JP2007110553A - Cellular phone, and approach notifying system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cellular phone for performing notification to enable a user to easily see an unacquainted party even if the user has a rendezvous with the party. <P>SOLUTION: A party notification detector 109 of the cellular phone 21 receives party detecting notice including an initial value different for each cellular phone from a server apparatus via a radio 102 and a control unit 113. When the initial value indicates ON, a party notice generator 110 repeats notice of a first time and notice stop of a second time thereafter after a predetermined time elapses after reception of the party detection notice. When the notice start instruction indicates OFF, the generator 110 repeats the notice stop of the first time and the notice of the second time thereafter after the predetermined time elapses after receiving the party detection notice. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile phone, and more particularly to proximity notification of a mobile phone that satisfies a waiting condition.

Since mobile phones are often used when waiting for a partner, development of functions convenient for waiting for the mobile phone is underway.
For example, in Patent Document 1, a user registers in advance a partner with whom the user wishes to wait, and the base station apparatus periodically monitors the position of the mobile phone of the waiting partner, There is disclosed a technique for notifying the user and the other party's mobile phone when the user enters a service area of the same base station as the user's mobile phone.
JP 2002-354541 A

  However, assuming that a large number of people in the service area have mobile phones and notifications by ringtones frequently occur, under such assumptions, the user will be notified by the mobile phone of the queuing partner. Since it cannot be distinguished from other mobile phone notifications, there is a problem that the user may not be able to easily meet the other party if he / she does not know the person he / she wants to meet.

  In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a mobile phone that makes a notification that allows a user to easily meet a partner even when waiting for a partner who is not acquainted.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the present invention provides a mobile phone used together with a server device that transmits a notification start instruction to a predetermined mobile phone, receiving means for receiving a notification start instruction from the server device, and the notification start Informing means for informing in cooperation with informing of another mobile phone based on the instruction.

  When the mobile phone of the present invention has the above-described configuration and satisfies the above condition and receives the notification start instruction from the server device, the mobile phone performs notification that can be easily distinguished from notification by a mobile phone that does not satisfy the condition. Can do. Therefore, even if a plurality of users who possess the mobile phone of the present invention are not familiar with each other, they can easily meet the meeting partner.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the proximity notification system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a meeting control server 2, a location registration server 3, a network 4, base stations 11 to 12, and mobile phones 21 to 23. The mobile phones 21 to 23 and the base stations 11 to 12 communicate with each other by wireless communication, and the base stations 11 to 12 and the location registration server 2 communicate with each other via the network 4 to communicate with the waiting control server 2 and the location. The registration server 3 communicates via a dedicated line.

The meeting control server 2 registers the conditions of the other party that the user of the cellular phone desires to meet and notifies the cellular phone and the other party's cellular phone when there is a party that matches the condition. It is a server.
The location registration server 3 is a server that manages the correspondence between a base station and a standby mobile phone.

The base stations 11 and 12 are base station devices that are connected from a mobile phone and mediate communication performed by the mobile phone.
The mobile phones 21 to 23 are mobile phones having the same internal configuration, the mobile phone 21 is possessed by a user who sets a condition for requesting waiting, and the mobile phones 22 and 23 are possessed by other users. It shall be.

  According to the proximity notification system 1, a mobile phone (for example, the mobile phone 21) and a mobile phone (for example, the mobile phone 22) that the user of the mobile phone desires to wait for enter the service area of the same base station. If the user and the other party are not acquainted with each other, it is possible to identify the other party by performing a notification that can be distinguished from the notification by the portable telephones other than the cellular phones 21 and 22 in the area. .

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail.
<Configuration>
<Meeting control server 2>
As shown in FIG. 8 as an example, the waiting control server 2 includes a communication unit 401, a control unit 402, a storage unit 403, and a determination unit 404.

  The meeting control server 2 is specifically a computer system including a microprocessor, ROM, RAM, hard disk unit, display unit, keyboard, mouse, and the like. A computer program is stored in the RAM or the hard disk unit. The waiting control server 2 achieves its function by the microprocessor operating according to the computer program.

The communication unit 401 communicates with the location registration server 3 via the dedicated line, and performs data communication with other devices via the location registration server 3.
The storage unit 403 includes a hard disk unit, and stores a waiting condition table illustrated in FIG. 9 as an example.
The waiting condition table includes one or more waiting condition entries including a terminal ID, own age information, own hobby information, opponent age information, opponent hobby information, and a base station ID.

The waiting condition entry is set using a mobile phone by a user who sets the waiting condition.
The terminal ID is identification information for identifying the mobile phone.
The self-age information is information indicating a range including the age of the user set by the user.
The partner age information is information indicating a range including the age of the partner that the user wishes to meet, set by the user.

