JP2005072969A - Terminal management system, management apparatus, terminal management method, terminal management program, and computer-readable recording medium recording terminal management program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a terminal management system or the like wherein a management apparatus controls a plurality of terminals simultaneously. <P>SOLUTION: The terminal management system 10 includes: the management apparatuses 200, 300; and the terminals. The management apparatuses 200, 300 include: a terminal information storage means 310 storing terminal information of a plurality of terminals 100b; an identification information of terminal information storage means 215 for storing identification information of the terminal information to identify the terminal information; a terminal identification information storage means 214 for storing terminal identification information to identify each terminal; a terminal identification information generating means 308 for generating information and the terminal identification information on the basis of the identification information of the terminal information and the terminal identification information; and management apparatus side transmission means 308, 305 for transmitting the information and the terminal identification information to the terminals together with the terminal information. Each terminal includes: an information for management apparatus storage means 109 for storing information for the management apparatus; and terminal side transmission means 103, 107 for transmitting the information and the terminal identification information to the management apparatuses together with the information for the management apparatuses. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a terminal management system that manages terminal devices, a management device, a terminal management method, a terminal management program, and a computer-readable recording medium that records the terminal management program.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, mobile phones, which are terminal devices, have various additional functions in addition to the original voice communication device (see, for example, Patent Document 1). Among these additional functions, for example, there is a GPS (Global Positioning System) function.
For this reason, a mobile phone having such a GPS function is provided to a sales employee, for example, so that each mobile phone can communicate with the management server of the company, and each mobile phone automatically sends its position to the management server at regular intervals. The company can monitor the behavior of the sales representative.
Thus, for example, a company can operate a salesperson monitoring system by combining a mobile phone and a management server.

However, the company often does not need to receive location information from all of the mobile phones possessed by each sales person in this way, so only for mobile phones that send location information to the management server, There are cases where such a setting is made.
At this time, since it is difficult to collect all the mobile phones once and change the settings, the management server is set to send only location information to the management server, for example, only to the selected mobile phone. May be set so that no others are transmitted.
Whether or not the setting has been changed is confirmed by transmitting a setting signal from the management server and transmitting the response signal from the mobile phone that has received the setting signal.
JP 2002-199424 (FIG. 1 etc.)

  However, if each mobile phone transmits a response signal all at once, the management server cannot determine which mobile phone signal these response signals are. For this reason, the management server needs to transmit a setting signal to one mobile phone whose setting is to be changed, wait for a response signal from the mobile phone, and then transmit the setting signal to the mobile phone. Thus, conventionally, there has been a problem that setting signals cannot be transmitted to a plurality of mobile phones at the same time, and terminals such as a plurality of mobile phones cannot be controlled simultaneously.

  Therefore, the present invention provides a terminal management system, a management device, a terminal management method, a terminal management program, and a computer-readable recording medium recording the terminal management program, in which the management device can control a plurality of terminal devices at the same time. For the purpose.

According to the first aspect, the object is to provide terminal information storage means for storing terminal information for transmission to each of a plurality of terminal devices, and terminal information for identifying the terminal information. Terminal information identification information storage means for storing terminal identification information, terminal apparatus identification information storage means for storing terminal apparatus identification information for identifying each of the plurality of terminal apparatuses, identification information for the terminal information, and Information and terminal identification information generating means for generating information and terminal identification information based on the terminal device identification information, and transmission on the management device side for transmitting the information and terminal identification information together with the terminal information to the terminal device Means for storing the information, the terminal identification information and the terminal information for receiving the terminal information, and the management device information for transmission to the management device. Management device information storage means, and terminal device side transmission means for transmitting the received information and terminal identification information together with the management device information to the management device via the terminal device side transmission means And a terminal management system comprising a terminal device.

According to the configuration of the first invention, the management device generates the information and the terminal identification information based on the identification information of the terminal information and the terminal device identification information, and the information and terminal identification information generation unit, Management device side transmission means for transmitting information and terminal identification information together with the terminal information to the terminal device.
In addition, the terminal device includes management device information storage means for storing management device information to be transmitted to the management device, and the received information and terminal identification information together with the management device information. Terminal device side transmission means for transmitting to the device.
For this reason, the terminal information (for example, setting information) to be transmitted from the management device to the plurality of terminal devices is the same, and thereby the identification information of the terminal information (for example, “SEQNO = 0001”). Even if they are the same, the terminal device identification information (for example, “TERMID = T001 or T002”) differs for each terminal device.
And since the said information and terminal identification information production | generation means produce | generate the said information and terminal identification information based on the identification information and terminal device identification information of these information for terminals, the said information and terminal identification information also differ for every terminal device. (For example, “SEQID = 1001”, “1002”, etc.). And the said information and terminal identification information which differ for every terminal device will be transmitted to each terminal device with the said information for terminals.

On the other hand, the terminal device manages the information and terminal identification information (for example, “SEQID = 1001”, “1002”, etc.) different for each terminal device together with the management device information (for example, setting completion notification, etc.). It is configured to send a reply to the device.
Therefore, the management apparatus that has received the management apparatus information (for example, setting completion notification) from the terminal apparatus returns the information and terminal identification information (for example, “SEQID = 1001”, “1002”, etc.) that are returned together. ), It is possible to clearly grasp from which terminal device the management device information is transmitted.
Therefore, the management device transmits the terminal information (for example, setting information) to the plurality of terminal devices at the same time, and thereafter the management device information (for example, setting completion notification, etc.) in random order from each terminal device. Even if it is received, it is possible to easily distinguish from which terminal device the information is based on the information returned together with the management device information and the terminal identification information (for example, “SEQID = 1001”, “1002”, etc.). .
As described above, the management device can transmit the terminal information (for example, setting information) to the plurality of terminal devices at the same time, and can simultaneously control the plurality of terminal devices.

