JP2004274196A - Member intercommunication system using mobile terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a utilization member to perform telephone communication or two-way communication, while confirming locational information, with the other member who is present within a fixed range from the member's present location without knowing the telephone number of the other member. <P>SOLUTION: A system server of a communication service provider is equipped with: a member database; and a communication processing system for receiving a requirement signal from a mobile terminal device of a member to perform processing required for communication between members. When the requirement signal transmitted from the member on the basis of the operation of his/her mobile terminal device is received, the communication processing system of the service provider searches the other member located within a specific area designated by the relevant member on the basis of information recorded in a recording means for recording present location information and identification information in the database and transmits the searched member's location information and the required identification information to the member who transmits the requirement signal, as a search result. The search result is displayed on a display part of the mobile terminal device of the relevant member, and on the basis of the search result, the relevant member selects a specific member for one-to-one or one-to-multiple communications. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
According to the present invention, mobile terminal device owners in a specific area communicate with each other while confirming location information mainly using a GPS (Global Positioning System), for example, during a group exercise of the military or police or disaster assistance. The present invention relates to a mutual communication system for members using a mobile terminal device.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Telephone communication including mobile phones and landline phones is performed through a line specified by a telephone number. Therefore, communication with a specific person cannot be performed without knowing the telephone number of the other party.
Also, when participants spread and act in a given area, such as in group exercises, training or disaster relief activities of the military or police, the owner of a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone communicates with the other party while moving. Although he can do so, he cannot communicate while confirming the position of the other party and his position.
[0003]
To date, no system has been proposed or announced for a system that allows registered mobile terminal holders to communicate with each other while confirming location information within a certain area.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide two-way communication between a specified member and a member within a certain range from a user's current position while confirming position information based on the member's ID information through telephone communication or the Internet. An object of the present invention is to provide a communication system between members by a mobile terminal device, which enables sexual communication (telephone, MSN, chat, etc.).
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention has the following configuration to achieve the above object.
That is, the present communication system connects a system server of a communication service provider and a registered member's mobile terminal device, and enables members to communicate with each other within a predetermined area. It is.
The system server includes a member database and a communication processing system that receives a request signal from the member mobile terminal device and performs processing necessary for communication between the members. In the registered member database, identification information including the telephone number of the mobile terminal device of the member is recorded.
The communication processing system is confirmed based on the member registration receiving means, the registered member database creating means, the means for confirming the current position of the member using a signal from the mobile terminal device, and the current position confirming means. Recording means for recording the current location information of each member, means for receiving a request signal from the member, search means for searching for a predetermined member based on the received request signal, and transmission means for transmitting the search result And
On the other hand, the mobile terminal device includes a transmission / reception unit, a current position confirmation unit of the mobile terminal device holder, and a display unit that displays a search result from the transmission unit of the service provider.
Then, based on the request signal from the member by the operation of the mobile terminal device, the communication processing system of the service provider causes the other members in the specific area designated by the member to record the other members in the recording information of the recording means and the database. A search is performed based on the identification information, the location information of the searched member and the necessary identification information are transmitted to the member that has output the request signal as a search result, and the search result is displayed on the display unit of the mobile terminal device of the member. The member selects and communicates with a specific member based on the search result.
[0006]
3. The communication system according to claim 2, wherein the communication processing system of the service provider uses the mobile terminal device of the member using the service to move the mobile terminal device of another specific member. It further has communication processing means for connecting to the terminal device. Further, the mobile terminal device includes a selection signal output unit that selects a specific member based on the search result displayed on the display unit and outputs the selected member to the service provider as a selection signal. When the service provider receives the selection signal from the service member, the communication processing system connects the mobile terminal device of the service member to the mobile terminal device of the selected specific member.
[0007]
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the communication system of the members by the mobile terminal device according to the second aspect, the communication processing system of the service provider has billing means.
The billing processing means bills the service user when the service provider receives a service request signal from the member and / or connects the mobile terminal device to the selected specific member mobile terminal device. I do.
[0008]
Communication means with the GPS is used as the current position confirmation means of the member on the service provider side and the current position confirmation means on the mobile terminal holder side. In some cases, the current position may be specified by integrating and analyzing individual position information from three base stations. If the mobile terminal device is a PHS (Personal Handyphone System), the individual position information uses information such as the antenna ID and the electric field strength to the base stations A to C.
