JP2009048631A - Information providing method, information providing system, and fixed station - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information providing method and an apparatus therefor in which a fixed station reliably identifies a user and provides information without a user performing a special operation.
A computer device 71 installed in a vehicle assembly factory 70 transmits vehicle number information, MAC address information of a vehicle communication device 15 and telephone number information to an information providing center 40. The computer device 81 of the vehicle store 80 transmits the chassis number information and the vehicle license plate information to the center 40. The center 40 registers each transmitted information as moving body specifying information and user specifying information. The user requests the center 40 to provide information from the in-vehicle information terminal device 10. The center 40 authenticates the moving body specifying information and the user specifying information transmitted from the in-vehicle information terminal device 10, specifies the user, and provides information to the specified user.
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Description

  The present invention relates to an information providing method, an information providing system, and a fixed station, in which a mobile object and a fixed station communicate with each other and provide various information to a mobile object authenticated by the fixed station.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as an information providing method and apparatus for providing various types of information to a specific mobile body by a fixed station, for example, an information providing method and apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 1 below are known. In this information providing method, the content data supply device acquires the ID of an output device (for example, a printer) owned by the user from the user who requests the provision of information. Then, by embedding digital watermark information including the acquired ID in the content data, the content data is distributed in a state where an output device capable of output is specified. The user can acquire various types of information represented by the content data by receiving the content data at the terminal device to which the output device is connected. As a result, it is possible to identify a user who uses the content data distributed from the content data supply device, and to effectively protect the copyright of the provided content data.
JP 2002-176551 A

  However, in the above-described conventional information providing method and device, the output device is a terminal device that receives the provision of content data in order to identify a user who provides information using an ID for identifying the output device. Limited to connected terminal devices. For this reason, when changing the terminal device to which the output device is connected, the user himself / herself needs to input the ID of the output device to the new terminal device. By the way, the work of checking the ID of the output device is very complicated, and it may be difficult to easily change the terminal device.

  The present invention has been made in order to cope with the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an information providing method in which a fixed station reliably identifies a user and provides information without any special operation by the user. It is to provide such a device.

  A feature of the present invention is that in the information providing method in which the vehicle and the fixed station communicate with each other and the fixed station provides various information to the vehicle, the factory that manufactures the vehicle can communicate with the fixed station. And a second information registration device that enables communication with the fixed station at a store that sells the vehicle, and moves for identifying the vehicle. Body identification information, communication device identification information for identifying a communication device assembled with the vehicle and communicating with the fixed station, and user identification information for identifying a user who owns the vehicle, The information registration device transmits the mobile object identification information attached when the vehicle is manufactured and the communication device identification information attached when the communication device is manufactured to the fixed station, Second information The recording apparatus transmits the user identification information to the fixed station in association with the mobile object identification information, and the fixed station uses the mobile object identification information transmitted from the first information registration apparatus to Create another folder, and the mobile unit identification information and the communication device identification information transmitted from the first information registration device and the second information registration device transmitted from the first information registration device in the created vehicle-specific folder User identification information is registered in association with each other, and at least one of the moving body identification information, the communication device identification information, and the user identification information is transmitted from the vehicle, and request information indicating a request for providing information is transmitted. And at least one of the mobile object identification information, the communication device identification information, and the user identification information transmitted from the vehicle, and the vehicle-specific folder When the vehicle is authenticated by comparing the mobile object identification information, the communication device identification information, and the user identification information registered in advance, and the vehicle is identified by the authentication, predetermined information is obtained based on the request information. Is provided to the vehicle.

  In these cases, it is preferable that the communication device is integrally assembled with the vehicle. Moreover, it is good for at least one of the said mobile body identification information or the said communication apparatus identification information to be represented by the barcode.

  Furthermore, in the above-described feature, the moving body identification information is chassis number information indicating a unique chassis number given at the time of manufacturing the vehicle, and the communication device identification information is transmitted from the communication device by a predetermined engine. It is good to consist of the specific identification information attached | subjected at the time of manufacture, and the telephone number information previously allocated to the said communication apparatus. The user identification information includes vehicle registration number information representing a vehicle registration number given from a predetermined organization at the time of selling the vehicle, user ID information for accessing the fixed station given from the fixed station, and It should be composed of user password information.

