JP2003163847A - Automatic information collection system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic information collection system that can automatically collect information matched with its own preference without the need for reservation in advance and wastefully collect no information having already been viewed. <P>SOLUTION: The automatic information collection system comprises a communication terminal 10 and a mobile terminal 30. The communication terminal 10 is provided with: a first communication section 11 connected to a network; a selection section 12 that selects reception information matched with preference data 13c stored in advance in a storage section 13 among reception information items received by the first communication section 11; the storage section 13 that respectively and automatically stores contents data 13a being the reception information selected by the selection section 12 and meta data 13b denoting the attribute information of the contents data 13a; and a second communication section 14 for making wireless communication with the mobile terminal 30. The mobile terminal 30 makes wireless communication with the second communication section 14 of the communication terminal 10. Further, the storage section 13 stores data in correspondence with an ID of the mobile terminal 30 and the mobile terminal 30 or an operation section of the communication terminal 10 can instruct temporary stop or restart of the communication. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic information collecting system, and more particularly, to an automatic information system capable of automatically collecting information that matches a user's taste by using a communication terminal that wirelessly communicates with a portable terminal. Regarding the collection system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There are the following conventional examples of automatic information collecting systems for automatically collecting various kinds of information based on user preferences. In Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-224533, "Multi-User Video Hard Disk Recorder", a broadcast program is automatically recorded based on each user's preference, and each user uses an automatic information collecting system at any time. It describes a technology that enables you to log in and watch automatically recorded broadcast programs. That is, in the technology described in this publication, each of a plurality of users is identified by a user profile, a program schedule including a list of desired programs to be recorded is held for each user, and the broadcast is performed. Programs that are
The present invention provides a program viewing time shift means that allows each user to record a video based on the program schedule and watch it later.
If you log in to the system at a convenient time, you can watch the recorded program.

Further, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-103406 "TV program reservation system using a mobile phone"
In addition, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-69381 “Data Distribution Device and Data Distribution Method” describes a technique that allows a mobile terminal to make a recording reservation of a broadcast program. That is, in the technology described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-103406, the TV broadcast receiver includes means for accumulating the history of programs watched by the user as viewed program history information and transmitting the history to the mobile terminal phone. The mobile terminal phone is provided with means for transmitting to the TV broadcast receiver information for instructing recording reservation of the program selected and designated from the transmitted viewing program history information, so that the user desires. The program was not easily booked.

The technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-69381 is based on EPG (Electric Program Gu) among program arrangement information from a broadcasting station.
ide) data is extracted and displayed on each of the plurality of mobile terminals, and the fact that one of the mobile terminals has issued a recording reservation command is also displayed on each of the plurality of mobile terminals. This makes it possible to reliably make a desired program recording reservation without making a special reservation.

[0005]

However, as in the automatic information collecting system described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-224533 mentioned above, a system for always automatically recording a broadcast program based on user preference is There is a problem that the user automatically records even a broadcast program that can be viewed in real time, and redundant program recording is performed. Also,
JP 2001-103406 A, JP 2000-6
In the system disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 9381, a broadcast program is recorded only based on pre-registered program reservation information as an automatic information collecting system.
There is a problem that a recording reservation operation of a broadcast program itself may be forgotten, and a desired broadcast program may not be recorded.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and is effective in a communication terminal that automatically collects information via broadcast waves or a network, and a mobile terminal that can perform wireless communication with the communication terminal. The user can use the information matching the preference data as information indicating his / her preference based on the preference data set in advance in the storage unit of the communication terminal. In addition, it is possible to reliably and automatically accumulate the automatic information collecting operation, and it is possible to temporarily stop or restart the automatic information collecting operation based on the instruction from the user. It is intended to provide an automatic information collection system.

[0007]

The present invention provides means for solving the above-mentioned problems, and the invention according to each claim of the present invention comprises the following technical means.

In other words, in order to achieve the above object, the first automatic information collecting system according to the present invention includes a first communication section for transmitting and receiving information to and from a network, and a reception information received by the first communication section. From the inside, receive information that matches the user's taste can be selected and stored as saved information,
A selection unit for selecting and displaying as display information, the storage information selected by the selection unit, metadata indicating attribute information regarding the contents of the storage information, and preference data indicating the user's preference, respectively. A communication terminal including a storage unit that stores the mobile terminal and a second communication unit that recognizes a mobile terminal existing in its own wireless communication area and can perform wireless communication with the mobile terminal; A mobile terminal having a wireless communication unit capable of recognizing the second communication unit of the communication terminal existing in the wireless communication area and performing wireless communication with the second communication unit, Based on the preference data stored in the storage unit in advance by using the communication terminal or the mobile terminal, the selection unit of the communication terminal matches the received information with the user's taste. , It is selected as the storage information,
With the metadata about the selected stored information,
It is characterized in that it can be stored in the storage section or can be selected and displayed as display information.

A second automatic information collecting system according to the present invention is the same as the first automatic information collecting system, wherein the second communication section of the communication terminal is present within the wireless communication area of the second communication section. I, which is the identification number of the mobile terminal
D can be automatically acquired, the storage unit can store the preference data for each ID, and the selection unit can store the storage unit for each ID. Based on the preference data stored in the above, the reception information that matches each of the preference data is selected as the storage information, and the storage unit stores the ID in the storage unit together with the metadata regarding the selected storage information. It is characterized in that it is accumulated for each.

According to a third automatic information collecting system of the present invention, in the first or second automatic information collecting system, wireless communication between the second communication section and the portable terminal is B
It is characterized in that it is performed based on any of the Bluetooth standard, the IrDA standard, and the wireless LAN standard.

A fourth automatic information collecting system according to the present invention is the automatic information collecting system according to any one of the first to third aspects, when the second communication unit and the portable terminal are in a standby state, respectively. In order to confirm mutual recognition between the second communication unit and the mobile terminal, as mutual recognition means for automatically recognizing each other in the wireless communication area of the other side, By making it possible to set the transmission level of all the signals transmitted and received between the two, including the mutual recognition signal that is periodically transmitted and received, to the arbitrary level instructed by the user, the second communication It is characterized in that a mutual recognition operation is performed which enables a unit and the mobile terminal to arbitrarily change a mutual recognition distance that allows mutual recognition.

A fifth automatic information collecting system according to the present invention is the automatic information collecting system according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, when the second communication unit and the portable terminal are in a standby state, respectively. As a mutual recognition means for automatically recognizing that each other exists within the wireless communication area of the other side, when first recognizing whether each other exists within the wireless communication area of each other, In that case, by mutually transmitting and receiving the mutual recognition signal periodically transmitted and received to confirm mutual recognition between the second communication unit and the mobile terminal, at the maximum transmission level capable of outputting each other, After the mutual recognition operation is performed and once it is mutually recognized that they are in the wireless communication area of the other party, a predetermined time is set every time a predetermined time elapses. The transmission level of all signals transmitted and received to and from each other, including the mutual recognition signal, is gradually reduced from the maximum transmission level to the minimum transmission level at which mutual recognition is possible. The mutual recognition operation is performed so that the mutual recognition distance at which the second communication unit and the mobile terminal can mutually recognize each other is automatically changed.

A sixth automatic information collecting system according to the present invention is the automatic information collecting system according to the fourth or fifth aspect, wherein when the portable terminal is placed on a charger and is in a charging state, Immediately, the mutual recognition operation by the mutual recognition means is automatically executed.

A seventh automatic information collecting system according to the present invention is the automatic information collecting system according to any one of the fourth to sixth aspects, wherein a check interval indicating a time interval at which the mutual recognition operation by the mutual recognition means is activated. , A state variable of the mobile terminal indicating the state of the mobile terminal, and / or
Alternatively, it is possible to change and set an arbitrary time interval according to a state variable of the communication terminal indicating a state of the communication terminal.

According to an eighth automatic information collecting system of the present invention, in the seventh automatic information collecting system, the check interval is changed to an arbitrary time interval and set as the state variable of the portable terminal. It includes information indicating whether or not the terminal is in a state capable of receiving the wireless communication signal from the second communication unit, and / or information indicating whether or not the portable terminal is in a charging state. It is characterized by that.

According to a ninth automatic information collecting system of the present invention, in the seventh or eighth automatic information collecting system, the check interval is changed to an arbitrary time interval and set as the state variable of the communication terminal. Information indicating whether or not the second communication unit of the communication terminal can receive a wireless communication signal from the mobile terminal, and / or whether or not the communication terminal is in use It is characterized by including information indicating.

A tenth automatic information collecting system according to the present invention is the automatic information collecting system according to any one of the fourth to ninth aspects, wherein, as the mutual recognition signal, a cycle is sent from the second communication section to the portable terminal. Connection request signal for confirming the presence of the mobile terminal, which is transmitted automatically, and the identification number of the mobile terminal, which is transmitted from the mobile terminal to the second communication unit in response to the connection request signal. Is the ID
And a connection response signal including a state variable indicating the state of the mobile terminal, and further based on the state variable included in the connection response signal, the connection request signal of the next and subsequent times generated by updating. An update notification signal transmitted from the second communication unit to the mobile terminal to notify the transmission cycle, and transmitted from the mobile terminal to the second communication unit in response to the update notification signal. The mutual recognition operation by the mutual recognition means is executed by the update notification signal including the update notification response signal indicating that the update notification signal has been received by the portable terminal.

An eleventh automatic information collecting system according to the present invention is the automatic information collecting system according to any one of the fourth to tenth aspects, wherein the accumulation is performed by a user's instruction from an operation unit of the portable terminal or the communication terminal. A list showing a list of the stored information stored in the communication unit is displayed on the display unit of the communication terminal, and / or the mutual recognition operation causes the mobile terminal to wirelessly communicate with the second communication unit. Upon reaching a mutual recognition state in which it is mutually recognized that it is present in the communication area, immediately or by a user's instruction from the operation unit of the mobile terminal or the communication terminal,
A list showing a list of the stored information accumulated in the accumulation unit is transmitted from the second communication unit to the mobile terminal.

A twelfth automatic information collecting system according to the present invention is the automatic information collecting system according to any one of the fourth to eleventh aspects, in which the portable terminal is within the wireless communication area of the second communication section by the mutual recognition operation. Upon reaching the mutual recognition state in which the existence of each other is recognized, immediately or by the user's instruction from the operation unit of the mobile terminal or the communication terminal, the second recognition is performed during the mutual recognition operation. On the basis of the ID of the mobile terminal acquired by the communication unit, a list showing a list of the stored information that matches the ID among the stored information stored in the storage unit,
The data is transmitted from the second communication unit.

A thirteenth automatic information collecting system according to the present invention is characterized in that, in the eleventh or twelfth automatic information collecting system, the stored information accumulated in the accumulating section is:
When it is instructed that the information is personal information of the user, the ID of the mobile terminal and the stored information acquired by the second communication unit during the mutual recognition operation are displayed. A list showing only the stored information that matches the ID and the state variable is transmitted from the second communication unit based on the accumulated state variable indicating that the user is the ID or the ID. It is characterized in that information relating to the storage information different from the state variable is not transmitted at all.

A fourteenth automatic information collecting system according to the present invention is the automatic information collecting system according to any one of the eleventh to thirteenth aspects, in which the mutual recognition state indicates that the portable terminal is placed on a charger and charging is performed. In the middle state, it is a state in which the portable terminal is mutually recognized as being in the wireless communication area of the second communication unit by the automatically activated mutual recognition operation. It is characterized by.

A fifteenth automatic information collecting system according to the present invention is the automatic information collecting system according to any one of the eleventh to fourteenth aspects, wherein a list of the stored information transmitted from the second communication unit to the portable terminal is displayed. From the list shown,
The storage information selected by the mobile terminal is read from the storage unit and displayed on the display unit of the mobile terminal or the communication terminal.

A sixteenth automatic information collecting system according to the present invention is the automatic information collecting system according to any one of the first to fifteenth ones, wherein a user accumulates in the accumulation unit of the communication terminal via an operation unit of the communication terminal. It is characterized in that the stored preference data can be edited arbitrarily.

A seventeenth automatic information collecting system according to the present invention is the sixteenth automatic information collecting system, wherein the editing of the preference data is performed by the second communication unit by instructing the preference data editing from the portable terminal. By receiving
It is characterized by being activated.

