JP2009290578A - Base station and mobile station - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a message transmission technique (using a base station and a mobile station each functioning as a message processing device) of a building of a general house or a small office by using a mobile station (portable terminal device) and a femtocell. <P>SOLUTION: The base station (FAP) of a mobile communication system includes: a storage unit (140) for storing messages destined to a mobile station (AT) of the mobile communication system; and a transmission unit (134) for transmitting the message to the mobile station (AT) when the position of the mobile station as the destination of the message stored in the storage section (140) is registered or has been registered in the base station (FAP). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a base station and a mobile station, and more particularly to a base station and a mobile station that can broadcast a message to a user having a mobile station at an appropriate time and place.

  In recent years, mobile communication devices, particularly mobile phone terminals, have spread rapidly, and areas with a certain population have been almost covered. However, in a place where the space or location in the house or building is poor, the radio wave from a normal existing base station (that is, a wide-area base station) does not reach and is out of service area, or the radio wave is weak and communication is not stable. An area exists. In order to cover such an out-of-service area, a small base station has been developed that provides a cell (service area) having a small output power and a radius of several meters to several tens of meters. Such an ultra-small cell itself or a small base station that provides the cell is called a femto cell. (See Non-Patent Document 1.) A femtocell is connected to a cellular network (a mobile phone network, a cellular network), and a broadband line (such as ADSL or optical line (FTTH)) drawn into each home. It is assumed that a general subscriber line) is used.

  In general homes and offices, the constant connection of broadband lines such as optical lines and ADSLs has become widespread, so the environment (ie, backbone) for connecting femtocells and mobile communication terminals is being prepared. Furthermore, there is a merit that a telecommunications carrier does not need to use a band of a normal existing base station that should have been originally consumed by using a femtocell and a broadband line. In addition, in February 2008, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications announced a previous deregulation policy for femtocells. In response to this, full-fledged development and use of femtocells can be further promoted, as business plans have already been announced by some mobile phone operators.

  Here, in general homes and offices, there is a great demand for leaving a “message (message message)” between a family member or an employee and telling a message to a partner while he / she is absent. At home, for example, a mother asks someone (children, fathers, etc.) who came home when he / she was absent to ask them to “feed their pets”, “take in their laundry”, There are times when you want to convey a message such as "I have it" or "I'll go home at 7pm". Also, in an office, for example, there may be a case where an employee who first goes to the office wants to request an air-conditioner switch to be turned on or preparation of tea confectionery for visitors. In order to convey these messages, conventionally, it is possible to use a memo paper on which a message is written, or to use in-house groupware in an office, for example. However, the person who wants to communicate the message does not notice the note paper, and when using in-house groupware, the employee needs an active action such as starting up a personal computer and immediately notices the presence of the message. There is a risk that it will not be possible.

  As a technique for notifying such a user's active operation and notifying (notifying / transmitting) a message to the user, a technique using a user's mobile terminal (portable terminal) is disclosed in the related art. . (See Patent Document 1). FIG. 14 shows a sequence diagram of this conventional message notification method. According to this prior art, first, a message addressed to a user of a mobile terminal is accumulated on the network side. Then, when the mobile terminal that is the destination of the stored message is turned on, or when the position of the mobile terminal changes from outside the service area to within the service area (in the cell of the base station), the mobile terminal network In response to the location registration request, the mobile terminal is notified that the message addressed to the mobile terminal is stored.

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  In the prior art shown in FIG. 14, for example, when a message is sent to a person who first returns home at home, the message sender (sender) sends a message to the person who is supposed to return first. However, if a situation occurs in which the person who sent the message cannot go home at the expected time, there is a possibility that the execution of the message message will be delayed or not executed. In order to avoid this situation, the sender of the message needs time and effort to send the message individually to the whole family, which is not convenient. Further, in the above-described prior art, when a message is transmitted from the sender, if the mobile terminal that is the destination of the message is within the service area, the destination mobile terminal receives and reproduces the message message at that time. End up. Therefore, even when the message requirement is related to work after returning home, for example, there is no guarantee that the message recipient (addressee) will see the message again after it has surely returned home. Rather, the recipient will most likely see the message on the go other than home. As a result, the recipient may forget the content of the message message when he / she goes home, and the message message may not be executed. In other words, a difference between the time / place where the message recipient saw the message and the time / place where the message message should be executed causes the recipient's perception of the message message to fade. . If a person can be notified of the case at the time and place where the case should be executed, the possibility that the case will be executed is increased, but such a technique has not been developed.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the inventor of the present application has come up with a technique for constructing a high-demand message transmission system in homes and offices using femtocells that will be widely used in the future. Therefore, the present invention provides a message notification technique (a base station and a mobile station functioning as a message processing device) in a general home or small office using a mobile station (portable terminal device) and a femtocell. For the purpose.

