JP3981275B2 - Information distribution system, information distribution method, program, and recording medium - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a technique for allowing a person concerned in a package to view the package delivery status.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, on a delivery company's home page, a service that allows viewing the delivery status of a package being delivered has been provided. Specifically, when the viewer enters the slip number of the slip attached to the package on the homepage, information indicating the delivery status is searched in the database using the entered slip number as a key, and the search result is displayed on the homepage. Is displayed. As a result, the viewer can easily grasp the delivery status of the package related to the viewer, which is very convenient.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, the slip number is usually only known by the sender who requested the delivery of the package, and the recipient can view the delivery status on the above website unless he / she is informed of the slip number by telephone contact etc. Can not do it.
Therefore, if the authority to view the delivery status on the homepage is relaxed so that anyone can view the delivery status freely, it will be a problem in terms of crime prevention and privacy.
[0004]
The present invention has been made under such a background, and information relating to delivery of a package to a recipient such as the recipient while protecting the privacy of the package other than the package to be received by the recipient. Provide a mechanism that can provide
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention relates to a storage means for storing delivery-related information relating to delivery of a package, and a package other than a specific package based on the delivery-related information stored in the storage means. Generating means for generating outline information indicating an outline of delivery related information, delivery related information relating to the specific package stored in the storage means, and summary information generated by the generating means; And an information distribution system comprising: a transmission unit configured to transmit to a communication terminal of a user corresponding to the above.
According to this information distribution system, delivery related information relating to delivery of a package is stored, and outline information indicating an outline of delivery related information related to a package other than a specific package is generated based on the stored delivery related information. The generated outline information is transmitted to the communication terminal of the user corresponding to the specific package.
[0006]
Preferably, the present invention includes an authentication unit that authenticates a user of the communication terminal, and the transmission unit handles the specific package when the authentication unit determines that the user is valid. May be transmitted to the user's communication terminal.
[0007]
In this case, the authentication means includes a storage means for storing authentication information for authenticating the user, and authentication information for authenticating the user with respect to the user communication terminal. A distribution unit that reads out and distributes from the storage unit; and a reception unit that receives the authentication information transmitted by an external communication terminal, and the received authentication information matches the authentication information stored in the storage unit The authentication may be performed depending on whether or not to do so.
[0008]
The distribution unit may distribute the communication address assigned to the authentication unit by adding it to the authentication information.
The generation unit may generate a summary information by reducing a part of information indicating a delivery destination of a package other than the specific package, or a recipient who receives the package other than the specific package. The summary information may be generated by reducing the names of. The communication terminal is preferably a mobile phone.
Moreover, it is preferable that the user corresponding to the specific package is at least one of a recipient and a shipper of the specific package.
[0009]
According to the present invention, the storage means stores delivery related information related to delivery of the package, and the generating means uses the delivery related information related to the package other than the specific package based on the stored delivery related information. A step of generating outline information indicating an outline of the information; and a user whose transmission means associates the delivery related information relating to the specific package stored in the storage means and the generated outline information with respect to the specific package. And a step of transmitting to the communication terminal.
[0010]
The present invention also provides a storage function for storing delivery-related information relating to delivery of packages in a computer, and delivery-related information related to packages other than specific packages based on the delivery-related information stored by the storage function. A generation function for generating outline information indicating the outline of the item, a delivery related information regarding the specific package stored by the storage function, and a summary information generated by the generation function of the user corresponding to the specific package A program for realizing a transmission function for transmission to a communication terminal is provided.
[0011]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to such an embodiment, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the technical idea.
A: Configuration
First, the configuration of the present embodiment will be described.
(1) Overall system configuration
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, this system includes cellular phones 10a and 10b, a cellular phone network 20 that accommodates base stations 21a and 21b and an exchange station (not shown), and a cellular phone network 20 via a gateway device (not shown). And the delivery company network 40 connected to the Internet 30 via a router (not shown). In FIG. 1, it is assumed that a sender 1 who requests delivery of a package to a delivery company has a mobile phone 10a, and a recipient 2 who receives the package delivered by the delivery company has a mobile phone 10b. explain.
