JP2005149222A - Message control device and message transmission control method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To control transmission of a message to a receiving terminal by considering conditions of a receiving side and a transmitting side and appropriately using the conditions of the receiving side and the transmitting side. <P>SOLUTION: A receiving-side condition and a transmitting-side condition are registered in a receiving-side condition database 23a and a transmitting-side condition database 23b, respectively. A message control part 26 selects at least one of the receiving-side condition and the transmitting-side condition as a use condition. The message control part 26 determines a transmission method of the message to the receiving terminal based on the selected use condition, and controls the transmission of the message according to the determination result. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a message control device and a message transmission control method.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a message distribution system that determines a message transmission / reception method and transmits a message based on a limit on the number of data characters and a character code in a receiving terminal has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1). Also, it is determined whether or not the file capacity is larger than the specified value designated by the user on the transmission side. If the file size is smaller than the designated value, the file is transmitted as it is. Has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 2).
JP 2003-158552 A JP 2002-259307 A

  However, the conventional message delivery system only determines the transmission / reception method based on the limit on the number of data characters and the character code in the receiving terminal. Further, in the conventional information processing apparatus, transmission is only controlled based on the file capacity specified by the transmission-side user. For this reason, it is impossible to control the transmission of messages to the receiving terminal by taking into account the conditions on both the receiving side and the transmitting side, or by using the conditions on the receiving side and the transmitting side depending on the situation.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to control the transmission of a message to a receiving terminal by considering the conditions on both the receiving side and the transmitting side, or by using the conditions on the receiving side and the transmitting side properly.

  The message control device according to the present invention includes a receiving-side condition storage unit that stores a receiving-side condition relating to a transmission method of a message when the terminal device becomes a receiving terminal, and a message when the terminal device becomes a transmitting terminal. The transmission-side condition storage means for storing the transmission-side condition relating to the transmission method to the receiving terminal, and at least one of the reception-side condition or the transmission-side condition is selected as the use condition used to determine the transmission method, and the selected Transmission control means for determining a transmission method of the message to the receiving terminal based on the use conditions and controlling the transmission of the message according to the determination result is provided.

  According to such a message control device, the receiving side condition regarding the transmission method of the message when the terminal device becomes the receiving terminal to the receiving terminal, and the transmission method of the message when the terminal device becomes the transmitting terminal Can be stored. Then, the message control device selects at least one of the stored reception-side conditions or transmission-side conditions as the use condition used for determining the transmission method, and sends the message to the message receiving terminal based on the selected use condition. Message transmission method can be determined, and message transmission can be controlled according to the determination result.

  Therefore, the message control apparatus can control the transmission of the message to the receiving terminal in consideration of the conditions of both the receiving side and the transmitting side by selecting both the receiving side condition and the transmitting side condition as usage conditions. Further, the message control device can control the transmission of the message to the receiving terminal by selecting either the receiving side condition or the transmitting side condition as the use condition, thereby selectively using the receiving side condition and the transmitting side condition.

  The transmission control means selects the use condition based on at least one of the priority order of the receiving terminal and the transmitting terminal, the priority order of the receiving side condition and the transmitting side condition, or the use condition designation by the receiving terminal or the transmitting terminal. It is preferable. According to this, the message control device can select the use condition in consideration of the priority order of the terminal device, the priority order of the reception side condition and the transmission side condition itself, and the request of the terminal device.

  In addition, the transmission control means, when the receiving side condition and the transmitting side condition are selected as the use conditions, the transmission method based on the receiving side condition (hereinafter referred to as “receiving side transmission method”) and the transmission method based on the transmitting side condition (hereinafter referred to as “transmission side condition”) When the “transmission side transmission method” is different, it is preferable to determine the transmission method of the message to the receiving terminal as the reception side transmission method and the transmission side transmission method. According to this, the message control device can control the transmission of the message to the receiving terminal by satisfying the conditions of both the receiving side and the transmitting side even when the receiving side transmission method and the transmitting side transmission method are different. .

  In addition, when the transmission method is determined to be the reception side transmission method and the transmission side transmission method, the transmission control means controls to transmit the message using either the reception side transmission method or the transmission side transmission method, and the transmission result is Based on the transmission method not used for transmission, the transmission of the message may be controlled. According to this, the message control apparatus can appropriately use the transmission method that was not used for transmission by utilizing the transmission result of the transmission method used for transmission.

  Further, it is preferable that the message control device includes a terminal information storage unit that stores the processing capability of the terminal device, and the transmission control unit determines a transmission method of the message to the receiving terminal based on the processing capability of the receiving terminal. . According to this, the message control apparatus can memorize | store the processing capability of a terminal device. Then, the message control device can control the transmission of the message to the receiving terminal in consideration of the stored processing capacity of the receiving terminal.

  In this case, if the receiving terminal cannot process the message transmitted by the transmission method determined based on the use condition, the transmission control unit determines the transmission method of the message to the receiving terminal based on the use condition. It is preferable to determine the method and the transmission method in which the receiving terminal can process the message. According to this, the message control apparatus can ensure that the receiving terminal can process the message even when the receiving terminal cannot process the message transmitted by the transmission method determined based on the use condition. Transmission to the receiving terminal can be controlled.

  In the message transmission control method according to the present invention, as a use condition used for determining a transmission method of a message to a receiving terminal, a receiving-side condition regarding a transmission method of a message to a receiving terminal when the terminal device becomes a receiving terminal, or , Selecting at least one of the transmission side conditions regarding the transmission method of the message to the reception terminal when the terminal device becomes the transmission terminal, and determining the transmission method of the message to the reception terminal based on the selected use condition; The transmission of the message is controlled according to the determination result.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to control the transmission of a message to a receiving terminal by considering the conditions on both the receiving side and the transmitting side, or by using the conditions on the receiving side and the transmitting side properly. it can.

〔Communications system〕
As shown in FIG. 1, the communication system 1 includes a first messaging system 10, a message control device 20, and a second messaging system 30. The communication system 1 is configured by connecting different systems, a first messaging system 10 and a second messaging system 30 via a message control device 20. In addition, there is no restriction | limiting in the connection method of the 1st messaging system 10 and the 2nd messaging system 30. FIG.

  The first messaging system 10 includes a mobile terminal 10a, a radio base station 10b, a mobile communication network 10c, and a message server 10d. The second messaging system 30 includes a multimedia messaging service (hereinafter referred to as “MMS”) terminal 30a, a radio base station 30b, a mobile communication network 30c, and an MMS relay / server 30d.

  The mobile terminal 10a connects to the mobile communication network 10c via the radio base station 10b and transmits / receives a message to / from the message server 10d. The mobile terminal 10a transmits and receives messages to and from the MMS terminal 30a and the message control device 20 via the message server 10d. The message server 10d transmits / receives a message to / from the MMS relay / server 30d via the message control device 20. The message server 10d transmits and receives messages to and from the mobile terminal 10a via the mobile communication network 10c. For example, an i-mode (registered trademark) server can be used as the message server 10d. For example, an i-mode (registered trademark) terminal can be used as the mobile terminal 10a.

  The MMS terminal 30a is connected to the mobile communication network 30c via the radio base station 30b and transmits / receives a message to / from the MMS relay / server 30d. The MMS terminal 310a transmits and receives messages to and from the mobile terminal 10a and the message control device 20 via the MMS relay / server 30d. The MMS relay / server 30d transmits and receives messages to and from the message server 10d via the message control device 20. The MMS relay / server 30d transmits and receives messages to and from the MMS terminal 30a via the mobile communication network 30c.

  The message control device 20 controls message transmission. The message control device 20 relays messages between the first messaging system 10 and the second messaging system 30. Hereinafter, a case where the MMS terminal 30a is a transmission terminal and the mobile terminal 10a is a reception terminal will be described as an example. The transmitting terminal is a terminal device that transmits a message, and the receiving terminal is a terminal device that receives a message.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the message control device 20 includes a message server interface 21, an MMS relay / server interface 22, a receiving condition database 23a, a transmitting condition database 23b, a terminal information database 24, a registration unit 25, A message control unit 26, a message storage unit 27, and an indirect transmission control unit 28.

  The message server interface 21 is an interface with the message server 10d. The MMS relay / server interface 22 is an interface with the MMS relay / server 30d. The message server interface 21 and the MMS relay / server interface 22 receive a control message from a terminal device such as the mobile terminal 10 a or the MMS terminal 30 a and input it to the registration unit 25.

  The control message received by the message control device 20 is registered in the condition notification message for notifying the reception side condition or the transmission side condition, the terminal information notification message for notifying the terminal information related to the terminal device, and the message control device 20. There is a reference message that inquires about the receiving side condition or the transmitting side condition. The condition notification message includes a reception side condition or a transmission side condition. The reception-side condition is a condition related to a method for transmitting a message to the receiving terminal when the terminal device becomes the receiving terminal. The transmission-side condition is a condition related to a transmission method of a message to the reception terminal when the terminal device becomes the transmission terminal.

  As a method for transmitting a message to a receiving terminal, for example, there are direct transmission and indirect transmission. Indirect transmission is a method in which a message addressed to a receiving terminal is stored in the message storage unit 27, the storage destination is notified to the receiving terminal, and when a message request is received from the receiving terminal, the stored message is transmitted to the receiving terminal. . The direct transmission is a method of transmitting a message addressed to the receiving terminal to the receiving terminal without storing the message in the message storage unit 27 and notifying the receiving terminal of the storage destination. The message storage unit 27 is a message storage unit that stores a message.

