JP2010199935A - Information protection system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information protection system capable of accommodating diversification of security management by using a mobile terminal apparatus that can transmit and receive weak electric waves and a terminal apparatus that can transmit and receive weak electric waves. <P>SOLUTION: In an information protection system that manages entrance and exit for a management target region, a terminal apparatus is arranged at the entrance and exit for the management target region. An operator carries a mobile terminal apparatus that can communicate with the terminal apparatus. Communication is performed between the terminal apparatus and the mobile terminal apparatus, thereby, the entrance and exit for the management target region of the operator who carries the mobile terminal apparatus is managed. A supplied function for the mobile terminal apparatus is changed depending on the state of the entrance and exit for the management target region. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an information protection system, and more particularly to an information protection system for protecting information in a mobile terminal device.

  In recent years, security functions of mobile terminal devices have become increasingly important as the functionality of mobile terminal devices such as mobile phones has increased and personal data that can be stored in mobile terminal devices has increased.

  In particular, recently, with the spread of mobile phones (Osaifu-Keitai) incorporating FeliCa (registered trademark) chips and the increase in the amount of data that can be stored in mobile terminal devices, various functions in the mobile terminal devices and security for personal data The need for is increasing.

  As a conventional security function, there is a method of protecting information using biometric authentication such as input of a password or fingerprint authentication. However, these methods have a problem of forgetting to enable the security function. Moreover, when using a mobile phone, the complexity of releasing the security function also occurs.

  In Patent Document 1, based on a signal oscillated from an oscillator of an identification device, a distance from the oscillator to the mobile phone body is measured in the mobile phone body, and when the measured distance is equal to or greater than a predetermined distance, the mobile phone An invention is disclosed in which a telephone call cannot be made by the main body.

JP 2000-278400 A

  By the way, in the invention described in Patent Document 1, when the distance from the oscillator to the mobile phone body is a predetermined distance or more, the mobile phone body cannot make a call. On the other hand, recently, crimes involving illegal photographing, illegal recording, data theft, etc. using mobile terminal devices have frequently occurred, and the aspects requiring security management have also diversified. The invention described in Patent Document 1 Then, it was not possible to counter such crimes.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and by using a portable terminal device capable of transmitting and receiving weak radio waves and a terminal device capable of transmitting and receiving weak radio waves, information that can cope with diversification of security management. The purpose is to provide a protection system.

  In solving the above problems, the present invention provides an information protection system for managing entry / exit to / from a management target area, wherein a terminal device is arranged at an entrance / exit to the management target area and can be communicated with the terminal apparatus. The terminal device is carried by an operator, and the terminal device and the mobile terminal device communicate with each other to manage entry / exit of the operator carrying the mobile terminal device into the management target region, and the management target region The providing function of the portable terminal device is made different depending on the state of entering and exiting.

  According to the present invention, when the terminal device and the portable terminal device communicate with each other, the management of the entry / exit of the operator carrying the portable terminal device into the management target region is the entry / exit of the management target region. It is limited and released.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that a function provided by the mobile terminal device is limited when the mobile terminal device is in an entrance state to the management target area.
Further, the present invention is characterized in that the restriction of the function provided by the portable terminal device is released when the portable terminal device is in a leaving state from the management target area.
In addition, the present invention is characterized in that a function provided by the mobile terminal device is limited when the mobile terminal device is in a leaving state from the management target area.
Further, the present invention is characterized in that the restriction of the function provided by the portable terminal device is released when the portable terminal device is in an entrance state to the management target area.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the information protection system which can respond to diversification of security management can be provided by using the portable terminal device which can transmit / receive weak radio waves, and the terminal device which can transmit / receive weak radio waves. .

  Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to prevent important information that must be used only in the building (inside the company) from being inadvertently taken out of the building (outside the company).

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of one Embodiment of the information protection system by this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the information protection system shown in FIG.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of an information protection system according to the present invention.

  The information protection system of this embodiment includes a mobile phone (20) which is an example of a mobile terminal device and a reader / writer (26) which is an example of a terminal device. The cellular phone (20) has a built-in FeliCa (registered trademark) chip, for example, and the reader / writer (26) is a FeliCa (registered trademark) port, for example. The reader / writer (26) communicates with each other. The mobile phone (20) and the reader / writer (26) may perform other contactless communication.

