JP2005328227A - System, method, and program for providing mobile telephone service - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a user to use a mobile telephone set at a travel destination through the same operations as operations in his or her home country. <P>SOLUTION: The mobile telephone set 10 transmits its terminal telephone number to an information managing server 40. An used language specification section 42 specifies the service region (home country) of the mobile telephone set 10 based upon the terminal telephone number that an information reception section 10 has received. The used language specification section 42 specifies the used language of the user based upon the service country. A conversion information extraction section 46 extracts conversion information corresponding to the service country that the used language specification section 42 has specified from a conversion information database 45. Then an information transmission section 47 transmits the conversion information that the conversion information extraction section 46 has extracted to the mobile telephone set 10. Based upon the received conversion information, the mobile telephone set 10 converts the telephone number of the service region into a telephone number of a public service institution at a travel destination for call. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention provides a mobile phone service providing system, a mobile phone service providing method, and a mobile phone that provide local time information, currency rate conversion information, and public service institution phone number conversion information to mobile phone users that can be used overseas. It relates to a service provision program.

  Mobile phone roaming services are available that allow mobile phones used in Japan to be taken overseas for use. There is also a mobile phone service that can use the same telephone number as in Japan using a mobile phone dedicated to overseas.

  Patent Document 1 describes a satellite mobile phone that can convert a specific number, time zone, international telephone code, and travel conversation text set in a memory based on detected position information. Patent Document 2 describes a cellular phone dialing method that can automatically add an international telephone identification code and a country code before a recipient's telephone number when dialing to another area.

JP 2000-261573 (paragraphs 0040-0051, FIG. 2-3) Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2003-87391 (paragraphs 0008-0010, FIG. 2)

  Even if you can use a mobile phone used in Japan as it is overseas, or even if you can use the same phone number overseas as in Japan, in order to receive public services in your destination country, You must check the telephone number of the public service organization at the destination. Therefore, it takes time and effort for the user. For example, the user must check in advance the telephone numbers of police, emergency agencies, embassies, etc. at the destination.

  If the satellite mobile phone described in Patent Document 1 is used, the specific telephone number is automatically converted based on the position information, so that it is not necessary for the user to check the telephone number of the public service organization at the travel destination in advance. Therefore, the user's trouble can be reduced to some extent. However, the user cannot make a call to the police or the emergency organization by the same operation as in Japan. In addition, if the mobile phone dialing method described in Patent Document 2 is used, it is possible to reduce the trouble of operation when the user makes a call overseas. I can't call it.

  In addition, the user receives a map guidance service by GPS using a mobile phone at the travel destination, or uses a Web service provided by the mobile phone company at the travel destination using a mobile phone having a function as a browser phone. There is a case. However, each time the user accesses the map guidance service or the Web service providing site, the user has to select a Web page written in Japanese (native language), which is troublesome for the user.

  In addition, the clock provided in the mobile phone has to be set by the local time of the destination, which requires a lot of time for the user to set the clock time. Furthermore, the user may make a payment for purchased goods using electronic money using a mobile phone at the travel destination. However, the user has to purchase the payment amount by himself / herself in consideration of the currency rate of the travel destination, and the user has a lot of trouble.

  Therefore, the present invention provides a mobile phone service providing system, a mobile phone service providing method, and a mobile phone service providing program that allow a user to use a mobile phone at a destination by the same operation as that of a home country. With the goal.

  The mobile phone service providing system according to the present invention is portable in a non-service area that is a country or area that is different from a service area that is a country or area where a mobile phone company that provides a connection service to a mobile phone is providing the connection service. A mobile phone service providing system that provides a predetermined service to a telephone, wherein conversion data for converting information handled using a mobile phone in a service area into information handled using a mobile telephone in a non-service area, From the conversion information storage means that stores a plurality of information in advance, the area specifying means for specifying the service area based on the unique telephone number received from the mobile phone, and the conversion information storage means based on the service area specified by the area specifying means , Information handled using mobile phones in service areas can be handled using mobile phones in non-service areas An information management device comprising conversion information extraction means for extracting conversion data for conversion into information and conversion information transmission means for transmitting the conversion data extracted by the conversion information extraction means to a mobile phone is provided. .