In order to solve the above-described problems, the base station according to the first invention
A base station for a mobile communication system,
A storage unit for storing a message addressed to a mobile station of the mobile communication system;
(A processing unit for registering the location of the mobile station based on a request from the mobile station of the mobile communication system)
(A communication unit that communicates with a mobile communication system via a communication line)
When the mobile station that is the destination of the message stored in the storage unit has registered or registered the location with the base station, the transmitting unit transmits the message to the mobile station;
It is characterized by providing.

The base station according to the second invention is
The message includes timing information indicating a timing (time, number of times, etc.) at which the mobile station broadcasts the message.
It is characterized by that.

The base station according to the third invention is
A registration unit for registering information of a mobile station that uses the base station (terminal ID, telephone number, whether to permit use of the base station, etc.);
The storage unit stores a message addressed to a mobile station registered in the registration unit.
It is characterized by that.

The base station according to the fourth invention is
A receiver that receives the message from a mobile station whose location is registered in the base station;
The storage unit stores the message received by the receiving unit;
It is characterized by that.

A base station according to the fifth invention is
An input unit (keyboard, microphone, touch panel, etc.) for receiving an input operation to the base station;
A generating unit that generates a message addressed to a mobile station of the mobile communication system based on an input to the input unit;
Further comprising
The storage unit stores the message generated by the generation unit.
It is characterized by that.

A mobile station according to the sixth invention is:
A receiver for receiving a message addressed to the mobile station stored in the base station from the base station of the mobile communication system;
A storage unit for storing a message received by the receiving unit;
A control unit that controls to notify the message based on timing information indicating timing (time, number of times, etc.) of notifying the message included in the message stored in the storage unit;
It is characterized by providing.

A mobile station according to the seventh invention is:
(It further includes a time management unit that manages time.)
The control unit notifies the message received by the receiving unit when the timing (time) at which the receiving unit receives the message has passed the timing (time) at which the message based on the timing information is notified. To control,
It is characterized by that.

  As described above, the solution of the present invention has been described as an apparatus (base station and mobile station). However, the present invention can also be realized as a method, a program, and a storage medium recording the program substantially corresponding to these. It should be understood that these are included in the scope of the present invention.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it becomes possible to alert | report a message to the user who has a mobile station (mobile terminal) at appropriate time and place, and the possibility that the message requirement will not be executed can be greatly reduced.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. First, terms will be explained. “Femtocell” refers to a small base station connected to a mobile communication network (cellular network) via a general line (a broadband line such as ADSL). In the following description, a mobile terminal is assumed as a mobile station. However, it should be noted that the present invention is not limited to this. For example, if a mobile station can connect to a femtocell, a portable electronic device such as a PDA (Personal Digital Assistance), a portable game machine, a portable audio player, a portable video player, a portable electronic dictionary, a portable electronic book viewer, etc. The present invention can be widely applied to devices.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a femtocell according to one embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the femtocell FAP includes a general line interface unit 110, a generation unit 120, a radio unit 130, a storage unit 140, a control unit 150, an input unit (button, touch panel, etc.) KEY1, a display unit (liquid crystal display, organic EL, LED display, etc.) DIS1, antenna ANT1, and system bus BUS. In addition, the control unit 150 includes a registration unit 152 and a processing unit 154. The antenna unit ANT1 transmits and receives radio waves for communicating with the mobile terminal. The radio unit 130 includes a reception unit 132 and a transmission unit 134, and performs radio communication (including message transmission / reception and voice call) with the mobile terminal via the antenna ANT1. The input unit KEY1 accepts input of various setting information and message text from a user who uses the femtocell FAP. The setting information includes information (terminal ID, telephone number, etc.) of the mobile terminal that uses the femtocell FAP. The generation unit 120 generates a message based on a user input via the input unit KEY1. The storage unit 140 stores setting information and a message input via the input unit KEY1 or received via the antenna ANT1 and the general line interface unit 110. The display unit DIS1 displays setting information, messages, and the like stored in the storage unit 140. The control unit 150 controls the entire apparatus. The general line interface unit 110 is connected to a general line (a broadband line such as ADSL) via a router or the like.

