JP2003153331A - Positional search service application method, and program for application - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To surely register the information about a portable telephone being mandatory for receiving a positional search service with a general-purpose portable telephone, in a position monitor center. SOLUTION: This application method registers the information pertaining to the above portable telephone in the position monitor center which acquires positional information from the portable telephone having a position detecting function and monitors it. The method has a step of downloading a program for application to the above portable telephone, a step of acquiring the information pertaining to the above portable telephone by making it execute the above application program, and a step of uploading the information pertaining to the above portable telephone to the above position monitor center.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a general-purpose mobile phone having a GPS receiving function that can be used to obtain the current position,
And an application system and an application program for a user to apply for a position search service provided by a position search system using the mobile phone.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, mobile phones have not only a call function,
It is used as a terminal that uses the mail sending / receiving function and various information services. In addition to this, GPS (Glob
It has been proposed to search for a wanderer / lost child or make an emergency call using a mobile phone or the like having a position detection function such as an al Positioning System). this is,
When the target person has a mobile phone having a GPS receiving function and confirms the current position of the target person, the center accesses the mobile phone to obtain the position information from the mobile phone. By using the function of the information providing service provided by the mobile phone carrier, such a position search service can use a general-purpose mobile phone that is generally commercially available.

[0003]

In order to receive these location search services, it is necessary to inform the service provider in advance of information such as the name of the user, the model number and telephone number of the mobile phone to be used, and the mobile phone. In order to receive the information service installed, it is necessary to notify the ID registered to the telecommunications carrier and the user's e-mail address, and to register at the location monitoring center. However, it is troublesome to check the telephone number or the ID registered in the telecommunications carrier and apply, and if registered incorrectly, there is a problem that an appropriate service cannot be received. Therefore, in view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to reliably register information on a mobile phone, which is indispensable for receiving a position search service on a general-purpose mobile phone, in a position monitoring center, To provide an application method and an application program.

[0004]

In order to solve such a problem, the first aspect of the present invention provides a position monitoring center which acquires and monitors position information from a mobile phone having a position detecting function to store information about the mobile phone. The application method to register,
The method includes the steps of downloading an application program to the mobile phone, executing the application program to obtain information about the mobile phone, and uploading information about the mobile phone to the location monitoring center. With such a configuration, it is possible to send the information about the mobile phone, which is indispensable for receiving the location search service on the general-purpose mobile phone, directly from the mobile phone to the location monitoring center without any manual operation, and thus to register without error. It is possible to register reliably. In a preferred aspect, the position monitoring center further includes a step of setting a unique application number for each mobile phone and transmitting the information to the mobile phone when receiving the information about the mobile phone. With such a configuration, in addition to the information about the mobile phone, necessary information, for example, the user's name and the emergency contact information can be used by using the application number set when the emergency contact information is registered in the location monitoring center. It becomes possible to register the user information and the mobile phone information to be used in association with each other.

A second aspect of the present invention is a step of acquiring a phone number and a model number of the mobile phone stored in at least a storage unit of the mobile phone in the mobile phone, the mobile phone being provided with a predetermined number via a mobile phone network. A location search service application program for executing a step of connecting to a destination and a step of transmitting the acquired telephone number and model number to the predetermined destination. With such a configuration, the telephone number and model number of the mobile phone required to receive the location search service can be automatically transmitted to the location monitoring center simply by executing the program.

[0006]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall system configuration diagram of a position search service application system, a mobile phone, and a position search system of the present invention. The position search system includes a mobile phone 1 and a mobile phone company 3 that can connect the mobile phone network 8 to the Internet 9 or a position providing company facility 2, and a search center connected to the Internet 9 and the mobile phone company facility 3. The position providing company equipment 2 and the personal computer 6 for accessing the position providing company equipment 2 by a person who requests a position search via the Internet 9. The mobile telephone network 8 includes a base station 8 that transmits and receives radio signals, converts wireless / wired signals, and transmits / receives to / from a switching network.
1 is installed. The mobile phone company equipment 3 is provided with at least a positioning server 31, an official server 32, an SMS server 33, and a content server 34,
Each signal is gatewayed by a gateway server (not shown). The official server 32 is a server for downloading to the mobile phone the application software based on JAVA (registered trademark) of various contents used in the mobile phone 1. The positioning server 31 calculates the current position of the mobile phone 1 as position information of latitude / longitude based on the base station position information of the base station 81 that received the signal of the mobile phone 1, the GPS signal received by the mobile phone 1, and the like. , A server that transmits the location information to the mobile phone 1. The SMS server 33 is a server that sends a short message to the mobile phone 1 when receiving a request to send a short message that is a position search command, a tracking command, or a buzzer command from the position providing company equipment 2. The SMS server 33 has a service identification code added to a short message used for the location search service to identify the location search service message. The content server 34 has a function as a Web server that connects the mobile phone 1 to the Internet 9, and is in charge of displaying a menu of available contents on the mobile phone 1 in advance. Next, the position providing company equipment 2 is composed of a position information management server 21, a position information providing server 22 and a sign-up server 23. The location information management server 21 has a function of registering a mobile phone that can use the location search service, management such as memory update of registered contract information, an ID code for identifying the mobile phone 1, management of service usage charges, and the like. It is a server to do. The position information providing server 22 is a Web server connected to the Internet 9, and when a search request or the like is received from the personal computer 6 via the Internet 9, S
The MS server 33 is instructed to send a short message, and the SMS server 33 is caused to send a search command to the corresponding mobile phone 1. When the location information is received from the mobile phone 1, the location information is provided to the personal computer 6 via the Internet 9. The authentication as to whether or not the access from the personal computer 6 is a person who is qualified to receive the position search service is realized by collating the ID and the like with a link with the position information management server 21. In addition, the location information providing server 22
Although not shown, a display and a keyboard for operation, which are used by a surveillance staff member who provides a position search service, are connected to the. When the observer receives a location search request by telephone from the user, the observer operates the keyboard,
The position information of the mobile phone 1 displayed on the display is answered by telephone by the same processing as that by the personal computer 6. The sign-up server 23 is necessary for a user who applies for the position search service to access the mobile phone 1 via the mobile phone network 8 and to apply for the use and for the position providing company to provide the position search service. Information of the mobile phone 1. The general content server 5 is connected to the Internet 9 to provide various paid / free services on the Internet.

