JP2002330220A - Portable telephone terminal, program, peculiar data transmitter and method for protecting portable telephone terminal data - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a portable telephone terminal from being unauthorizedly used or personal information from leaking when the terminal is missing or stolen. SOLUTION: The portable telephone terminal 10 for receiving peculiar data from a peculiar data transmitter 20 at every predetermined period when being within a prescribed distance range collates received peculiar data with present peculiar data. When both the peculiar data are matched with each other, it is judged that there is no losing or stealing and normal operation is continued. When the peculiar data from the peculiar data transmitter can not be received, it is judged that there is losing or stealing, then an alarm is generated, or personal information in the telephone terminal is backed up, or further call originating including speaking and reading of personal information are inhibited.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable telephone terminal, a program, a unique data transmitter, and a portable telephone terminal data protection method for preventing unauthorized use due to loss, theft or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The functions of portable telephone terminals are expanded year by year, and even models currently on the market are provided with various functions such as a schedule book and a telephone book.

[0003] However, even if the personal information such as a telephone directory stored in the internal memory is lost or stolen, there is no backup at present in the event that it is provided with the above functions. is there.

[0004] Portable telephone terminals are becoming more and more lightweight and compact, and while being easy to carry, the damage caused by loss, theft, etc. is also increasing rapidly.

Therefore, in the past, when a portable telephone terminal is lost or stolen, the following several methods have been adopted in order to prevent unauthorized use and to find the telephone terminal early.

(1) When a telephone terminal is lost, a method of notifying the contracted telephone company that the telephone terminal has been lost and requesting refusal of a call from the lost telephone terminal to prevent unauthorized use. .

(2) Call a portable telephone terminal lost or stolen from another telephone to confirm its location,
How to request a return.

(3) Further, when the telephone terminal is lost or stolen, the location information confirmation service or the like is used only for the PHS,
There is a method of having the user check where the telephone terminal is located.

[0009]

However, in the prior art described above, there is a possibility that unauthorized use has already been carried out before the portable telephone terminal is lost or stolen.

In many cases, a lost or stolen telephone terminal cannot be located due to a dead battery,
The location cannot be confirmed by using a telephone, resulting in loss. That is, in the related art, a method for dealing with a lost or stolen device is not sufficient.

As a result, the portable telephone terminal is lost,
When stolen, there is a problem that personal information such as a telephone directory stored in an internal memory of the telephone terminal is lost.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a portable telephone terminal and a program for preventing unauthorized use due to loss, theft or the like.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a unique data transmitter capable of detecting loss or theft by a portable telephone terminal itself.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a mobile phone terminal data protection method for securely backing up information stored in the mobile phone terminal and prohibiting unauthorized use of the mobile phone terminal.

[0015]

(1) In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a portable telephone terminal according to the present invention, in which various personal information is stored, receives self-specific data from outside at predetermined intervals. When the unique data collating means for collating the transmitted unique data and the collation result by the unique data collating means indicate that the unique data from the outside cannot be received,
The control means is provided with control means for restricting a part of the terminal functions such as prohibition of transmission and prohibition of viewing of personal information.

According to the present invention, when the same unique data as the self-unique data is not received from the outside, it is possible to prohibit outgoing calls including calls and prohibit browsing of personal information. In addition, the stolen mobile phone terminal becomes unusable, and leakage of personal information can be avoided.

[0017] When the unique data from the outside cannot be received as a result of the comparison by the unique data comparing means, loss,
By providing a means for generating an alarm sound to notify the theft, it is possible to quickly know the loss or theft as long as the user is nearby, and to contribute to the prevention of theft.

(2) Various personal information and self-specific data are stored, and the program according to the present invention for protecting the personal information of the mobile phone terminal is provided at predetermined intervals with the self-specific data and the external data. A unique data collation function to collate the transmitted unique data, a collation result by this function, a normal operation continuation function to continue normal operation when both unique data match, a collation result by the data collation function, A function to transmit the personal information to a backup device when external data cannot be received, and a function to prohibit outgoing calls including calls and prohibit browsing of personal information after backup by this function. It is for realizing the function.