An eighteenth automatic information collecting system according to the present invention is the automatic information collecting system according to any one of the first to seventeenth aspects, in which the user, via the operation unit of the portable terminal, arbitrarily operates the portable terminal. By transmitting the preference data edited to the second communication unit, and / or after transferring the preference data accumulated in the accumulation unit from the second communication unit to the mobile terminal side. , The user stores the preference data as the preference data by returning the preference data edited by the user to the second communication unit via the operation unit of the mobile terminal. It is characterized by doing.

A nineteenth automatic information collecting system according to the present invention is the seventeenth or eighteenth automatic information collecting system, wherein the preference data to be the subject of the instruction for editing the preference data from the portable terminal, or The preference data that is the target of editing the preference data in the mobile terminal is limited to only the preference data that matches the ID of the mobile terminal acquired by the second communication unit during the mutual recognition operation. It is characterized by being.

A twentieth automatic information collecting system according to the present invention is the automatic information collecting system according to any one of the first to nineteenth aspects, wherein the user has watched the stored information stored in the storage unit. Whether or not to store the metadata relating to the storage information, which is the attribute information relating to the reception information selected by the selecting unit and directly viewed by the user, is reflected on the preference data. It is characterized in that it can be selected by a user's instruction from the operation unit of the terminal or the communication terminal.

A twenty-first automatic information collecting system according to the present invention is the automatic information collecting system according to any one of the first to twentieth aspects, in which the portable terminal is within the wireless communication area of the second communication section by the mutual recognition operation. A user uniquely acquired in the mobile terminal immediately or when an instruction from the user of the mobile terminal or the communication terminal is received when the mutual recognition state in which the existence of the mobile terminal is reached is reached. By transmitting the preference data indicating the preference of the mobile terminal or the metadata to the second communication unit, the preference data of the storage unit corresponding to the ID of the mobile terminal can be reflected and stored. It is a thing.

In a twenty-second automatic information collecting system according to the present invention, in the twenty-first automatic information collecting system, the mutual recognition state is a state where the portable terminal is placed on a charger and is being charged. In the above, in the automatic recognition, the mutual recognition operation is such that the mobile terminal is in a mutual recognition state that it is present in the wireless communication area of the second communication unit. is there.

The twenty-third automatic information collecting system according to the present invention is, in any one of the twentieth to twenty-second automatic information collecting systems, uniquely acquired by the metadata relating to the saved information viewed or by the portable terminal. When the preference data or the metadata is reflected in the preference data of the storage unit and accumulated, the importance of the user's viewing evaluation result of the storage information can be set and accumulated. It is characterized by.

A twenty-fourth automatic information collecting system according to the present invention is, in any one of the twentieth to twenty-third automatic information collecting systems, uniquely acquired in the metadata relating to the saved information viewed or in the portable terminal. The point of time when the preference data or the metadata is reflected and stored in the preference data of the storage unit is not limited to immediately after viewing, and may be an arbitrary point of time selected by the user. is there.

The twenty-fifth automatic information collecting system according to the present invention is the first to twenty-fourth automatic information collecting system, wherein the accumulating unit of the communication terminal is based on a user's instruction from an operating unit of the portable terminal. To transmit the stored information and / or the metadata and / or the preference data stored in the mobile terminal from the second communication unit of the communication terminal to the display unit of the mobile terminal. It is characterized by being able to.

A twenty-sixth automatic information collecting system according to the present invention is the automatic information collecting system according to any one of the first to twenty-fifth aspects, wherein the storage information selected by the selecting section and the metadata relating to the storage information are stored. The automatic information collecting operation to be accumulated in the accumulating unit can be paused or, conversely, restarted according to a user's instruction from the operation unit of the mobile terminal or the communication terminal. is there.

A twenty-seventh automatic information collecting system according to the present invention is the automatic information collecting system according to any one of the first to twenty-sixth aspects, wherein the portable terminal is a portable telephone terminal, a PD.
It is characterized by including either A or a notebook PC.

A twenty-eighth automatic information collecting system according to the present invention is the automatic information collecting system according to any one of the first to twenty-seventh aspects, wherein the network for transmitting and receiving information to and from the first communication unit is the Internet. It is a feature.

A twenty-ninth automatic information collecting system according to the present invention is the URL (Uniqu) of a home page according to the twenty-eighth automatic information collecting system, wherein the stored information accumulated by the accumulating section has information that matches a user's preference.
e Resource Locators) information.

According to a thirtieth automatic information collecting system of the present invention, in the twenty-ninth automatic information collecting system, a list showing a list of the stored information accumulated in the accumulating section is obtained from the second communicating section. From the list transmitted to the mobile terminal and showing the list of the stored information transmitted to the mobile terminal, the U of the home page is selected.
When the display of the stored information indicating the RL information is selected,
The home page indicated by the selected URL information is downloaded from the Internet to the first communication unit and directly displayed on the display unit of the mobile terminal or the communication terminal without being stored in the storage unit. It is characterized by.

A thirty-first automatic information collecting system according to the present invention is the automatic information collecting system according to any one of the first to thirtieth aspects, wherein the same surface as a mounting surface on a charger for charging the portable terminal, In the case where an external wireless communication unit is attached to the portable terminal, the charging unit is connected to the charging power supply terminal of the portable terminal when the wireless communication unit is attached to the portable terminal. By equipping the wireless communication unit with a power supply terminal with the same structure as the charging power supply terminal of the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal is mounted on the charger while the wireless communication unit is still attached. Thus, it is possible to charge the portable terminal.

A thirty-second automatic information collecting system according to the present invention is the first to thirty-first automatic information collecting systems, in which power is supplied via a power supply terminal provided in a communication interface section which is a communication connector of the portable terminal. In the case of using a portable battery supplied with, the wireless communication unit external to the portable terminal is provided on the same surface as the connection surface between the communication interface unit of the portable terminal and the portable battery. In the case where the wireless communication unit is attached to the mobile terminal, a communication interface unit connected to the communication interface unit of the mobile terminal is attached to the wireless communication unit. By having the same structure as the communication interface unit of the terminal, the mobile phone can be installed with the wireless communication unit attached to the mobile terminal. It is characterized in that it can be used to connect to.

[0040]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION As an example of an embodiment of an automatic information collecting system according to the present invention, first, two embodiments will be described below with reference to FIGS. (First Embodiment) As a first embodiment, an automatic information collecting system for automatically recording a broadcast program that matches a user's taste will be described. FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram showing an example of a configuration when the automatic information collecting system according to the present invention is applied to a system for automatically recording a broadcast program that matches a user preference.

In FIG. 2, the automatic information collecting system according to the present invention is a broadcast communication terminal 20 that receives a broadcast radio wave 50.
And a mobile terminal 3 that wirelessly communicates with the broadcast communication terminal 20.
The broadcast communication terminal 20 includes a recorded program and a broadcast program that match the user's preference and program information about the broadcast program, respectively, based on the user's preference data registered and accumulated in advance. Program information can be automatically collected and stored (that is, recorded).
The broadcast communication terminal 20 also includes a first communication unit 21, a selection unit 22, a storage unit 23, and a second communication unit 24.

The first communication unit 21 receives a broadcast program included in the broadcast radio wave 50 and broadcast program information regarding the broadcast program. The selection unit 22 is the first communication unit 2.
Based on the broadcast program information received in 1 and the preference data stored in the storage unit 23 in advance, a broadcast program that matches the user's preference is extracted as storage information (that is, recorded program) and selected. The information is stored as an image, or is extracted as display information and selected and displayed. In the storage unit 23, a program storage unit 23A that stores and stores the broadcast program received by the first communication unit 21 and selected by the selection unit 22 as storage information, that is, a recorded program 23a, a first communication unit. The program information storage unit 23B that receives the broadcast program information received by the selection unit 21 and is selected by the selection unit 22 as metadata, that is, the recorded program information 23b, and the preference data indicating the user's preference, the preference data 23c. And a preference data storage unit 23C that stores

The second communication section 24 recognizes the portable terminal 30 existing in the wireless communication area of the second communication section 24 by the wireless communication technology such as the Bluetooth standard, the IrDA standard or the wireless LAN standard, and the wireless communication is performed. The wireless communication is performed with the wireless communication unit of the mobile terminal 30 existing in the area. That is, the second communication unit 24 receives the ID of the mobile terminal 30 or the mobile terminal 30 from the mobile terminal 30.
State variable indicating the state of the, the instruction information for instructing the user to pause or resume the automatic recording operation (that is, the automatic information collecting operation) of the broadcast program that matches the user's taste, or the mobile terminal 30 uses the original information. The recorded program information (that is, the metadata) and the preference data, etc., which have been acquired in the above are received, or conversely, the recording that is stored in the program storage unit 23A of the broadcast communication terminal 20 for the mobile terminal 30. Various kinds of information are exchanged, such as a list of programs 23a and the preference data 23c stored in the preference data storage 23C.

The portable terminal 30 may be, for example, a portable telephone terminal or a PDA (Personal Digital).
l Assistants), or a portable notebook PC. Further, the wireless communication unit of the mobile terminal 30 recognizes the broadcast communication terminal 20 existing in the wireless communication area of the wireless communication unit, and the second communication of the broadcast communication terminal 20 existing in the wireless communication area. Part 2
4 and wireless communication.

The preference data 23c stored in the preference data storage unit 23C can be arbitrarily registered by the user via an operation unit (not shown) provided in the broadcast communication terminal 20. At the same time, the accumulated preference data 23c can be added, changed, or deleted and edited arbitrarily.

Further, the preference data 23c stored in the preference data storage unit 23C can be registered and stored in advance not only by the broadcast communication terminal 20 but also by the portable terminal 30 owned by the user. At the same time, it is possible to store the preference data resulting from editing on the mobile terminal 30 again via the second communication unit 24. For example, by using the character input system in the mobile terminal 30, the user newly creates preference data via the operation unit to the second communication unit 24 and accumulates it in the preference data storage unit 23C. Alternatively, the preference data 23c related to the user stored in the preference data storage unit 23C is transmitted to the mobile terminal 30 of the user via the second communication unit 24, and the data editing function in the mobile terminal 30 and the like. That is, using the character input system, the user arbitrarily re-edits it via the operation unit, and then returns it to the second communication unit 24 and stores it in the preference data storage unit 23C, or the mobile terminal 30. From the broadcast communication terminal 20
By instructing the user to edit the preference data 23c, the editing screen is displayed on the television screen or the like provided in the broadcast communication terminal 20, and the editing of the preference data 23c is started. The preference data 23c related to the user stored in the preference data storage unit 23C can be arbitrarily edited.

The preference data 23c stored in the preference data storage unit 23C is the program storage unit 23A of the storage unit 23.
Of the recorded programs 23a stored in the storage 23, that is, the stored information, the recorded program 23a viewed by the user, that is, the recorded program information 23b that is attribute information related to the stored information, that is, the metadata, or is directly selected by the selection unit 22. The metadata, which is the attribute information related to the received information viewed by the user, may be reflected and stored in the preference data 23c of the preference data storage unit 23C, or may be left unreflected. It is possible to make a selection according to a user instruction from the operation unit of the terminal 20 or the mobile terminal 30.

Furthermore, when the portable terminal 30 reaches a mutual recognition state in which it is recognized that the mobile terminal 30 exists within the wireless communication area of the second communication unit 24, immediately or
In accordance with a user's instruction from the operation unit of the mobile terminal 30 or the broadcast communication terminal 20, preference data indicating a user's preference independently acquired in the mobile terminal 30 or recorded program information relating to information independently viewed in the mobile terminal 30, that is, By transmitting the metadata to the second communication unit 24 of the broadcast communication terminal 20, it is also possible to reflect the metadata in the user preference data 23c corresponding to the ID of the mobile terminal 30 of the preference data storage unit 23C and store it. .

Even in such a case, the preference data 23c
If it is not necessary to reflect and store in the preference data 23c, it is of course possible to prevent the reflection in the preference data 23c by the user selecting and designating that effect.

Furthermore, the recorded program 23a viewed by the user, that is, the recorded program information 23b related to the stored information, that is, the metadata, or the recorded program information related to the information that is independently watched by the mobile terminal 30, that is, the metadata or the mobile terminal 30, is used. When the independently acquired preference data is reflected and stored in the preference data 23c of the preference data storage unit 23C, the importance indicating the viewing evaluation result of the user (that is, the importance regarding the preference data to be accumulated) is also added. , Together, it is possible to accumulate as the preference data 23c.