In the present embodiment, as an example, the self-age information and the partner age information indicate that the value is “11”, that is, 16 to 20 years old, and that the value is “12” that indicates 21 to 25 years old, and “13”. In the case of “26” to “30”, “14” represents 31 to 40 years of age, and “15” represents 41 years or older.
The self-hobby information is information indicating a category of the user's hobbies set by the user.

The other party's hobby information is information indicating the hobby category of the other party that the user wishes to meet, set by the user.
In the present embodiment, the self-hobby information and the opponent hobby information indicate, for example, “baseball” when the value is “211”, “soccer” when “212”, and “213”. In this case, rugby is indicated, and when the value is “221”, a “love” movie is indicated, “222” is indicated by “SF” movie, and “223” is indicated by “ It shall represent a “horror” movie.

The base station ID is information for identifying the base station to which the mobile phone identified by the terminal ID is currently connected.
For example, the waiting condition entry 430 has a value “13” and own age information 432 indicating 26 to 30 years old, a value “221” and own hobby information 433 indicating baseball, and a value “12”. It includes opponent age information 434 indicating 21 to 25 years old, opponent hobby information 435 indicating a baseball value of “221”, and a base station ID 436 indicating a value of “1”.

When the control unit 402 receives a condition setting instruction including the terminal ID, the own age information, the own hobby information, the other party age information, the other party hobby information, and the base station ID from the location registration server 3 via the communication unit 401. Then, it is determined whether or not the terminal ID included in the condition setting instruction is included in the waiting condition table stored in the storage unit 403.
When the terminal ID is included in the waiting condition table, the terminal ID, the own age information, the own hobby information, the other party age information, the other party hobby information, and the base station ID of the waiting condition entry including the terminal ID are received. The terminal ID, the own age information, the own hobby information, the other party age information, the other party hobby information, and the base station ID included in the setting instruction are overwritten, and the overwritten terminal ID is transmitted to the determination unit 404.

If not included, a new waiting condition entry including a terminal ID, own age information, own hobby information, opponent age information, opponent hobby information, and base station ID included in the received condition setting instruction is generated and stored. The terminal ID is stored in 403 and the terminal ID is transmitted to the determination unit 404.
The control unit 402 receives connection terminal information including the terminal ID and the base station ID from the location registration server 3 via the communication unit 401 at the time of power-on or handover, and is included in the connection terminal information. It is determined whether the terminal ID to be received is included in the waiting condition table stored in the storage unit 403.

If included, the base station ID included in the received connection terminal information is overwritten with the base station ID of the waiting condition entry including the terminal ID, and the received terminal ID is transmitted to the determination unit 404. If not, the connected terminal information is discarded.
Next, determination processing performed by the determination unit 404 will be described with reference to FIG.
The determination unit 404 receives a terminal ID from the control unit 402 (step S51), and a waiting condition entry (hereinafter referred to as a self-waiting condition entry) including a terminal ID having the same value as the terminal ID (hereinafter referred to as a self-terminal ID). ) Is read out from the waiting condition table (step S52).

  It is determined whether or not there is an undetermined wait condition entry excluding the own wait condition entry in the wait condition table (step S53). If there is no undetermined wait condition entry (step S53: NO), the process is performed. If there is an undetermined waiting condition entry (step S53: YES), the undetermined waiting condition entry (hereinafter referred to as a partner waiting condition entry) is read (step S54).

It is determined whether or not the base station ID in the own waiting condition entry matches the base station ID in the other party waiting condition entry (step S55). If they do not match (step S55: NO), the process proceeds to step S53. If they match (step S55: YES), the process proceeds to step S56.
Next, it is determined whether or not the partner age information in the self-waiting condition entry matches the self-age information in the partner waiting condition entry (step S56). If they do not match (step S56: NO), step S53 is determined. If there is a match (step S56: YES), the process proceeds to step S57.

Next, it is determined whether or not the partner hobby information in the self-waiting condition entry matches the self-hobby information in the partner waiting condition entry (step S57). If they do not match (step S57: NO), step S53 is determined. If there is a match (step S57: YES), the process proceeds to step S58.
Next, it is determined whether or not the own age information in the own waiting condition entry matches the other party age information in the other party waiting condition entry (step S58). If they do not match (step S58: NO), step S53 is performed. If there is a match (step S58: YES), the process proceeds to step S59.

