JP2002009967A - System for distributing electronic mail of positional information - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a terminal such as a portable telephone to utilize a position retrieving information system. SOLUTION: The system receives a retrieving request of a terminal whose position is to be retrieved from a retrieval requester's computer terminal or portable telephone connected to the Internet or a telephone line, requests the retrieval to a position retrieving system and receives position data (latitude, longitude). Nearby city/town/village names are retrieved from a prefecture/city/ town/village name data base stored in a server of the system on the basis of the received position data (latitude, longitude) and one or plural city/town names are prepared. Similarly nearby facilities names are retrieved from facilities name data base stored in the server and one or plural facilities names or the like are prepared.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for distributing location information of a portable communication terminal (located terminal) using a PHS (Personal Handy Phone System) to a search requester.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, in a position information search system using a PHS, a response of position information to a search requester is displayed by an image such as a map from an Internet browser or transmitted by FAX.

[0003]

In order to distribute the position data (latitude, longitude) received from the position search system using a map, a display device sufficient to display the map on the terminal of the search requester is required. A main storage area (memory) is required.
However, some display devices such as mobile phones cannot display maps well or cannot display maps.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above problems, a database of about 300,000 town names and facility names of municipalities nationwide associated with latitude and longitude is prepared, and the position data (latitude) received from the position search system is prepared. , Longitude), character data of the town name of the municipalities and the names of nearby facilities are created and distributed to the search requester by e-mail.

[0005]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the entire system. FIG. 2 is a search request screen of the terminal of the search requester. From this screen, enter the registration number and password of the searched terminal. Based on this number, the system requests the position search system to search for the position of the searched terminal. When the position data (latitude, longitude) of the terminal to be searched is received from the position search system, character data of the town name of the municipalities and the names of the facilities in the vicinity are created from a database of town names and facility names of municipalities nationwide associated with the latitude and longitude. . FIG. 3 is an example of creating character data thus created. This character data is transmitted to the search request e-mail associated with the registration number.

As described above, according to the present invention, since position data (latitude and longitude) is converted into character data having a small data amount and transmitted, a position search system can be easily realized with a display device or a portable telephone having a small main memory. It was made possible to use.

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[Submission date] October 11, 2000 (2000.10.
11)

[Procedure amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] Brief description of drawings

[Correction method] Added

[Correction contents]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an entire position information e-mail distribution system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an example of an input screen of a search request terminal of the position information e-mail distribution system according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an example of an e-mail automatically generated from latitude and longitude by the position information e-mail distribution system according to the present invention.

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Claims (1)

[Claims] Claims: 1. A search request is received from a computer or mobile phone of a search requester connected via the Internet or a telephone line, and a search is requested to a position search system, and position data (latitude, latitude,
In order to quickly view the position data (latitude, longitude) received from the position search system on a mobile phone or the like in a system that receives and distributes the longitude to the search requester, information such as the name of a municipal city or the name of a nearby facility is obtained from the latitude / longitude information. System to convert to character data and reply to search requester by e-mail