And limit the double action execution.

According to the event notification system 100 according to the present embodiment, the inquiry unit 61b can inquire about the occurrence of the latest event by inquiring about the event occurrence information in the order of going back from the latest event. Also, by ending the inquiry when the inquiry reaches the event occurrence information related to the event where the action was executed last, it is possible to prevent the troublesomeness caused by the frequent actions and prevent the duplicate event occurrence notification. can do.

If no action is required for the event occurrence information of the numbers “8” to “6”, the next new event occurrence information is the event occurrence information of the number “5”, but the event occurrence information of the number “3” is The inquiry by the inquiry unit 61b is the event occurrence information that has already been inquired. When the inquiry about the event occurrence information of the number “5” is made, the inquiry by the inquiry unit 61b reaches the already-inquired event occurrence information, and the electronic timepiece 1 finishes the inquiry by the inquiry unit 61b, and the duplicate. Limits the actions that can be performed.

According to the event notification system 100 according to the present embodiment, the inquiry unit 61b can inquire about the occurrence of the latest event by inquiring about the event occurrence information in the order of going back from the latest event. In addition, by ending the inquiry when the inquiry reaches the already-inquired event occurrence information, it is possible to prevent the annoyance due to frequent actions, and prevent duplicate action necessity judgment processing. it can.

FIG. 5 is a first flowchart of event notification processing executed in the event notification system 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. When an event such as an incoming mail occurs, the mobile terminal 30 notifies the electronic timepiece 1 of the event occurrence information (S1). When the electronic timepiece 1 receives the event occurrence information, the electronic timepiece 1 inquires of the mobile terminal 30 whether or not the action of the event occurrence information having the unprocessed and largest number is necessary (S2). Here, the unprocessed event occurrence information is event occurrence information that has not been inquired by the inquiry unit 61b.

The mobile terminal 30 determines whether or not an action is necessary for the event occurrence information inquired by the electronic timepiece 1 (S3). When it is determined that action is required (S3: YES), the mobile terminal 30 notifies the electronic timepiece 1 that action is required (S4). On the other hand, when it is determined that no action is required (S3: NO), the mobile terminal 30 notifies the electronic timepiece 1 that no action is required (S5).

The electronic timepiece 1 determines whether or not an action is required according to the notification of whether or not an action is required (S6). When an action is required (S6: YES), the action is executed (S7). Details of the action execution processing will be described later in detail. On the other hand, if no action is required (S6: NO), the process proceeds to “B” and the process of the first subroutine shown in FIG. 6 is performed.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a first subroutine of event notification processing executed in the event notification system 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The process shown in the figure is a process performed when no action is required for the inquired event occurrence information (S6: NO). The electronic timepiece 1 judges whether or not the unprocessed and event occurrence information with the maximum number has already been executed (S8). In other words, in the electronic timepiece 1, when the number of the event occurrence information inquired first is “N”, the number “N−1” is stored in the number storage unit 60 (the action is executed last). It is determined whether it is the event occurrence information number of the event). The electronic timepiece 1 ends the event notification process when the unprocessed event occurrence information with the maximum number has already been executed (S8: YES).

On the other hand, if the unprocessed and highest-numbered event occurrence information has not been executed (S8: NO), it is determined whether the number of consecutive inquiries has reached a predetermined number (S9). Here, the predetermined number may be set arbitrarily. When the number of continuous inquiries reaches the predetermined number (S9: YES), the event notification process ends. On the other hand, when the number of continuous inquiries has not reached the predetermined number (S9: NO), the process returns to “A” in FIG. 5 and the event notification process is continued.

According to the event notification system 100 according to the present embodiment, when the event occurrence information that requires no action is continuously received from the mobile terminal 30, the event occurrence information related to the event where the action was last executed is displayed. When a large amount of event occurrence information needs to be processed until the number is reached, the event notification process is interrupted, which prevents the process from being continued for a long time, and increases the power consumption of the electronic timepiece 1. To be prevented.

FIG. 7 is a second flowchart of the event notification process executed in the event notification system 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. When an event such as an incoming mail occurs, the mobile terminal 30 notifies the electronic timepiece 1 of the event occurrence information (S31). When the electronic timepiece 1 receives the event occurrence information, the electronic timepiece 1 inquires of the mobile terminal 30 whether or not the action of the event occurrence information of the unprocessed and largest number is necessary (S32). Here, the unprocessed event occurrence information is event occurrence information that has not been inquired by the inquiry unit 61b.

