JP5119512B2 - Communication terminal, communication method, and communication program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication terminal, a communication method, and a communication program. In particular, the present invention relates to a communication terminal, a communication method, and a communication program that can automatically change their own status by detecting an event that changes the status in a communication terminal that displays the status of each other among registered users.

In a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone, a presence service is provided that displays its presence or status on a registered user's communication terminal. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses an automatic presence update system for the purpose of reducing the burden on the user when updating presence. In the presence automatic update system, the low-power transmission / reception unit of the mobile phone performs close-to-proximity communication with the non-contact type communication device installed at each location. And the installation location information is acquired from a non-contact type communication apparatus. The mobile phone compares the presence information registered in the presence management table with the received installation location information, and generates and transmits presence information based on the matched presence information.
JP 2006-140544 A

  However, as described in Patent Document 1, it is difficult to satisfy the needs of various users simply by acquiring position information and automatically updating presence information. In order to provide an update service of presence (hereinafter also referred to as “status” in the present specification) according to a complicated user situation, it is desirable to provide a service system that can flexibly cope with the user situation. It is.

  In order to solve the above problems, in the first embodiment of the present invention, a communication terminal that distributes its own status information to registered communication terminals using a communication control device connected to a network. An event detection unit that detects a change event that matches the status information change condition, and a status information change unit that changes the status information to status information corresponding to the change event when the event detection unit detects a change event; And a transmission unit that transmits the status information changed by the status information change unit to the communication control device so as to be distributed to the member communication terminals.

  It should be noted that the above summary of the invention does not enumerate all the necessary features of the present invention. In addition, a sub-combination of these feature groups can also be an invention.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described through embodiments of the invention, but the following embodiments do not limit the invention according to the claims. In addition, not all the combinations of features described in the embodiments are essential for the solving means of the invention.

  FIG. 1 shows an example of the entire system 10 including the communication terminal 100 of the present embodiment. The overall system 10 includes a communication terminal 100, a communication terminal 200, a communication control server 300, and a network 500. In the figure, two communication terminals, the communication terminal 100 and the communication terminal 200, are illustrated, but a larger number of communication terminals may be connected to the network 500.

  The communication terminal 100 and the communication terminal 200 have the same configuration, and both communication terminals are equivalent in function. However, in the following description, the communication terminal 100 is described as a status information transmission side, and the communication terminal 200 is described as a status information reception side. Needless to say, the communication terminal 100 can simultaneously distribute status information to a plurality of communication terminals equivalent to the communication terminal 200.

  Using the communication control server 300 connected to the network 500, the communication terminal 100 distributes its own status information to the registered member communication terminals 200. That is, the communication terminal 100 transmits its own status information to the communication control server 300 in order to distribute its own status information to the communication terminal 200 which is the registered member communication terminal. The communication terminal 200 is a member communication terminal of the user of the communication terminal 100, and receives status information transmitted from the communication terminal 100 via the communication control server 300. The communication terminal 200 displays the received status information of the user of the communication terminal 100 on the display unit.

  The communication control server 300 is an example of a communication control device, and controls communication between the communication terminal 100 and the communication terminal 200 according to, for example, SIP (Session Initiation Protocol). In particular, the communication control server 300 distributes the status information transmitted from the communication terminal 100 to the communication terminals of the members registered by the user of the communication terminal 100. Specifically, the communication control server 300 includes a contact list (member list) for each user of the communication terminal 100, and the status information received from the communication terminal 100 is the communication terminal 200 that is a communication terminal registered in the member list. Send to.

  The network 500 may be a communication path that connects the communication terminal 100, the communication terminal 200, and the communication control server 300. An example of the network 500 is a communication network to which IP (Internet Protocol) is applied.

  FIG. 2 shows an example of functional blocks of the communication terminal 100. The communication terminal 100 includes an event detection unit 102, a status information change unit 104, an event list storage unit 106, a status information transmission unit 108, a schedule storage unit 110, a timer unit 112, a program execution unit 114, and an application program storage unit 116. Prepare. The communication terminal 100 includes a system program storage unit 118, an operation input unit 120, a display unit 122, a speaker 124, a service information reception unit 126, a service information analysis unit 128, a location information reception unit 130, and a notification unit 132. Furthermore, the communication terminal 100 includes a status information receiving unit 134, a status information display control unit 136, and a member list storage unit 138.