  In another aspect, the present invention is characterized in that the vehicle is manufactured in an information providing system in which the vehicle and the fixed station communicate with each other and the fixed station provides various information to the vehicle. A first information registration device arranged in a factory and capable of communicating with the fixed station; and a second information registration device arranged in a store selling the vehicle and capable of communicating with the fixed station. The first information registration device is attached when the mobile unit identification information attached when the vehicle is manufactured and when the communication device assembled with the vehicle to communicate with the fixed station is manufactured. Input means for inputting the received communication apparatus identification information, and transmission means for transmitting the mobile unit identification information and the communication apparatus identification information input by the input means to the fixed station, and the second information The registration device The mobile unit identification information and the user identification information for identifying the user are input. The mobile unit identification information and the user identification information input by the input unit are transmitted to the fixed station. Means for inputting request information for requesting the fixed station to provide various information; request information input by the input means; the mobile unit identification information; and the communication device identification. Transmitting means for transmitting at least one of information and the user identification information, the fixed station, the mobile body identification information and the communication device identification information transmitted from the first information registration device, First receiving means for receiving the mobile unit identification information and the user identification information transmitted from the second information registration device, and receiving by the first receiving means A vehicle-specific folder is created using the received mobile object identification information, and the received mobile object identification information, the communication device identification information, and the user identification information are registered in the vehicle-specific folder in association with each other. Registration means; storage means for storing the moving body identification information, the communication apparatus identification information, and the user identification information registered in association with each other in the vehicle-specific folder by the registration means; and the transmitted from the vehicle Second receiving means for receiving at least one of moving body identification information, the communication device identification information and the user identification information, and the request information; the moving body identification information received by the second receiving means; At least one of the communication device identification information and the user identification information, and the vehicle-specific folder stored in the storage means Authentication means for authenticating the vehicle by comparing the mobile body identification information, the communication device identification information and the user identification information, and the second reception means when the mobile body is identified by authentication of the authentication means There is also a transmission means for transmitting predetermined information to the vehicle based on the request information received by.

  Further, from another viewpoint, the feature of the present invention is that the fixed station that provides various information to the vehicle is transmitted from the first information registration device disposed in the factory that manufactures the vehicle. Mobile unit identification information for identifying the vehicle attached when the vehicle is manufactured, and communication device identification information attached when a communication device to be assembled and communicated with the vehicle is manufactured; and First receiving means for receiving the mobile object identification information and user identification information for identifying a user of the vehicle, transmitted from a second information registration device arranged in a store that sells the vehicle; A vehicle-specific folder is created using the mobile object identification information transmitted from the first information registration device and received by the first receiving means, and the mobile object information received in the vehicle-specific folder and Mobile object identification information registration means for registering the communication device identification information in association with each other; and a mobile object identification information registration database for accumulating and storing information registered in the vehicle-specific folder by the mobile object identification information registration means; A vehicle-specific folder is created using the mobile object information transmitted from the second information registration device and received by the first receiving means, and the user identification information and the mobile object are created in the vehicle-specific folder. User specific information registration means for registering identification information in association, user specific information registration database for storing and storing information registered in the vehicle-specific folder by the user specific information registration means, and content to be provided to the user A content database for storing information; content information request information transmitted from the vehicle; Second receiving means for receiving at least one of the mobile object identification information, the communication device identification information and the user identification information; the mobile object identification information received by the second reception means; and the communication device identification At least one of the information and the user identification information, the mobile object identification information and the communication device identification information in the vehicle-specific folder stored in the mobile object identification information registration database, and the user identification information registration database Comparing the mobile object identification information and the user identification information in the vehicle-specific folder stored in, and authenticating the vehicle, and identifying the mobile object by the authentication means, There is also a transmission means for transmitting content information stored in the content database. .

  According to these features, the first information registration device disposed in the factory that manufactures the vehicle uses the vehicle identification information (vehicle number) and the communication device identification information (unique identification number (for example, MAC (Media Access Control) address) and telephone number information) are registered in the fixed station. In addition, user identification information (vehicle registration number (number plate), user ID and user password) for identifying the user who owns the vehicle is stored in the fixed station by the second information registration device arranged at the store that sells the vehicle. be registered. In addition, since the vehicle and the communication device are assembled together, and the mobile unit identification information and the user identification information are associated with each other, in the fixed station, the mobile unit identification information, the communication unit identification information, and the user Specific information can be linked and registered. As described above, since each information is registered by the first information registration device or the second information registration device, it is not necessary for the user himself to register, and the user and the vehicle are specified to the fixed station very easily. Information can be registered. In addition, when changing the vehicle to be used, since the moving body identification information, the communication device identification information, and the user identification information are registered as described above, the user can easily change the vehicle without performing a special operation. Information can be easily received from the fixed station.

  In this case, the fixed station transmits at least one of the vehicle identification information, the communication device identification information, or the user identification information from the vehicle, the request information indicating a request for providing information, and the current position indicating the current position of the vehicle. When the information is transmitted, at least one of the mobile body identification information, the communication apparatus identification information or the user identification information transmitted from the vehicle, and the mobile body identification information and the communication apparatus identification information registered in advance in association with each other. And the user identification information are compared to authenticate the vehicle, and based on the moving body current position information transmitted from the vehicle, it is determined whether or not the vehicle exists at a predetermined position, and the vehicle is identified by this authentication. And if it determines with a vehicle existing in a predetermined position, it is also possible to provide predetermined information to a vehicle based on request information.

