JP2007049429A - Communication terminal information change system and computer - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system which easily informs other designated users of the changed address of one user as the latest information. <P>SOLUTION: A plurality of portable telephones 2 are connected to a computer (registration server) 1 over a communication network 3. One user's portable telephone 2 sends the change notice of its communication address to the registration sever 1, the server 1 inquires of a designated other user's portable telephone 2 whether the communication address change notice is possible, and informs it of the change if possible to change. If impossible to change, the server deletes the communication party change notice, sends to communication address-changeable other users' portable telephones 2, and updates the data of the server 1. If a user's address exists in address books of the other users' portable telephones, it may automatically change the address and send this change. The user registered in the registration server 1 may access the sever 1 to obtain the latest information of other users' addresses. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication terminal information change system that manages changes in a telephone number, a mail address, and the like of a communication terminal device such as a mobile phone, and a computer that executes the system.

  For example, when a user purchases a new mobile phone and the contact information such as a phone number or an e-mail address is changed, the user must notify the designated users of the contact change. The change procedure is complicated and the latest information may not arrive.

  As described above, when a user changes a phone number such as a mobile phone or an e-mail address, the procedure for contacting a communication destination is often complicated when there are a large number of communication destinations. A contact change system that can be used is desired.

To such demands, Japanese Laid-Open 14-247200 (Patent Document 1), as shown in FIG. 1, each cellular phone ₁ 1 to 1 ₄ telephone number notification server 5 are connected via the network 4 cage, the server 5 user file 5 ₄ storing the user confirmation information and various kinds of information by the user, the network 4 transceiver for transmitting and receiving a 5 ₂ and file management unit 5 ₃ that manages the user file, a control unit 5 ₁ , the control unit 5 ₁ receives the telephone number change information via the network 4 from the user telephone number in each mobile phone is changed, to determine the authenticity of the phone number change information, the user file 5 ₄ A telephone number is notified to each registered mobile phone via the network 4. In this case, a system is disclosed in which the telephone number change notification is authenticated by the ID (Identification) / PW (Pass Word) of each mobile phone registered in the telephone number notification server 5 or an ID unique to the terminal.

  Also, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 15-330861 (Patent Document 2), the service providing server automatically analyzes the change notification in response to the user data change notification and searches for the corresponding data from the incoming call designation list of the carrier. Data can be automatically changed, and encryption processing is performed when notification of change is notified to each mobile device (terminal device). In this case, the user data change notification can be automatically updated on the server side and the authenticity determination can be made, but it is unilaterally notified from the server side to the user side mobile device. .

JP-A-14-247200 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 15-330861

As described above, when a user changes a phone number such as a mobile phone or an e-mail address, the procedure for contacting a communication destination is often complicated when there are a large number of communication destinations. A contact change system that can be used has been desired.
The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and the purpose thereof is to change a communication terminal contact that can easily perform a contact change notification such as a phone number of a mobile phone or the like and can notify the latest information. A system and a computer that executes the system are provided.

  When the computer of the present invention receives an interface and a contact change notification request from the user's terminal device, the computer sends the contact change notification indicating the changed contact indicated by the contact change notification request to the transmission source user. Is transmitted to the terminal device of another user designated by the user via the interface.

  The processing circuit inquires of the terminal device of the other user designated by the transmission source user whether or not to notify the contact address after the change in the terminal device of the contact address change notification request transmission source via the interface In response to this, the interface sends a contact change notification to the terminal device of another user who has received an answer to the effect that the notification of the contact is changed.

  The processing circuit inquires of the terminal device of another user designated by the transmission source user whether or not to notify the contact address after the change in the terminal device of the transmission source of the contact address change notification request received via the interface. If the inquiry from the terminal device of the user who made the inquiry is negative, the contact change notification for the specified user is deleted and the deletion is notified to the specified user.

