JP2007170911A - Communication control system for alarm system, alarm apparatus, and alarm center device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication control system, an alarm apparatus, and an alarm center device, for remote-controlling sounding time of an alarm, based on a small amount of data from the center device according to weather conditions, traffic conditions, etc. and also providing detail information related to such control. <P>SOLUTION: This communication control system for an alarm system is used to remote-control this alarm apparatus 200, with its alarm sounding time remote-controllable, from the alarm center device 100 according to weather/traffic conditions. In this control system, communication routes are separated so that the center device 100 transmits, as short messages, control information on sounding of an alarm remote-controlled according to the weather/traffic conditions and URL information for providing detail information on the weather/traffic conditions to the alarm apparatus 200 by way of an SMS push communication route A while the alarm apparatus 200 controls sounding by receiving the control information independently of set alarm time while receiving detail information on the weather/traffic conditions from the URL by way of a packet communication route B. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication control method for a system (alarm system) capable of remotely controlling the ringing time of a device having an alarm clock function (alarm device), and more particularly to a communication control method for an alarm system such as a mobile phone.

  Depending on the weather conditions and the conditions of transportation used when commuting to work, it may be necessary to wake up earlier than usual and be prepared to leave home early. In order to be able to cope with this situation, even if the alarm activation time is set in advance in the wake-up device, an alarm will be issued before the activation time according to information such as the weather and the transportation operation status. An alarm system that rings is known (see Patent Document 1).

This alarm system remotely controls the alarm operation of alarm devices by comprehensively using a wide variety of information that affects commuting / commuting time, such as transportation conditions, in addition to weather and road traffic information. The present invention relates to an alarm system for an alarm device of a mobile phone type or an internet connection type. When the user sets the wake-up function of the wake-up device, the wake-up center sets a standard alarm ringing time registered in advance in the wake-up device, and then the weather, road traffic information, and transportation status at every predetermined time. If the transportation stops, send information to activate the alarm and information on the cause of the alarm to the alarm device via the radio line from the base station or the Internet. The alarm is activated and additional information such as “due to bad weather” causing the alarm to be advanced is displayed.
JP 2004-294236 A

  In the conventional alarm system, remote control information is transmitted from the alarm center to the alarm device according to weather conditions, traffic conditions, etc. to control the alarm ringing time, and simple additional information is transmitted and displayed.

  However, if the alarm ringing time by the alarm device is advanced, the additional information that caused the alarm may include more specific and detailed weather information, traffic information, raw information, multiple alternative traffic routes, etc. However, if such a system that always transmits such detailed additional information from the wake-up center is used, the amount of information increases and the communication fee of the user increases.

  In addition, the necessity of displaying detailed additional information depends on the needs of the user, and it is suitable and reasonable for the transmission of information with different properties, that is, remote control information with a small amount of data and detailed display information with a large amount of data. Realization of a simple communication control method is desired.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems and to provide a communication control system for an alarm system that can reduce the amount of data transmitted and received between the alarm center device and the alarm device without impairing the convenience of the user. Is to provide.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide an alarm device that can remotely control the alarm ringing time with a small amount of data from the alarm center device according to weather conditions, traffic conditions, etc., and can also acquire detailed information related to the control. It is to provide.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide an alarm center device that can remotely control the alarm time of an alarm device with a small amount of data according to weather conditions, traffic conditions, etc., and can also acquire detailed information related to the control. It is to provide.

  An alarm center that calculates the alarm ringing time according to the weather, traffic conditions, etc., and outputs a remote control signal for remote control of the alarm ringing time of alarm devices such as mobile phones that have an alarm clock function It consists of a device (server) and an alarm device having a function of changing the ringing time according to notification from the server and ringing an alarm. The ringing time can be changed with a small amount of data, and the user can also browse necessary information from various additional information as appropriate.