According to the present invention, according to the program described above, the self-specific data of the portable telephone terminal is compared with the unique data transmitted from the outside, and when the two unique data match, the normal operation is continued. However, when the unique data from the outside cannot be received, the personal information is transmitted to the backup device to back up the personal information, and the process of prohibiting calling and browsing the personal information is performed. Becomes unusable, and leakage of personal information can be avoided.

(3) A unique data transmitter according to the present invention used in a one-to-one relationship with a mobile phone terminal having unique data, means for storing the same unique data as the unique data of the mobile phone terminal, A means for transmitting the unique data stored by this means at a predetermined cycle, and a means for transmitting information on the use / non-use of the mobile phone terminal to the unique data management device based on an operation instruction. .

According to the present invention, with the above configuration, the same unique data as the unique data of the mobile phone terminal is transmitted at a predetermined period.
As long as the unique data is received, it is determined that there is no loss or theft and it is normal. If the unique data cannot be received due to a long distance, at least the mobile phone terminal is lost,
It can be determined that the theft is stolen, and necessary measures can be taken.

(4) A method for protecting mobile phone terminal data according to the present invention comprises the steps of transmitting unique data at a predetermined cycle from a unique data transmitter storing the same unique data as the self unique data of the mobile phone terminal; A collation step in which the mobile phone terminal receives the unique data transmitted in the step when the mobile phone terminal is within a required distance range, and performs collation with the self-unique data; and when the collation result indicates that the unique data cannot be received. A method of transmitting stored personal information and backing it up to a data storage management server, and a function limiting step of limiting a part of functions of the mobile phone terminal after the backup. .

According to the present invention, when the portable telephone terminal receives the unique data transmitted in the above step when the mobile phone terminal is within a required distance range and the unique data cannot be received, Since the personal information is backed up and the mobile phone terminal restricts a part of the functions, unauthorized use can be avoided beforehand, and the personal information can be surely protected.

[0024]

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

FIG. 1 shows a telephone terminal 10, a unique data transmitter 20, and a telephone terminal 10 which are portable devices according to the present invention.
1 is a configuration diagram illustrating an embodiment of a data protection management server system 30 that protects and manages data.

The telephone terminal 10 is a portable device terminal equipped with a voice communication function by wireless communication, a mail software, a browser software, and the like, and has a data communication function including browsing of e-mails and Web pages via the Internet.

Only when the telephone terminal 10 is within a predetermined distance range, is the unique data receiving unit 11 that continues to receive the unique data ID transmitted from the unique data transmitter 20; Same unique data I
D, that is, unique data I unique to each telephone terminal 10
The unique data storage unit 12 for storing D, the unique data ID received by the unique data reception unit 11 at predetermined intervals, and the unique data ID stored in the unique data storage unit 12 are compared to control the matching result. And a unique data collating unit 14 to be sent to the unit 13.

The control unit 13 has a function of controlling each unit when the telephone terminal 10 is used, and a function of the unique data transmitter 2.
When the unique data is not transmitted from 0, that is, when the unique data cannot be received by the unique data collating unit 14, a function including a call using the telephone terminal 10 and a function for prohibiting browsing of internal data are provided. I have. However, since it is necessary to find the lost portable telephone terminal 10, the telephone terminal 1 cannot be used from other telephone terminals or fixed telephones.
Only incoming calls are used to make calling 0 a valid call.

Reference numeral 15 denotes an internal memory in which original data required by the user, such as a telephone directory or a user dictionary, is stored. Reference numeral 16 denotes that an alarm sound is generated when an abnormality of the portable telephone terminal 10 is detected. An alarm unit 17 notifies the user of the misplacement or theft of the mobile phone. Reference numeral 17 denotes a transmission / reception unit that transmits / receives incoming / outgoing calls and data transmission / reception during data communication.

When the control section 13 and other functional sections including the unique data collation section 14 are constituted by a CPU, the internal memory 15 or the telephone A program is stored in an external memory 18 that can be removably loaded into the terminal 10.