  The event detection unit 102 detects a change event that matches the change condition of the status information. For example, the event detection unit 102 detects that the current time has reached the date and time included in the schedule data stored in the schedule storage unit 110 as a change event. For example, the event detection unit 102 detects the activation of the application program executed by the program execution unit 114 as a change event. For example, the event detection unit 102 detects the start of use of a specific function in the system program executed by the program execution unit 114 and detects the start of use of the specific function as a change event.

  For example, the event detection unit 102 detects a change in service information received by the service information reception unit 126 as a change event. Alternatively, the event detection unit 102 analyzes the service information received by the service information reception unit 126 by the service information analysis unit 128 and detects that the scheduled date and time has been reached based on the analysis result as a change event. For example, the event detection unit 102 detects a change in position information received by the position information reception unit 130 as a change event.

  The status information change unit 104 changes the status information to status information corresponding to the change event when the event detection unit 102 detects the change event. For example, the status information change unit 104 changes the status information according to the schedule data stored in the schedule storage unit 110. For example, the status information changing unit 104 changes the status information according to the application program started by the program execution unit 114. For example, the status information changing unit 104 changes the status information according to a specific function that has started to be used in the system program executed by the program execution unit 114.

  For example, the status information changing unit 104 changes the status information according to the service information received by the service information receiving unit 126. Or the status information change part 104 changes status information according to the schedule data scheduled based on service information. For example, the status information changing unit 104 changes the status information according to the position information received by the position information receiving unit 130. The status information changing unit 104 can control the status information to be changed when the linked data recorded in association with the change event is true, and not to change the status information when the linked data is false.

  The event list storage unit 106 stores an event list that is a list of changed events. The event list includes changed status information that is referred to when the status information changing unit 104 changes the current status information. The change status information includes, for example, a status (text), a status (pictogram), a telephone response status, a mail response status, a PoC response status, a comment, and interlocking data. The state (text) expresses the current state of the user such as mood by text data, and the mood can be transmitted to the member by text data such as characters and symbols. The state (pictogram) represents the current state of the user, such as the mood, in pictograms, and can convey the mood etc. to the members by pictograms.

  Each of the telephone response status, the mail response status, and the PoC response status indicates whether or not a telephone, mail and PoC response can be made, and informs the member whether or not a telephone response can be made. it can. The comment is an expression method that can be input beyond the limit number of characters of the state (text), and can convey more detailed feelings and situations to the members. The linkage data is data that specifies whether or not the current status information is changed to the changed status information when the change event is detected, and either true or false is recorded. For example, status information is changed when true, and status information is not changed when false. Note that “ON” may be expressed when the interlocking data is true, and “OFF” may be expressed when it is false.

  The status information transmission unit 108 transmits the status information changed by the status information change unit 104 to the communication control server 300 via the network 500 so as to be distributed to the communication terminal 200 which is a member communication terminal. The status information transmission unit 108 may be an example of a transmission unit. The changed status information transmitted by the status information transmitting unit 108 is displayed on the display unit of the communication terminal 200 which is a member communication terminal.

  The schedule storage unit 110 stores schedule data. The schedule data includes schedule item data for each schedule item. The schedule item data includes a label that is a schedule item name, a start date and time, and an end date and time, and includes change status information that is changed when the schedule item is detected as a change event. The change status information includes, for example, a telephone response status, a mail response status, and a PoC response status. The schedule item data further includes comments and linkage data.

  The timer unit 112 counts the current date and time. In addition, the timer unit 112 acquires schedule data from the schedule storage unit 110, and determines whether the current date and time match the start date and time or end date and time of the schedule recorded in the schedule data. If the start date / time or end date / time of the schedule matches the current date / time, the timer unit 112 notifies the event detection unit 102 that the current date / time has reached the start date / time or end date / time of the schedule.

  The program execution unit 114 executes the application program recorded in the application program storage unit 116. When starting the application program, the program execution unit 114 notifies the event detection unit 102 that the application has been started.

  The program execution unit 114 executes the system program recorded in the system program storage unit 118. In the execution of the system program, the program execution unit 114 notifies the event detection unit 102 that the use of the function is started when the use of the specific function realized by the system program is started.