Next, it is determined whether or not the self-hobby information in the self-waiting condition entry matches the partner hobby information in the opponent waiting-condition entry (step S59). If they do not match (step S59: NO), step S53 If there is a match (step S59: YES), the determination unit 404 sends a partner detection notification including the terminal ID included in the self-waiting condition entry and the flag initial value indicating ON via the communication unit 401. It transmits to the position registration server 3 (step S60), and transmits a partner detection notification including the terminal ID included in the partner waiting condition entry and a flag initial value indicating OFF to the position registration server 3 (step S61).
<Location registration server 3>
As an example, the location registration server 3 includes a communication unit 301, a control unit 302, and a storage unit 303 as shown in FIG.

  Specifically, the location registration server 3 is a computer system including a microprocessor, a ROM, a RAM, a hard disk unit, a display unit, a keyboard, a mouse, a network adapter, and the like. A computer program is stored in the RAM or the hard disk unit. The location registration server 3 achieves its function by the microprocessor operating according to the computer program.

The communication unit 301 includes a network adapter and its control program, communicates with the queuing control server 2 via a dedicated line, and performs data communication with other devices via the network 4.
The storage unit 303 includes a hard disk unit, and stores a connection base station table as shown in FIG. 7 as an example.

The connection base station table includes a plurality of connection base station entries. The connection base station entry includes a base station ID indicating a terminal ID and a base station to which the mobile phone identified by the terminal ID is connected. It consists of.
For example, the connected base station entry 350 includes a base station ID 351 having a value “1” and a terminal ID 352 having a value “050-123-5555”.

The control unit 302 receives connection terminal information from the base station via the communication unit 301.
The connection terminal information includes a base station ID that identifies a base station that is a transmission source of the connection terminal information, and a terminal ID that identifies a mobile phone newly connected to the base station.
The control unit 302 searches the connection base station table for a connection base station entry including the terminal ID included in the received connection terminal information, and if there is the connection base station entry, the control unit 302 includes the connection base station entry. The base station ID is overwritten with the base station ID included in the received connection terminal information, and the connection terminal information including the terminal ID and the base station ID included in the received connection terminal information is transmitted to the queuing control server 2.

In addition, when the control unit 302 receives a condition setting instruction including a terminal ID, self-age information, partner age information, self-hobby information, partner hobby information, and base station ID from the base station via the communication unit 301, The condition setting instruction is transmitted to the waiting server 2 via the communication unit 301.
When the control unit 302 receives the partner detection notification including the terminal ID via the communication unit 301, the control unit 302 reads the connection base station entry including the terminal ID equivalent to the terminal ID from the storage unit 303 and reads the connection base station entry. The partner detection notification is transmitted to the base station identified by the base station ID included in the connected base station entry.
<Base stations 11 and 12>
As shown in FIG. 5 as an example, the base station 11 includes an antenna 201, a communication unit 202, a control unit 203, a storage unit 204, and a communication unit 205.

  Specifically, the base station 11 is a computer system including a microprocessor, a ROM, a RAM, a hard disk unit, a display unit, a keyboard, a mouse, a network adapter, an antenna, and the like. A computer program is stored in the RAM or the hard disk unit. The base station 11 achieves its functions by the microprocessor operating according to the computer program.

The wireless unit 202 communicates with the mobile phone wirelessly using the antenna 201.
The communication unit 205 includes a network adapter and its control program, and performs data communication with other devices via the network 4.
The storage unit 204 is a non-volatile memory and stores a base station ID 211.
The base station ID is identification information for identifying the base station, and one base station ID is allocated to the base station.

In addition, the storage unit 204 stores a terminal ID that identifies a connected mobile phone.
When the wireless unit 202 receives a location registration request from the mobile phone, the control unit 203 receives the terminal ID of the mobile phone from the mobile phone, and stores the received terminal ID and the storage unit 204. The connection terminal information including the base station ID is transmitted to the location registration server 3 via the communication unit 205, and the received terminal ID is stored in the storage unit 204.

When receiving a condition setting instruction from the mobile phone via the wireless unit 202, the control unit 203 transmits the condition setting instruction to the location registration server 3 via the communication unit 205.
In addition, when receiving a partner detection notification including the terminal ID via the communication unit 205, the control unit 203 transmits the partner detection notification to the mobile phone indicated by the terminal ID.
Since the base station 12 has the same configuration as the base station 11 except that the base station ID is different, the description thereof is omitted.
<Mobile phones 21, 22, 23>
As shown in FIG. 2 as an example, the mobile phone 21 includes an antenna 101, a wireless unit 102, a baseband unit 103, a voice processing unit 104, a microphone 105, a speaker 106, an operation unit 107, and a storage unit. 108, a partner notification detection unit 109, a partner notification generation unit 110, a display processing unit 111, a display unit 112, and a control unit 113.

