JP2003167896A - Information providing system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To further easily use an information providing system 1. <P>SOLUTION: An information control device 2 is arranged in a skiing ground for providing intra-control-range information on the content specialized in the skiing ground. A plurality of communication stations 6A to 6C having a communication area narrower than the skiing ground are arranged in the skiing ground, and are connected to the information control device 2 via a cable 7. The respective communication stations 6A to 6C transmit the intra-control-range information controlled by the information control device 2 to a cellular phone 8 in one's own communication area, and can precisely provide only the intra-control- range information on the content specialized in the skiing ground to a skiing ground user via the cellular phone 8 possessed by the skiing ground user to thus realize the further easily usable information providing system 1. <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 information providing system, and in particular, it is applied to an information providing system for providing information having specific contents within a predetermined management range (hereinafter referred to as management range information). It is suitable.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as an information providing system, various kinds of information are held in an information providing apparatus connected to the Internet, and the information providing apparatus is given an acquisition request for desired information from a mobile phone via a communication station. Then, in response to this, there is a device that provides desired information from the information providing device to the mobile phone via the communication station.

[0003]

In the information providing system having such a configuration, although the information providing device holds a lot of various information, when the user is within the management range of a ski resort or the like, the management of the information is performed. Even if the mobile phone requests information within the management range from the mobile phone to the information providing device via the communication station, the information providing device does not always hold the information within the management range, so that it is easy to use. There was a difficult problem to say.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and is intended to propose an information providing system that is much easier to use.

[0005]

In order to solve such a problem, in the present invention, an information management device for managing information within a management range of contents specialized within a predetermined management range is installed in the management range. , A plurality of communication stations having a communication area narrower than the management range within the management range are installed within the management range and connected to the information management device through a predetermined communication path, and each communication station has its own communication area. The information within the management range managed by the information management device is transmitted to the mobile terminal inside.

[0006] Therefore, it is possible to accurately provide only the information within the management range of the contents specialized in the management range to the user who uses the predetermined management range through the portable terminal owned by the user. it can.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an information providing system according to the present invention as a whole, for example, information management of a personal computer constructed at a ski resort within a predetermined management range and installed at a management office in the ski resort. Device 2
However, it is wire-connected via a cable 7 to a plurality of communication stations 6A to 6C installed in the ski area near the top of the slope 3, near the landing of the lift 4, near the restaurant 5, and the like. .

Each of the communication stations 6A to 6C is a short-range wireless communication standard with a mobile phone 8 in a communication area which is smaller than the ski area and is managed by itself.
Wireless connection can be established by a wireless communication system compliant with Bluetooth.

By the way, Bluetooth is a standardization organization called Bluetooth SIG (Special Interest Gr).
is a short-range wireless data communication standard standardized by the Oup) and is a 2.4 [GHz] band ISM (Industrial Scientific
Set up 79 channels with a bandwidth of 1 [MHz] in the (Medical) band, and use the spread spectrum communication method of the frequency hopping method that switches the channels 1600 times per second.
/ Sec] (effective 721 [kbit / sec]) data transmission rate of 10 [m] is specified.

In this case, the information management device 2 uses a ski resort manager or the like to provide a map of the ski area showing the positions of the communication stations 6A to 6C, the lift 4 and the restaurant 5, and the surrounding area, and the ski area. Various information such as weather, snow quality on the slope 3, lift 4 and restaurant 5, the food menu prepared at the restaurant 5 (hereinafter referred to as "provider-provided information") is updated as necessary. It has been entered.

Then, the information management device 2 sends the information provided by the operator in this way to each of the communication stations 6A to 6C as information within the management range of the contents specialized in the ski resort, and holds the information. The information within the management range is transmitted to the mobile phone 8 wirelessly connected to each of the communication stations 6A to 6C.

In addition, in the information providing system 1, the ski resort user who owns the mobile phone 8 can tell the ski resort user the weather and snow quality at any place on the slope 3, the lift 4 and the restaurant. 5, the information such as the favorite food in the restaurant 5 (hereinafter, referred to as user-provided information) can be input to the mobile phone 8 in various formats such as text and images captured by the camera. In this way, the user-provided information is fetched from the mobile phone 8 into the information management device 2 via the communication stations 6A to 6C.

As a result, when the user-provided information is provided from the mobile telephone 8, the information management device 2 sends the user-provided information together with the vendor-provided information to the communication stations 6A to 6C as information within the management range and holds the information. And the communication stations 6A to 6C
The user-provided information prepared by the ski resort manager or the like is transmitted to the mobile telephone 8 wirelessly connected to the user information as the management-range information of the contents specific to the ski resort.

In this way, the information providing system 1 is designed so that the ski resort user can be provided with a wide variety of information within the management range for viewing.

In addition, in the information providing system 1, in an emergency such as when the weather is significantly deteriorated or when an avalanche occurs, a ski resort manager or the like broadcasts the occurrence of an emergency to the ski resort user. Although notifying, the content of the emergency situation can be input to the information management device 2, and at this time, the information management device 2 is the information within the management range of the content specialized for the content of the emergency situation in the ski resort. The emergency information is simultaneously transmitted to all mobile phones 8 existing in the communication area via the communication stations 6A to 6C.

Thus, in the information providing system 1, when an emergency occurs, the ski area user can be notified of the occurrence and the contents of the emergency via the mobile phone 8.

Incidentally, in the information providing system 1, each of the communication stations 6A to 6C is installed on a path (the most convenient place to gather) of a ski resort user.

As a result, the information providing system 1 can easily provide the ski area user with the information within the management range while allowing the ski area to use the ski area normally, and inform more ski area users of the occurrence of an emergency. Is made possible.

Here, as shown in FIG. 2, the information management device 2
Is a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 9 that controls various functions of the information management device 2 in a centralized manner, and a control bus 10
Display control unit 11, operation unit 12, ROM (Read O
nly Memory) 13, RAM (Random Access Memory) 1
4, the communication control unit 15, and the integrated editing unit 16 are connected.

Further, the display controller 11, ROM 13, RA
The M14, the communication control unit 15, the integrated editing unit 16, and the music control unit 17 are connected to each other via a data bus 18.

The CPU (hereinafter, referred to as management device CPU) 9 of the information management device 2 reads various programs such as a basic program and a management range information generation program stored in the ROM 13 in advance and expands them on the RAM 14. By doing so, the entire information management device 2 is controlled according to these various programs.

Incidentally, when the management device CPU 9 is executing various processes in accordance with various programs, the RAM 14
The image data and the audio data corresponding to the processing result are generated as described above, and the generated image data is stored in the data bus 18.
Also, the audio data is sent to the display unit 19 via the display control unit 11 in sequence, and the audio data is sent to the data bus 18 and the music control unit 1.
7 is sequentially sent to the speaker 20 to notify the processing result by an image and a sound via the display unit 19 and the speaker 20.

In practice, the management device CPU 9 stores in advance in a large-capacity storage unit 21 such as a hard disk drive when a ski resort manager inputs an input request for information provided by the operator via the operation unit 12. The integrated editing unit 16 reads out the supplier provided information input screen data D1.

Then, the management device CPU 9 uses the read out supplier provided information input screen data D1 as the data bus 18
And the display control unit 11 sequentially sends the information to the display unit 19 to display a vendor-provided information input screen (not shown) based on the vendor-provided information input screen data D1.

In this state, when the ski resort manager or the like inputs the vendor-provided information as text or an image through the operation unit 12, the management device CPU 9 sends the vendor-provided information to the type of the slope 3 or the restaurant. It is displayed on the supplier-provided information input screen together with the input date and time for each preset category such as 5.

In this way, the management device CPU 9 allows the vendor-provided information to be input while visually confirming it on the vendor-provided information input screen, and the entered vendor-provided information represents the category information indicating the category and the input date and time. The data is sent to the integrated editing section 16 together with the date and time information as trader provided data D2.

The integrated editing unit 16 secures a storage area for each category of the vendor-provided data D2 in the storage unit 21, and stores the vendor-provided data D2 given from the management device CPU 9 in the storage unit 21. Remember each time.

Incidentally, the management device CPU 9 has already stored from the storage unit 21 in the integrated editing unit 16 when the input request of the vendor-provided information is input again via the operation unit 12 by the ski resort administrator or the like. The vendor-provided information input screen data D1 is read together with the vendor-provided data D2.

Then, the management device CPU 9 sends the read trader-provided data D2 and trader-provided information input screen data D1 to the display unit 19 through the data bus 18 and the display control unit 11 in order to display the display unit 19. In addition to displaying the vendor-provided information input screen based on the vendor-provided information input screen data D1, the vendor-provided information based on the vendor-provided data D2 is displayed for each category on the vendor-provided information input screen.

In this state, the management device CPU 9 changes the contents of the vendor-provided information already displayed on the vendor-provided information input screen to new contents in response to the operation of the operation section 12 by the ski resort manager. At the same time, when the new vendor-provided information is input as text or an image through the operation unit 12 by the management vendor, the new vendor-provided information is displayed on the vendor-provided information input screen along with the input date and time for each category. To do.

In this way, the management device CPU 9 inputs new vendor-provided information on the vendor-provided information input screen, and when the contents of the vendor-provided information that has already been input are changed, these vendor-provided information are also provided. Is sent to the integrated editing unit 16 as vendor-provided data D3 together with the vendor-provided information whose contents have not been changed.

The integrated editing section 16 stores the provider-provided data D3 provided from the management device CPU 9 to the storage section 21 to overwrite and store the provider-provided data D2 already stored for each category. The provider-provided data D2 and D3 in the section 21 can be appropriately updated.

Further, the management device CPU 9 has the mobile telephone 8
When the user-provided information is given as the user-provided data D4 from the communication stations 6A to 6C and the cable 7 in sequence, the user-provided data D4 is taken into the communication control unit 15, and integrated editing is performed via the data bus 18. It is sent to the section 16.

The integrated editing section 16 secures a temporary storage area for temporarily storing the user-provided data D4 transmitted from the mobile phone 8 in the storage section 21, and is given by the communication control section 15. Information on the current date and time measured by an internal RTC (Real Time I Clock) circuit is added to the new user-provided data D4 as acquisition date / time information, and the user-provided data D4 is stored in the temporary storage area of the storage unit 21. Remember.

In this way, the integrated editing section 16 receives the user-provided data D4 from the mobile phone 8 through the communication stations 6A to 6C, the cable 7, the communication control section 15 and the data bus 18 in sequence. The user-provided data D4 is similarly processed and stored and accumulated in the temporary storage area of the storage unit 21.

Then, the integrated editing section 16 periodically performs integrated editing processing of the vendor-provided data D3 and the user-provided data D4 stored in the storage section 21 at a predetermined cycle.

In this case, the user-provided data D4 is added with category information indicating the type of the slope 3 and the category to which the content of the user-provided data D4 such as the restaurant 5 belongs.

That is, the integrated editing unit 16 reads all the provider-provided data D3 and the user-provided data D4 from the storage unit 21 at the time of the first integrated editing process, and reads the read vendor-provided data D3 and the user-provided data D4. Is integrated for each category based on the category information to generate in-management-range information data D5.

Next, the integrated editing section 16 stores the management range information data D5 thus generated in the storage section 21 for each category, and at the same time, sends it to the communication control section 15 via the data bus 18. The management range information data D5 is sent from the communication control unit 15 to the communication stations 6A to 6C via the cable 7.

Further, the integrated editing section 16 reads out the management-range information data D5 from the storage section 21 and adds it to the management-range information data D5 in the storage section 21 during the second and subsequent integrated edit processing. If there is new vendor-provided data D3 and user-provided data D4 that have not existed, this is read.

In this case, the integrated editing section 16 distinguishes the management range information data D5 by adding new trader-provided data D3 and user-provided data D4 for each category based on the category information. Data D
If the number of all the user-provided data D4 included in 5 is larger than the preset maximum number, the oldest in time according to the acquisition date and time information added to these among the user-provided data D4 (that is, The user-provided data D4 (obtained in the earliest time) is deleted.

As a result, the integrated editing unit 16 updates the management range information data D5, and the updated management range information data D5 is again stored for each category in the management range information data D5 already stored in the storage unit 21. Is overwritten and stored, and the updated management range information data D5 is sent to the communication control section 15 via the data bus 18 to thereby update the management range information data D5.
Is sent to each of the communication stations 6A to 6C via the cable 7 and updated.

In this way, the integrated editing section 16 periodically updates the management-range information data D5 and, at that time, acquires the number of user-supplied data D4 included in the management-range information data D5. By regulating according to the information, the ski resort user can easily browse the new information within the management range in time.

Furthermore, when an emergency situation occurs, the management device CPU 9 gives priority to other processing (for example, integrated editing processing) when the content of the emergency situation is input via the operation unit 12 by the management company or the like in the ski area. Alert data based on the content of the emergency (hereinafter referred to as emergency alert data)
And data such as text and images showing the contents (hereinafter,
This is called emergency image data) emergency data D6
Is generated and temporarily stored in the RAM 14, and the RA
The emergency data D6 is sent from the M14 to the communication control unit 15, and sent from the communication control unit 15 to all the communication stations 6A to 6C via the cable 7.

Next, the circuit configuration of each of the communication stations 6A to 6C will be described with reference to FIG.
Since 6C has the same configuration, only the circuit configuration of the communication station 6A will be described here.

That is, in the communication station 6A as shown in FIG. 3, a CPU (hereinafter, referred to as a communication station CPU) 22 that controls various functions of the communication station 6A is controlled via a control bus 23. Display control unit 24, ROM 25, RA
An M26, a communication control unit 27, a Bluetooth-compliant communication circuit unit (hereinafter referred to as a BT communication circuit unit for communication station) 28, and a voice control unit 29 are connected.

The display controller 24, ROM 25, RA
M26, communication control unit 27, communication station BT communication circuit unit 2
8. The music control unit 29 is connected to each other via the data bus 30.

Then, the communication station CPU 22 has a ROM 25.
By expanding various programs such as the basic program and the information transmission program stored in advance in the RAM 26, the entire communication station 6A is controlled according to these various programs.

Incidentally, when the communication station CPU 22 is executing various processes according to various programs, the RAM 26
The image data and the audio data corresponding to the processing result are generated as described above, and the generated image data is stored in the data bus 30.
And the audio data is sent to the display unit 31 via the display control unit 24 in sequence, and the audio data is sent to the data bus 30 and the music control unit 2.
9 is sequentially sent to the speaker 32 to notify the processing result by the image and sound via the display unit 31 and the speaker 32.

As a result, the communication station CPU 22 can easily confirm the operation via the display unit 31 and the speaker 32 in a periodic inspection or the like.

In practice, the communication station CPU 22 fetches the management range information data D5, which is periodically given from the information management device 2 via the cable 7, into the communication control unit 27, and the fetched management range information data D5. Is sent from the communication control unit 27 to the RAM 26 via the data bus 30 to store the management range information data D5 in the RAM 26 while sequentially updating it.

Then, the BT communication circuit section 28 for communication station is
When the mobile phone 8 transmits the acquisition request signal S1 for the information within the management range, the acquisition request signal S1 is transmitted to Bluetooth.
The acquisition request data D10 obtained by receiving and capturing by an antenna (hereinafter, referred to as a BT antenna for communication station) 33 conforming to th, and subjecting the acquisition request signal S1 to a predetermined reception process, the control bus 23. Via the communication station CP
Send to U22.

The communication station CPU 22 reads out the main menu screen data D11 for acquiring information within the management range, which is stored in advance in the RAM 26, in accordance with the acquisition request data D10 given from the communication station BT communication circuit unit 28, and reads out the data. The main menu screen data D11 is sent to the BT communication circuit unit 28 for communication station via the data bus 30.

As a result, the BT communication circuit unit 28 for the communication station
Performs a predetermined transmission process on the main menu screen data D11 given from the RAM 26, and transmits the obtained main menu screen signal S2 from the communication station BT antenna 33 to the mobile phone 8 which is the request source of the information within the management range. To do.

As a result, the BT communication circuit unit 28 for communication station
The main category selection signal S is generated by selecting a desired category for the information within the management range on the main menu screen (to be described later) based on the main menu screen signal S2 in the mobile phone 8 that is the request source of the information within the management range.
When 3 is transmitted, it is received by the BT antenna 33 for communication stations and captured.

Then, the BT communication circuit section 28 for communication station is
The main category selection signal S3 is subjected to a predetermined reception process, and the obtained main category selection data D12 is sent to the communication station CPU 22 via the control bus 23.

The communication station CPU 22 has the main category selection data D1 given from the communication station BT communication circuit section 28.
2, the sub menu screen data D13 stored in advance in the RAM 26 is read out, and the read out sub menu screen data D13 is sent to the communication station BT communication circuit unit 28 via the data bus 30.

As a result, the BT communication circuit unit 28 for communication station
Performs a predetermined transmission process on the sub-menu screen data D13 provided from the RAM 26, and transmits the obtained sub-menu screen signal S4 from the communication station BT antenna 33 to the mobile phone 8 which is the request source of the information within the management range. To do.

As a result, the BT communication circuit unit 28 for the communication station
The sub-category selection signal S5 is transmitted by selecting a desired category in more detail on a sub-menu screen, which will be described later, based on the sub-menu screen signal S4 in the mobile phone 8 that is the source of the request for acquiring the information within the management range. Then, this is received by the BT antenna 33 for communication station and captured.

Then, the BT communication circuit section 28 for the communication station performs a predetermined receiving process on the subcategory selection signal S5,
The obtained subcategory selection data D14 is sent to the control bus 23.
To the communication station CPU 22 via.

The communication station CPU 22 has the subcategory selection data D14 supplied from the communication station BT communication circuit section 28.
According to the above, the management range information providing screen data D15 is generated by using the management range information information data D5 belonging to the corresponding category among the management range information data D5 for each category in the RAM 26, and the generated management range information provision screen data D15 is stored in the data bus 30. It is sent to the BT communication circuit unit 28 for the communication station via.

As a result, the BT communication circuit unit 28 for the communication station
Performs a predetermined transmission process on the in-management-range information provision screen data D15 provided from the RAM 26, and outputs the obtained in-management-range information provision screen signal S6 to the communication station BT antenna 33.
To the mobile phone 8 which is the source of the acquisition request of the information within the management range.

In this way, the communication station 6A can provide the ski area user who owns the mobile phone 8 with a large number of information within the management range belonging to a desired category.

In the BT communication circuit section 28 for the communication station, the user-provided information is sent from the mobile phone 8 to the user-provided information signal S.
When transmitted as 7, the BT antenna 3 for the communication station
3, the received user-provided information signal S7 is subjected to a predetermined reception process, and the obtained user-provided data D4 is sent to the RAM 26 via the data bus 30 and temporarily stored therein.

As a result, the communication station CPU 22 has the RAM 26
The user-provided data D4 is read from the data bus 30
It is sent to the information control device 2 via the cable 7 from the communication control unit 27 while being sent to the communication control unit 27 via the.

Further, when the communication station CPU 22 receives the emergency data D6 from the information management device 2 via the cable 7, the communication station CPU 22 fetches the emergency data D6 into the communication control unit 27 and then stores it in the RAM 26 via the data bus 30. Once stored, the emergency data D6 is read from the RAM 26 and is transmitted via the data bus 30 to the BT communication circuit unit 2 for communication station.
Send to 8.

The communication station BT communication circuit section 28 is provided in the RAM 2
When the emergency data D6 is given from 6, the predetermined transmission processing is performed on the emergency data D6 in preference to other transmission / reception processing, and the obtained emergency signal S8 is transmitted from the communication station BT antenna 33 to the own communication. All the mobile phones 8 in the area that can communicate with each other are transmitted all at once.

As a result, the communication station 6A can notify the ski area user who owns the portable telephone 8 in his communication area of the occurrence of an emergency when an emergency occurs.

Then, as shown in FIG.
Is a C that integrally controls various functions of the mobile phone 8.
A communication circuit 36, a display control unit 37, an operation unit 38, a ROM 39, a RAM 40, an image pickup control unit 41, a music control unit 42, a changeover switch 43, and a PU (hereinafter, referred to as a phone CPU) 34 via a control bus 35. A Bluetooth-compliant communication circuit section (hereinafter, referred to as a telephone BT communication circuit section) 44 is connected.

Further, the communication circuit 36, the display controller 37, and R
OM39, RAM40, imaging control section 41, music control section 4
2, the changeover switch 43, and the telephone BT communication circuit unit 44 are connected to each other via a data bus 45.

Then, the telephone set CPU 34 has the ROM 39.
By expanding various programs such as the basic program and the information acquisition program stored in advance in the RAM 40, the entire mobile phone 8 is controlled according to these various programs.

Actually, when the ski area user inputs an acquisition request for information within the management range through the operation unit 38, the telephone CPU 34 generates acquisition request data D10 representing the acquisition request on the RAM 40. , This is the data bus 4
5 to the telephone BT communication circuit unit 44.

The BT communication circuit unit 44 for the telephone is the RAM 4
When the acquisition request data D10 is given from 0, the acquisition request data D10 is subjected to a predetermined transmission process, and the acquired acquisition request signal S1 is transmitted from the telephone BT antenna 46 to the communication stations 6A to 6C.

As a result, the telephone BT communication circuit section 44
Receives and takes in the main menu screen signal S2 transmitted from the communication stations 6A to 6C by the BT antenna 46 for telephones.

Then, the BT communication circuit section 44 for the telephone is
Perform a predetermined reception process on the main menu screen signal S2,
By transmitting the obtained main menu screen data D11 to the display unit 47 through the data bus 45 and the display control unit 37 in sequence, the main menu screen shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the display unit 47 based on the main menu screen data D11. Display 48.

In this case, the main menu screen 48 has a state display area 49, a main category selection area 50, and an operation command input area 51 arranged in order from the upper end to the lower end. In the status display area 49, the reception status of radio waves in the wireless communication system that can be used by the mobile phone 8, the remaining battery level, and the information providing system 1
A plurality of icons representing various states such as whether or not the communication areas of the communication stations 6A to 6C have been entered are displayed.

Further, in the main category selection area 50 of the main menu screen 48, the names of a plurality of main categories (for example, each category of the information within the management range) are roughly shown.
News, slope information, restaurant information, etc.) are displayed as selectable options 52 to 55.

Further, in the operation command input area 51 of the main menu screen 48, the enter button 56 for determining the options 52 to 55 selected on the main category selection area 50 and the display of the main menu screen 48 are displayed in front of them. A return button 57 for returning to the screen (for example, the standby screen of the mobile phone 8) displayed on the screen is displayed.

Then, the telephone set CPU 34 has the display unit 47.
With the main menu screen 48 displayed on the
8 is operated to select the options 52 to 55, the options 52 are sequentially displayed on the main category selection area 50 accordingly.
~ 55 can be highlighted so that the options 52-55 representing the desired main category name can be selected.

Further, the telephone set CPU 34 selects one of the options 52 to 55 on the main category selection area 50, and in this state, operates the enter button 56 in the operation command input area 51 in accordance with the operation of the operation section 38. When done,
On the RAM 40, main category selection data D12 representing the name of the main category assigned to the selected options 52 to 55 is generated, and this is generated by the data bus 4.
5 to the telephone BT communication circuit unit 44.

The BT communication circuit section 44 for the telephone is the RAM 4
The main category selection data D12 given from 0 is subjected to a predetermined transmission process, and the obtained main category selection signal S3 is transmitted from the telephone BT antenna 46 to the communication stations 6A to 6C.
Send to.

As a result, the telephone BT communication circuit section 44
Is a sub-menu screen signal S from its communication station 6A-6C.
4 is transmitted, the sub menu screen signal S4 is received by the BT antenna 46 for the telephone and fetched.

Then, the BT communication circuit section 44 for the telephone is
The sub-category screen signal S4 is subjected to a predetermined reception process, and the obtained sub-menu screen data D13 is sent to the display unit 47 through the data bus 45 and the display control unit 37 in sequence, so that the sub-menu screen is displayed on the display unit 47. Submenu screen 5 based on data D13 as shown in FIG.
Display 8.

The sub-menu screen 58 is composed of a state display area 59, a sub-category selection area 60, and an operation command input area 61 provided in order from the upper end to the lower end. In the area 59, as in the status display area 49 of the main menu screen 48, a plurality of icons representing various states are displayed.

In the sub-category selection area 60 of the sub-menu screen 58, the names of sub-categories that classify the main category in detail (for example, the first to third slopes and others for the slope information of the main category) are selectable options. It is displayed as 62-65.

Further, in the operation command input area 61 of the sub menu screen 58, the same set button 66 and the return button 67 as those of the operation command input area 51 of the main menu screen 48 are displayed.

Incidentally, when the return button 67 on the operation command input area 61 is operated, the telephone set CPU 34 operates as follows.
The main menu screen 48 is displayed on the display unit 47 instead of the sub menu screen 58.

Then, the telephone set CPU 34 has the display unit 47.
With the sub-menu screen 58 displayed on the
Is operated to select the options 62 to 65, the options 62 to 6 are sequentially displayed on the subcategory selection area 60 accordingly.
5 is displayed in reverse video so that the choices 62 to 65 representing the names of desired subcategories can be selected.

Further, the telephone set CPU 34 selects any one of the options 62 to 65 on the subcategory selection area 60, and in this state, the enter button 66 in the operation command input area 61 is operated according to the operation of the operation section 38. Then R
On the AM 40, subcategory selection data D14 representing the name of the subcategory assigned to the selected options 62 to 65 is generated and sent to the telephone BT communication circuit 44 via the data bus 45.

The BT communication circuit unit 44 for telephones is the RAM 4
The subcategory selection data S14 obtained by subjecting the subcategory selection data D14 given from 0 to predetermined transmission processing is obtained.
Is transmitted from the BT antenna 46 for telephones to the communication stations 6A to 6C.

As a result, the telephone BT communication circuit section 44
When the in-management-range information providing screen signal S6 is transmitted from the communication stations 6A to 6C, the receiving-in-control-range information providing screen signal S6 is received by the telephone BT antenna 46.

Then, the BT communication circuit section 44 for the telephone is
Predetermined reception processing is performed on the management-range information provision screen signal S6, and the obtained management-range information provision screen data D15 is obtained.
Is sent to the RAM 40 via the data bus 45.

As a result, the telephone set CPU 34 temporarily stores the management range information providing screen data D15 in the RAM 40 to obtain the management range information providing screen data D15 as the management range information, and from the RAM 40, the management range information providing screen data D15. Read data bus 45,
By sending it to the display unit 47 through the display control unit 37 in sequence, the management range information provision screen 68 as shown in FIG. 7 based on the management range information provision screen data D15 is displayed on the display unit 47.

The management range information providing screen 68 is formed by sequentially providing a status display area 69, a management range information display area 70, and an operation command input area 71 from the upper end to the lower end. In the status display area 69,
Similar to the status display area 49 of the main menu screen 48, a plurality of icons representing various statuses are displayed.

Further, in the management range information display area 70 of the management range information providing screen 68, all the management range information 70A belonging to the sub-category selected on the sub-menu screen 58 is stored in the ski resort management company. It is displayed together with the identification information 70B including the creation date and time, the creator's name, etc., which are arbitrarily input by the ski resort user when creating the provider-provided information and the user-provided information.

Further, the operation command input area 71 of the in-management-range information providing screen 68 is provided with the user-provided information from the mobile phone 8 together with the enter button 72 and the return button 73 similar to the operation command input area 51 of the main menu screen 48. A return button 74 for transmitting the message to the communication stations 6A to 6C is displayed.

Incidentally, when the return button 73 on the operation command input area 71 is operated, the telephone set CPU 34 is
A submenu screen 58 is displayed on the display unit 47 instead of the in-management range information providing screen 68.

Then, the telephone CPU 34 has the display unit 47.
When the operation unit 38 is operated to select information within the management range with the within-management range information providing screen 68 displayed on the screen, the identification information 70 is correspondingly displayed on the within-management range information display area 70.
While sequentially aligning the frame 70C with B, the corresponding management range information 70A is scroll-displayed together with the identification information 70B,
As a result, all the management range information 70A belonging to the desired category can be browsed.

By the way, the telephone set CPU 34 displays the management range information display area 70 on the management range information providing screen 68.
The new user-provided information belonging to each category of information within the management range displayed in FIG.

That is, the telephone set CPU 34 responds to the operation of the operation section 38 in the state in which the frame 70C is aligned with any of the identification information 70B on the in-management-range information display area 70, and the enter button 72 in the operation command input area 71. Is operated,
The identification information for the new user-provided information can be input into the identification information 70B including the frame 70C.

In this state, the telephone set CPU 34 has the identification information 70B in which the frame 70C is aligned according to the operation of the operation unit 38.
After the new creation date and time and the identification information such as the creator's name are input in the area, when the enter button 72 in the operation command input area 71 is operated again according to the operation of the operation unit 38, the new identification information is generated. 70B is in the state where the input is completed,
Information within management range 7 adjacent to the new identification information 70B
The frame 70C is aligned with 0A so that new user-provided information can be input.

Here, when the telephone set CPU 34 is ready to input new user-provided information, the character string input through the operation unit 38 is used as the text of the user-provided information to display the information within the management range information display area. Data D16 that can be displayed in the frame 70C of 70 and that is obtained by capturing an image of a subject with the camera 75 (hereinafter referred to as captured image data) D16 is displayed on the image capturing control unit 41, the data bus 45, and displayed. By sending it to the display unit 47 through the control unit 37 in sequence, the imaged image based on the imaged image data D16 can also be displayed as the user-provided information in the frame 70C of the in-management-range information display area 70.

Then, the telephone set CPU 34 displays the new user-provided information in various formats in the frame 70C of the in-management-range information display area 70 as described above, and the operation unit 38 is displayed.
Enter button 7 in the operation command input area 71 according to the operation of
When 2 is operated again, the input of the new user-provided information ends.

As a result, the telephone set CPU 34 generates the user-provided data D4 based on the new identification information and the user-provided information, and the generated user-provided data D4.
4 is temporarily stored in the RAM 40.

Incidentally, at this time, the telephone set CPU 34 adds the category information representing the category of each management range information displayed in the management range information display area 70 to the management range information providing screen data D15. Thus, the category information is added to the newly generated user-provided data D4.

As a result, the telephone set CPU 34 can generate the user-provided data D4 to which the category information is added only by causing the ski resort user to execute a simple operation of creating the user-provided information, and Provided data D4
Is provided to the information management device 2, the category to which the user-provided data D4 belongs can be accurately identified.

The telephone set CPU 34 operates the operation unit 38 even after the input of new identification information and user-provided information is completed.
The contents can be changed by realigning the frame 70C with these in accordance with the operation of.

In this way, the telephone set CPU 34 sends the RA
When the reply button 74 in the operation command input area 71 is operated in response to the operation of the operation unit 38 while the new user-provided data D4 is stored in the M40, the user-provided data D4 is read from the RAM 40. Data bus 45
To the BT communication circuit unit for telephone 44 via the.

The BT communication circuit section 44 for the telephone is the RAM 4
The user-supplied data D4 given from 0 is subjected to a predetermined transmission process, and the obtained user-supplied information signal S7 is transmitted from the telephone BT antenna 46 to the communication stations 6A to 6C.

As a result, the telephone set CPU 34 has the display unit 4
It is possible to allow the ski resort user to browse the information within the management range via 7, and to input new user-provided information at this time to provide it to the information management device 2 via the communication stations 6A to 6C. It is done like this.

Then, the telephone set CPU 34 inputs the user-provided information by using the in-management-range information providing screen 68 for each category acquired in response to the acquisition request of the in-management-range information in this way, thereby All the information within the management range belonging to the desired category is browsed through the internal information providing screen 68, and new user-provided information having substantially the same content as the already-provided management range information is input redundantly. It is designed so that it can be prevented.

By the way, when the cellular phone 8 enters the communication area of the communication stations 6A to 6C together with the ski resort user, the telephone set CPU 34 irrespective of the main menu screen 48, the sub menu screen 58 and the management range information providing screen 68. By displaying an icon indicating that the user has entered the communication area on the display unit 47, for example, the character "B", it is possible to obtain the information within the management range and to provide the user-provided information to the ski resort user. I can inform you.

In addition to this, the telephone BT communication circuit unit 4
When the emergency signal S8 is transmitted from the communication stations 6A to 6C, the mobile communication terminal 4 receives and captures the emergency signal S8 at the telephone BT antenna 46.

In this case, the telephone BT communication circuit section 44
Performs a predetermined reception process on the emergency signal S8 in preference to other processes, and sends the emergency alert data D20 included in the obtained emergency data D6 to the speaker 76 via the data bus 45 and the changeover switch 43 in sequence. By doing so, an emergency alert based on the emergency alert data D20 is emitted from the speaker 76, and the emergency image data D21 included in the emergency data D6 is sent to the data bus 45 and the display controller 3.
7 is sequentially sent to the display unit 47 to display the emergency image based on the emergency image data D21 (that is, the content of the emergency) via the display unit 47.

As a result, the mobile phone 8 can inform the ski resort user of the occurrence of an emergency through an alarm and an image.

Incidentally, in the telephone call mode for realizing the function as an ordinary telephone, the telephone set CPU 34 receives the telephone number of the other party in response to the operation of the operation section 38 and the call instruction command including the call request, Based on the call instruction command, the wireless communication system to which the mobile phone 8 is subscribed is used to secure a callable state with a phone (not shown) of the other party.

In this state, the telephone set CPU 34 sends out the voice data D30 obtained by collecting the voice of the ski resort user through the microphone 77 to the communication circuit 36 through the changeover switch 43 and the data bus 45 in this order. Then, in the communication circuit 36, the voice data D30 is subjected to a predetermined communication process, and the obtained voice signal S20 is transmitted to the telephone of the other party via the antenna 78 conforming to the wireless communication system.

Further, the telephone set CPU 34 receives the received signal S21 transmitted from the telephone set of the other party by the antenna 78 and takes it into the communication circuit 36, and the communication circuit 36 performs a predetermined receiving process on the received signal S21 to obtain the signal. The converted voice data D31 is transferred to the data bus 45 and the changeover switch 4
3 is sequentially output to the speaker 76 and output as a voice.

As a result, the telephone set CPU 34 establishes a call between the ski resort user and the call partner using the wireless communication system.

When the removable headphone plug 81 of the remote control headphone 80 is inserted into the headphone jack 79, the telephone set CPU 34 controls the changeover switch 43 to control the changeover switch 43 and the data bus 45 instead of the speaker 76. The headphone jack 79 is electrically connected via.

Then, in the telephone CPU 34, for example, when a memory stick (Sony Corporation trademark) 82 in which music data is stored is inserted in the memory stick slot 83 and a reproduction command is input through the operation unit 38,
By reproducing music data from the memory stick 82, the music controller 42, the data bus 45, the changeover switch 43,
By sending the music to the headphones 84 through the headphone jack 79 and the headphone plug 81 in sequence, the headphones 84 can be used to enjoy music.

The Memory Stick 82 is a kind of flash memory card developed by Sony Corporation, the applicant of the present application. This memory stick 82 is an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable) that is a nonvolatile memory that is electrically rewritable and erasable in a small and thin plastic case of 21.5 × 50 × 0.8 [mm] in thickness.
It stores a flash memory device, which is a type of able and programmable read only memory), and enables writing and reading of various data such as images, voice, and music via a 10-pin terminal.

In practice, the management device CPU 9 of the information management device 2 creates the management range information generation process shown in FIG. 8 according to the management range information generation program loaded on the RAM 14 when generating the management range information. After the start step of the procedure RT1 is entered and the process proceeds to step SP1, it is determined via the operation unit 12 whether or not the emergency data D6 has been input by the ski area management company.

If a negative result is obtained in step SP1, this means that no emergency has occurred in the ski area. At this time, the management device CPU9
Moves to step SP2.

At step SP2, the management device CPU9
Determines whether the user-provided data D4 transmitted from each of the communication stations 6A to 6C has been received.

If a negative result is obtained in step SP2, this means that the ski resort user has not provided new user-provided information, and at this time the management device CPU 9 moves to step SP3.

If a positive result is obtained in step SP2, this means that the ski resort user has provided new user-provided information. At this time, the management device CPU 9 moves to step SP4. The received user-provided data D4 is stored in the storage unit 21, and the process proceeds to step SP3.

At step SP3, the management device CPU9
Determines whether or not a predetermined time for starting the integrated editing process that is periodically executed in a predetermined cycle has elapsed.

When a negative result is obtained in step SP3, this means that the skiing area user is waiting for the user-provided information to be provided. At this time, the management device CPU 9 performs the step SP1. Returning to step SP3, the process loop of steps SP1 to SP4 is repeated until a predetermined result for starting the integrated editing process elapses and a positive result is obtained. Accumulate while waiting.

The management device CPU 9 then proceeds to step SP3.
If a positive result is obtained in step SP5, the integrated editing unit 16 reads from the storage unit 21 all the vendor-provided data D3 and user-provided data D4 that are newly stored together with the management-range information data D5, Move to step SP6.

At step SP6, the management device CPU
9 is information within management range D5 by performing integrated editing processing of the data D3 provided by the dealer and the data D4 provided by the user.
Is generated, the process proceeds to step SP7, and the step SP
In 7, the management range information data D5 is transmitted to each of the communication stations 6A to 6C, the process returns to step SP1 and the above-described processing is repeated.

Incidentally, if a positive result is obtained in step SP1, this means that an emergency has occurred in the ski area, and at this time the management device CPU9
Moves to step SP8.

At step SP8, the management device CPU
The CPU 9 generates the emergency data D6 on the RAM 14, moves to step SP9, transmits the emergency data D6 to each of the communication stations 6A to 6C in step SP9, and moves to the next step SP2.

By the way, when the management device CPU 9 proceeds to step SP6 described above, it starts the integrated edit processing procedure SRT1 shown in FIG. 9 according to the integrated edit processing program developed on the RAM 14 and enters from the start step to step SP10. Move to.

Management device CPU at step SP10
9 determines whether or not the data read from the storage unit 21 includes new vendor-provided data D3 or user-provided data D4.

If a positive result is obtained in step SP10, this means that at least one new vendor-provided data D3 or user-provided data D4 has been provided by the time the integrated editing process is started. At this time, the management device CPU 9 moves to step SP11.

Management device CPU at step SP11
9 detects the category of one new provider-provided data D3 or user-provided data D4, and moves to step SP12.

In step 12, the management device CPU 9
Adds the new provider-provided data D3 or user-provided data D4 to the management range information data D5 for each category, and proceeds to the next step SP13.

Management device CPU at step SP13
9 determines whether or not the number of user-provided data D4 for each category included in the in-management-range information data D5 is greater than a preset maximum number.

When a negative result is obtained in step SP13, this means that the number of user-supplied data D4 for each category included in the in-management-range information data D5 is less than the maximum number. Is easily browsed together with the vendor-provided data D3 for each category included in the management range information data D5. At this time, the management device CPU 9 returns to step SP10, and the data read from the storage unit 21 is If there is new vendor-provided data D3 or user-provided data D4 that has not been added to the management range information data D5, the processing loop of steps SP10 to SP13 is repeated.

When a positive result is obtained in step SP13, this means that the category is used because the number of user-supplied data D4 of any category included in the management range information data D5 exceeds the maximum number. This means that it is difficult to easily browse the person-provided data D4 together with the vendor-provided data D3 in the same category as the management range information data D5. At this time, the management device CPU9 shifts to step SP14.

Management device CPU in step SP14
Step 9 is to delete the user-provided data D4 which is the oldest in time among the user-provided data D4 exceeding the maximum number in one category in the management-range information data D5, and step S
Return to P10.

In this way, the management device CPU 9 generates the within-management-range information data D5 by using the supplier-provided data D3 and the user-provided data D4 which are new in time within the range of numbers that can be easily browsed for each category. And can be updated.

When a negative result is obtained in step SP10, this means that the data read from the storage unit 21 does not include new supplier-provided data D3 and user-provided data D4 at all, or the data is read from the storage unit 21. This indicates that the new vendor-provided data D3 and user-provided data D4 have all been added to the in-management range information data D5. At this time, the management device CPU 9 executes step S
Move to P15.

Management device CPU at step SP15
9 stores the management range information data D5 obtained by updating or without updating as a result of the processing of steps SP10 to SP14 described above in the storage unit 21 and transmits it to each of the communication stations 6A to 6C. Then, the process proceeds to the end step to end the integrated edit processing procedure SRT1, and returns to step SP7 of the management range information generation processing procedure RT1 of the information management apparatus.

Next, the communication station CPU2 of each of the communication stations 6A to 6C
2 starts from the start step of the information transmission processing procedure RT2 shown in FIG. 10 according to the information transmission program developed on the RAM 26 and moves to step SP20, in which the communication station CPU 22 causes the information management device 2 to perform processing.
It is determined whether the emergency data D6 has been received from.

If a negative result is obtained in step SP20, this means that no emergency has occurred in the ski area. At this time, the communication station CPU2
Step 2 moves to step SP21.

At step SP21, the communication station CPU2
2 determines whether or not the user-provided information signal S7 has been received from the mobile phone 8.

When a negative result is obtained in step SP21, this means that new user-provided information has not been provided from the cellular phone 8 of the ski resort user, and at this time, the communication station CPU 22 sets the step SP22. Move to.

In step SP22, the communication station CPU2
2 determines whether or not the management range information data D5 is received from the information management device 2.

When a negative result is obtained in step SP22, this means that the predetermined time for starting the integrated editing process has not yet been reached in the information management device 2, or the integrated editing process is currently being executed. This means that the communication is in the middle, and at this time, the communication station CPU 22 moves to step SP23.

In step SP23, the communication station CPU2
2 determines whether or not an acquisition request signal S1 requesting information within the management range is received from the mobile phone 2.

When a negative result is obtained in step SP23, this means that there is no ski area user requesting the information within the management range at this time point, and the communication station CPU 22 returns to step SP20 at this time.

When a positive result is obtained in step SP21, this means that new user-provided information has been provided from the cellular phone 8 of the ski resort user, and at this time, the communication station CPU 22 sets the step SP24. Move to.

In step SP24, the communication station CPU2
2 temporarily stores the received user-provided information signal S7 in the RAM 26 as user-provided data D4, and then executes step SP.
25, in step SP25, the user-provided data D4 is transmitted to the information management device 2, and the process proceeds to next step SP22.

If a positive result is obtained in step SP22, this means that the integrated editing process has been completed from the information management device 2 and the management range information data D5 has been transmitted. At this time, the communication station CPU22 Moves to step SP26.

At step SP26, the communication station CPU2
2 stores the management range information data D5 received from the information management device 2 in the RAM 26 and updates it, and then executes the next step S
Move to P23.

When a positive result is obtained in step SP23, this means that the ski area user has requested the acquisition of the information within the management range. At this time, the communication station CPU 22 moves to the next step SP27. .

In step SP27, the communication station CPU2
In step S2, the management range information data D5 is read from the RAM 26 in response to the ski area user's acquisition request.
In P28, the read management range information data D5 is transmitted to the mobile phone 8 as a management range information provision screen signal S6, and the process returns to step SP20.

In addition to this, when a positive result is obtained in step SP20, this means that an emergency has occurred in the ski area, and at this time, the communication station C
The PU 22 moves to step SP29.

In step SP29, the communication station CPU2
2 is RA for the emergency data D6 received from the information management device 2.
Once stored in M26, the process moves to step SP30, and the emergency data D6 is sent to the emergency signal S8 in step SP30.
Is transmitted to all mobile phones 8 that can communicate with each other, and the process proceeds to the next step SP21.

Subsequently, the telephone set CPU 34 of the mobile telephone 8
Is entered from the start step of the information acquisition processing procedure RT3 shown in FIG. 11 and moves to step SP40 in accordance with the information acquisition program developed on the RAM 40, and the emergency signal transmitted from each of the communication stations 6A to 6C in step SP40. It is determined whether or not S8 is received.

If a negative result is obtained in step SP40, this means that no emergency has occurred in the ski area, and the telephone set CPU 34 proceeds to step SP41 at this time.

In step SP41, the telephone set CPU3
4 determines whether acquisition of information within the management range is requested.

When a negative result is obtained in step SP41, this means that the ski resort user who owns the mobile phone 8 is not using the mobile phone 8 because he is practicing skiing or eating a meal. When phone CPU
34 returns to step SP40.

On the other hand, when a positive result is obtained in step SP41, this means that the ski area user who owns the mobile phone 8 has requested the acquisition of the information within the management range. The CPU 34 moves to step SP42.

In step SP42, the telephone set CPU3
4 transmits the acquisition request signal S1 to the communication stations 6A to 6C,
Go to step 43.

In step SP43, the telephone set CPU3
4 waits for reception of the management range information provision screen signal S6 while communicating with the communication stations 6A to 6C, and when receiving the management range information provision screen signal S6, moves to step SP44.

At step SP44, the telephone set CPU3
4 sends the within-management-range information provision screen signal S6 as the within-management-range information provision screen data D15 to the display unit 47, and as a result, the within-management-range information provision screen 68 displayed on the display unit 47 displays the within-management-range information. To view the next step S
Move to P45.

At step SP45, the telephone set CPU3
Step 4 determines whether or not the user-provided information is input on the in-management-range information provision screen 68.

When a negative result is obtained in step SP45, this means that the ski resort user requests only acquisition of information within the management range, and at this time, the telephone set CPU 34 returns to step SP40.

On the other hand, if a positive result is obtained in step SP45, this means that the ski resort user requests acquisition of information within the management range and provision of new user-provided information. And at this time the phone CP
U34 moves to step SP46.

In step SP46, the telephone set CPU3
Reference numeral 4 designates the user-provided information input on the management-range information provision screen 68 as the user-provided information data D4 in the RAM 4
It is stored in 0 and the process proceeds to the next step SP47.

At step SP47, the telephone set CPU3
4 determines whether or not to send the user-provided data D4.

If a negative result is obtained in step SP47, this means that the ski resort user has stopped transmitting the user-provided information although the user-provided information has been input. Returns to step SP40.

On the other hand, when a positive result is obtained in step SP47, this means that the reply button 74 has been operated on the in-management-range information providing screen 68, at which time the telephone set CPU 34 proceeds to step SP48. Move.

In step SP48, the telephone set CPU3
4 transmits the user-provided data D4 to the communication stations 6A to 6C, returns to step SP40, and repeats the above processing.

If a positive result is obtained in step SP40, this means that an emergency has occurred in the ski area. At this time, the telephone set CPU 34 proceeds to step SP49.

In step SP49, the telephone set CPU3
4 outputs an emergency alert based on the received emergency signal S8 from the speaker 70, moves to the next step SP50, and displays an emergency image based on the emergency signal S8 on the display unit 47,
In this way, the occurrence of an emergency is notified and step S
Move to P41.

Here, in order to summarize the information provision acquisition processing procedure of the mobile phone 8, the communication stations 6A to 6C, and the information management device 2 in the information provision system 1, as shown in FIG. 12, first, in step SP60. The mobile phone 8 displays the management range information providing screen 6 displayed on the display unit 47.
When the user-provided information is input on the communication terminal 8, the input user-provided information is used as the user-provided signal S7 and the communication station 6A
Send to ~ 6C.

At this time, in step SP80, the information management device 2 takes in the user-provided signal S7 transmitted from the mobile phone 8 as the user-provided data D4 via the communication stations 6A to 6C, and takes in the user-provided signal. The data D4 is stored, and the user-provided data D4 provided from the mobile phone 8 is periodically integrated and edited to generate the management-range information data D5. It transmits to the communication stations 6A to 6C.

At this time, when each of the communication stations 6A to 6C receives the in-management-range information transmitted from the information management device 2 in step SP70, it stores the received in-management-range information in the RAM 25, and the mobile phone 8 Wait for the acquisition request of information within the management range of.

Then, in step SP61, when the ski area user inputs an acquisition request for the information within the management range, the cellular phone 8 generates an acquisition request signal S1 and transmits the acquired acquisition request signal S1 to the communication station 6A. ~ Send to 6C.

At this time, in step SP71, the communication stations 6A to 6C receive the acquisition request signal S1 and, in response thereto, sequentially transmit the main menu screen signal S2 and the sub menu screen signal S4 to the mobile phone 8 as the acquisition request source. At the same time, as a result, the management range information data D5 belonging to the desired category requested from the mobile phone 8 is transmitted to the mobile phone 8 as a management range information provision screen signal S6.

As a result, in step SP62, the mobile phone 8 receives the in-management-range information provision screen signal S6 from the communication stations 6A to 6C, and provides the in-management-range information provision based on the received in-management-range information provision screen signal S6. Screen 68
Is displayed on the display unit 47, the management range information belonging to the desired category is browsed on the management range information providing screen 68.

In the information providing system 1, the emergency information transmission processing procedure of the information management device 2, the communication stations 6A to 6C, and the mobile phone 8 can be summarized as shown in FIG. When an emergency situation occurs, the device 2 receives emergency information from a ski resort manager or the like, and transmits the entered emergency information to the mobile phone 8 as an emergency signal S8 via each of the communication stations 6A to 6C. .

At this time, in step SP100, the mobile phone 8 receives the emergency signal S8 transmitted from the communication stations 6A to 6C, sounds an emergency alarm from the speaker, moves to step SP101, and displays the contents of the emergency information on the display unit. 47
To notify the user of the occurrence of an emergency.

In the above configuration, the information providing system 1 is constructed in a ski resort having a predetermined management range, and the information management device 2 is a vendor who has the contents specialized in the ski resort input by the ski resort manager. The provided information is sent to and held by the communication stations 6A to 6C as information within the management range.

In this information providing system 1, when a request for acquisition of information within the management range is transmitted to the communication stations 6A to 6C from the mobile phone 8 in the communication area managed by itself, the communication stations 6A to 6C In response to the acquisition request, the information within the management range is transmitted to the mobile phone 8 that is the acquisition request source.

Therefore, the information providing system 1 appropriately provides the ski resort user with only the information within the management range of the contents specialized in the ski resort through the mobile phone 8 owned by the ski resort user. can do.

[0192] Further, this information providing system 1 sends the information provided when the user-provided information having the contents specific to the ski area is transmitted from the mobile phone 8 owned by the ski area user to the communication stations 6A to 6C. The information is taken into the management device 2, the user-provided information and the vendor-provided information are integrated in the information management device 2 to generate management range information, and the generated management range information is sent to the communication stations 6A to 6C. And hold.

Therefore, in the information providing system 1, when a request for acquisition of information within the management range is transmitted to the communication stations 6A to 6C from the mobile telephone 8 within the communication area managed by itself, the information is provided as the information within the management range. It is possible to provide the user-provided information together with the vendor-provided information, and thus it is possible to provide the ski resort user with a wide variety of information within the management range.

Furthermore, when an emergency occurs in the ski area, the information providing system 1 transmits the emergency information from the information management device 2 to all the mobile phones 8 in the ski area that can communicate with each other through the communication stations 6A to 6C. By doing so, the ski resort user can be appropriately notified of the occurrence of an emergency.

In addition to this, the information providing system 1 causes the mobile phone 8 to input the user-provided information using the in-management-range information providing screen 68, so that the ski resort user browses the in-management-range information. Preventing duplicate input of user-provided information that has almost the same content as the previously-registered management-range information, and thus providing ski area users with different types of management-range information. You can

Further, in the information providing system 1, when the information management apparatus 2 integrates the provider-provided information and the user-provided information to generate the management-range information, the maximum number preset for each category is not exceeded. Since the oldest user-provided information is deleted, the ski area user can easily select the desired information within the management range based on the category, and the latest information within the management range that belongs to the category is always viewed most. You can provide an easy number.

By the way, since the information providing system 1 uses Bluetooth capable of communicating a large amount of data in the wireless communication method between the communication stations 6A to 6C and the mobile phone 8, the text data and the image having a large number of characters can be obtained. It is possible to send and receive information within the management range, which is data, in a relatively short time.

Further, unlike the public line, the information providing system 1 uses the conventional information using the wireless communication system by wirelessly communicating with the communication stations 6A to 6C and the mobile phone 8 using Bluetooth. Unlike the provision system, information within the management range can be provided free of charge only to ski resort users.

According to the above configuration, the information management device 2 and the communication stations 6A to 6C are installed in the ski resort, and the information management device 2 is the contents entered by the ski resort manager and specialized in the ski resort. The information provided by the vendor is sent to and held by the communication stations 6A to 6C as information within the management range, and a request for acquisition of the information within the management range is transmitted to the communication stations 6A to 6C from the mobile phone 8 in the communication area managed by itself. Then, the communication stations 6A to 6C transmit the information within the management range to the mobile phone 8 in response to the acquisition request, so that the ski area user can specialize in the ski area via the mobile phone 8. It is possible to accurately provide only the information within the management range of the content described above, and thus it is possible to realize an information providing system that is much easier to use.

It should be noted that, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the user-provided information D4 is generated by inputting the user-provided information on the in-management-range information providing screen 68 in the mobile phone 8 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the user-provided data D4 may be generated by inputting the user-provided information without using the in-management-range information providing screen 68 on the mobile phone 8. Then, in the mobile phone 8, the user-provided information can be input and the user-provided data D4 can be generated without waiting for the acquisition of the in-management-range information-providing screen data D15. Incidentally, in such a case, category information may be input when the user-provided information is input.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, in the mobile phone 8, the desired menu is selected on the main menu screen 48 and the sub-menu screen 58, and all the information within the management range belonging to the selected category is provided. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the mobile phone 8 searches for information within a desired management range using a keyword or the like, and provides the information within the management range according to the search result. May be.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the case where the information within the management range is provided from the information management device 2 to the mobile phone 8 through the communication stations 6A to 6C has been described. In addition to the above, the information management device 2 adds a privilege such as a discount on the lift price or a discount when using the restaurant to the ski resort user who has provided the user-provided data D15 according to the degree of the provision. The ski resort user may optionally use the ski resort ski resort user, so that the ski resort user can increase the provision of the user-provided information, and the ski resort user can perform various management operations. In-range information can be provided.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the communication stations 6A to 6C hold the management range information and the main menu screen data D11 and the sub menu screen data D13 has been described. The invention is not limited to this, and the information management device 2 is used instead of the communication stations 6A to 6C.
At least one of the information within the management range, the main menu screen data D11, and the sub menu screen data D13 may be held. In this way, the communication stations 6A to 6C have a RAM having a relatively small storage capacity. Can be provided.

Further, in the above embodiment, when an emergency occurs within the management range, the emergency data D6 transmitted from the information management device 2 via the communication stations 6A to 6C.
When the mobile phone 8 receives the message, the speaker 76 sounds an alarm and then displays the emergency image on the display unit 47. However, the present invention is not limited to this.
After the emergency image is displayed on the display unit 47, an alarm is sounded by the speaker 76, or an alarm by the speaker 76 and the display unit 47.
The display of the emergency image on the screen may be executed at the same time.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, when the mobile phone 8 transmits an acquisition request to the communication stations 6A to 6C, the communication stations 6A to 6C correspondingly transmit the in-management range information to the mobile phone 8. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and when the ski area user who owns the mobile phone 8 enters the communication area managed by the communication stations 6A to 6C, the communication station 6A concerned. The management range information may be automatically transmitted to the mobile phone 8 from 6C.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the ski resort user is provided with the vendor-provided information and the user-provided information as the information within the management range has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. The mobile phone 8 owned by the ski resort user is registered in the information management device 2, and the date and time when the mobile phone 8 enters the communication area of the communication stations 6A to 6C and the communication area in which the mobile phone 8 is located are managed. Information about the communication stations 6A to 6C may be stored in a database, and this information may be provided to the mobile phone 8 as information within the management range. With this configuration, for example, when the ski resort users who use the ski resort are separated from each other, the information within the management range can be used by the user to search for a partner.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the case where the information within the management range consisting of the text data and the image data is provided has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and it is specialized within the management range. In addition to the text data and the image data, various other information such as voice data and a predetermined program may be provided as the information within the management range as long as the information has the contents described above.

Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the information management device 2 and each of the communication stations 6A to 6C are connected via the cable 7 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. Alternatively, the information management device 2 and each of the communication stations 6A to 6C may be wirelessly connected.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the information providing system 1 describes the case where the mobile phone 8 is provided with the information provided by the dealer, the information provided by the user, and the emergency information as the information within the management range. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and at least the information provided by the vendor may be provided to the mobile phone 8 as information within the management range,
Even in this case, the same effect as that of the above-described embodiment can be obtained.

Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the information management device 2 executes the series of processes described above with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9 in accordance with the management-range information generating program and integrated editing process program stored in the ROM 13 in advance. The communication stations 6A to 6C execute the series of processes described above with reference to FIG. 10 according to the information transmission program stored in the ROM 25 in advance, and the mobile phone 8 further performs the series of processes described above with reference to FIG. 11 according to the information acquisition program stored in the ROM 39 in advance. Although the present invention is not limited to this, the present invention is not limited to this, and a program storage medium in which a management-range information generation program and an integrated edit processing program are stored is installed in the information management device 2 and information transmission is performed. The program storage medium storing the program is used as the communication station 6 Install the ～6C, it may be executed a series of processes described above by installing the stored program storage medium further information acquisition program to the mobile phone 8.

The management range information generating program, the integrated editing processing program, the information transmitting program, and the information acquiring program for executing the series of processes described above are provided to the information managing device 2, the communication stations 6A to 6C, and the mobile phones. The program storage medium used to install the telephone 8 into the executable state is, for example, a floppy (registered trademark) disk or a CD-ROM (Compact).
Disc-Read Only Memory), DVD (Digital Versatile)
Not only a package medium such as a Disc) but also a semiconductor memory or a magnetic disk in which a program is temporarily or permanently stored may be realized.

Further, means for storing the management range information generation program, the integrated edit processing program, the information transmission program and the information acquisition program in these program storage media include a local area network, the Internet, wired and wireless such as digital satellite broadcasting. A communication medium may be used or may be stored via various communication interfaces such as a router and a modem.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to the information providing system 1 described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 13 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this and a predetermined method is used. If it is possible to provide information within the management range, which is constructed within the management range and is specialized in the management range, to the users in the management range, the management range will be the theme parks such as amusement parks, zoos, and parks. It can be widely applied to information provision systems constructed within various other management areas, such as department stores.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, as an information management device installed in a predetermined management range and managing information in the management range of contents specialized in the management range,
Although the case where the information management device 2 having the personal computer configuration described above is applied is described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 13, the present invention is not limited to this, and the information management device 2 is installed within a predetermined management range and within the management range. If it is possible to manage the information within the management range of the contents specialized for the above, various other information management devices such as an information management device manufactured exclusively for the information providing system can be widely applied.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, a plurality of communication areas are installed within the management range and connected to the information management device 2 via a predetermined communication path, and have a communication area narrower than the management range within the management range. As a communication station, Bluetooth, which is the short-range wireless standard described above with reference to FIGS.
The case where the communication stations 6A to 6C to which the communication system conforming to the above is applied has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the information management device and a predetermined communication path are installed within the management range. Connected to the mobile terminal via a predetermined cable, or a communication station that can be connected to the mobile terminal via a predetermined cable, as long as the communication area is narrower than the management range within the management range.
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineer
s) Various other communication stations can be widely applied, such as a communication circuit and an antenna to which wireless communication such as HomeRF defined in 802 is applied.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the mobile phone 8 described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 13 is applied as the mobile terminal communicating with the communication station has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. Alternatively, if it is possible to communicate with the communication station 6, various other mobile terminals such as a PDA (Personal Digital Assistance), a notebook personal computer, and a transceiver can be widely applied.

[0217]

As described above, according to the present invention, an information management device for managing information within a management range of contents specialized within a predetermined management range is installed within the management range, and within the management range. Then, a plurality of communication stations having a communication area narrower than the management range is installed within the management range and connected to the information management device via a predetermined communication path, and each communication station is a mobile terminal within its own communication area. By transmitting the information within the management range managed by the information management device, the contents specific to the management range to the user who uses the predetermined management range via the mobile terminal owned by the user. It is possible to accurately provide only the information within the management range, and thus it is possible to realize an information providing system that can be more easily used.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an embodiment of the overall configuration of an information providing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of an information management device.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a communication station.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a mobile phone.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a main menu screen.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a sub menu screen.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a management range information providing screen.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a procedure of information generation processing within a management range in the information management device.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an integrated editing processing procedure.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an information transmission processing procedure in the communication station.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an information acquisition processing procedure in the mobile phone.

FIG. 12 is a sequence chart showing a procedure for transmitting information within a management range in the information providing system.

FIG. 13 is a sequence chart showing an emergency information transmission processing procedure in the information providing system.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Information providing system, 2 ... Information management device, 6A-
6C ... communication station, 8 ... mobile phone, D2, D3 ... provider provided data, D4 ... user provided data, D5 ... management range information data, D6 ... emergency data, D10 ...
Acquisition request data, D15 ... Management range information provision screen data, RT1 ... Management range information generation processing procedure, SRT
1 ... Integrated edit processing procedure, RT2 ... Information transmission processing procedure, RT3 ... Information acquisition processing procedure.

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An information management device which is installed within a predetermined management range and manages information within a management range of contents specific to the management range; and a predetermined information management device which is installed within the management range. And a plurality of communication stations having a communication area narrower than the management range within the management range, each of the communication stations is connected to the mobile terminal within the communication area of the information described above. An information providing system characterized by transmitting the information within the management range managed by a management device. 2. The information management device, when an emergency occurs in the management range, generates emergency information for notifying the emergency as the management range information, and the generated emergency information is used for each of the above-mentioned cases. When an emergency situation occurs within the management range, each of the communication stations prioritizes transmission of information within the management range other than the emergency information, and the mobile terminal within its own communication area. The information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the emergency information is simultaneously transmitted to the user. 3. The information management device, wherein information provided by a management company in the management range and specialized in the management range, and a user in the management range from the portable terminal to the communication station. 2. The information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the information provided by the user is integrated with the user-provided information having a specific content within the management range and managed as the information within the management range. 4. Each of the communication stations, in response to an acquisition request of the information within the management range given from the mobile terminal in the communication area of its own, the management managed by the information management device to the mobile terminal. The information providing system according to claim 3, wherein the information within the range is displayed as a list and is transmitted as an information screen within a management range in which the user-provided information can be input. 5. The information management device periodically integrates the vendor-provided information and the user-provided information, and stores the user-provided information among the integrated vendor-provided information and the user-provided information. The information providing system according to claim 4, wherein when the number exceeds a preset number, the user-provided information that is the oldest in time is deleted so as not to exceed the predetermined number. .