JP2002288079A - Information communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information communication system with excellent convenience. SOLUTION: This information communication system for transmitting and receiving information among a plurality of users is formed of a server for storing the information, and information equipment operated by the user to transmit and receive the information through the server. The information equipment comprises (a) a communication means for communicating with the server through an electric communication line; (b) an operation means for allowing the user, when on transmitter side, to transmit sentence examples L1 and L2 usable as transmission message S and return message R as the information to the server, and the user, when on receiver side, to receive the transmission message S and the sentence examples L1 and L2 as the information from the server and selectively transmit the sentence examples L1 and L2 as the return message R of the information to the transmitter user; (c) an output means for outputting the information; and (d) a control means for controlling each of the means.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to an information communication system for transmitting and receiving various information such as text data, image data, and voice data used in electronic mail.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A technology using the Internet is generally used as an information communication system for transmitting and receiving e-mails while on a moving body, for example, a vehicle (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-322345). This means that information such as text data created by the sender is transmitted from an information device such as a mobile phone, a mobile phone, a PHS (portable phone), a so-called notebook computer with a built-in modem, or a Palm machine to a telecommunication line. Sent to the provider via e-mail,
The information stored in the mail server of the provider is received when a receiver accesses the mail server by using the information device and the telecommunication line.

[0003]

However, in the case where the information is transmitted and received outdoors, such as in a vehicle,
The input operation tends to be inconvenient. For example, in such a situation, it is very difficult to input all of the intention as text data, and there is room for improvement in convenience.

The present invention provides a highly convenient information communication system capable of efficiently transmitting and receiving various types of information used in e-mail and the like even when the input operation is inconvenient, such as when the user is in a vehicle. The purpose is to provide.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information communication system for transmitting and receiving information between a plurality of users. It comprises a server for storing information, and an information device operated by the user for transmitting and receiving the information via the server, and the information device communicates with the server via a telecommunication line. Communication means,
(B) When the user is a transmitting side, a sentence example usable as a transmission message and a reply message is transmitted to the server as the information, and when the user is a receiving side, the transmission message and the sent message are used as the information. Operating means for receiving the sentence example from the server, selecting the sentence example, and transmitting the selected example as the information to the transmitting user, (c) output means for outputting the information, and (d)
It is characterized by having at least control means for controlling these means.

[0006] In particular, as set forth in claim 1 and claim 2, the sentence is prepared by the user on the transmitting side as necessary and attached to the transmitted message. And

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information communication system for transmitting and receiving information between a plurality of users, comprising: a server for storing the information; and a server for transmitting and receiving the information via the server. An information device operated by the user, the information device comprising: (a) communication means for communicating with the server via an electric communication line; and (b) the information when the user is a transmission side. The sent message and a sentence that is stored in a predetermined place in advance and that can be used as a reply message by the user's selection is sent to the server, and when the user is a receiving side, the sent message and the information are sent as the information. Operating means capable of receiving the sentence example from the server, selecting the sentence example, and transmitting the selected example as the information to the user on the transmission side; (c)
An output unit that outputs the information; and (d) a control unit that controls each of these units.
It is characterized by having at least storage means which is the predetermined place for storing the sentence example.

[0008] In particular, as described in claim 3 and 4, the sentence example is stored in advance in the storage means of the server, and is necessary when the user on the transmission side transmits the transmission message. It is characterized in that it is attached to the transmission message by making a selection accordingly.

[0009] In particular, as set forth in claim 1 or claim 3, the information device is a portable telephone.

[0010] Thus, when exchanging various kinds of information using the information equipment, a desired message can be selected from the text examples attached to the transmitted message and transmitted, so that the message can be used as a reply message. Therefore, the operability is higher than that using a keyboard, and even when the input operation is inconvenient, such as when the user is in a vehicle, the information can be efficiently transmitted and received by e-mail or the like. It becomes an information communication system with excellent performance.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described based on embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

FIGS. 1 and 2 are a schematic diagram and a block diagram, respectively, for explaining the configuration of an information device 100 mounted and used on a moving body, for example, a vehicle. Communication means 2 for communicating with means 10 and a mail server (hereinafter referred to as a server) at a remote place
0, a display means (output means) 30 for visually outputting various information transmitted and received via the communication means 20, a control means 40 for controlling at least the detection means 10 and the display means 30, and an instruction to the control means 40. Operating means 50 for giving
have. Reference numeral 60 denotes an audio unit (output unit) including a speaker, an earphone, and the like used when the various information is output aurally. The audio unit 60 may be prepared for exclusive use or may be used as a speaker for a car audio. You can also.

