JP2002204262A - Information processor, data transfer method, communication system and method, and portable terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently send electronic data information to the opposite party that can not receive the electronic data through a network, without increasing the cost. SOLUTION: A service center has communicating means (103 and 104) for transmitting and receiving data, a database (102) for storing the information of at least one portable terminal device (112) being communicable through the communicating means, and a management terminal (101) for detecting the transmission destination information of the data from the data received by the communicating means, selecting a portable terminal device to which the data is transferred on the basis of the detected transmission destination information and information stored in a storing means and updating the information stored in the database, and transfers the data to the selected portable terminal device.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and a data transfer method, a communication system and method, and a portable terminal apparatus. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for transmitting data such as a message received by an information processing apparatus to another portable terminal apparatus. The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and a data transfer method when transmitting, a communication system and method, and a mobile terminal device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a message delivery method, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (http://www.mpt.go.jp/pressrelease/japanese/yu
bin / 970826h201.html) hybrid mail service (h
ttp: //www.furusato-tayori.or.jp/cgi-bin/h-mail/hm
Some deliver emails, such as enu.cgi).

[0003] This system is a system for creating and sending mail using an Internet homepage of the Postal Service Center. Messages sent from the Internet are sent to a specific post office. Then, the transmitted message is printed as a mail at a specific post office, and delivered to the destination by a sealed letter (hybrid mail). The fee for use is settled by a credit card registered in advance.

[0004] On the other hand, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-338870 discloses a telephone having a public portable radio communication device, and a mobile device for transmitting and receiving information by the public portable radio communication device and a telephone having a communication function with the public portable radio communication device. A host device connected to the network, the host device searches a database storing the regional information and the corresponding regional information from the database based on the position information received from the mobile device,
The mobile device is provided with a location information detection device that detects a current position and information on a local position detected by the location information detection device to the host device. A system including a communication control device that transmits and receives regional information from a host device and a display device that displays the regional information is disclosed.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-205860 discloses that a destination script interpreting means extracts a destination in a message transmitted from a mobile terminal, specifies an area by an area information managing means, and further specifies personal information. A system which specifies a transfer member by a management means, obtains an address of the corresponding member, returns them to the message transfer means, and the message transfer means transmits a message to the returned address is disclosed. I have.

[0006]

However, in the above-described hybrid mail service, once the deliverer of the hybrid mail has delivered the mail to be delivered, it must return to the post office in order to obtain the next mail to be delivered. The number of deliveries per day is limited. For this reason, there is a drawback of lack of immediacy.

[0007] However, if dedicated equipment or personnel is arranged for immediate delivery, such as a telegram, there is a problem that new costs are incurred.

In Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-338870, a database storing area information corresponding to each area and a corresponding area information based on the position information received from the mobile device are disclosed. A host device that has a local information search / transmission device that performs processing of searching and transmitting from a database, a position information detection device that detects its own current position, and a host that stores information on the current position detected by the position information detection device. A system is disclosed that includes a communication control device that transmits to a device and receives local information from a host device, and a mobile device that includes a display device that displays the received local information.

In this system, the result of the request is sent back to the sender of the request. The return destination at that time is the “From:” line or “Reply-To:” in the mail header.
This is the address or caller phone number listed on the line.
In other words, it is sent to the sender, not to the address or device that is not the sender.

[0010] Further, in the information distribution system of Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-338870, the mail transfer server transmits the information of the incoming e-mail to the user's pager, PHS, mobile phone, or the like based on preset conditions. It is characterized by having a function of notifying. In this case, the mail transfer server uses the conditions set by the user in advance, such as the presence or absence of transfer, transfer destination, transfer time zone, presence or absence of mail list notification, mail sender, title, whether or not a reply is required, etc. To execute the transfer process. For example, it sends to the transfer destination according to the following rules.

[0011]

However, this is a case where the original receiving device is known in advance, and when the sender specifies an arbitrary z, which is neither x nor y, as the destination, it is transferred. The technology is not disclosed.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-205860 discloses that not only a user account but also location information or a script can be used as an e-mail destination. However, it only forwards data to the place set in advance by the recipient. That is, JP-A-11-33887
As in the publication No. 0, the sender cannot specify an arbitrary place.

