JP2010167043A - Basal body temperature management system, basal body temperature thermometer, and portable radio terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a basal body temperature management system convenient for a female user while reducing the size of a casing of a basal body temperature thermometer as much as possible and reducing the power consumption as much as possible; and the basal body temperature thermometer and a portable radio terminal suitable to be used for the system. <P>SOLUTION: The basal body temperature thermometer as a basal body temperature probe communicates with the portable terminal by radio communication, and transmits data on the measured basal body temperature to the portable terminal. The portable terminal transmits the received data on the basal body temperature to a server. In this way, the data on the basal body temperature measured every morning can be easily accumulated in the server almost without any special operation. When the menses starts, the female user accesses the server via the portable terminal, and inputs the start of the menses. In this way, the day of the start of the menses necessary for correction/calculation of the body cycle can be easily reported to the server. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to a technique suitable for application to a basal body temperature management system.
More specifically, the present invention relates to a system that continuously measures the basal body temperature of a woman, accumulates the data, accurately calculates the body cycle of the woman, and presents the result to the woman who is the user.

  As is well known, women have a body cycle based on menstruation (physiology). This body cycle also appears in subtle changes in female body temperature. A basal thermometer is also well-known for capturing subtle changes in body temperature by continuously measuring body temperature every morning. The applicant has developed and provided this basal thermometer to the market. Patent document 1 is the prior art of the basic thermometer by the present applicant.

Japanese Patent No. 3800469 JP-T-2004-507275

Basal body temperature needs to be measured every morning and accumulated. In other words, a general thermometer that only measures body temperature does not meet the required specifications. Therefore, many of the recent basal thermometers represented by Patent Document 1 and the like have a data storage function and a body cycle calculation function based on the basal body temperature.
However, since such a function requires a microcomputer, a liquid crystal display, etc., the casing of the basal thermometer becomes inevitably large, and the power consumption also increases.
Furthermore, when menstruation begins, the data must be entered. Menstruation doesn't always start when you are at home, and you can't go around with a basal thermometer every day just for this. Eventually, the basal thermometer will be placed at home, but if the start date of menstruation started at the place of work or school is entered after returning home, the input tends to be forgotten.

In order to solve such adverse effects, as disclosed in Patent Document 2, a technique similar to a kind of business model in which a calculation function or the like is performed by a web server on the Internet has been proposed.
However, the technical content disclosed in Patent Document 2 only discloses that the basal body temperature is manually input from a terminal such as a personal computer (referred to as “client” in Patent Document 2). .

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and is a basal body temperature management system that is easy to use for women who are users while minimizing the housing size of the basal thermometer and minimizing its power consumption, and this system. An object of the present invention is to provide a basal thermometer and a portable wireless terminal suitable for use in a mobile phone.

  In order to solve the above problems, a basal body temperature management system according to the present invention includes a basal body thermometer including a first short-range wireless communication unit for transmitting measured basal body temperature data, and a basal body temperature table for recording basal body temperature data. A portable wireless terminal comprising: a service providing server comprising: a second short-range wireless communication unit that receives basal body temperature data transmitted from a basal thermometer; and a wide-area wireless communication unit that transmits basal body temperature data to the service providing server And more.

A basal thermometer, which is a basal body temperature probe, communicates with a mobile terminal by wireless communication, and transmits measured basal body temperature data to the mobile terminal. The portable terminal transmits the received basal body temperature data to the server. Thus, basal body temperature data every morning requires almost no special operation and can be easily stored in the server.
When menstruation starts, the server is accessed with the portable terminal, and the start of menstruation is input. Thus, it is possible to easily notify the server of the menstruation start date necessary for the correction calculation of the body cycle.

  According to the present invention, a basal thermometer management system that is easy to use for women as users and a basal thermometer suitable for use in this system, while reducing the size of the basal thermometer housing as much as possible and suppressing power consumption as much as possible. Type wireless terminal can be provided.

It is the schematic which shows the whole structure of a basal body temperature management system. It is a block diagram of a basal thermometer. It is a functional block diagram of a portable radio | wireless terminal. It is a functional block diagram of a service providing server. It is a figure of the various tables of a service provision server. It is a figure which shows the outline of a part of model html document stored in the message master. It is a sequence diagram of a basal body temperature management system. It is a state transition diagram of a portable wireless terminal. It is a block diagram of a portable wireless terminal in a communication standby / ticker display state. It is a block diagram of the portable radio | wireless terminal of a web access state. It is a block diagram of the portable radio | wireless terminal of a basal body temperature data transmission / reception state. It is a flowchart of the whole operation | movement of a portable radio | wireless terminal. It is a flowchart of a normal process. It is a flowchart of a reception standby process. It is a flowchart of a service document display process. It is a flowchart of a data transmission / reception process. It is a figure which shows the screen of the various states of a portable radio | wireless terminal. It is a figure which shows the state which a portable radio | wireless terminal exists in a body cycle display state.

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

This embodiment consists of the following contents.
<System components>
[Basic body temperature management system]
Fig. 1: Overall view of basal body temperature management system [basal thermometer 102]
Figure 2: Basic thermometer block diagram [portable wireless terminal]
Figure 3: Block diagram of portable wireless terminal [service providing server]
Fig. 4: Block diagram of the service providing server Fig. 5: Diagram of various tables in the service providing server Fig. 6: Diagram of the template html document of the message master << System operation >>
[Flow of overall system operation]
Figure 7: Basic body temperature management system sequence diagram [Changes in portable wireless terminals]
Fig. 8: Portable wireless terminal state transition diagram Fig. 9: Portable wireless terminal block diagram in ticker display state Fig. 10: Portable wireless terminal block diagram in web access state Fig. 11: Portable wireless terminal block in basal body temperature data transmission / reception state Figure [Operation of portable wireless terminal]
Fig. 12: Flow chart of overall operation of portable wireless terminal Fig. 13: Flow chart of normal processing Fig. 14: Flow chart of reception standby processing Fig. 15: Flow chart of service document display processing Fig. 16: Flow chart of data transmission / reception processing Fig. 17: Portable radio Screen of various states of terminal Fig. 18: Body cycle display state of portable wireless terminal