  The application program storage unit 116 stores various application programs. Examples of the application program include a chat application, a game application, a battle game application, a karaoke shop application, and the like.

  The system program storage unit 118 stores a system program that is an example of a specific function program that implements a specific function. Specific functions realized by the system program include an alarm function, a telephone function, a mode setting function, a media player function, a PoC function, a one-segment TV playback function, a web browsing function, a simple answering machine function, and the like. Examples of the mode setting function include drive mode setting and manner mode setting.

  When inputting data to the program execution unit 114, the operation input unit 120 receives user operations and generates input data. An example of the operation input unit 120 is ten-key input.

  The display unit 122 displays the execution result of the program execution unit 114. In particular, the display unit 122 displays the status information of the members received by the status information receiving unit 134 and controlled to be displayed by the status information display control unit 136. The display unit 122 displays notification information notified by the notification unit 132. Examples of the display unit 122 include a flat panel display device such as a liquid crystal display device.

  The speaker 124 outputs the execution result of the program execution unit 114 as sound such as voice or music. The speaker 124 outputs the notification information notified by the notification unit 132 as sound.

  The service information receiving unit 126 receives service information from a service server connected to the network 500. The received service information is provided to the event detection unit 102. The service server is a server that provides a predetermined service, and examples thereof include an electronic ticket management server and an information providing server that distributes cast information. The service server notifies the communication terminal 100 of service information related to the service used by the user.

  Further, the service information receiving unit 126 transmits the received service information to the service information analyzing unit 128. The analysis result analyzed by the service information analysis unit 128 is provided to the schedule storage unit 110 as schedule data. Alternatively, the extracted data extracted from the service information by the service information analysis unit 128 is provided to the status information change unit 104. The schedule data provided to the schedule storage unit 110 and the extracted data provided to the status information change unit 104 may be provided from the service information reception unit 126 or may be provided from the service information analysis unit 128.

  The service information analysis unit 128 analyzes the service information received by the service information reception unit 126. The service information analysis unit 128 can analyze the service information and extract schedule information included in the service information or pictographic data related to the service information. For example, when the service information is ticket information, a service start date and time, a service completion date and time, service contents, and the like included in the ticket information are extracted. Then, the schedule item data can be generated with the service content as the schedule label, the service start date and time as the schedule start date and time, and the service completion date and time as the schedule end date and time. For example, when the service information is cast information, pictographic data included in the cast information can be extracted.

  The position information receiving unit 130 receives position information of the communication terminal 100. The received position information is provided to the event detection unit 102. Examples of the position information include position information such as latitude and longitude acquired from a GPS (Global Positioning System). Or the cell information etc. of the position discriminate | determined from the position of the base station can be illustrated. The acquired position information can be converted from the position information such as latitude and longitude into the name of the current position using a server that provides a specific position name such as Shibuya Ward.

  When the status information transmission unit 108, which is an example of a transmission unit, fails to transmit the changed status information, the notification unit 132 performs notification that the transmission has failed. For example, the notification unit 132 can display a message indicating that the notification has failed on the display unit 122 as a message, or output the sound from the speaker 124 as a sound.

  The status information receiving unit 134 receives member status information from the member communication terminal 200 via the communication control server 300 and the network 500. The received member status information is provided to the status information display control unit 136.

  The status information display control unit 136 executes control to display the member status information received by the status information receiving unit 134 and the status information of the member changed by the status information changing unit 104 on the display unit 122. In the control for displaying the member status information, the member list stored in the member list storage unit 138 is referred to.

  The member list storage unit 138 stores a member list. In the member list, identification information for identifying the communication terminal of the registered member can be recorded.

  FIG. 3 shows an example of the overall flow of the communication method in the communication terminal 100. In the process of automatically changing its status information, the communication terminal 100 first executes an event detection process (S800). In the event detection process, the occurrence of a change event that should change its own status information is detected. When the change event is detected, the communication terminal 100 executes status information change processing (S900). In the status information change process, its own status information is automatically changed according to the change event.

  The communication terminal 100 transmits the changed status information (S1002). It is determined whether the transmission of the status information has been successful (S1004). If it is determined that the transmission has failed due to offline or out of service, the communication terminal 100 notifies that the transmission has failed (S1006). Upon receiving the notification, the user can quickly know that the status information automatic change has failed. In this case, the user can manually change the status information. If it is determined in step S1004 that the transmission is successful, the communication terminal 100 displays its own status according to the changed status information (S1008).

