JP2008193641A - Information management apparatus, information management system and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To surely transfer specific information of an emergency broadcast or extraordinary broadcast to a communication terminal of a user located in a corresponding area. <P>SOLUTION: When the emergency broadcast is received during reception of a television broadcast, communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5 transmit to an information management apparatus 3 area information, mail data describing contents of the emergency broadcast and a terminal identification information list. The information management apparatus 3 stores in a storage unit 3-3 addresses of owners of the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5 or present locations acquired from position information from the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5 associated with the terminal identification information identifying the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5. In accordance with the area information, the terminal identification information list and the addresses or the present locations, the information management apparatus 3 extracts terminal identification information of the communication terminal of the owner located in the corresponding area and transmits to the extracted communication terminal the mail data describing the contents of the emergency broadcast. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an information management apparatus, an information management system, and a program.

  Conventionally, in television broadcasting and radio broadcasting, warnings and warnings are sometimes broadcast regarding weather, earthquakes, tsunamis, and the like (hereinafter referred to as emergency broadcasting or extraordinary broadcasting). However, if the user is not watching TV or radio, residents in the area may not be aware of the emergency broadcast.

  By the way, in recent years, there has been a case where a digital TV reception function has been installed in a mobile phone. In view of the situation as described above, it is indicated that a user who has received an emergency broadcast is receiving an emergency broadcast. Is expected to notify the mobile phone of residents in the area.

  For example, when the emergency broadcast or special broadcast information matches the area information (address) in the address book stored in the communication terminal, the communication of the other party that stores the emergency broadcast or special broadcast information in the address book A technique for transmitting to a terminal is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In the prior art disclosed in Patent Document 1, a partner directly related to the received emergency broadcast or special broadcast is surely searched, and information on the emergency broadcast or special broadcast is transferred to the partner. Yes.

JP 2005-277630 A

  However, although the telephone number, e-mail address, etc. are stored in the address book of the mobile phone, the address is often not registered. Therefore, in the above prior art (Patent Document 1), emergency broadcast or temporary There is a problem in that it is impossible to specify the communication terminal of the other party to which the broadcast is to be transmitted, and it is not possible to transfer information on the emergency broadcast or the temporary broadcast.

  Therefore, the present invention provides an information management device, an information management system, and a program capable of reliably transferring specific information such as emergency broadcast or extraordinary broadcast to a communication terminal of a user in a corresponding area such as emergency broadcast or extraordinary broadcast. The purpose is to provide.

  In order to achieve the above object, the inventions according to claims 1 and 21 store address information of a plurality of owners who own each communication terminal in association with terminal identification information for identifying each communication terminal. In addition, among a plurality of communication terminals, a specific information to be transferred from a communication terminal requesting information transfer to another communication terminal, a terminal identification information list including terminal identification information to be candidates for transfer of the specific information, and a specific When receiving the area information indicating the area to which the information is to be transferred, the storage unit is referred to, and the terminal identification information associated with the address information corresponding to the area information among the terminal identification information included in the received terminal identification information list And the received specific information is transmitted to the communication terminal identified by the extracted terminal identification information.

  As a preferred aspect, for example, as in claim 2, in the information management device according to claim 1, the area information is information indicating a target area of an emergency broadcast received by a communication terminal that requests the information transfer. It may be.

  Further, as a preferred aspect, for example, as in claim 3, in the information management apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, the specific information is an emergency content of an emergency broadcast received by a communication terminal that requests the information transfer. The information may be included.

  Further, as a preferred aspect, for example, as in claim 4, in the information management device according to claim 1, the receiving unit is a position indicating a current position of the own terminal transmitted from any of the plurality of communication terminals. Information is received, the storage means further stores current location information corresponding to the position information received by the receiving means in association with the terminal identification information, the extraction means refers to the storage means, When the current location is stored in association with the terminal identification information stored in the storage unit, the current location information corresponding to the regional information corresponds among the terminal identification information included in the terminal identification information list. The attached terminal identification information may be extracted.

  Further, as a preferred aspect, for example, as in claim 5, in the information management device according to claim 4, the storage means further stores an effective period of the current location information in association with the terminal identification information, The extraction means refers to the storage means, and if the validity period of the current location information stored in association with the terminal identification information has passed, the terminal replaces the current location information with the terminal. Of the terminal identification information included in the identification information list, terminal identification information associated with address information corresponding to the regional information may be extracted.

  In order to achieve the above object, the inventions of claims 6 and 22 store address information of a plurality of owners who own each communication terminal in association with terminal identification information for identifying each communication terminal. In addition, among the plurality of communication terminals, a terminal identification information list including terminal identification information that is a candidate for transfer of specific information to be transferred to another communication terminal from a communication terminal that requests information return, and transfer of specific information When receiving the area information indicating the target area, the storage means is referred to, and the terminal identification information associated with the address information corresponding to the area information is extracted from the terminal identification information included in the received terminal identification information list. The extracted terminal identification information is transmitted to a communication terminal that requests an information reply.

  As a preferred mode, for example, as in claim 7, in the information management device according to claim 6, the area information is information indicating a target area of the emergency broadcast received by the communication terminal that requests the information return. It may be.

  Further, as a preferred aspect, for example, as in claim 8, in the information management device according to claim 6 or 7, the specific information is an emergency content of an emergency broadcast received by a communication terminal that requests the information reply. The information may be included.