The mobile terminal 30 determines whether or not an action is necessary for the event occurrence information inquired by the electronic timepiece 1 (S33). When it is determined that the action is required (S33: YES), the mobile terminal 30 notifies the electronic timepiece 1 of the action required (S34). On the other hand, when it is determined that no action is required (S33: NO), the mobile terminal 30 notifies the electronic timepiece 1 that no action is required (S35).

The electronic timepiece 1 determines whether or not an action is required according to the notification of whether or not an action is required (S36). If an action is required (S36: YES), the action is executed (S37). Details of the action execution processing will be described later in detail. On the other hand, if no action is required (S36: NO), the process proceeds to “C” and the process of the second subroutine shown in FIG. 8 is performed.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a second subroutine of event notification processing executed in the event notification system 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The process shown in the figure is a process performed when no action is required for the inquired event occurrence information (S36: NO). The electronic timepiece 1 determines whether or not the unprocessed and highest-numbered event occurrence information is the event occurrence information that has already been inquired (S38). In other words, if the number of the event occurrence information that was inquired first is "N", the electronic timepiece 1 determines whether the number "N-1" is the already-inquired event occurrence information. The electronic timepiece 1 ends the event notification process when the unprocessed and event occurrence information of the maximum number is (S38: YES).

On the other hand, if the unprocessed and maximum-numbered event occurrence information has not been inquired (S38: NO), it is determined whether the number of consecutive inquiries has reached a predetermined number (S39). Here, the predetermined number may be set arbitrarily. When the number of continuous inquiries reaches the predetermined number (S39: YES), the event notification process ends. On the other hand, when the number of continuous inquiries has not reached the predetermined number (S39: NO), the process returns to “A” in FIG. 7 and the event notification process is continued.

FIG. 9 is a first example of action execution processing by the electronic timepiece 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The figure shows an example of the action execution processing when two types of events (first event type and second event type) are set. The two types of events are, for example, an incoming e-mail and an incoming call. Needless to say, the number of types of events may be three or more, and the action execution processing shown in the figure can be expanded when the number of types of events is three or more.

The event type determination unit 52b of the mobile terminal 30 determines whether the event type is the first event type or the second event type for the event determined to require action, and notifies the action required. Notify different event types. The electronic timepiece 1 receives the notification that the action is necessary and the event type. The electronic timepiece 1 determines whether or not the event type is the first event type for the event determined to require action, according to the received event type (S10). When the event type is the first event type (S10: YES), the first alarm is sounded (S11). On the other hand, if the event type is not the first event type (S10: NO), the second alarm is sounded (S12). Here, the first alarm and the second alarm are alarms that can be distinguished from each other, for example, two types of alarms having different buzzer 18 ringing intervals, buzzer 18 ringing and vibrator vibration, and buzzer 18 buzzer 18. It may be a different combination of ringing and vibration of the vibrator.

The action execution unit 61a executes different actions depending on the type of event. According to the event notification system 100 according to the present embodiment, different actions are performed depending on the type of event, so that the user can recognize the type of event in addition to the occurrence of the event.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of action execution processing for each event type by the electronic timepiece 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The electronic timepiece 1 according to the present embodiment restricts double action execution for each type of event.

When the electronic timepiece 1 receives the event occurrence information from the mobile terminal 30, the electronic timepiece 1 determines whether or not the inquiry processing for the first event type is completed (S40). When the inquiry process for the first event type is not completed (S40: NO), the event notification process is performed for the first event type (S41). Here, the event notification process is the process shown in FIG. 5 or 7. The event notification process is performed when an action is executed by the action execution unit 61a, an inquiry by the inquiry unit 61b reaches event occurrence information related to an event for which the action is executed last, and an inquiry by the inquiry unit 61b is already inquired. The process ends when at least one of the event occurrence information that has been reached is reached. The number storage unit 60 stores, for each event type, the number of event occurrence information relating to the event on which the action was last executed, and the inquiry by the inquiry unit 61b indicates that the event occurrence related to the event on which the action was finally executed. It may be determined for each event type whether or not the information has been reached and whether or not the inquiry by the inquiry unit 61b has reached the event occurrence information for which the inquiry has already been made.

