JP5217004B2 - Status information providing system, status information providing method, and status information providing program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a status information providing system, a status information providing method, and a status information providing program. The present invention particularly relates to a status information providing system, a status information providing method, and a status information providing program capable of performing operations such as browsing and updating status information from a web client via the Internet.

In the instant messaging service using the Internet, a service for browsing presence information of registered members or a service for updating own presence information is provided. Further, for example, Patent Literature describes a presence management system in which a SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) server and a Web server are arranged on a network. In the presence management system, a communication channel to which a standard protocol used between the Web server and its client is applied is formed between the SIP server and the Web server. Then, the presence information of the SIP client and the presence information of the Web client are mutually acquired between the SIP server and the Web server via the communication channel.
JP 2005-196330 A

  However, for example, when a user who receives presence service using communication between mobile terminals to which SIP is applied wants to receive the same presence service from a web client using a network that applies, for example, HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) There is. In such a case, it may be necessary to consider synchronization between presence information (status information) in the mobile terminal and presence information in the web client.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, in the first aspect of the present invention, a status information providing system for providing member status information of registered members to a first user communication terminal or a second user communication terminal, Information acquisition unit for acquiring member status information from the member communication terminal of the member, and information for transmitting transmission data including the member status information to the first user communication terminal regardless of whether there is a browsing request from the first user communication terminal A status information providing system comprising: a sending unit; and a request response unit that transmits response data including member status information to the second user communication terminal as a response to the browsing request in response to a browsing request from the second user communication terminal I will provide a.

  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 overview of the entire system 1 including the status information providing system 100 of the present embodiment. The overall system 1 includes a user communication terminal 10, a user PC terminal 15, a member communication terminal 20, a web application server 30, a communication control server 32, an input auxiliary device 34, and a network 40. In the figure, a single user communication terminal 10, user PC terminal 15 and member communication terminal 20 are illustrated, but a plurality of user communication terminals 10, user PC terminals 15 and member communication terminals 20 are connected to the network 40. May be. Communication terminals other than the user communication terminal 10 and the member communication terminal 20 may be connected to the network 40. The network 40 may be a communication network to which, for example, IP (Internet Protocol) is applied.

  The status information providing system 100 provides member status information of registered members to the user communication terminal 10 or the user PC terminal 15. The status information providing system 100 includes a web application server 30 and a communication control server 32. In the status information providing system 100, the web application server 30 and the communication control server 32 cooperate to provide status information.

  The user communication terminal 10 may be a communication terminal operated by a user. The user communication terminal 10 passively receives data from the server without actively acting on the server. That is, between the server and the user communication terminal 10, a so-called push-type service for transmitting data to the user communication terminal 10 by an action from the server is provided. An example of the user communication terminal 10 is a mobile phone terminal. The user communication terminal 10 is an example of a first user communication terminal.

  The user PC terminal 15 may be a communication terminal operated by a user. In contrast to the user communication terminal 10, the user PC terminal 15 actively acquires data from the server by actively acting on the server. That is, between the server and the user PC terminal 15, a request for data or service is transmitted from the user PC terminal 15 to the server, and the server transmits the data to the user PC terminal 15 by responding to the request. A type of service is provided. An example of the user PC terminal 15 is a web browser that runs on a personal computer system. The user PC terminal 15 is an example of a second user communication terminal.

  The member communication terminal 20 may be a communication terminal of a member registered by the user of the user communication terminal 10. Similar to the user communication terminal 10, the member communication terminal 20 passively receives data from the server without actively acting on the server. A push-type service is provided between the server and the member communication terminal 20. As the member communication terminal 20, for example, a mobile phone terminal can be exemplified.

  The web application server 30 operates to receive a request (request) from the user PC terminal 15 and respond to the request. The web application server 30 receives, for example, an HTTP request from the user PC terminal 15 and returns an HTML (HyperText Markup Language) document to the user PC terminal 15. The web application server 30 provides a so-called pull-type service with the user PC terminal 15.

  The communication control server 32 controls communication between the user communication terminal 10 and the member communication terminal 20. Further, the communication control server 32 provides status information to the user communication terminal 10 and the member communication terminal 20. The provision of status information from the communication control server 32 to the user PC terminal 15 is executed via the web application server 30. The communication control server 32 may include, for example, a SIP server that implements a communication control function and a presence server that implements a status information providing function.