  If there is data of the transmission source in the address book data held by the terminal device of the contact designated by the transmission source user, the processing circuit automatically converts the data corresponding to the user of the transmission source to the contact address after the change. If there is no transmission source data, an inquiry is made to the transmission source user, and if an answer is obtained in response to the inquiry, new data is created.

  If each terminal device accesses the computer via the interface, it is possible to download the latest information of the contact information of each terminal device.

  Preferably, the contents of the contact change notification to be transmitted are encrypted and transmitted with the encryption key appropriately changed by the processing circuit via the interface.

  In the communication terminal information change system of the present invention, a plurality of terminal devices and a computer are connected via an interface, and when the user's terminal device changes a contact address, the changed user receives the change via the interface. When receiving the contact change notification request, the computer processing circuit interfaces the contact change notification indicating the changed contact indicated by the contact change notification request to the terminal device of another user designated by the changed user. To send through.

  According to the present invention, when the communication terminal device changes the contact information, the latest information can be automatically notified to other users only by notifying the computer (registration server). Further, by notifying other users of the contact address change and inquiring whether or not the change is possible, the other users can freely select whether or not the change can be made.

FIG. 2 is an overall configuration diagram showing an example of an embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 2, the computer (registration server) 1 includes an interface (I / F) 11, an input unit 12, an output unit 13, a memory 14, a processing circuit (CPU) 15, a display unit 16, an operation unit 17, and verification. Unit 18, image processing unit 19, and encryption processing unit 29, which are connected via a data line 20.

  The interface (I / F) 11 transmits and receives information to and from the outside via the communication network 3. For example, the input unit 12 inputs information from the mobile phone 2 </ b> A that is a terminal device via an interface (I / F) 11, and the output unit 13 receives another terminal device via the interface (I / F) 11. Information is output to the mobile phone 2B or the like.

  The memory 14 stores a program executed by the processing circuit 15 and data used for processing of the processing circuit 15. The data is composed of databases such as a telephone number DB, a mail address DB, a model number DB, and a face photograph DB, for example. The processing circuit 15 executes the program read from the memory 14 and controls the contact change notification operation in an integrated manner. The display unit 16 displays a screen corresponding to the display signal from the processing circuit 15.

  The operation unit 17 is a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel, or the like, and outputs an operation signal corresponding to a user operation to the processing circuit 15. The collation unit 18 and the image processing unit 19 use the processing circuit 15 to collate input / output information with the database in the memory 14. The encryption processing unit 29 uses the processing circuit 15 to appropriately change input / output information, and performs encryption processing using an encryption key.

  Next, the mobile phones 2A, 2B, etc., which are terminal devices, will be described. The mobile phones 2A and 2B are composed of a communication interface (I / F) 21, an input unit 22, an output unit 23, a processing circuit (CPU) 25, a display unit 26, an operation unit 27, and an image processing unit 28, which are data They are connected via a line 20.

  The interface (I / F) 21 transmits / receives information to / from the outside via the communication network 3. The input unit 22 inputs information from another mobile phone or the computer (registration server) 1 via the interface (I / F) 21, and the output unit 23 receives the computer via the interface (I / F) 21. (Registration server) Outputs information to 1 and other mobile phones. The memory 24 stores databases executed by the processing circuit 25, such as a telephone number DB, a mail address DB, a model number DB, and a face photograph DB.

  The processing circuit 25 executes the program read from the memory 24 and controls the contact change notification operation in an integrated manner. The display unit 26 displays various information as necessary, and displays a screen corresponding to the display signal from the processing circuit 25. The operation unit 27 is a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel, or the like, and outputs an operation signal corresponding to a user operation to the processing circuit 25. The image processing unit 28 stores image information such as a face photograph in the database of the memory 24 by the processing circuit 25.

  3 is an image diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 3, 1 is a computer (hereinafter referred to as a registration server 1), 2A, 2B, 2C,... 2Z are terminal devices (embodiments). Is a mobile phone) and is connected by the communication network 3. In the mobile phones 2A, 2B, 2C,... 2Z and the registration server 1, for example, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, model numbers, face photographs, and the like are registered.

