JP2009017174A - Information providing method, mobile communication system, transmitter and mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new technique which can provide information when a mobile terminal reaches a designated position. <P>SOLUTION: In an information providing method, when information is transmitted to a mobile communication terminal addressed from a transmitter, a control message used as a condition when the information is presented in the mobile communication terminal is transmitted together with the information, and even when the mobile communication terminal received the information, in the case where a presentation condition indicated by the control message corresponding to the information is not satisfied, a receiving notice of the information or a presentation of the information is not carried out. Further, in a mobile communication system, the transmitter comprises a transmitting part which, when the transmitter transmits the information to the addressed mobile communication terminal, transmits it together with the control message used as the presentation condition which permits to provide the information to a user in the mobile communication terminal. The mobile communication terminal comprises a controller for controlling so as not to carry out the receiving notice of the information or the presentation of the information, even when the mobile communication terminal received the information, in the case where the presentation condition indicated by the control message received together with the information is not satisfied. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an information providing method, a mobile communication system, a transmission device, and a mobile communication terminal. The present invention is particularly suitable when providing information using the position of a mobile terminal.

  In mobile communication systems using mobile communication terminals typified by mobile phone services, services that distribute information such as e-mail to users' mobile communication terminals are already widely used, and various application services have been proposed. Yes.

  For example, using the fact that mobile communication terminals equipped with a function that can accurately specify the position of the terminal device such as the GPS function are widely used, the destination mobile communication terminal has reached a specified location Sometimes, a location-designated mail communication service for sending mail to the mobile communication terminal has been proposed (see Patent Document 1).

In the mail delivery service between mobile communication terminals, since the mobile communication terminal on the receiving side generally controls to display immediately when mail is received from the base station, the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 The location information of the destination mobile communication terminal is collected by the mail server that manages the delivery, and the email is sent when the collected location information matches the location information corresponding to the location specified in the email to be sent. Yes.
JP2002-300627

  However, in the method described in Patent Document 1, information is not transmitted to the mobile terminal until the position information of the mobile terminal is collected and it is detected that the designated position has been reached.

  It is an object of the present invention to provide a new technique capable of presenting information when a mobile terminal reaches a designated position.

  Preferably, an object of the present invention is to provide a mechanism that does not require the mobile communication network side to determine whether or not the mobile terminal has reached the designated position.

  Needless to say, the effects obtained in the embodiments described below, which have not been obtained in the past, can be obtained as appropriate for the purpose of another aspect of the present invention.

  An information providing method according to the present invention is an information providing method for transmitting information to a mobile communication terminal as a destination, and presents the information at the mobile communication terminal when transmitting information from the transmitting device to the destination mobile communication terminal. When a control message used as a condition is transmitted together with the information and the mobile communication terminal receives the information, the presentation condition indicated by the control message corresponding to the information is not satisfied Does not perform notification of receiving the information or presenting the information.

  In the information providing method configured as described above, a control message is transmitted along with transmission of information to be provided from the transmission device, and is delivered to the destination mobile communication terminal. In the destination mobile communication terminal, even if the information to be provided is received, if the presentation condition indicated by the corresponding control message is not satisfied, the information reception notification or the information presentation described above is not performed. That is, the timing at which information reception notification or information presentation is performed at the destination mobile communication terminal can be matched when the presentation condition indicated by the control message corresponding to this information is satisfied.

  A first mobile communication system according to the present invention is a mobile communication system in which information is transmitted from a transmission device to a mobile communication terminal as a destination, and the transmission device transmits the information when transmitting information to the destination mobile communication terminal. The communication terminal further includes a transmission unit that transmits a control message used as a presentation condition permitting provision of information to a user in the communication terminal, and the mobile communication terminal matches the information even when the information is received. When the presenting condition indicated by the received control message is not satisfied, a control unit is provided that performs control so that the information reception notification or the information is not presented.

