JP2006013660A - Action addressee initiative communication method and communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To attain removal of unsolicited communication, decrease in a wasteful communication amount, taking care and custody of people, emergency communication, anonymous communication, an efficient path guide service by utilizing accessories of a communication apparatus, grasping of a traffic state without the need for a special purpose facility, robust and convenient accounting by using a live body recognition function and a positional information function of mobile phones, financial transactions, security, and to realize a mobile body charge receiving system. <P>SOLUTION: An administrator of the communication apparatus issues instructions to an electronic secretary interposed in advance between the communication apparatus and a network, the electronic secretary has a method of identifying a caller or communication contents according to contents of the instructions of the administrator, and applies a plurality of transactions from rejection to control permission to communication requests of respective callers and processes communication requests arrived inside or outside the network. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to communication using an electronic device on a communication network, and more particularly to securing communication security in connection with the stage of establishing a communication connection. It relates to the integration of communication and remote control functions.

Telecommunications has become widespread. Various information technology services utilizing the Internet have rapidly spread to the general public, high-speed and large-capacity always-on communication has become widespread in ordinary households, and caller ID notification has become common. The caller now takes the initiative in communication.
However, negative problems such as unsolicited communication contrary to the intention of the callee, paralysis of the communication infrastructure due to spam mails, deterioration of functions, and the collapse of normal communication have also emerged. Conventional nuisance communication prevention technology has realized designated rejection (black list) and designated reception (white list) functions. Patent Documents 6, 12, 13, and 23 can enhance convenience when registering and canceling the above list. There is also a method in which unopened mail is recorded in the received spam mail and the sender is charged reversely (see, for example, Patent Document 4). Some extract the sender's identification information from the incoming e-mail (see, for example, Patent Document 5). Patent Document 24 discloses a technique for preventing spam mail communication in which the sender and the destination are set in the reception rejection list when the total reception capacity exceeds the upper limit capacity.

  However, in these technologies, (a) with the advancement of technology, small portable communication devices have become multifunctional. Utilization of attached functions such as cameras attached to communication devices and attached position information devices, children, elderly people with blur, and unmanned, can be used safely as a means of communication and for custody, the potential needs are not satisfied. For example, for use of position information, there is a control means for setting a travel route, but the calculation amount is large and is not suitable for a small device such as a mobile phone (see, for example, Patent Documents 7 and 8). Although there is a mobile phone provided with means for receiving radio waves from a GPS satellite, there is no means for preventing unwanted communication (see, for example, Patent Document 9). (B) It is not possible to reduce the amount of communication on the public network and the processing of the connected mail server for unwanted e-mails. (C) It cannot respond flexibly. For example, it impedes freedom of expression and freedom of business. As a concept of spam mail, there is no common standard that cannot be determined without considering the subjective factors of individual callees as to what kind of mail hits the spam mail. Reflecting the subjectivity of the recipient, the merchandise sales email that the recipient is interested in is not annoying, but does not need to be registered in the whitelist. Or you can allow reception, but you cannot allow mass transmission. It cannot respond to such detailed needs. (D) In general, conventional communication systems are based on the concept that communicating parties know each other's identities. For example, a personal phone number plays the role of personal identity. For this reason, if a phone number is easily disclosed to an unknown party, there will be some danger. On the other hand, if you need anonymous communication to the beginning or the end of activities such as personal-to-individual, personal-to-company transactions, companionships, job hunting, etc. on the network, once you invite the other party, your email address or phone number will be your partner Therefore, when you want to catch yourself, you can't easily break the relationship with the other party. Patent Document 10 discloses a method of establishing a communication channel that requires two steps for anonymous communication and removes both pieces of identity information from communication contents through a dedicated anonymous communication center.

Patent Document 25 relates to a part of the communication function of the present invention. A technique has been disclosed in which a part of an e-mail is transmitted and transmission of the e-mail body is permitted before the e-mail body is transmitted. However, the relevant document does not disclose specific technical contents.
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  These are all the intentions of an administrator of an electronic device (hereinafter referred to as a communication device) having a communication function related to communication, i.e., to prevent trouble from the caller, and to give the caller control right of a part or all of the communication device. It is about the will expressed in two directions that can be given. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the intention of managing the function usage range and communication range for the owner of the communication device. The problem with the prior art is that this will not be satisfied. It is an object of the present invention to solve this problem and satisfy the manager's intention. Specifically, it is an object of the present invention to efficiently use communication resources and accessory devices with peace of mind as intended by the administrator of an electronic device with a communication function. Communication, communication device control function, normally open and without disturbing the conventional communication function, eliminate unwanted communication, reduce unnecessary communication volume, supervision, emergency communication, anonymous communication, accessory device of communication device Efficient route guidance service without using dedicated equipment, grasping traffic conditions, mobile phone biometric recognition function, location information function, strong and convenient settlement, financial transactions, security, mobile fee collection system It is also an object of the present invention to realize the above.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, as shown in FIG. 1, the present invention is directed to an administrator of a communication device that issues an instruction to an electronic secretary interposed between the communication device and the network in advance. Process communication requests arriving from inside and outside according to the content. When receiving an incoming call from the outside (network), identify the caller or caller group, and provide a method for dealing with each caller's communication request, or analyze the content of the incoming call In addition, there are provided a plurality of methods for dealing with communication requests of specific communication contents, and a plurality of methods for dealing with communication requests to individual destinations when sending from the inside (communication device). When the communication request is received, one of the plurality of treatment methods is selected and the communication request is treated; the treatment method is referred to as “treatment”, and a specific sender determined by an administrator, or It means a method for taking a specific action for a communication request of a specific destination or a specific communication content.

  When receiving an incoming call, the conventional concept communication is usually led by the caller. For example, it has been considered that the other party receives the call when the other party is called. Since the response method is also simple, there is no need to describe it in special terms. The present invention has a variety of response methods, and there is no appropriate technical term to express briefly. Therefore, the term “treatment” is used to express the relationship between both parties or the administrator and the user.

  The basic idea of the present invention is realized by a method of giving the user the intention of the owner (manager) of the apparatus. The electronic secretary is treated according to the instruction file that only the administrator has the setting right. The owner is usually an administrator who has management rights, and the user means a person who makes and receives calls using the device and a person who makes a call through a communication line and uses the device. An administrator can be either a caller or a callee. For example, when the present invention is applied to a child mobile phone (hereinafter simply referred to as “mobile” when it can be distinguished in context), the user is the child and all the callers, the administrator is the parent, and the parent indicates By setting the file, it is possible to limit the numbers that children can call and the numbers that can be called to children.

The types of treatment include reception rejection (black list) and communication permission (white list) for the sender of communication requests arriving from outside, and transmission rejection and transmission permission for communication requests originating from within. .
There is a type of treatment called “control permission” that is given to both incoming and outgoing calls. The control permission is an expression of intention of the administrator to give the user control of the communication device so that a part or all of the functions can be operated or a specified function can be activated. For example, an outside caller who has control rights can remotely activate the camera of the communication device and monitor the receiving side. Another example of the control permission treatment is that the personal authentication process is always automatically started by sending a cash withdrawal telephone call from the inside.
“Control permission” given to an outside caller permits a communication request, instructs the callee side communication device that the caller has control right, and communicates without calling the caller to the caller. It means that When viewed from the inside, this is a controlled state in which the communication device is controlled. There may be a plurality of control permissions with different control levels or control ranges or control targets.

The term “communication request” used in the present specification means the content of communication that has arrived at the electronic secretary before achieving the original communication purpose of the caller. For example, the connection request or the callee Before receiving, the e-mail or data received by the electronic secretary or a request for consent is a communication request.The “rule” is a pair of search conditions for processing objects and action definition information when the search conditions are satisfied. This means the knowledge used to control the process expressed by the following:-"Sender" means one selected from the group consisting of the side party and equipment requesting the start of communication; and "Treatment information" Is the callee ID and the information of the first rule set. However, when there is only one callee ID, it means the first rule set, and “ID” is a communication service provided by the communication service provider. Means the identifier provided to the party using It is possible to provide a plurality of identifiers to one party, it is possible to identify a group of callers by one ID or a part of the ID. It is determined that the electronic secretary can permit communication, the communication request is transmitted to the called party, and the communication request of the conventional communication means is made in the same state as when the incoming call is received. "Receiving client" means a device that can collect the recipient's mail stored on the server. For example, a mobile phone that receives mail and IAB (Internet Architecture Board) This applies to hosts that are trying to use services compliant with POP3 (Post Office Protocol-Version 3) specified in the RFC (Request for Comments) issued by the Email For example, a client terminal that sends mail, an ISP server that sends mail, and “server” means a side that provides a service, and a telephone exchange corresponds to a server, "Receiving server" means a device that provides a service for receiving and storing e-mails and delivering the stored e-mails to the called party when accessed by the called party. For example, a mail center of a mobile phone company and POP3 The host that provides the service is applicable.-"Communication" means transmitting information and control signals.-"Mail" means e-mail.-"Pre-application" is the administrator. Means disclosing information including its own ID (identifier), allowing the caller to apply for communication permission, and applying for communication permission to the administrator before the caller issues a communication request.・ ・ "Identity "Record" identifies a party who uses the communication service by ID, and the provider of the communication service provides the ID to the party and is selected from the group consisting of a provider of the communication service and a third party Means to register the identity verification information of the party, and “permission” means that the caller acquires the audio signal acquired by the transmitter of the communication device on the called party side. "Monitoring permission" means that the caller is allowed to acquire an image signal acquired by an imaging device installed on the receiver side through the communication device on the receiver side. This means that the location information acquired by the location acquisition means installed on the called party side is acquired through the communication device on the side, and “attention alert” allows the caller to output information through the communication device on the called party side, Callee's "Allow information transfer" means to allow the caller to transfer information to the communication device on the called party side. "First expectation" means that the first and second electronic secretaries are the first and second It means a method to take a pre-set action when treatment cannot be determined by applying a rule set. ・ "Subject" has the purpose of information content that is included in the mail header. Informational fields (Informational fields) ・ "Sender email address" means a destination email address that includes the reply destination email address specified by the sender himself and sends email to the sender. ”Means applying for communication permission, and traditional transmission is also considered as a form of treatment application. ・“ Treatment relationship ”is a relationship established by the treatment that both parties give to each other.・ "Treatment set" means a set of treatments, "Application content" means content to apply for communication permission, and "Expected application content" is expected by the receiving party Meaning of the application content, for example, when asking the other party the name of the called party, the exact name is the expected application content, that is, the application content expected the correct answer of the question, It can be specified as the expected application contents.

Conceptual explanation of mail-related terms: The flow of mail transmission is generally from the sender terminal (sending client) to the sending mail server (receiving server), from the sending mail server (sending client) to the receiving server, and from the receiving server to the called party terminal (receiving client). ). The sending mail server has two roles of receiving server and sending client.
Hereinafter, details and embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration example of an embodiment of the present invention. The communication apparatus 101 performs communication on the network 104 via the electronic secretary 102, and the electronic secretary may be incorporated on the communication apparatus side or the server side that provides the communication service, or in the case of telephone communication, on the telephone side or the exchange side. . When it is installed on the server side, it is connected to a communication device through a communication channel. The instruction file 103 may be incorporated in the electronic secretary or independent of the electronic secretary. The administrator may input data directly into the instruction file (not shown in the figure). The instruction file is stored in the data storage device. As long as the storage device is obtained by achieving the object of the present invention, for example, an optical storage medium can be adopted in addition to an electronic memory circuit such as a magnetic storage device, a RAM, and a ROM. The preferred implementation of the instruction file is a database that organizes and integrates interrelated data, including multimedia information, and is easy to search.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart of one embodiment of the present invention. A method for performing communication via an electronic secretary system (hereinafter referred to as “electronic secretary”) that supports communication in a telecommunication network, in which an administrator issues an instruction to the electronic secretary in advance, and the electronic secretary instructs the administrator According to the contents, the communication request from inside and outside is processed, and the method includes: (a) a step of inputting data for constructing an instruction file for instructing a business to the electronic secretary; and the instruction file includes: A first rule set (hereinafter referred to as a “first rule set”) described by a rule having a condition part having an application condition related to a treatment and an execution part instructing execution of an action corresponding to treatment (the first rule set) The first rule is that “when the communication request from the caller is actually received, the item detected from the communication request (hereinafter referred to as“ the fact item ”) is in front of the condition part. In this specification, the first rule is created and added to the first rule set, indicating that the communication request is treated based on the treatment if it matches the item. And (b) performing communication using the electronic secretary capable of performing the following operations. (1) The item is detected from the communication request from the caller, (2) The instruction file is accessed, (3) The application condition is satisfied for all the rules in the first rule set. (4) to transmit the communication request to the callee for each of the communication requests. (Hereinafter referred to as “communication permission”) and a plurality of treatment methods (hereinafter referred to as “treatment set”), and when receiving the communication request, select one of the plurality of treatment methods. The communication request is processed.

  When a communication request of an internal or external caller is received, the item, that is, a fact item is detected from the communication request (201), an instruction file is read (202), and the first rule set is applied in the next first rule set application procedure. Apply. That is, for all the rules in the first rule set relating to items and treatments, a rule for which the applicable condition is established is found, and R1DB (see FIG. 4) is searched under the condition that the item and the actual item match ( 203) Judgment is made (204), and when the record is detected, that is, when a rule satisfying the applicable condition is found, the treatment ID given to the caller is extracted from the field of treatment ID it can. Then, an action corresponding to the treatment ID, that is, a rule execution unit is executed (206). If not found, the communication request may be treated based on a predetermined treatment method, that is, the initial expected treatment (205).

  Hereinafter, as shown in FIG. 3, the layout of the record indicating the contents of the data database that embodies the instruction file in the database is described. The table contains all the data in the database. A table is a collection of columns. Data is organized in row and column format. Each row represents a record, and each column represents a field of that record. The record layout is composed of information organized by "field name" (left side of the table shown in the figure) and "field feature" (right side of the table shown in the figure). A line matches each field. The primary key is a column containing a value that uniquely identifies each row of the table, and there can be a plurality of primary keys. The foreign key is a column for setting a link between data in two tables.

FIG. 3 is a record layout diagram showing the contents of a data database (hereinafter referred to as TDB) in which one embodiment of a treatment set is recorded. The specific realization of each treatment differs depending on the communication device, and the total number of treatment types that can be realized differs depending on the communication device. The treatment set can be expanded and simplified according to the individual needs of the parties concerned. The treatment ID can be used for identification of the processing method (function) that is called in the program, and the text can be used for displaying the contents of the function to the user.
FIG. 4 is a layout diagram of records showing the contents of a data database (hereinafter referred to as R1DB) that records a first rule set relating to items and treatments. There can be multiple items. For example, the execution of “automatic consent” treatment, which will be described later, includes two items in the condition part: an amount and a biller.

A rule set is a description of control of processing by data having a structure. That is, the rule set is a kind of “type”, and there can be a plurality of different data of the same type. The same rule set of different data is used to control similar processes. In this specification, in the case of the same rule set described by different data, what is called a rule set.
First, a case where an external communication request is processed and a treatment is given to each caller will be described.
Hereinafter, the first rule set for this case is referred to as a “first rule set for reception”. In the first rule set for reception, the item is a caller ID (caller identifier), treatment for rejecting the communication request is called “reception refusal”, and treatment for receiving the communication request is “application acceptance”. That's it.

  Acceptance of application means that the caller permits the callee to act to express his / her desire to communicate, and this action can inform the callee of the communication matter including information for identifying the caller, In addition, after the presentation information is presented to the caller, the original communication purpose of the caller cannot be achieved before the caller's response is received and it is determined that the communication request can be permitted based on the response. The term “communication requirement” refers to communication that establishes a communication connection between a caller and the electronic secretary and achieves communication with a callee that reaches the electronic secretary before achieving the original communication purpose of the caller. Means content. For example, in the case of telephone communication, the caller's name, phone number, and message are recorded and communicated to the receiver, and the electronic secretary sends out voice guidance and receives the caller's reply, but the reply is judged to be correct. Do not allow conversations with recipients before Repeated questions and answers are possible. Immediate judgment and judgment after the callee are possible. Replies can be received by dialing number or voice identification. For purposes of this invention, the term “application acceptance” refers to any interaction that facilitates an ongoing cycle of receiving guidance messages and receiving responses. Application acceptance treatment may be used as the first expected treatment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of another embodiment of the present invention.
The instruction file includes presentation information to be presented to the caller, and the electronic secretary can perform an operation of presenting the presentation information to the caller. The instruction file includes a second rule set (hereinafter referred to as “second rule”) described in a rule having a condition part having an application condition relating to an expected application content and an execution part instructing execution of an action corresponding to treatment. (Referred to as "set") and (the second rule represents "if the expected application is detected from a communication request, the communication request is treated based on the treatment"). The application acceptance includes the following operations: (a) detecting the expected application content from the communication request; (b) applying the second rule set. ID is detected (501), the instruction file is read (502), the first rule set is applied (503), the result is judged (504), and the application acceptance is the second rule set related to the expected application contents and treatment A rule for which the application condition is satisfied is found for all the rules in (505), and it is determined whether or not the rule is found (506). Treat based on. For example, after the presentation information is presented to the sender, reception is refused. Or it refuses reception without presenting guidance. It is desirable to decide by the administrator. It is desirable to select the initial treatment from the treatment set except for the application acceptance treatment (507). Use whether or not to execute the application acceptance treatment when no rule that satisfies the conditions of application of the first rule set is found. Can be selected.

  When a rule for which the application condition is satisfied is found, the communication request is processed based on the given treatment, that is, the treatment described in the execution part of the rule (508). The above-mentioned treatment includes communication permission and reception refusal, and communication devices are managed in various ways depending on the performance of the communication device on the called side, such as permitting part of the communication and recording the request of the caller. It is possible to specify according to the intention of the person. For example, when the communication device has only a basic communication function, the communication contents are passed so that the implementation of the communication permission treatment of the electronic secretary does not simply disturb the communication device. After instructing the communication device to perform control permission treatment of the electronic secretary, the communication contents including the command of the caller are passed. It is possible to allow control of only a part of the communication device.

The second rule can include personal information known only between communicating parties. For example, if it is specified as a rule that the name of the callee is known, a caller who does not know the name of the callee can be rejected. You can also identify family members and relatives with secret words and passwords. In the case of telephone communication, the other party can be recognized by voice recognition or voiceprint recognition.
The result of the application acceptance of the present invention becomes a large number according to the second rule, and the communication is not necessarily permitted or not permitted. The purpose and effect of the present invention are not merely prevention of unwanted communication, but can satisfy a wide range of managerial intentions such as remote control of the opposite. This is different from the invention shown in Patent Document 12.

  For example, the application acceptance of the present invention can temporarily permit communication to the caller. Freedom on the caller side is not restricted. Mail order sales and advertisements that benefit both mailers are possible, and mailer caller IDs are not given more communication permission than necessary. In the case of e-mail communication, the e-mail address, subject, etc. are received, but the contents are not given to the recipient before it is judged to be correct or meet the expectation, and the electronic secretary returns the presentation information and follows the presentation information. Don't give the caller's reply before it is judged correct.

  A case will be described in which a communication request from the inside is processed and treatment is given to each recipient. Hereinafter, the first rule set for this case is referred to as “first rule set for transmission”. In the first rule set for outgoing call, the item is the called party ID (identifier of the incoming caller), the treatment for rejecting the communication request is called “call rejection”, and the treatment for permitting the communication request is “permit call”. In other words, in response to the communication request, the personal authentication process is activated, and when the authentication is successful, the treatment for permitting transmission is called “transmission authentication”. For example, in the case of a company, refusal to make a call to a pay program, to manage international calls using a password, and in the case of an individual, a robust and convenient settlement by checking the biometric recognition function of the mobile phone and the caller's calling number, financial transactions, security Can be realized.

When giving a treatment for a communication request having specific communication contents, the first rule may include a plurality of items. For example, “analysis authentication” in the case of constant connection by packet communication described later can analyze item data and implement specified treatment.
FIG. 25 is a record layout diagram showing the contents of a data database (hereinafter referred to as GDB) in which one example of the presentation information is recorded. When the presentation information includes a question to be presented to the caller, the presentation information may be in a format shown in FIG.
FIG. 26 is a record layout diagram showing the contents of a data database (hereinafter referred to as R2DB) that records an example of the second rule set regarding expected application contents and treatment.
FIG. 36 is a record layout diagram showing the contents of a data database (hereinafter referred to as R3DB) that records an example of the third rule set relating to the sender, reception time, and treatment.
FIG. 37 is a record layout diagram showing the contents of a data database (hereinafter referred to as R4DB) that records an example of the fourth rule set relating to the question presented to the caller, the correct answer of the question, and the score. The question and the presentation information stored in the GDB include information selected from the group consisting of text, sound, and images.
FIG. 69 is a layout diagram of records showing the contents of a data database (hereinafter referred to as R5DB) that records an example of the fifth rule set relating to callee ID, call origination time, and treatment.
FIG. 70 is a record layout diagram showing the contents of a data database (hereinafter referred to as TRDB) in which one embodiment of the treatment relationship master is recorded.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of another embodiment of the present invention described in the description of FIG. The communication is an e-mail communication, the caller ID is a caller e-mail address, the presentation information includes a description of conditions for receiving an e-mail, and the communication permission treatment is to receive an e-mail. When the communication request arrives, the electronic secretary first applies the first rule set when the communication request arrives, and the rule satisfying the application condition is not found. In the step of accepting the application and accepting the application, when applying the second rule set, when a rule satisfying the application condition is not found, that is, when treatment cannot be determined, The communication request is rejected after presenting the presentation information to the sender.
The sender's mail address is detected (601), the instruction file is read (602), the first rule set is applied (603), the result is judged (604), the second rule set is applied (605), The result is judged (606), the presentation information includes a description of the conditions for receiving the mail, and the treatment of the communication permission is to receive the mail. That is, the electronic secretary passes the mail, and the recipient receives the mail. The reception refusal treatment does not receive mail (608), and presenting the presentation information to the sender is returning the presentation information to the sender (607).

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration of another embodiment in the present invention described in the description of FIG. An electronic secretary and instruction files R1DB, GDB, and R2DB are incorporated in the receiving client side user terminal 701. Reference numeral 702 denotes an ISP (Internet Service Provider) receiving server.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart of another embodiment of the present invention described in the description of FIG. The presentation information to be presented to the caller makes an application for permission for communication. The presentation information includes at least content that prompts the application content to be described in the subject of the email, and the electronic secretary is installed on the receiving client side. And rejecting the communication request is sending a delete command to the receiving server to delete the e-mail from the receiving server, and the electronic secretary logs in to the receiving server, and the subject of the e-mail And receiving the header, and applying the first rule set to accept the application (the term used in this specification, “receiving client” is stored on the server). Means a device that can collect the e-mail of the called party, and the “receiving server” receives and stores the e-mail and stores the stored e-mail It means a device that provides a service to pass the mail to the recipient).