[0009]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on illustrated embodiments.
FIG. 1 is a conceptual configuration diagram of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Reference numeral 1 in the figure denotes a system server on the service provider side, which manages registered identification information and position information of members, controls communication with members, and the like. This system server 1 has a member database 2 and a communication processing system 3.
[0010]
The member database 2 contains the registered member's ID number, name, gender, age, mobile terminal such as a mobile phone number, address, occupation, department (affiliation, rank, etc.), face photograph, hobbies and special skills. For example, information necessary for identifying a member is recorded. In the member database, the item table of the member identification information is variously changed depending on the field in which the present invention system is used. The name, telephone number, etc. are the minimum information required to identify and communicate with the member.
[0011]
The communication processing system 3 includes a transmission / reception unit 31, a registration reception unit 32, a database creation unit 33, a GPS communication unit 34, a position information recording unit 35, a search unit 36 for searching for members in a specific area, A communication processing unit 37 for connecting a communication line between specific members is provided, and a billing processing unit 38 is provided.
The transmission / reception means 31 is for enabling communication between the member M and the service provider S, and data to be transmitted / received is encrypted in order to secure secret of communication contents.
The receiving unit receives, for example, a service request signal or a member registration signal from the member, and the transmitting unit transmits, for example, search data and other information searched based on the request signal to the member.
[0012]
The registration accepting means 32 is a means for processing a procedure for a member who wishes to participate in the communication system to perform a membership registration, and issues an ID number at the same time as the completion of the registration acceptance. Access to the registration accepting means is made by the mobile terminal device 100 or mailing means.
The database creating means 33 is a means for making the identification information of the members obtained at the time of accepting the registration into a database. The identification information is composed of various information stored as data of the above-mentioned database.
[0013]
The GPS communication means 34 grasps the current position of the member as position information specified by longitude and latitude based on signals from artificial satellites by using signals from mobile terminal devices capable of communicating with GPS. It is for.
The recording unit 35 rewritably records the current position information of the member obtained based on the GPS communication unit 34.
[0014]
The search means 36 is a means for, upon receiving a request signal from the member, searching for a member present in a specific area designated by the member based on the current position information recording means 35, and the result is transmitted via the transmission means. Is output to the mobile terminal device 100 of the requesting member.
[0015]
The communication processing means 37 allows the member receiving the search result to select a specific member who desires a call, and when the selection signal is received, enables the member and the specific member to automatically communicate with each other. It does not matter whether the number of specific members to be connected through a call or the like is singular or plural.
Further, when the member performs the service of the service provider S, the billing means 38 displays, for example, members who are within a predetermined area, or enables communication between the service requesting member and the selected specific member. Sometimes, this is means for charging a fixed amount to a service using member (a requesting member and / or a specific member).
[0016]
In the figure, reference numerals 100, 200, 300, 400,... Denote mobile phones owned by members, and these mobile phones include a transmitting / receiving unit 101, a GPS communication unit 102, a display unit 103, and a selecting unit 104. Is provided.
The transmission / reception means 101 has an antenna which is a normal transmission / reception means of telephone communication, and software for encrypting communication contents.
[0017]
The GPS communication means 102 is means for confirming the current position of the mobile phone holder by communicating with the GPS. This position information is also captured by the service provider S as described above, and is recorded as the current position information of the mobile phone holder.
[0018]
The display unit 103 displays the search result transmitted from the service provider S as character information and / or image information.
The selecting unit is a unit for selecting a specific member and a communication method (one-to-one communication, one-to-many communication, chat, file or image transmission, mail communication, or the like) to be called from among members in a predetermined area displayed on the display screen. Then, the signal from the selection means activates the communication processing means of the service provider S, and automatically connects the member and the selected member's mobile phone to enable mutual communication.
[0019]
The operation of the communication system will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
When a user connects a line to the system server 1 of the communication system, it is confirmed whether the accessing user is a registered member M of the communication system (step 1). The confirmation as to whether or not the member is a member M is made based on, for example, whether or not the ID number and the mobile phone number match.