First, an outline of a basal body temperature management system described in the present embodiment will be described.
When the basal body thermometer measures the basal body temperature of the user, the basal body thermometer transmits the data (basal body temperature data) to the portable wireless terminal (mobile phone) by short-range wireless communication.
The portable wireless terminal transmits the basal body temperature data received from the basal body thermometer to a service providing server connected to the Internet via a wireless public line.
The service providing server records the user's basal body temperature data in a database.
When menstruation starts, the user accesses the service providing server by using the web browser function of the portable wireless terminal.
The service providing server records the user's menstrual start date in the database according to the access request of the portable wireless terminal.
In addition, the user accesses the service providing server using a web browser function of the portable wireless terminal.
The service providing server creates data for displaying a graph of the user's body cycle in accordance with an access request from the portable wireless terminal, and transmits the data to the portable wireless terminal. The portable wireless terminal receives the data and displays a body cycle graph on the display.
In addition, the basal body temperature management system which demonstrates this invention based on this embodiment from this can be variously changed, and is not restricted to this embodiment.

<System components>
[Basic body temperature management system]
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the overall configuration of a basal body temperature management system.
The basal thermometer (thermometer) 102 has a temperature resolution of 0.01 ° C. and has a display unit 103 made of a 7-segment numerical liquid crystal, LED, or organic EL, and has almost the same shape and size as a known electronic thermometer. It is. The basal body thermometer 102 displays the measured basal body temperature on the display unit 103 and transmits it to the portable wireless terminal 104 wirelessly. This radio is, for example, BlueTooth (registered trademark).
The portable wireless terminal 104 is a known mobile phone. The portable wireless terminal 104 transmits the basal body temperature data received from the basal body thermometer 102 to the service providing server 107 via the wireless public line 105 and the Internet 106.
The service providing server 107 is a database server as well as a web server. The service providing server 107 receives basal body temperature data of a user registered in advance in the inside, and records basal body temperature data and the like for each user in an internal database to be described later. Further, in response to the user's request, a graph displaying the change in basal body temperature (body cycle) is created and transmitted to the user's portable wireless terminal 104 or personal computer.

There is a noteworthy point here. The display unit 103 provided in the basal body thermometer 102 is a 7-segment numerical liquid crystal for displaying the measured basal body temperature. In other words, only numerical values can be displayed. Of course, the basal thermometer 102 cannot have a function of displaying a body cycle graph or the like. For this reason, the external appearance of the basal thermometer 102 is almost the same as a normal thermometer including its size.
The body period graph is displayed by accessing the service providing server 107 using the portable wireless terminal 104.

[Basic thermometer]
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the basal thermometer 102.
The temperature detection unit 202 is a well-known functional block for detecting a basal body temperature, and includes a thermistor, a reference resistance, and an A / D conversion circuit. The temperature measurement data measured by the temperature detection unit 202 is subjected to a predetermined correction calculation or the like by the microcomputer 204 that can also be called a control unit, converted into basal body temperature data, displayed on the display unit 103, and carried through the wireless communication unit 205. Type wireless terminal 104.
The microcomputer 204 includes a CPU and a control program for the entire apparatus executed by the CPU and a ROM for storing various data, and a RAM for temporarily storing measurement data and various data as a work area.
When the microcomputer 204 communicates with the portable wireless terminal 104 via the short-range wireless communication unit 205, the microcomputer 204 uses the account data 206 in order to identify a communication partner and perform communication only with a genuine user terminal. The account data 206 is individual information provided in the portable wireless terminal 104 that is stored in the nonvolatile storage 211 that can also be referred to as a storage unit. As an example of the account data 206, subscriber identification information or a telephone number stored in a known USIM (universal subscriber identity module) card attached to the portable wireless terminal 104 can be used.

The short-range wireless communication unit 205 and the temperature detection unit 202 require a relatively large amount of power. Therefore, the microcomputer 204 controls the operation of the short-range wireless communication unit 205 by comparing the operation time zone information stored in the setting data 207 in the nonvolatile storage 211 with the current time information obtained from the real-time clock 208. . If the current time is included in the operating time zone, the microcomputer 204 supplies power to the short-range wireless communication unit 205 and the temperature detection unit 202 to monitor temperature changes. When the user wakes up and includes the probe portion of the basal thermometer 102 in the mouth, the temperature of the thermistor in the temperature detection unit 202 rises, so that the basal body temperature can be measured immediately without operating the power switch.
The basal thermometer 102 has an alarm function. When the user sets alarm time information in advance and stores it in the setting data 207, the microcomputer 204 sounds the buzzer 209 when the time comes. Then, since the user awakens, the basal thermometer 102 can immediately measure the basal body temperature.
As the nonvolatile storage 211 for storing the account data 206 and the setting data 207, for example, a well-known EEPROM or flash memory can be used.

[Portable wireless terminal]
FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the portable wireless terminal 104.
In FIG. 3, only the functions directly related to the present embodiment of the portable wireless terminal 104, which is a well-known mobile phone, are illustrated, and the other portions, for example, the components relating to the voice call are not shown.
The input / output control unit 302 accepts key operations of the operation unit 303.
Further, the input / output control unit 302 performs data communication with the basal thermometer 102 via the short-range wireless communication unit 304. The individual information 306 stored in the nonvolatile storage 305 is used for data communication with the basal thermometer 102.
The input / output control unit 302 performs data communication with the Internet 106 ahead of the wireless public line 105 and the service providing server 107 connected to the Internet 106 via the wide area wireless communication unit 307. For data communication with the service providing server 107, account information 308 stored in the nonvolatile storage 305 is used.
The input / output control unit 302 reads the service document 309 stored in the nonvolatile storage 305 and sends it to the display control unit 310. In addition to the service document 309, the input / output control unit 302 sends data to be displayed on the display unit 311 to the display control unit 310. The display control unit 310 receives data from the input / output control unit 302 and controls the display unit 311.