When the inquiry process for the first event type is completed (S40: YES), it is determined whether or not the inquiry process for the second event type is completed (S42). When the inquiry process for the second event type is not completed (S42: NO), the event notification process is performed for the second event type (S43). Here, the event notification process is the process shown in FIG. 5 or 7. The event notification process is performed when an action is executed by the action execution unit 61a, an inquiry by the inquiry unit 61b reaches event occurrence information related to an event for which the action is executed last, and an inquiry by the inquiry unit 61b is already inquired. The process ends when at least one of the event occurrence information that has been reached is reached.

According to the event notification system 100 according to the present embodiment, whether or not to execute an action by the electronic timepiece 1 is determined for each event type, and the trouble of frequent actions is prevented for each of different types of events.

FIG. 11 is a second example of action execution processing by the electronic timepiece 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The electronic timepiece 1 according to this embodiment executes different actions depending on the priority of an event. The figure illustrates an example in which two levels of priority are set for an event. As will be described with reference to FIG. 13, an action with a high priority is executed with priority over an event with a low priority. Needless to say, the priority may be three or more levels, and the action execution processing shown in the figure can be expanded when the event priority is three or more levels.

The priority determination unit 52c of the mobile terminal 30 determines the priority of the event regarding the event determined to require the action, and notifies the priority of the event together with the notification indicating that the action is required. The electronic timepiece 1 receives the notification that the action is required and the priority of the event. The electronic timepiece 1 determines whether or not the priority of the event is high in accordance with the priority of the received event regarding the event determined to require action (S20). When the priority of the event is high (S20: YES), the third alarm is sounded (S21). On the other hand, when the priority of the event is not high (when the priority of the event is low) (S20: NO), the fourth alarm is sounded (S22). Here, the third alarm and the fourth alarm are alarms that can be distinguished from each other, for example, two types of alarms having different buzzer 18 ringing intervals, buzzer 18 ringing and vibrator vibration, and buzzer 18 buzzer 18. It may be a different combination of ringing and vibration of the vibrator.

The action execution unit 61a executes different actions depending on the type of event. According to the event notification system 100 according to the present embodiment, different actions are executed depending on the priority of the event, so that the user can recognize the priority of the event in addition to the occurrence of the event.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of action execution processing for each priority by the electronic timepiece 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The action execution unit 61a of the electronic timepiece 1 according to the present embodiment preferentially executes an action for an event with a high priority with respect to an event with a different priority for an event for a low priority.

When receiving the event occurrence information from the mobile terminal 30, the electronic timepiece 1 determines whether or not the inquiry process for the event with a high priority is completed (S50). When the inquiry processing for the event with the high priority is not completed (S50: NO), the event notification processing is performed for the event with the high priority (S51). Here, the event notification process is the process shown in FIG. 5 or 7. The event notification process is performed when an action is executed by the action execution unit 61a, an inquiry by the inquiry unit 61b reaches event occurrence information related to an event for which the action is executed last, and an inquiry by the inquiry unit 61b is already inquired. The process ends when at least one of the event occurrence information that has been reached is reached. The number storage unit 60 stores the number of event occurrence information relating to the event for which the action was last executed, for each priority of the event, and the inquiry by the inquiry unit 61b relates to the event for which the last action was executed. Whether or not the event occurrence information has been reached, and whether or not the inquiry by the inquiry unit 61b has reached the already-inquired event occurrence information may be determined for each event priority.

When the inquiry processing is completed for the event having the high priority (S50: YES), it is determined whether the inquiry processing is completed for the event having the low priority (S52). If the inquiry processing has not been completed for the low priority event (S52: NO), the event notification processing is performed for the low priority event (S53). Here, the event notification process is the process shown in FIG. 5 or 7. The event notification process is performed when an action is executed by the action execution unit 61a, an inquiry by the inquiry unit 61b reaches event occurrence information related to an event for which the action is executed last, and an inquiry by the inquiry unit 61b is already inquired. The process ends when at least one of the event occurrence information that has been reached is reached.