  The presentation information presents, for example, a question and prompts the user to write the answer in the subject. Then, it logs in to the receiving server (801), and detects the sender's ID, that is, the sender's mail address from the header of the mail (802). For example, the command “TOP 1 0” described in POP3 (Non-patent Document 3), which is a general mail reception protocol, is sent, and the header of the first mail is received from the POP3 server and analyzed, so that the sender's electronic E-mail address can be detected. Then, the instruction file is read (803), the first rule set is applied in the first rule set application procedure (804, 805, 809), and a rule satisfying the application condition is not found from the first rule set. The second rule set is applied in the following example procedure (806, 807). First, the correct contents are extracted one by one for all the records in R4DB (see FIG. 37), and based on the extracted contents, the corresponding contents are searched from the subject included in the header of the mail and scored. . Then, for all records in R2DB, a record that matches the score value is detected, and when it is detected, that is, when a rule that satisfies the application condition is found, the treatment ID can be extracted from the field of the treatment ID. . Then, the rule execution unit is executed (809). The initial treatment is processed (808).

  There is also an invention for extracting sender identification information from an incoming e-mail (Patent Document 5). The present invention is different in that the caller ID is extracted from the header of the arrived electronic mail. The present invention can achieve the object without opening the mail body. Therefore, in comparison with the above-described invention in which the main body of the mail is opened, the amount of communication in the billing portion of communication with the server, such as mobile phone, can be greatly reduced.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a configuration of another embodiment in the present invention described in the description of FIG. An electronic secretary and instruction files R1DB, GDB, and R2DB are incorporated on the receiving server 901 side. Reference numeral 902 indicates a receiving client. Reference numeral 903 denotes a mail transmission client.
FIG. 10 is a flowchart of another embodiment of the present invention described in the description of FIG. The presentation information to be presented to the caller makes an application for permission of communication, the presentation information includes at least content that prompts the application content to be described in the subject of the email, and the electronic secretary is installed on the receiving server side Rejecting the communication request is to notify the sending client of the e-mail that an error has occurred and then stop communication, and when the communication request arrives, the electronic secretary first transmits the fact. The first e-mail envelope containing the user ID is received, the first rule set is applied, and if no rule that satisfies the application condition is found, the e-mail subject is received. And receiving the application (the term “transmission client” used in this specification means a device that transmits an e-mail).

  The envelope (envelope) is received (1001), the sender's mail address is detected, the instruction file is read (1002), and the first rule set is applied in the first rule set application procedure (1003, 1004, 1009). ). If no rule satisfying the application condition is found from the first rule set, a header including the subject of the mail is received in order to receive the subject of the mail (1005), and the second rule set application procedure The second rule set is applied at (1006, 1007, 1009). The initial treatment is processed (1008).

  FIG. 11 is a partial flowchart of the early determination process of another embodiment in the present invention described in the description of FIG. The instruction file further includes a third rule set described by a rule having a condition part having an application condition related to a caller ID and a reception time, and an execution part instructing execution of an action corresponding to treatment ( (Hereinafter referred to as “third rule set”) and (the third rule is defined as “if the fact sender ID detected from the communication request matches the sender ID of the condition part and the predetermined time from the reception time” The electronic secretary is further capable of the following operations: (if the time has not elapsed, it represents the fact that the communication request is treated based on the treatment) ) Create the third rule and add it to the third rule set; (b) apply the third rule set; to suspend communication, (a) first apply the third rule set; Applicable conditions are met If the rule is not found, the third rule is created based on the fact sender ID, the reception time, and the reception refusal treatment, and in addition to the third rule set, the e-mail transmission client A temporary error state is returned to the terminal, and then the communication is forcibly stopped by closing the underlying delivery connection; and (b) if a rule that satisfies the applicable condition is found, After notifying the mail transmission client of the occurrence of a permanent error, the communication is officially stopped, and then the corresponding rule is deleted from the third rule set.

  The early determination means that the reception of the mail is decided to be rejected and executed before the reception of the mail body is finished. The present invention can determine to reject the reception of the mail body by judging the subject content of the mail. Prior to explanation, the prior art of e-mail will be explained. Email SMTP compliance is located in the upper layer of the layered protocol. Normally, the delivery protocol underlying SMTP is TCP. TCP connection is indispensable for e-mail communication. The SMTP includes a step of transmitting a part (envelope) of the e-mail before sending the e-mail body and permitting the transmission of the e-mail body (content). There is a step to check if the sender is authorized after sending the mail envelope and before sending the content, but once the mail content has been sent, it will be authorized before sending the body There is no step to check (see Non-Patent Document 4). The SMTP protocol determines that content is transferred as a single chunk and cannot be interrupted.

The envelope contains only the ID (address) of the sender / receiver, and there is no information that can permit transmission reflecting the subjectivity of each individual recipient accurately. In the conventional spam mail prevention technology, content cannot be received without permission when transmission permission cannot be determined from the envelope. Therefore, the reception is already completed at the time when it is determined to be spam mail, and it is impossible to avoid the attack of the mail bomb (the act of sending a large amount in a short time), the pressure on the public network, or the adverse effect on other subscribers.
SMTP performs mail transmission / reception through conversations by issuing and responding to commands. In the normal case, the sender always checks the response of the receiver and determines the action of the sender according to the type of response. If the recipient is interrupted by force majeure while receiving the content, even if the recipient cannot respond, the transmission is automatically retried at a predetermined delay interval.

  In the present invention, when a header included in the content is received, if the correct answer to the question according to the guidance information presented to the caller is not detected from the header, if it is determined that the message is spam, the SMTP command for canceling the content transfer is However, the content transfer by forcibly canceling communication by the socket disconnection command (close) of the TCP protocol is forcibly interrupted. However, in this case, the SMTP compliant sender starts the retry procedure after a certain time. You cannot refuse to send this email itself. In order to cope with this undesired retry, a failure response is first returned to the sender as one method, and then the communication is forcibly stopped.

  The Internet is a community that follows a common protocol, and creating a product according to the protocol is called implementation. There are different email sending and receiving products implemented by many manufacturers (eg UNIX® SendMail, qmail, Microsoft Outlook). In this embodiment, the electronic secretary operates on the receiving side and receives mail from the product. The present invention causes the sender with a failure response to give up transmission. However, SMTP does not consider content transfer interruption as a normal case. Issuing a TCP disconnect command is not a standard SMTP method, so when it is forcibly interrupted, whether or not the sender receives the response from the receiver and how the received response is processed can vary depending on the implementation. There is sex.

In order to respond to the retry by the implementation that ignores the failure response and retries without giving up, the third rule set for cancellation described below, before sending the failure response, in addition to sending the failure response If the sender ID and the first time are stored, and the envelope of the mail transmitted by retry is received and the sender ID included in the received envelope matches the stored sender ID, the SMTP standard is stored. The content transmission is refused by the technique.
As described above, even when the forwarding implementation ignores the failure response and makes a retry for the identified junk mail, it can be canceled before the header is received at the time of retry transmission. An implementation that does not retry in accordance with the failure response is a convenient sender for the present invention, and can delete the old third rule that stores the unused sender ID and time with a simple mechanism. Regardless of the sender implementation, you can reject the spam body without receiving it.
The electronic secretary of the present invention was incorporated in the mail server qmail side, and a test was conducted using Outlook as a transmission client. If it is terminated without receiving the email body, Outlook will immediately report the failure on the sending device. Outlook is an implementation that does not retry according to failure responses.

The embodiment shown in FIGS. 30 and 31 is proposed as an extended function of the conventional SMTP. When the sender implementing this function and the invention are used at the same time, the recipient's electronic secretary does not need to respond to the retry, and relies on a means for forcibly canceling the message by means of a TCP layer command located in a layer different from SMTP. In addition, it is possible to further reduce the amount of communication on the public network and the processing of the connected mail server for unwanted e-mail.
Next, the flow of processing according to the third rule set for cancellation will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The early determination process starts when no rule is found that satisfies the application condition of the step of applying the first rule set (FIG. 10 (1004)). The third rule set for cancellation is applied in the next application procedure of the third rule set for cancellation. That is, R3DB is searched based on the condition that the caller ID (mail address) matches and the predetermined time has not passed from the reception time to the search time (1101), and the result is judged (1102). When the record is detected, that is, when a rule for which the application condition is satisfied is found, the treatment can be extracted from the treatment ID field. Then, the rule execution unit is executed (1110). If a rule that satisfies the application condition is not found, the header including the subject of the mail is received (1103), and the second rule set is applied in the second rule set application procedure (1104, 1105, 1112). The initial expected treatment is processed (1106). However, if the treatment and initial expected treatment of the second rule set execution unit include reception refusal (decision: 1107), the third rule is determined based on the fact sender ID, reception time, and reception refusal treatment. In addition to the third rule set for cancellation (1108), the communication request is processed based on the treatment, and the reception refusal treatment returns a failure response to the transmission client, and then the communication is forcibly stopped (close) (1109). If not, the communication request is processed based on the given treatment (1112). The purpose of the execution of the third rule is to stop a prior art SMTP compliant sender before the reception of the header: a step in which the prior art can be officially stopped. Since it only needs to be executed once, when the execution part of the third rule is executed, the corresponding rule is deleted (1111).

“The retry interval should be at least 30 minutes, but… a variable strategy is beneficial” (Non-Patent Document 4). As those skilled in the art of server management will appreciate, various timing customizations, including retry intervals, are common. If the predetermined time is set longer than the retry interval in the third rule, it is possible to reliably catch the re-execution transmission (YES in 1102), abandon the sender, and prevent undesired re-execution.
Instead of the failure response, a temporary error state may be returned to the transmission client.
The response format to the SMTP command is a code followed by a text string. The guide information is sent to the sender as a character string of a response text, and the guide information can be presented to the sender in real time. Since it is possible to cope with an implementation in which the character string of the response text is not displayed, the guidance information may be returned to the sender by e-mail.
You may judge that it is a junk mail when the correct answer of a question or the expected keyword is not detected or is detected after receiving a part or all of the content instead of the header.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of another embodiment of the present invention described in the description of FIG. The presentation information presented to the caller makes an application for permission of communication, the presentation information includes at least content that prompts the electronic mail to describe the application content, and the electronic secretary is installed on the receiving server side, Rejecting the communication request is to notify the sending client of the e-mail that an error has occurred and stop communication, and when the electronic secretary receives the communication request, first the fact sender ID Is received up to the envelope (envelope) of the e-mail, the first rule set is applied, and if no rule that satisfies the application condition is found, the e-mail content is received. , Accept the application.
Receiving the envelope (envelope) (1201), detecting the sender's mail address, reading the instruction file (1202), and applying the first rule set in the first rule set application procedure (1203, 1204, 1209) ). If no rule satisfying the application condition is found from the first rule set, the content is received (1205), and the second rule set is applied in the second rule set application procedure (1206, 1207, 1209). . The initial treatment is processed (1208).

FIG. 13 is a flowchart of another embodiment of the present invention described in the description of FIG. When the second rule set is applied, if the second rule that satisfies the application condition is found, the caller is given treatment of the execution unit of the found second rule.
ID is detected (1301), the instruction file is read (1302), the first rule set is applied (1303), the result is determined (1304), the second rule set is applied (1305), and the result is determined ( 1306), the first expected treatment is processed (1307). The difference from the embodiment shown in FIG. 5 is that when the second rule satisfying the application condition is found, the storage condition is further determined (1310), and when the condition is satisfied, the electronic secretary is found. Giving the caller the treatment of the execution part of the second rule. That is, based on the caller ID and the treatment, a first rule is created, added to the first rule set (1309), and a communication request is processed based on the treatment (1308). Normally, one of the storage conditions is that the treatment of the execution part of the second rule that has been found is not application acceptance. The storage conditions can be specified or changed by the administrator.

This process is called automatic screening. For example, if you correctly answer the question specified by the recipient, all the parties who contacted the recipient once will be automatically stored in the first rule, and the same question will be Not. Application acceptance treatment is usually not given to a specific partner. Useful as a record of communication with the other party when the person who gave the communication permission treatment is demoted and given the application acceptance treatment.
Step 1307 takes action based on the initial expectation. The initial expected treatment in this example is to refuse reception after presenting presentation information to the sender. When the caller is unknown, it is necessary to present the presentation information in order to make the caller apply for communication permission. If the presentation information is not presented in the exchange of application acceptance, it can be presented in this step. It is also possible not to present it by the intention of the administrator.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart of another embodiment of the present invention described in the description of FIG. The instruction file further includes a third rule set, and the electronic secretary can further perform the following operations. (A) creating the third rule and adding it to the third rule set; (b) applying the third rule set;
This part of the processing is included in the first expected processing block (FIG. 5 (507)) of the embodiment shown in FIG. That is, when treatment is not determined by the first and second rules, the third rule set for attack prevention is applied by the third rule set application procedure for attack prevention (1401, 1402, 1405). If a rule for which the application condition is satisfied is found, the rule execution unit is executed, and then the rule is deleted from the third rule set for preventing attacks (1406), and based on the caller ID and predetermined treatment. The first rule is created and added to the first rule set (1407). If no rule satisfying the application condition is found, a third rule is created based on the caller ID, the reception time, and a predetermined treatment, and added to the third rule set for preventing attacks (1403). . The electronic secretary performs the original initial expectation (1404).

  The present invention can be used for telephone and mail communications. If the initial treatment is set to accept applications, the electronic secretary can automatically reply to the caller and confirm the caller's identity if the caller is unknown. However, the reply address of most spam mail is forged now. The automatic reply mail itself may become a new spam mail. When the electronic secretary of the present invention receives the second mail from the return address, if the information that can confirm the predetermined identity is not included, the administrator disregards the predetermined treatment, for example, rejects the reception. If specified, the corresponding address is ignored and reception rejection treatment is given, and then reception is rejected without automatic reply.

The philosophy of the present invention provides a limited number of application opportunities to the other party, and supports repeated application by machine etc. and mail bomb. This can be realized by putting the number of times in the execution condition or giving a limited number of application treatments.
FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a configuration of another embodiment in the present invention described in the description of FIG. An electronic secretary and instruction files R1DB, GDB, and R2DB are incorporated in the terminal 1201. Means to communicate through real-time interaction. The terminal 1502 having the control right can communicate with the receiving terminal 1501 without intervention of the called party, and can send a control command 1510 to the terminal 1501. A terminal 1503 that has been given communication permission treatment can make a normal two-way call 1520 with the terminal 1501.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart of another embodiment of the present invention described in the description of FIG. The communication is telephone communication, the presentation information includes a description of conditions for receiving the communication, and when the communication request arrives, the electronic secretary first applies the first rule set, and the application conditions are If the established rule is not found, the application is accepted, and in the step of accepting the application, the presentation information is presented to the sender, and the sender's reaction is received. When a rule set is applied and a rule for which the application condition is satisfied is not found, that is, treatment cannot be determined, a predetermined treatment method (hereinafter referred to as “rejecting communication” after recording the communication request). The communication request is processed based on “initial treatment”.
ID is detected (1601), the instruction file is read (1602), the first rule set is applied to determine the result (1603, 1604), and if no rule that satisfies the condition is found, the presentation information is transmitted. After receiving the caller's response (1605), the second rule set is applied to determine the result (1606, 1607), and the communication request is treated based on the initial expected treatment or the given treatment according to the result. (1608, 1609).
Control permission includes hearing permission, monitoring permission, position acquisition permission, alerting permission, information transfer permission, and the like.

  FIG. 17 is a flowchart of another embodiment of the present invention described in the description of FIG. The presentation information further includes a question to be presented to the caller, the expected application content is an answer to the question that has obtained a predetermined total score, and the instruction file is further to the caller A fourth rule set (hereinafter referred to as “fourth rule set”) described by a rule having the question to be presented, a condition part having an application condition related to the correct answer of the question, and an action execution part related to scoring The fourth rule includes “if the answer of the question from the caller is correct, this means that the score is counted and the total score is totaled”), and the electronic secretary The method further comprises the following operations. (A) presenting the question to the caller; (b) receiving the caller's answer to the question; (c) applying the fourth set of rules.

  This part of the process exemplifies a procedure for repeatedly presenting guidance messages, receiving responses, and determining the accuracy of responses. This corresponds to the processing block (FIG. 16 (1605)) of “presenting presentation information to the caller and receiving the caller's response” in FIG. It judges whether the processing of the rule data record is completed from the R4DB (1701), extracts (1702), presents the question to the caller, and receives the answer of the caller (1704). A question may have multiple correct answers. For example, when confirming an identification number, there are a plurality of identification numbers. In this embodiment, the mechanism for confirming a plurality of correct answers (1705) does not ask the same question, and verifies whether the answer received at the previous question is the next correct answer. Judgment is made by adding a question presentation unnecessary sign to R4DB or by leaving the question field blank (1703). There are cases where it is not necessary to present all questions. For example, there is a case where the other party's identity can be determined by the first question. In this embodiment, when the total score (1706) exceeds a predetermined score, the question and answer is terminated early (1707). The system that performs the processing of this part includes means for receiving the response of the caller according to the type of the presentation information. For example, when an answer is obtained by pressing a telephone dial number, a means for recognizing the pressed number is provided.

For example, the product “Multimedia Card VS-406MC” sold by NTT DATA CORPORATION can be used as a concrete implementation of means for recognizing dial numbers, voice synthesis means and voice recognition means. A specific example of image recognition means is a video editing support system based on face image recognition technology of NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation).
In the case of a telephone, the caller is identified by the calling telephone number. According to the present invention, a caller can be identified by an identification number or a password issued by an administrator. Communication is possible from an unspecified calling terminal using the identification number.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing the configuration of another embodiment of the present invention. The electronic secretary and the instruction file are incorporated on the communication service providing server 1801 side. Each terminal manager has an instruction file and can be used by a plurality of terminal managers. The terminal manager having the usage right inputs data to construct his / her instruction file from any terminal 1803 or telephone (1820). A communication request or control command of the caller terminal 1802 is sent via the electronic secretary server (1810).
FIG. 19 is a diagram showing the configuration of another embodiment of the present invention. The electronic secretary has means (1930) for accessing the instruction file through the network, and one administrator uses a plurality of electronic secretaries (1901, 1904). The plurality of electronic secretaries access one instruction file 103. Reference numeral 1940 indicates mail via the server 1904. The fifth rule set (FIG. 69, R5DB) created by the electronic secretary is also stored in the instruction file 103 (not shown in FIG. 19).

FIG. 20 is a flowchart of another embodiment of the present invention. The instruction file further includes a fifth rule set described by a rule having a condition part having an application condition relating to a callee ID and a call time, and an execution part instructing execution of an action corresponding to treatment ( (Hereinafter referred to as “fifth rule set”) and (the fifth rule is “if the destination ID (the ID of the called party) matches the called party ID in the condition part and a predetermined time from the outgoing time”). The electronic secretary is further capable of the following operations: “If the period has not elapsed, it represents the fact that the outgoing request is treated based on the treatment”) Method. (A) Apply the fifth rule set; (b) send a communication request to the recipient and receive treatment; (c) create the fifth rule and add it to the fifth rule set.
For all the rules in the fifth rule set regarding the destination recipient ID, outgoing time, and treatment, find a rule that satisfies the applicable condition, determine the result (2001, 2002), and satisfy the applicable condition. If a rule is found, the outgoing call request is processed based on the given treatment (2004). If the rule is not found, a communication request is sent to the called party and treatment is received (2003). In the case of the electronic secretary of the present invention, the incoming party determines the treatment received by a predetermined return code and communicates (2005, 2006). In the case where the incoming party uses the prior art, for example, in the case of a conventional mail receiving server, it is desirable that the reception is rejected if a permanent error code is received. If the received treatment is “cannot communicate immediately”, a fifth rule is created based on the recipient ID, the calling time, and the treatment, and added to the fifth rule set (2007). The main object of the present invention is to prevent unwanted communication at the source. Preferably, the server is operated as shown in FIGS. The administrator does not input data into R5DB. When the treatment given to the other party is reception refusal, repeated transmission is prevented within a predetermined time. It is desirable to set the predetermined time by a server administrator. For example, if a treatment such as “Please try again after one hour” is given, it can be performed on the transmission server side. If R5DB is not cleared, the number of R5DB records of the sender of mass nuisance communication increases indiscriminately. Depending on the number of R5DB records, the server administrator can perform management such as reducing the transmission efficiency of the caller or giving a warning.
In response to a communication request originating from within, the first rule set set by the administrator of the communication device can be treated. The purposes of the first and fifth rule sets are different.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing the configuration of another embodiment of the present invention. This form relates to anonymous communication between two or more parties. Refer to Patent Document 10 for contrasting background technology. Realizing anonymous communication with easy and easy tasks. The main means is to create a communication channel between the parties by the control permission treatment.
FIG. 71 is a record layout diagram showing the contents of a party data database (hereinafter referred to as PDDB) of one embodiment relating to party data. FIG. 72 is a record layout diagram showing the contents of a confirmation data database (hereinafter referred to as VDB) of one embodiment relating to data for recording confirmation requests. FIG. 73 is a record layout diagram showing the contents of a verifier data database (hereinafter referred to as VRDB) of one embodiment relating to data for recording verifier information.

  FIG. 22 is a partial flowchart of the processing of the first party in the embodiment shown in FIG. FIG. 23 is a partial flowchart of the processing of the second party in the embodiment shown in FIG. FIG. 24 is a flowchart of the server search, data transmission, and treatment exchange processing portion of the embodiment shown in FIG. The present invention can be used simultaneously by two or more parties. In the following description, the treatment given by the first party to the data disclosure partner is input to the PDDB, the proxy authorization treatment is given to the server (2202), and the second party sends a search request to the server (2302). And See Example 3 for another example of party data in addition to the PDDB.

  The parties 2101 and 2102 input the first and second data, at least one party rule for disclosing the data, and the server 2103 to give the server permission for communication (2110, 2111, 2201, 2301). ). The server receives the party data and party rules and stores them in the PDDB (2401). The party rules include information about the profiles of candidates who disclose information, not disclosed, whether confirmation is required before information is disclosed, and what information is disclosed to which candidates. Save to authorization profile. The second party sends a search request containing the search criteria (2112, 2302), and the server receives it and searches the PDDB (2402). A search result such as the number of records satisfying the criteria is sent to the second party (2303, 2403). If the first data satisfies the search criteria (2404), if there is the first data that satisfies the search criteria, determine whether the first party rule is satisfied (2405), if satisfied , Send the first data to the second party (2113, 2303, 2406). When the first party gives the server a proxy permission treatment and the treatment given to the second party to be disclosed the first data is input to the PDDB, the server performs the operation of the first party, The second party is given a treatment to be given to the disclosed subject included in the first data (2113, 2407). It is determined whether the second party rule is satisfied (2408), and if it is satisfied, the second data of the second party is sent to the first party (2114, 2203, 2409).

As in step 2407, if the treatment given to the object to be disclosed is included in the second data, and the second party has given the proxy authorization treatment to the server, in step 2409, the server sends the second party The above-mentioned operation is given on behalf of the first party. This is called mutual exchange of treatment.
The concept of normal language treatment is exchange. The term treatment of the present invention is also related to exchange, but the treatment exchange is not necessarily exchange at the same time. In the present invention, only one of them can give the reception permission, and only the other can send the communication.
The party's rules can include a confirmation of the identity as a prerequisite before disclosing information. It is possible to specify in the party rule on condition that the information about the party has been confirmed.
It is possible to ask the server to confirm information about the party. Information regarding the confirmation is stored in the confirmation database VDB, and the verifier information is stored in the verifier data database VRDB.