  According to the second invention, in the configuration of the first invention, the management device includes an application server and a management server, and the application server stores terminal information to be transmitted to the management server. The application server side terminal information storage means, the terminal information identification information storage means, the terminal device identification information storage means, and the terminal information together with the terminal information identification information and the terminal device identification information An application server side transmitting means for transmitting to the management server, the management server receiving the terminal information from the application server together with the identification information of the terminal information and the terminal device identification information Receiving means, said information and terminal identification information generating means, and said information and terminal identification information as said terminal information identification And broadcast to the terminal device identification information and can be converted into information converting means, a terminal management system characterized by having a.

According to the configuration of the second invention, information is communicated between the management server and the terminal device using the information and terminal identification information, and the terminal information is between the management server and the application server. The information is communicated using the identification information and the terminal device identification information.
Therefore, in the application server, the information and the terminal identification information (for example, “SEQID = 1001”) are used as the identification information for the terminal information (for example, “SEQNO = 0001”) and the terminal device identification information (for example, “SEQID = 1001”). For example, since it is not necessary to convert to “TERMID = T001” or the like, the application server can quickly grasp the state of the terminal device.

  According to a third invention, in the configuration of the second invention, the terminal information is a monitoring information for the terminal device of the management server or a notification request for the terminal device. .

According to the configuration of the third invention, the monitoring information and the notification request are added to the monitoring information and the notification request between the management server and the terminal device by attaching the information and the terminal identification information. The terminal device from which the received response information from the terminal device is transmitted can be easily specified.
For this reason, the management server can transmit these pieces of information to each terminal device at the same time, and can simultaneously control the plurality of terminal devices.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided terminal information storage means for storing terminal information for transmission to each of a plurality of terminal devices, and terminal information for identifying the terminal information. Terminal information identification information storage means for storing terminal identification information, terminal apparatus identification information storage means for storing terminal apparatus identification information for identifying each of the plurality of terminal apparatuses, identification information for the terminal information, and Information and terminal identification information generating means for generating information and terminal identification information based on the terminal device identification information, and transmission on the management device side for transmitting the information and terminal identification information together with the terminal information to the terminal device And a management device side receiving means for receiving management device information from the terminal device together with the information and the terminal identification information.

According to the configuration of the fourth invention, similarly to the operation of the first invention, the management device transmits the terminal information (for example, setting information) to the plurality of terminal devices at the same time, and then Even if the management device information (for example, setting completion notification) is received in random order from each terminal device, the information and terminal identification information (for example, “SEQID = 1001” and “1002” transmitted together with the management device information). Etc.), it is possible to easily distinguish from which terminal device the information is.
Therefore, the management device can transmit the terminal information (for example, setting information) to the plurality of terminal devices at the same time, and can simultaneously control the plurality of terminal devices.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, according to the fifth aspect, the information of the management device and the terminal identification information generating means are based on the terminal information in the terminal information storage means and the terminal information identification information in the terminal information identification information storage means. The information and terminal identification information generating step for generating information and terminal identification information, and the management device side transmission means of the management device transmit the information and terminal identification information together with the terminal information to each of the plurality of terminal devices. A management device side transmission step, a terminal device side reception unit of the terminal device receives the information, the terminal identification information, and the terminal information, and a terminal device side transmission unit of the terminal device manages According to a terminal management method, comprising: a terminal device side transmission step for transmitting the received management device information stored in the device information storage means to the management device together with the received information and terminal identification information. It is achieved.

According to the configuration of the fifth invention, similarly to the operation of the first invention, the management device transmits the terminal information (for example, setting information, etc.) to the plurality of terminal devices at the same time. Even if the management device information (for example, setting completion notification) is received in random order from the terminal device, the information and terminal identification information (for example, “SEQID = 1001” “1002”) transmitted together with the management device information. Etc.) can be easily distinguished from which terminal device.
Therefore, the management device can transmit the terminal information (for example, setting information) to the plurality of terminal devices at the same time, and can simultaneously control the plurality of terminal devices.

  According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, according to the sixth aspect, the information on the management device and the terminal identification information generating means are connected to the terminal information in the terminal information storage means and the terminal information in the terminal information identification information storage means. The information and terminal identification information generating step for generating information and terminal identification information from the identification information, and the management device side transmission means of the management device, the information and terminal identification information together with the terminal information, the plurality of terminal devices Management device side transmission step for transmitting to each terminal device, terminal device side reception means for the terminal device receives the information, terminal identification information and terminal information, and terminal device side transmission means for the terminal device The terminal device side transmission step for transmitting the received management device information stored in the management device information storage means together with the received information and the terminal identification information to the management device is executed. It is achieved by the order of the terminal management program.

