JP2008300994A - Communication terminal device and group communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a group communication control method capable of quickly confirming intention of an owner of a communication terminal who performs group communications. <P>SOLUTION: A sponsor terminal 100-1 and participant terminals 100-2, 100-3, and 100-4 perform group communications represented by PTT (push to talk). The sponsor terminal 100-1 transmits a sheet recorded with the number of options and a reply time limit to the participant terminals 100-2, 100-3, and 100-4. The participant terminals 100-2, 100-3, and 100-4 selects an option and transmits back their reply the sponsor terminal 100-1. If the sponsor terminal 100-1 receives all of the reply from the participant terminal 100-2, 100-3, and 100-4 within the reply time limit, the sponsor terminal 100-1 totals the options automatically. As for a reply of a participant terminal received after the reply time limit, the sponsor terminal 100-1 regards the participant terminal as abstained from voting. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication terminal apparatus capable of performing group communication such as PTT (push to talk) and a communication system using PTT.

  In recent years, communication modes of communication terminal apparatuses have been diversified, and communication terminal apparatuses capable of performing packet communication using an IP (Internet protocol) network in addition to conventional voice communication by circuit switching are widely used. Yes.

  As one of such diversified communication modes, there is a so-called “group communication” capable of exchanging data such as characters in a group in real time. One of the group communications is a technology called “PTT (push to talk)” or “PoC (push to talk over cellular)” that has attracted attention recently. In the PTT, a plurality of communication terminal devices forming a group perform a real-time voice call by VoIP (voice over internet protocol) (Patent Document 1).

  First, an organizer terminal device serving as an organizer of group communication among a plurality of communication terminal devices performs processing for starting group communication. Then, the organizer terminal device generates and transmits a group communication invitation notice to other communication terminal devices registered in the organizer communication terminal device. The group communication invitation notification is a notification inquiring that the organizer terminal device participates in group communication with other communication terminal devices.

The owner of the other communication terminal device that has received the group communication invitation notification can determine whether to participate in group communication based on the owner of the organizer terminal device as a criterion. Once PTT group communication is started, the owner of the communication terminal device who wishes to speak depresses a predetermined button (PTT button) provided on the communication terminal device, so that the owner's speech request is transmitted to the communication server. Sent to. The communication server receives a speech request from each communication terminal device and gives a speech right to one communication terminal device. The communication terminal device given the right to speak transmits the owner's voice data to the communication server, and the communication server transmits the voice data to other communication terminal devices all at once. Thereby, a real-time voice call is performed by a plurality of communication terminals forming group communication.
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  However, in the past, while performing group communication using a communication terminal, the communication server gives a right to speak only to one of a plurality of communication terminals performing group communication at a time. . Therefore, when all the owners of a plurality of communication terminal devices performing group communication want to speak, it is necessary to give a right to speak sequentially to each communication terminal device.

  Therefore, there is a problem that a complicated procedure is required for the user of each communication terminal apparatus to confirm the intentions of all the owners of the communication terminal apparatuses performing group communication. In addition, each communication terminal apparatus is given a right to speak one by one, so that opinions of individual communication terminal apparatuses are notified at different timings. Accordingly, there is a problem that it is difficult for the users of the communication terminal devices to collectively grasp the opinions generated from the communication terminal devices.

  An object of the present invention is to make it easy for a user of each communication terminal device to confirm the intentions of all owners of each communication terminal device by a simple operation, and to easily grasp all the intentions of all the owners. It is to provide a communication terminal device and a group communication system capable of performing the above.

  In order to achieve this object, one of the communication terminals of the present invention manages a communication unit that communicates with a communication network including a communication server device and performs group communication, and personal information of a communication partner that performs group communication. Start group communication by specifying the communication terminal of the communication partner for group communication based on the personal information management unit, the input unit where the input is performed, and the personal information of the communication partner managed by the personal information management unit A communication unit having a control unit that transmits a notification of the start of group communication to the communication terminal of the communication partner via the communication server device, the control unit creates a predetermined sheet A sheet transmission process in which the input unit inputs the number of options written on the sheet created by the processing unit and the sheet creation processing unit and a predetermined time, and transmits the sheet to the communication unit. Means, a voting start processing means for notifying the start of voting based on the content of the sheet transmitted by the sheet transmission processing means, and a period from when the voting start process is started until a predetermined time elapses. A response acceptance processing means for accepting a response related to the selected option, a response stop process for not accepting a response related to the selected option after a predetermined time has elapsed, and a totalization processing means for summing up the accepted options. Features.