According to the event notification system 100 according to the present embodiment, whether or not to execute the action by the electronic timepiece 1 is determined for each priority of the event, and the trouble of frequent actions is prevented for each event of different priority. To be done.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart of inquiry period setting processing by the electronic timepiece 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The inquiry unit 61b makes an inquiry to the mobile terminal 30 in a predetermined cycle, and shortens the predetermined cycle when the number of received event occurrence information is equal to or larger than the predetermined number. Here, the predetermined period is several milliseconds to several seconds. The electronic timepiece 1 according to the present embodiment, for example, makes a normal inquiry by the inquiry unit 61b in a cycle of several seconds, and makes an inquiry in a cycle of several milliseconds when the number of received event occurrence information is 10 or more. Good as a matter. In the figure, the case where the inquiry period is set to two stages is illustrated. It is needless to say that the inquiry cycle may be set in three or more steps, and the inquiry cycle setting process shown in the figure can be extended when the inquiry cycle has three or more steps.

The cycle setting unit 61c of the electronic timepiece 1 determines whether or not the number of received event occurrence information is a predetermined number or more (S60). When the number of received event occurrence information is more than the predetermined number (S60: YES), the inquiry cycle is set to a short cycle (S61). On the other hand, when the number of received event occurrence information is not more than the predetermined number (S60: NO), the inquiry cycle is set to the super cycle (S62).

According to the event notification system 100 according to the present embodiment, when the number of received event occurrence information is large, it is possible to prevent the event occurrence information from being processed for a long time by setting the inquiry cycle short. The promptness of event occurrence is improved. Further, when the number of received event occurrence information is small, the power consumption of the electronic timepiece 1 is reduced by setting the inquiry period longer.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart of a process of deleting the event occurrence information number by the electronic timepiece 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The mobile terminal 30 transmits the event occurrence information to the electronic timepiece 1 when the event occurs, but when the user confirms the event, the mobile terminal 30 resets the number included in the event occurrence information, and the event occurred thereafter. , The event occurrence information may be newly numbered. In such a case, the newly received event occurrence information number may be less than or equal to the last received event occurrence information number, and the event number for which the last action was performed may be mistakenly recognized. is there.

When the electronic timepiece 1 receives the event occurrence information, the electronic timepiece 1 determines whether the number of the received event occurrence information is less than or equal to the last received event occurrence information number (S70). When the number of the received event occurrence information is less than or equal to the number of the last received event occurrence information (S70: YES), the erasing unit 61d erases the number stored in the number storage unit 60 (S71).

According to the event notification system 100 according to the present embodiment, when there is a possibility that the event occurrence information numbers are not consecutively assigned, it is possible to prevent the event on which the last action was performed from being mistakenly recognized. ..

FIG. 15 is a flowchart of a process of subtracting the event occurrence information number by the electronic timepiece 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. When the electronic timepiece 1 receives the event occurrence information, the electronic timepiece 1 determines whether or not the number of the event occurrence information received is less than or equal to the number of the event occurrence information received last (S80). When the number of the received event occurrence information is less than or equal to the number of the last received event occurrence information (S80: YES), the subtraction unit 61e causes the number stored in the number storage unit 60 to be at least the last received event. The number of the newly received event occurrence information is subtracted from the number of occurrence information (S81). For example, when the number stored in the number storage unit 60 is “3”, the last received number is “8”, and the newly received number is “7”, the subtraction unit 61e determines that the number storage unit The number stored in 60 is subtracted by 1 to obtain "2". The amount subtracted by the subtraction unit 61e may be equal to or larger than the number of the event reception information received last, minus the number of the event reception information newly received.

According to the event notification system 100 according to the present embodiment, it is possible to prevent the event in which the last action is performed from being mistakenly recognized when the event occurrence information numbers may not be consecutively assigned. Since the number stored in the number storage unit 60 is not deleted, the time required to inquire about event occurrence information is shortened as compared with the case where the number stored in the number storage unit 60 is deleted.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing numbers of event occurrence information additionally received by the electronic timepiece according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the downward arrow described on the left side indicates the notification order of the event occurrence information (event occurrence order). Also, the numbers of event occurrence information from 1 to 10 are shown. The event occurrence information of number "1" is the event occurrence information received most recently, and the event occurrence information of number "10" is the event occurrence information received most recently. The individual event occurrence information is, for example, notification of incoming e-mail or incoming call.