  In the mobile communication system configured as described above, when the information to be provided is transmitted, a transmission unit provided in the transmission apparatus transmits an appropriate control message to the destination mobile communication terminal according to this information. Based on the presentation condition indicated by the control message, the control unit provided in the mobile communication terminal controls the reception notification or the execution of the presentation process for the information received. As a result, when the presentation condition indicated by the control message is not satisfied, the reception notification and the presentation process for the received information are suppressed, and the timing at which the above-described presentation condition is satisfied in the destination mobile communication terminal. In addition, information reception notification or information presentation can be executed. In this way, by controlling the timing of executing the process of presenting delivery information such as e-mail to the user, whether the e-mail arrived from the receiving user as if it reached the specified location. As described above, an information providing method can be realized.

  In a second mobile communication system according to the present invention, in the first mobile communication system described above, the control unit reaches the position range specified by a presentation condition indicated by the control message. The notification means for transmitting the arrival notification indicating the fact to the transmission device when it is detected, and when the response returned to the arrival notification includes information indicating the presentation permission, the information And a permission unit that permits execution of the presentation process including the reception notification.

  In the second mobile communication system configured as described above, the notification means notifies the transmission device of the transmission source that the mobile communication terminal on the called side has reached the designated position range, and presents accordingly. Only when a response including information indicating permission is returned, the permission unit permits the execution of the presentation process including the reception notification for the information received together with the control message described above. Therefore, by the transmitting device, for example, by returning a response including information indicating the presentation permission only to the mobile communication terminal that first notified the arrival to the specified position range, the permission means provided in the mobile communication terminal Execution of the presentation process can be limitedly permitted. In other words, it is possible to realize control such that presentation of distribution information is permitted only to mobile communication terminals selected in first-come-first-served basis from mobile communication terminals belonging to a group to which information to which a control message specifying an incoming location is added is distributed. Can do.

  Further, in the first mobile communication system described above, the transmitting unit receives a position designation indicating a desired incoming location on a map represented by map information from a user of the transmission source, and the position designation And converting means for converting the destination location shown in FIG. 4 into position information in a format recognizable by the destination mobile communication terminal, and including the position information as part of the presentation condition in the control message. It is also possible to configure a mobile communication system.

  In the third mobile communication system configured as described above, the location of the incoming location on the map is accepted by the accepting unit, and the incoming location on the map is converted into, for example, GPS coordinate data by the converting unit. Is converted into position information recognizable in the mobile communication terminal and included in the control message. Such conversion processing is performed in the course of processing of mail delivery by the mail server, for example, so that complicated information such as input of location information required when the user of the transmission source sends location designation mail or the like. The server takes over the work and can strongly support the work of sending the location-specific mail.

  The transmitting apparatus according to the present invention is a transmitting apparatus that transmits information to a mobile communication terminal. When transmitting the information to the mobile communication terminal, the transmitting apparatus presents the information at the mobile communication terminal. A transmission unit that transmits a control message used as a condition is also provided.

  The transmission device configured as described above notifies the presentation conditions to be satisfied when information is presented at the mobile communication terminal by transmitting an appropriate control message together with the information transmitted to the mobile communication terminal. Thus, it can be used for presentation control processing in the mobile communication terminal.

  The mobile communication terminal according to the present invention receives the information if the mobile communication terminal presenting the received information does not satisfy the information presentation conditions corresponding to the information even if the information is received. It is characterized by comprising a control unit for controlling not to notify or present the information.

  In the mobile communication terminal configured as described above, when the presentation condition corresponding to the received information is not satisfied, the control unit suppresses the reception notification or presentation of this information even if it has been received. That is, the reception notification for notifying the user that the information has been received and the timing for presenting the received information can be matched with the timing when the corresponding presentation condition is satisfied.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a new method capable of presenting information when a mobile communication terminal reaches a designated position.

  Further, it is possible to provide a mechanism that does not require the mobile communication network side to determine whether or not the mobile communication terminal has reached the designated position.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of a mobile communication system according to the present invention. 2 and 3 are flowcharts showing the operation of the mobile communication system.

