JP2002247652A - Position information notice system and position information notice method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technology with respect to a position information notice system and a position information method, with which a caller can grasp a current position of a speech opposite party through password authentication and setting of caller filtering, while taking into account the privacy protection of notice of position information, when the call opposite party cannot receive phone call, when the opposite party is driving an automobile or setting the automatic telephone message recorder mode. SOLUTION: The position information notice system in one embodiment as shown in Figure 1 substantially is constituted of a mobile terminal (a caller, a 1st mobile terminal) 1, such as a mobile phone or a PHS, a mobile terminal (call opposite party, a 2nd mobile terminal) 17 with respect to position information to be notified, a base station 2, an exchange 3 and a center 4 that controls transmission of the position information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a location information notification system, and more particularly to a location information notification system and a location information notification method using a portable telephone terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a position information system using a wireless portable terminal such as a PHS. For example, JP-A-11-1780
No. 47 describes a technique in which a system for acquiring and notifying location information is mounted on the portable terminal side, and when there is an incoming call from another terminal, the location information is acquired and notified to the sender. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-146080 describes a technique of providing a system for obtaining and providing position information on the center side.

[0003]

However, the prior art has the following problems.

In the technique described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-178047, a system for acquiring position information and notifying each portable terminal must be installed. Not notified.

[0005] According to the technology described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-146080, a third party can always obtain location information regardless of the intention of the portable terminal owner, and the third party can obtain his / her own location information. I do not notice that I got it.

In real life, for example, in the case of a meeting, when the meeting partner is driving a car, the answering machine is set, the incoming call is rejected, or the call cannot be made because of out of service area, etc. Not knowing that you are there is a frustrating meeting. In addition, there is a problem that it is difficult to find in the crowd when there is no contact, such as when separated from the person who was acting together.

[0007] The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to solve the problem when the other party cannot answer a call, such as while driving a car or setting an answering machine. A technology related to a location information notification system and a location information notification method in which a caller can grasp the current location of a call partner while setting password authentication and caller filtering, while taking privacy protection into consideration for location information notification. The point is to provide.

[0008]

