JP2002304339A - Method, system, and program for interaction by communication, and removable recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily interact between at least two users using personal computers by communication in real time through the Internet. SOLUTION: A same cord ID is recorded in at least two media 40 (1) and 40 (2). A dedicated server 10 receives the cord IDs read from the media 40 (1) and 40 (2) by the PC 30 (1) and PC 30 (2), and establishes the connection of communication with the PC 30 (1) and PC 30 (2) receiving the cord ID. In the already established connection of communication, the server recognizes the PC 30 (1) and PC 30 (2) transmitting the same ID so that the PC 30 (1) and PC 30 (2) transmitting the same ID are allowed to communicate with each other.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication method, a communication system, a communication program, and a removable recording medium, and more particularly, to a technique useful for real-time communication between two or more people over the Internet. is there.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a personal computer (hereinafter, referred to as a "PC") uses software such as a browser to connect to the Internet for browsing.
C is installed on a hard disk which is a recording medium fixed to C, and is connected to the Internet.

On the other hand, a service called "chat" is known as a method for two or more users communicating in real time via the Internet. In general, chat is provided on a Web basis, and an unspecified number of people can access and participate.

[0004] Such unspecified majority participation may be undesirable in terms of security and privacy. Therefore, this service is inappropriate when it is desired to chat with specific persons. For this reason, some Web sites provide chats in which only registered members can participate in order to perform interactive communication between specific people.

[0005]

However, in order to connect to the Internet using a personal computer and perform communication, the user himself must set application software such as a browser. Since there are many setting items, it is often difficult for beginners to set them, and even if they are used to some extent, it is not easy to memorize all the setting items, it is easy to make input mistakes, and the user is forced to work a lot of work There is.

On the other hand, there is a problem in security and privacy in a general chat with an unspecified majority, and there is a problem that a registration work is troublesome in a chat in which only members can participate.

[0007] In view of the above, the present invention has been made in view of the above, and at least two users using a personal computer can easily communicate with each other through real-time communication via the Internet. A communication communication method, a communication system, a communication program, and a removable recording medium are provided.

[0008]

Means for Solving the Problems The above-mentioned problems are solved,
In order to achieve the object, a communication communication method according to the present invention includes a step of recording the same ID on at least two removable recording media, and a step of recording the same ID from each of the removable recording media by a communication device connected to the Internet. Receiving the read ID, establishing a communication connection with the communication device that has received the ID, and recognizing the communication device that has transmitted the same ID among the already established communication connections. And a step of enabling communication between the communication apparatuses that have transmitted the same ID.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the communication communication method according to the first aspect, wherein the communication between the communication devices that have transmitted the same ID includes character data and still image data. A feature of the processing is that it is performed with at least one type of data among moving image data and audio data.

[0010] In the communication communication system according to the third aspect of the present invention, at least two communication apparatuses storing the same ID.
Means for receiving an ID read by a communication device connected to the Internet from each of the two removable recording media, means for establishing a communication connection with the communication device having received the ID, and a communication connection already established Means for recognizing the communication device that transmitted the same ID,
Means for enabling communication between the communication devices that have transmitted the same ID. In addition, each unit described in claim 3 can be configured such that the CPU of the computer reads out and executes the program for executing each step described in claim 1 from a ROM or a RAM storing the program.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the communication communication system according to the third aspect, wherein at least one type of data among character data, still image data, moving image data, and audio data is the same. It is characterized in that it has means for performing communication between the communication devices that have transmitted the IDs. It is to be noted that the CPU of the computer stores a program for executing each step described in claim 2 in a ROM or R.
By reading from the AM and executing it, each means described in claim 4 can be configured.

A communication communication program according to a fifth aspect is a program for causing a computer to execute each step of the communication communication method according to the first or second aspect.

Still further, a removable recording medium according to claim 6 is characterized in that an ID used in the communication communication method according to claim 1 or 2 is recorded in a computer-readable manner.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a removable recording medium according to the first or second aspect, wherein an address of a connection destination with a communication device is recorded in a computer-readable manner. I do.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a communication method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present invention is not limited by the embodiment.

(System Configuration) FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a communication communication system according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 1, in the communication communication system 100, a dedicated server 10 for communication communication processing has a plurality of personal computers (hereinafter, referred to as “PCs”) 30 via the Internet 20.
(1) This system is connected to the PC 30 (2) and the like.

In this embodiment, in particular, the P
C30 (1) and C30 (2) have removable media 40 (1) and 40 (2) in which various programs and various data described later are recorded in a readable manner.