  That is, in this case, the current position information is transmitted from the vehicle to the fixed station, and it can be determined whether or not the vehicle exists at a predetermined position. As a result, when the vehicle is not present at a predetermined position, information cannot be received from the fixed station. For this reason, the mobile unit identification information, the communication device identification information or the user identification information, and the current position can be obtained by making a contract with the fixed station in advance so that the vehicle is used at a predetermined location (for example, at home or office). The user and the vehicle can be identified more reliably by the information. That is, even if a person other than the user impersonates the user and requests information from the fixed station other than a predetermined position using another vehicle, the information cannot be provided. Therefore, since the fixed station provides information only to the authenticated user and vehicle, the copyright regarding the provided information can be suitably protected.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram schematically showing the information providing system according to the embodiment.

  This information providing system provides information to a mobile object such as a vehicle information terminal device 10 mounted on a vehicle, a mobile information terminal device 20 such as a mobile phone, a personal computer 30 disposed in a user's home, and the mobile object. An information providing center 40, a vehicle assembly factory 70 for assembling vehicles, and a vehicle dealer 80 for selling vehicles. The in-vehicle information terminal device 10 and the portable information terminal device 20 are configured to be able to perform wireless communication with a relay station 60 connected to a network 50 (for example, the Internet). The personal computer 30, the information providing center 40, the vehicle assembly factory 70 and the vehicle dealer 80 are connected to the network 50.

  The in-vehicle information terminal device 10 is arranged in the vicinity of the driver's seat in the passenger compartment, and as shown in FIG. A device 15, a navigation device 16 and various sensors 17 are provided. The input device 11 includes an operation switch provided in the vicinity of the display device 12, a panel touch switch incorporated in the display device 12 to detect a touch operation on the display panel, and the like, and inputs a driver's instruction. . The display device 12 includes a liquid crystal display and the like, and displays characters, graphics, and the like on a display panel.

  The control device 13 includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like, and comprehensively controls operations of the display device 12, the storage device 14, the communication device 15, and the navigation device 16 in accordance with a driver's instruction by executing a program. The storage device 14 includes a recording medium such as a hard disk, a CD-ROM, and a DVD-ROM, and a drive device for the recording medium, and stores various programs (for example, a browser program) and various data in advance. The communication device 15 enables communication with the information providing center 40 via the relay station 60. The communication device 15 is given identification information (hereinafter referred to as a MAC address) for identifying the device 15 when the device 15 is manufactured, and the information providing center 40 when the device 15 is assembled. The phone number used for communication with is assigned. In addition, the communication device 15 is connected to an antenna 15 a that performs radio communication with the relay station 60.

  The navigation device 16 includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like. By executing a program stored in the storage device 14 in advance, the navigation device 16 grasps the current position of the vehicle based on detection values detected by the various sensors 17 and operates. The route to the destination is guided to the person. The various sensors 17 are connected to the navigation device 16 and mainly include sensors for detecting the current position of the vehicle, that is, a geomagnetic sensor, a gyroscope, a GPS (Global Positioning System), a vehicle speed sensor, a wheel rotational speed sensor, and the like. . The in-vehicle information terminal device 10 configured as described above has a function of receiving content information provided from the information providing center 40 by executing the various programs, a function of transmitting vehicle current position information to the information providing center 40, and the like. Realize various functions.

  The portable information terminal device 20 is also configured in substantially the same manner as the in-vehicle information terminal device 10 described above, and includes an input device, a display device, a control device, a storage device, and a communication device that are communicably connected to each other. . And this portable information terminal device 20 is comprised compactly in order to enable a user to carry. In addition, the communication device of the portable information terminal device 20 is also provided with an antenna 25a that enables wireless communication with the relay station 60. The portable information terminal device 20 having such a configuration may be a portable personal computer having a communication function or a portable electronic notebook (personal digital assistant (PDA)) in addition to the above-described cellular phone.

  The personal computer 30 is configured in substantially the same manner as the portable information terminal device 20 described above, and includes an input device, a display device, a control device, a storage device, and a communication device that are communicably connected to each other. However, the personal computer 30 is configured to be approximately the same as or larger than the portable information terminal device 20.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the information providing center 40 includes an information management server 41 and a communication device 42 that are communicably connected to each other. The information management server 41 includes a control device 41a, a storage device 41b, and a communication interface 41c. The control device 41a includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like, and comprehensively controls the operation of the information management server 41. The storage device 41b includes a storage medium such as a hard disk and a drive device for the storage medium, and stores various programs and various data. The communication interface 41c is an interface for connecting to a communication line (for example, a LAN line) constructed in the information providing center 40. The communication device 42 is wired to the network 50 and performs wired communication with the personal computer 30, the vehicle assembly factory 70, and the vehicle dealer 80, and wirelessly communicates with the in-vehicle information terminal device 10 and the portable information terminal 20 using the relay station 60. Communication is possible.