  The mobile phone (20) includes a CPU unit (21) that controls the entire information protection system in the mobile phone (20), a memory unit (22) that holds setting information and personal information of the information protection system, and an external reader. Reader / writer access unit (23) capable of communicating with the / writer (26), a display unit (24) including a liquid crystal screen for outputting information to the user, and a key for receiving information input from the user And an input unit (25) having buttons and buttons.

  The external reader / writer (26) is attached to an entrance to the management target area such as a building entrance / exit gate.

  The operation of the information protection system shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the information protection system shown in FIG.

  In the information protection system of this embodiment, for example, a reader / writer (26) is installed at the entrance / exit gate of a building, and the mobile phone (20) is brought close to the reader / writer (26) to register entrance / exit. Entry / exit management is performed so that the gate cannot be opened and closed. When the mobile phone (20) is brought close to the reader / writer (26), whether the user of the mobile phone (20) is inside the building or outside the building is determined in the reader / writer (26) or It is registered in the computer to which the reader / writer (26) is connected, and various management (for example, attendance management, entry restriction) is performed depending on whether the user is inside the building or outside the building.

  In the information protection system of the present embodiment, when the mobile phone (20) is brought close to the reader / writer (26) along with the entrance / exit management, whether the user of the mobile phone (20) is in the building, Whether the user is outside the building is registered in the mobile phone (20), and the mobile phone (20) restricts the functions provided to the user by the mobile phone (20) according to the registered state. For example, when the mobile phone (20) is registered as being in the building, the mobile phone (20) is one of an image and video shooting function, a voice recording function, a data writing function, Alternatively, if all the functions are prohibited and the mobile phone (20) is registered as being outside the building, the prohibition of these functions can be lifted. As another example, for example, when the mobile phone (20) is registered as being in the building, the mobile phone (20) has an image / video shooting function, a sound recording function, a data recording function, Provides all functions such as writing functions to the user, but if the mobile phone (20) is registered outside the building, all recorded in the mobile phone (20) within the building Data reading can also be prohibited.

  Referring to FIG. 2, first, the mobile phone (20) and the external reader / writer (26) carry out a communication operation (step B-1), and determine whether to enter or leave the building (step B-2). For example, whether to enter or leave the building is determined based on whether the mobile phone (20) has been outside the building or outside the building. That's fine.

  Here, when entering the building (step B-2: entrance), the security function for the function or data permitted to be used only in the building is canceled (step B-3), and this control is terminated.

  On the other hand, when leaving the building (step B-2: leaving), a function permitted to be used only in the building or a security function for data is set (step B-4), and this control is finished.

  Thereby, it is possible to prevent important information that must be used only in the building (inside the company) from being inadvertently taken out of the building (outside the company).

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 20 Cellular phone 21 CPU part 22 Memory part 23 Reader / writer access part 24 Display part 25 Input part 26 Reader / writer

Claims (6)

In the information protection system that manages entry and exit to the management target area,
Place a terminal device at the entrance to and exit from the management target area,
An operator carries a portable terminal device that can communicate with the terminal device,
The terminal device and the mobile terminal device communicate with each other to manage entry / exit of the operator carrying the mobile terminal device into / from the management target area, and according to the entry / exit state of the management target area An information protection system, wherein the provision function of the mobile terminal device is different. Management of entry / exit to / from the management target area of the operator carrying the mobile terminal apparatus through communication between the terminal apparatus and the mobile terminal apparatus is restriction / release of entry / exit to the management target area. The information protection system according to claim 1. The information protection system according to claim 1, wherein a provision function of the mobile terminal device is limited when the mobile terminal device is in an entrance state to the management target area. 4. The information protection system according to claim 3, wherein when the mobile terminal device is in a leaving state from the management target area, the restriction on a function provided by the mobile terminal device is released. The information protection system according to claim 1, wherein a function provided by the mobile terminal device is limited when the mobile terminal device is in a leaving state from the management target area. The information protection system according to claim 5, wherein when the mobile terminal device is in an entry state to the management target area, the restriction on the function provided by the mobile terminal device is released.

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