JP2008139905A - Information distribution system for portable terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To sufficiently secure security by quickly and accurately distributing information accompanied with an image only to a specific registered user by a portable telephone or the like, and preventing the leakage of the distribution information even when it is confidential information. <P>SOLUTION: This information distribution system for a portable terminal is provided with an information distribution Web server 16 connected to an Internet line, and the information distribution Web server receives registration mail of the distribution information transmitted from a client terminal 10, and automatically prepares/registers the Web page for the portable terminal of the distribution information by developing the received registration mail to a mail text and an attached file, and notifies the registration user destination of a specific portable terminal 20 of the URL of the Web page by information distribution contact mail, and performs access to the URL from the portable terminal which has received the information distribution contact mail, so that it is possible only for the registration user to browse the Web page. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a system capable of delivering information to a specific registered user only by a mobile phone. More specifically, the information delivery Web server automatically creates and registers a mobile information web page for delivery information, and the URL of the web page Is notified to the mobile terminal of a specific registered user by the information distribution contact mail, and only the registered user can view the Web page on the mobile terminal by accessing the URL from the mobile terminal that has received the information distribution contact mail. The present invention relates to an information distribution system.

  Various organizations such as companies, research institutes, and public offices are required to quickly and accurately provide the necessary information to a specific group of people so that they can quickly respond to troubles as part of establishing and managing a crisis management system. There is a need to build a system that can be distributed at low cost. Multiple people who should be provided with information in an emergency are not always at the side of a given PC, and often go out, and simply sending information to a given PC by e-mail You may not be able to receive it. Therefore, it is conceivable to deliver the information to a mobile phone that each person has at all times by e-mail.

  If the information to be distributed can be a short text file, it can be simply distributed by e-mail to each registered user's mobile terminal. However, when distributing information including long text files and images such as charts and photos from a PC (personal computer) to multiple mobile terminals (cell phones, etc.), it is more accurate depending on the model of the destination. May not be able to send information. This is because, for example, there is a difference in reception capacity depending on the model, and a difference in handling of attached files such as images depending on the model and carrier (communication carrier). Since it is necessary to send them with awareness of them, the system and work become complicated when delivering mail to multiple people.

  By the way, recent mobile phones are generally equipped with a web browser for each carrier and model. Focusing on the Web browser, by making the information to be distributed in a format that can be browsed by the Web browser, the information can be browsed by almost all portable terminal models. For this purpose, a Web page may be created by an external public Web server based on information to be distributed and registered (uploaded) on the Internet. If it does so, it will become possible to browse the information by accessing the said Web page from arbitrary portable terminals. As such a technology, for example, a system has been proposed in which emergency information such as disasters and accidents occurring in various places can be viewed by issuing an automatic distribution request from a mobile terminal and registering the address of the distribution destination (patent) Reference 1).

  However, in such a system, although it is limited to a specific portable terminal that has issued an automatic distribution request and registered a distribution destination, it is a system that can access a Web page from a substantially large number of unspecified portable terminals. It is difficult to limit the delivery destination from the side that delivers. Even if access can be restricted by setting an ID or password, there are problems such as unauthorized access, and it is difficult to ensure sufficient security.

In various organizations such as companies, research institutes, and public offices, the distribution information may include confidential information or information related to privacy within the organization, and prevention of such leakage is extremely important. On the other hand, there is a desire to distribute information including images such as charts and photographs quickly and accurately only to specific registered users inside and outside the organization in an emergency where it is not known when it will occur. In view of such circumstances, there is a demand for the construction of a system capable of quickly and accurately distributing necessary information to a plurality of specific persons at a low cost so that a response in the event of a trouble can be performed quickly.
JP 2002-41948 A

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is that information accompanied by images and the like can be quickly and accurately distributed only to a specific registered user with a mobile phone or the like, and leakage can be prevented even if the distribution information is confidential information. Is to ensure security.

  The present invention includes an information distribution Web server connected to an Internet line, the information distribution Web server receives a registration information registration mail transmitted from a client terminal, and attaches the received registration mail to a mail text. Expands to a file and automatically creates and registers a mobile information Web page for mobile terminals, notifies the registered Web page URL to a registered user of a specific mobile terminal by an information distribution contact mail, The mobile terminal information distribution system is characterized in that only the registered user can view the Web page by accessing the URL from the mobile terminal that has received the mail.

  The present invention also includes an information distribution support server on an intranet network, and an information distribution Web server connected to the Internet line on the intranet network, and an information distribution support server that receives distribution information registration mail from a client terminal of the intranet network. The information distribution support server collects and stores distribution information by the received registration mail and transfers the acquired mail archive file to the information distribution Web server. The information distribution Web server receives the received mail archive. The file is expanded into a mail body and an attached file to automatically create and register a web page for mobile terminal of distribution information, and the URL of the Web page registered by the information distribution Web server is specified by a plurality of mobile phones specified by the information distribution contact mail Collectively notify registered users of the terminal, while information distribution Only registered users by accessing the URL from each mobile terminal which has received the e-mail is a portable terminal for an information distribution system, characterized in that it was made possible browse the Web page.

