JP2001188724A - Communication control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication control system capable of extending the range of communication, and realizing communication with the other party in a state that anonymity is held, and selecting the kind of information to be transmitted to the other party. SOLUTION: Telephone numbers for identifying portable telephone T1 and T2 devices and member identification numbers for identifying members are stored so as to correspond to each other in a member data base D1. When the member identification number of a member at the destination of transmission is designated, and information is transmitted from a portable telephone T1 of one member to the other member, a controller 22 retrieves the telephone number of the portable telephone corresponding to the designated member identification number from the member data base D1, and transmits the information to the portable telephone of the other member designated by the telephone number.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication control system, and more particularly, to a mobile phone and a PHS (Personal Handy Phone).
The present invention relates to a communication control system for controlling transmission and reception of information such as e-mail transmitted and received by a portable terminal such as e).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, portable telephones and PHSs (hereinafter collectively referred to as portable telephones) not only perform voice communication between portable telephone terminals but also transmit and receive simple e-mails and various information. It is possible to collect using only a mobile phone terminal, and communication is being advanced. When transmitting and receiving an e-mail in a mobile phone, the e-mail can be generally transmitted and received for various reasons such as a small display area (screen) provided in the terminal and troublesome character input. The number of characters was limited.

[0003] However, HTM is used for the purpose of enhancing affinity with e-mail transmitted / received on a network such as the Internet and improving the expressiveness of e-mail to further improve communication between senders and receivers.
Information created in the L (Hyper Text Markup Language) format can be transmitted and received as electronic mail, and some of them have been realized. When information created in the HTML format is transmitted and received as e-mail, not only character information but also image information and further audio information can be included in the e-mail.

[0004]

When an electronic mail is transmitted using a mobile phone, the sender specifies the telephone number of the receiver or an address uniquely assigned to each user in advance, and transmits the electronic mail. This is performed by inputting the contents of the e-mail and giving an instruction to transmit the e-mail to the designated recipient. In other words, the sender can send e-mail only to the recipient who knows the phone number and address.For example, new communication with a third party with a common hobby There is a problem that can not be.

[0005] In addition, there is a demand for communicating with a third party while concealing each other's features and the telephone number of a mobile phone when attempting new new communication. Furthermore, since it is not possible to convey emotions to the other party only by sending and receiving character information by conventional e-mail,
There is also a demand for communication by voice. That is, there is a demand for a communication means that responds to complicated requirements.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide a means for new communication with a third party, and more specifically, to expand the range of communication. At the same time, you can communicate with the other party while maintaining anonymity,
It is another object of the present invention to provide a communication control system that enables selection of the type of information that can be sent to a partner.

[0007]

Hereinafter, in the examples shown in this section, for ease of understanding, each constituent element of the present invention will be described with typical reference numerals shown in the drawings of the embodiments. The configuration of the present invention or each component requirement is not limited to those restricted by these reference numerals. In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a portable terminal device (T1, T2)
(D1) for storing the terminal device identification number for identifying the member and the member identification number for identifying the member in association with each other, and specifying the member identification number of another member from the terminal device (T1) of one member. When the information is transmitted to the other member, the terminal device identification number corresponding to the member identification number is searched from the storage means (D1), and the other member specified by the terminal device identification number is retrieved. Terminal device (T2)
And control means (22) for transmitting the information together with the member identification number of the one member without knowing the terminal device identification number. Here, the information transmitted from the terminal device (T1) owned by the one member includes the terminal device identification number of the terminal device (T1), and the control means (22) includes the terminal device identification number. The storage means (D1) based on the terminal device identification number
, And a member identification number of the one member is obtained. According to the present invention, since the information of one member transmitted to another member is only the member identification number of one member, communication can be performed while maintaining anonymity. In addition, the present invention is characterized in that when the terminal device (T2) of the other member specifies the member identification number of the one member and returns information to the one member, the control means (22) Searching the terminal device identification number corresponding to the member identification number of the one member specified from the storage means (D1), and searching the terminal belonging to the one member specified by the terminal device identification number The information is returned to the device (T1) together with the member identification numbers of the other members without knowing the terminal device identification numbers. Here, the information returned from the terminal device (T2) owned by the other member includes the terminal device identification number of the terminal device (T2), and the control unit (22) includes the terminal device identification number in the information. The storage means (D
1) is searched to obtain the member identification number of the other member. According to the present invention, since the information of another member returned to one member is only the member identification number of the other member, communication can be performed while maintaining anonymity. In the above invention, a part of the information transmitted and received between the one member and the other member is in the form of an e-mail, and in this case, an e-mail storage for storing the e-mail Means (D3), wherein the control means (22) stores the e-mail in the e-mail storage means (D3) and transmits the e-mail when the e-mail is transmitted. Terminal device (T1 or T1
2). Further, the electronic mail includes character information, music information, image information, or audio information. An image information storage unit (F5) for storing image information corresponding to the member identification number stored in the storage unit (D1) is provided between the one member and the other member. Is characterized in that image information corresponding to the member identification number of the transmission source is included in a part of the information. According to the present invention, it is possible to select the type of information that can be sent to the other party during communication, and as a result, various communication can be performed. Further, in the present invention, the storage means (D1) stores the attribute information of the member in association with the member identification number, and the control means (22)
The member identification number of one or more members to which the one member is to be transmitted is notified to the terminal device (T1) of the one member by referring to the attribute, and the one member is When the attribute information is updated or added, the control means (22) refers to the updated or added attribute and newly notifies the member identification number. Furthermore, the control means (22) refers to the attribute when notifying the new member and notifies the new member of the member identification numbers of one or more members to be the transmission partner. . Here, it is preferable that the attribute information is information on a preset hobby of the member. According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain an opportunity to perform communication with a partner having a certain common point, instead of communicating with a partner having no common point. Further, in the present invention, the control means (22) is connected to a network (N), and at least one of character information, music information, image information, and audio information is transmitted via the network (N). It is characterized by being recorded.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a communication control system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing an overall configuration of a communication control system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes a communication network currently used, such as a mobile phone or a PHS (hereinafter, collectively referred to as a mobile phone), and includes a communication control management device 12, base stations 14, 16, a mail server 18, and the like. The communication control management device 12
For example, the voice information transmitted from the mobile phone T1 via the base station 12 is transmitted to the mobile phone T2 via the base station 16. At this time, the communication control management device 12
The communication path is controlled and managed based on the transmission destination information and the transmission source information added to the audio information from T1 and T2.