  In the following, in view of designating a position when information is presented (for example, display, output by sound, etc.) in the mobile communication terminal, a service related to this information presentation will be referred to as a location designation communication service.

  In the location designation communication service system shown in FIG. 1, the mail server 210 (which may be another communication device such as a mobile terminal) responds to a mail transmission request received from the personal computer 201 via a network, for example. In addition, the process of transmitting the location designation mail to the destination mobile communication terminal 220 via the mobile communication network is performed.

  In the mail server 210 shown in FIG. 1, the location designation transmission receiving unit 211 receives a mail text to be distributed from the personal computer 201 of the transmission source, and designates an incoming location based on the exchange with the personal computer 201 ( The incoming call permission conditions to be satisfied by the destination mobile communication terminal (designation of position information) are collected (see steps 301 and 302 in FIG. 2). For example, information indicating the position designated by the user of the personal computer 201 on the map is presented to the personal computer 201 described above based on the map information stored in the map information database (DB) 213. Are collected as information for designating an incoming location, and the size of the incoming call permission range and the time range in which the incoming call is permitted are collected as an incoming call permission condition. Further, when the destination mobile communication terminal enters the incoming call permission range as described above, information indicating whether or not to permit immediate display of the text of the location designation mail or a group of mobile communication terminals is designated as the destination It is also possible to collect information indicating the number of terminals permitted to display the mail text as part of the incoming call permission conditions.

  The information indicating the position on the map collected as one of the above-described incoming permission conditions is transferred to the position information conversion unit 212 shown in FIG. 1 and stored in the map information database 213 by the position information conversion unit 212. Is converted into position information (coordinate information represented by latitude and longitude) in a format compatible with GPS (a format that can be collated with position information that can be detected by the position detection function of the mobile terminal) ( 2 (see step 303 in FIG. 2), it is passed to the control message creation unit 214.

  The control message creation unit 214 shown in FIG. 1 performs control indicating that the location information received from the location information conversion unit 212, the incoming call permission condition (for example, location information) received from the location designation transmission reception unit 211, and the location designation mail. A control message including the code is created (see step 304 in FIG. 2), and the control message is added to the mail body and used for transmission processing by the transmission processing unit 217.

  At this time, the incoming permission condition including the above-described position information is held in the condition holding unit 215 by the control message creating unit 214 in correspondence with key information (for example, a subject name and a mail transmission time) for mail identification. The

  Further, the location designation mail formed by adding the control message described above is sent to the destination mobile communication terminal 220 via the mobile communication network by the transmission processing unit 217 (if the destination is a group, a plurality of mobile emails belonging to the group are transferred). (Refer to step 305 in FIG. 2).

  In the mobile communication terminal 220 shown in FIG. 1, the mail function unit 221 has a function of performing mail transmission / reception processing via the mobile communication network, and the mail text received by the mail function unit 221 is displayed. Displayed on a liquid crystal display unit (not shown) via the unit 227 or output from a speaker and presented to the user. Further, the GPS function unit 226 shown in FIG. 1 has a function of calculating the current position of the mobile communication terminal 220 based on a signal from a GPS satellite.

  In the mail function unit 221 shown in FIG. 1, the mail received by the transmission / reception processing unit 222 via the mobile communication network is passed to the discrimination processing unit 223, and the location designation mail is based on the control message added to the mail text. And other normal mails (see steps 321 and 322 in FIG. 3). The mail which is determined not to be the location designation mail by the discrimination processing unit 223 (No determination in step 322 in FIG. 3) is transferred to the display processing unit 227 as it is and is used for the presentation process to the user. For example, the contents of the mail are displayed by operating an operation unit (not shown). In this case, display may be performed without referring to the position of the mobile terminal. That is, it may be displayed immediately upon reception.

  On the other hand, the mail that is determined to be a location designation mail (affirmative determination in step 322 in FIG. 3) is displayed in the mail text until the condition determination unit 224 shown in FIG. 1 determines that the incoming call permission condition is satisfied. It is controlled not to be held (not held) (step 323).