Based on a user's instruction from the operation unit of the mobile terminal 30, not only the preference data 23c about the user of the mobile terminal 30 stored in the storage unit 23 of the broadcast communication terminal 20 but also the preference data 23c. The recorded programs 23a stored on the basis of 23c and the metadata as the attribute information about the recorded programs 23a, that is, the recorded program information 23b.
Any of the above can be transmitted to the mobile terminal 30.

Next, as shown in FIG. 3, the user carrying the portable terminal 30 makes the second communication section 24 of the broadcast communication terminal 20.
The display service procedure of the recorded program performed when the user enters the wireless communication area will be described below according to the flow of the flowchart shown in FIG. Here, in FIG. 5, as described above, the user who owns the mobile terminal 30 operates the broadcast communication terminal 2
0 display service procedure of a recorded program when entering the wireless communication area of the second communication unit 24 (that is, a recorded program desired to be viewed is selected from the recorded programs 23a stored in the program storage unit 23A). 3 is a flowchart showing a service procedure (displayed).

The second communication section 24 of the broadcast communication terminal 20 is set to B
When the wireless communication technology based on the Bluetooth standard is used, the mobile terminal 30 is the wireless communicable area of the second communication unit 24 of the broadcast communication terminal 20.
When entering within the range of about m, the second communication unit 24 and the mobile terminal 3
0 becomes a mutual recognition state in which mutual recognition is automatically performed, and wireless communication is possible with each other. At this time, when the second communication unit 24 and the mobile terminal 30 are in the standby state, the user recognizes that they are in the wireless communication area of the other party, as mutual recognition means, and the user However, in consideration of the conditions such as the size of the room where the automatic information collecting system according to the present invention is used, the second communication unit 24 and the mobile terminal 30 are connected so that the signals can be transmitted and received at the optimum signal level. With, it is possible to set the transmission level of all signals transmitted and received between the two, including the mutual recognition signal that is periodically transmitted and received to confirm mutual recognition, to any level instructed by the user. By doing so, it is possible to arbitrarily change the mutual recognition distance at which the second communication unit 24 and the mobile terminal 30 can mutually recognize each other.

Alternatively, when the mutual recognition means first recognize each other whether or not they are present in the wireless communication area, the mutual recognition signals are output at the maximum transmission level at which they can output each other. Mutual recognition operation between the second communication unit 24 and the mobile terminal 30 is performed by transmitting and receiving,
Once it is mutually recognized that they exist in the wireless communication area of the other party, the mutual transmission and reception is periodically performed at a predetermined rate for each predetermined cycle. By gradually reducing the transmission level of all signals transmitted and received, including the recognition signal, from the maximum transmission level to the minimum transmission level at which they can mutually recognize each other, the second communication unit 24 and the portable unit Terminal 3
It is also possible to automatically change the mutual recognition distance with which 0 can mutually recognize.

Also, the check interval indicating the time interval at which the mutual recognition means is activated is, as described later,
The state variable of the mobile terminal 30 indicating the state of the mobile terminal 30 and the broadcast communication terminal 2 indicating the state of the broadcast communication terminal 20.
According to the state variable of 0, the time interval can be changed and set, and as described above, it is possible to adjust and set the signal transmission level to an appropriate level. Thus, it is possible to save the power of the battery of the mobile terminal 30.

Further, the second communication section 24 is the second communication section 24.
It is possible to automatically obtain the ID which is the identification number of the mobile terminal 30 existing in the wireless communication area of
Further, the accumulating unit 23 can accumulate the preference data 23c in the preference data accumulating unit 23C for each ID regarding the preference of the user who possesses the mobile terminal 30 of the ID.

Further, the selection unit 22 selects the broadcast program, that is, the reception information, which matches the respective preference data 23c, based on the preference data 23c stored for each ID, and records the recorded program 23a (that is, the stored information). Information)
The program information relating to the selected recorded program 23a, which is stored in the program storage unit 23A for each D, is recorded as the recorded program information 23b (that is, metadata) with the ID.
It can be stored in the program information storage unit 23B for each. Thus, the recorded programs 23a and the recorded program information 23b relating to the recorded programs 23a that match the tastes of the respective users are associated with the IDs of the mobile terminals 30 owned by the plurality of users. , Can be stored and stored.

Next, the display service procedure of the recorded program will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, when the second communication unit 24 of the broadcast communication terminal 20 detects that the mobile terminal 30 has entered the wireless communication area (step S1), the broadcast communication terminal 20 is returned from the mobile terminal 30. ID of the mobile terminal 30
The program information storage unit 23B is a list showing a list of broadcast programs, that is, recorded programs 23a (that is, stored information) that are automatically recorded in the program storage unit 23A based on the user preference data 23c corresponding to Recorded program information 23b
Created by extracting from.

The list showing the list of the created recorded programs 23a (that is, the stored information) is transmitted to the portable terminal 30 via the second communication section 24 (step S2). Here, as a specific example of the list showing the list of the recorded programs 23a (that is, stored information), a list showing a list of the titles of the recorded programs 23a recorded in the program storage unit 23A can be considered.

In the step S1, the portable terminal 30 enters the wireless communication area of the second communication section 24 as a mutual recognition operation in the list showing the recorded programs 23a (that is, the stored information). Then, when it is detected that the mobile terminal 30 and the second communication unit 24 are in the mutual recognition state, that is, the state in which they can wirelessly communicate with each other, as shown in step S2, the mobile terminal 30 is automatically and immediately notified to the mobile terminal 30. The mobile terminal 30
Alternatively, when the user gives an instruction via the operation unit of the broadcast communication terminal 20, it may be transmitted to the mobile terminal 30 for the first time.

Further, the recorded program 23a (that is, stored information)
As described above, the list indicating the list of the recordings stored in the program storage unit 23A is based on the ID of the mobile terminal 30 acquired by the second communication unit 24 during the mutual recognition operation. A list showing a list of recorded programs 23a (that is, storage information) matching the ID among the programs 23a (that is, storage information) is transmitted from the second communication unit 24 and is displayed on the display unit of the mobile terminal 30. It is supposed to be displayed. However, in some cases, a list showing a list including recorded programs 23a (that is, storage information) that do not match the ID may be transmitted.

Furthermore, the portable terminal 30 or the broadcast communication terminal 2
As an instruction from the user through the operation unit of 0,
When it is instructed that the stored information stored in the storage unit 23, that is, the recorded program 23a is information that handles the personal information of the user, the mobile terminal 30 acquired by the second communication unit 24. Based on the ID and an internal state variable (for example, information corresponding to a password or a personal identification number) indicating that the user is the user who has accumulated the recorded program 23a, the ID that matches the state variable. It is possible to prevent personal information from being leaked by not transmitting any information related to the stored information that is different from the ID or the state variable when the list indicating only the stored information is transmitted from the second communication unit 24. It is possible.

Next, the user who is the holder of the portable terminal 30 who has received the list showing the recorded programs 23a (that is, the stored information) displays the recorded program 23a (ie, the recorded program 23a displayed on the display unit of the portable terminal 30). , Stored information) is browsed (step S3). The recorded program 23a that the user wants to watch is included in the list showing the displayed recorded program 23a (that is, the stored information).
If the stored information does not exist (NO in step S4), the display process of the recorded program 23a ends. In such a case, the user can
When it is instructed that the recorded programs 23a stored in the broadcast communication terminal 23a are unnecessary (NO in step S10), the second communication unit 24 of the broadcast communication terminal 20 is notified of that fact. 20, the unnecessary recorded program information 23b designated by the user is stored in the program information storage unit 23.
It deletes from B and releases the storage area of the recorded program 23a stored in the program storage unit 23A (step S11).

On the other hand, when it is instructed that the recorded program 23a stored in the program storage unit 23A is necessary (YES in step S10), the program information storage unit 2
The recorded program information 23b stored in 3B and the recorded program 23a stored in the program storage unit 23A remain stored as they are. In such a case, broadcast programs that match the taste of the user are automatically collected thereafter, and the recorded program 23a is not stored beyond the storage capacity of the program storage unit 23A reserved for the user. When the case occurs, the recorded program 2 that has been accumulated
The latest recorded program 2 is overwritten from the oldest in 3a.
3a will be accumulated. Here, the old programs are overwritten in the oldest order, but the oldest programs may be overwritten in the ascending order of the user's preference (importance), or the recorded programs 23a designated by the user to be deleted beforehand may be overwritten. You may do it. In addition, as described above, the recorded programs 23a that the user wants to keep are designated, and from the other recorded programs 23a, in the ascending order, in the order of the user's preference (importance), or in the order of the user's preference. You may make it overwrite in order of the recorded program 23a designated that it may be overwritten beforehand.

On the other hand, in step S4, when the recorded program 23a desired to be viewed by the user exists (YES in step S4), the user recorded program 23 desired to be viewed.
A (that is, storage information) is selected from the list showing a list of recorded programs 23a (that is, storage information) (step S5). At this time, information (that is, recorded program ID) indicating which recorded program 23a has been selected is transmitted from the mobile terminal 30 to the second communication unit 24 of the broadcast communication terminal 20. The broadcast communication terminal 20 reads out the recorded program 23a corresponding to the recorded program ID transmitted from the user's mobile terminal 30 from the program storage section 23A of the storage section 23 and gives a reproduction instruction to the recorded program. 23a
(That is, stored information) is reproduced and displayed (step S
6).

Here, the reproduction display of the recorded program 23a is displayed on the display section (that is, the television screen) of the communication terminal 20, but in the case of the mobile terminal 30 having a moving image display mechanism, or In some cases, such as when displaying information such as a still image or a character string, it may be displayed on the display unit side of the mobile terminal 30 based on an instruction from the user.

The user can select the recorded program 2 that is reproduced and displayed.
3a (that is, stored information) is viewed (step S
7). Next, an evaluation of the recorded program 23a (that is, stored information) viewed by the user is performed, and the viewing evaluation result indicates the degree (importance) of the user's preference for the recorded program 23a (that is, stored information). As a result, it is determined whether or not to reflect it in the preference data 23c indicating the preference of the user. First, it is determined whether or not the recorded program information 23b (that is, metadata) related to the recorded program 23a (that is, stored information) is stored in the preference data 23c (step S8). Immediately, the evaluation is not performed, and the user selects not to store the recorded program information 23b (that is, the metadata) by reflecting the viewing evaluation result in the preference data 23c (NO in step S8). Returning to step S3, the operation of selecting the recorded program 23a (that is, stored information) that the user wants to view next is performed.

On the other hand, the recorded program 23a viewed by the user
(That is, the stored information) is evaluated, and the viewing evaluation result is reflected as the importance in the preference data 23c indicating the preference of the user as the importance.
When a selection is made to reflect and store the recorded program information 23b (that is, metadata) regarding a (that is, stored information) in the preference data 23c (YES in step S8), the user views the recorded program. 23a (that is,
The recorded information 23a (that is, the stored information) is evaluated as to whether or not the recorded program 23a (that is, the stored information) matches the taste of the user. That is, when the recorded program information 23b (that is, the metadata) regarding the storage information) is reflected in the preference data 23c and accumulated, it is also accumulated (step S9).

Thus, the recorded program information 23b (that is, the metadata) newly stored in the preference data 23c together with the importance is reflected in the preference data 23c corresponding to the self, so that the new data will be created. Also, a broadcast program that matches the recorded program information 23b (that is, metadata) stored in the preference data 23c can be newly viewed as a broadcast program that matches its own preference.

As described above, as the viewing evaluation result given to the viewed recorded program 23a (that is, the stored information), the recorded program information 23b (that is, the recorded program information 23b that is accumulated by being reflected in the user's preference data 23c). , Metadata) is set as an importance. As the scale indicating the importance, for example, the user selects and inputs one of the evaluations such as “highest”, “very good”, and “good”, or a range of 1 to 100. In this case, an appropriate numerical value is input from the evaluation values within a predetermined range, such as "," and the like, and the recorded programs reflected in the preference data 23c and stored based on the viewing evaluation result. Information 23b
A mechanism is used in which the importance of (that is, metadata) is determined.

Further, both the recorded program information, that is, the metadata and the viewing evaluation result, are the information temporarily stored in the mobile terminal 30 to be reflected in the preference data 23c in the preference data storage section 23C of the broadcast communication terminal 20. It is not limited to the case of setting only, and it may be the case of only recorded program information or the preference data itself.

