JP2006024019A - Mobile body communication terminal and diary creation system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mobile body communication terminal and a diary management server capable of uploading diary data to the diary management server for making them public and checking the whole of the created own diary data without accessing the diary management server. <P>SOLUTION: This mobile body communication terminal (cellular phone) 10 is provided with a storage means 101, an input means 102, a storage means 103, a display means 104, an upload instruction means 105, and a transmission means 106. The storage means 103 associates the diary data inputted by the input means 102 with date data to add and store them in the diary database of the storage means 101. When uploading is instructed by operation of the upload instruction means 105, the diary data and the date data displayed on the display means 104 are transmitted together to the diary management server on a communication network. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal such as a mobile phone capable of creating and storing diary data composed of text and images, and a diary creation system including the mobile communication terminal and a diary management server. .

Conventionally, as this type of mobile communication terminal, there is known a device capable of creating diary data in which daily events and captured images are input and uploading it to a diary management server provided on the created communication network ( (See Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2).
For example, in the mobile communication terminal (portable terminal) described in Patent Document 1, the diary data that the user inputs or corrects the diary data while accessing the diary management server via the mobile communication network. The creation work is performed, and the created diary data is transmitted to the diary management server. Moreover, in the mobile communication terminal (mobile phone) described in Patent Document 2, after the user has created the diary data, the created diary data is transmitted using an e-mail.
The diary data transmitted to the diary management server is stored in each user's diary database, and can be freely accessed and viewed by a third party. When the user checks the entire created diary database created by the user, the user accesses the diary management server via the mobile communication network and browses it.
JP 2002-373135 A JP 2003-173309 A

  However, the conventional mobile communication terminal has a problem that it is necessary to access the diary management server via the mobile communication network in order to check the entire created diary database created by the user. .

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems. The purpose of the mobile communication terminal is to upload the diary data created by the mobile communication terminal to the diary management server and publish it, and to check the entire created diary data without accessing the diary management server, and It is to provide a diary management server.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 1 is a mobile communication terminal capable of communicating via a communication network, wherein diary data and date data are configured so as to constitute a diary database for diary data of a plurality of dates. Storing means for storing the data, input means for inputting the diary data, and storing the diary data and date data input by the input means in association with each other in addition to the diary database of the storage means Means for displaying the diary data, an upload instruction means for instructing the upload of diary data to the diary management server provided on the communication network, and the upload is instructed by the operation of the upload instruction means. Sometimes the diary data displayed on the display means together with the date data is managed by the diary It is characterized in that a transmission means for transmitting the over server.
In this mobile communication terminal, when the user inputs diary data by the input means, the input diary data is added to the diary database of the storage means and stored together with the date data. Since the diary data created by the user is added and saved in the diary database in the mobile communication terminal in this way, the user reads out a plurality of created diary data saved in the diary database. Can be confirmed.
Further, the display means can display the diary data input by the input means and the diary data stored in the diary database of the storage means. Then, the user confirms the diary data displayed on the display means, and operates the upload instruction means to instruct uploading of diary data. When upload is instructed by the operation of the upload instruction means, the diary data displayed on the display means is transmitted to the diary management server together with the date data. The diary management server can receive the diary data and date data transmitted from the mobile communication terminal and store them in the diary database in the diary management server in a state where they can be viewed from the outside.

In the mobile communication terminal of claim 1, the display means displays a selection key used for an operation for instructing the upload on the screen displaying the diary data, and The transmission means transmits the diary data and date data when the selection key is selected by an operation of the upload instruction means.
In this mobile communication terminal, when the user performs an operation of selecting a selection key on the screen of the display unit by the upload instruction unit, the diary data displayed on the display unit is displayed together with the date data based on the selection operation. Sent to the diary management server.

Further, the invention of claim 3 is the mobile communication terminal according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising an imaging means for taking an image, and the storage means is taken by the imaging means together with the text data inputted by the input means. Image data is stored.
In this mobile communication terminal, not only text data but also images taken by the imaging means can be saved as diary data, so it is possible to incorporate more visual contents such as travel destinations and people encountered in the diary. it can.
In addition, you may provide the positional information acquisition means which acquires the positional information when an image is image | photographed with the said imaging means. In this case, the position information when the image is taken can be acquired by the position acquisition means, not manually input by the user, and stored together with the image. This eliminates the need for the user to confirm the position information when the image is taken and manually input the position information.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the mobile communication terminal according to any one of the first to third aspects, the display means can display the diary data in the same layout as the screen published on the diary management server. It is characterized by this.
In this mobile communication terminal, before sending the diary data to the diary management server, the diary data can be displayed on the display means with the same layout as the screen published on the diary management server.

The invention according to claim 5 is the mobile communication terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising individual disclosure permission / non-permission designation means for designating whether or not to publish diary data in the diary management server. The transmission means transmits the individual disclosure possibility data generated by the operation of the individual disclosure possibility designation means together with the diary data.
In this mobile communication terminal, the user designates whether or not to publish the diary data by operating the individual publication permission designation unit. The individual release permission data generated by the operation of the individual release permission specifying means is transmitted to the diary management server together with the corresponding diary data. The diary management server can publish only the diary data to be published based on the individual disclosure availability data received from the mobile communication terminal.