  Further, as a preferred aspect, for example, as in claim 9, in the information management apparatus according to claim 6, the receiving means is a position indicating a current position of the own terminal transmitted from any of the plurality of communication terminals. Information is received, the storage means further stores current location information corresponding to the position information received by the receiving means in association with the terminal identification information, the extraction means refers to the storage means, When the current location is stored in association with the terminal identification information stored in the storage unit, the current location information corresponding to the regional information corresponds among the terminal identification information included in the terminal identification information list. The attached terminal identification information may be extracted.

  Moreover, as a preferable aspect, for example, as in claim 10, in the information management device according to claim 9, the storage means further stores the valid period of the current location information in association with the terminal identification information, The extraction means refers to the storage means, and if the validity period of the current location information stored in association with the terminal identification information has passed, the terminal replaces the current location information with the terminal. Of the terminal identification information included in the identification information list, terminal identification information associated with address information corresponding to the regional information may be extracted.

  In order to achieve the above object, an invention according to claim 11 is an information management system for transmitting and receiving information between a plurality of communication terminals and an information management apparatus, wherein each communication terminal is another communication terminal. Specific information to be transferred to the terminal, a terminal identification information list including terminal identification information that is a candidate for transfer of the specific information, and area information indicating a transfer target area of the specific information to the information management device. A storage unit comprising a transmission unit, wherein the information management device stores address information of a plurality of owners who own each of the plurality of communication terminals in association with terminal identification information for identifying each communication terminal Means, receiving means for receiving the specific information, the terminal identification information list, and the region information from a communication terminal that requests information transfer among the plurality of communication terminals, and referring to the storage means, Above Out of the terminal identification information included in the terminal identification information list received by the communication means, the extraction means for extracting the terminal identification information associated with the address information corresponding to the regional information, and the extracted by the extraction means And a second transmission unit configured to transmit the specific information received by the reception unit to a communication terminal identified by the terminal identification information.

  As a preferred aspect, for example, as in claim 12, in the information management system according to claim 11, any one of the plurality of communication terminals includes at least broadcast receiving means for receiving an emergency broadcast, and the broadcast receiving means. May further comprise area information acquisition means for acquiring the area information from the information indicating the target area of the emergency broadcast received by.

  Moreover, as a preferable aspect, for example, as in claim 13, in the information management system according to claim 12, any one of the plurality of communication terminals is based on emergency contents of an emergency broadcast received by the broadcast receiving unit. In addition, specific information creating means for creating the specific information may be further provided.

  Moreover, as a preferable aspect, for example, as described in claim 14, in the information management system according to claim 11, any one of the plurality of communication terminals acquires position information indicating a current position of the own terminal. Means for transmitting the position information acquired by the position information acquisition means to the information management apparatus by the first transmission means, and the information management apparatus receives the plurality of communication by the reception means. Position information indicating the current position of the terminal transmitted from each of the terminals is received, and current location information corresponding to the position information received by the receiving means is further stored in the storage means in association with the terminal identification information. If the current location is stored in association with the terminal identification information stored in the storage unit by referring to the storage unit, Of the terminal identification information included in the terminal identification information list, it may be extracted current terminal identification information location information is associated corresponding to the area information.

  Further, as a preferred aspect, for example, as in claim 15, in the information management system according to claim 14, the information management apparatus further associates a valid period of the current location information with the terminal identification information and stores the memory. If the validity period of the current location information stored in association with the terminal identification information has passed, the current location information is stored in the current location information. Alternatively, terminal identification information associated with address information corresponding to the regional information may be extracted from the terminal identification information included in the terminal identification information list.

  In order to achieve the above object, an invention according to claim 16 is an information management system for transmitting and receiving information between a plurality of communication terminals and an information management device, wherein each communication terminal is another communication terminal. 1st transmission means for transmitting to the information management device a terminal identification information list including terminal identification information which is a candidate for transfer of specific information to be transferred to the area and area information indicating a transfer target area of the specific information. The information management device stores address information of a plurality of owners who own each communication terminal in association with terminal identification information for identifying each communication terminal, and the plurality of communication terminals Among these, the terminal identification information list received by the receiving means with reference to the receiving means for receiving the terminal identification information list and the region information from the communication terminal requesting the information return, and the storage means. Extracting the terminal identification information associated with the address information corresponding to the area information, and requesting the information return for the terminal identification information extracted by the extracting means. And a second transmitting means for transmitting to the communication terminal.

  As a preferred mode, for example, as in claim 17, in the information management system according to claim 16, any one of the plurality of communication terminals includes at least a broadcast receiving unit that receives an emergency broadcast, and the broadcast receiving unit. May further comprise area information acquisition means for acquiring the area information from the information indicating the target area of the emergency broadcast received by.

  Moreover, as a preferable aspect, for example, as in claim 18, in the information management system according to claim 17, any one of the plurality of communication terminals is based on an emergency content of an emergency broadcast received by the broadcast receiving unit. In addition, specific information creating means for creating the specific information may be further provided.

  Moreover, as a preferable aspect, for example, as in claim 19, in the information management system according to claim 16, any one of the plurality of communication terminals acquires position information indicating a current position of the own terminal. Means for transmitting the position information acquired by the position information acquisition means to the information management apparatus by the first transmission means, and the information management apparatus receives the plurality of communication by the reception means. Position information indicating the current position of the terminal transmitted from each of the terminals is received, and current location information corresponding to the position information received by the receiving means is further stored in the storage means in association with the terminal identification information. If the current location is stored in association with the terminal identification information stored in the storage unit by referring to the storage unit, Of the terminal identification information included in the terminal identification information list, it may be extracted current terminal identification information location information is associated corresponding to the area information.