  Further, the conversion information storage means stores in advance a plurality of number conversion tables associating telephone numbers of public service organizations in non-service areas with telephone numbers of public service institutions in service areas. The conversion information storage means extracts the number conversion table in which the telephone number of the public service institution in the non-service area and the telephone number of the public service institution in the service area are associated, and the conversion information transmission means When the telephone number of the public service organization in the service area is input, the mobile phone receives the input telephone number based on the number conversion table received from the information management device. The number may be converted into a telephone number of a public service organization in a non-service area. According to such a configuration, the user can call the public service institution at the travel destination using the same telephone number as the telephone number of the public service institution in his country.

  The conversion information storage means stores a plurality of currency rate information indicating the exchange rate between the non-service area and the service area in advance, and the conversion information extraction means stores the non-service area and the service area from the conversion information storage means. Currency rate information between, the conversion information transmission means transmits the currency rate information extracted by the conversion information extraction means to the mobile phone, the mobile phone based on the currency rate information received from the information management device, The input amount may be converted.

  The conversion information storage means stores information indicating the local time in the non-service area, the conversion information extraction means extracts information indicating the local time from the conversion information storage means, and the conversion information transmission means extracts the conversion information extraction. Information indicating the local time extracted by the means is transmitted to the mobile phone, and the mobile phone sets the time of the clock of the mobile phone based on the information indicating the local time received from the information management device. Good.

  In addition, the mobile phone service providing system receives a Web page transmission request from the mobile phone, search request means for requesting the information management device to search for a language used by the user of the mobile phone, and a search received from the information management device A web server including web information transmission means for selecting information on a web page described in a language used by a user based on a result and transmitting the information on the selected web page to a mobile phone; It may include search means for searching for the language used by the user of the mobile phone in response to a search request from the Web server. According to such a configuration, it is possible to use a web service provided by a mobile phone company at a travel destination without the user performing an operation of selecting a web page written in the language of the home country. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the user's trouble when using the Web service at the travel destination.

  The area specifying means may specify the service area by determining which telephone number system in which service area the telephone number received from the mobile phone is in accordance with.

  In addition, the mobile phone may transmit the IP address of the mobile phone to the information management apparatus, and the area specifying unit may specify the contract area based on the IP address received from the mobile phone. According to such a configuration, even when a mobile IP phone is used, the user can use the mobile phone at the destination by the same operation as that performed in his / her home country.

  The mobile phone service providing method according to the present invention provides a mobile phone service in a non-service area that is a country or area different from a service area that is a country or area where the mobile phone company that provides the connection service to the mobile phone is providing the connection service. A mobile phone service providing method for providing a predetermined service to a telephone, wherein the mobile phone transmits a unique telephone number to an information management device installed in a non-service area, and the information management device Storing a plurality of pieces of conversion data for converting information handled using a mobile phone in a service area into information that can be handled in a non-service area in advance, and a telephone received by the information management apparatus from the mobile phone A service area for the mobile phone based on the number; and an information management device for identifying the service area The conversion data corresponding to the area, and extracting from the conversion information storage means, the information management apparatus, characterized by comprising a step of transmitting the extracted input data to the cellular phone.

  The mobile phone service providing program according to the present invention provides information handled using a mobile phone in a service area that is a country or region where a mobile phone company that provides a connection service to a mobile phone is providing a connection service, In a mobile phone based on a unique telephone number received from a mobile phone, a computer having storage means for storing a plurality of conversion data for conversion into information that can be handled in a non-service area in a different country or region. The present invention is characterized in that a process for specifying the service area, a process for extracting conversion data corresponding to the specified service area from the storage means, and a process for transmitting the extracted conversion data to the mobile phone are executed.