  The input / output control unit 302 acquires the current date and time information from the real-time clock 312 in order to change the operation mode in the time zone specified by the user.

The portable wireless terminal 104 of this embodiment implements its function by installing a program that is always executed in an existing portable wireless terminal. This program is, for example, a Java (registered trademark) applet, and is generally called a “standby application”, and is a program that is executed when the telephone function is in a standby state. The reason why the program is implemented as a standby application is that it is necessary to prepare for reception of data transmitted from the basal thermometer 102 by the short-range wireless communication unit 304 when the portable wireless terminal 104 is in a standby state.
In this embodiment, an information service using the service document 309 transmitted from the service providing server 107 is also displayed by this program. In the standby state, a so-called “ticker display” is performed in which the title of the service document 309 is scrolled and displayed in a horizontal direction like an electric bulletin board.

[Service providing server]
FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of the service providing server 107.
The service providing server 107 includes a well-known network OS (not shown), a web server program 402, and various programs that are called from the web server program 402 and executed on a computer connected to the Internet 106.
The web server program 402 transmits an html document or executes cgi (Common Gateway Interface) in response to a client access request, and transmits the result. An example of the web server program 402 executed by a computer connected to the Internet 106 is Apache (http://www.apache.org/).
The user authentication unit 403 performs well-known user authentication. At that time, the user master 404 is referred to.
The basal body temperature data receiving unit 405 receives basal body temperature data transmitted from the portable wireless terminal 104 and records it in the body cycle database 406.

The menstrual start date data receiving unit 407 receives the data of the start of menstruation and data of the day as one of the physiological information transmitted from the portable wireless terminal 104 and records the data in the body cycle database 406. It should be noted that the menstrual start date data receiving unit 407 also records in the body cycle database 406 the fact that a cold has been caught (one of the memo information) and the data for that day.
The service document transmission unit 408 transmits the service document 309 prepared for each user to the portable wireless terminal 104. This operation is performed not only in response to an active transmission request performed by the user by operating the portable wireless terminal 104 but also after receiving basal body temperature data transmitted from the portable wireless terminal 104. Is also executed in conjunction. The service document transmission unit 408 reads a template html document from the message master 409 when adjusting the service document 309 for each user.
The body cycle data transmission unit 410 generates image data of the user's body cycle graph in response to a transmission request transmitted from the portable wireless terminal 104 and transmits the image data to the portable wireless terminal 104.

The body cycle calculating unit 411 is a program called from the basal body temperature data receiving unit 405 and the menstrual start date data receiving unit 407. When new data is additionally recorded in the body cycle database 406, it is necessary to recalculate the body cycle of the user. Therefore, after the data is recorded, the body cycle calculation unit 411 is activated, performs recalculation of the body cycle, and records the result in the body cycle database 406.
The calculation of the body cycle is triggered by the registration of three types of data: basal body temperature data measured every morning, and the date when the user starts operating the portable wireless terminal 104 and the date when the menstruation starts and the day when the cold starts. To do.
The body cycle calculation unit 411 includes an average low temperature phase calculation program, an average high temperature phase calculation program, an average menstrual cycle calculation program, a reference body temperature calculation program, a next physiological day prediction calculation program, and a next ovulation day prediction. It is a collection of programs that individually calculate various data related to body cycles, such as a calculation program and a calculation program for a scheduled delivery date.

  The user authentication unit 403, the basal body temperature data reception unit 405, the menstrual start date data reception unit 407, the service document transmission unit 408, and the body cycle data transmission unit 410 are cgi. These functional parts (programs) are constructed by installing Apache Tomcat (http://tomcat.apache.org/), which is an application server that executes a Java (registered trademark) servlet, into the aforementioned Apache. Alternatively, it can be constructed with a Java (registered trademark) servlet.

  Further, instead of using HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) through the web server program 402, the basal body temperature data and the physiological start date data can be transmitted by e-mail through the SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) server program. is there. For this purpose, an SMTP server program 412 executed by a computer, a basal body temperature data receiving unit 413, and a physiological start date data receiving unit 414 are provided separately from the web server program 402.

  The menstrual start date data receiving unit 407 and the body cycle data transmitting unit 410 can be accessed from a personal computer. You can register your menstruation start date or the day you start catching a cold on your computer, or you can display a body cycle graph on your computer display. The function of the personal computer at this time is equal to the function of the portable wireless terminal 104 as a web browser.

FIG. 5 is a diagram of various tables in the service providing server 107.
The user master 404 includes fields for ID, mail address, handle, date of birth, blood type, address, and occupation.
The ID field is a serial number for uniquely identifying the user.
The e-mail address field is an e-mail address registered by the user.
The handle field is a user's nickname (handle). The reason why the real name is not recorded is not only for the purpose of protecting personal information but also for use in an information service described later.
The date of birth field is literally the user's date of birth. Used when providing information by age in the information service described below.
The blood type field is literally the user's blood type. Used when providing information by blood type such as fortune telling in the information service described later.
The address field is literally the user's address. However, from the viewpoint of personal information protection, it is not necessary to input information that specifies the user. This is also an information service to be described later, and is used when providing information such as a weather forecast.
The occupation field is literally the user's occupation. It is used in the information service described later.
The date of birth field, blood type field, address field, and occupation field can be used when creating various statistical data based on the data accumulated in the service providing server 107.

  In addition to this, the user master 404 has a field for recording various setting items related to the information service, but details are omitted.