  More preferably, the control unit of the communication terminal described above includes distribution processing means for transmitting the results obtained by the aggregation processing means.

  In order to achieve this object, another communication terminal different from the above-described communication terminal of the present invention is connected to a communication network including a communication server device to perform group communication, and input to be input. And a control unit that performs processing to participate in group communication when the input unit determines to participate in group communication after receiving the notification of start of group communication, and a display unit that displays information In the communication terminal, the control unit receives the sheet on which the number of predetermined options and a predetermined time are received, and the sheet received by the sheet reception processing unit when a predetermined signal is received. A sheet display processing unit to be displayed on the display unit, and a response transmission unit for receiving an input for selecting an option displayed on the sheet displayed on the display processing unit from the input unit and transmitting the received input content And having a means.

  In order to achieve such an object, the group communication system of the present invention includes a communication server device that performs group communication by connecting to a communication network, and an organizer terminal and a participant terminal that perform group communication via the communication server device. The organizer terminal manages the personal information of the first communication unit that performs group communication by connecting to the communication network including the communication server device and the communication partner that performs group communication. By specifying the communication terminal of the communication partner for group communication based on the personal information of the communication partner managed by the personal information management unit, the first input unit for performing input, and the communication partner managed by the personal information management unit A first control unit that transmits a message indicating the start of group communication to the communication terminal of the communication partner via the communication server when starting the group communication. The sheet creation processing means for creating the sheet, the number of options written on the sheet created by the sheet creation processing means, and a predetermined time are input by the input unit, and the sheet is transmitted to the communication unit Sheet transmission processing means, voting start processing means for notifying the start of voting based on the content of the sheet transmitted by the sheet transmission processing means, and until a predetermined time has elapsed since the start of voting start processing A response acceptance processing means for accepting a response related to the selected option, a response stop processing means for not accepting a response related to the selected option after a predetermined time has elapsed, a totalization processing means for totaling the accepted options, A participant terminal connected to a communication network including a communication server device to perform group communication, a second input unit to perform input, and group communication A second control unit for performing a process of participating in the group communication when the participation to the group communication is determined by the second input unit after receiving the start message, and a display unit for displaying information. The second control unit has a sheet reception processing means for receiving a sheet in which a predetermined number of options and a predetermined time are described, and a sheet reception processing means when receiving a predetermined signal. A sheet display processing unit for displaying the sheet on the display unit, and a response for receiving an input for selecting an option displayed on the sheet displayed on the sheet display processing unit from the second input unit and transmitting the received input content Transmission processing means.

  According to the present invention, it is easy to confirm the intentions of all the owners of each communication terminal device by a simple operation, and the communication terminal device and group communication that can easily grasp all the intentions of all the owners A system can be provided.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a communication system used in a communication control method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The communication system used for the communication control method according to the present embodiment includes communication terminals 100-1 to 100-5 and a communication server device 200 (communication management device), for example, as shown in FIG.

  The communication terminal 100-i (i represents an integer from 1 to 5) is a wireless communication terminal such as a mobile phone, for example, and is connected to the communication network via the base stations (300-1, 300-2, 300-3). 300 is connected. Further, the communication terminal 100-i performs data communication according to the control of the communication server device 200 connected to the communication network 300. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that group communication (hereinafter also referred to as group communication) by PTT (push to talk) is performed as an example. The data transmitted in the group communication includes, for example, data such as call voice, images, characters, and music.

  In the case of performing group communication, the communication terminal 100-i starts group communication, and one of the plurality of communication terminals 100-i is a representative device (hereinafter also referred to as an organizer terminal). Or an apparatus that receives group communication start notification and participates in group communication (hereinafter also referred to as a participant terminal).

<When operating as an organizer terminal>
When the communication terminal 100-i starts the group communication as an organizer terminal, the communication terminal 100-i encrypts the personal information of the other party who requests the participation in the group communication. This personal information includes, for example, the name, telephone number, and e-mail address (identification information on the communication network) of the other party. Such personal information is managed by the organizer terminal itself, and based on the managed personal information, the communication terminal of the other party to perform group communication is designated.

  Further, the communication terminal 100-i transmits a group communication start request to the communication server device 200, and in response to this request, information on the group communication management site installed by the communication server device 200 (network address and login ID). Etc.) from the communication server device 200.

