WO2012008108A1 - 通信装置及び通信方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a communication apparatus and a communication method for performing close proximity wireless communication with a communication terminal apparatus by close proximity wireless communication using an RFID or the like and processing information received from the communication terminal apparatus by software.
- a customer management support system that performs marketing support while securing the anonymity of a user with minimum customer information using a noncontact information medium (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
- the card identification information unique to the noncontact information medium and the necessary minimum user information are registered as customer information at the management center via the network, and the user places the noncontact information medium in the facilities of various places.
- a customer management support system is disclosed, in which utilization information of the facility is received from the reader unit via the network by the management center by holding the reader unit arranged, and the utilization information is additionally registered in the user information.
- the processing unit of the management center converts the customer information into a database based on the card identification information and registers it in the storage unit, and the card identification information and the related information from the already registered customer information
- the reader identification information and the time at that time are associated with the user information to be registered, and the usage trend information of the facility is transmitted to the terminal device of each facility.
- Patent Document 2 discloses the following contents. First, when the portable terminal device is connected to the communication interface, the member ID of the distributed non-contact IC tag is read by the reader. Then, the control unit controls the portable terminal device through the communication interface so as to transmit an e-mail describing the member ID to the server. Further, when the server receives an e-mail from the portable terminal device, the user performs user registration from the e-mail address assigned to the portable terminal device and the member ID described in the e-mail.
- the user information recorded in the IC tag is registered in the server device connected via the network.
- the application for processing the information read from the IC tag is provided and activated in the reader / writer, when using a mobile phone etc. as the reader / writer, the application installs In some cases, the user has to perform complicated operations such as installation and activation.
- the present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems, and a communication apparatus and communication method capable of processing information received from a communication terminal apparatus via close proximity wireless communication without requiring complicated operation of the user. Intended to provide.
- a communication device concerning one mode of the present invention is a communication device which performs proximity wireless communication with a communication terminal device, and processes information received from the communication terminal device by software.
- An antenna unit for receiving radio waves from the communication terminal apparatus; software identification information for identifying software for processing information received from the communication terminal apparatus by performing close proximity wireless communication with the communication terminal apparatus via the antenna unit A proximity wireless communication unit received from the communication terminal apparatus; and a control unit for acquiring corresponding software which is software corresponding to the received software identification information and activating the acquired corresponding software.
- software identification information for identifying software for processing information received from the communication terminal device is received by proximity wireless communication, the corresponding software corresponding to the software identification information is acquired, and the corresponding software is activated.
- software for processing the received information can be activated only by establishing close proximity wireless communication between the communication terminal device and the communication device. Therefore, the information received from the communication terminal device via the close proximity wireless communication can be processed without the need for the user's complicated operation.
- a storage unit storing one or more pieces of software is further provided, and the control unit acquires the corresponding software from the storage unit when the corresponding software is stored in the storage unit. And activate the acquired corresponding software.
- the corresponding software when the corresponding software is stored in the storage unit, the corresponding software is acquired from the storage unit and the corresponding software is activated. That is, only by establishing the close proximity wireless communication between the communication terminal device and the communication device, the software stored in the storage unit is automatically activated to process the received information. Therefore, the information received from the communication terminal device via the close proximity wireless communication can be processed without the need for the user's complicated operation.
- the communication device is connected to a storage device storing one or more software including the corresponding software via a communication network, and the communication device further communicates with the storage device.
- a communication unit is provided, and the control unit determines whether the corresponding software is stored in the storage unit using the software identification information, and determines that the corresponding software is stored in the storage unit. If it is determined that the corresponding software is acquired from the storage unit, the acquired corresponding software is activated, and it is determined that the corresponding software is not stored in the storage unit, through the communication unit. Transmitting the software transmission request signal for requesting transmission of the corresponding software to the storage device; The corresponding software acquires and activates the obtained the corresponding software from.
- the corresponding software when it is determined that the corresponding software is not stored in the storage unit, the corresponding software is acquired from the storage device which is an external server device via the communication unit, and the corresponding software is activated. . That is, only by establishing the close proximity wireless communication between the communication terminal device and the communication device, even if the predetermined software is not stored in the communication device, the predetermined software is automatically activated without operating the communication device. Process the received information. Therefore, the information received from the communication terminal device via the close proximity wireless communication can be processed without the need for the user's complicated operation.
- the proximity wireless communication unit further receives, from the communication terminal device, storage device identification information for identifying the storage device, and the control unit does not store the corresponding software in the storage unit.
- the storage device indicated by the received storage device identification information via the communication unit includes the software identification information and communication device identification information for identifying the communication device.
- the storage device identification information is received from the communication terminal device, and the software transmission request signal including the software identification information and the communication device identification information is transmitted to the storage device indicated by the storage device identification information. Then, the corresponding software is acquired from the storage device and activated. That is, the storage device can be easily accessed by receiving access information to the storage device such as the address of the storage device from the communication terminal device, and the storage device can be easily stored by sending the software identification information to the storage device. Corresponding software can be obtained from the device. Therefore, it is possible to process the information received from the communication terminal apparatus via close proximity wireless communication without performing complicated processing.
- the communication device is connected to a registration device for registering information via a communication network
- the proximity wireless communication unit is a registration device that identifies the registration device from the communication terminal device.
- the identification information and the terminal identification information for identifying the communication terminal apparatus are further received, and the control unit is received by activating the corresponding software for registering the information to be received from the communication terminal apparatus.
- Information associated with at least the terminal identification information is associated with communication device identification information identifying the communication device, and transmitted to the registration device indicated by the registration device identification information.
- the information including at least the terminal identification information is associated with the communication device identification information, and is transmitted to the registration device indicated by the registration device identification information. That is, software for processing the received information is automatically activated only by establishing close proximity wireless communication between the communication terminal device and the communication device, and further, the terminal identification information is associated with the communication device identification information to be external server equipment. Send to a certain registration device. For this reason, it is possible to process the information received from the communication terminal device via the close proximity wireless communication by one touch operation by the user, and to register the information of the communication terminal device in the external server device.
- the proximity wireless communication unit transmits a polling signal to the communication terminal device, receives a polling response from the communication terminal device, and establishes proximity wireless communication in the communication terminal device when the wireless communication is established.
- the software identification information is received from the communication terminal device.
- the proximity wireless communication unit transmits the polling signal to the communication terminal device to establish the proximity wireless communication, thereby receiving the software identification information from the communication terminal device. That is, when the communication terminal device is a tag device, by operating the communication device as a reader / writer device, close proximity wireless communication between the communication terminal device and the communication device can be established, and software identification information can be received.
- the proximity wireless communication unit when the proximity wireless communication unit receives a polling signal from the communication terminal device, the proximity wireless communication is established by transmitting a polling response to the communication terminal device to establish proximity wireless communication from the communication terminal device. Receive software identification information.
- the proximity wireless communication unit transmits the polling response to the communication terminal device to establish the proximity wireless communication, thereby receiving the software identification information from the communication terminal device. That is, when the communication terminal device is a reader / writer device, proximity wireless communication between the communication terminal device and the communication device can be established and software identification information can be received by operating the communication device as a tag device.
- the proximity wireless communication unit is a reader / writer mode in which the proximity wireless communication unit performs proximity wireless communication with a reader / writer device having a reader / writer function, and the proximity wireless communication unit has a tag device having an IC tag function.
- a tag mode for performing proximity wireless communication the communication mode switching unit switching the proximity wireless communication unit to the reader / writer mode when the communication terminal device is a reader / writer device, When the communication terminal device is a tag device, the proximity wireless communication unit is switched to the tag mode.
- the proximity wireless communication unit when the communication terminal device is a reader / writer device, the proximity wireless communication unit is switched to the reader / writer mode, and when the communication terminal device is a tag device, the proximity wireless communication unit is switched to the tag mode. That is, by bringing the reader / writer device or the tag device closer to the communication device, proximity wireless communication between the communication device and the reader / writer device or the tag device can be established, and predetermined software can be automatically activated. Therefore, regardless of whether the communication terminal device is a reader / writer device or a tag device, information received from the communication terminal device via close proximity wireless communication is processed without requiring a complicated operation by the user. Can.