  The reception-side condition and the transmission-side condition include a determination condition for determining a transmission method and a transmission method specified when the determination condition is met. The decision conditions are, for example, message address, message format, presence / absence of data attached to the message, data format, message priority, message importance, character string included in the message, message capacity, etc. Use to set. The receiving side condition includes at least one of the message source address, the message format, the presence / absence of data attached to the message, the data format, the priority of the message, the importance of the message, and the character string included in the message. It is preferable to set using one. The transmission condition is preferably set using at least one of the priority of the message, the importance of the message, and a character string included in the message.

  The message address includes a transmission source address and a transmission destination address. The transmission source address is used for setting the reception side condition, and the transmission destination address is used for setting the transmission side condition. The message format includes multipart / mixed, multipart / related, multipart / alternative, and the like. The data attached to the message includes an attached file. Data formats include JPEG format and MPEG format. The message priority is the priority for sending a message. The importance of the message is the importance of the content of the message. The priority and importance of the message can be specified using control data indicating the priority and importance. As a specific character string included in the message, for example, a character string indicating priority and importance such as “urgent”, “emergency”, and “important” can be designated. The transmission method designates either direct transmission or indirect transmission. When data is attached to a message, the capacity of the message is the sum of the capacity of the message itself and the capacity of the attached data.

  For example, the receiving-side condition and the transmitting-side condition based on the address are “transmission source address“ @abc. xyz. com ”is included,“ send directly ”,“ destination address is “123 @ abc. xyz. com ", indirect transmission" can be set. As described above, the determination condition can be set for some or all of the addresses. The receiving side condition and the transmitting side condition based on the message format can be set as “indirect transmission when the format is“ multipart / mixed ”” or “direct transmission when the format is“ multipart / related ”. .

  The conditions on the receiving side and the sending side based on the presence or absence of data attached to the message and its format are “indirect transmission when a file is attached to the message”, “JPEG file is attached to the message. In this case, it can be set such as “direct transmission” or “indirect transmission when an MPEG file is attached to the message”.

  For the receiving side condition and the transmitting side condition based on the priority and importance of the message, when the control data indicating the priority and importance is, for example, three levels of “high, medium and low”, “priority is“ high ”. It can be set to “directly transmit when“ is ”or“ indirectly transmit when importance is “medium” or lower ”. As described above, the determination condition may be set by specifying the priority order or the importance level, or may be set by specifying the priority order or the threshold value of the importance level. The receiver condition based on the character string is "If the subject or text contains" Urgent "or" Urgent "text, send directly", "Subject or text contains" important "text You can set it to "Indirect transmission". As described above, the determination condition can be set by designating a part including a character string, such as a subject or a body.

  The determination condition may be set by combining a plurality of items. For example, the reception side condition and the transmission side condition are “transmission source address“ @abc. xyz. com ”is included and the priority is“ medium or lower ”,“ indirect transmission ”,“ destination address is “123 @ abc. xyz. com ”, and when the importance level is“ high ”, send directly”, “when the format is“ multipart / mixed ”and the subject or text contains the text“ Urgent ”, send directly ”And“ Indirect transmission when an MPEG file is attached to a message and the message capacity exceeds 1 kbyte ”can be set by combining a plurality of items.

  A plurality of receiving conditions can be set for one terminal device. Similarly, a plurality of transmission-side conditions can be set for one terminal device. In this case, the receiving condition is a priority order used for determining the transmission method and is given a priority order among the receiving condition of the terminal device. Similarly, the transmission side condition is given a priority order used for determining the transmission method, and the priority order in the transmission side condition of the terminal device is given. Hereinafter, the priority order in the reception-side condition of one terminal apparatus and the priority order in the transmission-side condition of one terminal apparatus are referred to as “intra-terminal priority order”. For example, it is possible to assign numbers to the reception-side conditions and the transmission-side conditions in descending order of intra-terminal priority.

  The terminal information notification message includes terminal information related to a terminal device such as the mobile terminal 10a or the MMS terminal 30a. The terminal information notification message includes, as terminal information, information for setting the processing capability of the terminal device, the priority order of the terminal device (hereinafter referred to as “setting information”), and the like. The processing capability of the terminal device includes, for example, a message format, a format of data attached to the message, and a processing capability related to the message capacity. The processing capability relating to the message format and the data format can be indicated by combining the message format and the data format with the types of processing possible for the message and data in that format. Further, the processing capacity relating to the message capacity can be indicated by combining the type of processing and the capacity of the message that can be processed. Examples of processing types include reception processing, display processing, and processing processing. The capacity of a message that can be displayed can be determined by the screen size that can be displayed, for example.

  The priority order of the terminal device is a priority order in which the reception-side condition and the transmission-side condition of the terminal device are selected as usage conditions. The use condition is a condition used for determining a transmission method of a message to a receiving terminal. The priority order of the terminal devices can be set according to the messaging system to which the terminal device subscribes, the type of service, the service fee to be paid, and the like. For example, when a telecommunications carrier that operates the first messaging system 10 also operates the message control device 20, the terminal device that subscribes to the first messaging system 10 is set to a higher priority, or the terminal device that has a high service fee. The higher priority can be set. Therefore, the setting information includes a messaging system to which the terminal device subscribes, a type of service, a service fee to be paid, and the like.

  The address of the message control device 20 is set as the transmission destination address of the control message. In the present embodiment, the message control device 20 accepts a notification or inquiry of the receiving condition, and is sent to a destination address of a condition notification message including the receiving condition or a reference message for inquiring the receiving condition. Is used. For the destination address of the condition notification message including the transmission side condition and the reference message for inquiring the transmission side condition, the “system @ sender domain” that the message control apparatus 20 accepts the notification and inquiry of the transmission side condition is used. Therefore, whether the condition notification message notifies the reception-side condition or the transmission-side condition, or whether the reference message inquires about the reception-side condition or the transmission-side condition, This can be determined based on the destination address of the reference message. As a transmission destination address of the terminal information notification message, “system @ message control device domain” in which the message control device 20 receives the terminal information is used.

  The receiving condition, the transmitting condition, or the terminal information is set in the body of the control message. In the body of the condition notification message, the reception side condition or the transmission side condition is set in the order of “transmission method, determination condition”. Further, the determination condition includes “message address, message format, presence / absence of data attached to the message or the format of the data, message priority, message importance, character string included in the message, character string "Part, message capacity". Further, when one terminal device notifies a plurality of reception-side conditions and a plurality of transmission-side conditions, an in-terminal priority is assigned to the reception-side conditions and transmission-side conditions included in the condition notification message. In this case, in the body of the condition notification message, the receiving side condition and the transmitting side condition and the in-terminal priority are set in the order of “transmission method, determination condition, in-terminal priority”. “*” Is set for items not used for the determination condition. An item for which “*” is set is not used as a determination condition and is not considered as a reception condition or a transmission condition.

  For example, when the body of a condition notification message whose destination address is set to “system @ recipient domain” is “directly abc@domain.com, *, *, *, *, *, *, *”, “The source address is“ abc @ domain. In the case of “com”, the reception side condition of “direct transmission” is indicated. If the body of the condition notification message is “indirect, *, *, MPEG, *, *, *, *, *,” or “receive indirectly when an MPEG file is attached to the message” And the sending condition. If the text of the condition notification message is "Direct, *, *, *, *, *, Urgent, Subject or text, *", "If the subject or text contains" Emergency ", send directly "Receiving side condition" and "transmitting side condition".

  Also, when the body of the condition notification message whose destination address is set to “system @ sender domain” is “directly abc@domain.com, *, MPEG, *, *, *, *, *”, “The destination address is“ abc @ domain. com ”and a direct transmission is performed when a JPEG format file is attached to the message. If the body of the condition notification message is "Direct, *, *, None, High, *, *, *, *", the condition of the receiving side such as "Send directly when there is no attached data and the priority is high" Indicates the sending side condition. When the message of the condition notification message is “indirect, *, *, *, medium or lower, *, *, *,> 1k”, “when priority is medium or lower and the message capacity exceeds 1 kbytes” , “Indirect transmission” indicates a reception side condition and a transmission side condition. If the text of the condition notification message is "Direct, *, *, None, *, *, Urgent, Subject or Body, *", "Subject or body contains the string" Urgent "and is attached to the message This indicates a reception-side condition or a transmission-side condition of “direct transmission when there is no data”. Thus, by setting the determination conditions included in the text of the condition notification message for a plurality of items, it is possible to indicate a determination condition that combines a plurality of items.

  Also, for example, when assigning numbers to the receiving-side conditions and the transmitting-side conditions in ascending order from the highest terminal priority, the condition notification message text is “directly *, *, *, *, high, *, In the case of *, *, 1), the receiving side condition and the transmitting side condition that “directly transmit when the importance is“ high ”” and the priority in the terminal of the receiving side condition and the transmitting side condition are the first. Yes, indicates the highest.

  The message server interface 21 and the MMS relay / server interface 22 obtain a control message from the registration unit 25 and transmit it to a terminal device such as the mobile terminal 10a or the MMS terminal 30a. The control messages transmitted by the message control device 20 include a reference response message and a confirmation message. The reference response message is a response to the reference message, and includes the reception-side conditions and transmission-side conditions of the terminal device that has received the inquiry, and the priority order within those terminals. The confirmation message is a message that the message control device 20 inquires about the notified reception side condition and transmission side condition.

  In addition, the message server interface 21 and the MMS relay / server interface 22 are received from the terminal device such as the mobile terminal 10a or the MMS terminal 30a, the access request to the portal site of the message control device 20 and the reception condition input page. The terminal condition, the terminal condition input on the terminal information notification page, and the confirmation result are received and input to the registration unit 25. The message server interface 21 and the MMS relay / server interface 22 obtain a reception condition setting page, a transmission setting page, a terminal information notification page, and a confirmation page from the registration unit 25, and a terminal such as the mobile terminal 10a or the MMS terminal 30a. Send to device.