  Next, the communication terminal 100-i transmits a message indicating the start of group communication to the communication terminal of the communication partner. Hereinafter, a communication terminal that is a transmission target of the group communication start notification is referred to as a “group communication member” or simply a “member”.

  The group communication start notification includes various information necessary for participating in group communication. For example, information on the organizer of the group communication (name, telephone number, e-mail address, etc.) and information on the group communication management site (network address, login ID, etc.) acquired from the communication server device 200 are included. The communication terminal 100-i transmits this group communication start notification to each member of the group communication by e-mail, for example.

  Thereafter, when receiving a response to participate in group communication from at least one member, the communication terminal 100-i starts group communication with this member via the communication server device 200.

<When operating as a participant terminal>
When participating in group communication as a participant terminal, the communication terminal 100-i receives a group communication start notification sent from the organizer terminal.

  Upon receiving the group communication start notification, the communication terminal 100-i notifies the user that the group communication start notification has been received using an image, light, sound, vibration, or the like.

  When a user who has confirmed the personal information of a member of group communication inputs an instruction to participate in group communication, for example, by a key operation, the communication terminal 100-i transmits a response to the effect of participating in group communication to the organizer terminal. The communication management site is accessed based on the information included in the group communication start notification, and group communication is started as a participant terminal.

The communication server device 200 manages PTT group communication performed by the communication terminals (100-1 to 100-5).
When receiving a group communication start request issued from the organizer terminal, the communication server device 200 provides a group communication management site on the communication server device 200 (or another server device on the network). This site requests management of information (telephone number, e-mail address, etc.) of each communication terminal participating in group communication, participation and exit of group communication of each communication terminal, transmission / reception of data between communication terminals, and remarks Various management and control related to group communication, such as granting the right to speak to communication terminals.

  When providing a group communication management site in response to a group communication start request, communication server apparatus 200 transmits information on the site to the organizer terminal.

  Further, when the participant terminal accesses the site, the communication server device 200 permits the participant terminal to log in based on the login ID provided by the participant terminal, the telephone number of the participant terminal, or the like. Then, the information of the newly logged-in participant terminal is registered in the management table in the site. In addition, the organizer terminal and the participant terminal are notified that a new participant has joined.

  In one communication terminal participating in group communication, when a request for speech is issued, for example, by pressing a PTT button, the communication server device 200 speaks to the one communication terminal if there is no other communication terminal that is speaking. Grant rights. That is, data (call voice, text, etc.) sent from the one communication terminal is received and transmitted to other participating communication terminals. If there is another communication terminal that is speaking, a rejection response is returned to the one communication terminal. When speech requests of several communication terminals are overlapped, the priority order of each communication terminal is determined according to a predetermined rule (for example, a terminal having a smaller number of speeches is ranked higher), and based on this, each communication terminal is determined. Give the right to speak in turn.

  When receiving the group communication end request issued by the organizer terminal, the communication server device 200 transmits a group communication end notification to each participant terminal, and ends the group communication.

  The communication server device 200 manages PTT group communication performed by the communication terminals (100-1 to 100-5).

  When receiving a group communication start request issued from the organizer terminal, the communication server device 200 provides a group communication management site on the communication server device 200 (or another server device on the network). This site requests management of information (telephone number, e-mail address, etc.) of each communication terminal participating in group communication, participation and exit of group communication of each communication terminal, transmission / reception of data between communication terminals, and remarks Various management and control related to group communication, such as granting the right to speak to communication terminals.

  When the communication server device 200 establishes a group communication management site in response to a group communication start request, the communication server device 200 transmits information on the site to the organizer terminal.

  Further, when the participant terminal accesses the site, the communication server device 200 permits the participant terminal to log in based on the login ID provided by the participant terminal, the telephone number of the participant terminal, or the like. Then, the information of the newly logged-in participant terminal is registered in the management table in the site. In addition, the organizer terminal and the participant terminal are notified that a new participant has joined.

Next, a configuration example of the communication terminal will be described.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the communication terminals (100-1 to 100-5) according to the embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, communication terminals having the configuration shown in FIG. 2 may be collectively referred to as “communication terminal 100”.

  A communication terminal 100 shown in FIG. 2 includes an antenna 101, a communication unit 102, a key input unit 103 (input unit), a voice processing unit 104, a speaker 105, a microphone 106, a display unit 107, and a storage unit 108. And a control unit 110.