  In the information providing center 40, a moving body specifying information registration database 43, a user specifying information registration database 44, and a content database 45 are constructed. Each of these databases 43, 44, 45 is connected to a communication line constructed in the information providing center 40 and is accessible from the information management server 41. The moving body specifying information registration database 43 includes moving body specifying information relating to moving body identification, that is, vehicle number information indicating a vehicle number assigned at the time of manufacture of the vehicle, and MAC address information attached to the communication device 15 of the in-vehicle information terminal device 10. And phone number information is stored and registered. When the mobile body is the portable information terminal device 20 or the personal computer 30, the chassis number information is the manufacturing number information of the devices 20 and 30, and the telephone number information is, for example, between the devices 20 and 30 and the information providing center 40. It is used as communication signal information to be used.

  The user identification information registration database 44 stores and registers user identification information for identifying a user given when a user purchases a moving body, that is, when a vehicle is purchased. As information for specifying this user, vehicle license plate information given from a predetermined organization (for example, the Land Transport Bureau) at the time of vehicle purchase, user ID information and user password information for accessing the information providing center 40 is there. When the mobile object is the portable information terminal device 20 or the personal computer 30, the license plate information is, for example, telephone number information allocated to the communication device.

  Here, the moving body specifying information registered in the moving body specifying information registration database 43 and the user specifying information registered in the user specifying information registration database 44 are registered in association with each other. The content database 45 stores content data to be provided to the user in advance.

  The vehicle assembly factory 70 assembles the in-vehicle information terminal device 10 in the vehicle, and registers the chassis number information attached to the vehicle and the MAC address information and telephone number information of the communication device 15 of the in-vehicle information terminal device 10 in the information providing center 40. To do. When assembling the in-vehicle information terminal device 10 in the vehicle, the communication device 15 constituting the in-vehicle information terminal device 10 is firmly assembled in the vehicle body so that it cannot be easily detached from the vehicle.

  The vehicle assembly factory 70 is provided with a computer device 71 and a communication device 72 as a first information registration device. Similarly to the personal computer 30, the computer device 71 also includes an input device, a display device, a control device, and a storage device that are communicably connected to each other. The communication device 72 is connected to the network 50 and transmits the chassis number information, the MAC address information of the communication device 15 and the telephone number information to the information providing center 40. The computer device 71 is connected to a barcode reader 73 that decodes the barcode. The barcode reader 73 decodes the chassis number information represented by the barcode and the MAC address information of the communication device 15 and supplies the decoded information to the computer device 71.

  The vehicle dealer 80 sells the vehicle and registers the number plate information attached to the vehicle in the information providing center 40. For this reason, the vehicle dealer 80 is provided with a computer device 81 and a communication device 82 as a second information registration device. Similarly to the personal computer 30, the computer device 81 includes an input device, a display device, a control device, and a storage device that are communicably connected to each other. The communication device 82 is connected to the network 50 and transmits license plate information to the information providing center 40.

  In the information providing system configured as described above, the communication between the in-vehicle information terminal device 10, the portable information terminal device 20, the personal computer 30, the information providing center 40, the vehicle assembly factory 70, and the vehicle sales store 80 is performed using the antennas 15 a and 25 a and The communication is performed wirelessly using the relay station 60 or wired via the network 50. However, all of these communications are performed by a normal method and have no characteristics. Therefore, in the following description, when simply referred to as reception, transmission, etc., it is assumed that an appropriate communication method is adopted for these.

  Next, the operation of the embodiment configured as described above will be described in detail with reference to the functional block diagram shown in FIG. Note that the functional block diagram shown in FIG. 6 is described by taking the case where the moving body is a vehicle as an example, and in the following description, the vehicle will be described as an example. Even if the mobile object is the portable information terminal device 20 or the personal computer 30, the mobile object specifying information and the user specifying information are registered in the information providing center 40 and information is transmitted from the information providing center 40 as in the case of the vehicle. Can be provided.

  First, the operation of registering the moving body specifying information for specifying the vehicle in the information providing center 40 will be described. In the vehicle assembly factory 70, the moving body specifying information of the vehicle in which the in-vehicle information terminal device 10 is assembled is transmitted to the information providing center 40. More specifically, first, an employee who belongs to the vehicle assembly factory 70 uses a reading portion (not shown) of the barcode reader 73 and the vehicle number information represented by the barcode and the MAC address of the communication device 15. Read information. The barcode reader 73 acquires each barcode read at the reading portion, decodes the acquired barcode, and temporarily stores the chassis number information and the MAC address information in a RAM (not shown). The employee connects the barcode reader 73 to the computer device 71, operates an input device (not shown) of the computer device 71, and stores the vehicle number information and the MAC address information temporarily stored in the RAM of the barcode reader 73. Then, the data is stored in a predetermined position of the storage device of the computer device 71.