As described above, in step S8, when the user views the recorded program 23a,
Instead of proceeding to step S9 of the next procedure, the process may return to step S3 and the operation of selecting the recorded program 23a to be viewed next may be immediately performed. That is, the viewing evaluation of the recorded program 23a (that is, the stored information) that is viewed,
The recorded program information 23b (that is, metadata) relating to the recorded program 23a (that is, stored information) that has been viewed need not be reflected to the preference data 23c each time the viewing is completed. That is, saved information)
If the recorded program information 23b and the recorded program information 23b (that is, metadata) are stored and stored in the program storage unit 23A and the program information storage unit 23B, respectively, it is possible to perform at any timing that is convenient for the user. Is.

Thus, not only when the viewing evaluation of the recorded program 23a (that is, the storage information) that has been viewed has ended in step S9, but also when the recording program 23a (that is, the storage information) that is desired to be viewed is viewed in step S8. However, if the viewing evaluation is not performed (NO in step S8), the process returns to step S3 and the recorded program 23a of the recorded program 23a is selected in order to select the broadcast program to be viewed next. Display the list (step S
3). In the displayed list of recorded programs 23a,
When there is no other recorded program 23a that the user wants to watch (NO in step S4), as described above,
When the reproduction operation of the recorded program 23a (that is, the stored information) is finished, while the recorded program 23a desired to be viewed by the user still exists (YES in step S4), the recorded program 2
Proceeding to the reproducing operation of 3a, the same procedure is repeated thereafter.

Here, as shown in FIG. 4, the portable terminal 30
The user who owns the second communication unit 2 of the broadcast communication terminal 20
4, when the user moves out of the wireless communication area 4, the user preference data 23c corresponding to the ID of the mobile terminal 30 that has moved out of the wireless communication area and the broadcast program information received by the first communication unit 21 are included. Based on this, the selection unit 22 filters whether or not the broadcast program received by the first communication unit 21 is the recorded program 23a to be stored in the program storage unit 23A of the storage unit 23. The broadcast program selected as the recorded program 23a to be stored in the program storage unit 23A is recorded in the program storage unit 23A and the program information storage unit 23B in the storage unit 23 according to the broadcast start time and the broadcast end time, respectively. The program 23a and the recorded program information 23b are accumulated and saved.

Further, the recording information 23a selected as the storage information by the selecting unit 22 and the metadata regarding the recording information 23a, that is, the recorded program information 23b are automatically stored in the program storing unit 23A and the program information storing unit 23B. The automatic collection operation is performed by the mobile terminal 30 or the broadcast communication terminal 20.
It is also possible to pause or, conversely, restart it based on an instruction from the user via the operation unit. In addition, when the reception is temporarily stopped, the reception information selected by the selection unit 22 can be directly displayed so that the user can view the reception information.

(Second Embodiment) Next, as a second embodiment, from the information received via an arbitrary network, information that matches the user's taste is automatically extracted and stored. The automatic information collection system will be described. FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an example of a configuration when the automatic information collecting system according to the present invention is applied to a system that automatically collects information that matches a user preference in a communication terminal connected to an arbitrary network. Is.

In FIG. 1, the automatic information collecting system is
It is connected to any network 40 of any form, regardless of the form of the network such as a wired / wireless communication line, a voice / data / image communication medium, or a circuit exchange / packet exchange / store exchange. The communication terminal 10 includes a communication terminal 10 that transmits and receives various types of information and a mobile terminal 30 that wirelessly communicates with the communication terminal 10. It is possible to automatically collect and store the received information and the information indicating the attributes related to the received information, which are the content data and the metadata to be stored and stored, respectively. Further, the communication terminal 10 includes the first communication unit 1
1, a selection unit 12, a storage unit 13, and a second communication unit 14.

Here, in the following description, for simplicity of explanation, it is assumed that the arbitrary network 40 is the Internet, but it is applied to the automatic information collecting system according to the present invention. Network 40
As described above, the network is not limited to such an internet, but may be any type of network.

The first communication section 11 transmits and receives various kinds of information via the Internet, that is, the network 40. That is, for example, via the Internet, text
Content data such as moving images and audio, or URL of the content data (Unique Resource)
Locators) and metadata indicating the attribute of the content data are downloaded or, conversely, uploaded. The selection unit 12 matches the user's preference based on various information received by the first communication unit 11, that is, the metadata of the downloaded content data and the preference data stored in the storage unit 13 in advance. Information, that is, only the content data or the URL of the content data is filtered (extracted) and selected as storage information to be stored or selected as display information and displayed.

Further, the storage unit 13 stores content data received by the first communication unit 11 and selected by the selection unit 12 or the URL of the received information as content data 13a, that is, storage information. The metadata 1 receives the information indicating the attribute related to the received information selected by the selection unit 12 and received by the storage unit 13A and the first communication unit 11.
A metadata storage unit 13B for storing 3b and a preference data storage unit 13C for storing the preference data indicating the user's preference as preference data 13c are provided.

The second communication section 14 recognizes the mobile terminal 30 existing in the wireless communication area of the second communication section 14 by the wireless communication technology such as Bluetooth standard, IrDA standard or wireless LAN standard, and the wireless communication is performed. The wireless communication is performed with the wireless communication unit of the mobile terminal 30 existing in the area. That is, the second communication unit 14 receives the ID of the mobile terminal 30 or the mobile terminal 30 from the mobile terminal 30.
State variable indicating the state of, the instruction information for instructing the user to pause or resume the automatic collection operation of the information that matches the user's preference, or the metadata and the preference data independently acquired by the mobile terminal 30. Or vice versa,
For the mobile terminal 30, a list of content data 13a stored in the content data storage unit 13A of the communication terminal 10 and a preference data storage unit 13C.
Various information is exchanged, such as transmitting the preference data 13c accumulated in the.

The mobile terminal 30 may be, for example, a mobile phone terminal or a PDA, or a mobile notebook PC. The wireless communication unit of the mobile terminal 30 recognizes the communication terminal 10 existing in the wireless communication area of the wireless communication unit, and the second communication unit 14 of the communication terminal 10 existing in the wireless communication area. Wireless communication with.

The preference data 13c stored in the preference data storage unit 13C can be arbitrarily registered by the user via the operation unit (not shown) provided in the communication terminal 10. It is also possible to add, change, or delete the accumulated preference data 13c once and edit it arbitrarily.

Furthermore, the preference data 13c accumulated in the preference data accumulating unit 13C can be registered and accumulated in advance by using not only the communication terminal 10 but also the portable terminal 30 owned by the user. Together with the mobile terminal 3
It is also possible to re-store the preference data resulting from editing at 0 via the second communication unit 14.
For example, by using the character input system in the mobile terminal 30, the user newly transmits preference data via the operation unit to the second communication unit 14 and stores the preference data in the preference data storage unit 13C. Or, the preference data storage unit 13
Preference data 13 related to the user stored in C
c is transmitted to the mobile terminal 30 of the user through the second communication unit 14, and the user arbitrarily uses the data editing function of the mobile terminal 30, that is, the character input system, through the operation unit. After editing again, the second communication unit 1
4, and the mobile terminal 30 instructs the communication terminal 10 to edit the preference data 13c of the user, and the communication terminal 10 is provided with the preference data storage unit 13C. By displaying the editing screen on the display unit and activating the editing of the preference data 13c, the preference data 13c for the user stored in the preference data storage unit 13C can be arbitrarily edited.

The preference data 13c stored in the preference data storage unit 13C is the content data 13a stored in the content data storage unit 13A of the storage unit 13.
That is, of the stored information, the content data 13a viewed by the user, that is, the metadata 13b that is attribute information related to the stored information, or the attribute information related to the received information that is selected by the selection unit 12 and directly viewed by the user. The metadata may be reflected and stored in the preference data 13c of the preference data storage unit 13C, or
It may be left unreflected, and optionally selected by the user's instruction from the operation unit of the communication terminal 10 or the mobile terminal 30.

Further, when the portable terminal 30 reaches a mutual recognition state in which it is recognized that the mobile terminal 30 exists within the wireless communication area of the second communication section 14, immediately or,
In accordance with a user's instruction from the operation unit of the mobile terminal 30 or the communication terminal 10, preference data indicating a user's preference independently acquired in the mobile terminal 30 or metadata relating to information independently viewed in the mobile terminal 30 is transmitted to the communication terminal. 1
By transmitting the data to the second communication unit 14 of 0, the preference data can be reflected in the preference data 13c of the user corresponding to the ID of the mobile terminal 30 in the preference data storage unit 13C and accumulated.

Even in such a case, the preference data 13c
When it is not necessary to reflect and store the data in the preference data 13c, it is possible to prevent the user from reflecting the preference data 13c.

Further, the content data 13a viewed by the user, that is, the metadata 13 regarding the storage information.
b, or when the metadata relating to the information uniquely viewed by the mobile terminal 30 or the preference data uniquely acquired by the mobile terminal 30 is reflected and stored in the preference data 13c of the preference data storage unit 13C, the user Together with the degree of importance (that is, the degree of importance regarding the preference data to be accumulated) indicating the viewing evaluation result of the preference data 13
It can be stored as c.

Further, based on the user's instruction from the operation unit of the mobile terminal 30, not only the preference data 13c regarding the user of the mobile terminal 30 stored in the storage unit 13 of the communication terminal 10 but also the preference data 13c. It is also possible to cause the mobile terminal 30 to transmit either the content data 13a stored based on the above or the metadata 13b that is the attribute information about the content data 13a.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the display of the stored information, that is, the content data 13a, which is performed when the user carrying the portable terminal 30 enters the wireless communication area of the second communication section 14 of the communication terminal 10. The service procedure is substantially the same as the case of the flow of the flowchart shown in FIG. 5 described as the above-mentioned (first embodiment).

However, as the second embodiment, when the content data 13a is displayed, as described above, the storage information read from the program storage section 13A of the storage section 13, that is, the content data 13a is For example, not only the content itself of the homepage downloaded via the Internet, that is, the network 40, but also URL information indicating the location of the homepage may be used. If the URL information is stored in the content data storage unit 13A as storage information, in step S6 in FIG. 5, the first communication unit 11 causes the Internet to be executed based on the URL information. That is, the home page, that is, the content data may be downloaded via the network 40 and directly displayed on the display unit of the communication terminal 10 or the mobile terminal 30 without being stored in the content data storage unit 13A.

In addition, when the mobile terminal 30 is used to access the internet or the like to watch content data such as a homepage at the destination, etc.,
It is also possible to temporarily store the metadata and the viewing evaluation result regarding the content data in the mobile terminal 30, and after that, reflect them in the preference data 13c of the preference data storage unit 13C and store them. That is, as described above, when returning to the home or the like where the communication terminal 10 is installed, the second communication unit 1 of the communication terminal 10 performs the mutual recognition operation.
4 and the mobile terminal 30 reach the mutual recognition state in which they recognize each other that they are present in the wireless communication area of each other,
Immediately or according to a user's instruction from the operation unit of the mobile terminal 30 or the communication terminal 10, the metadata or viewing evaluation result (that is,
The importance of the metadata, which is reflected and stored in the preference data 13c, is stored in the preference data storage unit 13C of the communication terminal 10.
It may be reflected in the preference data 13c in FIG.

The preference data storage unit 1 of the communication terminal 10
It is not limited to the case where both the metadata and the viewing evaluation result are set as the information temporarily stored in the mobile terminal 30 so as to be reflected in the preference data 13c in 3C. It may be either the preference data or the preference data itself.

Here, as shown in FIG. 4, the portable terminal 30
When the user who possesses the mobile terminal moves out of the wireless communication area of the second communication unit 14 of the communication terminal 10, based on the user preference data 13c corresponding to the ID of the mobile terminal 30 that has moved out of the wireless communication area. Then, the search information is generated, and the Internet or network 40 is automatically searched for the Internet. When performing the Internet search, a portal site or the like on the Internet may be used.

Content data (that is, homepage information) such as text, moving images, and audio output as the search result of the Internet search or a UR indicating the location of the content data (that is, homepage information)
L and the metadata of the content data are received by the first communication unit 11 as the received information and the information indicating the attribute of the received information, as in the case of the above-described (first embodiment). , The reception information received by the first communication unit 11 is
The selection unit 12 may further filter whether or not the content data 13a to be stored as the storage information in the content data storage unit 13A of the storage unit 13 is based on the information indicating the attribute of the received information. . The reception information selected as the storage information to be stored and the information indicating the attribute of the reception information are stored in the storage unit 13.
The content data storage unit 13A and the metadata storage unit 13B in the content data storage unit 13A,
Also, it is accumulated and saved as the metadata 13b.

