JP2008084032A - Communication service provision system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase types of the provision configuration of various communication services in a virtual community which is structured on the communication network of a traveling object and in which a member can be safely and conveniently participated. <P>SOLUTION: A service request to request a communication service to be provided by the virtual community is received from the communication terminal of the traveling object of the member of the virtual community, and the classification information of a member corresponding to the communication terminal of the traveling object which has transmitted the service request is acquired, and a communication service is provided according to service content preset for each classification of the member based on the acquired classification information of the member. The registerable data sizes of a dairy may be made different for each member's classification. Also, at least one of the propriety of the establishment of a notice board, the number of establishment of the notice board, the propriety of the registration of an article in the notice board and the propriety of the registration of a comment in the article on the notice board, may be made different for each member's classification. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication service providing system for providing a communication service to a user of a mobile communication terminal such as a mobile phone via a mobile communication network.

Conventionally, a virtual community on the Internet is constructed for a plurality of members registered in advance by accepting an application for participation from a personal computer, etc., and WEB page browsing limited to members within the virtual community and establishment / use of bulletin boards, etc. A communication service providing system that provides various services is known (for example, see Non-Patent Document 1). A communication service using such a virtual community is generally called a social networking service (SNS), and a site that provides the virtual community service is called a social networking site. In the virtual community on the Internet, a member's WEB page belonging to the virtual community can be disclosed, or a bulletin board site that can be used in the virtual community can be established.
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In the above conventional virtual community communication service, a virtual community is constructed on the Internet that can be accessed by an unspecified number of people. If unlimited participation is allowed, the virtual community will be devastated and unable to be collected. There is a risk that personal information, etc. provided on the site will be leaked and misused, and cannot be used safely. Therefore, in the conventional virtual community communication service, an introduction (invitation) system that allows participation is accepted on condition of introduction (invitation) from members, or registration information is entered by entering personal information such as email address in advance. Adopt a pre-registration system that allows participation on the condition.
However, in the above-described introduction (invitation) system, there is a case where it is difficult to participate in a virtual community casually because participation is not possible without introduction (invitation) from a member. In addition, the above pre-registration system requires the troublesome registration work of entering personal information such as an email address, and if there is a participant who registered using personal information such as a fictitious email address. The virtual community may not be safe.

  An object of the present invention is to expand variations of forms of providing various communication services in a virtual community constructed on a mobile communication network that allows safe and simple participation.

A communication service providing system according to the present invention is a communication service providing system that provides a communication service to a user of a mobile communication terminal via a mobile communication network, and is movable so that a plurality of registered members can use it. Means for receiving from a mobile communication terminal of a member of the virtual community a service request for requesting a communication service provided in a virtual community constructed on the body communication network; and a mobile communication terminal that has transmitted the service request And a means for providing a communication service according to the service content preset for each member type based on the acquired member type information.
In this communication service providing system, when a service request for requesting a communication service provided in a virtual community is received from a member's mobile communication terminal, the member type information corresponding to the mobile communication terminal that has transmitted the service request And providing a communication service according to the service content preset for each member type based on the member type information. Thereby, a communication service can be provided with different service contents for each type of virtual community member.

  In the communication service providing system, the service to be provided is a service that allows other members to browse a diary registered by a member in the same virtual community. The data size may be different. In this case, it is possible to provide a communication service providing form in which the data size of the diary that can be registered on the virtual community is different for each member type.

  Further, in the communication service providing system, the service to be provided is a service that provides a bulletin board that members in the same virtual community can access in common, and whether the bulletin board can be established for each type of the member, At least one of the number of established bulletin boards, the possibility of registering articles on the bulletin board, and the possibility of registering comments on articles on the bulletin board may be varied. In this case, at least one of whether or not to establish a bulletin board that can be commonly accessed by members on the virtual community, the number of bulletin boards established, whether or not to register articles on the bulletin board, and whether or not to register comments on articles on the bulletin board It is possible to provide different forms of communication services for each member type.

  In the communication service providing system, the service to be provided is a service in which members share schedule information in a schedule in the same virtual community, and the schedule information is notified to a member designated for each schedule information. In addition, at least one of whether or not the schedule information can be registered and whether or not the schedule information can be registered as a notification destination of the schedule information may be different for each type of member. In this case, it is possible to provide a communication service providing form in which at least one of whether or not the schedule information of the schedule shared on the virtual community is registered and whether or not the schedule information is registered as the notification destination of the schedule information is different for each member type.