  Here, the specific registered user is a single partner or a group (a plurality of partners) designated by the information delivery side, and may be changed depending on the type, nature, content, etc. of the information to be delivered. In the information distribution contact mail received by them, the URL of the web page for the portable terminal is described together with the mail contents. In the present invention, the URL of the Web page on which the information is posted is transmitted to the mobile terminal of a specific registered user by the information distribution contact mail, and the mobile terminal can access the URL specified by the information distribution contact mail. Information can be obtained by browsing the page, and this is a feature of the present invention.

  In such an information distribution system, when a mail server provided on an intranet network is used, mail and files can be transmitted and received between client terminals and each server via the mail server in the same manner as normal mail transmission and reception. It can be carried out.

  It is preferable that the URL of the Web page created by the information distribution Web server is changed for each information distribution and notified to the mobile terminal of a predetermined registered user by an information distribution contact mail. Moreover, it is preferable that the Web page created by the information distribution Web server is automatically deleted after being browsed by all predetermined registered users or after a preset time has elapsed.

  As typical examples, the distribution information is, for example, emergency trouble information when a trouble occurs in a company or a research institution, or information on how to deal with it, and a mobile phone equipped with a Web browser is used as a mobile terminal. For example, in a company or the like, necessary information can be distributed only to a specific employee set in advance. The mobile terminal is usually a mobile phone, but may be a PDA equipped with a communication function and a Web browser.

  Since the information distribution system for mobile terminals of the present invention distributes information in the form of Web pages on the Internet, long text mails and attached files can be sent even if the mobile terminal is equipped with a Web browser. Even if it is included, it can be viewed. Since the transmission of information is directly sent to the registered user's mobile terminal in the form of an information transmission contact mail, it is possible to know that the information has been transmitted at any time (even when an unexpected time such as a trouble occurs). Since the URL of the Web page in which the distribution information is registered is described in the notified mail, only a specific registered user can browse the necessary information simply by accessing the URL. Therefore, although it is a simplified system, information can be distributed to a plurality of registered users at once. This enables more flexible information utilization and sharing promotion in crisis management.

  In the present invention, the URL of the Web page created by the information distribution Web server is changed every time information distribution is performed, and each registered user is notified by an information distribution contact mail, or the Web page created by the information distribution Web server is changed. If the automatic deletion is performed after all registered users have browsed or after a set time has elapsed, the leakage of distribution information can be reliably prevented, and the security is further improved.

  The mobile terminal information distribution system according to the present invention includes an information distribution Web server connected to the Internet line. The information distribution Web server receives a distribution information registration mail transmitted from a client (internal user) terminal, automatically expands the received registration mail into a mail text and an attached file, and automatically distributes the distribution information mobile terminal Web page. Create and register. This mobile terminal web page is processed into a format that is easy to view on a mobile terminal. The URL of the registered Web page is notified to the mobile terminal of a specific registered user by an information distribution contact mail. On the other hand, only the registered user can view the Web page by accessing the URL from the mobile terminal that has received the information distribution contact mail. The URL is changed for each information distribution and notified to each registered user by an information distribution contact mail, and the Web page created by the information distribution Web server is viewed by all registered users or after a set time has elapsed. It will be automatically deleted in one of the shorter times.

  FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of an information distribution system for portable terminals according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic flow diagram of the processing.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the information distribution system includes a client terminal 10 on an intranet network, an information distribution support server 12, a mail server 14 connected to an Internet line on the intranet network, and an information distribution Web server 16. is doing. Of course, many other devices may be connected to the intranet network, and other client terminals may be connected. However, in FIG. 1, in order to simplify the drawing, the minimum necessary amount in the information distribution system is shown. Only the equipment is shown. In addition, there are a plurality of carriers (communication carriers) 18 and a plurality of portable terminals (usually cellular phones) 20 that can be connected to the Internet line through them.

  A distribution information registration mail is transmitted from the client terminal 10 of the intranet network to the mail address addressed to the information distribution support server 12. The registered email is usually in the form of an email archive in which image data such as charts and photos are attached to the email body (of course, only the email body (text data) may be used). Etc. The registration mail reaches the mail server 14 once.

  The information distribution support server 12 periodically accesses the mail server 14 and receives a distribution information registration mail. Then, the acquired mail archive is expanded into a mail text and an attached file. Next, check the mail sender, mail title, and mail content. If the sender's mail or empty mail is not registered, it is processed as an illegal mail. In this way, distribution information is collected and stored by the received registration mail. At the same time, the acquired mail archive file is transferred to the information distribution Web server 16 by FTP. This mail archive file reaches the mail server 14 once.