According to the configuration of the sixth invention, similarly to the operation of the first invention, the management device transmits the terminal information (for example, setting information) to the plurality of terminal devices at the same time, and then Even if the management device information (for example, setting completion notification) is received in random order from each terminal device, the information and terminal identification information (for example, “SEQID = 1001” and “1002” transmitted together with the management device information). Etc.), it is possible to easily distinguish from which terminal device the information is.
Therefore, the management device can transmit the terminal information (for example, setting information) to the plurality of terminal devices at the same time, and can simultaneously control the plurality of terminal devices.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, according to the seventh aspect, the information on the management device and the terminal identification information generating means are connected to the terminal information in the terminal information storage means and the terminal information in the terminal information identification information storage means. An information and terminal identification information generating step for generating information and terminal identification information from the identification information;
The management apparatus side transmission means of the management apparatus transmits the information and the terminal identification information together with the terminal information to each of the plurality of terminal apparatuses, and the terminal apparatus side reception means of the terminal apparatus includes the The terminal device side receiving step for receiving information, terminal identification information and the terminal information, and the terminal device side transmitting means of the terminal device received the management device information stored in the management device information storage means, This is achieved by a computer-readable recording medium recording a terminal management program for executing a terminal device side transmission step for transmitting to the management device together with information and terminal identification information.

According to the configuration of the seventh invention, similarly to the operation of the first invention, the management device transmits the terminal information (for example, setting information) to the plurality of terminal devices at the same time, and then Even if the management device information (for example, setting completion notification) is received in random order from each terminal device, the information and terminal identification information (for example, “SEQID = 1001” and “1002” transmitted together with the management device information). Etc.), it is possible to easily distinguish from which terminal device the information is.
Therefore, the management device can transmit the terminal information (for example, setting information) to the plurality of terminal devices at the same time, and can simultaneously control the plurality of terminal devices.

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
The embodiments described below are preferred specific examples of the present invention, and thus various technically preferable limitations are given. However, the scope of the present invention is particularly limited in the following description. Unless otherwise stated, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments.
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a monitoring system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 1, the monitoring system 10 is a terminal device possessed by a parent (a) who is a client requesting monitoring, for example, a mobile phone 100a and a child (a) of the parent (a) who is a monitored person. ) And terminal devices possessed by the child (c), for example, mobile phones 100b and 100c.
In this monitoring system 10, a GPS (Global Positioning System) device capable of measuring its own position is mounted on the mobile phones 100 b and 100 c of the child (b) and the child (c) as described later.

In addition, the mobile phones 100b and 100c are configured to be able to set a zone that is a monitoring area (for example, a radius of 5 km centering on a school where children (a) and (c) go to school).
For this reason, the mobile phones 100b and 100c of the child (b) (c) measure their own positions with the GPS device, and report to the management server or the like, which will be described later, whether or not the position is within the zone. It has a configuration.
Upon receiving such a report, the management server reports to the parent (a) mobile phone 100a via an application server, which will be described later, so that the parent (a) monitors a child (b) (c). It is a system that can be provided.

Hereinafter, the configuration of the monitoring system 10 will be described in detail. As shown in FIG. 1, the monitoring system 10 includes an application server 200 that provides a monitoring service to a parent (a) that is a client, for example, a management device.
In addition, the monitoring system 10 includes a management server 300 that is a management device, for example, a telephone company that performs communication services and the like.
The application server 200 and the management server 300 are connected to the Internet network 11 as shown in FIG.
Further, the parent (a) mobile phone 100a and the child (b) (c) mobile phones 100b, 100c shown in FIG. 1 are connected via the base stations 12a, 12b, 12c. Each is connected to the Internet network 11.
Accordingly, the parent (a) mobile phone 100a, the child (b) (c) mobile phones 100b and 100c, the application server 200, and the management server 300 are communicably connected via the Internet network 11, respectively.

(Main hardware configurations of application server 200 and management server 300)
FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram showing main hardware configurations of the application server 200 and the management server 300 shown in FIG. Since the application server 200 and the management server 300 have substantially the same main hardware configuration and the like, the main hardware configuration will be described taking the application server 200 as an example.
As shown in FIG. 2, the application server 200 has a computer, for example, and the computer is connected to a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 202, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 203, and a ROM (Read Only Memory) by a bus 201. Storage means such as 204 is arranged.
The bus 201 is connected to the above-described web management means 205 for connecting to the Internet network 11 of FIG. 1, and an operation means 206 such as a keyboard for operating the application server 200 and the display. Etc. are also connected.

In other words, the bus 201 has a function of connecting all devices and is an internal path having an address and a data path.
In addition to processing a predetermined program, the CPU 202 controls the ROM 204 and the like connected to the bus 201. The ROM 204 stores various programs and various information.
The RAM 203 has a function as an area for comparing the contents of the memory during the program processing or executing the program.
Since the application server 200 and the like are connected to the Internet network 11, the computer such as the application server 200 is configured to display a browser that can read a file written in the HTML language on the display unit 207. .
Various browser software which is HTML browsing software is applied as the browser.
In addition, the basic control program (OS (operation system) and BIOS (basic output control system)) installed in this computer operates using TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol), Java (registered trademark) language, or the like. It is configured as follows.

(Main hardware configuration of mobile phones 100a, 100b, 100c, etc.)
FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram showing main hardware configurations and the like of the parent (A) mobile phone 100a and the child (I) (C) mobile phones 100b and 100c in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, the mobile phone 100 a or the like has a GPS antenna 301 for a GPS (Global Positioning System) device that is position information acquisition means, and this GPS antenna 301 is connected to the CPU 202 via the reception means 302. It is connected.
The GPS antenna 301 receives radio waves from, for example, four GPS satellites, and the GPS device is configured to specify its own latitude, longitude, and altitude.
The mobile phone 100a and the like have a communication antenna 303 and a communication means 304 for communicating with the base stations 12a, 12b, and 12c in FIG. 1, and a memory composed of a ROM 204 and the like, similar to the application server 200 in FIG. Means 305, display means 207, operation means 206, and the like are also connected to the CPU 202.
The mobile phone 100a and the like also have an external interface 306 for connecting to an external device, a power supply unit 307, and the like, which are also connected to the CPU 202.