The unique data transmitter 20 has a unique data storage unit 21 for storing the same unique data ID as that of the portable telephone terminal 10, and a user operation when the telephone terminal 10 is lost. It comprises an operation control unit 22, a transmission / reception unit 23, an alarm unit 24, and a memory 25 for requesting suspension of use of the telephone terminal 10, release of suspension of use, cancellation of the use, and download of the backed up data in the internal memory 15.

The transmission / reception unit 23 communicates with the telephone terminal 10 and also receives a use stop request sent from the operation control unit 22.
While transmitting the suspension request and the cancellation request information, the internal memory 1 of the telephone terminal 10 in the server system 30 is transmitted.
When the completion notification generated from the server system 30 is received when the backup of the data of the fifth data is completed, the sound is generated from the alarm unit 24 via the operation control unit 22, and the telephone terminal 10 is lost. Notify that it was stolen. Further, the transmitting / receiving unit 23 has a function of receiving data in the internal memory 15 of the telephone terminal 10 stored in the server system 30 and storing the data in the memory 25 via the operation control unit 22.

Therefore, the unique data transmitter 20 notifies the portable telephone terminal 10 of the unique data ID at a predetermined cycle, thereby enabling the telephone terminal 10 to be used. When a suspension of use, release of suspension of use, and a cancellation request are generated, and the telephone terminal 10 is in an abnormal state due to loss or the like, the backup is automatically made in the server system 30. Receive a completion notification,
It enables downloading.

The server system 30 has a function as a base station of a telephone company, and comprises a data protection server 31 and a unique data management server 32. The data protection server 31 is a portable telephone. A transmission / reception unit 33 for receiving data in the internal memory 15 received from the terminal 10 and a data storage unit 34 for storing data received by the transmission / reception unit 33 are provided.

On the other hand, the unique data management server 32 is a server which receives a use suspension, use suspension release and cancellation request transmitted from the unique data transmitter 20 and issues an execution instruction according to the request. A unique data management unit 36 and a transmission / reception unit 37 for managing the unique unique data ID of the terminal 10 and recognizing from which unique data transmitter 20 the use stop or cancellation request is transmitted are provided.

Therefore, according to the above configuration, as long as the telephone terminal 10 is within the required distance range from the unique data transmitter 20, the unique data receiving unit 11 of the telephone terminal 10 The same unique data is received, but when the reception is stopped, the unique data collating unit 1
4, it is determined that the unique data cannot be received, and the control unit 13 is notified that the unique data cannot be received.
It is determined that 0 has left, so-called loss or theft, and an alarm is issued from the alarm unit 16, so that the user can know the loss or theft within a short time after the telephone terminal 10 has left.

When the control unit 13 determines that reception is not possible, the control unit 13 performs processing such as prohibition of outgoing calls including calls and prohibition of browsing of personal information, thereby preventing unauthorized use and preventing leakage of personal information. can do.

Further, the control unit 13 transmits the personal information in the internal memory 15 to the data protection server 31 and backs up the data after a predetermined time elapses after determining that the reception is not possible.
Users can solve the problem of losing their personal information.

Next, the operation of the configuration shown in FIG. 1 and the telephone terminal data protection method according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

First, the user operates the portable telephone terminal 1.
When carrying 0, it is assumed that it also has the unique data transmitter 20. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the unique data transmitter 20 includes, for example, an appropriate portion of a bag 41,
Or carried in an appropriate place of clothes worn by a user. Unique data transmitter 20
A unique data ID that is the same as the unique data ID in which the portable telephone terminal 10 is stored.
Is stored in

In the above state, the operation control unit 22 of the unique data transmitter 20 reads the unique data ID stored in the unique data storage unit 21 at a predetermined cycle, and sends the read unique data ID to the portable telephone terminal 10. Transmit (specific data transmission step ST1).

Here, the telephone terminal 10 stores the unique data ID received by the unique data receiving unit 11 at every predetermined period in the unique data collating unit 11 and the unique data ID stored in the own unique data storage unit 12. When the collation results match, it is determined that the portable telephone terminal 10 is normal, and when the collation results in different unique data IDs, the different unique data IDs are canceled.
Further, when the unique data ID to be sent every predetermined period is not sent from the unique data transmitter 20, that is, when the reception becomes impossible, the control unit 13 is notified of the fact (the unique data collation step ST2). ).