  The control unit 150 registers information of a user who uses the femtocell FAP, that is, information of at least one mobile terminal that uses the femtocell FAP (identification information such as a mobile phone number and a terminal ID), And a processing unit 154 that processes a location registration request of the portable terminal. The information on the mobile terminal registered by the registration unit 152 is stored in the storage unit 140 as, for example, the permitted terminal table TB.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a table (permitted terminal table TB) including information on connection permitted terminals (portable terminals using the femtocell FAP) included in the femtocell FAP. As shown in the figure, “IDn Valid”, “TELn Valid”, “IDn field”, and “TELn field” are provided in the permitted terminal table TB. Each of “IDn field” and “TELn field” is associated with a terminal ID and a mobile phone number unique to the mobile terminal that may use the femtocell FAP. “IDn Valid” and “TELn Valid” correspond to “IDn field” and “TELn field”, respectively, and “1” if the contents of the field, that is, the unique terminal ID and mobile phone number are valid. If invalid, “0” is set. For example, if the terminal is registered as a terminal that uses a femtocell but the message function is not used, or the use of the temporary femtocell is suspended, the content of Valid is set to “0”, which is invalid. The user of the femtocell FAP uses the input unit KEY1 of the femtocell FAP in advance, the general line interface unit 110, the wireless unit 130, or the store where the femtocell FAP is purchased. A process of registering the unique ID of the portable terminal and / or the portable telephone that is permitted to be connected to the mobile phone. The registered mobile terminal information is stored in the corresponding field in the permitted terminal table TB. Users of permission terminals can include persons (family members, helpers, etc.) who go in and out of the building where the femtocell is installed. When the mobile terminal registered in the permitted terminal table TB is registered in the femtocell FAP, wireless communication via the femtocell FAP becomes possible.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the mobile terminal AT includes an audio control unit 220, a baseband unit 230, a radio unit 240, a storage unit 250, a control unit (eg, CPU) 260 that controls the entire terminal, a display unit DIS2, and an input. (Key, button, etc.) KEY2, speaker SP, vibration unit VI, antenna ANT2, and system bus SB. The radio unit 240 includes a reception unit 242 and a transmission unit 244, performs radio communication with the femtocell FAP via the antenna ANT2, and transmits and receives messages to and from the femtocell FAP. The control unit 260 controls generation of a message to be transmitted to the femtocell FAP and exchange of messages with the femtocell FAP. Control unit 260 also controls location registration requests to the femtocell FAP. The voice control unit 220 controls the voice call of the mobile terminal AT. The baseband unit 230 performs baseband signal processing. Storage unit 250 stores a message received from femtocell FAP. The display unit DIS2 displays a message received from the femtocell FAP. The received message can be notified by voice from the speaker SP. The input unit KEY2 receives an input operation for generating a message by the user. The control unit 260 performs control for notifying the user of the received message. The comparison unit 262 included in the control unit 260 compares the timing information included in the received message with the current time based on the time indicated by the time management unit 264 and notifies the control unit 260 of the comparison result. The vibration part VI includes, for example, a small motor and vibrates the mobile terminal AT.