  Specifically, the cellular phone 21 is a computer system including a microprocessor, ROM, RAM, a display unit, a keypad, a wireless communication unit, and an antenna. A computer program is stored in the RAM. The cellular phone 21 achieves its functions by the microprocessor operating according to the computer program.

The radio unit 102 performs radio communication with the base stations 11 and 12 via the antenna 101 and transmits received signals to the baseband unit 103 and the control unit 113.
The radio unit 102 receives a signal from the baseband unit 103 and transmits the signal to the base station via the antenna 101.
The baseband unit 103 demodulates a baseband signal indicating sound from the signal received from the wireless unit 102, and transmits a baseband signal as a demodulation result to the sound processing unit 104.

The baseband unit 103 receives a baseband signal from the audio processing unit 104, modulates the baseband signal, and transmits the modulated baseband signal to the radio unit 102.
The microphone 105 collects voice uttered by the user during a call and converts it into a call signal that is an electrical signal, and transmits the call signal to the voice processing unit 104.
The speaker 106 receives the sound signal generated by the sound processing unit 104, converts the sound signal into sound, and amplifies the sound.

The audio processing unit 104 receives a baseband signal from the baseband unit 103, converts the baseband signal into an audio signal, and outputs the audio signal to the speaker 106. The voice processing unit 104 receives a call signal from the microphone 105, converts the call signal into a baseband signal, and transmits the baseband signal to the baseband unit 103.
The voice processing unit 104 stores a plurality of ringtones in a memory, and when receiving a notification execution instruction from the partner notification generation unit 110, outputs a voice signal related to a ringtone specified in advance by the user to the speaker 106. By doing so, the user is notified.

In addition, when the voice processing unit 104 receives a notification stop instruction from the partner notification generation unit 110, the voice processing unit 104 stops the notification that is being executed.
The operation unit 107 has a keypad including keys necessary for making a call such as a numeric keypad for inputting a destination telephone number, an on-hook key, an off-hook key, etc. And a control circuit for transmitting an instruction corresponding to the pressed key to the control unit 113. The instructions include a self-condition input start instruction, a partner condition input start instruction, a partner condition input start instruction, a cursor movement instruction, and a determination instruction.

The storage unit 108 is configured by a nonvolatile memory, and a terminal ID for identifying the mobile phone is written when the mobile phone 21 is manufactured. Here, the terminal ID is a telephone number in the present embodiment, but may be other identification information.
As illustrated in FIG. 4 as an example, the storage unit 108 stores the self-age information, the partner age information, the self-hobby information, the partner hobby information, and the base station ID.

The display processing unit 111 generates a red output signal, a green output signal, a blue output signal, and a synchronization signal for screen display according to an instruction from the control unit 113, and outputs them to the display unit 112.
The display processing unit 111 receives panel information indicating a screen to be displayed on the display unit 112 from the control unit 113, and outputs a red output signal, a green output signal, a blue output signal, and a horizontal level corresponding to the screen indicated by the panel information. By outputting each vertical synchronizing signal to the display unit 112, the screen is displayed on the display unit 112. The display processing unit 111 also outputs to the display unit 112 a signal related to a screen for displaying the remaining battery level, the standby image, and the antenna level as displayed on a general mobile phone.

The display unit 112 is a liquid crystal display, and receives a red output signal, a green output signal, a blue output signal, and horizontal and vertical synchronization signals output from the display processing unit 111, and a liquid crystal display based on the received signals. Display the video.
The partner notification detection unit 109 receives a partner detection notification including a flag initial value indicating ON or OFF from the control unit 113, and transmits the received partner detection notification to the partner notification generation unit 110.

The partner notification generation unit 110 includes a clock and a timer, receives a partner detection notification from the partner notification detection unit 109, and performs notification control to notify at a predetermined timing that a waiting partner has been detected. The notification control will be described with reference to FIG.
The partner notification generation unit 110 determines whether or not a partner detection notification has been received from the partner notification detection unit 109 (step S101). If it has not been received, step S101 is repeated. A flag initial value included in the partner detection notification is set in flag, and an initial value “0” is set as a timer value counted up by the timer (step S102).

Here, the timer counts up the timer value by 1 every 1 millisecond.
The partner notification generation unit 110 instructs the timer to start counting up when a predetermined time has elapsed from the reception time of the partner detection notification, and the timer starts counting up (step S103).

The other party notification production | generation part 110 determines whether a timer value is more than a predetermined expiration value (step S110).
Here, the expiration value is set to 3000 as an example.
If the timer value is equal to or greater than the predetermined expiration value (step S110: YES), if the flag is ON (step S111: YES), a notification execution instruction by a ringing tone is notified to the voice processing unit 104 (step S112). If the flag is OFF (step S111: NO), a notification stop instruction is notified to the voice processing unit 104 (step S113).