[0012]
The mobile phone 10a performs wireless communication with the base station 21a forming the wireless cell in which the mobile phone 10 is located and receives a data communication service provided by the mobile phone network 20. Similarly, the mobile phone 10b performs wireless communication with the base station 21b forming a wireless cell in which the mobile phone 10 is located, and receives a data communication service provided by the mobile phone network 20. In FIG. 1, only two mobile phones 10a and 10b and base stations 21a and 21b are shown in order to avoid complicated drawing, but there are actually a larger number.
[0013]
These mobile phones 10a and 10b include a control unit having a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and various memories, a wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication with the base stations 21a and 21b, an operation input unit for a user to input various instructions, A liquid crystal display unit for displaying information, a microphone and a speaker (both not shown) for performing a voice call, and the like are provided. Each memory provided in the cellular phones 10a and 10b stores a document browsing program such as a WWW (World Wide Web) browser and a mailer for sending and receiving e-mails.
Each of the mobile phones 10a and 10b executes various WWW browsers stored in a memory, thereby acquiring various information provided by a server connected to the Internet 30 via the Internet 30 and the mobile phone network 20, and displaying the information. Can be done. Each of the mobile phones 10a and 10b can send and receive e-mails via the mobile phone network 20 and the Internet 30 by executing a mailer stored in the memory.
[0014]
The delivery company network 40 includes a WWW server 41 connected to the Internet 30 via a router (not shown), sales office terminals 42a, 42b, and 42c installed at sales offices of delivery companies scattered in various locations, A communication line 43 that connects the WWW server 41 and each of the sales office terminals 42a, 42b, and 42c is provided. In FIG. 1, only three sales office terminals are shown in order to avoid complicated drawing, but there are actually many more.
[0015]
Each of the sales office terminals 42a, 42b, and 42c includes a control unit having a CPU and various memories, an operation input unit for an operator to input various instructions, a display unit for displaying various information, and a WWW server 41. And a communication unit (both not shown) for data communication.
In each memory of the sales office terminals 42a, 42b, and 42c, a unique package ID is generated for each package, and a password generation program for generating a password based on the package ID and the WWW server 41 are communicated. In addition to various programs such as communication programs to be performed, a map database is stored in which various addresses in various parts of Japan are associated with rough addresses (hereinafter referred to as address outlines) from which some information of the addresses has been reduced. ing. Here, an example of the structure of the map database is shown in FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 2, it means that the address outline corresponding to the address “A city B town 1-1 chome No. 1” is “A city B town 1 chome”. That is, in this embodiment, the address summary corresponds to the main part of the address up to "~ city-town-chome" in the recipient address "~ city-town-chome-address-go". It is an address notation that does not include the detailed part of the address “-address-go”.
Each of these sales office terminals 42a, 42b, and 42c is configured to transmit delivery-related information input by an operator using an operation input unit or generated by the terminal to the WWW server 41 via a communication unit. Here, the delivery related information means, for example, information related to the delivery schedule of the package in addition to the package ID and the password, which will be described in detail later.
[0016]
(2) Configuration of WWW server 41
The WWW server 41 receives and stores the delivery related information transmitted from each of the sales office terminals 42a, 42b, 42c, and the delivery related information stored by itself via the Internet 30 and the mobile phone network 20. And a function of delivering to the mobile phones 10a and 10b.
Hereinafter, the configuration of the WWW server 41 will be described in detail with reference to the block diagram of FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the WWW server 41 includes a CPU 411, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 412, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 413, a communication unit 414, a hard disk device 415, and a bus that interconnects them. 416.
[0017]
The ROM 412 stores a control program such as IPL (Initial Program Loader). The CPU 411 reads out various programs from the ROM 412 and the hard disk device 415 and executes them. The RAM 413 is used as a work area for the CPU 411. For example, a program executed by the CPU 411 is expanded, and various data used when the program is executed is temporarily stored.
The communication unit 414 includes a connection interface and a modem for connecting to the Internet 30, and performs data communication with various communication devices via the Internet 30. The communication unit 414 also includes a connection interface for connecting to the communication line 43, and performs data communication with the sales office terminals 42 a to 42 c via the communication line 43.
The hard disk device 415 includes a delivery related information table 415a in which delivery related information is described, an authentication information table 415b in which authentication information for authenticating a person who intends to view the delivery related information is described, and the Internet 30. An information distribution program 415c for distributing various types of information and an authentication program 415d for performing authentication using the authentication information are stored.