  FIG. 4 shows an example of the flow of event detection processing. In the event detection process (S800), it is determined whether or not a notification that the current date and time has reached the start date and time of the schedule has been received from the timer unit 112 (S802). If it is determined that the notification has been received, a schedule start event is set as a change event (S804). Then, the process returns to the calling program for the event detection process (S830). If it is not determined that the notification has been received, the process proceeds to step S806.

  In step S806, it is determined whether or not a notification that the current date and time has reached the end date and time of the schedule has been received from the timer unit 112 (S806). If it is determined that the notification has been received, a schedule end event is set as a change event (S808). Then, the process returns to the calling program for the event detection process (S830). If it is not determined that the notification has been received, the process proceeds to step S810.

  In step S810, it is determined whether an application program has been started (S810). If it is determined that the application program has been activated, an application activation event is set as a change event (S812). Then, the process returns to the calling program for the event detection process (S830). If it is not determined that it has been activated, the process proceeds to step S814.

  In step S810, it is determined whether use of the specific function is started (S814). When it is determined that the use of the specific function is started, a function use event is set as a change event (S816). Then, the process returns to the calling program for the event detection process (S830). If it is not determined that the process has started, the process proceeds to step S818.

  In step S818, it is determined whether service information has been received (S818). If it is determined that service information has been received, a service information reception event is set as a change event (S820). Then, the process returns to the calling program for the event detection process (S830). If it is not determined that it has been received, the process proceeds to step S822.

  In step S822, it is determined whether the position information has been changed (S822). If it is determined that the position information has been changed, a position information change event is set as a change event (S824). Then, the process returns to the calling program for the event detection process (S830). If it is not determined that the change has been made, the process proceeds to step S826.

  In step S826, it is determined whether a predetermined time has elapsed since the last change of status information (S826). If it is determined that the predetermined time has elapsed, an unchange event is set as a change event (S828). Then, the process returns to the calling program for the event detection process (S830). If it is not determined that the time has elapsed, the process returns to step S802 to repeat the event detection process. In addition, the order of the determination step of step S802 to step S828 and the subsequent change event setting step can be arbitrarily changed.

  FIG. 5 shows an example of a processing flow in the timer unit 112. In the timer unit process (S850), first, schedule data is acquired from the schedule storage unit 110 (S852). It is determined whether or not the current date and time match the start date and time of the schedule included in the acquired schedule data (S854). If it is determined that they match, the event detection unit 102 is notified that the current date and time match the schedule start date and time (S856). And it returns to step S852 and continues a timer part process.

  If it is determined in step S854 that they do not match, it is further determined whether or not the current date and time match the end date and time of the schedule included in the schedule data (S858). If it is determined that they match, the event detection unit 102 is notified that the current date and time match the schedule end date and time (S860). And it returns to step S852 and continues a timer part process. If it is determined in step S858 that they do not match, the process returns to step S852 to continue the timer process.

  FIG. 6 shows a flow example of processing for changing status information in the case of a schedule start event. In the status information change process (S910) in the case of the schedule start event, first, schedule item data related to the schedule start event is acquired from the schedule storage unit 110 (S912). Then, it is determined whether or not the interlocking data of the schedule item data is true (S914). If the interlocking data is true, the status information state (text) is set to the label (item name) of the schedule item data. Change (S916).

  Further, the status information status (pictogram), response status, and comment are changed to the schedule item data status (pictogram), response status, and comment (S918). Then, the process returns to the caller program for the status information change process (S919). If the interlocking data is false in step S914, the process returns to step S800 in FIG. 3 to repeat from the event detection process.

  FIG. 7 shows an example of schedule data. The schedule data includes schedule item data, and the schedule item data may include a label, a start date / time, an end date / time, a telephone response status, a mail response status, a PoC response status, a comment, and interlocking data. For example, when schedule item data with the label “in-house meeting” is acquired as the schedule item data related to the schedule start event, the linked data is “ON”, that is, true, so the status information status (text) is “in-house meeting”. Changed to

  In addition, each of the status information telephone response status, mail response status, PoC response status, and comment is each data of the corresponding schedule item data, that is, “response NG”, “reply later”, “participation NG”, “project” It is changed to “Meeting”. When the state (pictogram) is not specified in the schedule item data, a prescribed pictogram is set as the state. If the schedule item data includes a status (pictogram), the status information status (pictogram) is changed to the status (pictogram) specified by the schedule item data.

