JP2006072812A - Communication system and method therefor, program and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication system and a method therefor, a program and a recording medium, extracting a member on the basis of position information of a user terminal, managing a participant in an event on the basis of position information of the member, and calculating a meeting place to provide the position information assisting communication. <P>SOLUTION: This communication system has: a community management means storing identification information of a community and the user terminal, and authenticating and managing the user terminal; a position information acquisition means acquiring and storing the position information of the user terminal; an another user terminal extraction means extracting another user terminal capable of participating in the event designated and inputted by the user terminal; an event notification means notifying the other user terminal of the event; a meeting place proposal means proposing the meeting place of the event to the other user terminal; a comment collection means collecting a comment from the other user terminal notified about the event; and a comment list exhibition means associating the comment and the event, and storing them such that they can be exhibited to the other user terminal. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication system and method, program, and recording medium for assisting communication based on position information of members.

  In the prior art, various means are used as means for communicating with users (users) and members (other users who have some relationship with users). Among these communication means, as a typical one, a plurality of users' communication means are realized by using a mobile phone (including PHS) as a user terminal, using mail, chat, or a bulletin board.

Further, when actually using these communication means, many methods for selecting a communication means corresponding to the situation of each user terminal owned by a user or a member have been studied (non-patent literature). 1).
“Proposal of Distributed Communication Support Method Using Situation Information”, Information Processing Society of Japan Research Report, 2003-GN-49, October 2003

  However, in the past, when planning an event or the like, it has been necessary to check each person's schedule for all friends by e-mail or telephone, which takes a lot of time. These are due to the fact that the user's schedule and behavior are determined not only by the situation of himself / herself, but also by the situation (context) of others, such as the location where another person is present and the arrival time at the planned location.

  Therefore, in order to support communication among a plurality of target members, a notification member is extracted based on the current position information of the member, useless notification is omitted, and a more appropriate meeting place is proposed for the participant Was difficult.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and can extract members based on the location information of the user terminal, manage participants in the event based on the extracted location information of the members, It is an object of the present invention to provide a communication system and method, program, and recording medium that can provide position information of a gathering place calculated and obtained to assist communication.

  The present invention according to claim 1 is a communication system for gathering a plurality of user terminals connected via a network and communicating with each other to form a plurality of communities, and communicating between these user terminals. Storing identification information for individually identifying the user terminal and the community and authenticating and managing the user terminal, and acquiring and storing location information for each user terminal A position information acquisition unit, another user terminal extraction unit for extracting another user terminal at a position where it can participate in an event designated and input in any of the user terminals, and the other user terminal extraction unit. Event notification for notifying the extracted other user terminal of information related to the event. Means, a meeting place suggesting means for proposing a meeting place for the event to the other user terminal extracted by the other user terminal extracting means, and a comment returned from the other user terminal that has notified the event related information. Comment collecting means, and a comment list presenting means for associating the collected comments and the event with each other so as to be able to be presented as a comment list to the other user terminal.

  Moreover, the present invention described in claim 2 provides the user terminal according to claim 1, further comprising position information transmitting means for detecting its own position and transmitting it as position information.

  Further, according to a third aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first or second aspects, the identification information is assigned to each user terminal ID assigned to each user terminal belonging to the community and to the community. Group ID and the mail address of the user terminal.

  In addition, according to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to third aspects, the event notifying unit is configured to provide another user terminal that is designated and input by the user terminal that designates and inputs the event. Information about the event is notified.

  Further, the present invention according to claim 5 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the meeting place suggesting unit is configured to provide another user terminal that is designated and input by the user terminal that designates and inputs the event. To notify the meeting place.

  Moreover, the present invention according to claim 6 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the meeting place suggesting means extracts the plurality of other users extracted based on the position information detected by the position information transmitting means. Center position calculating means for calculating and determining the center position of the distribution of the positions of the terminals and / or the center position of the distribution of the positions of the other user terminals that can participate in the event; At least one of the meeting place designation means for inputting and designating an arbitrary meeting place is provided.

  Further, according to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to sixth aspects, the meeting place suggesting means includes the meeting place in the comment list or is displayed on the user terminal. A collective place display means for displaying on the map at the same time or displaying characters on the user terminal.

  Further, the present invention according to claim 8 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the meeting place suggesting means is an area or position using a landmark as the meeting place suggesting means in the user terminal. At least one of the designation means, an area or position designation means using an address, a designation means by a center point of a range in which latitude and longitude are designated, or a position designation means using latitude and longitude Means.

