JP2009092490A - Delay information service system, information setting method, information setting program, and mobile terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To notify only necessary delay information to a mobile terminal without applying burden on the mobile terminal by resetting an alarm time on the mobile terminal without applying large burden on traffic information management center servers and making transmission of delay information mails from the servers minimum. <P>SOLUTION: When delay of traffic facilities in usage traffic routes registered to the traffic information management center servers by users occurs and the delay time is in user usage time band including the alarm time registered by the users, the traffic information management center servers create and transmit delay information service mail to mail addresses of the mobile terminals registered by the users. When the mobile terminals receive the service mail, a delay time is extracted from the service mail to calculate a new alarm time so as to be reset (A4-A7). Then, in response to length of delay times, sounds of alarm sounds generated at new reset alarm times are changed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a delay information service system, an information setting method, an information setting program, and a portable terminal. In particular, based on a delay information service mail distributed from a traffic information management center server, an alarm time and an alarm sound registered in advance are stored. The present invention relates to a delay information service system, an information setting method, an information setting program, and a mobile terminal that resets received delay information.

  A system in which a server for maintaining traffic information of various transportation facilities and a client having a wake-up function are connected via the Internet, and when the user notifies the client of the wake-up time and the transport facility to be used, the client Prior to requesting the traffic information of the relevant transportation system to the server and providing the corresponding traffic information to the client, the wake-up time set by the user is automatically reset according to the traffic information acquired by the client. There is a known alarm system (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  In this alarm system, if the server manages road transportation, it refers to road traffic information, and if it manages public transportation, it refers to public transportation operation information and sends the referenced traffic information to the client. . The client extracts the creation time and delay information from the received traffic information, and if it is determined that there is a delay in the transportation facility from the content of the delay information, the client extracts the delay time from the delay information, and the delay time and user Calculate and set the wake-up time to be automatically reset from the wake-up time set by. Thus, when the current time reaches the automatically reset wake-up time, the client notifies the user of the optimal wake-up time by generating an alarm sound or displaying a predetermined video. This client may be a mobile terminal.

JP 2002-303687 A

  However, in the system described in Patent Document 1, for example, a user who gets on the same train has a different wake-up time due to, for example, the length of dressing time from getting up to getting on a commuter train, the length of time required to reach a station, and the like. There is a problem that the server manages different alarm times for each individual user, and it is necessary to recalculate a new alarm time according to the traffic information, resulting in a heavy load on the server.

  Further, in the system described in Patent Document 1, it is possible for the client to recalculate a new alarm time from the server information and reset the wake-up time. Since the notification is transmitted every time, there is a problem that the packet cost increases, which is a burden on the user. Further, in this system, since the alarm sound is always the same regardless of the length of the delay time, there is a problem that the user cannot intuitively know the urgency level of the delay information.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and provides a delay information service system, an information setting method, an information setting program, and a portable terminal that can reset an alarm time without imposing a heavy load on the server. Objective.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide a delay information service system, an information setting method, an information setting program, and a portable terminal that can notify delay information without imposing a burden on the user.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide a delay information service system, an information setting method, an information setting program, and a portable terminal that can intuitively notify the user of the degree of urgency.

In order to achieve the above object, the delay information service system of the present invention includes a database that stores a user's traffic route and alarm time notification time zone together with a user's mail address,
When the traffic time delay of the use traffic route stored in the database occurs in the notification time zone of the user's alarm time stored in the database, the delay information service mail including the delay time is stored in the database. A traffic information management center server that delivers to the user's email address;
The user owns the delay information service mail received via the communication network, extracts the delay time from the received delay information service mail, and calculates a new alarm time calculated in accordance with the extracted delay time in advance. And a portable terminal which resets the alarm time in place of the initially set alarm time and generates an audio and / or image alarm when the current time reaches the reset alarm time.

  In order to achieve the above object, the information setting method of the present invention includes a first method of registering a user's traffic route and alarm time notification time zone together with a user's mail address in a database of a traffic information management center server. When the time delay of the traffic of the used traffic route registered in the database occurs in the notification time zone of the user's alarm time stored in the database, the delay information service mail including the delay time is sent to the traffic information A second step of generating by the management center server and distributing to the user's mail address stored in the database; and a third step of causing the portable terminal owned by the user to receive the delayed information service mail via the communication network. And the delay time is extracted from the delay information service mail received by the mobile device. The new alarm time calculated in accordance with the extracted delay time, characterized in that it comprises a fourth step of reconfiguring instead of the alarm time is previously initialized, the.