  Here, location registration of the mobile terminal AT in the femtocell FAP will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining an embodiment when the femtocell FAP registers the location of the mobile terminal AT. First, the mobile terminal AT requests location registration to the femtocell FAP (step T21). That is, information such as a terminal ID and a telephone number unique to the mobile terminal is transmitted to the femtocell FAP. The femtocell FAP determines whether or not there is a location registration request from any mobile terminal (step T11), and upon receiving the location registration request from the mobile terminal, the femtocell FAP receives the location ID and / or mobile terminal requesting location registration. Or a telephone number is read (step T12). Next, the femtocell FAP determines whether the read terminal ID and / or telephone number is valid, that is, the read terminal ID and / or telephone number is registered as valid in the terminal permission table TB. It is determined whether or not (step T13). If the mobile terminal is not a valid mobile terminal, a message indicating that the location registration request is rejected is transmitted to the mobile terminal AT (step T14). If it is a valid mobile terminal, it accepts location registration and transmits a message to that effect to the mobile terminal AT (step T15). The portable terminal AT determines whether location registration has been accepted (step T22), and if accepted, ends the location registration process. When location registration is rejected, it returns to step T21 and requests location registration again. Note that if the location registration is rejected a predetermined number of times, the processing can be terminated.

  Next, a process in which a user (sender) who wants to send a message registers a message in the femtocell FAP will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, it is assumed that the portable terminal AT1 is the portable terminal (sender terminal) of the message sender, and the portable terminal AT2 is the portable terminal (destination terminal) of the message destination. 5 to 8 are schematic diagrams for explaining message registration processing to the femtocell FAP by the sender. As a message registration method, the sender creates a message using his / her mobile terminal AT1 and transmits the message to the femtocell FAP wirelessly, and the sender uses the input unit KEY1 of the femtocell FAP. It is conceivable that a message is directly input to the femtocell FAP. First, the former case will be described with reference to the schematic diagram of FIG. 5 and the flowchart of FIG. The message sender (not shown) creates a message MSG1 using the sender's mobile terminal AT1 and transmits it to the femtocell FAP (step S11). As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the message MSG1 includes at least a “message type” and an “information element”. The “message type” is information indicating the type of the message, and indicates whether the message is a message message, a short message service message, an e-mail message, or the like. The “information element” includes a calling number (sender information), a called number (destination information), a message text SENTENCE, timing information T-INFO, and the like. The calling number / destination number is a terminal ID, a telephone number, or the like. The timing information T-INFO is information indicating the timing (absolute time, relative time, number of notifications, etc.) at which the message should be notified in the terminal that has received the message (details will be described later). The femtocell FAP receives the message MSG1 transmitted from the mobile terminal AT1 (step S12) and stores it in the storage unit 140 (step S13). The message created by the sender can be transmitted to the femtocell FAP via the general line interface unit 110.

  Next, a case where the sender directly inputs a message to the femtocell FAP using the input unit KEY of the femtocell FAP will be described with reference to the schematic diagram of FIG. 7 and the flowchart of FIG. The sender U1 inputs the message MSG2 using the input unit KEY1 of the femtocell FAP, and the femtocell FAP generates the message MSG2 (step S21). The message MSG2 includes “calling number”, “called number”, “message body”, and “timing information”. Furthermore, “message type: message message” may be included. The femtocell FAP that generated the message MSG2 stores the generated message MSG2 in the storage unit 140 (step S22). In the item for generating the message MSG2, the sender information such as text information indicating the name of the input user or the like may be used instead of the “calling number”.

  In the former and the latter, it is also possible to specify a terminal that is registered for permission in the femtocell and that is registered first in the femtocell FAP instead of the called number. In this case, the femtocell FAP transmits a message to the terminal that has registered the location with the femtocell FAP first. If there is a terminal that has already been registered for location, it is transmitted to that terminal. When there are a plurality of terminals that are registered for location, the information may be transmitted to all terminals.

  Next, a process in which the femtocell FAP transmits the message MSG1 (or MSG2) stored in the femtocell FAP to the mobile terminal AT2 that should transmit the message will be described. 9 and 10 are a schematic diagram and a flowchart for explaining a message transmission process to the mobile terminal AT2 of the femtocell FAP.