(Main software configuration of application server 200)
FIG. 4 is a schematic block diagram showing a main software configuration and the like of the application server 200.
As shown in FIG. 4, the application server 200 includes a Web management unit 208 that controls the Web management unit 205 in FIG. 2, an operation unit 209 that controls the operation unit 206, a display unit 210 that controls the display unit 207, and a control unit. 211 and the like.
Further, the application server 200 has a client mail address information database 212 for reporting a monitoring result to a parent (a) who is a client using the monitoring service.
The client mail address information database 212 stores, for example, a mail address for sending an e-mail to the parent (a) mobile phone 100a.

The application server 200 also includes terminal information storage means for storing terminal information to be transmitted from the management server 300 to each of the child (b) (c) mobile phones 100b and 100c, for example, monitoring information, For example, it has a monitoring information database 213.
That is, the monitoring information database 213 is an example of an application server-side terminal information storage unit that stores monitoring information to be transmitted to the management server 300.
This monitoring information is, for example, information such as a monitoring zone having a radius of 5 km centered on a school where children (a) and (c) attend school. Therefore, as will be described later, the mobile phones 100b and 100c that have received this monitoring information from the management server 300 perform positioning using their own GPS devices, and the obtained latitude, longitude, and altitude position information, the monitoring zone, and Are compared to each other to determine whether they are located inside or outside the monitoring zone and report the result.

In addition, the application server 200 is terminal device identification information for identifying each of the mobile phones 100b and 100c of the child (I) (c) who is the monitored person, for example, terminal ID (TERMID = T001, TERMID = T002). For example, a terminal ID database 214.
That is, for example, “T001” is assigned as the terminal ID to the child (b) mobile phone 100b, and “T002” is assigned to the child (c) mobile phone 100c as the terminal ID.
In addition, the terminal ID database 214 also includes authentication data of a user who is a mobile phone 100b such as a child (A) who is a monitored person.

Further, the application server 200 includes terminal information identification information storage means for storing, for example, sequence number (SEQNO = 0001) which is identification information of terminal information for identifying monitoring information. 215.
That is, “0001” is added as the sequence number to the “monitoring information having a radius of 5 km from the school” described above.
In addition, the application server 200 includes a mobile phone 100b status log database 216 that stores various data input from the monitored mobile phone 100b to the application server 200 via the management server 300. .
The control unit 211 of the application server 200 transmits the monitoring information together with the sequence number and the terminal ID to the management server 300 via the Web management unit 208 or the like (an example of an application server side transmission unit).
Specifically, the monitoring information (sequence number “0001”) having a radius of 5 km from the school is designated to the monitored person's mobile phone 100b (terminal ID “T001”) and mobile phone 100c (terminal ID “T002”). Both are transmitted to the management server 300.

(Main software configuration of management server 300)
FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram showing a main software configuration and the like of the management server 300.
As shown in FIG. 5, the management server 300 includes a Web management unit 305, an operation unit 306, and a display unit 307, similarly to the Web management unit 208, the operation unit 209, and the display unit 210 of the application server 200. Further, similarly to the application server 200, the control unit 308 is included.
As shown in FIG. 5, the management server 300 includes a user authentication database 309 that stores user authentication so that user authentication of the mobile phones 100 b and 100 c can be performed with the application server 200.
In addition, it has a monitoring information temporary storage database 310 for temporarily storing monitoring information such as “radius 5 km from school” transmitted from the application server 200 (an example of terminal information storage means).

That is, the Web management unit 305 of the management server 300 receives the monitoring information such as “radius 5 km from school”, the sequence number (0001), and the terminal IDs (T001, T002) transmitted from the application server 200 (on the management server side). An example of receiving means).
In addition, the management server 300 includes a monitoring information reception notification database 311 for generating a monitoring information reception notification transmitted to the application server 200 when the monitoring information from the application server 200 is received.
Furthermore, information on the communication state between the mobile phones 100b, 100c and the base stations 12b, 12c of the child (b) (c) who is the monitored person specified by the terminal ID is obtained, and the result is transmitted to the application server 200. A communication state notification generation database 313 for generating a communication state notification generated when the communication is performed.

The management server 300 also transmits a sequence number (for example, “SEQNO = 0001”) transmitted from the application server 200 together with monitoring information such as “radius 5 km from school” and a terminal ID (mobile phone 100b The mobile phone 100c has information and terminal identification information generating means for generating, for example, a sequence ID which is information and terminal identification information based on “T001” and the mobile phone 100c is “T002”).
This information and terminal identification information generating means is, for example, the control unit 308 or the like.
That is, the control unit 308 receives the sequence number (for example, “SEQNO = 0001”) and the terminal ID (the mobile phone 100b is “T001” and the mobile phone 100c is “T002”) received from the application server 200, and FIG. A sequence ID is generated with reference to the sequence ID conversion database 312 and the like.