When the instruction file of the party is stored in a server in the network, the server logs in to the server based on the access permission information (ID, password) and inputs data to the instruction file. The proxy permission is input to the instruction file based on the access permission information input from the client.
When the instruction file is stored locally, the proxy permission is realized by giving information transfer permission treatment to the server and inputting it into the local instruction file.
The server processes the search request, determines whether the first data meets the search criteria, and whether the first (second) party rule that discloses the first (second) data is satisfied The implementation of the process to be determined is known from Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-151867. There are many search techniques that can be used, including keywords, fuzzy logic and natural language search tools.

  According to the present invention, since the called party holds the key to success or failure of communication, the connection between the party ID such as a telephone number and the identity can be disconnected. Connect only to personal phones and other people who can easily trust e-mail. An effect similar to that of a private network in a public network can be obtained. In the present invention, even with a public network communication ID that is known to the other party, the other party's communication can be refused later. Therefore, unless an identity is publicized, anonymity is maintained and an ordinary number is used simply. Anonymous communication that can use all communication functions can be realized. For example, the present invention does not require a dedicated central controller to remove identities from communication content. There is no need to create a special communication channel.

The present invention simply realizes anonymous communication and easy data exchange. There is an anonymous communication technique that requires a dedicated central controller and requires two steps for data exchange between parties (see Patent Document 10).
A communication service provider provides an ID to a party using the communication service, and a method selected from the group consisting of the communication service provider and a third party registers the identification information of the party. By using the information, the identification information of the parties is stored on the server. A third party such as a communication service provider that manages the server or a security service provider that cooperates with the server has a legal obligation to protect information. In the case of damage caused by illegal acts of the service user, the other party's identity can be investigated by legal means, so communication can be made with peace of mind.

The telephone subscriber identity registration means is an embodiment of the party identity confirmation information registration means. It is possible to register identification confirmation information by a third party such as a security service provider in cooperation with a communication service provider that issues an ID.
If the other party's treatment is reset to reception rejection, the communication relationship can be cut off. If necessary, an additional ID is used and a telephone number dedicated to anonymous communication is newly contracted separately from the telephone number for normal use. For example, NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE EAST CORPORATION can use an additional number service in addition to the original subscriber line number, and can also use the additional number as a caller number. In the case of mail, a new address can be used as an additional ID. When the need for anonymous communication is eliminated, if it is burdensome to set the treatment as reception refusal, the additional ID contract may be abolished.

  According to another embodiment of the present invention, a party discloses information including his / her ID (identifier), causes a caller to apply for communication permission, and the request is made through the Internet. Before issuing a request, the step of applying for communication permission to the party and the party using the communication service are specified by ID, and the provider of the communication service sends the ID to the party using the communication service. And the one selected from the group consisting of a provider of the communication service and a third party registers the identity verification information of the party.

  FIG. 27 is a diagram showing the configuration of another embodiment of the present invention. The means shown are provided when necessary and are not meant to be all at the same time. An administrator of a mobile communication device (hereinafter referred to as “mobile device”) 2701 gives a position acquisition permission treatment, which is one of the control permission treatments, to the caller of terminal A2702. A location information acquisition command 2711 is issued from the terminal A, and the mobile device acquires the location information by the installed location acquisition means according to the command, and transfers the acquired location information to the terminal A (2712). Similar to the position information acquisition command, the speed of the mobile device can be acquired for the terminal A that has given the speed acquisition permission. Then, the movement information can be acquired from the mobile device only when the terminal A is necessary. The electrical configuration of the mobile device, the calculation of the moving speed and direction, and the estimation of the traffic state are known from Patent Document 14.

The location information is the received GPS (Global
Group consisting of Positioning System) position signal, position information converted from received GPS position signal, current position information of PHS (Personal handy phone) terminal, and mobile terminal position information provided based on mobile phone base station position information (Hereinafter, referred to as “specific position”). The specific position includes the GPS position signal received from the GPS satellite 2704, the position information converted from the received GPS position signal, the current position information provided based on the position information of the base station 2705 of the PHS terminal, and the mobile phone base station 2706. It includes information that can determine the position of the mobile device with certain accuracy, such as mobile terminal location information provided based on the location information.
When a mobile device issues a communication request to a terminal having a pre-registered ID, the mobile device detects the position information and transfers it to the terminal. For example, a terminal having a database of traffic information, maps, facility data, etc. and a route calculation function center (hereinafter referred to as “traffic management center”) having a terminal ID of a traffic management center in which the mobile device is registered in advance in the mobile device When a communication request is issued to A, the position information is detected and transferred to terminal A (2714). For example, when requesting a route guidance service from the center, the travel information can be reported to the center and used as a moving traffic sensor.

The purpose information such as the type of group desired to join is transferred to the terminal A, and the terminal A is further given treatment of (a) permission to transfer information and (b) permission to call attention. Transferring information of other members of the group, outputting the information to a liquid crystal display of the mobile device, and calling the attention includes one selected from the group consisting of voice, light, and vibration; Is vibrated to call attention of a person carrying the mobile device (2715). For example, a mutual position notification desired group such as a moving vehicle and a climber nearby can be formed.
When the destination information includes arrival destination information, for example, the destination information includes arrival destination latitude and longitude information, and a route guidance service is requested, and the center sends map information, recommended route, current route, forward Congestion information, detour information, freezing road surface, weather warnings, etc. are transferred. The information providing side to which the control treatment is given can provide information without manual intervention of the called party when necessary information such as a forward traffic jam occurs. On the other hand, the normal communication function of the mobile device is not hindered, and the terminal B 2703 and the mobile device without control treatment make a normal two-way call (2713).

FIG. 28 is a flowchart of another embodiment of the present invention relating to route guidance dynamically (see FIG. 27). The purpose of this example is to efficiently provide a vehicular travel guidance function to a mobile terminal having a position information acquisition function, such as a mobile phone equipped with GPS. When issuing a communication request to the server of the fixed machine having the ID registered in advance, the current location and destination information of the mobile device is transmitted to the server, and the server receives it (2801). When the server searches for a recommended route and transmits it to the mobile device (2802), searches for traffic jam information of the recommended route at a predetermined interval (2803), determines whether a traffic jam occurs (2804), and occurs The server to which the position acquisition permission treatment is given acquires the current position of the mobile device, confirms the travel route (2805), and searches for a detour when there is a traffic jam before the travel route (2806, 2807) In the case where a detour exists, the server given the information transfer permission and the alerting permission treatment transfers the detour information to the mobile device and then informs the driver by voice (2808).
Accurate traffic information is required to guide vehicle travel. The route search requires a lot of calculation amount and calculation speed. It is inefficient and costly for a mobile device to retrieve dynamic road traffic information. The present invention leaves an operation that cannot be performed by an inexpensive portable mobile terminal to the server, and communicates with the mobile device only when there is a traffic jam that may be involved, and notifies detour information. By giving control permission treatment to the server, an operation performed by the called driver himself is not necessary. Route search and detour search are known from Patent Documents 7, 8, and the like.

  FIG. 29 is a conceptual diagram of another embodiment of the present invention relating to position information and the like. When the mobile device 2701 detects a change in position, the mobile device 2701 transfers the changed position information to the terminal A 2702 having an ID registered in advance (2911). Terminal A gives the mobile device permission for information transfer and alerting. Control permission includes hearing permission and monitoring permission. Assume that the administrator of the mobile device gives terminal A permission to observe and monitor. A communication request, a hearing command, or a monitoring command is issued from the terminal A (2921). In accordance with the command, the mobile device sends an audio signal acquired by the installed transmitter or an image signal acquired by the imaging device to terminal A (2922). This example can be used for a mobile device to guard a child. For example, parents can check where their children are and listen to their children's activities such as playing in the park or going to school. The position information changed when the child is in school or moving is automatically transferred to the parent terminal A. The mobile device preferably uses PHS, and information transfer is performed by mail which is packet communication. Terminal A preferably uses a personal computer that is always connected to the Internet via an ADSL line or the like, and displays the location of the child carrying the mobile device on the map in real time. Can also be used for car crime prevention. The mobile will be placed inside the vehicle and set to alert and track the owner if there is any unscheduled movement. It is desirable to use a GPS position acquisition device when high location accuracy is required, such as a taxi or transportation work.

Patent Document 9 discloses an image display unit that adds position information of a mobile device to map data and displays it on an image.
Patent Document 21 related to a part of the communication function of the present invention is for registering in the list when notifying a sender who is not on the white list of the mobile station's e-mail to reject the mail. Disclosed is a technique for preventing junk mail communication in which registration method information regarding conditions is transmitted to a transmission source. An object of the present invention is not only to prevent unwanted communication of a communication device, but also to an electronic device system with a communication function that can integrally handle an unwanted communication prevention function and a control function in the opposite direction, and an operation method of the electronic device. provide. It should be noted that the object of the present invention cannot be achieved by simply using the object to be permitted for control permission instead of receiving an e-mail, or obtaining the functions from both.
For example, the prior art described in Patent Document 9 relating to GPS carrying is related to the integration of communication and control of the subject of the present invention, and the invention shown in FIGS. 27 and 28 can solve the same problem as the prior art.
In the conventional technology, the state of the mobile device is determined by using means capable of selecting “position acquisition” and “call after position acquisition” by selection at the time of transmission from the center. The idea is led by the sender. The means is that the mobile station uses two line numbers. That is, in order for communication and control to coexist in one apparatus, two channels (two lines) are required separately for communication and control. The fixed station uses a separate line from the communication to obtain the location information of the mobile phone. In the case of a small company or home, it is very inefficient to increase the number of lines because of this fixed station. KDDI Japan provides a mobile location information service called GPS MAP by acquiring mobile location information from the Internet via a dedicated center (http://www.kddi.com/business/ solution / mobile / gps / index.html 2004.5.29 search). The monthly usage fee is at least 3,150 yen. This method requires center facilities and operation management, and cannot acquire location information from the communication line originally owned by the mobile phone. On the other hand, the congestion level of the center location information acquisition line increases as the number of users increases. It is inevitable to do.

  In the present invention, there is no selection at the time of transmission by the caller (fixed station). After the mobile device gives control treatment to the caller and connects, a flexible function can be obtained according to the control command. For example, when using a dispatch center, the prior art requires two communications: first “location acquisition” and then “call after location acquisition” for safety when the center and the driver make a call. I must. In the present invention, first, position acquisition or speed acquisition is performed, and if it can be confirmed that the mobile device is not in operation, an alerting command can be issued to communicate with the driver. A call can be made with one communication. In addition, the present invention can prevent unwanted communication. Especially for children, communication permission only for relatives can be set, which increases safety. The present invention can give the position acquisition permission treatment only to the partner selected by the receiver only when necessary. For example, it can be set so that the position of the mobile phone carried by the child can be searched directly from the parent phone. In the prior art, since position information can be searched only through a specific center, there are problems in terms of operation cost and safety.

If there is no idea of treatment, it is clear that it is difficult to flexibly and efficiently respond to detailed needs in existing and future functions and various scenes of both communication and control.
Compared with the prior art, the present invention has a clear increase in functions and a decrease in hardware (half the number of telephone numbers inside the telephone, half the number of external lines used, information in the same GPS portable location information service) A significant effect can be obtained that reduces the operational cost of the user and the cost of the center.
The fundamental significance of the present invention is that the owner of an electronic device having a communication function can control the device as desired by specifying treatment. Annoying communication can be cited as one failure that occurs because this control is not possible with the prior art. It is clear that the present invention has expandability and flexibility by selecting treatment types.

Videophones and surveillance cameras have a long history. Although they have almost the same hardware, there is no product that can be easily integrated as described in the third embodiment. The present invention can realize a new function without increasing hardware as in the third embodiment.
There is a conventional technique in which a telephone is remotely operated by collating a personal identification number. This technique does not identify the caller number, and can uniformly input the password, and the operation on the receiving side is the same regardless of the caller number. The control permission treatment of the present invention is different from the technology in that the caller number is identified and controlled, and the operation on the receiving side is different depending on the presence or absence of the caller number control permission treatment. It is also different from this technique in that the control permission treatment of the present invention can be used for monitoring without noticing the monitored person.

FIG. 30 is a diagram showing a configuration of a mail transmission embodiment for use as a pair with the mail reception embodiment (FIGS. 10 and 11) of the present invention. An e-mail 3003 stored in the storage device 13 of the transmission client 3001 is transmitted to the reception server 3002. The configuration of the e-mail 3003 is defined in the conventional SMTP (see Non-Patent Document 4 and Non-Patent Document 5).
FIG. 31 is a flowchart of an example of the transmission method of the mail transmission embodiment shown in FIG. An e-mail consists of an envelope and content entity, the content has two parts, a header and a body, the envelope contains whatever information is needed to accomplish transmission and delivery, and the content is received The header is a sequence of strings with a special syntax defined in the standard, the body is just a sequence of characters following the header, and the email Transmitting to the receiving server in the order of the envelope, the header, and the body, determining whether authorization to transmit the body is based on information included in the header, and checking whether the body is authorized before transmitting the body By the above, the receiving server receives the received envelope and the body Based on the information received, the determining whether to authorize the transmission of the body.

  In step 3101, the session is initialized and the transmission client is initialized. Envelope transmission is performed by issuing an SMTP compliant command: MAIL command, RCPT command (3102), and the sender and recipient mail addresses are transmitted to the receiving server to check whether the envelope has been accepted (3103). The processing so far is the same as SMTP. Since the authorization to send the body is determined by the information contained in the header, the information field contained in the header is transmitted (3104), and the information field contains information that allows the recipient to judge the specified reception condition and is authorized. Is checked (3105). In the present invention, this step is called an “INFO command”. Based on the received envelope and the information field, the receiving server can check whether or not to permit transmission of the next body by collating with a receiving condition designated by the callee. If authorized, a conventional DATA command is issued and the content is transmitted (3106). If it is authorized and accepted, the normal mail transmission process and the transmitted mail are deleted from the storage device 13 (3107, 3109). If not authorized, an error is processed (3108).

  In the prior art SMTP, after authorizing the envelope, the content is transmitted as one block and the authorization is checked. If only the mail transfer protocol level command is used, the reception of the content cannot be refused unless the entire content has been received. For this reason, even if it can be determined that the reception should be rejected based on the content of the content, useless communication has already occurred. On the other hand, the content fields (Subject), Comments (Comments), and Keywords (Keywords) with the purpose of having the content of information recommended by people in the content specification (Non-Patent Document 5) that has already been widely used Can describe information that can determine the specified reception condition. Even existing mail communication software has means for writing information in the field. When the caller does not know the reception condition of the callee for the first time, the receiving server transmits the caller's reception condition to the caller by the automatic reply means. In addition, the sender's mail address that satisfies the reception condition is recorded only once, and the second and subsequent transmissions are those that satisfy the previous reception condition as judged from the sender address included in the envelope. If so, pass the content without checking the information field. As described above, the reception server can determine whether to authorize transmission of the body based on the received envelope and the information received before receiving the body.

It is desirable to separate the information field from the header and send it before the content as a body sending authorization standard. However, in order to make the best use of existing communication software, the information field is extracted from the header and sent first. If approved, the content may be transmitted without changing the conventional content, that is, by a DATA command for transmitting the conventional content (3106). Alternatively, the header may be sent first, and if approved, the body may be sent.
As described above, the present invention uses an already widely accepted subject field to construct an efficient mail communication system that can prevent spam mail communication.

Various technologies have been developed to defend against intrusions from outside the communication device. The present invention unifies the independent functions of individual communication devices into the network by uniformly handling the control from the outside opposite to the external defense, and flows the biological recognition information acquired by the biological recognition means attached to the mobile phone to the public network. Realize robust and convenient payments, financial transactions, and security systems by performing biometric recognition, control location information acquisition means attached to mobile phones, collect mobile information without waste, and guide mobile As a result, it becomes possible to realize a traffic congestion-free or optimum traffic system as an integrated system related to people, vehicles, roads and movements. It is possible to reduce the amount of wasted communication due to a large amount of wasted mail in the public network. Reflects the subjectivity of the recipient and can respond to detailed needs. Simple anonymous communication and one-way communication that allows outgoing calls to only one side. Relationships, job hunting activities, etc. can be performed more securely and comfortably via public communication networks.
The operation of the communication device is performed in accordance with the intention of the administrator while performing fine control by a plurality of treatments for both communication and control, and the treatment system can be flexibly changed.

  A payment system consisting of connection by packet communication, treatment based on communication contents, and authentication by a fingerprint recognition function attached to a mobile phone enables economical, robust and convenient cashless commerce. Achieves an economical and optimal transportation system through the collection of movement information and the guidance system of the moving body, which includes the connection by packet communication and the treatment including control of the GPS and other location information acquisition functions attached to the mobile phone. It becomes possible to do. When the mail sending client according to claims 99 and 100 and the electronic secretary operated on the mail server side are used at the same time, it is possible to obtain the best effect of reducing the wasteful communication amount of the entire network by preventing unwanted communication.

Automatic answering phone (3201)
FIG. 32 is a block diagram showing the configuration. Reference numeral 17 denotes a microphone and a speaker. 33 and 74 to 76 show TDB, R1DB, R2DB, and R4DB). The presentation information is a question presented to the caller. The questions are pre-recorded audio files. In this example, if the question field is blank, the question does not need to be presented, the predetermined total score for completing the question and answer is 3 (see FIG. 17 (1707)), When the total score is 5 as the storage condition, the caller is automatically given treatment of the second rule execution unit (see FIG. 13 (1310)).
FIG. 34 is a schematic flowchart of the process, and the basic part is the same as in claims 11 and 13. In this embodiment, the communication device is a telephone, or the communication device function is incorporated in a personal computer, or can be realized as an external adapter dedicated to the telephone. For the first time, a question message is sent to the other party who receives a call from an unknown telephone number, and the other party answers by pressing the dial button. Judge treatment and decide treatment.

  FIG. 35 is a diagram showing an operation example in which a treatment that allows a normal call to a related party's telephone number is automatically given by automatic examination. According to the present invention, information that only a person who has an existing relationship with the callee himself / herself is known is instructed to the electronic secretary using an instruction file. Various functions can be set from the basic nuisance communication prevention function. The instruction file setting in this example can realize the following functions. For each recipient's phone number, designated reception (treatment ID = 4), designation rejection (treatment ID = 1), and unknown recipients need to accept applications. The side is charged a communication fee. As a result, it is possible to give economic sanctions to the caller of an incomplete call (one call) from the machine, and since the caller does not answer correctly, total scoring = 0, treatment ID = 0, reject No number will remain in the reception history. However, the party who gave permission rings the same ringing tone as usual, and is not charged until the receiver receives the call. In this example, if the name of the called party is wrong in the first question, it will be rejected immediately. For other requirements, pressing 4 will send the second question, prompting you to press the dial button 1 for real estate sales, 2 for English conversation, 3 for household goods, and 4 for sports equipment. When each selection is made, the ringtone is automatically sounded according to the score, the sound is recorded without sounding the ringtone, the call is disconnected, the caller ID is not automatically memorized even when the call is made, or the memory is automatically memorized. To do. When the code number 5678 is pressed, the call is automatically connected without ringing. As a result, it is possible to monitor and monitor the home and children. For example, it is possible to select whether a parent calls or listens to a child's mobile phone. For example, it can be expected to monitor babysitters at home and reduce child abuse. The number 8765 is used as the caller identification number to start the identity verification process described in the sixth embodiment.

The first question in this example is simple, but it can be set in a complicated manner according to the actual usage situation. For example, if the first name and last name are divided into two questions and presented in order (the correct answer is presented first, then the second is presented), and if each of the five options is presented, answer randomly and answer correctly The probability is reduced to 1/25. In this way, it is not necessary to enumerate long choices, and the probability that a random answer will be correct can be reduced.
The number set in the correct answer column can have various functions depending on the device. For example, it can be used as an extension number, and if the guidance question is “Please press the extension number”, the telephone of the other party who knows the number can be received regardless of the calling number. This number is a personal identification number for obtaining communication permission issued by the called party.
If the other party's home phone call number is treated, set the other party's home call number in the correct answer field. If the same party calls from a public phone, enter the other party's home number as a confirmation in the guidance message. You can confirm the treatment by comparing the entered number with the treatment information. The advantage of this method is that the caller does not have to remember the password.
The specific method for examining a treatment application varies depending on the specific configuration of the party's device. A variety of methods can be employed as long as they are obtained by achieving the purpose of the examination stage of the present invention. For example, it is conceivable to use voice recognition or image recognition.

In the existing technology used in automatic telephone transaction services such as banks, there is a technique in which a voice guidance is sent to the caller, and the caller operates by pressing a dial button to confirm the customer himself / herself by a personal identification number. The present invention is that the response method is different for each transmission number and that there is no need to establish a relationship such as a caller applying for the service in advance.
In this example, the electronic secretary accepts the manager's intention based on rules and scores, but it can also be accepted in natural language. For example, “Receiving a phone call from someone who knows my name”, “Receiving an incentive for my interest”. The electronic secretary can listen to these requests by a known rule-based technique (for example, see Patent Document 11), allow the user to input missing information, and organize necessary rules.
The electronic secretary of the present invention can be installed on the telephone exchange and the related service providing server side by a known technique (for example, see Patent Document 6).

Additional software for mail receiving client software In this embodiment, an electronic secretary is incorporated on the communication device side. It will be commercialized as a PC (PC) application (URL: http://www.netinfotech.co.jp, http://www.Emailship.com) and will be released to the public soon.
FIG. 38 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the second embodiment. In this figure, reference numeral 10 denotes an ISP server device. Reference numeral 381 denotes a mail service communication apparatus. The present embodiment is a client of an ISP mail service server, and numeral 11 is a processor, which controls each part, transfers data, performs various calculations, temporarily stores data, and the like. Reference numeral 15 denotes a communication transfer apparatus, which is connected to the ISP. Reference numeral 16 denotes a keyboard and a display unit, and reference numeral 13 denotes a storage device.
First, such a program is used in the processor 11 and includes, for example, a program for setting the number of points given to the display, treatment, initial expectation, request confirmation question, correct answer, correct answer, electronic secretary program, etc. .

  Next, the storage device 13 stores data such as instruction files. A magnetic storage medium is adopted as the storage device. 39 and 77 to 80 show TDB, R1DB, R2DB, R4DB, and GDB. Automatically reply to the caller with questions and presentation information. FIG. 40 is a schematic flowchart of the reception process. The basic portion is the same as that of claims 4, 8, 8 and 13. The processor 11 displays a question input screen as shown in FIG. 41 on the display unit of the terminal 381, and gives the terminal operator a criterion for determining this treatment, that is, a request confirmation question, a score given to a correct answer and a correct answer, (4101). When an e-mail from a sender without permission arrives at the server, presentation information and a question for guiding the permission application are automatically returned to the sender, and the answer to the confirmation question is entered in the subject of the response mail during the application guidance. Many spam emails are automatically sent by machines. For example, if you get a correct answer to a confirmation question such as "How many is a plus?", You know that the caller is a person, not a machine, and that person automatically sends an email to that person. Unlike machines, etc., the recipient can decide whether he or she wants to receive in the future. Of course, there are many machines that can be added up, but it would not be profitable to automatically make a machine that can understand the problem sentences in natural language that each person issued.