In order to achieve the above object, the information setting program of the present invention causes the traffic time delay of the used traffic route stored in the database to occur in the notification time zone of the user's alarm time stored in the database. A mobile terminal with a mail address owned by the user that can be connected via a communication network to a traffic information management center server that delivers a delay information service mail including the delay time to a mail address stored in the database. An information setting program for setting information by a computer inside the computer,
When the traffic time delay of the used traffic route registered in the database occurs in the notification time zone of the user's alarm time stored in the database, a delay information service mail including the delay time is sent to the traffic information management center. The first step of receiving from the server via the communication network, the delay time is extracted from the delay information service mail received by the mobile terminal, and a new alarm time calculated according to the extracted delay time is initialized in advance. And functioning as a second step of resetting in place of the alarm time.

  Furthermore, in order to achieve the above object, in the mobile terminal of the present invention, the traffic time delay of the use traffic route stored in the database occurs in the notification time zone of the user's alarm time stored in the database. A user-owned mobile terminal that can be connected via a communication network to a traffic information management center server that delivers a delay information service mail including the delay time to the user's mail address stored in the database. The mail receiving means for receiving the delay information service mail via the communication network, the extraction means for extracting the delay time from the received delay information service mail, and calculating a new alarm time according to the extracted delay time The calculation means and a new alarm calculated by the calculation means instead of the preset alarm time. And resetting means for resetting the arm time, and having a alarm generating means for generating an alarm by voice and / or image when it reaches the alarm time current time is reset.

  According to the present invention, since the server only transmits traffic information and does not require recalculation of a new alarm time, the burden on the server is reduced, and when the transportation system is operating normally or outside the user use time zone Even if there is a delay, the related delay information mail is not transmitted from the server, so the burden on the portable terminal is reduced by reducing the packet cost.

  Next, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows a system configuration diagram of an embodiment of a delay information service system according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, the delay information service system of the present embodiment includes a traffic information management center server 1, a user information / traffic information database (DB) 2, and a mobile terminal 3. The traffic information management center server 1 includes at least a central processing unit (CPU) 101, a storage device 102 that stores a software program for causing the CPU 101 to realize a predetermined operation of the present embodiment, an Internet 4, The transmission / reception unit is provided.

  Further, the user information / traffic information DB 2 and the portable terminal 3 operate by executing a software program read from the storage device 102 in the CPU 101, and establish communication networks (in this case, the Internet 4 and the public wireless telephone network 5). Are connected to each other. In FIG. 2, the communication network illustrated by the Internet 4 may be a communication network other than the Internet.

  The traffic information management center server 1 has means for establishing a homepage, responding to traffic information service use registration according to access from the mobile terminal 3, and collecting, managing, and storing user information / traffic information data. In addition, a delay information service mail is created when a delay occurs, and the delay information service mail is transmitted to the user of the portable terminal 3 via the Internet 4 and the public wireless telephone network 5. These means are realized by the CPU 101 and the storage device 102 and a transmission / reception unit (not shown).

  The user information / traffic information DB 2 always stores the latest user information / traffic information. Also, the user's traffic route and the alarm time notification time zone are registered as user information in association with the user's received mail address for each user. The traffic information management center server 1 can write information to the user information / traffic information DB 2 and read information. The mobile terminal 3 is a mobile phone device having means for connecting to the Internet 4 via the public wireless telephone network 5, and is a mobile terminal of the present invention.

  FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of an embodiment of a portable terminal according to the present invention. In the figure, a control unit 301 composed of a CPU or the like that comprehensively controls the operation of the entire terminal, and a control program (information setting program) for causing the control unit 301 to execute a predetermined operation are stored. A storage unit 302 that is also used as a memory for calculation, an input unit 303 for inputting characters, numbers, symbols, and the like, an alarm sound generating unit 304 that generates various alarm sounds, and a clock that measures time Part 305. As shown in FIG. 2, the portable terminal of the present invention picks up a transmitted voice, a display unit 306 that displays various images, a speaker 307 that generates a received voice, a ringtone, an alarm sound, and the like. A microphone 308 for processing, a voice processing unit 309 for processing a voice signal supplied to the speaker 307 and a voice signal obtained by the microphone 308, a signal processing unit 310 for processing a transmission signal and a reception signal, and an antenna 312. The wireless unit 311 wirelessly communicates with the nearest base station (not shown) of the public wireless telephone network 5 and the display driving unit 313 that drives the display unit 306 to display an image. .