[0018]
(2-1) Configuration of authentication information table 415b
Here, the configuration of the authentication information table 415b described above will be described with reference to the format diagram of FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, in this authentication information table 415b, a package ID assigned to each package to be delivered and a password generated based on the package ID are described in association with each other. In the example shown in FIG. 4, it means that the password generated based on the package ID “P10001” is “115329”. This password is used to determine whether or not a person who intends to view the delivery related information provided by the WWW server 41 is legitimate.
[0019]
The package ID and password are generated by any one of the sales office terminals 42a, 42b, and 42c and then transmitted to the WWW server 41, and are described in the authentication information table 415a. When the package ID and password are described in the authentication information table 415a, the WWW server 41 executes the information distribution program so that the package IDs and passwords of the package sender 1 and recipient 2 indicated by the package ID are displayed. An electronic mail for notifying both sides (hereinafter referred to as a notification mail) is generated, and the generated notification mail is transmitted to each of the cellular phones 10a, 10b of the sender 1 and the recipient 2.
[0020]
(2-2) Configuration of the delivery related information table 415a
Next, the configuration of the delivery related information table 415a will be described with reference to the format diagram of FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, in this delivery related information table 415a, “deliverer ID”, “delivery date”, and “delivery schedule” are described for each “delivery ID”.
The delivery ID is identification information assigned to a set of a delivery person ID unique to each delivery person and a delivery date of the package. Therefore, for example, different delivery IDs are assigned if the delivery date is different even for the same delivery person, and different delivery IDs are assigned if the delivery person is different even for the same delivery date.
The delivery schedule includes “Package ID”, “Scheduled delivery time”, “Recipient name”, “Recipient email address”, “Recipient address”, “Recipient address summary”, “Shipper name”, “Sender email address”. ”,“ Shipper address ”and“ whether or not delivered ”. Note that “START” described in the package ID field shown in FIG. 5 means the start of the delivery schedule, that is, the departure of the delivery company's office, and “END” means the end of the delivery schedule, that is, the delivery person's office. It means returning to the affiliated sales office, not the package ID itself.
[0021]
In the example shown in FIG. 5, the delivery schedule that the delivery person corresponding to the delivery person ID “M0001” should carry out on “May 1, 2001” starts from the sales office to which the delivery person belongs to “9:00”. , The package corresponding to the package ID “P10001” is scheduled to be delivered to the recipient “Jiro Takada” who has the delivery address “1 address, 1-chome, A city, 1” at “9:25”. This means that the package is “undelivered”.
These delivery schedules are generated at any of the sales office terminals 42a, 42b, 42c, and then transmitted to the WWW server 41 via the mobile phone network 20 and the Internet 30, and are described in this delivery related information table 415a. It has become so.
In the field corresponding to “whether or not delivered”, “undelivered” is set as a default when the delivery schedule is generated, and then updated as follows, for example. Each time a delivery person delivers a package, the delivery person accesses the WWW server 41 with a wireless terminal (not shown) held by the delivery person and inputs the package ID of the delivered package to the wireless terminal. In response to this, the wireless terminal notifies the WWW server 41 of information that the package has been delivered together with the package ID, and the WWW server 41 updates “undelivered” to “delivery” based on the notified information.
The above is the configuration of the present embodiment.
[0022]
B: Operation
Next, the operation of the embodiment configured as described above will be described.
In the following, the operation will be described in the order of (1) delivery of notification mail and (2) delivery schedule browsing.
(1) Notification mail distribution
In the sequence shown in FIG. 6, when the business office accepts a package delivery request from the sender, the operator selects the sales office terminal (in this case, the sales office terminal 42 a and the sales office terminal 42 a based on the items entered in the delivery request slip by the sender. To enter various information. The information input here is, for example, the recipient name “Jiro Takada”, the recipient email address “takada@aaa.ne.jp”, the recipient address “1 A-1 B-cho, A City”, and the sender name “Ota” "Ichiro", the sender's email address "ota@bbb.co.jp", and the sender's address "3-2, T-machi, K-city, No. 1".
[0023]
The sales office terminal 42a accepts these input operations (step S11), and when all the information to be input is input, the password generation program described above is executed to execute the package ID for the package requested for delivery. (Here, “P10001”) is generated, and a password (here, “115329”) is generated using a predetermined algorithm based on the package ID “P10001”. Further, the sales office terminal 42a searches the above-described map database based on the contents of the recipient's address “A city B town 1-1-1”, and the recipient address outline “A city B town 1 chome”. Is generated. (Step S12).
