JP2005276062A - Network including server and safety confirming system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a network including a server and a safety confirming system, in which each person is capable of easily, speedily and accurately transmitting own safety information and another person is capable of easily, speedily and accurately confirming safety information of a specific individual. <P>SOLUTION: A server 4 stores safety information for each of users from terminals 5-1, 5-2, ..., such as those of GPS cellular phones and sends the stored safety information to terminals designated as destinations, to notify the safety information and terrestrial wave broadcasting stations 6-1, 6-2, ..., of a transmission system 2. Safety information contains location information, messages and the like. Each of the terrestrial wave broadcasting stations 6-1, 6-2, ..., distributes the safety information sent from the server 4 in the form of data broadcasting. A TV terminal 12 receives and displays safety information distributed from the broadcasting stations. In the TV terminal 12, specific safety information can also be searched and displayed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a network including a server and a safety confirmation system, and in particular, an individual person such as a stricken area can easily, quickly and accurately send his / her safety information, and a person in another area can be a specific individual. The present invention relates to a network including a server and a safety confirmation system capable of easily, quickly and accurately confirming safety information.

  When a disaster such as a major earthquake occurs, a large number of telephone calls using landline phones and mobile phones are concentrated in the affected areas, making it difficult to contact each other within the affected areas and from outside the affected areas to the affected areas. It is expected that safety confirmation will not be possible. Under such expectation, it is recognized that the role of a broadcasting organization having a function of collecting safety information of individual persons and distributing it to viewers in the form of broadcasting as an alternative to telephone contact is recognized. Yes.

Individual people's safety information is gathered to the broadcasting organization by each person telling the situation of the disaster verbally or by fax, and the safety from the broadcasting organization to the viewers. Distribution of information is usually performed by displaying the name of a victim in a television broadcast using a telop or by broadcasting safety information by radio broadcast.
JP 2003-186980 A JP 11-338895 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 08-316955

  However, the collection of the safety information to the broadcasting organization and the distribution of the safety information from the broadcasting organization to the viewer are troublesome in spite of being urgent, and are not accurate. Also, since the screen display by telop in TV broadcasting and the sound by radio broadcasting are transient, viewers may miss or listen to the safety information of specific individuals such as relatives that they want to check Is big. Furthermore, when many disaster victim names are broadcasted, there is a problem that it is difficult to find out safety information of a specific individual that he / she wants to confirm.

  The purpose of the present invention is that individual people in the disaster area can transmit their safety information easily, quickly and accurately, and people in other areas can easily, quickly and accurately confirm the safety information of a specific individual. It is to provide a network including a server and a safety confirmation system.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is a network including a server that stores and transmits safety information including position information from a terminal that can acquire and transmit its own position information, and the server is a broadcasting station. Safety information reporting destination storage area that can be registered for each user, including the safety information that is transmitted from the terminal, the safety information registered in the safety information reporting destination storage area of the user of the terminal It is characterized by being sent to the report destination.

  The present invention also provides a terminal including a terminal capable of acquiring and transmitting its own position information and a server for storing and transmitting safety information including position information from the terminal, a transmission system including a broadcasting station, and a broadcast receiving terminal. The server has a safety information report destination storage area in which a report destination including a broadcasting station can be registered for each user, and the safety information transmitted from the terminal is transmitted to the user of the terminal. The safety information is sent to the safety information reporting destination registered in the safety information reporting destination storage area, and the broadcasting station distributes the safety information sent from the server to the broadcast receiving terminal in the form of data broadcasting.

  Here, the server or the broadcasting station can be provided with a function of converting the position information transmitted from the terminal into an area identifier. In addition, a search program for specifying and searching for safety information can be downloaded to a broadcast receiving terminal via a broadcast station.

  According to the present invention, the user can access the server and notify the report destination that has been determined in advance by one touch. Accordingly, individual people in the disaster area can easily, quickly and accurately transmit their own safety information, and people in other areas can easily, quickly and accurately confirm the safety information of a specific individual. In addition, the user can easily and accurately send his / her position and message to the broadcasting organization, and the viewer can reliably receive a large amount of safety information.

  In addition, the user can easily obtain desired safety information from the safety information distributed in the form of data broadcasting by the function of converting the location information into the region identifier and the downloading of the search program. In addition, even if there is a change in the data content or format of the data broadcast, it can be easily handled by distributing a search program that enables a search corresponding to the change from the broadcast station.

  The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an outline of an embodiment of a network including a server and a safety confirmation system according to the present invention. The safety confirmation system according to the present embodiment is roughly composed of a network 1, a transmission system 2, and a reception system 3.