At this time, as the content data 13a,
As described above, it is possible to save the storage capacity of the content data storage unit 13A by storing only the URL indicating the home page where the content data is located, rather than the content data itself such as text, moving images, and voice. is there. Further, in the selection unit 12, as described above, the preference data 13c of the preference data storage unit 13C.
Content data 13a and metadata 13b to be stored in the storage unit 13 may be further narrowed down from the retrieved information based on information indicating the attribute of the received information or the like.

Further, an automatic collecting operation for automatically accumulating the content data 13a selected as the storage information in the selection unit 12 and the metadata 13b relating to the content data 13a in the content data storage unit 13A and the metadata storage unit 13B. It is also possible to temporarily stop the operation or restart it on the basis of an instruction from the user via the operation unit of the mobile terminal 30 or the communication terminal 10. Further, when the information is temporarily stopped, the reception information selected by the selection unit 12 is directly displayed,
It is also possible to let the user view the program.

Next, the fact that the second communication section 24 and the mobile terminal 30 described in the above description of the (first embodiment) are present in the wireless communication areas of their respective counterparts A description will be given of the operation in the case of changing and setting an arbitrary time interval as the check interval indicating the time interval at which the mutual recognition operations of mutually recognizing are activated. It should be noted that the change of the check interval is not limited to the (first embodiment) but can be made in the same manner in the above-mentioned (second embodiment). Further, the time interval of the check interval is the mobile terminal 30 indicating the state of the mobile terminal 30.
State variables and / or broadcast communication terminal 20 or communication terminal 1
It is possible to change and set to an arbitrary time interval according to the state variable of the broadcast communication terminal 20 or the communication terminal 10 indicating the state of 0.

Here, as the state variable of the mobile terminal 30 for changing and setting the check interval to an arbitrary time interval, for example, the mobile terminal 30 is the broadcast communication terminal 20 or the second communication unit of the communication terminal 10. 24 or 14 is configured to include information indicating whether or not the wireless communication signal from 24 or 14 can be received, and / or information including information indicating whether or not the mobile terminal 30 is in a charging state. It may be done. In addition, the broadcast communication terminal 20 or the communication terminal 10
As the state variable of, for example, information indicating whether or not the second communication unit 24 or 14 of the broadcast communication terminal 20 or the communication terminal 10 is in a state capable of receiving a wireless communication signal from the mobile terminal 30, and Alternatively, the broadcast communication terminal 20 or the communication terminal 10 may be composed of information including information indicating whether or not the communication terminal 10 is in use.

In the following, as an example of the case where the check interval is changed by the state variable, when the portable terminal 30 is present in the wireless communication area of the second communication section 24 or 14, the check pattern is changed. 3), the mobile terminal 30 is present in the wireless communication area of the second communication unit 24 or 14, but the mobile terminal 30 is being charged (that is, in the case of check pattern 2),
Furthermore, when the mobile terminal 30 does not exist within the wireless communication area of the second communication unit 24 or 14, or the power of the mobile terminal 30 is turned off (that is, in the case of check pattern 1)
In the following three cases, a check pattern is shown in which the time interval of the check interval is changed to a different time interval and set. Note that, as described above, the present invention is not limited to setting different check patterns only in these three cases.
It may be possible to change and set different check patterns for more cases.

FIG. 6 is a timing chart showing an example of the check pattern of the check interval in the second communication section 14 or 24 according to the automatic information collecting system of the present invention. In FIG. 6, the horizontal axis represents time, and the signal waveforms in each of check pattern 1, check pattern 2, and check pattern 3 are displayed as pulse-shaped waveforms. That is, as the signal waveform in each check pattern, the section displayed at the “H” level is
It is a mutual recognition section indicating a section in which the second communication unit 14 or 24 is performing an operation of checking whether or not the mobile terminal 30 is within the wireless communication area of the second communication unit 14 or 24. The section displayed at the "L" level is other than the operation in which the second communication unit 14 or 24 confirms whether or not the mobile terminal 30 is within the wireless communication area of the second communication unit 14 or 24. This is the section in which processing is being performed.

When the mobile terminal 30 is not present in the wireless communication area of the second communication section 14 or 24 or when the power of the mobile terminal 30 is turned off, the mobile terminal 3
As shown in FIG. 6, 0 can be confirmed immediately when 0 comes into the wireless communication area.
A check interval consisting of check pattern 1 having the shortest cycle is used. Although the mobile terminal 30 exists in the wireless communication area of the second communication unit 14 or 24,
When the mobile terminal 30 is in the charging state, it is possible to communicate while charging, so that the check pattern 2 having a relatively short cycle is not taken into consideration without worrying about the battery consumption of the mobile terminal 30. A check interval consisting of

On the other hand, when the portable terminal 30 exists in the wireless communication area of the second communication section 14 or 24, and
When the mobile terminal 30 is not charging, the mobile terminal 3
In order to reduce the consumption of the battery of 0, the check interval including the check pattern 3 having the longest time interval of the mutual recognition section is used. However, as a matter of course, this is not the case when data is continuously transmitted and received between the mobile terminal 30 and the second communication unit 14 or 24 by wireless communication. That is, in the mutual recognition operation for confirming whether the mobile terminal 30 is within the wireless communication area of the second communication unit 14 or 24, both the mobile terminal 30 and the second communication unit 14 or 24 are in a standby state with each other. This operation is performed only when

Next, the operation for changing the check pattern designating the time interval of the check interval will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8. Here, FIG.
8 is a flowchart showing an example of an operation when changing the check pattern of a check interval, and FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of the remaining operation following the check pattern changing operation shown in FIG. 7.
Immediately after the power of the communication terminal 10 of the automatic information collecting system according to the present invention is turned on, the check interval for checking with the check pattern 1 which is the shortest cycle shown in FIG. 6 is used. Communication terminal 10 or broadcast communication terminal 20
When the level of the check pattern 1 shown in FIG. 6 changes from “L” level to “H” level, the second communication unit 14 or 24 of the mobile terminal 30 is within the wireless communication area of the second communication unit 14 or 24. Then, the operation of the check interval for performing the mutual recognition operation of whether or not it exists in the check pattern 1 is started (step S21).

Thus, the communication terminal 10 or the broadcast communication terminal 2
In the second communication unit 14 or 24 of 0, the second communication unit 1
Mobile terminal 30 existing within 4 or 24 wireless communication areas
A connection request signal is transmitted to (step S22).
The connection request signal includes an interval operation display code for notifying the portable terminal 30 side of which check pattern is currently performing the check interval operation. When the mobile terminal 30 existing in the wireless communication area receives the connection request signal, the mobile terminal 30 receives the connection request signal and, in response to the interval operation display code, the mobile terminal 3
The ID of 0 and the state variable indicating the state of the mobile terminal are added to the connection response signal and transmitted to the communication terminal 10 or the second communication unit 14 or 24 of the broadcast communication terminal 20.

The second communication section 14 or 24 determines whether or not the connection response signal from the portable terminal 30 has been transmitted in response to the connection request signal (step S23). When the connection response signal is not transmitted from the mobile terminal 30 (NO in step S23), for example, as the check interval shown in FIG. "L" in check pattern 1 during the interval
Every time it changes from "H" level to "H" level, the connection request signal is repeatedly transmitted and the connection response signal is waited. That is, until the time interval of the mutual recognition section indicated by the check pattern 3 is reached and time-out occurs (step S2
4 NO), the connection request signal is retransmitted repeatedly a plurality of times.

Until the time interval of the mutual recognition section indicated by the check pattern 3 is reached and the time-out occurs, the portable terminal 3
When the connection response signal from 0 has not been received (YES in step S24), the mobile terminal 30 is in the second communication unit 14 or 24 of the communication terminal 10 or the broadcast communication terminal 20.
It is determined that the user is outside the wireless communication area (step S25). Thus, the check interval for the mobile terminal 30 remains set to the check pattern 1 having the shortest time interval (step S26). The check pattern of the check interval is updated at a predetermined timing so that the check pattern does not become discontinuous (step S27).

On the other hand, when it is determined in step S23 that the second communication unit 14 or 24 has received the connection response signal from the portable terminal 30 (YE in step S23).
S), the mobile terminal 30 is determined to be in the wireless communication area of the second communication unit 14 or 24 (step S2).
8). Then, based on the ID of the mobile terminal 30 added to the connection response signal from the mobile terminal 30 and transmitted, and the state variable indicating the state of the mobile terminal 30, the mobile that has transmitted the connection response signal. It is recognized whether the terminal 30 is registered as the ID of the mobile terminal of the user who is the target of the automatic information collecting system according to the present invention, and further what state the mobile terminal 30 is in.

That is, first, when it is determined that the portable terminal 30 is not the portable terminal of the user who is the target of the automatic information collecting system according to the present invention, based on the ID of the returned portable terminal (step). (NO in S29), the process returns to step S24 in order to wait for the return of the connection response signal from another mobile terminal, but it is determined that the mobile terminal is the user's mobile terminal that is the target of the automatic information collecting system according to the present invention. In the case (YES in step S29), it is determined whether or not the mobile terminal 30 is in the charging state based on the state variable of the mobile terminal 30 (step S29).
30).

If it is determined that the battery is being charged (YES in step S30), the check interval operation according to check pattern 2 having a relatively short cycle is set. Therefore, the second communication unit 1
4 or 24 transmits an update notification signal indicating the check pattern 2 to the mobile terminal 30 (step S31),
The second communication unit 14 or 24 enters a waiting state for receiving an update notification response signal from the mobile terminal 30 in response to the update notification signal (step S32). If the update notification response signal is not transmitted from the mobile terminal 30 (step S
32), for example, until the time interval of the mutual recognition section indicated by the check pattern 3 having the longest time interval of the mutual recognition section as the check interval shown in FIG. 6 is reached and the time-out occurs (NO in step S33), the mobile terminal 30 It waits for the reply of the update notification response signal from.

Here, when the update notification response signal from the portable terminal 30 cannot be received until the time interval of the mutual recognition section is reached and the timeout occurs (YES in step S33), the portable terminal 30 is Since it is assumed that the mobile terminal 30 has moved out of the wireless communication area or the power of the mobile terminal 30 has been turned off, the mobile terminal 30 is outside the wireless communication area of the second communication unit 14 or 24. If it is determined that it is present, the process proceeds to step S25 described above, and the operations of steps S25 to S27 are performed.

On the other hand, when the update notification response signal is transmitted from the portable terminal 30 by the time interval of the mutual recognition section and before the time-out (step S3).
2), the check interval operation according to check pattern 2 having a relatively short cycle is set (step S34). Further, the check pattern of the check interval is updated at a predetermined timing so that the check pattern does not become discontinuous (step S27).

If it is determined in step S30 that the mobile terminal 30 is not in the charging state (NO in step S30), the time interval of the mutual recognition section is reduced in order to reduce the consumption of the battery of the mobile terminal 30. Is set to perform the check interval operation according to the longest check pattern 3. Therefore, the second communication unit 14 or 24 transmits an update notification signal indicating the check pattern 3 to the mobile terminal 30 (step S35), and the second communication unit 14 or 24 responds to the update notification signal by the mobile terminal. The system waits for the update notification response signal from 30 (step S36). If the update notification response signal is not transmitted from the mobile terminal 30 (step S36).
NO), for example, until the time interval of the mutual recognition section indicated by the check pattern 3 times out again (NO in step S37), the mobile terminal 30 waits for the reply of the update notification response signal.

Here, when the update notification response signal from the portable terminal 30 cannot be received until the time interval of the mutual recognition section times out again (step S3).
7), if the mobile terminal 30 has moved out of the wireless communication area, or if the power of the mobile terminal 30 is OF
Since it is assumed that the case is set to F, it is determined that the mobile terminal 30 is outside the wireless communication area of the second communication unit 14 or 24, the process proceeds to step S25 described above, and step S25. The operation of step S27 is performed.

On the other hand, when the update notification response signal is transmitted from the mobile terminal 30 before the time interval of the mutual recognition section is timed out again (YES in step S36), the time interval of the mutual recognition section is the most. The check interval operation according to the long check pattern 3 is set (step S38). Further, the check pattern of the check interval is updated at a predetermined timing so that the check pattern does not become discontinuous (step S27).