  The information distribution Web server 16 periodically monitors the FTP reception directory of the mail server 14, and performs the following processing when the mail archive transferred from the information distribution support server 12 exists. Check the email sender, email title, and email content. Judgment such as empty mail, group options, etc. Then, a Web page that links the mail text and attached file is automatically created. This web page is adapted to the web format of each carrier 18 and is a web page for a mobile terminal that has been processed into a form that can be viewed on the mobile terminal 20. Such a mobile terminal Web page is registered (uploaded) on a site on the information distribution Web server 16. At the stage of registering the web page for the portable terminal, the URL of the web page is notified by a registration completion mail. The URL of this Web page is different from the domain after each information distribution. The mail server 14 receives this registration completion mail, and collectively notifies it to the mobile terminals 20 of a plurality of designated specific registered users by an information distribution contact mail.

  Each registered user receives the information distribution contact mail by the portable terminal 20 possessed by the registered user and reads the mail content. Then, each mobile terminal 20 browses the Web page by accessing the URL of the Web page for the mobile terminal described in the mail. In this way, information is distributed only to specific registered users. Note that the information distribution Web server 16 automatically deletes the distribution information after all the registered users have browsed the information or after a certain period of time has elapsed (for example, after 90 minutes) even if all the users have not browsed, Make browsing impossible. The information distribution Web server 16 is preferably configured to perform security management using an access password.

  The above is the basic configuration and operation flow of the information distribution system. This can be handled at a relatively low cost by adding the information distribution Web server 16 to the existing intranet network and incorporating the necessary software for each device. Moreover, the following various auxiliary functions can be added to such basic functions.

  For example, the client terminal can perform batch management of registered users, setting of batch distribution conditions, access log management of an information distribution Web server, and the like. Specifically, information distribution partners are registered in advance as singles or groups (multiple partners) according to distribution information, and distribution can be performed by selection.

  The information distribution support server expands the received registration mail into a mail text and an attached file, and creates and registers an HTML file based on the expanded mail body and attached file. Then, the information distribution support server is registered and stored in the information distribution support server from the client terminal of the intranet network. You can browse HTML at any time. In this case, since browsing is performed on the PC, the original data that has not been processed into a format suitable for the portable terminal may be used as it is. The information distribution support server records the processing content as a log.

  The information distribution Web server records the processing contents as a log. Further, it is monitored whether or not the registered user has browsed the mobile terminal web page with the URL described in the information distribution contact mail, and the result is transmitted to the client terminal as an unviewed person list.

  In addition, it is possible to make a configuration in which the outgoing mail is transmitted from the client terminal to the information distribution Web server, and the information distribution Web server can also function as the information distribution support server and the mail server.

1 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. The schematic flowchart of the process.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Client terminal 12 Information distribution support server 14 Mail server 16 Information distribution Web server 18 Carrier 20 Portable terminal

Claims (6)

  An information distribution Web server connected to the Internet line is provided, the information distribution Web server receives a registration information registration mail transmitted from the client terminal, and expands the received registration mail into a mail text and an attached file. Automatically creates and registers a mobile information web page for distribution information, notifies the registered web page URL to a registered user of a specific mobile terminal by an information distribution contact mail, and receives an information distribution contact mail An information distribution system for a mobile terminal, wherein only the registered user can view the Web page by accessing the URL from the mobile terminal.   An information distribution support server on the intranet network, and an information distribution Web server connected to the Internet line on the intranet network, sending a distribution information registration mail from the client terminal of the intranet network to the information distribution support server, The information distribution support server collects and accumulates distribution information by the received registration mail and transfers the acquired mail archive file to the information distribution Web server. The information distribution Web server converts the received mail archive file into the mail text. To the attached file to automatically create and register the Web page for the mobile terminal of the distribution information, and register the URL of the Web page registered by the information distribution Web server with a plurality of specific mobile terminals by the information distribution contact mail On the other hand, and receive information distribution email Information distribution system for portable terminal, characterized in that only registered users by accessing the URL is viewable said Web page from the portable terminal which has.   3. The information distribution system for portable terminals according to claim 2, wherein a mail server is provided on the intranet network, and various mail files are transmitted and received through the mail server.   The URL of the Web page created by the information distribution Web server is changed for each information distribution and is notified to the mobile terminal of a predetermined registered user by an information distribution contact mail. Information distribution system.   The mobile terminal information distribution system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a Web page created by the information distribution Web server is automatically deleted after being browsed by all predetermined registered users or after a preset time has elapsed.   The mobile terminal information distribution system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the distribution information is emergency trouble information at the time of occurrence of trouble, or information corresponding thereto, and the mobile terminal is a mobile phone equipped with a Web browser.

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