Further, for example, when the sender tries to request processing from one of the persons in the Nakano district, nakano@xxx.yy
The following problems occur when sending to y.jp. That is,
In the system, data is transferred to all devices in the Nakano area. As a result, all the members try to perform the processing, and waste occurs. In order to avoid such waste, even if one person is designated, no statistical information such as the number of past processes is provided. Therefore, it is possible that “as a result, the load on a specific person increases”. However, JP-A-11-205860 does not disclose means for avoiding this problem.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and can efficiently deliver information of electronic data to a destination that cannot receive electronic data via a network without increasing costs. The purpose is to be.

[0016]

In order to achieve the above object, an information processing apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a communication unit for transmitting and receiving data; and detecting information on a destination of the data from the data received by the communication unit. Detecting means for storing information of at least one portable terminal device communicable via the communication means, updating means for updating information stored in the storage means, and the detected destination information And selecting means for selecting a mobile terminal device to which the data is to be transferred, based on the information stored in the storage means, and transferring the data to the mobile terminal device selected by the selecting means.

Further, the data transfer method of the present invention for transferring data from an information processing device to at least one portable terminal device capable of communicating with the information processing device manages information indicating a current state of the portable terminal device. A receiving step of receiving data; a detecting step of detecting destination information of the data from the data received in the receiving step; and the detected destination information and information managed by the managing step. And a transmitting step of transferring the data to the portable terminal device selected in the selecting step.

According to a preferred aspect of the present invention, the destination information is a destination address. Further, the information processing apparatus further includes a conversion unit that converts the address of the transmission destination into latitude and longitude information, and the data transfer method converts the address of the transmission destination into latitude and longitude information. The method further includes a step.

According to another preferred aspect of the present invention, the transmission destination information is latitude / longitude information.

Preferably, the destination information includes a name.

According to a preferred aspect of the present invention, the transmission destination information includes an IETF (Internet Engineering Task).
Force) A specific field of the email header defined in the standard RFC, or MIME (Multipurpose Intertern)
et Mail Extensions).

According to another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the destination information is an HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer).
Protocol) or SGML (Sta
ndard Generalized Markup Language).

According to a preferred aspect of the present invention, the information processing apparatus further includes an acquisition unit for acquiring current position information of the portable terminal device, and the storage unit stores the current position information of the portable terminal device. Location information, status, destination, number of moves,
It has at least one of a moving total distance, a moving total time, and a data transmission total meter. Further, the data transfer method further includes an obtaining step of obtaining current position information of the mobile terminal device,

In the management step, the current position information of the portable terminal device and at least one of a state, a destination, the number of movements, a total distance moved, a total movement time, and a total data transmission are managed.

As described above, by using statistical information such as the number of deliveries / time / distance when determining a transfer destination, the load on the delivery person can be dispersed and smooth operation can be performed.

Further, when a message printing service is performed by using the statistical information of the message transmission cumulative amount, ink and toner of a printing device connected to each portable terminal device can be evenly consumed.

[0027] Preferably, the current position information includes a latitude /
It is longitude information.

In order to achieve the above object, a communication system according to the present invention is capable of communicating with any one of the above information processing apparatuses via the communication means, and includes at least one of: A terminal device, at least one portable terminal device capable of communicating via the communication means, and an output means for outputting the transferred data.

Further, according to the communication method of the present invention, there is provided a receiving step of receiving data transferred by any one of the data transfer methods described above, an output step of outputting the received data, and a step of detecting the output data. And delivering to the destination indicated by the destination information detected in the step.

According to a preferred aspect of the present invention, the portable terminal device has a detecting means for detecting a current position, and notifies the information processing device of the detected current position. Also,
The communication method further includes a detection step of detecting a current position, and a notification step of notifying the information processing apparatus of the detected current position.

According to a preferred aspect of the present invention, each of the terminal device and the portable terminal device has an encryption /
The communication method further includes a decoding step of decoding the received data.

According to a preferred aspect of the present invention, the output unit is at least one of a printing unit, a display unit, a sound reproducing unit, and a recording unit for recording on a recording medium.
In the output step, the received data is printed, displayed,
Either audio reproduction or recording on a recording medium is performed.

In order to achieve the above object, a portable terminal device of the present invention capable of communicating with any one of the above information processing devices has a detecting means for detecting a current position, and Is notified to the information processing apparatus.