  The web application server 30 and the communication control server 32 realize a function of providing status information to the user PC terminal 15 in cooperation with the other functions. For example, when providing the member status information of the member communication terminal 20 to the user PC terminal 15, the communication control server 32 acquires the member status information from the member communication terminal 20. Then, the communication control server 32 transfers the member status information to the web application server 30 using, for example, an API (Application Programming Interface) function. The web application server 30 returns an HTML page including member status information in response to an HTTP request from the user PC terminal 15 to display the member status information on the display screen of the user PC terminal 15.

  The input assist device 34 assists the input of the member name. When providing the member status information, the member status information is provided together with the member terminal identification information for identifying the member communication terminal 20. At this time, the member name is preferably provided together with the member status information, and the input auxiliary device 34 is used in such a case. That is, the input auxiliary device 34 has an address book that records the member terminal identification information and the member name in association with each other. When the member terminal identification information is known, the member name is input by referring to the address book. Can be complemented.

  FIG. 2 shows the configuration of the status information providing system 100 together with the user communication terminal 10, the user PC terminal 15, the member communication terminal 20, and the input auxiliary device 34. The status information providing system 100 includes an information acquisition unit 102, an information transmission unit 104, a request reception unit 106, a request response unit 108, a member name acquisition unit 110, a transmission data generation unit 112, and a response data generation unit 114. The status information providing system 100 further includes a processing unit 116, a list information control unit 118, a list information storage unit 120, an offline determination unit 122, an elapsed time determination unit 124, a block timer 126, and a block timer reset unit 128.

  The information acquisition unit 102 acquires member status information from the member communication terminal 20 of the member. The information sending unit 104 sends sending data including member status information to the user communication terminal 10 regardless of whether or not there is a browsing request from the user communication terminal 10. The user communication terminal 10 and the member communication terminal 20 provide a push type service between the status information providing system 100, and the information acquisition unit 102 and the information transmission unit 104 input information for providing such a push type service. The output unit is configured.

  The request receiving unit 106 receives a request from the user PC terminal 15. This request triggers service start in a pull type service. That is, the pull-type service provided between the status information providing system 100 and the user PC terminal 15 is started from this request.

  For example, the request receiving unit 106 receives from the user PC terminal 15 a new registration request for requesting new registration of a new communication terminal as a member. For example, the request receiving unit 106 receives from the user PC terminal 15 a registration cancellation request that requests cancellation of member registration. For example, the request receiving unit 106 receives from the user PC terminal 15 a registration request response process request for requesting a response process for a registration request for the user communication terminal 10 from the registration request communication terminal. For example, the request receiving unit 106 receives a user status information setting request for requesting setting of user status information of the user from the user PC terminal 15.

  The request response unit 108 returns response data for the request received from the user PC terminal 15 to the user PC terminal 15. A pull-type service is provided by a response from the request response unit 108 to the request received by the request reception unit 106.

  For example, the request response unit 108 transmits response data including member status information to the user PC terminal 15 as a response to the browsing request in response to the browsing request from the user PC terminal 15. For example, the request response unit 108 transmits the response data generated by the response data generation unit 114 to the user PC terminal 15 as a response to the browsing request. For example, the request response unit 108 transmits response data to the user PC terminal 15 as a response to the new registration request. For example, the request response unit 108 transmits response data to the user PC terminal 15 as a response to the registration cancellation request. For example, the request response unit 108 transmits response data to the user PC terminal 15 as a response to the user status information setting request.

  The member name acquisition unit 110 acquires the member name corresponding to the member communication terminal 20 from the input auxiliary device 34. The transmission data generation unit 112 generates transmission data transmitted by the push type service and transmitted by the information transmission unit 104. For example, the transmission data generation unit 112 generates transmission data including registration terminal identification information and additional information in the new registration process. For example, in the registration deletion process, the transmission data generation unit 112 refers to the list information after deleting the member terminal identification information to be deleted, and generates transmission data including the member terminal identification information included in the list information.