  The communication unit 102 performs wireless communication with base stations (300-1, 300-2, 300-3) connected to the communication network 300. For example, the communication unit 102 performs predetermined modulation processing on the transmission data supplied from the control unit 110 to convert it into a radio signal, and transmits it from the antenna 101. In addition, a predetermined demodulation process is performed on a radio signal from the base station received by the antenna 101 to convert it into reception data, which is output to the control unit 110.

  The key input unit 103 has keys to which various functions such as a power key, a call key, a numeric key, a character key, a direction key, a determination key, and a PTT button are assigned, and these keys are operated by the user. If it is, a signal corresponding to the operation content is generated and input to the control unit 110 as a user instruction.

  The audio processing unit 104 processes an audio signal output from the speaker 105 and an audio signal input from the microphone 106. That is, the audio signal input from the microphone 106 is subjected to signal processing such as amplification, analog-digital conversion, encoding, and the like, converted into digital audio data, and output to the control unit 110. Further, the audio data supplied from the control unit 110 is subjected to signal processing such as decoding, digital-analog conversion, amplification, etc., converted into an analog audio signal, and output to the speaker 105.

  The display unit 107 is configured using a display device such as a liquid crystal display panel or an organic EL panel, for example, and displays an image corresponding to a video signal supplied from the control unit 110. For example, various information and images such as the telephone number of the callee at the time of outgoing call, the telephone number of the other party at the time of incoming call, the contents of received mail and outgoing mail, date, time, remaining battery level, standby screen, etc. are displayed.

The storage unit 108 stores various data used for processing in the control unit 110. For example, a computer program provided in the control unit 110, an address book for managing personal information such as a telephone number or an e-mail address of a communication partner, an audio file for reproducing a ring tone or an alarm sound, various setting data, a program Holds temporary data used in the process.
The storage unit 108 is configured by, for example, a non-volatile storage device (non-volatile semiconductor memory, hard disk device, optical disk device, etc.), a randomly accessible storage device (eg, SRAM, DRAM), or the like.

  The control unit 110 comprehensively controls the overall operation of the communication terminal 100. That is, various processes of the communication terminal 100 (voice communication performed via the circuit switching network, PTT group communication, creation and transmission / reception of e-mail, browsing of Internet websites, etc.) according to the operation of the key input unit 103 The operations of each unit described above (transmission / reception of signals in the communication unit 102, input / output of audio in the audio processing unit 104, display of images on the display unit 107, etc.) are controlled so as to be executed in an appropriate procedure.

  For example, the control unit 110 includes a computer that executes processing based on a program (operating system, application, etc.) stored in the storage unit 108, and executes the above-described processing according to a procedure instructed in this program.

  (1) When hosting group communication as an organizer terminal, the control unit 110 performs the following processing.

  First, the control unit 110 determines a member of group communication. The member of this group communication is selected from communication partners registered in the address book of the storage unit 108, for example.

  For example, when an instruction is input in the key input unit 103 to hold group communication as an organizer terminal, the control unit 110 displays a list of communication partners registered in the address book of the storage unit 108. The key input unit 103 accepts an instruction to select a group communication member from the list.

  Further, when several groups of communication partners selected in advance are stored in the storage unit 108 and group communication is held as an organizer terminal, one of the groups stored in the storage unit 108 is selected from the key input unit 103. It may be selected in accordance with the instruction of the group and may be a member of group communication. Alternatively, the group communication member may be determined by directly inputting the identification information (telephone number, e-mail address, etc.) of the other party using the numeric keys or character keys of the key input unit 103.

  Information on the above address book and group is stored in the storage unit 108 as personal information. In addition, the control unit 110 functions as a personal information management unit, and manages the personal information by changing the storage contents and data structure in the storage unit 108.

  The control unit 110 transmits a group communication start request to the communication server device 200 from all the members of the determined group communication to the communication server device 200, and receives information transmitted from the communication server device 200 in response to the start request. Received by the communication unit 102. This information includes information for starting group communication, and includes, for example, the network address of the group communication management site and the login ID thereof. The control unit 110 creates a group communication start notification using these pieces of information acquired from the communication server device 200, and transmits this to the members of the group communication from the communication unit 102.

  When a response indicating participation in group communication is returned from the member in response to the group communication request and received by the communication unit 102, the control unit 110 starts PTT data transmission / reception processing.