The gist of the present invention according to claim 1 is a position information notification system using a mobile terminal, wherein the position information is notified according to an operation from a second mobile terminal which is a communication partner. A location information notification setting unit for performing a notification setting capable of determining whether or not to notify information, and a first mobile terminal that is a calling source is notified of the location information of the other party set in the location information service system. A location information notification system having a location information notification providing unit, wherein the location information notification providing unit includes: a request from the first mobile terminal; and a content of the notification setting set in the location information notification setting unit. And the position information is notified to the first mobile terminal based on the position information. The gist of the present invention according to claim 2, is that the location information notification setting unit sets the notification setting for caller filtering based on a telephone number from the second mobile terminal to the first mobile terminal. And the location information notification providing unit, when the second mobile terminal cannot respond to the incoming call, based on the request from the first mobile terminal and the notification setting, The position information notification system according to claim 1, wherein the position information is notified to a body terminal. The gist of the present invention according to claim 3, wherein the location information notification setting unit performs password protection for the first mobile terminal from the second mobile terminal to the notification setting. The present invention resides in the position information notification system described in 1 or 2. The gist of the present invention according to claim 4, wherein the position information notification system receives a position information notification request by a key operation or the like from the first mobile terminal, and sends the position information notification request to the first mobile terminal. The position information notification system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the position information of the second mobile terminal is notified. The gist of the present invention according to claim 5 is that the position information notification system is configured such that, when a call is received at the second mobile terminal, or when an incoming call is received, a key operation from the second mobile terminal is performed. The location information notification system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the location information for the first mobile terminal in the notification setting is set to non-notification. The gist of the present invention according to claim 6 is that, when the location information notification system notifies the first mobile terminal of the location information, the location information notification system notifies the first mobile terminal of the location information. The second mobile terminal is notified of this fact.
The present invention resides in the position information notification system according to any one of the first to fifth aspects. The gist of the present invention according to claim 7 is that the location information notifying system is configured such that if the second party is unable to answer the call partner, the second mobile terminal cannot answer the call registered in advance or the second reason. The position information notification according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the first mobile terminal is notified by voice information or character information including movement information of the mobile terminal. Exist in the system. The gist of the present invention described in claim 8 is a position information notification method using a mobile terminal, and can determine whether to notify about position information according to an operation from a second mobile terminal which is a communication partner. A first step of performing notification setting; and a second step of notifying the first mobile terminal, which is a caller, of the set location information of the other party, wherein the second step includes:
When receiving a request from the first mobile terminal, a third step of determining whether to notify the first mobile terminal of the location information based on the content of the set notification setting. The present invention resides in a position information notification method characterized by including a step. The gist of the present invention described in claim 9 is the first aspect of the present invention.
Performing the setting of caller filtering based on a telephone number from the second mobile terminal to the first mobile terminal in the notification setting in accordance with an operation from the second mobile terminal. And the third step includes notifying the first mobile terminal of the location information based on the setting of the caller filtering when the second mobile terminal cannot accept the incoming call. 9. The method according to claim 8, further comprising the step of determining whether or not to perform.
In the position information notification method described in the above section. The gist of the present invention according to claim 10, wherein the first step includes a step of performing password protection for the first mobile terminal in the notification setting in accordance with an operation from the second mobile terminal, The third step is to determine whether to notify the first mobile terminal of the location information based on the password protection setting when the second mobile terminal cannot accept the incoming call. The position information notification method according to claim 8 or 9, further comprising a determining step. The gist of the present invention according to claim 11 is that, when the second step receives a position information notification request by a key operation or the like from the first mobile terminal, the second step is performed on the first mobile terminal. 11. The method according to claim 8, further comprising the step of notifying location information of the second mobile terminal.
In the position information notification method. 13. The gist of the present invention according to claim 12, wherein the step (1) is performed when the second mobile terminal receives an incoming call or an incoming call in accordance with a key operation from the second mobile terminal. The position information notification method according to any one of claims 8 to 11, further comprising the step of setting the position information for the first mobile terminal in the setting to non-notification. The gist of the present invention according to claim 13 is that, when the second step notifies the first mobile terminal of the location information, the second step notifies the first mobile terminal of the location information. 13. The method according to claim 8, further comprising the step of notifying the second mobile terminal of the fact. The gist of the present invention according to claim 14 is that, when the second mobile terminal cannot answer the call partner, the second mobile terminal cannot answer the call registered in advance,
The method according to any one of claims 8 to 13, further comprising the step of notifying the first mobile terminal of the first mobile terminal including voice information or text information, including the movement information of the first mobile terminal. Location information notification method. The gist of the present invention described in claim 15 resides in a storage medium storing a program capable of executing the position information notification method according to any one of claims 8 to 14. The gist of the present invention described in claim 16 is that, by using the position information notification method according to any one of claims 8 to 14, a user who uses the first mobile terminal that is a caller can communicate with a caller. The present invention resides in a method of notifying the position of a deliverer, such as a parcel delivery service that holds a certain second mobile terminal.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a position information notification system according to the present embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1, a location information notification system according to the present embodiment includes a mobile terminal (caller, first mobile terminal) 1 such as a mobile phone or a PHS, and location information to be notified. Mobile terminal (communication partner, second mobile terminal) 17, base station 2, exchange 3, and center 4 for controlling transmission of location information.

A description will be given of processing operations among the constituent elements shown in FIG. 1 between the caller 1, the communication partner 17, the base station 2, the exchange 3, and the center 4.

A call is made from caller 1 (step S1).
1) The call partner 17 is called (step S12).
If the other party 17 cannot answer the call for any reason (step S13), a request for notification of the location information of the other party 17 is made via the exchange 3 (step S14), and the center 4
Notifies the caller 1 of the location information of the current position of the call partner 17 via the exchange 3 (step S15) with the notification of the reason such as the answering machine setting that the call partner 17 cannot answer the telephone (step S15). Step S16).