  For example, when the transmission data generation unit 112 receives a processing request from the user PC terminal 15 to execute a response process for a registration request notification when a registration request is received from another communication terminal, the transmission data generation unit 112 issues a registration request notification deletion command. Including transmission data. When a registration request is received from another communication terminal, or when a processing request for a response is received from the user PC terminal 15, a registration request notification for notifying the registration request already transmitted to the user communication terminal 10 is received. It remains. This remaining registration request notification can be deleted by a registration request notification deletion command.

  For example, the transmission data generation unit 112 generates transmission data including user status information included in the user status information setting request in the status setting process. For example, when the offline determination unit 122 determines that the user communication terminal 10 is offline, the transmission data generation unit 112 generates transmission data that causes the user status information to be grayed out and displayed on the display unit of the member communication terminal 20.

  The response data generation unit 114 generates response data as a response to the request received by the request reception unit 106 and provides the response data to the request response unit 108. For example, when the member name acquisition unit 110 acquires a member name from the input auxiliary device 34, the response data generation unit 114 generates response data including the acquired member name. For example, the response data generation unit 114 generates response data including registration terminal identification information and additional information in the new registration process. For example, the response data generation unit 114 generates response data with reference to the list information after deletion in the deregistration process. For example, the response data generation unit 114 generates response data including the user status information included in the user status information setting request in the status setting process.

  The processing unit 116 executes various processes. For example, the processing unit 116 rejects a registration request for the communication terminal related to the release terminal identification information from the user communication terminal 10 or the user PC terminal 15 while the block timer 126 is operating. Further, the registration request for the user communication terminal 10 from the communication terminal related to the release terminal identification information is rejected. As a result, once the members are deregistered, they can be prevented from being newly registered with each other for a predetermined time during which the block timer 126 is operating. For example, the processing unit 116 executes a registration permission or registration impossible response process in accordance with a registration permission notification or a registration failure notification included in a response processing request for a registration request from another communication terminal.

  When the request receiving unit 106 receives a response processing request for the registration request notification from the user PC terminal 15, the processing unit 116 receives the response to the same registration request from the user communication terminal 10. Can be processed properly. After receiving a response process from the user PC terminal 15 in response to a single registration request and appropriately processing it, it is not originally received a response to the same registration request notification from the user communication terminal 10 again. However, when the user communication terminal 10 is offline due to out of service or the like, the registration request notification may remain in the user communication terminal 10, and the user may respond to the remaining registration request notification. In such a case, the processing unit 116 can process as follows.

  For example, when the information acquisition unit 102 receives a registration failure notification for the same registration request from the user communication terminal 10 after the request reception unit 106 receives a registration request response processing request including a registration permission notification from the user PC terminal 15. The processing unit 116 processes as follows. The processing unit 116 executes a process of deregistering the registration request communication terminal registered as a result of executing the registration permission response process according to the registration permission notification included in the registration request response process request received earlier. Thereby, the registration request notification from another communication terminal can be processed with priority given to the determination after the user.

  For example, when the information acquisition unit 102 receives a registration permission notification for the same registration request from the user communication terminal 10 after the request reception unit 106 receives a registration request response processing request including a registration failure notification from the user PC terminal 15. The processing unit 116 processes as follows. When the elapsed time determination unit 124 determines that the predetermined time has elapsed, the processing unit 116 executes a new registration process for the registration request communication terminal. Thus, on the condition that the period for blocking mutual registration by the block timer 126 has passed, it is possible to process registration request notifications from other communication terminals with priority given to the later determination by the user. The elapsed time determination unit 124 passes the predetermined time after the operation time of the block timer 126 that has started the operation as a result of execution of the response process that cannot be registered in accordance with the registration impossible notification included in the registration request response process request received earlier. Determine if you did.

  Note that the user communication terminal 10 may determine the elapsed time for blocking mutual registration. For example, upon receiving a registration request response processing request including a registration failure notification from the user PC terminal 15, the status information providing system 100 may notify the user communication terminal 10 of the registration failure notification. The user communication terminal 10 may start a block timer that cannot perform mutual registration in response to the notification of the registration failure notification. While the block timer is operating, the user communication terminal 10 prohibits the issuance of a registration permission notification for the same registration request, and after the block time of mutual registration has elapsed, that is, after the operation of the block timer is completed. The registration permission notification issuance process for the same registration request can be executed as a new registration process.