- the present invention can be realized not only as such a communication device but also as an integrated circuit including each processing unit constituting the communication device, and as a communication method in which the processing of each processing unit is a step.
- the present invention may be realized as a program causing a computer to execute the steps, or may be realized as a recording medium such as a computer readable CD-ROM recording the program, or as information, data or signals indicating the program. It can also be realized. And these programs, information, data, and signals may be distributed via a communication network such as the Internet.
- the communication device and the communication method of the present invention it is possible to process information received from the communication terminal device via the close proximity wireless communication without requiring a complicated operation of the user.
- FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing an overview of the communication system in the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing information stored in the memory of the terminal device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the relay device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram showing information stored in the memory of the relay device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the relay device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 6A is a sequence diagram showing an example of the operation of the terminal device, the relay device, and the server device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing an overview of the communication system in the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing information stored in the memory of the terminal device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is
- FIG. 6B is a sequence diagram showing an example of the operation of the terminal device, the relay device, and the server device in the modification of the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile device which is a relay device in Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration of terminal communication information received by the mobile device in the second embodiment of the present invention and mobile communication information transmitted by the mobile device.
- FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the mobile device in the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 10A is a sequence diagram showing an example of the operation of the terminal device, the mobile device and the server device according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
- FIG. 10A is a sequence diagram showing an example of the operation of the terminal device, the mobile device and the server device according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
- FIG. 10B is a sequence diagram showing an example of the operation of the terminal device, the portable device, and the server device in the modification of the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a relay device according to a modification of the first embodiment of the present invention.
- Embodiment 1 In the present embodiment, a terminal device having a close proximity wireless communication function, a relay device performing close proximity wireless communication with the terminal device, and a server device connected to the relay device via a general-purpose network such as the Internet or a mobile telephone network
- a communication system including the sensing information of the terminal device and the like registered in the database of the server device via the relay device will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
- FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing an overview of the communication system 1 in the first embodiment.
- the communication system 1 includes a terminal device 10, a relay device 20, a network 30, and a server device 31.
- the terminal device 10 corresponds to the “communication terminal device” described in the claims
- the relay device 20 corresponds to the “communication device” described in the claims.
- the relay device 20 is, for example, a portable terminal such as a smartphone.
- the terminal device 10 and the relay device 20 can communicate by close proximity wireless communication.
- the proximity wireless communication in the present embodiment refers to RFID (Radio Frequency Identification, ISO 14443) tag such as electromagnetic induction type 13.56 MHz band (HF band) or radio wave type 52 to 954 MHz band (UHF band) and a reader / writer And NFC (Near Field Communication, ISO / IEC 21481) in the 13.56 MHz band.
- RFID Radio Frequency Identification
- HF band electromagnetic induction type 13.56 MHz band
- UHF band radio wave type 52 to 954 MHz band
- NFC Near Field Communication
- a reader / writer function may be mounted on the terminal device 10 side, and an IC tag function may be provided on the relay device 20 side.
- the main object of the present embodiment is the terminal device 10 and the relay device
- an IC tag function may be mounted on the terminal device 10 side and a reader / writer function may be provided on the relay device 20 side.
- the Peer-to-Peer communication function, tag emulation, and reader / writer emulation are standardized. In this case, the relationship between the IC tag and the reader / writer may be any.
- the relay device 20 includes a loop antenna 201, a display unit 202, and an input unit 203.
- the loop antenna 201 is an antenna for performing close proximity wireless communication with the IC tag or reader / writer of the terminal device 10. That is, the loop antenna 201 is an antenna that receives radio waves emitted from the terminal device 10.
- the loop antenna 201 corresponds to the "antenna portion" described in the claims.
- the display unit 202 is a portion that displays the result of the close proximity wireless communication with the terminal device 10 and the transmission data from the server device 31, and is configured of a liquid crystal display or the like.
- the input unit 203 is an interface for the user to operate the relay device 20.
- relay device 20 A detailed description of the relay device 20 will be described later.
- the terminal device 10 includes a controller 101, a memory 102, a close proximity wireless communication unit 103, and a loop antenna 104.
- the controller 101 is a CPU that is a system controller of the terminal device 10 and is a part that performs at least system control other than the close proximity wireless communication of the terminal device 10.
- the memory 102 is a memory including control software for operating the controller 101 and a non-volatile memory capable of storing any data sensed by the terminal device 10.
- the memory 102 may be mounted inside the LSI of the controller 101 or may be an external memory.
- the memory 102 internally includes a non-rewritable ROM area, a rewritable RAM area, and an FW area storing firmware (FW) in which the control procedure of the controller 101 is described.
- FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing information stored in the memory 102 in the first embodiment.
- terminal device specific information 1001 As shown in the figure, terminal device specific information 1001, server access information 1002, application identification information 1003 and the like are recorded in the ROM area.
- the terminal device specific information 1001 is information such as terminal device identification information (production number) capable of identifying the terminal device 10, terminal device model number (production part number), manufacturer identification information, production lot identification information and production date.
- the server access information 1002 is information such as a server address (URL (Uniform Resource Locator)) and server authentication information (account, password).
- URL Uniform Resource Locator
- server authentication information account, password
- the application identification information 1003 is information for identifying an application that processes information received from the relay device 20.
- the application identification information 1003 is included in the “software identification information” described in the claims.
- connection to a server according to the terminal device 10 can be realized. Then, the terminal device 10 can identify the terminal device 10 on the manufacturer side by transmitting the information to the server device 31 via the relay device 20.
- Usage history information and error information of the terminal device 10 are recorded in the RAM area.
- the FW area firmware that is a control procedure of the controller 101 is recorded.
- the FW area may be a ROM memory or a RAM memory.
- the proximity wireless communication unit 103 is a portion that communicates with the reader / writer or IC tag mounted on the relay device 20, and modulates transfer data to the IC tag or transfers data from the IC tag Is a part that demodulates the
- the transfer data to the reader / writer is modulated, or the transfer data from the reader / writer is demodulated.
- the near-field wireless communication unit 103 performs at least power generation for establishing near-field wireless communication based on radio waves received from the reader / writer of the relay device 20, and extracts a clock signal based on radio waves from the reader / writer. Do.
- At least the close proximity wireless communication unit 103 of the terminal device 10 performs power generation and extracts a clock signal by radio waves from the reader / writer, so that the relay device 20 can be operated even when the main power of the terminal device 10 is off. And close proximity wireless communication.
- the loop antenna 104 is a loop antenna for performing close proximity wireless communication with the reader / writer of the relay device 20 or the IC tag.
- the terminal device 10 polls the IC tag provided in the relay device 20 via the loop antenna 104, reads out information from the relay device 20 when communication is established, or transmits information to the relay device 20.
- the controller 101 When the controller 101 detects that the loop antenna 201 of the relay device 20 approaches the loop antenna 104 of the terminal device 10 and the proximity wireless communication is established between the terminal device 10 and the relay device 20, the controller 101 stores the same in the memory 102.
- the terminal device specific information 1001, the server access information 1002 and the application identification information 1003 are read out and transmitted to the relay device 20.
- the server device 31 is a server provided with a storage device storing a database and the like, and is connected to the relay device 20 via a communication network.
- the server device 31 is usually a WEB server having a database.
- the server device 31 registers the information transferred from the relay device 20 in the database, transfers the result information to the relay device 20, and causes the display unit 202 to display the information.
- the server device 31 includes the function of the “registration device” described in the claims.
- the information sensed by the terminal device 10 can be registered in the database of the server device 31 via the relay device 20.
- information capable of uniquely identifying the terminal device such as the serial number, model number, and manufacturer identification information is transferred from the terminal device 10 to the relay device 20 by close proximity wireless communication.
- the information received from the terminal device 10 via the close proximity wireless communication is information (e-mail address, telephone number, portable information for specifying the user held by the relay device 20 or the relay device 20 itself).