According to a preferred aspect of the present invention, the portable terminal device further includes an encryption / decryption unit.

According to a preferred aspect of the present invention, the portable terminal device can be connected to at least one of a printing unit, a display unit, a sound reproducing unit, and a recording unit for recording on a recording medium.

[0036]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a system configuration according to the present embodiment when a message is an electronic mail, and shows a case where two ISPs are involved in the system.

The e-mail system is operated by each Internet provider (ISP) and may be independent of the present invention, or may be newly constructed for the present invention.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 100 denotes a service center for controlling the transfer of mail according to the present embodiment; 200, a telephone network; 300, a wireless network;
01 is a terminal device having a message editing function and a communication function used by the sender 400, 402 is a terminal adapter, and 500 is a mail delivery destination. Reference numeral 110 denotes a transportation unit belonging to the service center 100, and reference numeral 111 denotes a mail delivery person. For simplification of the drawing, the number of senders, delivery destinations, and delivery persons (moving means) are each one or one, but a plurality may be provided. The moving means 110 includes a portable terminal 112, a display device 113, and a printer 114.

It is assumed that an Internet provider A (ISPA) 620 and an Internet provider B (ISPB) 630 provide services on the Internet 600. The ISPA 620 manages the router 601, the mail server 602, and the router 603 in FIG. Also, the ISPB 630 corresponds to the router 61 in FIG.
1, mail server 612, router 613, router 614
Is managing. If a new mail system is constructed for the present invention, the sender 400
, And is directly connected to the center 100.
Here, it is assumed that service center 100 has concluded a mail use contract with ISPB 630, and
Has a mail use contract with ISPA620.

The sender 400 uses the terminal device 401 to perform Internet communication via the terminal adapter 402 and the telephone network 200. On the other hand, it is assumed that the delivery destination 500 cannot communicate an electronic message via a network.

Next, processing in the present system when the sender 400 sends an electronic mail to the delivery destination 500 will be described.

First, the sender 400 sends a message to the terminal 401
Use to create email body. FIG. 2 shows an example of a general email header.

Here, as shown in FIG. 2, the destination mail address of the message is set to the mail address of the service center 100 (haitatsu@mail.isp-b.ne.jp in FIG. 2), and the delivery destination is set in the SUBJECT field. Designate 500 address names. The mail created in this way is sent. At this time, the text may be encrypted.

The transmitted mail is transmitted from the terminal adapter 402 to the telephone network 20 in the form of several IP packets.
0, the packet reaches the router 603 and is sent to the mail server 602 therefrom. The terminal adapter 40
2 and the router 603 use a PPP (Point-T
o-Point Protocol).

The mail server 602 sends the mail to the mail server 613 according to the destination mail address in the header.
Deliver to. This is between ISPA620 and ISPB
This is performed via the router 602 and the router 613 connecting the 630 and the 630.

The mail server 613 sends the mail to the mail server 104 according to the destination mail address in the header.
Deliver to. This is because the router 614 managed by the ISPB 630 and the router 103 of the service center 100
Done through.

Next, processing performed by the management terminal 101 of the service center 100 according to the present embodiment will be described.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

The management terminal 101 constantly monitors events such as the operation of the administrator and the end / reception of the mail transmission (step S100). Here, the management terminal 101
Periodically monitors whether a mail has arrived at a specific mail address of the mail server 104 (here, haitatsu@mail.isp-b.ne.jp).

When an event occurs, the flow advances to step S101 to determine the type of the event. If the mail is received, the process proceeds to step S102. If the notification is the delivery end notification from the portable terminal 112, the process proceeds to step S120. If the event is another event, the process proceeds to step S130 to perform a process corresponding to the event.

When the mail is received by the mail server 104, the management terminal 101 detects the reception and proceeds to step S1.
At 02, the SUBJECT field is checked to determine whether the format is a predetermined format. If the mail is not in a predetermined format, the delivery destination of the mail is unknown, and the mail is deleted or returned to the terminal device 401 as an error. On the other hand, if the format is a predetermined format, the transfer destination mobile terminal is selected to transfer the mail based on the data indicating the address and the like described therein (step S103).

