Classifications

• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
  • H04W36/00—Hand-off or reselection arrangements
  • H04W36/16—Performing reselection for specific purposes

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• the present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and method, a recording medium, and a program, and more particularly, to an information processing apparatus application method, a recording medium, and a program that enable information exchange to be performed reliably and easily.
• mobile phones may exchange phone numbers or e-mail addresses.
• one's own phone number or e-mail address is notified to each other by speaking or writing notes, or one of the other's phone numbers or the other phone number notified by writing a memo They used their e-mail address to exchange phone numbers or e-mail addresses with each other by making calls or sending e-mail.
• the present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and aims to enable information exchange with certainty and ease.
• the information processing apparatus acquires identification information of the electronic device when the detection means detects that the electronic device is disposed in the vicinity, and the detection unit detects that the electronic device is disposed in the vicinity.
• Acquisition means, and identification information acquired by the acquisition means Based on the above, it is characterized by comprising communication means for communicating with the electronic device via the network, and storage means for storing information obtained from the electronic device by the communication means.
• the detection means can detect the electronic device by performing communication by means of an electromagnetic wave.
• the detection means can detect the electronic device by communicating with infrared light.
• the identification information can be a telephone number, an e-mail address, or a content URL.
• the information may be the name of the owner of the electronic device, the address, the telephone number, the e-mail address, or the content URL.
• a detection step for detecting that the electronic device is arranged in the vicinity and identification of the electronic device when the processing of the detection step detects that the electronic device is arranged in the vicinity Storing information acquired from the electronic device by the process of acquiring information, the step of communicating with the electronic device via the network based on the identification information acquired by the process of the acquiring step, and the communication step;
• identification of the electronic device Storing information obtained from the electronic device by the processing of the communication step and the communication step of communicating with the electronic device via the network based on the acquisition step of acquiring the information, the identification information acquired by the processing of the acquisition step, and the communication step And storing step.
• a communication step and a storage step for storing information obtained from the electronic device by the processing of the communication step are characterized by being executed by a computer.
• identification information of the electronic device is acquired, and based on the acquired identification information, It communicates with the electronic device via the network, and the information obtained from the electronic device is registered.
• a network is a mechanism in which at least two devices are connected and information can be transmitted from one device to another.
• the devices communicating via the network may be independent devices, or may be internal blocks constituting one device.
• FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of an information processing system to which the present invention is applied.
• FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the mobile phone shown in FIG.
• FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the communication apparatus of FIG.
• FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining communication processing of the mobile phone of FIG.
• FIG. 5 is a flow chart explaining communication processing of the mobile phone and communication device of FIG.
• FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating another communication process of the mobile phone and communication device of FIG. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
• FIG. 1 shows a configuration example of an information processing system to which the present invention is applied.
• the portable telephones 11 and 12 communicate with each other by wireless communication with the base station 3 via the portable telephone network 2 by making an call.
• mobile phones 11 and 12 have e-mail function and WE B browsing function etc. It is connected to the communication device 5 through the network 4 by performing wireless communication with the base station 3 connected to the network 4 represented by the Internet through the mobile phone network 2
• the portable telephones 1_1 and 1-2 are simply referred to as the portable telephone 1 if it is not necessary to distinguish them individually).
• the communication device 5 is a street terminal installed in a town or the like, and is connected to the network 4.
• the user uses the communication device 5 to create favorite content.
• As the content to be created for example, content edited by editing information collected from a server (not shown) on the communication device 5 via the network 4 (ie, the search results of the restaurant are summarized Or the image captured using the communication device 5 and image data etc. in which graffiti etc. are edited.
• the communication device 5 provides the mobile phone 1 with information of these contents (for example, a U R L (Uniform Resource Locator), etc.) via the network 4.
• U R L Uniform Resource Locator
• the portable telephones 1-1 and 1-2 and the communication device 5 perform non-contact short-range communication for transmitting and receiving various information via electromagnetic waves by bringing them close to each other.
• one base station 3 and one communication device 5 are provided, and two mobile telephones 1 are provided.
• the number of connections is arbitrary.
• FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the mobile phone 1.