  The mobile terminal 3 configured as shown in the block diagram of FIG. 2 has an existing well-known function for performing telephone communication and mail transmission / reception with a desired partner terminal via the public wireless telephone network 5 or the like. In addition to this, the traffic information management center server 1 is accessed via the public wireless telephone network 5 and the Internet 4, the homepage established by the traffic information management center server 1 and information for traffic information service use registration. And the delay information service mail transmitted from the traffic information management center server 1 via the Internet 4 and the public wireless telephone network 5 is received via the antenna 312 and the wireless unit 311. After the signal processing by the signal processing unit 310, the control unit 301 has a function of performing each process specific to the present embodiment according to a flowchart described later. That.

  Next, the operation of the embodiment of FIGS. 1 and 2 will be described in detail with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. Here, FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the overall operation of the delay information service system of the present embodiment shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of traffic information service use registration.

  First, it is determined whether or not the traffic information service use registration has been completed (step A1 in FIG. 3). If the traffic information service use registration has not been completed, the traffic information service use registration is performed (FIG. 3). Step A2). The traffic information service use registration operation process of step A2 is performed according to the flowchart of FIG.

  That is, when the mobile terminal 3 accesses the traffic information management center server 1 via the public wireless telephone network 5 and the Internet 4 (step B1 in FIG. 4) and performs traffic information service use registration (step B2 in FIG. 4). ) And user information (portable reception e-mail address / use traffic route / service use time zone) are input (step B3 in FIG. 4), and user registration is completed (step B4 in FIG. 4). The above user information is stored (registered) in the user information / traffic information DB 2 through the traffic information management center server 1.

  Thus, after completing the traffic information service use registration in steps A2 and B1 to B4, or if it is determined in step A1 that the traffic information service use registration has already been completed, the mobile terminal 3 then The control unit 301 determines whether the delay information service mail transmitted from the traffic information management center server 1 via the Internet 4 and the public wireless telephone network 5 is received via the antenna 312 and the wireless unit 311 of FIG. (Step A3 in FIG. 3). This determination is performed by a known method (not shown) such as character verification of received mail.

  Here, the above delay information service mail causes a delay such as a traffic accident or construction or a natural disaster in the traffic information management center server 1 registered by the user, or a traffic jam, etc. In addition, when the delay time is within the user use time zone including the alarm time such as the wake-up time registered by the user, the e-mail address of the mobile terminal 3 created by the traffic information management center server 1 and registered by the user This is an email for notifying delay information sent to the address. In addition, since the specific calculation method of delay time, alternative transportation use, etc. are not directly related to this invention, detailed description is abbreviate | omitted. In the present invention, only delay information is used (the same applies hereinafter).

  When it is determined that the delay information service mail is received in step A3, the control unit 301 of the mobile terminal 3 extracts the delay time described in the delay information service mail and calculates a new alarm time ( Step A4 in FIG. Here, the calculated new alarm time depends on the delay time rather than the normal alarm time registered by the user so that the user can arrive at the predetermined place at the normal arrival time even if there is a delay. It is a time set earlier.

  Subsequently, the control unit 301 of the mobile terminal 3 determines whether or not the extracted delay time is less than N (for the sake of explanation, here, N is 30 minutes, the same applies hereinafter) (step A5 in FIG. 3). When the delay time is less than N minutes, a new alarm activation time is reset, and at the same time, a sound (alarm sound A) different from the initially set (normal) alarm sound is displayed as the alarm sound in FIG. Re-setting is performed so that the generation unit 304 is generated (step A6 in FIG. 3).

  On the other hand, if the control unit 301 determines in step A5 that the delay time is N minutes or more, it resets a new alarm activation time, and at the same time, a different alarm sound from the normal alarm sound or the alarm sound A described above. (Alarm sound B) is reset so that the alarm sound generator 304 in FIG. 2 generates (step A7 in FIG. 3).

  When the current time of the clock unit 305 reaches the reset alarm activation time, the control unit 301 causes the alarm sound generation unit 304 to generate an audio signal corresponding to the reset alarm sound, and performs audio processing on the audio signal. The signal is supplied to the speaker 307 through the unit 309, and is subjected to electro-acoustic conversion to generate an alarm sound.