In the example shown in the figure, the case where the event occurrence information of the numbers "9" and "10" is received during the inquiry by the inquiry unit 61b for the event occurrence information of the number "7". Of the numbers of the event occurrence information, the event occurrence information of the numbers “1” to “5” was previously notified from the mobile terminal 30, and the event occurrence information of the numbers “6” to “8” was the mobile terminal. The event occurrence information of the numbers “9” to “10” has been notified from the mobile terminal 30 in this time. Of these, the event occurrence information with the number “3” is the event occurrence information related to the event in which the action was last executed, and is stored in the number storage unit 60. Further, the event occurrence information with the numbers “5” and “4” has been inquired by the inquiry unit 61b last time.

When the event occurrence information receiving unit 62a receives new event occurrence information from the mobile terminal 30 during the inquiry by the inquiry unit 61b, the electronic timepiece 1 makes an inquiry according to the type of the event related to the inquiry by the inquiry unit 61b. Determine whether to suspend or continue. In the example shown in the figure, during the inquiry about the event occurrence information of the number "7" by the inquiry unit 61b, the event occurrence information of the numbers "9" and "10" which are new event occurrence information is received, and the electronic timepiece 1 Determines whether to suspend or continue the inquiry about the event occurrence information of number "7" according to the type of event occurrence information of number "7". In addition, when it is considered that there is no superiority or inferiority in the types of events and there is no need to determine whether to continue inquiries according to the types of events, the electronic timepiece 1 has the event occurrence information reception unit 62a during the inquiry by the inquiry unit 61b. Therefore, when new event occurrence information is received from the mobile terminal 30, the inquiry may be interrupted regardless of the type of the event related to the inquiry made by the inquiry unit 61b.

For example, when there are two types of event occurrence information, the first event type is an incoming call, and the second event type is reception of a mail, the electronic timepiece 1 displays the event occurrence information of the number “7”. If the type of the event is the first event type, the inquiry of the number “7” is continued, and if the type of the event occurrence information of the number “7” is the second event type, the inquiry of the number “7” is performed. May be interrupted. As a result, when an additional event occurs, the inquiry regarding the event to be notified in advance is continued, and the user can be appropriately notified of the occurrence of the event. In addition, since an incoming call does not occur twice, even if the inquiry about the incoming call is prioritized, the notification of the incoming call of another phone is not delayed.

When the inquiry by the inquiry unit 61b is interrupted, the electronic timepiece 1 restarts the inquiry from the event occurrence information related to the latest event. In the example shown in the figure, if the inquiry about the event occurrence information of number "7" by the inquiry unit 61b is interrupted, the inquiry is restarted from the event occurrence information of number "10" related to the newest event. As a result, even during the inquiry by the inquiry unit 61b, the latest event is inquired, and the quickness of the event is improved. When the inquiry by the inquiry unit 61b is interrupted and the inquiry is restarted from the event occurrence information relating to the newest event, even when the inquiry by the inquiry unit 61b reaches the already-inquired event occurrence information, The inquiry may not be terminated. When the inquiry by the inquiry unit 61b is interrupted and the inquiry is restarted from the event occurrence information related to the newest event, when the event occurrence information that has not been inquired remains between the event occurrence information that has already been inquired This is because there is a possibility that the inquiry processing ends with the notification being incomplete. Explaining the example shown in FIG. 16, when the inquiry about the event occurrence information of number “7” is interrupted and the inquiry about the event occurrence information of number “10” is started, the inquiry about the event occurrence information of number “8” is made. However, the event occurrence information of the numbers “7” and “6” is left in a state where the inquiry is not finished. In this state, an inquiry is made from the event occurrence information of the number “10”, and when the inquiry ends when the event occurrence information of the number “8” is reached, the event occurrence information of the numbers “7” and “6” Will not be asked. Therefore, in the electronic timepiece 1, when an action is executed by the action execution unit 61a and/or when an inquiry by the inquiry unit 61b reaches event occurrence information relating to an event in which the action is executed last, at least one of the cases is performed. , May end the inquiry.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart of the inquiry interruption process by the electronic timepiece 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The flowchart shown in the figure shows the processing in the case where the electronic timepiece 1 receives the event occurrence information and the inquiry unit 61b performs the inquiry processing.

