JP4146612B2 - Trigger system for portable terminal - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a system for transmitting trigger information that causes a mobile terminal to perform a predetermined operation.
[0002]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In recent years, portable terminals such as cellular phones and PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants) have become widespread, and some of these portable terminals are equipped in portable terminals when a set time is reached due to timer settings. Some functions such as e-mail transmission are activated.
[0003]
However, in such a conventional portable terminal, for example, when a user carrying the portable terminal approaches a required place, the functions of the portable terminal are automatically activated. Thus, even if the travel time is predicted in advance and the timer is set, if the travel time differs from the predicted time, the function of the mobile terminal can be activated at the desired timing. Inconvenience will occur.
[0004]
The present invention has been made to solve the problems of the conventional portable terminal as described above.
That is, the present invention provides a trigger system for a portable terminal capable of operating various functions of the portable terminal with certainty when the user moves with the portable terminal. The purpose is to provide.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, a first invention includes a management site connected via a computer network to a portable terminal having a position detection means for detecting a current position, and the portable site includes the portable terminal. A trigger system for activating a function set by a user among functions provided in a terminal, wherein the management site is on a map designated by a user transmitted from the mobile terminal via the computer network A setting area database for storing area setting data indicating an area; and a trigger transmission server, wherein the trigger transmission server is detected by the position detection means transmitted from the portable terminal via the computer network Position data acquisition means for acquiring position data indicating the current position; and the position data acquisition means The obtained position data is compared with the area setting data stored in the setting area database, and the current position of the mobile terminal indicated by the position data is located within the area on the map indicated by the area setting data. A determination means for determining whether or not the mobile terminal is located within an area on the map by the determination means, and a trigger signal is transmitted via the computer network to the mobile terminal. and a trigger signal transmitting means you send to the machine, the portable terminal, among a provided function, comprising a setting means for setting a function to operate on the basis of the trigger signal, the trigger signal received actuating the set function on the basis of being Rukoto, the features.
Trigger system according to the second invention, on the basis of a management site that is connected via a computer network to a mobile terminal, the electric field strength of radio waves from a plurality of the portable terminal received by the relay base station mobile A management station that detects a current position of the terminal, and a trigger system that activates a function set by a user among the functions provided in the portable terminal by the management site, wherein the management site includes the A setting area database for storing area setting data indicating an area on a map designated by a user transmitted from the portable terminal via a computer network; and a trigger transmission server, wherein the trigger transmission server includes the management Position data acquisition means for acquiring position data indicating a current position of the portable terminal detected by a station; The position data acquired by the position data acquisition means is compared with the area setting data stored in the setting area database, and the current position of the portable terminal indicated by the position data is indicated on the map indicated by the area setting data. A determination means for determining whether or not the mobile terminal is located within an area; and when the determination means determines that the current position of the mobile terminal is within the area on the map, a trigger signal is sent to the computer network. via a trigger signal transmission means you send to the mobile terminal by the mobile terminal, among a provided function, comprising a setting means for setting a function to operate on the basis of the trigger signal, the reception is characterized in Rukoto activates the set function on the basis of the trigger signal.
[0006]
According to the first and second aspects of the present invention , the user sets the area on the map for which a trigger signal is desired to be transmitted in advance in the area setting information database of the management site, and then the current state of the portable terminal that is being carried When moving in a state where the position is detected, position information indicating the current position of the portable terminal is transmitted to the management site, and the position information acquisition means of the trigger transmission server acquires the position information of the portable terminal.
[0007]
Determination means based on the position information acquired by the position information acquisition means, whether the region on the map showing the set area data movement position of the mobile terminal is previously stored in the region setting information database Judgment is made.
[0008]
When the determination unit determines that the mobile terminal has moved into the setting area, the trigger signal transmission unit transmits the trigger signal to the mobile terminal via the computer network.
[0009]
Thus, various functions such as remote control function of the automatic call feature and home electric appliances equipped with in which for example telephone to the portable terminal, i.e. the function that the user is set in advance, automatically upon receipt of the trigger signal Actuated.