Specifically, the sequence ID (SEQID) for the child's mobile phone 100b is, for example, “SEQID = 1001” from the sequence number (SEQNO = 0001) and the terminal ID (TERMID = T001).
The sequence ID (SEQID) of the child (c) mobile phone 100c is, for example, “SEQID = 1002” from the sequence number (SEQNO = 0001) and the terminal ID (TERMID = T002).
Thus, even if the monitoring information has the same monitoring information such as “radius 5 km from school”, the terminal ID is different for each of the mobile phones 100b and 100c, so the same monitoring information is transmitted to a plurality of mobile phones 100b and the like. Even in this case, the numbers can be different, and the mobile phone 100b and the like can be identified.
In addition, the control unit 308 can convert the sequence ID into a sequence number and a terminal ID by referring to the sequence ID exchange database 312 (an example of an information conversion unit).

By the way, the management server 300 transmits a notification request to confirm the connection before transmitting monitoring information such as “radius of 5 km from school” to the mobile phone 100b or the like.
The management server 300 has a notification request generation database 314 for generating this notification request (an example of terminal information).
That is, the control unit 308 refers to the notification request generation database 314, generates a notification request, and transmits the sequence ID together with the notification request to the mobile phone 100b or the like via the Web management unit 305 or the like. (An example of management device side transmission means).
Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the management server 300 has a reception history database 315 that stores a reception history such as a notification response that is a response to the notification request transmitted to the mobile phone 100b or the like.
The reception history database 315 also stores a monitoring information reception response transmitted from the management server 300 to the management server 300 after the monitoring information is transmitted from the management server 300 to the mobile phone 100b.
In addition, the management server 300 transmits monitoring information such as “radius of 5 km from school” to the mobile phone 100b and the like, and then notifies the completion of the setting of the monitoring information from the mobile phone 100b and the like. Receive. Since this notification is a setting completion notification or a setting failure notification, the control unit 308 is configured to make a determination with reference to the monitoring information setting completion notification database 316 in FIG.

(Main software configurations such as mobile phone 100b)
FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram showing a main software configuration of the mobile phones 100b and 100c of the child (b) (c) in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 6, since the mobile phone 100b and the like have a GPS management unit 102 that controls the GPS device, the mobile phone 100b can acquire position information such as its own latitude, longitude, and altitude.
3, the transmission / reception unit 103 that controls the communication unit 304, the display unit 104 that controls the display unit 207, the operation unit 105 that controls the operation unit 206, the power control unit 106 that controls the power supply unit 307, and the central control unit 107.
In addition, the transmission / reception unit 103 such as the mobile phone 100b receives the monitoring information transmitted from the management server 300 such as “radius 5 km from school”, the notification information, and the sequence ID (SEQID = 1001, 1002, etc.). (An example of the terminal device side receiving means).

In addition, the mobile phone 100b and the like have a monitoring information database 108 for storing monitoring information transmitted from the management server 300.
The mobile phone 100b and the like have a notification response database 109 that responds to the notification request from the management server 300. Furthermore, it has a monitoring information reception response database 110 that responds to transmission of monitoring information from the management server 300.
Then, monitoring for generating a monitoring information setting completion notification that is a notification that the setting of the monitoring information received from the management server 300 has been completed in the monitoring information database 108 or a notification that the setting has not been made is generated. An information setting completion notification database 111 is provided.
The notification response database 109, the monitoring information reception response database 110, and the monitoring information setting completion notification database 111 are examples of management device information storage means. The notification response, monitoring information reception response, and Notification of completion of monitoring information setting is an example of management device information.
The mobile phone 100b and the like have a sequence ID storage database 112 that stores the above-described sequence ID (for example, SEQID = 1001) transmitted from the management server 300.

Then, the mobile phone 100b or the like compares the monitoring information stored in the monitoring information database 108 such as “monitoring zone within a radius of 5 km from the school” with the positioning result of the GPS management unit 102 and the like. It has a report information database 113 for performing a monitoring report on whether it is located inside or outside.
In addition, the control unit 107 such as the mobile phone 100b transmits the above-described notification response, monitoring information reception response, monitoring information setting completion notification, etc. to the management server 300 when receiving the sequence ID (“1001”) from the management server 300. And the like) are transmitted via the transmission / reception unit 103 or the like (an example of a terminal device side transmission unit).

Although the monitoring system 10 according to the present embodiment has the above-described configuration, the operation and the like will be described below.
7 and 8 are schematic sequence charts showing the operation and the like of the monitoring system 10.
First, an example in which a parent (a) who is a user of the monitoring system 10 accesses the application server 200 from his / her mobile phone 100a and applies for a monitoring report for two of his / her children (b) and (c). This will be described below.
These two children (a) and (c) have a mobile phone 100b and a mobile phone 100c, respectively.
The monitoring information is to report to the parent (a) mobile phone 100a as an abnormality when coming out of a circle with a radius of 5 km centering on a school where two people go to school.
When the parent (a) finishes the predetermined procedure, the application server 200 performs user authentication with the management server 300 (ST1 and ST2).
That is, referring to the user authentication database 309 and the like of the management server 300, the child (b) (c) mobile phones 100b and 100c are authenticated.
When the authentication is completed, the application server 200 transmits monitoring information such as a radius of 5 km centered on the school to the management server 300 (ST3). At this time, the application server 200 includes, as monitoring information, information of “TERMID = T001” that is the terminal ID of the mobile phone 100b, information of “TERMID = T002” that is the terminal ID of the mobile phone 100c, and the sequence number of the monitoring information “ SEQNO = 0001 "is transmitted together.