  The network 1 includes a fixed telephone network to which a fixed telephone is connected, a mobile network to which a mobile phone or a personal digital assist ants (PDA) is connected, and the Internet to which a terminal such as a personal computer is connected. The network 1 also includes, for example, a server 4 installed in a local government or the like, and terminals 5-1 5-2,.

  The server 4 functions as the center of the safety confirmation system. That is, the safety information transmitted from each user terminal 5-1, 5-2,... Is stored for each user, and the safety information is registered as the report destination of the terminal or transmission system 2. Send to terrestrial broadcasting station. The server 4 has a fixed phone number, a mobile phone number and an e-mail address as a server address, and a URL that is a WEB address, and can be accessed from a fixed phone, a mobile phone, a personal computer, or the like.

  The transmission system 2 includes one or a plurality of terrestrial broadcasting stations 6-1, 6-2,. The terrestrial broadcasting stations 6-1, 6-2,... Have a data broadcasting facility that distributes the safety information transmitted from the server 4 in the form of data broadcasting.

  The receiving system 3 is a facility for receiving data distributed from the terrestrial broadcasting stations 6-1, 6-2,..., For example, a terrestrial broadcasting receiving facility 7 installed at home, CATV, digital It includes an STB (settop box) 8, a vehicle-mounted receiving terminal 9, mobile terminals 10 and 11, etc., which are receiving facilities such as satellite broadcasting. The receiving facility 7 is connected to a TV terminal 12 that can display data broadcasted on the screen.

  At least one of the terminals 5-1, 5-2,... Is a GPS mobile phone that can acquire its own position using a GPS (global positioning system) and transmit the acquired position information. This also functions as a terminal of an electronic mail system or a WEB system. Other terminals may be a fixed phone, a mobile phone, a PDA, a personal computer, or the like.

  The terminals 5-1, 5-2,... Enter a network (a fixed telephone network, a mobile network, or the Internet) 1 by inputting a fixed telephone number, a mobile phone number, an e-mail address or a URL that is an address of the server 4 The server 4 can be accessed via and the safety information can be transmitted. Also, a terminal that can acquire and transmit its own location information can send its location information with a single touch.

  Next, the operation in the embodiment of FIG. 1 will be described with reference to the flows of FIGS. In the following description, the terminals 5-1 and 5-2 are assumed to be GPS mobile phones and safety information including location information will be transmitted as an example. However, safety information such as a message is transmitted from a terminal such as a fixed telephone or a personal computer. In this case, the safety information may not include GPS location information, but the same applies.

  First, a person who intends to use this safety information confirmation system performs usage registration in the server 4. Use registration is performed by registering one or more of a fixed telephone number, a mobile phone number, an e-mail address, and a terminal ID of the WEB system as a user identifier together with the user's own name.

  Further, the report destination to which the user's own safety information should be reported is, for example, the fixed telephone number of the report destination, the mobile phone number, the e-mail address, the terrestrial broadcasting stations 6-1, 6-2,. • Register with one or more of As a result of the use registration, a user identifier and a safety information report destination are registered in the server 4 for each user, and a storage area for storing safety information is secured. The above usage registration can be performed on the server side from a mobile phone or other terminal, or based on a document application.

  If the use registration is made, the user can access the server 4 from his / her terminal, store his / her safety information in the server 4 and easily report to the report destination.

  FIG. 2 shows a flow of an example of the safety information storage process in the server 4. Here, as shown in the figure, for the user “Taro Suzuki”, the user name “Taro Suzuki”, the user identifier “e-mail address: xxx@yyy.zz, WEB terminal ID: abc”, and the notification destination “ E-mail address: aaa@bbb.cc, broadcast station: ABC broadcast "is registered, and for user" Hanako Yamada ", user name" Hanako Yamada ", user identifier" mobile phone number: 0808224244444, e-mail address: It is assumed that “ppp@yyy.zz, WEB terminal ID: lmn”, and the report destination “mobile phone number: 08033337777, broadcasting station: ABC broadcasting” are registered.

  When the mobile phone number “08033339999” (server address) is input from the GPS mobile phone 5-1, the server 4 is accessed through the mobile network 1-1. The server 4 collates the mobile phone number “08022224444” of the GPS mobile phone 5-1 with the registered user identifier (mobile phone number “08022224444”) and authenticates the user. Thereafter, when the location information “2028460” acquired from the GPS is transmitted as the safety information in the GPS mobile phone 5-1, this location information is input to the server 4 through the mobile network 1-1, and the user “Hanako Yamada” Is stored as position information of the current position.