[0010]
As described above, first, according to the second invention, when the user moves carrying the portable terminal, Ri by that user previously set a region on the map, the mobile terminal When the portable and user comes to move to the set area, and so functions specified by the user is equipped in the mobile terminal is activated automatically upon receipt of the trigger signal, regardless of the travel time, the mobile terminal The functions of the machine can be reliably operated at a desired timing.
[0011]
Third triggering system according to the invention is characterized in that, in the configuration of the first or second aspect, the area setting data is made from the character string indicating an address that the user enters into the portable terminal, the setting area database, the An area indicated by a character string indicating an address is stored as the area setting data .
[0012]
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a trigger system according to the first or second aspect of the present invention, further comprising a map database site that provides map data to be displayed on the mobile terminal via the computer network. receives the data and the distance indicating the range of from a specified position and specified position specified user on the map displayed mAP to the mobile terminal as the area setting data transmitted from the mobile terminal And storing in the setting area database .
[0014]
The trigger system according to a fifth invention is characterized in that, in the configuration of the first invention, the position detecting means detects the current position based on a global positioning system.
[0015]
According to the fifth aspect of the invention, position information indicating the current position of the mobile terminal is detected by the global positioning system mounted on the mobile terminal, and the position information acquisition means of the management site is detected by the global positioning system. Obtain location information of the detected mobile terminal.
[0018]
Sixth triggering system according to the invention is characterized in that, in the configuration of the first or second invention, the management site further have a registered user database for registering data identifying the user who owns the portable terminal, the trigger The signal transmitting means transmits the trigger signal to the portable terminal of the user registered in the registered user database .
[0019]
According to the trigger system of the sixth aspect of the invention, registration information for identifying a user who uses the trigger system, for example, the ID number of the portable terminal that receives the trigger signal transmitted by the trigger system is registered in the registered user database. When the mobile terminal is connected to the management site, the registered user database is searched, and a trigger signal transmission service is performed only for registered users.
[0020]
A seventh invention is characterized in that, in the configuration of the sixth invention, the data for identifying the user includes a telephone number of the portable terminal.
[0021]
According to the trigger system for a portable terminal according to the seventh aspect of the invention, it is searched whether or not the telephone number (ID number) of the portable terminal that has accessed the management site is registered in the registered user database. The trigger signal transmission service is determined.
[0022]
Eighth triggering system according to the invention is characterized in that, in the configuration of the fourth aspect of the invention, said determining means, said by using the map data which the map database site provided, stored the the acquired position data into the setting area database It is characterized in that the determination is performed by comparing with the area setting data .
[0023]
By the eighth triggering system according to the invention of lever, via a computer network, or, on the map indicated by the map data provided directly from the map database site connected to a management site, transmitted position The current position of the portable terminal based on the information is compared with the setting area registered in the storage means, thereby making it easy to determine whether or not the current position of the portable terminal is within the setting area. Done.
[0024]
Ninth triggering system according to the invention is characterized in that, in the configuration of the first aspect of the invention, the functionality set by provided in the portable terminal user is characterized in that, to include automatic call feature phone.
[0025]
According to the trigger system for a mobile terminal according to the ninth aspect of the present invention, when a user carrying the mobile terminal moves into an area on the map set in advance, the trigger signal transmitted from the management site is used. The automatic call function of the telephone equipped in the portable terminal is activated, and for example, a message indicating that a visit is to be made is transmitted to the visited site.
[0026]
A trigger system according to a tenth invention is characterized in that, in the configuration of the first invention , the function is a remote control function of a home electric product.
The trigger system according to an eleventh invention is characterized in that, in the configuration of any one of the first to tenth inventions, the computer network is a network by wireless communication.
