Access management system on network utilizing position information

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD [Detailed description of the invention]

【0001】

[Technical field to which the invention belongs]

According to the present invention, by installing a transmission / reception module (access point), which is a plurality of small devices, at a plurality of specific locations, a mobile phone, a personal computer, or a mobile phone having the same standard as the transmission / reception module can be installed on a network such as the Internet. It relates to a system that manages the transmission and reception of information between all devices such as information terminals on a website.

【0002】

[Conventional technology]

Ericsson of Sweden, IBM Corp. of the United States, Intel Corp. of the United States, Nokia of Finland, and Toshiba have standardized since May 1998 to easily connect all devices such as computers, mobile phones, and home appliances wirelessly. There is a short-range wireless communication standard that has started its activities and is called Bluetooth. Currently, each company is promoting the commercialization of Bluetooth. At the beginning of development, Bluetooth was used for laptops and PDAs (Personal Digital). It was developed as a data communication technology for small devices with short battery life, such as Asistant (Personal Digital Assistants) and mobile phones. Bluetooth allows multiple devices located within 10 meters to exchange data at a maximum speed of 1 Mbit / s without connecting with a cable, and multiple band channels are set in the 2.4 GHz band. Then, radio waves are transmitted and received by the frequency hopping method that switches channels 1600 times per second. Ericsson, a member of the above five companies that set Bluetooth standards, is developing a Bluetooth communication module to be attached to mobile phones, and it is possible to connect to a mobile phone from a personal computer via Bluetooth and use the Internet. It is possible.

【0003】

From the technical point of view, the commercialization of the Bluetooth standard is likely to span multiple models, so the problem of mutual communication connection of standard products becomes important.

【0004】

This problem is solved by automatically transmitting the user's location information to the Internet website via the access point as a transmission / reception module located at a specific number of locations, and transmitting and receiving the devices owned by the user based on the user's location information. There is no way to manage the information.

【0005】

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]

The present invention wirelessly grasps the position information of a mobile terminal on the Internet by wirelessly grasping the transmission / reception information of a communication device connected to the Internet owned by a large number of users by an access point located at a specific large number of places. The purpose is to provide a system that manages the information sent to the user's website address on the website in a form suitable for the user's location.

【0006】

[Means for solving problems]

In the present invention, a mobile device, a mobile terminal, and a mobile terminal device represent the same concept, and the terminal, the device, and the terminal device also represent the same concept.

【0007】

The present invention is proposed to achieve the above object, and claim 1 describes a configuration and a method of a connection management system that realizes a usage mode of a device suitable for a user's situation from the position information of a mobile terminal. It is a thing. That is, the terminal device used by the user includes a mobile terminal equipped with a WWW (world wide web) browser and capable of connecting to the Internet, for example, a mobile phone, a headset, a personal computer (PC), or the like. For example, access points as transmission / reception modules for identifying the positions of mobile phones and PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants) are installed everywhere in living spaces such as homes, trains, offices, restaurants, coffee shops, and bookstores.

【0008】

When the user always has a mobile terminal (multiple terminals such as a mobile phone) and the user is within the effective range of the access point, the communication data between the user's specific mobile device and the access point is transmitted to the user via the Internet. The current location of is updated sequentially in the management table in the website.

【0009】

If it is out of the effective range, a mobile terminal (for example, a mobile phone) is used as a gateway for a plurality of terminals to send and receive to and from a web server.

【0010】

Claim 2 describes a method of properly using the device by using the customized table.

【0011】

Users are made members on the website. By setting the customization table by the user, the website determines that the position of the mobile terminal and the current position of the member are the same. When the current position of the member changes, the access point detects it, and the current position data of the member in the management table of the web server is sequentially updated through the Internet.

【0012】

When the sender member connects to the recipient member's web address, the web server checks the connection conditions of the customized table set by the recipient in the web server.

【0013】

For example, if the receiver prioritizes PDAs and the sender wants to communicate on a mobile phone, the server asks the sender for media conversion, and when the sender wants media conversion, the voice information is text. Converted to a file and sent to the PDA. If the sender does not want media conversion and the recipient has set the device with the next priority, the sender can automatically connect to the device with the next priority of the recipient.

【0014】

Claim 3 relates to a method in which a sender and a receiver attempt to connect in a form in which data is converted and processed. Allow the receiving member to wish for media conversion, for example to convert an email from the sending member's personal computer into a voice signal and send it to the receiving member's mobile phone. That is, the media conversion table converts the data on the transmitting side and the receiving side, for example, voice data into a voice file, or e-mail into voice data, so that the sender and the receiver can use the device according to their preference. Manage connections at your site.

【0015】

Claim 4 relates to the exchange of communication between the web server and the user outside the effective detection range covered by the plurality of small devices (this is referred to as out of service area).

【0016】

If there are members outside the coverage of multiple small devices because the user is carrying a mobile device, for example, in the case of location Y in Fig. 1, the server automatically switches the communication connection mode and the web server. Makes it possible for the user to use other devices owned by the user through the Internet and through the mobile terminal specified by the user.