  Next, a first embodiment of the processing of steps A4 to A7 will be described. Now, assume that the user travels on the JR Nambu Line, uses the service time zone from 5:00 am to 9:00 am, and gets on a train for Kawasaki departing at 7:30 am Mukaihara Station. In addition, the alarm time of the mobile terminal is set to 6:30 am (the same applies hereinafter).

  Here, it is assumed that the traffic information management server 1 delivers a delay information service mail that predicts a delay of about 20 minutes because the JR Nambu Line is running slowly due to the influence of a typhoon, for example. In this case, the portable terminal 3 receives the delay information service mail in step A3, and extracts a delay time (20 minutes in the example) and calculates a new alarm time in step A4. The new alarm time is calculated at 6:10 am, which is 20 minutes later than the normal alarm time 6:30 am.

  Since the delay time is determined to be less than N (= 30) minutes in the subsequent step A5, the control unit 301 resets a new alarm time from 6:30 am to 6:10 am in step A6, and at the same time, Sound A (for example, the same melody as the normal alarm sound, but the volume is high) is reset.

  Thereby, the user of the portable terminal 3 wakes up with the alarm sound A generated at 6:10 am at the reset alarm time, and at the same time, intuitively from the volume of the alarm sound that the train delay is less than 30 minutes. It can be recognized that there is no room to relax.

  Next, a second embodiment of the processing of steps A4 to A7 will be described. When the alarm time is the same as that of the first embodiment and the delay information service mail distributed by the traffic information management server 1 is received and the delay information service mail indicates the delay time 40, for example, the mobile terminal 3 In step A4, the delay time (40 minutes here) is extracted and a new alarm time is calculated. The new alarm time is calculated at 5:50 am earlier than the normal alarm time by a delay time of 40 minutes.

  In step A5, the delay time is determined to be N (= 30) minutes or more. Therefore, in step A6, the control unit 301 resets a new alarm time from 6:30 am to 5:50 am, The sound B (for example, a digital alarm sound different from the normal alarm sound and the volume is high) is reset.

  As a result, the user of the mobile terminal 3 wakes up with the alarm sound B generated at 5:50 am at the reset alarm time, and at the same time indicates that the train delay is 30 minutes or more and the tone and volume of the alarm sound. It can be recognized intuitively, it can be intuitively recognized that the train is considerably delayed, it is understood that it is necessary to prepare and go out as soon as possible.

  If the JR Nambu Line is in normal operation, or if a delay occurs and the delay time is outside the user usage time zone, the traffic information management center server 1 does not deliver the delay information service mail. Since the terminal 3 also does not receive the delay information service mail, a normal alarm sound set in advance is generated at the normal alarm time set and registered at the time of traffic information service use registration. Much of the day is this movement pattern.

  Further, the user can change the setting of N minutes, which is the long and short threshold of the delay time, by a menu operation. In addition, when the delay information service mail is transmitted from the traffic information management center server 1 but the specific delay time information has not been transmitted or the delay information cannot be extracted, it is determined in advance. The alarm sound B may be reset at the same time as resetting the alarm before the set time (eg, 60 minutes).

  Thus, in the present embodiment and example, when the mobile terminal 3 determines that the received mail is a delayed information service mail by a method such as character matching (step A3), the extraction of the delay time from the delayed information service mail and A new alarm time is calculated (step A4), and if the extracted delay time is less than N minutes, a new alarm activation time is reset and at the same time a different sound from the normal alarm sound (alarm sound) A) is reset (steps A5 and A6), and when the extracted delay time is N minutes or more, a new alarm activation time is reset at the same time as normal alarm sound and alarm sound A. Since different sounds (alarm sound B) are reset (steps A5 and A7), the traffic information management center server 1 only transmits delay information and sends a new alarm. Since the re-calculation of beam time is not necessary, the burden of traffic information management center server 1 there is an effect that becomes lighter.

  Also, in this embodiment, when the transportation system is in normal operation and there is no delay time, or when the generated delay time zone is other than the user usage time zone (that is, there is no reception of the delay information service mail of the usage traffic route), Since a normal alarm is performed, the delay information service mail is not transmitted from the traffic information management center server 1 even if there is a delay outside the user usage time zone, so the packet cost is reduced accordingly. There is an effect that the burden on the user is reduced.