The electronic timepiece 1 determines whether or not there is notification of additional event occurrence information during the inquiry by the inquiry unit 61b (S111). If there is no additional notification (S111: NO), the inquiry suspension process ends. When there is an additional notification (S111: YES), it is determined whether the type of event related to the inquiry by the inquiry unit 61b is the first event type (S112). When the event type related to the inquiry by the inquiry unit 61b is the first event type (S112: YES), the electronic timepiece 1 continues the current inquiry process. After that, the electronic timepiece 1 suspends the inquiry processing for the event to be inquired next to the current inquiry (S114). Then, an inquiry process is performed for the unprocessed and highest-numbered event occurrence information (S116).

On the other hand, if there is an additional notification (S111: YES) and the type of event related to the inquiry by the inquiry unit 61b is not the first event type (S112: NO), the electronic timepiece 1 performs the current inquiry process. It suspends (S115). After that, the inquiry process is started for the unprocessed and event occurrence information of the maximum number (S116).

[Second Embodiment]
FIG. 18 is a functional block diagram of the event notification system 100 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The event notification system 100 according to the present embodiment differs from the event notification system according to the first embodiment in that the terminal communication unit 54 of the mobile terminal 30 includes the event detailed information notification unit 54c. The event detailed information notification unit 54c notifies the inquiry from the inquiry unit 61b of the event detailed information about the event occurrence information related to the inquiry. The event detailed information is information for specifically specifying the event, and includes, for example, information for specifying the time when the event occurred and the person who caused the event. Specifically, when the event is the arrival of an electronic mail, the received time of the mail, the name of the mail sender, the mail address of the sender, the content of the electronic mail, and the like are included. Regarding the configuration other than the event detailed information notification unit 54c, the event notification system 100 according to the present embodiment has the same configuration as the event notification system according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart of event notification processing executed in the event notification system 100 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. When an event such as an incoming mail occurs, the mobile terminal 30 notifies the electronic timepiece 1 of the event occurrence information (S91). When the electronic timepiece 1 receives the event occurrence information, the electronic timepiece 1 inquires of the mobile terminal 30 about the event detailed information of the unprocessed event occurrence information of the maximum number (S92). Here, the unprocessed event occurrence information is event occurrence information that has not been inquired by the inquiry unit 61b.

The portable terminal 30 transmits detailed event information about the event occurrence information inquired from the electronic timepiece 1 (S93). Upon receiving the event detailed information, the electronic timepiece 1 inquires of the mobile terminal 30 whether or not an action is necessary (S94). The mobile terminal 30 determines whether or not an action is necessary for the event occurrence information inquired from the electronic timepiece 1 (S95). When it is determined that the action is required (S95: YES), the mobile terminal 30 notifies the electronic timepiece 1 of the action required (S96). On the other hand, when it is determined that no action is required (S95: NO), the mobile terminal 30 notifies the electronic timepiece 1 that no action is required (S97).

The electronic timepiece 1 determines whether or not an action is required according to the notification of whether or not an action is required (S98). When the action is required (S98: YES), the action is executed (S99). The details of the action execution processing are the same as those described in the first embodiment, and will not be repeated here. On the other hand, if no action is required (S98: NO), the process proceeds to “B” and the process of the first subroutine shown in FIG. 6 is performed. However, if no action is required (S98: NO), the process of the second subroutine shown in FIG. 8 may be performed.

[Third Embodiment]
FIG. 20 is a functional block diagram of the event notification system 100 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In the event notification system 100 according to the present embodiment, the terminal control unit 52 of the mobile terminal 30 does not include the action necessity determination unit, the event type determination unit, and the priority determination unit, and the clock control unit of the electronic timepiece 1 includes The event notification system according to the first embodiment differs from the event notification system according to the first embodiment in that an action necessity determination unit 61f, an event type determination unit 61g, and a priority determination unit 61h are included. The event notification system 100 according to the present embodiment is the first embodiment in that the terminal communication unit 54 of the mobile terminal 30 does not have the action necessity notification unit 54b but has the event detailed information notification unit 54c. It is different from the event notification system according to. Regarding other configurations, the event notification system 100 according to the present embodiment has the same configuration as the event notification system according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart of event notification processing executed in the event notification system 100 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. When an event such as an incoming mail occurs, the mobile terminal 30 notifies the electronic timepiece 1 of the event occurrence information (S101). When the electronic timepiece 1 receives the event occurrence information, the electronic timepiece 1 inquires of the mobile terminal 30 about the event detailed information of the unprocessed and largest numbered event occurrence information (S102). Here, the unprocessed event occurrence information is event occurrence information that has not been inquired by the inquiry unit 61b.