  Next, the employee confirms and inputs the telephone number information assigned to the communication device 15 to the computer device 71 and stores the telephone number information in the predetermined position of the storage device of the computer device 71. Then, the employee instructs the computer device 71 to connect to the information providing center 40 and to transmit the stored vehicle number information, MAC address information, and telephone number information to the information providing center 40. The computer device 71 accesses the information providing center 40 via the network 50 using the communication device 72 according to the instruction. Then, the computer device 71 transmits the chassis number information, the MAC address information, and the telephone number information stored in the storage device to the information providing center 40. In addition, the employee of the vehicle assembly factory 70 uses the input device 11 of the in-vehicle information terminal device 10 to store the chassis number information, the MAC address information, and the telephone number information transmitted to the information providing center 40 in the storage device 14. Store in advance. The functions of the computer device 71, the communication device 72, and the barcode reader 73 are described as a moving body specifying information transmission unit 91a in FIG.

  The moving body specifying information registration unit 91 b registers the chassis number information, the MAC address information, and the telephone number information transmitted from the computer device 71 in the information providing center 40. Specifically, the control device 41a of the information management server 41 installed in the information providing center 40 controls the communication device 42 via the communication interface 41c, and acquires each transmitted information. The control device 41a temporarily stores the acquired information in the storage device 41b. And the control apparatus 41a controls the mobile body specific information registration database 43 via the communication interface 41c, and memorize | stores and registers the acquired said chassis number information, MAC address information, and telephone number information.

  Specifically, the control device 41 a creates a vehicle-specific folder in the moving body specifying information registration database 43 using the acquired chassis number information. The created vehicle-specific folder is provided with chassis number information as identification information, that is, a folder name. Subsequently, the control device 41a stores chassis number information, MAC address information, and telephone number information in the created folder for each vehicle. Thus, the moving body specifying information registration unit 91b is a function realized by the control device 41a, the storage device 41b, the communication interface 41c, the communication device 42, and the moving body specifying information registration database 43.

  Next, a user specifying information registration operation when the vehicle is transported from the vehicle assembly factory 70 to the vehicle sales store 80 and purchased by the user will be described. When the purchase by the user is determined, a vehicle registration number, that is, a license plate is issued to the vehicle from a predetermined organization (for example, the Land Transport Bureau). In addition, when the user receives content data from the information providing center 40 when purchasing a vehicle, the user makes a contract with the information providing center 40 regarding content data provision. This contract is made by a person in charge at the vehicle dealer 80 by operating the computer device 81 installed at the vehicle dealer 80.

  That is, the person in charge instructs the computer device 81 to access the information providing center 40 and display a contract screen for inputting items necessary for the contract. In accordance with the instruction, the computer device 81 uses the communication device 82 to access the information providing center 40 under the control of a control device (not shown). Then, it requests the information providing center 40 to transmit the contract screen information. In the information providing center 40, the control device 41a of the information management server 41 receives the request via the communication device 42 and transmits the contract screen information stored in the storage device 41b in advance.

  In the computer device 81, a contract screen is displayed on a display device of a display device (not shown). The person in charge inputs information necessary for the contract using the input device in accordance with the displayed contract screen. Here, as necessary items to be input, chassis number information attached to the vehicle body and license plate information issued from a predetermined engine are included. The vehicle number information is notified to the vehicle dealer 80 in advance when the vehicle is carried from the vehicle assembly factory 70. Next, the person in charge instructs the computer device 81 to transmit the items input on the contract screen to the information providing center 40. The computer device 71 transmits the input items to the information providing center 40 according to the instruction. These functions realized by the computer device 81 and the communication device 82 are described as a user specifying information transmitting unit 92a in FIG.

  The user specifying information registration unit 92 b registers the chassis number information and the license plate information transmitted from the computer device 81 in the information providing center 40. Specifically, the control device 41a of the information management server 41 installed in the information providing center 40 controls the communication device 42 via the communication interface 41c, and acquires each transmitted information. The control device 41a temporarily stores the acquired information in the storage device 41b. And the control apparatus 41a controls the moving body specific information registration database 43 via the communication interface 41c, and memorize | stores and registers the said stored license plate information.

  Specifically, the control device 41 a creates a vehicle-specific folder in the user identification information registration database 44. The stored vehicle number information is given as identification information, that is, a folder name, to the created folder for each vehicle. Subsequently, the control device 41a stores the license plate information in the created folder for each vehicle.

  In addition, the control device 41a gives user ID information and user password information for accessing the information providing center 40 to the contracted user, and also creates the user ID information and user password information for each vehicle for which the same user ID information has been created. Save and register in the folder. The license plate information, user ID information, and user password information stored in this way are registered as user specifying information for specifying a user. The assigned user ID information and user password information are transmitted to the computer device 81 of the vehicle store 80, and the person in charge notifies the user of the transmitted information. As described above, the user specifying information registration unit 92b is a function realized by the control device 41a, the storage device 41b, the communication interface 41c, the communication device 42, and the user specifying information registration database 44.