With the above configuration, in this embodiment, at least two of the media 40 (1), 40
The same string ID is recorded in (2), and the same
According to (1) and (2), the media 40 (1), 40
The dedicated server 10 receives the string ID read from each of (2), and the dedicated server 10 receives the string ID.
30 (1) and 30 (2), and establishes a P which transmitted the same ID among the already established communication connections.
It recognizes C30 (1) and C30 (2) and enables communication between the PCs 30 (1) and 30 (2) that transmitted the same ID. This will be described in more detail below.

The media 40 (1), 40
(2) is a removable recording medium,
This is a recording medium having a ROM area and a RAM area that can be easily removed from the media drives of (1) and (2). This media includes, for example, CD-R
There are disk-shaped media such as W, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, and DVD + RW, and media such as flash memory, compact flash (registered trademark), smart media, memory stick, and SD card.

(Hardware Configuration) Next, each configuration of the dedicated server 10, the PC 30, and the medium 40 constituting the communication communication system according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the server dedicated to communication and communication according to the present embodiment. FIG.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a terminal device that executes a communication communication process according to the present embodiment. FIG.
FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram of a medium for recording a communication communication program according to the present embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 2, the dedicated server 10 includes a CPU 11 for controlling the entire processing, a ROM 12 and a RAM 13 for recording various programs and various data, and the PCs 30 (1), 30 via the Internet 20.
(2) Sockets 14 (1), 14 for connecting to etc.
(2), 14 (3)... Are connected by a bus 15.

It is necessary to separately provide a media manufacturing device (not shown) for manufacturing the media 40 on the side where the server 10 is installed. And at the time of this production,
In particular, the string ID and the address of the connection destination are recorded on the medium 40.

In FIG. 3, the PC 30 includes a CPU 31 for controlling the entire processing, a ROM 32 and a RAM 33 for recording various programs and various data, a display unit 34 for displaying various data, and a dedicated server via the Internet 20. An I / F 35 for connecting to the media 10 and the like, a drive 36 for reading from and writing to the medium 40, and an input unit 37 are connected by a bus 38.

The input section 37 is a pointing device such as a mouse or an input device such as a keyboard. The display unit 34 is a display such as a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) or a liquid crystal.

In FIG. 4, the medium 40 is a PC
30, the read-only activation unit 40a and the fixed unit 40
b, and a RAM area 40d readable and writable by the PC 30.

The starting section 40a stores a starting program. The fixed unit 40b stores a dedicated OS, a communication program, a string ID, a connection destination address, and the like, as described later. In the RAM area 40d, downloaded additional data, various data, and various programs are recorded.

(Software Configuration) Next, the configuration of a program stored in the ROM area 40c of the medium 40 will be described more specifically. FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram illustrating the configuration of a program recorded in the ROM area of the medium shown in FIG.

The ROM area 40c mainly records a boot program, a dedicated OS, a communication program, a connection destination IP address, a string ID, an editor, and various applications.

The start program is read when the medium 40 is set in the drive 36, and is read by the PC.
Start 30. The dedicated OS is a minimum required operating system for executing communication communication. However, it is not always necessary to use a dedicated OS, and a general-purpose OS may be used.

The communication program is an Internet 2
0 is a program for performing communication based on TCP / IP, a protocol for connecting to the Internet. The connection destination IP address is an address of the dedicated server 10 that controls communication and communication according to the present embodiment.

The string ID is the most characteristic data in this embodiment. This string ID is an ID for associating the recorded communication connections from the medium 40 with each other.
It is. For example, when the string ID is “0001”, communication connections using the media 40 in which the “0001” is registered are connected by the dedicated server 10 so as to be communicable as described later.

The editor is a PC 3 with which communication has been established.
This is character input software for exchanging character data between 0s, and is one of various applications.
Note that various applications require programs corresponding to data used for communication. For example, a program that handles still image data, moving image data, and audio data is required.

(Communication Communication Processing)
The procedure of the communication processing according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a communication process of the communication communication system according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG.
Is a PC 30 that performs communication using the medium 40 (1).
The TCP connection between (1) and the socket 14
(1) The case where the TCP connection with the PC 30 (2) performing communication using the medium 40 (2) is allocated to the socket 14 (2) will be described below.