[0027]
According to the trigger system for a portable terminal according to the tenth aspect of the present invention, when a user carrying the portable terminal moves into an area on a map set in advance, it is transmitted from the management site. The trigger signal activates the remote control function of the home appliances installed in the portable terminal. For example, the home appliance switch such as an air conditioner at home is automatically turned on before returning home. .
[0028]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments that are considered to be most suitable for the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.
[0029]
FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an example of a trigger system for a portable terminal according to the present invention.
[0030]
In FIG. 1, the management site S1 detects the position of a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone or a PDA, and when the user carrying the mobile terminal moves into a predetermined area on the map, It is a site for transmitting a trigger signal as will be described later to a portable terminal, and includes a trigger transmission server S1a, a setting area database S1b, and a registered user database S1c, and is connected to the Internet I. .
[0031]
The Internet I further includes a map database site S2 including a map server S2a that searches the map image data to provide map data to the management site S1 and the portable terminal, and a map database S2b that stores the map data. Is connected.
[0032]
The mobile terminal T such as a mobile phone or a PDA has an Internet connection function capable of connecting to a management site S1 and a map database site S2 via the Internet I from a mobile communication network and a public telephone line network (not shown). A GPS (Global Positioning System) is mounted, the position is detected by communication with the satellite ST by this GPS, and the position information is transmitted to the information distribution site S1 via the Internet I.
[0033]
This portable terminal T is equipped with various functions such as an e-mail transmission function, an automatic telephone call function, and a remote control function such as a home appliance via a telephone line network. An activation program for activating each of these functions based on a trigger signal transmitted from the management site S1 is installed.
[0034]
As will be described later, when the mobile terminal T registered in the registered user database S1c is connected via the Internet I, the mobile terminal T transmits to the trigger transmission server S1a of the management site S1. When the position information detected by the GPS is received, and the received position signal detects that the mobile terminal T has entered the area on the map preset in the setting area database S1b, the mobile terminal T A program for transmitting a trigger signal is stored.
[0035]
In the setting area database S1b, area setting data indicating a transmission setting area of a trigger signal that is set by the user in the mobile terminal T is stored.
[0036]
In the registered user database S1c, registration information of users who use this trigger system, for example, data relating to the ID number (telephone number), name, sex, age, occupation, etc. of the portable terminal T is stored.
[0037]
The map server S2a of the map database site S2 provides map data for recognizing the current position of the mobile terminal T in the trigger transmission server S1a of the management site S1, and based on a request from the mobile terminal T. A program for providing map data of the requested area to the portable terminal T is stored.
[0038]
In the map database S2b, map data corresponding to the scale is accumulated.
In FIG. 1, CS is a ground control station that manages the time signal of the satellite ST in the GPS.
[0039]
Next, a procedure for transmitting a trigger signal to the mobile terminal T by the above trigger system will be described with reference to FIG. 2 showing a state of a user moving while using the trigger system.
[0040]
When using this information distribution system, the user first connects the portable terminal T to the management site S1 via the Internet I, and inputs to the portable terminal T, thereby transmitting a trigger signal. And registering the ID number (telephone number) of the portable terminal T that receives the transmission of the trigger signal and the area on the map where the user wants to go.
[0041]
This trigger signal transmission area setting registration is performed by inputting a character string indicating an address or by connecting the portable terminal T to the map database site S2 via the Internet I and being displayed on the display of the portable terminal T. After specifying the location of the visit or home on the map image based on the map data provided from the map database site S2 Is done by.
[0042]
In this way, the input signal for setting and registering the transmission area of the trigger signal performed in the portable terminal T is transmitted to the management site S1 via the Internet I, and the trigger transmission server S1a Based on the input signal from T, the area setting data indicating the setting area on the map is stored in the setting area database S1b.
[0043]
In addition, the user activates the mobile terminal T based on a trigger signal from the management site S1, for example, a function of automatically transmitting a telephone call signal when approaching a visited place, Select a desired function from various functions installed in the mobile terminal T such as a remote control function that turns on the air conditioner and lighting when approaching, and set it to be activated by receiving a trigger signal Keep it.
