KR20180066058A - Communication system for water business - Google Patents

Abstract

A communication device 200 used in the users U1 and U2 houses a wireless terminal 300 that performs direct wireless communication with the communication device 200 and a vendor side communication device 400). The communication device 200 is capable of being driven by an external power source and transmits a text message wirelessly transmitted from the wireless terminal 300 to the supplier side communication device 400 via SMS and transmits the text message from the supplier side communication device 400 via SMS And wirelessly transmits the transmitted text message to the wireless terminal 300. The wireless terminal 300 is a wireless device capable of inputting predetermined information to be sent from the users U1 and U2 to the water company WO and wirelessly transmits the input information to the communication device 200 as a text message, In addition, a text message wirelessly transmitted from the communication device 200 is wirelessly received, and corresponding output is performed.

Description

Communication system for water business

The present invention relates to a water business communication system used for communication between a user of a water server and a water supplier who receives an exchangeable raw water container connectable to a water server.

In recent years, interest in the safety and health of water has increased, and water servers are also spreading in the home. Generally, the water server includes a housing, a temperature adjusting tank stored in the housing, a raw water introducing furnace for supplying the beverage to the temperature adjusting tank, and a main outlet for providing the beverage in the temperature adjusting tank to the outside of the housing. By opening the valve of the main outlet, the user can receive the drinking water falling from the main outlet with a cup or the like.

For users who care about the taste and safety of beverages, a water server of the type in which the exchangeable raw water container is connected to the raw water introduction route is popular (for example, Patent Document 1). The raw water container contains natural water or highly treated water. The specified capacity of the raw water container is about 8 to 20 liters, and the raw water container is often used in about two weeks.

Generally, a water business selling raw water containers is a system in which a water supplier provides a water server to a user in the form of lending or transferring to a user, and in the provision contract, a regular purchase obligation of the raw water container is erased to the user, By returning the cost of the water server with the profit of the sale, it is a business model that provides the water server to the user free or at a low price.

The user of the water server contracts with the water supplier who orders the raw water container, designating the product type, the quantity, and the regular delivery interval of the raw water container suitably classified by the natural water production area, the capacity, and the like. According to the contract, the water company delivers regular articles.

Depending on the season, the weather, and the user's home situation, the user's drinking water consumption may increase or decrease. For this reason, the user may order the water supplier temporarily for the water container, change the regular delivery date, order the temporary delivery of the regular delivery, or the like. In addition, the user may inquire the water supplier about the next shipment date before ordering such order to the water supplier.

Generally, a water company installs a call center for ordering or inquiry as described above, and responds by telephone operator or IVR (automatic voice response). Further, a web page for responding to an order or inquiry as described above is opened for a user who can use the Internet.

Patent Document 1: JP-A-2013-86841

However, there are cases where a water company wants to actively notify a large number of users. For example, in case of delays in regular delivery to users in a wide area due to natural disasters, or in the event that natural water collection facilities become turbid due to heavy rain, stopping the water supply, However, it is not realistic in terms of time and personnel costs to notify a large number of users of the notice from the call center. Notification by a web page is a passive means of waiting for a page access by a user, and its page access is also irregular and uncertain. In addition, a user who has a seniority is less interested in the use of the Internet, and often does not have an access environment for a web page. In consideration of this situation, the water company uses the postal mail at the notice, but the cost per one is high, and the situation changes before the mail arrives at the user, .

Therefore, a problem to be solved by the present invention is to make information communication between a user of a water server and a water supplier ordering an exchangeable raw water container low cost and convenient.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a water business communication system for use in information communication between a user of a water server and a water supplier who receives an exchangeable water container connectable to the water server, A wireless terminal which is used in a house of the mobile communication network and is capable of performing direct wireless communication with the communication device, a wireless terminal which is operated by the water provider, And a communication unit that receives a text message wirelessly transmitted from the wireless terminal and receives the text message from the wireless terminal, To a telephone number of the vendor-side communication apparatus, And a transmitting unit for receiving a text message transmitted from the provider-side communication device to the telephone number of the communication device and for transmitting the text message to the wireless terminal wirelessly, wherein the wireless terminal transmits, A transmission unit for wirelessly transmitting the information input by the operation unit to a transmission unit outside the house as a text message; and a transmission unit for transmitting a text message wirelessly transmitted from the transmission unit to the inside of the house A communication system for a water business having a receiving unit for wirelessly receiving data, a notifying unit for performing output corresponding to the text message received by the receiving unit, and a built-in battery unit for supplying power to the wireless terminal.

