JP2004102662A - Filtering data server, filtering server, electronic mail program, telephone, telephone program, filtering data registration program, interphone device, data filtering system, filtering database system, and security system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To protect children from harmful information or crimes, and to remove unnecessary door-to-door sales. <P>SOLUTION: Filtering data 29 from a user are collected by a server capable of user evaluation and point bestowal. Unnecessary information on Internet is filtered by using the filtering data 29. An interphone or a telephone is provided with an information acquisition part, a telephone number acquisition part, an information transmission part or the like, and bio-information or a telephone number is enabled to be registered in the filtering data 29, and information is shared, to thereby remove a door-to-door sales trader or a sales telephone. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a security technique for protecting an individual from harmful information, unnecessary information, and contact with a dangerous person.
[0002]
[Prior art]
There have been several attempts to regulate harmful information on the web. The most active is to restrict access to web pages so that children do not see harmful information in order to protect children from harmful information. There are several ways to do this.
1) Do not connect to the page if the text in the page or URL or the keyword for self-regulation matches the keyword in the database
2) Only allow access to pages registered in the database as a certified site
3) Restrict access to pages in databases created by volunteers or employees
4) Using image analysis technology, if it is determined to be a harmful image, restrict access to the corresponding page
And so on. The method 2) is currently the most effective, but extremely few pages can be connected, including harmless information. All other methods are leaky, preventing access to harmful information by only about 80 percent. The method 3) is close to the method of the present invention, but the registration is limited because the absolute number of filtering data registrants such as volunteers and employees is small. Further, since URLs and keywords are regulated, harmful information, ftp sites, and file sharing in unregistered URLs cannot be prevented. Access to images and videos themselves can be restricted4), but at present it has not been successful due to incomplete analytical techniques. Also, new sites and pages are growing daily, and even more problematic is that most site administrators, if they click on a banner or pay a fee, ask if they are a child. Is not interested.
[0003]
Many security systems that use biometric information such as fingerprints and retina have been developed, but all are installed in places where many people enter and leave, and are security systems that try to exclude non-authorized people. There was no idea for home use that targeted a large number of visitors and would eliminate door-to-door sales and robbery by sharing information.
[0004]
Spam mail in electronic mail has become a social problem, and attempts to register senders and sender servers in a database and delete them have become a reality. In addition, virus software scans a file attached to an e-mail using a database downloaded from a server. However, these are aimed at eliminating spam and searching for viruses, not to prevent harmful information from being sent to children. For example, since the body is not searched for spam mails that disguise the mail transmission address and give each mail a unique address, it cannot be excluded by a spam filter. For example, a URL that has harmful information as content is described. It is impossible to prevent e-mails with attached pornographic images from being sent to an individual by an individual. Further, in the present invention, it is possible to prevent connection to a URL or the like described in a spam mail, but such a system does not exist. At present, the Internet and e-mail are not safe for children and those without knowledge.
[0005]
What is currently known as one-dial is that one-call only is made to the mobile phone from which the caller ID is automatically output, and when the user makes a call again, an adult program guide is played. This is to abuse the caller ID notification and the good intentions of the user. No consideration is given to the case where the telephone receiver is a child, and this is performed for all telephones. Although there are legislation and billing movements in this regard, the emergence of a more harmful and annoying commercial law is expected in the future. In other words, if IP telephones become widespread and all calls are fixed or free, there is no longer a need to pay for calls, so there is no need to cut one. This makes it possible to stream the advertisement, and also to automatically transmit an advertisement to a facsimile. In addition, there is a concern that existing telephone sales companies, who had taken certain risks with telephone charges, will now be able to make large amounts of telephone sales without worrying about call charges. This can be very frightening for most who do not want such.
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
[0006]
The present invention has been made in view of such current situation and future prediction, and includes information such as unnecessary information, senders of harmful information, information perpetrators, etc., including children and elderly people. It was designed to protect users from such information exposure and danger.
[0007]
By redeeming points, a large number of data registered users, such as users who collect images on a daily basis, are acquired, and by sharing harmful information data regardless of the communication medium, it is harmful by web and e-mail Prevent information from being sent to children. Also, the filtering database server can be connected to a personal communication window such as a telephone or an intercom, and can prevent damage such as door-to-door sales and telephone solicitation.
[Means for Solving the Problems]
[0008]
The server according to claim 1, wherein the server is connected to a network, a data registration user authentication unit for identifying a data registration user, a filtering data verification unit for verifying filtering data transmitted from the data registration user, And a filtering database including data in which data is registered, and the filtering data verification unit includes:
1) Number of different registered users who sent the same filtering data
2) Proximity of different data registered users who sent the same filtering data
3) Evaluation of registered users
4) Filtering exclusion data
The filtering data is verified using at least one of the above 1) to 4), and the filtering data transmitted from the data registered user is checked.
1) Novelty of filtering data
2) Validity of filtering data
3) Number of references for filtering data
4) Size of filtering data
A point calculation means for adding or subtracting points to the registered user of the filtering data using at least one of the above four criteria;
further,
1) Search the filtering database for the data transmitted from the service beneficiary user and transmit the search result.