The invention according to claim 6 is the mobile communication terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the input means is configured to be able to input a category for classifying the type of diary data for each diary data, The storage unit stores the category data input by the operation of the input unit in the storage unit in association with each of the plurality of diary data, and the transmission unit transmits the category data together with the diary data. It is characterized by this.
In this mobile communication terminal, the user operates the input means to input a category for classifying the diary. The category data input by the user is transmitted to the diary management server together with the corresponding diary data. The diary management server can classify and store diary data received from the mobile communication terminal for each category.

Further, the invention of claim 7 comprises, in the mobile communication terminal of claim 6, a category-by-category publishability specifying means for specifying whether to publish diary data for each category in the diary management server, The transmitting means transmits the category-by-category disclosure availability data generated by the operation of the category-by-category disclosure availability specifying means to the diary management server via the mobile communication network.
In this mobile communication terminal, the user operates the category-by-category disclosure permission designation unit to designate whether to publish diary data for each category. The category-by-category availability data generated by the operation of the category-by-category availability specifying means is transmitted to the diary management server. The diary management server can publish only the diary data included in the category to be published, based on the category disclosure data received from the mobile communication terminal.

The invention according to claim 8 is the mobile communication terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the synchronization processing instruction means for instructing the synchronization processing of the diary data and the synchronization processing by operating the synchronization processing instruction means. Synchronization processing means for sending a synchronization processing command to the diary management server when processing is instructed, and executing diary data synchronization processing between the diary database of the storage means and the diary database of the diary management server; It is characterized by comprising.
In this mobile communication terminal, the user operates the synchronization processing instruction means to instruct the synchronization processing of diary data. When synchronization processing is instructed by the operation of the synchronization processing instruction means, a synchronization processing command is transmitted to the diary management server. Diary data synchronization processing is executed between the diary database in the diary management server that has received this synchronization processing command and the diary database in the storage means of the mobile communication terminal, so that the diary related to the user in each diary database. Data can be updated.

The invention according to claim 9 includes a plurality of communication terminals and a diary management server provided on a public communication network, and the diary management server stores the diary data created by each communication terminal in the communication network. And when the diary data request is received, the diary data corresponding to the diary data request is read out from the diary database and transmitted to thereby transmit the diary data corresponding to each communication terminal. A diary creation system to be disclosed, wherein the communication terminal is the mobile communication terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 8.
In the mobile communication terminal of this diary creation system, when the user inputs diary data by the input means, the input diary data is added to the diary database of the storage means and stored together with the date data. Since the diary data created by the user is added and saved in the diary database in the mobile communication terminal in this way, the user can read and confirm multiple diary data that have been saved in the diary database. can do.
Further, the display means can display the diary data input by the input means and the diary data stored in the diary database of the storage means. Then, the user confirms the diary data displayed on the display means, and operates the upload instruction means to instruct uploading of diary data. Based on this instruction operation, the diary data displayed on the display means is transmitted to the diary management server together with the date data. The diary management server can receive the diary data and date data transmitted from the mobile communication terminal and store them in the diary database in the diary management server in a state where they can be viewed from the outside.

The invention according to claim 10 is the diary creation system according to claim 9, wherein the communication terminal is the mobile communication terminal according to claim 5 or 7, and the diary management server is received from the mobile communication terminal. Only the specific diary data to be published or the diary data included in the category for the identification of the publication target is disclosed based on the individual publication availability data or the above-described category-by-category publication availability data.
When the mobile communication terminal according to claim 5 is used in this diary creation system, the user operates the input means to input the individual disclosure availability data corresponding to the diary data. The individual disclosure permission data input by the user is transmitted to the diary management server together with the corresponding diary data. The diary management server can publish only the diary data to be published based on the individual disclosure availability data received from the mobile communication terminal.
On the other hand, when using the mobile communication terminal according to the seventh aspect, the user operates the input means to input the categorical disclosure permission data corresponding to each category. The category disclosure data entered by the user is transmitted to the diary management server. The diary management server can publish only the diary data included in the category to be published, based on the category disclosure data received from the mobile communication terminal.

The invention according to claim 11 is the diary creation system according to claim 9 or 10, wherein the communication terminal is the mobile communication terminal according to claim 8, and the diary management server is received from the mobile communication terminal. Based on the synchronization processing command, the synchronization processing of the diary data is executed between the diary database in the diary management server and the mobile communication terminal.
In the mobile communication terminal of this diary creation system, the user instructs the diary data synchronization processing by operating the synchronization processing instruction means. Based on the instruction operation by the synchronization processing instruction means, a synchronization processing command is transmitted to the diary management server. Diary data synchronization processing is executed between the diary database in the diary management server that has received this synchronization processing command and the diary database in the storage means of the mobile communication terminal, so that the diary related to the user in each diary database. Data can be updated.

According to the first to eleventh aspects of the present invention, since the diary data created by the user can be added to the diary database in the mobile communication terminal and saved, the user can save the created diary data saved in the diary database. A plurality of diary data can be read and confirmed. Therefore, the user can check the entire created diary data without accessing the diary management server. In addition, the diary data created by the user on the mobile communication terminal can be uploaded to the diary management server and released.
In particular, according to the invention of claim 2, there is an effect that the diary data created by the mobile communication terminal can be transmitted to the diary management server and uploaded by only selecting the selection key displayed on the screen of the display means. .
In particular, according to the invention of claim 3, since images taken by the imaging means can be saved in addition to text data, it is possible to incorporate more visual contents such as the scenery of the travel destination or the person encountered in the diary. effective.
In particular, according to the invention of claim 4, before the diary data is transmitted to the diary management server, the diary data can be displayed on the display means in the same layout as the screen published on the diary management server. There is an effect that the state of the published diary can be confirmed before publishing.
In particular, according to the inventions of claims 5 and 11, there is an effect that the diary management server can publish only the diary data to be disclosed.
In particular, according to the invention of claim 6, since the diary data received from the mobile communication terminal can be classified and stored in each category in the diary management server, it can be used for data processing at the time of publication such as search of diary data. There is an effect that it can be used.
Particularly, according to the inventions of claims 7 and 10, there is an effect that the diary management server can publish only the diary data included in the category to be disclosed.
In particular, according to the inventions of claims 8 and 11, the user instructs and executes the diary data synchronization processing at an arbitrary timing, and the user's diary in the diary database of each of the mobile communication terminal and the diary management server. The effect is that the data can be updated.