The carrier service of the mobile phone network is developed in a wide area. There are many users of water servers that deal with water operators, many thousands and tens of thousands, and are distributed in many areas. In addition, due to the rapid spread of the mobile phone network in recent years, it has become a friendly communication medium for many users. Therefore, the cellular phone network is a communication medium suitable for information communication between a water company and a user.

Since the contents of the information to be transmitted and received by the information communication are simple orders such as additional order and the next delivery date, they can be transmitted only by a text message and are output in the form of a graphical user interface (GUI) using photo data or image data It is unnecessary. In the case of carrying out information communication with a text message by the mobile telephone network, it is possible to transmit and receive a text message using a telephone number such as a short message service (SMS), thereby suppressing the communication cost per communication. Therefore, the water company can promptly and actively transmit information to a plurality of users at low cost by using the supplier-side communication device.

On the other hand, a communication device used in a user's house is a communication device connected to a mobile phone network, and is preferably driven by an external power source because it consumes relatively power. However, It is not possible that the possible place is near the water server. It is possible to arrange the wireless terminal for intra-home communication separately from the communication device even if the communication device does not exist near the water server. That is, the wireless terminal receives input corresponding to predetermined information, such as inquiry of additional order or next delivery date, wireless communication within a house with a communication device used in the user's house, and text message received from the communication device It is possible to provide a wireless communication device which is compact and consumes less power and can be driven by a built-in battery. Such a wireless terminal is easy to attach or mount on a water server, a household appliance near the water server, or a lathe with a magnet or the like. Therefore, when exchanging the raw water container of the water server, the resident of the user house who has recognized the necessity of additional order, etc., can quickly make additional orders or the like by using the wireless terminal near the water server.

Preferably, waiting means for suspending transmission of the text message and notifying of the occurrence of the retention when the transmitting unit to the outside of the communication apparatus of the communication apparatus receives a text message from the transmitting unit of the wireless terminal, And an authorization means for inputting authorization of the transmission.

In this manner, when a resident such as a child who does not have an ordering authority such as a supplementary order in the user's house performs an input operation such as an additional order using the wireless terminal, It is not transmitted to the communication apparatus. Therefore, it is possible to notify a resident of a mother or a head of household having an ordering authority that an additional order or the like has been performed from the notification of the waiting means, and an opportunity to approve the transmission of additional orders to the communication device at the judgment of the mother or the like can be created. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent an accidental order that does not conform to the intention of a resident having an ordering authority.

The communication device used in the user's home is a subscription terminal of a cellular phone service provided by the cellular phone network, but the subscriber may be either a water provider or a user.

For example, when the subscriber is a water provider, the transmitting unit to the outside of the house of the communication apparatus connects to the cellular phone network by using the telephone number previously assigned to the communication apparatus by using the water company as a subscriber, Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > short message service of the text message.

In this manner, the water provider who is the contracting party provides the user with the opened SIM card, so that the telephone number assigned to the SIM card can be known in advance. For this reason, the water company can promptly and actively notify each user of the provider. In addition, in general, the communication cost of the short message service is low and the subscriber of the transmission side is burdened. Since the water company becomes a subscriber of the communication apparatus, the water business communication system related to the present invention can be promoted without imposing a communication cost on the user.

In addition, when the subscriber is a user, the transmitting unit to the outside of the house of the communication apparatus accesses the cellular phone network using the telephone number previously assigned to the communication apparatus by using the user as a subscriber, Transmission and reception of a text message are performed only by the message service.

In this case, the water provider does not have to bear the communication cost between the supplier side communication device and the communication device. It is also advantageous in the case where the water company avoids providing the communication device to the user to reduce the cost. That is, when a communication device is not provided from a water company to a user who does not have a communication device such as a smart phone or tablet corresponding to the cellular phone network, the user can not expect to use the water communication system. As the number of services increases, the cost of transmission and procurement of communication devices become heavy burdens for water operators. In the case of a user who owns a corresponding smart phone or the like, the water provider only has to provide the user with application software for operating the smart phone or the like as the communication device. Since a resident of the user house that does not own a communication device realized in a smart phone or the like can use a wireless terminal, even if the resident who owns the communication device is not in the vicinity of the water server, .