  The reception-side condition setting page is a page for the terminal device to input and set the reception-side condition and notify the message control device 20. The transmission-side condition setting page is a page for the terminal device to input and set the transmission-side condition and notify the message control device 20. The reception-side condition setting page and the transmission-side condition setting page are configured so that determination conditions, transmission methods, and in-terminal priorities can be input. The terminal information notification page is a page for the terminal device to input the terminal information and notify the message control device 20. The terminal information notification page is configured so that terminal information can be input. The confirmation page is a page for the terminal device to confirm the set reception-side conditions, transmission-side conditions, and notified terminal information, and for the message control device 20 to inquire about the notified reception-side conditions and transmission-side conditions. . In the confirmation page, the receiving side condition and the transmitting side condition notified from the terminal device, the in-terminal priority, the terminal information, and the inquiry items about the receiving side condition and the transmitting side condition from the message control device 20 are shown. The confirmation result is a result of the terminal device confirming the confirmation page.

  Further, the MMS relay server interface 22 receives a message from the MMS terminal 30a to the mobile terminal 10a via the MMS relay / server 30d. The MMS relay / server interface 22 inputs the received message to the message control unit 26. The MMS relay / server interface 22 transmits, to the MMS terminal 30a, a delivery confirmation notification that notifies the transmitting terminal that the message has been transmitted to the mobile terminal 10a that is the receiving terminal. The MMS relay / server interface 22 acquires a delivery confirmation notification from the message control unit 26 and receives an instruction for transmission to the MMS terminal 30a. The MMS relay / server interface 22 transmits the acquired delivery confirmation notification to the MMS terminal 30a via the MMS relay / server 30d in accordance with an instruction from the message control unit 26.

  The message server interface 21 acquires a message from the MMS terminal 30a to the mobile terminal 10a and a message from the message control device 20 to the mobile terminal 10a from the message control unit 26 or the indirect transmission control unit 28, and transmits them to the mobile terminal 10a. Receive instructions. The message server interface 21 transmits the acquired message to the mobile terminal 10a via the message server 10d in accordance with an instruction from the message control unit 26 or the indirect transmission control unit 28. The message server interface 21 receives a request for a message stored in the message storage unit 27 from the mobile terminal 10 a and inputs the request to the indirect transmission control unit 28. The message server interface 21 receives a message delivery notification for notifying that a message has been transmitted to the mobile terminal 10a from the message server 10d. The message server interface 21 inputs the received message delivery notification to the message control unit 26.

  The receiving side condition database 23a is receiving side condition storing means for storing receiving side conditions. The receiving condition database 23a stores determination conditions, transmission methods, and in-terminal priorities as necessary in association with the addresses of the terminal devices. The transmission side condition database 23b is transmission side condition storage means for storing transmission side conditions. The transmission-side condition database 23b stores therein determination conditions, transmission methods, and in-terminal priorities as necessary in association with the addresses of the terminal devices.

  The terminal information database 24 is terminal information storage means for storing terminal information. The terminal information database 24 stores terminal information in association with the address of the terminal device. The terminal information database 24 stores terminal device processing capability, setting information, terminal device priority, and the like as terminal information. By providing the terminal information database 24, the message control device 20 can store the processing capability of the terminal device.

  The registration unit 25 acquires at least one of reception side conditions, transmission side conditions, or terminal information from a terminal device such as the mobile terminal 10a or the MMS terminal 30a, and receives the reception side condition database 23a, the transmission side condition database 23b, Alternatively, it is a registration means for registering in at least one of the terminal information database 24. The registration unit 25 acquires a condition notification message and a terminal information notification message from the message server interface 21 and the MMS relay / server interface 22. The registration unit 25 acquires terminal information from the condition notification message, the reception condition, the transmission condition, and the terminal information notification message. The registration unit 25 acquires the address of the terminal device from the source address of the condition notification message and the terminal information notification message. The registration unit 25 registers the receiving condition in the receiving condition database 23 a, the transmitting condition in the transmitting condition database 23 b, and the terminal information in the terminal information database 24 in association with the acquired terminal device address. As described above, the registration unit 25 acquires the reception-side condition and the transmission-side condition from the terminal device such as the mobile terminal 10a and the MMS terminal 30a by the condition notification message and the terminal information by the terminal information notification message.

  In addition, the registration unit 25 acquires an access request to the portal site from the message server interface 21 and the MMS relay / server interface 22. In the case of an access request designating the receiving condition setting menu of the portal site, the registration unit 25 displays the receiving condition setting page addressed to the terminal device that has made the access request, and the access request specifying the transmitting condition setting menu of the portal site. In the case of the message, the sending condition setting page addressed to the terminal device that has made the access request, and in the case of the access request specifying the terminal information notification menu of the portal site, the terminal information notification page addressed to the terminal device that has requested the access Input to the server interface 21 and the MMS relay / server interface 22 to instruct transmission to the terminal device.

  Then, the registration unit 25 receives, from the message server interface 21 and the MMS relay / server interface 22, the receiving condition input to the receiving condition setting page, the transmitting condition input to the transmitting condition setting page, or the terminal information notification page Get terminal information entered in. The registration unit 25 creates a confirmation page that indicates the acquired reception-side condition, the acquired transmission-side condition, or terminal information and requests the terminal device to confirm. The registration unit 25 inputs a confirmation page to the message server interface 21 and the MMS relay / server interface 22 and instructs transmission to the terminal device.

  The registration unit 25 acquires confirmation results from the message server interface 21 and the MMS relay / server interface 22. In the case of a confirmation result that there is no error in the reception side condition, the transmission side condition, and the terminal information, the registration unit 25 associates the reception side condition shown on the confirmation page with the reception side condition database 23a in association with the address of the terminal device. In addition, the transmission-side condition indicated on the confirmation page is registered in the transmission-side condition database 23b, and the terminal information indicated on the confirmation page is registered in the terminal information database 24. Since there is an error, the registration unit 25, in the case of a confirmation result of notifying the corrected reception-side condition, transmission-side condition, and terminal information, associates the corrected reception-side condition with the address of the terminal device. In the reception side condition database 23a, the corrected transmission side condition is registered in the transmission side condition database 23b, and the corrected terminal information is registered in the terminal information database 24. As described above, the registration unit 25 uses the receiving-side condition setting page to set the receiving-side condition and the transmitting-side condition setting page to set the transmitting-side condition from the terminal device such as the mobile terminal 10a or the MMS terminal 30a. The terminal information may be acquired by using the terminal information notification page.

  In addition, when the registration unit 25 acquires a plurality of reception-side conditions from one terminal device, when the registration unit 25 acquires a plurality of transmission-side conditions from one terminal device, It is determined whether there is no contradiction between the transmission-side conditions and the in-terminal priorities. When there is no contradiction, the registration unit 25 associates a plurality of receiving-side conditions and the in-terminal priority with the receiving-side condition database 23a in association with the address of the terminal device, and a plurality of transmitting-side conditions and the in-terminal priority. Is registered in the transmission side condition database 23b.

  When there is a contradiction, when a plurality of receiving-side conditions and a plurality of transmitting-side conditions are acquired by a plurality of condition notification messages, the registration unit 25 determines that the notified receiving-side conditions, transmitting-side conditions, and in-terminal priority are Because of the contradiction, a confirmation message for inquiring which condition or in-terminal priority is correct is created and input to the message server interface 21 and the MMS relay / server interface 22 to instruct transmission to the terminal device. In addition, when a plurality of reception-side conditions and a plurality of transmission-side conditions are acquired by using the reception-side condition setting page and the transmission-side condition setting page, the registration unit 25 sends the notified reception-side conditions and transmission-side conditions. Since the conditions and in-terminal priorities are inconsistent, a confirmation page for inquiring which conditions and in-terminal priorities are correct is created and input to the message server interface 21 and the MMS relay / server interface 22 to the terminal device. Instruct to send. Then, the registration unit 25 registers the correct reception-side conditions, transmission-side conditions, and in-terminal priorities in the reception-side condition database 23a and the transmission-side condition database 23b based on the response to the confirmation message and the confirmation result for the confirmation page. .

  Furthermore, the registration unit 25 sets the priority order of the terminal device based on the acquired setting information. The registration unit 25 registers the set priority order of the terminal device in the terminal information database 24 in association with the address of the terminal device.

  The registration unit 25 receives a reception-side condition, transmission-side condition, in-terminal priority, and terminal information for a terminal device for which reception-side conditions, transmission-side conditions, and terminal information are already registered. In the side condition database 23a, the transmission side condition database 23b, and the terminal information database 24, the newly acquired reception side condition, transmission side condition, in-terminal priority, and terminal information are registered and updated. Also, the registration unit 25 registers and updates the priority order of the terminal device set based on the newly acquired setting information in the terminal information database 24.

  The registration unit 25 acquires a reference message from the message server interface 21 and the MMS relay / server interface 22. The registration unit 25 searches the reception-side condition database 23a or the transmission-side condition database 23b on the basis of the transmission source address of the reference message, and receives the reception-side conditions of the terminal device that has made an inquiry and the priority within the terminal, or , Acquire the transmission-side condition and its in-terminal priority. The registration unit 25 creates a reference response message addressed to the inquiring terminal device, including the acquired receiving condition and its in-terminal priority, or transmitting condition and its in-terminal priority, and the message server interface 21 , Input to the MMS relay / server interface 22 and instruct transmission to the terminal device. In this way, the registration unit 25 moves the receiving-side conditions stored in the receiving-side condition database 23a and its in-terminal priority, or the transmitting-side conditions and its in-terminal priority stored in the transmitting-side condition database 23b. Notification is made to a terminal device such as the terminal 10a or the MMS terminal 30a. Therefore, the mobile terminal 10a and the MMS terminal 30a can refer to the reception-side conditions and transmission-side conditions registered in the message control device 20, and their intra-terminal priorities.