  For example, until the condition is met, do not even present that you have received an email (do not notify you of incoming emails), or show that you have received emails (although you will receive incoming emails), but present the contents of the email body (Does not display even if the operation unit is operated). Of course, if the condition is satisfied, the mail is notified as if the mail was received at that time, and the contents of the mail text are displayed.

  The condition determination unit 224 determines that the current position of the mobile communication terminal 220 is based on the information included in the control message of the location designation mail that is suspended and the position information acquired by the GPS function unit 226. It is determined whether or not the incoming call permission range is indicated by the information included in the control message (see steps 324 and 325 in FIG. 3). That is, the designated position (which may be a range composed of a finite area) is collated with the position detected by the GPS as the position detecting means to determine whether or not a match is detected. The determination result and the appearing position information need not be notified to the mobile communication network side.

  For example, when the position information (Xs, Ys) indicating the designated position and the radius R of the incoming call permission range are indicated in the control message added to the location designation mail, the GPS function unit 226 is executed by the condition determination unit 224. It is determined whether or not the current position (Xp, Yp) of the mobile communication terminal 220 received from is within the incoming call permission range with the radius R centered on the designated position described above. In the case of negative determination in step 325, the process returns to step 324 and the acquisition of position information is repeated.

  After that, when the current position of the mobile communication terminal 220 moves into the incoming call permission range and an affirmative determination is made in step 325, the arrival mail creation unit 225 shown in FIG. The arrival mail including the information indicating the fact and the key information for specifying the location designation mail is created and transmitted to the mail server 210 via the transmission / reception processing unit 222 (see step 326 in FIG. 3). Note that this processing may not be performed. In addition, when the incoming call permission condition included in the control message added to the location designation mail indicates that immediate display is permitted (positive determination in step 327 in FIG. 3), this location The mail text of the designated mail is passed to the display processing unit 227 via the condition determination unit 224, and a presentation process for the user is performed (step 329).

  As described above, in the location designation communication service system according to this embodiment, an appropriate control message is added to the mail text from the transmission source (for example, the personal computer 201) and transmitted to the destination mobile communication terminal 220 in advance. Using the location information acquisition function such as the GPS function provided in the mobile communication terminal 220, the above-mentioned mail text display or mail until it is detected that the mobile communication terminal 220 has entered the incoming call permission range indicated by the control message, By suspending the notification of the incoming mail, the mail text can be presented to the user as if the mail had arrived when the designated location was reached. That is, the mail server 210 performs the function of the transmission unit of the transmission device by adding the control message described above to the mail, and the condition determination unit 224 of the mobile communication terminal 220 receives the current function received from the GPS function unit 226. The function of the control unit is fulfilled by performing processing for checking the position and the incoming call permission range indicated by the control message.

  Further, in the location designation communication service system shown in FIG. 1, the location designation email is transmitted to the destination mobile communication terminal via the mail server 210. Therefore, even from a mobile communication terminal or personal computer having no group transmission function. In addition, it is possible to realize a location designation mail transmission to a group consisting of a plurality of mobile communication terminals.

  In the place designation communication service system according to this embodiment, a place designation mail is further transmitted to a group of a plurality of mobile communication terminals as destinations. It is also possible to provide a service in which only the member) is allowed to selectively display the mail text.

  If the incoming call permission condition described above indicates that immediate display is not possible (No determination at step 327), the condition determination unit 224 suspends the text mail presentation process until a response mail described later is received. (Step 328).

  As described above, the arrival mail sent from the incoming mobile communication terminal 220 is received by the response processing unit 216 of the mail server 210 shown in FIG. 1 via the mobile communication network (step of FIG. 2). 306). At this time, the response processing unit 216 searches the condition holding unit 215 based on the key information added to the arrival mail, and performs the following processing based on the incoming permission condition of the obtained location designation mail.