  Further, the present invention according to claim 9 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the meeting place suggesting means determines a shortest time during which the other user terminal participating in the event can move to the meeting place. The shortest set time calculating means for calculating and obtaining, the allowance time calculating means for calculating and obtaining the allowance time required for each of the other user terminals to move to the meeting place, and the other user terminal currently Moving route calculating means for calculating and displaying a moving route from the position to the meeting place.

  In addition, according to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to ninth aspects, the other user terminal extracting unit participates in the confirmation presence / absence of participation and availability of the notification by the other user terminal that has notified the event. Participation information management means for storing and managing as information, participation count means for counting the number of other user terminals participating in the event and the number of participants declared via the other user terminals, and the counting In order to notify the meeting place suggesting means of the change in the number according to a change in the participation list display means for displaying a list of the results and the number of participants and any of the other user terminals participating Change notification means.

  The present invention according to claim 11 is a communication for collecting a plurality of user terminals connected via a network and communicating with each other to form a plurality of communities, and for communication between these user terminals. In the method, the step of storing identification information for individually identifying the user terminal and the community by the community management means to authenticate and manage the user terminal, and the position information acquisition means for the position of each user terminal A step of acquiring and storing information, a step of extracting another user terminal at a position where it is possible to participate in the event designated and input in any of the user terminals by the other user terminal extracting means, and an event notification Means other users extracted by the other user terminal extraction means. Informing the terminal of information about the event, by the meeting place suggesting means, by proposing the meeting place for the event to the other user terminal extracted by the other user terminal extracting means, and by the comment collecting means, The step of collecting comments returned from other user terminals that have notified the information about the event, and the comment list presenting means associate the collected comments with the events and present them as a comment list to the other user terminals. Storing as possible.

  In addition, the present invention described in claim 12 is, in claim 11, wherein the user terminal includes position information transmitting means for detecting its own position and transmitting it as position information.

  The invention according to claim 13 is the information processing device according to any one of claims 11 and 12, wherein the identification information is assigned to each of the user terminals belonging to the community and to each community. Group ID and the mail address of the user terminal.

  In addition, the present invention according to claim 14 provides the information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 11 to 13, wherein the event notification unit is configured to send another user terminal specified by the user terminal that specified and input the event. Information about the event is notified.

  Further, the present invention according to claim 15 is the invention according to any one of claims 11 to 14, wherein the meeting place suggesting unit is configured to provide the other user terminal designated and input at the user terminal designated and input the event. To notify the meeting place.

  Further, the present invention according to claim 16 is the invention according to any one of claims 11 to 15, wherein the meeting place suggesting means extracts the plurality of other users extracted based on the position information detected by the position information transmitting means. Center position calculating means for calculating and determining the center position of the distribution of the positions of the terminals and / or the center position of the distribution of the positions of the other user terminals that can participate in the event; At least one of the meeting place designation means for inputting and designating an arbitrary meeting place is provided.

  The present invention according to claim 17 is the invention according to any one of claims 11 to 16, wherein the meeting place suggesting means includes the meeting place in the comment list or is displayed on the user terminal. A collective place display means for displaying on the map at the same time or displaying characters on the user terminal.

  Further, in the present invention described in claim 18, in any one of claims 11 to 17, the gathering place suggesting unit is an area or position using a landmark as the gathering place suggesting means in the user terminal. At least one of the designation means, an area or position designation means using an address, a designation means by a center point of a range in which latitude and longitude are designated, or a position designation means using latitude and longitude Means.

  Further, in the present invention according to claim 19, in any one of claims 11 to 18, the meeting place suggesting unit determines a shortest time during which the other user terminal participating in the event can move to the meeting place. The shortest set time calculating means for calculating and obtaining, the allowance time calculating means for calculating and obtaining the allowance time required for each of the other user terminals to move to the meeting place, and the other user terminal currently Moving route calculating means for calculating and displaying a moving route from the position to the meeting place.

  Further, in the present invention according to claim 20, in any one of claims 11 to 19, the other user terminal extraction unit participates in the presence / absence of confirmation of the notification by the other user terminal that has notified the event and whether or not to participate. Participation information management means for storing and managing as information, participation count means for counting the number of other user terminals participating in the event and the number of participants declared via the other user terminals, and the counting In order to notify the meeting place suggesting means of the change in the number according to a change in the participation list display means for displaying a list of the results and the number of participants and any of the other user terminals participating Change notification means.