  The message control unit 26 selects at least one of the reception-side condition or the transmission-side condition as a use condition used for determining the transmission method, and determines a message transmission method to the receiving terminal based on the selected use condition. And transmission control means for controlling the transmission of the message according to the determination result. The message control unit 26 acquires a message from the MMS terminal 30a to the mobile terminal 10a from the MMS relay / server interface 22. First, the message control unit 26 selects a use condition. The message control unit 26 selects the use condition based on at least one of the priority order of the receiving terminal and the sending terminal, the priority order of the receiving side condition and the sending side condition, and the use condition designation by the receiving terminal or the sending terminal. Is preferred. According to this, the message control device 20 considers the priority of the terminal device such as the mobile terminal 10a and the MMS terminal 30a, the priority of the reception side condition and the transmission side condition itself, and the use condition in consideration of the request of the terminal device. Can be selected.

  When selecting based on the priority order of the receiving terminal and the transmitting terminal, the message control unit 26 searches the terminal information database 24 based on the transmission destination address of the acquired message, and acquires the priority order of the receiving terminal. Further, the message control unit 26 searches the terminal information database 24 based on the transmission source address of the message, and acquires the priority order of the transmission terminal. The message control unit 26 compares the acquired priority of the receiving terminal with the priority of the transmitting terminal. When the priority of the receiving terminal is high, the message control unit 26 selects the receiving side condition as the use condition. When the priority of the transmitting terminal is high, the message control unit 26 selects the transmission side condition as the use condition. When the priority order of the receiving terminal and the transmitting terminal is the same, the message control unit 26 selects the receiving side condition and the transmitting side condition as usage conditions.

  When selecting based on the priority order of the reception side condition and the transmission side condition, the message control apparatus 20 sets the priority order in advance which of the reception side condition or the transmission side condition is used. When the priority of the receiving condition is set high, the message control unit 26 searches the receiving condition database 23a based on the acquired transmission destination address of the message. If the receiving side condition is registered, the message control unit 26 selects the receiving side condition as a use condition. The message control unit 26 searches the transmission side condition database 24 based on the transmission source address of the acquired message only when the reception side condition is not registered. If the transmission side condition is registered, the message control unit 26 selects the transmission side condition as a use condition. Similarly, when the priority of the transmission side condition is set high, the message control unit 26 first checks whether the transmission side condition is registered in the transmission side condition database 23b, and the transmission side condition is registered. Then, the transmission side condition is selected as the use condition. The message control unit 26 selects the reception-side condition as the use condition only when the transmission-side condition is not registered and the reception-side condition is registered in the reception-side condition database 23a.

  Further, when selecting based on the priority order of the receiving side condition and the transmitting side condition, the message control unit 26 determines the priority order based on the contents of the receiving side condition and the transmitting side condition, and selects the use condition. Also good. For example, the message control unit 26 can determine the priority order of the reception-side condition and the transmission-side condition according to the items used for the reception-side condition and the transmission-side condition determination condition. In this case, the message control device 20 sets the priority order of items used for the determination condition. The message control unit 26 searches the reception condition database 23a based on the acquired transmission destination address of the message, and acquires the reception condition. Further, the message control unit 26 searches the transmission side condition database 23b based on the transmission source address of the message, and acquires the transmission side condition. The message control unit 26 compares the determination conditions of the receiving side condition and the transmitting side condition, determines that the item with the higher priority is higher in priority, and selects it as the usage condition. When the message control unit 26 determines that the priority order of the conditions is equal, the message control unit 26 selects the reception-side condition and the transmission-side condition as usage conditions. For example, when the priority is set higher than the message format, the receiving side condition defines the importance level, and the sending side condition defines the message format, The message control unit 26 selects only the receiving side condition as the use condition.

  When selecting based on designation of the use condition by the receiving terminal, the message control unit 26 inquires of the receiving terminal about the use condition when acquiring the message. At this time, the message control unit 26 acquires the source address of the acquired message, the format of the message, the presence / absence of data attached to the message, the format of the data, the priority of the message, the importance of the message, and the characters included in the message It is preferable to notify the receiving terminal about the column, the message capacity, and the like. The receiving terminal designates at least one of the receiving side condition or the transmitting side condition as a use condition as a response to the inquiry. When selecting based on designation of use conditions by the sending terminal, the sending terminal adds the use condition designation to the message and sends it. The message control unit 26 acquires a message including specification of use conditions by the transmission terminal. The message control unit 26 selects a condition specified by the receiving terminal or the transmitting terminal as a use condition.

  Next, the message control unit 26 determines a transmission method of the message to the receiving terminal based on the selected use condition. When the receiving side condition is selected as the use condition, the message control unit 26 searches the receiving side condition database 23a based on the message destination address, and acquires the receiving side condition when the mobile terminal 10a becomes the receiving terminal. To do. When there is one reception-side condition, the message control unit 26 compares the determination condition included in the reception-side condition with the message. When the message matches the determination condition, the message control unit 26 determines the transmission method included in the reception condition as the transmission method of the message to the mobile terminal 10a.

  When the transmission side condition is selected as the use condition, the message control unit 26 searches the transmission side condition database 23b based on the transmission source address of the message, and acquires the transmission side condition when the MMS terminal 30a becomes the transmission terminal. To do. When there is one transmission side condition, the message control unit 26 compares the determination condition included in the transmission side condition with the message. When the message matches the determination condition, the message control unit 26 determines the transmission method included in the transmission-side condition as the transmission method of the message to the mobile terminal 10a.

  Regardless of whether the reception side condition or the transmission side condition is selected, if the message does not match the determination condition, the message control unit 26 selects a transmission method other than the transmission method specified when the message matches the determination condition. The transmission method to the mobile terminal 10a is determined. That is, the message control unit 26 determines indirect transmission when the designated transmission method is direct transmission, and determines direct transmission when the designated transmission method is indirect transmission.

  For example, when the receiving-side condition or the transmitting-side condition is “directly send when the subject or text includes the character string“ emergency ””, the message control unit 26 sets the subject or text to “emergency”. If a character string is included and the message meets the determination conditions, direct transmission is determined. On the other hand, the message control unit 26 determines indirect transmission when the subject or text does not include the character string “urgent” and the message does not meet the determination condition.

  In addition, when a plurality of reception-side conditions or a plurality of transmission-side conditions are registered, the message control unit 26 determines a determination condition included in the reception-side condition or transmission-side condition having the highest intra-terminal priority, and a message. Compare. When the message matches a receiving-side condition or a transmitting-side condition determination condition with the highest in-terminal priority, the message control unit 26 sets the transmission method included in the receiving-side condition or transmitting-side condition to the mobile terminal of the message. The transmission method to 10a is determined. If the message does not match the determination condition of the receiving side condition or the transmitting side condition with the highest in-terminal priority, the message control unit 26 determines the receiving condition or the transmitting condition condition with the next highest in-terminal priority and the message. And compare. As described above, the message control unit 26 compares the determination condition included in the reception-side condition or the transmission-side condition with the message in the order of the in-terminal priority order of the reception-side condition or the transmission-side condition. Then, when the message matches the determination condition, the message control unit 26 determines the transmission method included in the reception-side condition or transmission-side condition as the transmission method of the message to the mobile terminal 10a.

  If the message does not match the determination condition of the reception side or transmission condition with the lowest in-terminal priority, the message control unit 26 matches the determination condition of the reception side or transmission condition with the highest in-terminal priority. The transmission method other than the transmission method specified in this case is determined as the transmission method of the message to the mobile terminal 10a. If the message does not match any of the determination conditions, the message control unit 26 determines a predetermined default transmission method or determines a transmission method using a condition that is not selected. Also good.

  When both the reception side condition and the transmission condition are selected as usage conditions, the message control unit 26 first selects the reception side condition, and based on the reception side condition in the same manner as when the transmission side condition is selected. The transmission method on the reception side and the transmission method on the transmission side based on the transmission condition are determined. When the reception side transmission method and the transmission side transmission method match, the message control unit 26 determines the matching transmission method as the transmission method of the message to the mobile terminal 10a. On the other hand, when the reception side transmission method and the transmission side transmission method are different, the message control unit 26 determines the reception side transmission method and the transmission side transmission method as the transmission method of the message to the mobile terminal 10a. According to this, the message control device 20 satisfies the conditions of both the reception side and the transmission side, even if there is a conflict between the reception side transmission method and the transmission side transmission method, and sends the message to the reception terminal. Transmission can be controlled.

  For example, the message control unit 26 determines indirect transmission when both the reception side transmission method and the transmission side transmission method are indirect transmission, and directly transmits when both the reception side transmission method and the transmission side transmission method are direct transmission. To decide. In addition, when the receiving side transmission method is indirect transmission and the transmitting side transmission method is direct transmission, the message control unit 26 determines indirect transmission and direct transmission, and the receiving side transmission method is direct transmission. When the side transmission method is indirect transmission, direct transmission and indirect transmission are determined.