The mail server 18 includes mobile phones T1 and T2.
And the storage of the e-mail transmitted and received between the mobile phone and the mobile phone of the transmission destination. Note that the mail server 18 uses HTML (Hyper Text Mar
It can handle e-mail created in kup language) format. The communication network 10 in FIG.
Control of communication between the mobile phones T1, T2, etc.
This is performed using the telephone numbers assigned to each of T1 and T2.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 20 denotes a communication control system according to an embodiment of the present invention, which includes a control device 22, a member database D1, a voice information spool D2, and an electronic mail spool D3. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the internal configuration of the control device 22. Control device 2
2 includes an interface unit 30, a control unit 31, a member information conversion unit 32, a member selection unit 33, a member information search unit 34, a voice information recording unit 35, and an e-mail generation recording unit 36.

The communication control system 20 is assigned one of telephone numbers used in the communication network 10 or a specific number. The specific number here is, for example, a number such as “* 1111”. In general,
In current mobile phones, when a user calls a server that provides a specific service, the user often designates a number such as “* 1111”, and in the present embodiment, such a specific phone number is also used. A number is assigned to the communication control system 20. In the following description, for the sake of simplicity, when designating the communication control system 20 as a communication destination, the expression “call the control device 22” is used for convenience.

The interface section 30 is an interface with the communication control management device 12 in FIG. When a call is made to the control device 22, the communication control management device 12 notifies the interface unit 30 in the control device 22 of the telephone number of the transmission source. The interface 30
When the telephone number of the transmission destination and the information to be transmitted are output from the control unit 31, the communication control management device 12
Output to

The control unit 31 controls the overall operation of the control device 22. Although not shown, the control device 22
Is connected to the server device of the credit company via a dedicated line, and performs authentication processing to determine whether or not the credit number input and transmitted from the mobile phone is legitimate. In the present embodiment, a case is described in which the user is charged using the credit number of the credit card as an example, but any charging method may be used.

The member information converter 32 converts a member identification number and a telephone number assigned to each member.
In other words, although the details will be described later, the communication control system 20 basically controls communication with the member, and basically communicates with the member with a member identification number uniquely assigned to each member. Is controlling communication. On the other hand, as described above, the communication network 10 in FIG. 1 controls communication between the mobile phones T1 and T2 using the telephone numbers assigned to the mobile phones T1 and T2.

The member information conversion unit 32 converts a member identification number and a telephone number into each other, so to speak, the mobile telephone T.
The communication between members performed by designating the member identification number using 1, T2 is secured. In this embodiment,
The reason for communicating with other members by specifying the member identification number is
This is to ensure the anonymity of the member. That is, in a conventional mobile phone, when information is exchanged using e-mail or the like, the transmission is basically performed by designating a transmission destination telephone number. In general, the number is also notified, and anonymity is lost in such a state.