  Furthermore, in this embodiment, the mobile terminal 3 uses the delay information to calculate the alarm time earlier than the normally set alarm time, and at the same time, resets the alarm sound A or B that differs depending on the length of the delay time. Therefore, there is an effect that the urgency level can be intuitively notified to the user by an alarm sound.

  Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described. In this embodiment, when the alarm sound A or B is sounded at the new alarm time reset in the above-described embodiment, when the user stops sounding the alarm sound, the mobile terminal 3 Means for automatically receiving the latest relevant traffic information or TV news and displaying it on the screen of the display unit. According to this embodiment, the user can visually confirm the latest related traffic information.

  In another embodiment of the present invention, in the case of a mobile terminal having a digital TV function, a traffic route used for the mobile terminal is set (registered) in advance, and the mobile terminal performs data broadcasting of the digital TV. It is automatically checked from the information whether there is related delay information of the traffic route set by the user, and if there is related delay information, the alarm time is reset according to the related delay traffic information . According to this embodiment, even if the user does not access the traffic information management center server 1 and register the use of the traffic information service, the alarm time for preventing delay can be automatically reset. In this case, it is needless to say that not only the alarm time but also the alarm sound may be reset.

  In the above embodiment, the sound form (volume, melody, tone color, tempo, etc.) of the alarm sound is changed according to the delay time, but it may be the same. In this case, the same alarm sound is generated at the newly calculated alarm time according to the delay time, but the time at which the alarm sound is generated changes according to the delay time. This is because the user can determine the length of the delay time to some extent accordingly.

It is a system configuration figure of one embodiment of a delay information service system of the present invention. It is a block diagram of one Embodiment of the portable terminal of this invention. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the overall operation of FIG. 1. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement of traffic information service use registration in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

1 Traffic Information Management Center Server 2 User Information / Traffic Information Database (DB)
3 Mobile terminal 4 Internet 5 Public wireless telephone network 101 Central processing unit (CPU)
102 Storage Device 301 Control Unit 302 Storage Unit 304 Alarm Sound Generation Unit 305 Clock Unit 306 Display Unit 307 Speaker 311 Radio Unit

Claims (22)