  Further, in the communication service providing system, the service to be provided is a service in which a communication service provider officially provides various information to members of the same virtual community, and the provided information for each type of the member At least one of whether or not browsing is possible and whether or not comment registration is possible for the provided information may be made different. In this case, there is provided a communication service providing form in which at least one of whether to allow viewing of the provided information officially provided from the communication service provider side in the virtual community and whether to allow comment registration for the provided information is different for each member type. It becomes possible.

  Further, in the communication service providing system, a means for receiving a change request for requesting a change of the member type, and a setting of service provision content provided to the corresponding member is changed based on the change request. And a means for executing the processing. In this case, the membership type can be changed online.

  The communication service providing system may further include means for executing a process of handing over the comment to the member after the type change when there is a comment registered by the member before the type change. Good. In this case, by taking over the registered comments of the member before and after the change of the member type, it is possible to view past comments even when the member type is changed, and it is not necessary to re-register the comment.

  Further, in the communication service providing system, the types of members whose service contents are different from each other include a regular member who has received registration from a mobile communication terminal subscribed to a mobile communication network providing the virtual community communication service. And an associate member who has received registration from a mobile communication terminal subscribed to another mobile communication network different from the mobile communication network that provides the virtual community communication service. In this case, by changing the content of the communication service provided in the virtual community between the regular member and the associate member, the full member is provided with an enhanced communication service in the virtual community. Can enable the provision of communication services in a virtual community within certain limits, and can facilitate the change of membership from associate members to regular members.

  In the communication service providing system, the types of the regular members whose service contents are different from each other may include a paid regular member and a free regular member. In this case, the contents of the communication service provided in the virtual community are different between the regular member and the associate member, and the free regular member is provided to the paid regular member while providing the enhanced communication service in the virtual community. It is possible to provide a communication service in a virtual community within a certain limit, and it is also possible to promote a member change from a free regular member to a paid regular member.

  Further, in the communication service providing system, a means for receiving a cancellation request for requesting cancellation of the member, and a virtual community to which the member who transmitted the cancellation request belongs based on the cancellation request is disclosed. And a means for executing a process of deleting link information for the corresponding member with respect to the information. In this case, by deleting the link information for the member who canceled the information published in the virtual community, the occurrence of a link error can be prevented, and a high quality communication service can be provided in the virtual community.

A communication service providing method according to the present invention is a communication service providing method for providing a communication service to a user of a mobile communication terminal via a mobile communication network, and the mobile service can be used by a plurality of registered members. Receiving from a mobile communication terminal of a member of the virtual community a service request for requesting a communication service provided in a virtual community constructed on the body communication network; and the mobile communication terminal that has transmitted the service request And a step of providing a communication service according to the service content preset for each member type based on the acquired member type information.
In the communication service providing method, the service to be provided is a service that allows other members to view a diary registered by a member in the same virtual community. The data size may be different.
Further, in the communication service providing method, the service to be provided is a service providing a bulletin board that members in the same virtual community can access in common, and whether or not the bulletin board can be established for each type of the member, At least one of the number of established bulletin boards, the possibility of registering articles on the bulletin board, and the possibility of registering comments on articles on the bulletin board may be varied.
Further, in the communication service providing method, the service to be provided is a service in which members share schedule information of a schedule in the same virtual community, and the schedule information is notified to a member designated for each schedule information In addition, whether or not the schedule information is registered and whether or not the schedule information is registered as a notification destination may be different for each member type.
In the communication service providing method, the service to be provided is a service in which a communication service provider officially provides various information to members of the same virtual community, and the provided information for each type of the member At least one of whether or not browsing is possible and whether or not comment registration is possible for the provided information may be made different.
Further, in the communication service providing method, a step of receiving a change request for requesting a change of the type of the member, and changing a setting of a service provided to the corresponding member based on the change request And a step of executing the processing.
Further, in the communication service providing method, when there is a comment registered by the member before the type change, a step of executing a process of taking over the comment to the member after the type change may be further included. .
Further, in the communication service providing method, the types of members whose service contents are different from each other are a regular member who has received registration from a mobile communication terminal subscribed to a mobile communication network providing a communication service of the virtual community. And an associate member who has received registration from a mobile communication terminal subscribed to another mobile communication network different from the mobile communication network that provides the virtual community communication service.
Further, in the communication service providing method, the types of regular members having different service contents may include a paid regular member and a free regular member.
In addition, in the communication service providing method, a step of receiving a cancellation request for requesting cancellation of the member, and based on the cancellation request, the virtual service is disclosed in a virtual community to which the member who transmitted the cancellation request belongs. And a step of executing a process of deleting the link information for the corresponding member with respect to the information.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a communication service with different service contents for each type of virtual community member built on a mobile communication network that can be safely and easily joined, so that it is possible to participate safely and easily. It is possible to expand the variety of communication service provision modes in a virtual community.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a virtual community communication service using a mobile phone as a mobile communication terminal will be described.
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a schematic configuration of an entire system for providing a virtual community communication service using a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a mobile phone communication network 20 as a mobile communication network used for communication by a mobile phone 10 includes a base station 201, a switch (not shown) (circuit switch, packet switch), and the like via a gateway server (not shown). And connected to a mobile phone communication network 40 by the Internet 30 or another mobile communication carrier, and can communicate with a communication terminal 31 such as a personal computer on the Internet 30 or a mobile phone 41 in another mobile phone communication network 40. Yes.