FIGS. 7 and 8 are conceptual diagrams illustrating details of the communication process of the communication system according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining the communication processing according to the present embodiment (part 1). FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating communication communication processing according to the present embodiment (part 2). FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a process at the time of initial setting in the personal computer of the present embodiment.

In the flowcharts of FIGS. 9 and 10, first, in the preprocessing, the dedicated server 10
11 executes an initial setting process (step S10), reads out a program for executing a communication communication process, and waits for reception from the PC 30 (step S1).
1). On the other hand, when the user who wants to perform the communication communication process sets the medium 40 (1) in the drive 36 and starts up the PC 30 (1), the CPU 31 reads various programs and various data from the medium 40 as described later. To perform the initial setting (step S2
0).

Next, during the connection establishment process (see FIGS. 7 and 8), the PC 30 (1)
The U31 executes the communication program and connects to the dedicated server 10 via the Internet 20 according to the connection destination IP address and port number (step S21).

Then, in the dedicated server 10, the CPU 11
Allocates a socket 14 (1) for communication with the connected PC 30 (1), confirms the connection (step S12), and accepts the connection (step S1).
3) Establish a communication connection. On the other hand, in the PC 30 (1), the CPU 31 confirms the acceptance and recognizes that the communication connection has been established (step S22).

The assignment of the socket 14 (1) is performed by associating the socket 14 (1) with the IP address of the PC 30 (1). That is, the CPU 11 stores the database as a socket number-IP address (PC) database (hereinafter, this case is referred to as a “socket database”). This allows the CPU 11 to connect any PC to any PC.
(IP address) can be recognized. Note that the correspondence between the socket number and the IP address (PC) may be simply stored as a variable without being made into a database.

Subsequently, in the PC 30 (1), the CPU 31
Reads the string ID from the medium 40 (1) and sends it to the dedicated server 10 (step S23). Then, the dedicated server 10 receives the string ID and performs assignment (assignment) (step S14). Here the assignment (assignment) is
Sockets 14 for communication connection according to the array and variables
(1) is associated with the string ID (0001) of the PC 30 (1) (see FIGS. 7 and 8).

When the string ID is transmitted, the CPU 11 creates a database of the relationship between the string ID and the IP address of the PC (hereinafter referred to as a "string ID database"). Then, at the time of allocation, the socket database and the string ID database are associated with each other.

In the case of associating by array, for example, using the IP address of the PC as a key, the corresponding socket number and string ID are stored as one database (hereinafter referred to as “string-socket database”). May be arranged with the IP address of the PC.

Further, when relating by variables,
For example, the correspondence between addresses (variables) in the memory space of the socket database and the string ID database is determined.

Subsequently, the CPU 11 searches for a socket with the same string ID that is already connected (step S15).
A message to be transmitted is transmitted to the PC 30 having the same string ID (step S16). On the other hand, PC 30 (1)
The communication is established with another PC 30 already connected to the dedicated server 10 (step S24).

Thereafter, when the user of the PC (1) inputs a message from the input unit 37 such as a keyboard, the CP (1)
U31 sends a message to dedicated server 10 (step S25). In the dedicated server 10, the CPU 11
When a message is received (step S17), a socket with the same string ID already connected is searched (step S17).
18) A message to be transmitted is transmitted to the PC 30 having the same string ID (step S19). At this time, the message is also transmitted to the transmission destination PC 30 (1), so that the CPU 31 of the PC (1) recognizes that the transmission has been performed (step S26).

Here, the initial setting process in the PC 30 will be described. In the flowchart of FIG. 11, first, the user sets the medium 40 on the PC 30 (step S30).
Then, the CPU 31 recognizes the set medium 40 (step S31). The CPU 31 shifts the processing to the next when the result of the recognition is a corresponding medium, and does not execute the following processing when it is determined to be a non-compatible medium.

Then, in the case of the corresponding medium, the CPU 31 first reads the startup program written in the startup section 40a of the ROM area 40c (step S30).
32) Start up the PC 40. Subsequently, the CPU 31
Reads the dedicated OS from the fixed part 40b of the ROM area 40c and starts the dedicated OS (step S33).

Next, the CPU 31 initializes input / output devices such as the input unit 37 and the display unit 34 (step S34), and the fixed unit 40b or the R in the ROM area 40c.
Various applications and the like are called from the AM area 40d, and execution is started (step S35).

Hereinafter, when the above-mentioned message is transmitted and received, P
The case where the communication connection between the C30 (1) and the PC 30 (2) is performed by the dedicated server 10 will be described (see FIGS. 7 and 8). FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating details of communication communication processing according to the present embodiment at the time of message transmission / reception (part 1).
This is a case where the data is transmitted from (1) to the PC 30 (2).