[0044]
Thus, after setting and registering the trigger signal transmission area and setting the function activated by the trigger signal in the portable terminal T, the user U turns on the GPS mounted on the portable terminal T. In this state, the portable terminal T is connected to the management site S1 via the Internet I.
[0045]
In this state, when the user carries the portable terminal T and moves, the moved position is detected by the GPS of the portable terminal T, and the detected position information is sequentially or Every predetermined time (for example, 5 minutes), it is transmitted to the trigger transmission server S1a of the management site S1 via the Internet I.
[0046]
When there is a connection from the mobile terminal T, the trigger transmission server S1a of the management site S1 searches the registered user database S1c, and the ID number of the mobile terminal T is registered in the registered user database S1c. When the mobile terminal device T is present, the mobile terminal device T is compared by comparing the map data provided from the map database site S2 with the GPS position detection data based on the position information detected by the GPS transmitted from the mobile terminal device T. Monitor the current position of.
[0047]
Then, when the user U moves from point A to point B in FIG. 2 and further moves to point C included in the trigger signal transmission area e set in advance in the setting area database S1b. Detecting that the current position of the portable terminal T is within the trigger signal transmission area e, and transmitting the trigger signal Tr to the portable terminal T via the Internet I.
[0048]
When the portable terminal T receives the trigger signal Tr from the management site S1, the mobile terminal T activates a telephone call function set in advance, a remote control function of home appliances, and the like.
[0049]
As described above, the user U can execute the desired processing by the mobile terminal T reliably regardless of the time by setting the trigger signal transmission area e in the management site S1 in advance.
[0050]
FIG. 3 is a system configuration diagram showing another example of the embodiment of the trigger system for the portable terminal according to the present invention.
[0051]
In the example of FIG. 1 described above, the current position of the mobile terminal T is detected by the GPS mounted on the mobile terminal T. However, the example of FIG. 3 is a simple mobile phone that is a mobile terminal. The position of (PHS) T ′ is detected by the electric field strength of the radio wave from the simplified mobile phone T ′ received at three or more PHS base stations B1, B2, B3, B4.
[0052]
In other words, in FIG. 3, an identification code signal is transmitted from the built-in portable telephone T ′ at regular intervals from the built-in identification code transmission circuit, and the PHS management station TB sends an identification code from the simplified portable telephone T ′. Select three PHS base stations (PHS base stations B1, B2, and B3 in the illustrated example) having a high received electric field intensity from among a plurality of PHS base stations B1, B2, B3, B4. From the position data of the three PHS base stations B1, B2, and B3 and the value of the received electric field intensity at each PHS base station B1, B2, and B3, the position of the simple mobile phone T ′ is detected by a three-point surveying method. .
[0053]
Then, the detected position information indicating the current position of the simplified mobile phone T ′ is transmitted from the PHS management station TB to the management site S1 via the Internet I.
[0054]
The procedure for transmitting the trigger signal Tr at the management site S1 that has received the location information of the simplified mobile phone T ′ from the PHS management station TB is the same as in the example of FIG.
[0055]
In each of the above examples, the trigger signal Tr is transmitted to the mobile terminal T or the simplified mobile phone T ′ to activate the required functions provided in the mobile terminal T or the simple mobile phone T ′, and as shown in FIG. A trigger signal Tr may be directly transmitted to the home appliances such as an air conditioner and a VTR provided with an Internet function installed in the Internet via the Internet I to operate these required functions.
[0056]
Further, in each of the above examples, the case where the location information of the mobile terminal T and the simplified mobile phone T ′ is transmitted to the management site S1 via the Internet has been described, but wireless communication is performed instead of the Internet. You may make it carry out using.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an example of an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a state explanatory diagram showing a state of a user moving while using a trigger system in the example.