The “mobile communication terminal” includes a mobile phone such as a PDC (Personal Digital Cellular) method, a GSM (Global System for Mobile Communication) method, a TIA (Telecommunications Industry Association) method, and an IMT (International Mobile Telecommunications) -2000. Mobile phones standardized in TD-SCDMA (Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access) TD-SCDMA (MC: Multi Carrier) mobile phone, PHS (Personal Handyphone Service), automobile phone, etc. A telephone having a call function is exemplified. Examples of the “information communication terminal” include a communication terminal such as a PDA (Personal Digital Assistance) having a call function in addition to the above telephone.
The control in the mobile communication terminal and the diary management server can also be realized by executing a predetermined program on a computer provided in each of the mobile communication terminal and the diary management server. Delivery of the program used in the computer may be performed using a recording medium such as an FD or CD-ROM in which the program is recorded as digital information, or may be performed using a communication network such as a computer network.

Further, the display means in the mobile communication terminal is configured to be able to display a calendar for distinguishably displaying a date with a diary in which the diary data is input and a date without a diary in which the diary data is not input. May be. In this case, link information for calling and displaying the diary data for the day is set for the date portion with the diary. Moreover, about the date with a diary, you may further display unread and read so that identification is possible.
In the case of this mobile communication terminal, the date on which the diary data is input can be confirmed at a glance by looking at the display of the diary presence / absence of the date in the calendar display displayed on the display means. In addition, when a user calls and designates a date portion with a diary in the calendar display, the diary data for that day can be displayed and browsed. Furthermore, since the date with a diary in the calendar display is displayed so that unread and read can be identified, the unread date can be displayed quickly.

Hereinafter, an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a mobile phone as a mobile communication terminal and a diary creation system using the mobile phone will be described.
FIG. 1 is an overall schematic diagram of a diary creation system using a mobile phone according to the present embodiment. The diary creation system includes a mobile phone 10, a mobile phone communication network 20 as a mobile communication network, and a diary management server 30 provided in the mobile phone communication network 20. The cellular phone communication network 20 includes a base station, an exchange, a dedicated line, a router, a firewall, and the like. In addition to the diary management server 30, the mobile phone communication network 20 is provided with a location registration server 40. Each of the servers 30 and 40 may be configured by a single computer device, or may be configured by connecting a plurality of computers each having a plurality of functions via a network.

  The diary management server 30 includes a diary database that stores diary data and date data in association with each other. The diary management server 30 has a function as a WEB server that can be accessed from each mobile phone 10, receives the diary data transmitted from the mobile phone 10, and stores the diary data to be added to the diary database. Further, the diary management server 30 executes a process of reading specific diary data requested for browsing from the diary database based on the diary browsing request transmitted from the mobile phone 10 and returning it to the mobile phone 10. Further, the diary management server 30 executes a process of editing specific diary data in the diary database based on the diary editing request transmitted from the mobile phone 10.

In the present embodiment, the diary management server 30 has a function of publishing diary data as well as a function of managing the diary database, but a server for publishing diary data may be provided separately. For example, a public web server 60 published on the Internet 50 connected to the cellular phone communication network 20 via the gateway devices 21 and 51 may be used as a server for publishing diary data. In this case, when there is a change in the data in the diary database, such as when the diary management server 30 receives new diary data from the mobile phone 10, the data to be changed is converted from the diary management server 30 into a predetermined format. Upload to the public web server 60. In addition to the mobile phone 10 that can directly communicate with the mobile phone communication network 20, the general public WEB server 60 is accessed from a general personal computer or the like that can be connected to the Internet 50 to view, add, or edit diary data. Can be. When the public web server 60 receives addition / editing of diary data, the addition / edit information is transmitted from the public web server 60 to the diary management server 30.
Further, data synchronization processing may be performed between the data of the diary management server 30 and the data of the public WEB server 60, and the public WEB server 60 may be operated as a mirror server of the diary management server 30.

  The location registration server 40 is a server that registers and manages information on the current location where each mobile phone 10 is located, that is, location information on a management area where each mobile phone 10 is located. This management area may be an area composed of one cell managed by a base station that performs radio communication with each mobile phone, or may be an area where a plurality of adjacent cells are managed as one group. A typical size of one management area is several km to several hundred meters. The location registration of each mobile phone 10 with respect to the location registration server 40 is performed periodically when the power is turned on and whenever the cell where the mobile phone 10 is located changes.

  FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the diary management server 30. This diary management server 30 is for a system bus, an internal memory composed of CPU, RAM, ROM, etc., an external storage device composed of a hard disk drive (HDD), an optical disk drive, etc., and a cellular phone communication network for communicating with each cellular phone 10 The communication apparatus etc. are provided. The diary management server 30 executes a predetermined program on hardware such as a CPU, thereby executing a diary data storage unit 301, a diary data receiving unit 302, a diary data storing unit 303, a browsing request receiving unit 304, diary data. The functions of the search unit 305, diary data transmission unit 306, editing command reception unit 307, diary data editing processing unit 308, and the like are realized.