  When the call key of the key input unit 103 is pressed, the control unit 110 transmits a speech request from the communication unit 102 to the communication server device 200. When the communication unit 102 receives a notification of permission from the communication server device 200 in response to the request for speech, the control unit 110 converts the audio signal received from the microphone 106 into audio data in the audio processing unit 104, and communicates from the communication unit 102. It transmits to the server apparatus 200. When the call key is not pressed, the voice processing unit 104 converts voice data from the communication terminal that is speaking received by the communication unit 102 into a voice signal and outputs the voice from the speaker 105. In addition to call voice data, various data such as image data and music data are also transmitted and received.

  As described above, when the owner of the organizer terminal makes a vote for the participant terminal to vote for the owner of the participant terminal during the group communication, the key input unit 103 is used. A predetermined operation is performed.

  For example, by performing a predetermined operation on the key input unit 103, the control unit 110 receives an input of the number of options from the owner of the organizer terminal. And the control part 110 performs the process which sends the data containing the number of choices to the communication part 102 of a sponsor terminal, and the communication part 102 transmits the data with respect to a participant's communication terminal.

  As described below, the selection is made by the participant's communication terminal responding (response transmission processing means), and the response data is received by the organizer's communication terminal (response acceptance processing means). Response data is received by the communication unit 102 under the control of the control unit 110. Further, the control unit 110 of the organizer terminal performs a totaling process for totaling the received response data, and performs a distribution process for transmitting the totaled data to the participant terminal. By doing so, the totaled response data is sent to the participant terminal, and all the owners of the participant terminals can check the totaled response data.

  (2) When performing group communication as a participant terminal, the control unit 110 performs the following processing.

  First, the communication unit 102 of the participant terminal receives the group communication start notification transmitted from the communication unit 102 of the organizer terminal according to the control of the control unit 110. And when the owner of a participant terminal desires to participate in group communication, the owner performs predetermined operation about the key input part 103 of a participant terminal. When a predetermined operation is accepted from the key input unit 103, the control unit 110 transmits to the organizer terminal through the communication unit 102 that it participates in group communication.

  By doing so, group communication is started as described in (1). And in the middle of the start of group communication, in order for the owner of the organizer terminal to confirm the intention to the owner of the participant terminal, data including predetermined contents is transferred from the organizer terminal to the participant terminal. A reception process is performed in which the data is transmitted to the participant terminal and received by the participant terminal. The reception process is performed through the communication unit 102 by the control unit 110 of the participant terminal.

Thereafter, the control unit 110 of the participant terminal displays the content of the data including the options received by the communication unit 102 (“sheet” in the claims, hereinafter referred to as a sheet) on the display unit 107. Process. In this way, the owner of the participant terminal can select an option. And the control part 110 performs the response transmission process which transmits the produced response data with respect to a sponsor terminal through the communication part 102 Here, the flow for implementing the group system which consists of a communication terminal which has the structure mentioned above is carried out. This will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. The description will be made with reference to the screen on the display unit 107 of the communication terminal 100 shown in FIG.

  In the example shown in FIG. 3, the communication terminal 100-1 (user name is X) is the organizer terminal, the communication terminal 100-2 (user name is A), and 100-3 (user name is B). And 100-4 (user name is C) are the participant terminals.

  First, in order for the organizer terminal 100 to notify the participant terminal 100 that group communication is started, the organizer terminal 100 issues a group call invitation notification to the participant terminal 100 (step ST101).

  In step ST101, the display unit 107 of each participant terminal 100 that has received the group call invitation notification is notified from X, the owner of the organizer terminal 100-1, as shown in FIG. A message indicating that group communication will be held is displayed.

  In FIG. 3, all of the registrant A of the communication terminal 100-2, the registrant B of the communication terminal 100-3, and the registrant C of the communication terminal 100-3 who received the group communication invitation notification participated in the group communication. I will do it.

  As a result, the communication terminals 100-2 to 100-4 indicate to the organizer terminal 100-1 that they will participate in group communication (steps ST102a, b, c). The organizer communication terminal 100-1 receives four communication terminals 100-1 to 100- in response to the notification of participation in group communication from all the communication terminals 100-2 to 100-4 that are members of the group communication. 4 performs group communication (step ST103).

  After group communication is started in step ST103, the owner X who is the owner of the organizer terminal 100-1 owns the participant terminals 100-2, 100-3, 100-4 participating in the group communication. It may be necessary to take an opinion vote with the registrant A, registrant B, and registrant C who are the registrants.