  When the femtocell FAP receives or generates a message by the processing described in FIGS. 5 to 8, the femtocell FAP starts message transmission processing to the mobile terminal. First, the control unit 150 determines whether or not there is a terminal for which the processing unit 154 has performed location registration processing (whether or not information on a terminal whose location has been registered is stored in the storage unit 140) (step S31). . When it is determined that there is a location registered terminal, the control unit 150 determines whether the location of the portable terminal that is the destination of the message stored in the recording unit 140 is registered (step S37). If it is determined that there is a message addressed to the mobile terminal whose location has been registered, as shown in FIG. 9, the message (MSG1) is transmitted to the mobile terminal AT2 that is the destination (step S38). As shown in FIG. 9, when a message is transmitted by the femtocell FAP, the destination mobile terminal AT2 stores “calling number” (message sender), “message body”, and “timing information” in its storage unit 250. The message MSG3 including is stored. If it is determined in step S31 that there is no location-registered mobile terminal, or if it is determined in step S37 that the mobile terminal that is the destination of the message is not registered, the process proceeds to step S32. The processing unit 154 determines whether there is a location registration request from the mobile terminal. If it is determined in step S32 that there is a location registration request from the mobile terminal, the location registration request is processed in steps S33 to S36. Since this process is the same as steps T12 to T15 in FIG. 4 described above, a description thereof will be omitted.

  The message MSG1 (or MSG2) transmitted from the femtocell FAP to the mobile terminal AT includes timing information T-INFO. Here, the timing information T-INFO will be described. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of the timing information T-INFO. As shown in the figure, the timing information T-INFO includes information indicating when the portable terminal AT notifies (reproduces / displays) the message message received by the portable terminal AT. In the example shown in the figure, the timing information T-INFO includes, in the first octet, “notify (display / reproduce) when registering position”, “notify (display / reproduce) only at specified time”, “notify (display). / Playback) includes information indicating any one or a combination of the three patterns of “notify (display / playback) a specified number of times at specified time intervals from the start time”. Further, the second octet includes information necessary for performing the process instructed by the first octet. Although details will be described later, for example, the first octet shown in the second column of the timing information T-INFO is “not notified (display / reproduce) when registering location (NO)” to the mobile terminal AT. , “Inform (display / reproduce) only at a specified time” is instructed, and the second octet includes information on “specified time”.

  Next, message notification (reproduction / output) processing of the mobile terminal AT2 that has received a message from the femtocell FAP will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG.12 and FIG.13 is a flowchart of an example of the message alerting | reporting process of portable terminal AT2. For easy understanding, FIG. 12 also shows a flowchart of a location registration process between the femtocell FAP and the mobile terminal AT2 and a message transmission process of the femtocell FAP.

  When the femtocell FAP receives the message, the femtocell FAP starts message transmission processing (FIG. 12, steps S41 to S48) to the destination mobile terminal (destination terminal). Since this process is the same as steps S31 to S38 in FIG. 10 described above, a description thereof will be omitted. The message destination terminal AT2 requests location registration from the femtocell FAP when entering the area of the femtocell FAP (step S49). The control unit 260 determines whether or not location registration has been performed for the femtocell FAP (step S50). If the location is registered, a message is transmitted from the femtocell FAP to the destination terminal AT2 (step S48), and the receiving unit 242 receives the message transmitted from the femtocell FAP (step S51), and performs message reproduction processing. (Step S52). If the location registration is not performed in step S50, the mobile terminal AT2 returns to step S49 and requests location registration again. If the location registration request is rejected a predetermined number of times, location registration in the femtocell FAP is performed. The request can also be terminated.

  Next, message reproduction processing by the mobile terminal AT2 will be described. 13A to 13D are flowcharts of an example of the message reproduction process. When the reception unit 242 receives a message from the femtocell FAP, the control unit 260 stores the received message in the storage unit 250 (step S101). Next, the control unit 260 reads the timing information T-INFO included in the stored message and determines the content (steps S102 and S103). In the example of the timing information T-INFO shown in FIG. 11, messages are reproduced / output in the following seven patterns. That is, the control unit 260 divides the message into “when a location is registered (step S104)” (or when timing information is not included in the message), “specified time (step S105)”, “repetition (specified number of times) ( "Step S106)", "Registered position and designated time (Step S107)", "Registered position and repeat (specified number of times) (Step S108)", "Specified time and repeated (specified number of times) (Step S109) ) ", And" when position registration is performed, designated time and repetition (specified number of times) (step S110) ". Hereinafter, it demonstrates in order.