• a CPU Central Processing Unit
• ROM Read Only Memory
• RAM Random Access Memory
• C PU 21, R O M 2 2, and R AM 2 3 are mutually connected via a bus 2 4.
• An input / output interface 25 is also connected to the bus 24.
• the input / output interface 25 includes an input unit 26 composed of various types of switches, a microphone 27 for capturing the user's voice signal, and predetermined information.
• An LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) 28 for display and a speaker 29 for outputting an audio signal to the user are connected.
• the input / output interface 25 is further connected with a storage unit 30 constituted by a semiconductor memory or the like, and a communication unit 31 for performing communication via the mobile telephone network 2.
• a noncontact interface (I ZF) 32 for performing noncontact short distance communication with another electronic device (for example, the noncontact interface 6 3 of the communication device 5).
• the non-contact interface 32 communicates with the non-contact interface 6 3 (FIG.
• the noncontact interface 32 stores information supplied via the electromagnetic wave from the noncontact interface 63 in the storage unit 30 or the like, or a database that configures the storage unit 30 (for example, an address book). Register in).
• FIG. 3 shows a configuration example of the communication device 5.
• the CPU 5 1 to the input / output interface 5 5 basically have the same functions as the CPU 2 1 to the input / output interface 2 5 of the mobile phone 1 of FIG. Do.
• the input / output interface 55 includes the input display unit 58, a speaker 59 for outputting audio information such as an operation method, a camera and the like, and the user is photographed and photographed.
• a photographing unit 60 for inputting image data, a storage unit 61 constituted by a semiconductor memory or a hard disk, and a network interface (I ZF) 62 constituted by a modem, a terminal adapter, etc. are connected.
• the input display unit 58 includes an input unit 56 configured of a transparent tablet that detects an operation of the user's finger, and an L CD 5 disposed under the input unit 56 and having an image such as characters and graphics. 7 is provided. Further, in the same manner as the non-contact interface 32 of the mobile phone 1, the input display unit 58 is provided with a non-contact interface (I / ⁇ ) 63 for performing non-contact short-distance communication with other electronic devices.
• Network interface The source 62 performs communication processing via the network 4 represented by the Internet.
• a drive 70 is connected to the input / output interface 55, and a magnetic disk 71, an optical disk 72, a magneto-optical disk 73, a semiconductor memory 74, etc. are appropriately mounted and read from them.
• the issued computer program is installed in the storage unit 61 as necessary.
• step S 1 the non-contact interface 32 of the portable telephone 11 has received the electromagnetic wave from the portable telephone 12. That is, whether or not the portable telephone 12 has been detected. Determine if it is and wait until it detects mobile phone 1 or 2. If it is determined in step S1 that the mobile telephone 1 12 is detected, in step S 2 the non-contact interface 32 of the mobile telephone 1 1 1 requests the identification information from the mobile telephone 1 1 2 .
• the non-contact interface 32 of the mobile phone 1 receives the request of the mobile phone 11 in step S 21, and in step S 22, the identification information stored in the storage unit 30 (now In the case of (1), send the e-mail address) to mobile phone 1 — 1.
• the contactless interface 32 of the portable telephone 11 receives an electronic mail address from the portable telephone 1-2, and in step S4, the communication unit 31 receives this electronic mail address.
• the detailed information A of the portable telephone 11 stored in the storage unit 30 is transmitted to the portable telephone 12 via the base station 3 of the portable telephone network 2 by wireless communication using
• This detailed information is comprised of personal information such as the name of the owner of the mobile phone, an e-mail address, a telephone number, an address, a date of birth, or image data.
• step S23 the communication unit 31 of the mobile telephone 1-2 receives the detailed information A from the mobile telephone 11 and supplies it to the CPU 2.
• the CPU 12 of the portable telephone 12 supplies the detailed information A to the storage unit 30 and registers the detailed information A in a database such as an address book constituting the storage unit 30.
• step S 25 the communication unit 31 of the portable telephone 1-2 is stored in the storage unit 30 using the electronic mail address of the portable telephone 11 from the received detailed information A.