  According to the present invention, the service area is specified based on the unique telephone number received from the mobile phone. Then, conversion data corresponding to the specified service area is extracted and automatically transmitted to the mobile phone. Accordingly, by receiving the conversion data, the user can use the mobile phone at the travel destination by the same operation as that of the home country.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a use environment of a mobile phone at a travel destination to which a mobile phone service providing system according to the present invention is applied. As shown in FIG. 1, a mobile phone to which a mobile phone service providing system is applied includes a mobile phone 10 used by a user, a radio base station 20 and an exchange 30 provided in a mobile phone company at a travel destination. included. In the present embodiment, a mobile phone company that provides a connection service to a mobile phone, that is, a country or region in which the mobile phone company that is the user's usage fee payment provider provides the connection service is referred to as a service area.

  The mobile phone 10 is, for example, a terminal compatible with a roaming service overseas, and can be used for a call within a service area (for example, Japan) and also used for a call in a non-service area (for example, an overseas destination). It has a function that can. For example, a mobile phone company in a service area is affiliated with a mobile phone company in a non-service area. The user takes the mobile phone 10 used in the service area to a non-service area (for example, overseas) as it is, and provides a mobile phone service area of a mobile phone company in the non-service area (for example, a mobile phone company at the destination) The mobile phone 10 can be used.

  The mobile phone 10 has a function of transmitting and receiving radio signals to and from the radio base station 20 installed in a non-service area. In addition, the mobile phone 10 has a function of transmitting unique information of the mobile phone 10 (hereinafter referred to as terminal unique information) to the wireless base station 20 when entering the wireless area of the wireless base station 20. For example, the mobile phone 10 has a GPS function and a function of transmitting terminal-specific information including location information of the mobile phone 10. In addition, when the mobile phone 10 transmits terminal-specific information to the radio base station 20, the mobile phone 10 transmits a unique telephone number of the mobile phone 10 (hereinafter referred to as a terminal phone number) to the radio base station 20 together with the terminal-specific information. Is provided.

  In addition, the mobile phone 10 has a function of automatically setting the time of a clock provided in the mobile phone 10. In the present embodiment, the mobile phone 10 receives standard time information, which will be described later, from the information management server 40 as an information management device via the radio base station 20, and automatically sets the time of the clock based on the received time zone information. To do. Further, the mobile phone 10 has a function of receiving currency rate information, which will be described later, from the information management server 40 via the radio base station 20, and automatically converting the amount of money input based on the received currency rate information.

  In addition, when the telephone number of a public service organization in a service area is input according to a user operation, the mobile phone 10 has a function of converting the input telephone number into a telephone number of a public service organization in a non-service area. In the present embodiment, the mobile phone 10 receives a conversion table, which will be described later, from the information management server 40 via the radio base station 20, and automatically converts a telephone number based on the received conversion table. In addition, the mobile phone 10 has a function of making a call based on the converted telephone number.

  The switching center 30 is provided with an information management server 40 and a Web service providing server 50 operated by a mobile phone company in a non-service area. The information management server 40 and the Web service providing server 50 are not limited to the exchange 30 and may be installed in an information processing center provided in a mobile phone company in a non-service area, for example.

  The Web service providing server (Web server) 50 has a function of transmitting information of various Web pages provided by a mobile phone company in a non-service area to the mobile phone 10 in response to access from the mobile phone 10. For example, the Web service providing server 50 transmits to the mobile phone 10 information on a Web page including information on a service that can be received at a travel destination and information on a call charge when a call is made at the travel destination. Further, for example, the Web service providing server 50 transmits Web page information including map guidance information based on GPS to the mobile phone 10.

  In addition, the Web service providing server 50 installed in the non-service area stores a plurality of Web page information in which information of the same content is described in different languages in a database in advance. For example, the Web service providing server 50 stores information on a Web page in which call charge information is written in Japanese, and also stores information on a Web page in which the same call charge information is written in English.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the information management server 40 installed in the non-service area. As shown in FIG. 2, the information management server 40 includes an information receiving unit 41, a use language specifying unit 42, an information search unit 43, a registration information database 44, a conversion information database 45, a conversion information extraction unit 46, and an information transmission unit 47. Including.

  Specifically, the information reception unit 41 is realized by the CPU of the information management server 40 and a network interface unit (not shown). The information receiving unit 41 has a function of receiving a terminal telephone number and terminal specific information from the mobile phone 10 via the radio base station 20.