  Next, an operation in which the in-vehicle information terminal device 10 of the vehicle purchased by the user communicates with the information providing center 40 and receives provision of content data will be described. When the vehicle is delivered to the user, the person in charge at the vehicle store 80 stores the license plate information of the vehicle in the storage device 14 in advance using the input device 11 of the in-vehicle information terminal device 10. The user uses the input device 11 of the in-vehicle information terminal device 10 to request the information providing center 40 to transmit content data. Specifically, using the input device 11, the user uses a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the information providing center 40, user ID information and user password information given from the information providing center 40, and content data. Enter request information requesting transmission.

  Each input information is supplied to the control device 13, and the control device 13 controls the communication device 15 and transmits it to the information providing center 40. Thereby, the control device 13 of the in-vehicle information terminal device 10 can be connected to the information providing center 40. Then, the control device 13 transmits request information to the information providing center 40.

  At this time, the information providing center 40 includes the moving body specifying information stored in the storage device 14 by the employee of the vehicle assembly factory 70 together with the user ID information, the user password information and the request information input by the user, that is, the chassis. Number information, MAC address information, and telephone number information are automatically transmitted together. In addition, the license plate information constituting the user specifying information stored in advance in the storage device 14 by the person in charge at the vehicle store 80 is also automatically transmitted to the information providing center 40. Here, since the license plate information is automatically transmitted to the information providing center 40, the center 40 recognizes the user plate information together with the user ID information and the user password information. Further, vehicle current position information indicating the current position of the vehicle confirmed by the navigation device 16 is also automatically transmitted to the information providing center 40. As described above, the functions realized by the input device 11, the display device 12, the control device 13, the storage device 14, the communication device 15, and the navigation device 16 are described as the information provision transmission unit 93a.

  The authentication unit 93b authenticates the moving body specifying information and the user specifying information transmitted from the in-vehicle information terminal device 10. More specifically, the moving body specifying information and the user specifying information received by the communication device 42 are supplied from the communication device 42 to the control device 41a of the information management server 41. The control device 41a temporarily stores each supplied information in a RAM (not shown). In addition, the control device 41a collates each piece of information temporarily stored in the RAM using the moving body specifying information registration database 43 and the user specifying information registration database 44 via the communication interface 41c. As described above, the authentication unit 81c is a function realized by the control device 41a, the communication interface 41c, the moving body specifying information registration database 43, and the user specifying information registration database 44.

  The current position confirmation unit 93c confirms whether or not the current position of the vehicle is at a predetermined position based on the vehicle current position information transmitted from the in-vehicle information terminal device 10. Specifically, the vehicle current position information received by the communication device 42 is supplied from the communication device 42 to the control device 41 a of the information management server 41. The control device 41a temporarily stores the supplied vehicle current position information in a RAM (not shown). And the control apparatus 41a compares the predetermined position previously memorize | stored in the memory | storage device 41b, and the present position of a vehicle, and confirms whether the present position of a vehicle exists in a predetermined position. Here, the predetermined position is a position (for example, a garage at home, a parking lot in an office, etc.) designated in advance by the user in the information providing center 40, and is kept secret for humans other than the user. Is. If the current position of the vehicle is not at a predetermined position, the control device 41a does not provide information to the user. Thus, the current position confirmation unit 93c is a function realized by the control device 41a and the storage device 41b.

  The request information confirmation unit 93d confirms the content requested by the user based on the request information transmitted from the in-vehicle information terminal device 10. That is, the request information received by the communication device 42 is supplied from the communication device 42 to the control device 41 a of the information management server 41. The control device 41a temporarily stores the supplied request information in a RAM (not shown). In addition, the control device 41a searches the content database 45 via the communication interface 41c, and acquires content data that matches the request information temporarily stored in the RAM. Then, the control device 41a temporarily stores the acquired content data in a RAM (not shown). Thus, the request information confirmation unit 93d is a function realized by the control device 41a, the communication interface 41c, the communication device 42, and the content database 45.

  The content data transmission unit 93e transmits the content data acquired by the request information confirmation unit 93d to the in-vehicle information terminal device 10. That is, the control device 41a controls the communication device 42 via the communication interface 41c, and transmits content data temporarily stored in a RAM (not shown) to the in-vehicle information terminal device 10. Thus, the content data transmission unit 93e is a function realized by the control device 41a, the communication interface 41c, and the communication device 42.

  The content data receiving unit 93f receives content data transmitted from the information providing center 40. Specifically, when the in-vehicle information terminal device 10 receives the content data transmitted by the content data transmission unit 93e using the communication device 15, the received content data is supplied to the control device 13. . The control device 13 stores the supplied content data in the storage device 14 and controls the display device 12 to display the stored content data on a liquid crystal display (not shown). At this time, the control device 13 executes a browser program stored in advance in the storage device 14 and displays the received content data on the browser. Thus, the content data receiving unit 93f is a function realized by the display device 12, the control device 13, the storage device 14, and the communication device 15.