  The mobile phone communication network 20 is provided with a communication service providing system 50, a subscriber information management system 60 for managing information on subscribers (users) of the mobile phone communication service, a mail server (not shown), and the like. The communication service providing system 50 executes various processes for managing a virtual community constructed on the mobile phone communication network 20 so that a plurality of registered members can use it. New registration, management of each member, provision of services to each member, notification of various information to each member, cancellation of members, and the like. The subscriber information management system 60 includes a subscriber information database 61 in which various information of subscribers who have subscribed to the cellular phone service in the cellular phone communication network 20 is stored. The subscriber information stored in the subscriber information database 61 includes the subscriber's name, user identification information (UID), the telephone number and mail address assigned to the subscriber's mobile phone, and the subscriber. Mobile phone terminal identification information. The subscriber information management system 60 provides information such as a telephone number and a mail address regarding each subscriber in response to an acquisition request from the communication service providing system 50.

  The virtual community provided by the communication service providing system 50 is constructed as a closed network that can be accessed only by registered members. In the virtual community composed of general members, a sub virtual community composed of a group of friends or a group of people having the same hobby may be constructed on the mobile phone communication network 20. Examples of communication services provided on these virtual communities include member personal pages, diaries, bulletin boards, schedules, and official information provision. These various services are provided as, for example, WEB pages accessible from the mobile phone 10 used by each member.

  The “personal page” is a service that provides a page on the WEB that functions as an individual portal site of each member. This personal page displays a list of friends registered and approved in advance, links to diaries, bulletin boards, schedules, provision of official information, etc., and their latest summary information. Also, from this personal page, a screen for performing various settings in the virtual community and a help screen can be displayed.

  The above-mentioned “diary” is a service that publishes a diary created by a member in advance so that it can be shown to members of a specific group such as friends who have mutually approved each other. When a diary is created and posted by the member's mobile phone 10, it is registered in a predetermined WEB site so that members of a specific group mutually approved in the virtual community can browse. The diary can also contain pictographs that are normally used on mobile phones. When a diary including images is posted, image conversion processing is executed and registered as necessary so that the image display on the mobile phone 10 is performed correctly. The new registration of the diary is notified in real time to the other members of the specific group. For each diary, other members of the specific group can post and register comments. The new registration of this comment is also notified in real time to other members of the specific group.

  The “bulletin board” is a service that provides a bulletin board page where members in the virtual community can exchange opinions and information about common hobbies and interests. Members in the virtual community can establish a bulletin board as an owner (foundation / owner of a bulletin board) about a hobby or interest, and other members can freely participate in the established bulletin board with the owner's approval. be able to. The top page of the established bulletin board displays the owner name, category, number of participants, and the like, and also displays the new message title linked to the latest message page. When a participant's mobile phone 10 creates a comment including opinions and information and posts it on a bulletin board, it is registered on the WEB site of the predetermined bulletin board so that other participants can view it. As for the message on the bulletin board, pictograms that are normally used on a mobile phone can also be used. When a message including an image is posted, an image is displayed as necessary so that the image display on the mobile phone 10 is performed correctly. Conversion processing is executed and registered. In addition, new registration of an utterance on the bulletin board is notified in real time to other participants of the bulletin board. Other participants can post and register comments on each message on the bulletin board. The new registration of this comment is also notified to other participants in real time.

  The above "schedule" is an event held so that schedule adjustments can be smoothly carried out by sharing schedule information such as events held among members of a specific group such as pre-registered mutually approved friends in the virtual community It is a service that provides a page that supports schedule adjustment. Members of the specific group in the virtual community can adjust the schedule of events such as travel by collecting the schedules of the members of the specific group. For example, the member who became the event organizer can publish a schedule adjustment page that displays the contents of the event and multiple candidate schedules to hold the event, and the above-mentioned specification from the published schedule adjustment page Other members of the group can select their preferred candidate dates. When a new event schedule adjustment page is created and posted on the member's mobile phone 10, it is registered in a predetermined WEB site so that members of a specific group such as friends who mutually approve the member can view it. The new registration of the schedule adjustment is notified to other members of the specific group in real time. In addition, when other members of the specific group who viewed this schedule adjustment page posted their schedule (convenient), when a confirmed schedule was posted, when the schedule was changed, the schedule approached Even when it is desired to send a reminder of the time, the member of the specific group is notified in real time.