  Further, as a preferred aspect, for example, as in claim 20, in the information management system according to claim 19, the information management device further associates an effective period of the current location information with the terminal identification information, and stores the memory. If the validity period of the current location information stored in association with the terminal identification information has passed, the current location information is stored in the current location information. Alternatively, terminal identification information associated with address information corresponding to the regional information may be extracted from the terminal identification information included in the terminal identification information list.

  According to the present invention, even if a location such as an address is not registered in the communication terminal, on the information management device side, the terminal identification information of the owner's communication terminal in the corresponding area such as emergency broadcast or extraordinary broadcast is extracted, Since specific information such as emergency broadcast or extraordinary broadcast is transmitted to the owner's communication terminal in the identification information, the specific information such as emergency broadcast or extraordinary broadcast is sent to the user in the corresponding area such as emergency broadcast or extraordinary broadcast. The advantage that the data can be reliably transferred to the communication terminal is obtained.

  In addition, according to the present invention, even if the address such as the address is not registered in the communication terminal, the terminal identification information of the communication terminal of the owner who is in the corresponding area such as emergency broadcast or extraordinary broadcast extracted on the information management device side Therefore, there is an advantage that specific information such as emergency broadcast or extraordinary broadcast can be reliably transferred to a communication terminal of a user in the corresponding area such as emergency broadcast or extraordinary broadcast.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

A. First embodiment A-1. Configuration of First Embodiment FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a communication system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5 are mobile phones or the like, and perform voice communication or data communication including mail transmission / reception via a network (including a communication line network) 2. In the first embodiment, the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5 include a television reception function for receiving terrestrial digital television broadcasting in addition to a communication function for normal voice and data communication, and a current position of the communication terminal 1-1 to 1-5. GPS (Global
Positioning System) function. The communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5, when receiving an emergency broadcast (in order to contact an acquaintance quickly and surely), a telephone number list registered in the address book together with an emergency notification request and emergency broadcast area information Is transmitted to the information management device 3. In particular, in the first embodiment, the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5 can transmit the position information acquired by the GPS function to the information management device 3.

  The information management device 3 includes a communication unit 3-1, an operation unit 3-2, a storage unit 3-3, and a control unit 3-4. The communication unit 3-1 performs mail transmission / reception with the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5 through the network 2. The operation unit 3-2 inputs various instructions and data. The storage unit 3-3 is an address made up of the user's name, terminal identification information (telephone number, mail address), and address acquired from the information entered by the users of the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5 at the time of the contract. Holds the database. The control unit 3-4 controls the operation of each unit. More specifically, the control unit 3-4 is in the area specified from the area information of the emergency broadcast in the terminal identification information list received from the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5 (for which there was a transfer request). The user's communication terminal is extracted, and an emergency notification message mail is transmitted to the extracted communication terminal.

  Next, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5 described above. In the figure, a wireless communication unit 10 performs wireless communication via a network 2 by an antenna 11. The GPS control unit 12 receives GPS radio waves transmitted from at least about 4 of the GPS satellites by the GPS antenna 13, calculates the phase of the radio waves (difference in reception timing), and creates a triangle between the receiver and the artificial satellite. By performing surveying, position information consisting of latitude / longitude (altitude) information of the current position is acquired.

  The television receiver 14 receives a television signal corresponding to a desired channel from the broadcast signal received by the antenna 15. The display unit 16 includes a liquid crystal display and displays various data. The operation unit 17 includes various function keys, a numeric keypad, and the like, and inputs operation instructions from the user. The ROM 18 stores various programs, operation parameters, and the like. The RAM 19 is used as a working area for the control unit 21 described later, and stores an address book and the like. Under the control of the control unit 21, the voice processing unit 20 encodes a voice signal from the microphone 201 and decodes voice data and outputs it from the speaker 202 in a voice call. In addition, the audio processing unit 20 decodes the audio data of the television broadcast received by the television receiving unit 14 and outputs it from the speaker 203.

  The control unit 21 controls the operation of each unit according to the program in the ROM 18. In particular, in the present embodiment, when there is a position information transmission operation, each unit acquires the position information from the GPS control unit 12 and transmits the position information and its own terminal identification information to the information management device 3. To control. In addition, when the emergency reception is received by the television receiver 14, the control unit 21 acquires area information indicating the target area of the emergency broadcast included in the emergency broadcast, and also describes the content of the emergency broadcast Create data, create a terminal identification information list consisting of terminal identification information of communication terminals owned by users who are candidates for transfer from the above address book, and manage the above regional information, mail data and terminal identification information list Each unit is controlled to transmit to the device 3.

  Next, FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing the data structure of the address book stored in the RAM 19 of the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5 according to the first embodiment. The address book stores the name, telephone number, and mail address of the communication partner. In the illustrated example, for the name “Koji Aida”, the telephone number “09098771602”, the mail address “aida@aaa.ne.jp”, the name “Kotaro Aoi”, the telephone number “08054862154”, the mail address “ The phone number “090669951278”, the mail address “ookawa@ccc.ne.jp”, and the like are stored for “usui@bbb.ne.jp” and the name “Daisuke Okawa”.

  Next, FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram showing a data configuration of an address database (current location is present) stored in the storage unit 3-3 of the information management device 3 according to the first embodiment. The address database stores the names, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, addresses, current locations, and reception dates and times of the owners of the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5. These names, telephone numbers, mail addresses, and addresses are obtained from information presented when the owner of the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5 makes a contract. The telephone number and the mail address are terminal identification information for specifying the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5. The current location is information acquired from the position information transmitted from the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5, and the reception date / time is the date / time when the position information is received. The name, telephone number, e-mail address, address, current location, and the reception date and time when the current location is received constitute one record. Is assigned.