  The partner notification generation unit 110 determines whether or not a notification stop instruction that is instructed by the user using the operation unit 107 has been received from the control unit 113, and if received, the notification notification unit 110 notifies the user (step S114: YES). A stop instruction is notified to the voice processing unit 104 (step S115), the process is terminated, and if it has not been received (step S114: NO), the process proceeds to step S110.

  If it is determined in step S110 that the timer value is equal to or greater than the expiration value (step S110: YES), if the flag is ON (step S121: YES), the flag is set to OFF (step S122). Is OFF (step S121: NO), the flag is set to ON (step S123). Subsequently, 0 is set to the timer value (step S120), and the process proceeds to step S110.

  As described above, the ringing sound of the mobile phone 22 is not sounded for 3 seconds from the predetermined time, the ringing sound of the mobile phone 21 is sounded, and the ringing sound of the mobile phone 21 is not sounded for the next 3 seconds. Since the ringing tone of the telephone 22 sounds and thereafter the ringing sounds of the cellular phone 21 and the cellular phone 22 are repeated alternately, it is possible to distinguish from the ringing sounds other than the cellular phones 21 and 22. The 21 users and the user of the mobile phone 22 can meet even if they are not familiar with each other.

Next, the control unit 113 that controls the overall operation of the mobile phone 21 will be described.
(1) Control of connection to base station When the control unit 113 acquires a notification of connection from the wireless unit 102 to the base station, the control unit 113 reads the terminal ID from the storage unit 108 and sets the terminal ID to the connected base station. As a response, the base station ID is received from the base station via the radio unit 102, and the base station ID is stored in the storage unit 108.

(2) Panel Control by Control Unit 113 The control unit 113 generates panel information indicating a menu screen for assisting a user to input waiting conditions, and transmits the generated panel information to the display processing unit 111.
A menu screen having a hierarchical structure will be briefly described with reference to FIG.
When receiving a self-condition input start instruction from the operation unit 107, the control unit 113 generates a menu screen 131 in which the cursor 132 encloses characters “1: age” as shown in FIG. The panel information shown is transmitted to the display processing unit 111. The menu screen 131 is a first layer screen.

Here, when a cursor movement instruction is received from the operation unit 107, a menu screen is generated so that the cursor 132 surrounds the characters “2: hobby”, and panel information indicating the menu screen is displayed in the display processing unit 111. Send. As described above, the user instructs the mobile phone 21 to select age or hobby as a condition.
When the cursor 132 enclosing “1: age” is displayed on the menu screen 131 and the determination instruction is received from the operation unit 107, the control unit 113 displays the age selection screen 133 as a second-level screen. The panel information shown is transmitted to the display processing unit 111.

At this time, on the age selection screen 133, the characters “11: 16-20” indicating the range of 16 to 20 years are surrounded by the cursor 134.
Here, when receiving the determination instruction from the operation unit 107, the control unit 113 holds “11” as the self-age information in the storage unit 108, and when the cursor movement instruction is received, the cursor 134 is “12:21”. A menu screen is generated so as to enclose the characters “˜25”, and panel information indicating the menu screen is transmitted to the display processing unit 111.

Here, when a determination instruction is received from the operation unit 107, the control unit 113 holds “12” as self-age information in the storage unit 108.
From the above, the user inputs his / her age to the mobile phone 21.
When the cursor 132 surrounding “2: Hobby” is displayed on the menu screen 131 and receiving a determination instruction from the operation unit 107, the control unit 113 displays panel information indicating the hobby selection screen 135 as a display processing unit. 111.

At this time, on the hobby selection screen 135, characters “21: sports” indicating sports are surrounded by the cursor 136.
When a determination instruction is received from the operation unit 107 when the cursor 135 surrounding “21: sport” is displayed on the menu screen 135, the control unit 113 displays panel information indicating the sport selection screen 137 as a display processing unit. 111.

At this time, on the sports selection screen 137, characters “211: baseball” indicating baseball are surrounded by the cursor 138. When the determination instruction is received from the operation unit 107, the control unit 113 displays the self-hobby information. Then, “211” indicating baseball is held in the storage unit 108.
Similarly, when a determination instruction is received from the operation unit 107 when a cursor enclosing “22: movie” is displayed on the hobby selection screen 135, the control unit 113 displays panel information indicating the movie selection screen 139. It transmits to the display processing unit 111.

At this time, on the movie selection screen 139, the characters “221: romance” indicating a love movie are surrounded by the cursor 140, and when a determination instruction is received from the operation unit 107, the control unit 113 has its own hobby. As information, “211” indicating a love movie is stored in the storage unit 108.
As described above, the user inputs his / her hobby to the mobile phone 21.