Next, the configuration of the mobile phone 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a conceptual block of the mobile phone 1. The mobile phone 1 includes an RF unit 101 that transmits and receives a radio signal connected to an antenna that receives the radio signal.
And the GPS signal transmitted by the GPS satellite 7 from the RF unit 1
A GPS receiving unit 102 for receiving via 01 and a transmitting / receiving unit 10 for transmitting / receiving radio signals to / from a base station 81 of a mobile phone network 8.
3, an operation unit 104 for the user of the mobile phone 1 to input various operations, various applications for controlling the operation of the mobile phone 1, an operating system, a ROM / RAM for storing user registration data, etc. A storage unit 105, a display unit 106 that is a liquid crystal display that displays the state of the mobile phone 1, operation guidance, and the like, a speaker 107 that generates a voice call sound, an emergency sound, and the like, and a microphone 108 that collects sound. A battery 109 that supplies power to each unit, and a control unit 1 that is a CPU that controls these.
It is composed of 00.

FIG. 3 schematically shows the storage area of the storage unit 105. The storage unit 105 mainly includes a system area C, an application area A, a user data area B, and a work area D. System area C is
An operating system of the mobile phone 1, a native application that realizes the basic functions of the mobile phone,
Various setting data such as telephone number / model number is stored.
In the application area A, at least position search software is stored as described later, and in addition, content software and application software registered by the user are stored. The user data area B is SMS data such as a short message received by the short message service, contact data such as a telephone number of a user with whom the user frequently calls in advance, and UR of contents registered by the user.
L information and the like are stored. In addition, the work area D is an area used when various applications are operated.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the mobile phone 1 when applying for the position search service. Before applying for the location search service, the user makes a contract with the mobile phone company to receive the information service in advance. In that case, the SbID for receiving the information service is issued from the mobile phone company, and the storage unit 105 of the mobile phone 1 is issued.
Is stored in the system area C of Also, the user registers an email address for receiving the information service.
This mail address is also stored in the system area C of the storage unit 105 of the mobile phone 1. The user uses the mobile phone 1 to access the content server 34 of the mobile phone company equipment 3, calls the menu screen of the information service, and displays it on the display unit 106 of the mobile phone 1 (step S00).
2). When the user selects "position search service" from the displayed menu screen (step S003), the mobile phone 1 causes the signup server 23 of the position providing company facility 2 to operate.
Connected with. If the "location search service" is not selected here, this operation ends after a predetermined operation. When the location search service is selected, the menu screen shown in FIG. 5A is transmitted from the signup server 23 to the mobile phone 1 and displayed on the display unit 106 of the mobile phone 1. "Apply" from the menu screen (Fig. 5 (A)) where the user is displayed
Is selected (step S004), a guidance screen for the location search service, a service application procedure, and a screen showing an application number acquisition procedure from the signup server 23 (FIG. 5).
(B)) is transmitted to the mobile phone 1 and the display unit 1 of the mobile phone 1 is transmitted.
It is displayed on 06. When "I want to know more" is selected without selecting "Application", the detailed description of the position search service is transmitted and displayed from the content server 34, and then the mobile phone 1 ends the operation. User is shown in Figure 5 (B)
When "Proceed to STEP 1" is selected according to the procedure of the display screen of, the download menu screen (FIG. 6A) of the application software (application program) is transmitted from the sign-up server 23 and displayed on the display unit 106 of the mobile phone 1. Is displayed. The user can download the application software (application program) displayed on the download menu screen (Fig. 6 (A)).
Select "Download" and execute. Then,
The mobile phone 1 accesses the official server 31 of the mobile phone company equipment 3, downloads the application software (application program) from the official server 31, and stores it in the application area A of the storage unit 105 (step S05). Here, the user operates the operation unit 104 of the mobile phone 1 to temporarily terminate the communication. In addition, application software (application program) is Java Applet
Therefore, it is possible to operate on the browser of the mobile phone 1. Next, the user operates the mobile phone 1 to activate the application software (application program). The application software (application program) is displayed on the display unit 10 of the mobile phone 1.
A menu screen (FIG. 6B) as to whether or not to connect is displayed together with the URL of the position providing company in step 6 (step S0).
06). Application software (application program) when the user selects "Yes" from the menu screen in Figure 6 (B)
Reads the phone number of the mobile phone, the model number of the mobile phone, the SbID set at the time of applying for the information service, and the mail address of the user from the system area C of the storage unit 105 of the mobile phone 1 (step S008). Then, the mobile phone 1 accesses the signup server 23 of the location providing company equipment 2 via the mobile phone network 8 (step S00).