  When the timing information T-INFO instruction is “output when location registration is performed” or the timing information T-INFO is not included in the message (step S104), the control unit 260 stores the message stored in the storage unit 250. (Step S111), the speaker SP and the vibration unit VI are controlled to generate sound and vibration, and notification that the message has been received is sent (step S112). Thereafter, the control unit 260 controls the display unit DIS2 to display the message received from the femtocell FAP, and notifies the message (step S113). Note that the message notification method is not limited to the text display on the display unit DIS2, and can be output from the speaker SP by voice. In addition, the message body may be forcibly displayed as text on the display unit DIS2, or the voice may be output from the speaker SP, or an icon indicating that there is a message may be displayed. In the case of forcibly outputting to the display unit DIS, after notifying that there is a message in step S112, some input operation from the user (for example, an operation for stopping vibration or sound for notifying that a message has been received) Etc.) is preferably displayed.

  When the instruction of the timing information T-INFO is “output at the designated time” (step S105), the control unit 260 reads the designated time information included in the timing information T-INFO and notifies (displays / displays) the designated time information. A flag indicating that playback is to be performed is set (step S114). The comparison unit 262 determines whether or not the current time has passed the specified time (step S115). When it is determined that the current time has passed the specified time, the control unit 260 reads a message from the storage unit 250 and notifies the message (steps S116 to S118). Therefore, if the time when the message was received has passed the specified time, the current time has passed the specified time when the message was received, or if the message was received before the specified time A message is notified at the time (when the current time becomes the specified time). In addition, since the process of step S116-S118 is the same as that of step S111-S113 mentioned above, description is abbreviate | omitted. After notifying the message in step S118, control unit 260 clears the set flag (step S119) and ends the process. In addition, as a designated time included in the timing information T-INFO, a relative time (T time / M minutes after receiving a message) can be set in addition to an absolute time (T hours and M minutes). In this case, in step S115, the comparison unit 262 compares the elapsed time from the message reception time with the specified time. As described above, the sender of the message can notify the destination terminal of the message at a desired time (designated time) after registering the position in the femtocell by the processing of steps S114 to S119. Accordingly, the message can be notified to the recipient at the time when the message message should be executed, and the possibility that the message can be reliably executed can be increased.

  When the instruction of the timing information T-INFO is “repeat (specified number of times) output” (step S106), the control unit 260 reads out the notification start time, the time interval, and the number of times information included in the timing information T-INFO. Then, a flag indicating that repeated notification (display / reproduction) is performed is set (step S120). The comparison unit 262 determines whether or not the current time has passed the notification (display / reproduction) start time (step S121). When it is determined that the current time has passed the notification start time, the control unit 260 reads a message from the storage unit 250 and notifies the message (steps S122 to S124). Therefore, when the time when the message is received has passed the notification start time, the current time is the notification start time when the message is received or when the message is received before the notification start time. A message is notified at the time when the current time has passed (when the current time becomes the specified time). Further, the count value indicating the number of notifications is incremented by one. In addition, since the process of step S122-S124 is the same as that of step S111-S113 mentioned above, description is abbreviate | omitted. After notifying the message in step S124, the comparison unit 262 determines whether or not the notification has been made for the designated number of times (step S125). If it is determined that the notification has not been performed for the designated number of times, it is determined whether or not the time since the notification of the message immediately before has elapsed for the designated time interval (step S126). If it is determined that the specified time interval has elapsed, a message is notified in steps S122 to S124, and the count value is increased each time the notification is made. Thereafter, the processes in steps S122 to S126 are repeated until it is determined that the notification has been made for the number of times designated in step S125. If it is determined in step S125 that the notification has been made for the designated number of times, the set flag is cleared (step S127), and the process ends. As described above, after registering the location in the femtocell by the processing of steps S120 to S127, the destination terminal can be notified of the message for a desired number of times. Accordingly, it is possible to notify a message that is likely to be forgotten only once by a recipient who should execute the message message, and to increase the possibility that the message will be executed.