That is, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, when the second communication unit 14 or 24 and the portable terminal 30 are in the standby state, they must be present in the wireless communication areas of the other parties. As the mutual recognition signal used as mutual recognition means for recognizing each other, the presence of the mobile terminal 30 periodically transmitted from the second communication unit 14 or 24 to the mobile terminal 30 is confirmed. Of the connection request signal and the ID, which is the identification number of the mobile terminal 30 and is transmitted from the mobile terminal 30 to the second communication unit 14 or 24 in response to the connection request signal. A connection response signal including a state variable, and further, based on the state variable included in the connection response signal, notifies the transmission cycle of the connection request signal that is updated and generated next time and thereafter. For the second communication unit 14 or 24
An update notification signal transmitted from the mobile terminal 30 to the mobile terminal 30,
Four update notification response signals, which indicate that the update notification signal has been received by the mobile terminal 30, are transmitted from the mobile terminal 30 to the second communication unit 14 or 24 in response to the update notification signal. Mutual recognition operation is realized by the mutual recognition signal composed of the four signals.

Next, the operation when the user returns home to the home where the communication terminal 10 is installed will be further described. When the user who owns the mobile terminal 30 returns home to the home where the communication terminal 10 is installed, as described above, the metadata which is the attribute information regarding the content data viewed at the destination or the user's own acquired information. The preference data itself indicating the preference is temporarily stored and stored in the mobile terminal 30. However, when returning home, whether or not the portable terminal 30 has sufficient battery power to communicate with the second communication unit 14 of the communication terminal 10 depends on the usage status of the portable terminal 30 up to that point.

When the remaining battery level is such that the portable terminal 30 and the second communication unit 14 are in a communicable state, the portable terminal 30 is set to the second communication unit 14 When mutual recognition that it exists in the wireless communication area,
Immediately or based on a user's instruction from the operation unit of the mobile terminal 30 or the communication terminal 10, for example, a list of stored information, that is, the content data 13a that matches the ID of the mobile terminal 30 acquired by the second communication unit 14. Is transmitted from the second communication unit 14 to be displayed on the display unit of the mobile terminal 30, or the metadata or the preference data once accumulated and stored in the mobile terminal 30 is transmitted from the mobile terminal 30. It can be transmitted to the second communication unit 14, reflected in the preference data 13c in the storage unit 13 of the communication terminal 10, and accumulated.

On the other hand, even if the user returns home and the portable terminal 30 enters the wireless communication area of the second communication section 14,
When there is not enough battery power remaining to communicate with the second communication unit 14, when the battery power is exhausted, or when the user returns home with the mobile terminal 30 powered off. Cannot immediately reflect the metadata or the preference data once stored and stored in the mobile terminal 30 in the preference data 13c of the storage unit 13 of the communication terminal 10 and store the same. Therefore, in the mobile terminal 30 used in the automatic information collecting system according to the present invention, when the mobile terminal 30 is placed on the charger, the power of the mobile terminal 30 is automatically turned on,
It is configured to be able to communicate with the second communication unit 14 while being charged.

When the portable terminal 30 is placed on the charger, brought into the charging state, and mutually recognized to be present in the wireless communication area of the second communication section 14. To
Immediately or according to a user's instruction from the operation unit of the mobile terminal 30 or the communication terminal 10, based on the ID of the mobile terminal 30 acquired by the second communication unit 14, the stored information, that is, the content data 13a that matches the ID. A list showing a list of the above is transmitted from the second communication unit 14 and displayed on the display unit of the mobile terminal 30, or the mobile terminal 30 is displayed.
The metadata or the preference data stored and stored in step S1 is transmitted from the mobile terminal 30 to the second communication unit 14, and the preference data 13c stored in the storage unit 13 of the communication terminal 10 is transmitted.
It is considered so that it can be reflected and accumulated.

Here, in general, there are various types of structures of the wireless communication section of the portable terminal 30. FIG. 9 is a configuration diagram schematically showing an arrangement example of the wireless communication unit of the mobile terminal 30. As an arrangement example of the wireless communication unit 31 of the mobile terminal 30, as shown in FIG. 9A, a built-in type in which the wireless communication unit 31 is built in the unit of the mobile terminal 30, as shown in FIG. 9B. , A card type in which the wireless communication unit 31 is configured to be attachable / detachable to / from the unit of the mobile terminal 30, and as shown in FIG. Three types are conceivable, such as a unit type configured as an attached unit.

The mobile terminal 30 used in the automatic information collecting system according to the present invention may be any of these types of mobile terminals, but the power supply of the mobile terminal and the power supply of the wireless communication section are made common. When the mobile terminal 30 is placed on the charger and the power supply of the mobile terminal 30 is in the charging state, the power switch is automatically turned on and the wireless communication unit It is assumed that the power supply of 31 is also supplied with power and that wireless communication with the communication terminal 10 can be performed.

However, when the battery of the portable terminal 30 is charged, in the case of the built-in type or card type wireless communication section 31 shown in FIGS. 9A and 9B,
The wireless communication unit 3 is provided between the contact surface between the charger and the mobile terminal 30.
1 does not intervene, so there is no problem, but it is the external unit type wireless communication unit 31 as shown in FIG. 9C, and the mobile terminal 30 is, for example, a conventional mobile phone. As described above, in the case where the contact portion of the communication interface portion with the wireless communication portion 31 exists on the same surface as the charging power supply terminal which is the contact portion with the charger that supplies power, the wireless communication portion 31 If the battery pack is still attached (connected) to the mobile terminal 30, power cannot be supplied from the charger.

Therefore, in the case of the unit type wireless communication section 31 as shown in FIG. 9C, the portable terminal 3
In the case where the external wireless communication unit 31 for the mobile terminal 30 is mounted on the same surface as the mounting surface on the charger that charges the 0 battery, for example, the wireless communication unit 31 includes:
By providing a power feeding unit having the same power feeding structure as the power feeding structure of the mobile terminal 30 at a portion different from the contact portion of the communication interface with the mobile terminal 30, the wireless communication unit 31 can be kept connected. Even if there is, wireless communication unit 3
The battery of the mobile terminal 30 can be charged by placing the battery on the charger in a state of passing through 1.

In other words, the wireless communication section 31 is connected to the mobile terminal 3
The wireless communication unit 31 is provided with a charging power supply terminal that is connected to the charging power supply terminal of the mobile terminal 30 in the state of being attached to the wireless communication unit 31 with the same structure as the charging power supply terminal of the mobile terminal 30, and By setting the power source so that the mobile terminal 30 and the wireless communication unit 31 can be automatically supplied, the wireless communication unit 31 can be mounted on the charger while the mobile terminal 30 is still attached. While the terminal 30 is being charged, the power switch is set to the ON state so that wireless communication can be performed.

Here, FIG. 10 has an external unit type wireless communication unit 31 which is considered so as to be able to charge the portable terminal 30 with the wireless communication unit 31 being connected. 7 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of arrangement of charging electrode terminals in the mobile terminal 30. FIG. As shown in FIG. 10, the charging electrode terminal 30 a of the mobile phone, that is, the mobile terminal 30, is a communication interface unit 30 that is a communication connector with the wireless communication unit 31 on the bottom surface of the mobile terminal 30.
It is provided at a position different from b, that is, a portion on the back surface side and extending from the portion to the back surface.

On the other hand, the upper surface of the wireless communication section 31 is closely connected to the communication interface section 30b of the mobile terminal 30 when it is attached to the bottom surface of the mobile terminal 30, and the mobile phone 30
A communication interface unit 31b is provided for communicating with the. Furthermore, a charging electrode terminal 31a for connecting to the charging electrode terminal 30a of the mobile terminal 30 is erected from the top surface and the top surface of the wireless communication unit 31, and is closely connected to the charging electrode terminal 30a of the mobile terminal 30. Is equipped with.

On the bottom side of the wireless communication unit 31, the portable terminal 30 with the wireless communication unit 31 attached is attached to the portable terminal 30.
It is formed in the same structure as the bottom structure of the mobile terminal 30 so that it can be charged as it is on the battery charger 32 for use as it is. That is, the power supply from the charger 32 is made in close contact with the electrode terminal 32 a of the charger 32, and the wireless communication unit 31
The charging electrode terminal 31 having the same structure as the charging electrode terminal 30a of the mobile terminal 30 is provided on the bottom surface side of the wireless communication unit 31 so that it can be directly transmitted to the mobile terminal 30 via the.
a'is provided.

Here, the charging electrode terminal 31a provided on the upper surface side of the wireless communication unit 31 and the charging electrode terminal 31a 'provided on the bottom surface side are connected to each other and used for charging the portable terminal 30. The charging electrode terminals are arranged so that the electrode terminals 30a are in the same state as when they are directly connected to the electrode terminals 32a of the charger 32.

Furthermore, if the wireless communication unit 31 does not have a separate and independent power source built-in, from the charging electrode terminal 31a 'connected to the electrode terminal 32a of the charger 32,
Power is supplied to the wireless communication unit 31 at the same time. On the other hand, in the case where the wireless communication unit 31 has a built-in individual and independent power source, this is not the only case, and the charger 3
Charging electrode terminal 31 connected to the second electrode terminal 32a
It is not necessary to supply power from a'to the wireless communication unit 31.

In addition, even when the external unit type wireless communication section 31 is still attached to the portable terminal 30,
A communication connector having the same structure as the communication interface unit 30b of the mobile terminal 30 is used on the bottom surface of the wireless communication unit 31 so that power can be supplied from the portable battery 33 to the communication interface 30b of the mobile terminal 30. A communication interface unit 31b 'is provided. The communication interface unit 31b ′ is connected to the signal line of the communication interface unit 30a of the mobile terminal 30 via the communication interface unit 31b provided on the upper surface of the wireless communication unit 31. Here, the communication interface 3
1b 'also has a power supply line for supplying power from the portable battery 33, and the power supply line is the same as the power supply line of the communication connector which is the communication interface unit 30a of the mobile terminal 10. It is arranged so that it comes to the position of.

That is, in the case of using the portable battery 33 whose power is supplied through the power terminal provided in the communication interface section 30b which is the communication connector of the portable terminal 30, the portable terminal 30 is further used. When the wireless communication unit 31 external to the mobile terminal 30 is mounted on the same surface as the connection surface between the communication interface unit 30b and the portable battery 33, the wireless communication unit 31 is connected to the mobile terminal 30.
The communication interface unit 31b ′, which is connected to the communication interface unit 30b of the mobile terminal 30 when attached to the mobile terminal 30, is provided on the bottom surface of the wireless communication unit 31.
By having the same structure as the communication interface unit 30b, it is considered that the portable terminal 30 can be used while being connected to the portable battery 33 while the wireless communication unit 31 is attached.

When power is supplied from the portable battery 33, the communication interface units 30b and 3b are provided.
Other signal lines between 1b and 31b 'are connected,
Alternatively, it may not be connected. Further, here, in order to be able to supply power from either the charger 32 or the portable battery 33, the wireless communication unit 31 includes communication interface units 31b and 31b ', a power supply line between them, and a charging electrode terminal 31a. , 31a 'and a power supply line between them. However, depending on the application, the communication interface units 31b and 31b 'and the power supply line between them or the charging electrode terminals 31a and 3b may be used.
Only one of 1a 'and a power supply line between them may be provided.

By the way, the charger 32 is not always arranged in the vicinity of the second communication section 14 of the communication terminal 10 constituting the automatic information collecting system. Therefore, the charger 3
Even when the mobile terminal 30 is mounted on the mobile terminal 2, it may not be possible to communicate with the second communication unit 14 of the communication terminal 10 if the signal level of the normal wireless signal remains unchanged. Therefore, when the mobile terminal 30 is placed on the charger 32, the wireless communication unit 31 of the mobile terminal 30 is transmitted and received for mutual recognition between the second communication unit 14 and the mobile terminal 30. The transmission level of all signals transmitted and received between the two, including the mutual recognition signal, can be set to any level instructed by the user, and further, it can be automatically set to the maximum output level that can be set. By changing the setting, communication with the second communication unit 14 of the communication terminal 10 is performed.

Here, in the latter case, the portable terminal 30 that was not in the wireless communication area of the second communication section 14 of the communication terminal 10 is shown in FIG. 7 and FIG. Based on the operation of the flowchart shown in the figure, in the first stage until it is detected that the state of the check pattern 2 is detected, that is, in the stage of mutually recognizing whether or not they are in each other's wireless communication area, (2) The mutual confirmation operation is performed by transmitting and receiving the mutual recognition signals transmitted and received for mutual recognition between the communication unit 14 and the mobile terminal 30 at the maximum transmission level capable of outputting each other. It is a thing.