- Identification information SIM (Subscriber Identity Module Card) card ID, etc., and information (GPS (Global Positioning System) information, A-GPS (Assisted--) for specifying the position when the relay device 20 can sense position information)
- GPS Global Positioning System
- A-GPS Assisted--
- the server device 31 of the terminal device 10 can be It is possible to perform patron registration and the like.
- the manufacturer can quickly determine the initial failure of a specific lot and handle it, and it is used for each user from usage history information. It is possible to obtain manufacturer's merits such as guiding certain functions and using them for the next product development.
- FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the relay device 20 in the first embodiment.
- the relay device 20 is a part that performs a mobile phone function in the case of a mobile phone and a PC function in the case of a personal computer (PC).
- the relay device 20 according to the present embodiment targets all of the mobile phone terminal and the PC. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the description of each single device is omitted, and only the common functions are described.
- the relay device 20 includes a close proximity wireless communication unit 204, a controller 205, a memory 206, and a communication unit 207.
- the close proximity wireless communication unit 204 is a processing unit equivalent to the close proximity wireless communication unit 103 included in the terminal device 10. Specifically, the close proximity wireless communication unit 204 performs close proximity wireless communication with the terminal device 10 via the loop antenna 201, and receives information from the terminal device 10.
- the information received by the proximity wireless communication unit 204 from the terminal device 10 is the terminal device specific information 1001 stored in the memory 102, the server access information 1002, and an application identification for identifying an application that performs processing related to the terminal device 10.
- Information 1003 and the like are the terminal device specific information 1001 stored in the memory 102, the server access information 1002, and an application identification for identifying an application that performs processing related to the terminal device 10.
- the information contained in the terminal device specific information 1001 or the terminal device specific information 1001 corresponds to the “terminal identification information” described in the claims. Also, the server access information 1002 is included in the “storage device identification information” described in the claims.
- the controller 205 is a system controller that instructs to control at least the operation of the close proximity wireless communication unit 204 and store the acquired information in the memory 206, and is configured by a so-called microcomputer or CPU.
- the controller 205 acquires corresponding software which is an application corresponding to the application identification information 1003 received by the close proximity wireless transfer unit 204, and activates the acquired corresponding software. More specifically, when the corresponding software is stored in the memory 206, the controller 205 acquires the corresponding software from the memory 206 and activates the corresponding software.
- the controller 205 activates the corresponding software, associates information including at least the terminal device specific information 1001 received by the proximity wireless communication unit 204 with communication device identification information for identifying the relay device 20, and sends the information to the server device 31. Send.
- the controller 205 corresponds to the “control unit” described in the claims.
- the memory 206 includes a non-rewritable ROM area, a rewritable RAM area, and an FW area storing firmware (FW) in which the control procedure of the controller 205 is described.
- the memory 206 corresponds to the “storage unit” described in the claims.
- FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram showing the information stored in the memory 206 in the first embodiment.
- relay device identification information (production number) 2011 written in the process at the time of manufacturing the relay device 20, and user identification information (person identification information capable of identifying a person using the relay device 20)
- a SIM card ID or the like) 2012 and a relay device model number (production part number) 2013 or the like are stored.
- the relay device identification information 2011, the user identification information 2012, and the relay device model number 2013 are included in the "communication device identification information" described in the claims.
- the information in the ROM area is written when the relay device 20 is manufactured.
- the ROM area may be physically configured by a rewritable flash memory or the like, but in this case, the reader / writer of the terminal device 10 is managed as a read only area. By this, it is possible to prevent malicious operations such as spoofing by illegally rewriting identification information or rewriting to illegitimate server access information, and it is possible to improve security.
- the server access information 2015 is information in which the server access information 1002 read from the terminal device 10 via the close proximity wireless communication is stored, and is information transferred to the server device 31 via the relay device 20. is there.
- the server access information 2015 also includes a server address (URL) 2016 and server authentication information (account, password).
- the server address (URL) 2016 is included in the “registered device identification information” described in the claims.
- the FW area may be a ROM memory or a RAM memory. However, since the FW area is preferably a RAM memory in order to have a firmware update function described later, this embodiment will be described as a RAM memory.
- the communication unit 207 is a processing unit that communicates with the server device 31 via a general-purpose network such as the Internet or a mobile telephone network, and transmits or receives predetermined data, or downloads application software 2014 Used when
- FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the relay device 20 in the first embodiment.
- the close proximity wireless communication unit 204 performs close proximity wireless communication with the terminal device 10 via the loop antenna 201, and receives information from the terminal device 10 (S102).
- the controller 205 acquires the corresponding software from the memory 206 and activates the corresponding software. (S104).
- FIG. 6A is a sequence diagram showing an example of the operation of the terminal device 10, the relay device 20, and the server device 31 in the first embodiment. Specifically, the figure shows an example of the operation of the terminal device 10, the relay device 20 and the server device 31 when the terminal device 10 has an IC tag function and the relay device 20 has a reader / writer function.
- FIG. 6A is a sequence diagram showing an example of the operation of the terminal device 10, the relay device 20, and the server device 31 in the first embodiment. Specifically, the figure shows an example of the operation of the terminal device 10, the relay device 20 and the server device 31 when the terminal device 10 has an IC tag function and the relay device 20 has a reader / writer function.
- FIG. 6A is a sequence diagram showing an example of the operation of the terminal device 10, the relay device 20, and the server device 31 in the first embodiment. Specifically, the figure shows an example of the operation of the terminal device 10, the relay device 20 and the server device 31 when the terminal device 10 has an IC tag function and the relay device 20 has a reader / writer
- the close proximity wireless transfer unit 204 of the relay device 20 transmits a polling signal to the terminal device 10 via the loop antenna 201 (S201).
- the relay device 20 may transmit the polling signal at a constant time interval, or may transmit the polling signal when the polling signal from the terminal device 10 is not received.
- the polling signal may be transmitted based on the operation.
- the relay device 20 when the relay device 20 performs the operation of the IC tag function, the relay device 20 switches from the IC tag function to the reader / writer function, or by switching to the reader / writer function by the user setting. , And may transmit a polling signal.
- the proximity wireless communication unit 103 of the terminal device 10 receives a polling signal from the relay device 20 (S203), and transmits a polling response to the relay device 20 (S205). Then, the proximity wireless communication unit 204 of the relay device 20 receives the polling response from the terminal device 10 (S207), and establishes proximity wireless communication with the terminal device 10.
- the relay device 20 when the close proximity wireless communication between the relay device 20 and the terminal device 10 is established by transmitting the polling signal to the terminal device 10 by the relay device 20, the relay device 20 is a device having a reader / writer function.
- the terminal device 10 operates as a tag device having an IC tag function. That is, in this case, the relay device 20 determines that the terminal device 10 is a tag device, and operates as a reader / writer device.
- the proximity wireless communication unit 204 of the relay device 20 requests the terminal device 10 to transmit information including at least the terminal device unique information 1001, the server access information 1002 and the application identification information 1003 (S209) .
- the close proximity wireless transfer unit 103 of the terminal device 10 transmits the information to the relay device 20 via the loop antenna 104 (S210), and the close proximity wireless communication unit 204 of the relay device 20 passes the loop antenna 201.
- the information is received from the terminal device 10 (S212).
- the relay device 20 is operated as a reader / writer device to establish close proximity wireless communication between the terminal device 10 and the relay device 20 and to receive the information. Can.
- the controller 205 of the relay device 20 stores the information received by the proximity wireless communication unit 204 in the memory 206 (S214).
- the controller 205 temporarily stores the terminal device unique information 1001 and the application identification information 1003 in the memory 206 and writes the server access information 1002 in the server access information 2015 of the memory 206.
- the controller 205 acquires an application corresponding to the application identification information 1003 from the application software 2014 stored in the memory 206, and activates the acquired application (S216).
- the application to be activated is an application for performing patrone registration of the terminal device 10.
- the application software 2014 includes an application corresponding to the application identification information 1003.
- the controller 205 at least one of the relay device identification information 2011, the user identification information 2012 and the relay device model number 2013 stored in the memory 206 and the terminal device specific information 1001 according to the operation of the started application.
- Information including is generated as communication information (S218).