The body cycle database 406 includes three tables, a basal body temperature table 502, a physiological table 503, and a body cycle table 504.
The basal body temperature table 502 includes fields for ID, basal body temperature, and measurement date.
The ID field stores the same data as the ID field of the user master 404.
In the basal body temperature field, basal body temperature data received from the portable wireless terminal 104 of the user is recorded.
In the measurement date / time field, the date / time when the basal body temperature data received from the portable radio terminal 104 of the user is measured is recorded. That is, the portable wireless terminal 104 also transmits measurement date / time data together with the basal body temperature data.

The physiological table 503 includes fields for ID, data type, start date, and input date / time.
The ID field stores the same data as the ID field of the user master 404.
The data type field is data indicating what the input data means. The data type field is actually a flag field, and FIG. 5 shows the meaning of flag data instead of the flag itself. That is, at least data having the meanings of “physiology start” and “cold” is recorded in the data type field.
In the start date field, the date and time associated with this data is recorded. For example, when it is a menstruation start date, that day is not necessarily today. Therefore, the date specified by the user is recorded in this field.
The input date and time field records the date and time when this data was recorded.

The body cycle table 504 includes fields for ID, average low-temperature phase period, average high-temperature phase period, average menstrual cycle, reference body temperature, next menstrual date, next ovulation date, and expected delivery date.
The ID field stores the same data as the ID field of the user master 404.
The average low-temperature phase period field stores the average low-temperature phase period as a result calculated by the body cycle calculation unit 411 based on the calculation program for the average low-temperature phase period.
The average high-temperature phase period field stores the average high-temperature phase period as a result calculated by the body cycle calculation unit 411 based on the calculation program for the average high-temperature phase period.
The average menstrual cycle field stores the average menstrual cycle as a result calculated by the body cycle calculator 411 based on the average menstrual cycle calculation program.
The reference body temperature field stores the reference body temperature as a result calculated by the body cycle calculation unit 411.
The next period day field stores the next period day as a result calculated by the body cycle calculation unit 411 based on the prediction calculation program for the next period day.
The next ovulation date field stores the next ovulation date as a result calculated by the body cycle calculation unit 411 based on the prediction calculation program for the next ovulation date.
The expected delivery date field stores the expected delivery date as a result calculated by the body cycle calculation unit 411 based on the expected delivery date calculation program.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an outline of a part of a template html document stored in the message master 409.
The entity of the message master 409 is a collection of a large number of html documents, each having a unique file name.
A first document 602 having a file name “teionki.html” is an html document to be transmitted to the user's portable wireless terminal 104 when the user is currently in a low temperature period.
The first document 602 has “today's body cycle” as the document title.
In the first document 602, variable names “% handle%” and “% tiondays%” are embedded in the body of the document.
“% Handle%” is replaced with the handle of the user read from the handle field of the user master 404.
“% Teiondays%” is the average low temperature phase period read from the average low temperature phase period field of the body cycle table 504, the average high temperature phase period read from the average high temperature phase period field, and the average menstrual cycle read from the average menstrual cycle field. And the next menstruation date read from the next menstruation field is replaced with a value obtained by calculating what day in the low-temperature phase period today is.

Similarly, the second document 603 having the file name “hairanki.html” is an html document to be transmitted to the user's portable wireless terminal 104 when the user is currently in the ovulation period.
“% Hairands%” is the average low temperature phase period read from the average low temperature phase period field of the body cycle table 504, the average high temperature phase period read from the average high temperature phase period field, and the average menstrual cycle read from the average menstrual cycle field. And the next menstruation date read from the next menstrual field, the value calculated by calculating the day of the ovulation period today is replaced.

Similarly, the third document 604 having the file name “kouonki.html” is an html document to be transmitted to the user's portable wireless terminal 104 when the user is currently in the high temperature period.
“% Kouday %%” is the average low temperature phase period read from the average low temperature phase period field of the body cycle table 504, the average high temperature phase period read from the average high temperature phase period field, and the average menstrual cycle read from the average menstrual cycle field. And the next menstruation date read from the next menstrual field, the value is replaced with a value obtained by calculating which day in the high temperature period today falls.

  Note that the message master 409 can also be composed of a table comprising a file name field, a title field, and a body field.

  The service document transmission unit 408 searches the body cycle table 504 with the ID of the accessing user and reads the hit record. Then, the setting value related to the information service is read from the user master 404 and the corresponding html document is read from the message master 409. The variable name enclosed in “%” in the html document is subjected to processing such as the above-described calculation based on various data read from records obtained by searching the body cycle table 504 previously, Replaced with a string. The html document thus completed is transmitted to the portable wireless terminal 104. The plurality of html documents to be transmitted are service documents 309.

  In the above, the whole basal body temperature management system 101 and its component were demonstrated. As can be seen from FIG. 1, the portable wireless terminal 104 and the service providing server 107 constitute a typical web-based client-server model. Further, the portable wireless terminal 104 plays a role of receiving basal body temperature data measured by the basal body thermometer 102 from the basal body thermometer 102 and uploading it to the service providing server 107.

<System operation>
[Flow of overall system operation]
FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram of the basal body temperature management system 101.
In the following description, the user decides the time zone in which the user may get up in advance from 4 am to 9:30 am, and decides the alarm time for the basal thermometer 102 to be 6:30 am It is assumed that the data is input to the portable wireless terminal 104 and set in the portable wireless terminal 104 and the basal thermometer 102.
Hereinafter, a time zone that is likely to wake up specified by the user is referred to as a “wakeup time zone”.

Until 4:00 am, the basal thermometer 102 is in a sleep state, and the portable wireless terminal 104 is in a ticker display state.
At 4 am, the basal thermometer 102 changes the operation mode from the sleep state (S701). The microcomputer 204 turns on the A / D converter 203 and enters a standby state in which the temperature change of the thermistor 202 is monitored.
At the same time, the portable wireless terminal 104 changes the operation mode from the ticker display state and shifts to the communication standby / ticker display state (S702).