  The communication control method of the present invention is a communication control method of an alarm system that remotely controls an alarm device capable of remotely controlling an alarm ringing time, for example, a mobile phone from an alarm center device according to weather / traffic conditions, wherein the alarm center device includes: The alarm information to be remotely controlled according to the weather / traffic condition and the URL information providing detailed information on the weather / traffic condition are transmitted to the alarm device by a short message of the SMS Push communication path, and the alarm device The alarm information is controlled by the control information, and the detailed information on the weather / traffic condition is received from the URL through a packet communication path. The URL is provided in the information providing server of another service provided in the alarm center device or connected in cooperation with the alarm center device.

  The alarm device of the present invention is an alarm device whose alarm ringing time can be remotely controlled from the alarm center device, and the alarm control information according to the weather / traffic situation from the alarm center device and the detailed information on the weather / traffic status And a function for controlling the alarm ringing based on the control information and the detailed information on the weather / traffic condition is received by a packet switching method using the URL information. It has a browser function.

  The alarm center device of the present invention provides control information for controlling alarm ringing according to weather / traffic conditions for alarm devices capable of remotely controlling alarm ringing times and detailed information on the weather / traffic conditions in a packet switching manner. And the URL information to be transmitted, wherein the control information is transmitted to the alarm device by a short message of the SMS Push communication path.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the amount of information for remote control of the alarm ringing time and to improve the notification method of additional information accompanying the change of the ringing time of the alarm clock. In other words, various additional information is arranged on the server side of the alarm center device or the like, and to the alarm device such as a mobile phone, the control information for sounding the alarm alarm by the short message of the SMS Push communication path and the connection destination where the additional information can be acquired. Only the URL information is notified, and the additional information can be acquired from the URL by a normal packet communication method in response to a user request, so that the amount of data transmitted and received between the server and the terminal can be reduced without losing convenience. Can be reduced.

(Constitution)
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of a communication control system of an alarm system according to the present invention. It is a figure which shows embodiment using a mobile telephone as an alarm device.
The present embodiment is an alarm device having an alarm clock function including an alarm center device 100 that calculates a predetermined alarm time from weather information and traffic information, and an alarm application that rings according to the alarm time calculated by the alarm center device 100. The mobile phone 200 is a communication method, and control for causing the alarm center device 100 to ring the wake-up alarm from the wake-up center device 100 to the mobile phone 200 for the communication path between the center device 100 and the mobile phone 200. Communication route A for distributing information by short message (SM-MT: Short Message-Mobile Terminating) and factors (weather condition, traffic information) that the alarm ringing time is changed from the mobile phone 200 to the alarm center device 100 Additional information (weather forecast Alternative route information) is constructed by separated into the communication path B by packet communication to acquire the detailed data, such as.

Next, communication paths A and B of the present embodiment will be described.
The communication path A is a communication path to a mobile phone or the like configured by a circuit switching path or the like. Starting from the wake-up center device 100, the PPG (Push Proxy Gateway) 101, the SMSC (Short Message Service Center) 102, the MSC ( This is an SMS Push communication path for performing an information push service to the mobile phone 200 via the Mobile Switching Center (103) 103, the RNC (Radio Network Controller) 104, and the Node-B 105.

  Here, the PPG (Push Proxy Gateway) 101 is a gateway corresponding to the Push function connected to the alarm center device 100, and the ringing time of the alarm clock function according to the weather / traffic situation output from the alarm center device 100 Is output to the SMSC (Short Message Service Center) 102 as a short message composed of text data. The URL information provides detailed information related to the weather / traffic situation or the control information. SMSC (Short Message Service Center) 102 delivers (relays / forwards) the short message to the mobile phone on the receiving side, and temporarily stores and resends the short message when the delivery fails. Have. The mobile switching center (MSC) 103 receives the short message transferred from the SMSC in the delivery of the short message (SM-MT) toward the mobile phone 200 (SM-MT) (as the GMSC (Gateway MSC) -MSC), and the radio control device To an RNC (Radio Network Controller) 104. The RNC 104 has control functions such as radio resource management and handover, and transfers the short message to the mobile phone 200 via the Node-B 105 which is a radio base station. In addition, transmission of a short message (SM-MO: Short Message-Mobile Origination) in the reverse direction of the communication path A is a reverse path transfer operation as described above, and in this case, the MSC is (MSC-IWMSC (Inter Working MSC)) Node-B receives a short message transferred from the RNC (Radio Network Controller) 104 side and transfers it to the SMSC and PPG side.