When a new member or a request for member introduction is made, the member selecting unit 33 selects and notifies the new member or the requesting member of the current member, and It is for introducing. This member selection section 33
Is provided to introduce members who share a common topic and expand the scope of communication. Although details will be described later, the member selecting unit 33 does not arbitrarily select and introduce a member, but selects a member whose hobby matches, for example.
By selecting a member based on such criteria, a member within a range desired by a new member can be introduced.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a hobby classification table when the member selecting section 33 selects a member based on a hobby. As shown in FIG. 3, the classification table based on hobbies is classified hierarchically, and the first hierarchy is classified according to the genre of the hobby. In the example shown in FIG. 3, the first hierarchy is classified into genres such as "sports", "anime", "movie", and "music". In the second level,
It is a subdivision of the genre of the first hierarchy, for example,
If the genre is "sports", "baseball"
It is classified into "soccer", "ski" and the like.

The member information search unit 34 searches the member database D1 under the control of the control unit 31, obtains necessary information, and records member information in the member database. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the recorded contents of the member database. The member database is configured in a record format having a plurality of fields. The number of records is provided by at least the number of members. The fields constituting the record include a field F1 for recording a member identification number,
It comprises a field F2 for recording the telephone number of the member, fields F3 and F4 for recording hobby information, and a field F5 for recording character information. The genre shown in FIG. 3 is recorded in the field F3.
In field F4, subdivisions of genres are recorded.

In the example shown in FIG. 4, "1002953" is recorded in the field F1 as a member identification number, and "090XXXXXXY" is recorded in the field F2 as a telephone number.
"YYY" (where X and Y are numerical values from 0 to 9) are recorded, "sports" is recorded as hobby information in the field F3, and "baseball" is recorded as hobby information in the field F4. In the field F5, "Usa-chan" is recorded as character information.

Further, image information can be included as character information. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of image information that can be included in character information. In FIG. 5, the image information C1 is represented by a diagram, but the image information C1 is actually created in a format that can be displayed in color in a size of, for example, 16 dots × 16 dots. In FIG. 5, image information that images a rabbit is recorded in correspondence with the character information recorded in the field F5 in FIG. 4 being “Usa-chan”. That is, “Usa-chan” is a nickname, and the image information C1 shown in FIG. 5 is a visualization of an image associated with the nickname “Usa-chan”.

Returning to FIG. 2, the voice information recording unit 35 records the voice information of the member in the voice information spool D2 when the voice information is to be recorded by the member under the control of the control unit 31. . In addition, the recorded audio information is deleted. This audio information spool D2 is provided to enable selection of the type of information that can be sent to the other party. In other words, in the communication control system 10 according to the present embodiment, communication between members is basically performed with anonymity using e-mail. However, merely transmitting character information by e-mail conveys emotions to the other party. Therefore, a means for transmitting a voice as an electronic mail to a person who wants to communicate by voice is provided.

The e-mail generation and recording unit 36 includes the control unit 31
Under the control of, an operation of recording and reading an e-mail transmitted to a certain member in the e-mail spool D3 is performed, and if necessary, generating an e-mail to be transmitted to the member. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the recorded contents of the electronic mail spool D3. The electronic mail spool is configured in a record format having a plurality of fields provided for each member. Note that a plurality of records may be provided for each member. By providing a plurality of records for each member, a plurality of e-mails can be recorded for each member.

The fields constituting the record include a field F1 for recording a member identification number, a field F11 for recording a flag indicating the presence or absence of unread mail, and a field F1 for recording a member identification number indicating the source of the e-mail.
2. A field F13 for recording a flag indicating whether or not the electronic mail includes voice information, and a field F14 for recording a mail text. The body of the e-mail sent from one member to another is
Recorded in the record of the destination member.

That is, in the example shown in FIG. 6, from the member identified by the member identification number "1001021" to the member identified by the member identification number "1002953", the electronic content having the content stored in the field F14 is used. You can see that the email has been sent. When the electronic mail includes audio information, that is, when the recording content of the field F13 is “1”, the audio information is recorded on the audio information spool D2 in association with the mail text. still,
When the record content of the field F11 is “1”,
It indicates that there is an unread mail, and “0” indicates that there is no mail.

Next, the operation of the communication control system according to one embodiment of the present invention having the above configuration will be described. [Registration of New Member] FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure when the control device 22 performs registration of a new member. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the content displayed on the mobile telephone which has. First, when a person who intends to register calls the control device 22, the control unit 31 in the control device 22
Transmits the contents of the top page of the page prepared in advance to the mobile phone that made the call. FIG. 8A shows an example of the contents of the top page.

A person who intends to register a specific selection key with the cursor C enclosing the place where the character "Let's Start!" In FIG. Is different for each model), the control device 22 transmits a service introduction page to the mobile phone. FIG. 8B is a diagram illustrating an example of a service introduction page. As shown in FIG. 8B, on the service introduction page, a sentence P1 and a menu M1 that briefly indicate the service content are displayed.