A-2. Operation of First Embodiment Next, the operation of the first embodiment described above will be described.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5 according to the first embodiment. First, when the power is turned on, the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5 display a standby screen (step S10). In the standby state, it is determined whether or not a broadcast reception operation for receiving a terrestrial digital television broadcast has been performed (step S12). If a broadcast reception operation has been performed, the television receiver 14 causes the terrestrial digital television broadcast to be received. Is received (step S14). The received terrestrial digital television broadcast video is displayed on the display unit 16, and the audio is output from the speaker 203.

  Next, it is determined whether or not the emergency broadcast is received during the reception of the terrestrial digital television broadcast (step S16). If an emergency broadcast is received, it is determined whether or not there has been an information transfer request operation for transferring information related to the emergency broadcast to another communication terminal (step S18). If there is no information transfer request operation, the process returns to step S14 to continue receiving terrestrial digital television broadcasts.

  On the other hand, if there is an information transfer request operation when the emergency broadcast is received, the area information is acquired from the received emergency broadcast (step S20). Next, it is determined whether or not an operation for automatically creating mail data for automatically creating mail has been performed (step S22). If there is an automatic mail data creation operation, mail data as shown in FIG. 6 is created from the contents of the emergency broadcast (step S24). The e-mail data describes the emergency broadcast content, region, and the like. On the other hand, if there is no mail data automatic creation operation, mail data is arbitrarily created by a user operation (step S26).

  In any case, after creating the mail data, a terminal identification information list is created from the address book stored in the RAM 19 (step S28), and the acquired area information, the created mail data, and the created terminal identification information list are A mail is transmitted to the management apparatus 3 (step S30). Then, it returns to step S14 and continues reception of terrestrial digital television broadcasting.

  On the other hand, if the emergency broadcast is not received during the reception of the terrestrial digital TV broadcast, it is determined whether or not there has been a broadcast reception end operation for ending the reception of the terrestrial digital TV broadcast (step S32). If there is an end operation, the process returns to step S10.

  On the other hand, if there is no broadcast reception end operation, it is determined whether or not there is another operation (step S34). If there is another operation, processing corresponding to the operation is executed (step S36). Return to step S14. If no other operation is performed, the process returns to step S14 to continue receiving terrestrial digital television broadcasting.

  Next, when there is no broadcast reception operation for receiving terrestrial digital TV broadcast in the standby state, it is determined whether or not there has been a location information transmission operation for notifying location information indicating the current location. (Step S38). When there is a position information transmission operation, the position information is acquired by the GPS control unit 12 (step S40), and the acquired position information and terminal identification information for identifying the terminal itself are managed. 3 is mailed (step S42). Then, it returns to step S10.

  On the other hand, in the standby state, when there is neither a broadcast reception operation nor a position information transmission operation, it is determined whether or not there is any other operation (step S44). The process is executed (step S46), and then the process returns to step S10. On the other hand, if there is no other operation, the process returns to step S10 without doing anything.

  Next, FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the information management apparatus 3 according to the first embodiment. The information management device 3 executes the reception standby process shown in FIG. 7 at a predetermined timing. First, it is determined whether or not the region information, the mail data, and the terminal identification information list are received from any of the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5 (step S50). It is determined whether or not the location information and the terminal identification information are received from any one of 1-1 to 1-5 (step S52). When the location information and the terminal identification information are received from any of the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5, as shown in FIG. 4, the location information is associated with the received terminal identification information in the address book. Information (current location) and reception date and time are stored (step S54). Thereafter, the processing ends, and the process returns to the main routine (not shown).

  On the other hand, if the position information and the terminal identification information are not received from any of the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5, it is determined whether or not other information has been received (step S56). If so, the process according to the received information is executed (step S58), and then the process is terminated and the process returns to the main routine (not shown). If nothing has been received, the process ends and the process returns to the main routine (not shown).

  On the other hand, when the area information, the mail data, and the terminal identification information list are received from any of the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5 that have received the emergency broadcast, the variable i is set to 1 (step S60). No. 4 of the address database shown in FIG. = I is accessed (step S62). Next, it is determined whether or not the current location is stored in association with the accessed data (step S64). If the current location is stored, the reception date and time are referred to and within 24 hours from reception. It is determined whether or not (step S66).

  Here, if it is within 24 hours from the reception of the current location, no. Is determined whether or not the terminal identification information of i = i is included in the terminal identification information list (step S68). If the terminal identification information of i = i is included in the terminal identification information list, it is determined whether or not the current location is included in the area information (step S70). And No. If the terminal identification information of i = i is included in the terminal identification information list and the current location is included in the area information, the corresponding terminal identification information is added to the extraction list (step S76).

  Next, the variable i is incremented by 1 (step S78). It is determined whether or not the variable i is greater than the maximum No. (step S80). If not larger, that is, if not all data in the address database has been searched, the process returns to step S62, and the above-described processing is repeated for the next data.

  On the other hand, no. If the terminal identification information of i = i is not included in the terminal identification information list, or if the terminal identification information is included in the terminal identification information list but the current location is not included in the area information, it is added to the extraction list. In step S78, the variable i is incremented by 1, and the variable i is the maximum number. If not larger, that is, if not all data in the address database has been searched, the process returns to step S62, and the above-described processing is repeated for the next data.