  When the WEB address (URL) “www.anpi.zz” of the server 4 is input from the GPS mobile phone 5-2, the server 4 is accessed through the mobile network 1-1 and the Internet 1-2. The server 4 compares the terminal ID “abc” of the GPS mobile phone 5-2 with the registered user identifier (WEB terminal ID “abc”) to confirm the identity. Subsequently, when the location information “1028460” acquired from the GPS is transmitted as the safety information in the GPS mobile phone 5-2, the location information is input to the server 4 through the mobile network 1-1 and the Internet 1-2, Stored as position information of the current position of the user “Taro Suzuki”. In addition, if a message such as “Suzuki family gathers in xx park” is input from the GPS mobile phone 5-2, this message is also stored as safety information. As described above, the safety information can include various information related to the safety of the user, such as a message, in addition to the position information acquired by the mobile phone from the GPS.

  As described above, when a user who has registered in advance accesses the server 4 from his / her terminal 5-1, 5-2,..., The server 4 starts from the terminals 5-1, 5-2,. The user identifier sent is checked against the registered user identifier to confirm that the user has been registered, and then the location sent from the terminals 5-1, 5-2,. Safety information such as information and messages is stored in a storage area reserved for each user. The location information stored here is the current location of the terminals 5-1, 5-2,... Represents the current position.

  When the server 4 stores the safety information transmitted from the user terminals 5-1, 5-2,..., The server 4 reports the safety information to a report destination registered in advance for each user. In addition to terminals such as mobile phones, the terrestrial broadcasting stations 6-1, 6-2,... Of the transmission system 2 can be registered as report destinations. When the terrestrial broadcasting stations 6-1, 6-2,... Are registered as report destinations, the server 4 creates safety information of all users registered for use as a safety information list. 6-1, 6-2, and so on.

  FIG. 3 shows a flow of an example of the safety information notification process. In this example, the safety information sent from the user “Taro Suzuki” (user name “Taro Suzuki”, location information “1028460”, message “Suzuki family gathers in xx park”) The safety information (user name “Yamada Hanako”, location information “2028460”) sent from the user “Hanako Yamada” is reported to the mobile phone 5-3 with the registered mail address “aaa@bbb.cc”. Then, the mobile phone 5-4 having the mobile phone number “08033337777” registered in advance as a report destination is notified. The mobile phone 5-3 can know the safety information about the user “Taro Suzuki”, and the mobile phone 5-4 can know the safety information about the user name “Hanako Yamada”.

  In addition, when terrestrial broadcasting stations 6-1, 6-2,... Are registered as report destinations, all of the registered terrestrial broadcasting stations 6-1, 6-2,. A user safety information list is sent out. In this example, both the users “Taro Suzuki” and “Hanako Yamada” have registered the broadcast station “ABC Broadcasting” as the report destination, so the user name “Taro Suzuki” and its location information “1028460” A safety information list including the name “Hanako Yamada” and its position information “2028460” is sent to the broadcast station “ABC Broadcasting”.

  The broadcast station “ABC broadcast” that has received the safety information list distributes the safety information in the form of data broadcasting. The safety information is finally distributed as data broadcast from the broadcast station “ABC broadcast”, but the conversion from the safety information list to the data broadcast format can be performed in the server 4 or the broadcast station “ABC broadcast”. Further, the conversion to the data broadcast format may be performed by human intervention, but it is preferable that the conversion to the data broadcast format is automatically performed from the point of urgent necessity.

  FIG. 4 shows an exemplary flow of the safety information distribution process. In the broadcasting station “ABC broadcasting”, first, the position information of each safety information on the received safety information list is converted into an area identifier. The conversion to the area identifier can also be performed by the server 4. The area identifier is, for example, a zip code, and is used when the TV terminal 12 narrows down and displays only the safety information of a specific area, as will be described later.

  In the example of FIG. 4, the broadcast station “ABC Broadcasting” has the location information “1028460” of the user “Taro Suzuki” and the location information “2028460” of the user “Hanako Yamada” respectively, with the area identifiers “4709876”, “ 5698013 "and the safety information about the user" Taro Suzuki "(region identifier" 4709876 ", location information" 1028460 ", user name" Taro Suzuki ", message" Suzuki family gathers in the park ") Distribute as data 1 and distribute the safety information (area identifier “5698013”, location information “2028460”, user name “Hanako Yamada”) about user “Yamada Hanako” as data 2.