As shown in FIG. 8B, the menu M
4 includes “Read usage guidance”, “Read usage rules”, “Join”, and “To TOP menu”. When "read usage guide" is selected, a page in which a sentence describing more detailed service contents is described is displayed. When you select "Read the Terms and Conditions", the Terms and Conditions page is displayed. When you select "Join", the participation application page is displayed. When you select "TOP Menu", the top page shown in Fig. 8 (a) is displayed. Return to

Now, as shown in FIG. 8 (b), when the selection key is depressed while the cursor C surrounds the menu "join", the fact is input to the control unit 32 (step S10). ), The control unit 32 transmits, for example, a credit number input page. When a person who intends to register inputs and transmits a credit number (step S12), the control unit 31 performs an authentication process with a server of a credit company (not shown) (step S14), and determines whether or not the authentication has been performed. Is determined (step S16). If the authentication has failed (if the result of the determination in step S16 is "NO"), a page indicating that authentication has failed is transmitted to the mobile phone, and the process ends.

On the other hand, when the authentication is successful (step S1)
If the determination result in step 6 is “YES”), a process of issuing a member identification number is performed (step S18). In this process, the control unit 31 creates a record for storing the newly issued member identification number in the member database D1 via the member information search unit 34, and issues the member identification number issued to the person who intends to register. Send a page notifying the number. FIG. 8C is a diagram showing an example of a page for notifying the member identification number.

As shown in FIG. 8 (c), a sentence P2 containing a welcome message, a issued member identification number, and a message urging user setting is displayed. FIG.
In (c), the issued member identification number is changed to “####
##### ". In addition, a sentence P3 prompting the input of a nickname and a nickname input field B1 are displayed together with the sentence P2. This nickname is used as a kind of the character information described above (see FIG. 4), and a desired nickname can be input.

A nickname is input into the input field B1, and a new member presses a selection key with the cursor C enclosing the character "execute" as shown in FIG. 8C, and the input nickname is transmitted. Then, the control unit 31 stores the field F5 in the newly created record in the member database D1.
Is recorded as character information (step S2).
0). The field F1 of the newly created record
In the field F2, the newly issued member identification number is recorded, and in the field F2, the telephone number of the mobile phone notified via the interface unit 30 is recorded.

Next, the control unit 31 transmits a page for inputting hobby information. FIG. 8D illustrates an example of a page for inputting hobby information. As shown in FIG. 8D, a sentence P4 prompting the user to enter hobby information and a selectable menu M2 are displayed. In the example shown in FIG. 8D, the contents of the first hierarchy shown in FIG. 3 are shown as the menu M2. A new member operates the cursor C, for example, as shown in FIG.
When the selection key is pressed with the cursor C surrounding the menu item "sports" as shown in (d), the control unit 31 displays "sports" in the field F3 of the newly created record in the member database D1. Record

Further, the control unit 31 transmits a page for inputting details of the hobby information based on the content recorded in the field F3 of the record. FIG. 8E shows an example of a page for inputting details of hobby information. As shown in FIG. 8 (e), a sentence P5 prompting detailed input of hobby information and a selectable menu M3 are displayed. In the example shown in FIG. 8E, "sports" is recorded in the field F3 of the newly created record in the member database D1, and the contents of the second hierarchy are displayed as the menu M3. . When the new member operates the cursor C and presses the selection key with the cursor C surrounding the menu item "baseball" as shown in FIG. 8 (e), for example, the control unit 31 causes the member database D1 to operate. "Baseball" is recorded in the field F4 of the newly created record. Hobby information is input through the above processing (step S2).
2).

Next, a process of selecting an introducing member to be introduced to a new member is performed (step S24). In this process, the member selection unit 33 determines based on the contents of the fields F3 and F4 newly created in the member database D1.
This is performed by searching the member database D1 for a record that matches these. When the selection process of the introduction member is completed, the control unit 31 transmits the selection result of the member selection unit 33 to the mobile phone of the new member. FIG.
(F) is a figure showing an example of a display of an introduction member. FIG.
In the example shown in (f), a sentence P indicating that a friend is introduced
6 and a sentence P7 displaying the member identification number of the introducing member are displayed.

The processing for registering a new member has been described above with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8. In this processing, a case where only hobbies are registered in the member database D1 as personal information (attributes) of the member is described. Although described using an example, personal information such as age, gender, and district where one lives may be registered. As described above, it is preferable to use a large amount of personal information because various selection conditions can be set even when an introduction member is selected. 7 and 8, a case where a new member is added and a new member is notified of the other member and introduced is explained. May change the personal information, a new member identification number of the other member may be notified and introduced.

