JP6284396B2 - Electronic system and electronic apparatus, and status notification method and program thereof - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a server device that provides a service that forms a group of one or more users and that transmits and receives messages within the group, an electronic system that includes an electronic device that can use this service, and status notification thereof. It relates to a method and a program.

In recent years, an increasing number of users install instant messengers such as LINE (registered trademark) and Skype (registered trademark) on mobile terminals typified by multi-function mobile phones (smartphones) and send and receive messages with friends in real time. . In this instant messenger, not only a chat service for sending and receiving messages on a one-to-one basis, but also a group chat service for forming a group with a plurality of users and sending and receiving messages within the group can be used.
Depending on this instant messenger, when another user opens (views) a message sent by the user, it has a function to display “read”, and whether or not the other user has seen the sent message Can be confirmed.
Further, Patent Document 1 discloses a function with a function of displaying why unread when unread. In Patent Document 1, when an e-mail is received from a mobile terminal that is a transmission source, a mobile phone that has a function of automatically creating an e-mail that describes a situation at the time of reception in the mobile terminal that is a transmission source and returning the mail to the transmission source A terminal has been invented, and a message indicating why it is unread can be transmitted and notified in response to the received message.

JP 2004-206627 A

However, when the technique of Patent Document 1 is applied to this int messenger, a reply message is transmitted each time a message is received. Therefore, in a group chat in which messages are frequently transmitted and received, every time a message is received. The reply is repeated and feels troublesome for other users. In particular, unlike e-mail, an instant messenger such as a chat frequently exchanges short sentences, so that the annoyance becomes more noticeable.
Therefore, the present invention was created in view of the above problems, and its purpose is to send a predetermined message to members who participate in group chat when group chat is started. It is an object to provide an electronic system and an electronic apparatus capable of notifying other users of the user's situation, and a situation notification method and program thereof.

  An electronic device according to the present invention is an electronic device that is connected to a server device that provides a service that forms a group of one or more users, and that transmits and receives messages within the group, and is capable of using the service. A mode setting means for setting a status notification mode for notifying that a message cannot be sent, a detection means for detecting that transmission / reception of a message is started within the group including the user, When the start of message transmission / reception within the group is detected by the detection means and the status notification mode is set by the mode setting means, the members of the group are notified of the status notification message. Notification control means.

The mode setting means further includes a display means for displaying a selection screen as to whether or not to set the situation notification mode, and a selection means for selecting whether or not to set the situation notification mode from the selection screen. And the mode setting means sets the status notification mode according to the selection by the selection means.
The mode setting means further includes status determination means for determining whether or not the user is capable of transmitting a message, and the mode setting means is in a situation where the status determination means cannot transmit the message. The status notification mode is set, and when the status can be transmitted by the status determination means, the status notification mode is not set.

Preferably, the apparatus further includes an in-vehicle connection unit that connects to an in-vehicle device mounted on a vehicle, and the situation determination unit is configured to transmit the electronic device when the electronic device is connected to the in-vehicle device by the in-vehicle connection unit. It is judged that.
Furthermore, it has information acquisition means for acquiring vehicle information related to movement of the vehicle from the in-vehicle device, and the situation determination means is based on the vehicle information and is in a situation where the transmission is not possible when the vehicle is moving. to decide.

  Alternatively, it further includes movement detection means for detecting movement of the electronic device, and the status determination means determines that the transmission cannot be performed when the electronic device is moving. And it has a memory | storage means to memorize | store a user's schedule information, and the said status judgment means judges that it is the situation which cannot transmit the time slot | zone with a plan based on the said schedule information.

Preferably, the notification control unit determines the content of the status notification message to be notified in accordance with the reason that the status determination unit determines that the status is not transmittable.
Further, the notification control means individually notifies the status notification message only to the new user when a new user is added to the members of the group.
The electronic device of the present invention further includes a receiving means for receiving a message from another user transmitted to the group member to which the user participates, and the receiving means is transmitted to the member of the group. Timer means for measuring an elapsed time since the last reception of the message, and the notification control means, by the timer means, after a predetermined time has elapsed since the last message was received, When a message is transmitted from any member of the group, the status notification message is notified again to the members of the group.

  Preferably, the notification control unit notifies the member of the group when the setting of the status notification mode is canceled by the mode setting unit after notifying the member of the group of the status notification message. On the other hand, when the status notification message indicating that the message has changed to a transmittable status is notified, and the notification control unit cancels the setting of the status notification mode and then sets the status notification mode again Then, a status notification message indicating that the message cannot be transmitted again is notified.