  FIG. 8 shows a flow example of processing for changing status information in the case of a schedule end event. In the status information change process (S920) in the case of the schedule end event, first, schedule item data related to the schedule end event is acquired from the schedule storage unit 110 (S922). It is determined whether or not the linked data of the schedule item data is true (S924). If true, the status information status (text), status (pictogram), response status, and comment are set to the default status (text). , Status (pictogram), response status, and comment are changed (S926). Then, the process returns to the caller program for the status information change process (S928). If the interlocking data is false in step S924, the process returns to step S800 in FIG. 3 to repeat the event detection process.

  Note that the default state (text) or the like may be predetermined. Or you may return to the state (text) etc. before the start of the schedule item event which concerns on the said end.

  FIG. 9 shows an example of a flow of processing for changing status information in the case of an application activation event or a function use event. In the status information change process (S930) in the case of the application activation event or the function use event, item data relating to the activated application program or the function whose use has been started is acquired from the event list storage unit 106 (S932). It is determined whether or not the linked data of the item data is true (S934). If true, the status information status (text), status (pictogram), response status, and comment are displayed in the status of the item data ( (Text), status (pictogram), response status, and comment (S936). Then, the process returns to the caller program for the status information change process (S938). If the interlocking data is false in step S934, the process returns to step S800 in FIG. 3 to repeat from the event detection process.

  FIG. 10 shows an example event list of application activation events. For example, when a chat application is activated as an application activation event, each item of status information is changed to each item of item data corresponding to “chat” by the activation application. That is, the status information state (text) is changed to “chatting”, and the telephone response status, mail response status, and PoC response status are changed to “response NG”, “reply later”, and “participation NG”. Since nothing is specified in the comment of the item data, the comment can be left unchanged or displayed as blank.

  FIG. 11 shows an example of an event list of function use events. For example, when the use start of the alarm function is detected as a function use event, each item of the status information is changed to each item of item data whose use function corresponds to “alarm”. That is, the status information status (text) is changed to “Good morning” and the status (pictogram) is changed to a smiley mark. Since nothing is specified in the response status and comment of the item data, the comment can be displayed without being changed or displayed blank so that the response status of the status information is not changed.

  FIG. 12 shows a flow example of processing for changing status information in the case of a service information reception event. In the status information change process (S940) in the case of the service information reception event, it is determined whether the interlocking data of the service information reception event is true (S942), and if it is true, the service information analysis process is executed (S944). ). If the interlocking data is false in step S942, the process returns to step S800 in FIG. 3 to repeat the event detection process. After the service information analysis process (S944), it is determined whether schedule item data has been extracted (S946). If it is determined that the schedule item has been extracted, the extracted schedule item data is added to the schedule data in the schedule storage unit 110 (S948).

  If it is determined in step S946 that no schedule item data has been extracted, it is further determined whether or not pictograms have been extracted (S950). If pictograms have been extracted, the status information state (text) is extracted. The state is changed to a state (text) corresponding to the pictograph (S952). If it is determined in step S950 that no pictograph is extracted, the process returns to step S800 in FIG. After step S948 and step S952, the process returns to the caller program for the status information change process (S954).

  If the schedule item data is extracted in step S946, the schedule item data is added to the schedule data. Therefore, the schedule start event can be detected when the start date and time of the schedule item data is reached. In addition, when schedule item data is extracted, pictograms indicating cooperation with the scheduler may be displayed, for example, at each extraction. When the service information includes cast information, pictographs are extracted, and the status information state (text) is changed to a state (text) corresponding to the pictograph. The state (text) corresponding to the pictograph can be recorded in advance.

  FIG. 13 shows a processing flow example in the service information analysis unit 128. In the service information analysis process (S944), it is first determined whether or not the service information is ticket information (S956). If it is ticket information, the service start date and time is extracted from the ticket information (S958). For example, text included in ticket information is mined to extract words related to date and time or time. If it is determined whether the extracted word is related to the start or the end, the start date and time can be extracted from the numerical data arranged in the vicinity of the word related to the start.

