JP2005198122A - Communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication system which reduces the cost of a server to be installed at a store and performs efficient communication. <P>SOLUTION: The communication system is equipped with: a communication acceptance device which is installed in the store and receives information from a portable information terminal which communicates sound and an image; a host server which manages a plurality of acceptance devices; and a transmitter which is provided in the store and transmits information from the host server to other portable information terminals. The host server authenticates the portable information terminals and communication is performed only with the authenticated portable information terminals. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication system using a portable information terminal device such as an Internet telephone. In particular, a communication receiving device installed in a store is not authenticated, but is authenticated by a host server that manages a plurality of receiving devices. It is related with the communication system which enabled it to talk only.

  Currently, Internet telephones that send and receive voice data over the Internet and can talk in real time have emerged. When using this Internet phone, each of the two people making a call must activate a device equipped with dedicated software for connecting to the Internet.

  A personal computer type internet telephone will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 3, 101 is a personal computer as a terminal owned by the caller, and 102 is a provider subscribed by the caller. When the caller sends a telephone number using the personal computer 101, the call is sent to the Internet phone server 103 via the provider 102 to which the caller subscribes, and the signal sent to the Internet phone server 103 is: The message is transmitted to the callee personal computer 105 via the provider 104 to which the callee is subscribed. When using this Internet phone, there is no special charge for use, and both parties only pay the usage fee of the provider and the phone charge to the provider. There is merit that we can talk.

  Internet phone calls are inexpensive and attractive to callers. However, the conventional Internet telephone has a disadvantage that it cannot be used unless a personal computer is present, and there is a system disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-1225070 (Patent Document 1) as a solution to such a problem.

As shown in FIG. 4, the system disclosed in Patent Document 1 is transmitted from a portable information device 1a capable of transmitting information to a server 2a installed in the store, and the portable information device 1a. The server 2a installed in the store 2 that receives the received information, the host server 3 that receives the information transmitted from the server 2a installed in the store 2, and the host server 3 An internet telephone server 4 that receives incoming information, a server 5a installed by a provider 5 that receives information transmitted from the internet telephone server 4 and subscribes to the telephone call, and the telephone call 6 And a call destination information device that receives information transmitted from the server 6a installed by the provider to which the service is subscribed.
JP2002-125070

  The system described in Patent Document 1 authenticates whether or not the portable information device 1a is registered in the server 2a, that is, whether or not the sender 1 is a member. Authentication is performed by entering an ID and password. For this reason, the server 2a needs to have an authentication function. As shown in FIG. 5, a plurality of stores 2 are installed in a scattered manner, and the servers 2 a 1 to 2 an installed in each store 2 need to have authentication function units 2 b 1 to 2 bn, respectively. However, there is a problem that becomes higher accordingly.

  The present invention has been made under the circumstances as described above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a communication system capable of reducing the cost of a server installed in a store and performing efficient communication.

  The present invention relates to a communication system. The object of the present invention is to manage a plurality of communication receiving devices installed in a store that receives information from a portable information terminal device that performs voice and image communication, and a plurality of the receiving devices. A host server and a transmitting device provided in the store for transmitting information from the host server and transmitting the information to another portable information terminal device, and authenticating the portable information terminal device at the host server This is accomplished by communicating only for those that have been authenticated.

  In addition, the object of the present invention is more effectively achieved by the fact that the communication receiving device and the transmission device are the same body, or the store is a convenience store, a gas station, a restaurant industry, or the like. .

  According to the present invention, since the member authentication is performed by the host server, the configuration of the communication receiving apparatus installed in the store can be simplified, and the cost of the system configuration can be reduced.

  In the present invention, a communication accepting device installed in a store that receives information from a portable information terminal device that performs voice and image communication, a host server that manages a plurality of the accepting devices, and from the host server A transmitting device provided in the store for transmitting information and transmitting to other portable information terminal devices, and performing authentication of the portable information terminal device by the host server, and only those obtained by the authentication To communicate about. The receiving device in the store does not authenticate and has only a communication function, so that the system is simple and inexpensive.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows an example of a system configuration of the present invention. Portable information terminal devices 101 to 10n that transmit and receive audio and images are carried by a user 10 and are installed in a store 20 such as a convenience store. The receiving devices 201 to 20n receive information transmitted wirelessly from the portable information terminal devices 101 to 10n, respectively, perform overall management, and transmit the information to the host server 30 connected to the Internet 40. When the host server 30 confirms the authentication and permission of communication is obtained, the portable information terminal device carried by the communication partner 60 from the transmitting device 51 installed in the store 50 on the receiving side via the Internet 40 Information is transmitted to 61.

  The portable information terminal devices 101 to 10n used by the user 10 are contracted with a system operator in advance, and authentication data such as an ID and a password is registered in the storage unit of the host server 30. Further, the stores 20 and 50 may be a convenience store, a gas station, a supermarket, a hamburger shop, or a restaurant industry store such as a family restaurant, and the stores 20 and 50 may be the same store. ˜20n and the transmission device 51 may be the same body.

  In such a configuration, the operation will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  The user 10 of the portable information terminal devices 101 to 10n transmits information to the communication partner 60, and this information is received by the communication receiving devices 201 to 20n installed in the nearby store 20 (step S1). . The communication accepting devices 201 to 20n request the received portable information terminal devices 101 to 10n to input authentication data (step S2), and the user 10 inputs predetermined authentication data (step S3). ). The input authentication data is transmitted to and received by the host server 30 via the communication accepting devices 201 to 20n (step S4), and the host server 30 determines whether or not the authentication data matches that registered. (Step S5).

  As a result of the determination, when the authentication is NG, the user 10 is notified of communication rejection (step S6), and is requested to input authentication data again (step S7).

  On the other hand, as a result of the determination in step S5, if the authentication data matches the registered data and is correct, communication is permitted (step S10), whereby the user 10 and the communication partner 60 are A call can be made via the Internet 40. Then, the communication is continued until the communication is finished (step S11).

  According to the present invention, the portable information terminal device can be used in a communication accepting device installed in a store such as a convenience store, and the communication accepting device does not perform authentication, thereby simplifying the configuration. Further, since authentication is performed by the host server that manages the entire receiving device, the cost of system construction can be reduced.

It is a figure which shows the system configuration example of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the internet telephone of the conventional personal computer form. It is a figure which shows the example of the internet telephone system using a portable information device. It is a figure for demonstrating the function of a server and a host server.

Explanation of symbols

1 User 2 Store 3 Host server 4 Server 5 Provider 10 User 20, 50 Store 30 Host server 40 Internet 60 Communication partner 101, 105 Personal computer 102, 104 Provider 103 Server

Claims (3)

A communication reception device installed in a store that receives information from a portable information terminal device that performs voice and image communication, a host server that manages a plurality of the reception devices, and information from the host server A transmitting device provided in the store for transmitting to another portable information terminal device, and performing authentication of the portable information terminal device with the host server, and communicating only with the authentication obtained. A communication system characterized in that the communication is performed. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the communication reception device and the transmission device are the same body. The communication system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the store is a convenience store, a gas station, a restaurant industry, or the like.

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