The electronic system of the present invention is an electronic system comprising a server device that provides a service that forms a group of one or more users and transmits and receives messages within the group, and an electronic terminal that can use the service. A system,
The electronic terminal is configured to acquire information for determining whether or not a user can transmit a message, and based on the information acquired by the information acquisition unit, the user cannot transmit a message. A status judging means for judging whether or not there is, a detecting means for detecting the start of transmission / reception of a message within the group including the user, and the start of transmission / reception of the message within the group is detected by the detection means. And when it is determined by the status determination means that the transmission is impossible, a transmission control means for transmitting a status notification message indicating that the transmission cannot be performed to the server device,
The server device includes a message receiving unit that receives the status notification message transmitted from the electronic terminal, and a notification control unit that notifies the group notification of the status notification message received by the message receiving unit; Have

The electronic system of the present invention is an electronic system comprising a server device that provides a service that forms a group of one or more users and transmits and receives messages within the group, and an electronic terminal that can use the service. A system,
The electronic terminal includes information acquisition means for acquiring information for determining whether or not a user can transmit a message, and information transmission means for transmitting the information acquired by the information acquisition means to the server device. Have
Whether the server device is in a situation in which the user cannot transmit a message based on the information receiving unit that receives the information transmitted from the information transmitting unit of the electronic terminal and the information received by the information receiving unit A situation judging means for judging whether or not, a sensing means for detecting that transmission / reception of a message is started within a group including the user, and transmission / reception of a message without the group being started by the sensing means, and the situation And a notification control means for notifying the member of the group of a status notification message indicating that the transmission is impossible when the determination means determines that the transmission is impossible.

  The electronic device status notification method according to the present invention is a status notification method for an electronic device that can use a service in which a group is formed by one or more users and a message is transmitted and received within the group. A step of setting a status notification mode to notify a status notification message indicating that the status cannot be transmitted; a step of detecting the start of transmission / reception of a message within the group including the user; and If the start of message transmission / reception is detected and the status notification mode is set, a member of the group is notified of the status notification message.

  An electronic device status notification program according to the present invention is a status notification program for an electronic device that can use a service in which a group is formed by one or more users and a message is transmitted and received within the group. A step of setting a status notification mode to notify a status notification message indicating that the status cannot be transmitted; a step of detecting the start of transmission / reception of a message within the group including the user; and If the start of message transmission / reception is detected and the status notification mode is set, a member of the group is notified of the status notification message.

  The electronic system status notification method of the present invention is a status notification method of an electronic system in which a service is formed in which a group is formed by one or more users and a message is transmitted and received in the group. A step of obtaining information for determining whether or not it is possible to transmit; a step of determining whether or not the user is unable to transmit a message based on the information; and a message within a group including the user Detecting that the transmission / reception of the group has started, and detecting the start of transmission / reception of the message within the group by the detection step and determining that the transmission cannot be performed by the determination step, Let the member notify the status notification message indicating that the status cannot be transmitted. Has a step, a.

  The electronic system status notification program according to the present invention is a status notification program for an electronic system in which one or more users form a group and a service for transmitting and receiving messages within the group is available. Obtaining information for determining whether or not a situation is possible; determining based on the information whether or not the user is in a situation where a message cannot be transmitted; and A member detecting the start of transmission / reception, and a member of the group when the detection step detects the start of transmission / reception of a message within the group and the determination step determines that the transmission is impossible In response to the status notification message indicating that the transmission is impossible Has a step of knowledge, the.

  According to the present invention, when a group chat that transmits and receives a message within a group is started, if the user cannot send a message to the group chat, the message is sent to the member of the started group chat. A message can be sent indicating that it is not possible. As a result, the user's situation can be notified only when it is at least necessary, and the troublesomeness of other users can be reduced.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an overall configuration of an electronic system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the service provision server of Example 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the group management table memorize | stored in the service provision server of this invention. It is a functional block diagram performed by the control part of the service provision server of Example 1 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the portable terminal of Example 1 of this invention. It is a functional block diagram performed by the control part of the portable terminal of Example 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the chat screen of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the condition notification mode setting screen by the portable terminal of Example 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the flow of the situation notification control which concerns on Example 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the chat screen which displayed the status notification message of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example 2 of a display of the chat screen which displayed the status notification message of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the portable terminal which concerns on the application example of Example 1 of this invention. It is a functional block diagram performed by the control part of the portable terminal which concerns on the application example of Example 1 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the whole structure of the electronic system which concerns on Example 2 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the service provision server of Example 2 of this invention. It is a functional block diagram performed by the control part of the service provision server of Example 2 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the terminal condition table memorize | stored in the service provision server of Example 2 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the portable terminal of Example 2 of this invention. It is a functional block diagram performed by the control part of the portable terminal of Example 2 of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the flow of the situation notification control which concerns on Example 2 of this invention.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. An electronic system according to the present invention includes a service providing server that provides a chat service for sending and receiving messages on a one-to-one basis and a group chat service for sending and receiving messages within a group, and a plurality of electronic devices that can use the chat service. However, a description will be given by taking an example of connection through a network. If the electronic device of the present invention is an electronic terminal that can use the chat service, for example, a mobile phone, a smartphone (multifunctional mobile phone), a notebook PC, a tablet PC, a personal computer, an in-vehicle device, a navigation device, It can be an in-vehicle system, a navigation system, or the like.
In the following description, a mobile terminal represented by a smartphone will be described as an example of an electronic device. Here, the user described in the present embodiment is a user who uses a chat service, and the own user is a user who owns a portable terminal having the situation notification control function of the present invention.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the entire system of an electronic system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the electronic system 1 includes a service providing server 2 that provides a chat service, a plurality of mobile terminals 3 that can use the chat service, and a network 9. The mobile terminal 3 is connected to a network 9 and can perform various data communications with each other via the network 9.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the service providing server 2 includes a communication unit 21 that constitutes an interface for connecting to the network 9, a data memory 26 that stores various data, and various programs for controlling the service providing server 2. Is stored, a control unit 28 that controls each unit of the service providing server 2, and a communication bus 200 that connects the units.