  As described above, the user inputs his / her age and his / her hobby from the operation unit 107 of the mobile phone 21, and based on the input, the control unit 113 stores the own age information and his / her hobby information in the storage unit 108. However, the other party's age information and the other party's hobby information are also input in the same manner by the user using the operation unit 107 to input the other party's age and the other party's hobby. The unit 113 can store the self-age information and the self-hobby information in the storage unit 108.

The control unit 113 receives the input terminal ID, self-age information, partner age information, self-hobby information, partner hobby information stored in the storage unit 108, and the base station ID stored in the storage unit 108. The condition setting information included is transmitted to the base station indicated by the base station ID via the wireless unit 102.
(3) Notification Control by Control Unit 113 When the control unit 113 receives a partner detection notification via the wireless unit 102, the control unit 113 transmits the partner detection notification to the partner notification generation unit 110.

When the control unit 113 receives a notification stop instruction from the operation unit 107, the control unit 113 outputs the notification stop instruction to the partner notification generation unit 110.
<Operation>
The overall operation of the proximity notification system 1 will be described with reference to FIG.
When the mobile phone 21 enters the service area of the base station 11, the wireless unit 102 of the mobile phone 21 and the wireless unit 202 of the base station 11 complete standby registration (step S201).

The control unit 113 of the mobile phone 21 reads the terminal ID from the storage unit 108 and transmits the terminal ID to the base station 11 via the wireless unit 102 (step S202).
In the base station 11, when the control unit 203 receives the terminal ID via the radio unit 202, the control unit 203 reads the base station ID from the storage unit 204, and obtains connection terminal information including the base station ID and the terminal ID. The base station ID is transmitted to the location registration server 3 via the communication unit 205 (step S203), the base station ID is transmitted to the mobile phone 21 via the wireless unit 202 (step S204), and the terminal ID is stored in the storage unit 204. (Step S205).

The control unit 113 of the mobile phone 21 receives the base station ID via the wireless unit 102 and stores the base station ID in the storage unit 108 (step S206).
When receiving the connection terminal information from the base station 11 via the communication unit 301, the control unit 302 of the location registration server 3 stores the connection terminal information in the storage unit 303 (step S207) and waits for the connection terminal information. It transmits to the server 2 (step S208).

  In the standby state, when the user of the mobile phone 21 inputs a waiting condition using the operation unit 107 as described above (step S209), the control unit 113 of the mobile phone 21 inputs the waiting condition. The base setting indicated by the base station ID includes condition setting information including the received self-age information, partner age information, self-hobby information, partner hobby information, the terminal ID stored in the storage unit 108, and the base station ID. It transmits to a station via the radio | wireless part 102 (step S210).

The base station 11 transmits the received condition setting instruction to the location registration server 3 (step S211), and the location registration server 3 transmits the received condition setting instruction to the waiting server 2 (step S212).
When the control unit 402 of the meeting server 2 receives the condition setting instruction via the communication unit 401 and, as already described, the content of the condition setting instruction is not stored as a waiting condition entry in the storage unit 403 Generates a waiting condition entry including the contents of the condition setting instruction and stores it in the storage unit 403. If the waiting condition entry is already stored, the contents of the waiting condition entry are stored in the received contents of the condition setting instruction. (Step S213).

In meeting server 2, control unit 402 transmits the terminal ID included in the connection terminal information received in step S 208 to determination unit 404 or transmits the terminal ID included in the condition setting instruction received in step S 212 to determination unit 404. To do.
The determination unit 404 of the meeting server 2 receives the terminal ID from the control unit 402, and performs the determination process of the waiting condition already described with reference to FIG. 10 (step S214).

Step S216 in FIG. 12 is processing equivalent to step S60 in FIG. 10, and the determination unit 404 registers the partner detection notification including the flag initial value set to ON via the communication unit 401 as a location registration. It transmits to the server 3 (step S216).
The control unit 302 of the location registration server 3 reads out the base station ID corresponding to the received terminal ID in the partner detection notification from the storage unit 303, and communicates the base station corresponding to the base station ID via the communication unit 301. The partner detection notification is transmitted (step S217), and the base station that has received the partner detection notification transmits the partner detection notification to the mobile phone identified by the terminal ID included in the received partner detection notification. (Step S218).

The control unit 113 of the mobile phone 21 receives the partner detection notification via the wireless unit 102, transmits the received partner detection notification to the partner notification detection unit 109, and the partner notification detection unit 109 uses FIG. The notification process already described is performed (step S219).
Step S220 in FIG. 12 is processing equivalent to step S61 in FIG. 10, and the determination unit 404 sends the partner detection notification including the flag initial value set to OFF via the communication unit 401 to the location registration. It transmits to the server 3 (step S220).