At 6:30 am, the microcomputer 204 of the basal thermometer 102 drives the buzzer 209 to sound an alarm (S703). In response, the user wakes up from sleep. The user holds the basal thermometer 102 placed on the user's bedside in his mouth. Then, the temperature of the thermistor of the temperature detection unit 202 rises, and the microcomputer 204 detects this. When the temperature is stabilized, the microcomputer 204 acquires data at that time, performs arithmetic processing, and obtains basal body temperature data. This is basal body temperature measurement.
The basal thermometer 102 displays the basal body temperature on the display and transmits basal body temperature data to the portable wireless terminal 104 (S704).
After transmitting the basal body temperature data to the portable wireless terminal 104, the basal body thermometer 102 changes the operation mode and returns to the sleep state (S705).

The portable wireless terminal 104 receives the basal body temperature data transmitted from the basal body thermometer 102 (S706).
Next, the portable wireless terminal 104 transmits the received basal body temperature data to the service providing server 107 (S707).
The basal body temperature data receiving unit 1103 of the service providing server 107 receives the basal body temperature data transmitted from the portable wireless terminal 104 (S708).
The basal body temperature data receiving unit 1103 activates the body cycle calculating unit 411 and updates the body cycle table 504. Then, the service document transmission unit 408 is activated.
The service document transmission unit 408 creates a service document 309 based on the message master 409 and the body cycle table 504, and transmits the service document 309 to the portable wireless terminal 104 (S709).
The portable wireless terminal 104 receives the service document 309 (S710).

The portable wireless terminal 104 is in the ticker display state before the operation mode is changed in step S702.
When the operation mode is changed in step S702, the portable wireless terminal 104 shifts from the ticker display state to the communication standby / ticker display state.
After that, when the portable wireless terminal 104 receives basal body temperature data from the basal thermometer 102 in step S706, the operation mode shifts from the communication standby / ticker display state to the basal body temperature data transmission / reception state.
When the portable wireless terminal 104 receives the service document 309 from the service providing server 107 in step S710, the operation mode shifts from the basal body temperature data transmission / reception state to the ticker display state.

If the user forgets to measure the basal body temperature, such as when the user oversleeps, the operation mode of the basal thermometer 102 and the portable wireless terminal 104 remains changed during the wake-up time period set in advance by the user. The basal thermometer 102 changes from the sleep state to the standby state, and the portable wireless terminal 104 changes from the ticker display state to the communication standby / ticker display state.
And after 9:30 am, it will return to its original state. The basal thermometer 102 changes from the standby state to the sleep state, and the portable wireless terminal 104 changes from the communication standby / ticker display state to the ticker display state.
The wake-up time zone is a state in which basal body temperature measurement and data transfer are prepared. The basal thermometer 102 turns on the A / D conversion circuit of the temperature detection unit 202, and the portable wireless terminal 104 turns on the short-range wireless communication unit 304. These are circuits that consume power even though they are in a standby state. By energizing these circuits only during the set wake-up time period, power consumption of the basal thermometer 102 and the portable wireless terminal 104 that are battery (battery) drive devices is suppressed.

[Changes in portable wireless terminals]
FIG. 8 is a state transition diagram of the portable wireless terminal 104.
When it is not in the wake-up time zone designated by the user, the portable wireless terminal 104 is in the ticker display state S801. That is, only the operation equivalent to the conventional standby application is performed. This is a device for minimizing the power consumption of the short-range wireless communication unit 304 that is activated in order to wait for reception of data from the basal thermometer 102. This is why the wake-up time zone is set.

  When a predetermined key operation is performed by operating the operation unit 303 from the ticker display state S801, the content list display state S802 is entered. A list of the titles of the service document 309 displayed as a ticker is displayed on the entire display unit 311 of the portable wireless terminal 104.

  When an operation of selecting one predetermined title from the content list display state S802 is performed, the process proceeds to the content detail display state S803. The text of the service document 309 is displayed on the entire display unit 311 of the portable wireless terminal 104. When a document movement operation is performed in this state, the document moves to the previous or next document and the details of the contents are displayed.

  When an operation for selecting a link called “A tag” of html is performed in the content list display state S802 or the content detail display state S803, the standby application is temporarily stopped and the web browser is started and embedded in the selected A tag. Displays the linked document. This is the web access state S804.

  When the current time enters the wake-up time zone from the ticker display state S801, the portable wireless terminal 104 transitions to the communication standby / ticker display state S805. That is, in parallel with the operation equivalent to the conventional standby application, the short-range wireless communication unit 304 is activated to wait for reception of data from the basal thermometer 102, and the presence or absence of a data transmission request issued from the basal thermometer 102 is monitored. To do.

  When a predetermined key operation is performed by operating the operation unit 303 from the communication standby / ticker display state S805, the process proceeds to the content list display state S802. A list of the titles of the service document 309 displayed as a ticker is displayed on the entire display unit 311 of the portable wireless terminal 104. This is because the service document 309 is displayed according to the user's operation even in the state of waiting for communication.