Then, once the state of the check pattern 2 is detected, and after the state is set to this state, both the second communication section 14 and the wireless communication section 31 on the side of the portable terminal 30. Check the status of the reception level of each radio signal, and gradually reduce the transmission level of the signal transmitted and received by both sides from the maximum transmission level at a predetermined rate for each predetermined period. By changing the mutual recognition distance at which the second communication unit 14 and the mobile terminal 30 can mutually recognize each other by automatically setting the minimum transmission level that does not hinder the mutual communication. It is possible.

That is, when the portable terminal 30 is placed on the charger 32 and put into the charging state, the portable terminal 30 immediately performs the mutual recognition operation as the wireless communication area of the second communication section 14. An operation of mutually recognizing whether or not they exist in the mobile terminal 30 is started, and the mobile terminal 30 once causes the second communication unit 14
When it is mutually recognized that the mobile terminal 30 is present in the wireless communication area, the second communication unit 14 immediately or in response to a user instruction from the operation unit of the mobile terminal 30 or the communication terminal 10. On the basis of the ID of the portable terminal 30 that has been generated, a list showing a list of stored information that matches the ID, that is, the content data 13a is transmitted from the second communication unit 14, and is displayed on the display unit of the portable terminal 30. Alternatively, the metadata or preference data stored and stored in the mobile terminal 30 is transferred from the mobile terminal 30 to the second communication unit 1
It is considered that it can be stored in the preference data 13c stored in the storage unit 13 of the communication terminal 10.

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As described above, according to the automatic information collecting system of the present invention, the following operational effects can be exhibited. The automatic information collecting system according to the invention described in claim 1 of the present application is registered in advance without being aware of setting a recording reservation for each broadcast program (that is, specifying information to be collected each time). It is possible to automatically collect and record broadcast programs that match the user's taste (that is, automatically collect information that matches the user's taste registered in advance).

The automatic information collecting system according to the invention described in claim 2 uses the IDs of the mobile terminals to convert the information, which is registered and accumulated in advance for each ID, to match the user's taste. Because it collects and accumulates automatically,
It is possible to automatically collect information regarding a plurality of users corresponding to each mobile terminal by using one communication device provided with a storage unit capable of storing such automatically collected information.

The automatic information collecting system according to the invention described in claim 3 of the present application is, for example, by applying the wireless technology based on the Bluetooth standard, to thereby obtain the Bluetooth.
Recognizing preference data from mobile terminals existing within a range of about 10 meters, which is a wireless communication area of h standard,
It is possible to automatically collect information that matches the preference data, and it is possible to construct an economical and versatile automatic information collection system.

In the automatic information collecting system according to the invention described in claim 4 or claim 5, the signals of the mutual signals that the user performs wireless communication between the communication terminal and the portable terminal according to the size of the room, etc. It is possible to change and set the transmission level to an arbitrary level, or it is possible to automatically adjust and change the transmission level of the signal to the minimum transmission level that allows mutual recognition. Because
It becomes possible to change and set the mutual recognition distance of each other,
It is possible to set an economical environment in which the battery consumption of the mobile terminal is reduced and to improve the flexibility of the user's communication environment.

The automatic information collecting system according to claim 6 of the present application is mounted on a charger and is in a charging state.
First, the user can change and set the transmission level of signals of each other for performing wireless communication between the communication terminal and the mobile terminal, or mutually recognize each other between the mobile terminal and the communication terminal. After setting the transmission level of the signal at the maximum level to the maximum level, it has an adjustment function to reduce it to a transmission level at which communication is possible. It is not necessary to place it in a specific position between the two, and the preference data of the user stored in the mobile terminal being charged is reflected in the preference data on the communication terminal side, or the mobile terminal being charged is automatically transferred to the communication terminal. It is possible to give an instruction to browse the collected information.

The automatic information collecting system according to the present invention as claimed in claims 7 to 9 periodically transmits and receives in order to mutually recognize whether or not the portable terminal is within the wireless communication area of the communication terminal. Since the transmission time interval of the mutual recognition signal can be automatically and variably controlled according to the state of the communication terminal and / or the mobile terminal, the power consumption of the battery of the mobile terminal can be further reduced.

The automatic information collecting system according to the invention described in claim 10 is a mutual recognition signal which is periodically transmitted and received in order to mutually recognize whether or not the mobile terminal is within the wireless communication area of the communication terminal. Since a combination of four signals that can mutually confirm each other is used, mutual recognition can be perfectly matched, and stable wireless communication can be realized.

In the automatic information collecting system according to the invention described in claims 11 to 14, even when the user is not in the vicinity of the communication terminal itself which automatically collects the received information as the stored information, Immediately to the mobile terminal in a mutual recognition state capable of wireless communication with the communication terminal,
Alternatively, according to an instruction from the user, it is possible to display and browse a list showing a list of the automatically stored storage information.

According to the fifteenth aspect of the present invention, in the automatic information collecting system, the mobile terminal used by the user is selected from the automatically collected information as a remote control of the communication terminal, and By instructing, it becomes possible to select arbitrary storage information and display it on the display unit of the communication terminal, or in some cases, transfer it to the mobile terminal side and display it on the display unit of the mobile terminal.

The automatic information collecting system according to the invention described in claims 16 to 18 of the present application is applicable only when the preference data to be registered and accumulated in the communication terminal in advance is input or edited from the operation unit of the communication terminal. However, it is also possible to transmit and store the edited data of the preference data from the mobile terminal to the communication terminal, when editing the preference data,
By using the character input system of the mobile terminal, the user can input arbitrary preference data.

In the automatic information collecting system according to the present invention as defined in claims 11, 12, and 19, the automatically collected information is the ID of the portable terminal possessed by each user, or, in some cases, the internal information. Since it is protected by state variables (that is, passwords and encryption numbers), it is possible to prevent the automatically collected personal information about individual users from being leaked to other users, and to prevent independence between users. Can be maintained.

The automatic information collecting system according to the invention described in claim 20 of the present invention automatically updates the information by automatically reflecting it in the user's taste based on the result of viewing the stored information which is automatically collected and accumulated. It is possible to select whether or not it is possible to automatically collect more suitable information.

The automatic information collecting system according to the invention described in claim 21 of the present invention not only shows the viewing result of the stored information accumulated in the communication terminal, but also the information uniquely viewed on the mobile terminal side or the mobile terminal uniquely. Even based on the acquired preference data, it is possible to automatically reflect and update one's own preference, it is possible to improve the accuracy of the preference data formed, and to obtain even more suitable information. It becomes possible to collect automatically.

The automatic information collecting system according to the invention described in claims 14 and 22 of the present application is such that a communication terminal that automatically collects information matching a user's taste is at a place such as a home.
Even when the battery of the mobile terminal that the user possesses is exhausted when the user returns home from the place where he / she is carrying the mobile device while charging the mobile terminal with the charger or after charging is completed. It is possible to reflect the user's preference data etc. stored in the terminal in the preference data on the communication terminal side, or to instruct the communication terminal to browse the information automatically collected from the charging mobile terminal. Become.

The automatic information collecting system according to the invention described in claim 23 or 24 of the present application is based on, for example, the viewing evaluation result for the information on which the stored information is viewed, the information uniquely acquired by the portable terminal, and the like. , It is possible to set the degree of importance regarding the preference data, and it is possible to further improve the accuracy of the preference data used for future automatic collection.

The automatic information collecting system according to the invention described in claim 25 of the present invention requires the data from the data automatically collected in the mobile terminal even in the case of the mobile terminal having no storage unit. The data can be read and viewed, and can be used on the go.

In the automatic information collecting system according to the invention described in claim 26 of the present application, the automatic collection in the communication terminal can be temporarily stopped or restarted at any time from the operation unit of the communication terminal or the portable terminal. It is possible to prevent the information being viewed in real time from being stored as saved information unnecessarily, and it is important because the information that is automatically collected subsequently is automatically stored. It is possible to prevent overwriting of various information.

The automatic information collecting system according to the invention described in claim 27 of the present application makes it possible to use, for example, a mobile phone or PDA as a mobile terminal. Economically, it becomes possible to automatically collect information, for example, record a broadcast program or give an instruction to view the recorded program.

The automatic information collecting system according to the invention described in claims 28 to 30 of the present application automatically searches for information that matches the taste of the user via the Internet,
It becomes possible to download and store. Furthermore,
It is also possible to store only the URL related to the information that matches the taste of the user, and it is possible to save the storage capacity of the communication terminal that automatically collects information. Further, instead of the information downloaded and accumulated in the communication terminal, it is possible to directly access and display the home page on the Internet, and the latest information can be obtained.

In the automatic information collecting system according to the invention of claims 31 and 32, the wireless communication section of the portable terminal is an external unit type, and the mounting surface or the portable battery is connected to the charger. Even when the wireless communication unit is mounted and used on the same surface as the surface, the wireless communication unit is mounted on the battery charger or the portable battery while the wireless communication unit is mounted on the mobile terminal. It is possible to connect and perform wireless communication while charging or supplying power to the mobile terminal, and reflect the user's preference data etc. stored in the charging mobile terminal in the preference data on the communication terminal side. It becomes possible to instruct the communication terminal to browse the information automatically collected from the charging portable terminal.

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FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an example of a configuration when the automatic information collecting system according to the present invention is applied to a system that automatically collects information that matches a user preference in a communication terminal connected to an arbitrary network. Is.

FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram showing an example of a configuration when the automatic information collecting system according to the present invention is applied to a system for automatically recording a broadcast program that matches a user preference.

FIG. 3 is an image diagram for explaining that a user carrying a mobile terminal has entered the wireless communication area of the second communication unit of the broadcast communication terminal.

FIG. 4 is an image diagram for explaining that a user carrying a mobile terminal has moved outside the wireless communication area of the second communication unit of the broadcast communication terminal.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a display service procedure of a recorded program when a user carrying a portable terminal enters the wireless communication area of the second communication unit of the broadcast communication terminal.

FIG. 6 is a timing chart showing an example of check patterns of check intervals in the second communication unit according to the automatic information collecting system of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of an operation when changing a check pattern of a check interval.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of the remaining check pattern changing operation subsequent to the check pattern changing operation shown in FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of an arrangement of charging electrode terminals in a mobile phone as a mobile terminal having an external unit type wireless communication unit.

FIG. 10 is an arrangement of charging electrode terminals in a mobile terminal having an external unit type wireless communication section, which is considered so as to be able to charge the mobile terminal with the wireless communication section still connected. It is a conceptual diagram which shows an example.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Communication terminal, 20 ... Broadcast communication terminal, 11, 21 ... First communication section, 12, 22 ... Selection section, 13, 23 ... Storage section,
13A ... Content data storage unit, 13a ... Content data, 13B ... Metadata storage unit, 13b ... Metadata, 13C, 23C ... Preference data storage unit, 13c, 23
c ... Preference data, 14, 24 ... Second communication section, 23A ... Program storage section, 23a ... Recorded program, 23B ... Program information storage section, 23b ... Recorded program information, 30 ... Mobile terminal, 30a ...
Charging electrode terminal, 30b ... Communication interface section, 31
... Wireless communication parts, 31a, 31a '... Charging electrode terminals, 3
1b, 31b '... Communication interface section, 32 ... Charger, 32a ... Electrode terminal, 40 ... Network (internet), 50 ... Broadcast radio wave.

