JP5120483B2 - Information reflecting system and method for portable communication terminal and portable communication terminal used therefor - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information reflection system and method for a mobile communication terminal and a mobile communication terminal used therefor, and more particularly in a complex mobile communication terminal compatible with a plurality of bearers (multiple wireless communication systems) including a wireless LAN function. This is related to the information reflection method of mobile communication terminals that can easily expand the setting information of each terminal, especially the initial setting and tuning work for each small area, and easily deploy the optimal setting information that exists locally Is.

  Conventionally, in complex mobile communication terminals that support multiple bearers that include wireless LAN functions, that is, multiple wireless communication systems, the setting information of each terminal, especially the initial setting for each small area and the tuning work due to environmental changes, After the collective setting at the start of use, it was left to the individual user. However, especially with the inclusion of the wireless LAN function, IP (Internet Protocol) -based setting information and setting information regarding inter-bearer roaming are added, and the setting information itself is increasing.

  In addition, due to extremely delicate radio characteristics, it is not possible to cope with settings that are uniform for the entire user, and fine adjustment in units of small areas is required. In addition, many of the security countermeasure system settings that are becoming more and more important in recent years cannot be selected from options without expertise. Furthermore, portable communication terminals are becoming increasingly smaller, and the difficulty of understanding the man-machine interface (MMI) used at the time of setting has become a bottleneck. Under these circumstances, it is currently impossible to handle setting information manually, one by one, or batch setting from a PBX or server. Reference patent documents include the following.

JP 2004-210096 A Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2005-065018 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2005-094600 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2005-254639 JP 2005-278044 A

  An object of the present invention is to use “ad hoc communication” that enables communication of setting information of each terminal, in particular, initial setting and tuning for each small area without using a system such as a PBX, a server, or an access point (AP). As a result, it is possible to expand the optimal setting information that exists locally, and to make it easier, cheaper, and more routinely to be implemented, thereby enabling full use of mobile communication terminal functions, thorough security enhancement, and reduction of maintenance work. It is to provide an information reflection system and method for a portable communication terminal and a portable communication terminal used therefor.

The information reflecting system according to the present invention is as follows.
An information reflection system between mobile communication terminals compatible with a plurality of wireless communication systems including a short-range wireless communication system,
The first terminal is
Means for broadcasting a search message with search conditions by the short-range wireless communication method;
The fact that the search condition is matched is received from the second terminal that matches the search condition among the terminals that have received the search message by broadcast, and the setting information in the terminal is acquired from the second terminal. Means to request,
Means for reflecting the acquired setting information to the own terminal in response to acquisition of the setting information from the second terminal.

The information reflection method according to the present invention includes:
A method for reflecting information between mobile communication terminals compatible with a plurality of wireless communication systems including a short-range wireless communication system,
In the first terminal,
Broadcasting a search message with search conditions by the short-range wireless communication method;
The fact that the search condition is matched is received from the second terminal that matches the search condition among the terminals that have received the search message by broadcast, and the setting information in the terminal is acquired from the second terminal. Requesting steps,
Reflecting the acquired setting information on its own terminal in response to acquisition of the setting information from the second terminal.

The terminal according to the present invention
A terminal in an information reflecting system between mobile communication terminals compatible with a plurality of wireless communication systems including a short-range wireless communication system,
Means for broadcasting a search message with search conditions by the short-range wireless communication method;
Receiving the fact that the search condition is met from another terminal that matches the search condition among the terminals that have received the search message by broadcast, and requesting the other terminal to acquire setting information in the terminal Means,
Means for reflecting the acquired setting information to the own terminal in response to acquisition of the setting information from the other terminal.

The program according to the present invention is:
A program for causing a computer to execute the operation of a terminal in an information reflecting system between mobile communication terminals compatible with a plurality of wireless communication systems including a short-range wireless communication system,
Broadcasting a search message with search conditions by the short-range wireless communication method;
Receiving the fact that the search condition is met from another terminal that matches the search condition among the terminals that have received the search message by broadcast, and requesting the other terminal to acquire setting information in the terminal Processing,
And a process of reflecting the acquired setting information to the own terminal in response to the acquisition of the setting information from the other terminal.