- the communication unit 207 of the relay device 20 refers to the server address (URL) 2016 of the server access information 2015 according to the operation of the application, and connects to the server device 31 indicated by the server address (URL) 2016, The communication information is transmitted (S220).
- the server device 31 having received the communication information registers the terminal device specific information 1001 in the database in association with the relay device identification information 2011, the user identification information 2012 or the relay device model number 2013 included in the communication information (S222) .
- the user registration of the terminal device 10 can be performed.
- the server device 31 transmits a registration completion notification to the relay device 20 (S224), and the relay device 20 that has received the registration completion notification causes the display unit 202 to display the registration completion (S226), and ends the processing. .
- the terminal device 10 has an IC tag function
- the relay device 20 has a reader / writer function.
- FIG. 6B is a sequence diagram showing an example of the operation of the terminal device 10, the relay device 20, and the server device 31 in the modification of the first embodiment. Specifically, this figure shows an example of the operation of the terminal device 10, the relay device 20 and the server device 31 when the terminal device 10 has a reader / writer function and the relay device 20 has an IC tag function.
- FIG. 6B shows an example of the operation of the terminal device 10, the relay device 20 and the server device 31 when the terminal device 10 has a reader / writer function and the relay device 20 has an IC tag function.
- the close proximity wireless transfer unit 103 of the terminal device 10 transmits a polling signal to the relay device 20 via the loop antenna 104 (S202).
- the terminal device 10 may transmit the polling signal at a constant time interval, or may transmit the polling signal when the polling signal from the relay device 20 is not received.
- the polling signal may be transmitted based on the operation.
- the terminal device 10 when the terminal device 10 performs the operation of the IC tag function, the terminal device 10 switches from the IC tag function to the reader / writer function, or by switching to the reader / writer function by the user setting. , And may transmit a polling signal.
- the close proximity wireless transfer unit 204 of the relay device 20 receives the polling signal from the terminal device 10 (S204), and transmits a polling response to the terminal device 10 (S206). Then, the near-field wireless communication unit 103 of the terminal device 10 receives the polling response from the relay device 20 (S208), and establishes near-field wireless communication with the relay device 20.
- the terminal device 10 when the close proximity wireless communication between the terminal device 10 and the relay device 20 is established by transmitting the polling signal to the relay device 20 by the terminal device 10, the terminal device 10 is a device having a reader / writer function.
- the relay device 20 operates as a tag device having an IC tag function. That is, in this case, the relay device 20 determines that the terminal device 10 is a reader / writer device, and operates as a tag device.
- the proximity wireless communication unit 103 of the terminal device 10 transmits information including at least the terminal device specific information 1001, the server access information 1002 and the application identification information 1003 to the relay device 20 via the loop antenna 104.
- the close proximity wireless transfer unit 204 of the relay device 20 receives the information from the terminal device 10 via the loop antenna 201 (S212).
- the terminal device 10 is a reader / writer device
- the relay device 20 by operating the relay device 20 as a tag device, close proximity wireless communication between the terminal device 10 and the relay device 20 can be established and the information can be received. it can.
- the terminal device 10 since the terminal device 10 does not have to continue to transmit the polling signal by switching the tag device to the reader / writer device during the process (S214 to S226), power consumption is reduced. Can. For example, when activating the application (S216), the relay device 20 switches from the tag device to the reader / writer device.
- the terminal device 10 when the user brings the loop antenna 201 of the relay device 20 close to the loop antenna 104 of the terminal device 10 and the proximity wireless communication is established between the terminal device 10 and the relay device 20, the terminal device 10 is stored in the memory 102.
- the terminal device specific information 1001, the server access information 1002 and the application identification information 1003 are transmitted to the relay device 20.
- a predetermined application is activated based on the application identification information 1003, and desired terminal device specific information 1001 and relay device identification information 2011 It becomes possible to transmit information such as the user identification information 2012 and the relay device model number 2013 to the server device 31 in the place described in the server access information 1002. That is, the user can register the information of the terminal device 10 in the server device 31 without activating the application on the relay device 20.
- the application identification information 1003 for identifying the application for processing information is received by close proximity wireless communication, and the application corresponding to the application identification information 1003 Get it and start it. That is, only by establishing the close proximity wireless communication between the terminal device 10 and the relay device 20, an application for processing the received information can be activated. For this reason, the information received from the terminal device 10 via the close proximity wireless communication can be processed without requiring a complicated operation of the user. Moreover, since it is not necessary to always start the application in the relay device 20, power consumption can be reduced.
- the application When an application corresponding to the application identification information 1003 is stored in the memory 206, the application is acquired from the memory 206 and activated. That is, only by establishing the close proximity wireless communication between the terminal device 10 and the relay device 20, the application stored in the memory 206 is automatically activated to process the received information. For this reason, the information received from the terminal device 10 via the close proximity wireless communication can be processed without requiring a complicated operation of the user.
- the terminal device 10 only by establishing close proximity wireless communication between the terminal device 10 and the relay device 20, information including at least identification information of the terminal device 10 is associated with the identification information of the relay device 20 and transmitted to the server device 31. For this reason, it is possible to process the information received from the terminal device 10 via the close proximity wireless communication and register the information of the terminal device 10 in the external server device 31 by one touch operation by the user.
- the terminal device specific information 1001 the server access information 1002 and the application identification information 1003
- the terminal device 10 transmits to the relay device 20, only the application identification information 1003 may be transmitted.
- the controller 101 switches the close proximity wireless communication unit 103 to the IC tag mode
- the controller 205 of the relay device 20 activates a predetermined application
- the relay device 20 can read out the terminal device specific information 1001 and the server access information 1002.
- the amount of information exchanged between the terminal device 10 and the relay device 20 at one time can be reduced.
- the terminal device 10 may be provided with a button for activating the proximity wireless communication unit 103 and starting a polling operation for performing proximity wireless communication with the relay device 20.
- the polling operation continues to emit radio waves to unspecified parties, so a battery-powered portable device or the like has a burden in terms of battery life. Therefore, if the dedicated button for performing the polling operation is arranged, it is possible to prevent the unnecessary polling operation.
- the communication system in the second embodiment includes a portable device 5000 instead of the relay device 20 of the communication system 1 shown in FIG. 1 in the first embodiment. Therefore, the configuration of the portable device 5000 will be described in detail below.
- FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile device 5000 such as a mobile phone which is a relay device in the second embodiment.
- the portable device 5000 includes a terminal unit 5001 and a proximity wireless communication unit 5002, and the terminal unit 5001 and the proximity wireless communication unit 5002 are connected by the system controller 5010 of the terminal unit 5001. .
- the mobile device 5000 corresponds to the “communication device” described in the claims, and is, for example, a mobile terminal such as a smartphone.
- the terminal unit 5001 is connected to the server device 31 via the Internet or a portable mobile network, and connected to the close proximity wireless communication unit 5002 by a serial interface or an internal bus.
- the terminal unit 5001 includes a system controller 5010, a memory unit 5011, an application management unit 5015, and a communication unit 5019.
- the system controller 5010 and the application management unit 5015 are included in the “control unit” described in the claims.
- the system controller 5010 is a system controller of the terminal unit 5001 and is connected to the close proximity wireless communication unit 5002, and controls each component of the terminal unit 5001. A detailed description of control performed by the system controller 5010 will be described later.
- the memory unit 5011 is a memory including an application memory 5012, a device information memory 5013, and a general-purpose memory 5014.
- the memory unit 5011 corresponds to the “storage unit” described in the claims.
- the application memory 5012 is a portion for storing an application installed in the terminal unit 5001, and is configured by a non-volatile memory.
- the device information memory 5013 is a portion for storing device information of the terminal unit 5001 described later. Although the details will be described later, the device information is information configured by terminal identification information of the portable device 5000, a telephone number, an e-mail address, a contractor ID and the like.
- the general-purpose memory 5014 is configured of a memory for temporarily storing terminal communication information received by close proximity wireless communication and information received from the server device 31 by the communication unit 5019.
- the application management unit 5015 is a processing unit that manages an application installed in the terminal unit 5001, and includes an application installation unit 5016, an application determination unit 5017, and an application activation unit 5018.