The diary data storage means 301 is constituted by an internal memory, an external storage device or the like, and stores a diary database in which each user's diary data and date data are stored in association with each other.
Table 1 shows an example of the main data table of the diary database stored in the diary data storage unit 302. In this example, date data, diary data, subscriber ID and telephone number as user information, individual disclosure permission / inhibition data (“1” or “0”), category ID, and the like are set as data items. As the diary data, text (character) data, image file information, position information of a place where a photographic image is taken, and the like are stored. The individual disclosure availability data is data that designates whether or not to publish diary data. The category ID is data for designating a category for classifying the type of diary data.

In addition to the main table, the diary database has a category management table for managing categories for classifying diary data types and a user management table for managing setting items for each user.
Table 2 is an example of a category management table. In this example, “health”, “lunch”, “social problem”, and “travel” are set as default categories, and in addition, two types of user-defined categories can be set. Further, in the example of Table 2, it is also possible to set category-by-category disclosure availability data (“1” or “0”) for designating whether to publish diary data for each category.
Table 3 is an example of a user information table that is one of the data tables constituting the diary database. In this example, it is possible to set user definition of a category and public (1) / private (0) for each category in association with a subscriber ID and a telephone number. In addition, two types of user definitions of categories can be set. For example, in the case of a user with ID “1” in the table, “hobby” and “date” are set as user-defined categories.

The diary data receiving means 302 is composed of a communication device for a mobile phone communication network, a CPU, and the like. By communicating with each mobile phone 10, the diary data is received from each mobile phone 10 via the mobile phone communication network 20 as date data. Receive with
The diary data saving means 303 is constituted by a CPU or the like, and saves the diary data, date data, etc. received by the diary data receiving means 302 in the diary database of the diary data storage means. The diary data and the like are stored in association with each user (subscriber, telephone number) as shown in Table 1.

The browsing request receiving unit 304 includes a communication device for a cellular phone communication network, a CPU, and the like, and can communicate with each cellular phone 10 to browse the diary data from each cellular phone 10 via the cellular phone communication network 20. Receives the requested browsing request command.
The diary data search means 305 is composed of a CPU or the like, and based on the browsing request received from the mobile phone 10, the diary data storage means (diary database) ) Diary data search processing is performed so as to extract from 301.
The diary data transmitting means 306 transmits the diary data searched and extracted by the diary data searching means 305 together with the date data to the mobile phone 10 that has transmitted the browsing request designation.

The editing command receiving means 307 is composed of a communication device for a mobile phone communication network, a CPU, and the like, and edits diary data from each mobile phone 10 through the mobile phone communication network 20 by communicating with each mobile phone 10. Receives the requested edit command. The editing of the diary data includes correction / deletion of the text portion of the diary data, replacement / deletion of the photo image, correction of the position information, and the like. Editing data such as text data and image data necessary for editing is received together with the editing command.
The diary data editing processing unit 308 is constituted by a CPU or the like, and based on the editing command and editing data received by the editing command receiving unit 307, correction / deletion of the text portion of the registered diary data, replacement of the photo image, Processing such as deletion and correction of position information is executed.

  The edit command receiving means 307 can also receive message data input by the user viewing the diary data using the mobile phone 10 as a response from a third party to the published diary data. The diary data editing processing unit 308 stores the message data received by the editing command receiving unit 307 in association with the corresponding diary data. Thereby, the message data can be browsed together with the diary data.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the mobile phone 10 used in the present embodiment. The cellular phone 10 includes a control unit 111, an internal memory 112, a wireless communication unit 113 as a communication unit, and an antenna 114. Further, the control unit 111 is connected to a microphone 116 as a sound input unit and a speaker 117 as a sound output unit through a sound processing unit 115, and to a display unit 119 through an image processing unit 118, and further to a key. An operation unit 120 is connected. The mobile phone 10 includes a memory card I / O unit 122 to which a memory card 121 as an external storage unit can be attached and detached, and an imaging device 130.

  The control unit 111 is composed of, for example, a CPU, a cache memory, a system bus, and the like. By executing a predetermined control program, data is transmitted to and received from each unit such as the internal memory 112 and the wireless communication unit 113. Or control. The control unit 111 is connected to the memory card I / O unit 122 in which the memory card 121 is mounted and is also used as a control unit that controls data movement with the memory card 121.

  The internal memory 112 and the memory card 121 are composed of a semiconductor memory such as a RAM or a ROM, for example, and store a control program executed by the control unit 111 and various data. Examples of the memory card 121 include an SD memory card, a CF (compact flash (registered trademark)) memory card, a smart media, a memory stick, and an MMC (multimedia card).

The wireless communication unit 113 is controlled by the control unit 111 and performs wireless communication with a base station of the mobile phone communication network 20 through an antenna 114 by a predetermined communication method. Through this wireless communication, voice telephone communication with a specific mobile phone or the like, or data communication for transmission / reception of electronic mail or various information with the diary management server 30 may be performed. it can.
The voice processing unit 115 encodes the transmission voice signal input from the microphone 116 by a predetermined method and sends the encoded signal to the control unit 111. Also, the voice processing unit 115 decodes the received voice signal received by the wireless communication unit 113 and outputs it from the speaker 117.
The image processing unit 118 processes image data received by the wireless communication unit 113 and image data such as icons and menus stored in the internal memory 112 and displays them on a display unit 119 including a liquid crystal display (LCD). Let
The key operation unit 120 includes a data input key (ten key, * key, # key), a call start key, an end key, a scroll key, a multi-function key, and the like. Used for scrolling and selecting displayed information.

  As the imaging device 130, for example, a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) camera or a CMOS camera can be used. Further, an artificial retinal camera having a signal processing function and capable of high-speed imaging, or a camera having sensitivity in a wavelength region other than visible light rays such as infrared rays and gamma rays may be used depending on the use environment. The imaging device 130 is used when taking a photographic image of a person or a landscape or taking a code image using a close-up function. A photographic image taken by the imaging device 130 can be used as a part of diary data.

  FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of the mobile phone 10 of the present embodiment. The mobile phone 10 executes a predetermined program on the hardware shown in FIG. 3 to thereby store the storage unit 101, the input unit 102, the storage unit 103, the display unit 104, the upload instruction unit 105, the transmission unit 106, and the imaging unit 107. Each function of the position information acquisition unit 108, the individual disclosure availability designation unit 109, and the category disclosure availability designation unit 110 is realized.

The storage means 101 includes the internal memory 112 and the memory card 121, and stores diary data and date data in association with each other so as to form a diary database for diary data of a plurality of dates.
Table 4 shows an example of the main data table of the diary database stored in the storage unit 101.

The input means 102 includes the key operation unit 120 and the like, and is operated when a user inputs diary data.
The storage unit 103 includes the control unit 111 and the like, and associates and stores the diary data and date data input by the input unit 102 in the diary database of the storage unit 101 in association with each other.
The display unit 104 includes the image processing unit 118 and the display unit 119, and displays the diary data read from the diary database in the storage unit 101 by the control unit 111 on the screen of the display unit 119.
The upload instructing unit 105 includes the key operation unit 120 and the like, and is operated when instructing the diary management server 30 provided on the cellular phone communication network 20 to upload diary data.
The transmission unit 106 includes a control unit 111, a wireless communication unit 113, and the like. Based on an instruction operation by the upload instruction unit 105, the diary data displayed on the display unit 104 together with date data is stored in the diary management server 30. Send to.

  The imaging means 107 is composed of the imaging device 130 and the like, and is used when taking a photographic image of a landscape or a person. When using the image pickup means 107, the storage means 103 stores the image data of the photographic image taken by the image pickup means 107 together with the text data input by the input means 102 as diary data in the diary database of the storage means 101. Add and save.

  The position information acquisition unit 108 includes a control unit 111, a wireless communication unit 113, and the like, and acquires position information of the mobile phone 10 when the photographic image is taken. In the present embodiment, the position information of the current position of the mobile phone 10 transmitted from the information providing server on the mobile phone communication network 20 together with information to be provided such as area information is received and acquired. The received position information is stored in a predetermined storage area of the internal memory 112 so that it can be used as a part of diary data. Note that the location information of the current location where the mobile phone 10 is located, instead of being received from the mobile phone 10 and acquired based on the terminal identification information such as the mobile device number and the subscriber number of the mobile phone 10, You may make it acquire from 40.

Here, the display means 104 displays the diary data in the same layout as the screen published on the diary management server 30 so that the state of the diary publication screen when accessing and browsing the diary management server 30 can always be confirmed. To do.
The display unit 104 displays an image of the selection key for instructing the upload on the screen of the display unit 119 displaying the diary data. In this case, the transmission means 106 transmits the diary data and date data based on an operation in which the user selects the selection key by the upload instruction means 105.
Note that the image of the selection key may be an instruction for uploading by a click operation using a pointing device or the like. In this case, the transmission means 106 transmits the diary data and date data based on an operation in which the user clicks and selects the image of the selection key by the upload instruction means 105.

  The input means 102 can also input a category for classifying the type of diary data. The category data input by the input unit 102 is stored in the diary database of the storage unit 101 in association with each of the plurality of diary data. When the category data is input, the transmission means 106 transmits the category data together with the diary data.

The individual publication permission / non-permission specifying unit 109 is configured by the key operation unit 120 and the like, and is operated when designating whether to publish diary data in the diary management server 30. Individual disclosure permission / inhibition data is generated by a predetermined operation of the individual disclosure permission / inhibition specifying means 109. The transmission means 106 transmits the individual disclosure possibility data generated by the operation of the individual disclosure possibility designation means 109 together with the diary data.
The category-by-category disclosure permission / prohibition designating unit 110 includes the key operation unit 120 and the like, and is operated when designating whether to publish diary data for each category in the diary management server 30. By the predetermined operation of the category-by-category disclosure availability specifying unit 110, the category-by-category disclosure availability data is generated. The transmitting unit 106 transmits the category-by-category disclosure availability data generated by the operation of the category-by-category disclosure availability specifying unit to the diary management server 30 via the mobile phone communication network 20.
The individual disclosure availability data and the category disclosure availability data may be stored in the storage unit 101.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of a processing procedure when creating and transmitting diary data with a photographic image by the mobile phone 10 having the above configuration.
First, the user operates the key operation unit 120 of the mobile phone 10 to activate the camera mode, takes an image used for the diary (step S1), and saves it with a predetermined file name (step S2). In this example, as shown in FIG. 6A, the scenery of Mt. Fuji is photographed, and the photographed scenery image 150 is displayed on the screen 119a of the display unit 119 for confirmation, and then the “Save” button 151 is clicked to view the scenery. The image data of the image is saved with the file name “fuji0400219.jpg”. When this image data is saved, the position information when the image is taken is also automatically saved.

  Next, the user operates the key operation unit 120 to select the “diary” button 152 on the screen of FIG. 6A, and the screen 119a of the display unit 119 is changed to the diary creation screen shown in FIG. (Step S3). In this diary creation screen, an image display unit 153, a text display unit 154, and a "Send" button 155 as a selection key for instructing uploading of diary data to the diary management server 30 are displayed. In addition, the photographed landscape image of Mt. Fuji is automatically displayed on the image display unit 152 of the diary creation screen, and the date and time of photographing the image (in the example in the figure, in the upper part of the text display unit 154). “2/19”) is automatically displayed. This date data is part of the title data of the diary.

  Next, the user operates the key operation unit 120 to input the title data following the month and day data at the top of the text display unit 154 (step S4). In the example of FIG. 6B, weather information “fine” and image information “Mt. Fuji” are input. Then, following the title data, text data of the diary is input. These diary data such as text and image file names are temporarily stored in the working storage area of the internal memory 112.

Next, as shown in FIG. 6C, the user inputs the diary text data, confirms the diary data on the screen 119 a of the display unit 119, and operates the keys to select the “Send” button 155. (Step S5). By selecting the send button 155, a screen 156 for designating whether to publish diary data is displayed as shown in FIG. The default setting is “Public”. When the user checks “open” 156a or “not open” 156b and then selects an “OK” button 157 by operating a key, a screen 158 for designating a category of diary data is displayed. After selecting the desired category, the user operates the keys to select the “Done” button 159.
By selecting the “complete” button 159, a mail including the diary data and date data (in this example, data having a date of February 19, 2004) is automatically created and transmitted to the diary management server 30 (step S6). For example, as shown in FIG. 7, the contents of the address, title, body, and attached file are set in this mail, and a predetermined mail address of the diary management server 30 (“diary@aaa.bbb. jp "). The title of the mail contains date data. The body of the mail includes the text of the message input by the user, location information, public / private information, and category information.
When the process of creating and sending the mail including the diary data is being executed, the screen of the display unit 119 of the mobile phone 10 informs the user that transmission is in progress (for example, “sending”). Message) is displayed.

  Further, when the “complete” button 159 is selected, the diary data displayed on the screen 119 a of the display unit 119 is additionally stored in the diary database provided in the internal memory 112 or the memory card 121 of the mobile phone 10. (Step S6). The diary data to be stored includes the text of the message input by the user, position information, public / private information, and category information.

When the diary management server 30 receives mail including diary data from the mobile phone 10, the diary management server 30 analyzes the mail data and extracts diary data including date data, position information, and image data. Then, the extracted diary data is stored in the diary data storage unit (diary database) 301 in the diary management server 30 in association with the date data. As shown in Table 1, the diary data is stored in association with the subscriber ID and telephone number of the user who has transmitted the diary data.
When the diary management server 30 additionally stores new diary data, the diary data is added and updated to other users such as friends registered in advance by the user who sent the diary data. You may make it send automatically the mail which notifies that.
In addition, when the diary data is published on the general public web server 60 on the Internet 50 without being published on the diary management server 30, the added diary data is converted into a predetermined format and is sent from the diary management server 30. Uploaded to the public web server 60.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing procedure when deleting diary data created in the past from the mobile phone 10.
First, after the user operates the mobile phone 10 to enter the diary edit mode, the diary data to be deleted is displayed as shown in FIG. 9 (step S1). After confirming the contents of the diary data to be deleted, the user selects the “delete” button 160 (step S2). By selecting the “delete” button 160, the mobile phone 10 transmits a delete request command to the diary management server 30 together with information for specifying the diary data to be deleted (step S3). After receiving the deletion response from the diary management server 30 that has completed the deletion process, the mobile phone 10 deletes the diary data to be deleted from the diary database in the mobile phone 10 (step S5), and the screen 119a of the display unit 119 is displayed. “Delete completed” is displayed on the screen.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of a processing procedure when editing diary data created in the past from the mobile phone 10.
First, as in the case of deletion, the user operates the mobile phone 10 to enter the diary editing mode, and then displays the diary data to be edited as shown in FIG. 9 (step S1). After confirming the contents of the diary data to be edited, the user performs a desired editing operation such as correcting the contents of the message or replacing the image (step S2). After this editing operation is completed, the user selects a “complete” button 161 (step 3). By selecting the “complete” button 161, a mail including the edited diary data and date data is automatically created and transmitted to the diary management server 30 (step S4), as in the case of creating a new diary. Further, when the “Done” button 161 is selected, the edited diary data displayed on the screen 119 a of the display unit 119 is overwritten and saved in the diary database provided in the internal memory 112 or the memory card 121 of the mobile phone 10. (Step S4).

FIG. 11 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of a processing procedure when another user browses the diary data in the diary management server 30 from the mobile phone 10 ′.
When a user other than the user who created the diary data browses the diary, the mobile phone 10 'is operated to access a predetermined URL of the diary management server 30, as shown in FIG. 12 (a). A browsing start page 162 in a calendar display format is displayed. In this calendar display, a date surrounded by a square “□” is a date with a diary that can be browsed and has diary data. Further, among the dates with diaries, the dates with unread new diary data are displayed in color so that diary data can be identified as read / unread (new arrivals) (in FIG. 12A, the date is displayed in black and white). It ’s grayed out.) Data such as read / unread (new arrival) of the diary data is stored in a data storage area such as a cookie that can be referred to by browser software used in the mobile phone 10 ′.
In addition, when a “previous” button 163 is selected by operating a key on the browsing start page 162 of the calendar display in FIG. 12A, the calendar is displayed back to the past month such as January 2004 or 2003 2003. be able to.

  Next, the user selects a date on which diary data is desired to be browsed. By selecting this date, the cellular phone 10 ′ transmits a diary data browsing request to the diary management server 30 together with the date data and information about the user who is the creator of the diary. Upon receiving this browsing request, the diary management server 30 searches the diary database, and when it is a disclosure target, reads the corresponding diary data and returns it to the mobile phone 10 'together with the browsing response.

After receiving the diary data from the diary management server 30, the mobile phone 10 ′ displays the diary data as shown in FIG. The layout of the diary display screen is the same as the screen layout at the time of creating the diary described above, with an image display area 164 on the upper side and a text display area 165 on the lower side.
When the user selects the “Previous” button 166 on the diary display screen of FIG. 12B, past diary data can be sequentially downloaded from the diary management server 30 and viewed.
Further, the user can select the text link display 167 of “view map” on the diary display screen of FIG. By this selection, the mobile phone 10 ′ downloads the map data corresponding to the position information of the diary data displayed on the screen, and displays the map image.
Further, the user can select the text link display 168 of “less (2)” on the diary display screen of FIG. By this selection, the mobile phone 10 ′ downloads a message uploaded by another user to the diary data displayed on the screen, and displays the message.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, since the diary data created by the user can be added to the diary database of the internal memory 112 of the mobile phone 10 or the memory card 121 and stored, the user is stored in the diary database. It is possible to read and confirm a plurality of already created diary data. Therefore, the user can check the entire created diary data without accessing the diary management server 30. In addition, the diary data created by the user with the mobile phone 10 can be uploaded to the diary management server 30 for publication.
In particular, according to the present embodiment, the diary data created by the mobile phone 10 is transmitted to the diary management server 30 only by selecting a selection key such as a “complete” button displayed on the screen 119a of the display unit 119. Can be uploaded.
Further, according to the present embodiment, in addition to the text data, a photographic image taken by the imaging device 130 can be saved, so that more visual contents such as a travel destination scenery or a person who has met can be included in the diary.
Further, according to the present embodiment, before the diary data is transmitted to the diary management server 30, the diary data can be displayed on the screen 119a of the display unit 119 with the same layout as the screen published on the diary management server 30. So, you can check the state of the diary that is actually published before it is published.
In addition, according to the present embodiment, for each diary data, individual disclosure availability data for designating whether or not to publish is input and stored, and the individual publication availability data is transmitted to the diary management server 30 together with the diary data. Therefore, the diary management server 30 can publish only the diary data that is to be disclosed.
In addition, according to the present embodiment, the diary management server 30 can store the diary data received from the mobile phone 10 by category, and thus can be used for data processing when publishing diary data search or the like. Can do. In addition, in the case of inputting and storing categorical publishability data for designating whether to publish for each category and transmitting the categorical publishability data together with the diary data to the diary management server 30, the diary management server 30 Only the diary data included in the category that is the target of publication can be published.

In the above embodiment, the location information of the cellular phone 10 when the photograph image is taken is acquired from the information providing server or the location registration server 40 on the cellular phone communication network 20 side. The position information may be acquired by inputting manually from the unit 120.
Further, the mobile phone 10 may acquire position information using GPS (Global Positioning System). In this case, as shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, a GPS receiver 131 having a GPS antenna 132 is provided as the position registration acquisition unit 108. The GPS receiver 131 can output position information (latitude and longitude) at an arbitrary timing. The position information (latitude, longitude) output from the GPS receiver 131 can be stored in a predetermined memory area as a position information file (for example, “GPSdata.gps”).

Tables 5 and 6 each show an example of the main data table of the diary database when the position information (latitude, longitude) from the GPS receiver 131 is used. Table 5 is a main data table stored in the diary data storage unit 302 of the diary management server 30, and Table 6 is a main data table of the diary database stored in the storage unit 101 of the mobile phone 10. As shown in Tables 5 and 6, the latitude and longitude data acquired by the GPS receiver 131 are stored as the position information, not the position information in the address notation.

  Further, when the diary data is transmitted from the mobile phone 10 to the diary management server 30, as shown in FIG. 15, a location information file (for example, “GPSdata.gps”) storing GPS data as one of the attached files of the mail. ) Is attached.

  In the above embodiment, diary data is incorporated into an e-mail and transmitted to the diary management server 30. However, a predetermined data storage program using the CGI (Common Gateway Interface) of the diary management server 30 having a WEB server function is used. The diary data may be transmitted so as to activate. In this case, when transmitting an HTTP request message from the mobile phone 10 to the diary management server 30, diary data handed over to the CGI is incorporated. As a method for incorporating the diary data, a GET method or a POST method can be used. In the GET method, diary data is encoded, incorporated, and transmitted as part of the URL of the HTTP request message. On the other hand, in the POST method, it is encoded and transmitted as a standard input different from the URL of the HTTP request message. As described above, the diary data transmitted to the diary management server 30 is decoded and then transferred to the data storage program activated by the CGI and stored in the diary database.

Moreover, in the said embodiment, you may comprise so that a data synchronous process can be performed between the diary database in the mobile telephone 10 and the diary database in a diary management server. This data synchronization processing is started, for example, when the user operates the key operation unit 120 as the synchronization processing instruction means of the mobile phone 10 to instruct the diary data synchronization processing. The cellular phone 10 transmits a synchronization processing command to the diary management server 30 based on an instruction operation by the key operation unit 120. A telephone number or the like for identifying the user is added to this synchronization processing command. The diary management server 30 that has received the synchronization processing command makes the diary data of the user out of the diary data that constitutes the diary database in the server in a state in which synchronization processing is possible. When the synchronization process is started, using the ID data for identifying the diary data, the diary data included in each diary database is matched, and the diary data is updated so that each diary database is in the latest state. Send and receive. In this way, by instructing and executing diary data synchronization processing at an arbitrary timing, the user's diary data in the diary databases of the mobile phone 10 and the diary management server 30 can be updated. it can.
In particular, even when the diary management server 30 is accessed from a personal computer or the like other than the mobile phone and new diary data is added, modified, or deleted, the diary data in the diary database in the mobile phone 10 can be updated. it can.

1 is an overall schematic configuration diagram of a diary creation system using a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention. The functional block diagram of the diary management server which comprises a diary creation system. The block diagram of the hardware constitutions of the mobile telephone which comprises a diary creation system. Functional block diagram of the mobile phone. The flowchart of a process sequence when producing and transmitting the diary data with a photograph image with a mobile telephone. (A)-(e) is explanatory drawing of the screen transition at the time of diary data creation. Explanatory drawing of the content of the mail transmitted to a diary management server. The flowchart of the process sequence when deleting the diary data produced in the past from a mobile telephone. Explanatory drawing of a screen for deleting and editing diary data. The flowchart of the process sequence when editing the diary data produced in the past from a mobile telephone. The sequence diagram of the process sequence when browsing the diary data in a diary management server from a mobile telephone. (A) is explanatory drawing of the browsing start page of a calendar display format. (B) is explanatory drawing of the browsing screen of diary data. The block diagram of the hardware constitutions of the mobile telephone provided with the GPS receiver. Functional block diagram of the mobile phone.

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10, 10 'mobile phone 20 mobile phone communication network 30 diary management server 40 location registration server 50 internet 60 WEB server for public use

Claims (11)

A mobile communication terminal capable of communicating via a communication network,
Storage means for storing diary data and date data so as to constitute a diary database for diary data of a plurality of dates;
An input means for inputting diary data;
Storage means for associating the diary data and date data input by the input means with each other in addition to the diary database of the storage means;
Display means for displaying diary data;
An upload instruction means for instructing upload of diary data to a diary management server provided on the communication network;
And a transmission means for transmitting the diary data displayed on the display means to the diary management server together with date data when the upload is instructed by an operation of the upload instruction means. Communication terminal. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein
The display means displays a selection key used for an operation for instructing the upload on a screen displaying the diary data,
The mobile communication terminal, wherein the transmission means transmits the diary data and date data when the selection key is selected by an operation of the upload instruction means. In the mobile communication terminal according to claim 1 or 2,
An image pickup means for taking an image;
The mobile communication terminal characterized in that the storage means stores the image data taken by the imaging means together with the text data input by the input means. In the mobile communication terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The mobile communication terminal characterized in that the display means displays the diary data in the same layout as the screen published by the diary management server. In the mobile communication terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
An individual publishability specifying means for specifying whether to publish diary data in the diary management server is provided,
The mobile communication terminal characterized in that the transmission means transmits the individual disclosure possibility data generated by the operation of the individual disclosure possibility designation means together with the diary data. In the mobile communication terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The input means is configured to be able to input a category for classifying the type of diary data for each diary data,
The storage means stores the category data input by operating the input means in the storage means in association with each of the plurality of diary data,
The mobile communication terminal, wherein the transmission means transmits the category data together with the diary data. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 6, wherein
Comprising a category-specific disclosure permission designation means for designating whether to publish diary data for each category in the diary management server;
The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the transmission means transmits the categorical publishability data generated by the operation of the categorical publishability designation means to the diary management server via the mobile communication network. In the mobile communication terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
Synchronization processing instruction means for instructing the synchronization processing of the diary data;
When the synchronization processing is instructed by the operation of the synchronization processing instruction means, a synchronization processing command is transmitted to the diary management server, and the diary data between the diary database of the storage means and the diary database of the diary management server is transmitted. A mobile communication terminal comprising: synchronization processing means for executing the synchronization processing. A plurality of communication terminals and a diary management server provided on a public communication network are provided. The diary management server receives the diary data created by each communication terminal via the communication network and stores it in the diary database. And a diary creation system that publishes the diary data corresponding to each communication terminal by reading out the diary data corresponding to the diary data request from the diary database and transmitting it when the diary data request is received,
A diary creation system, wherein the communication terminal is the mobile communication terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 8. In the diary creation system according to claim 9,
The communication terminal is a mobile communication terminal according to claim 5 or 7,
The diary management server, based on the individual disclosure availability data received from the mobile communication terminal or the category disclosure availability data, about the specific diary data to be published or the diary data included in the category of the disclosure target A diary creation system characterized by only publishing. In the diary creation system according to claim 9 or 10,
The communication terminal is the mobile communication terminal according to claim 8,
The diary management server executes synchronization processing of diary data between the diary database in the diary management server and the mobile communication terminal based on the synchronization processing command received from the mobile communication terminal. A diary creation system.

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