That is, the application server 200 transmits the monitoring information in the monitoring information database 213 in FIG. 4, the terminal ID in the database 214 such as the terminal ID, and the sequence number in the sequence number database 215 to the management server 300.
The management server 300 that has received the monitoring information, SEQ = 0001, TERMID = T001, and T002 information by the Web management unit 305 or the like transmits the monitoring information reception notification together with the sequence number (SEQ = 0001) to the application server 200 ( ST4).
That is, the control unit 308 of the management server 300 refers to the monitoring information reception notification database 311 to generate a monitoring information reception notification and transmits it to the application server 200 together with the sequence number (SEQ = 0001) received from the application server 200. To do.
Next, the management server 300 stores the monitoring information such as a radius of 5 km centered on the school received from the application server 200 in the monitoring information temporary storage database 310 of FIG. 5 (ST5).
Next, the management server 300 transmits the mobile phones 100b and 100c corresponding to the terminal IDs (TERMID = T001 and T002) received from the application server 200, that is, the base station 12b with which the monitored mobile phones 100b and 100c are communicating. , 12c (see FIG. 1) to determine whether the mobile phones 100b and 100c are in a communicable state (ST6).

Then, the control unit 308 of the management server 300 refers to the communication state notification generation database 313, generates a communication enable state notification or a communication disable state notification, and receives the sequence number (SEQNO = 0001) received from the application server 200. Along with the terminal ID (TERMID = T001, T002), it is transmitted to the application server 200 (ST7).
Thus, the application server 200 can know whether or not the mobile phones 100b and 100c are in a monitorable state. Further, the application server 200 reports to that effect to the parent (a) mobile phone 100a, which is the client, by e-mail or the like.
Further, the control unit 308 of the management server 300 refers to the sequence ID database 312 and generates a sequence ID from the sequence number (0001) and terminal ID (T001, T002) received from the application server 200 (information and terminal identification). An example of an information generation process).
This sequence ID (SEQID) is, for example, “1001” for the mobile phone 100b, and “1002”, for example, for the mobile phone 100c.
Thus, even if the sequence number (0001) of the monitoring information is the same, different sequence IDs (SEQIDs) can be generated by different terminal IDs (T001, T002) of the mobile phone 100b or the like.

Next, when the management server 300 determines that the mobile phones 100b and 100c having the terminal IDs (T001 and T002) are in a communicable state, the management server 300 communicates directly with the respective mobile phones 100b and 100c.
That is, the management server 300 issues a notification request to the mobile phone 100b. At this time, the above-mentioned sequence ID (SEQID) is transmitted together with the notification request (ST8) (an example of a management apparatus side transmission step).
Specifically, the control unit 308 of the management server 300 refers to the notification request generation database 314, generates a notification request, and, along with the notification request, sets “SEQID = 1001”, which is the sequence ID of the mobile phone 100b, to the mobile phone. To 100b.
Next, the management server 300 also transmits a sequence ID “SEQID = 1002” to the mobile phone 100c together with the notification request (ST9) (an example of a management apparatus side transmission process).
Next, the mobile phone 100b transmits a notification response to the management server 300, and also transmits a sequence ID (SEQID = 1001) received from the management server 300 at that time (ST10) (an example of a terminal device side transmission step).
That is, when the central control unit 107 of the mobile phone 100b receives the notification request and the sequence ID (SEQID = 1001) via the transmission / reception unit 103, the central control unit 107 stores the sequence ID in the sequence ID storage database 112 in FIG.
The central control unit 107 refers to the notification response database 109, generates a notification response corresponding to the notification request, and manages the generated notification response together with the sequence ID (SEQID = 1001) in the sequence ID storage database 112. Send to server 300.

The management server 300 that received the notification response in ST10 could not conventionally recognize whether the notification response came from the mobile phone 100b or the mobile phone 100c.
Therefore, when a notification request is transmitted to the mobile phone 100b in ST8, the notification request is transmitted to the mobile phone 100c after waiting for a notification response from the mobile phone 100b or waiting for a timeout.
Therefore, when there are a plurality of mobile phones 100b and the like, monitoring information or the like cannot be transmitted to each mobile phone 100b or the like at the same time, and it takes a long time to finish transmission for all the mobile phones 100b and the like.
However, in this embodiment, after sending a notification request to the mobile phone 100b, before receiving the notification response from the mobile phone 100b, the notification request is sent to the mobile phone 100c, and then the notification response from the mobile phone 100b or the like. Even if they arrive in random order, each notification response is given a sequence ID.
Therefore, the management server 300 can quickly and definitely recognize which mobile phone 100b or the like is the notification response.
By the way, since the management server 300 that has received the notification response from the mobile phone 100b in ST10 has confirmed the communication state with the mobile phone 100b, monitoring such as a radius of 5 km centered on the school in the monitoring information database 108 of FIG. Information is transmitted to the mobile phone 100b. At this time, the sequence ID (SEQID = 1001) of the mobile phone 100b is transmitted together (ST11) (an example of a management apparatus side transmission step).