  In step S64, the address database No. = If it is determined that the current location is not stored in the data of i, or if the current location is stored, but it is determined in step S66 that it is not within 24 hours after receiving the current location No. Is determined whether or not the terminal identification information of i = i is included in the terminal identification information list (step S72). If the terminal identification information of i = i is included in the terminal identification information list, it is determined whether or not the address is included in the area information (step S74).

  And No. If the terminal identification information of i = i is included in the terminal identification information list and the address is included in the area information, the corresponding terminal identification information is added to the extraction list (step S76). Hereinafter, as described above, in step S78, the variable i is incremented by 1, and the variable i is the maximum number. If not larger, that is, if not all data in the address database has been searched, the process returns to step S62, and the above-described processing is repeated for the next data.

  On the other hand, no. If the terminal identification information of i = i is not included in the terminal identification information list, or if the terminal identification information is included in the terminal identification information list but the address is not included in the area information, add it to the extraction list In step S78, the variable i is incremented by 1, and the variable i is the maximum number. If not larger, that is, if not all data in the address database has been searched, the process returns to step S62, and the above-described processing is repeated for the next data.

  By repeating steps S62 to S80 described above, terminal identification information of communication terminals of all users to whom the contents of emergency broadcast (mail data) are to be transferred is stored in the extraction list.

  In any of the cases described above, the variable i is the maximum No. If it has become larger, it is determined that all the data has been searched, and the mail data received from any one of the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5 is mailed to the communication terminal in the extraction list (step S82). After that, the process is terminated, and the process returns to the main routine (not shown).

  According to the first embodiment described above, the address of each owner of the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5 is associated with the terminal identification information for identifying the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5, and the information management device 3 is stored in the storage unit 3-3, and the area information, the mail data describing the contents of the emergency broadcast, and the terminal identification information list are transmitted from any of the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5 to the information management apparatus 3. In the information management device 3, the communication terminal of the owner in the corresponding area is extracted according to the area information and the terminal identification information list, and the mail data is transmitted to the extracted communication terminal. Even if the address of the other party is not registered in the address book of -1 to 1-5, the mail data can be transmitted to the communication terminal of the owner in the corresponding area. In addition, since it is not necessary to register or manage addresses and locations in the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5, personal information can be protected.

  In addition, according to the first embodiment, when any of the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5 including the television receiver 14 receives an emergency broadcast, the area information included in the received emergency broadcast is Since it is used as regional information for extracting the communication terminal of the owner who is in the area, the communication terminal of the owner in the corresponding area can be extracted without performing a special operation, and the extracted communication Mail data can be sent to the terminal.

  In addition, according to the first embodiment, the mail data describing the information included in the emergency broadcast received by any of the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5 including the television receiver 14 is created. Even if the device 3 is not provided with the emergency broadcast receiving means, the mail data can be transmitted to the communication terminal of the owner in the area indicated by the area information.

  Further, according to the first embodiment, the location information indicating the current location acquired from the GPS control unit 12 included in the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5 is transmitted to the information management device 3, and the information management device 3 The current location obtained from the location information is stored in association with the terminal identification information, and instead of the address obtained at the time of contract etc., the current location is targeted for transfer narrowing down, so that the region corresponding to the regional information can be obtained. Even if you are out or traveling, you can extract the owner's communication terminal in the corresponding area as the target of mail data transfer, and send the mail data to the owner's communication terminal in the corresponding area be able to.

  In addition, according to the first embodiment, by setting the valid period of the current location, even when returning from a destination or travel destination, the communication terminal of the owner in the corresponding area without performing a special operation Can be extracted as a transfer target of mail data, and the mail data can be transmitted to the communication terminal of the owner in the area corresponding to the emergency broadcast.

B. Second Embodiment Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
The overall system configuration is the same as that shown in FIG. In the second embodiment, the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5 can communicate with each other simply by transmitting the terminal identification information list including the target candidate terminal identification information and the area information to be narrowed down to the information management apparatus 3. On the terminal 1-1 to 1-5 side, it is possible to acquire an extraction list obtained by extracting the terminal identification information of the owner's communication terminal in the corresponding area. The mail data is transmitted by mail from the communication terminal side that transmitted the information return request to the communication terminals in the extraction list.

  In the second embodiment, the contents of the mail data are not particularly limited. This assumes that the content to be transferred to the other party may be private content, not public emergency broadcasts. For example, it is assumed that a friend in a certain area wants to be urgently contacted or a friend who is in the area where he / she is present or who wants to urgently contact a friend in a nearby area. In this case, if the area is input as area information and the terminal identification information of the friend is transmitted to the information management apparatus 3 as a terminal identification information list, the terminal identification information of the friend that matches the purpose can be acquired.

B-1. Configuration of Second Embodiment FIG. 8 is a conceptual diagram showing a data configuration of an address database (no current location) stored in the storage unit 3-3 of the information management apparatus 3 according to the second embodiment. The address database stores the names, telephone numbers, mail addresses, and addresses of the owners of the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5. These names, telephone numbers, mail addresses, and addresses are obtained from information presented when the owner of the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5 makes a contract. The telephone number and the mail address are terminal identification information for specifying the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5. The name, telephone number, e-mail address, and address described above constitute one record. Is assigned.

B-2. Operation of the Second Embodiment Next, the operation of the second embodiment described above will be described.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5 according to the second embodiment. First, when the power is turned on, the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5 display a standby screen (step S90). In the standby state, it is determined whether or not there has been an information return request operation for transmitting an information return request from any of the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5 (step S92). If there is no information return request operation, it is determined whether there is any other operation (step S94). If there is no other operation, the process returns to step S90. On the other hand, if there is another operation, a process corresponding to the operation is executed (step S96), and the process returns to step S90.