[0024]
Next, the business office terminal 42a transmits the information received in step S11, the address outline generated in step S12, the package ID, and the password to the WWW server 41 as delivery related information (step S13).
[0025]
When the WWW server 41 constantly executes the information distribution program 415C described above and receives delivery-related information from the sales office terminal 42a, information other than the password in the received delivery-related information is used as delivery-related information whose schedule is undetermined. Store in a predetermined area of the device 415. Further, the WWW server 42 describes the package ID and password in the authentication information table 415b in the hard disk device 415 (step S14).
[0026]
Next, the WWW server 41 sets the delivery related information whose schedule is undecided to the sales office terminal of the sales office that includes the recipient address “A city B town 1-chome 1 address 1” included in this delivery related information ( Here, it is transmitted to the sales office terminal 42c) (step S15).
[0027]
Upon receipt of the delivery related information, the sales office terminal 42c stores it in the memory (step S16).
In this way, each time the WWW server 41 receives the delivery related information from any of the sales office terminals 42a to 42c, the WWW server 41 performs the processing of the above steps S14 to S15 to send the delivery related information whose schedule is undecided to this delivery. The recipient address included in the related information is transmitted to the sales office terminal included in the delivery jurisdiction area. As a result, each of the sales office terminals 42a to 42c successively accumulates in the memory the delivery related information related to the packages to be delivered at the sales office where the terminal is installed.
[0028]
Now, when a certain amount of delivery related information is accumulated in the sales office terminal 42a as described above, the operator of the sales office terminal 42c operates the sales office terminal 42c to create a delivery schedule. Specifically, the operator determines a delivery route while determining the delivery order and scheduled delivery time of each package based on the recipient address of each package, and inputs the delivery route to the sales office terminal 42c as a delivery schedule. At this time, the delivery ID, the deliverer ID, and the delivery date are similarly input by the operator.
[0029]
Next, the sales office terminal 42c stores the information such as the input delivery schedule in the memory (step S17), and transmits them to the WWW server 41 (step S18).
[0030]
When receiving information such as a delivery schedule, the WWW server 41 describes the received information in the delivery related information table 415a (step S19). By this processing, for example, the contents as shown in FIG. 5 are described in the delivery related information table 415a.
[0031]
Next, the WWW server 41 generates a notification mail addressed to the mobile phones 10a and 10b based on the contents described in the authentication information table 415b and the delivery related information table 415a (step S20). The notification mail includes a message for notifying delivery of a package, a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the WWW server 41, and a package ID and password (here, “P10001” described in the authentication information table 415b). ”And“ 115329 ”).
The WWW server 41 uses the sender mail address “ota@bbb.co.jp” described in the delivery related information table 415a corresponding to the package ID “P10001” and the recipient. The e-mail address “takada@aaa.ne.jp” is used to transmit to both the mobile phones 10a and 10b (step S21).
[0032]
When each of the mobile phones 10a and 10b receives the notification mail, it notifies the user that the mail has been received and then displays the notification mail according to the opening operation by the user (step S22).
Here, as shown in the schematic diagram of FIG. 7, the notification mail displayed by the mobile phone 10b of the recipient 2 includes a message indicating that there is a package to be delivered to the recipient 2, and the URL of the WWW server 41. “Www.Takuhai-Net.co.jp”, a package ID “P10001” assigned to this package, and a password “115329” are described. The package ID and password are information necessary for authentication when the recipient 2 accesses the WWW server 41.
[0033]
Further, as shown in the schematic diagram of FIG. 8, the notification mail displayed by the cellular phone 10a of the sender 1 includes a message indicating that the delivery of the package is requested by the sender 1, the URL of the WWW server 41, The package ID assigned to the package and the password required for authentication when the sender 1 accesses the WWW server 41 are described.
The above is the processing until the notification mail is delivered to the recipient 2 and the sender 1.
[0034]
(2) Viewing the delivery schedule
Next, the operation when the recipient 2 browses the delivery schedule will be described with reference to the sequence shown in FIG.