  First, the response processing unit 216 determines whether or not immediate display is permitted according to the incoming call permission condition (step 307 in FIG. 2), and in the case of a negative determination, the mobile communication terminal that is the transmission source of the arrival mail described above is determined. It is determined whether or not the incoming call permission condition is satisfied (step 308). The response processing unit 216 collates the receivable period and the number of mobile communication terminals that are allowed to be received, which are indicated as the incoming call permission conditions, the arrival time of the arrival mail and the number of mobile communication terminals that have received the arrival mail. Based on the collation result, it can be determined whether or not the incoming call permission condition is satisfied. For example, the number of mobile communication terminals permitted to receive can be set as zero.

  In the case of an affirmative determination in step 308 described above, the response processing unit 216 creates a response mail that permits display of the mail text, and the mobile communication terminal that is the transmission source of the arrival mail described above via the transmission processing unit 217. 220 (step 309). For example, the number of mobile communication terminals that are permitted to receive is 1, and display can be permitted for a mobile terminal that has reached the first designated position in the group, and thereafter, display can not be permitted. .

  In response to the reception of the response mail, the mobile communication terminal 220 cancels the waiting state in step 328 in FIG. 3 and also indicates that display permission is indicated by this response mail. The text is transferred from the condition determination unit 224 to the display processing unit 227, and processing for presenting the mail text to the user is performed.

  In this way, the mail text can be selectively presented only to the user of the mobile communication terminal that has received the response mail indicating that the display is permitted.

  As described above, after sending the response mail indicating that the display is permitted, the response processing unit 216 shown in FIG. 1 selects a destination to which the arrival mail has not yet arrived among the destinations to which the location designation mail has been distributed. It is determined whether or not there is (step 310). If the determination is affirmative, the process returns to step 306 to wait for the arrival mail.

  In this way, response processing is performed sequentially according to the arrival of the arrival mail, and when the number of mobile communication terminals that have received the arrival mail exceeds the number of mobile communication terminals that are permitted to receive, the response processing unit By 216, it is determined that the mobile communication terminal that is the transmission source of the newly arrived arrival mail does not satisfy the incoming call permission condition (determination in step 308 shown in FIG. 2). At this time, the response processing unit 216 creates a response mail instructing deletion of the body mail and transmits it via the transmission processing unit 217 (step 311). In the mobile communication terminal that has received this response mail, FIG. The negative determination in step 329 shown is made, and the mail body is deleted by the condition determination unit 224 (step 331).

  As described above, when the response process for the arrival mails from all the mobile communication terminals belonging to the group designated as the destination is completed (Yes in Step 310), the response processing unit 216 transmits the location designation mail. The original personal computer 201 is notified of the completion of mail distribution, and the process is terminated.

  If the incoming period is set as an incoming call permission condition, the location designation mail management process described above is performed as the incoming period elapses even if there are still mobile communication terminals that have not yet arrived. It is also possible to report the presenting status to the user at each mobile communication terminal belonging to the destination group to the personal computer 201 of the transmission source.

  In addition, when a response mail (display permission) is transmitted by the number of mobile terminals permitted to receive, a transmission completion message may be transmitted to the personal computer 201 that is the transmission source.

  Thus, for example, by designating a predetermined station as a position and configuring a group with mobile communication terminals owned by the family, the mobile communication terminal that first reached the predetermined station in the group Mail can be displayed. When you ask for shopping, etc., you can show the text of the content of the shopping request in the email body so that only the owner of the mobile terminal that reaches the station first in the family can show the text. Especially convenient.

(Second Embodiment)
It is also possible to store the body text of the location specification mail in the mail server and send the mail text to the mobile communication terminal that is the sender of the arrival mail when the arrival mail is received from the mobile communication terminal. .