- the application determination unit 5017 stores the application corresponding to the application identification information in the application memory 5012 of the terminal unit 5001 based on the application identification information included in the terminal communication information received via the proximity wireless communication unit 5002 Determine if there is.
- the application identification information is identification information that identifies software for processing information received from the terminal device 10.
- the application installing unit 5016 downloads the application indicated by the terminal communication information received by the proximity wireless communication unit 5002 It connects to the server apparatus 31 in which the application is stored based on the URL.
- the server device 31 stores software (application) in addition to the information registration database. That is, the server device 31 includes the functions of the “storage device” and the “registration device” described in the claims.
- the communication system 1 includes a server device storing software (corresponding to a "storage device” described in the claims) and a server device for registering information (a "registration device” described in the claims). And two server devices may be provided.
- the application installing unit 5016 acquires the application from the server device 31 by transmitting a software transmission request signal requesting transmission of the application to the connected server device 31 via the communication unit 5019. Then, the application installing unit 5016 downloads the application and installs the application in the application memory 5012.
- the software transmission request signal includes application identification information and identification information for identifying the portable device 5000.
- the application activation unit 5018 activates an application stored in the application memory 5012 of the terminal unit 5001 based on the application identification information included in the terminal communication information received via the close proximity wireless communication unit 5002.
- the application activation unit 5018 operates only when it is determined by the application determination unit 5017 that the application corresponding to the received application identification information is installed in the application memory 5012.
- the application activation unit 5018 acquires the application from the application memory 5012 and activates the application. Do.
- the application activation unit 5018 downloads the application installation unit 5016 from the server device 31, and the application memory Get the application installed in 5012 and start it.
- the communication unit 5019 is connected to the server device 31 indicated by the URL according to the URL of the server device 31 included in the terminal communication information received by the proximity wireless communication unit 5002, and receives information from the server device 31, It is a processing unit that transmits information to the device 31.
- the communication unit 5019 has the following two operation modes.
- the first mode is an application installation mode.
- the communication unit 5019 indicated by the application identification information included in the terminal communication information received by the proximity wireless communication unit 5002 is It connects with the server apparatus 31 which application download URL contained in terminal communication information shows. Then, the communication unit 5019 downloads the application indicated by the application identification information from the server device 31 and transmits the application to the application installing unit 5016.
- the application installing unit 5016 When the application installing unit 5016 receives the downloaded application, the application installing unit 5016 installs the application in the application memory 5012.
- the second mode of the communication unit 5019 is a registration mode for the server device 31.
- the communication unit 5019 registers the access information of the terminal communication information received by the proximity wireless communication unit 5002 and stored in the general-purpose memory 5014.
- the server device 31 is connected based on the database URL.
- the communication unit 5019 associates the communication device information stored in the device information memory 5013 with the terminal information for identifying the terminal device 10 included in the terminal communication information, and generates the mobile communication information, and the server Transmit to device 31.
- the near-field wireless communication unit 5002 is a part that performs near-field wireless communication with the terminal device 10, and includes a loop antenna 5021, a near-field communication control unit 5022, a near-field communication memory 5023, and a communication mode switching unit 5024.
- the close proximity wireless communication unit 5002 is a communication unit using general NFC (Near Field Communication), and is a processing unit that performs communication at a distance of several tens of centimeters in the 13.56 MHz band.
- NFC Near Field Communication
- NFC has an IC card emulation mode for emulating an IC card, and a reader / writer emulation mode for emulating a reader / writer for an IC card.
- a major difference between the IC card emulation mode and the reader / writer emulation mode is whether to perform a solicitation operation called polling. Polling needs to emit radio waves constantly in order to call out an unspecified IC card.
- the polling from the reader / writer is received as a radio wave, and the operation is performed with the power and clock generated from the received radio wave. Therefore, unlike the reader / writer, it does not constantly output radio waves.
- the proximity communication module incorporated in a general mobile phone also has an IC card emulation mode and a reader / writer emulation mode. However, only when operating in the reader / writer emulation mode, it is necessary to explicitly switch to the reader / writer emulation mode by activating the application of the mobile phone. If the application is not activated, it normally operates in the IC card emulation mode.
- the loop antenna 5021 receives a polling signal from an external terminal device 10 having a reader / writer function, and transmits a polling response to the terminal device 10 that is outputting the polling signal, whereby proximity wireless communication with the terminal device 10 is performed. Establish communication.
- the loop antenna 5021 corresponds to the “antenna portion” described in the claims.
- the near-field communication control unit 5022 demodulates a signal received by the loop antenna 5021 or modulates information to be transmitted to the terminal device 10 via the loop antenna 5021.
- the near-field communication memory 5023 includes a non-volatile memory, and transmits stored contents via the loop antenna 5021 or temporarily receives a signal received by the loop antenna 5021 in response to a command from the external terminal device 10.
- the near-field communication memory 5023 includes a ROM (Read Only Memory) area, and identification information unique to the near-field wireless communication unit 5002 is recorded in the area.
- Communication mode switching unit 5024 switches proximity wireless communication unit 5002 from the IC card emulation mode to the reader / writer emulation mode according to a command from terminal unit 5001.
- the communication mode switching unit 5024 performs close proximity wireless communication with the reader / writer device in which the proximity wireless communication unit 5002 has a reader / writer function, and proximity proximity device with the tag device in which the proximity wireless communication unit 5002 has an IC tag function. Switch between IC card emulation mode in which wireless communication is performed. Specifically, the communication mode switching unit 5024 switches the proximity wireless communication unit 5002 to the reader / writer emulation mode when the terminal device 10 is a reader / writer device, and the proximity wireless communication unit when the terminal device 10 is a tag device. Switch the 5002 to IC card emulation mode.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration of terminal communication information 6000 received by the mobile device 5000 and mobile communication information 6100 sent by the mobile device 5000 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. Specifically, in the figure, the terminal communication information 6000 received by the mobile device 5000 from the external terminal device 10 via the close proximity wireless communication, and the mobile device transmitted from the mobile device 5000 to the server device 31 via the communication unit 5019
- FIG. 16 is a conceptual diagram showing the configuration of communication information 6100.
- the terminal communication information 6000 includes terminal information 6001, application access information 6009 and access information 6012.
- the terminal information 6001 includes an IC tag individual ID 6002 unique to each proximity wireless communication unit 103 of the terminal device 10, a terminal model number 6003 capable of identifying the type of the terminal device 10, and a terminal part number 6004 capable of identifying an individual of the terminal device 10.
- the manufacturer ID 6005 that can specify the manufacturer of the terminal device 10, the date of manufacture 6006 of the terminal device 10, and the terminal usage history information 6007 indicating the usage history information when the terminal device 10 was operated by the user Terminal fault information 6008 for identifying the fault is included.
- the information included in the terminal information 6001 or the terminal information 6001 corresponds to the “terminal identification information” described in the claims.
- the application access information 6009 includes application identification information 6010 of an application to be installed on the portable device 5000 and an application download URL 6011 indicating a server device 31 that downloads the application.
- the application identification information 6010 is included in the “software identification information” described in the claims.
- the application download URL 6011 is included in the “storage device identification information” described in the claims.
- the access information 6012 includes a registration database URL 6013 indicating a server address for registering the terminal information 6001 and the like in the server device 31 via the portable device 5000.
- the registration database URL 6013 is included in the “registered device identification information” described in the claims.
- mobile communication information 6100 is information transmitted from the mobile device 5000 to the server device 31 connected to the mobile device 5000 via the Internet or a mobile mobile network, and includes terminal information 6101 and communication device information 6109. .
- the terminal information 6101 is information equivalent to the terminal information 6001 of the terminal communication information 6000, and is used by being called from the general-purpose memory 5014 in which the terminal communication information 6000 received via close proximity wireless communication is temporarily stored.
- the communication device information 6109 is information stored in advance in the device information memory 5013, and is received by a communication device ID 6110 which is information uniquely identifiable for each portable device 5000, and a GPS (Global Positioning System not shown). Location information 6111, application version 6112 which is version information of the installed application, and user information 6113 are included. The information included in the communication device information 6109 or the communication device information 6109 corresponds to the “communication device identification information” described in the claims.