In the processing of step S20 shown in FIG. 7, the case where a nickname is input as character information has been described as an example. In this processing, image information as shown in FIG. 5 is selected. May be made. It is sufficient if the image information shown in FIG. 5 can be registered as character information in the member database D1 by operating the mobile phones T1 and T2.
Since it is generally troublesome to create image information using T1 and T2, a database in which a plurality of image information that can be used as character information is prepared in advance, and a member as a member is selected from these. Alternatively, the information may be registered as character information.

In the description of FIGS. 7 and 8, a case where one member sets or selects only one piece of character information when setting or selecting character information such as a nickname or image information will be described. Although described, one member may be able to set or select a plurality of pieces of character information. In this case, character information to be transmitted may be set in advance for each transmission destination, or character information to be transmitted may be selected from a plurality of pieces of character information when an e-mail is transmitted. When character information to be transmitted is set in advance for each transmission partner, the setting process is performed in the process of step S20 in FIG. When character information to be transmitted is set in advance for each transmission partner, in the process of step S20, a process of selecting a plurality of pieces of character information from a database in which a plurality of pieces of image information are recorded is performed.

[Communication between members]
The operation when members communicate with each other will be described. Regarding the members with whom communication is performed, information on the member as the transmission source and the member as the transmission destination is as follows. [Source] Member identification number: 1001021 Character information (nickname): Bear's character information (image information): Bear face image Mobile phone used: Mobile phone T1 in FIG. 1 [Destination] Member identification number 10000253 Character information (nickname): Usa Character information (image information): Rabbit image (see FIG. 5) Mobile phone used: Mobile phone T2 in FIG.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing processing when one member sends an e-mail to another member using the communication control system according to one embodiment of the present invention.
When the sending member sends an e-mail to the destination member, the procedure is slightly different depending on whether an e-mail containing voice information is sent or not. When transmitting an e-mail that does not include voice information, the transmitting member inputs character information to be included in the e-mail using the mobile phone T1 in advance. On the other hand, when an electronic mail including voice information is transmitted, a procedure for inputting character information is omitted. Regardless of whether an e-mail containing voice information or an e-mail containing no voice information is sent, the sending member needs to input the member identification number of the sending destination. In the case of this example, “1002593” is input as the member identification number of the transmission destination.

When the transmitting member makes a telephone call to the control device 22 and specifies transmission of an e-mail, the cellular phone T1
Sends an electronic mail to the control device 22. When the electronic mail is transmitted, the control unit 31 receives the transmitted electronic mail (Step S30). At this time, the communication control management device 12 notifies the telephone number of the transmission source mobile phone T1. Based on the notification, the member information conversion unit 32
Searches the field F2 of each record in the member database D1 via the member information search unit 34, and obtains the member identification number of the field F1 of the corresponding record (step S32).

Next, the control section 31 determines whether or not the transmitted e-mail contains voice information (step S34). If the electronic mail includes voice information (if the determination result in step S34 is “YES”), an instruction to prompt voice input is transmitted to the mobile phone T1. The transmitting member transmits the voice information from the mobile phone T1 to the control device 22 according to the instruction. When the voice information is transmitted, the control unit 31 sends the voice information recording unit 35
(Step S)
36).

On the other hand, if the transmitted e-mail does not include voice information (if the determination result in step S34 is "NO"), the processing in step S36 is omitted, and the e-mail is generated and recorded. A process of recording on the electronic mail spool D3 via the unit 36 is performed (step S38). When recording an e-mail, the mobile phone T
A record in which the member identification number transmitted from No. 1 is recorded in the field F1 is searched, and “1” is recorded in a field F11 of the record as a value of a flag for identifying the presence or absence of an unread mail. And Also,
The member identification number of the transmission source of the e-mail specified in the process of step S32 is recorded in the field F12 of the record.

In the case of this example, "1001021" is recorded as the transmission member identification number. Further, when the e-mail does not include the voice information, the content of the e-mail is recorded in the field F14 shown in FIG. 6 and "0" is recorded as the value of the flag indicating the presence or absence of the voice information in the field F13. I do. On the other hand, when the electronic mail includes voice information, “1” is recorded as the value of the flag indicating the presence / absence of voice information in the field F13.
If the e-mail contains audio information,
A number specifying the audio information is recorded as the content of the field F14, and the correspondence with the audio information is achieved.

When the above processing is completed, the control unit 31 changes the member identification number of the transmission destination of the electronic mail to the member information conversion unit 32.
Output to The member information conversion unit 32 is a member information search unit 3
4 from the member database D1 via the field F
1 is searched for a record including the member identification number output from the control unit 31, and the field F2 of the corresponding record is searched.
Then, the telephone number of the mobile phone (the mobile phone T2 in FIG. 1 in this example) owned by the member of the transmission destination is obtained from the contents recorded in (step S40). The control unit 31 notifies the telephone number obtained by the member information conversion unit 32 that there is an unread mail (step S42). With the above processing, the processing when a member transmits an e-mail to another member is completed.