Preferably, the wireless communication may be in accordance with the Bluetooth standard. The Bluetooth standard is low-speed communication as compared with the wireless LAN standard, but is suitable for a wireless terminal which is powered by a built-in battery with low power consumption.

As described above, in the water business communication system according to the present invention, the communication cost per communication is suppressed by employing the above-described configuration, and in the water company, the water business communication system can provide information to a large number of users at low cost It is possible to promptly and actively transmit data. In addition, in a user's house, a wireless-type wireless terminal can be placed in the vicinity of a water server, and additional orders can be quickly performed using the wireless terminal. The information communication between the water suppliers receiving the exchangeable raw water container can be made at low cost and convenient.

1 is a conceptual diagram showing a network structure of a water business communication system according to an embodiment.
Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing major hardware resources of the communication apparatus of Fig. 1; Fig.
3 is a functional block diagram of the communication device of Fig.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating major hardware resources of the wireless terminal of FIG. 1;
5 is a functional block diagram of the wireless terminal of FIG.
Fig. 6 is a sequence diagram showing an example of operation when information communication is performed from the user of Fig. 1 to a water company.
Fig. 7 is a sequence diagram showing an operation example when information communication is performed from a water company in Fig. 1 to a user.

Fig. 1 shows a configuration example of a water business communication system according to the embodiment. This water business communication system is a communication system in which the water users WS1 and WS2 are connected to the water utilities WS1 and WS2 and the exchange water source containers B that can be connected to the water servers WS1 and WS2 It is intended for use in information communication. In the present embodiment, the number of users U1 and U2 is limited to two, but actually the number of users is assumed to be one thousand or ten thousand.

The water servers WS1 and WS2 installed in the respective user houses of the users U1 and U2 are provided with a joint capable of connecting the raw water container B, a storage tank for regulating the temperature of the drinking water, To the storage tank, and a main water channel for pouring the beverage in the storage tank into the cup or the like. The structure of the water servers WS1 and WS2 is not particularly limited. For example, a water server for housing the raw water container B in the lower portion of the housing, a water server for placing the raw water container B in the upper portion of the housing, .

The water company WO provides the water servers WS1 and WS2 to the users U1 and U2 and concludes the regular purchase contract of the raw water container B with the users U1 and U2.

This water business communication system comprises a cellular phone network 100, communication devices 200 and 200 used in the homes of users U1 and U2, communication devices 200 and 200, (300, 300) capable of executing the water supplier (WO), and a vendor side communication device (400) operated by the water company (WO). The phrase " direct wireless communication is executable " means that wireless communication can be performed without passing through other communication devices.

The cellular phone network 100 is composed of a communication network for providing cellular phone service. A communication service provider providing a cellular phone service provides a Short Message Service (SMS) between communication devices connected to the cellular phone network 100. [ In the SMS, a text message of a predetermined number of characters or less is transmitted to a telephone number. The text message is transmitted to the communication device having the telephone number via the server of the center under the carrier. When the power of the communication device having the telephone number is turned on, the communication device automatically receives the text message.

Each of the communication device 200 and the supplier communication device 400 is a communication device to which a telephone number used for connection with the cellular phone network 100 is allocated in advance.

The major hardware resources provided in each communication device 200 are conceptually shown in Fig. Each communication apparatus 200 includes a central processing unit 201, a storage 202, a communication device 203 for communication processing using the cellular phone network 100, a SIM card (Subscriber Identity Module Card) A communication device 206 for performing wireless communication compliant with the Bluetooth standard, a display screen 207, and an external power supply for acquiring electric power required for driving the communication device 200 And a power supply unit 208 as far as possible. These hardware resources seem to be generally employed in existing smartphones and tablet computers that are compatible with third generation and fourth generation mobile communication networks.

The power supply unit 208 is a circuit that acquires power through a power adapter 208a connected to an outlet in a house that supplies commercial power and supplies the power to a required portion of the communication device 200. The power adapter 208a A connectable terminal 208b, and a battery 208c that accumulates power input from the terminal 208b.

The SIM card 204 stores a unique number called an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI), a telephone number, and the like, and enables communication in the cellular phone network 100 by associating the IMSI with a telephone number. The SIM card may also be referred to as UIM or R-UIM depending on the corresponding standard.