- the user information 6113 is a subscriber ID 6114 recorded on the SIM card of the portable device 5000 as information capable of identifying the user who uses the portable device 5000, the telephone number 6115 of the portable device 5000, and the e-mail address 6116 of the portable device.
- a service account 6117 is included to identify the user at the server of the registration database.
- FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the portable device 5000 in the second embodiment.
- the proximity wireless communication unit 5002 performs proximity wireless communication with the terminal device 10 via the loop antenna 5021 and receives terminal communication information 6000 from the terminal device 10 (S302).
- the proximity wireless communication unit 5002 upon receiving a polling signal from an external terminal device 10 having a reader / writer function, the proximity wireless communication unit 5002 returns a polling response to the terminal device 10 that has output the polling signal, and performs proximity wireless communication. Establish. Then, when the close proximity wireless communication is established, the terminal communication information 6000 is received from the terminal device 10, and the received terminal communication information 6000 is temporarily stored in the close proximity communication memory 5023.
- the system controller 5010 of the terminal unit 5001 stores the terminal communication information 6000 stored in the near field communication memory 5023 in the general-purpose memory 5014 of the memory unit 5011.
- the system controller 5010 reads the application identification information 6010 indicated in the application access information 6009 of the terminal communication information 6000, and the application indicated by the application identification information 6010 for the application determination unit 5017 has already been stored in the application memory 5012. It is determined whether it is installed (S304).
- the system controller 5010 causes the application activation unit 5018 to execute the application indicated by the application identification information 6010 as an application. It is called from the memory 5012 and activated (S310).
- the system controller 5010 causes the communication unit 5019 to compare the application access information 6009 of the terminal communication information 6000.
- the server device 31 shown in the application download URL 6011 is connected (S306).
- the system controller 5010 downloads the application indicated by the application identification information 6010 of the application access information 6009 via the communication unit 5019, and installs the application in the application memory 5012 (S308).
- the system controller 5010 causes the application activation unit 5018 to call the application indicated by the application identification information 6010 from the application memory 5012 and activate the application (S310).
- the registration database URL 6013 is read from the access information 6012 of the terminal communication information 6000 stored in the general-purpose memory 5014 as the application operation, and is indicated in the registration database URL 6013 via the communication unit 5019.
- the server device 31 is connected. Then, as the application operation, mobile communication information 6100 in which the communication device information 6109 stored in the device information memory 5013 is associated with the terminal information 6001 of the terminal communication information 6000 is generated, and the mobile communication information 6100 corresponds to the server. It is transmitted to the device 31.
- FIG. 10A is a sequence diagram showing an example of the operation of the terminal device 10, the portable device 5000 and the server device 31 in the second embodiment. Specifically, the figure shows an example of the operation of the terminal device 10, the portable device 5000 and the server device 31 when the terminal device 10 has an IC tag function and the portable device 5000 has a reader / writer function.
- FIG. 10A is a sequence diagram showing an example of the operation of the terminal device 10, the portable device 5000 and the server device 31 in the second embodiment. Specifically, the figure shows an example of the operation of the terminal device 10, the portable device 5000 and the server device 31 when the terminal device 10 has an IC tag function and the portable device 5000 has a reader / writer function.
- FIG. 10A is a sequence diagram showing an example of the operation of the terminal device 10, the portable device 5000 and the server device 31 in the second embodiment. Specifically, the figure shows an example of the operation of the terminal device 10, the portable device 5000 and the server device 31 when the terminal device 10 has an IC tag function and the portable device
- the close proximity wireless transfer unit 5002 of the portable device 5000 transmits a polling signal to the terminal device 10 via the loop antenna 5021 (S401).
- the portable device 5000 may transmit the polling signal at a constant time interval, or may transmit the polling signal when the polling signal from the terminal device 10 is not received.
- the polling signal may be transmitted based on the operation.
- the portable device 5000 when the portable device 5000 performs the operation of the IC tag function, the portable device 5000 switches from the IC tag function to the reader / writer function, or by switching to the reader / writer function by the user setting. , And may transmit a polling signal.
- the close proximity wireless transfer unit 103 of the terminal device 10 receives a polling signal from the portable device 5000 (S403), and transmits a polling response to the portable device 5000 (S405). Then, the proximity wireless communication unit 5002 of the portable device 5000 receives the polling response from the terminal device 10 (S407), and establishes proximity wireless communication with the terminal device 10.
- the mobile device 5000 when the close proximity wireless communication between the mobile device 5000 and the terminal device 10 is established by transmitting the polling signal to the terminal device 10 by the mobile device 5000, the mobile device 5000 is a device having a reader / writer function.
- the terminal device 10 operates as a tag device having an IC tag function. That is, in this case, the portable device 5000 determines that the terminal device 10 is a tag device, and operates as a reader / writer device.
- the communication mode switching unit 5024 of the portable device 5000 switches the proximity wireless communication unit 5002 to the IC card emulation mode.
- the proximity wireless communication unit 5002 of the mobile device 5000 requests the terminal device 10 to transmit the terminal communication information 6000 including the terminal information 6001, the application access information 6009 and the access information 6012 (S409).
- the close proximity wireless transfer unit 103 of the terminal device 10 transmits the information to the portable device 5000 via the loop antenna 104 (S410), and the close proximity wireless communication unit 5002 of the portable device 5000 passes the loop antenna 201.
- the information is received from the terminal device 10 (S412).
- the terminal device 10 is a tag device
- the close proximity wireless communication between the terminal device 10 and the mobile device 5000 is established by operating the mobile device 5000 as a reader / writer device, and the information is received. Can.
- the system controller 5010 of the portable device 5000 temporarily stores the terminal communication information 6000 received by the proximity wireless communication unit 5002 in the general-purpose memory 5014 (S414).
- the application determining unit 5017 installs the application indicated by the application identification information 6010 in the application memory 5012 based on the application identification information 6010 of the application access information 6009 of the terminal communication information 6000 stored in the general-purpose memory 5014 It is determined whether or not it is (S416).
- the application installation unit 5016 performs the application of the terminal communication information 6000 stored in the general-purpose memory 5014. Based on the application download URL 6011 of the access information 6009, the server device 31 for downloading the application is connected (S418).
- the application installing unit 5016 transmits a software transmission request signal requesting transmission of the application to the connected server device 31 via the communication unit 5019 (S420).
- the software transmission request signal includes application identification information 6010 and information for identifying the portable device 5000 such as the communication device ID 6110.
- the server device 31 confirms the registration status of the application indicated by the application identification information 6010 included in the software transmission request signal (S 422), and the portable device 5000 indicated by the information identifying the portable device 5000 such as the communication device ID 6110. To transmit the application (S424).
- the application installing unit 5016 downloads the application indicated by the application identification information 6010 from the server device 31, and installs the downloaded application in the application memory 5012 (S426).
- the application activation unit 5018 acquires the application from the application memory 5012 and activates the application (S428).
- the application determination unit 5017 determines that the application indicated by the application identification information 6010 is installed in the application memory 5012, the application is not downloaded and installed, and the application is activated.
- the unit 5018 starts the application indicated by the application identification information 6010 (S428).
- the communication unit 5019 generates and transmits the portable communication information 6100 according to the operation of the application (S430).
- the communication unit 5019 associates the terminal information 6001 of the terminal communication information 6000 stored in the general-purpose memory 5014 as the terminal information 6101 with the communication device information 6109 stored in the device information memory 5013, Mobile communication information 6100 is generated.
- the communication unit 5019 when the communication unit 5019 generates the mobile communication information 6100, the communication unit 5019 registers the terminal information 6101 with reference to the registration database URL 6013 indicated in the access information 6012 of the terminal communication information 6000 stored in the general-purpose memory 5014.
- the mobile communication information 6100 is transmitted to the server.
- the server device for registering the terminal information 6101 is the server device 31, but the terminal information 6101 may be registered in a server device different from the server device 31.