  Furthermore, it is preferable that the message control unit 26 determines the transmission method of the message to the receiving terminal based on the processing capability of the receiving terminal in addition to the usage conditions. According to this, the message control device 20 can control the transmission of the message to the receiving terminal in consideration of the processing capability of the receiving terminal. In this case, the message control unit 26 first determines a transmission method based on use conditions. Next, the message control unit 26 searches the terminal information database 24 based on the transmission destination address of the message, and acquires the processing capability of the mobile terminal 10a that is the receiving terminal. The message control unit 26 determines whether or not the mobile terminal 10a can process a message transmitted by the transmission method determined based on the use conditions based on the acquired processing capability.

  If the message control unit 26 determines that the message can be processed, the message control unit 26 determines the transmission method determined based on the use conditions as it is as the transmission method to the mobile terminal 10a. On the other hand, if the message control unit 26 determines that the message cannot be processed, the transmission method determined based on the use conditions and the transmission method by which the mobile terminal 10a, which is the receiving terminal, can process the message are set as the mobile terminal of the message. The transmission method to 10a is determined. According to this, the message control device 20 is configured so that even if the receiving terminal cannot process the message transmitted by the transmission method determined based on the use conditions, the message can be processed by the receiving terminal without fail. Can be transmitted to the receiving terminal.

  For example, if the receiving terminal can process a message transmitted by either direct transmission or indirect transmission, if the transmission method determined based on the usage conditions is indirect transmission, the message control section 26 sets the usage conditions to indirect transmission. If the transmission method determined based on this is direct transmission, direct transmission is determined. When the message control unit 26 cannot process a message transmitted by direct transmission but can process a message transmitted by indirect transmission, the transmission method determined based on the use conditions is direct transmission. In this case, direct transmission and indirect transmission are determined.

  The definition that the message can be processed can be appropriately set in the message control device 20. For example, when it is determined based on the message format that it is possible to process that all types of processing are possible, that it is possible to process even one type of processing that can be received, and that reception processing can be processed It is possible to define that it is possible to process that all processing is possible, that it is possible to process the entire message, that it is possible to process a part of the message, and that it can be processed. In this way, the definition that processing is possible can be set using the type of processing, the target processing capability, the whole or part of the message, and the like. In the present embodiment, it is possible to process that the entire message can be received and displayed.

  When the determined transmission method is direct transmission, the message control unit 26 inputs the message addressed to the mobile terminal 10a acquired from the MMS relay / server interface 22 to the message server interface 21 and instructs transmission to the mobile terminal 10a. . As a result, the message is transmitted directly to the mobile terminal 10a.

  When the determined transmission method is indirect transmission, the message control unit 26 stores the message addressed to the mobile terminal 10a acquired from the MMS relay / server interface 22 in the message storage unit 27 in association with the address indicating the storage destination. The message storage unit 27 holds a message in association with an address indicating a storage destination. As an address indicating the storage destination, a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) address can be used. Then, the message control unit 26 notifies the mobile terminal 10a of the storage destination and notifies that the message has been stored. Specifically, the message control unit 26 creates a URL notification message that notifies the mobile terminal 10a of the URL address storing the message. The message control unit 26 inputs the created URL notification message to the message server interface 21 and instructs transmission to the mobile terminal 10a. As a result of these processes, the mobile terminal 10a can grasp the storage location and request a message, the stored message is transmitted from the message control device 20, and the message is indirectly transmitted to the mobile terminal 10a.

  When the determined transmission method is direct transmission or indirect transmission, the message control unit 26 performs control so that the entire message is transmitted by both direct transmission and indirect transmission. Alternatively, the message control unit 26 may control to directly transmit a portion that can be processed by the receiving terminal by direct transmission and indirectly transmit the entire message or a portion that cannot be processed by the receiving terminal by direct transmission.

  Further, the message control unit 26 controls the transmission of the message using either the reception side transmission method or the transmission side transmission method, and controls the transmission of the message by the transmission method not used for the transmission based on the transmission result. May be. For example, when one of the reception side transmission method and the transmission side transmission method is direct transmission and the other is indirect transmission, the message control unit 26 first transmits the entire message directly. If there is a part that the receiving terminal could not process by direct transmission, the message control unit 26 controls to transmit the entire message or a part that could not be processed by indirect transmission that was not used for transmission. When the receiving terminal can process the entire message by direct transmission, the message control unit 26 performs control so that indirect transmission not used for transmission is not performed.

  According to these, the receiving terminal can acquire the part that cannot be processed and the whole message by indirect transmission when the part that cannot be processed by direct transmission is included in the message or the whole message cannot be processed by direct transmission. You can get the whole message as Further, in the case of controlling message transmission based on the transmission result, the message control device 20 utilizes the transmission result by the transmission method used for transmission, and does not use only the part that could not be processed for transmission. If the message is transmitted by the method or the entire message can be processed, it can be controlled not to transmit the message by the transmission method not used for transmission, and the transmission method not used for transmission can be used appropriately.

  The message control unit 26 inputs the entire message or a part that can be processed by direct transmission to the message server interface 21 and instructs transmission to the mobile terminal 10a. Further, the message control unit 26 stores the entire message or a part that cannot be processed by direct transmission in the message storage unit 27 in association with the address indicating the storage destination, and notifies the mobile terminal 10a of the storage destination. At this time, the message control unit 26 acquires the terminal information of the mobile terminal 10a from the terminal information database 24, and determines the part of the message that can be processed by the mobile terminal 10a based on the acquired terminal information. When storing the entire message, the message control unit 26 also stores the portion that can be processed in the message storage unit 27.

  In this way, the message control unit 26 controls message transmission according to the determined message transmission method to the mobile terminal 10a. The message control unit 26 acquires the terminal information of the mobile terminal 10a from the terminal information database 24, converts the message so that the mobile terminal 10a can process based on the acquired terminal information, and then the message server interface 21. Or may be stored in the message storage unit 27. For example, the message control unit 26 converts the format of the message and the format of the data attached to the message into a format that can be processed by the mobile terminal 10a, or the capacity that allows the mobile terminal 10a to receive and display the message. Or convert to

  The indirect transmission control unit 28 controls transmission of messages stored in the message storage unit 27. When receiving a message request from the receiving terminal, the indirect transmission control unit 28 controls to transmit the stored message to the receiving terminal. The indirect transmission control unit 28 acquires a request for a message stored in the message storage unit 27 from the mobile terminal 10a from the message server interface 21. Specifically, the indirect transmission control unit 28 acquires a URL browsing request. The URL browsing request is for requesting a message stored in association with the URL address, and includes a URL address indicating the storage destination of the message. The indirect transmission control unit 28 searches the message storage unit 27 based on the URL address included in the URL browsing request, and acquires a message addressed to the mobile terminal 10a. Then, the indirect transmission control unit 28 inputs the acquired message addressed to the mobile terminal 10a to the message server interface 21 and instructs transmission to the mobile terminal 10a. Further, the indirect transmission control unit 28 notifies the message control unit 26 that the message has been transmitted to the mobile terminal 10a.

  The URL browsing request may include a notification from the mobile terminal 10a to the message control device 20 regarding a portion that the mobile terminal 10a can process by direct transmission. In this case, the indirect transmission control unit 28 inputs only the unprocessable part to the message server interface 21 except for the part that can be processed from the message stored in the message storage unit 27, and transmits the message to the mobile terminal 10a. Instruct. Further, the indirect transmission control unit 28 stores in the message storage unit 27 where the notified processable part is.

  In the case of direct transmission, the message control unit 26 acquires a message delivery notification from the message server interface 21. In the case of indirect transmission, the message control unit 26 receives notification from the indirect transmission control unit 28 that the message has been transmitted to the mobile terminal 10a. Thus, when the message control device 20 receives a message delivery notification or transmits a message stored in the message storage unit 27 to the mobile terminal 10a, the message control unit 26 sends a delivery confirmation notification to the MMS terminal 30a. create. When both direct transmission and indirect transmission are performed, the message control unit 26 may create both a delivery confirmation notification when performing direct transmission and a delivery confirmation notification when performing indirect transmission. Only one of them may be created. The message control unit 26 inputs the created delivery confirmation notification to the MMS relay / server interface 22 and instructs transmission to the MMS terminal 30a.

  When a message is transmitted from the mobile terminal 10a to the MMS terminal 30a, the same processing as described above is performed except that the processing direction is changed from the mobile terminal 10a to the MMS terminal 30a.

  Next, the terminal device will be described taking the mobile terminal 10a as an example. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the mobile terminal 10 a includes a communication unit 11, a control unit 12, a storage unit 13, an input unit 14, and a display unit 15. Note that the MMS terminal 30a has the same configuration as the mobile terminal 10a.

  The communication unit 11 is connected to the mobile communication network 10c via the radio base station 10b, and transmits and receives messages and the like with the message server 10d. And the communication part 11 transmits / receives a message etc. with the MMS terminal 30a or the message control apparatus 20 via the message server 10d. Specifically, the communication unit 11 transmits / receives a message to / from another terminal device such as a mobile terminal or the MMS terminal 30a. The communication unit 11 acquires and transmits a message from the control unit 12 to another terminal device. The communication unit 11 receives a message from another terminal device transmitted from the message control device 20 by direct transmission or indirect transmission, and inputs the message to the control unit 12. Further, the communication unit 11 acquires a condition notification message, a terminal information notification message, and a reference message from the control unit 12 and transmits them to the message control device 20. The communication unit 11 receives a reference response message and a confirmation message from the message control device 20 and inputs them to the control unit 12.