  The above “Official Information Provision” is a service that publishes an information provision page that allows a communication provider or the like that provides a virtual community communication service to provide official information to members of the virtual community. . Official information provided here includes, for example, celebrity diaries and development diaries. The new provision of this official information is notified to the member in real time. In addition, members can freely post and register comments on the official information provided. The new registration of this comment is also notified to other members in real time.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a schematic configuration of a communication service providing system 50 used for providing the communication service of the virtual community. The communication service providing system 50 includes a main control processing unit 51, a WEB server unit 52, a member database unit 53, an external database connection unit 54, and a notification processing unit 55. The communication service providing system 30 may be configured by a single computer device, or may be configured to operate in cooperation with a plurality of computer devices connected to a network.

  The main control processing unit 51 controls the other units 52 to 54, generates necessary data and files in the units 52 to 54, reads data and files from the storage areas of the units 52 to 54, and Writing is performed, and data and files are transferred between the units 52 to 54.

  The WEB server unit 52 can communicate with an external mobile phone 10 using a predetermined protocol such as HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol). In order to increase security, HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Security) using an encryption function of SSL (Secure Socket Layer) may be used for this communication. The WEB server unit 52 receives an acquisition request for requesting a WEB page or the like from a communication terminal such as an external mobile phone 10 and communicates the WEB page or the like requested in response to the acquisition request to the external mobile phone 10 or the like. Send to the terminal. In addition, the WEB server unit 52 is provided with a user folder as a user data storage unit having a predetermined size corresponding to the member type for each member. Various files such as a diary file posted by the member and a photo file uploaded by the member are stored in the file folder of the member and are disclosed to all or part of other members.

  The member database unit 53 includes a member ID of the service, a name of the member of the virtual community, member type information and user identification information (UID), a type and a terminal of a communication terminal such as a mobile phone 10 used by the member. The identification information is stored in association with each other. Further, if necessary, the telephone number and mail address of the member's mobile phone 10 may be stored in association with each other. In this case, the latest telephone number and e-mail address information is acquired from the subscriber information management system 60 at a predetermined timing (for example, periodically at a predetermined cycle), and the data in the member database unit 53 is stored. It may be updated. In this way, when the telephone number and mail address of the member's mobile phone 10 are stored in the member database unit 53, the process of referring to and acquiring the telephone number and mail address is simplified. In addition, when a member has a SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) address used as a communication destination (destination) in an application that can be used on an IP network such as an IP phone, the SIP address is also stored in association with the member. You may keep it.

  The external database connection unit 54 connects to an external subscriber information management system 60 based on a command from the main control processing unit 51, and inquires and acquires various user information (subscriber information) of the mobile phone. Can do. For example, the external database connection unit 54 receives the user identification information (UID) or terminal identification received from the mobile phone 10 based on a command from the main control processing unit 51 when accessed from the member's mobile phone 10. Based on the information, the latest telephone number and mail address set in the mobile phone 10 corresponding to the user identification information (UID) can be obtained by inquiring the subscriber information management system 60. When the mail address of the member's mobile phone 10 is changed, when the member's mobile phone 10 is accessed, the changed mail address information is sent to the subscriber information via the external database connection unit 54. The management system 60 can be inquired and acquired. Since the latest e-mail address after change is automatically acquired and used for virtual community member management in this way, you receive notification from the member that the e-mail address has been changed, or the member will receive information about the e-mail address after the change. There is no need to input data, and the troublesome operation of the member is not required, further improving convenience. This is particularly effective when the mail address is frequently changed as in the case of a mobile phone.

  The notification processing unit 55 notifies various information to a communication terminal such as the member's mobile phone 10 at a predetermined timing by a communication method corresponding to the model of the communication terminal. The model information of the communication terminal such as the mobile phone 10 used by the member is described, for example, in the header part of the HTTP request transmitted from the member communication terminal to the communication service providing system 50, and the header when the HTTP request is received. It is possible to read and acquire from the section. This model information can be described, for example, in the “user agent” field of the header part of the HTTP request. The model information may be added to the communication with the mobile phone communication network 20 executed when the communication terminal such as the member's mobile phone 10 is turned on.

  Information on the notification method used for the notification of the information is set in advance according to the model of the communication terminal such as the mobile phone 10 used by the member, and may be stored in the member database unit 53 as one piece of member information, for example. it can.