When it is detected that the data transmission request is transmitted from the basal thermometer 102 in the communication standby / ticker display state S805, the process proceeds to the basal body temperature data transmission / reception state S806.
When the data transmission / reception is completed in the basal body temperature data transmission / reception state S806, the state shifts to the ticker display state S801.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram of the portable wireless terminal 104 in a communication standby / ticker display state. In the communication standby / ticker display state S805 in FIG. 8, the functional blocks that function effectively in the portable wireless terminal 104 in FIG. 3 are clearly shown.
Compared with FIG. 3, it can be seen that the wide area wireless communication unit 307 is not functioning.
When not in the wake-up time zone, the input / output control unit 302 controls the power supply to the short-range wireless communication unit 304 to be turned off. That is, the ticker display state S801 in FIG.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram of the portable wireless terminal 104 in the web access state. In the web access state S804 in FIG. 8, the functional blocks that function effectively in the portable wireless terminal 104 in FIG. 3 are clearly shown.
Compared with FIG. 3, it can be seen that the short-range wireless communication unit 304 and the real-time clock 312 are not functioning. This is a function as a well-known web browser.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram of the portable wireless terminal 104 in a basal body temperature data transmission / reception state. In the basal body temperature data transmission / reception state S806 in FIG. 8, the functional blocks that function effectively in the portable wireless terminal 104 in FIG. 3 are clearly shown. However, since the input / output control unit 302 performs a plurality of functions according to a change in state, this is clearly indicated by a plurality of function blocks.
The input / output control unit 302 executes the individual authentication unit 1102, the basal body temperature data receiving unit 1103, the personal authentication unit 1104, the basal body temperature data transmitting unit 1105, and the service document receiving unit 1106 in this order. It is a batch process.
The individual authentication unit 1102 performs individual authentication processing based on the individual information 306 of the portable wireless terminal 104. The individual authentication process is a process for confirming that the portable wireless terminal 104 is a regular communication partner.
The basal body temperature data receiving unit 1103 stores the basal body temperature data received from the short-range wireless communication unit 304 in the temporary memory 1107.

The personal authentication unit 1104 refers to the server information 1108, accesses the service providing server 107 via the wide area wireless communication unit 307, and performs personal authentication processing based on the user account information 308. The personal authentication process is a process in which the service providing server 107 confirms that it is a regular communication partner.
The basal body temperature data transmission unit 1105 refers to the server information 1108, accesses the service providing server 107 via the wide area wireless communication unit 307, and transmits the basal body temperature data read from the temporary memory 1107 to the service providing server 107.
The service document receiving unit 1106 refers to the server information 1108, accesses the service providing server 107 via the wide area wireless communication unit 307, receives the service document 309 from the service providing server 107, and stores it in the nonvolatile storage 305.

[Operation of portable wireless terminal]
The operation of the portable wireless terminal 104 (standby application) will be described with reference to flowcharts in FIGS.
FIG. 12 is a flowchart of the overall operation of the portable wireless terminal 104. This is the main routine of the standby application.
When the processing is started (S1201), the input / output control unit 302 acquires the current time from the real-time clock 312 and receives whether the current time is in the wake-up time zone, that is, reception of basal body temperature data from the basal thermometer 102. It is determined whether or not it is in the waiting time zone (S1202).

If the current time is within the wake-up time zone (YES in S1202), the input / output control unit 302 next checks whether today's data transmission / reception processing has not yet been completed (S1203). There are various confirmation methods. As an example, a method of holding the date and time when the transmission / reception process is completed, a method of judging by the time stamp of the html document file indicating the body cycle in the service document 309, and the like can be considered.
If today's data transmission / reception processing has not been completed (YES in S1203), reception standby processing is executed (S1204).
If today's data transmission / reception processing has already been completed (NO in S1203), normal processing is executed (S1205).
In either the reception standby process (S1204) or the normal process (S1205), the process is temporarily terminated (S1206), and then the process is resumed (S1201). That is, the main routine is a loop process.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart of normal processing. This corresponds to step S1205 in FIG.
When the process is started (S1301), the input / output control unit 302 waits for a key operation of the operation unit 303 for a very short time (S1302).
If the key operation is a predetermined specific key operation (YES in S1303), the input / output control unit 302 performs a service document display process (S1304). Otherwise, if there is no key operation (NO in S1303), ticker display processing is performed (S1305).
In any of the service document display process (S1304) and the ticker display process (S1305), after the completion of these processes, the input / output control unit 302 ends the series of processes (S1306).

  FIG. 14 is a flowchart of the reception standby process. The difference from the normal processing in FIG. 13 is that the presence or absence of access to the basal thermometer 102 is monitored, and if there is access, data transmission / reception processing is executed.

When the process is started (S1401), the input / output control unit 302 waits for a key operation of the operation unit 303 for a very short time (S1402).
If the key operation is a specific key operation (YES in S1403), the input / output control unit 302 performs a service document display process (S1404). Otherwise, if there is no key operation (NO in S1403), the input / output control unit 302 next monitors the short-range wireless communication unit 304 to determine whether a data transmission request is received from the basal thermometer 102. Is confirmed (S1405). If such a request is not received from the basal thermometer 102 (YES in S1405), the input / output control unit 302 performs a ticker display process (S1406).
If a data transmission request is received from the basal thermometer 102 (NO in S1405), the input / output control unit 302 executes data transmission / reception processing (S1407).
In any of the service document display process (S1404), the ticker display process (S1406), and the data transmission / reception process (S1407), after the completion of these processes, the input / output control unit 302 ends the series of processes (S1408). ).

FIG. 15 is a flowchart of the service document display process.
When the process is started (S1501), the input / output control unit 302 first executes a contents list display process for displaying a list of titles of the respective html documents of the service document 309 displayed as a ticker (S1502).
Next, the input / output control unit 302 waits for a key operation of the operation unit 303 by the user (S1503).
If the key operation designates content display (YES in S1504), a content display process for displaying the text of the service document 309 where the cursor is currently located on the display unit 311 is executed (S1505).

If the key operation does not specify content display (NO in S1504), the input / output control unit 302 further confirms whether or not the key operation specifies web access (S1506).
If it is a key operation for designating web access (YES in S1506), a URL character string is passed as an argument, and a web browser, which is a program built in the portable wireless terminal 104, is started (S1507). At this point, the standby application itself is in a paused state until the web browser is terminated. When the web browser ends, the process proceeds to step S1502, and the content list display process is executed again.
If the key operation is not a key operation for designating web access (NO in S1506), the key operation is an operation that means the end. Therefore, an end process such as deleting the contents of the display screen is executed (S1508), and a series of processes is performed. The process ends (S1509).