In the control unit 13, the unique data collating unit 1
When receiving the collation result indicating that reception is impossible from 1, the alarm unit 16 generates a sound for a preset time to warn the user of the misplacement or theft of the telephone terminal 10 (warning step ST3). When a predetermined time elapses after the alarm is generated, a backup process of the personal information stored in the internal memory 15 is automatically performed (backup step ST4). This backup reads data from the internal memory 15, transmits the data to the server system 30 via the transmission / reception unit 17, and stores necessary data in the internal memory 15 in the data storage unit 34 of the data protection server 31. The reason why backup is performed when a predetermined time elapses after the alarm is generated is to prevent careless backup of data.

The control unit 13 automatically disables outgoing calls including calls from the transmission / reception unit 17, and prohibits data reference from the internal memory 15 from the viewpoint of protecting privacy (function restriction step ST5). . However, in order to confirm the location by making a call to the lost or stolen telephone terminal 10, only incoming calls are allowed.

On the other hand, the data protection server 31 that has backed up the data in the internal memory 15 determines that the portable telephone terminal 10 is in an abnormal state, and passes through the unique data management server 32 to the unique data transmitter 20. Is notified that backup has been completed (backup completion notification step ST6).

The unique data transmitter 20 that has received the completion notification notifies the user that the telephone terminal 10 has been lost or stolen by generating a sound from the alarm unit 24 (loss notification step ST7). .

Further, the unique data transmitter 20 transmits a use stop request, a use stop release request, and other cancellation requests to the unique data management server 32 in response to an instruction from the operation control unit 22 after a warning such as loss is made. It is possible to set the use of the telephone terminal 10 or to cancel the use of the telephone terminal 10, that is, to set whether or not the telephone terminal 10 is used (use / non-use instruction step ST).
8). Here, when the portable telephone terminal 10 becomes available due to the use suspension release request, the information is notified from the unique data management server 32 to the data protection server 32 and the backup data stored in the data protection server 31 is stored. Is deleted.

The data stored in the data storage unit 24 can be transferred to the same telephone terminal 10 or a different portable telephone terminal. Further, the stored data can be stored in the memory 25 inside the unique data transmission 20 by being received by the transmission / reception unit 23 as a backup.

Therefore, according to the above portable device data protection method, when the unique data of the unique data transmitter 20 cannot be received in the unique data collating step ST2, an alarm sound is generated in the alarm step ST3. Therefore, by issuing an alarm from the telephone terminal 10 within a short time after leaving the distance range from the unique data transmitter 20, the user can know the loss or theft of the telephone terminal 10 at an early stage, and quickly. Necessary measures can be taken.

When the telephone terminal 10 judges that the telephone terminal 10 is lost or stolen, the personal information of the internal memo 155 is backed up in the data protection server 31, so that the telephone terminal 10 is returned or the new telephone terminal 10 is obtained. This makes it possible to easily download one's own personal information, thereby solving the problem of losing important information of one's own.

Further, if the telephone terminal 10 determines that the telephone terminal is lost or stolen, the telephone terminal 10 executes processing such as prohibition of outgoing calls including calls and prohibition of viewing of personal information in the function restriction step ST5.
Leakage of personal information can be prevented. When the data protection management server system 30 sends a completion notification to the unique data transmitter 20 after the backup is completed, the user possessing the unique data transmitter 20 can determine from the alarm sound that the user is lost or stolen, Data management server 3
2. You can contact us to prohibit use.

Next, an example in which the telephone terminal 10 processes a program in the internal memory 15 or the external memory 18 will be described with reference to FIG.

When the operation of the telephone terminal 10 is started, after setting a time interval Δt and a predetermined time T for a predetermined period (S
1) The external unique data received by the unique data receiving unit 11 and the self-unique data stored in advance are fetched, and the unique data is collated (S2, S3: unique data collation function). As a result of the collation, if the two unique data do not match, the unique data relating to the other telephone terminal has been entered, so a canceling process is executed (S4), and when the two unique data match, both are lost. It is determined that there is no theft, and normal operation is continued (S5: normal operation continuation function).