  The present invention according to claim 21 is a communication program for executing the communication method according to any of claims 11 to 20 on a computer.

  The present invention according to claim 22 is a recording medium on which the communication program according to claim 21 is recorded.

  According to the present invention, members can be extracted based on the location information of the user terminal, participants in the event can be managed based on the extracted location information of the members, and calculation is performed to assist communication between members. Thus, it is possible to provide a communication system and method, program, and recording medium capable of providing the location information of the gathering place obtained in this way.

  In order to describe embodiments of a communication system and method, a program, and a recording medium of the present invention, a description will be given below with reference to FIGS. In addition, as a structure of description, the whole structure is shown in FIG. 1, and the detail of each structure part is demonstrated separately with reference to FIGS. 7, 8, and 14 are information processing flowcharts for explaining the internal processing of the communication system of the present invention, and FIGS. 9 to 13 are specific examples for explaining the embodiment of the present invention. Each is shown.

  First, FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the overall configuration according to the embodiment of the communication system of the present invention.

  In FIG. 1, a user terminal 1 owned by a user (user) (not shown) who uses the communication system of the present invention and the context related to the user terminal 1 such as the location information of the user terminal 1 are acquired and managed. And a communication server 3 that extracts user IDs of user terminals other than the user terminal 1 (hereinafter referred to as members) based on the context.

  Further, a mobile communication network 4 constructed using radio waves, the Internet 5 including various information networks, and a location transmission device 6 for a user (not shown) to notify his / her location information are shown.

  The position transmission device 6 is configured by an RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification), a wireless tag, an IC card provided with means capable of information communication with the outside, or a PHS. For this reason, the location transmission device 6 transmits its own location information via the mobile communication network 4 in order to transmit and transmit its own physical location information, or transmits its own location information via the Internet 5 by direct connection. Is possible.

  Further, the user terminal 1 is, for example, a mobile phone terminal 7 such as a mobile phone or PHS possessed by the user, an information terminal capable of external communication such as a personal digital assistance (PDA) 8, or the Internet 5 or mobile communication. A personal computer 9 connected to the network 4 is included.

  In addition, when PHS is applied to the user terminal 1 and the position information transmission device 6 carried by the user, the base station information of the PHS is acquired as position information. Further, the position information transmission device 6 is provided with an RFID tag reader function, reads tag information installed in various places such as stores, streets, stations and other important transportation facilities, and uses the read tag information as position information. We are using.

  In addition, when the location information transmission device 6 is installed in each place instead of the tag, the transmission device 6 that has read the tag information given to the user uses the installation location as its location information for the mobile communication network 4 or the Internet. 5 may be sent. In this case, the position transmission device 6 is directly connected to the Internet 5 via an RFID tag reader or the like, and may be connected to the mobile communication network 4 via a PHS radio base station.

  Next, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of user terminals belonging to each group managed in the context management server 2 according to the embodiment of the communication system of the present invention.

  The group configuration data 26 in FIG. 2 forms a group (community) in which a user (not shown) is an arbitrary human group as a premise, and a group ID for identifying each of these groups is given. Yes. For example, group names such as “a0001” and “a0002” are assigned to the group configuration data 26.

  For each such group, a user ID for identifying a user belonging to each group is assigned to each user terminal 1. For example, as shown in the “user ID” column of the group configuration data 26, the assigned user ID is “1002”, “1005”, “1032”, “1056”, “1086” for the group “a0001”. These user IDs are assigned to five (five) user terminals (users: users) 1, respectively. Similarly, in a group having “group ID” “a0002”, four (four) user terminals (4 users) each having “user ID” “1239”, “1403”, “1849”, and “1048” ( User: User) 1 belongs.

  Next, FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram for explaining in more detail the internal configuration of the context management server 2 according to the embodiment of the communication system of the present invention.

  The context management server 2 already shown in FIG. 1 includes a community management unit (community management means) 10 for authenticating the user terminal 1 and managing members belonging to the group, and a location information acquisition unit (member information acquisition unit). Position information acquisition means) 11.

  The community management unit 10 has already stored the group configuration data 26 shown in FIG. 2, and uses the group configuration data 26 as identification information for individually identifying the group (community). The user ID is individually authenticated.

  The position information acquisition unit 11 acquires, accumulates and stores each position information of the user information terminal 1. As described with reference to FIG. 1, the location information of the user terminal 1 is, for example, a mobile phone terminal 7 such as a mobile phone or PHS possessed by the user, a personal digital assistance (PDA) 8 or the like. The acquisition method differs depending on the information terminal capable of external communication or the personal computer 9 connected to the Internet 5 or the mobile communication network 4.