For example, when the recipient 2 performs an operation of selecting the URL of the WWW server 41 described in the notification mail using the mobile phone 10b, the mobile phone 10b accepts this operation (step S31) and is selected. A request signal including the URL of the WWW server 41 is transmitted to the WWW server 41 (step S32).
[0035]
When the WWW server 41 receives the request signal via the mobile phone network 20 and the Internet 30, the WWW server 41 reads the authentication screen data for starting the authentication program 415d and displaying the authentication screen from the hard disk device 415 ( This is transmitted to the mobile phone 10b (step S33) (step S34).
[0036]
When the mobile phone 10b receives the authentication screen data. This is displayed on the liquid crystal display.
FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of an authentication screen displayed by the mobile phone 10b. As shown in FIG. 10, the authentication screen includes a text box T1 for inputting a package ID, a text box T2 for inputting a password, and a send button for instructing transmission of the input information. B1 is provided. When the recipient inputs the package ID “P10001” and the password “115329” in these text boxes T1 and T2 and performs an operation of selecting the send button B1, the cellular phone 10b accepts this operation (step S35). Then, a request signal including these package ID and password is transmitted to the WWW server 41 (step 36).
[0037]
Upon receiving the request signal, the WWW server 41 extracts the package ID “P10001” and the password “115329” from the request signal, and whether or not they match the package ID and password stored in the authentication information table 415b. The user authentication is performed by
Here, as illustrated in FIG. 4, since the package ID “P10001” and the password “115329” are stored in the authentication information table 415b, the WWW server 41 recognizes the recipient 2 as valid ( Step S37; Yes).
[0038]
Next, the WWW server 41 refers to the delivery related information table 415a shown in FIG. 5, specifies the delivery ID “T0001” corresponding to the package ID “P10001”, and associates it with the delivery ID “T0001”. The current delivery date and delivery schedule are read out (step S38).
Here, the delivery schedule to be read out includes the delivery date “May 1, 2001”, the scheduled delivery time “9:25” corresponding to the package ID “P10001” and the recipient name “Takada” shown in FIG. “Jiro” and the scheduled delivery time and recipient address corresponding to the package IDs other than the package ID “P10001”. That is, for the address of a recipient other than the recipient 2 who has accessed the WWW server 41, only the address outline is read out.
The WWW server 41 transmits the information read out as described above to the mobile phone 10b (step S39).
[0039]
When the mobile phone 10b receives the delivery schedule, it displays it (step S40).
FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a delivery schedule displayed by the mobile phone 10b. As shown in FIG. 11, in this delivery schedule, only the outline of the address of recipients other than the recipient “Jiro Takada” is described, and the names of recipients other than “Jiro Takada” are not described at all. Absent. Accordingly, it is possible to notify the recipient “Jiro Takada” of what schedule the package addressed to himself / herself will be delivered while protecting the privacy of other recipients.
Similarly to the above operation, the delivery schedule can be notified to the sender 1 as well.
[0040]
If the result of authentication in step S37 is not valid (step S37; No), the WWW server 41 sends an error notification that the password is different to the mobile phone 10b (step S41), and processing Ends.
[0041]
C: Modification
As described above, the present invention can be variously modified without departing from the spirit of the present invention. As this modified example, for example, the following can be considered.
(1) Alternative devices for mobile phones 10a and 10b
In the above embodiment, the case where the mobile phone is used as the communication terminal used by the sender 1 and the recipient 2 has been described. However, the communication terminal is not limited to a mobile phone, and may be, for example, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) or a mobile computer that can perform data communication via the mobile phone network 20. Further, it may be a PHS (Personal Handyphone System: registered trademark) terminal.
[0042]
(2) Notification format
The mail format of the notification mail in the embodiment may be any format. For example, it may be Internet mail, HTML (HyperText Markup Language) mail, short mail (registered trademark), or a format called SMS (Short Message Service). Also good. In short, any form may be used as long as the message can be notified to the mobile phone using the phone number of the mobile phone or other identification number assigned to the terminal.
[0043]
(3) Delivery related information provided to recipient 2 and sender 1
In the embodiment, when delivery-related information is provided to a specific recipient, limited information is provided that only outlines the addresses of recipients other than the specific recipient. About the outline of this address, you may make it rough information like only a city name. The address summary may be indicated by a zip code or an area code corresponding to the address.