  Further, the communication unit 11 inputs from the control unit 12 to the portal site access request, the receiving side condition input to the receiving side condition setting page, the transmitting side condition input to the transmitting side condition setting page, and the terminal information notification page Terminal information and confirmation results are acquired and transmitted to the message control device 20. The communication unit 11 receives a reception-side condition setting page, a transmission-side condition setting page, a terminal information notification page, and a confirmation page from the message control device 20 and inputs them to the control unit 12. In addition, the communication unit 11 acquires a use condition designation and a URL browsing request from the control unit 12 and transmits them to the message control device 20. The communication unit 11 receives an inquiry about the use conditions from the message control device 20 and inputs it to the control unit 12.

  The storage unit 13 stores reception side conditions, transmission side conditions, terminal information of the mobile terminal 10a, an address of the mobile terminal 10a, and the like. The input unit 14 acquires the input content from the user of the mobile terminal 10 a and inputs it to the control unit 12. The user uses the input unit 14 to input the receiving side condition, transmitting side condition, terminal information, use condition designation, notification of the part that can be processed, instructions to the mobile terminal 10a, and the like to the mobile terminal 10a. The input unit 14 can use a key, a microphone, or the like. The display unit 15 displays messages, various pages, input contents from the input unit 14, information stored in the storage unit 13, and the like. The display unit 15 can use a display or the like.

  The control unit 12 controls the mobile terminal 10a. The control unit 12 is a notification unit that notifies the message control device 20 of reception side conditions, transmission side conditions, terminal information, and the like. When notifying using the control message, the control unit 12 creates a condition notification message and a terminal information notification message. The control unit 12 acquires the receiving side condition and the transmitting side condition input by the user from the input unit 14. The control unit 12 creates a condition notification message including the acquired reception-side condition and a condition notification message including the transmission-side condition. The control unit 12 acquires the address and terminal information of the mobile terminal 10a from the storage unit 13. The control unit 12 creates a terminal information notification message including the acquired terminal information. The control unit 12 sets the address of the message control device 20 as the transmission destination address of the condition notification message and the terminal information notification message, and sets the address of the mobile terminal 10a as the transmission source address. The address of the message control device 20 is selected according to the contents to be notified.

  The control unit 12 inputs the created condition notification message and terminal information notification message to the communication unit 11 and instructs transmission to the message control device 20. In this way, the control unit 12 notifies the message control device 20 of the reception side condition, the transmission side condition, and the terminal information. Further, the control unit 12 stores the reception side condition and the transmission side condition acquired from the input unit 14 in the storage unit 13.

  When notifying using the reception side condition setting page, the transmission side condition setting page, and the terminal information notification page, the control unit 12 starts the browser and accesses the portal site of the message control device 20. Specifically, the control unit 12 inputs an access request to the portal site specifying any of the reception side condition setting menu, the transmission side condition setting menu, or the terminal information notification menu of the portal site to the communication unit 11 and sends a message Instructs transmission to the control device 20. Then, as a response to the access request, the message control device 20 transmits a reception side condition setting page, a transmission side condition setting page, or a terminal information notification page.

  The control unit 12 acquires a reception-side condition setting page, a transmission-side condition setting page, or a terminal information notification page from the communication unit 11 and inputs the acquired information to the display unit 15. The user inputs the receiving condition from the input unit 14 to the receiving condition setting page displayed on the display unit 15. The user inputs the transmission side condition from the input unit 14 to the transmission side condition setting page displayed on the display unit 15. The user inputs terminal information from the input unit 14 to the terminal information page displayed on the display unit 15. The control unit 12 acquires and communicates, from the input unit 14, the reception-side condition input by the user on the reception-side condition setting page, the transmission-side condition input on the transmission-side condition setting page, and the terminal information input on the terminal information page. Input to the unit 11 to instruct transmission to the message control device 20.

  Thereafter, the message control device 20 transmits a confirmation page. The control unit 12 acquires a confirmation page from the communication unit 11 and inputs the confirmation page to the display unit 15. The user confirms the reception side condition, the transmission side condition, and the terminal information shown on the confirmation page displayed on the display unit 15, and inputs the confirmation result from the input unit 14. The control unit 12 acquires a confirmation result from the input unit 14. For example, the control unit 12 confirms that there is no error in the reception-side condition, the transmission-side condition, and the terminal information, and the confirmation result that the corrected reception-side condition, transmission-side condition, and terminal information are notified because there is an error. Get etc. The control unit 12 inputs the acquired confirmation result to the communication unit 11 and instructs transmission to the message control device 20. In this way, the control unit 12 notifies the message control device 20 of the reception side condition, the transmission side condition, and the terminal information. Further, the control unit 12 stores the reception side condition, the transmission side condition, and the terminal information notified to the message control device 20 in the storage unit 13.

  When the mobile terminal 10a wants to register a plurality of reception-side conditions or a plurality of transmission-side conditions in the message control device 20, the mobile terminal 10a transmits a plurality of condition notification messages, a reception-side condition setting page, or a transmission-side condition setting Enter multiple receiving and sending conditions on the page. When transmitting the condition notification message, the user inputs the receiving condition and its in-terminal priority, and the transmitting condition and its in-terminal priority from the input unit 14. Then, the control unit 12 acquires from the input unit 14 the reception-side condition and the in-terminal priority, and the transmission-side condition and the in-terminal priority that are input by the user. The control unit 12 assigns the in-terminal priority to the receiving-side condition and the transmitting-side condition, and the condition notification includes the receiving-side condition to which the in-terminal priority is assigned or the transmitting-side condition to which the in-terminal priority is assigned. Create a message.

  In addition, when inputting to the reception-side condition setting page and the transmission-side condition setting page, the user enters the reception-side condition and the transmission-side condition setting page displayed on the display unit 15 from the input unit 14. Input the in-terminal priority, the transmission condition and the in-terminal priority. Then, the control unit 12 acquires from the input unit 14 the reception-side conditions and in-terminal priorities input by the user on the reception-side condition setting page, and the transmission-side conditions and in-terminal priorities input to the transmission side condition setting page. And input to the communication unit 11 to instruct transmission to the message control device 20.

  At this time, since the notified receiving-side condition, transmitting-side condition, and in-terminal priority are inconsistent, the message control device 20 transmits a confirmation message or a confirmation page inquiring which condition or in-terminal priority is correct. There is a case. In this case, the user selects the correct receiving-side condition, transmitting-side condition, and in-terminal priority from the receiving-side condition, transmitting-side condition, and in-terminal priority indicated in the confirmation message or confirmation page, and the confirmation result Input from the input unit 14. The control unit 12 inputs the confirmation result to the communication unit 11 and instructs transmission to the message control device 20. Further, the control unit 12 stores the reception side condition, the transmission side condition, and the intra-terminal priority notified to the message control device 20 in the storage unit 13. Note that the mobile terminal 10a may notify the message control device 20 of all of the reception side conditions, the transmission side conditions, and the terminal information, or may notify only the conditions and information desired to be registered. Furthermore, the mobile terminal 10a does not need to notify the conditions and information at all when it does not wish to control the message transmission based on the receiving side condition, the transmitting side condition, and the terminal information.

  Further, the control unit 12 creates a reference message, sets the address of the mobile terminal 10 a as a transmission source address, inputs it to the communication unit 11, and instructs transmission to the message control device 20. And the message control apparatus 20 transmits a reference response message as a response with respect to a reference message. The control unit 12 acquires the reference response message from the communication unit 11 and inputs the reception side condition and the transmission side condition included in the reference response message to the display unit 15. The user can confirm the reception-side conditions and transmission-side conditions registered in the message control device 20 by confirming the reception-side conditions and transmission-side conditions displayed on the display unit 15. In this way, the mobile terminal 10a can refer to the reception side condition and the transmission side condition registered in the message control device 20.

  In addition, the control unit 12 may add the designation of use conditions to the message to be transmitted and input the message to the communication unit 11. When the control unit 12 obtains a use condition inquiry from the communication unit 11, the control unit 12 inputs the use condition specification to the communication unit 11 and instructs transmission to the message control device 20.

  The control unit 12 acquires a message from another terminal device such as the MMS terminal 30a from the communication unit 11. The control unit 12 inputs the acquired message to the display unit 15. In addition, the control unit 12 stores the acquired message in the storage unit 13. The mobile terminal 10a receives and displays messages as much as possible according to its processing capability.

  Further, the control unit 12 acquires a URL notification message from the message control device 20 from the communication unit 11. The control unit 12 performs a URL browsing operation. The URL browsing operation is to display the URL address included in the acquired URL notification message on the display unit 15 or start the web browser, request the message stored in the URL address, receive it, and display it. This is the process to do. Then, the control unit 12 creates a URL browsing request and inputs it to the communication unit 11 to instruct transmission to the message control device 20. The control unit 12 may create a URL browsing request including a notification of a portion that the mobile terminal 10a can process by direct transmission. In this embodiment, since it is defined that the entire message can be received and displayed, the control unit 12 creates a URL browsing request including a notification of the part that has been received and displayed. To do.

  Then, when the entire message is stored in the message control unit 27, the mobile terminal 10a can acquire the entire message including a portion that cannot be processed by direct transmission. In addition, when the mobile terminal 10a stores only the part that cannot be processed by direct transmission in the message storage unit 27 or when the part that can be processed is notified, the mobile terminal 10a cannot process the part that cannot be processed by direct transmission. Only the part can be acquired.