  In the standby state, if there is an information return request operation, the user information is used to arbitrarily input area information that is a condition for narrowing down the owner of the communication terminal (step S98). Next, a terminal identification information list is created from the address book stored in the RAM 19 (step S100), and the input regional information and the created terminal identification information list are mailed to the information management apparatus 3 (step S102). After that, the system waits for a reply from the information management device 3 (step S104). Then, it is determined whether or not the extraction list is received from the information management device 3 and if it is not received, the process returns to step S104 and the reply waiting state is continued.

  On the other hand, when the extraction list is received from the information management apparatus 3 by e-mail, e-mail data describing the contents to be transmitted to the other party is arbitrarily created (step S108), and it is determined whether or not a mail transmission operation has been performed (step S110). If there is no transmission operation, the process returns to step S90. On the other hand, when there is a mail transmission operation, the created mail data is mailed to the communication terminal of the terminal identification information included in the extraction list received from the information management device 3 (step S112), Return to S90.

  Next, FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the information management apparatus 3 according to the second embodiment. The information management device 3 executes the reception standby process shown in FIG. 10 at a predetermined timing. First, it is determined whether or not the area information and the terminal identification information list have been received from any of the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5 (step S120). If not received, other information is received. (Step S122), if it is received, a process corresponding to the received information is executed (step S124), and then the process is terminated and the process returns to a main routine (not shown). Also, if nothing has been received, the process is terminated and the process returns to the main routine (not shown).

  On the other hand, when the region information and the terminal identification information list are received from any of the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5, the variable i is set to 1 (step S126), and the address database No. 1 shown in FIG. = I is accessed (step S128). Next, no. Is determined whether or not the terminal identification information of i = i is included in the terminal identification information list (step S130). = I is included in the terminal identification information list, the No. It is determined whether or not the address of i is included in the area information (step S132). And No. If the terminal identification information of i = i is included in the terminal identification information list and the address is included in the area information, the corresponding terminal identification information is added to the extraction list (step S134).

  Next, the variable i is incremented by 1 (step S136). It is determined whether or not the variable i is greater than the maximum No. (step S138). If not larger, that is, if not all data in the address database has been searched, the process returns to step S128 and the above-described processing is repeated for the next data.

  On the other hand, no. = I is not included in the terminal identification information list (NO in step S130), or the terminal identification information is included in the terminal identification information list, but the address is not included in the area information (step S132). NO), the variable i is incremented by 1 in step S136 without being added to the extraction list. If not larger, that is, if not all data in the address database has been searched (NO in step S138), the process returns to step S128, and the above-described processing is repeated for the next data.

  By repeating steps S128 to S138 described above, the extraction list stores the terminal identification information of the communication terminals of all users to whom the mail data describing the content to be transmitted to the close party is to be transferred.

  The variable i is the maximum No. If it has become larger, it is determined that all the data has been searched, and the extraction list to which the corresponding terminal identification information is added is sent to the communication terminal that requested the reply (step S140). End and return to the main routine (not shown). As described above, when any of the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5 that has made a reply request receives the extraction list from the information management apparatus 3 by e-mail, it creates the terminal identification information included in the extraction list for the communication terminal Send the mail data you sent.

  According to the second embodiment described above, the address information of the owner of each of the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5 is converted into the terminal identification information (phone number, mail address) identifying the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5. ) And stored in the information management device 3 and transmitted from any one of the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5, the communication terminal of the owner in the corresponding area from the area information and the terminal identification information list Is extracted and sent back to the communication terminal that has made a reply request, so even if information indicating the location such as an address is not registered in the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5, The terminal identification information (telephone number, mail address) of the person's communication terminal can be acquired.

  Moreover, according to 2nd Embodiment, from the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5 which received the extraction list | wrist in which the terminal identification information (telephone number, mail address) of the owner's communication terminal in the applicable area was memorize | stored. Since the created mail data is transmitted to the communication terminal of the owner in the corresponding area, the load on the information management device 3 can be reduced.

  Moreover, according to 2nd Embodiment, according to the arbitrary area information input in either of the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5, the communication terminal of the owner who exists in the area applicable to this area information is extracted. Therefore, the terminal identification information (telephone number, mail address) of the communication terminal of the owner in any area can be acquired.

  In addition, also in 2nd Embodiment mentioned above, you may use the regional information contained in the emergency broadcast received with the television receiver 14 with which the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5 are provided. In this case, it is possible to extract the communication terminal of the owner in the corresponding area to which the contents of the emergency broadcast should be transmitted without performing a special operation.

  Moreover, you may make it produce mail data from the information contained in the emergency broadcast received with the television receiver 14 with which the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5 are provided. In this case, the content of the emergency broadcast can be transmitted to the communication terminal of the owner in the corresponding area where the content of the emergency broadcast should be transmitted.

  Moreover, in 2nd Embodiment mentioned above, the positional information which shows the present position acquired from the GPS control part 12 with which the communication terminals 1-1 to 1-5 are provided is transmitted to the information management apparatus 3, and the information management apparatus 3 The current location obtained from the position information is stored in association with the terminal identification information, and instead of the residence information such as the address obtained at the time of contract, the current location is targeted for transfer narrowing. Good.

  In this case, even if you have been out or traveled to the area that corresponds to the area information, you can extract the owner's communication terminal in the corresponding area as the target of mail data transfer, and the communication that exists in the corresponding area. Mail data can be sent to the terminal owner.