  When the information to be notified includes an image, as the notification method, an image format (BMP, JPEG, GIF, or the like) for notifying the member's mobile phone 10 according to the model of the member's mobile phone 10 is used. PNG, etc.) and image size (1200 × 1600 dpi, 2048 × 1536 dpi, 2048 × 1536 dpi, etc.) may be set.

  In addition, when the communication method capable of receiving the notification differs depending on the model of the mobile phone 10, the WEB page such as a diary of another member is updated as the notification method according to the model of the member's mobile phone 10. It is possible to set a communication method for notifying as summary information of the WEB page, a communication method for transmitting a message with the telephone number of the mobile phone as a destination, a communication method for transmitting a message with the IP address set in the mobile phone as a destination, etc. it can.

  The summary information of the WEB page can be transmitted to the mobile phone 10 in a format called RSS, for example. This RSS is an XML (Extensible Markup Language) based format in which metadata of summary information (including headlines and update information) of web contents is structured and described. There are several versions of RSS (RSS0.9X, RSS1.0, RSS2.0, Atom). Each version is called “Rich Site Summary”, “Really Simple Syndication”, and “RDF Site Summary”. It is. The cellular phone 10 transmits an acquisition request for acquiring an RSS feed, which is a document described in the RSS format including the notification target information, to the communication service providing system 50 at a predetermined timing set in advance. When the requested RSS feed is in an updated state including new notification information, the communication service providing system 50 transmits an acquisition response including the RSS feed to the mobile phone 10.

  A communication method for transmitting a message with the telephone number of the mobile phone 10 as a destination is, for example, SMS (Short Message System) or WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) -Push. As a communication method for transmitting a message with the IP address set in the mobile phone 10 as a destination, for example, communication by SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) defined by RFC3261 can be used. In this case, the destination IP address is a SIP address.

  In the case of the “diary” service, the information to be notified includes new registration of a diary, new registration of a comment to the diary, and the like. In the case of the “bulletin board” service, there are new registration of an utterance on the bulletin board, new registration of a comment on the utterance, and the like. In addition, in the case of the “Schedule” service, new registration of schedule schedule adjustment, posting of each schedule for schedule adjustment, posting of schedule fixed schedule, posting of change of schedule, reminder when schedule is approaching, etc. There is. In the case of the “Official Information Provision” service, there are new provision of official information, posting of comments on the official information, and the like.

  Moreover, you may make it notify the member of a specific group, such as the friend who registered beforehand and mutually approved about the present state (For example, away from a seat, in a meeting, going out).

The virtual community communication service of this embodiment has a plurality of member types, and provides different services for each member type. Table 1 shows an example of the membership type and the contents of the service of this embodiment. In this example, there are three types of memberships: a paid “regular member”, a free “regular member”, and an “associate member”. Paid and free regular members are members to which mobile phone service subscribers managed and operated by mobile communication providers providing communication services for this virtual community can join. In addition, the “Associate Member” is a member to which a subscriber of another mobile phone service managed and operated by an operator other than the mobile carrier that provides the virtual community communication service can join.

  In the example of Table 1 above, the service content for each member type is set as follows. Note that the symbols “◎”, “◯”, and “Δ” in Table 1 indicate the approximate functional limitation differences of the provided services. “◎” indicates no function limitation, “◯” indicates a moderate function limitation, and “Δ” indicates the maximum function limitation. For example, regarding the function of the “diary” service in Table 1, the amount of diary data that can be posted by paid regular members is large, and the amount of diary data that can be posted by paid regular members is small. Associate members cannot post their own diaries, but can only browse and post comments on other members' diaries. In addition, regarding the function of the “bulletin board” service in Table 1, there are many bulletin boards that can be established for paid regular members and few bulletin boards that can be established for paid regular members. Associate members cannot establish their own bulletin boards, but can only view and comment on bulletin boards established by other members. Regarding the functions of the “Schedule” service shown in Table 1, only paid regular members can post events subject to schedule adjustment, and free regular members and associate members must be designated as notification recipients for schedule adjustment. However, it is not possible to post events that are subject to the above schedule adjustment. In addition, regarding the functions of the “Official Information Provision” service shown in Table 1, only paid regular members can view all official information provided on the virtual community, and free regular members and associate members can use one of the official information. Cannot browse the department. However, the number of official information that cannot be viewed by associate members is set to be larger than that of free regular members. In the above, an example of setting the service content for each member type has been shown using Table 1, but the service content for each member type is not limited to Table 1, and can be set as appropriate in consideration of various viewpoints. it can.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of processing when accepting registration of a regular member of a virtual community in the communication service providing system 50 having the above configuration. First, in the case of registration as a regular member, a subscriber of a mobile phone communication service managed by a mobile phone carrier (hereinafter referred to as “carrier”) that provides the virtual community communication service (applicant for membership registration) ) Operates the mobile phone and tries to access the registration reception screen of the virtual community using the WEB browser function of the mobile phone, as an acquisition response requested by the registration reception screen from the mobile phone to the communication service providing system 50 An HTTP request is sent. The WEB server unit 52 of the communication service providing system 50 receives the HTTP request on the registration acceptance screen from the mobile phone (S1), and acquires the subscribed carrier information from the header part of the HTTP request (S2). For example, the user identification information (UID) of the mobile phone is read from the user agent field in the header part of the HTTP request to determine the mobile phone subscriber.