Thus, the caller 1 can recognize the current position of the caller 17 even if he cannot talk to the caller 17.

FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing the configuration of the center 4 in FIG.

The center 4 includes a location information notification system 21 for notifying location information to the mobile terminal of the caller 1 and a location information service system 24 for determining location information.

The position information notification system 21 includes a position information notification setting unit 22 and a position information notification providing unit 23. In the position information notification setting unit 22, notification setting of the position information is performed in advance by the call partner 17 (step S25).

The location information notification providing unit 23 requests the location information notification from the caller 1 (step S26), and if the location information notification setting unit 22 has set the notification,
The location information notification system 21 requests the location information service system 24 for location information (step S2).
7), this is acquired (step S28), and the caller 1 is notified as voice or data (step S29).

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the position information notification method according to the present embodiment.

The communication partner 17 is previously set to a position information notification setting unit 22 provided in the position information notification system 21 of the center 4.
(Step S3)
1).

Next, it is determined whether or not a notification setting is made with respect to the own location information (step S32).

In step S32, when a notification is to be made (in the figure, a notification is made), a notification is set (step S3)
3).

If no notification is made in step S32 (not shown in the figure), non-notification is set (step S3).
4).

Referring to FIG. 1, description will be made on the assumption that the other party 17 has set the notification of the position information.

The calling party 1 is called from the caller 1 (step S11), and the call is received (step S12).

If the call partner 17 cannot answer the call for some reason (step S13), the center 4 notifies the caller 1 of the reason why the call partner 17 cannot answer the call (step S16).

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of a notification operation corresponding to the notification setting of FIG.

In accordance with the processing in step S16 in FIG.
(Step S41). This step is represented by step S14 in FIG. 1 and step S26 in FIG.

Next, the position information notification setting unit 22 determines the notification setting made in FIG. 3 (step S42).

In step S42, if the notification is set (there is present in the figure), the current position of the communication partner 17 is acquired from the position information service system 24 (step S43). Step S26 and Step S2 in FIG.
It is shown in FIG.

Next, the caller 1 is notified of the position information by voice or data (step S44). This is shown in step S16 shown in FIG. On the other hand, in step S42, if notification is not set (none in the figure), non-notification is set (step S45).

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the notification message in FIG.

This notification message is a voice or character information including the reason why the call cannot be answered and the movement information of the other party 17 registered in advance.

For example, in the case where the other party 17 is driving a car and cannot answer the call, and the mobile terminal is in driving mode A01 in which the mobile terminal is set to the drive mode or the like, the caller 1 currently has OO. A message of running B01 is notified as voice or data.

The other party 17 sets the answering machine setting A0.
If it is 2 or the incoming call is rejected A03, the current location is XX and the message of B02 is notified.

Further, when the communication partner 17 is out of service area A04,
The time and place just before going out of the service area are as follows
Notify the message of B03.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing another example of the operation of the position information notification method according to the present embodiment.

Since the notification of the location information may infringe on privacy, the communication partner 17 can restrict the notification of the location information.

Steps S61, S62, S65 and S66 correspond to steps S31, S32, S33 and S34 in FIG. 3, respectively.

In FIG. 6, password protection is performed between step S62 and step S65 (step S6).
3) Set a process and a process of performing filtering so as to notify only a specific caller (step S64).

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of a notification operation corresponding to the notification setting of FIG.

Steps S71, S72, S77, S78 and S79 correspond to steps S41, S42, S43, S44 and S45 in FIG. 4, respectively.

In step S72, if there is a notification setting, it is determined whether caller filtering has been set (step S73).

When there is a caller filtering setting,
The filter is executed (Step S74).

If the filter is OK, it is determined whether password protection is set (step S7).
5).

If password protection is set, password authentication is performed (step S76).

If the password authentication is OK, step S
Go to 77.