Note that the predetermined format is, for example,
Address and name as shown in Figure 2, north latitude (or south latitude)
AA degrees (°) BB minutes (') CC seconds (") East longitude (or west longitude) DD degrees (°) EE minutes (') FF seconds (") (where
AA to FF indicate numbers. ).

Further, the management terminal 101 or the database 102 can perform mutual conversion between the address and the latitude / longitude, and when the address is described in the SUBJECT field, select the transfer destination terminal. Sometimes, it is converted to latitude / longitude information.

Further, the database 102 of the present system
Holds a mobile terminal management table as shown in FIG. In FIG. 4, a terminal ID column uniquely identifies a plurality of mobile terminals 112 provided in the system, a telephone number column indicates the number of each mobile terminal in the wireless network 300, and a status column indicates terminal operation. For example, a value indicating that the user is moving to the transfer destination is entered. The current position column indicates the position of each mobile terminal in the idle state, and the delivery destination column indicates the position of the delivery destination. further,
Record the total number of deliveries, delivery distances, and delivery times so far.

The transfer destination terminal of the mail is determined based on the information as shown in FIG. 4. To select the transfer destination, for example, the following priorities are set.

(1) State is idle and closest

(2) The state is idle and the number of deliveries is the least

(3) The state is idle and the cumulative delivery time is the least.

(4) The state is idle and the cumulative total of the delivery distance is the least.

(5) The state is idle, and the traveling distance traveled for delivery is the shortest

(6) The state is idle and the travel time for moving for delivery is the shortest

As an example, the delivery destination described in a predetermined format is “35 ° 10′10” north latitude, 135 ° east longitude.
If a message with "10'10""is received, the selection process is as follows.

First, since terminal ID = 10 is not idle, it is not a candidate, and either terminal ID = 1 or ID = 2.

Next, when the geometric distances from the terminal ID = 1 and ID = 2 to the delivery destination are calculated, both are the same.
Terminal ID = 1 is selected.

The priorities can be freely changed from the standpoint of operating the system. For example, if the shorter delivery distance is prioritized, ID = 1 is selected in the above example, and if the shorter delivery time is prioritized, ID = 2.
Is selected.

When the terminal is selected, the mail is transferred to the terminal (step S104). Then, the state of the terminal is set to “moving”, and the database 102 is updated (step S105).

In order to know the position of the mobile terminal, a method using a service of a mobile phone company operating a wireless network,
There is a method in which the mobile terminal itself has GPS.

The database 102 also has map information including road information, and the management terminal 101 can calculate a geometric distance and a road distance between any two points using the information. In addition, VICS (Vehicle Info
rmation and Communication System: Information from a road traffic information communication system or ITS (Intelligent Transport System) may be used. In that case, the management terminal 10
In response to the inquiry from 1, traffic information or a traveling route may be added and returned in addition to the searched terminal information.

At that time, in step S104, the management terminal 101 transmits the mail body to be delivered with traffic jam information and a travel route added thereto.

When the mail is transferred to the selected terminal (here, the portable terminal 112), the delivery person 111 looks at the SUBJECT field on the portable terminal 112 and moves to the destination position. At this time, if traffic congestion information or a traveling route is added, a route according to the information is followed.

When the delivery person 111 arrives at the delivery destination, the transferred mail is displayed on the display device 113 and / or the printer 1.
14 for output. At this time, if the text is encrypted, the recipient of the delivery destination 500 inputs the personal identification number or the like serving as a decryption key to make it plain text, and then displays it on the display device 113 or prints it with the printer 114.

Then, the delivery person 111 enters the form terminal 112
The management terminal 101 is notified of the end of the delivery via. When the management terminal 101 receives the notification in step S100 of FIG. 3, the state of the terminal is set to “idle”, and the current position, the number of deliveries, the delivery time, and the delivery distance are updated (step S120).

Here, several methods for confirming the position of the portable terminal 112 will be described.

(Position Confirmation Method 1: Information-Addition Type Location Information Service) This is a service in which a person carrying a PHS terminal can dial his / her specific number to add his / her own location information to the other party and make a call. The concept is shown in FIG.
Using the received position information, it is also possible to realize an information providing service.

In this case, the PHS terminal is the portable terminal 1 shown in FIG.
The terminal corresponds to the management terminal 101 and the database 102.