2) Send the filtering database or a part thereof to the service beneficiary user.
3) Send the filtering database to the filtering server
4) Search the filtering database using the data transmitted from the filtering server, and transmit the search result to the filtering server.
It is characterized by comprising means for performing one or more of the above 1) and 4). (Claim 1)
[0009]
In addition, the filtering data transmitted from the filtering data registered user is provided with a feature extracting means for extracting a feature for specifying the data, and the extracted feature can be registered as the filtering data. It is also a server. (Claim 2)
[0010]
Further, in the filtering data server, the filtering data is:
1) Biological information and information about the owner of the biological information
2) Phone number and information about the phone number sender
3) URL
4) Image
5) Image features
6) Voice
7) Voice characteristics
8) Video
9) Video features
10) sentences
11) Features of sentences
It may be characterized in that it is one or more of the eleventh data. (Claim 3)
[0011]
The filtering server according to claim 4 uses a filtering database,
1) Do not connect from the communication device or program of the service beneficiary user to the address registered in the filtering database.
2) Do not connect to the communication device of the service beneficiary user from the address registered in the filtering database.
3) Data is not transmitted from the address registered in the filtering database to the communication device of the service beneficiary user.
4) Do not send the filtering data registered in the filtering database to the service beneficiary user
5) Restrict the connection from the communication device or program of the service beneficiary user to the address where the filtering data registered in the filtering database exists.
6) When relaying an e-mail, if a URL that is not registered in the filtering database is described in the e-mail, the filtering server accesses the URL and the data registered in the filtering database is stored in the URL. It checks whether it exists, and if it does, either does not relay the e-mail, deletes the URL, relays it, or relays it with caution
It is characterized in that one or more of the above six can be performed. (Claim 4)
[0012]
Also, the filtering data in the filtering server is
1) The address is a telephone number and the communication device is a telephone
2) The address is a URL or an IP address, and the communication program is a browser
3) The address is an e-mail address and the communication program is e-mail software
4) The address is an e-mail address and the communication device is a mobile phone
One or more of the above four may be features. (Claim 5)
[0013]
The intercom apparatus includes a biological information acquisition unit that acquires one or more biological information of a visitor, a network connection unit, and an information display unit.
1) Biological information searching means for transmitting the obtained biological information to a server using the network connection means, and searching the server for information on the owner of the biological information.
2) receiving a database in which biometric information for identifying a visitor and information about the owner of the biometric information are received using the network connection means, and a living body capable of searching for the obtained biometric information using the database; Information retrieval means
3) Biological information searching means capable of searching for the biological information by sharing the obtained biological information of the visitor with a plurality of intercom devices.
At least one of the three search means is provided, and at least one of the three search means is displayed on the display unit. (Claim 6)
[0014]
Further, the intercom apparatus may include an information transmission unit that allows a user who has responded using the intercom apparatus to add information learned by responding to a visitor to the acquired biological information and transmit the information through a network. (Claim 7)
[0015]
Further, the intercom apparatus further comprises:
1) The visit is notified to the user in response to the successful acquisition of the biological information of the visitor, and if the biological information is not acquired, no ringing sound is generated for the user.
2) Change the notification method according to the search result of the visitor's biological information
3) According to the search result of the visitor's biometric information, a response message prepared in advance is selected and returned to the visitor.
At least one of the above three features can be performed. (Claim 8)
[0016]
The intercom apparatus includes a network connection unit, an information display unit, an information input unit, and zero or more biometric information acquisition units, and is input by a user from an information input unit of another interconnected intercom device. Information and zero or more biological information may be displayed on the information display unit. (Claim 9)
[0017]
In addition, it is possible to configure a security system in which the filtering data server according to claims 1 to 3 and the intercom apparatus according to claims 6 to 9 can be combined. (Claim 10)
[0018]
The telephone according to claim 11, further comprising: a telephone number acquiring unit that acquires a telephone number of a caller; and an information transmitting and receiving unit that can transmit and receive information other than a normal call.
1) Obtained phone number
2) Voice during communication
3) FAX during communication
4) Video during communication
5) Images during communication
For one or more of the above 1) and 5),
1) Search means for searching on a server using the information transmitting / receiving unit
2) Search means for searching the downloaded filtering database using the information transmitting / receiving unit
1) and 2) a telephone comprising: at least one of the two means; and a display unit for displaying information obtained by using the search means. (Claim 11)
[0019]
In addition, the phone may also provide, for either or both of the obtained phone number and the phone number
1) Information about the sender
2) Recorded voice or its characteristics
3) Acquired video or its characteristics
4) The acquired image or its features
The user can add one or more of the above 1) to 4) and transmit using the network connection means. (Claim 12)
[0020]
The phone also responds to incoming calls
1) A search is performed using the search means, and a ring tone is not sounded upon receiving a call according to the search result.
2) Perform a search using the search means and return an automatic response message upon receiving a call according to the search result.