  Then, the service end date is extracted or calculated (S960). For example, if the duration of the service to be provided is clear (eg, the duration of the movie), the end date / time can be calculated by adding the duration to the start date / time. Needless to say, the end date and time can be extracted by text mining the service information, as in the case of extracting the start date and time.

  Further, each value as shown is set in each element of the schedule item data (S962). For example, the schedule item data label, the start date / time, the end date / time, the response status such as telephone, and the comment, respectively, include service name, service start date / time, service end date / time, specific response status such as telephone call, ““ service name You can set a specific comment such as “In”.

  If it is determined in step S956 that the service information is not service information, it is further determined whether the service information is cast information (S964). If it is determined that it is cast information, pictographs included in the cast information are extracted (S966). If it is determined in step S964 that the information is not cast information, after step S963 and step S966, the process returns to the calling source program of the service information analysis process (S968).

  FIG. 14 shows a flow example of processing for changing status information in the case of a position information change event. In the case of the position information change event, the status information change process (S970) determines whether or not the interlocking data of the position information change event is true (S972). If true, the name text of the current position is acquired from the position information (S974). If the interlocking data is false, the process returns to step S800 in FIG. 3 and repeats from the event detection process.

  When the name text of the current position is acquired in step S974, the status information state (text) is changed to the acquired name text of the current position (S976). Then, the process returns to the caller program for the status information change process (S978). The registered latitude is determined by determining whether the position information is in the vicinity of the latitude and longitude registered in advance, or whether the name of the current position acquired from the position information matches the position name registered in advance. In the case of the vicinity of the longitude or the position name, the status information state (text) may be changed to a name text such as “house” or “company”.

  FIG. 15 shows a flow example of processing for changing status information in the case of an unchanged event. In the status information change process (S980) in the case of an unchanged event, it is determined whether the linked data of the unchanged event is true (S982). If true, the status information status (text) is changed to “unknown” (S984), and the process returns to the caller program for status information change processing (S986). If the interlocking data is false in step S982, the process returns to step S800 in FIG. 3 to repeat from the event detection process.

  FIG. 16 shows an example of functional blocks of the communication control server 300. The communication control server 300 includes a control unit 302, a status information receiving unit 304, a status information transmitting unit 306, and a user database 308. The user database 308 has user information 310. The user information 310 includes a member list 312 and a status information conversion list 314.

  The control unit 302 controls transmission / reception of status information and access to the user database 308. The status information receiving unit 304 receives user status information transmitted from the communication terminal 100. The status information transmission unit 306 transmits the status information of the user controlled by the control unit 302 to be transmitted to the member communication terminal 200 registered for the user, to the member communication terminal 200. The user database 308 stores user information 310. The user database 308 can send back user information 310 in accordance with an access request from the control unit.

  The member list 312 records the identification information of the member communication terminal 200 registered for each user. The user information 310 may include a status information conversion list 314 for each user, and the status information received for the user can be converted according to the status information conversion list 314.

  In the status information conversion list 314, schedule data stored in the schedule storage unit 110 or conversion data similar to the event list stored in the event list storage unit 106 can be recorded for a change event. In the above-described embodiment, the example in which the status information is changed in the communication terminal 100 has been described. However, the status information may be changed in the communication control server 300 using the status information conversion list 314.

  FIG. 17 shows a processing flow example in the communication control server 300. First, it is determined whether status information has been received (S1102). If status information has been received, the user is identified and user information 310 is extracted (S1104). Next, the status information is converted according to the status information conversion list 314 (S1106), and the converted data is transmitted to the communication terminal 200 of the member registered in the member list 312 (S1108).

  FIG. 18 shows an example of the hardware configuration of the communication terminal 100 or the communication control server 300 according to this embodiment. The communication terminal 100 or the communication control server 300 according to this embodiment includes a CPU peripheral unit having a CPU 1505, a RAM 1520, a graphic controller 1575, and a display device 1580 that are connected to each other by a host controller 1582. The communication terminal 100 or the communication control server 300 includes an input / output unit including a communication interface 1530, a hard disk drive 1540, and a CD-ROM drive 1560 connected to the host controller 1582 by the input / output controller 1584. Further, the communication terminal 100 or the communication control server 300 includes a legacy input / output unit having a ROM 1510, a flexible disk drive 1550, and an input / output chip 1570 connected to the input / output controller 1584.