When the user of the PC (1) inputs a message from the input unit 37 such as a keyboard, the CPU 31
Transmits a message to the dedicated server 10 (step S25 (1)), and when the CPU 11 receives the message (step S17 (1)), the CPU 11 searches for a socket already connected to the same string ID. (Step S18 (1)), a message to be transmitted to the PC 30 (1) having the same string ID is transmitted via the socket 14 (1) (step S19 (1)), and the CP of the PC (1) is transmitted.
Make U31 recognize that the transmission has been performed (step S2)
6 (1)).

On the other hand, the PC 30 (2) already connected to the dedicated server 10 is searched (step S18 (1)),
A message to be transmitted to the PC 30 (2) having the same string ID is transmitted via the socket 14 (2) (Step S19 (2)), and the PC 30 (2) receives the message (Step S26 ( 2)), a message is displayed on the display unit 34 in real time.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart for explaining details of message transmission and reception in the communication processing according to the present embodiment (part 2), and the PC 30 (1).
Is transmitted to the PC 30 (2).

When the user of the PC (2) inputs a message from the input unit 37 such as a keyboard, the CPU 31
Sends a message to the dedicated server 10 (step S25 (2)), and when the CPU 11 receives the message (step S17 (2)), the CPU 11 searches for a socket with the same string ID already connected. Then, a message to be transmitted to the PC 30 (2) having the same string ID is transmitted via the socket 14 (2) (step S19 (2)), and the CP of the PC (2) is transmitted.
Make U31 recognize that the transmission has been performed (step S2)
6 (2)).

On the other hand, the PC 30 (1) already connected to the dedicated server 10 is searched (step S18 (2)),
A message to be transmitted to the PC 30 (1) having the same string ID is transmitted via the socket 14 (1) (Step S19 (1)), and the PC 30 (1) receives the message (Step S26 ( 1)), a message is displayed on the display unit 34 in real time.

Therefore, according to this embodiment, at least two users using a personal computer can communicate with each other in real time via the Internet and can easily interact with each other.

[0057]

As described above, according to the present invention, at least two users using a personal computer can communicate with each other in real time via the Internet and can easily interact with each other. Play.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a server dedicated to communication and communication according to the embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a block configuration diagram of a terminal device that executes a communication communication process according to the embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram of a medium for recording a communication communication program according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a configuration of a program recorded in a ROM area of the medium shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a communication process of the communication communication system according to the exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram illustrating details of a communication process of the communication communication system according to the exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 8 is a conceptual diagram illustrating details of a communication process of the communication system according to the exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating communication communication processing according to the present embodiment (part 1).

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating communication communication processing according to the present embodiment (part 2).

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a process at the time of initial setting in the personal computer of the present embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating details of message transmission / reception in communication communication processing according to the present embodiment (part 1).

FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating details of message transmission / reception in communication communication processing according to the present embodiment (part 2).

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Server 20 Internet 30 PC 40 Media 100 Communication Communication System

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Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. recording the same ID on at least two removable recording media; receiving IDs read from each of the removable recording media by a communication device connected to the Internet; receiving the ID Establishing a communication connection with the communication device that has made the communication device, recognizing the communication device that has transmitted the same ID among the already established communication connections, and communicating between the communication devices that have transmitted the same ID. And b. A method for enabling communication. 2. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein communication between the communication devices transmitting the same ID is performed using at least one type of data among character data, still image data, moving image data, and audio data. The communication method described. 3. A means for receiving an ID read from each of at least two removable recording media recording the same ID by a communication device connected to the Internet, and communication between the communication device having received the ID. Means for establishing a connection, means for recognizing a communication device that has transmitted the same ID among already established communication connections, and means for enabling communication between communication devices that have transmitted the same ID. A communication system comprising: 4. A communication apparatus comprising: means for performing communication between communication devices that have transmitted the same ID by using at least one type of data among character data, still image data, moving image data, and audio data. The communication system according to claim 3. 5. A communication communication program, which is a program for causing a computer to execute each step of the communication communication method according to claim 1 or 2. 6. A removable recording medium, wherein an ID used in the communication communication method according to claim 1 or 2 is recorded so as to be readable by a computer. 7. A removable recording medium according to claim 1, wherein an address of a connection destination with the communication device is recorded so as to be readable by a computer.