  As can be understood from the above description, according to the present embodiment, when the vehicle is shipped from the factory, the mobile device specifying information including the chassis number information, the MAC address information, and the telephone number is transmitted from the computer device 71, and the information providing center 40 registers the mobile unit identification information transmitted to the mobile unit identification information registration database 43. Further, when the vehicle is sold, the chassis number information and the license plate information are transmitted from the computer device 81, and the information providing center 40 registers the transmitted license plate information in the user specifying information registration database 44. The information providing center 40 supplies user ID information and user password information to the user, and combines the supplied information and the registered license plate information as user specifying information. Register in the registration database 44. At the time of these registrations, the information providing center 40 creates a vehicle-specific folder with the chassis number information as a folder name in the mobile object specifying information registration database 43 and the user specifying information registration database 44, so that the mobile object specifying information and the user specifying information are registered. And register. For this reason, mobile body specific information and user specific information can be registered in association with each other (linked) with vehicle number information.

  Further, since the moving body specifying information and the user specifying information are registered by the computer device 71 installed in the vehicle assembly factory 70 and the computer device 81 installed in the vehicle dealer 80, the user does not need to register. The user can register with the information providing center 40 very easily. In addition, even when a vehicle is replaced, by implementing this embodiment, the user can register the moving body specifying information of the new vehicle and can easily receive the information without performing any special operation. .

  In addition, the mobile unit identification information, the user identification information, and the current position of the vehicle are confirmed. If there is no vehicle at a predetermined position, the information is not provided. For this reason, even if another person obtains the user's moving body specifying information and user specifying information by using the in-vehicle information terminal device 10 mounted on another vehicle and impersonates the user to request information provision, If the other vehicle is not in a predetermined position that is kept secret, information cannot be provided. Thereby, since only the user who has made a formal contract with the information providing center 40 can receive the information, the copyright relating to the provided information can be suitably protected.

  When the mobile body is the portable information terminal device 20 or the personal computer 30, the predetermined position is designated as a home or an office, for example. In this case, the user operates the portable information terminal device 20 or the personal computer 30 to transmit information representing, for example, a home address or an office address to the information providing center 40. At this time, transmission point information is also transmitted from the communication device of the portable information terminal device 20 or the personal computer 30. The information providing center 40 receives information indicating a home address or office address and transmission point information from the portable information terminal device 20 or the personal computer 30. Then, based on the received information, the current position confirmation unit 93c confirms whether the access is from a predetermined position. Even in this case, as described above, since the information cannot be provided unless the access is from a predetermined position, the copyright relating to the provided information can be suitably protected.

It is a schematic block diagram which shows the whole information provision system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic block diagram of the vehicle-mounted information terminal device of FIG. It is a schematic block diagram of the information provision center of FIG. It is a schematic block diagram of the computer apparatus installed in the vehicle assembly factory of FIG. It is a schematic block diagram of the computer apparatus installed in the vehicle sales store of FIG. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram illustrating an operation of the vehicle information terminal device receiving information from the information providing center, which is executed in the vehicle information terminal device, the information providing center, the vehicle assembly factory, and the vehicle dealer in FIG. 1.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... In-vehicle information terminal device, 13 ... Control device, 14 ... Storage device, 15 ... Communication device, 20 ... Personal digital assistant device, 30 ... Personal computer, 40 ... Information provision center, 41 ... Information management server, 41a ... Control device , 50 ... Network, 60 ... Relay station, 70 ... Vehicle assembly factory, 71 ... Computer device, 80 ... Vehicle dealer, 81 ... Computer device.

Claims (7)