  The first effect of the present invention is that the optimum setting information existing locally can be easily and inexpensively and routinely implemented between portable communication terminals without preparing a special device. The reason for this is to use ad-hoc communication that can be easily used only between mobile communication terminals without using a system such as PBX, server, or AP, and without having to manually input setting information for each terminal. It is because it can do.

  The second effect of the present invention is that, even if it is unknown in which terminal the optimal setting information that exists locally exists, the search can be performed. The reason is that there is provided means for searching in which terminal the optimum setting information existing locally exists.

It is a functional block diagram of the portable communication terminal which shows embodiment of this invention. It is an operation | movement flowchart which shows one embodiment of this invention. It is an operation | movement flowchart which shows other embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. An application unit 2 of the mobile communication terminal 1 includes an MMI unit 6, a mode management unit 7, a search condition determination processing unit 8, A search condition edit processing unit 9, a setting information comparison processing unit 10, and a setting information transmission / reception processing unit 11 are provided. The communication unit 3 includes a mobile phone communication unit 12, a wireless LAN communication unit 13, and an ad hoc communication unit 14. Also, the own terminal setting information I / O processing unit 4 and the setting information storage unit 5 are provided in the setting information maintenance system of the mobile communication terminal by ad hoc communication.

  Referring to FIG. 1 in detail, the first embodiment of the present invention is an example in which each portable information terminal is provided with the components in FIG. 1 in common. Each function in the application unit 2 of the mobile communication terminal 1 will be described. The MMI unit 6 performs a setting interface from the user, an operation result display to the user, and the like. The mode management unit 7 manages operation modes such as a reflection source mode, a reflection destination mode, and a search mode, which will be described later. The search condition determination processing unit 8 determines whether or not the setting information of the own terminal matches the search condition in the search message received from another terminal.

  The search condition editing processing unit 9 edits a search condition in which the use environment and needs of the own terminal are set when searching for another terminal to be reflected on the own terminal. The setting information comparison processing unit 10 compares the setting information obtained from the other terminal and the setting information of the own terminal, and extracts the difference. The setting information transmission / reception processing unit 11 controls processing for exchanging setting information between other terminals and the own terminal using an ad hoc communication unit or the like.

  Each function in the communication unit 3 will be described. The mobile phone communication unit 12 has a communication function using PDC (Personal Digital Cellular), W-CDMA (Wideband-Code Division Multiple Access), or the like. The wireless LAN communication unit 13 has an IEEE802.11 communication function. The ad hoc communication unit 14 has a short-range communication function using Bluetooth (registered trademark), infrared (IrDA), Zigbee, or the like.

  Further, the own terminal setting information I / O processing unit 4 controls processing for reading and writing setting information stored in the setting information storage unit 5, and the setting information storage unit 5 stores the setting information. To do.

  Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. FIG. 2 is a flowchart in the case of reflecting the setting information on other terminals starting from the terminal on which the optimal solution has been set. First, the reflection source terminal operator instructs the reflection source terminal to start the setting MMI (step S19).

  As described above, the setting information in this case is IP setting information, setting information related to inter-bearer roaming, and the like. Specifically, in security relations, it is information such as an authentication method and an encryption method. In the handover relationship, it is information such as a selected bearer and its priority (standby / communication), a simultaneous connection time of multiple bearers at the time of switching (make-before-break time), and a radio wave reception intensity threshold value for determining switching. The power saving relationship includes information such as maximum sleep time, wake-up interval, broadcast packet non-reception (mode), and the like.

  As a result, the reflection source terminal displays an MMI screen that prompts the reflection source terminal operator to set the mode (step S8). The reflection source terminal operator instructs the reflection source terminal to transition from the “normal mode” to the “reflection mode” (step S20). The reflection source terminal transitions to the reflection source mode (step S9), and then further displays an MMI screen for designating the reflection destination terminal (step S10). The reflection source terminal operator designates the reflection destination terminal to the reflection source terminal in accordance with the transmission destination designation method of the ad hoc communication to be used (step S21).