【0017】

The device carried by the user is connected by a special wireless standard, and at least one of the special portable devices owned by the user shall be capable of long-distance wireless communication.

【0018】

In claim 5, it is possible to set so that other terminal devices can be used by using a mobile terminal device capable of long-distance wireless communication as a gateway without using the terminal position information of the user sequentially transmitted from a plurality of small devices.

【0019】

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Hereinafter, specific examples of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

【0020】

Multiple small devices (access points, APs) are installed everywhere, from residential to public places, and Figure 1 is an abstraction of that situation. Websites and access points are always connected through the Internet. In order to explain the operation of the present invention, it will be described with reference to a simplified concrete example. The user in Figure 1 carries three mobile terminals and is moving from location X to location Y. In addition, there are two terminals in this user's home 6.

【0021】

The website has a server 3 and a database 4, and the database has a customer management table 41, a customization table 42, and a device attribute table 43.

【0022】

When the user is in location X, there are three devices within the effective range of the AP, so the user's location is updated on the website through this AP. One device owned by a user in location X is within the effective range of another AP, but the internal processing of the device determines which AP to use.

【0023】

Among the user's three mobile devices, the position of the device set by the user in the customization table is defined as the user's position.

【0024】

The user's location information is updated to the website from the access point 51 or the access point 52 in FIG. 1 via the Internet. Here, in FIG. 1, since the access point is short-range wireless communication, the user position transmitted from AP51 or AP52 to the website is the same item location (home, office, restaurant, school, etc.). You can think about it.

【0025】

Since the user at location Y is out of the service area of the AP, the user can use the device 11 and the device 13 using the device 12 capable of long-distance communication as a gateway.

【0026】

At location X and location Y, the three mobile devices are connected wirelessly, so if any of them can connect to the website, the system is available.

【0027】

The user can use this system even outside the service area by designating a specific long-distance wireless device as a gateway by setting a customization table. At location Y, equipment 12 plays that role.

【0028】

Figure 2 shows the customer management table.

【0029】

In the customer management table of FIG. 2, the current positions of the members from users 0001 to 0005 and the customization table link destinations showing the priority of device use at that location of each member are registered. For example, 100-0001 is a table showing the usage priority of the device owned by member 0001. For example, the server determines what kind of device (device) is used in what priority in the train. Use this table to manage.

【0030】

Figure 3 is a diagram of the customization table. The user's positioning device is set to device A. If the user is out of service, device A is set to be the gateway.

【0031】

In addition, on the website, it is possible to set a device designated as out of service area as a device designated by the user.

【0032】

FIG. 4 is a table for setting priorities for what kind of media the multiple devices are used for. The user can freely set media such as voice, voice file, character text, and image according to the characteristics of each device.

【0033】

The processing of the web server performed between member A (sender) and member B (receiver) will be described with reference to FIG.

【0034】

The web server constantly manages the location information of members.

【0035】

In FIG. 5, the other member and the requesting member represent member A, and the requested member represents member B.

【0036】

After the website receives the connection request from member A to member B, the member number of member A is verified (step S1). The web server confirms what device the member A is using (step S2). Confirm the location information of member B (step S3). Select the device with priority 1 based on the location information from the customization table of member B (step S4). From the customization table of member B, the web server determines which device member B wants to communicate with, and confirms whether or not the device desired by member A and the media match as an internal process of the server.

【0037】

Performing this confirmation is called confirming the integrity of the devices of member A and member B (step S5).

【0038】

When communicating between member A and member B, it is determined whether the media used by member A (voice, audio file, text, image, etc.) and the media used by member B are the same (step S6). If the media is different, the web server sends a confirmation message to Member A asking if they want to convert the media (step S7). Notify the server if Member A wants media conversion (step S8). If desired, convert the media and send it to Member B (step S9). If not, check Member B's customization table for the next preferred device (step S10). If there is no next priority device, send a message that connection is not possible to member A (step S11). If there is a next priority device, select that device (step S12). Then, the process returns to step S5.

【0039】

Now, in step S6, if the media desired by member A and member B is the same, the device of member A is connected to the device of member B (step S13). Call member B (step S14). If there is a response, connect the channels of member A and member B (step S15). Determine if the call lasted for a period of time (step S16). If the call has not been made for a certain period of time, if the call is continued and it is determined that the time-out has occurred, the device of the next priority of member B is checked (step S10). Since the description of the following steps is duplicated, it will be omitted. FIG. 6 illustrates the outline of the processing of the server of FIG.

【0040】

[Effect of the invention]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to automatically use a plurality of devices used by a user according to the location of the user without any operation. In addition, an environment will be created in which multiple devices can be used in an integrated and organic manner.

[Simple explanation of drawings]

[Figure 1]

It is an example of the block diagram of this invention.

[Figure 2]

This is an example of a customer management table.

[Fig. 3]

This is an example of a customized table.

[Fig. 4]

This is an example of a device attribute table.

[Fig. 5]

It is a process flow chart of a web server.

[Fig. 6]

It is a schematic diagram of the flow chart of the web server.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Mobile terminal 2 website 3 web server 4 database 5 access points 6 Fixed structure 7 terminals 8 internet 9 human