  For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the mail server sends a location designation mail (indicated by a thin arrow in FIG. 4) consisting of key information and a control message to the destination mobile communication terminals A, B, and C. The mobile communication terminals A, B, and C are notified of the incoming call permission range. In each of the mobile communication terminals A, B, and C, the terminal location indicated by the location information acquired by the GPS function unit provided in each of the mobile communication terminals A, B, and C is the above-described incoming call, as in steps 324 and 325 shown in FIG. A process for determining whether or not it is within the permitted range is performed. For example, as indicated by the white arrows in FIG. 4, when the mobile communication terminals A and B enter the incoming call permission range, the mobile communication terminals A and B respectively enter the incoming call permission range. An arrival mail indicating that it has arrived (indicated by a broken thick arrow in FIG. 4) is sent out.

  In response to the arrival of the arrival mail, the mail server performs a determination process based on the incoming permission condition, and when a determination result indicating that the incoming mail should be permitted is obtained, a response mail including the mail body is created. The message is transmitted to the mobile communication terminals A and B that are the senders of the arrival mail (shown by thick arrows in FIG. 4).

  As described above, in the configuration in which the mail text is transmitted in response to arrival mail reaching the mail server, the mail text can be selectively distributed only to the mobile communication terminals permitted to be presented to the user.

  As a result, it is possible to prevent the user from being charged for receiving the mail text not presented to the user, and to improve the serviceability for the user.

(Third embodiment)
In addition, when the location designation mail is addressed to a group consisting of a plurality of mobile communication terminals, other functions belonging to the destination group can be obtained by using the function of transmitting mail from the mobile communication terminal in response to entering the incoming call permission range. It is also possible to manage location-designated mails in other mobile communication terminals.

  In the example shown in FIG. 5, as in the first embodiment described above, a location designation mail in which a control message including a control code indicating that it is a location designation email is added to the destination group. It is sent to the mobile communication terminals A, B and C to which it belongs.

Accordingly, in each of the mobile communication devices A, B, and C, whether or not the respective current positions are within the incoming call permission range indicated by the control message described above, in the same manner as in steps 324 and 325 shown in FIG. Processing for determining whether or not. Then, for example, as indicated by the white arrow in FIG. 5, when the mobile communication terminal B enters the incoming call permission range, the mobile communication terminal B uses the mobile communication terminal B to transmit the above arrival mail to the mail server. other members in a mobile communication terminal a of the group described above, the C as the destination, the own terminal (in Fig. 5, indicated by symbol M _C) completion notification mail indicating that the display location designated mail is complete Sent out.

  In response to the reception of the completion notification mail, the mobile communication terminals A and C outside the incoming call permission range delete the previously received location designation mail in the same manner as in step 331 in FIG. The user of these mobile communication terminals A and C is notified that the text of the mail has been presented to the user by the mobile communication terminal B that is the origin of the message, and the receiving process of the location designation mail is terminated.

  On the other hand, as indicated by the broken line in FIG. 5, when the mobile communication terminal A has also entered the incoming call permission range almost simultaneously with the mobile communication terminal B described above, when the completion notification mail is received, In mobile communication terminal A, it is conceivable that the presentation of the text mail to the user has been completed.

  In such a case, the mobile communication terminal A does not delete the location designation mail, and the mobile communication terminal A indicates that the mail text has already been presented to the user of the mobile communication terminal B that is the source of the completion notification mail. The user of terminal A is notified, and the location designation mail receiving process is terminated.

  In this way, by managing the location designation mail in another mobile communication terminal by the completion notification mail from the mobile communication terminal that has reached the incoming call permission range, the processing load of the mail server can be reduced.

  In the control message of the location designation mail, for example, by specifying a personal computer that manages home equipment as the notification destination of entering the incoming call permission range, hot water for the air conditioner, lighting equipment, and bathtub in the living room is designated. Application services that control beams in a coordinated manner are possible.

(Fourth embodiment)
On the other hand, the control message creation process of the mail server 210 shown in FIG. 1 can be realized by the application of the mobile communication terminal, and the location designation mail can be directly transmitted from the mobile communication terminal to the destination mobile communication terminal.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the location information holding unit 231 provided in the email transmission function unit 230 of the mobile communication terminal acquires and stores location information in a format that can be used in the location designation email service in advance. By using the information for processing by the control message adding unit 232, direct transmission of the location designation mail from the mobile communication terminal 220 to the destination mobile communication terminals A, B, and C can be realized.