  In such a case, the organizer terminal 100-1 conveys the contents that the organizer X wants to vote to the participant terminals 100-2 to 100-4 by voice using the PTT function. At that time, the owner X informs the registrant A, the registrant B, and the registrant C of the correspondence between the selection content and the option number for the vote, such that the option 1 is XX, the option 2 is △△ ... .

  Next, the organizer terminal 100-1 sends a sheet describing the number of options and the time to be answered to the participant terminals 100-2, 100-3, 100-4 (sheet transmission processing means, Step ST104).

  This sheet is first created by the organizer terminal 100-1 (sheet creation processing means). FIG. 4B shows a screen of the display unit showing the sheet when created by the organizer terminal 100-1. The owner X completes the sheet by selecting three types of entry fields: number of options, answer time limit, and transmission. The number of options is a place where the owner X enters the number of options conveyed by voice by PTT communication. The method of entering the number may be input from the numeric keypad of the key input unit 103, or may be selected by using the up and down keys from a pull-down menu type.

  The response time limit indicates a time limit for a period during which the participant terminal votes. The send button is a button for transmitting the number of options and the response time limit to the participant terminal. When this button is selected, a sheet describing the number of options and the response time limit is transmitted to each participant terminal. (Sheet transmission processing means).

  Then, the organizer terminal 100-1 starts voting on the content of the vote after the participant terminal 100-2, the participant terminal 100-3, and the participant terminal 100-4 accept the sheet at the stage of step ST104. A notification stating that the user is prompted is sent to each participant terminal, and the participant terminal is allowed to start voting (voting start processing means, step ST105).

  After receiving the notice to start voting from the organizer terminal 100-1, the participant terminals 100-2, 100-3, and 100-4 are shown in FIG. The indicated voting screen is displayed. On the voting screen shown in FIG. 4 (c), an option number and a time referred to as a response time limit are displayed.

  The registrant A, registrant B, and registrant C who are the owners of the participant terminals 100-2, 100-3, and 100-4 use the numeric keypad of the key input unit 103 of the terminal for the voting screen. Selection number is selected and determined (input processing means), and transmission data is created. At this time, in addition to the option number, the control unit of each participant terminal may display an option “None”, meaning that no option is selected, next to the option number. This “none” is selected by pressing the “0” key of the numeric keypad included in the key input unit 103.

  The answer limit time is a time given to the participant terminal for the user of the participant terminal to select an option. If the option is selected and the transmission data is not transmitted to the organizer terminal 100-1 within the time described in this column, the control unit of the organizer terminal 100-1 will return the participant terminal that has not transmitted the transmission data. Are deemed to have abstained from voting. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, registrant A selects “1”, registrant B selects “2” within the response time limit, and registrant C selects anything within the response time limit. The example that did not exist is shown.

  In this way, after the creation of transmission data is completed, each participant terminal returns the data to the organizer terminal 100-1 (response transmission processing means) (step ST106).

  If the host terminal 100-1 receives the transmission data from the participant terminal in step ST106, and if no transmission data is received from the other participant terminals 100 within a predetermined time after the completion of step ST105, the vote Is completed (step ST107).

  In this embodiment, the organizer terminal 100-1 waits for the voting of the participant terminal 100-4 until the response time limit, and the registrant as a sign that the vote has not been performed even after the response time limit has passed. Even though C determines that he / she has abstained from voting, the organizer terminal 100-1 can recognize that the registrant C has abstained from voting by accepting a “none” vote from the participant terminal 100-4. It is. In this case, since it is possible to finish voting for all users and move to step ST107 before the response time limit has elapsed, it is possible to shorten the time until the next step.

  When the voting is completed, transmission data is aggregated in the organizer terminal 100-1 (step ST108).

  Then, the organizer terminal 100-1 transmits the aggregated data to the participant terminals 100-2, 100-3, and 100-4 (step ST109). The voting result as shown in FIG. 4D is displayed on the display unit 107 of the participant terminals 100-2, 100-3, and 100-4 that have received the aggregated data. In addition, when canceling group communication, it progresses to step ST109.

  Further, a description will be given with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 5 showing a processing sequence performed inside the organizer terminal 100-1 in order to implement a group communication system composed of communication terminals having the above-described configuration. The description will be made with reference to the screen on the display unit 107 of the communication terminal 100 shown in FIG.