  For example, when the PHS is applied to the user terminal 1 or the position information transmission device 6 carried by the user, the base station information of the PHS is acquired as the position information. Further, the position information transmission device 6 is provided with an RFID tag reader function, reads tag information installed in various places such as stores, streets, stations and other important transportation facilities, and uses the read tag information as position information. We are using.

  In addition, when the location information transmission device 6 is installed in each place instead of the tag, the transmission device 6 that has read the tag information given to the user uses the installation location as its location information for the mobile communication network 4 or the Internet. 5 may be sent. In this case, the position transmission device 6 is directly connected to the Internet 5 via an RFID tag reader or the like, and may be connected to the mobile communication network 4 via a PHS radio base station.

  Next, FIG. 4 shows an explanatory diagram for explaining in detail the internal configuration of the communication server 3 according to the embodiment of the communication system of the present invention.

  The communication server 3 extracts members at positions that can participate in an event held at the time specified and input to the user terminal 1 based on the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 11 included in the context management server 2. A member extraction unit 15 is provided.

  Here, the member extraction performed by the member extraction unit 15 is performed by searching for members at positions where the event is held and where the event is held, based on the position and time where the event is held. Is done. The position information of the members to be searched is acquired and stored by the position information acquisition unit 11. Each member's position information is acquired from this position information acquisition unit 11, and based on the place and time of the event, the members at physical or temporal positions that can participate in this event are calculated and extracted. To do.

  In addition, an event notification unit 16 is provided for notifying the extracted member or a specific member designated and input to the user terminal 1 of information related to the event. Further, a meeting place suggestion unit 17 is provided that proposes a meeting place to be distributed to each user terminal of the member for the extracted member or a specific member specified and input to the user terminal 1.

  Furthermore, a comment collection unit 18 that collects comments from members who have notified the event-related information, and a comment list presentation unit 19 that collects the collected comments so that they can be listed for each event, and can be freely referred to by the members. And a user terminal communication unit 20 for communicating with the user terminal 1 and other user terminals owned by the members.

  Next, FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram for explaining in more detail the internal configuration of the meeting place suggestion unit 17 according to the embodiment of the communication system of the present invention.

  The meeting place proposal unit 17 includes a time calculation unit 21 for calculating the time to the meeting place of the event based on the position information of the user terminal 1 and other user terminals owned by the member, and the position information of each user terminal. And a travel route calculation unit 22 for calculating a travel route to the event gathering location.

  The meeting place proposing unit 17 calculates a physical distance that is equal to all of these user terminals based on the position information of each of the many user terminals including the user terminal 1, and calculates this. The position information is the central point of the meeting place. In this calculation, without being limited to an equal distance to all user terminals, for example, the position information of the gathering place that is the central point due to the difference in the time required for the uniform movement, the traveling cost, the usable transportation means, etc. You may ask for it.

  In addition, if the meeting place thus obtained is an inappropriate place (for example, sea, lakes, mountains, inaccessible areas such as railway tracks and airport runways, specific facilities, etc.), these places The gathering place excluding is calculated and provided as the central point of the gathering place.

  Further, the movement route calculation unit 22 calculates a movement route to the place where the event is held for each user terminal in conjunction with the calculation of the central point of the meeting place executed by the meeting place suggestion unit 17. Ask.

  In order to calculate the travel route, the travel route calculation unit 22 includes a database (not shown) such as the type of travel means, the required time, map information, and the cost required for each travel means. Further, without providing such a database, parameters and information necessary for calculation of these travel routes may be searched and acquired through the Internet 5 for each calculation.

  Next, FIG. 6 shows an explanatory diagram for explaining in more detail the internal configuration of the member extracting unit 15 according to the embodiment of the communication system of the present invention.

  The member extraction unit 15 accumulates and stores information on whether or not the information of the event expressed by the member who notified the event has been confirmed and whether or not the member can participate in the event, and stores the information on each user terminal. An event state management unit 23 is provided for managing the situation so that it can be displayed.

  In addition, the participant management unit 24 for counting the number of participants in the event and displaying the number of participants and the list of participating members on each user terminal, and the meeting place when the number of participants in the event and the participating members change And a member notifying unit 25 for notifying the proposing unit (meeting place proposing means) 17.

  Next, FIG. 7 shows a flowchart for explaining the information processing procedure in the context management server 2 according to the embodiment of the communication system of the present invention.