Next, it is assumed that a notification response is transmitted from the mobile phone 100c transmitted in ST9 to the management server 300 (an example of a terminal device side transmission process).
Also in this case, since the notification response from the mobile phone 100c can be easily recognized from the sequence ID (SEQID = 1002) transmitted together with the notification response from the mobile phone 100b, the management server 300 transmits the notification response. The mobile phone 100c is not mistaken.
Therefore, the management server 300 transmits the monitoring information together with the sequence ID (SEQID = 1002) to the mobile phone 100c as in ST11 (ST13) (an example of a management apparatus side transmission process).
Next, as shown in ST14, it is assumed that a monitoring information reception response is transmitted from the mobile phone 100b to the management server 300 (an example of a terminal device side transmission step).
That is, the mobile phone 100b that has received the monitoring information and the sequence ID (SEQID = 1001) from the management server 300 generates a monitoring information reception response with reference to the monitoring information reception response database 110 of FIG. = 1001) and transmitted to the management server 300.
The received management server 300 can easily grasp from which mobile phone 100b or the like the monitoring information reception response is received from the sequence ID (SEQID = 1001).
Therefore, the management server 300 continues to transmit monitoring information to a plurality of mobile phones 100b, etc. without waiting for a monitoring information reception response from the mobile phone 100b, etc., that sent the monitoring information, in the same manner as the notification request described above. The monitoring information can be transmitted quickly.

Next, it is assumed that a notification of monitoring information setting completion or the like is transmitted from the mobile phone 100b as shown in ST15 (an example of a terminal device side transmission step). Also at this time, the sequence ID (SEQID = 1001) is transmitted together.
That is, the mobile phone 100b transmits a completion or failure notification to the management server 300 together with the sequence ID based on the monitoring information setting completion notification database 111 shown in FIG.
The management server 300 can recognize the notification from the mobile phone 100b by the sequence ID (SEQID = 1001) transmitted together with the notification response and the monitoring information reception response described above.
Therefore, the management server 300 can grasp whether or not the monitoring information such as the radius of 5 km centered on the school transmitted to the mobile phone 100b in ST15 is set in the monitoring information database 108 in FIG. Report to the server 200.
That is, the control unit 308 of the management server 300 that has received the monitoring information setting completion notification and the sequence ID (SEQID = 1001) from the mobile phone 100b refers to the sequence ID conversion database 312 in FIG. 1001) is converted into a terminal ID (TERMID = T001) and a sequence number (SEQNO = 0001).
A notification such as monitoring information setting completion is transmitted to the application server 200 together with the terminal ID (TERMID = T001) and the sequence number (SEQNO = 0001) thus converted (ST16).

Therefore, the application server 200 does not have to receive information with the sequence ID from the management server 300 and convert the information into the original terminal ID and sequence number by itself, so that the information processing can be performed promptly.
On the other hand, the management server 300 and the mobile phone 100b and the like frequently communicate such as notification request, notification response, monitoring information transmission, monitoring information reception response, monitoring information setting completion notification, and the like. For this reason, it is easier to use a sequence ID (SEQID = 1001, etc.) as identification information of information from the mobile phone 100b or the like than to use a terminal ID and a sequence number, and quick processing is possible. .
As described above, by using different identification information between the application server 200 and the management server 300, and between the management server 300 and the mobile phone 100b or the like, the quickest and appropriate processing can be performed.
ST17, ST18, and ST19 are the same as ST14, ST15, and ST16 of the mobile phone 100b. Also in this case, the management server 300 can quickly and definitely recognize that the notification is from the mobile phone 100c by the sequence ID (SEQID = 1002).
As described above, according to the present embodiment, the management server 300 can simultaneously send notification requests and the like to a plurality of mobile phones 100b and 100c, and can simultaneously control a plurality of mobile phones 100b and the like. .

By the way, the management server 300 reporting to the application server 200 that the setting of monitoring information on the mobile phones 100b and 100c has been completed is a radius of 5 km centered on the school in the monitoring information temporary storage database 310 of FIG. Is deleted (ST20).
Then, after quickly setting the same monitoring information for a plurality of mobile phones 100b, 100c, each mobile phone 100b, 100c measures the position according to the monitoring information, and whether or not the mobile phone 100b, 100c is located in the zone. When the user goes out of the zone, report information to that effect is generated with reference to the report information database 113 in FIG. 6 and the like, and the parent (a) 's mobile phone is transmitted via the management server 300, the application server 200, etc. It will be reported to the telephone 100a.

(About programs and computer-readable recording media)
It is possible to use an error information determination program or the like for causing a computer to execute the above-described operation example information and terminal identification information generation step, management device side transmission step, terminal device side reception step, terminal device side transmission step, and the like.
Moreover, it can also be set as the computer-readable recording medium etc. which recorded such a terminal monitoring program.
A program storage medium used for installing these terminal monitoring programs and the like in a computer and making them executable by the computer is, for example, a flexible disk such as a floppy (registered trademark), a CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read Only Memory). , CD-Rs (Compact Disc-Recordables), CD-RWs (Compact Disc-Rewritables), DVDs (Digital Versatile Discs), etc., as well as semiconductor memories that store programs temporarily or permanently, magnetic It can be realized by a disk or a magneto-optical disk.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. Furthermore, the above-described embodiments may be combined with each other.