  Next, the main control processing unit 51 of the communication service providing system 50 transmits the HTTP acquisition request for the registration acceptance screen based on the subscription carrier information (user identification information) acquired by the WEB server unit 52. It is determined whether the subscribing carrier is the own carrier providing the virtual community communication service or another carrier (S3). Here, when the mobile phone subscriber is the own carrier (No in S3), the main control processing unit 51, via the external database connection unit 54, the telephone number corresponding to the user identification information of the mobile phone and The mail address is obtained by inquiring of the external subscriber information management system 60 (S4). Next, the main control processing unit 51 sets the telephone number and mail address acquired from the subscriber information management system 60 in a predetermined data input field on the registration acceptance screen. The display data of the registration acceptance screen in which the telephone number and the mail address data are set in this way is transmitted from the WEB server unit 52 to the mobile phone as an HTTP response in response to the HTTP request (S5).

  When the mobile phone subscriber is another carrier in step S3 (S3: es), the display data on the registration acceptance screen with blank telephone number and e-mail address fields is transferred from the WEB server unit 52 to the mobile phone. It is transmitted (S5).

  In the mobile phone 10 of the own carrier that has received the HTTP response of the registration acceptance screen, the registration acceptance screen is displayed with the telephone number and mail address of the mobile phone 10 inserted in the predetermined column. A subscriber who wants to register as a member operates the mobile phone 10 to input predetermined information other than a telephone number and an e-mail address, such as a name, a handle name, an address, etc., and a “Register” button to start the registration process Select. By this registration instruction operation, an HTTP request as a registration request is transmitted from the mobile phone 10 to the WEB server unit 52 of the communication service providing system 50. When the HTTP request for requesting member registration is received by the WEB server unit 52 (S7), the main control processing unit 51 executes predetermined registration processing as a regular member for the subscriber of the mobile phone 10 (S8). ). In this registration process, the telephone number and mail address data of the mobile phone 10 and the data such as the name, handle name, and address of the subscriber of the mobile phone 10 are associated with each other and stored in the member database unit 53. When the mobile phone that has transmitted the registration request is the mobile phone 41 of another carrier, the main control processing unit 51 executes a predetermined registration process as an associate member. When the registration process in the main control processing unit 51 is completed, the WEB server unit 52 transmits display data of a registration completion screen indicating that the registration is completed to the mobile phone as an HTTP response to the HTTP request for the registration request (S9). ). When a user ID and password are set in the registration process, display data of a registration completion screen including information on the user ID and password is transmitted.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of processing when accepting logon of a member of the virtual community in the communication service providing system 50 configured as described above. When a registered member operates the mobile phone and tries to access the virtual community using the WEB browser function of the mobile phone, a login request is transmitted from the mobile phone to the communication service providing system 50. The WEB server unit 52 of the communication service providing system 50 receives the login request from the mobile phone (S1), and acquires the subscribed carrier information from the header part of the login request (S2).

  Next, the main control processing unit 51 of the communication service providing system 50 joins the mobile phone that has transmitted the login request based on the user identification information (UID) as the subscribed carrier information acquired by the WEB server unit 52. It is determined whether the carrier is the own carrier providing the virtual community communication service or another carrier (S3). When the mobile phone subscriber is the own carrier (No in S3), the main control processing unit 51 searches the member database unit 53 based on the user identification information (UID) received from the mobile phone. Then, it is determined whether or not the user of the mobile phone is a member (S4). If it is a member, the main control processing part 51 further searches the member database part 53 and acquires the type information of the member (S5). Then, in accordance with the member type, display data of the member's personal page is transmitted from the WEB server unit 52 to the member's mobile phone (S6).