• the detailed information B of the mobile phone 12 is transmitted to the mobile phone 11 via the base station 3 of the mobile phone network 2 by wireless communication.
• step S5 the communication unit 31 of the mobile phone 1_1 receives the detailed information B from the mobile phone 1-2 and supplies it to the CPU 2.
• step S6 the CPU 2 of the portable telephone set 1-1 supplies the detailed information B to the storage unit 30, and registers it in a database such as an address book constituting the storage unit 30.
• the mobile telephone 11 detects the mobile telephone 12.
• the mobile telephone 1 12 may detect the mobile telephone 11.
• the e-mail address is used as the identification information in the above description, for example, it is possible to identify the other party, such as a telephone number or a network address, and using it, communication other than contactless interface is possible. If it is In the above description, the case of using a mobile phone network has been described, but other networks may also be used.
• the communication device 5 is a street terminal installed in a town or the like, and is connected to the network 4.
• the user creates favorite content using the communication device 5 which is a street terminal.
• the user searches for a restaurant from a server (not shown) via the network 4 and summarizes the search results on the communication device 5.
• the search result screen of L C D 5 7 of the communication device 5 for example, a display of “Please bring the mobile phone close here” and a position to bring the mobile phone close are indicated.
• L C D 57 a non-contact interface 63 is disposed below the designated position.
• the user places the mobile phone 1 in the position indicated by the LCD 5 7 (the position where the non-contact interface 6 3 of the LCD 5 7 is located) in order to view the content containing the search results on the mobile phone 1. Get close.
• the noncontact interface 32 of the mobile phone 1 and the noncontact interface 63 of the communication device 5 periodically transmit an electromagnetic wave at a sufficiently short cycle. Therefore, in step S41, the non-contact interface 63 of the communication device 5 determines whether or not the electromagnetic wave from the mobile phone 1 has been received, that is, whether the mobile phone 1 has been detected or not. I'm waiting for 1 to be detected. If it is determined in step S41 that the mobile telephone 1 has been detected, the non-contact interface 63 of the communication device 5 requests the mobile telephone 1 for identification information in step S42.
• the non-contact interface 32 of the portable telephone 1 receives the request of the communication device 5 in step S 61, and in step S 62, the identification information stored in the storage unit 30 (in this case, electronic) Send the mail address) to the communication device 5.
• the non-contact interface 6 3 of the communication device 5 receives the e-mail address from the portable telephone 1.
• the network interface 62 uses this email address to Information of more desired content (in this case, for example, the URL of the content) is sent to the mobile phone 1 via the network 4.
• the content information from the communication device 5 is transmitted by the base station 3 connected to the network 4 to the mobile phone 1 by wireless communication via the mobile phone network 2.
• step S63 the communication unit 31 of the mobile telephone 1 receives the information on the content from the communication device 5 and supplies it to the CPU 2.
• step S 64 the CPU 21 of the portable telephone 1 supplies information of the content to the storage unit 30 and stores the information in the storage unit 30.
• step S 65 the communication unit 31 accesses the server of the network 4 via the mobile phone network 2 using the U R L.
• the mobile phone 1 communicates with the base station 3 by wireless communication via the mobile phone network 2 and accesses the server connected to the network 4 via the base station 3 to obtain desired content. You can get
• the result searched by the communication device 5 can be browsed and the information can be downloaded.
• this content information is set as U R L of the content in which the search results of the restaurant are summarized, it may be, for example, a list of U R L of the searched restaurant.
• the non-contact interface is used to confirm and communicate the other party, and based on that, the detailed information is exchanged and stored using another communication method such as a cellular phone network or the Internet. As a result, information can be exchanged easily and reliably.
• the user creates favorite content information using the communication device 5 which is a street terminal.
• the user takes a picture of himself / herself using the communication device 5, and performs image editing such as graffiti on the picture data taken.
• image editing such as graffiti on the picture data taken.
• on the LCD 5 7 of the communication device 5 for example, a position “Please bring the mobile phone here” is indicated, and a position where the mobile phone is brought close is indicated.
• L In the CD 5 7, the contactless interface 6 3 is disposed below the designated position. .