  The control unit 302 of the location registration server 3 reads out the base station ID corresponding to the received terminal ID in the partner detection notification from the storage unit 303, and communicates the base station corresponding to the base station ID via the communication unit 301. The partner detection notification is transmitted (step S221), and the base station that has received the partner detection notification transmits the partner detection notification to the mobile phone identified by the terminal ID included in the received partner detection notification. (Step S222).

The control unit 113 of the mobile phone 22 identified by the terminal ID receives the partner detection notification via the wireless unit 102, transmits the received partner detection notification to the partner notification detection unit 109, and receives the partner notification detection unit 109. Performs the notification process already described with reference to FIG. 11 (step S223).
<Modification>
Although the present invention has been described based on the above embodiment, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. Of course. The following cases are also included in the present invention.
(1) In the above embodiment, the waiting condition entry registered in the waiting control server 2 includes the terminal ID, the own age information, the own hobby information, the other party age information, the other party hobby information, and the base station ID. However, the waiting condition is not limited to the above.

Further, if the user of the mobile phone 21 is to meet with the user of the mobile phone 22 indicated by the known terminal ID at the desired time, the terminal ID of the mobile phone 21 is sent to the waiting control server 2. A waiting condition entry composed of the terminal ID of the mobile phone 22 and the desired time may be stored.
The meeting control server 2 sends the mobile phone 21 and the mobile phone 22 from the location registration server 3 within a predetermined range including the desired time (for example, from 10 minutes before the desired time to 10 minutes after the desired time). When receiving notification that the mobile station 21 and the mobile phone 22 are in the area managed by the same base station, the other party detection notification is transmitted.

If each of the mobile phone 21 and the mobile phone 22 receives the partner detection notification and reports it in a manner that can be distinguished from the mobile phones other than the mobile phones 21 and 22, the user of the mobile phone 21 uses the mobile phone 22. Although they are not acquainted with the person, even if they know the terminal ID (telephone number) of the mobile phone 22, they can meet each other at a desired time.
(2) In the above embodiment, both the mobile phone 21 and the mobile phone 22 are notified by voice, but the present invention is not limited to this.

For example, only the mobile phone 21 of the user who registered the waiting condition may be notified by a method that is not known to the user of the mobile phone 22, such as a vibrator.
As a result, the user of the mobile phone 21 waits and confirms the user of the mobile phone 22, but can stop meeting the user of the mobile phone 22.
If the user of the mobile phone 21 inputs a notification instruction to the mobile phone 21 while performing notification by the vibrator, if the notification by the vibrator is switched to voice notification, the use of the mobile phone 21 The person can meet after confirming the user of the mobile phone 22 as the meeting partner.
(3) The meeting control server 2 may transmit the partner detection notification only to the mobile phone 21 instead of transmitting the partner detection notification to both the mobile phone 21 and the mobile phone 22.

Thereby, only the user of the mobile phone 21 can know that the mobile phones 21 and 22 are close to each other.
In addition, when the user of the mobile phone 21 inputs a notification instruction to the mobile phone 21 after the partner detection notification is given only to the mobile phone 21, the mobile phone 21 notifies the mobile phone 22 of the partner detection notification. Or the mobile phone 21 notifies the waiting control server 2 that the notification instruction has been input, and upon receiving the notification, the waiting control server 2 sends an opponent detection notification to the mobile phone 22. It is good as well.

Thereby, the user of the mobile phone 21 knows that the mobile phones 21 and 22 are close without being known to the user of the mobile phone 22, and the user of the mobile phone 22 also knows about the proximity. Can be recognized.
(4) In the above embodiment, it has been described that the notification by the sound of the mobile phone is switched between sound utterance and stop at a predetermined time interval. However, when the sound to be notified is a song having a phrase or the like It is good also as a structure which switches for every phrase instead of a predetermined time interval.

For example, when the notification sound is composed of phrases 1 to 4, the mobile phone 21 utters phrase 1, the mobile phone 22 utters phrase 2, and the mobile phone 21 utters phrase 3. Then, the mobile phone 22 utters the phrase 4.
In this case, instead of the configuration for measuring a predetermined time, a configuration for detecting a change in the phrase of the music may be provided, and the notification may be switched ON / OFF each time the change is detected.
(5) In the above embodiment, the notification in the mobile phone is started after a predetermined time after receiving the partner detection notification. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a good time after the time when the partner detection notification is received. You may start on.