The detecting means 10 includes, for example, a main body 11 housed in a trunk room and an antenna
This is a well-known GPS receiver that receives a position signal such as latitude, longitude and altitude from the PS satellite 200. The GPS receiver measures its own current position and obtains its own current position data.
It is also possible to configure a sensor for obtaining the self-current position data from the vehicle movement information such as a pulse signal generated according to the traveling of the vehicle without using a signal from the satellite 200, and the sensor And the GPS receiver may be combined, but it is preferable to use the GPS receiver in consideration of portability.

The communication means 20 is a telecommunication line, for example,
A mobile phone (for example, a mobile phone that can use the so-called “i-mode” of Japan Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.) that is connected to the public telephone line 300 and can transmit and receive various information by wireless packet communication, and is located at a remote place By communicating with the server, it transmits and receives the information, may be other than a mobile phone, for example, may be a wired phone or the personal data communication device, but in consideration of portability, The mobile phone is preferred. Further, as the telecommunication line, it is possible to use a dedicated line instead of the public telephone line 300, but in consideration of cost, it is preferable to use the public telephone line 300. Packet communication in which a usage fee is charged according to the amount of the information to be used is desirable.

The display means 30 comprises, for example, a display member 31 having excellent portability, such as a color liquid crystal display element, and a drive circuit 32 for driving the display member. The display member is, for example, a driver of the vehicle. A current position based on the detection result of the detection means 10 and a predetermined display based on the information are provided at a location in front of the user by a real image or a virtual image.

The control means 40 comprises, for example, a microcomputer, a predetermined processing in accordance with a predetermined program, at least an arithmetic means 41 for controlling the updating of the self-current position data by the detecting means 10 or switching the display on the display means 30 and the like. , Storage means 42 and operation means 50
And an input / output means 43 for exchanging signals with the communication means 20. The storage means 42 comprises, for example, a ROM 42a or a RAM 42b.
And a digital input / output unit 43a for signal control
Operation means 41, operation means 50 and sound output means 60
Analog input / output unit 43b positioned between
The input / output unit 43 may be configured to be incorporated in the arithmetic unit 41.

R constituting the storage means 42 of the control means 40
The OM 42a and the RAM 42b store a program for controlling the information device 100 and the information transmitted and received via the communication unit 20.

The operation means 50 comprises, for example, an operation switch 51 and a microphone 52 installed near the handle.
The control means 40 causes the communication means 20 to
Through the communication with the server, and gives an instruction to make the display on the display member 31 of the display means 30 as desired. The operation switch 51 is configured to send a signal to the input / output unit 43 of the control unit 40 wirelessly, for example, by infrared rays. However, the operation switch 51 may be wired or need to receive the instruction by voice input. If not, microphone 52
Is unnecessary.

The operating means 50 has a cursor key for moving the position of the cursor displayed on the display means 30 and an enter key for determining the selection of the item on which the cursor is located. Send and receive information.

A specific use example of this information communication system will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. In the following description, portions not shown in FIGS. 2 will be referred to.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram for explaining the configuration of an information communication system including the information device 100, having a server 400 connected to a public telephone line 300 and transmitting and receiving the information by communicating with the information device 100. The server 400 has storage means 410 that can be used by the user, and the user can use the information device 100 mounted and used on a mobile body to connect to the public telephone line 300. The case where communication is performed with the server 400 is shown.

The server 400 includes, in addition to the storage means 410, the information device 100 of the user and the public telephone line 30.
A communication unit (not shown) for transmitting and receiving the information to and from the user by performing communication through the communication unit 0, and a control unit 420 for controlling at least access to the storage unit 410 and the communication unit.

The storage means 410 has a dedicated storage area for storing the information for each user, and a storage area for storing text examples and the like which can be used by any of the users as described later. .

For example, as shown in FIG. 3, two users a and b individually have information devices 100a and 100b (the same as the information device 100 in FIGS. 1 and 2, hereinafter the same). When the user a (user b) transmits and receives an e-mail, the user operates the operation means 50 to communicate (access) to the server 400 via the public telephone line 300 using the communication means 20, and FIG. outgoing message S as shown in a)
(A kind of the information) is transmitted to the user b (user a) of the storage means 410.

At this time, the transmitting user a (user b)
As shown in FIG. 4B, the user b (user a) on the receiving side expects a reply from the user b (user a) on the receiving side, and Some types of text examples L1 and L2 (one or more types, the same applies hereinafter) that can be used as a reply message to communicate (access) to the user a (user b) of the storage unit 410 and communicate with (access) 400.
Is created and attached to the transmission message S and transmitted.

When the user b understands the transmission message S received from the user a and transmits his / her intention as a reply, the user “b” of the transmission message S shown in FIG.
By clicking "open" displayed in the "ply" column, the attached sentence example L1, shown in FIG.
Read L2 and agree with or close to the intention,
For example, when the sentence example L1 is selected as it is, by clicking it, as shown in FIG. 4C, it is automatically converted and created into a reply message R (a type of the information), and transmitted as it is. Can be. In this case, the user b on the receiving side becomes a new transmitting side, and the reply message R transmitted by the user b becomes a new transmitting message S ′, and the new transmitting message S ′ also includes a new receiving side. A new reply message R 'composed of several types of new text examples L1' and L2 'in anticipation of a reply from the user a.
It is also possible to create (a type of the information) and attach it to a new transmission message S ′ and transmit it.