When the content display processing is executed in step S1505, the input / output control unit 302 next waits for a key operation of the operation unit 303 by the user (S1510).
If the key operation is an operation that means the end (YES in S1511), an end process such as deleting the contents of the display screen is executed (S1508), and the series of processes is ended (S1509).
If the key operation is not an operation that means termination (NO in S1511), the input / output control unit 302 further checks whether or not the key operation designates web access (S1512).
If it is a key operation for designating web access (YES in S1512), the URL character string is passed as an argument to start the web browser (S1513). At this point, the standby application itself is in a paused state until the web browser is terminated. When the web browser ends, the process proceeds to step S1505, and the content display process is executed again.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart of data transmission / reception processing.
When the process is started (S1601), first, the individual authentication unit 1102 performs individual authentication of the basal thermometer 102 (S1602).
Next, the basal body temperature data receiving unit 1103 receives the basal body temperature data from the basal body thermometer 102 via the short-range wireless communication unit 304 (S1603). The received basal body temperature data is stored in the temporary memory 1107.
Next, the personal authentication unit 1104 accesses the service providing server 107 through the wide area wireless communication unit 307 based on the server information 1108 (S1604).
Then, the personal authentication unit 1104 performs personal authentication with the service providing server 107 using the account information (S1605).
If data transmission / reception becomes possible through the personal authentication process, the basal body temperature data transmission unit 1105 transmits the basal body temperature data held in the temporary memory 1107 to the service providing server 107 (S1606).
Next, the service document reception unit 1106 receives the service document 309 transmitted from the service providing server 107 and stores it in the nonvolatile storage (S1607). Then, a series of processing ends (S1608).

FIGS. 17A, 17 </ b> B, 17 </ b> C, 17 </ b> D, and 17 </ b> E are diagrams illustrating screens of various states of the portable wireless terminal 104.
FIG. 17A shows a display screen when the portable wireless terminal 104 is in a standby state. In the center, an image 1702 selected by the user according to his / her preference is displayed. Below that, a ticker display area 1703 is provided. This is the ticker display function realized by the standby application.

  FIG. 17B is a display screen when the portable wireless terminal 104 is in the contents list display state S802. The titles of service documents 309 are listed and displayed. A link 1704 is displayed on the top level. When this link 1704 is selected, the web browser is activated and the service providing server 107 can be accessed.

  FIG. 17C is a display screen when the portable wireless terminal 104 is in the content display state. It is a screen as a result of selecting one of the titles of the service document 309 listed and displayed in FIG. The text displayed in FIG. 17C is the text of the first document 602 in FIG. “% Handle%” and “% tedaydays%” are replaced with specific character strings.

  FIG. 17D is a display screen when the portable wireless terminal 104 is in the web access state S804. It is a screen as a result of selecting the uppermost link 1704 among the titles of the service documents 309 listed and displayed in FIG. Three links 1705, 1706 and 1707 are provided.

  FIG. 17E is a display screen when the portable wireless terminal 104 is in the web access state S804. It is a screen as a result of selecting the uppermost link 1705 among the links 1705, 1706, and 1707 listed and displayed in FIG. A date input field 1708 including three options for inputting the menstrual start date is displayed.

  As can be seen from the content of FIG. 17B, the service document 309 is not necessarily only information relating to the body cycle. The user can arbitrarily select various information services such as news, weather forecast, fortune-telling and entertainment.

  FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the portable wireless terminal 104 is in the body cycle display state. Normally, the portable wireless terminal 104 is used in the portrait orientation, but the portable wireless terminal 104 is used in the landscape orientation when in the body cycle display state. This is because the body period graph is displayed on the display unit 311. Since some portable wireless terminals 104 do not necessarily have a function of rotating fonts, the characters described in the body cycle graph displayed on the display unit 311 are also the same image data as the body cycle graph. is there.

The following application examples can be considered in the present embodiment.
(1) Information on the body cycle and information on health care, beauty, or diet can be linked.
Women's body cycle greatly affects their health. Therefore, it is possible to provide information for maintaining a healthy state in conjunction with the body cycle, information useful for beauty, and information on a favorable time for performing a diet.
Since the body cycle table 504 is updated every time basal body temperature data, menstruation start date, and the like are registered, the timing of information provided by the information providing service linked to the body cycle described above can be made accurate.

(2) In addition to the basal thermometer 102, a device that communicates with the portable wireless terminal 104 can be added.
For example, if the body fat scale is configured to be able to communicate with BlueTooth (registered trademark) like the basal thermometer 102, information on the body cycle and weight and body fat percentage can be added. The contents to be executed can be specifically presented.

  (3) Communication between users can be achieved by adding a social networking service to the service providing server 107. Information exchange for pregnancy, childbirth, etc. will not only aim at mutual friendship among users, but also improve awareness of physical condition management.

In the present embodiment, a basal body temperature management system has been disclosed. This can be considered as a replacement of the function of a conventional (stand-alone) basal thermometer in the form of a client / server system using a network.
The following functions were separated from the conventional stand-alone basal thermometer.
The body cycle display function is replaced with the display unit 311 of the portable wireless terminal 104.
Data storage functions such as basal body temperature data and physiological start date data have been replaced with the database of the service providing server 107.
The body cycle calculation function and the body cycle correction function are replaced by the calculation function of the service providing server 107.
These functions require expensive resources such as a vast liquid crystal display, a large-capacity non-volatile storage, and a microcomputer capable of executing high-speed and high-performance calculations. By separating these expensive resource-intensive functions from the conventional stand-alone basal thermometer, the basal thermometer 102 of this embodiment has only a basal thermometer measurement function and a data communication function with a portable wireless communication terminal. Just do it. That is, the basic thermometer can be greatly simplified, reduced in price, reduced in weight, and reduced in power consumption. In addition, by being simplified, it is robust and the failure rate is greatly reduced.
Furthermore, since the input of the menstrual start date can be executed by a portable radio terminal that is very widespread, it is not necessary to carry a basal thermometer only for inputting the menstrual start date.