The functions provided in each communication device 200 are conceptually shown in Fig. These functions are realized when various kinds of software such as OS (Operating System) and application software stored in the storage device 202 are executed on a predetermined device such as the central processing unit 201 and these hardware resources and software cooperate And is realized on the communication device 200.

As shown in Figs. 1 to 3, each communication device 200 receives a text message wirelessly transmitted from the wireless terminal 300, and transmits the text message to the telephone number of the vendor communication device 400 A transmitting unit 210 for transmitting the text message to the outside of the house, a text message transmitted from the vendor communication device 400 to the telephone number of the communication device 200, (Not shown). The telephone number of the vendor communication device 400 is stored in advance in a predetermined memory area allocated to the transfer unit 210 to the outside of the house and the transfer unit 220 to the inside of the house. This memory may be input to either the user U1 or U2 side or the water company WO side.

The transmission unit 210 to the outside of the house and the transmission unit 220 to the inside of the house convert the communication protocol between the Bluetooth standard and the SMS standard provided in the cellular phone network 100. [ In each house of the users U1 and U2 the pairing between the communication device 200 and the wireless terminal 300 as a precondition for starting use of the communication device 200 and the wireless terminal 300 is performed in accordance with the Bluetooth standard Is done.

The out-of-home transmitting unit 210 receives the Bluetooth packet wirelessly transmitted from the wireless terminal 300 via the Bluetooth-compatible receiving antenna 206a, reads the text message stored in the payload of the packet, Generates the SMS message storing the read text message in the payload as the telephone number of the supplier communication device 400 and fires the SMS message from the transmission antenna 203a corresponding to the mobile telephone network 100. [

Here, the out-of-home transmission unit 210 includes waiting means 211 for holding transmission of the read text message to the vendor communication device 400 and notifying the occurrence of the reservation, And authorization means 212 for inputting authorization.

The waiting unit 211 notifies the occurrence of the reservation by recording the text message that has been suspended for transmission in the memory area under the submission and displaying it on the subordinate display screen 207. [

The approval means 212 accepts transmission permission or transmission rejection by the operation buttons 212a and 212b on a text message basis. The user U1 or U2 can read the content displayed on the display screen 207 and allow the transmission of the text message being displayed by pressing the operation button 212a or by pressing the operation button 212b, Or reject the transmission of the text message being transmitted. The acceptance means 212 is adapted to accept switching of display contents for the display screen 207 with the operation button 212c when there are a plurality of objects to be held. The transferring unit 210 to the outside of the house transmits an SMS message to the telephone number of the vendor communication device 400 with respect to the text message for which transmission permission has been accepted by the operation button 212a and deletes it from the memory area. Further, the transmitting unit 210 for out-of-home deletes the text message received from the operation button 212b from the memory area without transmitting the text message to the cellular phone network 100. [ Although an example has been shown in which an operation button 212a or the like is provided as a part of a GUI (Graphical User Interface) on a display screen 207 formed of a touch panel, these operation buttons may be mechanical switches.

When the transmitting unit 220 transmits the SMS message to the receiving antenna 203b corresponding to the mobile telephone network 100 with the telephone number of the transmitter side communication apparatus 400 as a transmission source, And generates a Bluetooth packet storing the read text message in the payload in the wireless terminal 300 and fires the packet from the Bluetooth-compatible transmission antenna 206b.

The communication device 200 used in the user U1 housing is a dedicated device procured by the water company WO and is provided from the water company WO to the user U1. The SIM card 204 mounted on the communication device 200 is contracted between a service provider providing a cellular phone service to the cellular phone network 100 and a water company WO. That is, the communication device 200 used in the user U1 housing uses the telephone number (stored in the SIM card 204) preliminarily assigned to the communication device 200 using the water company WO as a subscriber And connects to the cellular phone network 100. The telephone number of the other party to which the communication device 200 used in the user U1 housing can communicate with the cellular phone network 100 is limited to the telephone number of the vendor communication device 400. [ This is to ensure that the water provider (WO) does not bear communication costs other than his / her work.