  Further, the communication path B is a communication path configured by a packet switching path or the like, and the mobile phone 200 receives an information acquisition operation from the mobile phone 200 to the Node-B 105, and the SGSN (Serving GPRS) that is the visited node of the mobile phone 200 This is a packet communication path from the support node 108, the gateway node GGSN (Gateway GPRS Support Node) 107, and the proxy gateway 106 to the wake-up center apparatus 100. Here, this packet communication channel is a general packet radio service (GPRS), and GPRS can perform data communication at a data rate (total of up to 114 kbps for both uplink and downlink) depending on the mobile phone model and carrier. It is. When acquiring information using communication path B, it is possible to receive multiple alternative routes, details of traffic information, and other related additional information from the URL on the network by launching the browser, and selectively receive desired detailed information Is possible.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration of the alarm center device 100 according to the present embodiment. The functions of the alarm center device are the same basic information registration processing unit 111, basic information database 112, alarm activation time calculation processing unit 113, weather information acquisition processing unit 115, traffic information acquisition processing as those described in Patent Document 2. In addition to the unit 116 and the traffic weather information database 117, by using the communication path A of the present embodiment, the remote control information of the ringing is transmitted at the alarm ringing time of the alarm clock according to the weather / traffic situation. Alarm control unit 114 that notifies mobile phone 200 by communication and cause of change in alarm time by using communication path B (weather condition, traffic information), additional information (weather forecast, alternative route information), etc. Information disclosure unit 118 that can refer to the detailed data information from the mobile phone 200. The function of each part is as follows.

  The basic information registration processing unit 111 is used to register and manage users such as name, home location, work location, etc. input from the user's terminal, standard alarm ringing time for each user, transportation facility used for commuting to school, etc. The basic information database 112 stores the basic information for each user.

  The meteorological information acquisition processing unit 115 collects weather information of each place from the meteorological information center device, etc., and the traffic information acquisition processing unit 116 collects the operation status of the transportation and road traffic information from the traffic information center device of various transportations. It has a function to perform.

  The meteorological / traffic information database 117 stores the acquired weather / traffic information in a data format that can calculate the alarm activation time, and transmits control information that sounds an alarm alarm by changing the time. Detailed data information such as certain weather conditions, traffic information, etc., additional information such as weather forecasts, alternative route information, etc. is stored, and the alarm activation time calculation processing unit 113 determines each user's information from the basic information and weather / traffic information. It has a function to calculate the alarm ringing time.

  The wake-up control unit 114 also checks the weather, road traffic information, transportation operation status, etc. at predetermined times, and if the transportation stops, the control information for operating the alarm is sent to the communication path A. Via the mobile phone 200 and immediately has an SMS PUSH function for activating an alarm ringing. When the standard alarm ringing time registered in advance from the alarm center device 100 is set to the alarm function of the mobile phone 200, the user sets the alarm function of the mobile phone 200 to the on state. When receiving the setting information by the SMS PUSH function by sending a short message (SM-MO) in the reverse direction of the communication path A, the standard alarm ringing time is set to the alarm function of the mobile phone 200 via the communication path A. set. Furthermore, the information disclosure unit 118 has a function of providing various information stored in the weather / traffic information database 117 as a specific URL on the network by accessing from the user side of the mobile phone 200 via the communication path B.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the mobile phone 200 according to the present embodiment. The mobile phone 200 has a built-in wake-up function in a normally used mobile phone, and an antenna for receiving a radio wave transmitted from the Node-B 105 as a base station, a call function control unit for controlling a call, etc. 211, SMS Push transmission / reception function unit having transmission / reception function by SMS PUSH function via communication path A with alarm control unit 114 of alarm center device 100 in addition to alarm clock function unit 212 for controlling alarm time setting, ringing operation, etc. 213, based on the packet transmission / reception function unit 214 that selectively receives desired information in the traffic / weather information database 117 by connecting to the URL on the Internet by packet communication via the communication path B by the browser function, and the remote control information Controls ringing time of alarm clock function unit 212 When the alarm ringing time is set from the alarm center device side, the alarm time control unit 215 can transmit the alarm function set (ON setting) and the like via the SMS Push transmission / reception function unit 213.