It is the schematic which shows the monitoring system concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the main hardware configurations etc. of the application server and management server of FIG. FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram illustrating main hardware configurations and the like of a parent (A) mobile phone and a child (I) (C) mobile phone in FIG. 1. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the main software structures etc. of an application server. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the main software structures etc. of a management server. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the main software structures of the mobile phone of the child (I) (C) of FIG. It is a schematic sequence chart which shows operation | movement etc. of a monitoring system. It is another schematic sequence chart which shows operation | movement etc. of a monitoring system.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Monitoring system, 11 ... Internet network, 12a, 12b, 12c ... Base station, 100a, 100b, 100c ... Mobile phone, 102 ... GPS management part, 103 ... Transmission / reception part 104 ... Display unit, 105 ... Operating unit, 106 ... Power control unit, 107 ... Central control unit, 108 ... Monitoring information database, 109 ... Notification response database, 110. .. Monitoring information reception response database, 111... Monitoring information setting completion notification database, 112... Sequence ID storage database, 113... Report information database, 200. Bus, 202 ... CPU, 203 ... RAM, 204 ... ROM, 205 ... Web management means, 206 ... operation Means, 207 ... Display means, 208 ... Web management part, 209 ... Operation part, 210 ... Display part, 211, 308, ... Control part, 212 ... Client mail address information database 213 ... Monitoring information database, 214 ... Terminal ID database, 215 ... Sequence number database, 216 ... Database such as mobile phone 100b status log, 300 ... Management server, 301 ... GPS Antenna, 302 ... receiving means, 303 ... communication antenna, 304 ... communication means, 305 ... storage means, 306 ... external interface, 307 ... power supply unit, 309 ... user authentication Database, 310... Monitoring information temporary storage database, 311... Monitoring information reception notification database , 312 ... Sequence ID conversion database, 313 ... Communication state notification generation database, 314 ... Notification request generation database, 315 ... Reception history database, 316 ... Monitoring information setting completion notification, etc. Database.

Claims (7)

Terminal information storage means for storing terminal information for transmission to each of a plurality of terminal devices;
Terminal information identification information storage means for storing terminal information identification information for identifying the terminal information;
Terminal device identification information storage means for storing terminal device identification information for identifying each of the plurality of terminal devices;
Information and terminal identification information generating means for generating information and terminal identification information based on the identification information of the terminal information and the terminal device identification information;
A management apparatus having a management apparatus side transmission means for transmitting the information and the terminal identification information together with the terminal information to the terminal apparatus;
Terminal device side receiving means for receiving the information, the terminal identification information and the terminal information;
Management device information storage means for storing management device information for transmission to the management device;
A terminal device comprising: a terminal device having terminal device-side transmission means for transmitting the received information and terminal identification information together with the management device information to the management device via the terminal device-side transmission device. system. The management device has an application server and a management server,
The application server includes application server side terminal information storage means for storing terminal information for transmission to the management server;
Identification information storage means for the terminal information;
The terminal device identification information storage means;
Application server side transmitting means for transmitting the terminal information to the management server together with the terminal information identification information and the terminal device identification information,
The management server receives the terminal information from the application server together with the identification information of the terminal information and the terminal device identification information;
The information and terminal identification information generating means;
The terminal management system according to claim 1, further comprising: information conversion means capable of converting the information and terminal identification information into the terminal information identification information and the terminal device identification information.   The terminal management system according to claim 2, wherein the terminal information is monitoring information of the management server for the terminal device or a notification request for the terminal device. Terminal information storage means for storing terminal information for transmission to each of a plurality of terminal devices;
Terminal information identification information storage means for storing terminal information identification information for identifying the terminal information;
Terminal device identification information storage means for storing terminal device identification information for identifying each of the plurality of terminal devices;
Information and terminal identification information generating means for generating information and terminal identification information based on the identification information of the terminal information and the terminal device identification information;
Management device side transmission means for transmitting the information and terminal identification information together with the terminal information to the terminal device;
A management apparatus comprising: a management apparatus side receiving unit configured to receive management apparatus information from the terminal apparatus together with the information and terminal identification information. Information of the management device and terminal identification information generating means generates information and terminal identification information from the terminal information in the terminal information storage means and the terminal information identification information in the terminal information identification information storage means, and A terminal identification information generation step;
A management device side transmission means for transmitting the information and terminal identification information together with the terminal information to each of a plurality of terminal devices;
A terminal device-side receiving step in which the terminal device-side receiving means of the terminal device receives the information, the terminal identification information, and the terminal information;
The terminal device side transmission step for the terminal device side transmission means of the terminal device to transmit the management device information stored in the management device information storage means to the management device together with the received information and terminal identification information A terminal management method comprising: In the computer, information on the management device and terminal identification information generating means generate information and terminal identification information from the terminal information in the terminal information storage means and the terminal information identification information in the terminal information identification information storage means. Information and terminal identification information generation step;
A management device side transmission means for transmitting the information and terminal identification information together with the terminal information to each of a plurality of terminal devices;
A terminal device-side receiving step in which the terminal device-side receiving means of the terminal device receives the information, the terminal identification information, and the terminal information;
The terminal device side transmission step for the terminal device side transmission means of the terminal device to transmit the management device information stored in the management device information storage means to the management device together with the received information and terminal identification information And a terminal management program for executing. In the computer, information on the management device and terminal identification information generating means generate information and terminal identification information from the terminal information in the terminal information storage means and the terminal information identification information in the terminal information identification information storage means. Information and terminal identification information generation step;
A management device side transmission means for transmitting the information and terminal identification information together with the terminal information to each of a plurality of terminal devices;
A terminal device-side receiving step in which the terminal device-side receiving means of the terminal device receives the information, the terminal identification information, and the terminal information;
The terminal device side transmission step for the terminal device side transmission means of the terminal device to transmit the management device information stored in the management device information storage means to the management device together with the received information and terminal identification information And a computer-readable recording medium on which a terminal management program for executing the above is recorded.

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