  The TV terminal 12 of the receiving system 3 displays the safety information distributed in the form of data broadcast from the broadcast station “ABC broadcast” on a screen using a telop. Since this is a data broadcast, when displaying this screen, the local search function in the TV terminal 12 is used, for example, to narrow down and display only the safety information of a person specified by a name or a person in a specific area. Can do.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the TV terminal 12-1 and the TV terminal 12-2 receive the data broadcast, the TV terminal 12-1 is set with the area identifier “4709876”, and the TV terminal 12-2 is set with the area. If the identifier is not set, the TV terminal 12-1 receives only the data 1 with the region identifier “4709876” added and displays it on the screen, and the TV terminal 12-2 receives both the data 1 and the data 2. Display on the screen. Therefore, only the safety information about the user “Taro Suzuki” is displayed on the TV terminal 12-1, and the safety information about both the users “Taro Suzuki” and “Hanako Yamada” is displayed on the TV terminal 12-2. .

  The local search function in the TV terminal 12 separately distributes a search program from the terrestrial broadcasting stations 6-1, 6-2,..., Stores this in the TV terminal 12, This can be achieved by searching for desired safety information from the safety information stored in the TV terminal 12 by operating the program.

  FIG. 5 shows an exemplary flow of the search function realization process. Here, an example is shown in which a program for searching for a user name that is narrowed down to display only the safety information of a person with a specific name is distributed from a broadcasting station. The TV terminals 12-1 and 12-2 realize a search function based on a user name by accumulating a user name search program distributed from a broadcasting station.

  Data 1 (region identifier “4709876”, location information “1028460”, user name “Taro Suzuki”, message “Suzuki family gathered in the park”) and data 2 (region identifier “5698013” from the broadcast station “ABC Broadcasting” ”, Position information“ 2028460 ”, and user name“ Hanako Yamada ”) are distributed, the user name search program is operated on the TV terminal 12-1 to confirm the safety of the user name“ Taro Suzuki ”. When the information is searched, the position information “1028460” and the message “Suzuki family gathers in the park” are displayed on the screen. Further, when the user name search program is operated on the TV terminal 12-2 to search for the safety information about the user name “Yamada Hanako”, the position information “2028460” is displayed on the screen.

  Although the embodiments have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the use registration is performed in advance. However, the user registration may be performed at the same time when the safety information is stored without performing the user registration in advance. Further, the safety information list can be transmitted from the server to the broadcast station every time safety information is transmitted from the terminal or when requested by the broadcast station. It is possible to broadcast data on safety every time when is transmitted or at regular intervals. In data broadcasting, data is usually displayed in the form of a telop in the corner of the screen for display. However, if this display can be temporarily stopped by a remote control operation on the TV terminal, the viewer can You will be able to see the safety information you want to check more reliably.

It is a block diagram which shows the outline | summary of embodiment of the network containing the server which concerns on this invention, and a safety confirmation system. It is a flowchart which shows an example of a safety information storage process. It is a flowchart which shows an example of a safety information reporting process. It is a flowchart which shows an example of a safety information delivery process. It is a flowchart which shows an example of a search function realization process.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Network, 1-1 ... Mobile network, 1-2 ... Internet, 2 ... Transmission system, 3 ... Reception system, 4 ... Server, 5-1, 5-2 ... Terminals (cell phones), 6-1 and 6-2 ... terrestrial broadcasting stations, 7 ... receiving facilities, 8 ... STB, 9 ... in-vehicle receiving terminals, 10, 11, ...・ Mobile terminals, 12, 12-1, 12-2 ... TV terminals

Claims (6)

A network including a server that stores and transmits safety information including position information from a terminal capable of acquiring and transmitting its own position information,
The server has a safety information report destination storage area where a report destination including a broadcasting station can be registered for each user, and the safety information transmitted from the terminal is registered in the safety information report destination storage area of the user of the terminal A network including a server, characterized by being sent to a safety information reporting destination. 2. The network including a server according to claim 1, wherein the server or the broadcasting station has a function of converting position information transmitted from the terminal into an area identifier. The network including the server according to claim 2 or 3, wherein a search program for specifying safety information and making it searchable is downloaded to a broadcast receiving terminal via a broadcasting station. From a terminal that can acquire and transmit its own location information, a network that includes a server that stores and transmits safety information including location information from the terminal, a transmission system that includes a broadcast station, and a reception system that includes a broadcast reception terminal Configured,
The server has a safety information report destination storage area where a report destination including a broadcasting station can be registered for each user, and the safety information transmitted from the terminal is registered in the safety information report destination storage area of the user of the terminal Is sent to the safety information reporting destination,
A broadcasting station distributes safety information transmitted from a server to a broadcast receiving terminal in the form of data broadcasting. 5. The safety confirmation system according to claim 4, wherein the server or the broadcasting station has a function of converting position information transmitted from the terminal into an area identifier. The safety confirmation system according to claim 4 or 5, wherein a search program for specifying and searching for safety information is downloaded to a broadcast receiving terminal via a broadcasting station.

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