  First, in step 1: S1, the community management unit 10 authenticates the user terminal 1, and based on the user ID of the user terminal 1, the group ID to which the user terminal 1 belongs and each user terminal of this group member. The assigned user ID is acquired from the group configuration data 26.

  Next, in step 2: S2, the position information acquisition unit 11 acquires the position information of each user terminal based on the user ID of each user terminal of the group member. For example, when the user terminal uses PHS as the location transmission device 6, the community management unit 10 acquires the PHS phone number of the user terminal from the location information acquisition unit 11, and uses the PHS base station information as the location information of the user terminal. Save as.

  Next, FIG. 8 shows a flowchart for explaining an information processing procedure in the communication server 3 according to the embodiment of the communication system of the present invention.

  First, in step 10: S 10, the user terminal communication unit 20 acquires a group member based on the user ID of each user terminal from the community management unit 10 and transmits it to the user terminal 1.

  Next, in step 11: S 11, the event name, start time, and notification member input from the user terminal 1 are acquired by the user terminal communication unit 20 and transferred to the meeting place proposal unit 17.

  Next, in step 12: S12, the meeting place suggestion unit 17 acquires the position information of the user terminal to be notified from the position information acquisition unit 11, and sets a plurality of meeting places (center positions) that can be gathered by the start time. Calculate.

  Next, in step 13: S13, the meeting place suggesting unit 17 calculates the moving route of the target user terminal based on the current location and the meeting place of each user terminal, and the time calculating unit 21 uses each user terminal. Calculate the time to the meeting place.

  Next, in step 14: S14, the member extraction unit 15 acquires the time until the user terminal meeting place calculated by the meeting place suggestion unit 17 through the member communication unit 25, and the event state management unit 23 receives each member. Information confirmation availability and event participation availability status are managed. Here, the event participation availability state of the user terminal that cannot participate in the designated time from the current position of the user terminal to the meeting place is negative.

  Next, in step 15: S15, the member extraction unit 15 extracts user terminals that are not in the event participation availability state managed by the event state management unit 23, and notifies the event notification unit 16 through the member communication unit 25. To do. In the participant management unit 24, the number of participants and a participant list are created and displayed through the user terminal communication unit 20.

  Next, in step 16: S16, the event notification unit 16 obtains an email address of a user terminal that can participate from the community management unit 10, and sends an email in which the event name, the meeting place, the meeting time, and the chat bulletin board URL are described. Transmit to the target user terminal.

  Next, in step 17: S17, when the user terminal accesses the chat bulletin board URL and writes a comment, the comment collection unit 18 compiles based on the group ID. When the user terminal 1 presses a participating / non-participating / watching button in the chat bulletin board URL, the event status management unit 23 of the member extraction unit 15 is notified.

  Next, in step 18: S18, the comment list presenting unit 19 displays a list of the comments collected by the comment collecting unit 18 on the chat bulletin board URL in real time.

  Next, FIG. 9 shows a display example of an event registration screen on the user terminal 1 according to the embodiment of the communication system of the present invention. Via the display screen 30 of the user terminal 1, the user selects an event start time, an event name, and a member to be notified of this event, and presses a notification button.

  Next, FIG. 10 shows a display screen 30 of a chat bulletin board for participating in events for members according to an embodiment of the communication system of the present invention. State 31 of whether or not the user terminal 1 being viewed can participate in the event, the number 32 of participants who have announced participation in the event, a suggestion 33 of a meeting place and a meeting time from the system, a comment list 34 of members, and browsing The user's status change 35 that indicates whether or not the user terminal participating in the event can participate in the event is shown at the same time.

  Next, FIG. 11 shows a configuration example of position information managed by the context management server 2 according to the embodiment of the communication system of the present invention. The position information acquisition unit 11 acquires position information (latitude, longitude, etc.) for each user ID assigned to each user terminal of the group member to which each user terminal belongs, and stores and stores it as position information data 36.

  The location information data 36 includes a user ID for identifying the user terminal, a time at which the location information is acquired, location information indicated by latitude and longitude, and a nearest station such as a transportation facility. It is shown.

  Next, FIG. 12 shows a configuration example of station position information used by the travel route calculation unit 22 for calculation according to the embodiment of the communication system of the present invention. This travel route calculation unit 22 is based on the location information of the user terminal 1 and other user terminals owned by the members, and also the nearest station of transportation necessary for each user terminal to move based on the meeting place. Is calculated. For example, as shown in the travel route calculation result 37, the calculation result is formed by associating the station name of the transportation facility with position information expressed by latitude and longitude.