Thereafter, it is determined whether or not the predetermined time interval Δt has been reached (S6). If the time interval Δt has been reached, the flow returns to step S2 to execute the same processing.

In step S3, when the unique data from the unique data transmitter 20 is unreceivable, a signal indicating that the unique data is unreceivable is transmitted from the collating unit 14, and it is determined that the data has been lost or stolen. By issuing an alarm sound (S7), the user is notified of loss or theft.

After a predetermined time T has elapsed after the generation of the alarm sound, the personal information stored in the internal memory 15 is read out, transmitted from the transmission / reception unit 17 to the data protection server 31, and backed up in the data storage unit 34. (S8-S
10: backup function). The purpose of realizing the data backup function after outputting the alarm is to avoid careless backup, and even in the case of outputting an alarm after backing up when there is a concern about the loss of personal information more than necessary. Good.

Further, after backing up the personal information stored in the internal memory 15, for example, a process of prohibiting the transmission including the call and the browsing of the personal information, that is, a process of restricting a part of the functions is executed (S 11: Reduced functionality).

Therefore, even if the telephone terminal 10 is lost or stolen, the use of the telephone terminal 10 can be prohibited or a part of the functions can be restricted by the program, so that leakage of personal information can be avoided.

(Other Embodiments) (1) The portable telephone terminal 10 has been improved in performance and functions, but will be enhanced in the future.
It can itself be a protection medium for important data. In this case, important data such as a telephone directory, a schedule book, and a document file are stored in the telephone terminal 10.
When the telephone terminal 10 is lost or stolen as shown in FIG. 6, the personal computer 46 or the like can access the portable telephone terminal 10 via the Internet network 47 and back it up as shown in FIG. Becomes

(2) Real-time communication between the portable telephone terminal 10 and the data protection server 31.

As shown in FIG. 7, personal information such as a telephone directory stored in the telephone terminal 10 can be duplicated by communicating with the data protection server 31 in real time. That is, the telephone terminal 10
When the personal information is registered in the server 31, the control unit 13 transmits the registered information or all the personal information including the current registration information to the data protection server 31, and updates the corresponding personal information in the server 31. That is, since the synchronization with the change of the personal information is performed, the personal information in the server 31 is always kept up to date with the latest personal information, and the personal information is lost even if the telephone terminal 10 is lost or stolen. Will not be done.

In addition, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be implemented with various modifications without departing from the scope of the invention. Further, the embodiments can be implemented in combination as much as possible, and in that case, the effect of the combination can be obtained. Furthermore, each of the above embodiments includes various upper and lower stage inventions, and various inventions can be extracted by appropriately combining a plurality of disclosed components. For example, if an invention is extracted because some constituent elements can be omitted from all the constituent elements described in Means for Solving the Problem, and the extracted invention is implemented, the omitted part will be omitted. Is appropriately supplemented by well-known conventional techniques.

[0063]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a portable telephone terminal and a program capable of preventing unauthorized use due to loss, theft or the like and browsing of personal information.

Further, according to the present invention, when lost or stolen, the unique data transmitted at predetermined intervals becomes unreachable to the mobile phone terminal itself, so that the mobile phone terminal itself is notified of the loss or theft. To provide a unique data transmitter.

Further, according to the present invention, the information stored in the mobile phone terminal can be reliably backed up.
It is possible to provide a mobile phone terminal data protection method capable of reliably prohibiting unauthorized use of the mobile phone terminal and browsing of personal information.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a mobile phone terminal and a unique data transmitter according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a mobile phone terminal data protection method according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of possession of a unique data transmitter.