[Message transmission control method]
First, the reception side condition, transmission side condition, terminal information notification, and registration procedure in the message transmission control method will be described. FIG. 4 shows a case where the mobile terminal 10a notifies the receiving side condition using the condition notification message. First, the mobile terminal 10a transmits a condition notification message to the message control device 20 to the message server 10d (S101). The condition notification message includes the receiving condition and, if necessary, the in-terminal priority. The message server 10d notifies the mobile terminal 10a that the condition notification message has been received (S102). The condition notification message is once stored in the message server 10d (S103). Thereafter, the message server 10d transmits a condition notification message to the message control device 20 (S104). The message control device 20 notifies the message server 10d that the condition notification message has been received (S105). The message control device 20 registers the receiving condition and the in-terminal priority included in the received condition notification message in the receiving condition database 23a (S106).

  FIG. 5 shows a case where the mobile terminal 10a notifies the reception side condition using the reception side condition setting page. First, the mobile terminal 10a accesses the reception side condition setting menu of the portal site of the message control device 20 (S201). The message control device 20 transmits the receiving side condition setting page to the mobile terminal 10a (S202). The mobile terminal 10a inputs the receiving-side conditions and, if necessary, the in-terminal priority order to the receiving-side condition setting page, and transmits them to the message control device 20 (S203). The message control device 20 creates a confirmation page using the received receiving condition and in-terminal priority, and transmits it to the mobile terminal 10a (S204). The mobile terminal 10a confirms the receiving-side condition and the in-terminal priority order shown on the confirmation page, and transmits the confirmation result to the message control device 20 (S205).

  In the case of the confirmation result that there is no error, the message control device 20 registers the receiving-side conditions and the in-terminal priorities shown in the confirmation page in the receiving-side condition database 23a in association with the address of the mobile terminal 10a. . Since there is an error, the message control device 20 confirms that the corrected receiving-side condition and the intra-terminal priority are notified, in association with the address of the mobile terminal 10a, The in-terminal priority is registered in the receiving condition database 23a (S206).

  FIG. 6 shows a case where the MMS terminal 30a notifies the transmission side condition using the condition notification message. First, the MMS terminal 30a transmits a transmission request (MM1_M_submit.REQ) requesting transmission of a condition notification message to the message control device 20 to the MMS relay / server 30d (S301). The transmission request includes a condition notification message including a transmission-side condition and, if necessary, an in-terminal priority. The condition notification message is once stored in the MMS relay / server 30d (S302). The MMS relay / server 30d transmits a transmission response (MM1_M_submit.RES) notifying that the transmission request has been received to the MMS terminal 30a (S303).

  Thereafter, the MMS relay / server 30d transmits a condition notification message to the message control device 20 using MM4_Forward.REQ (S304). The message control device 20 notifies the MMS relay / server 30d that the condition notification message has been received (S305). Further, the message control device 20 transmits a transmission response notifying that the transmission-side condition included in the received condition notification message is registered to the MMS relay / server 30d using MM4_Forward.RES (S306). The MMS relay / server 30d notifies the message control device 20 that the transmission response has been received (S307). The message control device 20 registers the transmission-side conditions and the in-terminal priorities included in the received condition notification message in the transmission-side condition database 23b (S308).

  FIG. 7 shows a case where the MMS terminal 30a notifies the transmission side condition using the transmission side condition setting page. First, the MMS terminal 30a accesses the transmission side condition setting menu of the portal site of the message control device 20 (S401). The message control device 20 transmits the transmission side condition setting page to the MMS terminal 30a (S402). The MMS terminal 30a inputs the transmission-side condition and, if necessary, the in-terminal priority order to the transmission-side condition setting page, and transmits it to the message control device 20 (S403). The message control device 20 creates a confirmation page using the received transmission-side conditions and intra-terminal priority, and transmits it to the MMS terminal 30a (S404). The MMS terminal 30a confirms the transmission-side condition and the in-terminal priority order shown on the confirmation page, and transmits the confirmation result to the message control apparatus 20 (S405).

  In the case of the confirmation result that there is no error, the message control device 20 registers the transmission-side condition and the in-terminal priority shown in the confirmation page in the transmission-side condition database 23b in association with the address of the MMS terminal 30a. In the case of a confirmation result that the message control apparatus 20 notifies the corrected transmission-side conditions and in-terminal priorities because there is an error, the message control apparatus 20 associates with the address of the MMS terminal 30a and associates the transmission-side conditions and in-terminal priorities. The rank is registered in the transmission side condition database 23b (S406).

  In FIG. 4, when the mobile terminal 10a notifies the transmission side condition, the condition notification message includes the transmission side condition, and the transmission side condition is registered in the transmission side condition database 23b. In FIG. 6, when the MMS terminal 30a notifies the receiving side condition, the condition notification message includes the receiving side condition, and the receiving side condition is registered in the receiving side condition database 23a. In FIG. 5, when the mobile terminal 10a notifies the transmission side condition, the transmission side condition setting page and the transmission side condition are transmitted and received instead of the reception side condition setting page, and the transmission side condition database 23b transmits the transmission side condition. The condition is registered. In FIG. 7, when the MMS terminal 30a notifies the reception-side condition, the reception-side condition setting page and the reception-side condition are transmitted and received instead of the transmission-side condition setting page, and the reception-side condition is stored in the reception-side condition database 23a. be registered.

  4 and 6, when terminal information is notified and registered, a terminal information notification message is transmitted and received instead of the condition notification message. 5 and 7, when the terminal information is notified and registered, the message control device 20 transmits a terminal information notification page instead of the reception-side condition setting page or the transmission-side condition setting page, and the mobile terminal 10a or The MMS terminal 30a transmits terminal information. Then, the message control device 20 registers the received terminal information in the terminal information database 24.

  Next, a message transmission / reception procedure in the message transmission control method performed after registration of the reception side condition, the transmission side condition, and the terminal information will be described. As shown in FIG. 8, first, the MMS terminal 30a transmits a transmission request (MM1_M_submit.REQ) requesting transmission of a message to the mobile terminal 10a to the MMS relay / server 30d (S501). The transmission request includes a message addressed to the mobile terminal 10a. The message is stored once in the MMS relay / server 30d (S502). The MMS relay / server 30d transmits a transmission response (MM1_M_submit.RES) notifying that the transmission request has been received to the MMS terminal 30a (S503).

  The MMS relay / server 30d transmits to the message control device 20 a transfer request (MM4_Forward.REQ) requesting transfer of the message to the mobile terminal 10a (S504). The transfer request includes a message addressed to the mobile terminal 10a. The message control device 20 notifies the MMS relay / server 30d that the transfer request has been received (S505). Further, the message control device 20 receives the message and transmits a transfer response (MM4_Forward.RES) notifying that the transfer has been accepted to the MMS relay / server 30d (S506). The MMS relay / server 30d notifies the message control device 20 that the transfer response has been received (S507).

  The message control device 20 selects at least one of the reception side condition or the transmission side condition as the use condition, and determines the transmission method of the received message to the mobile terminal 10a based on the selected use condition (S508). Note that the message control device 20 may determine the transmission method using terminal information in addition to the use conditions. If the determined transmission method is direct transmission or direct transmission and indirect transmission, the message control device 20 transmits a message addressed to the mobile terminal 10a to the message server 10d. As a result, the message control device 20 performs an incoming call notification for notifying the message server 10d that a message addressed to the mobile terminal 10a has arrived (S509). The message server 10d notifies the message control device 20 that the message has been received (S510). The message addressed to the mobile terminal 10a is once stored in the message server 10d (S511).

  The message server 10d transmits an incoming notification (Message Notification) informing the mobile terminal 10a that the message has arrived (S512). The mobile terminal 10a that has received the incoming call notification transmits a message reception request (HTTP GET) requesting a message to the message server 10d (S513). Then, the message server 10d transmits a message from the MMS terminal 30a to the mobile terminal 10a to the mobile terminal 10a (S514). As described above, the message is directly transmitted to the mobile terminal 10a.

  The message server 10d transmits a message delivery notification to the message control device 20 (S515). The message control device 20 notifies the message server 10d that the message delivery notification has been received (S516). The message control device 20 that has received the message delivery notification transmits a delivery confirmation notification (MM4_delivery_report.REQ) to the MMS relay / server 30d (S517). The MMS relay / server 30d transmits a delivery confirmation notification response (MM4_delivery_report.RES) for notifying that the delivery confirmation notification has been received to the message control device 20 (S518). Then, the MMS relay / server 30d transmits a delivery confirmation notification (MM1_delivery_report.REQ) to the MMS terminal 30a (S519). Note that the processing of steps (S517) to (S519) related to the delivery confirmation notification is not limited to the end of step (S516), but after step (S510), which is the end of message transmission by message control device 20. It doesn't matter. The timing for performing the processing related to the delivery confirmation notification depends on the implementation.

  On the other hand, when the transmission method determined in step (S508) is indirect transmission or direct transmission and indirect transmission, the message control device 20 associates the message addressed to the mobile terminal 10a with the URL address and stores the message in the message storage unit. 27 (S520). The message control device 20 may store the entire message, or may store only a portion that cannot be processed by the mobile terminal 10a. Regarding the processing in the case of indirect transmission, the processing after step (S520) is shown in FIG.

  After storing the message (S520), the message control device 20 sends a URL notification message including a URL address indicating the storage location of the message to the message server 10d to notify the incoming call (S521). The message server 10d notifies the message control device 20 that the URL notification message has been received (S522). The URL notification message is once stored in the message server 10d (S523). Then, the message server 10d transmits an incoming notification (Message Notification) to the mobile terminal 10a (S524), and the mobile terminal 10a transmits a message reception request (HTTP GET) to the message server 10d (S525). The message server 10d transmits a URL notification message to the mobile terminal 10a (S526).