Next, a process when the member reads the transmitted e-mail will be described. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a process when the member reads the transmitted e-mail. By the processing of FIG. 9, it is displayed that there is an unread e-mail in the mobile phone T2 of the transmission destination member. Upon seeing this display, the member makes a call to the control device 22 using the mobile phone T2, and gives an instruction to read an unread e-mail. When the control unit 31 receives this instruction (step S50), the control unit 31 notifies the mobile phone T2 notified from the communication control management device 12 via the interface unit 30.
Is output to the member information conversion unit 32. The member information conversion unit 32 searches the member database D1 based on the control unit 31, obtains a member identification number corresponding to the telephone number (step S52), and outputs it to the control unit 31.

The control unit 31 outputs the member identification number output from the member information conversion unit 32 to the electronic mail generation and recording unit 36, and gives an instruction to generate an electronic mail for transmission to the destination member. When generating an email,
First, the e-mail generation recording unit 36 searches the e-mail spool D3 and specifies a record in which the member identification number output from the control unit 31 is recorded in the field F10. In this example, the member identification number “100259”
The record in which "3" is recorded in the field F10 is specified. When the record is specified, it is determined whether the value of the flag recorded in the field F13 of the record is “0” or “1”, and it is determined whether or not the electronic mail includes voice information ( Step S54).

If the e-mail contains voice information (if the result of the determination in step S54 is "YES"), the e-mail generation / recording section 36 first sets the field of the specified record The member identification number of the sender of the electronic mail recorded in F12 is obtained. Next, the member identification number of the transmission source is output to the control unit 31, and the character information recorded in the record F5 in the field of the record in which the member identification number is recorded in the field F1 is obtained. In the case of the present example, the obtained character information is "Kuma no ~" as a nickname and an image of a bear's face as image information. Then, the e-mail generation / recording unit 36 generates an e-mail in which the member identification number and the character information of the transmission source are combined with a message indicating that there is voice information (step S56).

On the other hand, if the e-mail does not include voice information (if the determination result in step S54 is "NO"), the e-mail generation / recording unit 36 proceeds to step S52.
The member identification number of the sender of the e-mail recorded in the field F12 of the record specified in the processing of (1) is obtained.
Next, the member identification number of the transmission source is output to the control unit 31, and the character information recorded in the record F5 in the field of the record in which the member identification number is recorded in the field F1 is obtained. In the case of this example, the obtained character information is
The image is a bear's face image as nickname "Kuma no ~" and image information. Then, the e-mail generation recording unit 36
Reads out the contents of the e-mail text recorded in the field F14 of the specified record, and creates an e-mail combining the e-mail text with the member ID number and character information of the sender (step S58). E-mail created in step S56 or step S5
8 is transmitted to the mobile phone T2 that has transmitted the instruction to read the unread e-mail (step S60), and the series of processing ends.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of the contents displayed on the mobile phone which has received the e-mail.
FIG. 11B is a diagram illustrating a display example in a case where the electronic mail includes voice information, and FIG. 11B is a view illustrating a display example in a case where the electronic mail does not include voice information. FIG. 11 (a),
As shown in FIG. 11B, when reading an unread e-mail, the member identification number “100102” of the transmission source is read.
Information R1 indicating "1" and character information E1 and E2 of the transmitting member are displayed. In this example, FIG.
(A), as shown in FIG. 11 (b), “Kuma no ぷ” is displayed as the character information E1, and an image of a bear's face is displayed as the character information E2.

If the e-mail contains voice information, a display P10 indicating that the e-mail contains voice information is displayed as shown in FIG. And a menu M5 including an item "Reply by e-mail" are displayed. On the other hand, if the e-mail does not include voice information,
As shown in (b), the content P11 of the text of the transmitted e-mail, and a menu M6 including the items “reply by mail” and “reply by voice” are displayed.

A state in which the display of FIG.
That is, when the member presses the selection key while the cursor C surrounds the item “listen to voice”, a signal indicating that voice information is read is transmitted to the control device 22. Upon receiving this signal, the control unit 31 sends the e-mail spool D3 specified in the process of step S52 (see FIG. 10).
A number for specifying the audio information recorded in the field F14 of the record is read, and the audio information specified by the number is read from the audio information spool D2 and transmitted to the mobile phone T2. Through this process, the transmission destination member can hear the audio information transmitted from the transmission source member.

As can be seen from FIGS. 11 (a) and 11 (b), the information of the transmitting member notified to the transmitting member is only the member identification number and the character information. Since personal information such as age, gender, and the telephone number of the mobile phone T1 is not notified, anonymous communication can be performed. Also, as shown in FIG.
As the reply to the transmitted e-mail, it is possible to select whether to reply by e-mail or voice, that is, to return character information or voice information.