  When the instruction of the timing information T-INFO is “output at location registration and designated time” (step S107), the control unit 260 first reads a message from the storage unit 250 and notifies the message ( Steps S128 to S130). In addition, since the process of step S128-S130 is the same as that of step S111-S113 mentioned above, description is abbreviate | omitted. Next, the control unit 260 reads the designated time information included in the timing information T-INFO and sets a flag indicating that notification (display / reproduction) is to be performed at the designated time (step S131). Thereafter, when the current time has passed the designated time (the designated time has been reached), a message is notified (steps S132 to S136). In addition, since the process of step S131-S136 is the same as that of step S114-S119 mentioned above, description is abbreviate | omitted. Through the processing in steps S128 to S136, the portable terminal AT2 can notify the message when the location is registered and at the designated time. For example, when a femtocell is installed in the home, when a recipient who should execute the message message comes home, the message is first notified so that the message is recognized and the message is executed again. The business can be notified at the time to be. Therefore, it is possible to further increase the possibility that the message requirement is executed.

  When the instruction of the timing information T-INFO is “when position registration is performed and output repeatedly (specified number of times)” (step S108), the control unit 260 first reads a message from the storage unit 250 and notifies the message. (Steps S137 to S139). In addition, since the process of step S137-S139 is the same as that of step S111-S113 mentioned above, description is abbreviate | omitted. Next, the control unit 260 reads the notification start time, time interval, and number of times information included in the timing information T-INFO, and sets a flag indicating that repeated notification (display / reproduction) is performed (step S140). Then, when the current time has passed the designated start time (becomes the start time), the message is notified for the designated number of times at the designated time interval (steps S140 to S147). In addition, since the process of step S140-S147 is the same as that of step S120-S127 mentioned above, description is abbreviate | omitted. Through the processing in steps S137 to S147, the mobile terminal AT2 can notify the message when the location is registered and for the designated number of times. Therefore, it is possible to further increase the possibility that the message requirement is executed.

  When the instruction of the timing information T-INFO is “output repeatedly (specified number of times) at the specified time” (step S109), the control unit 260, the specified time included in the timing information T-INFO, the notification start time, The time interval and number-of-times information is read, and a flag indicating notification (display / reproduction) at a specified time and a flag indicating repeated notification (display / reproduction) are set (step S151). Next, the control unit 260 determines whether or not a flag indicating notification at a specified time is set (step S152). If the flag is set, the process proceeds to step S153. In step S153, the comparison unit 262 determines whether or not the current time has passed the specified time. If it is determined that the current time has passed the specified time, the control unit 260 reads from the storage unit 250. The message is read and the message is notified (steps S154 to S156). Therefore, when the time when the message is received has passed the specified time, the message is notified when the message is received. When notifying the message, the control unit 260 clears the flag indicating that the message is notified at the designated time (step S157).

  If the flag indicating that the notification should be notified at the specified time is not set in step S152, that is, if it is determined in step S153 that the current time has not passed the specified time, and the message is notified in step S157. When it does, it progresses to step S158 and the control part 260 determines whether the flag which shows that it alert | reports repeatedly is set. When the flag indicating that the notification is to be repeated is set, the message for the designated number of times is notified when the current time has passed the notification start time (steps S160 to S170). If the current time has passed the specified time while repeating the notification for the specified number of times, a message is notified at the specified time (steps S164 to S169). When the notification is made for the designated number of times, the flag indicating that the notification is to be repeated is cleared (step S171). When the notification for the designated number of times has been completed and the notification for the specified time has not ended, the message is notified at the specified time by the processing of steps S152 to S157. When the message is notified at the specified time and for the specified number of times, the process is terminated.

  Further, when the instruction of the timing information T-INFO is “output at a specified time and repeatedly (specified number of times at the time of position registration)” (step S110), a message is notified when the position registration is performed (step S148). To S150), the above-described steps S151 to S172 are performed.

  The advantages of the present invention will be described again. According to the present invention, a message notification technique (a base station and a mobile station functioning as a message processing device) in a general home or small office is provided using a mobile station (portable terminal device) and a femtocell. be able to. Therefore, the message can be transmitted to the user having the mobile station at an appropriate time and place, and the possibility that the message requirement is not executed can be greatly reduced. In addition, since the message can be transmitted by designating the time / number of times (timing) to be notified to the mobile station, the possibility that the message recipient forgets to execute the message can be greatly reduced.