  Next, FIG. 13 shows a configuration example of the nearest station transfer route information 38 used by the meeting place suggestion unit 17 according to the embodiment of the communication system of the present invention. The time calculation unit 21 and the travel route calculation unit 22 use the nearest station transfer route information 38 to calculate and obtain the time to the event gathering location and the travel route. In this nearest station transfer route information 38, the names of public transport stations are shown on the vertical axis and the horizontal axis, respectively, and the transfer route between the indicated station names and the required time are further shown.

  Next, FIG. 14 is a flowchart for explaining the travel route calculation processing procedure in the travel route calculation unit 22 according to the embodiment of the communication system of the present invention.

  First, in step 20: S20, the position information of each user terminal is acquired from the context management server 2 based on the user ID assigned to each user terminal.

  Next, in step 21: S21, based on the position information of each user terminal, the nearest station with the closest distance is extracted from the station position information and stored.

  Next, in step 22: S22, the nearest station is extracted from the station position information based on the position information of the event gathering place.

  Next, in step 23: S23, a travel route is extracted from the nearest station transfer route based on the nearest station for each user terminal and the nearest station of the meeting place.

  Next, in step 24: S24, when there are a plurality of meeting places, the process returns to step 22: S22, and the same processing is repeated.

  In the embodiment of the present invention described above, a plurality of user terminals that are connected via a network and can communicate with each other gather to form a plurality of communities, and communication for communicating between these user terminals In the system, community management means for storing identification information for individually identifying user terminals and communities and authenticating and managing user terminals, and position information for acquiring and storing position information for each user terminal An acquisition means, another user terminal extraction means for extracting other user terminals in a position where it can participate in an event designated and input in any of the user terminals, and other extracted by the other user terminal extraction means Event notification means for notifying user terminals of information related to events, and others A meeting place suggesting means for proposing a meeting place for the event to other user terminals extracted by the user terminal extracting means, and a comment collecting means for collecting comments returned from other user terminals that have notified the event information And a comment list presenting means for associating the collected comments and events with each other so as to be able to be presented as a comment list to other user terminals.

  In addition, the user terminal includes position information transmitting means for detecting its own position and transmitting it as position information.

  The identification information includes a user terminal ID assigned to each user terminal belonging to the community, a group ID assigned to the community, and a mail address of the user terminal.

  Further, the event notification means notifies the information related to the event to other user terminals specified and input by the user terminal that specified and input the event.

  The meeting place suggesting means notifies the meeting place to the other user terminals designated and input by the user terminal that has designated and entered the event.

  In addition, the meeting place suggesting means is based on the position information detected by the position information transmitting means, and the central position of the distribution of the positions of the extracted plurality of other user terminals and / or other user terminals that can participate in the event. At least one of a center position calculation means for calculating and calculating the center position of each position distribution, and a meeting place designation means for inputting to the user terminal and specifying an arbitrary meeting place It has.

  Also, the meeting place suggestion means displays the meeting place, either including the meeting place in the comment list, displaying it simultaneously on the map displayed on the user terminal, or displaying characters on the user terminal. Means.

  In addition, the meeting place suggestion means, as the meeting place suggestion means in the user terminal, an area or position designation means using landmarks, an area or position designation means using addresses, or a range in which latitude and longitude are designated At least one of the designation means by the center point of the position or the designation means of the position using latitude and longitude.

  In addition, the meeting place suggestion means includes a shortest meeting time calculation means for calculating and determining the shortest time that other user terminals participating in the event can move to the meeting place, and the other user terminals move to the meeting place, respectively. Margin time calculating means for calculating and obtaining the necessary margin time, and movement route calculating means for calculating and displaying the movement route from the current position to the meeting place by other user terminals, Yes.

  Further, the other user terminal extraction means includes participation information management means for storing and managing the presence / absence of confirmation of participation by the other user terminal that has notified the event as participation information, the number of other user terminals participating in the event, and Any one of participation counting means for counting the number of participants declared via the other user terminal, participation list display means for displaying a list of the count results, and the number of participants and other user terminals to participate Change notification means for notifying the meeting place suggestion means of a change in the number in accordance with a change in the number of

  The communication system according to the embodiment of the present invention is constructed by replacing information processing and component operations executed by the communication system with a computer program, and recording the information on a recording medium such as a CD, a DVD, or an FD. May be. By incorporating these recording media into a computer system, or downloading a program recorded on the recording medium to a computer system via a communication line, or installing from the recording medium and operating the computer system with the program, Of course, it can be made to function as a communication system and a means for realizing a communication method, and the use of such a recording medium can improve the distribution.