(Operation)
Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described.
Control information between the alarm control unit 114 of the alarm center device 100 and the SMS Push transmission / reception function unit 213 of the mobile phone 200 is notified from the MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) environment by an SMS Push function using a predetermined data format.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an SMS-Push data format.
Since the SMS PUSH function is also used for message arrival notification of the message application of the mobile phone, it is used for a different purpose from the message arrival notification. Therefore, in the session layer of push communication in WAP: Wireless Application Protocol An Application-ID in a certain WSP (Wireless Session Protocol) is individually assigned for notification of ringing control of the alarm clock function.

  Also, in the user data (User Data) area, there are a control signal for ringing the alarm clock, URL information, and the factors (weather condition, traffic information) and additional information (weather information) that changed the ringing time of the alarm clock. URL information and the like of a connection destination that is a connection destination when acquiring detailed data information such as forecast and alternative route information) from the information disclosing unit 118 in the wake-up center apparatus 100 is stored. It becomes a data format in which WSP Header, WSP Header, and SMS Header are added to user data (User Data) storing information.

  When the mobile phone 200 pushes the remote control information in the data format via the communication path A in the SMS Push transmission / reception function unit 213, the wake-up application is activated in the wake-up time control unit 215 using the Application-ID in the WSP Header as a key. Then, the alarm clock function unit 212 sounds an alarm according to the control information of the alarm clock function ringing in the user data.

  In this way, the wake-up center apparatus 100 wakes up when it is determined that the time required from the home to the commuting destination is longer than usual due to bad weather, transportation stoppage, or the like. According to the remote control information by the short message from 100, the alarm for alarm is sounded earlier than the normal time by a necessary time.

  On the other hand, when the user wakes up by an alarm sound, the browser function of the mobile phone 200 is activated as necessary, and the packet transmission / reception function unit 214 uses the connection URL information in the user data as the connection destination to wake up through the packet communication path B. The information disclosure unit 108 in the apparatus 100 is accessed, and the change factor of the alarm time of the alarm / traffic information database 117 related to the bad weather related to the change of the alarm time, the stop of the transportation, etc., the additional information, etc. Among them, the information desired by the user can be selected and acquired, and a countermeasure method and the like can be examined.

  By acquiring information related to the change of the alarm clock ringing time that can be provided from the information disclosure unit 118 as necessary, the user can avoid unnecessary information acquisition and suppress the amount of data and the generation of communication charges. Is possible.

  In the present embodiment, transmission of remote control information from the alarm center device 100 and reception of detailed information related to weather / traffic conditions from the mobile phone 200 are completely different communication paths, and particularly an alarm clock with a small amount of data. The remote control information is communicated by short message push communication with a limited number of characters, and detailed information with a large amount of data is performed by URL information by general-purpose packet communication, so that the convenience of the server and the mobile phone 200 is not impaired. It is possible to reduce the amount of data transmitted and received between.

  Further, since the content provided by the information disclosure unit 118 can be created on the wake-up center device 100 side, it is possible to give a degree of freedom to the display contents and display method of information.