The portable terminal 30 transmits detailed event information about the event occurrence information inquired from the electronic timepiece 1 (S103). The electronic timepiece 1 determines, based on the detailed event information, whether or not an action is required for the event occurrence information related to the inquiry (S104). If an action is required (S104: YES), the action is executed (S105). The details of the action execution processing are the same as those described in the first embodiment, and will not be repeated here. The determination of the event type by the event type determination unit 61g and the execution of the action for each event type are the same as the processes shown in FIGS. 9 and 10. Further, the determination of the priority of the event by the priority determination unit 61h and the execution of the action for each priority of the event are the same as the processing shown in FIGS. On the other hand, when no action is required (S104: NO), the process proceeds to “B” and the process of the first subroutine shown in FIG. 6 is performed. However, if no action is required (S104: NO), the process of the second subroutine shown in FIG. 8 may be performed.

Although the embodiment according to the present invention has been described above, the specific configuration shown in this embodiment is shown as an example, and the technical scope of the present invention is not intended to be limited thereto. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the action execution unit 61a executes the action by sounding the buzzer 18, but the action is not limited to this. For example, when the event type is the reception of an electronic mail, the action execution unit 61a only points the electronic mail reception display 13 by the second hand 22 and does not sound the buzzer 18, and when the event type is an incoming call. The second hand 22 may be used to indicate the incoming call display 14 and ring the buzzer 18.

1 electronic clock, 2 crown, 4 push button, 10 dial, 11 connection processing display, 12 link loss display, 13 electronic mail reception display, 14 telephone incoming display, 15 first auxiliary hand, 15a 24 hour display, 16 second Secondary hand, 16a Remaining charge display, 16b Day of the week display, 16c Alarm setting display, 16d Connection status display, 17 Third auxiliary needle, 17a Function setting display, 18 Buzzer, 20 hour hand, 21 minute hand, 22 second hand, 30 mobile terminal, 31 CPU, 32 encode/decode circuit, 33 secondary battery, 40 controller, 41 encode/decode circuit, 42 motor, 43 solar cell, 44 secondary battery, 45 switch, 50 input section, 51 display section, 52 terminal control section , 52a action necessity determination unit, 52b event type determination unit, 52c priority determination unit, 54 terminal communication unit, 54a event occurrence information notification unit, 54b action necessity notification unit, 54c event detailed information notification unit, 60 number storage unit , 61 clock control unit, 61a action execution unit, 61b inquiry unit, 61c cycle setting unit, 61d erasing unit, 61e action necessity determination unit, 61f event type determination unit, 61g priority determination unit, 62 clock communication unit, 62a event Occurrence information receiver, 62b Inquiry transmitter, 100 Event notification system.

Claims (17)