FIG. 4 is a view for explaining another example of possession of a unique data transmitter.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing example of a program according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a system configuration diagram for accessing data of a mobile phone terminal using a personal computer.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of updating personal information stored in a data protection server in synchronization with registration of personal information of a mobile phone terminal.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Telephone terminal 11 ... Unique data receiving part 12 ... Unique data storage part 13 ... Control part 14 ... Unique data collation part 15 ... Internal memory 16 ... Alarm part 20 ... Unique data transmitter 21 ... Unique data storage part 22 ... Operation control Unit 24 Alarm unit 30 Data protection management server system 31 Data protection server 32 Unique data management server

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Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. A mobile phone terminal in which various types of personal information are stored, wherein at a predetermined cycle, unique data matching means for matching self-unique data with unique data transmitted from outside;
Control means for limiting a part of the terminal function when the unique data from the outside cannot be received as a result of the matching by the unique data matching means. 2. The portable telephone terminal according to claim 1, further comprising: means for generating an alarm sound to notify the loss or theft when the unique data from the outside cannot be received as a result of the matching by the unique data matching means. A mobile phone terminal characterized in that: 3. The mobile phone terminal according to claim 1, wherein the restriction by the control means is prohibition of outgoing calls including calls and prohibition of viewing of personal information. 4. A program for storing various personal information and self-unique data, and for protecting the personal information of the mobile phone terminal, wherein the program is transmitted from the outside with the self-unique data at predetermined intervals. A unique data collation function for collating with the unique data that comes in, a collation result by this function, a normal operation continuation function that continues normal operation when both unique data match, a collation result by the data collation function, an external When the unique data cannot be received, a function of transmitting the personal information to the backup device to back up the personal information, and a function restriction function of performing a calling prohibition process including a call and a prohibition process of viewing the personal information after the backup by this function. Program to make it happen. 5. A program for storing various personal information and self-unique data, and for protecting the personal information of the mobile phone terminal, wherein the program is transmitted from the outside at predetermined intervals to the self-unique data. Unique data collation function to collate the coming unique data, collation result by this function, normal operation continuation function to continue normal operation when both unique data match, collation result by the unique data collation function, from outside When the unique data is unreceivable, a function to generate an alarm sound, a function to generate an alarm sound by this function, and a function to transmit the personal information to a backup device after a required time elapses, After the backup by this function, a function to realize a function restriction function to prohibit outgoing calls including calls and prohibit browsing of personal information Grams. 6. A unique data transmitter used in a one-to-one relationship with a mobile phone terminal having unique data, means for storing the same unique data as the unique data of the mobile phone terminal, and saving by this means. Means for transmitting the specific data to be transmitted at a predetermined cycle, and means for transmitting information on the use / non-use of the mobile phone terminal to a specific data management device based on an operation instruction. Transmitter. 7. A step of transmitting the unique data at a predetermined cycle from a unique data transmitter storing the same unique data as the self-unique data of the mobile phone terminal, and the unique data transmitted by the mobile phone terminal in the step. Is received when the distance is within a required distance range, and a collation step of collating with the self-unique data; and, when the collation result indicates that the reception of the unique data becomes impossible, transmitting the stored personal information, and storing the data. A mobile phone terminal data protection method comprising: backing up to a management server; and, after the backup, a function limiting step of limiting a part of functions of the mobile phone terminal. 8. The mobile phone terminal data protection method according to claim 7, wherein when the data storage management server saves the personal information, transmitting a backup completion notification to the unique data transmitter; A step of, upon receiving the backup completion notification, generating an alarm sound to notify that the mobile phone terminal has been lost or stolen. 9. The mobile phone terminal data protection method according to claim 8, wherein the unique data transmitter generates an alarm sound and then uses the mobile phone terminal in the data storage management server under an operation instruction. Transmitting a presence / absence information to the mobile phone terminal data protection method. 10. The mobile phone terminal data protection method according to claim 7, wherein the function restriction step includes a process of prohibiting outgoing calls including calls and prohibiting browsing of personal information. A method for protecting mobile phone terminal data. 11. The mobile phone terminal data protection method according to claim 7, wherein when personal information is registered in a predetermined memory in the mobile phone terminal, the personal information of the data storage management server is updated in real time in synchronization with the registration. A mobile phone terminal data protection method, comprising: