JP5102512B2 - Information processing apparatus and information processing method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus having an alarm function, and particularly relates to a procedure for setting and canceling an alarm.

In recent years, many information processing apparatuses such as mobile phones have various functions such as an alarm function and a schedule management function. In order to utilize these functions and improve business efficiency, companies and the like often lend the information processing apparatus to employees.
For example, the employee uses an alarm function of the information processing apparatus so as not to forget to attend an important meeting on a business trip. Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for forcibly generating an alarm even when an information processing apparatus is set to a manner mode or the like. According to this technology, if an alarm is set to ring before the start time of an important meeting, the alarm is always ringed at the set time of the alarm, so the opportunity for the employee not to notice the ringing is reduced. To do. Therefore, the probability that the employee can attend an important meeting is increased, and the execution of business is facilitated.
JP 2003-66172 A

  However, even if the alarm is forced to sound, there is still a possibility that the employee does not notice the alarm and the alarm is not stopped. Even in such a case, a person other than the employee, for example, a boss of the same company, cannot know that the employee has not stopped the alarm. The boss cannot contact the other attendees of important meetings or directly contact the employee, and cannot follow up quickly.

  In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus that allows an administrator to grasp whether or not an action for an alarm function has been performed by an administrator.

  In order to solve the above problems, an information processing apparatus according to the present invention is an information processing apparatus including a communication unit that communicates with another device, the notification unit starting notification at a set time, and the communication unit Stop means for stopping the notification when it is determined that predetermined communication with another device has been performed.

  By providing the above-described configuration, the information processing apparatus of the present invention can limit the stoppage of notification only when it is recognized that the notification is stopped at a location away from the information processing apparatus.

A communication system using an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. The communication system is a system that allows an administrator to confirm whether or not the managed person has noticed that the scheduled time has come. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the communication system is installed in a company. With this communication system, when the manager who is a supervisor makes a business trip for attending the conference, the manager who is the subordinate is notified that the scheduled time (for example, 10 minutes before the conference) is reached. You can check whether or not you have noticed while in the office. Here, in the communication system, a mobile phone is used as the information processing apparatus.
<Configuration>
(1) Overall Configuration As shown in FIG. 1, the communication system includes a mobile phone 1, a mobile phone 2, a base station 3, a base station 4, and a communication network 5.

  The mobile phone 1 and the mobile phone 2 are connected to the nearest base station by radio communication. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the mobile phone 1 is connected to the base station 3 closest to the own device, and the mobile phone 2 is connected to the base station 4 closest to the own device. Further, the base station 3 and the base station 4 communicate via a communication network 5 such as a network. However, in the communication system, there are many base stations in addition to the base station 3 and the base station 4 although not shown. Each base station communicates with other base stations via the communication network 5.

Here, the base station 3, the base station 4, and other base stations are the same as known base stations that are generally widely used in mobile phone networks, and the communication network 5 is a known communication network such as the Internet. Description is omitted.
The mobile phone 1 is assumed to be carried by the subordinate who is the manager. Further, it is assumed that the cellular phone 2 is possessed by the supervisor who is the manager.
(2) Mobile phone 1 and mobile phone 2
As shown in FIG. 2, the mobile phone 1 includes an antenna 11, a radio unit 12, an operation unit 13, a storage unit 14, a clock unit 15, a control unit 16, a voice processing unit 17, and a voice input unit. 18, an audio output unit 19, a display control unit 20, and a display unit 21.

  Specifically, the cellular phone 1 is a computer system that includes a microprocessor, ROM, RAM, a display unit, a keypad, and the like. The ROM stores a computer program. The computer program is read onto the RAM, and the cellular phone 1 achieves its functions by the microprocessor operating according to the computer program.

  The wireless unit 12 transmits and receives signals by wirelessly communicating with the base station 3 using the antenna 11. When the signal is received, the radio unit 12 obtains a baseband signal by demodulating the received signal, and outputs the baseband signal to the audio processing unit 17. Further, when receiving a baseband signal from the audio processing unit 17, the radio unit 12 modulates the received baseband signal and transmits it to the base station using the antenna 11.

The wireless unit 12 transmits and receives digital data such as mail and content by wireless communication with the base station 3.
The operation unit 13 includes a keypad and a control circuit (not shown) provided in a normal mobile phone. The keypad includes keys necessary for making a call such as an on-hook key, an off-hook key, and a numeric keypad for inputting a telephone number of a call destination. The control circuit detects that each key has been pressed. Further, the control circuit transmits an instruction corresponding to the pressed key to the control unit 16.

The clock unit 15 is a clock that measures time. The clock unit 15 receives and holds the notification request time output from the control unit 16, and notifies the control unit 16 of the request time arrival notification when the measured time reaches the notification request time. Send.
The display control unit 20 receives a display instruction from the control unit 16, and outputs a signal indicating an image to be displayed to the display unit 21 in accordance with the display instruction.

The display unit 21 is a liquid crystal display that displays an image or the like based on a signal received from the display control unit 20.
The storage unit 14 is a memory device that securely stores data. Here, secure refers to a safe state in which stored data is physically and logically protected from internal analysis and tampering. In order to ensure the safe state, the storage unit 14 is physically provided with dummy wiring, for example, and data is logically encrypted. As shown in FIG. 3 as an example, the storage unit 14 transmits / receives a system setting A that is information related to the system setting, and an address book A that includes information such as a mail transmission / reception destination and a telephone number and name of a call destination. Mailbox A containing mail is stored.

System setting A includes owner password A, owner address A, owner phone number A, permission password, permission address, permission phone number, alarm valid flag, alarm time, alarm duration, alarm type, and notification method. Including type.
The owner personal identification number A is a personal identification number set in advance by the owner of the mobile phone 1 that is the device itself. The owner personal identification number A is, for example, a four-digit number and is used for authentication related to a change in data included in the system setting A.

The owner address A is a mail address used by the owner of the mobile phone 1.
The owner telephone number A is a telephone number previously assigned to the mobile phone 1.
The permit password, permit address, and permit telephone number are used to determine whether or not to permit execution of a command when a command for changing data included in the system setting A is received from another device. PIN, e-mail address and telephone number.

The alarm valid flag is a flag indicating whether the alarm is valid or invalid. The value of the alarm valid flag is set to 1 when the alarm is valid, and is set to 0 when the alarm is invalid.
The alarm time indicates the time when the alarm starts to sound.
The alarm duration indicates the time for monitoring the alarm sounding.

The alarm type indicates how the alarm sounds. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that there are two types of ringing methods: single ringing and snooze ringing. The value of the alarm type is set to 1 when indicating a single ringing, and is set to 2 when indicating a snooze ringing.
The mobile phone 1 executes an alarm function using the information related to the alarm described above. Specifically, the mobile phone 1 uses the method indicated by the alarm type when the time measured by the clock unit 15 reaches the alarm time when the alarm valid flag indicates valid. Sound an alarm for the duration.

The notification method type is a method in which the mobile phone 1 notifies the mobile phone 2 to that effect when the managed person instructs to stop the alarm sound by performing a predetermined operation using the operation unit 13. Indicates. The value of the notification method type is set to 1 when indicating notification by mail, and is set to 2 when indicating notification by telephone call.
The address book A includes a plurality of address information, and each address information includes a name, a mail address, and a telephone number. Specifically, each line of the address book A shown in FIG. 3 is one piece of address information. For example, the address book A includes address information having a name “Aoki”, a mail address “aoki@aaa.com”, and a telephone number “090-1111-2222”.

Mailbox A includes a plurality of mails that have been sent and received. The format of the mail will be described later.
Here, the mobile phone 2 includes a storage unit 34 for securely storing data, like the mobile phone 1. Data stored in the storage unit 34 will be described with reference to FIG.
The storage unit 34 is a memory device that securely stores data. As shown in FIG. 4, the storage unit 34 stores the system setting B, which is information related to system settings, the address book B including information such as the telephone number and name of the mail transmission / reception destination and the call destination, and the transmitted / received mail. Mailbox B including it is stored.

System setting B includes owner password B, owner address B, owner phone number B, management password, management address, management phone number, management alarm valid flag, management alarm time, monitoring duration, and management notification method Includes type.
The owner password B is a password set in advance by the owner of the mobile phone 2. The owner password B is a four-digit number, for example, and is used for authentication related to a change in data included in the system setting B.

The owner address B is a mail address used by the owner of the mobile phone 2.
The owner telephone number B is a telephone number assigned to the mobile phone 2 in advance.
The management password is used in authentication performed when data such as the system setting A stored in the management-target mobile phone 1 is rewritten.
The management address is an e-mail address used by the owner of the mobile phone 1 to be managed.

The management telephone number is a telephone number assigned in advance to the mobile phone 1 to be managed.
The management alarm valid flag is a flag indicating whether the alarm of the mobile phone 1 to be managed is valid or invalid. The value of the management alarm valid flag is set to 1 when the alarm is valid, and is set to 0 when the alarm is invalid. In the management alarm valid flag, the same value as the alarm valid flag related to the mobile phone 1 is set.

The management alarm time indicates the time when the alarm of the mobile phone 1 starts ringing. The management alarm time is set to the same value as the alarm time related to the mobile phone 1.
The monitoring duration indicates a period for waiting for reception of the error status mail. The mobile phone 2 waits for reception of the error status mail from the management alarm time to the time indicated by (management alarm time + monitoring duration). The monitoring duration is set to a time obtained by adding the time required for mail transmission / reception to the alarm duration set in the mobile phone 1.

The monitoring notification method type indicates a method of notifying the mobile phone 2 that the mobile phone 1 has stopped sounding the alarm. The value of the monitoring notification method type is set to 1 when indicating notification by mail, and is set to 2 when indicating notification by telephone call. The monitoring notification method type is set to the same value as the notification method type related to the mobile phone 1.
Since the address book B and the mailbox B have the same configuration as the address book A and the mailbox A, respectively, description thereof will be omitted.

Next, the format of mail transmitted and received between the mobile phone 1 and the mobile phone 2 will be described with reference to FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, the mail includes a header area and a body area. The header area includes a From area in which a source mail address is described, a To area in which a destination mail address is described, and a Subject area in which a mail subject is described.

In the From area, a mail address of a transmission source is described.
In the To area, a destination mail address is written.
In the Subject area, the title of the mail is written.
The body of the mail is written in the body area. In the body area, a process notification area is provided as necessary, such as notification of a command or error status to another apparatus.

FIG. 6A shows an example of the format of the process notification area. The process notification area includes a process type area, a management code number area, and a parameter area.
The process notification area indicates a command notification that is an instruction to another apparatus when the value set in the process type area is any one of 1 to 4, and when the value is 5, the result of the command process or the like Indicates an error status notification to notify In the following, a mail in which the process notification area indicates command notification is referred to as command mail, and a mail in which the process notification area indicates error status notification is referred to as error status mail.

FIG. 6B is a diagram illustrating the contents of the process type described in the process type area and the parameters described in the parameter area when the process notification area indicates the command notification.
When the value of the process type is 1, it indicates a password change command for instructing to change the permission password stored in another device. In this case, a new password is written in the parameter area.

When the value is 2, the processing type indicates an alarm time setting command for instructing to change the setting related to an alarm stored in another device. In this case, in the parameter area, an alarm valid flag, an alarm time, an alarm duration, and an alarm type are described.
Here, the alarm valid flag described in the parameter area is for overwriting an alarm valid flag held by another device to be managed. The value of the alarm valid flag is set to 1 when the alarm is valid, and is set to 0 when the alarm is invalid.

The alarm time described in the parameter area is for overwriting the alarm time held by another device to be managed.
The alarm duration described in the parameter area is for overwriting the alarm duration held by another device to be managed.
The alarm type described in the parameter area is for overwriting an alarm type held by another device to be managed.

When the value of the process type is 3, it indicates a notification method change command for instructing to change the notification method type stored in another device. In this case, the notification method type is described in the parameter area. The value of the notification method type is set to 1 when indicating notification by mail, and is set to 2 when indicating notification by telephone call.
When the value of the process type is 4, the process type indicates an alarm stop command for instructing to stop a sounding alarm. In this case, nothing is described in the parameter area.

FIG. 6C is a diagram illustrating the contents of the process type described in the process type area and the parameters described in the parameter area when the process notification area indicates the error status notification.
In the process type area, a process type value of 5 is set. In the parameter area, a result type and an error status are described.

The result type indicates to which process the error status represents an error. In the result type, the value of the process type in the command notification described above is set. When the result of whether or not the alarm sound is stopped is notified as an error status, 6 is set as the value of the result type.
The value of the error status is set to 1 when indicating normality, and is set to 0 when indicating error.

For example, if the value of the process type in the process type area is 5, the value of the result type is 1, and the error status is 1, the process type area is normally set to the password change command. Indicates that a password change process has been performed.
Regarding the format of the mail, the description contents in the body area excluding the From area, the To area, the Subject area, and the processing notification area are the same as the description contents in a general mail. Is omitted.

The voice input unit 18 is a microphone. The voice input unit 18 converts the input voice into a voice signal and outputs the voice signal to the voice processing unit 17.
The audio output unit 19 is a speaker. The audio output unit 19 receives an audio signal from the audio processing unit 17 and outputs the audio signal as audio to the outside of the mobile phone 1.
The audio processing unit 17 receives a baseband signal from the radio unit 12, converts the received baseband signal into an audio signal, and outputs the audio signal to the audio output unit 19. The audio processing unit 17 receives an audio signal from the audio input unit 18, converts the received audio signal into a baseband signal, and outputs the baseband signal to the radio unit 12.

  Also, the voice processing unit 17 receives an alarm ringing start instruction from the control unit 16 and starts ringing the alarm. Specifically, the voice processing unit 17 reads an alarm valid flag, an alarm time, an alarm duration, and an alarm type from the storage unit 14. Next, the sound processing unit 17 outputs an alarm sound signal to the sound output unit 19 during the alarm continuation time by a method (for example, snooze) indicated by the alarm type when the alarm valid flag indicates valid. .

In addition, when the sound processing unit 17 receives an alarm ringing end instruction from the control unit 16, the sound processing unit 17 stops outputting the alarm sound signal.
The control unit 16 controls the overall operation of the mobile phone 1. Details of the operation of the control unit 16 will be described later using a flowchart.
The configuration of the mobile phone 1 has been described above. Since the mobile phone 2 has the same configuration as the mobile phone 1, description thereof is omitted.

However, since the components of the mobile phone 1 and the components of the mobile phone 2 need to be distinguished from each other, the same reference numerals are used for convenience even if the components are exactly the same. Specifically, the antenna 11 related to the mobile phone 1 is referred to as an antenna 31 in the mobile phone 2. As described above, the antenna 11 and the antenna 31 are structurally identical components. Further, the wireless unit 12 related to the mobile phone 1 is referred to as a wireless unit 32 in the mobile phone 2. Similarly, the operation unit 13, the storage unit 14, the clock unit 15, the control unit 16, the audio processing unit 17, the audio input unit 18, the audio output unit 19, the display control unit 20, and the display unit 21 related to the mobile phone 1 are respectively In the mobile phone 2, they are referred to as an operation unit 33, a storage unit 34, a clock unit 35, a control unit 36, a voice processing unit 37, a voice input unit 38, a voice output unit 39, a display control unit 40, and a display unit 41.
<Operation>
Hereinafter, the operation of the communication system will be described focusing on the operations of the control unit 16 of the mobile phone 1 and the control unit 36 of the mobile phone 2. First, command execution processing for writing alarm time and the like will be described, and then divided into alarm monitoring processing that is processing for sounding an alarm at the alarm time.
(1) Command Execution Processing Command execution processing will be described with reference to FIGS.

Here, it is assumed that the cellular phone 2 possessed by the manager transmits a command, and the cellular phone 1 possessed by the subordinate receives the command and performs processing based on the command.
First, the administrator who possesses the mobile phone 2 operates the operation unit 33 of the mobile phone 2 while viewing the display content of the display unit 41 to generate a command mail for instructing the mobile phone 1 to perform a desired process. Instruct.

The control unit 36 generates the command mail based on information input from the operation unit 33 (step S1). The command mail has been described with reference to FIGS.
The control unit 36 writes the value of the management code number in the management code number of the command mail. In addition, the control unit 36 describes the owner address B in the From area of the command mail and describes the management address in the To area.

  For the sake of brevity, the description on the management password in the From area, To area, and processing notification area of the mail will not be described. That is, when the mail transmission side is the mobile phone 2 and the reception side is the mobile phone 1, unless otherwise specified, the owner address B is described in the From area, the management address is described in the To area, and the processing is performed. It is assumed that the management code number in the notification area describes the contents of the management code number. Further, when the mail transmitting side is the mobile phone 1 and the receiving side is the mobile phone 2, the contents of the owner address A are described in the From area, and the contents of the permitted address are written in the To area unless otherwise specified. Shall be described.

When the generation of the command mail is completed, the control unit 36 transmits the command mail to the mobile phone 1 via the wireless unit 32 and the antenna 31 (step S2).
Next, the control unit 36 determines whether or not the wireless unit 32 has successfully transmitted the command mail (step S6). The wireless unit 32 retries transmission of the command mail a predetermined number of times when the transmission of the command mail fails due to a bad radio wave condition or the like. If the command mail cannot be transmitted even after retrying (step S6: NO), the process is terminated. If the command mail is successfully transmitted (step S6: YES), the wireless unit 32 waits for an error status mail to be transmitted from the mobile phone 1 (step S9).

In the mobile phone 1, when the wireless unit 12 receives the command mail transmitted from the mobile phone 2 using the antenna 11 (step S <b> 2), the wireless unit 12 notifies the control unit 16 of the reception.
The control unit 16 determines whether or not the value of the management code number in the command mail matches the permission code number stored in the storage unit 14 (step S3), and if not (step S3: NO), an error status mail is generated (step S8). In this case, as the content of the error status mail, the control unit 16 describes 5 as the value indicating the error status notification in the processing type, and describes the processing type in the received command mail as the result type in the parameter. In the error status, 0 indicating abnormality is described.

  In step S3, when the management password number in the command mail matches the permission password (step S3: YES), the control unit 16 permits the contents described in the From area in the command mail. It is determined whether or not it matches the address (step S4). If the content described in the From area does not match the permitted address (step S4: NO), the process proceeds to step S8. In this case, as the content of the error status mail, the control unit 16 describes 5 as the value indicating the error status notification in the processing type, and describes the processing type in the received command mail as the result type in the parameter. In the error status, a value 0 indicating abnormality is described.

When the content described in the From area matches the permitted address (step S4: YES), the control unit 16 selects a process to be performed later according to the process type in the command mail (step S5).
When the processing type in the command mail is 1 (password change) (step S5: 1), the control unit 16 overwrites the permission code 144 with the contents of the password described in the parameter in the command mail. (Step S10), the process proceeds to Step S8.

When the processing type in the command mail is 2 (alarm time setting) (step S5: 2), the control unit 16 sets the alarm effective flag stored in the storage unit 14 to the alarm effective flag described in the parameter. Overwrite and update (step S11).
Next, the control unit 16 overwrites each of the alarm time, alarm type, and alarm duration stored in the storage unit 14 with the alarm time, alarm type, and alarm duration described in the parameter of the command mail. Update (step S12, step S13, step S14).

Next, the control unit 16 determines whether or not the alarm validity flag indicates validity (step S15). When the alarm valid flag indicates valid (step S16: YES), the control unit 16 starts monitoring the time until the time measured by the clock unit 15 reaches the alarm time (step S16), and proceeds to step S8.
When the alarm valid flag A indicates invalidity (step S16: NO), the control unit 16 stops monitoring the time measured by the clock unit 15 (step S17), and proceeds to step S8.

When the processing type in the command mail is 3 (notification method change) (step S5: 3), the notification method type stored in the storage unit 14 is overwritten and updated with the notification method type included in the parameter (step S5: 3). S131), the process proceeds to step S8.
When the processing type in the command mail is 4 (alarm stop) (step S5: 4), the control unit 16 instructs the voice processing unit 17 to stop the alarm sounding (step S141), and the storage unit 14 Is rewritten to a value 0 indicating invalidity (step S142), and the process proceeds to step S8.

In step S8, the control unit 16 generates the error status mail described above. The control unit 16 instructs the wireless unit 12 to transmit the generated error status mail to the mobile phone 2. The wireless unit 12 transmits the error status mail to the mobile phone 2 via the antenna 11 according to the instruction (step S9).
The wireless unit 32 of the mobile phone 2 receives the error status mail transmitted in step S9 via the antenna 31 and notifies the control unit 36 of the fact.

The control unit 36 instructs the display control unit 40 to display an image corresponding to the content of the error status mail.
The display control unit 40 generates a signal for displaying the image according to the instruction and outputs the signal to the display unit 41. The display unit 41 displays the image on the display (step S7).
The display control unit 40 generates, for example, an image that displays “the password has been successfully changed” as an example when the processing type value is 1 and the error status value is 1 for the parameter in the error status mail. And displayed on the display.
(2) Alarm monitoring process The alarm monitoring process will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  It is assumed that the mobile phone 1 has already performed the command execution process related to the alarm time setting based on the command mail having the process type 2 described above. By the command execution process related to the alarm time setting, the alarm valid flag, alarm time, alarm duration, and alarm type values stored in the storage unit 14 of the mobile phone 1 are updated. In particular, the value of the alarm valid flag is rewritten to 1 indicating validity, and the operation of the alarm function of the mobile phone 1 is started. That is, it is assumed that the mobile phone 1 has started monitoring the alarm time in step S16 described above.

In addition, it is assumed that the mobile phone 2 monitors that the current time measured by the clock unit 35 becomes the same value as the management alarm time.
Here, the description will be continued using FIG. 9 assuming that the current time has reached the alarm time.
The control unit 36 of the mobile phone 2 receives a request time arrival notification indicating that the management alarm time has been reached from the clock unit 35 (step S31).

The control unit 36 starts measuring the elapsed time after receiving the request time arrival notification (step S32). Then, the control unit 36 monitors whether or not an error status mail is received from the mobile phone 1 after the measurement is started and until the monitoring duration time elapses (steps S33, S34, and S36).
When the control unit 36 receives the error status mail via the antenna 31 and the radio unit 32 (step S34: YES), the command execution process described above such as transmitting a command mail for stopping the alarm to the mobile phone 1 or the like. Is performed (step S35). In this case, the control unit 36 describes the value 4 indicating the alarm stop as the processing type of the command mail to be transmitted.

  If the control unit 36 cannot receive the error status mail until the monitoring duration time elapses (step S33: YES), the control unit 36 indicates an error indicating that the processing has not been performed on the mobile phone 1 with respect to the display control unit 40. Instruct to display. The display control unit 40 performs the error display based on the instruction received from the control unit 36 (step S37). Thereafter, the control unit 36 ends the process.

On the other hand, the control unit 16 of the mobile phone 1 receives a request time arrival notification that the current time has reached the alarm time from the clock unit 15 (step S41).
The control unit 16 reads the alarm validity flag from the storage unit 14 when receiving the request time arrival notification. If the read alarm validity flag indicates validity, the control unit 16 transmits an alarm ringing start instruction to the sound processing unit 17.

  When receiving the alarm ringing start instruction, the voice processing unit 17 reads the alarm duration and the alarm type from the storage unit 14. Then, the sound processing unit 17 transmits a signal indicating an alarm sound based on the output method indicated by the alarm type to the sound output unit 19. The audio output unit 19 starts outputting the alarm sound indicated by the signal received from the audio processing unit 17 (step S42).

  The control unit 16 starts measuring the elapsed time after starting the output of the alarm sound using the clock unit 15 (step S43). After the start of the measurement of the elapsed time, the control unit 16 waits for the operation unit 13 to detect the alarm stop operation and notify the fact (step S44). If the operation unit 13 detects that an alarm stop operation has been input by operating the keypad by the managed person, the operation unit 13 transmits that fact to the control unit 16.

  The control unit 16 determines whether or not a notification that an alarm stop operation has been received is received before the monitored elapsed time exceeds the alarm duration (step S45, step S46, and step S50). . When the notification that the alarm stop operation has been received is received (step S46: YES), the control unit 16 generates an error status mail indicating that the alarm stop operation has been performed and the process has been normally completed (step S47). And the control part 16 transmits the said error status mail to the mobile telephone 2 via the radio | wireless part 12 and the antenna 11 (step S48).

In this case, the control unit 16 describes the value 5 as the processing type of the error status mail, describes the value 6 indicating the error at the time of the alarm operation as the result type in the parameter, and has successfully completed the processing as the error status. The value 1 indicating is described.
Next, the control unit 16 determines whether or not the error status mail has been successfully transmitted without any communication failure (step S49). When the transmission is successful (step S49: YES), the control unit 16 waits for a command mail indicating that the alarm notification from the mobile phone 2 is stopped. When the command mail is received, the control unit 16 executes the command related to the alarm stop and stops the alarm notification (step S35).

  In addition, when the control unit 16 does not receive the notification that the alarm stop operation has been performed before the monitored time exceeds the alarm duration (step S45: YES), the control unit 16 indicates that the alarm stop has failed. An error status mail is generated (step S51). At this time, the process type of the error status mail is described with a value of 5, the process type in the parameter is described with a value of 6 indicating an error during alarm operation, and the error status cannot be normally terminated. The value 0 indicating this is written.

And the control part 16 transmits the produced | generated error status mail to the mobile telephone 2 via the radio | wireless part 12 and the antenna 11 (step S52).
Next, the control unit 16 determines whether or not the alarm is still sounding (step S53). When the alarm is not sounding (step S53: NO), the process ends.
If it is ringing (step S53: YES), an input of a personal identification number is accepted (step S54).

When the personal identification number input by the managed person via the operation unit 13 matches the owner personal identification number A (step S55: YES), the control unit 16 instructs the voice processing unit 17 to stop ringing the alarm. . The sound processing unit 17 stops the alarm sounding according to the ringing stop instruction (step S56), and ends the process.
If the password entered via the operation unit 13 does not match the owner password A (step S55: NO), the voice processor 17 is instructed to increase the volume of the alarm. The voice processing unit 17 increases the alarm volume by a predetermined amount according to the instruction. Then, the process proceeds to step S53.

If the control unit 16 determines in step S49 that the error status mail cannot be transmitted normally (step S49: NO), the control unit 16 proceeds to step S53.
<Notes>
In addition, this invention is not limited to said embodiment, Of course, various changes can be added in the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention.

(1) In the above embodiment, the mobile phone 1 continues to sound an alarm from when the managed person performs an alarm stop operation until receiving a command mail related to the alarm stop. It is not limited. For example, when the managed person performs an alarm stop operation, the alarm sound may be temporarily interrupted.
Thereby, even when the mobile phone 1 cannot receive the command mail related to the alarm stop from the mobile phone 2 due to a bad communication state or the like, the alarm can be stopped once. Therefore, it is possible to avoid a state in which the alarm sound continues to sound despite the alarm stop operation.

If the communication state is recovered while the ringing is interrupted, the mobile phone 1 can receive the command mail, and can execute the command execution process related to the alarm stop described in the above embodiment.
Hereinafter, a specific example will be described with reference to FIGS. 10 and 11.
Note that the contents of FIGS. 10 and 11 are mostly the same as the contents of FIG. 9, and therefore only the parts different from those of FIG. 9 will be described.

Steps S41 to S46 in the mobile phone 1 are the same as those in FIG.
If it is determined in step S46 that an alarm stop operation has been input (step S46: YES), the control unit 16 instructs the sound processing unit 17 to stop sounding the alarm. The sound processing unit 17 interrupts the alarm sounding according to the ringing stop instruction (step S61). Next, the control unit 16 initializes a retry counter which is an internal variable with 0 (step S62).

The control unit 16 generates an error status mail indicating that the alarm has been stopped and the processing has ended normally (step S47), and transmits the error status mail to the mobile phone 2 via the wireless unit 12 and the antenna 11 ( Step S48).
At this time, the value 5 is described in the processing type of the error status mail, the value 6 indicating an error at the time of alarm operation is described in the result type in the parameter, and the error status indicates that the processing is normally completed. The value 1 is described.

  Next, the control unit 16 determines whether or not the error status mail has been successfully transmitted without any communication failure (step S63). If the error status mail has been successfully transmitted (step S63: YES), the mobile phone 2 issues an alarm. It waits for a command mail indicating notification stop to be sent. When receiving the command mail, the control unit 16 executes a command related to the alarm stop (step S35).

  If the control unit 16 determines in step S63 that the error status mail has not been transmitted normally (step S63: NO), the control unit 16 increments the retry counter by 1 (step S64), and the retry counter sets a retry upper limit predetermined. It is determined whether it is larger (step S65). When the retry counter exceeds the predetermined retry upper limit (step S65: YES), the control unit 16 instructs the sound processing unit 17 to start sounding an alarm. The sound processing unit 17 resumes the alarm sounding according to the sounding start instruction (step S67), and proceeds to step S45.

In addition, when the retry counter indicates a predetermined retry upper limit or less (step S65: NO), the control unit 16 performs a wait process for a predetermined time (step S66) and attempts to transmit an error status mail (step S48). Proceed to step S63.
(2) In the above embodiment, the example in which communication between the mobile phone 1 and the mobile phone 2 is performed by e-mail has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and necessary data such as commands and error statuses are communicated. You may carry out by the other communication method to obtain.

For example, communication between the mobile phone 1 and the mobile phone 2 may be performed by telephone.
In this case, transmission / reception of necessary data such as commands is realized by superimposing signals of predetermined frequency bands indicating various commands on audio signals transmitted / received during a call, or a frequency reserved for data communication. This is realized by transmitting / receiving command data using a band.

In addition, the communication method used by the mobile phone 1 and the mobile phone 2 for mutual communication may be selected as appropriate by the administrator and the managed person and instructed to input to each mobile phone. The telephone may be selected.
For example, the mobile phone 1 stores a schedule book in the storage unit, and determines the communication method with reference to the schedule contents at the time when the alarm is set. Specifically, if the alarm set time corresponds to the time of the conference, select communication by email, which is a communication method that does not require a call, and if the alarm set time corresponds to a break, call Select communication by.

  (3) Specifically, each of the above devices is a computer system including a microprocessor, ROM, RAM, a hard disk unit, a display unit, a keyboard, a mouse, and the like. A computer program is stored in the RAM or the hard disk unit. Each device achieves its functions by the microprocessor operating according to the computer program. Here, the computer program is configured by combining a plurality of instruction codes indicating instructions for the computer in order to achieve a predetermined function.

(4) The present invention may be the method described above. Further, the present invention may be a computer program that realizes these methods by a computer, or may be a digital signal composed of the computer program.
In the present invention, the computer program or the digital signal is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium such as a flexible disk, a hard disk, a CD-ROM, an MO, a DVD, a DVD-ROM, a DVD-RAM, or a semiconductor memory. It may be a thing. Further, the present invention may be the computer program or the digital signal recorded on these recording media.

(5) The above embodiment and the above modifications may be combined.
(6) In each claim of the claims, the communication means corresponds to the radio unit 12 and the antenna 11. The notification means corresponds to the clock unit 15, the control unit 16, the audio processing unit 17, and the audio output unit 19. The stopping means corresponds to the control unit 16. The request receiving unit corresponds to the operation unit 13. The updating unit corresponds to the control unit 16. The personal identification number receiving means corresponds to the operation unit 13. The storage unit corresponds to the storage unit 14.

  The information processing apparatus according to the present invention is used as an apparatus constituting a communication system, and is produced, sold, and the like by a manufacturer such as an electric device.

It is the schematic which shows the structure of the communication system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the mobile telephone which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the data memorize | stored in the memory | storage part. It is a figure which shows the data memorize | stored in the memory | storage part. It is a figure which shows the format of the mail transmitted / received between mobile phones. It is a figure which shows the description format to the process notification area | region in mail. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of a command execution process. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of a command execution process (continuation of FIG. 7). It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of an alarm monitoring process. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence which concerns on the modification of an alarm monitoring process. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence which concerns on the modification of an alarm monitoring process (continuation of FIG. 10).

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cellular phone 2 Cellular phone 3 Base station 4 Base station 5 Communication network 11 Antenna 12 Radio | wireless part 13 Operation part 14 Memory | storage part 15 Clock part 16 Control part 17 Voice processing part 18 Voice input part 19 Voice output part 20 Display control part 21 Display Part

Claims (14)

An information processing apparatus including a communication unit that communicates with another apparatus,
Notification means for starting notification at a set time;
An information processing apparatus comprising: stop means for stopping the notification when it is determined that a call or mail transmission by telephone as predetermined communication with the other apparatus is performed by the communication means. The other device is a device specified by predetermined communication partner information stored in a storage means,
The information processing apparatus further includes request accepting means for accepting the stop request,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the communication unit performs the predetermined communication with the other apparatus when the stop request is received during the notification. The storage means stores setting information indicating a setting related to the notification,
The information processing apparatus further includes:
Update means for receiving update information, which is new setting information indicating the setting related to the notification, from the other apparatus and updating the setting information stored in the storage means using the received update information. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 . The storage means further stores authentication information for authenticating the other device,
The information processing apparatus further includes:
Authentication means for authenticating whether or not the update information is information from the other device based on the authentication information;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the update unit performs the update when the authentication is successful. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the authentication information is communication partner information of the other apparatus. 6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the communication partner information is a telephone number or a mail address. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the notification unit temporarily interrupts the notification when the request is accepted during the notification. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the notification unit releases the temporary interruption of the notification when the predetermined communication with the other apparatus cannot be performed within a predetermined period. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the communication unit performs the predetermined communication with the other apparatus again when the predetermined communication with the other apparatus cannot be performed. The communication means transmits a notification indicating that the request has been accepted to the other device, and receives a response to the notification from the other device.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the notification unit stops the notification when the communication unit receives the response. The communication means makes a telephone call as the predetermined communication to the other apparatus, and receives a telephone communication request from the other apparatus as a response to the telephone call. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8 or 9, wherein it is determined that the predetermined communication has been performed. The information processing apparatus further includes:
When the predetermined communication with the other device cannot be performed, a password number receiving means for receiving an input of a password is provided,
3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein when the received personal identification number matches a predetermined number, the stop unit considers that the predetermined communication has been performed and stops the notification. The notification is a sound output,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the volume of the sound is increased when the received personal identification number does not match the predetermined number. An information processing method comprising a communication step of communicating with another device,
A notification step for starting notification at a set time;
An information processing method comprising: a stop step of stopping the notification when a call or mail transmission is performed by telephone as predetermined communication with the other device in the notification step.

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