  In addition, in the second embodiment described above, by setting the valid period of the current location in advance, when a predetermined time has elapsed after acquiring the current location, based on the address, the owner of the current location You may make it extract a communication terminal. In this case, even if you return from a place where you are away or travel, you can extract the communication terminal of the owner in the relevant area as a target for transferring the mail data without performing any special operation. The mail data can be transmitted to the communication terminal of the owner who is in the area.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the communication system by 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the communication terminal by this 1st Embodiment. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the data structure of the address book memorize | stored in the communication terminal by this 1st Embodiment. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the data structure of the address database (with present location) memorize | stored in the memory | storage part of the information management apparatus by 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement of the communication terminal by this 1st Embodiment. In this 1st Embodiment, it is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the mail data produced from emergency broadcast. It is a flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement of the information management apparatus by this 1st Embodiment. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the data structure of the address database (there is no current address) memorize | stored in the memory | storage part of the information management apparatus by 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement of the communication terminal by this 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement of the information management apparatus by this 2nd Embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

1-1 to 1-5 Communication terminal 2 Network 3 Information management device 3-1 Communication unit 3-2 Operation unit 3-3 Storage unit 3-4 Control unit 10 Wireless communication unit 11 Antenna 12 GPS control unit 13 Antenna 14 Television reception Part 15 Antenna 16 Display part 17 Operation part 18 ROM
19 RAM
20 audio processing unit 201 microphone 202 speaker 203 speaker 21 control unit

Claims (22)