If not, an inquiry is made as to whether or not to become a registered member (step 2). The registration procedure proceeds to the user who desires the member by the registration receiving means, and when the registration is completed, an ID number is given (step 3). The registered user identification information is stored in the member database via the database creating means. Users who do not wish to register will be denied login.
[0020]
The logged-in member M1 uploads his / her position information acquired by the GPS communication means of the mobile phone to the system server (step 4). This position information is later displayed as self-information of the communicable member display unit 112 according to longitude and latitude.
Next, the member M1 specifies a radius distance R desired for communication centering on the determined current position (step 5). The area of the designated radius distance is a search target area (for example, zone A, zone B, etc.) by the search means 36 of the communication processing system 3.
[0021]
When a zone to be searched is designated, the processing system detects whether or not another member's mobile phone exists in the designated zone via the GPS communication means 34. The search means 36 searches for the owner of the mobile phone from the database 2 (step 6).
The search result is output to the mobile phone of the member who has requested the service, and is output as character and / or graphic information via the display unit 103. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example in which such search results are displayed by the display means. In the graphic information, map information including the designated zone is displayed, and the positions of other communicable members in the designated zone of the map are plotted and displayed. Further, as character information and graphic or image information, identification information and the like of these communicable members are displayed.
[0022]
In FIG. 3, a display section 111 which forms the largest square is a position information display section, and a solid line circle centered on the member M1 is a designated zone A of a radius distance R at which communication is desired. In the background, a surrounding map of the current position of M1 is shown. This drawing shows that other members M2 to Mn are present in the designated zone A as a result of the search. Human figures in the designated zone indicate communicable members M2 to M8, and black circles indicate members Mn who are in the designated zone but cannot communicate or have not been entered as communicable members this time.
Reference numeral 112 denotes a display unit of a communicable member provided adjacent to the position information display unit 111. At the top, main identification information such as the position information (longitude and latitude) of the member M1 and an ID number are displayed.
[0023]
Reference numeral 113 denotes an individual identification information display unit provided on the lower left of the position information display unit 111 and the communicable member display unit 112, and displays identification information of the communicable members M2 to M8, position information, moving speed, and the like. . The individual identification information may be such that individual information of the selected member is displayed by selecting members M2 to M8 displayed on the communicable member display section 112, or individual members of all communicable members are displayed. Information may be displayed.
[0024]
Below the individual identification information display section 113, a selection button display section 114 is provided. The selection button display section 114 displays a selection button corresponding to the step to which the member moves next. For example, in this embodiment, a telephone connection button 114a, a chat selection button 114b, and a file or photo selection button 114c are provided from the left.
[0025]
Reference numeral 115 denotes an output message section provided on the right side of the individual identification information display section 113, and displays text messages from other members M2 to M8.
Reference numeral 116 denotes an input section provided below the output message section, and 117 denotes an advertisement section provided between the selection button display section 114 and the input section. Promotional ads are displayed.
The configuration and arrangement of each display unit in the display unit 103 is not limited to the present embodiment, and can be appropriately selected according to the use of the communication system.
[0026]
If there is no other member within the specified radius distance (A zone), the member M1 who has requested the service re-specifies the radius distance. In this case, when the member M1 is moving, the center designated by the zone moves, so that the GPS communication means 101 uploads its current position information to the system server 1 (after returning to step 4). Usually, the same radius distance R or a larger radius distance is designated.
When there is a member in the re-designated zone (B zone), a communicable member is displayed by the display means 103 described above. If not, the above procedure (such as enlarging the radius distance) is repeated.
[0027]
When the communicable member is displayed, the member M1 selects the member M2 from the communicable member display section 112 and then selects the telephone selection button when wishing to communicate with the desired member, for example, M2. (Step 8). Based on the selection signal, the processing system reads the telephone number of the M2 member from the member database and connects to the telephone of the requesting member M1 (step 9). Thereby, the requesting member M1 can communicate with the member M2 by conversation or chat or other means without knowing the telephone number of the member M2.
At the same time, when the communication system connects the line, the charging means operates to automatically charge a predetermined amount to M1 (step 9).
[0028]
In this way, the present communication system enables members having a mobile terminal equipped with a GPS communication function to communicate with one another only by registering as a member without knowing the telephone number of the other party. Not only one-to-one communication but also one-to-many communication connection is possible.