  In this case, as the method of specifying the reflection destination terminal, the reflection source user is a knowledgeable person or maintenance person who has specialized knowledge, and the reflection destination user is a general user (non-knowledge person or no maintenance person) of the mobile communication terminal. This is based on a method in which the reflection source user makes an individual request for setting adjustment by an oral answer or the like to the reflection destination user. As another method, the reflection source user (informed person or maintenance person) requests resetting to each mobile communication terminal in the department or floor that uses the change or change of the management policy or communication environment as a trigger. There is a way to make.

  In that case, it is realized by performing ad hoc communication with the reflection destination user facing his / her own terminal in front of the reflection source user. In this ad hoc communication, the communicable distance is in the range of several meters.

  The reflection source terminal transmits a request for transition to the “reflection destination mode” to the specified reflection destination terminal (step S11). The reflection destination terminal displays on the MMI screen that it has transitioned to the reflection destination mode in its own terminal (step S1), and then returns a notification of completion of transition to the reflection destination mode to the reflection source terminal (step S2). The reflection source terminal displays on the MMI screen that the reflection destination terminal has transitioned to the reflection destination mode (step S12).

  When the reflection source terminal operator wants to refer to the reflection destination setting information in advance, the reflection source terminal operator instructs the reflection source terminal to monitor (acquire) the reflection destination setting information (step S22). The reflection source terminal transmits a setting information transmission request to the setting destination terminal (step S13). As a result, the reflection destination terminal transmits the setting information to the reflection source terminal (step S3). The reflection source terminal reads the setting information from the setting information storage unit of its own terminal (step S14), compares it with the received setting information of the reflection destination terminal, and displays the difference on the MMI screen in a form that can clearly indicate the difference (step S15).

  The reflection source terminal operator selects the setting information of the own terminal to be reflected while referring to the MMI screen (step S23), and instructs the reflection source terminal to reflect to the reflection destination terminal (step S24). The reflection source terminal transmits the setting information to be reflected to the reflection destination terminal (step S16). The reflection destination terminal reflects the received setting information in the setting information storage unit of its own terminal (step S4), displays the completion of reflection on the MMI screen (step S5), and notifies the reflection source terminal of the reflection completion notification. (Step S6), transition to the normal mode (Step S7), and the process is terminated. The reflection source terminal that has received the reflection completion notification displays the completion of reflection on the MMI screen (step S17), transitions to the normal mode (step S18), and ends the process.

  FIG. 3 shows an example of the case where the search is performed when it is not clear which terminal is the most suitable reflection source for the terminal itself. First, the search source terminal operator instructs the search source terminal to start the setting MMI (step S51). The search source terminal displays an MMI screen that prompts the search source terminal operator to set the mode (step S37). The search source terminal operator designates “search mode” for the search source terminal (step S52). The search source terminal transitions to the search mode and displays an MMI screen that prompts the search source terminal operator to specify search conditions (step S38). The search source terminal operator instructs the search source terminal to execute search (step S53) and search conditions (step S53).

  In this case, the search conditions can be specified in accordance with the actual usage pattern such as indoor usage priority vs. outdoor usage priority, sound quality priority vs. cost reduction priority, etc. By adopting a menu format in which specific technical terms such as methods are concealed, it is possible to set a reflection source terminal that is more suitable for its own terminal without error without error.

  The search source terminal broadcasts a search message with search condition information to all terminals communicable by ad hoc communication (step S39). The terminal that has received the search message returns a search response message including whether or not the terminal matches the specified search condition to the search source terminal (step S31). The search source terminal analyzes the received search response message and determines whether the conditions are met or not (step S40). If no condition is met, the above steps S39 and S40 are repeated for a predetermined timeout time (step S48), and if timed out, the search source terminal operator is notified of the discovery NG. Notification is made (step S49), the mode is changed to the normal mode (step S50), and the process is terminated.

  On the other hand, if a terminal satisfying the condition can be found in step S40 (select only one according to a predetermined logic, such as an early one when there are a plurality of terminals), the "reflection mode" The transition request to “is transmitted (step S41). The terminal that has become the reflection source changes its own terminal to the reflection source mode, displays that fact on the MMI screen (step S32), and replies to the search source terminal that it has changed to the reflection source mode (step S33). ). As a result, the search source terminal displays the discovery report on the MMI screen, and prompts the search source terminal operator for subsequent instructions (step S42).

  The search source terminal operator confirms the presence / absence of discovery by looking at the MMI screen of the search source terminal displaying the result of either step S49 or step S42, and if not found, ends the series of operations. If not, the search source terminal is instructed to monitor (acquire) the setting information of the found terminal (step S56). The search source terminal transmits a setting information transmission request to the found terminal (step S43). The found terminal transmits the setting information of its own terminal to the search source terminal (step S34).

  The search source terminal reflects the setting information on its own terminal (step S44), displays the completion of the reflection on the MMI screen (step S45), and transmits the reflection completion notice to the found terminal (step S46). The terminal is changed to the normal mode (step S47), and the process is terminated. In addition, upon receiving the reflection completion notification from the search source terminal, the found terminal displays the completion of reflection on the MMI screen of its own terminal (step S35) and transitions to the normal mode (step S36). Exit.

  In the present invention, Bluetooth (registered trademark), infrared (IrDA), Zigbee, and the like are described as ad hoc communication means, but the ad hoc communication function of the wireless LAN itself can also be used.

  It is obvious that the operation flow of FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 described above can be configured such that the operation procedure is stored in advance in a recording medium such as a ROM as a program, and this is read by a computer and sequentially executed.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mobile communication terminal 2 Application part 3 Communication part 4 Self-terminal setting information I / O processing part 5 Setting information storage part 6 MMI part 7 Mode management part 8 Search condition determination processing part 9 Search condition edit processing part 10 Setting information comparison processing part 11 Setting Information Transmission / Reception Processing Unit 12 Mobile Phone Communication Unit 13 Wireless LAN Communication Unit 14 Ad Hoc Communication Unit

Claims (8)

An information reflection system between mobile communication terminals compatible with a plurality of wireless communication systems including a short-range wireless communication system,
The first terminal is
Means for broadcasting a search message with search conditions by the short-range wireless communication method;
The fact that the search condition is matched is received from the second terminal that matches the search condition among the terminals that have received the search message by broadcast, and the setting information in the terminal is acquired from the second terminal. Means to request,
Means for reflecting the acquired setting information to the own terminal in response to the acquisition of the setting information from the second terminal.   The information reflection system according to claim 1, wherein the short-range wireless communication method is an ad hoc communication method.   The information reflection system according to claim 1, wherein the setting information is IP setting information or setting information related to roaming between a plurality of bearers. A method for reflecting information between mobile communication terminals compatible with a plurality of wireless communication systems including a short-range wireless communication system,
In the first terminal,
Broadcasting a search message with search conditions by the short-range wireless communication method;
The fact that the search condition is matched is received from the second terminal that matches the search condition among the terminals that have received the search message by broadcast, and the setting information in the terminal is acquired from the second terminal. Requesting steps,
Reflecting the acquired setting information on the own terminal in response to acquisition of the setting information from the second terminal.   5. The information reflection method according to claim 4, wherein the short-range wireless communication method is an ad hoc communication method.   6. The information reflecting method according to claim 4, wherein the setting information is IP-based setting information or setting information related to roaming between a plurality of bearers. A terminal in an information reflecting system between mobile communication terminals compatible with a plurality of wireless communication systems including a short-range wireless communication system,
Means for broadcasting a search message with search conditions by the short-range wireless communication method;
Receiving the fact that the search condition is met from another terminal that matches the search condition among the terminals that have received the search message by broadcast, and requesting the other terminal to acquire setting information in the terminal Means,
And a means for reflecting the acquired setting information to the own terminal in response to acquisition of the setting information from the other terminal. A program for causing a computer to execute the operation of a terminal in an information reflecting system between mobile communication terminals compatible with a plurality of wireless communication systems including a short-range wireless communication system,
Broadcasting a search message with search conditions by the short-range wireless communication method;
Receiving the fact that the search condition is met from another terminal that matches the search condition among the terminals that have received the search message by broadcast, and requesting the other terminal to acquire setting information in the terminal Processing,
And a process of reflecting the acquired setting information to the own terminal in response to the acquisition of the setting information from the other terminal.

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