Further, the limited information provided to the recipient 2 and the sender 1 is not limited to the outline of the address. For example, the scheduled delivery time may be limited information such as dividing the scheduled delivery time into 30 minutes. .
Further, the information included in the delivery related information is not limited to the information described in the embodiment, and various information such as the contents of the package and the cash on delivery delivery fee may be included in the delivery related information. In this case, these pieces of information are described in the delivery related information table 415a and provided to the recipient 2 and the sender 1 as delivery related information.
[0044]
(4) Sharing of processing between sales office terminal and WWW server
The processing performed by the sales office terminal 42 and the processing performed by the WWW server 41 described in the embodiment may be shared by the sales office terminal 42 and the WWW server 41 in any manner. For example, the WWW server 41 alone may perform password and package ID generation processing, address summary generation processing, and the like performed by the sales office terminal 42. In this case, the above-described processing can be executed by a computer program provided on the WWW server 41 alone. This program can be read by a magnetic recording medium, an optical recording medium, a ROM, or the like that can be read using the CPU of the WWW server 41. It can be provided by being recorded on a recording medium. Of course, such a program can be downloaded to the WWW server 41 via a network.
The delivery company network 40 does not need to be connected to the mobile phone network 20 via the Internet 30 and may be directly connected to the mobile phone network 20 by a dedicated line.
[0045]
(5) Baggage ID and password input method
In the embodiment, the user performs authentication by manually entering the package ID and password written in the notification mail. However, the present invention is not limited to this method.
For example, as shown in FIG. 12, a CGI program “kakunin.cgi” “http://www.Takuhai-Net.co.jp/cgi-bin/kakunin.cgi?ID=P10001&PS=115329” is displayed on the notification mail. The URL for starting "is embedded with an A tag. When the user selects this URL, the mobile phone 10 transmits an HTTP request including the package ID and password to the WWW server 40, and the WWW server 40 performs authentication using the received package ID and password.
In addition, when HTML mail is used as the notification mail, a confirmation button B2 is provided on the notification mail as shown in FIG. 13, and “http://www.Takuhai-Net.co.jp/cgi” is displayed on this confirmation button. The URL for starting the CGI program “-bin / kakunin.cgi? ID = P10001 & PS = 115329” may be embedded with an A tag.
[0046]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide information related to delivery of a package to a recipient such as the recipient while protecting the privacy of the package other than the package to be received by the recipient. It becomes.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a map database stored in a sales office terminal according to the embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a WWW server according to the embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating contents described in an authentication information table held by a WWW server according to the embodiment;
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating contents described in a delivery related information table held by the WWW server according to the embodiment;
FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram showing an operation example of the entire system according to the embodiment.
FIG. 7 is a view showing the description content of a notification mail displayed on the recipient's mobile phone in the same embodiment;
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a description content of a notification mail displayed on the sender's mobile phone in the embodiment;
FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram showing an operation example of the entire system according to the embodiment.
FIG. 10 is a view showing the contents of an authentication screen displayed on the recipient's mobile phone in the embodiment.
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the contents of a delivery schedule displayed on the recipient's mobile phone in the embodiment.
FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a description content of a notification mail displayed on a recipient's mobile phone in a modified example.
FIG. 13 is a diagram showing the description content of a notification mail displayed on a recipient's mobile phone in a modified example.
[Explanation of symbols]
10a, 10b, mobile phone,
20 ... mobile phone network,
21a, 21b ... base station,
30 ... Internet,
40 ... delivery company network,
41 ... WWW server,
411 ... CPU,
412 ROM,
413 ... RAM,
414 ... communication unit,
415... Hard disk device,
42a, 42b, 42c ... office terminal,

Claims (11)

Control means;
A communication means for communicating with a communication terminal;
Each scheduled delivery time of a plurality of packages delivered by a delivery person, delivery destination information indicating a delivery destination of each of the packages and approximate delivery destination information obtained by reducing a part of the delivery destination information, and each of the packages Storage means for storing the delivery-related information in which the package identification information assigned to each other is associated with each other for each set of the delivery person and the delivery date,
The control means includes
When the communication means receives the package identification information from the communication terminal, the storage means is referred to identify the set of the delivery person and the delivery date corresponding to the package identification information,
From the delivery related information corresponding to the identified delivery person and delivery date set, the scheduled delivery time associated with the package identification information received by the communication means, and the package identification received by the communication means Extracting the scheduled delivery time and the approximate delivery destination information associated with the package identification information other than the information from the storage means,
Generating a delivery schedule comprising the read scheduled delivery time and the approximate delivery destination information;
The generated delivery schedule is transmitted from the communication unit to the communication terminal that is the transmission source of the package identification information received by the communication unit.