For example, if the unit of separation is 1 minute, when the mobile phone receives the partner detection notification at 10:30:20, the mobile phone starts notification at 10:31.
Thereby, the timing of notification by a plurality of mobile phones can be more accurately synchronized.
(6) In the above-described embodiment, the case where there is one meeting partner has been described as an example. However, a plurality of meeting partners may be used.
(7) The present invention may be the method described above. Further, the present invention may be a computer program that realizes these methods by a computer, or may be a digital signal composed of the computer program.

  The present invention also provides a computer-readable recording medium such as a flexible disk, a hard disk, a CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read Only Memory), a MO (Magneto Optical disc), a DVD (Digital Versatile). (Disc), DVD-ROM (Digital Versatile Disc Read Only Memory), DVD-RAM (Digital Versatile Disc Random Access Memory), BD (Blu-ray Disc), semiconductor memory, etc. Further, the present invention may be the computer program or the digital signal recorded on these recording media.

In the present invention, the computer program or the digital signal may be transmitted via an electric communication line, a wireless or wired communication line, a network represented by the Internet, or the like.
The present invention may be a computer system including a microprocessor and a memory, wherein the memory stores the computer program, and the microprocessor operates according to the computer program.

In addition, the program or the digital signal is recorded on the recording medium and transferred, or the program or the digital signal is transferred via the network or the like, and is executed by another independent computer system. It is good.
(8) The above embodiment and the above modifications may be combined.

  The cellular phone of the present invention is manufactured and sold by a manufacturer of electrical equipment, and is used in a system that provides a meeting service by the cellular phone.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the proximity alert system in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a mobile telephone. It is a figure which shows the structural example of a menu screen. It is a figure which shows an example of the data memorize | stored in the memory | storage part of a mobile telephone. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a base station. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a location registration server. It is a figure which shows an example of a connection base station table. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a meeting control server. It is a figure which shows an example of a waiting condition table. It is a flowchart which shows the determination processing procedure in a determination part. It is a flowchart which shows alerting | reporting control. It is a flowchart explaining the whole operation | movement of a proximity alert system.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Proximity notification system 2 Meeting control server 3 Location registration server 4 Network 11 Base station 12 Base station 21 Mobile phone 22 Mobile phone 23 Mobile phone 101 Antenna 102 Radio | wireless part 103 Baseband part 104 Voice processing part 105 Microphone 106 Speaker 107 Operation part 108 Storage unit 109 partner notification detection unit 110 partner notification generation unit 111 display processing unit 112 display unit 113 control unit 201 antenna 202 communication unit 202 radio unit 203 control unit 204 storage unit 205 communication unit 211 base station ID
301 Communication Unit 302 Control Unit 303 Storage Unit 401 Communication Unit 402 Control Unit 403 Storage Unit 404 Determination Unit

Claims (7)

A mobile phone used with a server device that transmits a notification start instruction to a predetermined mobile phone,
Receiving means for receiving a notification start instruction from the server device;
A mobile phone comprising: notification means for performing notification in cooperation with notification of another mobile phone based on the notification start instruction. The server device transmits a notification start instruction indicating a first value to at least one mobile phone, and transmits a notification start instruction indicating a second value different from the first value to the other mobile phones. ,
When the notification start instruction indicates a first value, the notification means receives the notification start instruction, notifies the first time after a predetermined time has elapsed, stops the second time notification, and then starts the notification 2. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein, when the instruction indicates a second value, the notification start instruction is received and the first time is not notified after the predetermined time has elapsed, and then the second time is notified. Phone. The server device transmits a notification start instruction indicating a first value to at least one mobile phone, and transmits a notification start instruction indicating a second value different from the first value to the other mobile phones. ,
The notification means includes
A vibration section that vibrates when an operation instruction is received;
A sound generator that sounds when an operation instruction is received,
A control unit that transmits an operation instruction to the sounding unit when the notification start instruction indicates a first value, and transmits an operation instruction to the vibration unit when the notification start instruction indicates a second value. The mobile phone according to claim 1. The vibration unit stops vibration when receiving a stop instruction,
The mobile phone further includes reception means for receiving a pronunciation instruction,
The control unit, when receiving the sound generation instruction when the vibration unit is vibrating, transmits a stop instruction to the vibration unit and transmits an operation instruction to the sound generation unit. The mobile phone described. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the notification unit starts notification at a notification timing immediately after receiving the notification start instruction among notification timings at predetermined time intervals. 2. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein, when the notification is performed, the ringing tone including a plurality of phrases is played back by switching the volume every time the phrase is played back. A proximity notification system comprising a server device and a plurality of mobile phones,
The server device transmits a notification start instruction to a predetermined mobile phone,
Each mobile phone
Receiving means for receiving a notification start instruction from the server device;
A proximity notification system comprising: notification means for performing notification in cooperation with notification of another mobile phone based on the notification start instruction.

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