  The host controller 1582 connects the RAM 1520 to the CPU 1505 and the graphic controller 1575 that access the RAM 1520 at a high transfer rate. The CPU 1505 operates based on programs stored in the ROM 1510 and the RAM 1520 to control each unit. The graphic controller 1575 acquires image data generated by the CPU 1505 or the like on a frame buffer provided in the RAM 1520 and displays the image data on the display device 1580. Alternatively, the graphic controller 1575 may include a frame buffer that stores image data generated by the CPU 1505 or the like.

  The input / output controller 1584 connects the host controller 1582 to the communication interface 1530, the hard disk drive 1540, and the CD-ROM drive 1560, which are relatively high-speed input / output devices. The communication interface 1530 communicates with other devices via a network. The hard disk drive 1540 stores programs and data used by the CPU 1505 in the communication terminal 100 or the communication control server 300. The CD-ROM drive 1560 reads a program or data from the CD-ROM 1595 and provides it to the hard disk drive 1540 via the RAM 1520.

  The input / output controller 1584 is connected to the ROM 1510, the flexible disk drive 1550, and the relatively low-speed input / output device of the input / output chip 1570. The ROM 1510 stores a boot program executed when the communication terminal 100 or the communication control server 300 is started, a program depending on the hardware of the communication terminal 100 or the communication control server 300, and the like. The flexible disk drive 1550 reads a program or data from the flexible disk 1590 and provides it to the hard disk drive 1540 via the RAM 1520. The input / output chip 1570 connects various input / output devices via a flexible disk drive 1550 such as a parallel port, a serial port, a keyboard port, and a mouse port.

  A communication program provided to the hard disk drive 1540 via the RAM 1520 is stored in a recording medium such as the flexible disk 1590, the CD-ROM 1595, or an IC card and provided by the user. The communication program is read from the recording medium, installed on the communication terminal 100 or the hard disk drive 1540 in the communication control server 300 via the RAM 1520, and executed by the CPU 1505. The communication program installed and executed in the communication terminal 100 or the communication control server 300 works on the CPU 1505 or the like to cause the communication terminal 100 or the communication control server 300 to function as each unit described with reference to FIGS.

  That is, the communication program includes a communication terminal 100, an event detection unit 102, a status information change unit 104, an event list storage unit 106, a status information transmission unit 108, a schedule storage unit 110, a timer unit 112, a program execution unit 114, and It functions as the application program storage unit 116. Further, the communication terminal 100 is caused to function as a system program storage unit 118, an operation input unit 120, a display unit 122, a speaker 124, a service information reception unit 126, a service information analysis unit 128, a location information reception unit 130, and a notification unit 132. Further, the communication terminal 100 is caused to function as the status information receiving unit 134, the status information display control unit 136, and the member list storage unit 138. The communication program causes the communication control server 300 to function as the control unit 302, the status information receiving unit 304, the status information transmitting unit 306, and the user database 308.

  As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated using embodiment, the technical scope of this invention is not limited to the range as described in the said embodiment. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications or improvements can be added to the above-described embodiment. It is apparent from the scope of the claims that the embodiments added with such changes or improvements can be included in the technical scope of the present invention.