In the processing of step S60 in FIG. 10, when an electronic mail containing no voice information is transmitted, the control unit 31 sets the value of the flag in the field F11 of the record in which the electronic mail is recorded. Is set to “0”, and the source recorded in the field F12 is notified that the destination member has read the e-mail. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a display example of the mobile phone T1 when notified that a member of a transmission destination has read an e-mail containing no voice information. Since this notification is not given by another member but by the control unit 31, information R1 indicating the member identification number of the member to be notified and character information E1, E2 of the member to be notified are displayed. You. Also,
Information P12 indicating the date and time when the e-mail was transmitted and the date and time when the transmitted e-mail was confirmed by the destination member is displayed. Similarly, when an e-mail including voice information is received, information indicating the date and time when the e-mail was sent to the e-mail sender and the date and time when the transmitted e-mail was confirmed by the member of the transmission destination are displayed. .

Next, a procedure in the case where the member who has confirmed the electronic mail returns a reply to the member who transmitted the e-mail will be described. The e-mail reply procedure is basically the same as the e-mail transmission procedure. 13A and 13B are diagrams illustrating an example of a reply mail. FIG. 13A is a diagram illustrating a display example of a reply mail creation page. FIG. 13B is a diagram illustrating a display example when a reply mail is received. When creating a reply email,
As shown in FIG. 11B, the cursor C is moved to the menu M
Pressing the select key while surrounding the item 6 "Reply by mail" displays the reply mail creation page.

When the reply mail creation page is displayed, information R1 indicating the member ID number of the reply destination and character information E1 are displayed. In this example, the member identification number is “1”.
001021 ”, and the character information is“ Kuma no ぷ ～ ”. Therefore, the information displayed on the reply mail creation page is“ R21 indicating the member ID number of the reply destination ”. 1001021 "is displayed, and" Kuma no ぷ ~ "is displayed as the character information E1. Further, an input field B2 for inputting the contents of the reply mail and a menu M7 are displayed.

The member who makes the reply inputs the contents of the reply mail to the input field B2, and the selection key is pressed while the cursor C surrounds the item "Send" as shown in FIG. Is pressed, the message is transmitted to the member identified by the member identification number "1001021". FIG. 13B shows a display example when a reply mail is received. FIG. 13 (b)
, The member ID number "1"
002593 "and character information E3, E4 of the member who sent the reply mail. In this example, as shown in FIG. 13B, “Rabbit” is displayed as the character information E3, and a rabbit image is displayed as the character information E4. Further, the input content of the input field B2 in FIG. 13A is displayed as a sentence P13.

When sending a reply mail, the reply mail can be sent by e-mail including voice information. In this case, the member sending the reply mail is, for example, the one shown in FIG.
When the selection key is pressed with the cursor C shown in (a) enclosing the item "Reply by voice" in the menu M6, a page for creating an e-mail including voice information is displayed, and according to the display contents of this page. The member creates a reply mail including the voice information. The process for creating a reply mail including voice information is the same as the process for creating an electronic mail including voice information described above. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a display example when a reply mail including audio information is received. As shown in FIG. 14, when a reply mail is received, a display similar to that of FIG. 11A is displayed. In this way, the range of desired communication can be expanded, communication can be achieved with the other party while maintaining anonymity, and the type of information that can be sent to the other party can be selected.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 15 is a block diagram schematically showing an overall configuration of a communication control system according to another embodiment of the present invention. The same parts as those in the communication control system according to one embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. The reference numerals are used and the description is omitted. The communication control system according to another embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 15 differs from the communication control system according to the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 in that the control device 22 is connected to a network N such as the Internet. That is the point.

In another embodiment of the present invention, not only voice information but also music information (for example, BGM (background music)) is added to the character information and personal information of the member recorded in the member database D1 or the e-mail. In this case, information created by the computer 50 such as a personal computer is used as the information. In this case, information created by the computer, for example, the character information shown in FIG. 5 is transmitted from the computer 50 to the control device 22 via the network N, and recorded in the member database D1. The use of the computer 50 facilitates the creation of such information, and allows a variety of information to be recorded in the member database D1. Also,
Character information and voice information may also be transmitted to the control device 22 via the network N.

The embodiments described above are described for facilitating the understanding of the present invention, but not for limiting the present invention. Therefore, each element disclosed in the above embodiment is intended to include all design changes and equivalents belonging to the technical scope of the present invention. For example, the layout of the display example shown in the drawings is arbitrary. The configuration illustrated in FIG. 2 may be realized by hardware, or may be a configuration in which a CPU (Central Processing Unit) executes a program to realize the function of each unit illustrated in FIG. 2. .