  For example, in the mobile phone 2A, when the contact information changes due to model exchange or the like, the communication network 3 notifies the change of the contact information to the registration server 1 from the mobile phone 2A. When the registration server 1 receives the contents of the change in the contact information of the mobile phone 2A, if the received contact information matches the registered contact information, the registration server 1 connects to the other mobile phones 2B,. The changed contact information of the mobile phone 2A is automatically distributed to the other mobile phones 2B,... 2Z.

Next, specific operations of the embodiment of the present invention will be sequentially described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. For example, the case where Mr. A's mobile phone 2A changes the mail address will be described.
In the cellular phone 2A, Mr. A calls the mail address from the mail address DB by the processing circuit 25 and changes the mail address (step 1, ST1).

The mobile phone 2A transmits a mail address change from the interface (I / F) 21 via the communication network 3 to the registration server 1 and notifies it (ST2).
When the processing circuit 15 of the registration server 1 receives Mr. A's contact address change information via the interface (I / F) 11, the processing circuit 15 calls the mail address of Mr. A's mobile phone 2A from the memory 14 and registers the registered memory. The database is verified by matching (ST3). If the mail address of Mr. A is confirmed, the processing circuit 15 updates the change information of the mail address (ST4).
Next, the processing circuit 15 calls the contact information of the other user designated by Mr. A, and notifies the change information of the mail address of Mr. A's mobile phone 2A to the mobile phones 2B,... 2Z (ST5).
Next, the change information distribution destination is notified of the change of Mr. A's mail address (ST6).

  When the interface (I / F) 21 receives the mail address change information notification of Mr. A's mobile phone 2A, the processing circuit 25 changes the changed A to the mobile phone 2B, 2D,. In addition to displaying his email address, if there is data in the address book, change it. Alternatively, the contents of the change are automatically updated by the “JAVA (registered trademark of Sun Microsystems)” function (ST7).

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing another embodiment of the present invention. The flowchart sequentially describes specific operations of the present invention.
The mobile phone 2A transmits and notifies the change of the mail address from the interface (I / F) 21 via the communication network 3 to the registration server 1 (ST2), and the processing circuit 15 of the registration server 1 determines the contact information of Mr. A. When the change information is received via the interface (I / F) 11, the e-mail address of Mr. A's mobile phone 2A is called from the memory 14, checked against the registered memory DB and checked (ST3). Next, when the mail address of Mr. A is confirmed, the processing circuit 15 updates the DB of the mail address with the change information (ST4). Up to this point, the embodiment is the same as that described in FIG.

  Next, in the present embodiment, the processing circuit 15 inquires the mobile phone 2B,... 2Z designated by Mr. A whether or not the mail address of Mr. A's mobile phone 2A can be changed (ST8), and answers to the above inquiry. Is received (ST9).

  In response to the above inquiry, for example, in Mr. C's mobile phone 2C, if the update of the inquiry of Mr. A's mail address is not possible, the processing circuit 15 notifies Mr. A of that, The processing circuit 25 of the mobile phone deletes the delivery destination of the changed mail address to Mr. C's mobile phone (ST10). Further, the processing circuit 25 notifies the registration server 1 of information to delete Mr. C from the notification destination list of the changed mail address of Mr. A (ST11). The registration server 1 deletes the information (ST12).

  The processing circuit 15 of the registration server 1 provides an interface to a mobile phone 2B, 2D,... The change address of Mr. A is transmitted from the (I / F) 11 via the communication network 3 and notified (ST6).

  When the interface (I / F) 21 receives the mail address change information notification of Mr. A's mobile phone 2A, the processing circuit 25 changes the changed A to the mobile phone 2B, 2D,. In addition to displaying his email address, if there is data in the address book, change it. Alternatively, the contents of the change are automatically updated by the “JAVA (registered trademark of Sun Microsystems)” function (ST7).

  The above has described the change notification of Mr. A's mail address in detail, but the content of the change notification can be any of a telephone number, a mail address, a model number, a face photograph, and the like.

As a modification, for example, the processing circuit 15 of each mobile phone can be updated if the registration server 1 is accessed from the mobile phones 2B, 2C,... 2Z other than the 2A mobile phone without using the automatic distribution function. Information can be downloaded.
In addition, for example, if the processing circuit 25 of each mobile phone 2B, 2C,... 2Z has already registered the mail address of the changed 2A mobile phone in the registration server 1, it will be newly registered from the registration server 1. Even without distribution, information can be automatically updated only within the registration server 1.

  Furthermore, as a modification, for example, when a contact information such as an e-mail address is notified from a new mobile phone 2X, the contact information is notified to the access code (ID / PW) of the registration server 1, and other than 2X It is possible to download a contact information such as a mail address of the new mobile phone 2X from the user's mobile phone.

  The present invention can be applied to a contact information changing system for a communication terminal device such as a mobile phone.

It is a block diagram which shows the conventional telephone number change notification system. It is a whole lineblock diagram concerning an embodiment of the present invention. It is an image figure concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement concerning other embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 registration server 2A mobile phone 2B mobile phone 2C mobile phone 2X mobile phone 2Z mobile phone 3 communication network 3 registration server 4 network 5 telephone number notification server ₁ 1-1 ₄ each mobile phone 11 interface 12 input unit 13 output unit 14 memory 15 Processing circuit 16 Display circuit 17 Operation unit 18 Verification unit 19 Cryptographic processing unit 20 Data line 21 Interface 22 Input unit 23 Output unit 25 Processing circuit 24 Memory 26 Display unit 27 Operation unit 28 Image processing unit 5 ₁ Control unit 5 ₃ File management unit 5 ₄ User file DB Mail address DB Face photo DB Model number DB Telephone number

Claims (8)

  When the interface receives a contact change notification request from the user's terminal device, the other user specified by the transmission source user indicates a contact change notification indicating the changed contact indicated by the contact change notification request. A computer having a processing circuit for transmitting to the terminal device via the interface.   The processing circuit inquires of the terminal device of another user designated by the transmission source user whether or not to notify the contact address after the change in the terminal device of the contact address change notification request transmission source via the interface 2. The computer according to claim 1, wherein a contact change notification is transmitted to the terminal device of the other user whose interface has received an answer indicating that the notification of the contact information after the change is received.   The processing circuit inquires of the terminal device of another user designated by the transmission source user whether or not to notify the contact address after the change in the terminal device of the transmission source of the contact address change notification request received via the interface. 2. The computer according to claim 1, wherein, when the inquiry of the terminal device of the user who made the inquiry is negative, the contact change notification of the specified user is deleted and the deletion is notified to the specified user.   If there is data of the transmission source in the address book data held by the terminal device of the contact designated by the transmission source user, the processing circuit automatically converts the data corresponding to the user of the transmission source to the contact address after the change. The computer according to claim 1, wherein if there is no data of the transmission source, an inquiry is made to a user of the transmission source, and new data is created if an answer is obtained in response to the inquiry.   The computer according to claim 1, wherein the content of the contact change notification to be transmitted is encrypted and transmitted by the encryption key appropriately changed by the processing circuit via the interface.   The computer according to claim 1, wherein the terminal device can download the latest information on the contact information of each terminal device by accessing the computer via the interface.   2. The computer according to claim 1, wherein the content of the change notification is any one of a telephone number, an e-mail address, a model number, a face photograph, and the like.   When a plurality of terminal devices and a computer are connected via an interface and the user's terminal device changes a contact, when a contact change notification request is received from the changed user via the interface, the computer The processing circuit is a communication terminal information change system that transmits a contact change notification indicating a changed contact indicated by the contact change notification request to another terminal device of another user designated by the changed user via an interface.

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