On the other hand, the communication device 200 used in the user U2 housing is realized on a communication device such as a smart phone related to the ownership of the user U2. The SIM card 204 installed in the communication device 200 used in the user U2 housing is contracted between the user U2 and the communication carrier providing the cellular phone service to the cellular phone network 100. [ That is, the communication device 200 used in the user U2 housing uses the user U2 as a subscriber and stores the phone number (stored in the SIM card 204) pre-assigned to the communication device 200 And connects to the telephone network 100. In addition, recent smart phones and the like are provided with a home communication function generally conforming to the Bluetooth standard or the Wi-Fi standard in order to cope with tethering use. The application software that realizes the functions of the transfer unit 210 to the outside of the house and the transfer unit 220 into the house using the in-house communication function or the touch panel type user interface provided in the smart phone, ), It is possible to realize the communication device 200 on the smartphone of the user U2 or the like.

FIG. 4 conceptually shows major hardware resources provided in each wireless terminal 300 shown in FIG. Each communication device 300 includes a central processing unit 301, a storage 302, a communication device 303 for wireless communication compliant with the Bluetooth standard, a display screen 304, Operation buttons 305a to 305c and a built-in battery unit 306 for supplying power necessary for driving the wireless terminal 300. [ These hardware resources seem to be commonly employed in phasors.

The built-in battery unit 306 is a circuit that acquires electric power from the battery and supplies the electric power to the required portion of the wireless terminal 300.

The functions provided in each communication device 300 are conceptually shown in Fig. These functions are realized when various kinds of software such as OS (Operating System) and application software stored in the storage device 302 are executed on a predetermined device such as the central processing unit 301 and these hardware resources and software cooperate with each other And is realized on the wireless terminal 300.

As shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 5, each wireless terminal 300 includes an operation unit 310 that can input predetermined information to be transmitted from the users U1 and U2 to the water company WO, A transmission unit 320 for wirelessly transmitting the information input by the transmission unit 310 to the transmission unit 210 to the outside of the house as a text message and a reception unit for wirelessly receiving the text message wirelessly transmitted from the transmission unit 220 into the house 330 and a notification unit 340 for outputting a text message received by the receiving unit 330. [

As shown in Figs. 1, 4, and 5, the operation unit 310 displays, as the above-described predetermined information, information indicating an additional order of the raw water container B, As shown in FIG. That is, the operation unit 310 accepts an additional order with the operation button 305a, and accepts an inquiry about the next delivery date with the operation button 305b. The resident of the user U1 or U2 house can make one additional order by pressing the operation button 305a once or can inquire the next delivery date by pressing the operation button 305b once.

Here, the "additional order" means that the raw water container B is ordered in addition to the regular purchase contract of the raw water container B concluded between the water company WO and the users U1, U2, Means the day on which the water container (B) arrives at the inquiry-causing user (U1, U2) house, and the day when the water container (B) The water company (WO) can calculate and manage the next delivery date based on the regular delivery date based on the regular purchase contract, the number of weeks of additional orders, and the lead time required for delivery to the user (U1, U2) have.

The transmitting unit 320 generates a Bluetooth packet that stores a text message indicating the information input by the operating unit 310 in the payload in the communication device 200 and emits the packet from the Bluetooth-compatible transmitting antenna 303a do.

The receiving unit 330 reads a text message stored in the payload of the packet when receiving the Bluetooth packet having the communication device 200 as a transmitting source via the Bluetooth receiving antenna 303b, To the notifying unit 340. [0064]

The notification unit 340 records the text message transmitted from the receiving unit 330 in a memory area underneath and outputs the information indicated by the text message as a text message on the display screen 304. [ The notification unit 340 receives the erasing of the information being displayed by the operation button 305c, and erases the text message corresponding to the erroneous information from the memory area. The notification unit 340 is configured to accept switching of the display contents of the display screen 304 with the operation button 305c when a plurality of text messages transmitted from the receiving unit 330 are stored.

The text message transmitted and received between the wireless terminal 300 and the communication device 200 does not describe the content of the information itself as a sentence but a code corresponding to each predetermined information. For example, code "1" is indicated as a text message indicating additional order, and code "2" is indicated as a text message indicating inquiry of the next delivery date. The notification unit 340 stores the formatting text corresponding to the code in the memory area under the code, and can output predetermined information based on the corresponding formatting text. By adopting the text message of the code in this manner, the amount of communication per one time between the wireless terminal 300 and the communication device 200 can be made small, and the power consumption of the wireless terminal 300 can be suppressed. As a result, since the amount of transmission from the communication device 200 to the vendor side communication device 400 becomes small, the transmission cost from the communication device 200 can be suppressed.