An example of the whole system 10 including the communication terminal 100 of this embodiment is shown. An example of functional blocks of the communication terminal 100 is shown. The example of the whole flow of the communication method in the communication terminal 100 is shown. The example of a flow of an event detection process is shown. An example of a processing flow in the timer unit 112 is shown. A flow example of processing for changing status information in the case of a schedule start event will be shown. An example of schedule data is shown. The flow example of the process which changes status information in the case of a schedule end event is shown. The flow example of the process which changes status information in the case of an application starting event or a function use event is shown. An example of an event list of application activation events is shown. The example of an event list of a function use event is shown. The flow example of the process which changes status information in the case of a service information reception event is shown. The example of a processing flow in the service information analysis part 128 is shown. The flow example of the process which changes status information in the case of a positional information change event is shown. The flow example of the process which changes status information in the case of a non-change event is shown. An example of functional blocks of the communication control server 300 is shown. The example of a processing flow in the communication control server 300 is shown. An example of the hardware constitutions of the communication terminal 100 or the communication control server 300 which concerns on this embodiment is shown.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Overall system 100 Communication terminal 102 Event detection part 104 Status information change part 106 Event list storage part 108 Status information transmission part 110 Schedule storage part 112 Timer part 114 Program execution part 116 Application program storage part 118 System program storage part 120 Operation input part 122 display unit 124 speaker 126 service information reception unit 128 service information analysis unit 130 location information reception unit 132 notification unit 134 status information reception unit 136 status information display control unit 138 member list storage unit 200 communication terminal 300 communication control server 302 control unit 304 Status information reception unit 306 Status information transmission unit 308 User database 310 User information 312 Member list 314 Stay Scan information conversion list 500 network 1505 CPU
1510 ROM
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1530 Communication interface 1540 Hard disk drive 1550 Flexible disk drive 1560 CD-ROM drive 1570 Input / output chip 1575 Graphic controller 1580 Display device 1582 Host controller 1584 Input / output controller 1590 Flexible disk 1595 CD-ROM

Claims (9)

A communication terminal that distributes its own status information to registered member communication terminals using a communication control device provided in the network,
An event detector for detecting a change event that matches the change condition of the status information;
When the event detection unit detects the change event, out of the linked data stored in association with each change event , when the linked data recorded in association with the detected change event is true, Status information is changed to status information corresponding to the change event, and the status information changing unit that does not change the status information when the linkage data is false ,
A transmission unit that transmits the status information changed by the status information change unit to the communication control device to be distributed to the communication terminal of the member;
Equipped with a,
The status information changing unit, when the predetermined time from the change of the last status information has elapsed, you unknown change the state of the status information, the communication terminal. A schedule data storage unit for storing schedule data including a plurality of schedule item data ;
The linked data is associated with each of the plurality of schedule item data,
The event detection unit detects that the current date and time has reached the date and time included in any of the plurality of schedule item data as the change event,
The status information changing unit, linked data associated with the schedule item data including the date and time, if true, the status information is changed in accordance with the schedule item data,
The communication terminal according to claim 1. A program execution unit for executing an application program ;
An event list storage unit for storing an event list in which a plurality of application activation events are registered ;
Further comprising
The linked data is associated with each of the plurality of application activation events,
The event detection unit detects the activation of the application program as the change event,
The status information changing unit activates the status information when linked data associated with an application activation event corresponding to the change event is true among a plurality of application activation events registered in the event list. Change according to the application program
The communication terminal according to claim 1 or 2 . A program execution unit for executing a specific function program for realizing a specific function;
An event list storage unit for storing an event list in which a plurality of function use events are registered;
Further comprising
The linked data is associated with each of the plurality of function use events ,
The event detection unit detects the start of use of the specific function as the change event,
The status information change unit uses the status information when the linked data associated with the function use event corresponding to the change event is true among the plurality of function use events registered in the event list. Change according to the specific function that started
The communication terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 3 . A service information receiving unit for receiving service information from a service server connected to the network,
The event detection unit detects the change of the received service information, or that the scheduled date and time based on the service information has been reached as the change event,
The status information change unit changes the status information according to the received service information or according to schedule data based on the service information.
The communication terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 4 . A position information receiving unit that receives position information of the communication terminal;
The event detection unit detects a change in the position information as the change event,
The status information change unit changes the status information according to the position information.
The communication terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 5 . When the transmission unit fails to transmit the changed status information, the transmission unit further includes a notification unit that performs notification that the transmission has failed.
The communication terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 6 . The program for functioning a computer as a communication terminal of any one of Claim 1 to 7. A communication method for distributing own status information to registered member communication terminals using a communication control device provided in a network,
An event detection stage for detecting a change event that matches the change condition of the status information;
When the change event is detected in the event detection stage, out of the linked data stored in association with each change event , if the linked data recorded in association with the detected change event is true, Changing the status information to the status information according to the change event, and changing the status information when the linkage data is false, the status change stage,
Transmitting the status information changed in the status change stage to the communication control device for delivery to the communication terminal of the member;
A status change stage that changes the status information status to unknown when a predetermined time has elapsed since the last status information change;
A communication method comprising:

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