  After the request receiving unit 106 receives a registration request response processing request including a registration failure notification from the user PC terminal 15, the information acquisition unit 102 receives a registration failure notification for the same registration request from the user communication terminal 10. Processing is executed by the block timer reset unit 128. The block timer reset unit 128 resets the block timer 126 that has started the operation as a result of execution of the response processing that cannot be registered in accordance with the registration failure notification included in the previously received registration request response processing request, and newly activates the block timer. To start. As a result, the user's later judgment can be confirmed again, and the period for blocking mutual registration by the block timer 126 can be extended.

  The list information control unit 118 adds the registered terminal identification information included in the new registration request to the list information together with additional information indicating that permission is waiting. The list information control unit 118 also deletes member terminal identification information that matches the release terminal identification information included in the registration release request from the list information. The list information storage unit 120 stores list information in which member terminal identification information for identifying the member communication terminal 20 is recorded.

  The offline determination unit 122 determines whether or not the user communication terminal 10 is offline. The determination that the user communication terminal 10 is offline is made by the user communication terminal 10 confirming that the user communication terminal 10 does not respond to the information acquisition request by the information acquisition unit 102 or the information transmission unit 104 transmits the information, for example. This can be determined by not returning a response. Further, the offline determination unit 122 may determine offline when there is no transmission of registration information such as user status information from the user communication terminal 10 for a predetermined time (for example, 24 hours). The block timer 126 starts to operate when the list information control unit 118 deletes the member terminal identification information that matches the release terminal identification information from the list information, and ends the operation after a predetermined time has elapsed.

  FIG. 3 shows an example of an operation flow of the status information providing system 100. First, the user accesses the web application server 30 of the status information providing system 100 from the user PC terminal 15 and displays a login screen (S302). The user inputs the user ID and password from the user PC terminal 15 and executes login authentication (S304). The user ID acquired here can be used to specify the user communication terminal 10.

  It is determined whether the authentication in step S304 is OK (S306). If it is determined that the authentication is OK in step S306, the process proceeds to step S308. If the authentication is not determined OK, the process ends. In step S308, page data to be a menu screen is transmitted to the user PC terminal 15 (S308).

  The menu screen displayed on the user PC terminal 15 includes buttons or characters embedded with links to processing pages for member browsing, new registration, registration cancellation, registration request response, and status setting. When the member browsing button is selected on the user PC terminal 15, a member browsing request is issued to the web application server 30, and the process proceeds to the member browsing processing flow (S310). When the new registration button is selected on the user PC terminal 15, a new registration request is issued to the web application server 30, and the process proceeds to a new registration processing flow (S312).

  When the registration cancellation button is selected on the user PC terminal 15, a registration cancellation request is issued to the web application server 30, and the process proceeds to the registration cancellation processing flow (S314). When the registration request response button is selected on the user PC terminal 15, the registration request response request is issued to the web application server 30, and the process proceeds to the registration request response processing flow (S316). When the status setting button is selected on the user PC terminal 15, a status setting request is issued to the web application server 30, and the process proceeds to the status setting processing flow (S318).

  FIG. 4 shows an example of a member browsing process flow. The member browsing processing flow starts by receiving a member browsing request from the user PC terminal 15 (S402). When the member browsing request is received, the list information is acquired from the list information storage unit 120 (S404). Then, the member status information of the member communication terminal 20 corresponding to the member terminal identification information recorded in the list information is acquired (S406). Further, user status information or default information is acquired (S408).

  Next, page data serving as response data to the member browsing request is generated (S410). The page data includes member status information and user status information serving as own status information. When the user status information cannot be acquired in step S408, the default information is substituted. The generated page data is returned to the user PC terminal 15 as a response to the member browsing request (S412).

  FIG. 5 shows an example of a new registration process flow. The process flow for new registration starts by receiving a new registration request from the user PC terminal 15 (S502). When a new registration request is received, a new registration screen is returned to the user PC terminal 15 (S504). The user PC terminal 15 displays a new registration screen and inputs data such as identification information of the registration target communication terminal.