  Furthermore, the system of the present embodiment can effectively use the information display function of the portable wireless terminal 104 and provide an information service linked to the user's body cycle from the service providing server 107.

  The embodiment of the present invention has been described above. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and other modifications may be made without departing from the gist of the present invention described in the claims. Includes application examples.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 101 ... Basal body temperature management system, 102 ... Basal thermometer, 103 ... Display part, 104 ... Portable wireless terminal, 105 ... Wireless public line, 106 ... Internet, 107 ... Service provision server, 202 ... Temperature detection part, 204 ... Microcomputer, 205 ... Short-range wireless communication unit, 206 ... Account data, 207 ... Setting data, 208 ... Real time clock, 209 ... Buzzer, 210 ... Antenna, 211 ... Non-volatile storage, 302 ... I / O control unit, 303 ... Operation unit, 304 ... near field communication unit, 305 ... non-volatile storage, 306 ... individual information, 307 ... wide area wireless communication unit, 308 ... account information, 309 ... service document, 310 ... display control unit, 311 ... display unit, 312 ... real time clock 402, web server program, 403, user authentication unit, 04 ... user master, 405 ... basal body temperature data receiving unit, 406 ... body cycle database, 407 ... menstruation start date data receiving unit, 408 ... service document sending unit, 409 ... message master, 410 ... body cycle data sending unit, 411 ... Body cycle calculation unit, 412 ... SMTP server program, 413 ... basal body temperature data reception unit, 414 ... menstruation start date data reception unit, 502 ... basal body temperature table, 503 ... physiology table, 504 ... body cycle table, 602 ... first Document, 603 ... Second document, 604 ... Third document, 1102 ... Individual authentication unit, 1103 ... Basal body temperature data reception unit, 1104 ... Personal authentication unit, 1105 ... Basal body temperature data transmission unit, 1106 ... Service document reception unit DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1107 ... Temporary memory, 1108 ... Server information, 1702 ... Image, 1703 ... Ticker display Pass, 1704,1705,1706,1707 ... link, 1708 ... date input field

Claims (10)

A basal thermometer comprising a first short-range wireless communication unit for transmitting measured basal body temperature data;
A service providing server comprising a basal body temperature table for recording the basal body temperature data;
A portable wireless terminal comprising: a second short-range wireless communication unit that receives the basal body temperature data transmitted from the basal body thermometer; and a wide-area wireless communication unit that transmits the basal body temperature data to the service providing server. Basic body temperature management system.   The basal body temperature management system according to claim 1, wherein the service providing server further includes a menstrual table that records menstrual start date data transmitted from the portable wireless terminal. The service providing server further includes:
When the basal body temperature data and the physiological start date data are transmitted from the portable wireless terminal, a body cycle calculation unit that calculates the body cycle of the user who transmitted the basal body temperature data and the physiological start date data;
The basal body temperature management system of Claim 2 provided with the body cycle table which records the next menstrual day and the next ovulation day which are the calculation results of the said body cycle calculating part. A temperature detecting element for detecting basal body temperature;
An A / D converter that converts a signal obtained from the temperature detection element into digital basal body temperature data;
A near field communication unit for transmitting the basal body temperature data;
A storage unit that stores account data that is individual information of a counterpart device that is a counterpart of the basal body temperature data;
A control unit that performs authentication processing using the account data in the short-range wireless communication unit, and controls the short-range wireless communication unit and transmits the basal body temperature data after the authentication process is normally completed. Thermometer. In addition, it has a real-time clock that outputs current time information,
The storage unit further stores setting data in which predetermined operating time zone information is recorded,
The control unit drives the A / D converter when current time information obtained from the real-time clock is within the operating time zone information described in the setting data. The basal thermometer according to claim 4. In addition, with a buzzer,
The said control part drives the said buzzer when the present time information obtained from the said real-time clock becomes a predetermined wake-up time within the range of the said operation time zone information. Basal thermometer. A near field communication unit that receives basal body temperature data transmitted from the basal body thermometer,
In order to receive the basal body temperature data from the basal body thermometer after controlling the short-range wireless communication unit and confirming whether the basal body thermometer is a genuine communication partner using the individual information held by the basal body thermometer A portable wireless terminal comprising an input / output control unit for controlling. Furthermore,
A wide area wireless communication unit that transmits the basal body temperature data to a service providing server via a wireless public line,
The input / output control unit controls the short-range wireless communication unit to receive the basal body temperature data, and then controls the wide area wireless communication unit to transmit the basal body temperature data to the service providing server. The portable wireless terminal according to claim 7. In addition, it has a real-time clock that outputs current time information,
The input / output control unit drives the short-range wireless communication unit when current time information obtained from the real-time clock is within a range of predetermined standby time zone information. The portable wireless terminal described. A basal body temperature table comprising an ID field for uniquely identifying a user, and a basal body temperature field for recording the basal body temperature data of the user;
A basal body temperature data receiving unit that receives basal body temperature data from a portable wireless terminal and records the basal body temperature data in the basal body temperature table;
A physiology table comprising an ID field that uniquely identifies the user, and a start date field that records the user's menstrual start date;
A physiological start date data receiving unit that receives the physiological start date from the portable wireless terminal and records it in the physiological table;
A body cycle table comprising: an ID field for uniquely identifying the user; a next menstrual date field for recording the user's next menstrual date; and a next ovulation date field for recording the user's next ovulation date;
Activated in response to the basal body temperature data receiving unit and the menstrual start date data receiving unit, reading the basal body temperature table and the physiology table, calculating the next physiology date and the next ovulation date of the user, the body cycle A service providing server comprising a body cycle calculation unit for recording in a table.

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