  If the mobile phone subscriber is another carrier in step S3 (es in S3), the display data of the login screen is transmitted from the WEB server unit 52 to the mobile phone 10 (S7). When a predetermined user ID and password are input on this login screen and a login operation is executed, the main control processing unit 51 receives the user ID and password data input from the mobile phone via the WEB server unit 52. Then, it is determined whether or not the user of the mobile phone is a member (semi-member) (S9). If it is confirmed that the member is a member (Yes in S9), display data of the personal page of the member is transmitted from the WEB server unit 52 to the mobile phone of the member (S6).

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of processing when inserting a telephone call link description in a diary or the like published in a virtual community in the communication service providing system 50 configured as described above. When the main control processing unit 51 of the communication service providing system 50 receives the posting request including the posting data from the mobile phone via the WEB server unit 52, the main control processing unit 51 checks the content of the posting data according to a predetermined procedure (S1, S2). ). Here, if the posting data includes a call origination to the mobile phone of the posting member who made the posting (Yes in S3), for example, the user identification information (from the header part of the posting request) ( Based on the UID), the database of the subscriber information management system 60 is searched through the external database connection unit 54 to obtain the telephone number of the posting member (S4). When the member database unit 53 stores the telephone number of the posting member, the member database unit 53 may acquire the telephone number of the posting member. Then, the main control processing unit 51 sets a link of a telephone number for automatically making a call to the posting member's mobile phone in the part of the post data that is sent by telephone, and sends the post data after the link is set to the WEB server. Are stored in a predetermined storage area for public disclosure (S5, S6).

  In addition, when the destination of the telephone call is not the telephone number of the posting member's mobile phone but the SIP address for the IP phone set in the mobile phone, the IP address of the IP phone is used as the address. A link is set so that outgoing calls are automatically executed.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of a notification process when a member's diary posting or the like published on the virtual community is performed in the communication service providing system 50 configured as described above. The main control processing unit 51 of the communication service providing system 50 confirms the notification destination and the member database when the posting subject to notification for which notification to the mobile phone is executed is received from the member (Yes in S1). The unit 53 is searched to check a notification method set in advance for each model of the notification destination mobile phone (S2, S3). And the notification process part 53 performs a notification process by the predetermined notification method to the said notification destination confirmed as follows (S4). For example, when an image is included in the notification information, the image format and image size that can be displayed at each notification destination are confirmed, and the image is converted into an image file of an image format and an image size set in advance for each notification destination. Send notification information including. In addition, when the communication method that can be received by each notification destination is different, the notification information is transmitted by a communication method (SMS, WAP-Push, etc.) preset for each notification destination. Further, when the notification method is an RSS feed that is summary information of a WEB page, an RSS feed including the notification information is stored in a predetermined RSS providing site on which a notification destination mobile phone periodically checks for updates.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of processing when changing the membership type of the virtual community in the communication service providing system 50 configured as described above. When an existing member changes the member type, the member's mobile phone is operated and a change instruction is input from a predetermined change procedure screen. By this operation, a change request is transmitted from the member's mobile phone to the communication service providing system 50. The WEB server unit 52 of the communication service providing system 50 receives the change request from the mobile phone (S1), and the main control processing unit 51 executes the member type change process of the member based on the received change request. (S2). Here, when there is data to be migrated that can be used even by the member after the change, such as comments posted or created at the time of the member before the change due to the change in the member type (S3) Yes) executes a data migration process (S4).

  In addition, when changing the membership type from the above-mentioned paid regular member to a free regular member or associate member, or when changing the member type from a free regular member to an associate member, the level of service functions that can be used becomes low, so that member The existing data is not migrated as it is, and the data is selected / deleted. On the other hand, when the membership type is changed from the above-mentioned associate member to a free regular member or a paid regular member, or when the member type is changed from a free regular member to a paid regular member, the level of service functions that can be used increases. Existing data will be migrated as is.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of a virtual community member cancellation process in the communication service providing system 50 configured as described above. When an existing member cancels, the member's mobile phone is operated and a cancellation instruction is input from a predetermined cancellation procedure screen. By this operation, a cancellation request is transmitted from the member's mobile phone to the communication service providing system 50. The WEB server unit 52 of the communication service providing system 50 receives the cancellation request from the mobile phone (S1), and the main control processing unit 51 executes the cancellation process for the member based on the received cancellation request (S2). . Further, the link information related to the canceled member is searched, and deletion processing for deleting all the link information is executed (S3, S4).

  Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above, various modifications can be made to the disclosed embodiments within the scope of the technical matters described in the claims without departing from the scope or spirit of the present invention. Can be added.