  When, for example, a transmission button embedded in the new registration screen is selected on the user PC terminal 15, a new registration processing request is transmitted to the web application server 30 together with the input data. The web application server 30 that has received the new registration processing request acquires the registered terminal identification information included in the request (S506). Then, the registered terminal identification information is added to the list information in the list information storage unit 120 as a permission waiting state (S508).

  A registration request notification is transmitted to the registration communication terminal to be registered (S510), and the display of the user communication terminal 10 is synchronized (S512). The synchronization of the display of the user communication terminal 10 can be executed by transmitting the generated transmission data including the registered terminal identification information and the additional information indicating that the user is waiting for permission to the user communication terminal 10. Then, as response data for the new registration request, page data including registration terminal identification information and additional information indicating that permission is being waited is generated (S514). Thereafter, the generated page data is returned to the user PC terminal 15 as a response to the new registration request (S516).

  FIG. 6 shows an example of a processing flow for deregistration. The process flow for deregistration starts by receiving a deregistration request from the user PC terminal 15 (S602). When the registration cancellation request is received, the cancellation terminal identification information included in the registration cancellation request is extracted (S604). Then, the member terminal identification information that matches the release terminal identification information is deleted from the list information in the list information storage unit 120 (S606), and the block timer 126 is set (S608). Thereby, mutual re-registration can be prohibited for a certain period of time until the operation of the block timer 126 ends.

  A registration cancellation notification is transmitted to the cancellation communication terminal to be canceled (S610), and the display of the user communication terminal 10 is synchronized (S612). The synchronization of the display of the user communication terminal 10 can be executed by sending the transmission data generated by referring to the list information after deletion to the user communication terminal 10. Then, page data that refers to the list information after deletion is generated as response data to the deregistration request (S614). Thereafter, the generated page data is returned to the user PC terminal 15 as a response to the deregistration request (S616).

  FIG. 7 shows an example of the processing flow of the registration request response. The registration request response processing flow is started by receiving a registration request response processing request from the user PC terminal 15 (S702). First, it is determined whether the registration request response is a permission response (S704). If it is a permission response, the process proceeds to step S706. If the response is impossible, the process proceeds to step S710.

  If it is a permission response, the terminal identification information of the registration request communication terminal is added to the list information (S706). Then, a registration permission notice is transmitted to the registration request communication terminal (S708). If the response is impossible, the block timer 126 is set (S710). Then, a registration failure notification is transmitted to the registration request communication terminal (S712).

  Thereafter, the display of the user communication terminal 10 is synchronized (S714). The synchronization of the display of the user communication terminal 10 can be applied by the same synchronization method as described above according to the permission response or the non-response. Then, the registration request notification in the notification list of the user communication terminal 10 is deleted (S716). Thereafter, page data corresponding to a permission response or an unacceptable response is generated as response data for the registration request response processing request (S718), and the page data is returned to the user PC terminal 15 (S720).

  FIG. 8 shows an example of a status setting process flow. The status setting process flow starts when a status setting request is received from the user PC terminal 15 (S802). User status information included in the status setting request is extracted (S804), and it is determined whether the user communication terminal is offline (S806). If it is offline, the process proceeds to step S808. If it is not offline, the process proceeds to step S810.

  If offline, user status information and offline information are transmitted to the member communication terminal 20 (S808). If not offline, user status information is transmitted to the member communication terminal 20 (S810). By including offline information indicating that the user communication terminal 10 is offline, the member communication terminal 20 can be grayed out. Then, page data is generated as a response to the status setting request (S812), and the page data is returned to the user PC terminal 15 (S814).

  FIG. 9 shows an example of the status information display screen 900. The status information display screen 900 is displayed on the display unit of the user PC terminal 15 by executing the browsing process. The status display unit 902 displays a member name, a telephone number as an example of terminal identification information, a network connection status, a state, a response status to the telephone, and the like.

  Also, a new member registration button 904 and the like are embedded, and a new registration process can be started by the new member registration button 904. A registration cancellation button 908 can activate registration cancellation processing, and a change button 916 can activate status setting processing. With a Yes button 910 or a No button 912, processing of a permission response or a non-response to a registration request can be activated. A check box 906 is checked when a target for deregistration processing is designated.