An information management device that transmits and receives information to and from a plurality of communication terminals,
Storage means for storing address information of a plurality of owners who own each communication terminal in association with terminal identification information for identifying each communication terminal;
Among the plurality of communication terminals, a specific information to be transferred from a communication terminal requesting information transfer to another communication terminal, a terminal identification information list including terminal identification information that is a candidate for transfer of the specific information, and the specific Receiving means for receiving area information indicating an area to which information is to be transferred;
Extracting means for extracting terminal identification information associated with address information corresponding to the regional information from among the terminal identification information included in the terminal identification information list received by the receiving means with reference to the storage means;
An information management apparatus comprising: a transmission unit configured to transmit the specific information received by the reception unit to a communication terminal identified by the terminal identification information extracted by the extraction unit.   2. The information management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the area information is information indicating a target area of an emergency broadcast received by a communication terminal that requests the information transfer.   The information management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the specific information is information including emergency contents of an emergency broadcast received by a communication terminal that requests the information transfer. The receiving means receives position information indicating a current position of the terminal transmitted from any of the plurality of communication terminals;
The storage means further stores current location information corresponding to the position information received by the receiving means in association with the terminal identification information,
The extraction means refers to the storage means, and when the current location is stored in association with the terminal identification information stored in the storage means, among the terminal identification information included in the terminal identification information list 2. The information management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein terminal identification information associated with current location information corresponding to the area information is extracted. The storage means further stores an effective period of the current location information in association with the terminal identification information,
The extraction means refers to the storage means, and if the validity period of the current location information stored in association with the terminal identification information has passed, the terminal replaces the current location information with the terminal. 5. The information management apparatus according to claim 4, wherein terminal identification information associated with address information corresponding to the regional information is extracted from the terminal identification information included in the identification information list. An information management device that transmits and receives information to and from a plurality of communication terminals,
Storage means for storing address information of a plurality of owners who own each communication terminal in association with terminal identification information for identifying each communication terminal;
Among the plurality of communication terminals, a terminal identification information list including terminal identification information that is a candidate for transfer of specific information to be transferred from a communication terminal that requests an information reply to another communication terminal, and a transfer target area of the specific information Receiving means for receiving regional information indicating
Extracting means for extracting terminal identification information associated with address information corresponding to the regional information from among the terminal identification information included in the terminal identification information list received by the receiving means with reference to the storage means;
An information management apparatus comprising: transmission means for transmitting terminal identification information extracted by the extraction means to a communication terminal that requests the information return.   The information management apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the area information is information indicating a target area of an emergency broadcast received by a communication terminal that requests the information reply.   8. The information management apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the specific information is information including emergency contents of an emergency broadcast received by a communication terminal that requests the information reply. The receiving means receives position information indicating a current position of the terminal transmitted from any of the plurality of communication terminals;
The storage means further stores current location information corresponding to the position information received by the receiving means in association with the terminal identification information,
The extraction means refers to the storage means, and when the current location is stored in association with the terminal identification information stored in the storage means, among the terminal identification information included in the terminal identification information list 7. The information management apparatus according to claim 6, wherein terminal identification information associated with current location information corresponding to the area information is extracted. The storage means further stores an effective period of the current location information in association with the terminal identification information,
The extraction means refers to the storage means, and if the validity period of the current location information stored in association with the terminal identification information has passed, the terminal replaces the current location information with the terminal. 10. The information management apparatus according to claim 9, wherein terminal identification information associated with address information corresponding to the regional information is extracted from terminal identification information included in the identification information list. An information management system for transmitting and receiving information between a plurality of communication terminals and an information management device,
Each communication terminal is
Specific information to be transferred to another communication terminal, a terminal identification information list including terminal identification information that is a candidate for transfer of the specific information, and area information indicating a transfer target area of the specific information are transmitted to the information management apparatus. Comprising a first transmission means,
The information management device includes:
Storage means for storing address information of a plurality of owners who own each of the plurality of communication terminals in association with terminal identification information for identifying each communication terminal;
A receiving means for receiving the specific information, the terminal identification information list, and the region information from a communication terminal that requests information transfer among the plurality of communication terminals;
Extracting means for extracting terminal identification information associated with address information corresponding to the regional information from among the terminal identification information included in the terminal identification information list received by the receiving means with reference to the storage means;
An information management system comprising: a second transmission unit configured to transmit the specific information received by the reception unit to a communication terminal identified by the terminal identification information extracted by the extraction unit. . One of the plurality of communication terminals is
Broadcast receiving means for receiving at least an emergency broadcast;
The information management system according to claim 11, further comprising: area information acquisition means for acquiring the area information from information indicating a target area of the emergency broadcast received by the broadcast receiving means. One of the plurality of communication terminals is
13. The information management system according to claim 12, further comprising specific information creating means for creating the specific information based on emergency contents of an emergency broadcast received by the broadcast receiving means. One of the plurality of communication terminals is
It further comprises position information acquisition means for acquiring position information indicating the current position of the own terminal,
The location information acquired by the location information acquisition means is transmitted to the information management device by the first transmission means,
The information management device includes:
The receiving means receives position information indicating the current position of the terminal transmitted from each of the plurality of communication terminals,
The current location information corresponding to the location information received by the receiving means is further stored in the storage means in association with the terminal identification information,
When the extraction means refers to the storage means and stores the current location in association with the terminal identification information stored in the storage means, among the terminal identification information included in the terminal identification information list 12. The information management system according to claim 11, wherein terminal identification information associated with current location information corresponding to the area information is extracted. The information management device includes:
Storing the effective period of the current location information in the storage means in association with the terminal identification information;
When the effective period of the current location information stored in association with the terminal identification information has passed by referring to the storage means by the extraction means, the terminal is replaced with the current location information. The information management system according to claim 14, wherein terminal identification information associated with address information corresponding to the regional information is extracted from the terminal identification information included in the identification information list. An information management system for transmitting and receiving information between a plurality of communication terminals and an information management device,
Each communication terminal is
1st transmission which transmits the terminal identification information list | wrist including the terminal identification information used as the transfer object candidate of the specific information transferred to another communication terminal, and the area information which shows the transfer object area of the said specific information to the said information management apparatus. Comprising means,
The information management device includes:
Storage means for storing address information of a plurality of owners owned by each communication terminal in association with terminal identification information for identifying each communication terminal;
A receiving means for receiving the terminal identification information list and the area information from a communication terminal requesting an information reply among the plurality of communication terminals;
Extracting means for extracting terminal identification information associated with address information corresponding to the regional information from among the terminal identification information included in the terminal identification information list received by the receiving means with reference to the storage means;
An information management system comprising: second transmission means for transmitting terminal identification information extracted by the extraction means to a communication terminal that requests the information return. One of the plurality of communication terminals is
Broadcast receiving means for receiving at least an emergency broadcast;
The information management system according to claim 16, further comprising: area information acquisition means for acquiring the area information from information indicating a target area of emergency broadcast received by the broadcast receiving means. One of the plurality of communication terminals is
18. The information management system according to claim 17, further comprising specific information creating means for creating the specific information based on emergency contents of an emergency broadcast received by the broadcast receiving means. One of the plurality of communication terminals is
It further comprises position information acquisition means for acquiring position information indicating the current position of the own terminal,
The location information acquired by the location information acquisition means is transmitted to the information management device by the first transmission means,
The information management device includes:
The receiving means receives position information indicating the current position of the terminal transmitted from each of the plurality of communication terminals,
The current location information corresponding to the location information received by the receiving means is further stored in the storage means in association with the terminal identification information,
When the extraction means refers to the storage means and stores the current location in association with the terminal identification information stored in the storage means, among the terminal identification information included in the terminal identification information list The information management system according to claim 16, wherein terminal identification information associated with current location information corresponding to the area information is extracted. The information management device includes:
Storing the effective period of the current location information in the storage means in association with the terminal identification information;
When the effective period of the current location information stored in association with the terminal identification information has passed by referring to the storage means by the extraction means, the terminal is replaced with the current location information. 20. The information management system according to claim 19, wherein terminal identification information associated with address information corresponding to the area information is extracted from the terminal identification information included in the identification information list. In a computer that controls an information management device that transmits and receives information to and from a plurality of communication terminals,
A storage function for storing address information of a plurality of owners who own each communication terminal in a storage unit in association with terminal identification information for identifying each communication terminal,
Among the plurality of communication terminals, a specific information to be transferred from a communication terminal requesting information transfer to another communication terminal, a terminal identification information list including terminal identification information that is a candidate for transfer of the specific information, and the specific A receiving function for receiving the area information indicating the area to which the information is to be transferred,
An extraction function for referring to the storage unit and extracting terminal identification information associated with address information corresponding to the regional information from among the terminal identification information included in the received terminal identification information list;
A program for realizing a transmission function of transmitting the received specific information to a communication terminal identified by the extracted terminal identification information. In a computer that controls an information management device that transmits and receives information to and from a plurality of communication terminals,
A storage function for storing address information of a plurality of owners who own each communication terminal in a storage unit in association with terminal identification information for identifying each communication terminal,
Among the plurality of communication terminals, a terminal identification information list including terminal identification information that is a candidate for transfer of specific information to be transferred from a communication terminal that requests an information reply to another communication terminal, and a transfer target area of the specific information Receiving function to receive regional information indicating
An extraction function for referring to the storage unit and extracting terminal identification information associated with address information corresponding to the regional information from among the terminal identification information included in the received terminal identification information list;
The program which implement | achieves the transmission function which transmits the said extracted terminal identification information to the communication terminal which requests | requires the said information reply.

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