An information distribution system characterized by this. The information distribution system according to claim 1,
The control means includes
The communication unit authenticates the user of the communication terminal that is the transmission source of the package identification information received, and transmits the generated delivery schedule from the communication unit when the authentication determines that the user is valid. An information distribution system characterized by that. The information distribution system according to claim 2,
The control means includes
Authentication information storage means for storing authentication information for authenticating a user of a communication terminal that is a transmission source of the package identification information received by the communication means ;
Distribution means for reading out authentication information for authenticating the user from the authentication information storage means and distributing the authentication information to the communication terminal that is the transmission source of the package identification information received by the communication means;
The communication means performs when receiving the authentication information transmitted by the external communication terminal, the authentication based on whether the received authentication information matches the authentication information stored in the authentication information storage unit authentication Means and
Information distribution system, characterized in that it comprises a. The information distribution system according to claim 3,
The information distribution system, wherein the distribution means adds a communication address assigned to the authentication means to the authentication information for distribution. The information distribution system according to claim 1,
The delivery destination information indicating the delivery destination of the package includes an address of the delivery destination,
The general delivery destination information from which a part of the delivery destination information is reduced includes an approximate address from which a part of the address included in the delivery destination information is reduced . The information distribution system according to claim 1,
The delivery destination information indicating the delivery destination of the package includes the name of the recipient of the delivery destination,
The general delivery destination information from which a part of the delivery destination information is reduced is information in which the name included in the delivery destination information is reduced . The information distribution system according to claim 1,
The information distribution system, wherein the communication terminal is a mobile phone. The information distribution system according to claim 1,
The user of the communication terminal that is the transmission source of the package identification information received by the communication means is at least one of a recipient or a shipper of the package to which the package identification information is assigned. system. An information delivery method in an information delivery system comprising a control means, a communication means for communicating with a communication terminal, and a storage means,
The storage means includes a scheduled delivery time for each of a plurality of packages delivered by a delivery person, delivery destination information indicating a delivery destination of each of the packages, and approximate delivery destination information obtained by reducing a part of the delivery destination information. And delivery-related information in which the package identification information assigned to each package is associated with each other, is stored for each set of the delivery person and the delivery date,
When the package identification information is received from the communication terminal by the communication unit, the control unit refers to the storage unit and identifies the set of the delivery person and the delivery date corresponding to the package identification information Steps,
The control means, from the delivery related information corresponding to the identified delivery person and delivery date set, the scheduled delivery time associated with the package identification information received by the communication means, and the communication means Extracting the scheduled delivery time and the approximate delivery destination information associated with the received package identification information other than the package identification information and reading them from the storage means;
The control means generating a delivery schedule comprising the read delivery schedule time and the approximate delivery destination information;
The control means comprises the step of transmitting the generated delivery schedule from the communication means to the communication terminal that is the transmission source of the package identification information received by the communication means. . On the computer,
Each scheduled delivery time of a plurality of packages delivered by a delivery person, delivery destination information indicating a delivery destination of each of the packages, and approximate delivery destination information obtained by reducing a part of the delivery destination information, and each of the packages A storage function for storing, for each set of the delivery person and the delivery date, delivery related information in which the package identification information assigned to each other is associated with each other;
When the communication means receives the package identification information from the communication terminal, the content stored by the storage function is referred to specify the delivery person and the delivery date corresponding to the package identification information, and the specified From the delivery related information corresponding to the set of delivery person and delivery date, other than the scheduled delivery time associated with the package identification information received by the communication means and the package identification information received by the communication means The delivery schedule time and the approximate delivery destination information associated with the package identification information are extracted, a delivery schedule including the extracted delivery scheduled time and the approximate delivery destination information is generated, and the communication means receives A program for realizing a function of transmitting the generated delivery schedule from the communication means to the communication terminal that is the transmission source of the package identification information .   The computer-readable recording medium which recorded the program of Claim 10.

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