  In the mail transmission function unit 230 shown in FIG. 6, an instruction to transmit a location designation mail by the user and identification information indicating the location information designated as the destination location, the size of the incoming permitted range, and the destination mobile communication terminal The mail text to be transmitted is input together with the information necessary for transmitting the location specifying mail including the information to be shown, and the process of the control message adding unit 232 is performed in accordance with this.

  At this time, the control message adding unit 232 reads the position information indicated by the information input by the user from the position information holding unit 231 described above, creates an appropriate control message based on the position information, and A place designation mail is created by adding it to the inputted mail text, and is sent to the mobile communication network via the transmission / reception processing unit 222.

  Thus, for example, if it is a location designation mail that specifies a destination location that can be acquired in advance by the GPS function provided in its own terminal, such as a home, work place, or a commuting station, the location designation email This can be realized only by adding functions on the mobile communication terminal side without interposing any mail server.

  It is also possible to specify your own terminal as the destination of the location specification mail. For example, a control message with the incoming call permission range near the store near your home is added to the shopping list during a lunch break at work. The mobile communication terminal can also be used as a memorandum by sending the designated location mail to the terminal itself.

  As described above, according to the above-described embodiment, position information collection processing on the mail server side can be made unnecessary. As a result, it is possible to avoid an increase in processing load for location information collection processing and a significant addition of server functions for realizing services, and it is also possible to prevent an increase in traffic that is not subject to billing. The operating cost for providing the designated communication service can be reduced.

  It is possible to realize an application service such as sending a location designation mail as a group email and presenting the email only to the user who first reaches the designated location.

  A server that manages the distribution information on behalf of the mobile communication terminal or personal computer of the transmission source, and supports the creation of a control message to be added to the distribution information using map information, thereby greatly improving the usability of the location-specific communication service. Can be improved.

  Regarding the above description, the following items are further disclosed.

  (Additional remark 1) In the information provision method which transmits information by making a mobile communication terminal into a destination, when transmitting information from a transmitter to a destination mobile communication terminal, it uses as a condition at the time of presenting the information in the mobile communication terminal Control information to be transmitted together with the information, and even if the mobile communication terminal receives the information, if the presentation condition indicated by the control message corresponding to the information is not satisfied, An information providing method characterized by not performing reception notification or presentation of the information.

  (Supplementary Note 2) In a mobile communication system in which information is transmitted from a transmission device to a mobile communication terminal as a destination, the transmission device transmits information to a user in the mobile communication terminal when transmitting information to the destination mobile communication terminal. The mobile communication terminal is provided with a control message received together with the information even when the mobile communication terminal receives the information. A mobile communication system, comprising: a control unit that controls not to perform reception notification of the information or presentation of the information when a presentation condition is not satisfied.

  (Additional remark 3) In the mobile communication system of Additional remark 2, when the said control part detects that the said mobile communication terminal arrived at the said position range designated by the presentation conditions shown by the said control message, A notification unit that transmits a notification of arrival indicating that to the transmission device, and a process of a presentation process including a notification of reception of the information when the response returned to the notification of arrival includes information indicating the permission of presentation. A mobile communication system comprising: permission means for permitting execution.

  (Supplementary note 4) In the mobile communication system according to supplementary note 2, the transmission unit accepts a position designation indicating a desired incoming location on a map represented by map information from a user of the transmission source, and Converting the incoming location indicated by the location designation into location information in a format recognizable by the destination mobile communication terminal, and including the location information as a part of the presentation condition in the control message. A mobile communication system.

  (Additional remark 5) In the transmitter which transmits information with respect to a mobile communication terminal, when transmitting the said information with respect to this mobile communication terminal, it is used as conditions when presenting this information in this mobile communication terminal A transmission apparatus comprising a transmission unit that transmits a control message together.