9), the mobile phone information including the mobile phone number, the mobile phone model number, the SbID set at the time of applying for the information service, and the user's mail address read in step S008 is transmitted to the signup server 23 (step S010). ). The operation of the application software (application program) of the mobile phone 1 is completed as described above. When the sign-up server 23 receives the mobile phone information from the mobile phone 1, the sign-up server 23 transmits to the mobile phone 1 a menu screen prompting the user to proceed to the next STEP 2 shown in FIG. indicate. When the user selects “Proceed to STEP 2”, the sign-up server 23 sends the password setting screen shown in FIG.
Is displayed on the display unit 106. The mobile phone 1 displays the received personal identification number setting screen, and the user inputs an arbitrary personal identification number (S011). The input personal identification number is transmitted to the sign-up server 23, and is stored and managed together with the mobile phone information transmitted in step S010. When the registration of the personal identification number is completed, the sign-up server 23 downloads an application program for the mobile phone 1 to function as a terminal for the location search service to the mobile phone 1 (see FIG. 8A. )) Is transmitted and displayed on the display unit 106 of the mobile phone 1. The user performs the download operation of the application program according to the menu screen (FIG. 8A) displayed on the display unit 106 of the mobile phone 1. The mobile phone 1 downloads and stores the application program from the official server 32 of the mobile phone company by the user's download operation (step S012). When the mobile phone 1 completes the download of the application program, a screen (not shown) for selecting whether or not to execute the application program is displayed, and the user selects “No”. Then, as shown in FIG.
The menu screen of (A) is displayed.
Go to EP4 ". Sign-up server 23
When receiving a command from the mobile phone 1 to proceed to the next step, the mobile phone 1 sets an application number for each mobile phone and personal identification number stored previously, and transmits the application number to the mobile phone 1. The mobile phone 1 displays the received application number on the display unit 105 (step S013). When the application number is displayed on the display unit of the mobile phone 1, the user refrains from this and terminates the communication.

Next, the application procedure after the operation shown in the flowchart of FIG. 4 will be briefly described. After that, the user
Separately, the user information such as the user's name, address, emergency contact information, and facial photograph will be submitted together with the application number to the location providing company using FAX, mail, Internet, etc. Since the application number is submitted by the user together with the user information at the location providing company, the user information is associated with the mobile phone information of the user registered in the sign-up server 23 using this application number and the location information management is performed. Register with the server 21. As described above, since the position providing company can directly obtain the phone number and model number of the mobile phone 1 required for performing the position search service from the mobile phone 1, it is possible to completely prevent an error caused by manual input. Therefore, it is possible to provide a reliable position search service.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a position search system using a mobile phone to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of a mobile phone to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing details of a storage unit of a mobile phone to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation of the mobile phone 1 when applying for a location search service on the mobile phone 1.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the mobile phone 1.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the mobile phone 1.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the mobile phone 1.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the mobile phone 1.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Mobile phone, 2 ... Position providing company equipment, 3 ... Mobile phone company equipment, 5 ... General content server, 6 ... PC, 7 ... GPS satellite, 8 ... Mobile phone network, 9 ... Internet,

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An application method for registering information about a mobile phone in a position monitoring center that acquires and monitors position information from a mobile phone having a position detecting function, the step of downloading an application program to the mobile phone. A location search service application method comprising: executing the application program to obtain information about the mobile phone; and uploading information about the mobile phone to the location monitoring center. 2. The position search according to claim 1, further comprising the step of, when the position monitoring center receives the information about the mobile phone, sets a unique application number for each mobile phone and transmits the application number to the mobile phone. Service application method. 3. A step of acquiring a phone number and a model number of the mobile phone stored in at least a storage part of the mobile phone, and connecting the mobile phone to a predetermined destination via the mobile phone network. A location search service application program for executing the step of transmitting the acquired telephone number and model number to the predetermined destination.