In the information providing method in which the vehicle and the fixed station communicate with each other, and the fixed station provides various information to the vehicle.
A first information registration device that enables communication with the fixed station is disposed in a factory that manufactures the vehicle, and a second information registration device that enables communication with the fixed station at a store that sells the vehicle. Place
Mobile object identification information for identifying the vehicle, communication apparatus identification information for identifying a communication apparatus assembled to the vehicle and communicating with the fixed station, and a user for identifying a user who owns the vehicle Identification information,
The first information registration device includes:
Transmitting the mobile unit identification information attached when the vehicle is manufactured and the communication device identification information attached when the communication device is manufactured to the fixed station;
The second information registration device includes:
Transmitting the user identification information to the fixed station in association with the mobile object identification information;
The fixed station is
Create a vehicle-specific folder using the mobile object identification information transmitted from the first information registration device,
The mobile unit identification information and the communication device identification information transmitted from the first information registration device and the user identification information transmitted from the second information registration device are mutually transmitted in the created vehicle-specific folder. Register and associate
When at least one of the mobile object identification information, the communication device identification information, and the user identification information is transmitted from the vehicle, and request information indicating a request for providing information,
At least one of the mobile object identification information, the communication device identification information, and the user identification information transmitted from the vehicle, the mobile object identification information registered in advance in the vehicle-specific folder, and the communication device identification information And authenticating the vehicle by comparing with the user identification information,
When the vehicle is specified by the authentication, predetermined information is provided to the vehicle based on the request information. The communication device is:
The information providing method according to claim 1, wherein the information providing method is integrally assembled with the vehicle.   The information providing method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein at least one of the mobile object identification information and the communication device identification information is represented by a barcode. The mobile object identification information is:
It is chassis number information representing a unique chassis number attached at the time of manufacture of the vehicle,
The communication device identification information is:
3. The information providing method according to claim 1, wherein the information providing method includes unique identification information given at the time of manufacture of the communication device by a predetermined organization and telephone number information allocated in advance to the communication device. . The user identification information is
Vehicle registration number information representing a vehicle registration number given by a predetermined institution when the vehicle is sold;
3. The information providing method according to claim 1, wherein the information providing method comprises user ID information and user password information for accessing the fixed station given from the fixed station. In the information providing system in which the vehicle and the fixed station communicate with each other, and the fixed station provides various information to the vehicle.
A first information registration device arranged in a factory for manufacturing the vehicle and capable of communicating with the fixed station; and a second information registration device arranged in a store selling the vehicle and capable of communicating with the fixed station. Including an information registration device,
The first information registration device includes:
The mobile unit identification information attached when the vehicle is manufactured and the communication device identification information attached when the communication device assembled with the vehicle to communicate with the fixed station is input. Input means;
Transmitting means for transmitting the mobile unit identification information and the communication device identification information input by the input unit to the fixed station;
The second information registration device includes:
Input means for inputting the mobile object identification information and user identification information for identifying a user;
Transmitting means for transmitting the mobile unit identification information and the user identification information input by the input unit to the fixed station;
The vehicle is
Input means for inputting request information for requesting provision of various types of information to the fixed station;
Request information input by the input means, and transmission means for transmitting at least one of the mobile object identification information, the communication device identification information, and the user identification information,
The fixed station is
Receiving the mobile object identification information and the communication apparatus identification information transmitted from the first information registration apparatus, and the mobile object identification information and the user identification information transmitted from the second information registration apparatus; One receiving means;
A vehicle-specific folder is created using the mobile object identification information received by the first receiving means, and the received mobile object identification information, the communication device identification information, and the user identification are stored in the vehicle-specific folder. A registration means for registering information in association with each other;
Storage means for storing the mobile unit identification information, the communication device identification information, and the user identification information registered in association with each other in the vehicle folder by the registration unit;
Second receiving means for receiving at least one of the mobile unit identification information, the communication device identification information and the user identification information transmitted from the vehicle, and the request information;
At least one of the mobile object identification information, the communication device identification information, and the user identification information received by the second receiving means, and the mobile object identification information in the vehicle-specific folder stored in the storage means, Authentication means for authenticating the vehicle by comparing the communication device identification information and the user identification information;
An information providing system comprising: a transmission unit configured to transmit predetermined information to the vehicle based on the request information received by the second receiving unit when the moving body is specified by the authentication unit. . In fixed stations that provide various information to vehicles,
The mobile unit identification information for identifying the vehicle attached when the vehicle is manufactured, which is transmitted from the first information registration device arranged in the factory that manufactures the vehicle, is assembled with the vehicle. The communication device identification information given when the communication device for communication is manufactured, the mobile object identification information transmitted from the second information registration device arranged in the store where the vehicle is sold, and the First receiving means for receiving user identification information for identifying a user of the vehicle;
A vehicle-specific folder is created using the mobile object identification information transmitted from the first information registration device and received by the first receiving means, and the mobile object information received in the vehicle-specific folder And mobile unit identification information registration means for registering the communication device identification information in association with each other,
A moving body specifying information registration database for storing and storing information registered in the vehicle-specific folder by the moving body specifying information registration means;
A vehicle-specific folder is created using the mobile object information transmitted from the second information registration device and received by the first receiving means, and the user identification information and the mobile object identification are included in the vehicle-specific folder. User-specific information registration means for registering information in association;
A user identification information registration database for storing and storing information registered in the vehicle specific folder by the user identification information registration means;
A content database for storing content information to be provided to the user;
Second receiving means for receiving request information of content information transmitted from the vehicle and at least one of the mobile object identification information, the communication device identification information, and the user identification information;
At least one of the mobile object identification information, the communication device identification information, and the user identification information received by the second receiving means, and in the vehicle-specific folder stored in the mobile object identification information registration database The vehicle is authenticated by comparing the mobile unit identification information and the communication device identification information with the mobile unit identification information and the user identification information in the vehicle-specific folder stored in the user specific information registration database. Authenticating means to
A fixed station comprising: transmission means for transmitting content information stored in the content database when the mobile object is specified by authentication by the authentication means.

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