  As described above, according to the embodiment of the communication system of the present invention, the system and program for realizing new communication for extracting members based on the position information of the user terminal, more specifically, the position information of the members. Based on the above, it is possible to manage the participants in the event by the system, calculate the meeting place, and assist the communication between members.

  In addition, in order to support communication among a plurality of members, a notification member is extracted based on the current position information of the member, useless notification can be omitted, and a more appropriate meeting place can be proposed by the participants. Can support communication among members.

The explanatory view for explaining the whole composition concerning the embodiment of the communication system of the present invention is shown. It is a user terminal structural example for every group managed in the context management server based on embodiment of the communication system of this invention. It is an example of an internal structure of the context management server based on Embodiment of the communication system of this invention. It is an example of an internal structure of the communication server based on Embodiment of the communication system of this invention. It is an example of an internal structure of the meeting place proposal part based on embodiment of the communication system of this invention. It is an internal structural example of the member extraction part based on embodiment of the communication system of this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the information processing procedure in the context management server based on embodiment of the communication system of this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the information procedure in the communication server process based on embodiment of the communication system of this invention. It is a display example of the event registration screen on the user terminal according to the embodiment of the communication system of the present invention. It is a display screen of the chat bulletin board for the event participation to the member by this invention based on embodiment of the communication system of this invention. The structural example of the positional information which the context management server manages based on embodiment of the communication system of this invention is shown. The structural example of the station position information which the movement route calculation part uses for a calculation based on embodiment of the communication system of this invention is shown. The structural example of the nearest station transfer route information which the meeting place proposal part uses based on embodiment of the communication system of this invention is shown. The flowchart for demonstrating the movement route calculation process procedure in the movement route calculation part based on embodiment of the communication system of this invention is shown.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 User terminal 2 Context management server 3 Communication server 4 Mobile communication network 5 Internet 6 Location transmission device 7 Mobile phone terminal 8 Personal digital persistence 9 Personal computer 10 Community management part 11 Location information acquisition part 15 Member extraction part 16 Event notification part 17 Meeting place suggestion section 18 Comment collection section 19 Comment list presentation section 20 User terminal communication section 21 Time calculation section 22 Travel route calculation section 23 Event state management section 24 Participant management section 25 Member communication section

Claims (22)

In a communication system for connecting a plurality of user terminals connected via a network to form a plurality of communities and communicating between these user terminals,
Community management means for storing identification information for individually identifying the user terminal and the community and authenticating and managing the user terminal;
Position information acquisition means for acquiring and storing position information for each user terminal;
Other user terminal extraction means for extracting other user terminals that are in positions that can participate in the event designated and input in any of the user terminals,
Event notification means for notifying the other user terminal extracted by the other user terminal extraction means of information related to the event;
A meeting place suggesting means for proposing a meeting place for the event to the other user terminal extracted by the other user terminal extracting means;
Comment collection means for collecting comments returned from other user terminals that have notified the information about the event;
A comment list presenting means for associating the collected comments with the event and storing them as a comment list for the other user terminal;
A communication system characterized by comprising: The user terminal is
The communication system according to claim 1, further comprising position information transmitting means for detecting its own position and transmitting it as position information. The identification information is
The user terminal ID assigned to each of the user terminals belonging to the community, the group ID assigned to the community, and the mail address of the user terminal are included. The communication system according to any one of the above. The event notification means includes
The communication system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein information related to the event is notified to another user terminal that is designated and input by the user terminal that designates and inputs the event. The meeting place suggestion means includes:
5. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the meeting place is notified to another user terminal that is designated and input by the user terminal that designates and inputs the event. The meeting place suggestion means includes:
Based on the position information detected by the position information transmitting means, the central position of the extracted distribution of the positions of the other user terminals and / or the positions of the other user terminals that can participate in the event Center position calculating means for calculating and calculating the center position of the distribution;
A meeting place designating means for inputting to the user terminal and designating an arbitrary meeting place;
The communication system according to claim 1, comprising at least one of the above. The meeting place suggestion means includes:
Collecting place display means for either including the gathering place in the comment list, simultaneously displaying on the map displayed on the user terminal, or displaying characters on the user terminal is provided. The communication system according to any one of claims 1 to 6. The meeting place suggestion means includes:
As the means for proposing the meeting place in the user terminal, an area or position designation means using landmarks, an area or position designation means using addresses, or a designation means by a center point of a range in which latitude and longitude are designated The communication system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising at least one of the designation means of position designation using latitude and longitude. The meeting place suggestion means includes:
A shortest set time calculating means for calculating and calculating the shortest time during which the other user terminal participating in the event can move to the meeting place;
A margin time calculation means for calculating and calculating a margin time required for each of the other user terminals to move to the meeting place,
A travel route calculation means for the other user terminal to calculate and display a travel route from the current position to the meeting place;
The communication system according to claim 1, further comprising: The other user terminal extraction means includes
Participation information managing means for storing and managing the presence / absence of confirmation of the notification by the other user terminal that has notified the event as participation information;
Participation counting means for counting the number of other user terminals participating in the event and the number of participants declared through the other user terminals;
Participation list display means for displaying a list of the results of the counting;
A change notification means for notifying the meeting place suggesting means of the change in the number according to a change in the number of participants and the number of the other user terminals to participate;
The communication system according to claim 1, further comprising: In a communication method for communicating a plurality of user terminals connected via a network to form a plurality of communities by communicating with each other,
Storing identification information for individually identifying the user terminal and the community by a community management means, and performing authentication and management of the user terminal;
Acquiring and storing location information for each of the user terminals by location information acquisition means;
A step of extracting another user terminal at a position where it is possible to participate in the event designated and input in any of the user terminals by the other user terminal extracting means;
A step of notifying information related to the event to the other user terminal extracted by the other user terminal extracting unit by an event notifying unit;
Proposing a meeting place for the event to the other user terminal extracted by the other user terminal extracting means by a meeting place suggesting means;
Collecting comments returned from other user terminals that have notified the event-related information by the comment collecting means;
Storing the collected comments and the events in association with each other by the comment list presenting means so as to be presented as a comment list to the other user terminal;
A communication method characterized by comprising: The user terminal is
The communication method according to claim 11, further comprising position information transmitting means for detecting its own position and transmitting it as position information. The identification information is
The user terminal ID assigned to each of the user terminals belonging to the community, the group ID assigned to the community, and the mail address of the user terminal, respectively, Any one of the communication methods. The event notification means includes
The communication method according to claim 11, wherein information related to the event is notified to another user terminal that is designated and input by the user terminal that has designated and input the event. The meeting place suggestion means includes:
The communication method according to any one of claims 11 to 14, wherein the meeting place is notified to another user terminal designated and input by the user terminal which designates and inputs the event. The meeting place suggestion means includes:
Based on the position information detected by the position information transmitting means, the central position of the extracted distribution of the positions of the other user terminals and / or the positions of the other user terminals that can participate in the event Center position calculating means for calculating and calculating the center position of the distribution;
A meeting place designating means for inputting to the user terminal and designating an arbitrary meeting place;
The communication method according to claim 11, comprising at least one of them. The meeting place suggestion means includes:
Collecting place display means for either including the gathering place in the comment list, simultaneously displaying on the map displayed on the user terminal, or displaying characters on the user terminal is provided. The communication method according to any one of claims 11 to 16. The meeting place suggestion means includes:
As the means for proposing the meeting place in the user terminal, an area or position designation means using landmarks, an area or position designation means using addresses, or a designation means by a center point of a range in which latitude and longitude are designated The communication method according to claim 11, further comprising at least one of the designation means of position designation using latitude and longitude. The meeting place suggestion means includes:
A shortest set time calculating means for calculating and calculating the shortest time during which the other user terminal participating in the event can move to the meeting place;
A margin time calculation means for calculating and calculating a margin time required for each of the other user terminals to move to the meeting place,
A travel route calculation means for the other user terminal to calculate and display a travel route from the current position to the meeting place;
The communication method according to claim 11, further comprising: The other user terminal extraction means includes
Participation information managing means for storing and managing the presence / absence of confirmation of the notification by the other user terminal that has notified the event as participation information;
Participation counting means for counting the number of other user terminals participating in the event and the number of participants declared through the other user terminals;
Participation list display means for displaying a list of the results of the counting;
A change notification means for notifying the meeting place suggesting means of the change in the number according to a change in the number of participants and the number of the other user terminals to participate;
The communication method according to claim 11, further comprising:   A communication program for executing the communication method according to any one of claims 11 to 20 on a computer.   A recording medium on which the communication program according to claim 21 is recorded.

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