The present invention can achieve the object without opening the mail body. In particular, the amount of communication in the billing part of the connection with a server such as a mobile phone can be greatly reduced. If a correct answer such as the name of the called party or a keyword of a category of interest is detected from the subject or body of the mail, a predetermined treatment is given. In other words, the permission application procedure is implicitly performed, and convenience can be provided to the caller. When searching from the text, it is desirable to use a form resident on the server side of the present invention.
The processor 11 causes the display unit of the terminal 381 to display a screen as shown in FIG. 42 and prompts the terminal operator to select the first expected treatment 4202 from the list 4201. FIG. 39 shows a treatment set adopted in this example, and the specific realization of the treatment of the application acceptance type is one treatment of “replying a request confirmation question to the sender and refusing reception”. If necessary, you can add "Reply request confirmation question to caller and receive only subject". A specific realization of the type of treatment that partially permits communication is “Receive a limited size and store it in a temporary folder to notify the callee”. Furthermore, it is a treatment of “storing application contents and notifying the recipient” that is necessary for manual examination. When the final treatment is given by the recipient, the treatment determined by automatic examination can be changed. If received from an unknown e-mail address, a request confirmation question is returned to the sender as an initial expectation, and reception is rejected.

In the initial setting of the product of the present embodiment, first, after receiving confirmation from the user, reception permission treatment (treatment ID = 5) is given to the other party described in the address book of the existing mail software (FIGS. 42, 4203), After that, you can enter the reception permission / rejection address / domain name individually at any time, and you can set or change the treatment for each sender. In addition, it is possible to extract the destination address from the mail transmitted by the user and automatically set reception permission treatment. FIG. 39 is an example of the set treatment information, and the following functions can be realized simultaneously. That is, designated reception (treatment ID = 5) and designation refusal (treatment ID = 1) for each address and domain, reject unwanted mail automatically sent by the machine (total scoring = 0, treatment ID = 2) ), People who are unrelated (1 + 1 = 2 answer) receive limited emails and wait for manual treatment review (total scoring = 1, treatment ID = 3), who knows the name of the recipient Temporarily receive the email sent by the person and wait for manual treatment examination (total scoring = 2, treatment ID = 4), and usually receive the mail sent by the person who knows the recipient's birthday (total scoring> 3, Treatment ID = 5). See Figure 17 for scoring.
In this embodiment, the multilingual correspondence processing of the presentation information is performed based on the character code information included in the mail header information and the regional information included in the suffix of the domain name of the sender address.

Internet Videophone System In this embodiment, an electronic secretary operated on the server side and a videophone terminal communicating on the client side via the electronic secretary are completed.
1: FIG. 43 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration. FIG. 44 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the first embodiment. In this figure, reference numeral 430 denotes a server, which is connected to the Internet via a route control device and a telephone line. Reference numerals 431 to 434,... Denote various terminals, which are connected to the Internet in the same manner as the server 430. Here, each of the terminals 431, 432,... Has an output unit such as a CRT, LCD, and speaker, an input unit such as a keyboard, a mouse, a camera, and a microphone, and a function for executing a videophone program.
1-1: Server Configuration Next, a detailed configuration of the server 430 will be described. FIG. 44 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the server 430 and the terminal. In this figure, reference numeral 15 denotes a communication transfer device, which is connected to the Internet. Reference numerals 13 to 14 denote storage devices, which store and store the following files, respectively.
First, a main program is stored in the storage device 14. Such a main program is used in the processor 11. For example, a program for displaying a treatment application screen on the display unit of the terminal, a treatment examination program for displaying the detailed information of the party who sent the treatment application, and communication of the parties It consists of the public name of the party who applied for treatment to the book, the status display of the other party, the program for displaying the icon to be sent to the other party, starting the videophone program.

Next, the storage device 13 stores a party master database table and a treatment relationship master database table. In the party master, a party information record is stored. One party information record is composed of party-specific information such as party ID, password, mail address, IP address, self-introduction, etc. (see PDDB for another example of party data). The party ID of this embodiment is automatically given by the processor 11 when newly registering for service participation, but the identity of claims 14, 28, 29, 37, 63, 77, 78, 86. Registration can be performed at this stage. The password, e-mail address, and self-introduction store information transmitted by the parties registered from the terminals 431, 432,. As the IP address, the address of the terminal transmitted when the videophone communication program of the terminals 431, 432,... Is started is stored. A treatment information record is stored in the treatment relationship master. One treatment information record includes treatment information and treatment application labeling information.
The present invention records the treatment given to the partner by R1DB when operating on the client side. When operating on the server side, the treatment-related master TRDB (see FIG. 70) of this embodiment with high efficiency is desirable. The treatment information includes an ID of the recipient himself / herself, a caller ID given treatment by the recipient, and the given treatment. The treatment information and the treatment application indication information are information input from a user interface of a program for displaying a treatment application screen on the display unit of the terminal, and are information transmitted from the terminals 431, 432,.

2: The operation will be described. Here, the terminals 431, 432,... Are respectively connected to the server 430 for communication, and all function as videophone terminals. For convenience of explanation, it is assumed that the terminal 431 is connected to the server 430. To do. When the terminal 431 is connected to the server 430, the processor 11 controls the terminal 431 according to the main program. FIG. 45 is a flowchart showing the operation of the main program.
2-1: Assume that the terminal operator is a new party in order to explain the process of creating the party information record. Describe new registration. In step Sa1 shown in FIG. 45, the processor 11 displays a main menu screen as shown in FIG. 46 on the display unit of the terminal 431, and “login” is used to use the service for the terminal operator. ”And“ New registration ”are prompted to select a desired process. On the main menu screen, a mouse cursor MC is displayed, and various operations can be performed by clicking a predetermined place. For example, if the mouse cursor MC is positioned and clicked on the display area of any one of the link buttons 4601 and 4602, the processing shown in the display area is performed. Here, after the terminal operator positions the mouse cursor MC in the display area of the link button 4602, the terminal operator performs a click operation (this operation is simply referred to as “click” below) to perform the “new registration” process. select. Then, the processor 11 detecting this advances the procedure to step Sa2 shown in FIG. 45, and at this step, the terminal operator is prompted to input the name, mail address, and password. If it is determined that the input mail address is not used by the party master, the processor 11 automatically assigns a user ID based on the input information, and the user ID is used as the public ID of the party. The next step Sa3 is performed. In step Sa3, the processor 11 controls the terminal 431 to display the contact book screen shown in FIG. In the following steps Sa4 to Sa7, it is possible to return to the contact book screen and the main menu screen at any time by a predetermined operation. Now, in the case of a newly registered party, no one partner is displayed in the contact book on this contact book screen, but for the sake of explanation, explanation will be made using a screen in which several other parties already exist.

First, the addition of a new partner will be described. In order to communicate with a partner, the present invention first applies for treatment to the partner. Adding a new partner is a specific procedure for treatment application. The new partner addition screen specifies the treatment given to the partner at the same time as the application for treatment to the partner. Encourage terminal operators to add members. The terminal operator clicks a link button 4701. Then, the processor 11 performs the process of the next step Sa4. In step Sa4, the processor 11 controls the terminal 431 to display the member addition screen shown in FIG. 48 and prompts the terminal operator to input public ID information.
This shows an example of prior application of claims 14, 27, 38, 63, 76, 87. The public ID is publicly disclosed on the Internet bulletin board or chat on the communication network, or directly taught by the other party. In this member addition screen, input boxes 4801 and 4802 of ID and self-introduction are shown, and “disclosure of email address to this member”, “disclosure of private email address”, “ Check buttons 4803 to 4807 corresponding to “Publish homepage address”, “Publish profile address”, “Publish my status to this member” are displayed, and “Receiving permission” corresponds to receiving permission treatment given to the other party A selection box 4808 to be displayed is displayed, and the terminal operator who is prompted to input and select the terminal operator inputs the other party's public ID in the “identification ID” box and 200, and the self-introduction is “ "...""and input it into the" self-introduction "box, and then click the execution link button 4810.

In the treatment set of the present embodiment, there are three types of incoming call permission for a videophone incoming call response method: “reception automatic rejection”, “inquiry every time”, and “automatic reception”. “Automatic reception” is a control permission treatment. The caller side communication device: instructing the TV phone terminal that the caller has the control right, can communicate with the caller without the caller's intervention. Of course, the terminal needs to be ready for reception at all times.
For the information disclosure range to the other party, “Publish your email address to this member”, “Publish your private email address”, “Publish your homepage address”, “Publish your profile address”, “Publish your status to this member” "Yes" is configured to allow multiple selection (4809), there are two types of treatment applications, "treatment application permission" and "treatment application refusal", and the default initial expected treatment is "Every time inquiry" and all information is disclosed , “Treatment application permission”. The present embodiment does not include a function for changing the initial expectation.
With this operation, the procedure performs the next execution process of the treatment application (see FIG. 49). Here, the terminal operator is party a, the party with whom communication is desired is party b, and the public ID of party b is 200. In order to process the treatment application based on the treatment given by the party b to the party a, the processor 11 first searches the already created party master to determine whether the party a already exists in the caller list of the party b. (4901), if there is, check the treatment given by the party b to the application for the treatment (4902), and if the given treatment is “treatment application refusal”, the display unit of the terminal 431 After controlling to display “Member addition rejected” (Sa8), the procedure returns to step Sa3 to display the contact book screen again, and party a is not present in party b's caller list and given If the treatment is not "rejection of treatment application", a predetermined initial expected treatment is given to the party a, and a new treatment consisting of the IDs of b and a, the initial expected treatment, and the treatment application indication information is newly provided. Create a multi-address records, stored in the treatment relationship master, returns to the People screen.

In step Sa3, the processor 11 controls the terminal 431 to display the contact book screen shown in FIG. Prompt the terminal operator to confirm personal settings. The terminal operator clicks the link button 4702. Then, the processor 11 performs the process of the next step Sa7.
In step Sa7, the processor 11 controls the terminal 431 to display the personal setting screen of the party shown in FIG. 50, displays the public ID 5001 to the terminal operator, and writes the display area of the public ID. Control is performed so that the personal information 5002 can be changed.
2-2: Login In the case of 2-1, it is assumed that the operator of the terminal 431 is the party a, and the party b has completed the treatment application. Here, it is assumed that an existing party b is operating the terminal 432. For convenience of explanation, the screen displayed on the terminal 431 in the description of 2-1, and FIGS. 46 and 47 are used as the screen displayed on the terminal 432 of the party b here for the description. The following description will be made assuming that the terminal 432 is connected to the server 430. When the terminal 432 is connected to the server 430, the processor 11 controls the terminal 432 according to the main program. FIG. 51 is a flowchart showing the login processing operation of the main program.

  Now, in step Sa1 shown in FIG. 45, the processor 11 displays a main menu screen as shown in FIG. 46 on the display unit of the terminal 432, and uses the service to the terminal operator. The user is prompted to select a desired process from “login” and “new registration”. Here, the terminal operator inputs a mail address and password in a “mail address” input box 4603 and a “password” input box 4604, performs a click operation on the link button 4601, and selects a “login” process. Then, the processor 11 that has detected this checks by searching the party master that has already been created based on the input mail address and password (FIGS. 51 and 5101). If the processor 11 determines that the e-mail address and password are not correct, the processor 11 proceeds to step Sa7 and performs control to display “incorrect e-mail address or password” on the display unit of the terminal 432. Thereafter, the procedure returns to step Sa1 to display the main menu screen again. On the other hand, if the processor 11 determines that the input mail address and password are correct, the processor 11 performs the process of the next step Sa3. In step Sa3, the processor 11 controls the terminal 432 to display the contact book screen shown in FIG. 47, extracts the partner who newly applied for treatment from the treatment relationship master, informs the party b, and The party a who applied for treatment is displayed in green and the public name sous of the party a (4705), and according to the information disclosure treatment given to the party b by the other party, the state is disclosed with a color and an icon ( 4706), an email creation icon is displayed for the partner whose email address is disclosed (4703), a link icon is displayed for the partner whose profile address is disclosed (4704), and the detailed information of the partner corresponding to the pencil icon is displayed. To control. When the link button (4707) is clicked, the processor 11 performs the process of the next step Sa5. In step Sa5, the processor 11 controls the terminal 432 to display the friend list item editing screen shown in FIG. 52, performs treatment examination and treatment change on this screen, and sends a treatment application to the party b. The detailed information 5203 of the party a is displayed and the treatment 5201 to be given to the party a is controlled to be edited, whereby the party b examines the treatment application of the party a, decides the treatment to be given to the party a, and each treatment content Encourage you to choose. In addition to the screening of the treatment application, the treatment change given to the existing partner is also changed on the friend list item editing screen.

The party b selects each treatment content and clicks a link button 5204. Then, the processor 11 updates the treatment information record based on the selected treatment content and stores it in the treatment relationship master. When the relationship with the partner is cut off, the link button 5202 is clicked to delete the partner. Then, the processor 11 performs the process of step Sa6. In step Sa6, the processor 11 controls the terminal 432 to display the treatment application qualification designation screen shown in FIG. Can be disconnected. Party b clicks link button update 5302. Then, the processor 11 updates the treatment information record based on the selected treatment content and stores it in the treatment relationship master.
This example illustrates the implementation of the anonymous communication function part of the invention according to claims 31, 32, 49, 80, 81, 98. As long as the parties do not publish their own identity, anonymous communication that can use all communication functions can be easily realized using a normal number (ID) while maintaining anonymity. The server here is not a dedicated central controller that removes identities from the communication content, nor does it need to create a special communication channel. In order to prevent crime, it is sufficient to register the identity of the ID at the acquisition stage.

  2-3: It is assumed that the party a and the party b have established a treatment relationship based on the processing described in 2-1 and 2-2, and the terminal 431 of the party a and the terminal 432 of the party b are connected to the server 430. Suppose that FIG. 54 is a flowchart showing the operation of the videophone communication program. In step Sa3, the processor 11 performs control to display the contact book screen shown in FIG. 47, and the party b clicks the link button “Start program” (4708). Then, the processor 11 activates the videophone communication program for the terminal of the party b, and passes “-” as the activation parameter. When the videophone communication program is activated, the IP address of the terminal is transmitted to the server (5401), and it is determined whether the activation parameter is an IP address (5402). If the parameter is not an IP address, The connection waiting screen is displayed and the connection is waited (Sb3: connection waiting screen, FIG. 55). The waiting connection request is checked (5405). The processor 11 updates the information record of the party b based on the IP address information sent from the terminal videophone communication program of the party b, and stores it in the party master. Then, the status display icon of the party b (FIGS. 47 and 4709) is displayed on the camera icon on the contact book screen of the party a. Party a clicks on the camera icon 4709 of party b. Then, the processor 11 extracts the IP address of the party b from the party master, starts the videophone communication program of the terminal 431 of the party a, passes the IP address as a parameter (5403), and notifies the caller ID, A connection is requested to the destination IP address, that is, a call is made to the party b, and a response of the videophone communication program of the called party b is received (5404). When the videophone communication program of the called party b receives the connection request, it queries the processor 11 using the caller ID as an inquiry parameter. The processor 11 that receives the inquiry receives the treatment information from the treatment relationship master of the server 430 based on the caller ID. (5406) and the treatment given to the calling party a is returned to the videophone communication program as a result of the inquiry. When the treatment given to the calling party a is “automatic reception” (5407, YES), the electronic secretary instructs the calling party communication device TV phone terminal that the calling party has control right, The videophone communication program of the called party b does not ring the bell, does not go through the display of the input request screen and does not go through the input request, permits the communication request, sends a connection approval response, automatically connects, and acquires it by the camera. When the image signal is acquired by the other party, that is, when the image signal is transmitted and the image signal transmitted by the other party is received at the same time, the image signal is displayed on the screen and the videophone communication screen (Sb2: videophone communication screen, FIG. 56) is displayed. Let

The “control permission means” is a means for permitting control, and this embodiment is constituted by a CPU or the like controlled by a program. The treatment given from the caller's ID is determined, and the image signal is acquired without intervention of the callee. Automatic reception treatment is monitoring permission treatment.
In the case of complicated control, the command received from the caller is executed by the communication device on the callee side. For simple control, a CPU controlled by a program may not be required.
On the other hand, the videophone communication program of the caller party a receives an approval response, and after 5404 and 5409 steps, displays the received image signal on the videophone communication in-progress screen for communication or monitoring (Sb2). When the treatment given to the calling party a is “inquiry every time” (FIGS. 54, 5408, YES), the videophone communication program of the called party b rings the bell, and the input request screen (Sb4: approval inquiry screen: “party” display the message "Are you sure you want to answer?" and inquire the party b of the called party whether or not to connect. At the same time, the caller's videophone communication program displays the other party's approval waiting screen (Sb1: Approval waiting screen: "Waiting for other party's approval ..."). If the callee b approves the connection (FIGS. 54, 5410, YES), the videophone communication program displays a videophone communication in-progress screen and responds that the caller party a has accepted the connection, and The videophone communication program executed on the terminal of the caller party a determines this response (5409, YES), displays a videophone communication screen, and communicates. If the called party b does not approve the connection (FIG. 54, 5410, NO), the videophone communication program is waiting for connection (status display: 5501) and the connection is rejected to the videophone communication program of the calling party a. Then, the videophone communication program running on the terminal of the caller party a makes this response to be judged (5409, NO), and “access is denied” is displayed on the terminal display unit of the party a. 55, 5502, 54, 5411) and the connection result are displayed, then the connection standby screen is displayed to wait for connection (Sb3: connection standby screen, FIG. 55). When the treatment given to the calling party a is “automatic reception refusal” (FIG. 54, 5408, NO), the same processing is performed as when the called party b does not approve the connection.

  3: Outline of Flow Next, FIG. 57 shows the flow of establishing a treatment relationship with the other party through the public ID. In order to receive the provision of the communication service of the present invention, the party a first uses the terminal 5701 to log in to the server 5702 via the Internet, and uses the public ID: 200 disclosed by the other party b. A treatment application that expresses an intention to desire communication to b is made (1). The party a who applies for treatment inputs the public ID: 200 of the called party b (FIG. 48, 4801), and at the same time, the party a himself gives the partner b an “inquiry every time” (4808) treatment. The server stores the treatment “every time inquiry” given to the designated partner b by the party a in the treatment relationship master (5703). If the party a does not exist in the caller list of the party b, the first expected treatment of the party b “reception automatic” "Reject" is given to the party a (5704). In this state, the party b can send and communicate with the party a. Cannot communicate in the reverse direction. The called party takes the initiative. The server informs the party a that the application has been accepted by the party a (3), (4). When the party b logs in to the server using the terminal 5705, the party who newly applied for treatment is extracted from the treatment relationship master and notified to the party b (5) to (8). The party a who has applied for treatment in the book is displayed in green and the public name sous of the party a (4705), and the state is disclosed in color and icon according to the information disclosure treatment given to the party b by the other party (4706) ). FIG. 52 displays the detailed information of the party a who sent the treatment application to the party b. The party b examines the application for treatment, and determines the treatment to be given to the partner a (FIGS. 52 and 5201). The treatment “every inquiry” given to the partner a is replaced with the treatment “automatic reception rejection” stored in the server (10). As a result, the parties a and b can send a connection request to the other party of the videophone.

Mail Server System FIG. 58 is a block diagram showing the configuration of this embodiment, and illustrates the operation of the electronic secretary 5801 of the present invention on the mail server side of ISP5812. The electronic secretary is independent of the existing mail server, and after receiving the permitted mail, transfers it to the conventional mail server 5802. Mail transmission from the ISP5812 client is processed directly via the electronic secretary.
When dealing with the business contact address of a public institution or product sales company that provides services to unspecified callers, the electronic secretary 5801 describes the business scope or keywords related to the service in the guidance information and communicates in advance. When a mail transmission request for which permission treatment is not given is received, guidance information is presented (returned) to the caller when a specific keyword is not detected from the mail header according to the second rule, and mail reception is rejected.
For example, the inquiries email address related to JPO applicant registration is PA1670@jpo.go.jp (abbreviated as “F” in FIG. 58), and the guide information (FIG. 60) of this address is “This address is Please contact the JPO Application Support Division in charge of registration, etc. If you are a user, please fill in the subject line of the email and submit it again. The electronic secretary made a setting (ID = 5, FIG. 59, C) that temporarily received an e-mail containing “inquiry about the applicant registration relationship” in the set (FIG. 61), but did not give treatment to the caller. Think about the case.

The email address of applicant terminal 5804 is
It is assumed that fe1@netinfotech.co.jp (“A” in FIG. 58). The applicant obtains an inquiry email address on the JPO homepage, and preferably provides guidance information on the homepage. Then, the applicant will write the text “Inquiry about registration of applicants, registration method” in the subject line and email to the address PA1670@jpo.go.jp (F) (Fig. 58, (a1) To: F, application Send people registration relationship ...). The electronic secretary is permitted to receive the mail according to the second rule and forwarded to the mail server 5802. The mail is put into F's mailbox. The reply (a2) from the application support section is sent via the electronic secretary.
When an applicant sends an e-mail without knowing a keyword for the first time, the electronic secretary automatically responds immediately and informs the applicant of guidance information. The applicant can receive the guidance information in a short time even outside the business hours of the JPO. The automatic reply route of the guidance information is applicant → transmission server 5803 → reception server 5801 → transmission server 5803 → applicant. In the environment of actual ADSL line, URL: mail.netinfotech.co.jp and mail.yahoo.co.jp server, transmission / reception of sender → sending server → receiving server → receiver was tested. It took less than 5 seconds. Therefore, it can be retransmitted to the applicant according to the guidance with almost no time delay.

A terminal 5805 that sends a junk e-mail using a robot sends an e-mail (FIG. 58, (b1) To: F,
oooxxx ...), the electronic secretary sends an automatic reply (b2) to notify the guide information and then refuses to receive it. Under normal circumstances, the robot cannot understand the guidance information and retransmit it according to the guidance.
If a mail attack occurs intentionally according to guidance information by a human, communication rejection can be set manually.
An email bomb attacker 5806 who frequently sends a large amount of emails using a robot sends an email (Fig. 58, (c1) To: F,
oooxxx ...), the electronic secretary sends an automatic reply (c2) to notify the guide information and then refuses to receive it. If the electronic secretary using the method according to claim 9 (see FIG. 14) is an automatic reply, the third rule is determined based on the sender mail address, the reception time, and a predetermined reception rejection treatment (ID = 0). Created and added to the third rule set for attack prevention (FIG. 63). The usage constants of this embodiment are shown in FIG. The third time condition part for preventing attack is set to a predetermined time of 60 minutes, the predetermined treatment is not returned, and reception is rejected. Then, if the attacker's second mail (c3) is sent within 60 minutes, a reception refusal treatment without reply is given (FIGS. 14 and 1407), and the first rule set (FIG. 62) is referred to. Subsequent attacks are immediately rejected by looking at the mail envelope.

A preferred variant of the invention adds the number of emails that reach the condition part of the third rule. For example, when reaching the fifth mail of the attacker within 60 minutes, the communication request is processed based on the treatment.
Since the electronic secretary judges the sender by the mail envelope or header, there is no need to receive the mail body. Public network traffic can be greatly reduced.
In the prior art disclosed in Patent Document 13, when the caller is unknown, a mail is temporarily received, a confirmation mail created by the server is automatically returned to the caller, and when the confirmation is confirmed, the received mail is delivered to the callee. As described above, the present invention does not generate a large amount of useless communication in the public network, and there is no fear that the communication bandwidth is compressed or the server storage area is punctured by an email attack. It differs from the prior art in that the subjective intention of each individual recipient can be reflected without the possibility that the mail itself becomes a large number of new spam mails. In addition, the present invention has a feature that, when operated on the client side such as a mobile phone, a recipient who is inconvenienced by junk mail is not charged more unreasonably.

As described above, it is possible to completely reject error mails, spam mails sent by machines, and attack mails while guaranteeing normal business execution.
A preferred variant of the present invention stores the IP address of the abnormal caller and rejects the TCP connection with the IP address.
When a sender uses a conventional mail transmission server (SMTP client), the electronic secretary determines the identity of the sender based on the header of the mail, and does not receive the main body of the mail. The communication is forcibly stopped by closing the connection. Since the transmission server for which communication was forcibly canceled reattempts, recording is performed using the third rule set for cancellation, and when the transmission server reattempts, the other party is judged by the caller ID in which the electronic secretary is recorded. Cancel communication normally. FIG. 65 shows the third rule set for cancellation (R3DB2). It should be noted that data different from the third rule set (R3DB1) for preventing attacks shown in FIG. 63 is recorded.
When the mail transmission server uses the transmission system using claims 99 and 100 instead of the prior art, the information field included in the header is used to determine the authorization for transmitting the body based on the information included in the header. (FIGS. 31, 3104) and the electronic secretary on the receiving server side receives the information field including the subject, and then applies the second rule set (FIGS. 10, 1006, 1007, 1009) to Is approved, that is, if the communication is permitted, it is notified to the sender and the communication is continued (FIGS. 31 and 3106). By using the inventions of claims 99 and 100 and the electronic secretary at the same time, the amount of unnecessary communication is further reduced, and there is no need to forcibly stop communication. Communication control processing becomes clear.

When mail is transmitted from the electronic secretary, nuisance communication can be blocked from the source (see FIG. 20). D: Email bomb attacker (5807) sends A: email to applicant (Fig. 58, (d1) To: A, oooxxx ...) and uses electronic secretary 5803 operated by A on server side Suppose that Since the electronic secretary 5803 receives (d1) and the sender D does not have the reception permission, the electronic secretary 5803 sends an automatic reply (d2) informing the applicant's guide information to the sender and rejects the reception. The electronic secretary 5801 that transmitted (d1) receives the reception refusal treatment from 5803, creates the fifth rule, and saves it in the instruction file of the caller D in addition to the fifth rule set R5DB (FIG. 66).
If D further transmits (d3) within the time (one day) set in the fifth rule condition part, the electronic secretary 5801 applies the fifth rule and rejects the transmission (FIG. 20, 2004). . Before the unwanted communication as described above enters the public network 5813, it is rejected to the first transmission client. For example, if the caller uses Microsoft Outlook, pressing the send button causes Outlook to report that it cannot be delivered immediately.

During system operation, the third and fifth rules that have passed a predetermined time in the condition part from the created time are deleted.
Companies and organizations that provide services to specific callers have business communications that communicate only to a limited extent. The public telecommunications network of the prior art can communicate quickly and cheaply. However, since it has an open nature for the public, it does not apply to the above work. The present invention provides a closed communication effect for the public telecommunications network.
For example, the Japan Patent Office currently handles only inquiries regarding the status of patent examination initiation. The present invention proposes the work by the following e-mail.
Assume that the e-mail destination of the inquiry is E (FIGS. 58 and 5808). In the information of E, “This is the contact for inquiries regarding the status of patent examinations. If you are a first-time user, please re-send“ application number: reference number ”in the subject line of the email. -70953: 0302-001 "" and when a mail arrives, the second rule gives the communication permission treatment to receive the mail to the caller who correctly described the application number and reference number, and the given treatment Save to the first rule set.

“Application number: reference number” is the role of the password for obtaining permission for communication for the first time. Instead, a password determined by the JPO or the applicant can be used. The password notification will be included in the application delivery document.
The predetermined storage conditions of claims 101 and 102 are included in the treatment ID. When the treatment ID determined by the second rule is 6, the treatment is stored. That is, the password of the mail after the second caller is not checked.
When the business system changes dynamically with many people involved in communication, it is difficult to maintain the instruction file by a person. This problem is solved by the instruction file input component according to claims 131 and 132.
FIG. 67 illustrates the layout of the user interface of the instruction file input component.
FIG. 68 shows data passed to the instruction file input component according to the user interface.

Electronic secretary 5801 is Microsoft
It runs on a Windows®-based computer. The input component inputs information with little fluctuation such as constants and guidance information to the instruction file through the Internet on the web server.
Input component is Microsoft
Running on a Windows (registered trademark) -based computer, the terminal 5810 extracts the application number and the reference number from the data 5811 of the pending case existing in the JPO and passes it to the component. Alternatively, at the time of saving in the business data for determining the application number, the data is input to the instruction file by calling the component from the business system. Preferably, the sender ID for which the input component has given permission and the relevant information of the second rule set are stored, and the relevant information is deleted from the instruction file after the application case is no longer pending at the JPO.
As described above, even when there are many parties involved and changes dynamically, it is possible to create a communication environment such as a secure dedicated communication network limited to the parties involved in a public Internet communication network without maintaining it manually. .

The electronic secretary 5801 sends mail directly to the Internet 5813, but mail other than automatic reply may be transferred via a conventional mail server 5802, such as 5808-5801-5802-581 ( (Not shown in FIG. 58). Then, since the mail transfer (5801 to 5802) inside the ISP is fast, the management of the queue of the outgoing mail in the electronic secretary can be omitted, and the functions such as the queue management of the conventional mail server can be fully utilized.
A conventional mail server can be used, such as Sendmail running on a Unix®-based computer.
The present invention may be used as a component of a mail server.

A traffic information system for collecting movement information and traffic information of a mobile communication device and for guiding dynamic routes of vehicles and pedestrians.
[Field] This embodiment uses a mobile location measurement function to reduce equipment costs for collecting traffic information, improve traffic information measurement accuracy, and collect traffic information and travel information. In the case of prevention and avoidance, guidance of the dynamic route of the vehicle, and suspension of train operation or an accident, it is about guidance of the detour means to the user.
This specification shows a mobile communication terminal device using a mobile phone. The mobile communication terminal device is not limited to a mobile phone, and an electronic information device (a notebook PC, a PDA, an electronic notebook, a car navigation system, etc.) having a communication function can also be used.

  [Background] The conventional traffic information collection system, for example, obtains the traffic volume and the degree of congestion on each road by installing a vehicle detector on the road. Patent Documents 14 and 15 also disclose a technique for collecting information by utilizing a vehicle as a moving traffic sensor. Patent Document 17 discloses a technique for predicting a road usage situation. In a conventional on-vehicle route search device, there is a limit that can increase the calculation capability due to limitations on cost, space in the vehicle, and the like, and it takes several minutes to calculate the route. Therefore, when the vehicle is moving or the driver inadvertently leaves the route, the vehicle position may move during the calculation, and the vehicle may not be traveling on the route when the route is set. Sometimes it becomes impossible to start route guidance. The technique shown in Patent Document 7 calculates the return route that is the shortest route connected to the initial route without recalculating the initial route when the vehicle deviates from the initial calculated initial route, and sets the vehicle in the initial state. Guide to the route. The technology shown in Patent Document 16 avoids the occurrence of traffic jams by instructing countermeasures against traffic jams individually from the center in consideration of each planned route for each vehicle before the traffic jams occur. It is.

  [Problem] However, the above conventional technique has the following problems. The above-mentioned conventional traffic information collection technology requires a large amount of equipment and maintenance costs for arranging a large number of vehicle detectors, etc., and causes a large error in judging the traffic volume due to environmental differences and various types of vehicles. It may occur. In addition, since the technology shown in Patent Document 14 does not solve the cooperation between mobile communication devices that transmit movement information, for example, it is often used on trains or on vehicles moving at almost the same speed on a congested road. If there is a portable device, it is inevitable that the system will be inefficient because of inefficient transmission of meaningless information or a large amount of duplicate information. The common points of the technologies shown in Patent Documents 7 and 17 are that the in-vehicle device calculates the route, and there is a limit to increase the calculation capability. There is a thing. The method of returning to the initial route through the return route is inevitable, especially in order to avoid long traffic congestion sections, it is inefficient to return to the initial route, searching for the optimal route to reach the destination from the actual position of the vehicle. Absent. Since the conventional traffic information is broadcasted over a wide area or stored in the center DB and can be searched, it cannot be used unless the moving user receives or searches by himself / herself. The center can not guide the route dynamically by sending significant information to a specific user.

  [Means] The centralized route calculation function that includes the database of information such as travel information, traffic information, maps and facility data and the entire vehicle elements, and the center collects travel plans from users via communication lines. Provide recommended travel plans and recommended route to users. When the user's moving body obtains current location information, the center communicates with the moving body to grasp the moving situation, and when a forward traffic jam occurs and is predicted on the moving route, the map ahead is from the map possessed by the moving body Only necessary information is retrieved and transferred to the mobile device when necessary, such as when a new or mobile body does not have a map ahead. Each time it communicates with a mobile device, it collects movement information and updates the database. A plurality of communication methods including connection when the center detects a constant connection with the mobile device, interval connection, and event is provided.

The mobile device gives necessary control treatment to the center, for example, position acquisition, speed acquisition, information transfer, alerting, etc., and the user exchanges the necessary information with the center without releasing his / her hand while driving. When a mobile device issues a communication request to the traffic management center, it detects information including the location of the mobile device, forwards a route search, traffic information search request, etc. to the center, and sends a route or command from the center. Receives and operates according to the command, guides the user to the received route, and requests the route search from the center again when the user leaves the route on the way.
The center monitors and grasps road traffic information. If an abnormality occurs, the vehicle that may be affected is identified, and the information and avoidance route are transferred to the vehicle. The vehicle is identified by estimating based on the travel plan and the planned route already known or collected, and acquiring and confirming the position. Collect traffic information such as position and speed from the target vehicle along with the provision of services.

  The mobile station gives the following information to the center.・ Incoming call ID: Mobile phone number for receiving information from the center ・ Treatment given to the center: When receiving a new map ahead, traffic jam information, avoidance route, give treatment that can write the predetermined information to the mobile device, When providing travel information such as your own location information and speed, give a treatment that allows you to search for certain information, and when you receive a call, give a call permission treatment, etc.・ Departure / Departure points: Departure / Departure points / Arrival points ・ Departure current time ・ Departure scheduled time zone: Current or planned date / time ・ Route search condition: In the case of public transportation, whether to use trains or airplanes In the case of private cars, etc., fuel efficiency priority, time priority, toll road priority, shortest distance, minimum curve, etc. ・ Charging method for toll road: ETC, communication payment (described later), toll ticket, etc. ・ Vehicle attribute: registration number, General Duty (when satisfying the prescribed criteria), ・ Vehicle condition Performance: Speed, tire grip, brake performance, engine performance, etc. ・ Driver: familiarity with detour route, age, gender, physical ability, driving carrier, ・In-vehicle device components: portable models, in-vehicle device model presence / absence, performance, etc.

The center provides the user with recommended routes, transfer information, and recommended departure times, and provides information updated in real time based on the current location of the user, such as maps, traffic jams, construction, accident information, and avoidance routes that are updated forward.
The center provides data related to congestion charging to the management mechanism, calculates the congestion charging section, charging time zone, and amount, informs the user, and imports it into the recommended route and plan calculation conditions.
For example, the center should not detour large vehicles to the residential area, determine the familiarity of the detour route based on the driver, registration number, and instruct the local vehicle to a slightly complicated detour route, statistical information, calendar, Incorporating the elements of weather (rain, temperature, wind) and road (road surface condition, construction schedule, accident, traffic jam) and calculating the best traffic on the road and the shortest driving time of the entire vehicle as conditions, It provides simulation results such as the recommended departure time zone and route of the best travel plan, the time required for the travel plan to be compared, and the total travel distance. Guidance processing is performed to minimize the delay time from the scheduled time of each car. In the case of using public transportation, calculation is performed to incorporate factors such as avoiding congestion.

The center monitors the traffic information of the route ahead of the mobile device, and when traffic jams occur, confirms the location of the mobile device. If so, it transmits to the mobile device, collects the travel information, and always calculates the optimal route including the route search request when leaving the route and returns it to the mobile device.
Based on the attributes of the vehicle, ambulances, fire engines, etc. are treated as urgent and given priority, especially in order to minimize the arrival time at the destination. The vehicle density of the road on which the emergency vehicle is scheduled to pass is reduced, or the traffic signal in the direction of the vehicle is turned blue at the scheduled time when the vehicle passes the road intersection. The traffic situation is controlled by such means.

The emergency vehicle continuously transmits the actual position to the center. The center checks the position of other vehicles that may be in the path ahead of the emergency vehicle, corrects the path of the affected vehicle, or immediately notifies the relevant vehicle of the situation and determines the emergency vehicle position. Display on the vehicle and instruct evacuation. At the same time, by controlling traffic signals, emergency vehicles can be operated smoothly and accidents can be prevented in the event of an emergency such as the tracking of an ambulance or police car violator.
Supervise the driving time and fatigue level of the driver and communicate the situation of obstacles, road surface freezing, etc. to the driver to prevent accidents.
Detects events such as changes in vehicle speed at positions such as fog, poor visibility, and uphill as the cause of traffic congestion. To safeguard the distance between vehicles, assist in preventing traffic jams and driving safely.

The center provides danger prevention services through automatic communication of approaching vehicle-to-vehicle information. Cars that are moving are a kind of group, the center knows the position of each member of the group, communicates information between cars through the center, displays the position of other cars in the group on the mobile device screen, When dangers such as the approaching of surrounding vehicles such as rear and front, sudden braking, airbag operation, accidents, etc. are detected, the relevant vehicle is urgently dispatched and warned. The vehicle positions of all approaching groups are grasped in real time and data is provided to the automatic driving system.
Although the present invention can be implemented even with a portable unit equipped with a position detection device such as a GPS, it is preferable to connect to an in-vehicle device such as a car navigation system, secure a power source, use a car navigation screen, and a gyroscope auxiliary function, And PHS are also available.

Connect the mobile device and the vehicle-mounted device with short-distance communication means such as bulltose and DSER, or use the vehicle-mounted device with communication function, read the position with the lane with the vehicle-mounted camera, prevent collision by radar etc., high-precision position sensor data In cooperation with nearby vehicles based on the above, the inter-vehicle coordinates are automatically transferred, the inter-vehicle distance is maintained, the route is guided from the center, and driving of the vehicle is assisted or the vehicle is automatically driven.
Communication between the mobile device and the center has a variety of methods that can be selected by the user. If the connection method is required, the recommended route is obtained from the center and the mobile device side map is not saved or the recommended route surrounding map is not available. When the vehicle is guided according to the route stored on the mobile device side, the route map is used up or left, the mobile device sends, requests map download or route re-search, and traffic congestion occurs. When it is necessary to change, the center sends and writes the avoidance route to the mobile device. For example, if you approach an intersection or pedestrian crossing, you can go online, notify the center of vehicle behavior, monitor each vehicle, and detect the danger of a collision. And warn pedestrians. The always-on connection method by packet switching or circuit switching connects to the center in real time, and the car itself becomes an information terminal, enabling advanced services such as inter-vehicle communication and automatic driving.

The center grasps the maintenance status of the car from the many sensors installed in the car. For example, when the center that gave the control treatment approaches the oil change time of the car, it sent from the center and checked the condition of oil etc. Inform the upper driver.
The center collects real-time traffic information such as current location, direction of travel, and speed from each car in the process of guiding the route. When information is insufficient, information is collected using a mobile phone with a position detection device on a moving body such as a car as a movement monitor. Popular mobile phones and PHS cellular phones can obtain more accurate location information from the location of the base station and mobile phones with GPS. The center analyzes the movement information received from these mobile devices, creates an information collection command, and returns it to the mobile device. The command includes the following information transmission conditions: a) Do not transmit at the specified time. b) Do not send within the specified movement speed range. Conditions such as speed change, moving direction, traffic jam detection transmission are preferably added, preferably not transmitted within the specified geographic area.

Mobile monitors are operated by rewarding information providers or selling mobile phones with built-in automatic monitoring functions.
Preferably, the reward providing method converts the provided amount of information into reward points and saves it in a memory measure. Provide services such as route guidance in exchange for points accumulated by users.
For mobile phones with built-in automatic monitoring function, the remuneration amount is subtracted from the sales price. When the conditions set before shipment are satisfied, automatic call is made with incoming call charge. Preferably, in consideration of the privacy of the owner, for example, the center keeps the telephone number of the monitor secret.

It accumulates travel information, predicts traffic information according to various time zones and seasonal variations, provides an appropriate recommended route that takes into account traffic conditions between arbitrary points, and predicts arrival time to the destination.
The travel information is provided to the information board and the vehicle-mounted device on the road by the conventional traffic information collecting system VICS.
Information from VICS can also be used. Obtain information such as conventional construction regulations and weather.

[Action]
It reduces the equipment costs and maintenance costs required for fixed devices such as vehicle detectors, increases information accuracy, and expands the observation range. The center judges dynamic traffic information and can suppress the sending of information from monitors and sensors more than necessary within a given geographical area, or send information more frequently, or collect information by sending from the center, and move commands Collecting movement information efficiently by providing cooperation between mobile devices by returning to the aircraft. Compared to the fixed device operating regardless of traffic volume, the system of the present invention works efficiently with traffic volume, increasing the information collection density when necessary.
If the storage capacity of the mobile device storage is small, the route map is downloaded in multiple times, and each time the communication is transmitted to the center, the effect of collecting the traffic information along with the provision of the route search service can get.
The center can calculate the route immediately. Since the calculated vehicle travel distance can be ignored, not only can the vehicle always be guided to the optimal route, but the maximum efficiency that can be achieved by the entire road can be achieved without causing traffic congestion for the entire vehicle being traveled and planned for travel. Individual route guidance is possible.

Traffic volume is the product of average speed and density, and there is a maximum critical point. Congestion occurs when the number of vehicles passing through exceeds the critical point. Simulation results that are generally unstable in the vicinity of the critical point and can be resolved by shifting the average 10 to 20 minutes by falling into a heavy traffic jam with a slight increase in the number of vehicles (several to 10%). Has been reported. Compared to the case where a large number of people rush to the exit when a fire breaks out in the theater, it is the same as saving many lives if evacuation guidance is successful. Conventional traffic jam avoidance technology does not have a command tower, so it can know traffic jam information, but it is up to the driver of each vehicle to deal with it. Furthermore, a new traffic jam occurs due to the traffic jam avoiding operation of each vehicle that has obtained the traffic jam information.
The present invention has an effect of collecting information for realizing traffic guidance while realizing traffic guidance. Feedback can be expected: increased traffic → increased service demand → increased amount of information collected by the center → guided based on collected information → reduced traffic congestion.

[effect]
The center of the present invention can realize the optimum traffic system by changing the conventional unordered traffic flow in order according to the recommended route or, if necessary, the dynamic traffic charge means. It is possible to provide information specific to individual drivers and pedestrians accurately and in real time. It is possible to predict the optimum avoidance route according to the route information of each individual vehicle, predicting before the occurrence of traffic jams, and it is sufficient without concentrating the transport capacity of the traffic network on a specific road Can be used. Compared to the fixed installation of sensors on the road, the measurement points are not limited and information can be collected evenly on the road.
Since the center predicts not only the position information of each vehicle but also the actual operation trend of the vehicle and predicts the traffic situation, the prediction accuracy can be improved. By changing the scheduled route of each vehicle from the road traffic management center, it becomes easy to control the operation of each vehicle according to the traffic jam prediction and to ease traffic jams and prevent traffic jams.
The mobile phone, which is prohibited by the Traffic Act while traveling or driving, is not operated, and the vehicle and pedestrians are guided through the dynamic route guidance, traffic jam avoidance, and the train operation stop accident.

  Supporting safe driving (providing driving environment information, overwork, warning of speed violation, providing safety of intersections, driving assistance automatic driving data), optimization of traffic management (route guidance, optimization of traffic flow, actual flow) Optimal signal control by traffic, provision of traffic regulation information at the time of a traffic accident), more efficient road management (management of special vehicles, provision of traffic regulation status, etc.), support for pedestrians (route to pedestrians, last train, (Easy guidance for train accident suspension), emergency vehicle operation support (emergency vehicle route guidance, signal control, support for rescue activities, emergency vehicle position automatic notification, transmission, evacuation of ordinary vehicles, etc.)

Payment of cash [Background] A user inserts a cash card into an automatic teller machine (ATM), inputs a personal identification number, and withdraws cash.
[Problem] To prevent illegal cash withdrawal by a forged cash card and a stolen PIN.
[Means] Another consent communication means in which the claimant communicates with the manager who manages the property of the owner using the billing communication means, bills the owner through the manager, and the owner is independent of the billing communication means , Communicate with the administrator, the administrator authenticates the owner, and accepts the owner's consent (hereinafter, this process is referred to as “communication authentication”).
In the case of cash payment, the claimant is the user who operates the ATM, the owner is the account holder, the manager is the bank, and the billing communication means is the bank communication system.
A user (account holder) is identified by a unique ID. For example, a telephone number, a mobile number, a mobile manufacturing number, an account number including bank identification, a social insurance number, an identification number issued by a bank, etc. can be used as the ID. Register ID and mobile phone number for consent communication in the bank.

Authentication is performed using the consent communication means by adding an ATM operation. Specific examples of the consent communication means are a bank call or user call of a public telephone or IP telephone communication network, and an open network such as the Internet.
First, the case of acceptance communication bank transmission will be described.
When the treatment set activates the personal authentication process of the receiving device and the authentication is successful, it includes allowing communication and permitting communication (hereinafter referred to as “reception authentication”). The identity authentication process uses the identity authentication means attached to the receiving side device, and when the owner of the receiving side device registers the personal identification information in the device in advance and starts the identity authentication process, The side device prompts the operator to input the personal identification information, compares the input information with the registered personal identification information, and if the verification result matches (authentication success), The following predetermined operations are allowed. The personal identification information includes information selected from the group consisting of a password, a fingerprint, a voiceprint, a face image, and human physical characteristics (biological information).

  When a user gives a receipt authentication treatment to the bank's withdrawal confirmation calling number and withdraws cash, the cash card is inserted into the ATM, the amount to be withdrawn is entered into the ATM, and the bank uses the mobile phone number registered. To do. When the mobile phone receives a communication request from the bank's withdrawal confirmation calling number, the calling number is displayed (preferably, “XX bank withdrawal confirmation” is displayed in place of the above number), and the identity of the mobile phone is authenticated. The process may be started, and the vibrator may be vibrated without ringing the mobile phone to alert the owner. The owner of the mobile phone responds and authenticates that he / she is registered in the authentication process. If the identity is confirmed by the process, the connection is permitted. When using a voice call, the bank sends a voice guidance that indicates the cause of the communication and the withdrawal amount, prompts the bank to enter a password that permits the withdrawal, and the password entered by the user is sent to the bank. Sending, the bank system pays cash if the password is confirmed correct.

Preferably, packet communication type data communication is used, a predetermined information format is used, and the confirmation content is displayed on a portable display. The treatment is given based on the caller ID. In this case, the “calling number” or “calling ID” of the packet communication can be used as the caller ID. When always connected by packet communication, it is preferable to use “analysis authentication” described later.
Further, the identification number of the caller may be added with an identification number (R4DB correct answer column) designated by the caller.
After the bank activates the mobile authentication process, it waits for the password, and the password cannot be entered unless it is verified.

Preferably, a telephone transaction password is used as the password.
In addition to conventional authentication by ATM, personal authentication may be performed from a mobile phone.
Biometric information is registered with an authentication center or an organization such as a bank. You may choose the procedure to return.
A password input component (hereinafter referred to as “PW component”) is provided. The PW component activates the personal authentication function, and when the authentication is successful, transmits it to the server using the password stored in the mobile setting file.
Preferably, a password input button is registered in the mobile menu, and when the button is pressed, the PW component is executed and fingerprint authentication is performed.

  Instead of public communication means, it communicates with ATM via non-contact short-range communication means such as mobile phone infrared, DSRC (Dedicated Short Range Communication), Bluetooth, etc., ATM starts the personal authentication process of the mobile phone directly and performs the authentication process Also good. The biometric information may be registered in advance in the bank, and the mobile phone may read the personal biometric information as a sensor for reading the biometric information, transfer it to the ATM, and the bank side may perform an authentication process.

Next, the case of user transmission of consent communication will be explained.
Communication is performed using an electronic secretary that operates in accordance with an instruction file that can be set only by the administrator of the personal authentication means. In response to each of the communication requests, a personal authentication process of the transmission side device is started, and if the authentication is successful, transmission is permitted (hereinafter referred to as “transmission authentication”).
The bank authenticates the caller by caller authentication means including caller ID verification. When the user gives a call authentication treatment to the call to the bank and the user completes the predetermined operation of the ATM, the ATM prompts the communication authentication and receives the call from the caller number registered by the bank, or If the password is verified and matched, cash is paid.

Explain consent communication using the Internet.
Authentication by conventional mobile banking may be added using communication means such as the Internet Web environment. Specifically, when the ATM operation is completed, the bank creates predetermined confirmation information such as an amount, prompts mobile banking authentication, the user logs in, and the created confirmation information is presented to the user, If you press the confirmation button or the consent button, you will pay cash.
The user enters at least the registered ID into the ATM without using a cash card. Communication authentication may be performed by detecting the corresponding account number using the ID registered by the bank system as a key.

[Operation] The personal authentication function of the mobile phone by the transmission authentication and the reception authentication treatment is used, and the personal authentication result such as the biometric authentication by the authentication of the transmission number which is said to be impossible to forge is transferred. Since identity authentication is always activated in bank transactions, it is possible to prevent unauthorized use due to cell phone theft or lost items. In addition to authentication by mobile banking, ATM authentication can be performed, improving security.
It is safer than conventional systems that use only cash cards. When a forged card or a stolen card is used, communication authentication is always performed, so damage caused by the forged card can be prevented.
Activating the identity verification process for a bank is simply calling using the correct calling phone number. When the password is received, it is considered that the identity has been confirmed by the process. The bank is not responsible for the accuracy of the process or process usage. The responsibility of the bank is to make a call using the correct call number and to verify the password received. In the case of mobile calling, the bank is responsible for matching the calling number.

It is the user's own responsibility to use the personal authentication function of the mobile phone and to set the personal authentication process to start based on the calling telephone number. The user authentication function is a function that users are always familiar with, and can be determined by individual user selection and can be independent of bank-provided functions. For example, even if only the authentication of the calling number is used without using the mobile phone user authentication, the safety can be considerably improved and the cost is hardly increased.
It is not necessary to transfer biometric information such as fingerprints and face images as identification information to the network.
In the embodiment without a cash card, it is possible to carry out operations such as depositing / withdrawing by ATM only by mobile phone. The operation can be performed even if the mobile phone and the ATM are separated from each other. For example, a family or the like can operate with the ATM, and the user can authorize with the mobile phone. In this case, a home fixed telephone number may be registered instead of carrying. The identity authentication function on the telephone side may be omitted.
By using short-range communication means, it is possible to read biometric information from a mobile phone so that only the person can withdraw cash as a form of authentication on the bank side. Protect deposits from violent crimes.
Other than the embodiment described above, various modifications and variations can be made without departing from the spirit of using communication authentication other than ATM operation.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system that enables cashless business transactions. In particular, the present invention relates to an electronic payment server, an electronic payment system, an electronic payment method, and a program that can make an immediate payment using a communication terminal such as a mobile phone.
[Background] Conventionally, there are transactions using credit cards, debit cards (shopping with cash cards), and prepaid cards, and many have been proposed as Internet businesses (e-business) that perform specific services using the Internet. It is operated. With the widespread use of portable communication devices such as mobile phones and PHS, many services targeting these portable communication devices have come to exist. For example, it is possible to pay for the provision of goods and services using such portable communication devices.
[Problem] However, since the data on the card is easily stolen, a huge loss occurs due to forgery of the card every year. Since card companies usually charge only once a month, they may suffer damage without their knowledge. It is unsafe to enter a password when shopping, and the password is easily stolen from the movement of a finger. Electronic payment using a portable communication device, for example, when making payment from a mobile phone, the top page of a Web page (hereinafter referred to as payment URL) that provides an electronic payment service identified by the URL is accessed, and then payment is made. Log in to the web page and enter the account number, amount, password, etc. of the payment source and payee, and make a payment. ・ It takes time and effort to enter the account number and amount of the payee. Indispensable ・ Easy to input mistakes, it takes a lot of time to deposit money in the wrong account. There was a problem.

[Means] Communication authentication is used. In communication authentication, the claimant is a seller, the owner is a buyer, the administrator is a bank, and the billing communication means includes a communication line used by the seller. This is basically the same as the cash payment embodiment. In the following, we will focus on the specific parts of the shopping settlement. When the seller makes a request to the buyer's bank or settlement center, and the bank obtains the buyer's payment approval through the consent communication means, it is withdrawn immediately.
Specifically, the buyer attaches a barcode with the ID recorded on the back side of the mobile phone or on a shopping card or accessory, or displays it on a mobile display, and displays a bar on a POS (Point Of Sales) terminal of a store. The ID is read by a code reader (or infrared or other portable and POS short-distance communication means), and the ID, biller deposit account number, store name, billing amount, etc. are transmitted to a bank or a settlement center (hereinafter simply referred to as a bank) and charged. Then, the bank searches the account number and the mobile phone number for acceptance from the ID and sends them to the mobile phone. The mobile phone activates the identity authentication process, authenticates the identity, connects, and inquires whether the bank permits at least the cause of the charge and the amount to be settled, and the buyer's permission is obtained. In this case, the price is withdrawn, the settlement is notified to the seller, and the merchandise is delivered when the seller receives the notification.

The payment center serves as a window for both member stores and financial institutions that are members of the telephone payment method. Performs telephone settlement agency and brokerage. When a buyer uses an account of a financial institution that does not have his / her own account, the merchant has the center broker the settlement. When the financial institution requested from the ID cannot be specified, the buyer is inquired or searched from each financial institution and the result is stored.
The medium describing the ID may be anything as long as it is read correctly by the seller apparatus. You may use near field communication means, such as a barcode, a magnetic card, an ID tag, an IC card, and infrared rays. Since settlement requires confirmation of the owner at the end, the ID mediator can be intentionally copied and used by family members. If the ID medium is copied or dropped unintentionally, unauthorized use can be easily detected. Therefore, the ID can be abolished and another ID can be used.

Preferably, the settlement center itself opens accounts for both transactions. The account is also used exclusively for payment brokerage. In the following, the account is referred to as an electronic wallet. The electronic wallet has a user-specified upper limit, and the balance decreases each time it is paid. When the balance is insufficient, the upper limit is replenished from the buyer's bank account. , Transfer to the seller's bank account. Electronic wallets reduce commissions by handling small transfers of money together. Of course, the replenishment process can be performed manually or an approval procedure can be added each time the process is performed.
The treatment set includes permitting a communication request, receiving data, analyzing the received data, and treating the specified condition in accordance with a specified treatment method (hereinafter referred to as “analysis authentication”). The treatment method includes a plurality of treatment methods, and includes starting a personal authentication process.

A user gives analysis / authentication treatment to a bank's withdrawal confirmation calling number, and performs data communication according to a predetermined information format. As the format, for example, a markup language for describing the meaning and structure of data such as XML may be used. The requester, the billing amount, etc. can be extracted from the received data.
If you are billed by a small payment less than the specified amount, a small payment less than the specified cumulative amount, or a specified requester, you will automatically accept the payment by omitting password entry or identity verification, or by entering it automatically ( In the other cases, the personal authentication process or PW component of the receiving device is started.
Automatic consent is suitable for small payments such as tickets and vending machines. Preferably, a continuous connection by packet communication is used, for example, the approval communication is accepted in real time using chat software, and the approval process can be performed.
When implemented in a vending machine or a service providing device, the user inputs an ID to the vending machine, selects a product, the vending machine charges the bank, and if there is consent from the mobile phone, the product is Discharge from the outlet.

You can register the age of the mobile phone with the bank, recognize that the user is an adult, and automatically sell alcoholic beverages.
Instead of the bar code, information may be recorded in a short-distance communication such as infrared ray or magnetic communication, a magnetic strip provided on the back of the card, a memory of an IC card, or the like. Alternatively, manual input can be made to the POS.
By using a handy terminal (bar code reader) etc., cash on delivery can be paid by mobile phone.
Payment for shopping at the internet store is made by the buyer sending ID, product delivery time zone, etc., and the seller system sends the billing source information such as URL, deposit account number, product name, billing amount, debit account number to the bank, When you receive a payment completion notice from the bank, ship the item. Preferably, the buyer registers a delivery address with the bank and passes the address from the bank to the store when accepting the withdrawal. When the bank informs by voice such as billing source information, a fixed telephone number without a display can be used as the number for acceptance communication.

Payment may be accepted by sending the buyer. Encourage buyers to consent after the seller charges the bank. The bank creates confirmation information based on the buyer ID. The buyer calls out to the bank and connects. Confirmation information created by the bank is presented to the buyer and settled when payment is accepted. You may give outgoing authentication treatment to the outgoing to the bank. The bank authenticates the user by an authentication means determined in advance by the user's selection only for the sender number and password verification, or password verification.
The buyer may accept payment by mobile banking such as the Internet Web environment. After the seller charges, the buyer accesses the bank URL. Preferably, the manufacturing number of the mobile phone is automatically transmitted to the bank as the buyer ID. Payment confirmation information created by the bank using the ID as a key is presented to the buyer, the buyer confirms the presented information, and if the payment is accepted, the user logs in and accepts the password. Preferably, a button for executing a PW component for performing fingerprint authentication is provided.
The buyer may use a credit account.

[Operation] Sensitive information (eg, credit card number) is not sent to the network and is not disclosed to the seller. Compared with credit cards and debit cards (shopping with cash cards), there is no need for credit judgment for sellers (do not misuse card information obtained by sellers), no leakage of card information, no worry about misuse, PIN code from seller channel There is no risk that the number will be stolen and used with a counterfeit card. There is no need to manually enter the account number and amount for both payments, and there is no need to enter a personal identification number when using a biometric recognition function such as fingerprints, and there is no possibility that the personal identification number will be stolen. In the case of terminal theft or lost items, expensive damage can be prevented by authentication treatment even in the unlocked state. Easy payment with small amount due to automatic authentication.
Because of packet communication, the cost is low, flat-rate communication contracts can be used, and conventional network banking security technology can be used.
Payment is possible even if the barcode where the account number is recorded and the mobile phone are away from each other. For example, the child can shop, pay with the shopping card with the barcode that recorded the account number, You can authorize payment on your mobile phone.

Any communication terminal, for example, a landline telephone, can be used as long as it receives a settlement-accepting communication telephone at any time.
If an individual joins the phone payment settlement, it can be billed easily. For example, the billing party number (ID) and the amount are sent to the affiliated bank, and the bank sends the billing party calling number and the billing amount to the billing party. Stores such as greengrocers can manually enter the billing amount and customer's mobile phone number, saving expensive capital investment.
If all withdrawals, including cash payments, are designated as telephone payments, you can monitor all withdrawals.
When the consumer sets the bank calling number to reject incoming calls immediately after making a phone call every time and prepares the next payment, the authorization is resumed. There is absolutely no willingness to pay, that is, the wallet can be closed. Even when the wallet is open, the intention of payment can be further confirmed.
[Effect] In the present invention, payment can be made every time a purchase is made with the feeling of using cash. Prevent loss due to theft or loss of cash or prepaid cards.

Mobile phone key [Field] Use a mobile phone as a key in a door, safe, car, etc. at home.
[Means] Communication authentication is used. In communication authentication, the claimant and owner are the key holder, the administrator is the door system, the billing communication means is a mobile communication line used by the key holder, and the consent communication means is a number installed on the door This is a signal line or unlocking operation mechanism connected to an input numeric keypad or simply a call push button.
A home door control system will be described as an example. The incoming device of the system gives control treatment to the user's mobile number, and sets a door unlock password (R4DB correct column). When there is an incoming call from the mobile phone and the verification of the unlock password matches, an unlock signal indicating that the unlock may be performed is sent to the door. When the door receives the unlock signal, the door is unlocked if the user performs an unlock operation using the unlock operation means such as the door unlock operation button. When the unlocking signal is received, automatic unlocking may be performed. The unlocking operation may be further verified with a password input from the numeric keypad. The unlocking operation may be performed simply by pressing a call push button also used as a door phone.

You may give outgoing authentication treatment with respect to the outgoing to a door system. Preferably, a button for executing a PW component for performing fingerprint authentication is provided.
Preferably, an incoming call from a mobile phone to which control treatment is given is prevented from ringing. Use a different password to ring.
Multiple unlocking passwords may be set.
It may be transmitted from a door system similar to cash payment. The mobile phone is given an authentication treatment to the transmission number of the door system, and a pair of ID and mobile number is registered in the system. When unlocking, the ID is input from the numeric keypad of the doorphone installed on the door, and the system transmits to the mobile phone using the mobile phone number corresponding to the ID. The mobile identity authentication process is activated to authenticate the identity. Enter your password from your phone and unlock it. The call push button may be used instead of the numeric keypad to make a call to a designated mobile phone. You may make a call between a door phone and a mobile phone. The family can talk with the child and unlock it remotely.

[Action]
The communication means other than the telephone may be any means that can achieve the object of the present embodiment, such as the Internet, packet communication, IP telephone, near field communication means such as infrared rays.
You can register your visitor's mobile number and temporary password, and you can use them.
[Effect] A door with strong security is realized by the result of personal authentication such as biometric authentication without a key or keyhole.

[Field] Transportation fee collection system that does not require cash [Means] A charging system in a toll area such as a railroad, bus, expressway, city center, parking lot, event venue, etc. identifies a user by ID. Using the ID as a key, the mobile number used by the user and the payment method can be searched, or the admission information described below can be searched. First, a railway will be described as an example.
The user selects a payment method for purchasing a prepaid usage right that does not have real paper such as a commuter pass, a commuter pass, a regular card, or a regular ticket that is identified by ID (hereinafter collectively referred to as “communication payment”). ). It is preferable to use the mobile number as the ID. If you use information transfer, alert, or commuter pass to the transportation system billing system calling number on your mobile phone, you will be given a position acquisition permission treatment. You can also select the payment method that users pay for when they get off.
The system holds prepaid usage right information based on the ID, calculates the remaining effective period of the usage right, and performs a reduction process of the number of balances and the amount of money.

The medium for recording the ID may be anything as long as the ticket gate reads the ID.
When the boarding station ticket gate reads the ID and is determined to be a valid ID that can identify the user, the ID is transferred to the system server and entry is permitted. The server creates an admission record that records the ID, boarding station, and time, searches for the payment method from the ID, and if the user pays by communication, the admission record and telephone payment request notice, or when using a commuter pass, expiration date, Alternatively, refusal means such as a prepaid usage right fee reduction notice and a payment refusal button are transferred to the user's mobile phone and presented. According to the alert type set by the mobile phone, the mobile phone holder is alerted by vibration or the like. If the user is not aware of the information presented, the payment forewarned can be rejected by pressing a reject button or the like.

There are a plurality of methods for determining the validity of an ID. It is good if there is no same ID in the billing area. The validity determination of the mobile number read from the intermediary is effective, for example, if a) confirmation based on position information and the mobile phone of the read number are near the ticket gate. b) Confirm whether or not the use of the ID is permitted by communication confirmation, packet communication or the like. When another person such as a family approves the use of the ID, the use of the ID can be automatically approved by the same method as the automatic consent.
In order to make a call to a mobile phone, the base station always knows the location (cell) of the mobile phone. A microcell has a radius of several hundred meters, and the cell size is small in a densely populated area.
Since the entrance can be determined promptly, the location information may be transmitted from the mobile phone to the server before passing through the ticket gate at the station.

Preferably, when the billing notice is presented, a station where the user can get off can be specified, and a form that can complete the settlement is presented. If the passenger completes the settlement before getting off, there is no need to perform a payment acceptance operation in front of the exit ticket gate.

Preferably, automatic approval is specified for the railway request when the request notice is presented. Then, the request from the railway is automatically accepted in front of the exit ticket gate, and the ticket gate can judge the exit permission at high speed.
The getting-off station ticket gate reads the ID, searches the admission record from the ID, settles and charges the boarding fee, and permits the exit when the settlement is completed or a completion notification is received.
In the case of telephone settlement, automatic acceptance is preferable in order to pass through the ticket gate at high speed. Alternatively, the passenger may complete the settlement before leaving.

Since the commuter pass is not settled with the ticket gate, it is required that the mobile phone and the user always move together. Unauthorized use can be prevented by acquiring the position information of the mobile phone at the boarding or getting off or getting off and confirming that the mobile phone position and the ticket gate position substantially coincide. In the case of the prepaid use right, it is not required to move the mobile phone and the medium for recording the ID together.
A user who has selected a payment method to pay when getting off or refuses to pay by mobile phone pays at a checkout machine at the getting-off station. The system searches the boarding information from the ID used at the boarding station and calculates the fee.
Since it is possible to quickly determine the exit ticket gate, it is desirable that the server knows the location information of the mobile phone before the passenger passes the ticket gate. What is necessary is just to complete the provisional settlement in time for passengers with mobile to travel to the ticket gate. In the provisional settlement, settlement is performed on the assumption that the passenger gets off at the nearest station from the passenger's location.
You can get a mobile phone number from the telephone company's system that has the right of prepaid use near the ticket gate, so you don't have to connect directly to the phone to get the location. Also good. Mobile location information may be obtained from a server and tracked.

Convert the mobile phone number that the server has a prepaid usage right near the ticket gate into an ID, leave the ID that has the prepaid amount that can be settled by provisional payment of the boarding fee, and the ID that has completed the payment by telephone When it is confirmed that the ID read by the ticket checker is included in the plurality of transferred IDs, the prepaid use right is reduced after permitting the exit. Since the number of transferred IDs is much smaller than the total number of IDs entered, high-speed processing can be performed.
Preferably, a measure such as providing credit to the telephone payment user is taken, the payment is handled as being completed, and the user is allowed to leave before charging.
The valid period or the number of remaining prepaid usage rights, the amount, and the amount are transmitted to the mobile phone or displayed on the ticket gate.

In the case of processing a ticket for entering an event venue or the like, a customer orders a ticket from a ticket shop or the like prior to entry, and the entrance management server stores ticket information. The ticket information includes data such as an ID, a venue name, an event name, a date and time, the number of people, and a seat position. The entrance ticket gate performs the same processing as the exit ticket gate at the station. That is, if it is confirmed that the mobile phone corresponding to the ID read by the ticket gate is near the ticket gate, admission is permitted.
The system may allow the entrance after reading the ID, sending it to the mobile phone, verifying the identity authentication and password.
Similar to the provisional settlement, the user authentication and password verification may be performed before the user passes the ticket gate.
[Action]
If you only have a bar code that records your ID, such as a family member or a diplomat of your company, you can pay the transportation fee. If all tickets used for ticket gates are issued by bar code printing, the ticket settlement ticket gates can omit the conventional magnetic ticket function.

Toll collection for roads As a process similar to that for the railway, a toll collection system for toll areas such as expressways and city centers (hereinafter collectively referred to as roads) will be described.
[Background] The toll road automatic toll collection system (ETC system) used in Japan is a toll that does not require cash by communication between the ETC on-board device installed in the vehicle and the devices installed at the entrance gate and exit gate It is a system that automatically collects road charges. DSRC, which allows high-speed road-to-vehicle communication, is adopted for immediate settlement at a free flow toll gate that allows high-speed passage. However, it is reported that the existing ETC will not work unless it is about 40 km / h or less. In the case of Japan, it is required to “decelerate sufficiently and confirm that the open / close bar has opened, and pass at a safe speed (can be stopped at any time)”. The biggest reason why the utilization rate (2004.03.19 approx. 17.1%) has been sluggish is that the benefits are not felt and the costs are high for the few benefits. Also, the only payment method is contracting a dedicated credit card. On the other hand, in Singapore, you can use a camera to shoot unauthorized traffic number plates up to 180km / h for ERP.
Existing technology camera-type billing can realize a free-flow toll gate that can pass at high speed, but it is difficult to separate the car owner and the payer. The existing ETC system adopts an excellent two-piece method that can separate the on-board unit and the ETC card, but it cannot pass at high speed, and it causes human error such as forgetting to insert / remove the card or improper insertion. In addition, it is essential and expensive to install an on-vehicle device, and the ETC lane is estimated to cost 10 million yen per unit.

[Task]
Realize a free flow fee collection system that does not require cash at a low cost.
[means]
Basically the same as the train ticket. In the following, we will focus on the specific parts of the road.
The vehicle registration number is used as the user identification ID. The user who selects communication payment registers in the system in advance so that the mobile number can be searched from the ID.
First, a method without a gate will be described. The license plate is photographed with a digital camera at the billing point and the ID is read (automatic recognition). The entry / exit records also include vehicle type (small, large, etc.), photos, etc. Leave the photo as proof of use. Create an exit record at the exit, settle the price based on the contents of the entrance record, and reduce the prepaid use right such as high-speed cards. You may add identity verification before reducing the amount. In the case of telephone settlement, a predetermined settlement center is charged.

When the request for communication payment is refused and the communication payment is not registered, the user (owner) of the vehicle is identified by the ID and charged by a method such as sending an invoice. You may request by adding the administrative fee charged on the invoice.
The camera that reads vehicle information may be replaced with other vehicle information acquisition means. For example, when the communication function is provided in the license plate, the license plate information may be acquired by radio waves transmitted from the license plate.
Preferably, a road use schedule (period) is designated, and the registration is deleted when the schedule is over. This is convenient when using a rental car.
Preferably, the mobile phone has a voice operation / reading function so that information can be operated without releasing the hand while driving.
Preferably, the identity verification of the telephone settlement is performed when the vehicle is safely stopped. For example, after displaying the authentication screen, in order to be able to operate even if ignored for a long time, the server is given the position and speed acquisition treatment, and the server is not moving and the request is made after judging the driver's safety To do.

In the case of a method of charging each time a boundary line of a tolled area such as a city center is passed (hereinafter referred to as “passing charging”), the same processing as the exit may be performed at the boundary line.
A billing method based on the next travel distance (hereinafter referred to as distance billing) can be realized. When entering the pay area, the server keeps the location of the mobile phone almost continuously. For example, mobile location information (location cell, GPS information, etc.) may be acquired from a server and tracked. The mobile travel distance is calculated as the travel distance of the car. Cars moving in the area can be monitored by a fixed or moving camera, and fraud can be detected if the car is not in the same cell as the cell phone. If the mobile battery runs out, the location is not reported, so fixed billing applies. Distance billing is reasonable and can be used simultaneously with transit billing.
Next, a method with an exit gate will be described.
Take a license plate at the entrance and allow it to pass. When the ID is read from the image and the vehicle registers in advance, a billing notice is transmitted to the mobile phone.
A camera is installed in the exit toll gate device, the ID is read, the fee is settled and charged based on the entry record, and the gate is opened when the settlement is completed.

Preferably, it has the same processing as the provisional settlement. In addition to the location information of the mobile phone, a camera may be installed near the exit and the ID may be read to temporarily settle the vehicle approaching the exit.
Preferably, the payment is settled and settled early before arrival at the gate, and the camera is set at the first lane of the exit lane (position away from the gate) so that the settlement result can be obtained in the time it takes for the car to move from the shooting position to the gate. Install.
The settlement result is transferred to the gate in the order of arrival or ID. The gate reads the ID with the camera, or the arrival order is counted, the arrival car is specified, and the gate is opened or the fee is collected according to the settlement result.
Next, I will explain the method with the entrance gate.
A camera is installed at the first arrival position of the entrance / exit lane, the ID is read, the payment method or settlement result of the passing car is judged, and the opening / closing of the gate is controlled. A non-stop lane for communication payment may be added. A conventional charge gate may be added.
A car with a conventional payment method displays a signal that leads to a conventional toll gate, receives a pass ticket at the entrance, and settles at the exit. After the signal is ignored or overlooked, a post-billing bill is sent to the vehicle that has passed through the non-stop lane entrance without permission, or a lightning message is displayed to collect the fee at the exit. For a vehicle with a conventional payment method that could not receive a pass ticket, the server retrieves the admission record from the ID and settles it.

[Action]
The high system cost of ETC is because high-speed and high-accuracy is required because it is necessary to instantly recognize a vehicle running at high speed when passing through gates and boundaries, and instantly perform two-way communication and payment processing with the vehicle. High reliability is required. The present invention takes a car with mature image technology and eliminates the need for instantaneous processing when passing through the gate, thus greatly reducing the cost of both road vehicles.
In ETC, the use of a credit card is fundamental, but credit card information is exchanged by radio waves, which may be misused. It is said that it is possible to prevent misuse by wiretapping by encrypting, but there is also the possibility of card theft or forgery. The present invention does not require transmission of a credit card number. If unintentional billing registration or the registered car is stolen, the location of the car can be known by the notice of claim, and payment can be refused or the police can be notified.
Problems such as forgery of highway cards and unauthorized use of ETC cards can be solved.
Pre-delivery and pre-registrant car traffic recognition can be fully taken. Unintentional billing can be stopped immediately by sending billing information immediately.
Realize non-stop at toll booths.

As described above, the present invention is suitable for a communication method using an electronic device on a communication network.

It is a figure which shows the basic schematic structural example of this invention. 4 is a flowchart of an embodiment of the present invention. It is a layout figure which materializes a treatment set in a database. It is a figure which shows the 1st rule set regarding an item and treatment. It is a flowchart of another embodiment. It is a flowchart of another embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure of another embodiment. It is a flowchart of another embodiment. It is a figure which shows another embodiment structural example. It is a flowchart of another embodiment. It is a partial flowchart of the early determination process of another embodiment. It is a flowchart of another embodiment. It is a flowchart of another embodiment. It is a flowchart of another embodiment. It is a figure which shows another embodiment structural example. It is a flowchart of another embodiment. It is a figure which shows the presentation procedure of a repeated guidance, and the reception of a reaction. It is a figure which shows the example which incorporates an electronic secretary and an instruction file in the server side. It is a figure which shows the example which accesses an instruction | indication file through a network. It is a transmission processing partial flowchart. It is a figure which shows the system configuration | structure regarding anonymous communication. It is a partial flowchart of a process of a 1st party. It is a partial flowchart of a process of a 2nd party. It is a flowchart of a treatment exchange process part. It is a data layout figure of presentation information. It is a layout figure showing the 2nd rule set. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the structure of a positional information system. It is a flowchart of the driving | running | working guidance function for vehicles. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the structure of a position change monitoring system. It is a figure which shows the structure of a mail transmission client. It is a mail transmission flowchart. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of an automatic answering telephone. It is a figure which shows the instruction | indication file content of the said telephone. It is a flowchart of the said telephone. It is a figure which shows the example which gives automatically the treatment which can normally call to the telephone number of a related person by automatic examination. It is a layout figure which shows a 3rd rule set. It is a layout figure which shows a 4th rule set. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the additional software for mail receiving clients. It is a figure which shows the instruction | indication file content of the said software. It is a schematic flowchart of a reception process. It is a figure which shows a question input screen. It is a figure which shows an initial treatment selection screen. It is a block diagram which shows an internet videophone system structure. It is a block diagram which shows an internal structure. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of a main program. It is a figure which shows a main menu screen. It is a figure which shows a contact book screen. It is a figure which shows a member addition screen. It is a figure which shows a treatment application process. It is a figure which shows a personal setting screen. It is a flowchart which shows a login process operation | movement. It is a figure which shows a friend list edit screen. It is a figure which shows a treatment application qualification designation | designated screen. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of a video telephone communication program. It is a figure which shows a connection waiting screen. It is a figure which shows the screen during videophone communication. It is a figure which shows the flow outline | summary which builds a treatment relationship. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a mail server system Example. It is a figure which shows a treatment information data database. It is a block diagram which shows a guidance information data database (GDB). It is a figure which shows a 2nd rule set. It is a figure which shows a 1st rule set. It is a figure which shows the 3rd rule set for attack prevention. It is a figure which shows a usage constant. It is a figure which shows the 3rd rule set for cancellation. It is a figure which shows a 5th rule set. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a user interface of an input component. It is a figure which shows the data passed to an input component. It is a layout figure of the 5th rule set. It is a layout diagram of a treatment relationship master. It is a party data layout figure. It is a confirmation request data layout diagram. It is a prover information layout diagram. It is a figure which shows a 1st rule set. It is a figure which shows a 2nd rule set. It is a figure which shows a 4th rule set. It is a figure which shows a 1st rule set. It is a figure which shows a 2nd rule set. It is a figure which shows a 4th rule set. It is a figure which shows presentation information.

Explanation of symbols

11, 111, 211 ... Processor 13, 14, 114, 214 ... Storage device 15, 115, 215 ... Communication transfer device 16 ... Keyboard and display unit.
17 …… Microphone, speaker 18 …… Camera, keyboard and display unit.

Claims (152)

A method of performing communication via an electronic secretary system (hereinafter referred to as an “electronic secretary”) that supports communication in a telecommunication network, wherein a party issues an instruction to the electronic secretary in advance, and the electronic secretary follows the instructions of the party , Processing the communication request, the method comprising: (a) inputting data to construct an instruction file for instructing the electronic secretary to perform work; and the instruction file comprises: (1) caller ID A first rule set (hereinafter referred to as “first rule set”) described by a rule having a condition part having an application condition related to (sender identifier) and an execution part instructing execution of an action corresponding to treatment. And the first rule is “when the communication request from the caller is actually received, the ID of the caller detected from the communication request (hereinafter“ the fact caller ID ”). In the present specification, the first rule is created, and the first rule is expressed as “if the communication request matches the caller ID in the condition part”, the communication request is treated based on the treatment. (1) adding to the rule set gives treatment to the caller), (2) presenting information presented to the caller, and (b) performing communication using the electronic secretary capable of the following operations: A method characterized by comprising: (1) The caller's ID is detected from the communication request from the caller, (2) the instruction file is accessed, and (3) the application condition is satisfied for all the rules in the first rule set. And the execution unit of the rule is executed (hereinafter simply referred to as applying a predetermined set of rules), (4) the presentation information is presented to the sender, In response to the communication request, (i) transmitting the communication request to the called party (hereinafter referred to as “communication permission”), and (ii) rejecting the communication request (hereinafter referred to as “reception refusal”); , (Iii) receiving the communication request (hereinafter referred to as “application acceptance”), and a plurality of treatment methods (hereinafter referred to as “treatment set”). Choose one of the methods to treat In this specification, unless otherwise specified, the processing method is referred to as “treatment”, which means a specific method for a communication request of a specific caller determined by a party. The term “acceptance of application” permits the caller to express the hope of communication to the callee, and the action can at least convey information for identifying the caller to the callee, The term “communication request”, which is presented to the caller, receives the caller's response, and cannot achieve the caller's original communication purpose before it is determined that communication can be permitted based on the response, It means the contents of communication that arrived at the electronic secretary before achieving the communication purpose.   2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the instruction file further includes a condition part having an application condition relating to an expected application content and a rule having an execution part instructing execution of an action corresponding to treatment. The second rule set (hereinafter referred to as “second rule set”) and the second rule are: “If the expected application content is detected from the communication request, the communication request is treated based on the treatment. ”, And the acceptance of the application includes the following operations. (A) detecting the expected application content from the communication request; (b) applying the second rule set;   3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the communication is an e-mail communication, the caller ID is a caller e-mail address, the presentation information includes a description of a condition for receiving an e-mail, and the communication permission treatment. Is to receive an e-mail, the presenting is to reply to the caller, and when the communication request arrives, the electronic secretary first applies the first rule set, and the application condition is If no established rule is found, an application is accepted, and in the step of accepting the application, when applying the second rule set, a rule for which an application condition is established is not found. If the communication request cannot be determined, the communication request is rejected after the presentation information is presented to the caller.
4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the presentation information to be presented to the caller makes an application for permission for communication, and the presentation information includes at least content that prompts the application content to be described in the subject of the email, An electronic secretary installed on the receiving client side and rejecting the communication request is to send a delete command to the receiving server to delete the e-mail from the receiving server, and the electronic secretary is the receiving server And receiving the header including the subject of the e-mail, applying the first rule set, and accepting the application (the term used in this specification, “reception”). “Client” means a device that can collect the recipient's e-mail stored on the server, and “Receiving server” receives and stores the e-mail. If you want to access, it means a device that provides a service to pass the stored e-mail to the recipient).   4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the presentation information to be presented to the caller makes an application for permission for communication, and the presentation information includes at least content that prompts the application content to be described in the subject of the email, An electronic secretary is installed on the receiving server side, and rejecting the communication request is notifying the occurrence of an error to the sending client of the e-mail and then canceling the communication, and the electronic secretary transmits the communication request Is received to the envelope (envelope) of the e-mail containing the fact sender ID, the first rule set is applied, and a rule satisfying the application condition is not found. Receiving the subject of the e-mail and accepting the application (the term used in this specification, “sending client” is e-mail It means a device to be sent).   6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the instruction file is further described by a rule having a condition part having application conditions relating to a caller ID and a reception time, and an execution part instructing execution of an action corresponding to treatment. Third rule set (hereinafter referred to as “third rule set”) and (the third rule is “if the factual caller ID detected from the communication request matches the caller ID in the condition part” And, if the predetermined time has not elapsed since the reception time, this means that the communication request is treated based on the treatment "), and the electronic secretary further includes: (A) create the third rule and add it to the third rule set; (b) apply the third rule set; The third rule If the rule for which the application condition is satisfied is not found, the third rule is created based on the fact sender ID, the reception time, and the reception refusal treatment, and the third rule In addition to the set, after a temporary error state is returned to the e-mail sending client, the communication is forcibly stopped by closing the underlying delivery connection; and (b) the application condition is satisfied. If a rule is found, the notification of a permanent error is notified to the e-mail sending client, and communication is officially stopped, and then the rule is deleted from the third rule set. A method characterized in that   4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the presentation information presented to the caller makes an application for permission for communication, and the presentation information includes at least content that prompts the electronic mail to describe the application content, Is installed on the receiving server side, and rejecting the communication request means notifying the transmission client of the e-mail that an error has occurred and then canceling the communication, and the electronic secretary receives the communication request. When receiving, up to the envelope (envelope) of the e-mail containing the fact sender ID, applying the first rule set, if a rule that satisfies the application condition is not found, Receiving the content of the e-mail and accepting the application;   4. The method according to claim 3, wherein when the second rule set is applied, when the second rule that satisfies the application condition is found, the treatment of the execution unit of the found second rule is transmitted. A method characterized by giving to a person.   3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the instruction file further includes a third rule set, and the electronic secretary can further perform the following operations. (A) creating the third rule and adding it to the third rule set; (b) applying the third rule set;   3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the communication is telephone communication, the presentation information includes an explanation of conditions for receiving the communication, and when the communication request arrives, the electronic secretary first receives the first information. When a rule set is applied and a rule satisfying the application condition is not found, an application is accepted, and in the step of accepting the application, the presentation information is presented to the sender, and the sender If the second rule set is applied and the rule for which the application condition is satisfied is not found, that is, if treatment cannot be determined, the communication request is recorded and communication is rejected. A method of treating the communication request based on a predetermined treatment method (hereinafter referred to as “first expected treatment”).   11. The method according to claim 10, wherein when the second rule set is applied, when the second rule that satisfies the application condition is found, the treatment of the execution unit of the found second rule is transmitted. A method characterized by giving to a person.   The method according to claim 10, wherein the treatment set permits the communication request, instructs the caller side communication device that the caller has a control right, and does not require the caller to intervene. A method including communication (hereinafter referred to as “control permission”). As used herein, the term “communication” means communicating information and control signals.   The method according to claim 10, wherein the treatment set includes control permission, and when the second rule set is found when applying the second rule set, the second rule found is found. A method of giving the caller the treatment of the execution part of the rule.   14. The method of claim 13, wherein the party discloses information including his / her ID (identifier) to cause a caller to apply for communication permission, the application including through the Internet, Before issuing the communication request, applying for communication permission to the party and identifying the party using the communication service by ID, and the provider of the communication service uses the ID of the communication service Providing to a party and registering the identity verification information of the party selected from the group consisting of a provider of the communication service and a third party.   15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the control permission includes a first control permission and a second control permission, and the first control permission is transmitted to the caller of the communication apparatus on the called party side. The second control permission is transmitted to the caller through a communication device on the callee side by a position acquisition unit installed on the callee side. A method of acquiring position information to be acquired (hereinafter referred to as “position acquisition permission”).   16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the presentation information further includes a question to be presented to the caller, and the expected application content is an answer to the question that has obtained a predetermined total score, and the indication The file further includes a fourth rule set (hereinafter referred to as a rule) having a rule including the question presented to the caller, a condition part having an application condition related to the correct answer of the question, and an action execution part related to scoring. “The fourth rule set”) (the fourth rule represents “if the answer of the question from the sender is correct, the score is counted and the total score is totaled”) And the electronic secretary is further capable of the following operations. (A) presenting the question to the caller; (b) receiving the caller's answer to the question; (c) applying the fourth set of rules.   3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the treatment set permits the communication request and instructs the caller side communication device that the caller has a control right, without intervening the caller. A method including communication (hereinafter referred to as “control permission”).   18. The method according to claim 17, wherein the control permission is to cause the caller to transfer information to a communication apparatus on the called party side (hereinafter referred to as “information transfer permission”).   The method according to claim 17, wherein the control permission is a position acquisition permission.   18. The method according to claim 17, wherein the control permission is a hearing permission.   18. The method according to claim 17, wherein the control permission causes the caller to acquire an image signal acquired by an imaging device installed on the callee side through the callee side communication device (hereinafter referred to as “monitoring permission”). ).   3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the input includes one selected from the group consisting of inputting through a network and performing an input operation from a telephone.   The method according to claim 2, wherein the presentation information further includes a question to be presented to the caller, and the expected application content is an answer to the question that has obtained a predetermined total score, and the indication The file further includes a fourth rule set, and the electronic secretary can further perform the following operations. (A) presenting the question to the caller; (b) receiving the caller's answer to the question; (c) applying the fourth set of rules.   24. The method of claim 23, wherein the presentation information includes information selected from the group consisting of text, sound, and images, and the answer is selected from the group consisting of numbers, text, sounds, and images. A method comprising the steps of:   3. The method according to claim 2, wherein when the second rule set is applied, when the second rule that satisfies the application condition is found, the treatment of the execution unit of the found second rule is transmitted. A method characterized by giving to a person.   3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the instruction file is further described by a rule having a condition part having application conditions relating to a callee ID and a call origination time, and an execution part instructing execution of an action corresponding to treatment. And a fifth rule set (hereinafter referred to as “fifth rule set”) and (the fifth rule is “if the destination ID (the ID of the callee) matches the callee ID in the condition part, and The electronic secretary further includes the following operations: “If the predetermined time has not elapsed since the transmission time, the transaction request is treated based on the treatment”) A method characterized in that (A) applying the fifth rule set; (b) sending a communication request to the called party and receiving treatment; (c) creating the fifth rule and adding it to the fifth rule set.   3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the party discloses information including his / her ID, causes a caller to apply for communication permission, and the application includes performing through the Internet, and the caller requests the communication request. Before applying for permission to apply to the party for permission to communicate.   28. The method according to claim 27, wherein a communication service provider provides an ID to a party using the communication service, and the party selected from the group consisting of the communication service provider and a third party. A method characterized by registering the identity verification information.   3. The method according to claim 2, wherein a communication service provider provides an ID to a party using the communication service, and the party selected from the group consisting of the communication service provider and a third party. A method characterized by registering the identity verification information.   30. The method of claim 29, wherein the provider provides one or more additional IDs separately from the original ID to the party that has already been provided with the original ID.   3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first party includes first data that includes its identity and at least one first party rule for disclosing the first data. To the server and give the server permission to communicate; and at least one for the second party to disclose the second data including its ID and the second data. Two second party rules are entered into the server and the server is granted the communication permission treatment; and a search request including at least one search criteria is sent to the server; and both parties are A method of receiving data from the server for performing the following processing. (A) The server processes the search request, determines whether the first data satisfies the search criteria, and if the first data satisfies the search criteria, the following processing (1) If the first party rule disclosing the first data of the first party satisfies the first party rule, the first data of the first party is sent to the second party . (2) If the second party rule disclosing the second data of the second party is satisfied, the second data of the second party is sent to the first party.   32. The method of claim 31, wherein the treatment set includes having a caller act on behalf of the party and give a treatment to a third party (hereinafter referred to as "proxy authorization"). Gives the proxy permission treatment to the server, and the first data further includes a treatment given to the second party to be disclosed the first data, If the first party rule that discloses the first data is satisfied, the server, as the caller, gives the second party the treatment on behalf of the operation of the first party (hereinafter, “ A method characterized by “exchange treatment”.   The method according to claim 1, wherein the treatment set further permits the communication request, instructs the caller side communication device that the caller has control, and intervenes the caller in the caller. A communication method (hereinafter referred to as “control permission”) without communication.   34. The method according to claim 33, wherein the control permission is to cause the caller to transfer information to the callee communication device (hereinafter referred to as "information transfer permission").   35. The method according to claim 34, wherein the control permission includes a second control permission, and the second control permission causes the caller to output information through a callee-side communication device, and allows the callee to pay attention. (Hereinafter referred to as “warning permission”), and calling the attention causes the callee side communication device to generate what is selected from the group consisting of voice, light, and vibration. A method characterized by comprising.   34. The method of claim 33, wherein accepting the application includes recording information for caller identification.   34. The method according to claim 33, wherein a communication service provider provides an ID to a party using the communication service, and the communication service provider and the third party are selected from the group consisting of the communication service provider and a third party. A method characterized by registering the identity verification information.   38. The method of claim 37, wherein the provider provides one or more additional IDs separately from the original ID to the party who has already been provided with the original ID, and the party provides his / her ID. Disclosing information, allowing a caller to apply for communication permission, the application including through the Internet, and applying for communication permission to the party before the caller issues the communication request A method characterized by that.   34. The method according to claim 33, wherein the control permission allows the caller to acquire position information acquired by position acquisition means installed on the callee side through the callee side communication device (hereinafter referred to as “position acquisition permission”). )).   40. The method according to claim 39, wherein the position information includes a received GPS (Global Positioning System) position signal, position information converted from the received GPS position signal, current position information of a PHS (Personal handy phone) terminal, and A method comprising: one selected from a group of mobile terminal location information provided based on mobile phone base station location information (hereinafter referred to as “specific location”).   40. The method according to claim 39, wherein the callee communication device is a mobile communication device (hereinafter referred to as "mobile device"), and the mobile device issues a communication request to a terminal having a pre-registered ID. And detecting the position information and transferring it to the terminal.   42. The method according to claim 41, wherein the control permission includes information transfer permission and attention permission, and the mobile device issues a communication request to a terminal having a pre-registered ID. The information is transferred to the terminal, and the terminal is further given (a) information transfer permission and (b) attention calling permission, and calling the attention from sound, light, and vibration. Generating at said mobile station what is selected from the group consisting of:   43. The method according to claim 42, wherein the destination information includes arrival destination information, and the information transferred to the mobile device is selected from the group consisting of map information, recommended route, forward traffic jam information, and detour information. A method comprising the steps of:   44. The method of claim 43, wherein the location information includes a specific location.   42. The method according to claim 41, wherein the mobile device transfers the changed location information to the terminal when it detects a location change.   46. The method of claim 45, wherein the control permission includes a hearing permission.   34. The method according to claim 33, wherein the control permission is to cause the caller to acquire an audio signal acquired by a transmitter of a communication apparatus on the called party side (hereinafter referred to as "permission for hearing"). how to.   34. The method according to claim 33, wherein the control permission causes the caller to acquire an image signal acquired by an imaging device installed on the callee side through the callee side communication device (hereinafter referred to as "monitoring permission"). ).   34. The method of claim 33, wherein the first party includes first data including its ID and at least one first party rule for disclosing the first data, a server system (hereinafter referred to as a server system). To the server and give the server permission to communicate; and at least one for the second party to disclose the second data including its ID and the second data. Two second party rules are entered into the server and the server is granted the communication permission treatment; and a search request including at least one search criteria is sent to the server; and both parties are A method of receiving data from the server for performing the following processing. (A) The server processes the search request, determines whether the first data satisfies the search criteria, and if the first data satisfies the search criteria, the following processing (1) If the first party rule disclosing the first data of the first party satisfies the first party rule, the first data of the first party is sent to the second party . (2) If the second party rule disclosing the second data of the second party is satisfied, the second data of the second party is sent to the first party.   An electronic secretary system that supports communication in a telecommunications network, comprising: (a) means for detecting an ID of the caller from a communication request from the caller; and (b) access means for accessing an instruction file having: , (1) a first rule set, (2) presentation information to be presented to a caller, and (c) find a rule for which an applicable condition is satisfied for all the rules in the first rule set, Means for executing the rule execution unit; (hereinafter simply referred to as means for applying a set of predetermined rules); (d) means for presenting the presentation information to the sender; and (e) each of the communications In response to the request, (1) transmitting the communication request to the called party (hereinafter referred to as “communication permission”), (2) rejecting the communication request (hereinafter referred to as “reception refusal”), (3) Communication required And a means for treating the communication request by selecting one from the treatment set when receiving the communication request, and Means for permitting communication (hereinafter referred to as “communication permitting means”), means for rejecting reception (hereinafter referred to as “reception refusal means”), means for accepting application (hereinafter referred to as “application accepting means”) And a plurality of means for treating corresponding to the treatment set (hereinafter referred to as "treatment means set").   51. The system according to claim 50, wherein: (a) having an access means for accessing the instruction file having a second rule set; and (b) the application accepting means: (1) expecting from the communication request A system comprising: means for detecting an application content; and (2) means for applying the second rule set.   52. The system according to claim 51, wherein the communication is an e-mail communication, the caller ID is a caller e-mail address, the presentation information includes a description of a condition for receiving an e-mail, and the communication permission treatment Is a means for receiving an e-mail, the means for presenting is a means for returning to the caller, and means for receiving the communication request and the first rule set are applied, and an application condition is satisfied. If the rule is not found, the application is accepted, and the application accepting means, when applying the second rule set, finds that the rule satisfying the application condition is not found, that is, the treatment cannot be determined. Means for rejecting the communication request after presenting the presentation information to the caller.   53. The system according to claim 52, wherein the presentation information presented to the caller makes an application for permission for communication, and the presentation information includes at least content that prompts the application content to be described in the subject of the email, Rejecting the communication request means sending a delete command to the receiving server to delete the e-mail from the receiving server, and logging into the receiving server and receiving the header including the subject of the e-mail. And means for applying the first rule set and receiving an application.   53. The system according to claim 52, wherein the presentation information presented to the caller makes an application for permission for communication, and the presentation information includes at least content that prompts the application content to be described in the subject of the email, Rejecting the communication request is to stop the communication after notifying the sending client of the e-mail that the error has occurred, and when the communication request arrives, the fact sender ID was first included Receive up to the e-mail envelope (envelope), apply the first rule set, and if a rule that satisfies the applicable conditions is not found, receive the subject of the e-mail and accept the application And means for performing.   55. The system according to claim 54, wherein the instruction file further includes a third rule set, and further includes: (a) creating the third rule; and the third rule set. (B) applying the third rule set; and a means for stopping the following communication. (A) First, the third rule set is applied, and when the rule for which the application condition is satisfied is not found, the third rule is determined based on the fact sender ID, the reception time, and the reception refusal treatment. Creating, in addition to the third rule set, returning a temporary error state to the e-mail sending client and then forcibly terminating communication by closing the underlying delivery connection; (b) When a rule satisfying the application condition is found, the communication client is officially stopped after notifying the e-mail sending client of the occurrence of a permanent error, and then the corresponding rule is added to the third rule set. Delete from.   53. The system according to claim 52, wherein the presentation information presented to the caller makes an application for permission for communication, and the presentation information includes at least content that prompts the electronic mail to describe the application content, and the communication request Is to notify the transmission client of the e-mail that an error has occurred and then stop communication, and when the communication request is received, first the electronic device including the fact sender ID is included. Means for receiving up to the mail envelope (envelope), applying the first rule set, and receiving the content of the e-mail and accepting the application when no rule satisfying the application condition is found And a system characterized by comprising:   53. The system according to claim 52, wherein when the second rule set is applied, when the second rule that satisfies the application condition is found, the treatment of the execution unit of the found second rule is transmitted. A system characterized by having means for giving to a person.   52. The system according to claim 51, wherein the instruction file further includes a third rule set, and further includes means for performing the following operation. (A) creating the third rule and adding it to the third rule set; (b) applying the third rule set;   52. The system according to claim 51, wherein said communication is telephone communication, said presentation information includes a description of conditions for receiving said communication, and said means for presenting comprises voice, characters, images, and a mixture thereof. A means for transferring one selected from a group, and means for receiving the communication request, means for applying the first rule set, and a rule for which an application condition is satisfied is not found. Accepting the application, that is, presenting the presentation information to the caller, receiving the caller's reaction, and applying the second rule set, the rule for which the application condition is satisfied is not found, That is, when treatment cannot be determined, the communication request is recorded based on a predetermined treatment method including recording the communication request and refusing communication. System which is characterized.   60. The system according to claim 59, wherein when the second rule set is applied, when the second rule that satisfies the application condition is found, the treatment of the execution unit of the found second rule is transmitted. And a means for giving to a person.   60. The system according to claim 59, wherein the treatment set includes control permission, and the treatment means set includes means for performing the control permission (hereinafter referred to as "control permission means"). .   60. The system according to claim 59, wherein when the treatment set includes control permission, the treatment means set includes control permission means, and the second rule set is applied, a second condition is satisfied. And a means for giving the caller the treatment of the execution unit of the found second rule when the rule is found.   63. The system of claim 62, wherein said party includes means for disclosing information including its ID (identifier), means for causing a caller to apply for permission to communicate, and said application comprises through the Internet, Before the caller issues the communication request, a means for applying communication permission to the party (hereinafter referred to as “preliminary application means”) and a party using the communication service are identified by ID, and the communication service A provider provides an ID to a party who uses the communication service, and a member selected from the group consisting of the provider of the communication service and a third party registers the identity verification information of the party; A system characterized by that.   The system according to claim 63, wherein the control permission includes a first control permission and a second control permission, the first control permission is a hearing permission, and the second control permission is: The caller is caused to acquire position information acquired by a position acquisition unit installed on the callee side through a communication device on the callee side (hereinafter referred to as “location acquisition permission”), and the control permission unit includes: Control permission means and second control permission means, the first control permission means is means for permitting the hearing (hereinafter referred to as “hearing permission means”), and the second control permission means is A system for permitting position acquisition (hereinafter referred to as “position acquisition permission means”).   The system according to claim 64, wherein the presentation information further includes a question to be presented to the caller, and the expected application content is an answer to the question that has obtained a predetermined total score, and the indication The file further includes a fourth rule set, and further includes means for performing the following operations. (A) presenting the question to the caller; (b) receiving the caller's answer to the question; (c) applying the fourth set of rules.   52. The system according to claim 51, wherein the treatment set permits the communication request, instructs the caller side communication device that the caller has control, and does not require the caller to intervene. Communication system (hereinafter referred to as “control permission”), and the treatment means set includes means for performing the control permission (hereinafter referred to as “control permission means”).   67. The system according to claim 66, wherein the control permission is to cause the caller to transfer information to the callee communication device (hereinafter referred to as “information transfer permission”), and the control permission means includes the information transfer A system which is a means for performing permission (hereinafter referred to as “information transfer permission means”).   68. The system according to claim 66, wherein the control permission is a position acquisition permission, and the control permission means is a position acquisition permission means.   The system according to claim 66, wherein the control permission is a hearing permission, and the control permission means is a hearing permission means.   70. The system according to claim 66, wherein the control permission allows the caller to acquire an image signal acquired by an imaging device installed on the callee side through the callee side communication device (hereinafter referred to as “monitoring permission”). The control permission unit is a unit that performs the monitoring permission.   52. The system according to claim 51, wherein the access means is means for accessing through a network.   52. The system according to claim 51, wherein the presentation information further includes a question to be presented to the caller, and the expected application content is an answer to the question that has obtained a predetermined total score, and the indication The file further includes a fourth rule set, and further includes means for performing the following operations. (A) presenting the question to the caller; (b) receiving the caller's answer to the question; (c) applying the fourth set of rules.   The system according to claim 72, wherein the presentation information includes information selected from a group consisting of text, sound, and an image, and the answer is selected from a group consisting of a number, text, sound, and an image. And the means for presenting the presentation information to the sender includes a text output means, a sound file reproduction means, a text-to-speech synthesis means for converting a text string into speech, and an image signal output means. The system for detecting the contents of the application includes a means for recognizing what is selected from the group consisting of a number, text, sound, and an image.   52. The system according to claim 51, wherein when the second rule set is applied, when a second rule that satisfies the application condition is found, the treatment of the execution unit of the found second rule is transmitted. And a means for giving to a person.   52. The system of claim 51, wherein the instruction file further includes a fifth rule set, means for applying the fifth rule set, means for sending a communication request to a callee and receiving treatment, Means for creating the fifth rule and adding it to the fifth rule set.   52. The system according to claim 51, wherein the party discloses information including his / her ID, causes a caller to apply for communication permission, and the application includes through the Internet, wherein the caller requests the communication request. Means for applying to the parties for permission to communicate before issuing the service.   77. The system of claim 76, wherein a communication service provider provides an ID to a party using the communication service, and the party selected from the group consisting of the communication service provider and a third party. And means for registering the identity confirmation information.   52. The system according to claim 51, wherein a communication service provider provides an ID to a party using the communication service, and the party selected from the group consisting of the communication service provider and a third party. And means for registering the identity confirmation information.   79. The system according to claim 78, wherein the provider provides one or more additional IDs (hereinafter referred to as "additional ID providing means") to the party who has already been provided with the original ID, in addition to the original ID. ").   52. The system of claim 51, wherein the first party includes first data including its ID, and at least one first party rule for disclosing the first data. Means for providing to the server the communication permission treatment; and a second party including at least a second data including its own ID and at least the second data to disclose the second data. Means for inputting a second party rule to the server, providing the server with the communication permission treatment, and transmitting a search request including at least one search criteria to the server; and both Means for receiving data from the server having means for a party to perform the following processing: (A) The server processes the search request, determines whether the first data satisfies the search criteria, and if the first data satisfies the search criteria, the following processing (1) If the first party rule disclosing the first data of the first party satisfies the first party rule, the first data of the first party is sent to the second party . (2) If the second party rule disclosing the second data of the second party is satisfied, the second data of the second party is sent to the first party.   The system according to claim 80, wherein the treatment set includes proxy permission, the treatment means set includes means for performing the proxy permission (hereinafter referred to as "proxy permission means"), and the first party Giving the proxy permission treatment to a server, and the first data further includes a treatment given to the second party to which the first data is disclosed, wherein the first data of the first party If the server satisfies the first party rule that discloses the data of the first party, the server acts as the caller on behalf of the operation of the first party to give the second party the treatment (hereinafter referred to as “treatment exchange”). Means)).   51. The system according to claim 50, wherein the treatment set further permits the communication request to instruct the callee communication device that the caller has a control right, and intervenes the caller in the caller. Communication system (hereinafter referred to as “control permission”), and the treatment means set includes means for performing the control permission (hereinafter referred to as “control permission means”).   83. The system according to claim 82, wherein the control permission is to cause the caller to transfer information to the callee communication device (hereinafter referred to as "information transfer permission"), and the control permission means includes the information transfer A system which is a means for performing permission (hereinafter referred to as “information transfer permission means”).   84. The system of claim 83, wherein the control permission is a second control permission, the second control permission is an alert permission, and the alerting is a voice, light, and Including causing the callee communication device to generate what is selected from the group consisting of vibrations, wherein the control permission means includes a second control permission means, and the second control permission means includes the outgoing call A system that causes a caller to output information through a callee-side communication device to call the callee's attention (hereinafter referred to as “attention call permission means”).   83. The system according to claim 82, wherein the application acceptance includes means for recording information for identifying a caller and recording information for identifying the caller.   83. The system according to claim 82, wherein a communication service provider provides an ID to a party using the communication service, and the party is selected from the group consisting of the communication service provider and a third party. And means for registering the identity confirmation information.   The system according to claim 86, further comprising additional ID providing means and prior application means.   83. The system according to claim 82, wherein the control permission allows the caller to acquire position information acquired by position acquisition means installed on the callee side through the callee side communication device (hereinafter referred to as “position acquisition permission”). And the control permission means is means for permitting the position acquisition (hereinafter referred to as “position acquisition permission means”).   The system according to claim 88, wherein the position information includes a received GPS (Global Positioning System) position signal, position information converted from the received GPS position signal, current position information of a PHS (Personal handy phone) terminal, and A system including one selected from a group of mobile terminal location information provided based on mobile phone base station location information (hereinafter referred to as “specific location”).   90. The system according to claim 88, wherein the receiver communication device is a mobile device, and the mobile device detects the location information when issuing a communication request to a terminal having a pre-registered ID. Means for transferring to the terminal.   The system according to claim 90, wherein the control permission includes information transfer permission and attention calling permission, and the treatment means set includes information transfer permission means and attention calling permission means, and the movement When the machine issues a communication request to a terminal having a pre-registered ID, the purpose information is transferred to the terminal, and (a) information transfer permission and (b) alerting permission are further transmitted to the terminal. The system for giving the treatment and the arousing the attention includes causing the mobile device to generate what is selected from the group consisting of voice, light, and vibration.   92. The system according to claim 91, wherein the destination information includes arrival destination information, and the information to be transferred to the mobile device is selected from the group consisting of map information, recommended route, forward traffic jam information, and detour information. A system characterized by including.   94. The system according to claim 92, wherein the position information includes a specific position.   The system according to claim 90, further comprising means for transferring the changed position information to the terminal when the mobile device detects a change in position.   95. The system according to claim 94, wherein the control permission is a hearing permission, and the control permission means is a hearing permission means.   83. The system according to claim 82, wherein the control permission is to cause the caller to acquire an audio signal acquired by a transmitter of a communication device on the called party side (hereinafter referred to as "permission to listen"), and the control permission The means is a means for permitting the hearing (hereinafter referred to as “hearing permission means”).   83. The system according to claim 82, wherein the control permission causes the caller to acquire an image signal acquired by an imaging device installed on the callee side through the callee side communication device (hereinafter referred to as "monitoring permission"). The control permission unit is a unit that performs the monitoring permission.   83. The system of claim 82, wherein the first party includes first data that includes its ID and at least one first party rule for disclosing the first data. Means for providing to the server the communication permission treatment; and a second party including at least a second data including its own ID and at least the second data to disclose the second data. Means for inputting a second party rule to the server, providing the server with the communication permission treatment, and transmitting a search request including at least one search criteria to the server; and both Means for receiving data from the server having means for a party to perform the following processing: (A) The server processes the search request, determines whether the first data satisfies the search criteria, and if the first data satisfies the search criteria, the following processing (1) If the first party rule disclosing the first data of the first party satisfies the first party rule, the first data of the first party is sent to the second party . (2) If the second party rule disclosing the second data of the second party is satisfied, the second data of the second party is sent to the first party.   In the method of sending e-mail, the e-mail constitutes an entity with an envelope and content, the content has two parts, a header and a body, and the envelope has any information necessary to accomplish transmission and delivery. The content includes an object to be delivered to the recipient, the header is a sequence of strings according to a special syntax defined in the standard, and the body is a sequence of characters following the header. The e-mail is transmitted to the receiving server in the order of the envelope, the header, and the body, and the receiving server determines whether or not to authorize the transmission of the body based on the information included in the header And before sending the body, includes a step of checking whether it is authorized, Distribution server includes: the envelope received, on the basis of the information received before receiving the body, wherein the determining whether to authorize the transmission of the body.   In a system for sending e-mail, the e-mail constitutes an entity with an envelope and content, the content has two parts, a header and a body, and the envelope has any information necessary to accomplish transmission and delivery The content includes an object to be delivered to the recipient, the header is a sequence of strings according to a special syntax defined in the standard, and the body is a sequence of characters following the header. The e-mail is transmitted to the receiving server in the order of the envelope, the header, and the body, and the receiving server determines whether or not to authorize the transmission of the body based on the information included in the header And means for checking whether the body is authorized before sending the body, Shin server system to said envelope received, on the basis of the information received before receiving the body, and determining whether to authorize the transmission of the body.   26. The method according to claim 25, wherein the treatment is given to the caller when a predetermined storage condition is satisfied.   75. The system according to claim 74, further comprising means for giving the treatment to the caller when a predetermined storage condition is satisfied.   The method according to claim 1, wherein the communication is telephone communication, the presentation information includes at least response guidance, and presenting the presentation information to the caller is performed with respect to the caller's telephone. Sending presentation information, wherein accepting the application includes recording the caller's response.   51. The system according to claim 50, wherein the communication is telephone communication, the presentation information includes at least response guidance, and the means for presenting the presentation information to the caller is configured with respect to the caller telephone. A method for sending presentation information, wherein the application receiving means includes means for recording a response of the caller. A method of performing communication via an electronic secretary system (hereinafter referred to as an “electronic secretary”) that supports communication in a telecommunication network, wherein a party issues an instruction to the electronic secretary in advance, and the electronic secretary follows the instructions of the party Processing the communication request, the method comprising: (a) inputting data to construct an instruction file for instructing the electronic secretary to perform a job; and the instruction file has a first rule set; (b) Performing communication using the electronic secretary capable of performing the following operations. (1) ID of the caller is detected from a communication request from the caller, (2) the instruction file is accessed, (3) the first rule set is applied, (4) each communication request is received On the other hand, (i) transmitting the communication request to the called party (hereinafter referred to as “communication permission”), (ii) rejecting the communication request (hereinafter referred to as “reception refusal”), and (iii) ) Permitting the communication request, instructing the callee side communication device that the caller has control, and causing the caller to communicate without intervention of the callee (hereinafter referred to as “control permission”); And when the communication request arrives, the electronic secretary applies the first rule set, and a rule for which an application condition is satisfied is established. If not found, based on pre-determined treatment Treating the communication request.   106. The method of claim 105, wherein the control permission is an information transfer permission.   107. The method of claim 106, wherein the control permission is a second control permission, and the second control permission is a warning permission.   106. The method of claim 105, wherein the control permission is a position acquisition permission.   109. The method of claim 108, wherein the location information includes a specific location.   109. The method of claim 108, wherein the callee communication device is a mobile device, and the mobile device detects the location information when issuing a communication request to a terminal having a pre-registered ID. Transferring to the terminal.   The method according to claim 110, wherein the control permission includes information transfer permission and alerting permission, and the mobile device issues a communication request to a terminal having a pre-registered ID. Transferring the information to the terminal, and further comprising giving the terminal a treatment of (a) permission to transfer information and (b) permission to call attention.   111. The method of claim 111, wherein the destination information includes arrival destination information, and the information transferred to the mobile device is selected from the group consisting of map information, recommended route, forward traffic jam information, and detour information. A method comprising the steps of:   113. The method of claim 112, wherein the location information includes a specific location.   111. The method of claim 110, wherein the mobile device transfers the changed location information to the terminal when it detects a location change.   119. The method of claim 114, wherein the control permission is a second control permission, and the second control permission is a hearing permission.   106. The method of claim 105, wherein the control permission is a hearing permission.   106. The method of claim 105, wherein the control permission is a monitoring permission.   An electronic secretary system that supports communication in a telecommunication network, comprising: (a) means for detecting an ID of the caller from a communication request from the caller; (b) access means for accessing an instruction file; The file has a first rule set, (c) means for applying the first rule set, (d) for each communication request, (1) communication permission, (2) reception refusal, ( 3) a treatment set including control permission, and when receiving the communication request, a means for selecting one from the treatment set and treating the communication request, and a means for performing the communication permission (hereinafter referred to as the communication permission) , “Communication permitting means”), means for refusing reception (hereinafter referred to as “reception refusal means”), and means for permitting control (hereinafter referred to as “control permission means”). Vs set A plurality of treatment to means (hereinafter, referred to as "treatment means set") system characterized by having, as.   119. The system according to claim 118, wherein the control permission is information transfer permission, and the control permission means is information transfer permission means.   120. The system according to claim 119, wherein the control permission includes a second control permission, the second control permission is a warning permission, and the control permission means includes a second control permission means. The system according to claim 1, wherein the second control permission means is a warning permission means.   119. The system according to claim 118, wherein the control permission is a position acquisition permission, and the control permission means is a position acquisition permission means.   122. The system of claim 121, wherein the location information includes a specific location.   122. The system according to claim 121, wherein the receiver communication device is a mobile device, and the mobile device detects the location information when issuing a communication request to a terminal having a pre-registered ID. Means for transferring to the terminal.   The system according to claim 123, wherein the control permission includes information transfer permission and alerting permission, and the treatment means set includes information transfer permission means and alerting permission means, and the movement When the machine issues a communication request to a terminal having a pre-registered ID, the purpose information is transferred to the terminal, and (a) information transfer permission, (b) alerting permission, And a means for giving a treatment.   The system according to claim 124, wherein the destination information includes arrival destination information, and the information to be transferred to the mobile device is selected from the group consisting of map information, recommended route, forward traffic jam information, and detour information. A system characterized by including.   129. The system of claim 125, wherein the location information includes a specific location.   124. The system according to claim 123, further comprising: means for transferring the changed position information to the terminal when the mobile device detects a position change.   128. The system according to claim 127, wherein the control permission is a hearing permission, and the control permission means is a hearing permission means.   119. The system according to claim 118, wherein the control permission is a hearing permission, and the control permission means is a hearing permission means.   119. The system according to claim 118, wherein the control permission is monitoring permission, and the control permission means is means for performing the monitoring permission.   4. The method of claim 3, comprising using a component that inputs data to construct the instruction file. The component edits a data format for constructing the instruction file from the existing data of the called party, and inputs the data into the instruction file.   53. The system according to claim 52, further comprising a component for inputting data to construct the instruction file. The component edits a data format for constructing the instruction file from the existing data of the called party, and inputs the data into the instruction file.   108. The method of claim 107, wherein the treatment set further includes a reception refusal.   121. The system according to claim 120, wherein the treatment set further includes reception refusal, and the treatment means set includes reception refusal means.   107. The method of claim 106, wherein the treatment set further includes a reception refusal.   120. The system according to claim 119, wherein the treatment set further includes reception refusal, and the treatment means set includes reception refusal means.   110. The method of claim 109, wherein the treatment set further includes a reception refusal.   The system according to claim 122, wherein the treatment set further includes reception refusal, and the treatment means set includes reception refusal means.   109. The method according to claim 108, wherein the control permission allows the caller to acquire movement speed information acquired by a movement speed acquisition means installed on the callee side through the callee side communication device. (Hereinafter referred to as “speed acquisition permission”).   122. The system according to claim 121, wherein the control permission includes speed acquisition permission, and the control permission means includes means for performing the speed acquisition permission (hereinafter referred to as “speed acquisition permission means”). system.   111. The method of claim 110, wherein the control permission includes a speed acquisition permission.   124. The system according to claim 123, wherein the control permission includes speed acquisition permission, and the control permission means includes speed acquisition permission means.   111. The method of claim 110, wherein the treatment set further includes a reception refusal.   124. The system according to claim 123, wherein the treatment set further includes reception refusal, and the treatment means set includes reception refusal means.   117. The method of claim 116, wherein the treatment set further includes a reception refusal.   131. The system according to claim 129, wherein the treatment set further includes reception refusal, and the treatment means set includes reception refusal means.   118. The method of claim 117, wherein the treatment set further includes a reception refusal.   131. The system according to claim 130, wherein the treatment set further includes reception refusal, and the treatment means set includes reception refusal means.   119. The system according to claim 118, wherein the mobile device issues a communication request to a terminal having a pre-registered ID in the mobile information collection system of the mobile device through the mobile device through the location information acquired by the location acquisition means. Includes a system that detects information including the position of the mobile device, transfers the information to the terminal, receives a command from the terminal, and operates according to the command.   149. In the system according to claim 149, when the mobile device issues a communication request to the terminal, the mobile device further detects information including a moving speed of the mobile device and transfers the information to the terminal. A method comprising: information as to whether or not to request the mobile station for a next transmission; and information regarding a transmission event when a next transmission is requested.   150. The method of claim 149, wherein the position acquisition means is a satellite navigation system.   The system of claim 150, wherein the position acquisition means is a satellite navigation system.