Each communication device 200 is provided from the water company WO to the users U1 and U2.

The supplier communication device 400 shown in FIG. 1 is introduced in a CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system operated by a water company (WO). The CRM system includes a database DB for collectively managing various kinds of information required by the water company WO to the users U1 and U2 and a communication device such as a smart phone corresponding to the cellular phone network 100 And a server (S) for providing application software for operating as the communication device (200). In the database (DB), a telephone number corresponding to the SIM card 204 provided to the user U1 is registered. In the database (DB), the telephone number of the communication device from which the application software is downloaded from the server S is also registered. This downloading may be performed via the Internet.

Side communication device 400 receives the SMS message from each communication device 200 via the mobile phone network 100 only at the receiving antenna 401 corresponding to the mobile telephone network 100, , And has a function of reading the text message stored in the payload and reflecting it to the database (DB).

In addition, the vendor-side communication device 400 generates an SMS message storing a text message indicating completion of ordering of additional orders in the payload as a telephone number that was the sender of the additional order, and transmits the SMS message to the mobile telephone network 100. [ From the transmitting antenna 402 corresponding to the antenna.

Further, the vendor communication device 400 acquires the next delivery date from the database (DB), and generates an SMS message storing the text message indicating the next delivery date in the payload to the telephone number as the transmission source of the inquiry And has a function of emitting the SMS message from the transmission antenna 402.

It goes without saying that the text message transmitted from the vendor communication device 400 to the communication device 200 is preferably a code as much as possible. For example, the text message indicating the completion of the order of the additional order is denoted by reference numeral " 10 ", the text message indicating the reply of the next delivery date from the supplier side communication apparatus 400 is denoted by " 20XXYY " Side communication device 400 to the communication device 200 is made small, and the transmission cost from the supplier-side communication device 400 is set to be small It becomes possible to inhibit it.

The vendor communication device 400 also receives an arbitrary search condition such as the address of the user U1 or U2 and extracts the telephone number from the database DB and inputs arbitrary search conditions such as key input, A function of receiving an arbitrary text message as an input means, generating an SMS message storing the received text message in the payload as the extracted telephone number, and emitting the SMS message from the transmission antenna 402.

The arbitrary text message may include the delivery delay information of the raw water container (B). Here, the delivery delay information of the raw water container is information on the delay from the scheduled delivery date, for example, the reason for the delay, the number of days to be delayed, the delayed product, the delayed area, The arbitrary text message is not limited to the notices of the water company (WO) concerning the water business of the user, and for example, the water company (WO) may be an advertisement received from a business operator of another industry.

An operation example of the water business communication system according to the embodiment will be described. In the following operation example, it is assumed that the pairing between the communication device 200 and the wireless terminal 300 has been completed and that the database (DB) under the management of the water company WO is assigned to each communication device 200 It is presupposed that the telephone number assigned to the vendor communication device 400 is stored in each of the communication devices 200. In this case,

6 shows an example of operation in which a resident of the user U1 or U2 housing shown in Fig. 1 performs a further ordering of the raw water container B or inquiry of the next delivery date to the water company WO (hereinafter, , See Fig. 6). The time for replacing the raw water container B connected to the water servers WS1 and WS2 comes and the resident of the user U1 or U2 house picks up the raw water container B stored in the storage space of the warehouse or the like . At this time, the resident sees the remaining state of the raw water container (B) in the user (U1, U2) housing, and recognizes the necessity of inquiring the additional order or the next delivery date according to the remaining state. The resident who has returned to the vicinity of the water servers WS1 and WS2 to exchange the raw water container B can use the operation buttons 305a and 305b of the water servers WS1 and WS2 and the wireless terminal 300 disposed in the vicinity thereof (S1). The wireless terminal 300 that has received this transmits the Bluetooth packet P1 corresponding to the inquiry of the additional order or the next delivery date to the paired communication device 200 (S2). This transmission is automatically repeated in accordance with the Bluetooth standard until it is received by the communication apparatus 200 that has been paired.

The communication apparatus 200 that has received the Bluetooth packet P1 waits for a transmission permission input from the approval means 212 by a resident of the user U1 or U2 housing (S3) The SMS message (M1) corresponding to the inquiry of the delivery date is transmitted to the cellular phone network (100) through the telephone number of the supplier communication device (400) (S4).