In the above-described embodiment, the current position confirmation means of the member is used by the GPS communication means. However, the current position confirmation means of the present invention is not necessarily limited to this. The current position may be specified by integrating and analyzing the individual position information of the mobile terminal device to be used. When the mobile terminal device is a PHS, such individual position information is grasped as specific position information by using information such as the antenna ID and the electric field strength to the base stations A to C.
[0029]
【The invention's effect】
The present invention has the following effects.
Based on the request signal from the member by operating the mobile terminal device, the communication processing system of the service provider searches for another member in a specific area designated with the current position of the requesting member as a base point, and the searched member The position information and the necessary identification information are transmitted to the member that has output the request signal as a search result, and the search result is displayed on the display unit of the mobile terminal device of the request member, and the requesting member is singular or plural based on the search result. The specific member is selected to automatically communicate with the specific member, so that the user can confirm the mutual location based on the identification information with other members within a certain range from their current location. It is possible to perform bidirectional communication via telephone communication or the Internet. In particular, by using a mobile phone equipped with a GPS communication function as the mobile terminal device of the present invention, not only group exercises and disaster rescue activities can be performed relatively easily and efficiently, but also in other fields, For example, as long as members who do not know each other are members who are within a certain area, they can enjoy two-way communication with each other, and the range of use of this type of terminal device can be greatly expanded.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a conceptual configuration diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a use state of the system of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of display means of a mobile terminal device of a service requesting member.
[Explanation of symbols]
Reference Signs List 1 system server 2 member database 3 communication processing system 31 transmission / reception means 32 registration reception means 33 database creation means 34 GPS communication means 35 recording means 36 search means 37 communication processing means 38 accounting processing means 100 mobile phone 101 mobile phone GPS communication means 102 Mobile phone transmitting / receiving means 103 Display means 104 Selection means S Service provider M Registered member

Claims (5)

A member-to-member communication system using a mobile terminal device, which connects a communication service provider's system server and a registered member's mobile terminal device to enable communication between members within a predetermined area,
The system server includes a member database, and a communication processing system that receives a request signal from the member mobile terminal device and performs processing necessary for communication between members.
In the registered member database, identification information including the telephone number of the mobile terminal device of the member is recorded,
The communication processing system,
Member registration acceptance means,
Means for creating a database of registered members;
Means for confirming the current position of the member using a signal from the mobile terminal device;
Recording means for recording position information based on the current position confirmation means;
Means for receiving a request signal from the member,
Search means for searching for a predetermined member based on the received request signal;
Transmission means for transmitting search results,
On the other hand, the mobile terminal device
Transmitting and receiving means,
Means for checking the current position of the mobile terminal device holder;
Display means for displaying a search result from the transmission means of the service provider,
Based on the request signal from the member by operating the mobile terminal device, the communication processing system of the service provider identifies the other members in the specific area designated by the member to the recording information of the recording means and the identification information of the database. Based on the search, the location information and the necessary identification information of the searched member is transmitted to the member that output the request signal as a search result, and the search result is displayed on the display unit of the mobile terminal device of the member,
The member selects and communicates with a specific member based on the search result,
A communication system between members using a mobile terminal device. In the mutual communication system between members by the mobile terminal device according to claim 1,
The service provider's communication processing system has a communication processing unit that connects a mobile terminal device of a member using a service to a mobile terminal device of another specific member,
The mobile terminal device has a selection signal output unit that selects a specific member based on the search result displayed on the display unit, and outputs the selected member to the service provider as a selection signal,
When the service provider receives a selection signal from the service using member, the communication processing system connects the mobile terminal of the service using member to the mobile terminal of the selected specific member,
A communication system between members using mobile terminals. A communication system between members using the mobile terminal device according to claim 2,
The service provider's communication processing system has a billing means,
When the mobile terminal device of the service member is connected to the mobile terminal device of the selected specific member, the service member is charged.
A communication system between members using mobile terminals. The current position confirmation means is a GPS communication means;
The system according to claim 1. The current position confirming means integrates and analyzes individual position information from three base stations to specify a current position.
The system according to claim 1.

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