3) If there is no fixed number of calls, caller ID is not displayed
4) Do not ring for a certain period of time
At least one of the above 1) to 4) can be performed. (Claim 13)
[0021]
Further, at the time of a telephone call, the telephone performs a search using the search means, and according to a search result,
1) Disconnect
2) Switch to auto-reply message
3) Output search results to the display unit
At least one of the above-mentioned 1) to 3) can be performed. (Claim 14)
[0022]
It is also possible to construct a security system in a possible combination of the filtering data server according to claims 1 to 3 and the telephone according to claims 11 to 14. (Claim 15)
[0023]
In addition, by configuring a security system comprising a possible combination of the filtering server according to claims 4 and 5 and the telephone according to claims 11 to 14, filtering can be performed at the telephone exchange stage. You can do it. (Claim 16)
[0024]
18. The electronic mail program according to claim 17, wherein, upon receiving, the electronic mail program searches 1) a filtering database downloaded in advance for the received mail.
2) Searching the server for information about the received mail
3) When the URL described in the received mail is not described in the filtering database, the e-mail program connects to the URL and searches the previously downloaded filtering database for information and files existing on the page.
4) When the URL described in the received mail is not described in the filtering database, the e-mail program connects to the URL and searches the server for information and files existing on the page.
The method includes at least one of the above steps 1) to 4), and according to a search result,
1) Do not download email from email server
2) Delete email from email server
3) Disable display after receiving e-mail
4) Delete after receiving e-mail
5) Display notice based on search results when displaying e-mail
It is characterized in that at least one of the above 1) to 5) can be performed. (Claim 17)
[0025]
Also, the e-mail program will
1) Sender
2) Source address
3) sentences
4) Features of sentences
5) Received file
6) Features of received files
7) URL included in received text
One or more of the above 1) to 7) can also function as means for registering the data as filtering data in the server. (Claim 18)
[0026]
A security system can also be configured from a possible combination of the filtering data server according to claims 1 to 3 and the electronic mail program according to claims 17 and 18. (Claim 19)
[0027]
Furthermore, by combining the filtering server described in claim 4 and claim 5 with an e-mail program, a security system for filtering e-mail at the server stage can be configured. (Claim 20)
[0028]
The filtering data registration program according to claim 21,
1) Files existing on the user's terminal device
2) Characteristics of files existing on the user's terminal device
3) Files existing on the web page being viewed by the user
4) Characteristics of files existing on the web page being browsed by the user
5) URL of web page being browsed by user
6) URL in the bookmark of the user's terminal device
It is characterized in that at least one of the above 1) to 6) can be used as means for transmitting to a server as filtering data. (Claim 21)
[0029]
By a possible combination of the filtering data server according to claims 1 to 3 and the filtering data registration program according to claim 21, a filtering database system for enriching a filtering database can be configured. (Claim 22)
[0030]
The filtering data server according to claims 1 to 3 and the filtering server according to claims 4 and 5 are realized by a computer program. The present invention provides a program for realizing each server. Including. (Claim 23)
[0031]
A security system comprising a possible combination of the filtering data server according to claims 1 and 3 and a web browser program. (Claim 24)
[0032]
A security system comprising a possible combination of the filtering server according to claims 4 and 5 and a web browser program. (Claim 25) A portable telephone provided with the e-mail program according to claims 17 and 18. (Claim 25)
[0033]
The present invention also includes a telephone and a terminal device equipped with the electronic mail program according to the seventeenth and eighteenth aspects. (Claim 26)
[0034]
Further, the program may be a program capable of causing a computer to function as the telephone according to the present invention. (Claim 27)
[0035]
Further, a data filtering system including a combination of the filtering data server and the filtering server can be configured. (Claim 27)
[0036]
Further, in the security system according to claim 10,
1) A filtering database supplied to the intercom device
2) a filtering database that the intercom device can search in a filtering data server
A security system that can limit the searchable range in one or both of the above 1) and 2) as a parameter of the geographical distance where the intercom device is installed (Claim 29)
[0037]
In the filtering data server and the filtering server, the service beneficiary user can set in advance the type and range of the filtering database to be supplied by the user. (Claim 30)
[0038]
【Example】
The server of claim 1 of the present invention has a wide range of applications depending on the combination of devices and programs. First, the filtering data in the present specification is for specifying data,
1) Data itself
2) Data that is a feature for specifying data
, And in this specification, both refer to unless otherwise specified.
[0039]
FIG. 2 shows a conceptual diagram of a filtering data server program for making a general-purpose computer function as a filtering data server. Each server according to the first to fifth aspects of the present invention is considered to be most suitably realized by each program installed on a general-purpose computer. The operation will be described. The filtering data server program includes a filtering database 26 for storing filtering data and a user database 27 in which registered users are registered. When the user is authenticated by the filtering data server program and the filtering data 29 is received from the registered user, before registering as formal filtering data, the filtering data server program first uses at least one of the following as a parameter. Will be verified. (28 in FIG. 2)
1) Number of identical filtering data sent from different users
2) Proximity of different data registered users who sent the same filtering data
3) Evaluation of registered users
4) Filtering exclusion data
These are to prevent inappropriate filtering data from being registered by mistake, and also to limit the filtering data to be referred depending on the connected device or program. Examples of each of the above will be described below. 1) means that the same filtering data is registered in the filtering database only after a predetermined number or more of the same filtering data are transmitted from different users. In 2), the proximity means not only a geographical location but also, for example, the last four digits of a telephone number are considered to be close to 1111 and 1112, and a user having 1111 and a user having 1112 have different data registrations. If the same caller ID is transmitted from the user along with the information that the call is a sales call, this data is regarded as having high reliability, and this means that the data is registered as filtering data. This can be found in the email at aaaaaa @ xxx. jp and aaaab @ xxx. jp can be considered in the same manner, and if the one connected to the filtering data server is an intercom apparatus, the geographical distance may be considered. The case 3) means that data of a data registration user who frequently transmits inappropriate filtering data is not registered in the filtering database. Regarding item 4), by registering, for example, a server URL of a trusted company, an e-mail address, and post office staff biometric information as filtering exclusion data, errors and mischief of the data registration user can be prevented to some extent. . Regarding 3), it is also conceivable to record the data registration user who attempted to register the filtering exclusion data (31 in FIG. 2) and ignore the filtering data to be transmitted. Numeral 30 indicates that the verified filtering data is registered in the filtering database.
[0040]
In addition, the filtering data server program, regarding the filtering data transmitted from the filtering data registered user,
1) Novelty of filtering data
2) Validity of filtering data
3) Number of references for filtering data
4) Size of filtering data
Points are added to or subtracted from the filtering data registered user by using (eg, 32 in FIG. 2). Regarding 1), if the data is already registered in the filtering database, a small number of points may be given, and if the data is new data, a large point may be added. Regarding 2), if the transmitted filtering data is registered in, for example, filtering exclusion data, points may be subtracted. Regarding 3), points may be given to data registered by the filtering data registered user according to the number of searches performed by the service beneficiary user or the file size. Regarding 4), it is conceivable to determine the addition point based on the data amount transmitted by the filtering data registered user. The details of user evaluation and point addition and subtraction indicated by 31 and 32 in FIG. 2 differ depending on what kind of device and program are combined, and should be determined according to the embodiment.
[0041]
In addition, the filtering database program
1) Search the filtering database for the data transmitted from the service beneficiary user and transmit the search result.
2) Send the filtering database or a part thereof to the service beneficiary user.
3) Send the filtering database to the filtering server
4) Search the filtering database using the data transmitted from the filtering server, and transmit the search result to the filtering server.
5) The filtering database to be transmitted to the service beneficiary user or the search range of the filtering database is limited based on the preset setting information.
One or more of the above five can be performed. Depending on the device or program combined with the filtering database, different filtering databases can be considered. Each of them will be described in the following specific examples of the connection device or the program.
[0042]
For example, filtering data such as URLs, e-mail addresses, and telephone numbers are not necessary. However, when specifying images, sounds, and videos, using raw data itself results in an excessively large amount of data or an Or not. Further, regarding images and videos, even for the same image for human beings, the file size, the time stamp, and the file name are different, and it may not be possible to specify the image as it is. In such a case, the filtering database program can also include a routine that can function as a means for extracting features from the data so that the data can be regarded as the same data. For example, there are many methods for identifying, by programs, images having different origins, such as compression ratios and color tones, and various methods are being developed. The same applies to different angles, images of the same person photographed from a camera, and a method for identifying a person from an image, and those skilled in the art can mention a number of methods that have already been developed. Since the details of the method are not requirements of the present invention, detailed description will be omitted.
[0043]
Also, the filtering database may be
1) Biological information and information about the owner of the biological information
2) Phone number and information about the phone number sender
3) URL
4) Image
5) Image features
6) Voice
7) Voice characteristics
8) Video
9) Video features
10) sentences
11) Features of sentences
One or more of the above 11 data are included.
[0044]
In FIG. 1, the filtering servers are 2 and 8. Reference numeral 2 denotes an expression for restricting electronic mail and web access, and reference numeral 8 denotes an expression for restricting telephone and call contents. The filtering server uses the filtering database, and 1) does not make a connection from the communication device or the program of the service beneficiary user to an address registered in the filtering database.
2) Do not connect to the communication device of the service beneficiary user from the address registered in the filtering database.
3) Data is not transmitted from the address registered in the filtering database to the communication device of the service beneficiary user.
4) Do not send the filtering data registered in the filtering database to the service beneficiary user
5) Restrict the connection from the communication device or program of the service beneficiary user to the address where the filtering data registered in the filtering database exists.
6) When relaying an e-mail, if a URL that is not registered in the filtering database is described in the e-mail, the filtering server accesses the URL and the data registered in the filtering database is stored in the URL. It checks whether it exists, and if it does, either does not relay the e-mail, deletes the URL, relays it, or relays it with caution
One or more of the above six features can be provided, and the device can be connected to various devices or programs depending on the application. When the address is a telephone number and the communication device is a fixed telephone (5 in FIG. 1) or a mobile phone (7 in FIG. 1), the filtering server may function as a part of a telephone exchange. (8 in FIG. 1) In this case, the connection to the service beneficiary user from the telephone number registered in the filtering database is restricted. Further, when the service beneficiary user desires, it is possible to restrict the transmission to the telephone number registered in the filtering database. Further, the address may be a URL or an IP address, and the communication program may be a browser. In this case, in addition to functioning as a proxy server, the filtering server 2 can also monitor the flow of the data itself and prevent harmful data from being displayed on the terminal of the service beneficiary user. When the address is an e-mail address and the communication program is an e-mail program (10, 12 in FIG. 1) mounted on a computer or a mobile phone, the communication program can be used as an e-mail filter. . Unlike virus filters and spam mail filters that already exist at present, e-mails sent by individuals to specific people can be filtered if the text contains harmful information. Furthermore, even when a URL not included in the filtering database exists in the e-mail, by connecting to the URL, when the URL has the content registered in the filtering database, the e-mail Squirrel who refuses to relay, deletes the URL from the text, or relays with caution. When not relaying the electronic mail, an automatic response mail may be sent to the sender.
[0045]
For intercoms that can acquire biometric information, by sharing the acquired biometric information, it is possible to eliminate door-to-door sales staff and the like. Although the intercom apparatus of the present invention does not limit the biometric information, in the following example, a case where the biometric information is basically a fingerprint will be described in order to facilitate illustration and description. Even if the biological information is another element, the gist of the present invention does not change except that the obtaining means is slightly changed. FIG. 3 shows an intercom apparatus. In the figure, the master unit 38 and the slave unit 35 are represented as being connected by the cable 43, but may be wireless. Further, a biological information acquiring unit 36 and a network connecting unit 45 which are characteristic of the present invention are provided. When the visitor places his / her finger on the call button 36 also serving as the biometric information acquisition unit, the acquired biometric information is transmitted to the server (1 in FIG. 1) using the biometric information search unit (not shown) using 45. Then, the server can search for information on the biological information. The search result returned from the server is displayed on the information display unit (40 in FIG. 3). Further, as another embodiment, when the intercom apparatus is configured to be able to download the filtering database from the server using the network connection unit 45, the biometric information search unit may include the obtained biometric information. Search the database downloaded to the intercom device. Also in this case, the search result is displayed on the information display unit. The frequency with which the database is downloaded is not limited in the present invention. May be updated.
[0046]
As described above, the biometric information does not need to be a fingerprint, and a voice feature such as a voiceprint input from a microphone (not shown), the feature thereof, a retinal pattern scanned by a retinal scanner (not shown), or the like. Various things such as a feature, a face photograph taken by a camera (not shown) or a feature thereof, and a combination thereof can be used.
[0047]
Further, by providing the intercom apparatus with an information transmitting unit (not shown), the user can use the input unit 41 to transmit the acquired biological information and the information obtained at the time of the reception in association with each other. By accumulating such information, service beneficiary users belonging to the same network and sharing the information will not be bothered by a person having the same biological information thereafter.
[0048]
Further, the intercom apparatus may have a function of not ringing if no fingerprint is collected, in order to avoid a call from a person who avoids fingerprint collection. In addition, it is possible to allow the user to set a plurality of notification methods such as changing a ring tone according to a search result. In addition, for example, when the search result is a door-to-door salesperson, a message such as “door-to-door sales are not required” can be displayed or pronounced. FIG. 4 shows an example of a case where a search result and an automatic response are performed.
[0049]
As an example of a different case, for example, in a multi-family house, a case where biometric information is shared only in the house can be considered. In this case, since the number of intercom devices to be connected is relatively small, biometric information can be shared by the intercom devices in a peer-to-peer system or the like without using a central server. Furthermore, if the distribution area is limited, not only the searchable and identifiable biometric information but also the visitor's face photograph etc. can be simply distributed to the local intercom to achieve the intended purpose. As an example, even without acquiring biometric information, a warning for a door-to-door salesperson transmitted from one intercom device can be configured to be displayed on the display unit of the intercom device in the same apartment house. Does not include a biological information acquisition unit, but this is also an embodiment of the present invention.
[0050]
Further, by using the filtering data server and the intercom device in combination, it is possible to reduce the registration of inappropriate filtering data, and to give a point to the contribution of the user to the creation of the filtering data. Become like In addition, the server device may be set so as to be able to limit a database supplied by the geographical arrangement of the intercom device, or to limit a searchable range from the user's intercom device.
[0051]
FIG. 5 shows an example of the information flow in the telephone. The telephone of the present invention can acquire the telephone number of the caller, and further includes an information transmitting / receiving unit that transmits / receives information other than a normal call. The line used for transmitting and receiving information by the information transmitting and receiving unit may be a telephone line or a network. Here, it is assumed that the present invention is implemented using a network such as the Internet. When a telephone number of a caller is acquired by a telephone number acquisition unit (not shown) at the time of an incoming call, the information retrieval unit 53 searches for the acquired telephone number 51. There are two ways to search. First, when a search is performed in the server, the information transmission / reception unit 54 connects to the server 55 using the network 58 and searches the server for information on the 51. When the search result is obtained, the information search unit displays the search result on the information display unit 56. When performing a search in the filtering database 57 downloaded from the server 55 using the information transmitting / receiving unit 54, the information searching unit searches the filtering database 57 by the acquired telephone number 51. The obtained search result is similarly displayed on the display unit 56. Although the embodiment of the search for the acquired telephone number has been described above, the same applies to the call contents 52 other than the telephone number. The content of the call may be voice during a call, FAX data during a communication, an image or a video during a communication, or the like. Further, for the obtained telephone number, the telephone at the time of an incoming call,
1) A search is performed using the search means, and a ring tone is not sounded according to the search result. 2) A search is performed using the search means, and an automatic response message is returned upon an incoming call according to the search result.
3) If there is no fixed number of calls, caller ID is not displayed
4) Do not ring for a certain period of time
At least one of the above 1) to 4) correspondences can be set by the user to be performed automatically by the telephone. Of course, each of these may be selected independently, or a plurality of them may be combined. Further, when a user or a telephone call is being made by an automatic answerer or the like, for the data during the call, the information search unit 53 searches the filtering database 57 or the server 55 for the data during the call. In response to the,
1) Disconnect
2) Switch to auto-reply message
3) Output search results to the display unit
Any one or more of the above operations can be set in advance by the user so as to be performed by the telephone.
[0052]
In addition, the phone also
1) Obtained phone number
2) Telephone number called by the user
For one or more of 1) and 2),
1) Information about the caller entered by the user
2) Acquired voice or its characteristics
3) Acquired video or its characteristics
4) The acquired image or its features
One or more of the above 1) to 4) can be added and transmitted using the information transmitting / receiving means. By sharing the transmitted information with a plurality of telephones, the user can prevent unnecessary information reception.
[0053]
In FIG. 1, a security system in which the telephone set 5 transmits and receives filtering data to and from a filtering data server via a network 18, a fixed telephone set via a telephone station 8 having a function of a filtering server, or a mobile telephone set 6, a security system for transmitting and receiving data and making a telephone call can also be realized.
[0054]
Next, an embodiment in an electronic mail program will be described. 9 in FIG. 1 shows a computer. When the user checks the e-mail received by the e-mail software of the present invention installed on the computer 9, the user downloads the filtering database from the filtering data server 1 and performs a local search or includes the e-mail in the filtering data server. The data and its features can be transmitted and searched in a filtering data server. Further, when a URL that is not registered in the filtering database is described in the text, the e-mail software can check whether information existing in the URL is described in the filtering database. . According to the search results obtained by both or one of the above two search methods,
1) Do not download email from email server
2) Delete email from email server
3) E-mail cannot be displayed
4) Delete after receiving e-mail
5) Attention is displayed when displaying e-mail
Any one or more of the above 1) to 5) are automatically performed by the e-mail program based on the settings of the user performed in advance. FIG. 7 shows the flow of the above processing example.
[0055]
Also, regarding the received e-mail,
1) Sender
2) Source address
3) sentences
4) Features of sentences
5) Received file
6) Features of received files
7) URL included in received text
One or more types of data described in 1) to 7) above can be registered in the server as filtering data. By transmitting the above data to the filtering data server, the filtering database can be enhanced. Various methods for registering the filtering data can be considered, but they are not a requirement of the present invention, and will not be described in detail.
[0056]
Furthermore, in order to enrich the filtering data,
1) Files existing on the user's terminal device
2) Characteristics of files existing on the user's terminal device
3) Files existing on the web page being viewed by the user
4) Characteristics of files existing on the web page being browsed by the user
5) URL of web page being browsed by user
6) URL in the bookmark of the user's terminal device
It is also possible to consider a filtering data registration program that can be used as a means for transmitting at least one of the above 1) to 6) as filtering data to a server. It is realistic that the filtering data registration program is distributed as an Internet browser program or its plug-in. You can also register image files, video files, text files, etc. collected by users, and harmful information senders and image collectors can use this program to filter data By registering, a filtering database of an unprecedented scale can be constructed. FIG. 6 shows an example of a menu in which data can be registered in the menu when the mouse is right-clicked on the browser.
[0057]
Further, in this specification, the filtering data server and the filtering server are described as separate devices because of a request in terms of expression. Can be installed on one computer at the same time, and need not be separate devices. Further, the telephone device of the present invention can easily use a computer as a telephone device by a program, and such a program may be used.
[0058]
Further, in the filtering data server or the filtering server, the service beneficiary user can set in advance the range in which the user is limited by the filtering.
[0059]
【The invention's effect】
The present invention can make the Internet and e-mail more secure for children. In addition, it is possible to reduce the trouble of door-to-door sales and fraud that pretends to be door-to-door sales.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a connection example of an apparatus and a server of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the concept of a filtering database program.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an intercom apparatus and connection.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a search result displayed on the intercom device.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a flow of information of a telephone.
FIG. 6 is an example of an interface of a filtering data registration program.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a processing flow in the telephone.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Filtering data server
2 Filtering server
3 Intercom equipment base unit
4 Intercom equipment cordless handset
5 fixed telephone
6 mobile phones
7 Mobile base station
8 Telephone exchange
9 General-purpose computer
10 General-purpose computer
11 Mobile phone
12 mobile base stations
13 Internet
14 Internet
15 Connection line between filtering data server and filtering server
16 Connection line between filtering data server and central office exchange
17 Connection between the filtering data server and the intercom via the Internet
18 Connection between fixed-line telephone and filtering data server via Internet
19 Connection between filtering data server and general-purpose computer via Internet
20 telephone lines
21 Dedicated telephone company line
22 Connection between filtering data server and mobile base station via Internet
23 Connection between filtering server and mobile base station
24 Connecting the Filtering Server to the Internet
25 Connection between filtering server and general-purpose computer
26 Filtering Database
27 Registered user database
28 Filtering Data Verification Step
29 Indicates that filtering data is received via the Internet
30 Indicates that the verified filtering data is registered in the filtering database
31 Indicates that the filtering registration user is evaluated by the filtering data verification step
32 Indicates that the registered user is evaluated based on the number of references to specific data in the filtering database, etc.
33 Indicates that the filtering database is sent over the Internet.
34 Indicates that the filtering database is referenced via the Internet
35 Intercom system cordless handset
36 Fingerprint acquisition button that doubles as a doorbell
37 Speaker and microphone
38 Intercom equipment base unit
39 Response button
40 Information display section
41 Information input section
42 receiver
43 Connection line between master unit and slave unit
44 speakers
45 Remote unit information display
50 telephone lines
51 Acquired phone number
52 Call contents
53 Information Search Section
54 Information transmitting and receiving unit
55 servers
56 Display
57 Filtering Database
58 Indicates that an inquiry about the acquired information is sent from the information search unit to the server
59 Indicates that the information search unit searches the filtering database
60 Indicates that the filtering database is received from the server

Claims (30)

A server connected to the network, comprising: a data registration user authentication unit; a filtering data verification unit for verifying filtering data transmitted from the data registration user; and a filtering database including the verified filtering data, and The filtering data verification means,
1) Number of the same filtering data transmitted from different users 2) Proximity of different data registered users who transmitted the same filtering data 3) Evaluation of data registered users 4) Filtering exclusion data At least one of the above 1) to 3) The filtering data is verified using one parameter, and the filtering data transmitted from the data registration user is 1) the novelty of the filtering data 2) the validity of the filtering data 3) the reference number of the filtering data 4) the size of the filtering data; and a point calculation means for adding or subtracting points to the filtering data registered user using at least one of the above four criteria,
further,
1) Search the filtering database for the data transmitted from the service beneficiary user and transmit the search result 2) Transmit the filtering database or a part thereof to the service beneficiary user 3) To the filtering server The filtering database is transmitted. 4) The filtering database is searched using the data transmitted from the filtering server, and the search result is transmitted to the filtering server. 5) The filtering database transmitted to the service beneficiary user based on the preset setting information. Or restrict the search range of the filtering database.
A filtering data server comprising means for performing one or more of the above 1) to 5). 2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising a feature extracting unit for extracting a feature for specifying the data from the filtering data transmitted from the filtering data registration user, wherein the extracted feature can be registered as the filtering data. The described filtering data server. The filtering database,
1) Biometric information and information about the owner of the biometric information 2) Telephone number and information about the telephone number sender 3) URL
4) Image 5) Image feature 6) Audio 7) Audio feature 8) Video 9) Video feature 10) Sentence 11) Sentence feature One or more of the above 11 data. 3. The filtering data server according to 1 or 2. Using a filtering database,
1) Do not connect from the communication device or program of the service beneficiary user to the address registered in the filtering database. 2) do not connect to the communication device of the service beneficiary user from the address registered in the filtering database. 3) Do not transmit data to the communication device of the service beneficiary user from the address registered in the filtering database. 4) Do not transmit the filtering data registered in the filtering database to the service beneficiary user. 5) Communication device of the service beneficiary user. Or restrict the connection from the program to the address where the filtering data registered in the filtering database exists 6) Relay the e-mail At this time, if a URL not registered in the filtering database is described in the e-mail, the filtering server accesses the URL and checks whether or not the URL has data registered in the filtering database. One or more of the above features 1) to 6), which, when present, either do not relay the e-mail, delete the URL and relay it, or relay it with caution. A filtering server characterized by the following. 1) The address is a telephone number and the communication device is a telephone 2) The address is a URL or an IP address and the communication program is a browser 3) The address is an e-mail address 5. The filtering method according to claim 4, wherein the communication program is an e-mail program. 4) The address is an e-mail address, and the communication device is a mobile phone. server. A biological information acquisition unit for acquiring one or more biological information of the visitor, a network connection unit, an information display unit, and
1) The obtained biological information is transmitted to the server using the network connection means, and the biological information search means for searching the information of the owner of the biological information in the server 2) The biological information is received using the network connection means A biological information search means 3 for searching the acquired biological information using a database in which biological information and information about the owner of the biological information are described. 3) The acquired biological information of the visitor is transmitted to a plurality of intercom devices. By sharing at least one of the above three search means, the biological information search means capable of searching for the biological information includes at least one biological information search means, and a search result can be displayed on the information display unit. An intercom device characterized by the following. Network connection means, an information display unit, an information input unit, and a biological information acquisition unit, the user can add information about the visitor to the acquired biological information using the information input unit, through the network 7. The intercom apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising information transmitting means capable of transmitting. A network connection unit, an information display unit, an information input unit, and zero or more biological information acquisition units, wherein information input by a user from an information input unit of another interconnected intercom apparatus and zero or more biological information Characterized in that information can be displayed on the information display unit. 1) Do not sound a ringing tone if the visitor's biometric information is not successfully obtained 2) Change the calling method according to the search result of the visitor's biometric information 3) Search result of the visitor's biometric information 9. The intercom apparatus according to claim 6, wherein at least one of the three methods that generates a different response message in accordance with the response message can be performed. A security system comprising a possible combination of the filtering data server according to claims 1 to 3 and the respective intercom devices according to claims 6 to 8. A telephone, comprising: a telephone number obtaining unit that obtains a telephone number of a caller; and an information transmitting and receiving unit that transmits and receives information other than a normal call.
1) Acquired telephone number 2) Voice during communication 3) Fax during communication
4) Video during communication 5) Image during communication One or more of the above 1) to 5) are searched using at least one of the following two means 1) and 2), and a search result is obtained. And a display unit for displaying a message.
1) Search means for searching the server using the information transmitting / receiving unit 2) Search means for searching the filtering database downloaded using the information transmitting / receiving unit 1) Obtained phone number 2) Phone number sent by the user 1) or 2)
The telephone according to claim 11, wherein one or more of the following items (1) to (4) are added, and the information can be transmitted using the information transmitting / receiving means.
1) Information about the sender input by the user 2) Acquired voice or its characteristics 3) Acquired video or its characteristics 4) Acquired image or its characteristics When an incoming call arrives,
1) A search is performed using the search means, and no ring tone is sounded according to the search result. 2) A search is performed using the search means, and an automatic response message is returned upon an incoming call according to the search result. 13. The method according to claim 11, wherein if there is no fixed number of calls, no caller ID is displayed. 4) At least one of the above-mentioned 1) to 4) which does not make a ringing sound for a certain time can be performed. The described telephone. During a call, the telephone performs a search using the search means, and according to the search result,
14. The method according to claim 11, wherein at least one of the above-mentioned 1) to 3) of outputting the search result to the display unit can be performed by 1) disconnecting the connection 2) switching to the automatic response message. Phone. A security system comprising a possible combination of the filtering data server according to claims 1 to 3 and the telephone according to claims 11 to 14. A security system comprising a possible combination of the filtering server according to claim 4 and claim 5 and the telephone according to claim 11. Upon receipt, the email program
1) Searching the received mail for a filtering database downloaded in advance 2) Searching the server for information on the received mail Step 3) If the URL described in the received mail is not described in the filtering database, e-mail The program connects to the URL and searches the pre-downloaded filtering database for information and files present on the page. Step 4) If the URL described in the received mail is not described in the filtering database, an e-mail program Comprises a step of connecting to the URL and searching the server for information and files present on the page, comprising at least one of the above steps 1) to 4), and E-mail program and performing at least one of 5) from the following 1).
1) Do not download e-mail from e-mail server 2) Delete e-mail from e-mail server 3) Disable e-mail display 4) Delete after receiving e-mail 5) Search when displaying e-mail Show alerts based on results About the received e-mail,
1) Sender 2) Source address 3) Text 4) Text characteristics 5) Received file 6) Received file characteristics 7) URL included in received text
An e-mail program capable of functioning as a means for registering one or more data of the above 1) to 7) as filtering data in a server. A security system comprising a possible combination of the filtering data server according to claims 1 to 3 and the electronic mail program according to claims 17 and 18. A security system comprising a possible combination of the filtering server according to claims 4 and 5 and an email program. 1) Files existing in the user's terminal device 2) Characteristics of files existing in the user's terminal device 3) Files existing in the Web page being browsed by the user 4) Characteristics of files existing in the Web page being browsed by the user 5) URL of web page being browsed by user
6) URL in the bookmark of the user's terminal device
A filtering data registration program, which can be used as means for transmitting at least one of the above 1) to 6) as filtering data to a server. A filtering database system comprising a possible combination of the filtering data server according to claim 1 and the filtering data registration program according to claim 21. A filtering data server program for enabling a computer to be used as the filtering data server according to claims 1 to 3, and a computer as a filtering server according to claims 4 and 5. Filtering program to do. A security system comprising a possible combination of the filtering data server according to claim 1 and a web browser program. A security system comprising a possible combination of the filtering server according to claims 4 and 5 and a web browser program. A mobile phone comprising the electronic mail program according to claim 17. A program capable of causing a computer to function as the telephone according to claim 11. A data filtering system comprising a possible combination of the filtering database server according to claims 1 to 3 and the filtering server according to claims 4 and 5. The security system according to claim 10,
1) A filtering database supplied to the intercom device 2) A filtering database that the intercom device can search in a filtering data server The search range of one or both of the above databases 1) and 2) is that the intercom device is installed. The security system according to claim 10, wherein the geographical distance is restricted as a parameter. The filtering data server according to any one of claims 1 to 3, and the filtering server according to any one of claims 3 to 4, wherein a service beneficiary user can designate in advance a type and a range of a filtering database to be supplied.

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