The supplier communication device 400 that has received the SMS message M1 reflects the database DB and acquires necessary information in accordance with the contents thereof (S5), and also responds to the SMS message (M1) And sends the SMS message M2 to the cellular phone network 100 as a phone number to which the SMS message M1 is transmitted (S6).

The communication device 200 receiving the SMS message M2 transmits the Bluetooth packet P2 corresponding to the SMS message M2 to the paired wireless terminal 300 (S7). This transmission is automatically repeated according to the Bluetooth standard until it is received in the paired wireless terminal 300. [

Upon receiving the Bluetooth packet P2, the wireless terminal 300 outputs a text statement corresponding to the Bluetooth packet P2 to the display screen 304 (S8).

Fig. 7 shows an operation example in the case where the water company WO shown in Fig. 1 actively notifies the users U1 and U2 of any notice (see Figs. 1 and 7). The water company WO inputs a text message indicating the contents of the notice and an extraction condition from a database (DB) of a telephone number to be used as a place of notification to the vendor communication device 400 (S10). The vendor communication device 400 transmits the SMS message (M3) storing the text message to the cellular phone network 100 as the extracted telephone number (S11).

The communication device 200 receiving the SMS message M3 stores the text message read from the SMS message M3 in the Bluetooth packet P3 and transmits the text message to the paired wireless terminal 300 in step S12.

Upon receiving the Bluetooth packet P3, the wireless terminal 300 reads the text message stored in the Bluetooth packet P3 and outputs the text message to the display screen 304 (S13).

The water business communication system (see FIG. 1) related to the embodiment uses the mobile communication network 100 that has been developed in the wide area as described above. Therefore, the water business operator (WO) U2, U3, U3, U3, U3, and U3.

The water business communication system according to the embodiment limits the information communication between the water company (WO) and the users (U1, U2) to text messages. Therefore, Service can be used. Therefore, the communication cost per communication between the vendor-side communication device 400 and the communication device 200 can be suppressed. Therefore, the water company WO can quickly and actively transmit information to a large number of users U1 and U2 at low cost by using the vendor-side communication device 400. [

In the water business communication system according to the embodiment, the power supply unit 208 of the communication device 200 can drive the communication device 200 consuming relatively power by the external power source of the user U1, U2 housing have.

The water business communication system related to the embodiment is not limited to the simple function of the degree of phasers even if the communication device 200 in the user U1 or U2 housing is not present near the water servers WS1 and WS2 It is easy to place the wireless terminal 300 in or near the water servers WS1 and WS2 because the wireless terminal 300 having a small size and a small power consumption is provided separately from the communication device 200. [ Do. Therefore, when exchanging the raw water containers B of the water servers WS1 and WS2, the residents of the users U1 and U2 who have become aware of the necessity of additional ordering, The terminal 300 can be used to quickly perform additional orders or the like.

Therefore, the water business communication system according to the embodiment is a water business communication system in which users U1 and U2 of water servers WS1 and WS2 and water supplier B that receives exchangeable raw water containers B connectable to water servers WS1 and WS2, (WO), and in the water company (WO), the supplier side communication device (400) is used to quickly and actively transmit information to a large number of users (U1, U2) at low cost The wireless terminals 300 of the users U1 and U2 are arranged in the vicinity of the water servers WS1 and WS2 and the wireless terminals 300 are used to quickly perform additional orders or the like It is possible to make information communication between the users U1 and U2 and the water company WO at low cost and convenient.

The water business communication system related to the embodiment is configured such that a resident such as a child who does not have an ordering authority for additional orders or the like in the users U1 and U2 houses can receive additional orders etc. as the operation unit 310 of the wireless terminal 300 The waiting unit 211 and the acknowledging unit 212 of the communication device 200 do not transmit the text message corresponding to the text message to the vendor communication device 400 immediately from the communication device 200, It is possible to notify the resident having the ordering authority of the occurrence of additional order or the like and to create an opportunity to approve the transmission of the additional order at the judgment of the resident. Therefore, the water business communication system according to the embodiment can prevent an accidental order that does not conform to the intention of the resident having the ordering authority.

The water business communication system according to the embodiment provides the SIM card 204 that has been opened to the user U1 from the water company WO so that the telephone number assigned to the SIM card 204 is transmitted to the water company (WO) side. For this reason, the water company (WO) can promptly and actively notify each user U1 serving as the provider. Further, the communication cost of the SMS is borne by the water supplier (WO), which is the subscriber of the transmission side. Therefore, the water business communication system according to the embodiment does not have to bear the communication cost between the communication device 200 used in the user U1 housing and the supplier communication device 400, and the use of the water business communication system Promotion can be promoted.

The water business communication system according to the embodiment realizes the communication device 200 used in the user U2 housing on the terminal with the user U2 as the subscriber, It is not necessary for the water provider WO to bear the communication cost between the communication device 200 and the vendor communication device 400. The water business communication system according to the embodiment includes an application software for operating a smartphone or the like owned by the user U2 as the communication device 200 with respect to the communication device 200 used in the user U2 It is only necessary to provide it to the user U2, and the cost can be reduced by avoiding providing the communication device to the user as much. A resident who does not own the communication device 200 realized in a smartphone or the like in the user U2 house can use the wireless terminal 300 and thus the resident who owns the communication device 200 can use the water server WS2 ), There is no problem to carry out additional order or the like.

The water business communication system according to the embodiment adopts the Bluetooth standard as the wireless communication between the communication device 200 and the wireless terminal 300, so that the power consumption is smaller than the wireless LAN standard such as Wi-Fi And a built-in battery unit 306. The wireless terminal 300 includes a built-

It should be understood that the embodiments disclosed herein are by no means intended to be limiting in all respects. Therefore, it is intended that the scope of the present invention be shown by the appended claims rather than the foregoing description, and that all changes and modifications within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are intended to be embraced therein.

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal and a mobile communication terminal in which a mobile phone is connected to a mobile communication network, , 310: operating section, 320: transmitting section, 330: receiving section, 340: notifying section, 400:

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A water supplier WS used for information communication between the users U1 and U2 of the water servers WS1 and WS2 and a water supplier WO purchasing an exchangeable raw water container B connectable to the water servers WS1 and WS2 In a communication system,
A cellular phone network 100,
A communication device 200 that is used in a house of the users U1 and U2 and to which a telephone number to be used for connection with the cellular phone network 100 is previously allocated,
A wireless terminal 300 capable of performing direct wireless communication with the communication device 200,
Side communication device 400, which is operated by the water company (WO) and to which a telephone number used for connection with the mobile telephone network 100 is allocated in advance,
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The communication device (200)
A power supply unit 208 capable of obtaining power from an external power supply,
A transmitting unit 210 for receiving a text message wirelessly transmitted from the wireless terminal 300 and transmitting the text message to a telephone number of the vendor communication device 400,
A transmitting unit 220 for receiving a text message transmitted from the vendor communication device 400 to the telephone number of the communication device 200 and wirelessly transmitting the text message to the wireless terminal 300,
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The wireless terminal (300)
An operation unit 310 for inputting predetermined information sent from the user U1 or U2 to the water company WO,
A transmission unit 320 for wirelessly transmitting information inputted by the operation unit 310 to the transmission unit 210 outside the house as a text message,
A receiving unit 330 for wirelessly receiving a text message wirelessly transmitted from the transmitting unit 220 into the home;
A notification unit 340 for outputting a text message received by the receiving unit 330,
A built-in battery unit 306 for supplying power to the wireless terminal 300,
And a communication unit for communicating with the communication unit. The method according to claim 1,
The transmitting unit 210 of the communication device 200 for the outside of the house holds the transmission of the text message when receiving a text message from the transmitting unit 320 of the wireless terminal 300, (211) for notifying the user of the stored transmission, and an approval means (212) for inputting the permission of the reserved transmission. 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
The transmitting unit 210 of the communication device 200 to the outside of the house is connected to the cellular phone network 100 using the telephone number preliminarily assigned to the communication device 200 by using the water company WO as a subscriber And transmits and receives a text message only by the short message service of the cellular phone network (100). 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
The transmitting unit 210 of the communication apparatus 200 transmits the outgoing data to the mobile telephone network 100 using the telephone numbers previously assigned to the communication apparatus 200 by using the users U1 and U2 as subscribers, And transmits and receives a text message only by the short message service of the cellular phone network (100). 5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
Wherein the wireless communication is based on the Bluetooth standard.

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