An electronic device having an event occurrence information notification unit that notifies an external device of event occurrence information indicating that an event has occurred,
An event occurrence information receiving unit that receives at least one event occurrence information from the electronic device;
An inquiring section for inquiring the electronic device about the received event occurrence information in the order from the newest event to the oldest event,
An action execution unit that executes an action based on the necessity of the action obtained from the inquiry result; and an electronic timepiece that has the action execution unit,
In the electronic timepiece, when an action is executed by the action execution unit, an inquiry by the inquiry unit reaches event occurrence information related to an event in which the action is executed last, and an inquiry by the inquiry unit is already inquired. Restricts the action to be executed twice when at least one of the event occurrence information is reached,
Event notification system. The inquiry unit makes an inquiry when the action is executed by the action execution unit, when the inquiry by the inquiry unit reaches event occurrence information related to the event at which the action is executed last, and when the inquiry by the inquiry unit is already inquired. Terminates the inquiry when at least one of the event occurrence information has been reached,
The event notification system according to claim 1. The action execution unit executes different actions according to the type of the event,
The event notification system according to claim 1. The electronic timepiece restricts double execution of actions for each type of the event,
The event notification system according to claim 3. The action execution unit executes different actions according to the priority of the event,
The event notification system according to any one of claims 1 to 4. The action execution unit preferentially executes an action for an event with a high priority with respect to an event with a different priority, with respect to an action for an event with a low priority,
The event notification system according to claim 5. The inquiry unit ends the inquiry when the number of continuous inquiries reaches a predetermined number,
The event notification system according to any one of claims 1 to 6. The inquiry unit makes an inquiry to the electronic device in a predetermined cycle, and shortens the predetermined cycle when the number of received event occurrence information is equal to or more than a predetermined number,
The event notification system according to any one of claims 1 to 7. The event occurrence information includes consecutive numbers according to the event occurrence order,
The electronic timepiece is
A storage unit that stores the number of event occurrence information related to the event on which the action was last executed,
And a deletion unit that deletes the number of the event occurrence information stored in the storage unit when the number of the newly received event occurrence information is less than or equal to the number of the event reception information received last. Have,
The event notification system according to any one of claims 1 to 8. The event occurrence information includes consecutive numbers according to the event occurrence order,
The electronic timepiece is
A storage unit that stores the number of event occurrence information related to the event on which the action was last executed,
If the number of the newly received event occurrence information is less than or equal to the last received event occurrence information number, the event occurrence information number stored in the storage unit is at least the last received event occurrence information. And a subtraction unit for subtracting the number of the newly received event occurrence information from the occurrence information number.
The event notification system according to any one of claims 1 to 8. When the event occurrence information receiving unit receives new event occurrence information from the electronic device during the inquiry by the inquiry unit, the electronic timepiece makes an inquiry according to the type of the event related to the inquiry by the inquiry unit. Determine whether to suspend or continue,
The event notification system according to any one of claims 1 to 10. If the electronic timepiece interrupts the inquiry by the inquiry unit, the electronic timepiece restarts the inquiry from the event occurrence information related to the latest event,
The event notification system according to claim 11. The electronic device further includes an action necessity/unnecessity notifying unit for notifying, in response to an inquiry from the inquiry unit, whether or not an action regarding the event occurrence information related to the inquiry is necessary.
The event notification system according to any one of claims 1 to 12. The electronic device further includes an event detailed information notification unit that notifies event detailed information about the event occurrence information related to the inquiry in response to the inquiry from the inquiry unit,
The inquiry unit inquires of the electronic device about the necessity of action for the detailed event information,
The electronic device further includes an action necessity/non-necessity notifying unit that notifies the necessity/non-necessity of the action regarding the event detailed information relating to the inquiry in response to the inquiry/necessity of the action.
The event notification system according to any one of claims 1 to 12. The electronic device further includes an event detailed information notification unit that notifies event detailed information about the event occurrence information related to the inquiry in response to the inquiry from the inquiry unit,
The electronic timepiece further includes an action necessity determination unit that determines, based on the event detailed information, whether or not an action is required for the event occurrence information related to the inquiry.
The event notification system according to any one of claims 1 to 12. An event occurrence information reception unit that receives at least one event occurrence information indicating that an event has occurred from the electronic device;
An inquiring section for inquiring the electronic device about the received event occurrence information in the order from the newest event to the oldest event,
An action execution unit that executes an action based on the necessity of the action obtained from the inquiry result,
When an action is executed by the action execution unit, when the inquiry by the inquiry unit reaches event occurrence information related to the event at which the action was executed last, and when an inquiry by the inquiry unit occurs Limit double actions to be taken when the information is reached and/or
Electronic clock. The electronic device notifies the electronic watch of event occurrence information indicating that an event has occurred,
The electronic timepiece receives at least one event occurrence information from the electronic device,
The electronic timepiece makes an inquiry about the received event occurrence information to the electronic device in the order from the newest event to the oldest event,
The electronic timepiece performs an action based on the necessity of the action obtained from the inquiry result,
The electronic timepiece is at least one of a case where an action is executed, a query reaches event occurrence information related to an event for which an action is last executed, and a case where an inquiry reaches event occurrence information about which an inquiry has already been made. In that case, limit the action to be performed twice,
Event notification method.

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