  The mobile terminal 10a that has received the URL notification message performs a URL browsing operation (S527). The mobile terminal 10a transmits a URL browsing request (HTTP GET) to the message control device 20 (S528). The message control device 20 acquires the corresponding message from the message storage unit 27 based on the received URL browsing request. The message control device 20 transmits the acquired message addressed to the mobile terminal 10a to the mobile terminal 10a via the message server 10d (S529). As described above, the message is indirectly transmitted to the mobile terminal 10a.

  The message control device 20 that has transmitted the message in response to the URL browsing request transmits a delivery confirmation notification (MM4_delivery_report.REQ) to the MMS relay / server 30d (S530). Then, steps (S531) and (S532) similar to steps (S518) and (S519) shown in FIG. 8 are performed. Even when a message is transmitted from the mobile terminal 10a to the MMS terminal 30a, the same processing as in FIGS. 8 and 9 is performed except that the processing direction is changed from the mobile terminal 10a to the MMS terminal 30a.

〔effect〕
According to the communication system 1, the message control device 20, and the message transmission / reception control method, the reception-side condition regarding the transmission method of the message to the reception terminal when the terminal device becomes the reception terminal is registered in the reception-side condition database 23a. Can be kept. In addition, it is possible to register the transmission side condition regarding the transmission method of the message when the terminal device becomes the transmission terminal to the reception terminal in the transmission side condition database 23b. Then, the message control device 20 selects at least one of the registered reception-side condition or transmission-side condition as a use condition used for determining a transmission method of the message to the reception terminal. The message control device 20 can determine the transmission method of the message to the receiving terminal based on the selected use condition, and can control the transmission of the message according to the determination result.

  Therefore, the message control device 20 can control the transmission of the message to the receiving terminal in consideration of the conditions of both the receiving side and the transmitting side by selecting both the receiving side condition and the transmitting side condition as usage conditions. Further, the message control device 20 can control the transmission of the message to the receiving terminal by selecting either the receiving side condition or the transmitting side condition as the use condition, and using the receiving side condition and the transmitting side condition properly.

  In addition, the message control device 20 can control message transmission every time a message is transmitted, that is, in units of transmission, and can change the transmission method in units of transmission. Further, when the message control apparatus 20 acquires new reception-side conditions, transmission-side conditions, and terminal information from the mobile terminal 10a and the MMS terminal 30a, the message-control device 20 receives the reception-side conditions registered in the reception-side condition database 23a, The transmission-side conditions registered in the side condition database 23b and the terminal information registered in the terminal information database 24 can be updated.

[Example of change]
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made. In the above embodiment, the message control device 20 acquires terminal information from the terminal device. However, the message control device 20 may acquire terminal information from the first messaging system 10 and the second messaging system 20. . Specifically, the message server interface 21 and the MMS relay / server interface 22 receive the terminal information associated with the address of the terminal device from the message server 10d and the MMS relay / server 30d and input them to the registration unit 25. . The registration unit 25 acquires terminal information associated with the address of the terminal device from the message server 10d and the MMS relay / server 30d from the message server interface 21 and the MMS relay / server interface 22. The registration unit 25 registers terminal information in the terminal information database 24 in association with the acquired address of the terminal device. The terminal information may be manually set in the terminal information database 24.

  In addition, the terminal device can request deletion of the reception-side conditions and the transmission-side conditions once registered. For example, the terminal device transmits a condition notification message in which “*” or “,” is set for all items, or deletes the reception-side condition or the transmission-side condition on the reception-side condition setting page or the transmission-side condition setting page. , It is possible to request the message control device 20 to delete the reception side condition and the transmission side condition. The registration unit 25 deletes the reception-side condition and the transmission-side condition of the terminal device that has received the deletion request from the reception-side condition database 23a and the transmission-side condition database 23b.

  Further, the message control device 20 can set initial values (default values) for the reception-side conditions and the transmission-side conditions. In this case, the terminal device can request registration of an initial value as a reception-side condition or a transmission-side condition. For example, the terminal device transmits a condition notification message in which “*” or “,” is set for an item for which an initial value is to be used, or an item for which an initial value is to be used on a reception-side condition setting page or a transmission-side condition setting page. By specifying an initial value for, the message control device 20 can be requested to register the initial value as a receiving-side condition or a transmitting-side condition. The registration unit 25 registers the initial value of the specified item in the reception-side condition database 23a or the transmission-side condition database 23b as a reception-side condition or a transmission-side condition.

  Further, the terminal device can request a change to the initial value after registration of the reception side condition and the transmission side condition. For example, the terminal device transmits a condition notification message in which “*” or “,” is set for an item to be changed to an initial value, or an item to be changed to an initial value on a reception condition setting page or a transmission condition setting page. By specifying an initial value for, the message control device 20 can be requested to change to the initial value. The registration unit 25 changes the items received in the reception-side conditions and the transmission-side conditions registered in the reception-side condition database 23a and the transmission-side condition database 23b to initial values. If the terminal device wants to specify or change the initial value for all items, it sends a condition notification message with “*” or “,” for all items, It is sufficient to specify initial values for all items on the condition setting page or the transmission condition setting page.

  Further, the terminal device may request a change for some items of the registered reception-side conditions and transmission-side conditions. For example, the terminal device sets “*” or “,” for an item that does not need to be changed, and transmits a condition notification message in which a new condition is set for the item that needs to be changed, to the message control device 20. Can request changes for some items. The registration unit 25 changes only the items that need to be changed in the reception-side conditions and transmission-side conditions registered in the reception-side condition database 23a and the transmission-side condition database 23b, and “*” and “,” are set. Do not change the registered content for items that do not need to be changed.

  Further, in the communication system 1 shown in FIG. 1, the message control device 20 is installed between the first messaging system 10 and the second messaging system 30 independently of the first messaging system 10 and the second messaging system 30. However, the message control device 20 may be installed in either the first messaging system 10 or the second messaging system 30. Alternatively, either the message server 10d or the MMS relay / server 30d and the message control device 20 may be configured integrally. Further, the types of terminal devices are not limited to the mobile terminal 10a and the MMS terminal 30a, and the network is not limited to the mobile communication networks 10c and 30c. The type of transmission method of the message to the receiving terminal is not limited to direct transmission and indirect transmission. For example, the transmission method includes a method in which a message is divided into a plurality of messages and transmitted. In addition, both direct transmission and indirect transmission can be designated as the transmission method for the reception side condition and the transmission side condition.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the communication system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the message control apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the mobile terminal which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the notification of the receiving side condition by the condition notification message which concerns on embodiment of this invention, and a registration. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the notification of the receiving side condition by the receiving side condition setting page which concerns on embodiment of this invention, and a registration. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the notification of the transmission side condition by the condition notification message which concerns on embodiment of this invention, and registration. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the notification of the transmission side condition by the transmission side condition setting page which concerns on embodiment of this invention, and a registration. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the transmission / reception of the message by the direct transmission which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the transmission / reception of the message by indirect transmission which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Communication system 10 1st messaging system 10a Mobile terminal 10b, 30b Radio base station 10c, 30c Mobile communication network 10d Message server 11 Communication part 12 Control part 13 Storage part 14 Input part 15 Display part 20 Message control apparatus 21 Message server interface 22 MMS relay / server interface 23a Reception side condition database 23b Transmission side condition database 24 Terminal information database 25 Registration unit 26 Message control unit 27 Message storage unit 28 Indirect transmission control unit 30 Second messaging system 30a MMS terminal 30d MMS relay / server

Claims (7)

Receiving-side condition storage means for storing a receiving-side condition related to a transmission method of a message to the receiving terminal when the terminal device becomes a receiving terminal;
Transmitting-side condition storage means for storing a transmitting-side condition related to a transmission method of the message to the receiving terminal when the terminal device becomes a transmitting terminal;
Select at least one of the reception-side condition or the transmission-side condition as a use condition used for determining the transmission method, and determine a transmission method of the message to the receiving terminal based on the selected use condition And a message control device that controls transmission of the message according to the determination result.   The transmission control means is at least one of the priority of the receiving terminal and the transmitting terminal, the priority of the receiving side condition and the transmitting side condition, or the designation of the use condition by the receiving terminal or the transmitting terminal. The message control device according to claim 1, wherein the use condition is selected based on the selection.   When the transmission control unit selects the reception-side condition and the transmission-side condition as the use condition, the reception-side transmission method based on the reception-side condition is different from the transmission-side transmission method based on the transmission-side condition. The message control device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a transmission method of the message to the reception terminal is determined as the reception-side transmission method and the transmission-side transmission method.   The transmission control means controls to transmit the message using the reception side transmission method or the transmission side transmission method, and controls transmission of the message by a transmission method not used for the transmission based on the transmission result. The message control device according to claim 3, wherein Terminal information storage means for storing the processing capability of the terminal device;
5. The message control according to claim 1, wherein the transmission control unit determines a transmission method of the message to the receiving terminal based on the processing capability of the receiving terminal. 6. apparatus.   When the receiving terminal cannot process a message transmitted by the transmission method determined based on the use condition, the transmission control unit determines the transmission method of the message to the receiving terminal based on the use condition. 6. The message control apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the determined transmission method and the transmission method in which the receiving terminal can process the message are determined. As a use condition used for determining a transmission method of a message to a receiving terminal, a receiving-side condition regarding a transmission method of the message to the receiving terminal when the terminal device becomes the receiving terminal, or the terminal device is a transmitting terminal Selecting at least one of the transmission-side conditions regarding the transmission method of the message to the receiving terminal when
Determining a transmission method of the message to the receiving terminal based on the selected use condition;
A message transmission control method, wherein transmission of the message is controlled according to the determination result.

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