Thus, the user b does not need to create a message himself, and can easily reply. The user b can send a message created by himself / herself without using the sentence examples L1 and L2 of the attached reply message R, or the sentence example L1 selected from the attached reply message R. It is also possible to send the corrected data to yourself.

The sentence examples L1 and L2 that can be used in the reply message R do not have to be attached to the transmission message S each time, and can be attached by the operation of the user a (user b) on the transmission side as needed. It should just be like that.

As described above, since a reply can be made by simply selecting a desired one of the text examples L1 and L2 available for the reply message R attached to the transmission message S, the reply message R Is more operable than one that uses a keyboard.

The reply message R including the text examples L1 and L2 is created by the user a on the transmitting side, and the reply message R is transmitted.
Has been described above, and sentence examples L1 and L2 are stored in the storage unit 410 of the server 400, and the user a on the transmission side selects and attaches it to the transmission message S. It may be configured to transmit. That is, the user a on the transmission side writes the sentence examples L1 and L2 stored in the server 400 in the transmission message S created by the user a.
May be selected from among the above, attached to the transmission message S as the reply message R, and transmitted to the user b on the receiving side.

According to such a configuration, the user a on the transmitting side can save the trouble of inputting by himself, and thus the operability is improved as compared with the configuration using a keyboard.

The server 40 used by the users a and b
0 does not need to be common to the users a and b. And
In a configuration in which the sentence examples L1 and L2 are stored in the server 400 in advance, the transmission-side user a (user b) is stored in the server 400.

The information device 100 is a portable telephone or a PHS
It is also possible to use only the portable telephone described above. By configuring the information device 100 with a single portable telephone as described above, the weight and volume can be reduced, the portability is improved, and the convenience is further improved.

The format of the information or the various data to be used when realizing the above is the HT currently used on the Internet.
ML (Hyper Text Markup Language), metadata,
Numeric data, graphic data, video data, audio /
Structured sentence XML (eXtensible Markup Language) using a markup language that can describe sound data, speech data, dictionary data used by speech recognition programs, etc.
Etc. are available.

[0035]

According to the present invention, when various kinds of information are exchanged using an information device, a desired one is selected and returned from a sentence example usable as a reply message attached to a transmission message. , The operability is higher than that using a keyboard. It is possible to provide a highly convenient information communication system that can be performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an information device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the information device.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating an embodiment of an information communication system according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 100 (100a, 100b) Information equipment 20 Communication means 30 Display means (output means) 31 Display member 40 Control means 41 Calculation means 42 Storage means 50 Operation means 60 Voice means (output means) 300 Public telephone line (electric communication line) 400 Server 410 Storage means S, S 'Transmission message (information) R, R' Reply message (information) L1, L2, L1 ', L2' Example sentence (information)

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An information communication system for transmitting and receiving information between a plurality of users, comprising: a server for storing the information;
An information device operated by the user to transmit and receive the information via the server, the information device comprising:
(A) communication means for communicating with the server via a telecommunication line; and (b) when the user is a transmission side, a sentence example usable as a transmission message and a reply message as the information is transmitted to the server. An operation means for receiving the transmission message and the sentence example as the information from the server when the user is the receiving side, selecting the sentence example, and transmitting the selected example as the information to the transmitting side user; And (c) output means for outputting the information; and (d) control means for controlling each of these means. 2. The information communication system according to claim 1, wherein the text example is created by the user on the transmission side as needed and attached to the transmission message. 3. An information communication system for transmitting and receiving information between a plurality of users, comprising: a server for storing the information;
An information device operated by the user to transmit and receive the information via the server, the information device comprising:
(A) communication means for communicating with the server via a telecommunication line; (b) when the user is a transmitting side, the information is stored in advance in a transmission message and a predetermined place as the information, and A sentence example that can be used as a reply message by selection is sent to the server, and when the user is a receiving side, the sent message and the sentence example are received from the server as the information, and the sentence example is selected. Operating means capable of transmitting the information as the information to the user, (c) output means for outputting the information, and (d) control means for controlling each of the means, wherein the server comprises: An information communication system, comprising: at least a storage unit that is the predetermined location for storing the sentence example. 4. The sentence example is stored in advance in a storage unit of the server, and is attached to the transmission message by the transmission side user selecting the transmission message as necessary when transmitting the transmission message. The information communication system according to claim 3, wherein 5. The information communication system according to claim 1, wherein the information device is a portable telephone.