  Specifically, the use language specifying unit 42 is realized by the CPU of the information management server 40. Based on the terminal telephone number received by the information receiving unit 41, the language used identifying unit 42 is connected to a service area (for example, Japan) related to the cellular phone 10, that is, a cellular phone company that provides a connection service to the cellular phone 10. A function to identify the country or region where the service is provided is provided. In addition, the use language specifying unit 42 has a function of specifying the language used by the user of the mobile phone 10 based on the specified service area. For example, when the specified service area is Japan, the language used specifying unit 42 specifies the language used by the user as Japanese.

  Further, the use language specifying unit 42 has a function of storing in the registration information database 44 service area information indicating a service area related to the specified mobile phone 10 and user use language information indicating a language used by the specified user. In addition, the use language specifying unit 42 has a function of storing the terminal telephone number and the terminal specific information received by the information receiving unit 41 in the registration information database 44.

  Specifically, the registration information database 44 is realized by a database device of the information management server 40. The registration information database 44 stores terminal telephone numbers, terminal specific information, service area information, and user language information in association with each other. In addition, the registration information database 44 stores billing information for the user's use of the mobile phone service in the non-service area.

  Specifically, the information search unit 43 is realized by the CPU of the information management server 40 and the network interface unit. The information search unit 43 has a function of searching for the language used by the user of the mobile phone 10 in response to a search request from the Web service providing server 50. In the present embodiment, the information search unit 43 searches the registration information database 44 using the terminal telephone number received from the Web service providing server 50 as a key. Then, the information search unit 43 extracts the user language information corresponding to the terminal telephone number from the registration information database 44 and transmits it to the Web service providing server 50.

  Specifically, the conversion information database 45 is realized by a database device of the information management server 40. The conversion information database 45 stores in advance a plurality of conversion information (conversion data) for converting information handled using the mobile phone 10 in the service area into information that can be handled using the mobile phone 10 in the non-service area. For example, if the region where the conversion information database 45 exists is South Africa, each country other than South Africa (in accordance with the country of residence of the person who brought the mobile phone 10, that is, the service area related to the mobile phone 10, It can be a service area.) Conversion information for each is stored.

  For example, the conversion information database 45 stores in advance a plurality of currency rate information indicating the exchange rate between the non-service area and the country of the service area as the conversion information for each country of each service area. For example, when the country of the region is South Africa, the conversion information database 45 stores in advance currency rate information between South Africa and Japan, currency rate information between South Africa and the United States, and the like. Yes. Each service area is an area other than South Africa, for example, with respect to South Africa as a non-service area country.

  In addition, for example, the conversion information database 45 includes a conversion table (number conversion table) in which telephone numbers of public service institutions in the area are associated with telephone numbers of public service institutions in the countries of the service areas. A plurality of data are stored in advance for each service area country. For example, when the country of the region is South Africa, the conversion information database 45 includes a conversion table in which telephone numbers of public service organizations in South Africa and Japan are associated, and public service organizations in South Africa and the United States. A conversion table associated with a telephone number is stored in advance. The conversion information database 45 also stores in advance standard time information indicating the standard time (local time) of the area (that is, the non-service area).

  FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the conversion table stored in the conversion information database 45. In this example, the case of a conversion table in which telephone numbers of public service organizations in South Africa and Japan (such as police and ambulance emergency contact numbers) are associated will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, the conversion table includes service area number information 31 that is a telephone number of a public service organization in a service area (in this example, Japan) and a non-service area (in this example, South Africa). And country-of-use code information 32, which is a telephone number of a public service institution, is set in association with each other. As shown in FIG. 3, for example, “110”, which is an emergency contact telephone number in Japan, is associated with “10111”, which is an emergency contact telephone number in South Africa. Is set.

  Specifically, the conversion information extraction unit 46 is realized by the CPU of the information management server 40. The conversion information extraction unit 46 extracts conversion information corresponding to the service area related to the mobile phone 10 from the conversion information database 45 based on the service area information from the language used specification unit 42. In the present embodiment, the conversion information extraction unit 46 extracts standard time information from the conversion information database 45. Moreover, the conversion information extraction part 46 extracts the currency rate information between a service area and a non-service area from the conversion information database 45 based on service area information. Moreover, the conversion information extraction part 46 extracts the conversion table which matched the telephone number of the public service organization of a service area and a non-service area from the conversion information database 45 based on service area information.

  Specifically, the information transmission unit 47 is realized by the CPU of the information management server 40 and the network interface unit. The information transmission unit 47 has a function of transmitting the conversion information extracted by the conversion information extraction unit 46 to the mobile phone 10 via the radio base station 20.

  In the present embodiment, the conversion information storage means is realized by the conversion information database 45. The region specifying means is realized by the language used specifying unit 42. The conversion information extraction unit is realized by the conversion information extraction unit 46. The conversion information transmission unit is realized by the information transmission unit 47. The search means is realized by the information search unit 43. The search request unit and the Web information transmission unit are realized by the CPU of the Web service providing server 50 and the network interface unit (not shown).

  In the present embodiment, the storage device (not shown) of the information management server 40 stores various programs for causing the mobile phone 10 to execute processing for providing conversion data in a non-service area. For example, the storage device of the information management server 40 stores, in the computer, processing for specifying a service area related to the mobile phone based on a unique telephone number received from the mobile phone, and conversion data corresponding to the specified service area. A mobile phone service providing program for executing processing to extract from the storage means and processing to transmit the extracted conversion data to the mobile phone is stored.

  Next, the operation will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an information transmission process in which the information management server 40 transmits conversion information to the mobile phone 10 and a setting conversion process in which the mobile phone 10 performs various settings and conversions based on the conversion information. First, an operation in which the information management server 40 transmits conversion information to the mobile phone 10 will be described.

  When entering the radio area of the radio base station 20, the mobile phone 10 transmits the terminal telephone number and the terminal specific information to the information management server 40 via the radio base station 20 (step S11). For example, when the user moves from a service area to a non-service area and turns on the mobile phone 10, the mobile phone 10 transmits a terminal phone number and terminal-specific information to the information management server 40.

  The information receiving unit 41 of the information management server 40 receives the terminal telephone number and the terminal specific information via the radio base station 20. The use language specifying unit 42 specifies a service area related to the mobile phone 10 based on the terminal phone number. Further, the use language specifying unit 42 specifies the user's use language based on the specified service area (step S12).

  In step S <b> 12, the language-use identifying unit 42 determines, for example, which terminal telephone number is a number according to the mobile telephone service numbering system in which country. For example, if the terminal phone number is “090xxxxxxxx”, the language specification unit 42 uses a number according to the number system of the Japanese mobile phone service based on the number of digits of the phone number and the first “090”. Judge that there is. Then, the use language specifying unit 42 specifies the service area related to the mobile phone 10 as Japan, and specifies the user's use language as Japanese.

  Further, the information management server 40 may store information on the telephone number, service area, and language used for each user in the registration information database 44 in advance. For example, if a mobile phone company in a service area and a non-service area are affiliated, or if the mobile phone company has expanded internationally and provides a mobile phone service in both the service area and the non-service area, the user Such information may be registered in advance in the registration information database 44 when a service use contract is made. In this case, the use language specifying unit 42 searches the registration information database 44 using the terminal phone number as a key, and specifies the service area and the use language related to the mobile phone 10.

  Further, when transmitting the terminal telephone number to the information management server 40, the cellular phone 10 may transmit the terminal telephone number to which the country code of the service area is added. In this case, the use language specifying unit 42 extracts the country code from the terminal phone number, and specifies the service area related to the mobile phone 10 based on the extracted country code. For example, the use language specifying unit 42 specifies the service area as Japan based on the extracted country code “81”, and specifies the user's use language as Japanese.

  If the language of the service area is different from the user's native language, the user's language may be registered in the registration information database 44 according to the user's registration operation. In this case, the mobile phone 10 transmits information on the language used to the information management server 40 via the radio base station 20 in accordance with a user operation. Then, the information management server 40 stores the received language information in the registration information database 44.

  The use language specifying unit 42 registers the service area information and the user use language information, and the terminal phone number and the terminal specific information from the information receiving unit 41 in the registration information database 44 (step S13). In this case, the use language specifying unit 42 stores the terminal telephone number, the terminal unique information, the service area information, and the user use language information in association with each other in the registration information database 44.

  Moreover, the conversion information extraction part 46 extracts the conversion information corresponding to a service area from the conversion information database 45 based on the service area information from the use language specific | specification part 42 (step S14). In this case, the conversion information extraction unit 46 extracts the standard time information, the currency rate information corresponding to the service area, and the conversion table from the conversion information database 45. Then, the information transmission unit 47 transmits the conversion information extracted by the conversion information extraction unit 46 to the mobile phone 10 via the radio base station 20 (step S15). When the conversion information is received, the mobile phone 10 stores the received standard time information, currency rate information, and conversion table in a storage unit (not shown).

  As described above, the conversion information in the non-service area is transmitted to the mobile phone 10 by executing the processing from step S11 to step S16.

  Next, an operation in which the mobile phone 10 performs various settings and conversion based on the conversion information will be described. The mobile phone 10 sets the time of the clock included in the mobile phone 10 based on the standard time information received from the information management server 40 (step S16). That is, the mobile phone 10 automatically sets the clock to the time in the non-service area based on the standard time information.

  When the user performs an input operation of the telephone number of the public service organization in the service area (step S17), the mobile phone 10 sets the telephone number in the service area in the non-service area based on the conversion table to be stored. Convert to phone number. Then, the mobile phone 10 makes a call to the public service organization in the non-service area based on the converted telephone number (step S18).

  For example, the case where the user's own country, that is, the service area related to the mobile phone 10 is Japan, and the country where the user exists (that is, the service area) is South Africa will be described. For example, when making an emergency contact with the police, the mobile phone 10 inputs “110”, which is an emergency contact number to the police in Japan as a service area, according to the user's operation. The mobile phone 10 converts the input telephone number “110” into “10111” based on the conversion table shown in FIG. Then, the mobile phone 10 makes a call to the emergency contact agency of the police in South Africa based on the converted telephone number “10111”.

  Further, for example, when making a payment with electronic money in a non-service area, when the user inputs a payment amount in a currency in the service area, the mobile phone 10 uses the stored payment rate information to change the input payment amount. Convert to monetary amounts in non-service areas. Then, the mobile phone 10 executes processing such as making a payment request to the payment processing server based on the converted payment amount.

  As described above, by executing the process of step S16, the clock provided in the mobile phone 10 is automatically set to the time in the country where the user exists. In addition, by executing the processing of step S17 and step S18, if the user performs the same operation as when in the service area, the mobile phone 10 automatically converts the telephone number to the country where the user exists. Call a public service organization. In addition, when the user performs an input operation of the currency amount in the home country, the mobile phone 10 automatically converts the currency amount in the country in which the user exists.

  Next, an operation when the mobile phone 10 accesses a Web site of a mobile phone company in a non-service area will be described. FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing for transmitting information on a Web page to the mobile phone 10 when accessed from the mobile phone 10.

  The cellular phone 10 sends a screen information transmission request (hereinafter referred to as a “Web menu request”) of a menu of a website of a cellular phone company in a non-service area via the radio base station 20 in accordance with a user operation. Send to. Further, the mobile phone 10 transmits the terminal phone number to the Web service providing server 50 together with the Web menu request (Step S21).

  Upon receiving the Web menu request and the terminal phone number, the Web service providing server 50 transmits the terminal phone number to the information management server 40 and requests the information management server 40 to search for the language used by the user of the mobile phone 10 (Step S40). S22).

  The information search unit 43 of the information management server 40 searches the registered information database 44 using the received terminal phone number as a key, and extracts user language information corresponding to the terminal phone number (step S23). And the information search part 43 transmits the extracted user use language information to the web service provision server 50 (step S24).

  The Web service providing server 50 identifies the language used by the user of the mobile phone 10 based on the received user language information. Further, the Web service providing server 50 selects information described in the language used by the identified user from the information of the Web pages to be accumulated. Then, the Web service providing server 50 transmits information on the selected Web page to the mobile phone 10 via the radio base station 20 (Step S25). For example, when the user service language is specified as Japanese based on the user use language information, the Web service providing server 50 selects information on the Web page described in Japanese and transmits it to the mobile phone 10.

  The mobile phone 10 displays a web page menu screen based on the received web page information. For example, when the service area related to the mobile phone 10 is Japan, the mobile phone 10 displays a menu screen written in Japanese.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the information management server 40 automatically identifies and responds to the service area and language used for the mobile phone 10 based on the terminal phone number received from the mobile phone 10. The conversion information is transmitted to the mobile phone 10. Then, the cellular phone 10 performs time setting, currency rate conversion, and telephone number conversion based on the received conversion information. Accordingly, the mobile phone can be used at a travel destination where the user is in a non-service area by the same operation as that performed in the home country.

  In addition, according to the present embodiment, the mobile phone 10 automatically converts the telephone number of the public service organization into the telephone number in the non-service area based on the conversion table received as the conversion information and makes a call. Therefore, the user can call the public service organization at the destination by using the same telephone number as that of the public service organization in his country.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, the Web service providing server 50 automatically selects Web page information described in the language used by the user, and transmits the Web page information to the mobile phone 10. Therefore, even if the user does not perform an operation of selecting a Web page written in the language of the home country, the Web service provided by the mobile phone company can be used at the travel destination. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the user's trouble when using the Web service at the travel destination.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. This embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that a mobile IP phone using the IPv6 standard is used as the mobile phone 10. In the present embodiment, the mobile phone 10 transmits the IP address of the mobile phone 10 to the information management server 40 or the Web service providing server 50 via the radio base station 20 instead of the terminal phone number.

  The used language specifying unit 42 of the information management server 40 specifies the service area related to the mobile phone 10 based on the IP address received by the information receiving unit 41. And the use language specific | specification part 42 specifies a user's use language based on the specified service area. In addition, the registration information database 44 stores the IP address of the mobile phone 10, terminal specific information, service area information, and user language information in association with each other.

  The information search unit 43 searches the registration information database 44 using the IP address received from the Web service providing server 50 as a key instead of the terminal telephone number. Then, the information search unit 43 extracts the user language information corresponding to the IP address from the registration information database 44 and transmits it to the Web service providing server 50.

  Note that the components of the information management server 40 other than the language used specification unit 42, the information search unit 43, and the registered information database 44 and the functions of the Web service providing server 50 are the same as those functions in the first embodiment. .

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the service area and language used for the mobile phone 10 are automatically specified based on the IP address received from the mobile phone 10. Therefore, even when a mobile IP phone is used, the user can use the mobile phone at the travel destination by the same operation as in the home country. Further, based on the detected location information of the mobile phone 10, a language and information corresponding to the user can be automatically selected and provided to the user.

  The present invention can be applied to a case where a mobile phone that can be used overseas is brought to a destination and used. In particular, even when the user brings a mobile phone to the destination and uses it, the user can use the mobile phone at the destination by the same operation as that of the home country.

It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the use environment of the mobile telephone in the travel destination to which the mobile telephone service provision system by this invention is applied. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of an information management server 40. FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the conversion table which the conversion information database 45 memorize | stores. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an information transmission process in which the information management server 40 transmits conversion information to the mobile phone 10 and a setting conversion process in which the mobile phone 10 performs various settings and conversions based on the conversion information. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing for transmitting information on a Web page to the mobile phone 10 when accessed from the mobile phone 10.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Mobile telephone 20 Wireless base station 30 Switching office 40 Information management server 41 Information receiving part 42 Language used part 43 Information search part 44 Registration information database 45 Conversion information database 46 Conversion information extraction part 47 Information transmission part 50 Web service provision server

Claims (9)

A mobile phone company that provides a connection service to a mobile phone provides a predetermined service to the mobile phone in a non-service region that is a country or region that is different from the service region that is the country or region where the connection service is provided. A mobile phone service providing system,
Conversion information storage means for previously storing a plurality of conversion data for converting information handled using a mobile phone in the service area into information handled using a mobile phone in the non-service area;
An area specifying means for specifying the service area based on a unique telephone number received from the mobile phone;
Conversion for converting information handled using a mobile phone in the service area into information that can be handled using a mobile phone in the non-service area, based on the service area specified by the area specifying means. Conversion information extraction means for extracting data;
A mobile phone service providing system comprising: an information management device including conversion information transmission means for transmitting conversion data extracted by the conversion information extraction means to the mobile phone. The conversion information storage means stores in advance a plurality of number conversion tables in which telephone numbers of public service organizations in non-service areas are associated with telephone numbers of public service organizations in service areas,
The conversion information extracting means extracts a number conversion table in which the telephone number of the public service institution in the non-service area and the telephone number of the public service institution in the service area are associated from the conversion information storage means,
The conversion information transmitting means transmits the number conversion table extracted by the conversion information extracting means to the mobile phone,
When the telephone number of the public service organization in the service area is input, the mobile phone converts the input phone number of the public service organization in the non-service area based on the number conversion table received from the information management device. The mobile phone service providing system according to claim 1, wherein the system is converted into a telephone number. The conversion information storage means stores in advance a plurality of currency rate information indicating the exchange rate between the non-service area and the service area,
The conversion information extraction means extracts currency rate information between the non-service area and the service area from the conversion information storage means,
The conversion information transmitting means transmits the currency rate information extracted by the conversion information extracting means to the mobile phone,
The mobile phone service providing system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile phone converts an input amount based on currency rate information received from an information management device. The conversion information storage means stores information indicating the local time in the non-service area,
Conversion information extraction means extracts information indicating the local time from the conversion information storage means,
The conversion information transmitting means transmits information indicating the local time extracted by the conversion information extracting means to the mobile phone,
The mobile phone according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the mobile phone sets a time of a clock of the mobile phone based on information indicating local time received from an information management device. Service provision system. Search request means for requesting the information management device to search for a language used by a user of the mobile phone when receiving a transmission request for a web page from the mobile phone;
Web information transmission means for selecting information on a Web page described in a language used by a user based on a search result received from the information management apparatus, and transmitting information on the selected Web page to the mobile phone With a server,
5. The mobile device according to claim 1, wherein the information management device includes a search unit that searches a language used by a user of the mobile phone in response to a search request from the Web server. Telephone service provision system.   The region specifying means specifies the service region by determining which phone number system according to which service region the telephone number received from the mobile phone is in accordance with. The mobile phone service providing system according to claim 1. The mobile phone transmits the IP address of the mobile phone to the information management device,
The mobile phone service providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the area specifying means specifies a contract area based on an IP address received from the mobile phone. A mobile phone company that provides a connection service to a mobile phone provides a predetermined service to the mobile phone in a non-service region that is a country or region that is different from the service region that is the country or region where the connection service is provided. A mobile phone service providing method,
A step of transmitting a unique telephone number to an information management device installed in the non-service area;
A step of storing a plurality of conversion data for converting information handled by the information management device using a mobile phone in the service area into information that can be handled in the non-service area in a conversion information storage unit;
The information management device, based on the telephone number received from the mobile phone, identifying a service area related to the mobile phone;
The information management device extracting conversion data corresponding to the specified service area from the conversion information storage means;
The information management device includes a step of transmitting the extracted conversion data to the mobile phone. Non-service in which information handled using a mobile phone in a service area that is a country or area where the mobile phone company providing the connection service to the mobile phone is providing a connection service is in a country or area different from the service area In a computer equipped with storage means for storing a plurality of conversion data for conversion into information that can be handled in the area in advance,
A process of identifying a service area associated with the mobile phone based on the unique telephone number received from the mobile phone;
Processing for extracting conversion data corresponding to the specified service area from the storage means;
A mobile phone service providing program for executing the process of transmitting the extracted converted data to the mobile phone.

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