(Position confirmation method 2: data communication type position information service) This is a service that can take the latitude and longitude information of the nearest base station into a personal computer or a portable information terminal performing data communication by PHS. As shown in FIG.
The information provided from the content provider, such as a map and store information, can be extracted using the acquired position information.

In this case, the corresponding PHS terminal is the portable terminal 112 in FIG.
And the database 102.

(Position Confirmation Method 3: Monitor Communication Type Location Information Service) This service searches for the location of a user carrying a PHS terminal upon request, and notifies the location information via the Internet. The concept is shown in FIG. .

In this case, the corresponding PHS is the portable terminal 112
First, the customer's PC has the management terminal 101 and the database 1
02.

(Position Confirmation Method 4) A GPS is mounted on the portable terminal, and the portable terminal transmits its own position information to the center every time delivery is completed or at regular intervals.

(Modification) In the above embodiment, the SUBJECT
Although the delivery address / name is written in the field, the first part may be the delivery address / name using a MIME multipart. Also, the Content-Type expressing the address / name in MIME may be determined independently.

When the address / name is specified in the specific part, only the mail body part to be delivered is encrypted.

Further, instead of e-mail, HTML
(Hyper Text Markup Language) or XML (eXten
sible Markup Language) or BML (Broadcast M
(arkup Language) or other message communication conforming to SGML.

In this case, WEB browser software is used in the terminal device 401, and HTTP browser software is used in the management terminal 102 and the like.
(Hyper Text Ttansfer Protocol) server software runs. The identifier for determining the delivery destination at that time is a specific tag such as HTML, XML, or BML.

The statistical information to be managed is not limited to the items shown in FIG. 4, but may be based on the total capacity of transferred messages.

Each device in the service center 100 is represented by a function to be processed, but may be realized by one device. The same applies to the message terminal 401 and the terminal adapter, and the portable terminal 112 and the display device 113.

Further, the message of the present invention is not limited to text, but includes images such as still images and moving images,
Voice or the like may be used.

Further, the present invention displays a message and / or
Alternatively, in addition to printing, the information storage device is stored in a removable information storage device such as a memory card, and the information storage device is handed to the delivery destination 500 or recorded in the information storage device owned by the delivery destination 500. Various output methods are conceivable.

[0089]

Another object of the present invention is to provide a system or apparatus with a storage medium (or a recording medium) in which a program code of software for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments is recorded, and the computer of the system or apparatus is provided. Needless to say, this can also be achieved by a program (or CPU or MPU) reading and executing the program code stored in the storage medium. In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium implements the functions of the above-described embodiment, and the storage medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention. When the computer executes the readout program codes, not only the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized, but also an operating system (OS) running on the computer based on the instructions of the program codes. It goes without saying that a case where some or all of the actual processing is performed and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing is also included.

Further, after the program code read from the storage medium is written into the memory provided in the function expansion card inserted into the computer or the function expansion unit connected to the computer, the program code is read based on the instruction of the program code. , The CPU provided in the function expansion card or the function expansion unit performs a part or all of the actual processing,
It goes without saying that a case where the function of the above-described embodiment is realized by the processing is also included.

When the present invention is applied to the storage medium, the storage medium stores program codes corresponding to the above-described flowchart shown in FIG.

[0092]

As described above, according to the present invention, electronic data information can be efficiently delivered to a destination that cannot receive electronic data via a network without increasing costs. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a mail header according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation of the management terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a portable terminal management table stored in a database according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an information-added location information service.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a data communication type location information service.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a monitor-type communication type location information service.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 100 service center 101 management terminal 102 database 103 router 104 mail server 110 transportation means 111 delivery person 112 portable terminal 113 display device 114 printer 200 telephone network 300 wireless network 400 sender 401 terminal device 402 terminal adapter 601, 603 router 602 mail server 611 , 613, 614 Router 612 Mail server

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Claims (31)