  The communication unit 21 can be connected to the network 9, and can transmit / receive various data to / from the mobile terminal 3 via each mobile terminal 3 and the network 9. The communication unit 21 includes a receiving unit that receives various data and a transmitting unit that transmits various data. The receiving unit receives data provided from the mobile terminal 3 and sends the data to the control unit 28. The providing and transmitting means transmits the data provided from the control unit 28 to the portable terminal 3 via the network 9.

  The data memory 26 stores messages and group management data received from the mobile terminal 3. This group management data is managed by a group management unit 282, which will be described later, and stores at least a group name, a group ID, and users (participating members) constituting the group as shown in FIG. For example, the group name “YY group” is associated with the group ID “0011” and the participating members “user A”, “user B”, “user C”, and “user Z”.

  The program memory 27 stores various applications executed by the control unit 28 and program data. The control unit 28 includes a device such as a central processing unit, a microcomputer, or a microprocessor, executes a program stored in the program memory 27, and controls each unit of the service providing server 2.

  A functional configuration of the chat service control method of the service providing server 2 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In the preferred embodiment, the functions relating to the chat service control method as shown in FIG. 4 are implemented by the control unit 28 executing a program or software application.

The message management unit 281 stores the received message in the data memory 26 and transmits the message to the mobile terminal 3 indicated by the destination information based on the destination information indicating the destination included in the message. This destination information is composed of a unique ID and address for each portable terminal 3, a unique ID and address for each group, or a unique ID and address for each chat. Further, the message management unit 281 reads a predetermined message from the data memory 26 based on the browsing request instruction from the mobile terminal 3, and transmits the message to the mobile terminal 3 that has transmitted the browsing request instruction. Alternatively, the message management unit 281 stores the received message in the data memory 26, specifies the transmission destination of the participating member of the group that has received the message from the group management unit 282, which will be described later, and sends it to the portable terminal 3 that is the transmission destination. On the other hand, a message can be transmitted.
In the following description, an example is shown in which a message received from the mobile terminal 3 is transmitted to each mobile terminal 3 based on the destination information. However, no message is transmitted, and only an update notification is transmitted to the mobile terminal 3. It may be.

  The group management unit 282 controls groups such as creating groups and deleting groups in group chat, and manages the groups. Group management is managed using the group management data shown in FIG. For example, the group management unit 282 receives a group creation instruction from the mobile terminal 3 and newly adds to the group management data based on the information of “group name” and “participating member” included in the group creation instruction. At this time, a unique ID is assigned to the received group name. In addition, a group member change instruction can be received from the portable terminal 3, and group members can be added or deleted based on information included in the change instruction. Further, the group management unit 282 receives a group deletion instruction from the mobile terminal 3 and deletes the group included in the group deletion instruction. In this way, the group management unit 282 receives an instruction from the mobile terminal 3 and manages the group.

The chat control unit 283 performs various controls related to the chat service. The chat includes a one-to-one individual chat and a group chat performed by a plurality of users. The chat control unit 283 receives a chat start instruction from the mobile terminal 3 and starts an individual chat or a group chat. Upon receiving a chat end instruction from the terminal 3, the individual chat or group chat that has already been started is ended.
In addition, when the individual chat or group chat is started, the chat control unit 283 transmits information indicating the start to the user participating in the chat, and the group management unit 282 adds a group member. Then, information indicating that the member has been added is transmitted to the members of this group.
Further, when receiving various requests from the mobile terminal 3, the chat control unit 283 collects necessary messages and other information in cooperation with the message management unit 281 and the group management unit 282 and transmits them to the mobile terminal 3.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the mobile terminal 3 includes a communication unit 31 that configures an interface for connecting to the network 9, an input unit 32 that configures a user interface, and a location information detection unit that detects location information of the mobile terminal. 33, a display unit 34 for displaying still images and moving images, an audio output unit 35 for outputting audio, a data memory 36 for storing various data, a program memory 37 for storing various programs, and each unit of the portable terminal 3 And a communication bus 300 that connects each unit.

  The communication unit 31 can be connected to the network 9 and can transmit and receive various data to and from the service providing server 2 via the service providing server 2 and the network 9. The communication unit 31 includes a receiving unit that receives various data and a transmitting unit that transmits various data. The receiving unit receives data provided from the service providing server 2 and provides the data to the control unit 38. The transmission unit transmits the data provided from the control unit 38 to the service providing server 2 via the network 9.

  The input unit 32 is for accepting various instruction operations in the mobile terminal 3, and can include input means such as various buttons, a touch panel attached to the display unit 34, and voice input. The user can make various settings of the mobile terminal 3, input a message of a chat service, and give other necessary instructions to the mobile terminal 3 via the input unit 32.

The position information detection unit 33 includes a GPS receiver, a gyro sensor, an acceleration sensor, and the like, and detects position information related to the position of the mobile terminal 3. The position information detection unit 33 outputs the detected position information to the control unit 38.
The display unit 34 includes a display for displaying still images and moving images, and displays various image data provided from the control unit 38.
The audio output unit 35 includes a speaker for outputting audio, performs decoding processing, D / A conversion processing, amplification processing, and the like on the audio signal provided from the control unit 38, and outputs audio from the speaker.

  The data memory 36 stores various data, for example, the setting status of the status notification mode. The status notification mode setting status is that when the status notification mode is set, the status notification mode flag “1” is stored, and when the status notification mode is not set, the status notification mode flag “0” is stored. Is remembered. The data memory 36 stores user schedule information.

The program memory 37 stores various applications executed by the control unit 38 and program data.
The control unit 38 includes a device such as a central processing unit, a microcomputer, or a microprocessor, and executes a program stored in the program memory 37 to control each unit.

  Next, FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the status notification function of the mobile terminal 3 of the present embodiment. In the preferred embodiment, the function related to the situation notification control as shown in FIG. 6 is implemented by the control unit 38 executing a program or a software application.

In the figure, a chat screen generation unit 381 generates a chat screen for exchanging messages by chat, various setting screens for the chat service, and the like on the display unit 34 based on information related to chat received from the service providing server 2. Display.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a chat screen. In FIG. 7, X1 is a display area indicating a group name, X2 is a display area indicating a member of the group, X3 is a display area for a transmitted / received message, X4 is a display area for displaying a message input field, and a button to be transmitted. It consists of four areas. In the display area of X3, the exchange of messages transmitted and received in the past is displayed, the messages arranged in time series and displayed below are the latest messages. Further, the message (M1) with a balloon from the left side of the screen is a message received from another user, and is displayed together with an icon indicating the user who transmitted the message transmitted from which user. On the other hand, a message (M2) with a balloon coming out from the right side of the screen is a message sent by the own user to another user. The user can exchange messages with other users while viewing such a chat screen.

When the user performs a predetermined operation based on the screen generated and displayed by the chat screen generation unit 381, the chat instruction generation unit 382 generates various instructions for the operation and transmits it to the service providing server 2.
For example, various instructions generated by the chat instruction generation unit 382 include a chat start instruction for starting a new chat, a chat end instruction for ending an existing chat, a group creation instruction for creating a new group, and an existing group being deleted. Examples include a group deletion instruction, a group member change instruction for adding or deleting a member to an already existing group, and a browsing request instruction for acquiring a message exchanged in the past.

  The movement detection unit 383 detects whether or not the mobile terminal 3 is moving based on the position information provided from the position information detection unit 33. For example, if the GPS position information provided from the GPS receiver of the position information detection unit 33 changes every unit time, it is detected that it is moving, and conversely, if there is no change every unit time. , It detects that it is not moving (stopped). In addition, if the angular velocity information provided from the gyro sensor of the position information detection unit 33 changes every unit time, it is detected that it is moving, and conversely if it does not change every unit time, it is stopped. Is detected. Based on the acceleration information provided from the acceleration sensor of the movement information detection unit 33, if the acceleration is equal to or greater than a threshold value, it is detected that the vehicle is moving. It is also possible to judge these in a composite manner and detect whether or not the vehicle is moving.

  The terminal setting screen generation unit 384 generates various setting screens for the mobile terminal 3 and causes the display unit 34 to display them. For example, according to the setting operation of the user, a setting screen for the situation notification mode as shown in FIG. 8 is generated and displayed on the display unit 34. This status notification mode is a mode that is set when the user is currently participating in chat and cannot send a message. If this status notification mode is set, chat participation under a given condition is possible. A status notification is made to the member. This situation notification control will be described in detail later.

The mode setting unit 385 sets the situation notification mode based on the situation notification mode setting operation by the user. For example, when the “ON” button (key 1) is pressed using the input unit 32 from the status notification mode setting screen shown in FIG. 8 generated by the terminal setting screen generation unit 384, the status notification mode is set. Further, the mode setting unit 385 can determine the situation of whether or not the user can send a message or the like without such a user setting operation, and can automatically set the situation notification mode. Specifically, when the movement detection unit 383 detects that the movement is in progress, the mode setting unit 385 determines that the user cannot transmit and sets the state notification mode. Further, if schedule information created by the user performing a predetermined operation is stored in the data memory 36, the schedule exists at the current time based on the schedule information stored in the data memory 36. Notification mode can also be set. Further, the status notification mode can be set in conjunction with the setting of the mobile terminal (for example, the in-flight mode).
The setting of the status notification mode performed by the mode setting unit 385 is to set the status notification mode flag by setting the status notification mode flag to “1”, and conversely by setting the status notification mode flag to “0”. , Cancel the status notification mode setting. Then, the mode setting unit 385 causes the data memory 36 to store information on these status notification mode flags.

  The chat start detection unit 386 detects whether or not the chat control unit 283 of the service providing server 2 has started chat including the own user. Specifically, the chat start information provided from the chat control unit 283 of the service providing server 2 is received, and it is detected that the chat including the user is started.

  When the chat start detection unit 386 detects the start of the chat including the own user, the situation determination unit 387 checks the situation notification mode flag stored in the data memory 36. Then, the confirmation result is provided to the message generator 388. The situation determination unit 387 can also monitor the change of the situation notification mode flag and determine whether or not the situation notification mode flag changes from “1” to “0” or “0” to “1”. .

  The message generation unit 388 normally transmits the message input in the message input field of the chat screen generated by the chat screen generation unit 381 to the service providing server 2, and when the confirmation result is provided from the situation determination unit 387. In response to the confirmation result, a status notification message is generated and transmitted to the service providing server 2. Specifically, if the status notification mode flag is set to “1” based on the confirmation result from the status determination unit 387, a message (situation notification message) indicating that the user is currently unable to transmit a message is displayed. Generate. On the other hand, if “0” is set in the status notification mode flag based on the confirmation result from the status determination unit 387, the status notification message is not generated because the user can currently send a message. Further, when it is detected by a timer means (not shown) that a predetermined time has elapsed since the last message was received from another user, a status notification message may be generated, and preferably, a message generation unit 388. Generates a message (situation change message) indicating that the status is ready for transmission when the change of the status notification mode flag determined by the status determination unit 387 changes from “1” to “0”. , “0” is changed to “1”, a status notification message is generated.

These messages can be generated not only by character strings but also by symbols, pictograms, images, or audio data, and a message can be generated by a combination of these. Hereinafter, in this embodiment, an example in which a message is generated using only a character string will be described, but the present invention is not limited to this.
Further, the message generation unit 388 can receive the member addition information from the chat control unit 283 of the service providing server 2 and can transmit the status notification message again only to the added member.

Next, the status notification control of the electronic system 1 according to the present invention configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
The chat start detection unit 386 detects whether or not a chat including the user is started based on the chat start information provided from the chat control unit 283 of the service providing server 2 (step S101).
Then, when the chat start detection unit 386 detects the start of the chat, the situation determination unit 387 confirms whether or not the situation notification mode is set (step S103). Specifically, the situation determination unit 387 checks the situation notification mode flag stored in the data memory 36, and determines whether or not the situation notification mode is set. If it is determined that the status notification mode is not set (the status notification mode flag is “0”), the status notification control is terminated.

On the other hand, when determining that the status notification mode is set (the status notification mode flag is “1”), the message generation unit 388 generates a status notification message and transmits it to the service providing server 2 (step S105).
Then, when the message management unit 281 of the service providing server 2 receives the status notification message, the status notification message is transmitted to the members participating in the chat.

FIG. 10 illustrates a chat screen displayed on the user's mobile terminal 3 when a chat including a user who owns the mobile terminal 3 that has set the status notification mode according to the present embodiment is started and a status notification message is transmitted. An example is shown.
First, suppose that a user (for example, user A) other than the user (user Z) starts a group chat “YY group” in which the participating members are “user A”, “user B”, “user C”, and “user Z”. A chat screen as shown in FIG. 10 is generated, and a message “New group chat has started” is displayed. Then, a status notification message M5 (“currently moving”) is transmitted from the mobile terminal 3 of the user, and is displayed on the chat screen.

  After that, while each member is exchanging messages, if the user stops moving and the message can be sent, for example, as shown in Fig. 11, "Moving ends. Is transmitted and displayed on the chat screen.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, when a group chat that transmits and receives a message within a group is started, if the user cannot send a message to the group chat, On the other hand, a status notification message indicating that transmission is not possible can be transmitted. For this reason, it is possible to notify the user's situation only when it is at least necessary.

Furthermore, when the chat start detection unit 386 detects the start of the chat including the own user and the situation determination unit 387 determines that the current user cannot be transmitted, the message generation unit 388 generates a situation notification message. And can be sent.
Specifically, when the chat start is detected by the chat start detection unit 386, the situation determination unit 387 can transmit the own user based on the determination result of whether or not the movement detection unit 383 is moving. Determine whether or not. When the movement detection unit 383 determines that the movement is in progress, the situation determination unit 387 determines that the situation cannot be transmitted, and the message generation unit 388 generates and transmits a situation notification message. In addition, the situation determination unit 387 determines whether or not the own user can transmit based on the schedule information stored in the data memory 36. Then, when there is a plan at the current time, the situation determination unit 387 determines that the message cannot be transmitted, and the message generation unit 388 can also generate and transmit a situation notification message. Further, the situation determination unit 387 confirms a predetermined setting (for example, in-flight mode) of the mobile terminal 3 and determines that the message cannot be transmitted if this setting is ON. The message generation unit 388 Status notification messages can also be generated and sent.

  In this way, the situation determination unit 387 confirms the setting of the situation notification mode and does not determine whether or not to transmit a situation notification message, but determines the situation when the chat is started, It is possible to control whether or not to send a status notification message. In addition, when the chat is started, the situation determination unit 387 confirms the setting of the situation notification mode, determines whether or not the current user is in a situation in which it cannot be transmitted, and determines whether or not to send a situation notification message. You may make it control.

Further, in the above embodiment, when the message management unit 281 of the service providing server 2 receives a message from the mobile terminal 3, the received message is stored in the data memory 26, and based on the destination information given to the message, Although an example in which a message is transmitted to the mobile terminal 3 indicated by the destination information is shown, the present invention is not limited to this, and the message management unit 281 of the service providing server 2 may simply be configured to store the received message. In this case, the chat instruction generation unit 382 of the mobile terminal 3 generates an acquisition request for a message stored in the service providing server 2 periodically by a user operation, and transmits the request to the service providing server 2 so that each mobile The terminal 3 receives a new message or an update notification from the service providing server 2.
In this way, whether the service providing server 2 sends a message or an update notification to each mobile terminal 3, whether each mobile terminal 3 acquires the update status from the service providing server 2, depending on the design specifications It can be changed as appropriate.

Next, an application example of the first embodiment of the present invention will be described.
As an application example according to the first embodiment, an example in which an in-vehicle navigation device can be connected to a mobile terminal will be described.
FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a mobile terminal 3A as an application example according to the first embodiment, and includes external device interfaces for connecting an in-vehicle navigation device, including each part of the mobile terminal 3 as shown in FIG. (Hereinafter, “external device I / F”) 41 is connected to the communication bus 300.
The external device I / F 41 is for connecting to the in-vehicle navigation device 42 by wireless communication such as wireless LAN or Bluetooth (registered trademark) or wired communication, and is a communication module that transmits and receives various data to and from the in-vehicle navigation device 42. is there.

The in-vehicle navigation device 42 includes a GPS receiver, various autonomous navigation sensors, map data, etc., and calculates the vehicle position information, searches for the optimum route to the destination, performs guidance guidance, A map image around the location is displayed. The in-vehicle navigation device 42 can be connected to a communication bus of the vehicle, and can acquire various information (for example, vehicle speed pulse) measured by the vehicle.
The control unit 38A includes a device such as a central processing unit, a microcomputer, or a microprocessor, executes a program stored in the program memory 37, and controls each unit.

Next, FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of status notification control of the mobile terminal 3 of the application example of the first embodiment. The same components as those shown in FIG. 6 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted. In a preferred embodiment, the function related to the situation notification control as shown in FIG. 13 is implemented by the control unit 38A executing a program or a software application.
The connection detection unit 391 detects whether the in-vehicle navigation device 42 is connected to the external device I / F 41.
When the in-vehicle navigation device 42 is connected to the external device I / F 41, the position information request unit 392 includes GPS information, angular velocity information, gyro information acquired by the in-vehicle navigation device 42, vehicle speed pulses acquired from the vehicle, etc. Is requested from the in-vehicle navigation device 42. And these information acquired from the vehicle-mounted navigation apparatus 42 is provided to the movement detection part 383A.

The movement detection unit 383A determines whether the movement is in progress based on the position information provided from the position information request unit 392.
In addition to the processing of the mode setting unit 385 described in the first embodiment, the mode setting unit 385A is in a situation where a message cannot be transmitted when the connection detection unit 391 detects that the in-vehicle navigation device 42 is connected. And set the status notification mode. In another form, the mode setting unit 385A instructs the terminal setting screen generation unit 384 to generate a mode setting screen when the connection detection unit 391 detects that the in-vehicle navigation device 42 is connected. The setting screen generation unit 384 displays the mode setting screen shown in FIG. 8 so that the user can select the setting of the status notification mode.

  According to the above application example, depending on whether or not the mobile terminal is connected to the in-vehicle navigation device, when it is connected, it is determined that the user is driving, so the message cannot be transmitted, and the status notification mode is set. It is also possible to display a setting screen for the status notification mode with a connection as a trigger and allow the user to select such a setting.

Further, also in the application example, the situation determination unit 387 determines the setting of the situation notification mode,
In response to the determination result, the message generation unit 388 does not generate and transmit the status notification message, but when the chat is started, the status determination unit 387 determines the status (for example, the in-vehicle navigation device is connected). The message generation unit 388 can control the generation and transmission of the status notification message.
In another application example, since it is possible to determine whether or not the vehicle is moving (driving) based on the position information obtained from the in-vehicle navigation device 42, the status notification control is performed with more accurate determination of the situation where transmission is not possible. be able to.

  Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the first embodiment, an example is shown in which it is determined whether or not the mobile terminal 3 is in a situation where a message cannot be transmitted, and whether or not a status notification message is transmitted is controlled. Now, an example will be described in which the service providing server determines whether or not a message cannot be transmitted and controls whether or not to transmit a status notification message. The same components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted.

  FIG. 14 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the entire system of the electronic system 5 according to the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the electronic system 5 includes a service providing server 6 that provides a chat service, a plurality of mobile terminals 7 that can use the chat service, and a network 9. The mobile terminal 7 is connected to a network 9 and can perform various data communications with each other via the network 9.

  As shown in FIG. 15, the service providing server 6 includes a communication unit 61 that constitutes an interface for connecting to the network 9, a data memory 66 that stores various data, and various programs for controlling the service providing server 6. Including a program memory 67, a control unit 68 that controls each unit of the service providing server 6, and a communication bus 600 that connects the units.

  The communication unit 61 can be connected to the network 9, and can transmit / receive various data to / from the mobile terminal 7 via each mobile terminal 7 and the network 9. The communication unit 61 includes a reception unit that receives various data and a transmission unit that transmits various data. The reception unit receives data provided from the mobile terminal 7 and provides the data to the control unit 68. The transmission means transmits data provided from the control unit 68 to the mobile terminal 7 via the network 9.

  The data memory 66 stores messages received from the mobile terminal 7, group management data, and a terminal status table to be described later.

  The program memory 67 stores various applications executed by the control unit 68 and program data. The control unit 68 includes a device such as a central processing unit, a microcomputer, or a microprocessor, executes a program stored in the program memory 67, and controls each unit of the service providing server 6.

  A functional configuration of the chat service control method of the service providing server 6 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In the preferred embodiment, the function relating to the chat service control method as shown in FIG. 16 is implemented by the control unit 68 executing a program or software application.

  The terminal status collection unit 684 collects various information from each mobile terminal 7 such as the status notification mode setting status, the mobile terminal 7 movement status, the in-vehicle navigation device connection status, and the presence / absence of schedule information. The collected information is stored in the associated terminal status table (FIG. 17).

When chat control is started by chat control unit 283, status determination unit 685 determines whether or not the status of members included in this chat can be transmitted based on the terminal status table. Specifically, the situation determination unit 685 indicates that the mode setting status of the status notification mode is “ON”, the movement status indicating whether the vehicle is moving is “YES”, the in-vehicle navigation device connection status is “YES”, If at least one of the schedule status “YES” indicating whether there is a plan at the time is satisfied, it is determined that the status cannot be transmitted.
Based on the determination result of the status determination unit 685, the notification control unit 686 sends a status notification message to group members other than the user when there is a user who cannot be transmitted among the newly started chat group members. Send.

  As shown in FIG. 18, the mobile terminal 7 includes a communication unit 71 that forms an interface for connecting to the network 9, an input unit 32 that forms a user interface, and a position information detection unit that detects position information of the mobile terminal. 33, a display unit 34 for displaying still images and moving images, an audio output unit 35 for outputting audio, a data memory 76 for storing various data, a program memory 77 for storing various programs, and each unit of the portable terminal 7 And a communication bus 700 that connects each unit.

  The communication unit 71 can be connected to the network 9 and can transmit and receive various data to and from the service providing server 6 via the service providing server 6 and the network 9. The communication unit 71 includes a receiving unit that receives various data and a transmitting unit that transmits various data. The receiving unit receives data provided from the service providing server 6 and provides the data to the control unit 78. The transmitting unit transmits the data provided from the control unit 78 to the service providing server 6 via the network 9.

The data memory 76 stores various data, and stores, for example, the setting status of the status notification mode. The status notification mode setting status is that when the status notification mode is set, the status notification mode flag “1” is stored, and when the status notification mode is not set, the status notification mode flag “0” is stored. Is remembered. The data memory 76 stores user schedule information.
The program memory 77 stores various applications executed by the control unit 78 and program data.
The control unit 78 includes a device such as a central processing unit, a microcomputer, or a microprocessor, and executes a program stored in the program memory 77 to control each unit.

Next, a block diagram showing a functional configuration in the situation notification control of the mobile terminal 7 of the present embodiment is shown in FIG. In a preferred embodiment, the function related to the situation notification control as shown in FIG. 19 is implemented by the control unit 78 executing a program or a software application. The same components as those shown in FIG. 6 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted.
The message generation unit 788 transmits the message input in the message input field of the chat screen generated by the chat screen generation unit 381 to the service providing server 6.
The status providing unit 789 periodically acquires from the data memory 76 the mode setting status and schedule status of the current time, the movement status by the movement detection unit 33, and the connection status of the in-vehicle navigation device 42 by the external device I / F 41, and the service To the providing server 6.

Next, the status notification control of the electronic system 1 according to the present invention configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
When the chat control unit 283 starts a new chat in accordance with an instruction from the mobile terminal 7 (step S201), the chat control unit 283 specifies the group member of the chat started next (step S203).

The status determination unit 685 acquires the status of each user who is a group member from the terminal status table, and determines whether each user can or cannot transmit (step S205). Then, the situation determination unit 685 and the determination result are provided to the notification control unit 686.
Subsequently, the notification control unit 686 determines whether there is a user who cannot transmit from the determination result provided from the situation determination unit 685 (step S207). When there is a user who cannot transmit, the notification control unit 686 transmits a status notification message to the group members other than the user who cannot transmit. On the other hand, if it does not exist, the status notification message is not transmitted and the status notification control is terminated.
By performing the situation notification control in this way, the chat screen shown in FIG. 10 is displayed.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, when there is a user who cannot send a message among the group members of the started chat when the chat is started, the group members other than the user are not affected. A status notification message can be sent. For this reason, it is possible to notify the user's situation only when it is at least necessary.

Further, the notification control unit 686 monitors the status of the group members for the started chat, and when the status of the user changes from a status where transmission is not possible to a status where transmission is possible, a message indicating that the status has become transmittable. (Situation change message) may be transmitted, and a status notification message may be transmitted when a situation where transmission is possible changes to a situation where transmission is impossible. Further, the notification control unit 686 receives a determination result from the situation determination unit 685 when an already-started chat is added to the group member by an instruction from the mobile terminal 7, and It is also possible to perform status notification control.
By doing in this way, it becomes possible to notify other group members of the situation where the user is placed at any time.

  In the first and second embodiments described above, the situation notification messages are both “currently moving.” However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the situation determination unit 387 and the service of the mobile terminal 3 are not limited thereto. It is also possible to change the message according to the information used when the status determination unit 685 of the providing server 6 determines whether the transmission is possible or impossible. For example, when it is determined that it is a situation where transmission is not possible due to the connection of the in-vehicle navigation device 42, a status notification message is displayed as “currently driving.” Or when it is determined that transmission is impossible due to a schedule, Depending on the contents of the schedule, the status notification message may be displayed as “currently in a meeting” or “currently studying”, or it may not be sent due to the setting status of the mobile device (airplane mode ON). It is also possible to display “currently traveling by plane”.

  In the above-described embodiment, the electronic system in which the electronic device and the server device are connected to the network has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the network is not used. The present invention can also be applied to all of the above-described electronic device configuration functions and server device configurations and functions.

1, 5 Electronic system 2, 6 Service providing server 3, 3A, 7 Mobile terminal 9 Network 21, 31, 61, 71 Communication unit 26, 36, 66, 76 Data memory 27, 37, 67, 77 Program memory 28, 38 , 38A, 68, 78 Control unit 32 Input unit 33 Position information detection unit 34 Display unit 35 Audio output unit 41 External device interface 42 In-vehicle navigation device 200, 300, 600, 700 Communication bus 281 Message management unit 282 Group management unit 283 Chat Control unit 381 Chat screen generation unit 382 Chat instruction generation unit 383, 383A Movement detection unit 384 Terminal setting screen generation unit 385, 385A Mode setting unit 386 Chat start detection unit 387 Situation determination unit 388, 788 Message generation unit 391 Connection detection unit 392 Position Requesting unit 684 terminal status collecting unit 685 status determination unit 686 notifies the control unit 789 status providing unit X1, X2, X3, X4 display area M1, M2, M5, M6 message

Claims (10)

An electronic device that forms a group with one or more users and is connected to a server device that provides a service for sending and receiving messages within the group, and is capable of using the service,
A mode setting means for setting a status notification mode for notifying a status notification message indicating that the user cannot send a message;
Detecting means for detecting that transmission / reception of a message is started in a group including the user;
When the start of message transmission / reception within the group is detected by the detection means and the status notification mode is set by the mode setting means, the members of the group are notified of the status notification message. Notification control means ,
The mode setting means includes
Display means for displaying a selection screen as to whether to set the status notification mode;
A selection means for selecting whether to set the status notification mode according to a user operation from the selection screen ;
A situation determination means for determining whether or not the user can send a message;
The mode setting means, when the situation determining means determines that the situation cannot be transmitted, automatically sets the situation notification mode without any user operation, while determining that the situation can be sent by the situation judging means. Is not set to the status notification mode,
The notification control means further includes a message indicating that the group member is ready to send a message when the setting content of the mode setting means changes from a situation where a message cannot be sent to a situation where a message can be sent. An electronic device that lets you know . It further has an in-vehicle connection means for connecting to an in-vehicle device mounted on the vehicle,
The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the status determination unit determines that the transmission is not possible when the electronic device is connected to the vehicle-mounted device by the vehicle-mounted connection unit. Further comprising information acquisition means for acquiring vehicle information relating to movement of the vehicle from the in-vehicle device;
The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the situation determination unit determines that the transmission is not possible when the vehicle is moving based on the vehicle information. Further comprising movement detecting means for detecting movement of the electronic device;
3. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the status determination unit determines that the transmission cannot be performed when the electronic device is moving by the movement detection unit. It further comprises storage means for storing user schedule information,
It said status judging means, based on the schedule information, it is determined that the band has scheduled time a situation which can not be said transmitting electronic device according to an item 4 or claims 1. The electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 5 , wherein the notification control unit determines a content of the status notification message to be notified according to a reason that the status determination unit determines that the status is not transmittable. apparatus. The notification control means, when a new user is added to the members of the group, only to the new user, to notify the status notification message individually, according in any one of claims 1 to 6 Electronic devices. Receiving means for receiving messages from other users sent to members of the group in which the user participates;
Timer means for measuring an elapsed time since the reception means last received the message transmitted to the group members;
The notification control means, when a message is transmitted from any member of the group after a lapse of a predetermined time from the reception of the last message by the timer means, again to the members of the group The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein a status notification message is notified. The notification control unit is configured to notify a status notification message indicating that the message cannot be transmitted again when the status notification mode is set again after the setting of the status notification mode is canceled. The electronic device according to 1 . The electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 9, a server device that provides a service in which one or more users form a group and send and receive messages within the group, and the service can be used An electronic system comprising an electronic terminal,
The server device
Message receiving means for receiving the status notification message transmitted from the electronic terminal;
Notification control means for notifying members of the group of the status notification message received by the message receiving means;
Having an electronic system.

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