FIG. 3 is a system configuration diagram showing another example of the embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
S1 ... Management site S1a ... Trigger transmission server S1b ... Region setting information database S1c ... Registered user database S2 ... Map database site S2a ... Map server S2b ... Map database I ... Internet T ... Mobile terminal T '... Simple mobile phone Tr ... Trigger signal e ... trigger signal transmission area ST ... satellite CS ... ground control station TB ... PHS management stations B1, B2, B3, B4 ... PHS base stations (relay base stations)
U ... User H ... Home

Claims (11)

A function set by a user among the functions provided in the portable terminal by the management site, provided with a management site connected via a computer network to a portable terminal having position detection means for detecting the current position A trigger system for operating
The management site is
A setting area database for storing area setting data indicating an area on a map designated by the user transmitted from the mobile terminal via the computer network;
A trigger transmission server,
The trigger transmission server is
Position data acquisition means for acquiring position data indicating the current position detected by the position detection means transmitted from the portable terminal via the computer network;
Comparing the position data acquired by the position data acquisition means with the area setting data stored in the setting area database, the current position of the mobile terminal indicated by the position data is indicated on the map indicated by the area setting data Determining means for determining whether or not located in the area of
When the current position of the mobile terminal is determined to be within the region on the map by the determination unit, and a trigger signal transmitting means you sent to the mobile terminal a trigger signal via the computer network Prepared ,
The portable terminal is
Of a provided function, Rukoto actuates the includes setting means for setting a function to operate based on the trigger signal, the set function on the basis of the trigger signal received,
Trigger system characterized by. Administration of detecting and managing sites that are connected through a computer network to a mobile terminal, the current location of the mobile terminal based on the electric field strength of a radio wave from the portable terminal received by a plurality of relay base station A trigger system that activates a function set by a user among the functions provided in the portable terminal by the management site,
The management site is
A setting area database for storing area setting data indicating an area on a map designated by the user transmitted from the mobile terminal via the computer network;
A trigger transmission server,
The trigger transmission server is
Position data acquisition means for acquiring position data indicating the current position of the mobile terminal detected by the management station;
Comparing the position data acquired by the position data acquisition means with the area setting data stored in the setting area database, the current position of the mobile terminal indicated by the position data is indicated on the map indicated by the area setting data Determining means for determining whether or not located in the area of
When the current position of the mobile terminal is determined to be within the region on the map by the determination unit, and a trigger signal transmitting means you sent to the mobile terminal a trigger signal via the computer network Prepared ,
The portable terminal is
Of a provided function, Rukoto actuates the includes setting means for setting a function to operate based on the trigger signal, the set function on the basis of the trigger signal received,
Trigger system characterized by. It said area setting data is made from the character string indicating an address that the user enters into the portable terminal,
The setting area database stores an area indicated by a character string indicating the address as the area setting data ;
The trigger system according to claim 1 or 2 . A map database site for providing map data to be displayed on the portable terminal via the computer network;
The administration site, the said area setting data transmitted to the data of the distance indicating the range of from a specified position and specified position specified user on the map displayed MAP to the mobile terminal from said mobile terminal And save it in the setting area database ,
The trigger system according to claim 1 or 2 . The position detecting means detects the current position based on a global positioning system;
The trigger system according to claim 1. The management site is
Further it has a registered user database for registering data identifying the user who owns the portable terminal,
The trigger signal transmitting means transmits the trigger signal to the mobile terminal of the user registered in the registered user database;
The trigger system according to claim 1 or 2 . The data for identifying the user includes a telephone number of the mobile terminal;
The trigger system according to claim 6. The determination means includes
Wherein by using the map data which the map database site provides, to perform the determination by performing a comparison with the area setting data stored said the acquired position data into the setting area database,
The trigger system according to claim 4 . Wherein the function set by the user provided in the portable terminal, may include the automatic call feature phone,
The trigger system according to claim 1. Wherein the function set by the user provided in the portable terminal, may include the remote control function household electric appliances,
The trigger system according to claim 1. The computer network is a wireless communication network;
The trigger system according to any one of claims 1 to 10.

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