- the server device 31 having received the mobile communication information 6100 registers the terminal information 6101 in the database in association with the communication device information 6109 included in the mobile communication information 6100 (S432). Since the communication device information 6109 includes user information for specifying a user, it is possible to perform patrone registration of the terminal device 10 by registering the terminal information 6101 in association with the user information.
- the portable device 5000 that has received the registration completion notification from the server device 31 causes the display unit to display the completion of the registration (S434), and ends the processing.
- the user can complete the user registration of the terminal device with a simple operation of one touch.
- a typical mobile phone is equipped with a proximity communication module, but it requires complicated operations such as installing an application for user registration and starting and touching the application.
- the proximity communication module of the mobile phone in the IC card emulation mode in which the application does not need to be activated, and it is determined that the application to be activated is not installed.
- it is possible to automate the installation of the application by obtaining the download destination of the application from the read information through the close proximity wireless transfer.
- the terminal information read via proximity wireless communication is associated with the communication device information of the portable device including the user information and transmitted to the patron registration database.
- the terminal device 10 has an IC tag function
- the mobile device 5000 has a reader / writer function.
- FIG. 10B is a sequence diagram showing an example of the operation of the terminal device 10, the portable device 5000, and the server device 31 in the modification of the second embodiment. Specifically, the figure shows an example of the operation of the terminal device 10, the portable device 5000, and the server device 31 when the terminal device 10 has a reader / writer function and the portable device 5000 has an IC tag function.
- FIG. 10B shows an example of the operation of the terminal device 10, the portable device 5000, and the server device 31 when the terminal device 10 has a reader / writer function and the portable device 5000 has an IC tag function.
- the proximity wireless communication unit 103 of the terminal device 10 transmits a polling signal to the portable device 5000 via the loop antenna 104 (S402).
- the terminal device 10 may transmit the polling signal at a constant time interval, or may transmit the polling signal when the polling signal from the portable device 5000 is not received.
- the polling signal may be transmitted based on the operation.
- the terminal device 10 when the terminal device 10 performs the operation of the IC tag function, the terminal device 10 switches from the IC tag function to the reader / writer function, or by switching to the reader / writer function by the user setting. , And may transmit a polling signal.
- the close proximity wireless transfer unit 5002 of the portable device 5000 receives the polling signal from the terminal device 10 (S404), and transmits a polling response to the terminal device 10 (S406). Then, the close proximity wireless transfer unit 103 of the terminal device 10 receives the polling response from the portable device 5000 (S408), and establishes close proximity wireless communication with the portable device 5000.
- the terminal device 10 when the close proximity wireless communication between the terminal device 10 and the portable device 5000 is established by transmitting the polling signal to the portable device 5000 by the terminal device 10, the terminal device 10 is a device having a reader / writer function.
- the mobile device 5000 operates as a tag device having an IC tag function. That is, in this case, the portable device 5000 determines that the terminal device 10 is a reader / writer device, and operates as a tag device.
- the communication mode switching unit 5024 of the portable device 5000 switches the proximity wireless communication unit 5002 to the reader / writer emulation mode.
- the proximity wireless communication unit 103 of the terminal device 10 transmits terminal communication information 6000 including the terminal information 6001, the application access information 6009, and the access information 6012 to the portable device 5000 via the loop antenna 104 ( S410)
- the close proximity wireless transfer unit 5002 of the portable device 5000 receives the information from the terminal device 10 via the loop antenna 5021 (S412).
- the terminal device 10 is a reader / writer device
- the portable device 5000 by operating the portable device 5000 as a tag device, close proximity wireless communication between the terminal device 10 and the portable device 5000 can be established and the information can be received. it can.
- the terminal device 10 since the terminal device 10 does not have to continue transmitting the polling signal by switching the tag device to the reader / writer device during the process (S414 to S434), power consumption can be reduced.
- the portable device 5000 is switched from the IC card emulation mode to the reader / writer emulation mode according to the activation of the application (S428).
- the terminal device 10 can be switched from the reader / writer emulation mode to the IC card emulation mode, and the polling operation of the terminal device 10 can be explicitly ended, and the power consumption of the terminal device 10 is reduced. It becomes possible.
- the portable device 5000 can switch from the reader / writer emulation mode to the IC card emulation mode according to the end operation of the application, and end the polling operation.
- the portable device 5000 in the second embodiment and the modification thereof even when the application corresponding to the application identification information 6010 is not stored in the application memory 5012, from the external server device Get the application and start it. That is, only by establishing the close proximity wireless communication between the terminal device 10 and the portable device 5000, the predetermined application is automatically operated without operating the portable device 5000 even when the predetermined application is not stored in the portable device 5000. To process the received information. For this reason, the information received from the terminal device 10 via the close proximity wireless communication can be processed without requiring a complicated operation of the user. In addition, since it is not necessary to store many applications in the memory of the portable device 5000, it is possible to reduce the memory capacity without requiring a large capacity memory.
- the application download URL 6011 is received from the terminal device 10, and a software transmission request signal including the application identification information 6010 is transmitted to the server device indicated by the application download URL 6011, thereby acquiring and activating the application from the server device. . That is, by receiving access information to the server device from the terminal device 10, the server device can be easily accessed, and by sending the application identification information 6010 to the server device, the application can be easily obtained from the server device. can do. Therefore, it is possible to process the information received from the terminal device 10 via the close proximity wireless communication without performing complicated processing.
- the proximity wireless communication unit 5002 When the terminal device 10 is a reader / writer device, the proximity wireless communication unit 5002 is switched to the reader / writer mode, and when the terminal device 10 is a tag device, the proximity wireless communication unit 5002 is switched to the tag mode. That is, by bringing the reader / writer device or tag device closer to the mobile device 5000, close proximity wireless communication between the mobile device 5000 and the reader / writer device or tag device can be established, and a predetermined application can be automatically activated. Therefore, regardless of whether the terminal device 10 is a reader / writer device or a tag device, the information received from the terminal device 10 via the close proximity wireless communication is processed without requiring a complicated operation by the user. Can.
- relay device 20 and the portable device 5000 which are communication devices according to the present invention, have been described above using the above embodiment and the modification thereof, the present invention is not limited to this.
- the relay device 20 includes the loop antenna 201, the proximity wireless communication unit 204, the controller 205, the memory 206, and the communication unit 207.
- the relay device 21 only needs to include at least the loop antenna 201, the close proximity wireless communication unit 204, and the controller 205, and the memory 206 and the communication unit 207 are outside the relay device 21. It may be provided.
- the proximity wireless communication unit 204 performs proximity wireless communication with the terminal device 10 via the loop antenna 201, and receives software identification information identifying software for processing information received from the terminal device 10 from the terminal device 10,
- the controller 205 may acquire the software corresponding to the software identification information from the external memory 206 or the communication unit 207 and start the software.
- the present invention can be realized not only as such a communication device but also as an integrated circuit including each processing unit constituting the communication device, and as a communication method in which the processing of each processing unit is a step.
- the present invention may be realized as a program causing a computer to execute the steps, or may be realized as a recording medium such as a computer readable CD-ROM recording the program, or as information, data or signals indicating the program. It can also be realized. And these programs, information, data, and signals may be distributed via a communication network such as the Internet.
- the communication device has a close proximity wireless function, and is useful as a system that solves a non-reproduction problem at the time of failure, for example, by automatically acquiring use history information that has caused a problem by close proximity wireless communication. is there.