• step S81 the non-contact interface 32 of the mobile telephone 1 determines whether or not the electromagnetic wave from the communication device 5 has been received, that is, whether or not the communication device 5 has been detected, It is waiting until the device 5 is detected. If it is determined in step S81 that the communication device 5 has been detected, then in step S82, the non-contact interface 32 of the portable telephone 1 requests the communication device 5 for identification information.
• the non-contact interface 63 of the communication device 5 receives the request of the portable telephone 1 in step S101, and in step S102, the identification information stored in the storage unit 61 Send the e-mail address) to the mobile phone 1.
• step S 83 the non-contact interface 32 of the portable telephone 1 receives an electronic mail address from the communication device 5, and in step S 84, the communication section 31 uses the electronic mail address to store information.
• the detailed information stored in the unit 30 is transmitted to the communication device 5 via the network 4.
• the detailed information from the mobile phone 1 is wirelessly communicated with the base station 3 via the mobile phone network 2 and is transmitted by the base station 3 to the communication device 5 via the network 4.
• This detailed information consists of the personal information such as the name of the owner of the mobile phone, the e-mail address, the telephone number, the address, the date of birth, and the image data.
• the information may be restricted, or information which you do not want to disclose may be restricted by the portable telephone 1.
• the network interface 62 of the communication device 5 receives the detailed information from the mobile telephone 1 and supplies it to the CPU 51.
• the CPU 51 of the communication device 5 supplies the detailed information to the storage unit 61 and stores the detailed information in the database constituting the storage unit 61.
• the network interface 62 of the communication device 5 uses the e-mail address of the portable telephone 1 from the received detailed information, and edits the edited image data through the network 4.
• the network interface 62 communicates with the base station 3 via the network 4 and is transmitted by the base station 3 to the mobile phone 1 by wireless communication via the mobile phone network 2.
• step S 85 the communication unit 31 of the mobile telephone 1 receives the image data from the communication device 5 and supplies it to the CPU 2 1.
• step S 86 C PU 21 of the portable telephone 11 supplies the image data to the storage unit 30 and stores the image data in the storage unit 30.
• the user can obtain image data captured by the communication device 5 in his / her portable telephone 1 and store it.
• the communication device 5 can create detailed information, that is, personal information, as a database. It can be used for statistics, or useful information for business use.
• the user does not have to perform troublesome input work in order to provide detailed information, thereby reducing the time occupied by the user of the communication device 5.
• the e-mail address is used as the identification information in the above, it may be a network address.
• the other party to communicate with is identified using the contactless interface, and based on that, detailed information is exchanged and registered using another communication method such as a cellular phone network.
• Information can be exchanged easily and reliably.
• the information stored in the storage unit such as a semiconductor memory is acquired, but if it is fixed information, it may be configured by an IC card or the like. In that case, the non-access interface may be configured to include an IC card reader / writer.
• the other party of communication is specified by communicating using the non-contact interface, but instead of the non-contact interface, the infrared by OBEX (Object Exchange protoco l) protocol, An interface may be used.
• OBEX Object Exchange protoco l
• the series of processes described above can be performed not only by hardware but also by software.
• the various programs should be executed by installing a computer that is built into the dedicated hardware or various programs.
• the program is installed from a program storage medium, for example, on a general-purpose personal computer capable of
• Program storage media for storing programs installed in a computer and ready to be executed by the computer are, as shown in FIG. 3, a magnetic disk 7 1 (including a flexible disk), an optical disk 7 2 (CD-ROM (Compact Di sc-Read Only Memory) N DVD (Incl. Digital Versatility Di sc), Magneto-optical disc 7 3 (Including MD (Mini-Di sc) (trademark)), or semiconductor memory 7 Etc., or a ROM 52 in which a program is temporarily or permanently stored, a storage unit 61, and the like.
• the steps for describing the programs to be recorded on the recording medium are not limited to processing performed chronologically according to the order described, but also necessarily parallel processing or individual processing not necessarily processing chronologically. Also includes the processing to be performed.
• system refers to the entire apparatus constituted by a plurality of apparatuses. 00 so 455
• information can be reliably exchanged with the correct party. Also, according to the present invention, information can be easily exchanged.

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