  (Supplementary Note 6) In the mobile communication terminal that presents the received information, even if the information is received, if the information presentation condition corresponding to the information is not satisfied, the reception notification of the information or the information A mobile communication terminal comprising: a control unit that performs control so as not to perform presentation or reception of the information and presentation of the information.

  As described above, according to the information providing method, the mobile communication system, the transmission device, and the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention, it is determined whether or not the mobile communication terminal that is the destination of information has reached the designated location. Using a mechanism that does not need to be determined on the communication network side, information can be presented when the mobile communication terminal reaches a designated position. By using this mechanism, it is possible to realize an information providing service in which a destination location and timing are specified without significantly adding functions to a facility on the mobile communication system side and increasing traffic for service operation. As a result, it is possible to provide a service such as delivery of a location designation mail to the user at a relatively low cost, and it is possible to improve serviceability for the user.

  Further, as described above, this location designation communication service can cause the mobile communication terminal to function as an active memorandum. By expanding the use of such mobile communication terminals, it is expected that mail addressed to itself will increase in addition to mail addressed to other mobile communication terminals, and the profitability of service providers operating mobile communication systems will increase. Improvements can also be expected.

  Thus, the present invention is extremely useful as a mechanism for realizing a service provided using a mobile communication system.

1 is a diagram showing a first embodiment of a mobile communication system according to the present invention. It is a flowchart showing operation | movement of a place designation | designated communication service system (transmission side). It is a flowchart showing operation | movement of a place designation communication service system (receiving side). It is a figure which shows 2nd Embodiment of the location designation | designated communication service system concerning this invention. It is a figure which shows 3rd Embodiment of the location designation | designated communication service system concerning this invention. It is a figure which shows 4th Embodiment of the location designation | designated communication service system concerning this invention.

Explanation of symbols

201 Personal computer 210 Mail server 211 Location designation transmission reception unit 212 Location information conversion unit 213 Map information database (DB)
215 Incoming call permission condition holding unit 214 Control message creation unit 217 Transmission processing unit 220 Mobile communication terminal 221 Mail function unit 222 Transmission / reception processing unit 223 Discrimination processing unit 224 Condition determination unit 225 Arrival mail creation unit 226 GPS function unit 227 Display processing unit 230 Mail Transmission function unit 231 Position information holding unit 232 Control message adding unit

Claims (5)

In an information providing method for transmitting information with a mobile communication terminal as a destination,
When transmitting information from the transmitting device to the destination mobile communication terminal, a control message used as a condition for presenting the information in the mobile communication terminal is transmitted together with the information,
In the mobile communication terminal, even if the information is received, if the presentation condition indicated by the control message corresponding to the information is not satisfied, the information reception notification or the information presentation is not performed. A characteristic information providing method. In a mobile communication system for transmitting information from a transmission device to a mobile communication terminal as a destination,
The transmission device includes a transmission unit that transmits a control message used as a presentation condition for permitting information provision to a user in the mobile communication terminal when transmitting information to a destination mobile communication terminal;
Even when the mobile communication terminal receives the information, if the presentation condition indicated by the control message received together with the information is not satisfied, the mobile communication terminal does not perform the reception notification of the information or the presentation of the information. A mobile communication system, characterized by comprising a control unit that performs control as described above. The mobile communication system according to claim 2,
The controller is
A notification means for transmitting a notification of arrival to the transmitting device when detecting that the mobile communication terminal has reached the position range specified by the presentation condition indicated by the control message;
Mobile communication comprising: permission means for permitting execution of a presentation process including a reception notification of the information when information indicating a presentation permission is included in a response returned to the arrival notification system. In a transmission device that transmits information to a mobile communication terminal,
A transmission unit comprising: a transmission unit that transmits a control message used as a condition for presenting the information to the mobile communication terminal when the information is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal. apparatus. In a mobile communication terminal that presents received information,
Even when information is received, if the information presentation conditions corresponding to the information are not satisfied, the information reception notification, the information presentation, or the information reception notification and the information presentation are both A mobile communication terminal comprising a control unit that performs control so as not to be performed.

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