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[Claims] 1. A first communication unit that transmits and receives information to and from a network, and from the received information received by the first communication unit, received information that matches a user's preference is selected and stored as storage information. A selection unit for displaying or selecting and displaying as display information, the storage information selected by the selection unit, metadata indicating attribute information regarding the content of the storage information, and a preference indicating the user's preference. A communication terminal that includes a storage unit that stores data, respectively, and a second communication unit that recognizes a mobile terminal existing in its own wireless communication area and that can perform wireless communication with the mobile terminal, Further, a mobile terminal equipped with a wireless communication unit capable of recognizing the second communication unit of the communication terminal existing within its own wireless communication area and performing wireless communication with the second communication unit. The selection unit of the communication terminal, based on the preference data stored in advance in the storage unit by using the communication terminal or the mobile terminal, the reception information that matches the user's preference. , Automatic information that can be selected as the storage information and stored in the storage unit together with the metadata regarding the selected storage information, or can be selected and displayed as display information. Collection system. 2. The automatic information collecting system according to claim 1, wherein the second communication unit of the communication terminal is an identification number of a mobile terminal existing in the wireless communication area of the second communication unit. It is possible to automatically obtain a certain ID, the storage unit can store the preference data for each ID, and the selection unit stores the storage for each ID. Based on the preference data stored in the storage unit, the reception information that matches the respective preference data is selected as the storage information, and the storage unit stores the metadata together with the selected storage information. An automatic information collection system characterized by accumulating each ID. 3. The automatic information collecting system according to claim 1, wherein the wireless communication between the second communication unit and the mobile terminal is one of Bluetooth standard, IrDA standard, and wireless LAN standard. An automatic information gathering system characterized by being performed based on. 4. The automatic information collecting system according to claim 1, wherein when the second communication unit and the mobile terminal are in a standby state, the wireless communication area of each partner As a mutual recognition means for automatically recognizing each other's existence inside, mutual recognition periodically transmitted and received between the second communication unit and the mobile terminal to confirm mutual recognition. By allowing the transmission level of all signals transmitted and received between the two, including the recognition signal, to be set to an arbitrary level instructed by the user, the second communication unit and the mobile terminal are An automatic information gathering system, characterized in that a mutual recognition operation is performed which enables a mutual recognition distance that allows mutual recognition to be arbitrarily changed. 5. The automatic information collecting system according to claim 1, wherein when the second communication unit and the mobile terminal are in a standby state, the wireless communication area of each partner As a mutual recognition means for automatically recognizing that they are present inside each other, when first recognizing whether they are inside each other's wireless communication area, Mutual recognition operation is performed by transmitting and receiving the mutual recognition signals that are periodically transmitted and received at the maximum transmission level that can be output to each other to confirm mutual recognition between the communication unit and the mobile terminal. After the mutual recognition that they exist in the wireless communication area of the other party, the mutual recognition signal is included at a predetermined rate every time a predetermined time elapses. Therefore, by gradually reducing the transmission level of all signals transmitted and received to each other from the maximum transmission level to the minimum transmission level at which mutual recognition is possible, the second communication unit and the mobile terminal are An automatic information gathering system, characterized in that a mutual recognition operation is carried out which can automatically change a mutual recognition distance capable of mutual recognition. 6. The automatic information collecting system according to claim 4 or 5, wherein when the portable terminal is placed on a charger and brought into a charging state, the mutual recognition means immediately An automatic information collecting system, wherein the mutual recognition operation is automatically executed. 7. The automatic information collecting system according to claim 4, wherein a check interval indicating a time interval at which the mutual recognition operation by the mutual recognition means is activated is a state of the mobile terminal. According to the state variable of the mobile terminal and / or the state variable of the communication terminal that indicates the state of the communication terminal, the automatic information can be changed and set at an arbitrary time interval. Collection system. 8. The automatic information collecting system according to claim 7, wherein the mobile terminal is used as the state variable of the mobile terminal for changing and setting the check interval to an arbitrary time interval from the second communication unit. Automatic information collection characterized by including information indicating whether or not the wireless communication signal of the mobile terminal is in a receivable state and / or information indicating whether or not the mobile terminal is in a charging state. system. 9. The automatic information collecting system according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the state variable of the communication terminal, which is set by changing the check interval to an arbitrary time interval, is the first variable of the communication terminal. (2) The communication unit includes information indicating whether or not the wireless communication signal from the mobile terminal is ready to be received, and / or information indicating whether or not the communication terminal is in use. An automatic information gathering system characterized by that. 10. The automatic information collecting system according to claim 4, wherein the mobile communication device periodically transmits the mutual recognition signal from the second communication unit to the mobile terminal. A connection request signal for confirming the existence of the terminal, and an ID that is an identification number of the mobile terminal and is transmitted from the mobile terminal to the second communication unit in response to the connection request signal. And a connection response signal including a state variable indicating the state of the connection response signal, and further, based on the state variable included in the connection response signal, notifies the transmission cycle of the connection request signal after the next generation that is updated and generated. In order to do so, the update notification signal transmitted from the second communication unit to the mobile terminal, and the update notification transmitted from the mobile terminal to the second communication unit in response to the update notification signal. Signal is mobile An automatic information collecting system, wherein the mutual recognition operation is executed by the mutual recognition means by being composed of an update notification response signal indicating that the terminal has received the update notification response signal. 11. The automatic information collecting system according to claim 4, wherein the information is stored in the storage unit according to a user's instruction from an operation unit of the mobile terminal or the communication terminal. A list indicating a list of stored information is displayed on the display unit of the communication terminal and / or the mutual recognition operation causes the mobile terminal to exist in the wireless communication area of the second communication unit. Of the stored information stored in the storage unit immediately or when a user's instruction is input from the operation unit of the mobile terminal or the communication terminal when the mutual recognition state is reached. An automatic information collecting system, wherein a list showing a list is transmitted from the second communication unit to the mobile terminal. 12. The automatic information collecting system according to claim 4, wherein the mobile terminal is present in a wireless communication area of the second communication unit by the mutual recognition operation. It is acquired by the second communication unit at the time of the mutual recognition operation, immediately when the mutual recognition state is reached, or by an instruction of the user from the operation unit of the mobile terminal or the communication terminal. A list showing a list of the stored information that matches the ID among the stored information stored in the storage unit is transmitted from the second communication unit based on the stored ID of the mobile terminal. An automatic information gathering system characterized by that. 13. The automatic information collecting system according to claim 11 or 12, wherein an instruction is given that the stored information accumulated in the accumulating unit is information handling personal information of a user. If it is, based on the ID of the mobile terminal acquired by the second communication unit at the time of the mutual recognition operation and the state variable indicating that it is the user himself who has accumulated the saved information, A list showing only a list of the stored information that matches the ID and the state variable is transmitted from the second communication unit, and information regarding the stored information that is different from the ID or the state variable is not transmitted at all. And an automatic information collection system. 14. The automatic information collecting system according to claim 11, wherein the mutual recognition state is a state in which the portable terminal is placed on a charger and is being charged. Automatic information collection, characterized in that the portable terminal is in a state in which it is mutually recognized that it is present in the wireless communication area of the second communication unit by the automatically activated mutual recognition operation. system. 15. The automatic information collecting system according to claim 11, wherein the list is a list of the stored information transmitted from the second communication unit to the mobile terminal, An automatic information collecting system, wherein stored information selected by a mobile terminal is read from the storage unit and displayed on a display unit of the mobile terminal or the communication terminal. 16. The automatic information collecting system according to claim 1, wherein the user is stored in the storage unit of the communication terminal via an operation unit of the communication terminal. An automatic information collection system characterized in that preference data can be edited arbitrarily. 17. The automatic information collecting system according to claim 16, wherein the editing of the preference data is started by receiving an instruction for editing the preference data from the mobile terminal at the second communication unit. An automatic information gathering system characterized by that. 18. The automatic information collection system according to claim 1, wherein the user arbitrarily edits the preference data in the mobile terminal via an operation unit of the mobile terminal. , And / or after transferring the preference data stored in the storage unit from the second communication unit to the mobile terminal side, by transmitting to the second communication unit, and then the operation unit of the mobile terminal. The user is allowed to store the preference data as the preference data in the storage unit by returning to the second communication unit the preference data that has been arbitrarily edited in the mobile terminal. Information collection system. 19. The automatic information collecting system according to claim 17 or 18, wherein the preference data to be the target of the instruction for editing the preference data from the mobile terminal, or the preference data in the mobile terminal. Automatic editing, wherein the preference data to be edited is limited to only the preference data that matches the ID of the mobile terminal acquired by the second communication unit during the mutual recognition operation. Information collection system. 20. The automatic information collecting system according to claim 1, wherein the metadata relating to the saved information viewed by a user among the saved information stored in the storage unit. Or
From the operation unit of the mobile terminal or the communication terminal, whether or not to store the metadata, which is the attribute information related to the reception information selected by the selection unit and directly viewed by the user, is reflected in the preference data. An automatic information collecting system, which can be selected according to the user's instruction. 21. The automatic information collecting system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal exists within a wireless communication area of the second communication unit by the mutual recognition operation. When the mutual recognition state is reached, the preference of the user independently acquired in the mobile terminal is displayed immediately or by the user's instruction from the operation unit of the mobile terminal or the communication terminal. An automatic information collection system characterized in that by transmitting the preference data or the metadata to the second communication unit, the preference data can be reflected in the preference data of the storage unit corresponding to the ID of the mobile terminal and accumulated. . 22. The automatic information collecting system according to claim 21, wherein the mutual recognition state is a state in which the portable terminal is placed on a charger and is being charged,
The automatic information collection system is characterized in that, by the automatically activated mutual recognition operation, the portable terminal is in a mutually recognized state of being present in the wireless communication area of the second communication unit. . 23. The automatic information collecting system according to any one of claims 20 to 22, wherein the metadata relating to the saved information viewed or the preference data or the meta uniquely acquired by the mobile terminal. Automatic information collection, characterized in that, when data is reflected in the preference data of the accumulation unit and accumulated, the importance indicating the user's viewing evaluation result of the stored information can be set together and accumulated. system. 24. The automatic information collecting system according to any one of claims 20 to 23, wherein the metadata relating to the saved information viewed or the preference data or the meta independently acquired by the mobile terminal. The automatic information collecting system is characterized in that the time at which the data is reflected in the preference data of the storage unit and accumulated is not limited to immediately after the viewing, and can be any time selected by the user. 25. The automatic information collecting system according to any one of claims 1 to 24, wherein the information is stored in the storage unit of the communication terminal based on a user's instruction from an operation unit of the mobile terminal. The stored information and / or the metadata and / or the preference data that are present can be transmitted from the second communication unit of the communication terminal to the mobile terminal and displayed on the display unit of the mobile terminal. And an automatic information collection system. 26. The automatic information collecting system according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit selected by the selection unit and the metadata relating to the storage information are automatically stored in the storage unit. An automatic information collecting system, characterized in that the information collecting operation can be paused or, conversely, restarted according to a user's instruction from the operation unit of the portable terminal or the communication terminal. 27. The automatic information collecting system according to any one of claims 1 to 26, wherein the mobile terminal includes any one of a mobile phone terminal, a PDA, and a notebook PC. And an automatic information collection system. 28. The automatic information collecting system according to claim 1, wherein the network for transmitting / receiving information to / from the first communication unit is the Internet. . 29. The automatic information collecting system according to claim 28, wherein the saved information accumulated by the accumulation unit is
U of the homepage that has information that matches the taste of the user
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rs) Information is an automatic information collecting system. 30. The automatic information collecting system according to claim 29, wherein a list showing a list of the stored information stored in the storage unit is transmitted from the second communication unit to the mobile terminal, When the display of the stored information indicating the URL information of the homepage is selected from the list indicating the list of the transmitted stored information on the mobile terminal, the homepage indicated by the selected URL information is the internet. Directly to the first communication unit without being stored in the storage unit.
An automatic information collecting system, which is displayed on a display unit of the mobile terminal or the communication terminal. 31. The automatic information collecting system according to any one of claims 1 to 30, wherein the external information is attached to the mobile terminal on the same surface as a mounting surface on a charger that charges the mobile terminal. In the case where the wireless communication unit is attached, the charging power supply terminal that is connected to the charging power supply terminal of the mobile terminal when the wireless communication unit is attached to the mobile terminal is connected to the wireless communication unit. The portable terminal is provided with the same structure as the charging power supply terminal of the portable terminal, so that the portable terminal is mounted on the charger while the wireless communication section is still attached to the portable terminal. An automatic information gathering system characterized by enabling charging. 32. The automatic information collecting system according to claim 1, wherein power is supplied through a power supply terminal provided in a communication interface section which is a communication connector of the mobile terminal. In the case of using a portable battery, further, on the same surface as the connection surface between the communication interface unit of the portable terminal and the portable battery,
In the case where an external wireless communication unit is attached to the mobile terminal, a communication interface that is connected to the communication interface unit of the mobile terminal when the wireless communication unit is attached to the mobile terminal. By providing the wireless communication unit with the same structure as the communication interface unit of the portable terminal, the portable communication device is connected to the portable battery while the wireless communication unit is attached to the portable terminal. An automatic information collecting system characterized by being able to.