If no sender filtering is set in step S73, the flow advances to step S75.

If no password protection is set in step S75, the flow advances to step S77.

In step S74, the filter is set to NG
In the case of, the process proceeds to step S79.

In step S76, if the password authentication is NG, the process proceeds to step S79.

As described above, the caller 1 is the location information only when the caller 17 is the designated caller, or when the person who has been notified of the password by the caller 17 inputs the password and succeeds in the password authentication. Can be obtained.

Thus, the other party 17 can set whether to notify or not to notify his / her own location information, and the caller 1 can make a call when the other party 17 cannot answer the call and there is a location information notification. The current position of the other party 17 can be ascertained.

Since the position information notification system and the position information notification method according to the embodiment are configured as described above,
The following effects are achieved.

Even when the other party 17 cannot answer the telephone for some reason, the caller 1 can know the current position of the other party 17. Also, by setting password authentication and caller filtering, privacy can be protected with respect to notification of location information.

It should be noted that the caller 1 is also notified that the location information has been notified to the other party 17. The content of the notification at this time is, for example, "I have notified XX that it is currently XX"
And so on. This allows the other party 17 to confirm when and who acquired his / her position information.

If the other party 17 does not notice the call, or if the time until the answering machine answer is long, the caller 1
During the call, the position information notification request shown in FIG. 4 can be directly issued in the position information notification system 21 of the center 4 by a key operation or the like from the mobile terminal side. Thus, the caller 1 can immediately grasp the position information without automatically waiting for the position information of the other party 17 to be notified.

Further, if the caller 1 who normally informs the location information does not want to know the location information even when the caller 17 is notified of the location information, the center is operated by a key operation or the like from the mobile terminal at the time of an incoming call or an incoming call. By controlling access to the location information notification system 21 of No. 4, the location information can be not notified to the caller 1.

Note that, in the present embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to a technique relating to a position information notification system and a position information notification method suitable for applying the present invention.

The number, position, shape, and the like of the above-mentioned constituent members are not limited to the above-described embodiment, but can be set to a suitable number, position, shape, and the like for implementing the present invention. In the drawings, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals.

[0061]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, the following effects can be obtained.

Even when the call partner cannot answer the call for some reason, the caller can know the current position of the call partner.

By setting password authentication and caller filtering, privacy can be protected for notification of location information.

By notifying the caller that the location information has been notified to the caller, the caller can confirm when and who has acquired his / her location information.

The caller can directly issue a position information notification request by a key operation or the like from the mobile terminal side during a call, and immediately grasp the position information without waiting for the position information of the other party to be notified. it can.

At the time of an incoming call or an incoming call, access control is performed on the notification setting of the center position information notification system by a key operation or the like from the mobile terminal side, so that the position information is not notified to the caller. Doing so can protect your privacy.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a center in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the position information notification method according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a notification operation corresponding to the notification setting in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a notification message in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing another example of the operation of the position information notification method according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a notification operation corresponding to the notification setting in FIG. 6;

[Explanation of symbols]

 A01 While driving A02 Answering machine setting A03 Call rejection A04 Out of service area B01 Currently driving in XX B02 Current location is XX B03 XX at hour and minute 1 Mobile terminal (caller, first mobile 2 base station 3 exchange 4 center 17 mobile terminal (communication partner, second mobile terminal) 21 location information notification system 22 location information notification setting unit 23 location information notification providing unit 24 location information service system

Claims (16)