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本実施の形態では、近接無線通信機能を有する端末機器と、端末機器と近接無線通信を行う中継機器と、中継機器とインターネットや携帯電話網などの汎用のネットワークを介して接続されるサーバ機器とから構成される通信システムであって、端末機器のセンシング情報などを中継機器を介してサーバ機器のデータベースに登録する通信システムについて、図面を用いて詳細に説明する。
中継機器20は、ループアンテナ201と、表示部202と、入力部203とを備えている。
端末機器10は、コントローラ101と、メモリ102と、近接無線通信部103と、ループアンテナ104とを備えている。
サーバ機器31は、データベース等を記憶している記憶装置を備えたサーバであり、中継機器20と通信ネットワークを介して接続されている。サーバ機器31は、通常は、データベースをもったWEBサーバである。サーバ機器31は、中継機器20から転送されてくる情報をデータベースに登録して、その結果情報を、中継機器20に転送し、表示部202に表示させる。なお、サーバ機器31は、請求の範囲に記載の「登録装置」の機能を包含する。
次に、本発明の実施の形態1における中継機器20について、図面を用いて詳細に説明する。
次に、実施の形態1の変形例について、説明する。上記実施の形態1では、図6Aにおいて、端末機器10がICタグ機能を実装し、中継機器20がリーダライタ機能を有する構成であることとした。しかし、本変形例では、端末機器10がリーダライタ機能を実装し、中継機器20がICタグ機能を有する構成であることとする。
次に、本発明における実施の形態2について、図面を用いて詳細に説明する。上記実施の形態1では、中継機器20には、アプリケーション識別情報1003に対応したアプリケーションが予めインストールされており、当該アプリケーションが自動起動されることとした。しかし、本実施の形態2では、当該アプリケーションが予めインストールされていない場合でも、サーバ機器31から当該アプリケーションを受信し、起動する。
次に、実施の形態2の変形例について、説明する。上記実施の形態2では、図10Aにおいて、端末機器10がICタグ機能を実装し、携帯機器5000がリーダライタ機能を有する構成であることとした。しかし、本変形例では、端末機器10がリーダライタ機能を実装し、携帯機器5000がICタグ機能を有する構成であることとする。
10 端末機器
20、21 中継機器
30 ネットワーク
31 サーバ機器
101 コントローラ
102 メモリ
103 近接無線通信部
104 ループアンテナ
201 ループアンテナ
202 表示部
203 入力部
204 近接無線通信部
205 コントローラ
206 メモリ
207 通信部
1001 端末機器固有情報
1002 サーバアクセス情報
1003 アプリケーション識別情報
2011 中継機器識別情報(製造番号)
2012 使用者識別情報(SIMカードID等)
2013 中継機器型番(製造品番)
2014 アプリケーションソフト
2015 サーバアクセス情報
2016 サーバアドレス(URL)
5000 携帯機器
5001 端末部
5002 近接無線通信部
5010 システムコントローラ
5011 メモリ部
5012 アプリメモリ
5013 機器情報メモリ
5014 汎用メモリ
5015 アプリ管理部
5016 アプリインストール部
5017 アプリ判定部
5018 アプリ起動部
5019 通信部
5021 ループアンテナ
5022 近接通信制御部
5023 近接通信メモリ
5024 通信モード切替部
6000 端末通信情報
6001 端末情報
6002 ICタグ個別ID
6003 端末型番
6004 端末品番
6005 製造者ID
6006 製造年月日
6007 端末使用履歴情報
6008 端末不具合情報
6009 アプリアクセス情報
6010 アプリ識別情報
6011 アプリダウンロードURL
6012 アクセス情報
6013 登録データベースURL
6100 携帯通信情報
6101 端末情報
6109 通信機器情報
6110 通信機器ID
6111 位置情報(GPS)
6112 アプリバージョン
6113 利用者情報
6114 契約者ID
6115 電話番号
6116 メールアドレス
6117 サービスアカウント
Claims (9)
- 通信端末装置と近接無線通信を行い、前記通信端末装置から受信する情報をソフトウェアにより処理する通信装置であって、
前記通信端末装置からの電波を受信するアンテナ部と、
前記アンテナ部を介して前記通信端末装置と近接無線通信を行い、前記通信端末装置から受信する情報を処理するソフトウェアを識別するソフトウェア識別情報を、前記通信端末装置から受信する近接無線通信部と、
受信された前記ソフトウェア識別情報に対応するソフトウェアである対応ソフトウェアを取得し、取得した前記対応ソフトウェアを起動させる制御部と
を備える通信装置。 - さらに、
1以上のソフトウェアを記憶している記憶部を備え、
前記制御部は、前記記憶部に前記対応ソフトウェアが記憶されている場合に、前記記憶部から前記対応ソフトウェアを取得し、取得した前記対応ソフトウェアを起動させる
請求項1に記載の通信装置。 - 前記通信装置は、前記対応ソフトウェアを含む1以上のソフトウェアを記憶している記憶装置と通信ネットワークを介して接続されており、
前記通信装置は、さらに、
前記記憶装置と通信する通信部を備え、
前記制御部は、
前記ソフトウェア識別情報を用いて、前記記憶部に前記対応ソフトウェアが記憶されているか否かを判定し、
前記記憶部に前記対応ソフトウェアが記憶されていると判定した場合には、前記記憶部から前記対応ソフトウェアを取得し、取得した前記対応ソフトウェアを起動させ、
前記記憶部に前記対応ソフトウェアが記憶されていないと判定した場合には、前記通信部を介して、前記対応ソフトウェアを送信するよう依頼するソフトウェア送信依頼信号を前記記憶装置に送信することで前記記憶装置から前記対応ソフトウェアを取得し、取得した前記対応ソフトウェアを起動させる
請求項2に記載の通信装置。 - 前記近接無線通信部は、前記通信端末装置から、前記記憶装置を識別する記憶装置識別情報をさらに受信し、
前記制御部は、前記記憶部に前記対応ソフトウェアが記憶されていないと判定した場合には、前記通信部を介して、受信された前記記憶装置識別情報で示される記憶装置に、前記ソフトウェア識別情報と前記通信装置を識別する通信装置識別情報とが含まれる前記ソフトウェア送信依頼信号を送信することで、前記記憶装置から前記対応ソフトウェアを取得し、取得した前記対応ソフトウェアを起動させる
請求項3に記載の通信装置。 - 前記通信装置は、情報を登録するための登録装置と通信ネットワークを介して接続されており、
前記近接無線通信部は、前記通信端末装置から、前記登録装置を識別する登録装置識別情報と前記通信端末装置を識別する端末識別情報とをさらに受信し、
前記制御部は、前記通信端末装置から受信する情報の登録を行うための前記対応ソフトウェアを起動させることで、受信された前記端末識別情報を少なくとも含む情報を、前記通信装置を識別する通信装置識別情報に関連付けて、前記登録装置識別情報で示される登録装置に送信する
請求項1~4のいずれか1項に記載の通信装置。 - 前記近接無線通信部は、前記通信端末装置にポーリング信号を送信し、前記通信端末装置からポーリング応答を受信して近接無線通信が確立した場合に、前記通信端末装置に前記ソフトウェア識別情報の送信を要求することで、前記通信端末装置から前記ソフトウェア識別情報を受信する
請求項1~5のいずれか1項に記載の通信装置。 - 前記近接無線通信部は、前記通信端末装置からポーリング信号を受信した場合に、前記通信端末装置にポーリング応答を送信することで近接無線通信を確立させ、前記通信端末装置から前記ソフトウェア識別情報を受信する
請求項1~5のいずれか1項に記載の通信装置。 - 前記近接無線通信部は、前記近接無線通信部がリーダライタ機能を有するリーダライタ機器と近接無線通信を行うリーダライタモードと、前記近接無線通信部がICタグ機能を有するタグ機器と近接無線通信を行うタグモードとを切り替える通信モード切替部を備え、
前記通信モード切替部は、前記通信端末装置がリーダライタ機器の場合に、前記近接無線通信部をリーダライタモードに切り替え、前記通信端末装置がタグ機器の場合に、前記近接無線通信部をタグモードに切り替える
請求項1~5のいずれか1項に記載の通信装置。 - 通信端末装置と近接無線通信を行い、アンテナ部を介して前記通信端末装置から受信する情報をソフトウェアにより処理する通信方法であって、
前記アンテナ部を介して前記通信端末装置と近接無線通信を行い、前記通信端末装置から受信する情報を処理するソフトウェアを識別するソフトウェア識別情報を、前記通信端末装置から受信する近接無線通信ステップと、
受信された前記ソフトウェア識別情報に対応するソフトウェアである対応ソフトウェアを取得し、取得した前記対応ソフトウェアを起動させる制御ステップと
を含む通信方法。
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