[Claims] Communication means for transmitting and receiving data; detection means for detecting destination information of the data from the data received by the communication means; and at least one portable terminal device capable of communicating via the communication means. Storage means for holding the information of the above, update means for updating the information stored in the storage means, and a portable terminal for transferring the data based on the detected destination information and the information stored in the storage means An information processing apparatus comprising: a selection unit that selects a device, wherein the data is transferred to the portable terminal device selected by the selection unit. 2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the destination information is a destination address. 3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a conversion unit configured to convert the address of the transmission destination into latitude and longitude information. 4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transmission destination information is latitude / longitude information. 5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the destination information includes a name. 6. The transmission destination information includes an IETF (Internet
Engineering Task Force) Specific fields in the email header defined in the standard RFC, or MIME (Mul
6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus is held in a specific part of tipurpose Internet Mail Extensions. 7. The transmission destination information may be HTTP (Hyper Tex).
t Transfer Protocol)
2. A specific tag of a language conforming to GML (Standard Generalized Markup Language).
6. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 5 to 5. 8. An apparatus further comprising: an acquisition unit configured to acquire current position information of the portable terminal device, wherein the storage unit includes: a current position information of the portable terminal device;
The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising at least one of a state, a destination, the number of times of movement, a total movement distance, a total movement time, and a total data transmission count. 9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the current position information is latitude / longitude information. 10. An information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus is communicable via the communication means, and at least one terminal apparatus transmits data; and A communication system comprising: at least one portable terminal device capable of communication; and output means for outputting the transferred data. 11. The communication system according to claim 10, wherein said portable terminal device has a detecting means for detecting a current position, and notifies said information processing device of said detected current position. 12. The communication system according to claim 10, wherein each of the terminal device and the portable terminal device has an encryption / decryption unit. 13. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the output unit is at least one of a printing unit, a display unit, a sound reproducing unit, and a recording unit for recording on a recording medium.
3. The communication system according to any one of 2. 14. A portable terminal device communicable with the information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising a detection unit for detecting a current position, wherein said detected current position is processed by said information processing device. A portable terminal device for notifying a device. 15. The portable terminal device according to claim 14, further comprising an encryption / decryption unit. 16. A printing means, a display means, a sound reproducing means,
16. The portable terminal device according to claim 14, wherein the portable terminal device can be connected to at least one of recording means for recording on a recording medium. 17. A data transfer method for transferring data from an information processing device to at least one portable terminal device capable of communicating with the information processing device, wherein information indicating a current state of the portable terminal device is managed. A management step; a reception step of receiving data; a detection step of detecting destination information of the data from the data received in the reception step; and A data transfer method, comprising: a selection step of selecting a mobile terminal device to which the data is to be transferred based on the data, and a transmission step of transferring the data to the mobile terminal device selected by the selection step. 18. The data transfer method according to claim 17, wherein the destination information is a destination address. 19. The data transfer method according to claim 18, further comprising a conversion step of converting the address of the transmission destination into latitude and longitude information. 20. The data transfer method according to claim 17, wherein the transmission destination information is latitude / longitude information. 21. The data transfer method according to claim 18, wherein the transmission destination information includes a name. 22. The transmission destination information includes an IETF (Interne
t Engineering TaskForce) Specific fields in the email header as defined in the standard RFC, or MIME (Mull
22. The data transfer method according to claim 17, wherein the data transfer method is held in a specific part of tipurpose Internet Mail Extensions. 23. The transmission destination information may be HTTP (Hyper T
ext Transfer Protocol), or
22. The data transfer method according to claim 17, wherein the tag is a specific tag of a language conforming to SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language). 24. The mobile terminal device further comprising: an obtaining step of obtaining current position information of the mobile terminal device. 24. The data transfer method according to claim 17, wherein at least one of the cumulative moving time and the cumulative data transmission is managed. 25. The data transfer method according to claim 24, wherein the current position information is latitude / longitude information. 26. A receiving step of receiving data transferred by the data transfer method according to claim 17; an outputting step of outputting the received data; and a transmitting step of detecting the output data in the detecting step. A delivery step of delivering to a destination indicated by the destination information. 27. The communication method according to claim 26, further comprising: a detecting step of detecting a current position; and a notifying step of notifying the information processing apparatus of the detected current position. 28. The method according to claim 26, further comprising a decoding step of decoding the received data.
8. The communication method according to 7. 29. The communication method according to claim 26, wherein in the output step, one of printing, display, sound reproduction, and recording on a recording medium is performed on the received data. . 30. A storage medium storing a program executable by a computer device, wherein the computer device executing the program functions as the device according to claim 1. Description: Storage medium. 31. A program executable by an information processing apparatus having a program code for realizing the data transfer method according to claim 17. Description: