JP6357736B2 - Information processing apparatus, communication method, and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, a communication method, and a program.

In recent years, there is an increasing demand for wristwatch-type small terminals (hereinafter referred to as “list terminals”) having various functions including not only displaying time but also communication functions.
Such a wrist terminal is wirelessly connected to a portable terminal (hereinafter referred to as a “mobile terminal”) such as a mobile phone or a smart phone, so that the mobile terminal can receive an email or receive an incoming call. Can be received and notified to the user (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2013-61176 A

  However, an increasing number of users have multiple devices at the same time, including mobile devices, wrist devices, and even headsets. Even if important content is sent on the sending side, It has become difficult to get confirmation at the right time.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and when a mail or the like having important contents is transmitted on the transmission side, the user on the reception side can surely confirm at an appropriate timing. The purpose is to do.

In order to achieve the above object, an information processing apparatus of one embodiment of the present invention provides:
First generation means for generating first information including notification contents for a first user of another information processing apparatus having a function of communicating with one or more devices;
Of the device group including the one or more devices and the other information processing apparatus, second information indicating a notification setting device that notifies the first user of reception of the first information in the other information processing apparatus. Second generation means for generating transmission information added to the first information;
Communication means for transmitting the transmission information generated by the second generation means to the other information processing apparatus;
Obtaining means for obtaining information of a device capable of notifying the first user of reception of the first information in the other information processing apparatus;
Selection means for selecting a plurality of devices that can be notified as candidates and selecting one device from the candidates as the notification setting device based on the device information acquired by the acquisition means;
Equipped with a,
The acquisition unit, the type is characterized that you get information different devices in accordance with the importance of the notification content included in the first information.

In order to achieve the above object, an information processing apparatus according to another aspect of the present invention provides:
An information processing apparatus having a function of communicating with one or more devices,
Determining means for determining whether or not device information indicating a notification setting device for notifying the information is added to information sent from another information processing apparatus;
Control means for controlling to notify the information by the notification setting device indicated in the device information when it is determined that the information is added by the determination means;
In the other information processing apparatus, one device out of a plurality of device candidates that can notify the information and whose type is changed according to the importance of the notification content included in the information is used as the notification setting device. Transfer means for transferring predetermined information for selection to the other information processing apparatus;
It is characterized by providing.

  According to the present invention, when a mail or the like having important contents is transmitted on the transmission side, the user on the reception side can surely confirm at an appropriate timing.

1 shows a configuration of a mail transmission / reception system according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of the portable terminal 11 which concerns on one Embodiment of the information processing apparatus of this invention among the mail transmission / reception systems of FIG. It is a functional block diagram which shows the functional structure for performing mail transmission / reception processing among the functional structures of the mail transmission / reception system of FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the GUI (Graphical User Interface) image for accepting emergency designation | designated and notification designation | designated. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a flow of a transmission side mail transmission process executed by the transmission side portable terminal of FIG. 2 having the functional configuration of FIG. 3. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a flow of reception-side mail reception processing executed by the reception-side mobile terminal of FIG. 2 having the functional configuration of FIG. 3. It is a flowchart explaining the detailed flow of a notification execution process among the receiving side mail reception processes of FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining a flow of mail opening processing executed by the receiving-side mobile terminal in FIG. 2 in conjunction with the receiving-side mail reception processing in FIG. 6. FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining a flow of an opening confirmation mail receiving process executed by the transmitting portable terminal in FIG. 2 after the mail opening process in FIG. 8 is executed.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a mail transmission / reception system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The mail transmission / reception system shown in FIG. 1 includes a mobile terminal 11-1, a mobile terminal 11-2, a headset 12, and a wrist terminal 13.

The mobile terminal 11-1 is configured by a mobile terminal such as a smartphone, a mobile phone, or a personal computer that is possessed by a user U1 on the side of transmitting an electronic mail (hereinafter abbreviated as “mail”).
The mobile terminal 11-2 is configured by a mobile terminal such as a smartphone, a mobile phone, or a personal computer that is possessed by the user U2 on the mail receiving side.
The portable terminal 11-1 and the portable terminal 11-2 are connected to each other via a predetermined network 21 such as the Internet. Note that the method of communication via the network 21 of the portable terminal 11-1 and the portable terminal 11-2 is not particularly limited, but in the present embodiment, wireless communication with an access point by Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) is involved. The method of communicating is adopted.
Hereinafter, when it is not necessary to distinguish each of the mobile terminals 11-1 and 11-2, they are collectively referred to as “mobile terminal 11”.

The headset 12 is attached to the head of the user U2, includes a headphone and a microphone, and has at least a function of performing wireless communication with the mobile terminal 11-2.
The wrist terminal 13 is a wrist-type mobile terminal that is fitted on the arm of the user U2, and has at least a function of performing wireless communication with the mobile terminal 11-2.
Note that the method of wireless communication between the mobile terminal 11-2 and the headset 12 or the wrist terminal 13 is not particularly limited, but in this embodiment, a method using Bluetooth (registered trademark) is employed.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the information processing apparatus of the present invention in the mail transmission / reception system of FIG.

  The mobile terminal 11 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 51, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 52, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 53, a bus 54, an input / output interface 55, an input unit 56, and a display unit 57. A storage unit 58, a communication unit 59, and a drive 60.

The CPU 51 executes various processes according to a program recorded in the ROM 52 or a program loaded from the storage unit 58 to the RAM 53.
The RAM 53 appropriately stores data necessary for the CPU 51 to execute various processes.

  The CPU 51, ROM 52, and RAM 53 are connected to each other via a bus 54. An input / output interface 55 is also connected to the bus 54. An input unit 56, a display unit 57, a storage unit 58, a communication unit 59, and a drive 60 are connected to the input / output interface 55.

The input unit 56 includes, for example, a capacitance type or resistive type position input sensor stacked on the display screen of the display unit 57, and detects the coordinates of the position where the touch operation is performed. Here, the touch operation refers to a contact or proximity operation of an object (such as a user's finger or a touch pen) with respect to the input unit 56.
The display unit 57 includes a display and displays an image.
That is, in this embodiment, the input unit 56 and the display unit 57 constitute a touch panel.
The storage unit 58 is configured by a DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) or the like and stores various data.
The communication unit 59 performs control to wirelessly communicate with the headset 12 and the wrist terminal 13 using Bluetooth (registered trademark), and to communicate with other mobile terminals 11 via the network 21 including the Internet using Wi-Fi.

  A removable medium 61 is appropriately attached to the drive 60 as necessary. The program read from the removable medium 61 by the drive 60 is installed in the storage unit 58 as necessary. The removable medium 61 can also store various data stored in the storage unit 58 in the same manner as the storage unit 58.

  FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing a functional configuration for executing mail transmission / reception processing among the functional configurations of such a mail transmission / reception system.

  The mail transmission / reception process is roughly divided into a transmission mail transmission process and a reception mail reception process.

The transmission side mail transmission process refers to a series of processes from converting the text input by the user U1 (main contents to be notified to the user U2) into data and transmitting it as mail. In particular, in the present embodiment, the process of accepting the emergency designation and the notification designation and including the accepted content in the data of the text (text) of the mail is executed as a part of the mail transmission process on the transmission side. Note that the data to be transmitted, which includes specified contents such as emergency designation and notification designation in addition to the mail text (text), will be referred to as “transmission data” hereinafter.
The urgent designation means that the user U1 on the transmission side operates the input unit 56 to determine whether or not the user U2 wants the user U2 to open the mail immediately because it is an urgent content (hereinafter referred to as “emergency level”). To specify. This urgency level may change continuously within a certain range, or may change discretely in multiple steps. Here, for convenience of explanation, it is assumed that two levels of emergency, emergency and normal (not emergency), can be set.
Notification designation means that the user U1 on the transmission side is one of the notification devices possessed by the user U2 on the reception side (in this embodiment, three types of mobile terminal 11-2, headset 12, and wrist terminal 13). Designation of a device (hereinafter referred to as “notification device”) that performs notification of reception and designation of notification means in the notification device.

  The reception side mail reception process is a notification device (in this embodiment) that the transmission side mobile terminal 11-1 receives transmission data, detects a specified content from the transmission data, and is possessed by the reception side user U2. , Mobile terminal 11-2, headset 12, and wrist terminal 13) with respect to the notification device determined according to the specified content, the user can receive the mail by the communication means determined according to the specified content. This is a series of processing until notification to U2.

When the transmission-side mail process is executed, the CPU 51 of the transmission-side portable terminal 11-1 has a mail text generation unit 71, an emergency designation reception unit 72, and a notification designation reception unit 73, as shown in FIG. The display control unit 74 and the transmission data generation unit 75 function. The log acquisition unit 76 will be described later.
When receiving-side mail processing is executed, the CPU 51 of the receiving-side portable terminal 11-2, as shown in FIG. 3, a WiFi control unit 81, a transmission data acquisition unit 82, a designated content detection unit 83, The Bluetooth control unit 84, the link confirmation unit 85, the notification means determination unit 86, and the notification control unit 87 function.

The mail text generation unit 71 generates data of a mail text (title and body text) based on an operation on the input unit 56 by the user U1.
The emergency designation receiving unit 72 receives the above-described emergency designation based on an operation on the input unit 56 of the user U1.
The notification designation accepting unit 73 accepts the above notification designation based on an operation on the input unit 56 of the user U1.
The display control unit 74 executes control for causing the display unit 57 to display a GUI (Graphical User Interface) image or the like for accepting emergency designation or notification designation from the user U1.
The transmission data generation unit 75 generates, as transmission data, data in which the contents of emergency designation and notification designation are added to the mail text. The communication data is transmitted to the mobile terminal 11-2 via the communication unit 59.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a GUI image for accepting emergency designation or notification designation.
First, the display control unit 74 displays a window G1 for making an emergency designation, that is, a window G1 for selecting normal or emergency as an emergency degree.
For example, when the user U1 operates the input unit 56 to select “emergency” in the window G1, specifically, when the user U1 performs a touch operation on the input unit 56 at the “emergency” display position in the window G1, The designation accepting unit 72 accepts that an emergency is designated.
In this case, the display control unit 74 displays a window G2 for performing notification designation (designation of a notification device), that is, a window G2 for selecting the default, the headset 12, or the wrist terminal 13 as the notification device. The default means one or more devices set in advance. Here, it is assumed that both the headset 12 and the wrist terminal 13 are set. Note that the example of FIG. 4 is merely an example, and any device can be selected as long as the device can be possessed by the user U2. For example, a portable device or the like having a vibrator function as a communication means that can be freely carried by the user U2 independently of the portable terminal 11-2 can be selected in the window G2.
For example, when the user U1 operates the input unit 56 to select “list terminal” in the window G2, specifically, when the user U1 performs a touch operation on the input unit 56 at the display position of the “list terminal” in the window G2. The notification designation accepting unit 73 accepts that the wrist terminal 13 is designated as the notification device.
In this case, the display control unit 74 is a window G3 for setting notification means, that is, a window G3 that can select display, ringtone, or vibrator as notification means for mail reception by the notification device set in the window G2. Is displayed.
For example, when the user U1 operates the input unit 56 to select “vibrator” in the window G3, specifically, when the user U1 performs a touch operation on the input unit 56 at the display position of the “vibrator” in the window G3, a notification is made. The designation accepting unit 73 accepts that a vibrator is designated as the communication means of the wrist terminal 13.
In this case, the transmission data generation unit 75 adds information indicating that the urgency is “emergency”, the notification device is “list terminal”, and the notification unit is “vibrator” to the mail text. Data is generated as transmission data. The communication data is transmitted to the mobile terminal 11-2 via the communication unit 59.

Returning to FIG. 3, when transmission data is transmitted from the mobile terminal 11-1 in this way, the mobile terminal 11-2 on the reception side executes a reception-side mail reception process.
In this case, the WiFi control unit 81 controls communication with the mobile terminal 11-1 via the communication unit 59 or the network 21 by Wi-Fi. For example, the WiFi control unit 81 executes control for receiving transmission data from the mobile terminal 11-1 via the communication unit 59 or the network 21 by Wi-Fi.
The transmission data acquisition unit 82 acquires transmission data received under the control of the WiFi control unit 81.
The designated content detection unit 83 detects data indicating the content of emergency designation or notification designation from the transmission data acquired by the transmission data acquisition unit 82. Of the transmission data, data of the mail text (title, text, etc.) is supplied to the notification control section 87.
The Bluetooth control unit 84 controls wireless communication with the headset 12 and the wrist terminal 13 via the communication unit 59 by Bluetooth (registered trademark).
The link confirmation unit 85 confirms the state of the Bluetooth (registered trademark) wireless link controlled by the Bluetooth control unit 84 for each notification device (for each headset 12 and wrist terminal 13 in this embodiment).
Based on the detection result of the designated content detection unit 83 and the confirmation result of the link confirmation unit 85, the notification means determination unit 86 notifies the user U2 of mail reception, and the notification by the notification device Determine the means.
The notification control unit 87 uses the communication unit determined by the notification unit determination unit 86 from the notification device determined by the notification unit determination unit 86 among the mobile terminal 11-2, the headset 12, and the wrist terminal 13. Thus, control for notifying the user U2 of mail reception is executed. At that time, when the notification device determined by the notification means determination unit 86 is the headset 12 or the wrist terminal 13, the notification control unit 87 performs Bluetooth (registered trademark) wireless communication via the Bluetooth control unit 84. Perform the remote control used.

  Next, a mail transmission / reception process executed by the mail transmission / reception system having such a functional configuration will be described. Specifically, in the mail transmission / reception process, first, the transmission side mail transmission process will be described, and then the reception side mail reception process will be described.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a flow of a transmission side mail transmission process executed by the transmission side portable terminal of FIG. 2 having the functional configuration of FIG.
When the transmission-side portable terminal 11-1 is turned on and a predetermined condition is satisfied, the transmission-side mail transmission process is started, and the following processes after step S1 are executed.

In step S <b> 1, the mail text generation unit 71 inputs a destination based on an operation performed on the input unit 56 by the user U <b> 1.
In step S <b> 2, the mail text generation unit 71 inputs a title based on the operation of the user U <b> 1 on the input unit 56.
In step S <b> 3, the mail text generation unit 71 inputs the text based on the operation of the user U <b> 1 on the input unit 56.

  In step S <b> 4, the emergency designation receiving unit 72 determines whether or not an emergency designation has been made based on the operation of the user U <b> 1 on the input unit 56.

When there is no emergency designation, for example, when “normal” is set as the urgency level in the example of FIG. 4 described above, it is determined as NO in Step S4, and the process proceeds to Step S5.
In this case, in step S5, the transmission data generation unit 75 generates the data of the mail text (destination, title, and body text) input in the processing of steps S1 to S3 as transmission data, and passes through the communication unit 59. To the portable terminal 11-2.
Thereby, the transmission side mail transmission process is completed.

On the other hand, if there is an emergency designation, for example, if “emergency” is set as the urgency in the example of FIG. 4 described above, it is determined as YES in step S4, and the process proceeds to step S6.
In step S <b> 6, the notification designation receiving unit 73 determines whether or not there is a designation (operation) for selecting a notification device based on an operation on the input unit 56 of the user U <b> 1.

If there is no designation (operation) to select the notification device, it is determined as NO in Step S6, and the process proceeds to Step S5.
In this case, in step S5, the transmission data generation unit 75 generates the data of the mail text (destination, title, and body text) input in the processing of steps S1 to S3 as transmission data, and passes through the communication unit 59. To the portable terminal 11-2.
Thereby, the transmission side mail transmission process is completed.

If there is a designation (operation) to select a notification device, it is determined as YES in Step S6, and the process proceeds to Step S7.
In step S <b> 7, the display control unit 74 causes the display unit 57 to display notification device candidates. Specifically, for example, the display control unit 74 causes the display unit 57 to display the window G2 of FIG.
In step S <b> 8, the notification designation receiving unit 73 selects a notification device candidate designated by an operation on the input unit 56 of the user U <b> 1 as a notification device. Specifically, in the example of FIG. 4, for example, “list terminal” in the window G2 is designated, so the list terminal 13 is selected as the notification device.
In step S <b> 9, the display control unit 74 causes the display unit 57 to display communication means candidates. Specifically, for example, the display control unit 74 causes the display unit 57 to display the window G3 of FIG.
In step S <b> 10, the notification designation receiving unit 73 selects a communication unit candidate designated by an operation on the input unit 56 of the user U <b> 1 as a notification unit. Specifically, for example, in the example of FIG. 4, since “vibrator” in the window G3 is designated, the vibrator is selected as the communication means.
In step S5, the transmission data generation unit 75 performs the urgency level specified in the process of step S4 (this example) on the mail text (address, title, and body text) input in the processes of steps S1 to S3. "Emergency"), information indicating the notification device (list terminal 13 in the example of FIG. 4) selected in step S8 and the notification means (vibrator in the example of FIG. 4) selected in step S10. The added data is generated as transmission data. Then, the transmission data generation unit 75 transmits the transmission data to the mobile terminal 11-2 via the communication unit 59.
Thereby, the transmission side mail transmission process is completed.

  As described above, the transmission side mail transmission process in the mail transmission / reception process has been described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Next, the reception side mail reception process in the mail transmission / reception process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of the reception-side mail reception process executed by the reception-side mobile terminal of FIG. 2 having the functional configuration of FIG.
When the transmission mail transmission process in FIG. 5 described above is executed and mail transmission data is received from the portable terminal 11-1 to the portable terminal 11-2 via the network 21, that is, the WiFi control unit 81 in FIG. When the transmission data is acquired by the transmission data acquisition unit 82, the reception side mail reception process is started, and the following processes after step S21 are executed.

  In step S21, the designated content detection unit 83 detects the designated content from the transmission data, and determines whether or not there is an urgent level designation based on the detection result.

If the urgency level is not specified, for example, if “normal” is set as the urgency level in the example of FIG. 4 described above, it is determined as NO in step S21, and the process proceeds to step S24.
In this case, in step S24, the notification means determination unit 86 determines that the mail reception device (here, the mobile terminal 11-2 itself) notifies the reception of the mail as usual, and the notification control unit 87 The notification of mail reception is made from the display unit 57 and the like.
A series of processes from determining the mail reception notification device and its notification means to performing the mail reception notification is hereinafter referred to as “notification execution processing”. Details of the notification execution process will be described later with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
When the notification execution process in step S24 is completed, the entire receiving mail reception process is also terminated.

On the other hand, in the case of the specified content that there is an urgent level designation, for example, in the example of FIG. 4 described above, when “emergency” is set as the urgent level, it is determined as YES in step S21, The process proceeds to step S22.
In step S <b> 22, the link confirmation unit 85 confirms the state of the Bluetooth (registered trademark) wireless link controlled by the Bluetooth control unit 84 for each notification device (for each headset 12 and wrist terminal 13 in this embodiment). .
In step S <b> 23, the notification means determination unit 86 determines whether there is a notification device connected by Bluetooth (registered trademark) based on the confirmation result of the link confirmation unit 85.

If there is no notification device connected via Bluetooth (registered trademark), it is determined as NO in step S23, and the process proceeds to step S24.
In this case, in step S24, the following processing is executed as the notification execution processing. That is, the notification means determination unit 86 determines to notify the mail reception by the mail receiving device (here, the mobile terminal 11-2 itself) as usual, and the notification control unit 87 includes the display unit 57 in FIG. Send email notification from. The details of the notification execution process will be described later with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
Thereby, the receiving side mail receiving process is completed.

On the other hand, when one or more notification devices connected by Bluetooth (registered trademark) exist, it is determined as YES in Step S23, and the process proceeds to Step S25.
In step S25, the notification means determination unit 86 determines whether or not the headset 12 is connected.

Here, the headset 12 is connected simply because the headset 12 is not connected by Bluetooth (registered trademark), and further, “headset” is set as a notification device in the designated content of the transmission data. "Is also required.
That is, if the headset 12 is connected via Bluetooth (registered trademark) and the designated content of the transmission data includes “headset” as the notification device, it is determined as YES in step S25, and the process Advances to step S26.
In step S <b> 26, the notification unit determination unit 86 selects a notification unit in the headset 12 based on the detection result of the designated content detection unit 83.
In this case, in step S24, the following processing is executed as the notification execution processing. That is, the notification control unit 87 executes control for notifying the user U2 of mail reception from the headset 12 using the communication means determined in step S26. At that time, the notification control unit 87 performs remote control using Bluetooth (registered trademark) wireless communication via the Bluetooth control unit 84.
The details of the notification execution process will be described later with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
Thereby, the receiving side mail receiving process is completed.

On the other hand, in addition to the case where the headset 12 is not connected by Bluetooth (registered trademark), the specified content of the transmission data is notified (even if the headset 12 is connected by Bluetooth (registered trademark)). If “headset” is not included as a device, it is determined as NO in Step S25, and the process proceeds to Step S27.
In step S27, the notification means determination unit 86 determines whether or not the wrist terminal 13 is connected.

Here, the wrist terminal 13 is connected simply because the wrist terminal 13 is not connected by Bluetooth (registered trademark), and further, “list terminal” is used as a notification device in the designated content of the transmission data. "Is also required.
That is, when the wrist terminal 13 is connected by Bluetooth (registered trademark) and the designated content of the transmission data includes “list terminal” as the notification device, it is determined as YES in step S27, and the process Advances to step S28.
In step S <b> 28, the notification unit determination unit 86 selects a notification unit in the wrist terminal 23 based on the detection result of the designated content detection unit 83.
In this case, in step S24, the following processing is executed as the notification execution processing. That is, the notification control unit 87 executes control for notifying the user U2 of mail reception from the wrist terminal 13 using the communication means determined in step S28. At that time, the notification control unit 87 performs remote control using Bluetooth (registered trademark) wireless communication via the Bluetooth control unit 84.
The details of the notification execution process will be described later with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
Thereby, the receiving side mail receiving process is completed.

On the other hand, in addition to the case where the wrist terminal 13 is not connected by Bluetooth (registered trademark), the specified contents of the transmission data are notified (even if the wrist terminal 13 is connected by Bluetooth (registered trademark)). If “list terminal” is not included as a device, it is determined as NO in step S27, and the process proceeds to step S24.
In this case, in step S24, the following processing is executed as the notification execution processing. That is, the notification means determination unit 86 determines to notify the mail reception by the mail receiving device (here, the mobile terminal 11-2 itself) as usual, and the notification control unit 87 includes the display unit 57 in FIG. Send email notification from.
The details of the notification execution process will be described later with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
Thereby, the receiving side mail receiving process is completed.

Next, details of the notification execution processing in step S24 in the reception side mail reception processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the detailed flow of the notification execution process in step S24 in the reception-side mail reception process of FIG.

In step S41, the notification control unit 87 calls the notification device information.
Here, the notification device information refers to information that can specify the notification device determined by the notification means determination unit 86. In the present embodiment, the notification device information is generated by the notification means determination unit 86 and supplied to the notification control unit 87. And

In step S42, the notification control unit 87 calls the notification means information.
Here, the notification means information refers to information that can identify the notification means determined by the notification means determination section 86. In the present embodiment, the notification means information is generated by the notification means determination section 86 and supplied to the notification control section 87. And

In step S43, the notification control unit 87 transmits the notification means specified by the notification means information called in the process of step S42 to the notification device specified by the notification device information called in the process of step S41. To do.
Here, “transmit” means that when the notification device is the mobile terminal 11-1 itself, it means that a signal is transmitted within the mobile terminal 11-1, and the notification device is the headset 12 or the wrist terminal 13. Means wireless communication by Bluetooth (registered trademark).

In step S44, the notification control unit 87 determines whether or not notification execution confirmation has been made.
In other words, in the present embodiment, the notification device to which the notification unit has been transmitted uses the communication unit to perform notification of mail reception, and after the notification, notifies the notification control unit 87 of notification execution confirmation.
If such notification has not yet been made, it is determined as NO in Step S44, and the process returns to Step S44. That is, until the notification execution confirmation is notified, the determination processing in step S44 is repeatedly executed, and the notification execution processing enters a standby state.
When the notification execution confirmation is notified, it is determined as YES in step S44, and the notification execution process ends. That is, the process of step S24 in FIG. 6 is terminated, and the entire receiving mail receiving process is terminated.

By the way, in the present embodiment, after the receiving side mail receiving process of FIG. 6 as described above, when the receiving side user U2 receiving the mail receiving notification performs the opening operation of the mail, the opening confirmation mail is received by the receiving side portable terminal 11. -1 to the mobile terminal 11-1 on the transmission side. Here, in this embodiment, notification device information and notification means information are added to the opening confirmation email and transmitted. A series of processes until such an opening confirmation mail is transmitted is hereinafter referred to as “mail opening process”.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of the mail opening process executed by the reception-side mobile terminal of FIG. 2 in conjunction with the reception-side mail reception process of FIG.

  In step S <b> 61, the mobile terminal 11-2 creates open confirmation mail data.

  In step S62, the portable terminal 11-2 acquires the notification device information called in the notification execution process in step S24 of the reception side mail reception process in FIG. 6, more specifically, the process in step S41 in FIG.

  In step S63, the portable terminal 11-2 adds the notification device information acquired in the process of step S62 to the opening confirmation mail created in the process of step S61.

  In step S64, the portable terminal 11-2 acquires the notification means information called in the notification execution process in step S24 of the reception side mail reception process in FIG. 6, more specifically, the process in step S42 in FIG.

  In step S65, the portable terminal 11-2 adds the notification means information acquired in the process of step S64 to the opening confirmation mail created in the process of step S61.

In step S66, the mobile terminal 11-2 transmits an opening confirmation email to the mobile terminal 11-1 on the transmission side.
This completes the mail opening process.

When the opening confirmation mail to which such notification device information and notification means information are added is received by the receiving mobile terminal 11-2, notification device information (wireless link information) and notification means information are received from the opening confirmation mail. Are registered in the address book. Hereinafter, such a series of processes is referred to as “opening confirmation mail receiving process”.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of the opening confirmation mail reception process executed by the transmitting portable terminal in FIG. 2 after the mail opening process in FIG. 8 is executed.
When the opening confirmation mail reception process is executed, the log acquisition unit 76 of FIG. 3 functions.

When the opening confirmation mail is received, an attached file for the opening confirmation mail is displayed. Therefore, the user U1 executes the attached file by an operation on the input unit 56 (touch operation on the touch panel).
Then, in step S81, the log acquisition unit 76 executes an attached script of notification device information (wireless link information) and notification means information.
Then, by the attached script (in other words, the log acquisition unit 76 can grasp that the executed attached script is included), the following processing from step S82 is executed.

In step S82, the log acquisition unit 76 (attached script) acquires the mail address of the sender of the read confirmation mail.
In step S83, the log acquisition unit 76 (attached script) searches for an e-mail address from the address book.
In step S84, the log acquisition unit 76 (attached script) acquires personal address information.
In step S84, the log acquisition unit 76 (attached script) adds the notification device information to the personal address.
In step S85, the log acquisition unit 76 (attached script) stores the notification means information in the personal address.
Thereby, the opening confirmation mail receiving process is completed.

  In this way, the radio link information (notification device information) in the mobile terminal 11-2 on the receiving side such as the headset 12 and the wrist terminal 13 and the notification means information such as a ring tone and a vibrator are obtained from the information of the opening confirmation mail. Since it is registered in the address book of the owner (here, user U2) of the portable terminal 11-2, it can be displayed as the next device candidate (see step S7 in FIG. 5).

As described above, the mobile terminal 11-1 on the transmission side according to the embodiment of the information processing apparatus of the present invention includes the mail text generation unit 71, the transmission data generation unit 75, and the communication unit 59.
The mail text generation unit 71 displays the notification content to the user U2 of the mobile terminal 11-2 on the receiving side having a function of communicating with one or more devices (the headset 12 and the wrist terminal 13 in this embodiment), that is, the text of the mail. The mail text data (first information) is generated.
The transmission data generation unit 75 is second information indicating a notification device that notifies the user U2 that the first information is received by the mobile terminal 11-2 among the device group including one or more devices and the mobile terminal 11-2. Is added to the first information as transmission information.
The communication unit 59 transmits the transmission information generated by the transmission data generation unit 75 to the mobile terminal 11-2 on the reception side.
As a result, when a mail or the like (first information) important for the user U1 on the transmission side is transmitted, the user U2 on the reception side can surely confirm at an appropriate timing.
For example, since the user U1 can specify the headset 12 linked to the mobile terminal 11-2 as a smartphone and notify the user of incoming mail, the user U2 wearing the headset 12 As soon as an incoming call arrives (at an appropriate timing), the mail can be reliably confirmed by the sound output from the headphones (such communication means).
In addition, since the user U1 can specify the wrist terminal 13 linked to the mobile terminal 11-2 as a smartphone and notify the incoming mail, the user U2 wearing the wrist terminal 13 can receive the mail. As soon as an incoming call arrives (at an appropriate timing), the wrist terminal 13 can surely confirm the mail. Here, as the notification means of the wrist terminal 13, a plurality of types such as image display and vibrator can be selected. Therefore, when the user U1 on the transmission side determines that it is more reliable to notify the user U2 of the wrist terminal 13 with the vibrator than the notification with the image display, the user U1 selects and operates the vibrator as a notification unit. All that is required is a simple operation.

Further, the mobile terminal 11-1 on the transmission side performs a control for providing the user U1 with a GUI image for causing the user U1 to set the notification device indicated by the second information described above, In other words, a first setting unit is provided.
As a result, the user U1 can freely set the notification device simply by performing a simple and time-saving operation.

Furthermore, the transmission data generation unit 75 can generate, as transmission information, information obtained by adding third information indicating notification means (notification method) to the user U2 in the notification device to the first information.
As a result, when a mail or the like (first information) important for the transmitting-side user U1 is transmitted, the receiving-side user U2 can be surely confirmed at a more appropriate timing.

Further, the display control unit 74 executes the control to provide the user U1 with a GUI image for causing the user U1 to set the notification means (notification method) indicated by the third information described above, thereby It can function as a second setting unit that allows the user U1 to set the notification method indicated by the information.
As a result, the user U1 can freely set the notification means (notification method) simply by performing a simple and time-saving operation.

Furthermore, the types of notification devices and notification means (notification methods) that can be set differ depending on the importance of the notification content (such as the body of an email) included in the first information. A GUI (for example, window G1 in FIG. 4) for setting the importance is further provided, and a GUI (for example, window G2 in FIG. 4) for setting the notification device and the notification means (notification method) according to the set importance. And G3) can be provided variably.
As a result, the user U1 can set an appropriate notification device for the importance level by simply setting the importance level.

Further, after the notification content is notified from the mobile terminal 11-2 on the reception side to the user U2 on the reception side, the user U2 to which information indicating the device that has been notified and the notification means in the device is added. When notified information (for example, an opening confirmation mail in the present embodiment) is transmitted, the communication unit 59 further receives the notified information, and transmits the mobile terminal 11-on the transmission side. 1 can acquire, from the notification information received by the communication unit 59, the notified device and the notification means in the device as log information.
By utilizing this log information, it is possible to register what device and notification means the transmission partner (here, user U2) has in the address book etc. and use it as a candidate for the next transmission. At the next transmission, the user U2 can confirm the mail notification more surely.
In addition, this invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, The deformation | transformation in the range which can achieve the objective of this invention, improvement, etc. are included in this invention.

  In the above-described embodiment, the mail is transmitted from the transmission-side portable terminal 11-1 to the reception-side portable terminal 11-2. However, the present invention is not particularly limited thereto. First, it is sufficient that the transmission partner is another information processing apparatus having a function of communicating with one or more devices. The transmission target may be arbitrary information including the content of notification to the user.

In the above-described embodiment, the information processing apparatus to which the present invention is applied has been described using the mobile terminal 11-1 such as a smartphone as an example, but is not particularly limited thereto.
For example, the present invention can be applied to general electronic equipment having a function of communicating with another information processing apparatus having a function of communicating with one or more devices. Specifically, for example, the present invention can be applied to a notebook personal computer, a printer, a television receiver, a video camera, a portable navigation device, a mobile phone, a portable game machine, and the like.

The series of processes described above can be executed by hardware or can be executed by software.
In other words, the functional configuration of FIG. 3 is merely an example, and is not particularly limited. That is, it is sufficient that the mobile terminal 11-1 has a function capable of executing the above-described series of processing as a whole, and what functional blocks are used to realize this function is limited to the example of FIG. Not.
In addition, one functional block may be constituted by hardware alone, software alone, or a combination thereof.

When a series of processing is executed by software, a program constituting the software is installed on a computer or the like from a network or a recording medium.
The computer may be a computer incorporated in dedicated hardware. The computer may be a computer capable of executing various functions by installing various programs, for example, a general-purpose personal computer.

  The recording medium including such a program is not only constituted by the removable medium 31 of FIG. 2 distributed separately from the apparatus main body in order to provide the program to the user, but also in a state of being incorporated in the apparatus main body in advance. It is comprised with the recording medium etc. which are provided in. The removable medium 61 is composed of, for example, a magnetic disk (including a floppy disk), an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, or the like. The optical disk is composed of, for example, a CD-ROM (Compact Disk-Read Only Memory), a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), or the like. The magneto-optical disk is configured by an MD (Mini-Disk) or the like. In addition, the recording medium provided to the user in a state of being incorporated in advance in the apparatus main body includes, for example, the ROM 52 in FIG. 2 in which the program is recorded, the storage unit 58 in FIG.

In the present specification, the step of describing the program recorded on the recording medium is not limited to the processing performed in time series along the order, but is not necessarily performed in time series, either in parallel or individually. The process to be executed is also included.
Further, in the present specification, the term “system” means an overall apparatus configured by a plurality of devices, a plurality of means, and the like.

  As mentioned above, although several embodiment of this invention was described, these embodiment is only an illustration and does not limit the technical scope of this invention. The present invention can take other various embodiments, and various modifications such as omission and replacement can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and gist of the invention described in this specification and the like, and are included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalent scope thereof.

The invention described in the scope of claims at the beginning of the filing of the present application will be appended.
[Appendix 1]
First generation means for generating first information including notification contents for a first user of another information processing apparatus having a function of communicating with one or more devices;
Second information indicating a notification device for notifying the first user that the first information is received by the other information processing apparatus among the device group including the one or more devices and the other information processing apparatus. Second generation means for generating information added to the first information as transmission information;
Communication means for transmitting the transmission information generated by the second generation means to the other information processing apparatus;
An information processing apparatus comprising:
[Appendix 2]
First setting means for causing a second user of the information processing apparatus to set a notification device indicated by the second information;
The information processing apparatus according to appendix 1, further comprising:
[Appendix 3]
The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the first setting unit has different types of notification devices that can be set according to the importance of the notification content included in the first information.
[Appendix 4]
The information processing apparatus according to appendix 2 or 3, wherein the second generation unit further generates, as transmission information, information obtained by adding third information indicating a notification method in the notification device to the first information.
[Appendix 5]
The information processing apparatus according to appendix 4, further comprising: a second setting unit that causes a second user of the information processing apparatus to set a notification method indicated by the third information.
[Appendix 6]
The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the first setting unit has different types of notification devices that can be set according to the importance of the notification content included in the first information.
[Appendix 7]
After the notification content is notified from the other information processing apparatus to the first user, the first user is notified, to which information indicating the notification device and the notification means in the device is added. When the notified information indicating that the information is transmitted, the communication means further receives the notified information,
The information processing apparatus further includes log acquisition means for acquiring, as log information, a device that has been notified from the notified information received by the notification means.
The information processing apparatus according to any one of supplementary notes 1 to 6.
[Appendix 8]
An information processing apparatus having a function of communicating with one or more devices,
A determination unit that determines whether or not device information indicating a device that notifies the information is added to information sent from another information processing apparatus;
Control means for controlling the device indicated in the device information to notify the information when it is determined to be added by the determination means;
An information processing apparatus comprising:
[Appendix 9]
A communication method executed by an information processing apparatus having communication means for communicating with another information processing apparatus having a function of communicating with one or more devices,
A first generation step of generating first information including contents of notification to the first user of the other information processing apparatus;
Second information indicating a notification device for notifying the first user that the first information is received by the other information processing apparatus among the device group including the one or more devices and the other information processing apparatus. A second generation step of generating information added to the first information as transmission information;
Including a communication method.
[Appendix 10]
A computer for controlling an information processing apparatus having communication means for communicating with another information processing apparatus having a function of communicating with one or more devices;
First generation means for generating first information including notification contents for the first user of the other information processing apparatus;
Second information indicating a notification device for notifying the first user that the first information is received by the other information processing apparatus among the device group including the one or more devices and the other information processing apparatus. Second generation means for generating information added to the first information as transmission information;
Program to function as.
[Appendix 11]
A communication method executed by an information processing apparatus having a function of communicating with one or more devices,
A determination step of determining whether or not device information indicating a device that notifies the information is added to the information transmitted from another information processing apparatus;
A control step of controlling the device indicated in the device information to notify the information when it is determined that the device is added;
Including a communication method.
[Appendix 12]
A computer that controls an information processing apparatus having a function of communicating with one or more devices;
Determination means for determining whether or not device information indicating a device that notifies the information is added to information sent from another information processing apparatus;
Control means for controlling the device indicated in the device information to notify the information when it is determined to be added by the determination means;
Program to function as.

  11, 11-1, 11-2 mobile terminal, 12 headset 1, 13 wrist terminal, 51 CPU, 56 input unit, 57 display unit, 59 communication unit, 71 mail sentence generation unit, 72 emergency designation reception unit, 73 notification Designation receiving unit, 74 Display control unit, 75 Transmission data generation unit, 76 Log acquisition unit, 81 WiFi control unit, 82 Transmission data acquisition unit, 83 Designated content detection unit, 84 Bluetooth control unit, 85 Link confirmation unit, 86 Notification means Determination unit, 87 Notification control unit 87

Claims (12)

First generation means for generating first information including notification contents for a first user of another information processing apparatus having a function of communicating with one or more devices;
Of the device group including the one or more devices and the other information processing apparatus, second information indicating a notification setting device that notifies the first user of reception of the first information in the other information processing apparatus. Second generation means for generating transmission information added to the first information;
Communication means for transmitting the transmission information generated by the second generation means to the other information processing apparatus;
Obtaining means for obtaining information of a device capable of notifying the first user of reception of the first information in the other information processing apparatus;
Selection means for selecting a plurality of devices that can be notified as candidates and selecting one device from the candidates as the notification setting device based on the device information acquired by the acquisition means;
Equipped with a,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the acquisition unit acquires information on devices of different types according to the importance of the notification content included in the first information .   The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the selection unit causes a second user of the information processing apparatus to set a notification setting device indicated by the second information. The second generation means further generates the transmission information by adding third information indicating a notification method in the notification setting device to the first information,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the communication unit further transmits the transmission information to which the third information is added to the other information processing apparatus.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the selection unit causes a second user of the information processing apparatus to set a notification method indicated by the third information. The communication means acquires notified information on a notification setting device that has notified the first user of the first information,
Said selection means, as a candidate multiple notified device identified based on the notification completion information, according to claim 1, wherein selecting one of the devices from among the candidates as the notification setting device The information processing apparatus according to any one of the above. The notified information is added with information indicating the notified device and the notification means in the device after the notification content is notified to the first user from the other information processing apparatus,
The information processing apparatus further includes log acquisition means for acquiring, as log information, a device that has been notified from the notified information received by the notification means.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 . Said selection means, presents the candidate to the user, the information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that to select whether we first device among the candidate to a second user . An information processing apparatus having a function of communicating with one or more devices,
Determining means for determining whether or not device information indicating a notification setting device for notifying the information is added to information sent from another information processing apparatus;
Control means for controlling to notify the information by the notification setting device indicated in the device information when it is determined that the information is added by the determination means;
In the other information processing apparatus, a notification of the information, the first device from a plurality of candidate devices types are changed in accordance with the importance of the notification content included in the information as the notification setting device Transfer means for transferring predetermined information for selection to the other information processing apparatus;
An information processing apparatus comprising: A communication method executed by an information processing apparatus having communication means for communicating with another information processing apparatus having a function of communicating with one or more devices,
A first generation step of generating first information including contents of notification to the first user of the other information processing apparatus;
Of the device group including the one or more devices and the other information processing apparatus, second information indicating a notification setting device that notifies the first user of reception of the first information in the other information processing apparatus. A second generation step of generating transmission information added to the first information;
A communication step of transmitting the transmission information generated by the second generation step to the other information processing apparatus;
An acquisition step of acquiring information of a device capable of notifying the first user of reception of the first information in the other information processing apparatus;
Based on the information of the device obtained by the obtaining step, as a candidate multiple notification capable device, seen including a selection step of selecting one of the devices from the candidate as the notification setting device,
The communication method according to claim 1, wherein the acquiring step acquires device information of different types according to the importance of the notification content included in the first information . A computer for controlling an information processing apparatus having communication means for communicating with another information processing apparatus having a function of communicating with one or more devices;
First generation means for generating first information including notification contents for the first user of the other information processing apparatus;
Of the device group including the one or more devices and the other information processing apparatus, second information indicating a notification setting device that notifies the first user of reception of the first information in the other information processing apparatus. Second generation means for generating transmission information added to the first information;
Communication means for transmitting the transmission information generated by the second generation means to the other information processing apparatus;
Obtaining means for obtaining information of a device capable of notifying the first user of reception of the first information in the other information processing apparatus;
Selection means for selecting a plurality of devices that can be notified as candidates based on the device information acquired by the acquisition means, and selecting one device from the candidates as the notification setting device;
To function as,
The acquisition unit, the program that is characterized in that type in accordance with the importance of the notification content included in the first information to obtain the information of different devices. A communication method executed by an information processing apparatus having a function of communicating with one or more devices,
A determination step of determining whether or not device information indicating a notification setting device that notifies the information is added to the information transmitted from another information processing apparatus;
A control step of controlling to notify the information by the notification setting device indicated in the device information when it is determined that the information is added;
In the other information processing apparatus, a notification of the information, the first device from a plurality of candidate devices types are changed in accordance with the importance of the notification content included in the information as the notification setting device A transfer step of transferring predetermined information for selection to the other information processing apparatus;
Including a communication method. A computer that controls an information processing apparatus having a function of communicating with one or more devices;
Determining means for determining whether or not device information indicating a notification setting device for notifying the information is added to information sent from another information processing apparatus;
Control means for controlling the notification setting device indicated in the device information to notify the information when it is determined by the determination means to be added;
In the other information processing apparatus, a notification of the information, the first device from a plurality of candidate devices types are changed in accordance with the importance of the notification content included in the information as the notification setting device Transfer means for transferring predetermined information for selection to the other information processing apparatus;
Program to function as.

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