A database for storing the user's traffic route and alarm time notification time zone together with the user's email address;
When the traffic time delay of the use traffic route stored in the database occurs in the alarm time notification time zone of the user stored in the database, the delay information service mail including the delay time is sent A traffic information management center server that delivers to the user's email address stored in a database;
The user owns, receives the delay information service mail via a communication network, extracts the delay time from the received delay information service mail, and calculates a new one calculated according to the extracted delay time A portable terminal that resets the alarm time in place of the alarm time that has been initialized in advance, and that generates an alarm by voice and / or image when the current time reaches the reset alarm time; A delay information service system characterized by   When the extracted delay time is less than a preset threshold, the portable terminal is configured to output a second alarm different from the first alarm sound that is generated when the current time reaches the initially set alarm time. 3. The delay information according to claim 1, wherein a third alarm sound different from the first and second alarm sounds is generated when a sound is generated and the extracted delay time is equal to or greater than the threshold value. Service system.   If the mobile terminal cannot extract the delay time from the delay information service mail, the mobile terminal replaces the new alarm time calculated according to a predetermined time with the previously set alarm time. The delay information service system according to claim 1, wherein the delay information service system is set.   3. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal resets the new alarm time to a time earlier than the preset alarm time according to the extracted delay time. 4. Delay information service system.   The said portable terminal further has a means to display the related traffic information screen or TV news screen at the time of the stop when the generated alarm stop operation is performed. Delay information service system.   The mobile terminal has a digital TV reception function, and automatically checks whether there is delay information related to a traffic route set in advance by a user from reception information of a digital TV data broadcast, 3. The delay information according to claim 1, further comprising means for resetting the alarm time that is preset in advance in accordance with the related delay traffic information when there is related delay information. Service system. A first step of registering the user's traffic route and the alarm time notification time zone together with the user's email address in the database of the traffic information management center server;
When the traffic time delay of the use traffic route registered in the database occurs in the alarm time notification time zone of the user stored in the database, the delay information service mail including the delay time is sent A second step in which the traffic information management center server generates and distributes the mail address of the user stored in the database;
A third step of causing the mobile terminal owned by the user to receive the delayed information service mail via a communication network;
The delay time is extracted from the delay information service mail received by the mobile terminal, and a new alarm time calculated according to the extracted delay time is changed to a preset alarm time and reset. And the steps
An information setting method comprising:   If the delay time cannot be extracted from the delay information service mail in the fourth step, the new alarm time calculated according to the predetermined time is replaced with the preset alarm time. 8. The information setting method according to claim 7, further comprising a fifth step of resetting.   9. The fourth step is to reset the new alarm time to a time earlier than the preset alarm time according to the extracted delay time. Information setting method described.   8. The method according to claim 7, further comprising a sixth step of causing the portable terminal to generate an alarm by voice and / or image when the current time reaches the alarm time reset by the fourth step. Information setting method.   In the sixth step, when the delay time extracted in the fourth step is less than a preset threshold value, a first alarm generated when the current time reaches the initially set alarm time. Generating a second alarm sound different from the sound, and generating a third alarm sound different from the first and second alarm sounds when the extracted delay time is equal to or greater than the threshold value. The information setting method according to claim 10. When the time delay of the traffic of the use traffic route stored in the database occurs in the notification time zone of the user's alarm time stored in the database, the delay information service mail including the delay time is stored in the database. This is an information setting program that can be connected to a traffic information management center server that distributes to a registered mail address via a communication network and that allows the user to set information by a computer in the portable terminal of the mail address owned by the user. And
The computer,
When a time delay of the traffic of the use traffic route registered in the database occurs in the alarm time notification time zone of the user stored in the database, a delay information service mail including the delay time, A first step of receiving from the traffic information management center server via a communication network;
The delay time is extracted from the delay information service mail received by the mobile terminal, and the new alarm time calculated according to the extracted delay time is reset in place of the previously set alarm time. And the steps
An information setting program characterized by being made to function.   If the delay time cannot be extracted from the delay information service mail by the second step, the new alarm time calculated according to the predetermined time is replaced with the preset alarm time. 13. The information setting program according to claim 12, further comprising a third step of resetting.   14. The second step of resetting the new alarm time to a time earlier than the previously set alarm time according to the extracted delay time. The information setting program described.   13. The method according to claim 12, further comprising a fourth step of causing the portable terminal to generate an alarm by voice and / or image when the current time reaches the alarm time reset by the second step. Information setting program.   In the fourth step, when the delay time extracted in the second step is less than a preset threshold, a first alarm that is generated when the current time reaches the initially set alarm time. Generating a second alarm sound different from the sound, and generating a third alarm sound different from the first and second alarm sounds when the extracted delay time is equal to or greater than the threshold value. The information setting program according to claim 15. When a time delay of the traffic of the use traffic route stored in the database occurs in the notification time zone of the user's alarm time stored in the database, a delay information service mail including the delay time is stored in the database. A mobile terminal of the e-mail address owned by the user, connectable via a communication network to a traffic information management center server to be delivered to the e-mail address,
Mail receiving means for receiving the delay information service mail via a communication network;
Extracting means for extracting the delay time from the received delay information service mail;
Calculating means for calculating a new alarm time according to the extracted delay time;
Resetting means for resetting the new alarm time calculated by the calculating means instead of the alarm time set in advance;
An alarm generating means for generating an alarm by sound and / or image when the current time reaches the reset alarm time.   When the delay time extracted by the extraction means is less than a preset threshold, the alarm generation means is a first alarm sound that is generated when the current time reaches the initially set alarm time. 2. A second alarm sound different from the first alarm sound is generated when a different second alarm sound is generated and the extracted delay time is equal to or greater than the threshold value. The mobile terminal according to 17.   If the delay means cannot extract the delay time from the delay information service mail by the extracting means, the resetting means sets a new alarm time calculated according to a predetermined time to the alarm that has been initially set in advance. The mobile terminal according to claim 17, wherein the mobile terminal is reset in place of time.   The resetting means resets the new alarm time to a time earlier than the previously set alarm time according to the delay time extracted by the extracting means. The mobile terminal according to 17 or 18.   21. The apparatus according to any one of claims 17 to 20, further comprising means for displaying a related traffic information screen or a TV news screen at the time when the alarm generated by the alarm generating means is stopped. The portable terminal as described in any one of them.   It has a digital TV reception function, and automatically checks whether there is related delay information of a traffic route set in advance by the user from the reception information of the digital TV data broadcast. 21. The mobile phone according to claim 17, further comprising means for resetting the preset alarm time according to the related delayed traffic information. Terminal.

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