[Claims] 1. A location information notification system using a mobile terminal, wherein a notification setting for determining whether or not to notify location information is performed in accordance with an operation from a second mobile terminal as a call partner. An information notification setting unit, and a position information notification system having a position information notification providing unit for notifying the caller of the first mobile terminal of the position information of the call partner set by the position information service system, The location information notification providing unit, based on a request from the first mobile terminal and the content of the notification setting set in the location information notification setting unit, the position information notification providing unit with respect to the first mobile terminal A position information notification system for notifying information. 2. The location information notification setting unit performs a caller filtering setting based on a telephone number from the second mobile terminal to the first mobile terminal in the notification setting. The notification providing unit is configured to, when the second mobile terminal cannot respond to the incoming call, request the first mobile terminal based on the request from the first mobile terminal and the notification setting. The location information notification system according to claim 1, wherein the location information is notified. 3. The notification setting unit according to claim 1, wherein the location information notification setting unit performs password protection on the notification setting from the second mobile terminal to the first mobile terminal.
Or the position information notification system according to 2. 4. The position information notification system according to claim 1, wherein
Receiving a position information notification request by a key operation or the like from the mobile terminal of the first mobile terminal;
The position information notification system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the position information of the mobile terminal is notified. 5. The position information notification system according to claim 2, wherein:
At the time of an incoming call or an incoming call at the mobile terminal, the position information for the first mobile terminal in the notification setting is set to non-notification by a key operation or the like from the second mobile terminal. 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein:
The location information notification system according to any of the above. 6. The position information notification system according to claim 1, wherein
When notifying the first mobile terminal of the location information, notifying the second mobile terminal of the notification of the location information to the first mobile terminal. 6. The position information notification system according to any one of 1 to 5. 7. The location information notification system according to claim 2, wherein
If the call partner cannot be answered by the mobile terminal of the first mobile terminal, including the reason why the call cannot be answered in advance and the movement information of the second mobile terminal,
7. The position information notification system according to claim 1, wherein the notification is performed by voice information or character information. 8. A location information notification method using a mobile terminal, comprising: a first notification setting for determining whether or not to notify location information in accordance with an operation from a second mobile terminal as a communication partner; And a second step of notifying the caller of the first mobile terminal of the set location information of the other party, wherein the second step is performed by the first mobile terminal. And a third step of determining whether to notify the first mobile terminal of the location information based on the content of the set notification setting when a request is received from the mobile terminal. Location information notification method to be performed. 9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first step includes a step of performing caller filtering based on a telephone number from the second mobile terminal to the first mobile terminal in accordance with an operation from the second mobile terminal. Setting the notification setting to the notification setting, wherein the third step is, when the second mobile terminal cannot respond to the incoming call, based on the caller filtering setting, the first mobile terminal. The method according to claim 8, further comprising: determining whether to notify the location information to the location information. 10. The first step includes a step of performing password protection for the first mobile terminal in the notification setting according to an operation from the second mobile terminal, and the third step includes: Determining whether to notify the first mobile terminal of the location information based on the password protection setting when the second mobile terminal cannot accept the incoming call. The location information notification method according to claim 8, wherein: 11. The method according to claim 11, wherein the second step includes: receiving a position information notification request by a key operation or the like from the first mobile terminal; The method according to any one of claims 8 to 10, further comprising a step of notifying terminal position information. 12. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first step is performed when the second mobile terminal receives a call or receives an incoming call according to a key operation or the like from the second mobile terminal. 9. The method according to claim 8, further comprising the step of setting the position information for the mobile terminal to be non-notifying.
12. The position information notification method according to any one of claims 1 to 11. 13. The second step, when notifying the first mobile terminal of the location information, notifies the first mobile terminal of the notification of the location information to the second mobile terminal. 13. The position information notification method according to claim 8, further comprising a step of notifying a mobile terminal. 14. The method according to claim 2, wherein when the other party cannot be answered by the second mobile terminal, a reason why the second mobile terminal cannot answer the call registered in advance or movement information of the second mobile terminal is determined. 14. The position information notification method according to claim 8, further comprising a step of notifying the first mobile terminal with voice information or character information. 15. A storage medium on which a program capable of executing the position information notification method according to claim 8 is recorded. 16. A user using a first mobile terminal, which is a caller, using a location information notification method according to any one of claims 8 to 14, to a second mobile, which is a communication partner. A method of notifying the position of a deliverer, which notifies the location information of a package deliverer such as a courier service holding a terminal.