  In the flowchart in FIG. 5, among a plurality of communication terminals that perform group communication, to the side on the “organizer” side that is the owner of one organizer terminal that is a representative communication terminal, and to other group communication It is divided into the other “member” side that is the owner of the participating communication terminal.

  First, in order to notify the “member” that group communication is started, a group call invitation notification is issued (step ST201).

  Upon receiving the group call invitation notice, the “member” takes action to participate in group communication, not participate, or do not respond to “organizer” (step ST202).

  Upon receiving the action of step ST202, the “sponsor” performs a process of listing “members” who have performed an action to participate in group communication within the communication terminal. Such processing is performed by a control unit inside the communication terminal, and personal information about “members” is managed. Then, group communication is started between the listed “member” communication terminals and the “host” communication terminals (step ST203). It should be noted that group communication is not performed between “member” communication terminals that are not listed, “member” communication terminals that do not respond to anything, and “host” communication terminals.

  After group communication is held in step ST203, in order for the “organizer” to confirm the intention of “member”, the answer to the question item conveyed by the “organizer” by voice in PTT communication can be selected. Let “Members” vote on Therefore, the “host” performs a voting start operation (step ST204).

  When the voting start operation is performed in step ST204, the “host” communication terminal creates a count result list based on the list of “members” participating in the group communication. At this time, as shown in FIG. 4E, the number of “members” who voted and the number of votes of “members” who voted are listed in the display section of the “host” communication terminal. Shown in the form. However, in the example of the flowchart of FIG. 5, since the vote from the “member” has not yet been performed at the time of performing step ST204, the “member” who has voted in the list shown in FIG. And the number of votes of “members” who voted are the initial values.

  In step ST204, when the “organizer” performs a voting start operation on the “member”, the “organizer” sets the number of options and the time limit for answering that are the contents to be voted on. Then, the “host” communication terminal transmits the sheet to the “member” communication terminal participating in the group communication (step ST205). The response limit time in which the number of options and the time that can be used for selecting options are recorded is transmitted to the communication terminal of the “member” that has received the sheet. At this time, as shown in FIG. 4C, the number displayed for the number of options and the response time limit are displayed on the display unit of the “member” communication terminal.

  In step ST205, when the “host” communication terminal transmits transmission data to the “member”, a timer whose time length is the response time limit set by the “host” communication terminal is “host”. The communication terminal starts (step ST206).

  Upon receiving the vote information transmitted from the “host” communication terminal, the “member” communication terminal responds to the content of the vote. That is, “Member” determines the voting result by designating the option number displayed on the display unit in the communication terminal as shown in FIG. When the “member” designates an option number, a vote result is set (step ST207). Then, the vote result is notified to the “organizer”.

  Each time the vote result is notified from the “member” to the “organizer”, the terminal of the “organizer” updates the tabulation result list (step ST208). The update of the list of the total results in step ST208 is performed by whether the timer of the “organizer” communication terminal expires (response canceling processing means) or from the “member” communication terminals participating in all group communication. This is done until voting result notification is completed. When the update of the list of count results is completed, the voting ends (step ST209).

  When the voting ends in step ST209, the “host” communication terminal aggregates data on the aggregation result list that has been updated (step ST210). Then, when the data aggregation is completed in step ST210, the voting result is determined. The vote result is distributed from the “host” communication terminal to the “member” communication terminal (step ST211), and the distribution can be automatically transmitted (step ST212).

  The vote result as shown in FIG. 4D is displayed on the display unit of the “member” communication terminal that has received the vote result distribution from the “host” communication terminal. Then, when the distribution of the voting results is finished, the voting is also finished (step ST213).

  In the above group communication system, the “host” communication terminal requests voting to the “member” communication terminals in a lump, so the intention of the owner of the communication terminal performing group communication is confirmed. Can be done quickly. In addition, by setting a limit on the voting time, such intention confirmation can be performed more quickly.

  In addition, since the “organizer” communication terminal automatically counts the voting results from “members”, the “organizer” does not have any arbitrary meaning when counting. Therefore, the “member” who has received the vote result transmission from the “organizer” can trust the vote result.

  Further, since the voting result is in the form of data that can be transmitted and received instead of voice, the voting result can be recorded in the storage unit of the communication terminal. The vote result is sent from the “organizer” only to the “members” who participated in the group communication. Therefore, useless information is transmitted to the “members” who have not participated in the group communication. There is no.