  For example, as the “mobile communication terminal” in the present invention, a PDC (Personal Digital Cellular) system, a GSM (Global System for Mobile Communication) system, a TIA (Telecommunications Industry Association) system mobile phone, IMT (International Mobile Telecommunications), etc. -2000 standard mobile phone, TD-SCDMA (MC: Multi Carrier) mobile phone, one of TD-SCDMA (Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access), PHS (Personal Handyphone System), automobile phone And a telephone having a call function such as a fixed telephone. Examples of the “mobile communication terminal” include a communication terminal such as a PDA (Personal Digital Assistance) having a mobile call function in addition to the above-described telephone.

  The control and processing in the communication service providing system 50 can be realized by executing a predetermined program on a computer provided in the communication service providing system. Delivery of the program used in the computer may be performed using a recording medium such as an FD or CD-ROM in which the program is recorded as digital information, or may be performed using a communication network such as a computer network.

Explanatory drawing which shows an example of schematic structure of the whole system for providing the communication service of the virtual community using the mobile telephone which concerns on embodiment of this invention. The block diagram which shows an example of schematic structure of the communication service provision system used for provision of the communication service of a virtual community. The flowchart which shows an example of a process when accepting registration of the regular member of a virtual community. The flowchart which shows an example of a process when accepting the logon of the member of a virtual community. The flowchart which shows an example of a process when inserting the description of a telephone call link in the diary etc. which are open | released by a virtual community. The flowchart which shows an example of a notification process when the member's diary posting etc. which are exhibited on a virtual community are performed. The flowchart which shows an example of a process when changing the membership type of a virtual community. The flowchart which shows an example of the cancellation process of the member of a virtual community.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Mobile phone 20 Mobile phone communication network 30 Internet 40 Mobile phone communication network of another carrier 41 Mobile phone of other carrier 50 Communication service providing system 51 Main control processing unit 52 WEB server unit 53 Member database unit 54 External database connection unit 55 Notification processing Department 60 Subscriber information management system 61 Subscriber information database

Claims (10)

A communication service providing system for providing a communication service to a user of a mobile communication terminal via a mobile communication network,
Means for receiving, from a mobile communication terminal of a member of the virtual community, a service request for requesting a communication service provided in a virtual community constructed on a mobile communication network that can be used by a plurality of members registered in advance; ,
Means for acquiring member type information corresponding to the mobile communication terminal that has transmitted the service request;
Means for providing a communication service according to the service content set in advance for each of the member types based on the acquired member type information;
A communication service providing system comprising: The communication service providing system according to claim 1,
The service to be provided is a service that allows other members to view a diary registered by members in the same virtual community,
A communication service providing system, wherein the data size of the diary that can be registered is different for each member type. The communication service providing system according to claim 1,
The service to be provided is a service that provides a bulletin board that members in the same virtual community can access in common,
Depending on the type of member, at least one of whether or not the bulletin board can be established, the number of bulletin boards established, whether or not articles can be registered on the bulletin board, and whether or not comments can be registered on articles on the bulletin board is made different. A communication service providing system characterized by the above. The communication service providing system according to claim 1,
The service to be provided is a service in which members share schedule information in a schedule in the same virtual community, and the schedule information is notified to a member designated for each schedule information,
The communication service providing system according to claim 1, wherein at least one of whether or not the schedule information is registered and whether or not the schedule information is registered as a notification destination is different for each member type. The communication service providing system according to claim 1,
The service to be provided is a service in which a communication service provider side officially provides various information to members of the same virtual community,
A communication service providing system, wherein at least one of whether or not browsing of the provided information and whether or not comment registration is possible for the provided information is different for each type of member. In the communication service provision system in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 5,
Means for receiving a change request for requesting a change of the member type;
A communication service providing system, further comprising: a unit configured to execute a process of changing a setting of a service provided to a corresponding member based on the change request. The communication service providing system according to claim 6,
If there is a comment registered by the member before the type change, the communication service providing system further comprising means for executing a process of taking over the comment to the member after the type change. In the communication service provision system in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 7,
The types of members whose service contents are different from each other include a regular member who has received registration from a mobile communication terminal subscribed to a mobile communication network that provides a communication service of the virtual community, and a communication service of the virtual community. A communication service providing system comprising: an associate member who has received registration from a mobile communication terminal subscribed to another mobile communication network different from the provided mobile communication network. The communication service providing system according to claim 8, wherein
The communication service providing system, wherein the types of regular members having different service contents include paid regular members and free regular members. In the communication service provision system in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 9,
Means for receiving a cancellation request for requesting cancellation of the member;
Means for executing a process of deleting link information for the corresponding member with respect to information published in the virtual community to which the member who transmitted the cancellation request belongs based on the cancellation request; A communication service providing system.

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