Further, in the above-described embodiment, a case where one character information is registered in advance and the character information is automatically transmitted to the destination member has been described as an example. The character information transmitted to the transmission destination may be different in advance for each member of the transmission destination. Further, instead of transmitting character information determined for each member of the transmission destination in advance, character information to be transmitted at the time of transmitting an electronic mail may be selected.

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As described above, according to the present invention, according to the present invention, the information of one member transmitted to another member is only the member identification number of one member, and is returned to the one member. Since the information of the other member is only the member identification number of the other member, there is an effect that communication can be performed while maintaining anonymity. Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to select the type of information that can be sent to the other party in performing communication, and as a result, there is an effect that various communication can be performed. According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain an opportunity to perform communication with a partner having a certain common point, instead of communicating with a partner having no common point.

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FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating an overall configuration of a communication control system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of an internal configuration of a control device 22.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hobby classification table when a member selection unit 33 selects a member based on a hobby.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of recorded contents of a member database.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of image information that can be included in character information.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of recorded contents of an electronic mail spool D3.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure when the control device 22 registers a new member.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of contents displayed on a mobile phone of a person who intends to register when registering a new member.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing processing when a member sends an e-mail to another member using the communication control system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing processing when a member reads a transmitted e-mail.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of content displayed on a mobile phone that has received an e-mail.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a display example of the mobile phone T1 when notified that a member at a transmission destination has read an e-mail that does not include voice information.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a reply mail.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a display example when a reply mail including voice information is received.

FIG. 15 is a block diagram schematically showing an overall configuration of a communication control system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[Description of Signs] 22 Control device (control means) T1 Mobile phone (terminal device) T2 Mobile phone (terminal device) D1 Member database (storage means) D2 Voice information spool (storage means) D3 E-mail spool (e-mail storage means) ) F5 field (image information storage means) N network

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[Claims] A storage means for storing a terminal device identification number for identifying a portable terminal device and a member identification number for identifying a member in association with each other; When the information is transmitted to the other member by designating the identification number, the storage unit is searched for the terminal device identification number corresponding to the member identification number, and the other device designated by the terminal device identification number is retrieved. A communication control system, comprising: control means for transmitting the information together with the member identification number of the one member to a terminal device owned by the member without knowing the terminal device identification number. 2. The information transmitted from the terminal device owned by the one member includes a terminal device identification number of the terminal device, and the control unit performs a process based on the terminal device identification number included in the information. 2. The communication control system according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit is searched to obtain a member identification number of the one member. 3. When the terminal device of the other member specifies the member identification number of the one member and returns information to the one member, the control unit sets the storage unit to the storage unit. The terminal device identification number corresponding to the member identification number of the one member specified by the means is searched, and the terminal device identification number is notified to the terminal device of the one member designated by the terminal device identification number. 2. The communication control system according to claim 1, wherein the information is returned together with the member identification number of the other member without being received. 4. The information returned from the terminal device possessed by the other member includes a terminal device identification number of the terminal device, and the control unit performs a process based on the terminal device identification number included in the information. 4. The communication control system according to claim 3, wherein said storage means is searched to obtain a member identification number of said another member. 5. A method according to claim 1, wherein a part of information transmitted and received between said one member and said another member is in the form of an electronic mail. Communication control system. 6. An electronic mail storage means for storing the electronic mail, wherein the control means, when the electronic mail is transmitted, stores the electronic mail in the electronic mail storage means, 6. The communication control system according to claim 5, wherein the fact that the mail has been transmitted is transmitted to a terminal device owned by the destination member. 7. The communication control system according to claim 5, wherein the electronic mail includes at least one of character information, music information, image information, and voice information. 8. An image information storage means for storing image information corresponding to a member identification number stored in said storage means, wherein information of information transmitted and received between said one member and said another member is stored. 8. The communication control system according to claim 7, wherein a part of the communication control system includes image information corresponding to the transmission member identification number. 9. The storage unit stores attribute information of the member in association with the member identification number, and the control unit determines a member identification of one or more members to be a transmission destination of the one member. The communication control system according to claim 1, wherein a number is notified to the terminal device of the one member by referring to the attribute. 10. When the one member updates or adds the attribute information, the control unit refers to the updated or added attribute and newly notifies the member identification number. The communication control system according to claim 9, wherein: 11. The storage means stores attribute information of the member in association with the member identification number, and the control means refers to the attribute when newly adding the member, and The communication control system according to claim 1, wherein a new member is notified of a member identification number of one or more members to be a transmission partner. 12. The communication control system according to claim 9, wherein the attribute information is information about a preset hobby of the member. 13. The control means is connected to a network, and at least one of character information, music information, image information, and audio information is transmitted and recorded via the network. Item 7. The communication control system according to Item 7.