  As described above, the embodiment of the present invention has been described by taking a mobile phone as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a PHS (Personal Handyphone System), personal computer, or PDA may be used as long as it has a group communication function. Needless to say, the present invention can also be applied to portable game machines, car navigation systems, and the like.

1 illustrates an example of a configuration of a communication system used in a communication control method according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 illustrates an example of a configuration of a communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation example of the communication system which concerns on this embodiment. It is an example which shows the screen displayed on the display part of the communication terminal used for the communication system which concerns on this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the operation example of the communication system which concerns on this embodiment.

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  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 101 ... Antenna, 102 ... Communication part, 103 ... Key input part, 104 ... Voice processing part, 105 ... Speaker, 106 ... Microphone, 107 ... Display part, 108 ... Memory | storage part, 110 ... Control part, 100, 100-1 100-5: Communication terminal, 200: Communication server device, 300 ... Communication network

Claims (4)

A communication unit that communicates with a communication network including a communication server device and performs group communication;
A personal information management unit for managing personal information of a communication partner performing the group communication;
An input section where input is performed;
Based on the personal information of the communication partner managed by the personal information management unit, when starting the group communication by designating the communication terminal of the communication partner that performs group communication, via the communication server device A control unit that transmits the start of group communication to the communication terminal of the communication partner;
In a communication terminal device having
The controller is
Sheet creation processing means for creating a predetermined sheet;
A sheet transmission processing means for inputting the number of options written on the sheet created by the sheet creation processing means and a predetermined time by the input unit, and transmitting the sheet to the communication unit;
Voting start processing means for notifying the start of voting based on the content of the sheet transmitted by the sheet transmission processing means;
Response acceptance processing means for accepting a response regarding the selected option until the predetermined time elapses after starting the vote determination process;
After the predetermined time has elapsed, a response cancellation processing unit that does not accept a response regarding the selected option;
A tally processing means for tallying the accepted options;
A communication terminal device comprising:   The communication terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit includes a distribution processing unit that transmits a result obtained by the aggregation processing unit. A communication unit for performing group communication by connecting to a communication network including a communication server device;
An input section where input is performed;
A control unit that performs a process of participating in group communication when participation in group communication is determined by the input unit after receiving notification of starting group communication;
A display for displaying information;
In a communication terminal device having
The controller is
Sheet reception processing means for receiving a sheet in which a predetermined number of options and a predetermined time are described;
Sheet display processing means for displaying a sheet received by the sheet reception processing means on the display unit when a predetermined signal is received;
Response transmission processing means for receiving an input for selecting an option written on the sheet, displayed on the sheet display processing means, from the input unit and transmitting the received input content;
A communication terminal device comprising: A communication system that performs group communication by connecting to a communication network, and a group communication system that includes a host terminal and a participant terminal that perform group communication via the communication server.
The organizer terminal is
A first communication unit that performs group communication by connecting to a communication network including the communication server device;
A personal information management unit for managing personal information of a communication partner performing the group communication;
A first input unit in which input is performed;
When the group communication is started by designating a communication terminal of a communication partner that performs group communication based on personal information of the communication partner managed by the personal information management unit, communication is performed via the communication server. A first control unit for transmitting the start of group communication to the other communication terminal;
Have
The first controller is
Sheet creation processing means for creating a predetermined sheet;
A sheet transmission processing means for inputting the number of options written on the sheet created by the sheet creation processing means and a predetermined time by the input unit, and transmitting the sheet to the communication unit;
Voting start processing means for notifying the start of voting based on the content of the sheet transmitted by the sheet transmission processing means;
Response acceptance processing means for accepting a response regarding the selected option until the predetermined time elapses after starting the vote determination process;
After the predetermined time has elapsed, a response cancellation processing unit that does not accept a response regarding the selected option;
A tally processing means for tallying the accepted options;
With
The participant terminal
A second communication unit for performing group communication by connecting to a communication network including the communication server device;
A second input unit for input;
A second control unit that performs a process of participating in group communication when participation in group communication is determined by the second input unit after receiving notification of starting group communication;
A display for displaying information;
Have
The second controller is
Sheet reception processing means for receiving a sheet in which a predetermined number of options and a predetermined time are described;
Sheet display processing means for displaying the sheet received by the sheet reception processing means on the display unit when a predetermined signal is received;
Response transmission processing means for receiving an input for selecting an option written on the sheet displayed by the sheet display processing means from the second input unit and transmitting the received input content;
A group communication system comprising:

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