  Although the present invention has been described based on the drawings and examples, it should be noted that those skilled in the art can easily make various modifications and corrections based on the present disclosure. Therefore, it should be noted that these variations and modifications are included in the scope of the present invention. For example, the functions included in each unit, each means, each step, etc. can be rearranged so as not to be logically contradictory, and a plurality of means, steps, etc. can be combined or divided into one. It is. For example, although the aspect which alert | reports a message based on timing information T-INFO was demonstrated, this invention is not limited to this. That is, the message can be notified when the message body is received from the femtocell without referring to the timing information T-INFO. In the above-described embodiment, the femtocell permits location registration to only terminals that are permitted to use the femtocell and transmits a message. However, the present invention is not limited to this. All terminals that have made a location registration request to the femtocell can perform location registration and transmit a message.

1 is a block diagram of a femtocell according to one embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the table containing the information of the connection permission terminal which a femtocell has. FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a mobile station according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart explaining one embodiment in case a femtocell performs location registration of a mobile station. It is the schematic explaining the registration process of the message by the radio | wireless to a femtocell. It is a flowchart explaining the registration process of the message by radio | wireless to a femtocell. It is the schematic explaining the registration process of the message by the key input to a femtocell. It is a flowchart explaining the registration process of the message by the key input to a femtocell. It is the schematic explaining the transmission process of the message to the mobile station of femtocell FAP. It is a flowchart explaining the transmission process of the message to the mobile station of femtocell FAP. It is a figure which shows an example of timing information T-INFO. 5 is a flowchart of message notification processing of a mobile station according to an embodiment of the present invention. 5 is a flowchart of message notification processing of a mobile station according to an embodiment of the present invention. 5 is a flowchart of message notification processing of a mobile station according to an embodiment of the present invention. 5 is a flowchart of message notification processing of a mobile station according to an embodiment of the present invention. 5 is a flowchart of message notification processing of a mobile station according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram of the message notification technique by a prior art.

Explanation of symbols

FAP femtocell 110 General line interface unit 120 Generation unit 130 Radio unit 132 Reception unit 134 Transmission unit 140 Storage unit 150 Control unit 152 Registration unit 154 Processing unit KEY1 Input unit DIS1 Display unit TB Permitted terminal table ANT1, ANT2 Antenna AT, AT1, AT2 mobile station (mobile terminal)
220 audio control unit 230 baseband unit 240 radio unit 242 reception unit 244 transmission unit 250 storage unit 260 control unit 262 comparison unit 264 time management unit SP speaker KEY2 input unit DIS2 display unit VI vibration unit MSG1, MSG2 message

Claims (7)

A base station for a mobile communication system,
A storage unit for storing a message addressed to a mobile station of the mobile communication system;
When the mobile station that is the destination of the message stored in the storage unit has registered or registered the location with the base station, the transmitting unit transmits the message to the mobile station;
A base station comprising: In the base station according to claim 1,
The message includes timing information indicating a timing at which the mobile station broadcasts the message.
A base station characterized by that. In the base station according to claim 1 or 2,
A registration unit for registering information of a mobile station that uses the base station;
The storage unit stores a message addressed to a mobile station registered in the registration unit.
A base station characterized by that. In the base station as described in any one of Claims 1-3,
A receiver that receives the message from a mobile station whose location is registered in the base station;
The storage unit stores the message received by the receiving unit;
A base station characterized by that. In the base station according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
An input unit for receiving an input operation to the base station;
A generating unit that generates a message addressed to a mobile station of a mobile communication system based on an input to the input unit;
Further comprising
The storage unit stores the message generated by the generation unit.
A base station characterized by that. A receiver for receiving a message addressed to the mobile station stored in the base station from the base station of the mobile communication system;
A storage unit for storing a message received by the receiving unit;
A control unit that controls to notify the message based on timing information indicating a timing to notify the message included in the message stored in the storage unit;
A mobile station comprising: The mobile station according to claim 6, wherein
The control unit controls to notify the message received by the receiving unit when the timing at which the receiving unit receives the message has passed the timing to notify the message based on the timing information.
A mobile station characterized by that.

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