  The registration permission waiting display unit 914 indicates that the registration request transmitted by the user is waiting for a response from the other party. New arrival information display section 918 displays that there is a registration request, for example.

  FIG. 10 shows an example of the status setting screen 1002. The status setting screen 1002 is displayed on the display unit of the user PC terminal 15 by executing the status setting process. The state input unit 1004 inputs a state. The pictograph button 1006 selects a pictograph to be added to the state. The telephone response status input unit 1008 inputs the status of the telephone response.

  The mail response status input unit 1010 inputs a mail response status. The circle talk response status input unit 1012 inputs the status of circle talk. The telephone response status, mail response status, and circle talk response status can be selected and input from the pull-down menu button 1014. The comment input unit 1016 inputs a comment. Setting content can be transmitted or canceled by selecting a cancel button 1018 or a setting completion button 1020.

  FIG. 11 shows an example of a processing flow when a registration request response is received from the user communication terminal 10 after the registration disable process. First, it is determined whether or not the registration request response is registration permission (S1102). If it is a registration permission notification, the process advances to step S1104. If it is a registration impossible notification, the block timer 126 is reset (S1110). If it is a registration permission notification, it is further determined whether or not the operation time of the block timer 126 has passed a predetermined time (S1104).

  If the predetermined time has elapsed, the process proceeds to step S1106. If the predetermined time has not elapsed, the process proceeds to step S1108. If the predetermined time has elapsed, a new registration request notification is transmitted to the communication terminal that has made registration impossible (S1106). If the predetermined time has not elapsed, a notification that registration processing cannot be performed is transmitted to the user communication terminal 10 (S1108).

  FIG. 12 shows an example of a processing flow when a registration request response is received from the user communication terminal 10 after the registration permission process. It is determined whether or not the registration request response is registration permission (S1202). If the registration request response is a registration permission notification, this process ends. If it is a registration impossible notification, it is processed as having received a registration impossible notification (S1204).

  FIG. 13 shows an example of a hardware configuration of the status information providing system 100 according to the present embodiment. The web application server 30 or the communication control server 32 constituting the status information providing system 100 according to the present embodiment includes a CPU 1505, a RAM 1520, a graphic controller 1575, and a display device 1580 that are mutually connected by a host controller 1582. A peripheral part is provided. The web application server 30 or the communication control server 32 includes an input / output unit having 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 web application server 30 or the communication control server 32 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 web application server 30 or the communication control server 32. 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 web application server 30 or the communication control server 32 is started, a program depending on the hardware of the web application server 30 or the communication control server 32, 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 hard disk drive 1540 in the web application server 30 or the communication control server 32 via the RAM 1520, and executed by the CPU 1505. A communication program installed and executed on the web application server 30 or the communication control server 32 works on the CPU 1505 or the like to cause the status information providing system 100 to function as each unit described with reference to FIGS.

  That is, the communication program includes the status information providing system 100, the information acquisition unit 102, the information transmission unit 104, the request reception unit 106, the request response unit 108, the member name acquisition unit 110, the transmission data generation unit 112, and the response data generation unit. 114 and function as the processing unit 116. The communication program causes the status information providing system 100 to function as the list information control unit 118, the list information storage unit 120, the offline determination unit 122, the elapsed time determination unit 124, the block timer 126, and the block timer reset unit 128.

  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.

1 shows an overview of an overall system 1 including a status information providing system 100 of the present embodiment. The configuration of the status information providing system 100 is shown together with the user communication terminal 10, the user PC terminal 15, the member communication terminal 20, and the input auxiliary device 34. An example of the operation | movement flow of the status information provision system 100 is shown. An example of a member browsing processing flow is shown. An example of a new registration process flow is shown. An example of the processing flow of deregistration is shown. An example of the processing flow of a registration request response is shown. An example of the processing flow of status setting is shown. An example of the status information display screen 900 is shown. An example of the status setting screen 1002 is shown. An example of a processing flow when a registration request response is received from the user communication terminal 10 after the registration disable process is shown. An example of a processing flow when a registration request response is received from the user communication terminal 10 after the registration permission process is shown. 2 shows an exemplary hardware configuration of a status information providing system 100 according to the present embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Overall system 10 User communication terminal 15 User PC terminal 20 Member communication terminal 30 Web application server 32 Communication control server 34 Input auxiliary device 40 Network 100 Status information provision system 102 Information acquisition part 104 Information transmission part 106 Request reception part 108 Request response part DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 110 Member name acquisition part 112 Transmission data generation part 114 Response data generation part 116 Processing part 118 List information control part 120 List information storage part 122 Offline judgment part 124 Elapsed time judgment part 126 Block timer 128 Block timer reset part 900 Status information display screen 902 Status display section 904 Member new registration button 906 Check box 908 Registration release button 910 Yes button 912 No button 914 Registration permission waiting Display unit 916 Change button 918 New arrival information display unit 1002 Status setting screen 1004 Status input unit 1006 Pictogram button 1008 Telephone response status input unit 1010 Mail response status input unit 1012 Circle talk response status input unit 1014 Pull-down menu button 1016 Comment input unit 1018 Cancel Button 1020 Setting complete button 1505 CPU
1510 ROM
1520 RAM
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 (10)

A status information providing system for providing member status information of registered members to a first user communication terminal or a second user communication terminal,
An information acquisition unit for acquiring the member status information from the member communication terminal of the member;
Regardless of whether or not there is a browsing request from the first user communication terminal, an information transmission unit that transmits transmission data including the member status information to the first user communication terminal;
In response to a browsing request from the second user communication terminal, response data including the member status information is transmitted to the second user communication terminal as a response to the browsing request;
A member name acquisition unit for acquiring a member name corresponding to the member communication terminal from an input auxiliary device;
A response data generation unit that generates the response data including the member name acquired by the member name acquisition unit;
With
The request response unit transmits the response data including the member name generated by the response data generation unit to the second user communication terminal as a response to the browsing request,
The status information providing system includes:
A list information storage unit for storing list information in which member terminal identification information for identifying the member communication terminal is recorded;
A request receiving unit that receives from the second user communication terminal a deregistration request that requests deregistration of the member;
A list information control unit for deleting member terminal identification information matching the cancellation terminal identification information included in the registration cancellation request from the list information;
With reference to the list information after deletion, a transmission data generation unit that generates the transmission data;
A block timer that starts operation by deleting the member terminal identification information that matches the release terminal identification information from the list information by the list information control unit, and terminates the operation after a predetermined time;
While the block timer is operating, a registration request for the communication terminal related to the release terminal identification information from the first user communication terminal or the second user communication terminal and a communication terminal related to the release terminal identification information A processing unit for rejecting a registration request intended for the first user communication terminal from:
Further comprising
The response data generation unit refers to the list information after deletion, generates the response data,
The request response unit, as a response to the deregistration request, transmits the response data generated by the response data generation unit with reference to the list information after deletion to the second user communication terminal,
The information transmission unit transmits the transmission data generated by the transmission data generation unit with reference to the list information after deletion to the first user communication terminal;
Status information provision system. The request receiving unit, a new registration request to request the new register a new communication terminal, as the member is received from the second user communication terminal,
The list information control unit adds the registered terminal identification information included in the new registration request to the list information together with additional information indicating that permission is being waited for ,
The transmission data generating unit generates the transmission data including the registered terminal identification information and the additional information,
The response data generation unit generates the response data including the registration terminal identification information and the additional information,
The information sending unit sends the sending data generated by the sending data generating unit including the registered terminal identification information and the additional information to the first user communication terminal,
The request response unit transmits, as a response to the new registration request , the response data generated by including the response data generation unit the registration terminal identification information and the additional information to the second user communication terminal.
The status information provision system according to claim 1. The request receiving unit, a registration request response processing request for requesting the response process on the registration targeting the first user communication terminal from the registration request communication terminal request, received from the second user communication terminal,
The processing unit executes a registration permission or registration disabling response process according to a registration permission notification or a registration disapproval notification included in the registration request response processing request,
The transmission data generating unit generates the transmission data including the registration request notification delete command for deleting a registration request notification for notifying the registration request has already been sent to the first user communication terminal,
The information sending unit sends the sending data generated by the sending data generation unit including the registration request notification deletion command to the first user communication terminal;
The status information provision system according to claim 1. After the request reception unit receives the registration request response processing request including the registration permission notification from the second user communication terminal, the information acquisition unit sends the registration disapproval notification for the registration request to the first user communication. When received from the device,
The processing unit executes a process of deregistering the registration request communication terminal registered as a result of executing a registration permission response process according to the registration permission notification included in the registration request response process request received earlier.
The status information providing system according to claim 3 . After the request reception unit receives the registration request response processing request including the registration failure notification from the second user communication terminal, the information acquisition unit sends the registration permission notification for the registration request to the first user communication. When received from the device,
Elapsed time determination that determines whether the operation time of the block timer that has started operation as a result of execution of response processing that cannot be registered in accordance with the registration failure notification included in the registration request response processing request that has been received first has passed a predetermined time Further comprising,
When the elapsed time determination unit determines that the predetermined time has elapsed, the processing unit executes a new registration process for the registration request communication terminal.
The status information providing system according to claim 3 . After the request reception unit receives the registration request response processing request including the registration failure notification from the second user communication terminal, the information acquisition unit sends the registration failure notification for the registration request to the first user communication. When received from the device,
A block timer that resets the block timer that has started the operation as a result of execution of the response processing that cannot be registered in accordance with the registration failure notification included in the registration request response processing request that has been received earlier, and newly starts the operation of the block timer Reset section,
The status information providing system according to claim 3 , further comprising: The request receiving unit, the user status information setting request for setting the user status information of the user, received from the second user communication terminal,
The transmission data generating unit generates the transmission data including the user status information included in the user status information setting request,
The response data generation unit generates the response data including the user status information included in the user status information setting request,
The information sending unit sends the sending data generated by the sending data generating unit including the user status information to the first user communication terminal;
The request response unit transmits the response data generated by the response data generation unit including the user status information to the second user communication terminal as a response to the user status information setting request.
The status information provision system according to claim 1. An offline determination unit for determining whether or not the first user communication terminal is offline;
When the offline determination unit determines that the first user communication terminal is offline, the transmission data generation unit displays the transmission data for graying out and displaying the user status information on the display unit of the member communication terminal. Generate,
The status information provision system according to claim 7 . The program for functioning a computer as a status information provision system of any one of Claim 1 to 8. A status information providing method for providing member status information of registered members to a first user communication terminal or a second user communication terminal,
An information acquisition step of acquiring the member status information from the member communication terminal of the member;
A first information transmission step of transmitting transmission data including the member status information to the first user communication terminal regardless of whether there is a browsing request from the first user communication terminal;
In response to a browsing request from the second user communication terminal, a first request response stage for transmitting response data including the member status information to the second user communication terminal as a response to the browsing request;
A member name obtaining step of obtaining a member name corresponding to the member communication terminal from an input auxiliary device;
A first response data generation step for generating the response data including the member name acquired in the member name acquisition step;
A second request response step of transmitting the response data generated in the first response data generation step to the second user communication terminal as a response to the browsing request;
Receiving a registration cancellation request for requesting cancellation of registration of the member from the second user communication terminal;
The list information stored in the list information storage unit that stores the member terminal identification information that matches the cancellation terminal identification information included in the deregistration request, and stores the list information that records the member terminal identification information that identifies the member communication terminal. List information control stage to be deleted from,
A first transmission data generation step of generating the transmission data with reference to the list information after deletion;
A second response data generation step of generating the response data with reference to the list information after deletion;
Transmitting the transmission data generated in the first transmission data generation step to the first user communication terminal;
As a response to the deregistration request, a third request response step of transmitting the response data generated in the second response data generation step to the second user communication terminal;
While the block timer that starts the operation by deleting the member terminal identification information that matches the release terminal identification information from the list information in the list information control step and ends the operation after a predetermined time has elapsed is operating The registration request for the communication terminal related to the release terminal identification information from the first user communication terminal or the second user communication terminal and the first user communication terminal from the communication terminal related to the release terminal identification information A processing stage for rejecting the targeted registration request;
A status information providing method comprising:

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