(Other embodiments)
In the above embodiment, an example in which the information disclosure unit 118 is arranged in the wake-up center device 100 has been described. However, the information disclosure unit can be placed outside the wake-up center or the like, and the information disclosure unit 118 is placed outside the wake-up center device. Various changes can be made in the installation.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a modification example of the arrangement of the information disclosure means. Since information acquisition from the mobile phone according to the present embodiment is performed through a packet communication path, it is possible to access the Internet via the Proxy Gateway, and the information disclosure unit 118 is awakened to a server outside the center apparatus. For example, a wide variety of services can be provided by using a configuration in which the alarm center device is connected in cooperation with various servers that perform other services such as a ticket issuing server.

  When the information disclosure unit 118 is arranged outside the wake-up center device, a server or the like that installs the information disclosure unit 118 as URL information in the user data area of the data format of the short message that the wake-up center device 100 transmits to the mobile phone 200 The URL is designated, and the information related to the weather / traffic condition can be provided from the alarm center device 100 to the server of the URL. In addition, in the case of a configuration that is linked to various servers that perform other services, such as a ticket issuing server, it is possible to configure a configuration such that it is possible to release a ticket for an alternative transportation means for a delay in transportation or suspension of service.

  In the above embodiment, the detailed information regarding the change of the alarm ringing time is shown as an example of the configuration in which the URL is received via the communication path B. However, if the number of characters of the short message from the alarm center device 100 is within the limit, Needless to say, it can be configured such that a message about the reason for a simple change is transmitted to the mobile phone 200 in the user data.

It is a figure which shows the structure of one Embodiment of the communication control system of the alarm system of this invention. It is a figure which shows the internal structure of the alarm center apparatus 100 of this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure of the mobile telephone 200 of this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the data format of SMS-Push. It is a figure which shows the example of a change of arrangement | positioning of an information disclosure means.

Explanation of symbols

100 alarm center device 101 PPG
102 SMSC
103 MSC
104 RNC
105 Node-B
106 GPRS
107 GGSN
108 SGSN
111 Basic Information Registration Processing Unit 112 Basic Information Database 113 Alarm Operation Time Calculation Processing Unit 114 Alarm Control Unit 115 Weather / Traffic Information Acquisition Processing Unit 117 Weather / Traffic Information Database 118 Information Disclosure Unit 200 Mobile Phone 211 Call Function Control Unit 212 Alarm Clock Function unit 213 SMS Push transmission / reception function unit 214 Packet transmission / reception function unit 217 Weather / traffic information database 212 Alarm clock function unit 215 Alarm time control unit

Claims (8)

In the communication control method of the alarm system that remotely controls the alarm device that can remotely control the alarm ringing time from the alarm center device according to the weather / traffic conditions,
The alarm center device transmits control information of alarm ringing remotely controlled by the weather / traffic condition and URL information providing detailed information on the weather / traffic condition to the alarm device via an SMS Push communication path, and A wake-up device controls alarm ringing according to the control information and receives detailed information on the weather / traffic condition from the URL via a packet communication path. 2. The communication control system for an alarm system according to claim 1, wherein the URL is provided in the alarm center device or outside the alarm center device. 2. A communication control system for an alarm system according to claim 1, wherein the URL is provided in an information providing server of another service linked to the alarm center device. 4. The communication control system for an alarm system according to claim 1, wherein the alarm device is a mobile phone. Alarm device whose alarm ringing time is remotely controllable from the alarm center device, the alarm information from the alarm center device according to the weather / traffic situation and URL information providing detailed information on the weather / traffic situation Awakening characterized by having a function of controlling alarm ringing by the control information received by SMS Push communication path and a browser function of receiving detailed information on the weather / traffic condition by packet exchange method by the URL information machine. 6. The alarm device according to claim 5, wherein the alarm device is applied to a mobile phone having an alarm clock function. Control information for controlling alarm ringing according to weather / traffic conditions and URL information for providing detailed information on the weather / traffic conditions in a packet switching manner are transmitted to an alarm device capable of remotely controlling the alarm ringing time. An alarm center device, wherein the control information is transmitted to the alarm device via an SMS Push communication path. 8. The alarm center device according to claim 7, wherein the alarm device is a mobile phone.

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